The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-03-02 00:00:00

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RIIII Or RUfell TN SOOTLA NO. —.MU farms on the
estate* of the Earl of Fife, in klootland, whioh have just
run out of lease, have been lamed again for 19 years,
(Cody to the former tananta, at rent. ranging from 200
to 300 per cont, above the fanner rates. A almilar rise
of rental has taken plasm in several other parts of Soo*.
land. _

Ti SALMON FISHRPIT W SOOTLAND,—Th• net
minion fishery in the riven of kluotland hos boon up
to the overage, but few hove yet been ought by tits
line. The &Übe net Asher, hes aurally oominonood,
but where it bee been tried it hu boon suouoaful,
the open lesson biota/ let the Alla well down to the
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-11.1,10ITINA0T ic OOTLAIIII,—The Reglainir.G•ne.
rani Socha itallstka, jut published, show the startling
fact that, while in Edinburgh and Glasgow the propor.
lion of illegitimate children born la those cities 111 T per
ant, of the totel Willa, it ia 13 per oust, In Dundee,
Perth, and Aberdeen, The per eentap is only eve in
London.
EARLY Nownso IN loonawn.—The ',aeon 0111
miillnuee to he so Am in the north, of Scotland that
sowing bee oommeneed of the snore early senile on
Matadi, Tilers he. hem only one snowstorm In Scot-
land lids whiter and that Mated but a few day.,
AOOIOIIIITAL rtitroNoto, —Hair Maleety's ship Wel.
tingles sailed from Oanipbelton with II fair wind on
Monday morning lut, On the previous iteturday the
boat's crew of 13 men, while no shore, dug ape immtlity
of hemlock, whlell they mistook for wild eelery or part.
Icy. The non who partook of It, eMht In number, be.
urine rely 111, and two of them, Vie ship's oorporal,
named Welch, and a seaman, died suddenly on the came
day, The latest Information resolved from the vemel
Mates Mon four of the otheru were dangerously ill on
Sunday afternoon. The two men who died were burled
011 Sunday, 01111 their funeral we. attended by upwards
el 400 of the Inhabitants of Oninpbeltun.
A CiaLLANT W0w.0i...-Barhara Homo, the wife of
John Home, of Itedllythe, Banffshire, was Instrumental
In oaring the lives of 11 crew of Portknockle isherinen
during a rooent gale of wind, On the day of the storm
her husband was aboent flailing, and Barbara, seeing the
boat la danger, waved to the crow to steer to efs:tot
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which she pointed to. She next ran to bothy,
small light rope, which she made feat at one end an
anchor lying near the bothy, and then ran into the suit
earrying the line in her hand, the other end of which
she threw on board the boat. The men speedily made
the line fait in the boat, thus preventing it being swept
away by the surge, and then they got easily &shore by
the aid of the line.
STRANDS CAlll.—The OthoT *vadat an apprehension
WY made in the chief town of a well-known county,
in Scotland, on a sharp which, when judicially incenti-
pled, promisee to be one of the most singular among the
Scottish moo ofiebres. For obeimu "mons we omit

names and dates, but the facts are substantially as fol-
lows :—Some years ago the assistant of an advertising
doctor married a somewhat elegant and fascinating per-
son, and commenced practice under • feigned name—
passing off his wife as his sister. By-and-by his avoca-
tions led him to another but not distant locality, where
he formed • professional acquaintance with the family of
• wealthy tradesman, whose daughter hail • few hun-
dred pounds in her own right. After • short time he
gained the good graces of both mother and daughter,
proposed for the daughter's hand, was accepted, brought
his wife and introduced her as his sister to the family of
his intended, whose brother, • partner with his father,
was forthwith fascinated with the genteel address of the
" sister," and after • short wooing was accepted. A
double marriage m due time ensued, the doctor carrying
his young wife to the scene of his practice, while the
"idster" removed to the domicile of her second husband.
Things went on prosperously and happily with both
couples till a few months ago, when the doctor, finding
his patients falling off, made a move with his wife to a
town not many hours' journey from the Scottish metro-
polis, where he commenced • public-house. Here, how-
ever, the doctor was found out by some of his former
acquaintances, who discovered that the present Mrs.
was not the original Mrs. —. The news was not
long in reaching the swain, who now rejoiced in the
possession of that lady, by whom she was forthwith
turned out of doors. She lost no time in demanding the
shelter of her first husband's roof. He, however, re-
fused to receive her, when, smarting under a sense of
injury, she lodged an information with the public pro-
secutor, the result of which has been that the doctor
and his second wife were taken into custody on Satur-
day evening. Mrs. No. 1 was also apprehended on
Tuesday morning, and the whole party now await a
judicial investigation.