The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-02-18 00:00:00

Central Ntb3s.

The Laseet states that in the Windham 06.11 fine*
of the jurors considered the alleged !nestle of monad
mind, while seven thought otherwise.
Tux Witcratu CA8111..-A correspondent writes :-
"Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Windham are now staying at
Felbrigg Hall, the family seat in Norfolk. Mr. Wind-
ham has been down for about ten days, having wine
into the country at the conclusion of the extraordinary
trial before Master Warren ; but Mrs. Windham did not
rejoin her husband till Saturday evening, when she
arrived at Norwich by the 8.45 p.m. express, posting to
Felbrigy the same evening. In the °ounce ef bee week.
Mr. Windham gave an audit dinner to his tenatitel.
The entertainment was a handsome one, sad Ilk, VIDA-, ,
ham himself presided at it. : After dinner be ydoligokl I,
number of toasts. showing an intelligentlamiitatity crite ,
the leading public topics of theday. One of his emtechas
extended over twenty ininntes. As regards the waited:
the late inquiry it iapositively stated that Mator43eneyelj
Windhaui and the other parties who; imud the Petli-
tion on which the commission ' de liaiatietimptieende :
was granted do not intend to apply for their costa nut
of the estate; laid it is even affirmed-although tali I
move will probably not be successful-that Om *polo
,1
which Mr. Windham has incurred• in What May be
, styled his defence and which amount to some £15,000,
will be attempted to be saddled on theiiititkiners.
, Every effort is being made to induce Mr.. Windlimucto :
, live more quietly for the future. He was annotnend to
patronise an entertainment et a circus, sad also at the
: Theatre Royal, Norwich, bat he was: prewaiked • Wein
net to ittend." We can soarnely reconcile theoahens
statement with the notate that has during An kg iftw.
days appeared in our advertising columns, signed by
Mr. Windham, to the effect that he siu. pot 0.. . 40,/,
be answerable for his wife's debta..-4itiaP,Zt
vcrii4i
"ANOTHtR FATAL AOOLD Th lAT,"-eNt
simple though they are, contain a world of meaning's
expression within them. We often•think that, when
• catastrophe takes place, which involues. * larlig,
number of people in destitution, or difficult'. a TI.If
greater injury is done to the survivors be the Diathc4 49
which the relief is granted . than by the catastrophe, ..,
Itself. If a petsolt be left to their otin't=rott' .i 4
truly wonderful ts witness holt soot they ' 'oat tot
themselves • career more or lies prosperous and Ilitt
tingaished, according to the amount of en. 'hulk •,
discretion displayed in the conduct of the Patty`imtf- ,
oerned. When accidents, therefore, are as Hfe, aOlkt"
quent, and an disastrons,-it behove' no it onixe;:cidik
Perpetual to furnish the Decease provisions mtl6l.
such a contingency. The Aociden Peett I '
Compaiay, whose central oleos, re ate it „, -';
tia
buildings, E.C., but whose agermies Op, entend hay "
wide throughout the United Kingdom -the Accldsni.
Death Insurance Comment, we sity, lin ai1i,61441041611
unusual an they are profitable-not such a diameter
that they can never be realixed,-but of a 'boat fide,"
practical, tangible natare-of the truth and substaxi-`
tiality of which, the active experience of twelve and 'a
half years has furnished ample and Moon . .Id
proof. During thit period, this deservedly' '
company has disbursed amongst no lea titan ff, I mlo
families, • total sum amounting to £169,2 it 6‘ Or "
fraction over £l9 each ease toting the fatal -and ion-
fatal (compensation) cases together. It cannot beqirelf- ,
dered that the business of the company is diffls In-'
creasing, when we state that every claim is prdileptlyi
honestly, and fairly met-that its reytiletions adnift Of
almost every variety of occupation amongst its ezeintiere
-that its policies are iodispotable, except it mules of
positive trend - and , last, though most, . int
portant, iterates are so low,as come within the ineives
of the narrowest income. By the payment et gil per
annum, the sum of £lOOO is secured to your sureirere
in the event of your death, and £6 per week convenes-
tion for non-fatal accident. We can only give this
laconio advice, "Insure immediately i Delay! are din- '
gerous r -From the Commercial Daily Lig, 12th
February. .
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Tax. ARV. Mn. PONSMON ON MACATILLY.—OD
Thursday night Exeter-hall was crowded-to hear the
Rev. Mr. Punshon delieer a lecture on Macaulay. Our
readers will remember that shortly after the occurrence
of the calamity at Hartley the rev. gentleman delivered
the same lecture at Newcauitle-on-Tyne, the proceed; of
admission being devoted to the relief of the surviving,
relatives of the unfortunate pitmen when • very large
m sum was raised. This was the first occasion en widish
his lecture had been delivered to a London audience, and,
being characterised throughout by that fervid eloquence
for which Mx. Punshon is remarkable, it was listened
to with the deepest attention and received very groat
applause.
MATRIMONIAL ADVERTINING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES:
—A correspondent in the Potteries sends us the folaw-
log :—ln the columns of the Staffordshire Advertiser of
the 4th January the following ludicrous announcement
appeared :—Matrimony.—A respectable Farmers,s, son,
is parents where of Nobility who as lost them time bask
and as lived in respectable situttion P, afterwards, wishes
to meet with • female of respectability as can have
money or • sum of money at the time she is married or
marriage or marriage to take place early this spring in
this year the advertiser is one out of a good family se •
100 pounds in hands and will have more at the death of
a relation he understands thefirst rate farming as learn
another business join it is age about 30 stands eight 5
feet 7 inches and a i with rather slender • genteel.ap-
pearanoe hair brown pleasant looking satisfaction from
• gentleman can he given if it desirable that he steady,
sober and industrious strictly confidence may be relied
oa address W., Masers, Mort, Advert*? OfficeStaffoed."
This advertisement excited the hoaxing propensities of
• quiet young gentleman in Hanley, who under the son
de phone of F.lma Ashley, an imaginary young lady, an
orphan, of course, an heirs. to f 1,300 in the Pour per
Cent. Consols, and real property to the value of £7O per
annum, and who had been considerably ill-used by a
guardian aunt, undertook a correspondence, with the
"Gentleman." The bait took. £1,300 wane nice little
neat egg for our " farmer's son," and £7O per year
would keep the " wolf from the door." A small-steed
farm with the " idea of the lady as a life partner," was
moot!ed by the advertiser and encouraged by the
"heiress.' Visitors at the lady's house, however, she
represented, prevented an early meeting, but, nnian-
while, an affectionate correspondence was indulged in,
"E. A., the Postoffles, Hanley," was the adess re-
sorted to, "So keep the guardian aunt in the darlrf• '
and "your sincere and faithful lover, W—l—en
was the signature at the close of the epistles to the
lady. "Miss Ashley." meanwhile, was apparently en-
gaged in quietly satisfying "herself" of the genuineness
of her "lover's' protestations, and learnt from parties
in -the immediate neighbourhood of his residence—
whisk was not 250 miles from Bank-street, Tunstall—
that the" respectable farmer's son" was wagoner to an
extensive coal and ironstone master of Tunstall,
and furthermore that her "sinews and faithfill '
lover had 'lost a slain off his roof."' Court-
ships, like everything else, must have an end, and
our hero's was no exception. An interview,
to take place at the Cementry Grounds, at klanieg,.was
arranged, and the farmer's son, true to his appointment,
was there, dressed " in a Bleak cost, a Black overociat,*:
Double brested waisteoat Black and Brown Plod with ,
houl's, like dents in, the same as you have Wen taken
' out of a beese hive, with a red striae up it and another
a cross it—leather button boots" and a necktie, his de- ,
scription of which beats Dickens hollow: "White end
dark blue strakes in it with rather red ends Att4
dots withthat colour .-ound the edge about half as wide
as a persons finger nail and that oolonifeekled;" td bls
he added "an uinberella in a black awe ends piece of
white ribbon tied to the handle," which, with a pair of
"yellow kid gloves," that at the request of tbeltd7 be
wore, were to be the distinguishing characteristics by
which she might recognise him. A " drinntation,7l
oonaisting of nearly fifty persons, were sansmoned to
meet "time sincere and faithful" swain; and two jolting'
young ladies were let into the secret, and undertook the
management of the " farmer's son." The gentleman,:
after sundry conversations with divers members of the
deputation, was handed over to the young ladies, who
escorted him to the "Old Swan Inn," at Steke-on•Trent
A private room was ready for the lovers, and the
"respectable farmer's son" was soon busy dimes*
whisky and water. By-and-by, however, the privacy of
the party was intruded upon. Gentlemen kept " drop-
ping ' until the room was quite packed, and no means
of exit were left for the unfortrur te young fellow.
Matrimony was the topic of 65neersatIon, and the
evident affection existing between the " gentletuan and
Miss Ashley" was freely commented on. The lady
kindly volunteered an account of the close of the lawsuit
by which the property had been obtained for her. Her
admirer was all attention, and, getting rather elevated,
confessed that he had been corresponding with the lady.
The banter and chaffing which followed this announce-
ment defy description. The "farmer's son" defended
himself in a speech in which he defied anyone to
produce testimonials from their employer "such- as he
had at that present tines in his possession." His
personal appearance was compared with the advertise-
ment, which was read, and the pattern' of his "doable
breasted" waistcoat and his necktie were lamely ex-
amined and compared with the graphic descriptions he
had given of them in his oorrespendesce. His whialrY)
and water was handed round to the company, and
another glass filled with hot water substituted, whisk
the poor fellow drank at a draught. When tired of the
fun his tormentors formed themselves into an escort,
and conducted him to Hanley. On arriving there lid
treated his *sport to "glasses round." and hoped that
the "present assembly there congregated would let it
drop now." This accomplished they led him (he ad*.
having become incapable of taking care of himeelf)botbd
street railway oars, and booked him for home, tthe
same time informing his fellow passengers of the eutird
affair.—Birocinghatn Daily Post.

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LORD POLTIWORR'S HOIINDS.—Th• meet on
was Frampton. The base of the morninglind
and was sumeeded by • soft mild day. A w
field of about one hundred, with • goodly ariaktg
the fair sex, accompanied the hounds to their first ar,
• mail osier bed near the Village, where noisier 'Maul
fox had,been seen the day previous; but as helms sit b
be spoken with, at 11:30 a.m. the hounds were
off to Majetson Gorse, where a braes were intik 'a
trued, and getting sissy together ran abrorit of'
other over the hilL Tam pack divided on the tWolisses:
but were soon got together, and after a catching eltsbla,
over the devour the brace of foxes were run tri
if, the same earth, and left for sabther day'
Ace" was new given for the Poor-lot Gors& whales
splendid dog fox and one of the right sort went *why at
a rattling pace, with the hounds three at him; lee'
Godmanatone village. Turning up the vale he al -',6IM
the villages of Godmenatone and Nether Gertile,As
"far over hill and dale" pointing for Came Park; I
headed at the turnpike road he sank the vale
the town of Coyne Abbas, through the enoloinalkir
behind the town, pointing for Miaterne, bet not
the noisy population at the union he tarried far the
over which the bounds took him at • vfngOnje '
Racing him by the small *over on the kill, they smithies rl
down the valley to the farm house at Gp-By4llaN,Jod
double-quick time. Here, hardly premed, he ran the ,
water meadoes for BydlingVillage,where he anti VILMA',
deadbeat two or three Beide before the boaedl..loifeetn
log the enclosures, he again tried the mountain skjen
but, not having steam enough to get up, he rah the side'
of the down, the hounds hating him all but in vinalliffirl
Haigh Plantation, just before reaching which theyrnseelb
into him after a fine ran of one hour and ten i
without a cheek *lift, or a mit. I need ha
with such • rpn, over such a reentry, i few tee
°conned. "Bellows to mend" was th• order ._ef tlek
day; seine horses were to be seen lying dove., cg
shutting up, some In thesilddle of the tuna titre
home, and the others very glad when they pO.
Every one lensed aisiliOadi tratihAbm *Br.
' many melt rune' nifty be inithiti- he this noble' pact ..
the sincere wish of" One who enjoyed it." P.S. Evans
received more than cos "Onlifogniiin -

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