The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-04-04 00:00:00

SPORTING.

A GALLANT FOX_ AND A NOBLE BUN.

LORD POLTIMORE'S HOI7NDS.

This magnificent pack on Thursday, the 30th ult.,
rather astonished the lieges of the ancient borough of
Dorchester by appearing in fall cry in its immediate
vicinity. To tell the tale as 'twas told to us- the meet
was at Winterbourne Lodge. There was an admirable
muster of our elite; but the fir plantations were drawn
blank. They found a fox however outside Steepleton
cowlease, Beans soon laid on his darling*, and away
they ran, skirting Mr. Homer's gorse and straight over
the hill into bfartinstown. Thence the wan* led
across the turnpike and away to Bradford plantation
at a racing pace. Here in the plantation the ant check
occurred, but the fastness of the pace may be judged of
by the fact that although the distance was seven miles
the time was but 20 minutes. Again the hounds hit
him off and hunted him slowly through the fir trees,
right ces to Fordington field, where it was a noble right
to see the pack with the whole hunt coming well up.
The fox turning • little to the left skirted a sman
plantation, and took to the down again, not relishing
the deceptive refuge. Over the hill went Reynard as
if he had had a special invitation to Came; but finding
that he had mislaid it, he evidently changed his miM
and turned to the left by the tunnel across the river
and into the water meadows just outside the town of
Dorchester. These s9uatics proved unpropitious for
the scent, and here, owing to this gallant fox being some
way a-head of the pack, and the scent failing, the
noble master of the hounds was obliged moat reluctantly
to relinquish the pursuit of a fox which had afforded
altogether a rim of one hour and the first 20 minutes as
we have stated very fast, the distance being about
seven miles. —Tallyho /

Mrs. Loogworth Yelverton has been laid up by
serious Mama for the last fortnight.
Mr. Armstrong, the recorder of Bolton, has resigned
his office, on account of failing phyeical strength.
The Americans built on the lakes last year 87 steamers,
and 100 sailing ships, the aggregate burden of which
was 17,854 tons.
The relative endurance of the 12-pounder guns, tested
by the ipecial committee, is represented thus : Whit-
worth, 92 rounds; Armstrong shunt gun, 60 round.;
Armstrong breech loader, 42 rounds.
A person named Jenner, formerly a town councillor
and poor-law guardian in the borough of Salford, was
sentenced, at the Manchester Assizes on Thursday, to
18 months' imprisonment for perjury.
On Saturday evening, at a mining village, near
Sheffield, a young man named Stanton, killed his
grandmother, who urged him to go home on leaving •
public-house, by striking her. He is in custody.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales and suite will go to Sandringham House,
Norfolk, in the course of a few days, and are expected
to stay about a month or five weeks.—Court Circular.
The Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick's Cathedral, re.
stored—all the world should know it now—by Mr.
Guinness, have presented that gentleman with &suitable
address, in recognition of his unparalleled generosity.
The Emperor has, according to the papers, spin got
into trouble with his dog. He was walking in the Bolt
de Boulogne with only an "A.D.C." and the dog is
question, which was not muzzled, when the cocked.
hatted tyrants 0400 up and threatened all sorbs of
punishment.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On the Chut Eastern Eel
way on Thursday, in the Audley-end tunnel, Mr. Henry
Hoare, the banker, was reaching out of a carriage in
which he was riding, when his head came in contact
with the brickwork, and was frightfully crushed. Hie
life was despaired of.
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On Saturday a bronze effigy of Professor Wilson—the
"Christopher North" of Blackwood—end a marble
statue of Allan Ramsay, the author of "The Gentle
Shepherd," and of several songs still constantly in the
months of the Scottish peasantry, were added to the
many that already adorn the beautiful city of Edinburgh.
A serious misunderstanding is likely to take place
between France and Turkey, arising out of the Tunisian
difficulty. It is reported that the French Ambassador
is on his way to Paris to confer with his Governmest.
England sides with the Porte in the dispute.
Surinam DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Mr.
Foreman, re4niater of the Free Church in Leven, went
on Tueeday night to the manse of the Rey. Charles
Jameson, Pithead, on his way to attend a meeting of
the Free Presbytery of Kirkcaldy. He was to all
appearance in his ordinery state of health, and retired
to his bed-room without exhibiting any symptoms of
illness. In the morning he was found dead in his bed,
having died apparently without a struggle.-Bcotirman.
&calorie ACOIDANT TO THE EARL Or DICeANT.—Thie
nobleman met with tt most severe accident at a late
hour Oa Wednesday night His lordship was going
up-stairs to his bed-room when he slipped and fell back-
wards, receiving a very severe wound on the back of his
head. In answer to inquiries in Eaten-square at a late
hour on Thursday night it was stated that his lordship
was still insensible, and was considered to be in a most
dangerous state. Drs. Prescott, Hewitt, Noy, and
Milner, are in attendance, and but faint hopes are
entertained of his lordship's recovery.
SOMETHING TO HS THANKFUL FOR.—The Globe sap s
When we bear in mind that Mr. Gladstone's estimate,
of revenue for the year, in his last financial statement,
was only a trifle over sixty-seven millions, and that big
actual receipts are fully throe millions more; when we
find a remission of taxation amounting to about twee
and-a.half milions, followed by an increase instead eta
deficiency in the very first year in which it came into
operation, and when we know that we have not quite 67
millions in the way of expenditure to provide for, we
may well feel thankfuL
THM Convict' PovrEn.—According to the
Reporter, Potter, who was convicted of the murgerrl
his wife at the last Derby assizes, and who was respite&
during Her Majesty's pleasure, has been removed to
Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum. 0 When the commis-
sioners of lunacy visited him (says that journal) be
acted very cleverly, or his mind was overbalanced to
consequence cf the fear of death. Of course a respite
Is not a reprieve ; nevertheless the impression is general
that, as in the case of Townley, if he is ultimately
pronounced sane, he will not be sent batik to Derby to
be executed, but will be removed to Pentonville Prison.*
THZ ATTACK ON LORD DERBY'S GAIEZEZEPERS.—
At the Liverpool Assizes on Friday, before Mr. Justice
Mellor, five men, named James Hill, Thomas Roberta,
John Makin, Thomas Wilding, and William Swift,
were charged with a felonious assault at Rainford, on
the 4th of last September, on one of Lord Derby'.
gamekeepers, named Edward Briddle, with intent to
maim him. On the night in question, Briddle and an
assistant, named Tinsley, found the prisoners on some
valuable game preserves, between Rainford and St.
Helen's. They bad a lnrcher dog with them, which
Roberts turned into a field, where it started a hare.
Briddle seized Roberts, and banded him over to Mosley ;
he himself seized the dog. On this, Roberta cried out,
" Come on, lads f" on which the other prisoners fell
upon Briddle, and struck him over the head with some
pieces of slag, inflicting injuries by which Briddle wan
for some time placed in great danger. It was also the
I opinion of the surgeon who dressed his wounds that
Briddle had been struck with • knife. The prisoners
were found guilty of unlawfully wounding, and
sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard
labour.
THS HULL= REWARD QUESTION.—This much-
debated question is even yet not finally determined.
The Government, as has been stated, promptly for-
warded the £lOO reward to the trade assignee's
solicitor, Mr. Thomas Beard, upon the proceedings I.
bankruptcy. The remaining £2OO has not yet been
paid, the North London Railway Company and Messrs.
B..obarts and Company deferring to the opinion of the
Chief Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. On
Friday Mr. Beard received the following letter :
" Spring-gardens, Marsh 30, 1865. Sir,—Tbe Censseir
stoner of Polk* has instructed us to reply to your letter
to him of the 16th inst. We have, by the commissioner's
directions, written to the secretary of the North
London Railway Company, and to Messrs. Roberta and
Go., informing them of the course pursued by the
Government, with regard to the disposal of the reward
of £lOO offered by them, and adding that we see no
objection to their handing the amount of the reward.
offered by them respectively to Mr. John Paul, the
creditors' assignee of Matthews, on his giving a receipt.
—We are, lan, Ellis and Ellis." Mr. Beard is there-
fore hourly expecting the 1:200. and it is anticipated
that some arrangements may be made with the creditors.
GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCL—It must be gratifying
to all those who have found out the value of REAKITT'S
DIAMOND BLACK LEAD, to leant that it is used in the
Palaces of the Queen, and Prince of Wales. The Royal
domestics were among its first patrons.
The introduction of commodities thatoommand a large
sale from their distinctive advantages being valued by
the public, frequently attracts a host of imitators. To
endeavour to pass off inferior articles some closely copy
the trade-mark, labels, packets au, of Mews. Horn
man, the well-known original Importers of the Pure
Tea; therefore purchaaers should not fail to notice that
the signature—" Horniman and Co, London"—is on
each genuine packet. Their tea, from its reliable good
quality, has for a quarter of a centuu been in
favour throughout the kingdom, proving that all
require good tea, and prefer sterling quality to mere
appearance. Meagre. Hornimans' agents number about
two thousand ; those in this locality are advertised in
our columns.
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in strengthening a debilitated constitution than any
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by bilious affections, disordered stomach, or liver com-
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of breath, are also within the range of the sanative
powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures
effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary,
but complete and permanent. They are as mild as
they are efficacious, and may be even with confidence
to delicate females and young children.
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