The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

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eoner. I had on handcuffs. I did not tell him I was
there on • charge of robbery. He asked me if I could
keep a secret, and I told him I oould. I waa unwell last
Sunday when I was muliponied. I did not intend to go
before the inagietratee. I kept the secret till teat Sun'
day. The superintendent knew I was in the cell. We
thought it necessary to go to find out whether another
person wan oonoerned. I told thpeuperintendent that lie
told sic lie liad done it. I have no notes. I hive been
recollecting since I have been here.
Ite.exainined.—l told the attorney for the prosecution
last Saturday the particulars of the story. I refused to
go before the inegiatrate.
By the Judge.—Brice, the superintendent, did not
tell me to go tai the cell; he did not know I was going.
Hitehinp, the policeman, was the person who suggested
my going to the cell.
Mr. Yonge eddreased the jury for the prisoner, con-
tending that, independently of the bud witness, there
was no evidence upon which they amid convict the pri-
mmer, and as regarded that lmt witness he submitted
that it would be extremely dangerous to rely on his
testimony.
Mr. Baron Watson, in summing up, observed most
strongly on the conduct of the policeman. In this
country we had a detestation of anything Wae spies.
Steteinecte made before magistrates were not allowed co
be given in evidence except upon certain conditions.
The megietrates were bound to give • prisoner a caution
that what he said would be taken down and used against
him. They must dniw their own oonclusion from the
evidence of • man who placed himself in AO degrading a
position an to go to a prisoner under false pretences.
Bad as the evidence was, it was badly used and badly
brought forward, and kept back tilt the last moment.
He should advise the jury to pause before they gave
credit to such a person. It was dealing improperly with
the warm of juetioe not to have taken the man before
the magistrates. If the men did nut go into the oell to
get evidence what on earth did he go there for?
The jury Aoquitted the primmer.
The Judge said, lie hoped the magistrates would take
notice of the conduct of the policeman.
Speen:3oes Cumotmse. Ellen Cawy. • neatly
dressed young woman, was charged on a Custom-house
information with smuggling 22á1b. weight of cigars, by
which she had incurred a penalty of £lOO. She 'deeded
" Guilty," and the magiatride at once sentenced her to
pay a line of £lOO to the Queen, and in default of pay-
ment to be imprisoned for six moths. Mr. Gardner,
a Tide Surveyor of Custolue, introduced to the notice
of the magiatrete threelarg•e petticoats, lined with
cigars, and said the prisoner was • passenger by the
General Steam Navigation Company's ship Moselle, and
on her arrival at St. Katherine's-wharf the prisoner was
about to step on shore, when her immense rotundity of
drys' excited his suspicions, and he asked her if she
had anytning about her liable to duty. She declared
clue had not, and explained that her full-blown appear-
ance arose from crinoline, which she and every lady in
the land considered as very becoming, whatever the
gentlemen might say on the subject. He hinted to her
that her crinoline petticoat was of extra diumnaions,
and handed her over to a female searcher, who stripped
her in a private eabin, took the three petticoats lined
with cigars (ruin her, and brought her out again with
her aim diminished to reasonable proportions, as she
now appeared. Mr. Yardiey.—The prisoner is not
wearing crinoline now? The Officer—No, Sir. Mr.
Yardley.—l thought not. She apiears to be dressed in
a very proper manner. The Ottloer.—Yes, Sir. Mr.
Yardley.—You will have no faith in crinoline again?
The Officer—Never, Sir. I shall always suspect every
woman who wears crinoline.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.
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The following despatch has been reoeived by the
Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company :
To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
VAIANTIA, August 5.
The Agamemnon has arrived at Valenti', and we are
about to land the end of the cable.

The Niagara is in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
There are genii signals between the ships.
We reached the rendezvous on the night of the 28th,
and the split* with the Niagara cable was made on
board the Agatneuinon the following morning.
By noon on the 30th 265 nautical 'idles were laid
between the two shine ; on the 314, 540 ; on the let
of August, 884 ; on the 2nd, 1,256 ; on tie 4th. 1,854 ;
on anchoring at 6 in the morning, in Mules Bay,
2,022. . . .

The rate of the Niagara during the whole time luta
been nearly the name an ourti, the length of cable paid
out from the two ships being generally within 10 mile.
of each other.

With the exception of yesterday, the weather hu
been very unfavourable.