The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-29 00:00:00

WORLD.
LIBEL
HEnLr.mßanir r.T7he World, Da.
1 ER.SONALTY OF THE
TOE 2 ,of the English Church Union, held at
VII'
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In tlAieLlTijilrel Mew
At a meettuf n Thursday, one of the i anni,,,, was ..n I%
_.,_
Bristol rahenseum, 0
I have said: "It was ci, ---' " uu"'"'Y 3"eePted, lusd the I• n
the 1.• ~,,„nhecs is statv toseed. The emirt wai ii,,
,rt , ru e dm.
ve"fi'd leamice to him to see Mr. Cook make an•l intimated there nu t I lay to the transaction,
s (stile; P 1 • . hack the ancient discipline of is guarantee thM pmceeil-
-1 ft,rt to nan„, ,in ,s commenced shall
s
the ".'.l e He the speaker) thought they ought to he : be gone I .11 with.
V 144. 1 r ill ,enne way, nod not allowed to believe
-..'4lin ""
e they liked. Ile then went on to say
and "" in't X.
rroW " that Mr. Cook had lost the
he felt ",.;:rest so

THE GREAT WALKING MATCH.
E. P. Weston, the famous American pedestrian,
brought his attempt to walk 275 miles in n hours to a
•cessful termination on Friday night at the Agricul-
tural Hall, in the presence ..1 a larze number of
epectatore, ‘vli • treate..l this truly womlerful p,rfor-
matter. a.,1 it ju,tly dem,rved. We+ton sueeee•le•l in
lithing hi. 275 miles 4 min. :19 seem. within the
Ctn.., hi. opponent Rowell StoppinT shortly before,
exactly 100 miles to the bad. Weston did nit seem to
he by any means exhausted after his extraordinary
performance.

silo:Km; CASE or DESTITUTIoN.
A shocking case of I leititutiqn his been brou.ht to
light at Exeter. A girl, aged 1.4, was found embedded in
mud in a meadow, in an apparently dying condition.
She had but one thin ragged garment on, and she was in
the last stage if exhaustion. her hair which hung in
angles, WWI clotted with mud intermixed with leaves; and,
from exposure to the cold weather, her feet had become
frost-bitten. It appears that she was an orphan, and that
being reduced to destitution she gradually parted with
her clothing. During the past fortnight or three weeks
she had slept under the shrubs in Burr Meadow, and bad
been in the place in which she was (mind for •considerable
period without anything to rat or drink. She is now in
the workhouse, but is not expe,ted to survive her terrible
exposure.

....
CHILE, ANI) EMPEROR.
A little boy, 11 years old, of a small village in
llohernia, called Grieffeudorr, wrote to the Emeeror of
Asestris, the following letter, of which we love the
literal translation : -
o mis. Emperor at Vienna, l Yhoula like to become a
' t ~1* a teacher. My father is a poor Weaver, and ha.
r,,,,,y. Have the Kind
pneshers, Mr. Emperor, ansl send
n; money that 1 may learn to be n prierst or a
itl,b,,r, jud a.you wish. 1 salute you, the Mrs. Etuperor,
and the children. (Signed)
"Jonierii BESMinCiI,"
The above letter duly reached the Private Secretary,
1 e-es forwarded to the Emperor of Hungary. The
sur
Innocent otyle sovms to have found favour, as shortly
afterwarldthe lainzonuister of the ‘illage, received an
osial tek4rans to report about the circumstances of
ffi
the c.ce. and these having turned out satisfactory, the
Khoel inspector of the neighbouring town, Zwittau,
WO itl,trOCtect to take the is sy in boanl and give him
every faeility fssr his education.
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11011111111. E CHILI/ .AIITRDER.
A twczely f a most revolting character haa been
light by the police at the village of
I,..wlator. a few wiles front Oxford. A wotuan named
Matilda Saunders, who has been li% jug apart from her
im.band for siv years, was a few days since delivered
a thild Ifer sister, named t Itarlotte Hill, who
ic
atcl &nob, ts,k the chill away directly after the
14db, and, after cutting it tip, burnt the issly, the
dtseoveraltle remains being a portion of the scalp.
The thibl was heard to cry by a cot of the woman
:•%atslers, and the crane was discovered by the neigh-
-1,4, wit, saw nothing of the chill after the confine-
mat awl then •uspicions were consequently aroused.
The tee,. w 01,1.11 were i,r.ti4it before the Watlington
ric,h awl outwitted for trial at the A11gjZ4..4.

"OUR SAILOR PRINCE.-
From the kng miner.
no atinisonsiment that His Royal Highness the
puhe of Edinburgh took command on Friil.ty of Her
majesty's ship Sultan is a oibject rather for surprise
than csmatulation. There CAB be no objection what-
-0,, to Ili. Royal Hi4lmess ailoptinz, in a practical
form the profession to which he ha. attached him,ell
but there is every objection in the world to entrusting
to a captain of the satalle-t amount of experience in
the world the tiafety of one of ,iur finest and most
eqiensive ironclaih, with its costly equipment and
%gust& crew. The unfortunate h
Al erta was, and is,
commanded by Prince :but he is a Prince of consi ler-
able experience, awl most ably supported. The Duke
min,hue.,h J.. on the other hand, not only little
experience, but it doubtful if he will be ably
.uiip ;iwhel. it is almost certain that his staff
he .eletol from officers rather on personal grounds
than on the prore of rfficien. y. This sort of thing we
are Issind to protest against. We have not a word to
lay amind the Puke of Edinburgh. He has proved
!impel( to lid-glove sailor, and he has worked his way
by study awl a-tual service at se 1, as fairly as can be
„mtel fir a l'rince, to his present rank. By all
mans let him have a ship, if the Admiralty think it
&simile to Ave him a command ; but let it be under-
-4,0il that it,' a royal ya-ht or a vessel of secondary
importance. To appoint him to the command of the
Sultan, with the fate id' the Vanguard so recently
Wee us, is, we think, a needless disregard of the
htereits bith of the nation and the naval service.

T II N SC RI PTION.

.11:remit corms+ mdent gives a I o eful account of
t!”. ,ne. that have just taken place throughout
Freer in cumeetion with that flesh and blood lotterY,
the osceription. , In the first three weeks of this
.uth lsotes revolved in all the cities, towns,
and mAnt,, of the I:epublie, and lad, of twenty pulled
ti kets on which the best five years .4 their life
&tended. Some of the boys muttered incantations or
rahrat .1 anotlets, others recited prayers, and others
y,ani by their sweethearts, who bravely
tires in th ir steals hoping to propitiate luck that
sae. When a g.ssl number was drawn a great cheer
fru. the M tirie, and the Inc'sy drawer was
inthasia-!ieally hailed ; after the drawing of a bad
truu'vr floe. were often miserable scenes of weeping
14... pair, the conscript pulling out his hair in tufts,
al Li. womenfolk screaming, sobbing, and geaticulat-
in:anquid hint. Even when a lucky number is drawn
the drawer has to serve six months t the owner of the
tuilneky wither, five years; originally, the former
arc .uirelv exetnpt The only chance of escaping
ths drawing is by paying £6O down, and becoming one-
year t.4unt.en4 n,, that every young man in the
e.untry is Issuni to serve in some manner and to some
extent. unle-s he be the only or the eldest son of a
si h,w or disqualified by bodily infirmity. These
di. etalifications, however, are now very few. In the
days .4 muzzle Wading rifles, and cartridges which
relnir.l Nth's:, the loss of two front teeth or 3 finger
on either hand no enough to exempt, and the conse-
quent., was that there were pretty frequent cases of
sdf.to dning. Now adapt a tooth or finger more or
1.-, does not signify, and as to short-sightednesa,
thie'senbreastshiess, splay 4s,tednesa, hernia, varicose
veins, and other conparitively slight ailments which
were once deemed sufficient to incapacitate a man from
sereimr. the rule is to take then afflicted with such
oenplAints and draft them for depot service.

THE SLAVE CIR(ULAR.
I Frost tht News.)

It i• a pity that a Government which knows the
way into a •-rape so well as the present Ministry
d.s.• not better know the way out of one. The Illovern-
mod loving frankly confessed its error with regard to
the l'irst Fugitive Slave f 'ircular, and the Opposition
having. thnsigh Mr. Fonder and all the more &inheri-
t dive .peaker• on the same side, acknowledged that
liberal Administrations, too, had been in the wrong,
a skilful leader would have associated himself with the
general feeling of Parliament and the country. But
Mr. Disraeli has apparently ceased to he a skilful
leader. sinee his accession to office in 1874 he has
den. little else than blunder. His majority is too
imsh for him. Like some respectable, but not con-
-umbrae vonimanders, he cannot handle a large num-
neut. The two majorities of 45 each by which
dsfeateil Mr. Whitbread and Mr.
Faueett fall fir short of the ordinary voting strength
of hi- party. If he hail been wise, he would have
an,a.t.d, with such verbal lunendmento as might have
1,1N,1" it easier 111 Ile4bititiOn, the resolution of Mr.
Whitbread. England, as a whole, through the Govern-
ment and the }louse of t 'onumnis would thus have
;o"on-I its proper attitude towarogt the unestion not
r. Iv ed• forehm slavery, but of the national rights of
tip. ipnn
•e's ship.. wherever they may be. Failing
the 4,:ree of wisdom necessary to inspire him in this
1,111,... Mr. Disraeli might 'have heen expected to
.Is, that move limited amount of it which would
oe been involved in the susirnsi ~,, , suggested by
Mr. Fawcett. of the Second uvular and the East
India Station linter of ign. Th. Royal Commission
b a confession of uncertainty in law 'and policy, and
Mr. I ibraeli propose+ to act provisionally upon that
nueertainty. The benefit of the doubt is to he given
to ths slaveowner' and against the principle of the
I?,s•sn's a.nereiwntv in the Queen's ship., and the
claim.. of fugitives from slavery to protection on what
b virtually and legally British territory. So far from
Ising appeased, the resentment of the country will be
banned by the timid and trimming conduct of
Ministers, and will not be mitigated by the derision
which their vacillation provokes.

A PROMISING YOUTH.
At the ronnty Police f'ourt, Liverpool, on Wednes-
day. doemitl late.. a youth amyl 16, WU eharged with
4.alinz 1:70 from the premises of his father, a grocer
at Rooth.. :tti.l his eonducting in committing the felony
"A• like as that .1 the cleverest thief of
roman., Taking advantage .1 the family being at
.1...0h on Sunday last, he forced upon the shop door
lie with hatalaer and chisel, and purloined all the cash
roul.l lay hands upon. Having thus obtained a
larz...mn he quietly decamped leaving behind him a
infonning lila parents that le. had started for
"Ilea His after career was in keeping with his
erst in mguery. He traVel6l to London
like a gentleman of means. in a first.class carriwae,
livr'l i" 3 ~•.1 hotel, mid c%entually returned to
Lherosd. said took up his quarter,, at the A.lSiphi.
..rd, to provide for entemencies he purchased a
r.%olver. ml..;enerally I,,havel in as free.andessY a
is the heroe, of the " penny dreadful." he had been aesid,..m...l to read Ile spent his money with
lire fo,des, than discreti, so, and eventually he Was
bY the police in the dress circle of the
.11,Na...1ra Theatre, in rather questionable female
1,4111.3f1y. 11. was committed to the Sessions for
I'l ml it may lo desirable to administer aalutary
rhiitlii ni•hosint if he is convicted, as there is plainly a
,51 the part of youths who make the cheap
atal ilk literature of the " Knights of the Road" type tiedr 411.1 y. to venture rashly into roguery without a
".."1:14 of the consequences. Joseph Oates would,
nture to iredict, he all the better for a sound
threhing, and then perh-iii4 his pmelivities for fast
M.* :mil revolvers woul,l le, checked in the bud. A
141,1: osl 1. a terrible weapon if offence Against such
'• desperadoe-,"

1101%, TO GROW A CROP OF POTATOES
FREE FROM DISEASE.
1: the "tat diseact 60,11111 to, prevail more or less is. each season mines round, it is quite clear that every
reasonable means ought to be used in order, as far an
iss.sible, to prevent its effects : if we wool.] keep this
tni.4 inteful esculent, as a home.grown vegetable,
worthy of that esteem which it has long claimed. The
0411 arlopt,lll in•re was reconitneniled by Mr. J. M.
11,1014.,, in the Gorelturri Chnmiele for April 11, 1874,
and IS the 10,,4 practical idea I have either heard of or
leen adopted. I am quite confident in asserting that
if his plan hail been tried I the Potato growers who
are n•gularly in the habit /reading the above paper,
we not have seen vi, unfavourable a Fe tort in
the antnion of last year if the crop in England. For
the benefit of those who may not have seen Mr.
Barn,' note, I will give the particulars of his manage-
ment Draw out trenches, 12 inches wide and 6 inches
'bet., in which put the manure, if the ground has not
leen manure,! previously ; then plant the l'otatos in a
double row dose to the edges of the trench thus : cover
then. over with the soil taken out in forming the ,
trenches, and all as much more as will raise the I r"wn (trenches before) to a height of about 8 or 8
iii hes higher than the ground between the rows. The
dbtance between the rows must be determined upon,
a. ..Ming to the habit of the variety planted ; after
this they will require no further attention beyond
keeping clean till oalt Julyl2, when the disease may
be expected shortly to make its appearance. Then go
over the rows, and with the baud or rake handle lay
in er the tots. hither and thither into the spares between.
We have planted our late Potato, the two last seasons in the aboxe manner, and have found it to answer
admirably. The tops are laid over in order to prevent
the disease being washed from them to the Potato,. Jas. W. Br.. 'l, The Gardens, Betatfingf y House,
Lee&

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1876.

_
A SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MURDER.
An imptett .3., 1,11 en WedneMay afternoon at
nelr :!le body of the infant child of
Ifarri-t cum,. •' ••.i.• ••rtnuit, which was found in
aid dye. "Yhe .ty•r c.tatiuned the mother, who
ti that ti. .9104 was I..rn on Sun•lay, the 19th
11-re•nher, in tH • It criel, ZIA 'he went into the
kitchen and ul,l a long, sharp carving knife. She
then held up its ehi, :Ltid cut its thrust fatally. She knew
111.. punishment f,r murder was hanglitg, but added,
"'filer didn't ha,t rerw-a-days." The jury returnoli •
vcr.liet of wilful murder against her.

.1 MISER BURNT TO DEATH.
An immeit was hell at Eastbourne on Wednesday
nwrnjug, nan old limo named Thomas Hurst, a shoe-
nisker. The house burnt to the ground, and
o a., itkeovered in the ruins. lie had apparently
fallen n..leep la..latiaa boots, and his midi°,
horning down, ,-eti,r to his table. The 1111 l of .C 213 was
dincoverell hidden in The 01,1 mart had lived
in a 1111.rable manlier.

St*PPOSED MIT Itt)Rlt AT LANGPORT.
(111 Sunday, a my,teri nis discovery Wad made at Stalin-
chaster, about mile and a half from Leesport. A man named
Bray, a lirne burner, found in his stable sonic blood, wine
hair, and part of a lung, which WOS supposed to be human.
The medical °Meer of the district, the coroner for West
someriet, and the police were communicated with, and
the prennws were placed in the charge of the latter while
investigations are being made, as the general impression
is that a murder has been cominitted.

THE witreK 01, TIIE STRATIICLYDF..
Divers have been down to the sunken Strathclyde. It
Is now slated that out of a crew of 17, IN have been saved,
and of the `ll passengers but three have survived the
rouision. only three bodies of the passengers lost have
been recived—naniely, one lady and two gentlemen : and
out of 18 of the crew lost no mere than three bodies have
been picked up—two by the Queen of Nations, not yet
identified, and one at Deal, so that with the purser's
brother, MeKill, 31 persons in all have been lost, of whom
*I are still fill:Oink On Saturday the staff of experienced
Liverpool, \Vhitstable, and Dover divers made a survey of
the Strathclyde, for the purpose of taking steps for the
recovery of the bodies, and also for salvage purposes, the
cargo being valued at ov .010,000. Thu survey was
made at the instance of Messrs. Lathan. and Co., who are
noting as the underwriters. A heavy sea was running at
the time, but soundings were taken, and it was found
that the ship WWI in Pi fathoms of water instead of 12),
was supposed. It is evident from the !currents that the
divers will only be able tots, down a short time, in rouse-
quetwe of tiled anger of driftinggear. Their first task will be
to cut away the rigging, so that the masts may be pulled
out : and then they will release the bodies from the cabin.
Considerable indignation is felt in Dover at the conduct
of tho master of the Franconia in signalling for a-sistance
when he slid not require it, nod thus taking the tug away
when valuable liv,s might have been saved. It Is said
also that an English steamer passed close to the wreck
immediately after the collision and afforded no aSdiStAIICC.

A GALLANT POLICEMAN.
At Brentwood, on Tuesday, James Wright, a man with
three aliases, and described as being a soldier both in the
20th Hussars and 106th Foot, was chanced with two 1' 1.311
of house-breaking, at Cranham and Cluklerditch respect-
ively. It seems that for two distinct periods of many
weeks each the inhabitants of a wide tract of country in
the neighbourhood of Brentwood were kept in a state of
constant alarm by a stripe( daring burglaries. Pri sonar
had deserted (rein the two regiments above. Police con-
stable Peacock found him living in the heart of a dense
wood, by a fire ; his military uniform was :overed with a
greatcoat, and he had some booty in his possession. He
had a large knife in his hand. When the officer announced
his business the prisoner set upon him with great fury,
and a desperate struggle ensued, lasting a full half-hour.
The constable was sebsemiently rewarded for his gallant
conduct. Prisoner was sentenced to twelve mouths hard
labour.

TERRIBLE TORNADO AND LOSS OF LIFE IN
BERMUDA.
. _

The West India marl—ste-a-mer Severn. which has dis-
abled the Taints by running into her, and had therefore to
bring home her mails, arrived at Plymouth on Friday
with details of a terrible tornado in Bermuda which
traversed the island for miles. destroying everything in
its path. The night was intensely dark, and the course of
the whirlwind was marked by continuous streams of
lightning which encircled each other in their revolving
course, the rain meanwhile pouring down in a perfect
deluge. Houses were carried away bodily, their contents
were destroyed, and the inmates in most cases were
killed or seriously injured. The house of a man named
Daniel Smith was whirled away, and his wife and four
children were drawn into the torrent The house of a
Mr. Miners, which was of wood, and in which his mother
was sitting mewing, was carried away over her head with-
out Injuring her.

LONG LIFE IN ENGLAND. _ A BMW ow= MORTMENIII front£l. Oarriage
I In the year 1873, for which the returns have recently 21. free. Inscriptions, securste sod bantlful.—Plaes sad
I been published, the lists of deaths included 198 men and pricer from Jong W. Lamm. Retainer, Aberdeen.
! 480 women who were registered aa 95 years of are or up-
ward, when they died. Of these 89 had attained 100 years
or more, and it is %cry remarkable that wi less that 79 of
I this number were females. The oldest of the men in the
' obituary of the year died in the Wolstinton district,
Staffordshire. aged Mt but a woman who died in ',lure
Almshouse, Exeter. was 108. and another in Newport, in
Monmouthshire. had reached the patriarchal age of 112.
Of these RI centenarians, 9 were found in London, 13 in
North and South Wales, b in Yorkshire and 6 in Norfolk.

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OUT TON'S POTATO ES for Planting.
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