The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

Debanobirt.

NEWTON ABBOTT. —A Rowels CATttomc
Palmer CHARMED WITII CRUELTY TO PIGS.— At a
special sessions of the county magistrates, held in
the Town Hall at Newton Abbot, on Wednesday,
A charge WWI preferred against the EAT. C=oll
Agar, the resident priest at the Abbot's Leigh
Nunnery, for that he did, on the 10th instant,
wilfully ill-treat certain animals—to wit, two pigs
—by causing a bull-dog to bite and wound the said
pigs, belonging to Mr. W. Hobert, a small farmer
and gardener, of Abbot's Kerswill. The principal
witness was Mary Coleman, who said that whilst
returning home from work, and passing Abbot's
Leigh, she heard some pigs crying. She went into
the field in which she considered they were, and
there saw the dog barking at them and serving them
very bad indeed. The defendant was there looking
on. She stopped there looking at the dog worrying
the pigs for fully an hour. The reason of her
stopping there so long was on account of the dog
serving the pigs so badly. She let out one of the
pigs from the field. When she left the dog was still
barking at the pigs. Mr. Frances, for the defence,
argued that his client WWI not guilty of cruelty,
inasmuch as he had, in the first place, used his
utmost endeavours to remove the pigs from the
premises himself, but, finding that he could not do
so, sought the assistance of the dog, which had been
used on several previous missions for the like
purpose, and on none of them had it injured the
pigs. The Bench retired for a short time for con-
sideration, after which they said, through their
Chairman, that they did not intend by their
decision to reflect upon the character of Mr. Agar
in any way, as they believed that he did not mesa
to injure the pigs. The majority of the Benoit,
therefore, fined him in the nominal penalty of 6d,
£1 Mu damage to the pigs, and Cl 8s 6d costs.

enural Neb3s.
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LOUD DoFromm, it is stated by as BA4pà Kaiak
has been offered, but declined to EPEES tie
of Bombay.
NEARLY 900,000 persons, font and whalf per cont. it
our population, are now receiving palish relief ; •
terrible backgrmnd to all our pkaaree of IWO*
prosperity.—Spectator.
IMPOZTATION OP ORANGES.—The number of
of this fruit imported into Britain in the year
from good authority, calculated to have bees
the soured s of supply being—From Portlllloolh
Azores, 627,709; Spain, 15674; Sicily,
from other quarters, 8564 bushels. It 77risg=1
eight to eleven years from planting till tile treed'
into a full bearing state. Each tree will then
prudes*, on an average, 12,000 to 16.000 orsogisteds
grower is said to have plotted 28,000 from • smileflerlitt'
LONOrrITY. —ln the obituary of The rider it
Thursday are recorded the deaths of persona whelped
attained the following extremely advanced ames s-cp•ire
of 103, one of 94, two of 90, one of 85, one of 84, Ma it
82, and eight of 70 years and upwards.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A CLERGYTIAN.-.-CoM.
sidemble excitement was occasioned in the parish of
Emoting, Kent, on Sunday, thronch the singular
condrict of the clergyman, the Rev, V. R. Tad..Ths
Rev. T. 0. Blacken is vicar of the united parishes of
Seal-cum-Keutsing, and about two year., ago the Rev.
Mr. Vade was appointed to take chary of the latter
parish. On Sunday morning Mr. Vado attended at the
National school, and some difference hatiogarisen be-
tween him and Miss Ritchie, the governs's, with
respect
to the hymns to be sung dens the perforated*
cgievt a
Divine !service, he ordered her to leave the *hod.
She refused to do this, and pereesoded to the ohm&
with the children. Before the commencement of the
service the rev, gentleman peremptorily ordered her to
leave the oburch, with which she then complied ; but
on • similar order being given to her in the aftertaste,
she insisted on remaining, although the order was
several times repeated. 3feantima the congregation
were anxiously awaiting the commencernemt of the
service, but more than twenty minutes having elapsed
and no minister making his appearanoe, Mame Of the
congregation sent to Mx. Vide), who was still in the
vestry-room, when they were informed that tiers would
be no service, that afternoon, as the sehoolsolstress
refusod to leave. The congregation, therefore, had to
dieperse as they came. The rev. gentleman has sines
sent in his resignation.
Messrs. Lucas Brothers, and Mesas. Edit, the eon'
tractors of the International Exhibition building, have
insured the Immense structure in the 'Norwich 'Union
Fire-office. The premium has this week been paid to
the Norwich Union, and amounts to no lees than
,U 3,300 the amount of the insurance being £400,000.
The Norwich Union will, it is understood, divide the
rink with several other offices, as it is not inedinedio
take the entire responsibility on itself. The agent who
brought the business to the office nets £33o,the MEWS-
Ilion allowed being 10 per cent.
We are informed that the Poet Laureate has in hand
an Ode to be produced at the opening of the Great Ex-
hibition this year, and in which he will commemorate
most of the publics virtues of the has Prince Consort, in
teruy quite in harmony with his poem so lately published
as preface to the new edition of the "Idylls of the
King," and embodying several of those lines.
ACCIDENTS TO WOIMIXII3I.—Tbe Mil which Kr. Ayrton
Ins laid before Parbaderdis one of ininsiderable Im-
portance to employers., 211.601 Sled aright of action
against a master fon dumpish:sayer workman or anoint
(or to his family if he is killed), =ha ode of his being
Injured in consequence of his master," as' any other
person employed by his master," ousitting anything
proper, or doing anything improper, in tits work that
is to be done. The ooly hamlets* is that master is
not to be liable for any wilful act or omission of the
fellow-servant amounting to a criminal offence.
Suers OP EMPLOYMENT IN MANOHCIITEIL—The
weekly returns prepared under the direction of the
chief constable, of the state of employment in mills,
do., in the city of Manchester made up to Tuesday,
shows a total of 6,670 operatives wholly oat of
employment, being an Increase of 148 over the previous
week.
DR. ROWLAND WILLIAMS. —We ere Informed OE
good authority that Dr. Rowland Williams has notified
his intention to resign his office of Vice-Principal, with
the Professorship of Hebrew, at St. David's College,
Lampeter, net summer. The income of the appoint-
ment is about £5OO, with a good bouse.—Ckricca
Journal.
THE " JUNIUS " WOODTALIA.—A passing mention,
says the Athenanon, must be made of the death of ons
who, though not directly, was incidentally connected
with literature--of Miss Woodfdl, the &Metter of
Henry Sampson Woodall, the first *blither of
Janine's totters. She of great age—ninety-four—born,
therefore, before Junius had made his appaisranoe, and
long before the United States of America had ezistotme.
As she resided with her father until hiscleath! in 1806
she msy be considered as the last direct authority on
the subject of those letters. Though not unwilling to
converse about Junius, and a good test of an anecdote,
she really knew hut little, and, as we believe, for the
beet of all reasons, that her father know, bat litts that
was not known to all. She resided for many years in
Dean's Yard, Wedminatet, and was universally re-
spected ; and the Doan and Chant* have, * hear
kindly seceded to her known wiah to be buried in the
cloisters, and Deals Trench has volunteered to read the
!'funeral service. What a link in tradition is thus lost!
! The Woodfalle have been, more or lea, connected with
! literature and literary men for two centuries; before
' the days of Pope, iortahay, who gave half-a-mowi to
' Henry Sampson, when ild , for reading • page .11
Hoturr.
A Gottorr Dreicovocir.—At a recent sale of the
effects of an eminent collector, late of Put-lane.
among other articles an antique chest was pnrshased
by the Rev. Mr. Price, of Hyde park-gardens, to wham
residence it was removed,ed. On examining the interior,
Mr. Price was surprised in finding secreted therein the
sum of £240, which had evidently reposed in security
for a long series of years. The tremors was imme-
lately returned to the proper parties.
DEATII OF A WELSH CENTENARIAN. —Our data-
contains the annteuncoment of the death
-'-yrd Williams, at the loskriarchal ago
of 102,a Sorth Wales. Deceased was in
the employ of one family for 76 years, land worked
from six o'clock in the morning meta sit in the
evening up to the good old age of 96. Western
Daily Press.

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