The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER

An outrage by poachers, revolting in the death of
• young man named Hight, an underkeeper in the
employ of the Maharajah Dhuloep Singh, hal just oc-
curred on his Highness's agate at Crisweli near the
town of Mildenhall. On Friday afternoon, Hight
was seen to enter a plantation in which a shot had
just previously been heard, and was never again seen
alive. When he left home he intimated his intention
of being back by six o'clock, and ae he did not re.
turn during the night his friends became shinned,
the !folic* were communicated with, and a party set
out In search of him. Nothing could be seen or heard
of him until Sunday morning, when his dead body
was found concealed among some furze about 100
yards from the plantation. Re had evidently been
brutally murdered, having on ha heed four wounds
inflicted by blows from some heavy instrument, which
completely smashed Lis ilk uIL Marks of blood (whioh
an attempt had been made to obliterate), found in
the plantation, lead to the conclusion that the un-
fortunate man was murdered there, doutgless by the
poachers who were hoard shooting early in the after-
noon, and that they returned later in the evening,
and conoaded their victim in the spot where his
body was found. Two poachers, named Sutterford
and Helfer, were seen by a policeman coming across
a turnip field from the direction of the fume cover
where the body was concealed, and front one of them
(Rutterford) a gun war taken, upon which were sub-
sequently found marks of blood and human hair;
and there are other circumstances which seem to
point to themes the guilty persons. An inquest was
opened on Monday, before Mr. Partridge, the district
coroner, and adjourned for • fortnight. The two men
are is ousted,.

BRIBRRY AT TICE NORWICH NITNICIPAL ELZO.
TIoN. —Summon..., were issued on Tuesday afternoon
nirsinst Anthony Freestone and Robert Ilarditnent
on rharma of bribery at tho last municipal election
in Norwich. The defendants are Conservatives, and
fi mired conspicuously daring the inquiry of the Royal
Commission.

A crowded meeting of working men was held on
ilonday nigl,t, in East London, when it was resolved
that, in the present depressed state of the labour
market at home, omfiratio* to the outlying parts of
the British empire affords a very favourable opening
for the pormunent employment of inilubtritms and
deserving workmen.

In an article upon the French AFantic Cable, the
tr York Tun 4 dap; it reels confident that the
American petr.le will demand that the directors of
the company shall promptly comply with the comb.
Lions on which Mr. Fnh allowed them to laud their
wire at Duxbury, or else that the wire itself will be
thrown off into the ass.

The Other day, • marine btlonging to her Majesty's
ship Juno, arcidentally fell overboard into deep
water. Mr. Henriques, a niiilshipinau, chargo of
the party, instantly plunged in to his rescue, and sue-
res., led m hr miing the mau (who was tumble to swim)
safely back to terra firma. In this gallant actlon he
was assisted by a Seeman of the ship, George
don, A.B.

Of the 240 petition. for private bills deposited in
the Private Bili Office of the Huila° of Commons, 94
are fol. railways; but they are generally for fart er
powers, abandonment, amalgamation, capital, dci.
No new line of importance will be brought forward
during the aesrion. The bills most contested will he
the tram ay bills. Of theta there are 246. There
are 66 gas and water bilis, and 65 nnUcellan ono bills.
A deplorable accident happened in Break-read,
Evertou, on Saturday afternoon. Two horses and a
cart were left without any one in charge, the animals
took fright, dashed through a crowd of children who
were watching a drunken man, and five of the chi:.
dreu were seriously injured, 110t110 of them, it is
feared, fatally. Ti,. carter, a man named Glover,
wb.. had gone into a public-house, was taken into
custody.

che ceremony of enthroning the Right Rey. fiord
Arthur Hervey, D.D. recently appointed Risher of
Bath and Well., took place in the Cathedra.: ttifaJ
on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the report of firearms was alma on
Primrose H,II, London. A number of peg**. ritiesed
to tbe spot, when • young man, of resp~ie ap-
pearance, was discovered shot through the Seed.
Ties new peel of bells for Worcester Cathedral,
which has just been east at a cost of some £3,000,
Tabled by public subscription through the exertdons of
if the Rev. R. Cattley, one of the minor canons of
the cathedral, having been raisei to their destination
the tower of Om cathedral, Use first peal Wa• rang
on S itunlay last to welcome the New Year. The
bells (twelve in number) are Tory musical, bat the
first bell is out of tune.

Mr. Justice Brett, the vacation judge at Chambers,
has had several applications before him from debtors
in country prisons for their release. In London, both
at Whitecroesstreet and Iloreemonger Lane, the
debtors were allowed to depart, but in the country a
different view was taken, and his lordship has made
a number of orders for releess. Under the new act
a judge at chambers mast sanction an arrest before
such an event can take place.
EDIOCKINO AOCIDZNT AZAR NORMANTON.—On
Wednesday an inquest was hold at Normanton oath.
body of a man named Cottam, who met with his death
on the previous day. M. Locke, of Newland Hall,
has recently had a pit imnk at Woodhouse, near Nor-
Denton. The deceased was fixing some framework
over the pt mouth, and whilst he was dandmg on a
swing scaffold, it suddenly slipped. The jerk threw
the poor fellow off, and he fell to the bottom of the
shaN • depth of about 120 feet, and was dashed to
Meow.
82HI0118 CHARON AGAINST • OTIZINDIT.—On
Wednesday J. W. Wells, of Portland-Asset, London,
eon of • Leeds chemist, was charged at the Marl.
borough-street Polioe Court, with having used an
Instrument to • young woman for the purpose of
promiringmeowriage, and he was committed for
trial. At the inquest, which was held in the afternoon
m the body of the young woman, who his no. died,
the jury found that death had resulted from inflam-
mation of the lungs; but how that was occasioned
was left an open (portion.

itrZiERAI. OF Mit. T. OneeerlCK, R.A.—On Mondey
morning, the remains of the late Mr. Thomas Creswick
LA., were conveyed to Katmai Green Cemetery for
interment. A considerable number of parsons assem-
bled to witness the ceremony, among whom were
many gentlemen of literary and artistic fame. The
ceremony was of the most simple character. The
mourners were Messrs. R. Ansdell, A.R.A., H. O'Neill,
A.R.A., W. P. Frith, LA., C. Sylvester, and G. Put.
ford (nephews of the deceased), and G. Smith. Mr.
A. Elmore, LA., was prevented by illness from at-
tending; and the other friends present at the funeral
assembled at the cemetery. Among these were the
l'resident of the Royal Academy (Sir Francis Grant),
Mr. Mark Lemon, and Mr. Topham.
GALLANT lIKSCUS AT SPA.—On Wednesday, the
screw steamer Thomas Snowden, of Middlesborough,
Captain Ralston, arrived at Hull, from St- MiMiettlus
with oranges. The captain reports that on 'niers-
day the 30th ultimo he observed signals of distress
flying from an Italian brig, (the Virginia, from New-
castle, for Naples, with coals), and he bore down to
the vessel, which he found to be in a sinking condi-
tion, having sft. of water in the hold and leaking
20 inches per hour. All the boatsof the Italian ye,-
eel bad been stove in during the gale on the previous
day, so that the crew could not leave the veaseL A
boat from the steamer wad launched and manned
by the second mate and four of Um) crew. There was,
however, a very heavy swell on, and it was impossi-
ble to go near to the vessel. The crew of the Vir-
ginia, therefore, stripped themselves of most of their
clothing and threw themselves into the sea, when
ropes were thrown to them, and they got on beards
They were landed at Falmouth.

BTRANUE ATTEZIPT AT
of Milan giver an account of an audacious attempt
at robbery in that city. A goldsmith named Barbeita
was about closing his 'Lop at night, and was making
np his account for the day, when a stranger, wrapped
in • mantle which partly concealed his face, mitered
and presented a letter, in which the tradesinsu read
as i°ll°'".—"Monaieur,—lf you value your life,
hand immediately to the bearer of the present 1,500 fr.
If you bare not with you that sum, try and complete
it with articles of jewellery. Woe to you if you re-
fuse, You will be sniug your death-warrant Lose
not a moment." Earbetta at first treated the
matter as • joke, when the strae, taking • pistol
from his pocket, covered the goltb wall it, The
latter not intimidated, seized the axle by tie barrel,
ipribututiziothinetrhdree
haLadtheantdriktr:.
.ow'ounded him
off. A little
girl utital IC the shoe relate. that she lam the tedivi.
duai mime out and jom aumnor man who was Waiting
at 1.1,13 ouruur. Tiwy then disappeared 113 the Pore
traribakii