The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-09-20 00:00:00

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CAUTION TO POACHER/I.—OD Saturday night John
Symes thought proper to take has gun, in cioanpsny
with his brother, and go from Askerswell to ,hot
starlings at two o'clock on Sunday morning! Whilst
drawing his gun through a hedge, it exploded, and
carried away his right hand. His brother and others
brought him to Bridport Union about live a.m., and
b_fore 12 his arm was amputated by Dr. Hay.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON MONT BLANC.
A frightful catastrophe has just occurred al Mont
Blanc. A party con.isting of eleven persona reached
the summit, and were to return the same evening by
the Grande Mulets. As they did not appear, men were
sent out to search for them, but, after long and fruitless
efforts, were obliged to return unsuccessful. No doubt
can exist that the whole have perished. The traveller,
were Mr. Cohendal. Scotch; Mr. J. Dean, and Mr. J.
C. Kendall, AM•li011111, with three guides and live
porters.

LONDON is DON overrun by French people.
THE Sultan 12, I,2oo•horse power (nominal), fitting
in Chatham Harbour, is being rapidly brought forward
in readiness fur commission.

THE Lord Mayor of London on Friday received from
the King of tho Belgians • painting in oil, representing
the Hotel de Ville at Brussels.

Tux wife of a farmer, namod Harrison, has been earn-
mitted for trial on the charge of wilfully murdering her
child by suffocating it in • pond.
Tug toll oollector at Acton has been fined 5s and oosts
far ...suiting the setalernent clerk of the Marylebone
Workhouse. The assault arose out of • disputed point
ai to whether • vehicle conveying a dangetotta lanatio
should be exempt from toll. Mr. Daman ruled that
the exemption held good.

Tan Channel islands have become the refuge of
hundreds of French fugitives front the expected siege of
Paris. Many have left househ effect, behind them,
and others name with little or no p3rsoual luggage, as
the French railways hil r..fused to carry it. All the
available aocummodatiou in Jersey has been swamped.
CADMIC DI/MASS.—The farmers of Devon are getting
much alarmad by the extension of the foot and mouth
disease in the county. A fine herd in the immediate
neighbourhood of Plymouth is now affocted. At the
sitting a the oounty magistrates at Kingston-on.
Thames • notice was issued that any person moving
infected cattle would be liable to severe penalties.
A BRUTAL hfOrticit was charged at London Guildhall
on Friday with einelly ill-treating her infant. The
prisoner, whibit drunk, held up the infant by the neck
and shook it violently. The surgeon stated that the
infant was apparently between six and nine months old,
and fearfully emaciated, weighing only Gilb. This he
attributed to neglect and want of foul The pi/saner
was rounuided.

THE byciele has at length been made subservient to
public utility. A young man attacked • young Lilly on
Peckham Rye and stele her gold watch and chain.
John Holland, • earpeuter, who was riding a hyciele at
the time, saw the robbery, and put on all speed. After
<smut rue Hollan I suoueeded in running the prisoner
down, and he wag cspturud by two gentlemen. Hu wee
committed for total for the rubbery.
THE &SE official inspection of the Soper breeeh.loader
lias taken pluo this seek at tie Ilene Guards. The
Duke of C.oublidge is said to have expressed himself
mock pleased with the siml.licit7 of tho new. la •
public competition that took place at Reading on Friday
evening thirty shots per minute were fired frow this
weapon; and in the aggregsto score lasting twelve
untule-luaders that were fired at the Sillllo Eat..
THE FELLS Or NIAC kVA SCRPASEED.—Nows was TO-
oeived in Plymouth oti Wedneslay of the discovery by
the Colonial Government geologists, Messrs. Hawkins
and Brown of magnificent waterfalls, far exceeding
those of Niagara. which exist in Demerara, British
GUIEDA. The falls consist of two leaps, one being
perpendicular fall of 770 feet, and the second over Teo
feet. The volume of water wagered in the dry season
is 28 feet in depth and nearly 100 yards broad.
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THE last of tho services in Connection with the
Association for Promoting tho Ih-Union of Chriatendorts
was hold on Thursday night at St, Michael's Church,
Shoreditch. There wai a large procession with croietea.
tr.c.. The Hew. Dr. Littledale preached, and
strongly contended for the old faith as oppoeed to the
modern Innovations of thought aml practice, and held
that it was the duty of Englirh Churchmen to rescue
their Church from the Babylonieh c.ptivity of Protes.
twit anisdief• ! Throa was an jetliners' oongrega'ion
large number of the men present Wing elergymea.