The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-19 00:00:00

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An important matoli at draughts will be played at
Gloagow elrout the month of December, this year, between
throe of the best players in via., Mr, Jamus
Wyllie, alias " Herd Loddle," of Liven, olid !dolor*.
*Arrow and Drummond, of Glasgow, against three
of the but in England, vie., Messrs. Martin, Way, and
If udion, of London, for £9OO aside and the champion.
ship of Britain,
Ti;. °out of flootland on all it. salient point. is
ordered to be put in an efficient "tat, of defunee.
Several 39 pander" art to be sent from lYoulwielt to
fortify the inartello lowers at Leith. Ti;. forliftention
of the Island of Inchltuith, for the protection of Leith, is
under the conoiderotion of the Governinent.
MONDIIR Or A CIIILD Dr A LIJIIATIO,—At the Perth
Oireuit Court, which woe opened on Thursday by the
Lord Judie. Clerk and Lord Ivory, Donald Cameron
was charged with murder, in so far all on the 10th of
June lest, is a wood leading from Stratliburn turnpike.
road through the village of Trooliry, in the parish of
Little Dunteld, he did oessull his eon, aged two year.,
and did seise hold of him by the lags, MO did lift him
off his feet, and dill owing him round and Inch hio head
violently against the ground by which he was tour.
telly infund, and soon afterward. died, A plee of in.
sanity WU advanee4 by Mr. MOllllOll, the enuniol for the
prixoner, The Conti entertained no doubt thot the pri•
Ilona wu not a fit object for trial, and oritoined him to
he kept in the prison of Perth until Her Majesty's plea.
ours be known,
A DIAVII WOMAL—Lately a boat returning from
Mid Yell, Selland, where she bad delivered herrings,
was upset off Burmese, North Yell, The crew gut on
the keel, and the boat woo driven an shore on the rooks,
A wo non named May Stout Heeterion was lowered down
over the Miff it greet rlokof life, and got a rope thrown to
the crew, which WU the means of saving their lives,
0.16 N RAMC—The following lea statement of theism
killed from the 12th of August to the 21st of September,
by Mr. John Henderoon, on Westfieldmmore,
shire, acreage about 9,ooo—Grouse, 801 head; black
lame, 5 Partridge, 1 snipe, Ii plover, 3
I I hotel, 13 blue hares, 6; total, 838 head. 01 trout,
247. The "hooting WM thee of a single run. The
following is a lilt of the gams killed from August 12 to
flepteniher 12 by Dr. O. Sinclair Smith, Bth Dragoon
Q 4111.411, on Key, in the parish of Canisbay, near Thurso
Grouse, 890 head ; black game, 1; partridge, 25 ; snip*,
4(); plover, ; hares, 23 ; blue hares, 3; rabbits, 3 ;
—total, 791.
ROD•FISHING IN THII Tr.—The rod•fislxing in the
Toy, "wording to the new Act of Parliament, has oloud.
The nets were taken off oath. 99th calms month, and
sine@ that time anglers have had the river to themselves.
For the first fortnight of the rod-fishing the river was
in spate, sod the Ash would not rise; but after that time
the rod-fishing for 15 miles of the river above Perth was
good, and many englers had excellent sport. Above
Dunkeld the fishing had not been so good, u the fish for
the mod part ere heavy with ',pawn by the time they
reach the upper watera, and are shy of taking the fly.
It was generally thought by the fishermen that by ex•
tending the time for rod-114111as great numbers of fish in
spawning condition would have been taken; but title
opinion has been proved to be groundless, as very few
salmon In this condition have been found rising to the
although the river Is full of them. Lad week
Proffeooor i,
iskst, of London, who takes a great intar•
est in the ft ormontflold experiment, while fishing for
saliva in the Tay, near the ponds, naught a rihic with
the fnark of last spring—namely, the dead n out off,
and apiece out oft the upper part of the tail, proving
that some of the emolte, at least, return the same year
as