The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

Mampsblre.

Bounmottotrru. Briggs applied Inn I renews
of his Hamm to .ell dome, which was refused on the
grounds that the atipliomit had, during tile last year,
Bought game of polies without trying to ascertain
whither or not such partial had previously taken cut
oortiflootes to kill pme, ka.
LYMINUTON RAILWAY. —The half.yearlt mooting
of this company was held it Lyminyton on Thursday,
Mr. Mew in the ohalr. Mr. Z. W. Moore' the sow
rotary, road the report, Which Mated that the llno
was opened both ow pomander and goods tram*
during the pest month. The capital of the company
was originally £III,OOO, with power to Mee 47,000
on debentures, and, in the event of purchasing the
Lytnington W 1.1,6,4114 to Mee £ll,OOO in new shares,
which were to be appnrtioned Pitiably among the
present shareholders. The statement of amounts to
the 219th of June showed that £27,479 had been
expended, leaving a talon°, of 440 due to the
bankers. The report was unanimously adopted, and
consent WM given to raise the additional capital re,
commended in the re,
FATAL accident caused
the death of an excursionist, oeourred Mond iy
morning at Bishopaoke. It appears that an minor.
Won train left Salisbury that morning for South.
ampton and Portsmouth, calling at the intermediate
stations, On arriving at Bislumstoke it was nem.
eary to detach the carriages in order that the portion
destined for Portsmouth might proceed on another
line. While this ual being done a young man left
the carriages (oonom/ to rule) and entered the re.
freshment nom. While he was partaking of re.
freshments the starting bell was, Rounded, and he
hurriedly left the room and ran along the platform
for the purpose of getting into the carriage he had
left. The train was then in motion. On his way
he came violently against a post, and fell between
the carriages on the line, a great portim of the train
passing over him. His limbs were fearfully mangled,
and his head literally crushed to atoms. The name
of the unforttinate deceased hal not transpired.
This mad affair threw a gloom over the whole
company.

NEWBURY. —Grent Western Railway MM.—The
annual fete in behalf of the Widows and Orphans'
Fund of the Great Western Railway came off on
Tuesday last in Hampstead Park, near this town, the
beautiful domain ce the Dowager Countess of Craven.
The day was beautifully fine, and about 10,000 per-
sons are computed to have been present, special
trains for their accommodation, at low fares, having
been run from Paddington, Oxford, and Cheltenham,
and intermediate stations. The band of the Cold-
stream Guards, the Paddington and Slough brass
bands, and Matthews' Oxf.rd Quadrille Band were
engaged, and added a zest to the numerous and
entertaining sports provided; and the refreshments,
supplied by Mr. Thomson, of the Pelican Hotel,
Newbury, were excellent and abundant. The gate-
ways leading to the park were handsomely deco-
rated, and the
_principal one bore the appropriate
inscription, "Brethren, hear ye one anther's
burdens." The kindness of Lady Craven in placing
her delightful grounds at the disposal of the Com-
pany, was strikingly appreciated in the decorous
behaviour of the immense assemblage, not a single
instance of drunkenness or unseemly conduct having
occurred throughout the day.

READING. —.broas Outrage by a Soldier—On
Monday week a ease of extraordinary violence and
murderous conduct on the part of private Living-
stone, of the 27th Foot, MU brought before the
borough magistrates. A detachment of the regi-
ment, which had volunteered for India, arrived in
Reading on the previous Saturday evening en route
for Gravesend. On Sunday night, about II o'clock,
Livingstone went to the gull publio.house in estate
of intoxication, and requested a lodging, which was
at first refused but afterwards granted, on hie agree.
ing to go at once quietly to bed. He had not, how-
ever, got into his room more than two minutes when
he seised the bayonet of one of his emnrades, who
had aocompanied him, and inflicted a frightful
wound in his leg, He then rushed wildly about the
house, and, meeting with a women, stabbed her in
the arm, and on the landlord endeavouring to secure
him he plunged his fearful weapon into his fare,
though luckily the wound wee not deep. The police
were then called in, and he was, after some time,
secured. Some of the officers of the 27th were pre-
sent at the hearing, and expressed a wish that the
prisoner might be handed over to the military maim-
Sties for severe punishment, but the Bench decided
on committing him for trial.