The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

OFFENCES.

PRIESTLY DINUNOtATION.—It appears from the
Kerry papers (says a Dublin letter) that a priest in that
county has been denouncing a landlord from the altar,
for which his bishop has subjected him to partial sus-
pension. Tim landlord is Mr. Sugrue, nephew to the
late Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry. He is a justice
of the peace, and holds some property in the wild
district of Iveragh, in the parish of Prior. Having
bought this property from Mr. James O'Connell, the
late owner, Mr. Sugrae, it appears, raised the rents.
The Kerry Star litates that the Rev. Father Foley
alluded, at the altar, to the lamentable condition to which
the poor in his parish had been reduced, and cannot
say that he advised " the victims of evictions and high
rents to sit on their dunghills, Job-like, to curse God
and die." At all events, Mr. Barrie, who was present
in the chapel, resented what the priest said, and,
lifting up his voice, exclaimed" that the rev, speaker
wax desecrating the altar on which he stood." A com-
plain of his conduct was made to the bishop, who
has inflicted a slight punishment. It is stated that
had not this been done the priest would have had to
stand a proeecution in the Court of Queen's Beach.
A FRIENDLY WARNING.—Tha following, as "A
Friendly Warning," has just appeared at Lichfield :
Mr. Chancellor Law begs to give notice to the house-
breakers who got into his house on Monday night and
passed within six inches of his bed's head, that le has
sent away his plate cheat; parted with hie silver goods;
and intends to use plated articles only for the future.
Mr. Ryder, the head of the police, has procured for
Mr. Law a trusty revolver, and Mi. Denstone, who
always sleeps in the house, is well armed; but Mr.
Denstone would he particularly sorry to send .any of
them out of the world in an act of sin, without time
for repentenoe.—N.B. Mr. Law keens his money at his
banker's and pays his bills by eheques.—Lichfield,
October 31st, 1862."
A Holman WANTED. —A woman who got into the
Parliamentary train either at Glotwester or Cheltenham
on Thursday evening last, was observed to leave it
hurriedly at Cleve Station. When the train reached
Ashohurch it was discovered that she hadleft • mating
basket under the seat, which, on being opened, was
found to oontain a fine child, apparently only two or
three days old. The excitement and curiosity among
the passengers when this discovery was made were
extreme. Mrs. Beck, the wife of the station-master,
kindly took charge of the poor innocent, and carefully
conveyed it to the workhouse, and the police were
immediately put, on the alert to find the mother. At
present their efforts have been ineffectual.
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Jonah Andrew, the Manchester bank swindler, has
been committed to take his trial at the next Lancaster
assizes.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT DT YOUTHS AT BRADFORD.—
On Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, about forty
boys and young men entered the grounds of Mr. Isaac
White, farmer of Thornton-med, /danningham, near
Bradford, with the intention of procuring wood, in the
shape of old trees and wooden fences, for the purpose of
making a bon-fire on the following day. They had a
hand-cart with them, and they were loading it with
wood, when Mr. White and his son came up to them,
and insisted on their leaving the property and the
ground. The young men and boys immediately offered
an obstinate resistance. Arming themselves with
bludgeons, they made a violent attack upon Mr. White,
and left him on the ground in a helpless and insensible
condition. He was very seriously handled ; he bad
nine teeth knocked out, and was severely wounded and
lacerated in several parts of his person' the blood
flowing so freely from his cut lips and face, that ho was
once in danger of being smothered with it. He now
lies in ri very precarious condition, under the care of
Dr. Bell. The police are endeavouring to discover the
perpetrators of this outrage.
A DEFAULTING SAVINGS BANK SECRETARY.—Serious
defalcations, extending over some years, and amount-
ing altogether to £3,000, have been discovered in the
funds of the Doncaster Building Society. The defaulter
is the secretary, who is a man that has hitherto occupied
a good position in Doncaster as a tradesman. £2,000
of the loss will, it is said, be covered by property which
the secretary has transferred to the trustees of the
society.

IMPORTANT CASE UNDER THE NEW POACHING AO?.
—On Saturday a case taken under the New Poaching
Act, was heard before the Northampton aounty magis-
trates. The particulars are briefly these :—On Sunday
morning, about six o'clock, Inspector Evans and Jack-
son, and four police-constables, met nine men on the
road leading from Toweester to Northampton, having
in their possession a quantity of game, as well as •
number of nets and pegs used in the taking of game.
The men were stopped and a scuffle ensued, in the
course of which some of them got sway. Seven nets,
fifteen rabbits, a hare, and • large number of pegs were
taken possession of by the pollee. Pour of the gang,
whose names were John Botterill, Daniel Earl, Richard
Adams, and Joseph Burton, were summoned to appear
on Saturday. Adams, however, did not attend to
answer to his sunimons. Mr. White, solicitor, who
appeared on behalf of the defendants, contended that
the case must fall to the ground, inasmuch as the act
requires that it should be proved that the game had
been obtained by unlawfully trespassing on land with
that object, which proof had not even been given by
the prosecution. Although the game was found upon
the defendants, there was no evidence to show that
they had obtained it by unlawful means, nor had it been
shown that they were seen near any game preserves.
After a consultation of about half-an-hour, the Chair-
man said the magistrates had given their Lest considera-
tion to the wording of the Act of Parliament, and they
were of opinion that the case had not been proved.
The defendant Botterill. who had made an unsuccessful
attempt to throttle Pollee-Constable Copping, whilst
the latter was attempting to search him, was then
charged with an assault upon the constable, and fined
£.15, or in default two months' imprisonment. Mr. H.
L. Bayly, the chief constable of the county polka,
afterwards made an application to the magistrates to
grant a case for the Court of Queen's Bench, wkioh
they immediately complied with.

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POACHING AFFRAY AND RIOT AT BLACILBOBN.—OR
Thursday eight men, named Thomas Hartley, William
Hartley, Thomas Barnshaw, David Sullen, Robert
Ainsworth, Matthew Brocklehurst, James Butter-
worth, and William Marsden, were brought up at the
Blackburn Townhall, before Messrs. H. Pilkington, J.
Weld, and W. M. Fielders, charged with night poaching
at Pleaaington, on the preserves of Lieutenant-Colonel
Bowdon. About half-past two o'clock on Friday
morning, while Ave of the keepers and watchers of Mr.
Bowdon were out following their calling near to
Idaidenhouse Wood, they heard the scream of • rabbit,
and, on going in the direction whence the scream
came, they saw three men laying a net. Immediettly
the poachers saw the preservers of the game they ran
off, followed by the keepers and watchers. One of the
poachers, named Butterworth, was caught by Jacob
Duckworth, from whom he got away, but was again
caught by John Ducksworth. Butterworth, seeing who
had hold of him, called to his oompanioes, "It's only
'Big Cake;' there's only Ave of them ; come on, let's
kill him." Another cried out, "Let's kill 'em all."
Several of the poachers thereupon returned to Butter-
worth, and NO abused Duckworth that he let the
poacher escape. He was thrown down and kicked.
One of his ribs was broken. Au affray ensued, in
which several of the watchers and keepers were abused.
The poachers then made off, and some nets were found
where they had been first seen. They were all
captured at their houses on Monday evening. As there
was no evidence against Bonen. F,arnehaw, Ainsworth,
and Marsden they were discharged. The Hartley. and
Brockleiturst were committed to Preston House of Cor-
rection for three months, and Butterworth for one
month, with the customary sureties. The wart and all
places adjacent were crowded during the trial, and the
sernence was received with groans and hisses. When
the keepers left the hall, they were met by • vast
crowd of persons, who hooted and hustled them. A
body of police came to their aid, and acted as escort,
but, before they had gone 200 yards, they were com-
pelled to take refuge, the crowd stoning and abusing
them as they passed along. The keepers, after a while,
were removed in a cab to the Townhall, whence they
retired home under the oover of darkness. Later
accounts state :—The mob which assembled early in the
evening still continue near the Hall, to which they
have done damage by the breaking of much glass in
the several windows, and also in several shops and
private houses near to the market. The passion of
the people has been thus roused because they allege
that by perjury the keepers have got two innocent
men convicted. A mob is said to have gone to Colonel
Butler Bowdon's, to do some damage there. A large
body of police were on the ground and reinforcemente
oontinue to arrive. The mob was said to have been
much exasperated as they passed towards Pleasington
Hall, the residence of Colonel Bowdon. The magis-
trates and watch committee have assembled, and have
devised certain measures for the restoration of order.
The Mayor is out of town. Special constables are
patrolling the town, the Riot Act has been read, and
the cavalry are arriving from Preston. The town is
quiet, but the rioters have attacked Colonel Bowdon's
premises,
EXTBAORDINARY ROBBERY BY A FRMALI SERVANT.
—A daring robbery, the circumstances in connection
with which are very singular, was committed on
Thursday evening week, at the residence of Mr. Wad.
ham Locke, (one of the magistrates of Wilts), Seend,
a few miles from Devises. It appears that on the
evening in question • loud crash was heard, resembling
that caused by the breaking of glass, and on the inmates
of the house going out to see what was the matters,
it was ascertained that the noise had been caused by the
smashing of some glass in the conservatory. This air-
curnstanoe naturally excited some alarm, and on search
being made it was found that the drawer of a room,
adjoining the conservatory, had been robbed of its
contents, which were two £5 notes, one £lO note, and
twelve sovereigns, in all £32. It was also obeerved that
the door of the room was locked, and that the window.
had been left open. One of the female servants, a
young woman named Lonsia Newman, was missing,
but in a short time she made her appearance, and, on I
being questioned about the matter, she made the ,
extraordinary statement that she bad met a young man
with whom elle was acquainted • that he had presen-
ted a pistol at her head, and insisted on her
telling hint where some of the valuable articles
belonging to her mistress were, that she
had done an, and that he bad then robbed the house.
Information was at once given to the polies, but Mr.
Superintendent Wolfe, from the my first, &believed

the story of the young woman, and hinted his sus-
picions to Mr. Locke, who, however, expressed himself
as satisfied of the innocence of his servant. The police
thereupon made every inquiry, with a view to trace
the alleged thief, but, so far from doing so, Mr.
Superintendent Wolfe was more firmly convinoed that
the thief was the servant girl, and on his reconinsteder,
tion she was given into custody. Her person wasklein
examined, and it was found that she tad recently re-
ceived some very severe cute, and it is surmised tha4
in attempting to leave the room in which she com-
mitted the robbery, she endeavoured to escape by a
portion of the roof of the conservatory, and that while
so doing she slipped through the glass, thereby severely
injuring herself, and also making the noise 1000_4. lie-
turbed the inmates. The prisoner was 'on Friday,
taken before a magistrate on a charge of sobbing her
master of £32, in money, and, some merely formal evi-
dence having been given, she was remanded to the
Melksham Petty Session, The same evening the pri-
soner admitted that she committed the robbrmY, and
stated that she had hid the money in a certain pleas
in the shrubbery, adjoining the house. The police
accordingly searched,' and found the whole of tho
money secreted in the spot Indicated by the prisoner.
The case has created eonsiderable intoned in the
triot, aa much from the daring conduct of the seriant
girl, as from the extraordinary aosount she gave off the
affair.