The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-05-08 00:00:00

rerary measure, unsettling everythieg gnat settling marry in a country where such a marriage was held
salting. lawfdl.
Mr. WALPOLE idelitkli that there was much fore* A ledging-howse keeper having advertised to let eve'
and justice In the observations of Sir ./. Hamden. I sin apartments which the tenant then in occupation
With respect to the extension of the borough franchise was Aunt to leave, seas applied to to exeibit the rooms
proposed by the lull, taking the principles' of the Reform to a person who proved Wesel, dishonest by carrying
Act as his guide, he joined issue with Lord John Rue- off valuable proven), belonuing to the lodger. The
sell as to whether the principles of this Hill were idea- lodger hereapon sued the landlord for heels); occasioned
tical with those of the Act. The avowed policy el the loss by neglect of the proper oars' which a prudent
' Lord John in his previous Bills, was to introdme a 0-wer should have exercised. The hindkrrel, as define
variety of franchise; so that lie bad deviated from the I slant, eenorrred to tide charge as disclosing no lewd
, principle lie hall himself recommended. ground of ection. The Is-gal issue thus raised was
He should, however vote for the o.codd reading, because I argued on Monde, lest, in Bianco, before the Court of
a pledge hail been repeatedly and solemnly given, and C ~,,, mon Pleas Judges. The Lord Chief /make eave
nothing could be so unWise as to daily with such a quer judgment fur the deferent, drawing a distinction
tion. between the oyes of the kerpar of au inn and the lane.
The CHANCELLOR of the EICHVAXER, after replying ion' of apartment* with respe:4l to robberies of the
to some collateral objections suggested hy Mr. Walpole. property of lodgers. His lordship raid that the judges
ant deptecating a 'mire prolonged discussion upon this distinctly laid it down that • lan9°^l I'm not liable for
etage of the Bull teticlusi.very briefly upon the subjects the goods uf a were lodger, Mal if stole* ley cue of his
of the county franchise ace the redistribution of iCASII. (the landlord's) own family. The lodger should have
He put by, be said, questions that Might be dealt with lint valuable property out of the way Wore ity 011wwed
more practically in the committee, and adelveseed the Noma to be shown.
self to the objection to the great principle of the eitt— A benkrupt named Weldon, formerly a grocer xi
that the LIG franchise would swungi the constituency by I reterlorough, was prosecuted by his assignees for net
admitting the overwhelming mass of voters who would I haviug eurren.lered to his tenkruptcy, and for having
be had in quality. Was that true ? He did not believe fraudulently obtained goods within three months pre-
what had been said of the working close. or that they vim's to his failure. He was sentenced to twelve
would be actuated by a disposition to fic;cialiem, Coin- months' imprisonment. Mr. Lawrence, solicitor for the
mustion, or Republicanism, or suything at variance suoignees, then applied to Me. Coininissioner Pane fur an
with the law or constitution of the country; and lie order directing payment of the eests of the prosecution
denied that the constituency would be deteriumted out of the Proceed,' of tile c'l*fe• The C'fp'"i"l"6"er
by admitting those classes, who, lie thought, had • declined to grant the order, sod Mr. Terrence mid he
good right to a share in the fratichire. Then, what ehould appeal. The Commissioner then ',el lie did not
would be the numbers admuitte4 to the borough think he ordered the prosecution. Mr. bierrance
franchises? It could not raised 200,000, and was rewiuded him that be had done so in two instatiche, for
much more likely to be 'short of 150,0110. the two separate °Homes above named. "If I made
How did these facts, be asked, justify the allegation the order," said time Commissioner, "1 mind have some
that the new constituency would swamp and bear down note or memorandum in my book concerning it, and my
the old? How could inuta voters, who, it was said, book is not here to-day. It has been taken to my 110111. d
were to have the lion's share, bear down 400,000, the for souther purpose. lie afterwards added. "I son
150,0011n0t being compoeel exclusively of the labouring pretty confident I made no entry in my book," slid on
classes? The Government, he said, had no such dream being informed that he had signed the order, charged
as that of withdrawiug the Bill ; but if the °that side Mr. Lawrence with "procuring" his 'denature, and de-
dialiked it, let them adopt the remedy in their own clared that lie could nut tell the precise language of every
hands, and move its rel;ction. At all events, let them order put before him. Ile denied that the fails ha
not pursue • course, delay, that would render legis- been laid before bun, after Mr. LAWMSICe'eI assertion
latiop upon the subject unposUble, that such had been the case; and thrice returned for
Mr. COLLIES spoke at some length, amid many answer " I sha'nt" to Mr. I.awrance's repeated appeals
intemtptions. in opposition to the Bill: for allowance of the emits of the proreention. This un•
The Bill was read a second time, and, on the motion dignified scene, during which the Commissioner was
of Lord J. RCNNELL, it was ordered to be committed on continually contradicting Mr. Lawrance, and Mr. Law.
Monday, the 4th of June ranee as often respectfully contradicting the Commis-
The Bank of Ireland Bill passed through committee. sioner, was at length termiesated by an endorseineat
Other Bills were forwarded, and leave was given to upon the propesed order of the refusal of the Court to
introduce certain Bills, allow the omits so required.
The House adjourned at ten minutes before I o'clock. A trudee of a friendly society was convicted of ap-
- - propriating to his own use a mum of £4O, which was
alleged in the indictuieut to he the property of the tree'
• . I surer of such society. The Act 10, (Mo. 4. cap 56, yenta
the property of the society in the treasurer. The pri-
soner appealed against the conviction, on the ground
that a subsequent Act, 7 aud 8 Vic., cap. 63, veeted the
funds in the " trustee or trustees." The result wae that
the conviction was quashed.
Two sharpers confederated to swindle a countryman
at a public-house, by means of a conjuror's trick. One
of them placed a pencam% on the table and left the room
to fetch swum ink, in order to write a letter. His am- ,
federate opened the pencame, renioved a pen from it,
and put a pin into its place. He ther. persuaded the
dupe to bet 12 10a, with the owner upon lus, return that
the pen was not in the ease. The bet was made and
the case opened, when both a pen and a pin were found
within it. The rogues then tools the money. The con.
federates were given into custody, convicted of fraud
and romsOracy, and sentenced Weight months' imprison-
ment. Their counsel appealed against the conviction.
stating that the prosecutor, in endeavouriag to cheat
another, had been himself taken in, and that the affair
nasa were bet on • sleight-of-hand trick. The Court
of Exchequer decided that the conviction was good,
nevertheless, as the law was framed to protect dishonest
and the stupid equally with other pecqiie.
A gentleman wae natbed of his watch in a crowd,
and the thief pawned it two hours afterwards. He was
discovered, and committed for trial for the offence.
'flue prosecutor and the pawubroker applied to the ma-
gistrate, Mr. Self..., for their expenses in attending to
prosecute. Mr. Self.- inforuied them that he bad only
power to award them 74.1. each, and both the witnesses
declined to accept that amount, which Mr. Selfe deno-
minated a " miserable cheeseparing."
Mrs. Stone, .if of a Mr. Stone, clerk in the India
House, applied to the Divorce Court fur a judicial sena-
ration from her husband on toe gerund of cruelty. e
acts charged were, among others, that the husband had
beaten hams wife, kicked her, bitten her mouth till it
bled, and eulled tier twee violently. threatening to wring
it off. The defendant admitted hewing boxed her ears
and wrung her nose " muter great excitement." He
alleged in proof of his general kindness that be had on
one occasion borrowed five genies, et 40 per cent. to pay
a deetor who attended her during her confinement.
The Court delivered its (Onion that his conduct had
been catremely brutal, and decreed the separation.

FRIDAY.
On the motion for adjournment till Monday. various
questions were, as usual, addressed to the Government
and partly debated, alter which
Lord J. Ressitit gave replied and brief explanations
upon these subjects. With reference to the occurrences
in Japan, he said that when the last accounts came
away there were hopes that the difficulties to which
they had giveen rise would be overcome. Regarding
Roman affairs, be stated that the informition the
British Government obtained was not dependent solely
on the reports of diplomatic agents, sod he wou:d endea-
vour to ascertain whether there were any despatches
which would throw light upon the subject, observing that
he bad great respect for the personal character of the
present Pope, who was a very benevolent wan;
hut
there were incidents in ecclesiastical government,' which
were ill-calculated to secure the benefit of the people.
Auto Italian politics generally, the state of Naples and
of Italy, which might bring on complications in Europe,
.juetified. he thought, friendly intervention .in our part.
Mr. Cobden. be said, had gone from this country as one
of the Commissioners Mules the treaty of commerce with
France. being considered one of the best persons to treat
with that Government ; his travelling expenses were
paid, but he had no salary.
Mr. Kieesigo and Mr. Vaesicrrxter made inquiries
respecting the agrarian disturbance. in Bengal connected
with the cultivation of indigo, both of them inveighing
*gaited the alleged oppression of the ryots and the arbi-
trary character of a recent law making the non-fulfilment
of an indigo contract • criminal offence.
Col. Settee mooted the subject of the reorganization
of the Indian arum, by inquiring when the judgment of
the Council of India would he taken upon the report of
the Military Committee.
Sir C. WOOO declined to enter into the subject of
the Indian army, which did not affect India only, but
was of imperial moment, in an incidental discus.ion.
Upon the subject of the indigo disturbances, he entered
into detail.' as to the mode in which the cultivation was
carried on, adiuitting that the relation, between the
Plentere and the flute lied been for some time Anything
but satisfactory. The planters, being possessed of
zemindary 'Sege, entered into (*Menet' with the ryots
for cultivating mid collecting the plant for which the
latter received advances, fell into debt, and refused to I
perforsu their obligations. In this state of things appli- I
cation had been made to the authorities at Calcutta, I
and a Bill had been introduced into the Legislative
Council to enforce the cuntracte by a summary pro-
cess; but it did put appear that it wa. intended to sub-
ject the infraction tit these civil contracts to the cri-
minal _
law. lug ullanPloostiir.—Aorurding to the Era, arrange-
The other sobjecia then incidentally discussed coin- incite have been inside for &qua and Heenan to tight
aili in about two month.' tune. The gentleman who
prehended the classification of the inmates of the onion sg
workhou.es, the Brazilian claims, the application of the acted as referee iii the late tight declines to appear in
8e11.4 Board of Dublin for the accounuodetion of a that capecity again.—Belts Life yet hope* that the
steamer, the final reduction of the wine duties, the difficulty oussy be arranged. The same journal publishes
ventilation of the National Gallery, and the purification a list of suesecriptious collected at Newmarket for Toni
of the Serpentine. Sayers. The following are anionget Use subscriber%
Upou the latter subject, the discussion of which was The Pori of Stisieford. £100; his Grace the Duke of
raised byMr. jusEpH Lou.ite, details were given respect. Beaufort, £110; the Earl of Glasgow. 00; the Essel of
ing the cotton be had adopted by Mr. CowrEa. Chesterfield, £2O; the Earl of Annesly, RIO; Viscount
, The motion for adjournment was agreed to. Clifden, £10; the Earl of Coventry. i 10; Viscount Es- ,
,1 Mr. It SHERIDAN moved for leavens bring ins Bill mouth, £10; the Earl of Steethinore. £lO4 the Earl of j
'to emend the law relating to the duty chargeable on fire Portsmouth, PIO; Count Batthyany, EN; Lord (our-
insurances. The Bill, he said, was an echo of that of a time ; £10; the Hon. Admiral Runs, £10; Lord Paget.
former session •it did nut propose a total repeal of the kid; the Earl of Winchelsea. £10; the Earl of Lincoln.
Zuty, but, by ;educing the tax upon the onliiiary risks nu-' Sir W. CD' dringtou. £10; Viscount Andover, £5;
; trete as to Is. per cent., to popularize it, and increase, the Hon. Colonel Forrester. £.5. The total sum col-
, not dionieleh the revenue. I lected at Newmarket was £1585. Belts Life has received
, The CHANCELLOR of the EICHEDEER showed that the Ka lEss in small sums. " In-addition to the above Tom
. calculations of Mr. Sheridan were not reliable. lie has received one hundred guineas, collected by the
j hoped the Hones would not accede to the motion. gentlemen of the:Stock Exchange, which he has deposited
Mr. IMALINN Mid he should accede to the motion in with us. to be added to the annuity funds. Two noble-
' order to record his opinion that this was • duty which men el distinguished reek, and another gentleman, have
ought at the earliest period to be reduced. authorised us to pot down their Dames for £2O each,
jMr. COD:ALEX', though he opposed the motion, con. but have not given us permission to publish their titles.
eideries the Bin to be bees'! upon an moat principle. About ENO wee collected by the merchants in Mincing-
, was of opinion that this was one of the worst of tales, lane, and presented to Sayers on Satunlay. About two
in respect of both character and amount. wes collected in the House If Commons. At Liverpool
Lord C. HAMILTON spoke strongly in condemnation about 1:130 was roused on change, and presented to the
! of the tax. champion personally.
After some further discusaion the motion was Time LIME LIGHT Or WArrMINsTEILIAtunt. The
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matived neon a divirion by 108 toS4. completed portion of the new Westmineterbridge has
Sir J. P.ixrox moved for a Select Committee to been lighted by the new lime light for some evenings
consider the best inealui of providing for the increasing nest. There are ten lights on the bridge—shunt one-
traffic of the metropolis by the embankment of the third of the number of the old gas lights. The light
is
j Thames. of a pure while colour and of deuling brilliancy, making
I Mr. Cowrze offered no objection to the motion. No all of the old gas-burners in the proximity appear as
! one, be observed, could be blind to the fact that the dull as though they were burning at noonday. It was
main arteries of London wets becoming choked. A to this description of light that Professor Faraday
committee amid consider the various plans of an referred when lie stated it was so intense that it could
embankment, the rights of individuals, and other be distinctly seen for a distance of ninety-five miles, and
matters. With respect to the fund, lie demurred to the the xirrectness of this statement was verified deringthe
: allegation that this matter could he considered in any Ordnance survey of Scotland, when one of these lights.
jway imperial. It appeared to him that it was wholly placed as • station-mark on the top of Ben Lomond, was
j Fund., he thought, might be raised by a joint- distinctly seen at the Knock Loyd, between ninety and
stock company. a hundred miles distant. A single jet .4 the lime-light
Mr. BLACKBURN moved, by way of amendment, to of inedinle size is equivalent to forty argued or eighty
add the words "and how the funds are to be provided fishtail gaiburners, or to four hundred was caddies ; and
from the districts benefited." its intensity and brilliancy may be increase... Thy augment-
In the debate which followed, and in which Lord .1. ing the quantity of the rises supplied. As compared
Myextee, Mr. AIRTOS. Mr. Decries, Lord PALMER- with the illniuinating power of common gas, a single
sros, Mr. BENTINCK, and other member,i took part, it jet, consuming four cubic feet of the mixed gases of
was suggested that the whole matter should be hydrogen and oyxgen, is said to be equal in illuminating
left in the hands of the Metropolitan Board of Works, power to that obtained from four hundred feet of ordi-
The amendsuent was negatived, aud the original nary gas. The mode in which the lieht is produced is
motion was agreed to. , by the combustion of lime under the great heat caused
The orders of the day were then proceeded with, by the flame of the mixed genes. A stream of common
certain Bills were forwarded, and the House adjourned gas, which is used instant of pure hydrogen, is con.
at I o'clock until Monday. ducted through one pipe, and a supply of oxygen is sent
. through a second one, each being attached to separate
gas-holders. These pipes terminate near the letup in
one single tube, where the gasos are allowed to niix in
their way to • curved jet to what may be called the wick
of the lamp, which is simply a lump of lime, 641.1 in
close proximally to the mouth of the curved tube, by a-
piece of metal. In lighting the lanip, the first step is to
direct the stream of hydrogen upon the lime ; it is
lighted, end gives forth a small flame of a pale yellow
colour. In a few seconds after this the pale colour gives
place to • deep red, cimused by the combustion of the
metal calcium in the lime, under the great heat of the
hydrogen name. When the lime is in this state the
oxygen is turned on and instantly the bright white
light is erudaced, which will continue as long as the
"s-irk" retuning uneeinsumed. The supply of lime is
kept up by the action of simple clockwork machinery.
THE EMPtHoll, AND THE SPIRITN.- -During the time
which Mr. D. D. flame spent in Peri. he was • constant
visitor aud guest of the Emperor and Empress'. On hie
first visit, iii a room of which the Emperor and Le were
the ante um-amine., the weaderful marsitodatiiilas-uf
which be is the medium were rigorously wirutinized by
I the Emperor, and were repeatedly displayed under con-
ditions prescribed specially by the Emperor, in order to
enable him to prunounoe definitively upon the pheno-
, meas. No juinping to conclusion., but rather • jump-
! ing on table aid chains, to obtain more accerate demon-
' strati of their truth. After all the conditions of the
' Emperor hoot been satisfa.torily complied with, and not
a doubt could remain upon his innocent mind, he said,
• "The Et' nprees must see this;" and he went himself to
bring her from tlee.anion where all the Court were
aseseinliled. Clem her coming with the Emperor, fir
two hours the three were seated together at the table,
wonderstruck at the phenomena which were produced
before them. After this Mr. Hume became a constant
guest, and in repeated sittings nearly the full range of
spiritual manifestations, were made familiar to both the
Emperor and the Einprees as well as to most of the
French Court and aristocracy. A record was keut of
these different sittings by direction of the Emperor, and
50 smelts were printed in hin private printing-office for
dietribution. The heaperor, not being • Fellow of our
Royal Society, m.kes Do secret of what he- saw and
heard, but, on the contrary, has made its subject of
frequent conversation ; and, among others of his ac-
quaintance, both lie and the Empress hams informed
our queen and Prince Albert of all the wonders he has
seen. On one occasion four pennies were sitting to-
gether at the Tuileries—the Emperor and tile Empress,
the Duchessde Montebello, and Mr. House. A pen and
ink were on the table, and souse paper. A spirit-hand
***seen, and presently it took up the pen, and in their
sight and presence dipped it in the ink, went to the
paper, and wrote upon it the word "Napoleon," in the
autographs of the great Emperor. The Einperor asked
it he might be allowed to bias the hand, and it went to
his lips, mid then to those of the Empress; and alter-
wards, on Mr. Home waking a humble request. lie WAS
permitted to kiss it's wartu awl sat tea-tare. The auto-
graphs is among the valued canteens of the "Em-
peror's spiritual portfolio."—Spiritenl MOVOrille.
THZ Port's GALLANTRT.—A letter from Rome in the
Moult sari The "'morak subject of converoation
here to-nay is the extraordinary honour avorded by
the holy father to Mote. Lamoriciare. After granting
her a long audience, time Pope deipned to act as lief
guide in a visit to the galleries and library of the Vati-
can; and the Meatnis de Vignaeourt, cousin of Mine.
de Lamoriciere, shared the same favour. The Pope,
having one lady on his right, and the other OD his left,
exnlained to them the different objects in the galleries,
end on reaching the
remarking to librarratieoenazed them to sit down,
Mule. de re, "You me now
madam, sia•od on • chair which I lately Wend to •
queue r