The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

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YCRDEROCK ATTACK AT LEEDS. —A chocking crime
was committed at the village of New Worthy, in the
borough of Leeds, on Monday week. A few minutes
before 5 o'clock, • man named tfiejilien Lupton.• grocer
snit provision dealer, who also sells some descriptions of
amp, wee awakened by hearing • knocking at the outer
door of his house. The bedroom in which be slept was
over his rillop, and the shop communicated with his
house. On looking out of the window lie saw a neigh-
bour at the door, a initti named John Kenwortliy. Lup-
ton asked Idol what he wanted, and Kenwo-thy replied
"some castor oil," whereupon the former slipped rei his
stocking°, shirt, and trousern, went downstairs, and let
, the man into the house. Lupton lef Kenwurthy in the
house and proceeded into the shop. takilev' with him •
I lighted candle, which he held in his hand. The fellow
bad previously given him a bottle, •nd, after pouring
two ounces of isator oil into it, he returned with it into
the house. Kenworthy, after receiving the bottle.
asked for several other articles, which were placed on a
chair, and he then asked what the price of them all
amounted to. Lupton turned round to reckon their
VAIOe, and, as he was engaged in doing no with his back
to Kenworthy, the coward felled him to the ground by
heavy blow on the crown of the heed. Lupton imme-
diately tried to spring to his feet, but, before he could
do so, lie recited another blow on the head.' He man-
aged. however, to get hod of the prisoner, and struggled
with him an well as he could. Lupton succeeded in
nkrolibg the neighboura. Ile lion rem ivr.l .langet,,u
injuries, nshich were inflicted with in hatchet. The
motive fir the attack is not known. It does not appear
that Kenworthy's ohjeet was plunder. He was brought
up at the Townhell. Leeds, and remanded till Wean...,
tiny. He is 25 yearn of age. anil is a firebrick•maker, in
the employ of Meurs. Armitage, of lartiley. Lupton is

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29 ye.. age.
THE Ne.-riNGHAN FoRore.rs,—FLTIIOUTH, Oct. Bth.
—This morning Mr. Joseph H dilingten, chief coneteble
of Nottingham, left for the eastward by the 10.40
ewe.' train. having in his custody Mr. Holten White,
formerly a lace manufacturer. Mr. White and his
brother Joseph earned on business at Nottingham its
White, 111-others, and their inanufectory 'was burnt
down under suspicious circumstances. the cashbook not
buying been destroyed with the others. Their claim for
Pot-ranee (1:3,701/1 wee, however, substantiated ; but
before its receipt their creditors entered an attachment,
and thus secure., it for themselves. Subsequently, raise
forged bills having come to maturity, the niembers of
the firm decamped, end Mr. Hedilington went in pursuit
through Llandudno. North Wake, to )4w:ingots and
Ilfracombe, where lie took the lodgings just vacated by
the escaping parties, and where lie obtained from a
closet some scraps of paper and of envelopes, which
heing joined. with inuch patience assured him, for the
first tune, that lie was on the rh...ht track. He followed
through Barnstaple to Exeter, and there Pist all further
information. His next intelligence fixed Robert White
in the city of Lisbon, whence he travelled to the coast
if France. and crossed the Channel on Themlay laid,
just in tin.e to get on board the mail steamship Cainbria,
leiund to Plymouth awl the Cape of Good Hope. All
the berths were occupied, bet by a fee of £3O to one of
the officers the requisite accommodation was obtained.
Robert White ship;esi under the name of Seymour, and
Joseph and his wife an Mr. and Mrs. Webb. The Cambria
arrived in the Sound on Friday afternoon. Mr. Fled.
dington. accompanied by Detective Sergeant Sangford,
arrived here in the morning, and put himself in commu-
nication with Mr. Coil, the superintendent of
_police.
Wanting to make some purchases ashore, the Whites
landed, and ehmi at the post-office Robert was taken
by Mr. Leddington, who charged loin on Saturday,
before the Mayor, Mr. John Bernell, and Mr. W. H.
Hanker, a tuagietrete, with having forged an acceptance
for £22. A remand took place, and in the meantime
Mr. Heddington has secured four cheats, Addressed
Robert Seymour, Esq." One contains apparel ;in the
other there is a quantity of rich lace, with • salualile
assortuient of jewelry, including • diamond ring worth
£3OO. The full development of all the transactions in
which the Whites have been engaged will, it is expected,
create great sensetion in Nottingham.
A FATHER STABBED BY HIS SUN.—Mr. John Phil- I
cox, a cabinet-maker, having a workshop in Bond-street, ;
Lewes, hat a son 30 years of age, who has for some time I
past been acting in a very strange manner, ant it is
, thought that he must have been of unsound mind when,
on Friday morning week, he stabbed his father with a
pocket knife, inflicting a severe wound in the hip.
The father, who is about 60 rears of age, is a healthy
man, or the Cast might be is serious itie. The son,
John Philcox, was brought before Mr. A. Buggy and
Mr. M. 1). Scott, at the Townhall, and John Potter, 9,
Mighellatreet, cabinetnnaker, deposed :—" I work for
' myself at. shop in Bond-street. with pri-ainees father.
I was there this morning. Priestlier and hie father
were there. We were in the workshop upstairs. At
about half-past 10 I heard the father cry out. I looked I
towurils the prisoner and his father. The father was
standing at his bench, and prisoner was within about a
yard from him, abutting up a pocket-knife. and walking !
in a direction from his father. The fathee cried out
"Oh I" and I heard prisoner say to him, "That's what
I owed you." Prisoner then walked down-stairs and
into Bond-street. The father undid his trousers and the
blood gushed out, and I saw • wound near the hip on
the back. The wound was about three-quarters of an
inch broad and about three inches in depth. I gate
Mr. Plaices a piece of cloth, and lie held that to the
wound while I went and fetched a fly. He was taken
home in a fly, and put to bed, and attended by • sup
goon. The wound bled very much, and lie seemed to be
u great pain. I have not sect the prisioner since till
sow. He had been About the place about half an hour
before the occurrence. I had no reason to think that he
had been dritiking. He seemed strange in his manner,
a• be has for about 18 months. He was standing
before the occurrence playing with • saw. There was
no altercation between the prisoner awl his father pre-
vious io the occurrence." In answer to Mr. Eigge, the
witness Potter said be should think Mr. Phila.. lost
quite hell a gallon of blood, and lie was quite sure lie
was nit in a fit condition to enne to the hall that day.
The prisoner, who appeared quite unconcerned. asking
not a single question, was then remanded till Thurs-
day.
Mcgrign uS FRLNCE.—A dreadful murder was sone
milted on Satarday night week at Puteau::. The dead
body of a respeetably-dreased man was found on Sunday
morning early in one of the streets in the village. The
skull was beaten in, and several scratches and contu-
sions on the baly led to the supposition that a struggle
had taken place before the murder was coininitted.
Information having been given to the authorities, it was
ascertained that the deceased was a watchmaker named
Davin, having his rebidense at Courbevoie. He had
been in the habit of going about the vsrioue villages in
the neighbourhood with a case filled with watches and
jewelry. He bold his goods on condition of being paid
at. much a month or week, and went round every eight
er ten days to receive the motley due. He was seen at
6 o'clock on Satu-day evening in • workshop at Courbe-
voie, and at 7 in • café at Puteaux, with • man named
X— , formerly in the army, and at present a low wine-
broker This latter was heard to ask the deceased to
accompany him and receive 101. which were due. They
went out together, and after that time Davin was never
seen alive. At the house of X— the floor was found
to have been newly washed, but traces of blood were
clearly perceptible. Spots of blood were also dis-
covered on Willa of his clothes, •nd • sum of 130 f. and
some jewels were found in • drawer, for which lie could
not satisfactorily account. This man, who was at once
arrested, admits that Davin had gone to his house on
the Saturday night and received 10f., but had. he affirms,
immediately left. The box in which the deceased kept
his watches has disappeared, as well as his purse, con-
taining. it is believed, about 300 f. 'The deceased, who
was 48 years of age, leaves a widow and five children,
the youngest only three months old.
Ettnezzt.gegtsr mg LIVERPOOL—A young man
named Thotnas Fletcher was charged on Wlednesday at
the Liverpool Police-court with having embezzled £lOO
wide: the foPowing circumstances. He has been for
!Mlle t;Illt in the employment of Mr. R. Craig. engineer
at Birkeithead, as clerk. It appears that Mr. Craig
had been dont& a considerable anionet of work for Messrs.
Smith and Baker, I 'enai:a Duck. for which they used
hoine money. On Monday morning Fletcher called
at the office of Smith and Beker, stating that hhi
master hail sent him, and particularly desired that £lOO
should be pied him on scrount le cash, as be was in
want of money. eequest Messr•. Smith and Baker
declined to cotoily with in the literal settee, but gave a
check on Meseta Moss's bank to the piisoner. This
•he process-40d to the bank with, and inonediately ob-
tained cash for it. Mr. Craig was in the habit of
occasion:Mt sending Fletcher to get checks cashed at
Meal's bank on his own acconnt, but about midday on
Monday he euexpecteilly called there, and was informed
as to the sum paid to the prisoner on the check given
by Smith and Baker. The intelligence roused his
suepicions, more especially alien coupled with the
knowledge that the erieiner had not been at his
employment that day. Os this Mr. Craig gave in.
formation to the police, and detective Eaton was
despatched in quest of Fletcher, to whose residence in
Prince Edwin-street be at once proceeded, but lie was
, not there. Eaton then went to the Lime-street station
of the London and North-Western Railway, where
Fletcher was taken into custody, and 1.78 of the money,
, was found in his possession. He was committed for
trial at the assisea, but was Admitted to bail himself in
Elik and two eureties is 1:50 each.
Tug toL-r or rue Pores 1 glstt BRI A Dt. —On
Suntlay ae.riting, by direction of his Eminence the Car-
dinal Archbishop, a solemn mi,itiele 101.1115 ass .ung at
St. Petrick's Gelman Catholic Chapel, S-ilio-square, "for
the repose of the souls of the brave men, especially our
countiyo.eti, who have laid down their lives in thecae'e
of wit. sly :,aslier the Pope." The service was fixed
fur II °lciest. and long before that time the building
was filled. The whole of the interior of the chapel, gal-
leries, pillars, mud pulpit, wax covered with black cloth,
relieved with Meat,' swords, dirks, helmet., shields,
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ke. In the centre of the chaps', and in front of the
altar, west erected • mitafalqoe, the property of Mr.
Virtue. This consisted of a canopy surmounted by tail
wee tapers. and covered with dark blue velvet and a
large number of swords, helmet., kc. Under the canopy
Vii a pall, with • large purple cross embroidered, and
around it tie choir and assisting priests were arranged
wth lighted candle.. The requiem was sung by the
Very Rev. Ile. Ream, the Vicar-General, assisted by
Fathers /liege, CUL.I4.In, and Stanton, Mozart'e music
hieing perfoimecl in • grand style by the choir from the
Bavarian Catholic Chapel, iu Warwict•street. The ser-
mon was preached by the Provost Manning. and
oci.upied an hour. Provost Manning commenced his
discourse by etpressing an opinion that it would have
been more fitting that • Prince of the Church should
a lilresa them on ..hat memorial occasion. To i imply
that defect he held in his hand • charge committed to
his care by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster,
who desired him to were his hearers of his heartfelt
sympathy with their prayers, sharing with them the in.
dignation felt by all good Christiana at the base treachery
which had been practised toe arcls the Catholic faith and
whose at it. head by God appointed, and also to express
the greatest regret for the loss and admiration of the
generous devotednem of throe noble and brave troops for
those mule they sought repose. At the conclusion if
the sermon prayers were offered up, mid the ceremony
terminated.

The Count of Syracuse (uncle to the King of Naples)
has arrived in London from Paric
The death of General iteta=e, at Athens, is an-
nounced. He was 71 years of age. Colette, Metal's,
and Mavrocordeto, the three greet leadets of the War of
Ind.pendence, took part in most of the important
political events ol their country, itavvooordato alone
survives.