The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

%mama in England.— Sir G. Grey did not oP tili.
introduction of the bill m
, but thought more inforatoi
was desirable before legislation took place
matter. -Leave was given to introduce the bill, slid th:
House adjourned at a quarter to eight o'cli et.
reinar.—Mr. Baines fixed the 214 of Fehruary se
the day on which he would bring in his Boreu h Franchise Dill,—ln reply to Mr. Butler, Sir G. Grey
said a committee had been anointed by the War Gilke
to examine into the mode of s.oring gunpowder in Government magazines. He had directed Captain
Boxer to inquire into the state of the magazines
throughout the country, and had received a report from
that racer, which would have careful attention with
view of making those amendments in the law which a:. peered to be necesaary.—ln reply to Mr. Moor, Mr.
Cardwell said it was intended to discontinue transport...
CCM to Western Australia. The time necessary for the
arrangements would not be lees thar three yetrs.— Ge
the motion logo into committee of supply, Sir J. Waite
asked for information as to the circumstances that had
led the Government of the United States to put an end to
the treaty of reciprocity with Canada, and the treaty ea
to the maintenance of an armtd force on the lakes
He contended that those were acts of hostility. To
allow the United States to obtain command of the lakes
war, to give her command of Canada. This could not
be allowed. He did not aympathise with those who
amid look without regret on the severance of the con.
nection between Canada and England. So long as the
connection continued it was England's duty to prow,*
the colony from aggreseion. This was therefore, an
important question for the country. It set mid to bits
that the abrogation of these treatiee, without notice
and without expostulation and argument, was an act of
snch unmistalteatle incivility, that it almost amounted
to • declaration of war. He concluded by moving for
papers.—Lord Palmerston declined to go into • dia.
mission on our relations with the United States. The
Government had given the House all the papers in its
posses,lon on the subject of these treaties. In Novem,
ber last the Washington Government had given Her
Majesty's Government notice, as it had • right to do, of
the intention to put an end to the treaty as to the
armed force on the lakes. The arrangement had been
merely temporary in its nature, and its abrogation was
not to be considered a final decision. It might be
renewed at any future time. He did not think,
'therefore, that the abrogation of the treaty could be
looked upon as an act of hostility to this country. It
could not be denied that things had taken place upon
the lakes of which the United States had a night to
complain, and if the measures they proposed to have
recourse to would protect their people and their cow
meree„theY were perfectly justified in having moms
to such measures. As to the reciprocity treaty, the
notice respectieg it could not be given until the 15th of
March. When tho communication was received it
would be seen what were the grounds Upon Which the
United States Government based the proceeding. Be
entreated the House not to assettre the existence of
hostile intentions on the part of the Veiled Stated,
which he trusted did not ex:mt.—The motion for papers
was then withdrawn, and the House went into Sofa,
mittee of supply.—Lord Pelmerston moved that Mr.
Dodson take the ehair.—The motion was :708.4 tO with.
out diemusion.—Mr. Dodson took the chaer, and the
House resumed.-=-In committee of the House the
Chancellor of the Exchequer moved two resolutions
upon which to found a bill in respect of notes of borne.
Under the Act of 1844 hanks in England and Walei
having the right to issue notes were subjected
to certain restrictions, they were prohibited from
opening a tegular establishment or issuing notes in
London, and there were other restrictions in the numbee
of partners in a private bank. They were also liable to
the intervention of Parliement at any moment when it
thought fit to terminate the power of issue, and they
could not transfer the right of issue to others. Same
of the banks, particularly the National Provincial Banki
had applied for a modification of these testrictions, and
hence the bill. It proposed that banks acting tinder its
provisions should take a lease of issue for o givesi
number of years, with the proviso that in case Pentair
ment should see fit to withdraw that right of issue
within the term of years fixed, it would only be with.
drawn upon the pay-meat of compensation upon the
loss sustained by the withdrawaL The bank would
likewise obtain power to purchase the Issues of other
bunks; and, finally, in consequence of these reliefs, the
banks would be required to undertake to pay to the
State in lieu of the sum which they now pay as cost.
pensation for stumps upon their notes payable on de-
mand, and for their licence duty the sum of £2 Bs. per
cent, upon the amount of their issues to be
ascertained from time to time. In the event of
a bank becoming bankrupt • certain regulated
amount of compensation should be payable to it.
He proposed resolutions to carry out these objects.—
The resolutions were agreed to.—Lord Proby brought
up Her Majesty's reply to the Address.—The Attorney.
General moved for leave to bring in a Bill to =poi]
means towards defraying expenses of providing courts
of justice, and the various offices belonging thereto. It
was proposed to purchase the site-71 sores of land—
to the west of Chancery-lane, from 'Bell Yard and
Clement's-lane, and the estimated cost of the site and
building to be erected upon it was £1,500,000. It was
further proposed to raise the money for the erection of
the new courts from the Suitor's Fund, which now
amounts to nearly three millions sterling, and from the
sale of land belonging to the Treasury.—Other Bills
were also introduced, and the House adjourned.

MURDER or A FARMER IN IRELAND.—A farmer
named Martin, of Gurteengar, near Lanesborough„
L mgford, was shot dead on Tuesday, whilst
ploughing. It appears that about two o'clock Martin
w.s working in a field, when some person, at present
unknown, discharged a gun at him from behind& hedge,
lodging the contents (ball and slugs) in his back, causing
his immediate death. Some time since deceased got
possession of a farm of land out of which his brother,
Peter Martin, had been evicted for nonpayment of rent.
The two brothers, it is stated, have since been on bad
terms. It is further stated that Peter several times
expressed his determination to shoot the deceased when
an opportunity presented itself. This is the only cause
at present assigned for the committal of the murder.
Peter Martin was, immediately after the occurrence,
arrested on suspicion by Sub-Inspector M'Dermott, and
Is at present in custody, awaiting the result of the
Inquest. William C. Roney, Evq., county inspector, is
actively engaged in investigating the case. The amused
has remained perfectly silent since his arrest. His
appearance is not at all prepossessing. He is about 60
years of age. The deceased was only 38.
A MONKY-LENDING SWINDLE—An instance ofamoney.
lending swindle was brought under the notice of the
magistrate at the Marlborough-street police-court, on
Wednesday. A person living in Cumberland saw an
advertisement in a local paper stating that money was
lent by a firm in Oxford-street. lie applied for a loan
of £3O, and by return of post was asked for a fee of
10s. 6d. for registration. This he paid. Then came to
him a note of hand, which he signed and sent back with
the oost of the stamp and half-a.year's interest at six
per cent., amounting altogether to over £2. He has
never received the loan, and the address given in
Oxford-street is only a small shop where the advertiser
had his letters left.

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DEATH OF A CHILD FROM NEGLECT: VERDICT OE
WILFUL MURDER. —At Lincoln, on Monday, the
coroner held an inquiry touching the death of a child
aged three years, named Alice Swain, whose parents,
Sohn and Elizabeth Swain, reside in Savage-court,
Sincil-street. The inquiry had been adjourned for the
coroner to take counsel's opinion as to whether both the
father and mother were equally guilty of the gross and
shocking negligence which the evidence had revealed.
The details of the case were of the most disgusting
nature. The deceased had been literally eaten to death
by filth, and so dirty were the habits of the mother
that no one could approach her, and the father does
not appear to have interfered to remove the cause of
offence and death, but had, with the mother, been
guilty of the grossest neglect and cruelty. The jury
returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against both
the parents of the deceased, and they were committed
for trial.
Farther tidings from St. Petersburg, via Breslan, an-
nounce the dispersion of the Moscow meeting of nobles
by order of the Czar, and the annulment of all their
proceedings. Prince Obolenskoy has been despatched
to that city as commissioner of inquiry into the origin
and real drift of the famous address, for the purpose of
ulterior action against its framers and abettors.
BURSTING OF A CANAL IN BIRMINGHAM.—Az extra-
ordinary accident, which has done an immense amount
of injury, happened on Wednesday near Birmingham.
The canal, which rune over a tunnel of the Great
Western Railway, between the Soho and Hockley
station, near Birmingham, burst through the roof, and
the water, escaping from the month of the tunnel
' nearest to Birmingham, flooded the railway station and
the adjacent low grounds. An immense amount of
damage has been done, and railway communisation along
the line will be stopped for some days. Fortunately no.
, life was lost.
Film AT SANDRINGHAM HOUSE. —Sandringham Howe,
the Norfolk residence of the Print* of Wales, had a
very narrow escape from destruction by fire on
Thar-day morning. It appears that at about three
o'clock, Mrs. Smith, the housekeeper, awoke and smelt
a very strong smell of fire, She awakened her husband,
who went down stairs, and found that a room which
three weeks ago was one of those occupied by the
, Duchess of Cambridge—a bed-room situated over the
billiard-room, in the east front, and on the north side of
the poreh—was on fire. There had been a fire in the
room on the same floor adjoining on the previous day,
for the purpose of airing it, and the bricks ignited a
beam at the back of the furnace which connected the
two rooms together, and the fire spread to the boards
of this chamber, underneath the head of the bed. For
a long time it 'mouldered and smoked without blazing,
but at length the floor, bed, /cc., broke into flame. As
soon as the fire was discovered an alarm was given, and
, assistance was presently at hand, the doors being
judiciously kept closed so as not to admit any draught.
, So prompt, energetic, and wise were the exertion" put
forth, under the superintendence of Mr. Carmichael,
the resident steward, that the fire was extinguished
before the arrival of the engine and brigade from Lynn.
The whole of the furniture in this chamber was.
destroyed, and the room completely gutted. The fire
also burnt its way to the billiard-room below, but there
' being time and help sufficient, the furniture had been
removed, except the table, which of worse with the
wainscoting and the floor were destroyed by the burning
embers which fell through from the room above. It is,
quite a marvel how the ball was spared from destruction-
, The whole of the tenants, and labourers, and a number
of the county constabulary rendered every assi.tsnce in
their power, a good supply of water being obtained from
the lake.
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indigestion. The wonderful efficacy of this sa/utary
medicine, and the good effects produoed in patients
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effected by them, and the permanent benefit derived
from their use. These invaluable pills soothe and
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harm.

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Printed and published for the Proprietor, by CHARLES
WHITBREAD MILLARD, of Dorchester, Printer, at the
Office of The Dorset County Express, Churgh-street,
Dominator, Tuesday, Febmary 14, 1866

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