The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

t• MOUNT fir. Brans=
H. rnariTs Reformatory, Whitwick. Leicestershire, and
tolB°thi"lsose anontnrasowtodc°a awn:: intheireL
an.aa
betnithhaciseen"e'irr. ecacease Lninn:leill:nle"ttbio(er)iattrileonnegn:22iimtshne,elloPsit'whv 17tfehifiabernibmig:inthaginei"lensudormgcht*Inad.nailbairtor:
windows. They af torwards broke open the Isilerr2.
and having each selected a nit of clothe, and
they made off, but were ultimately appreheii7d'.a
Derby, brought back to Ashby-ds-la-Zersch, and cow
milted to take their trial at Leicester anises. On
Tuesday, the 24th, a general meeting took pies.. the
inmates, to the number of lee, refusing to obey the
officers of the establishment. In the afternoon shoat
fifty of them went off towards Bardon. • neighbouring
village, armed with knives, sticky, and stoma. Solna
bricklayers and labourers who wars at work—knew.
ing something of the occurrence—attempted to spivs
the lads. The lather, however, drew their knives, sag
showered stones upon them. Ons of the men, wag.
ing to arrest souse of the boys, was severely inking.
Out of the band seven were captured, and taken hook
at once to the reformatory. In the evening seem a
the party who bad returned went out from the
lion on • pleasure trip; • number of them took it isito
their hauls to return. and to taunt and defy the
became dominant. and even ordered and were in
with what t hey required. They then went to bad. During
the afternoon of Wednesday, the 25th ult., a forage
who had rendered some amistance the previous day, wag
seen by the lads to pass* field where they •ere at work.
SO of the lads determined to punish him for his trouble,
left their employmenr, and pursued the man to Forest
Rook Inn, and masted upon the landlord turning idat
out of doors. Their demand was refused by the book
The whole army without at once opened an smash apes
the house, and splashed the windows, the damage in
glass betas el Is. The Don of the landlord
to escape and run to Whitwick, and secured the
of *rime polioe-constables. Two of the miscreants want
found in • wood, and four others straggling in diluent
directions. The, were eonteyed to Ashby, and en
thunplay, the 26th ult., tried and ostntnitted by W.
W. Abney, Est., and H. E. Smith, Esq., to Leioniese
Douse of Correction, for 14 days, with hard labour.
On Friday, the 27th alt., there vs, a general revolt
The inmates refused to obey any orders, and the awiles
tants of tho pillion was again brought into requidties.
After a strt.iggle, of the young manta were got Olt
by eleven o clock, and locked up. It baconna evident
that more polioerueo would 5e needed. am there wore
sirs of • general and formidable uprising. A m
was dispatched to the head quarters at Leio:ertse. rair
seven constables,and Inspector Ward hurried off daring
the night to obtain addittorial men from his own division.
There wit. an available anti-riot force of polies of is
as«rn and constables at the Reformatory by daylight
next morning. Ten of the worst boys were tan to
Ashby,- 11 of the offenders were also brought out el
the cella tied uro to the triangle, and ft...only toggsd
in the presence of their mates, who were drawn so in
the form of an open MUMS to witness the proceedings.
the police being of course in attendance. On Saturday
the :ffith tilt., other offenders were taken to Ashby, and
they were severally sentenced to terms of imptiesue
went from 14 days to two months. On the sante day
(Saturday) 41 more boys were "birched' by the
plineemaater, and ordered to be kept on bread and wailer
for a week. It may be remembered that Lord Benton
hrought the condition of this reformatory under the
notice of the lion. of Lords, and a promise ores mad.
that the matter should be investigated on behalf of this
government.

DASTANDLT OCTIAOI/1 ON Al OLD WOMAN AHLI •
CHILD —At the Hradford.on•Anon Townhall, on There*
day, • dirty•loiking fellow, named John Penny, n 3
charged with the following outrage upon the
an old woman named Elisabeth Jones, aged ri7The
prisoner is in the hsbit of Minis/ his wife, and the aid
woman has interfered. On Thursday the old waned
Ives peening prisoner's door, when lie rushed oat
upon her, and beat her with a dung
• formidable weapon about sls feet loegt.""tt
struck her with such force as to break the handle (abets,
two inches in eireumfarence) off in the centre, gad
fractured the bone of the old woman's arm In tog
places. He continued to follow up his attack by beating
her about the beak and arms, until she fell down train
sheer ezhaustion, but her cries brought the neighbosre
to bee akl, just as lie swore he would kill her. One
woman, of Amasonion proportions, rushed at the
vagabond, disarmed him, and thrashed him till the
blood ran into his mouth, when he alalaiined, "Now I
cau tante blood, rye got the devil in me; look Oat r
Ile ru.hed after her; she led and ran into thee.)
of Inspector Pitney, who fortunately Came upon lb.
scene of action at that moment. The depositionc hivte
been conipletost, he nes committed for trial for Mallcously cutting and wounding. The nett ease wen itC4
much better. A youth of 18, named Tends Wileiet,
farm labourer, was charged with the follo3
aggravated sanatilt upon • child of tender year., n:
Mary Davis. The child, with mother, was playing In •
geld &longing to Mr. Humphries, farmer, of Ilosllll4ll.
for whom the prisoner works. The prisoner alleged lb.child was on his mentor's mowing grass, and mode
his excuse for taking • heavy aart whip, polling up %)
chil.l's clothes, and beating her so severely as not osly
to leave nears' bruises behind, but actually Gut •
piece of flesh from her body. The magistrstes
(Messrs. T. B. Saunders and E. Edmond.) must haws
regarded this se • mere boyish freak, for they only
bonen him over in his own reoognisanees of r2O to keep
the PPP el, for three months, and ordered him to pay th•
oos.lts.l

iI;I4II4TFOL ACCIDENT AT BRADFORD. -Th. Low.
moor Company have a stationary engine at Starr,ihia,
Wake, noar Lou moor Three trai Dread. diverpi
thence, one in the direction of the works at Low-moor
another in the direction of coal-pit... near Brighouse;
and one in the direction of Clifton, a dirano• of three
miles. The colliers who work in the pit. between
Wise and Clifton are oonreyed every week-day morn-
ing in a train of four covered carriages from Btorr-hrn
to Clifton. The train has to par over more than cre
incline by means of a stationary engine. The trot
incline has • gradient of one in 20 over 90U yard.. from
Btorr-hill to Wike-lane, and the trains are usually nut
down by a wire-rope from the stationary engine. The
train for the conveyance of coition and lads left Steer.
hill at about half-pest at. on Wednesday morning, but
at ti- bottom of the inchne near the crossing in Wats-
lane. the train we. overturned by some of the oarriagee
getting off the hoe. One man named Joshua Wilkinsoes
we. instantly killed, twelve or fourteen men and lea
were more or les, injured, and the carriages were
seriously damaged, and ono of them broken to press.
Home buildings against which the train raw
were also damaged, the walls being knoeked
dawn. Some of the injured persons were re-
moved to the Bradford Infirmary, rid the rest to
their own homes. It was reported, on Wide...lds/a
at Wike, that two boys were since dmd. The wades*
appear' to have arisen from the guard. Herbert
liarmhy, having run the train down the incline without
attaching it to the wire-rope of the engine at Om top
of the incline. Bartuliy is in custody. Wilkinson was
not one of the occupants of the carriage.. He was
going arms Wike-lane at the moiner,t the train muse
serer it, and was h necked down and crushed Maori.
On Wednesday evening, a boy, named John Deere,
aged nine, died at the Bradford Infirmary four hoer.
after the amputation of the thigh, which had sustained
• compound fracture.

KITILauIDINAST MID DET1•111111D SUICIDE OP •
Tonto OIINTLEK•P.—An inquiry was held
IV Dr.
Lankeater, at the Priory Tavern, Kilburn, on rides&
day, respecting the death of Mr. James Bwit:t. aged
18 years, who committed suicide with singular determi-
nation.--Mr. George Sweet, 9, Kilburn Priory, ral4
that he was • barristermtilaw, and that deceased wad
his non, and resided with him. Deceased liad been
aocustomed to wirer. headaches, but when be was not
so affected he was the life of his friends. When Um
headache came on he avoided all company but that
his mother, and for • whole fortnight he saw none but
her—not even vritnem. Emir in the morning et
Monday witnem heard • noise in the front garden, anal
upon going down he found the deceased lying In the
area. !Maned said to witness, " Forgive ton," nod bis
at drat raid that he had had • fit Bat he afterwards
stated, "I felt I was useless in life. lam tired of life.
I feel I have been • burden, and I should never hay*
been good for anything. It in better it Am:ad end.°
An he wee io the habit of reading when alone, witness
asked him what book he had been reading last. Be
replied " The Bible; but my heed was so confined I
could make but little of it." He said that he had taken
biehloride of mercury as • poilion, and that then he had
cut open four veins of his left wrist with a pair Of
meimors, and that he then threw himself out of Um
window. The Bible end the bilmeletained Neiman, were
tenni in hia room, and the bed was Mained with blood.
—The coroner eald Vat the ease was th• most remark-
able one of suicide by a young person that had mom
before him—The jury returned a verdict, " That deo
oe.ed commitred suicide while in a state of unsoand
mind."

The Emperor N•poleon ho.. decreed that half the
official income a th. late Due de lialakoff shall be cony
tinued to his daughter, an only sged five.
Tide is an age of improvement, therefore all changes
Should he in that direction. Time was when good te•
was readily obtainable—pure wholesome tea—Dr.
Samuel Johnson liked such ; and people generally wok
such now. John Chinamen has not been slow In finding
out that he can pass off his brown waste leave. by
oolouring all qualities alike, thus greatly inerwing hie
own and the merchant'. profits, at the 0011SOMIT's •I•
pease. It is highly requisite that good tea be agate
readily obtainable; tforniman and Co. London, there.
fore import it pore, without any mineral powder on.ils
surface, being the strong, delicious, and invlgorattag
spring Dolt.; the green • dell olive— no: blueish ; mai
the black not made intensely dark ;lii. every flogliall
tee drinker admits is • great desideratum. Supplied
only in packet., through Ifornimaa's earn agenke.—See
advertisement in this day's paper.

OF CoLONEL Tomtiss.—We have to record
the death of Colonel Torrons, which occurred O.
Saturday, May :M. The &ceased was well known many
yeats ago for hit works on political eoonomy ia
rinolar subjecia, and for his cserti no in ononcotiOS
with the newspaper pm'. The gallant colonel had
attained hi• itith year.

The public do' Out realise the full benefit of th•
reduced tax on tea owing to the many profits with
whist, it is charged, for it is passed from the grower to
the Chinese merchant, then to the English merchant,
next to the tea broker, afterwards to the London
srholeaalo dealer, who sells it to the retailer :—by
Hernitnan k Co.'s improved mode of supply massy of
thwe charges are avoided, and tea of surpassing excel-
lonise and purity is secured, as all its ir imports ars
sent direct to consumers through their London and
country &gents in sealed packets with the price plainly
printed thereon ; Hornimla St Co. therefore gusrsntes
to purchasers in sll ports of the kingdom tea of good
quslity at their low Axed price. It is needful to no
that each packet is signed Horniman k Coe nriemsl
importers of tbe pure tea. .
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HOLLOW.... 015TllenT.-114d up,. Wounds, note.. sad sa
d.e'riPtksw Sores an curel by Um proper one din Old INS
of this ineethoable peep trade. To aUesupt to cm. hstf Wils
bY Wiring hed.solth. emend of tio. i• • kW,. ks.
Jf1.111.1 the skin unite, • buoy, diseased coodithm rewaira
undtrmath •• break out with tatfold fury to • fro sya Th.
~.AT natio& nil rucemo ul •rnlsnl. ee 10 nalid
"knee. b to reduce the intim:motion a • d about th
—to soothe the nekhbourieg nerre•—t Too, Wm baited blood
a.il tonne. along its .roecia—outd to render the Qin,
ichorou. ellacherge ad h Holloent;:r P.
shoald b• Oaken et she woe Ilene. to purify tits Mood, "4
.rel the obnostous bum.. ITTn. the .r44is.

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