The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-12-28 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZk:TTE, TUESDAt , DECEMBER 28. 1869

mice left the barraok• at &lb in tile IflaWiring italinseles music saloon yen can net anything from
• &ureic orS:nto a banjo, and as ior pianofortes you
order
co
:
Bond 3a, DifiriugY tustetP647;l22.Wellspring, (whose cauhomebilYand pay in :ea ym
easy wry duringthem the
eerrices were kin•lY alend by C•Ptsle Combs.) next three years, or you can hire one for a night, a
gmeemit.Major Gam LILA., and Sergeant
Legg, tills carp, month, or a year. You can't play? Well, since
Gen th coffin oWm
music DMA be had, Mr. Robinson is prepared to
carriage Manor e f =
Woollen, eover.4 with • paU sur- supply you with r quadrille baud or *single player
mounted br his hat and on any known instrument. But you want a "game
sword, claim by six o' something." Very well • here, you can have it.
horses. What do you say to billiards? It'synoojoke ; you
Friends of dimessed is • closed carriage, can have a billiard board—a very one—and
Horse of dammed, with his horde duly spurred play at home. The exercise is capital ; the skilful
In the etarri" reversed, training it gives is valuable. By some patent, we
Gttn carriage, boa:maths coffin of Maurice don't pretend to know the mystery of, every
Riffle, covered with a pall, cur.
mounted ty his hat man may easily convert his own dining tabl '
sod sword. into • billiard table with the happiest
men of the bettery, umbering 120, junior revolts, at • small expense.
In rank going first in two.. For attractive work•boxes, writing desks,
Three amosra--Capt. A. H. W. Williams, dressing oases, and everything in upholstery
Capt. L. ce.io, and Lieut. P. T. Biroam. and cabinet goods for presents, where can
The mournful oortNe moved with slow and stately there be • nicer display than Mr. .1. F.
step to the solemn cadencesof the Dead March in Saul, Hannah's, Cornhill ? tie comes from London,
which was beautifully played by the band, down the and so we Set everything good in the way of style.
High-street to the church at Fordington, where the But another important matter is our Christmaii
funeral service was read by the Rev. J. M. Swans, stationery and cards to mend to our distant friends,
Chaplain at the Dorset County Hospital. The wishing them "Merry Christmas," "Happy New
b idles were then lowered into their graves and mix Year,' and the rest. How in the world they con.
rounds—three over each—were fired. The whole Wive to get them up so elegantly and yet so cheaply
party then retained to the barrack, we can't conceive. However, for anything Pretty in
GIRLS' Naricis•t. SCHOOI.—At the conclasion of this way, there is ample choice at Mr. H. Ling's,
another year it is with pleasure we look upon the County House, to say nothing of elegantly-bound
very great program which this wheel has made during presentation books, aud • charming variety of fatty
the past two or three years, and we safely affirm that leather goods.
did it annum a more gratifying aspect in its Our shopkeepers have catered excellently for
condition than at the present lime; but, whilst still the public, and we hope they may all do a good
advancing in general efficiency, it is with regret we stroke of business, and make many new friends
find a lack of interest and • marked diminution in and customers.
the support put forth by the inhabitante of Dot.
cheater and neighbourhood. From time to time we
have had occasion to speak of its merits; but the
first-class position in which it now stands claims
special notice. The Rev. W. Tregarthen, Her
Majesty's inspector of National Schools, in reporting
the remelt of his annual examination ef this school,
very pithily remarks, "This school well maintains
its high character of general efficiency ;" whilst
another mato viaitoct aaja,
excellent manner in which the children's work is
conducted, the clean and good appearance of the
classes, and the pleasing influence and good order
maintained by the teachers, are truly admirable, and
well repay a visit." Owing to the partial withdrawal
of the grant from the County Association, and the
regulation of the New Code, the income hes been 00D.
aiderably lessened ; but, by • strenuous effort on the
part of theablemintresa(tdies Way) and the teachers,
we find that last year the Government grant
amounted to no lam than £96 9.. 4d., a very
substantial proof of the good management and
capabilities of the children. The total income for the
part year amounted to only £l5l 9a. bd., whilst the
expenditure crowded that amount by several pounds,
although the strictest economy, consistent with
maintaining efficiency, had been exercised. The
average daily attendanoe. too, has been duiing the
present year upwards of 200—e larger number than
has attended since the establishment of this school
(in 1618) , therefore, by giving so many children
of the work ing clams sound education, and
inculcating the precepts of Christianity, we cannot
but except good results. Very great credit is due to
Miss Sionnonds and Miss Major the principal
teachers—to whose unwearied exertions the schools,
present advanced state may in a great measure be
attributed ; both of whom, it may be mentioned,
Cmsta most successful examination in June last.
uost but express a sincere hope that everyone
interested in the welfare of this school—which is
indeed performing a good work amongst us—will
come forward and emtribute to one of the most
important institutions in the town, and one which
has become an agency of benevolence and
Christianity. —C'oinniiiiiiraied.
BOROUGH Pour, Toc.lay.—Before a. Davis, Esq.,
and J. R.I.
laid/eta Gomri. tramp. from Torquay, brought up for
mdng to the Ore) hound I n Monday night. and ahu•lng
the landlaly, Mt,. Pope, was sentenced to seven days' hard
labour.
Two tramps, named W, 1,11114 Norrie, 50, carpenter, from
Liverpool, and Jaws 27, labourer, from Bristol, were
charged nith stealing a nes overoat, belonging t.• the Mlaws
Curtis, High East-strect. and *tin kettle, the property of Mrs.
Wood, If kth Wed-street.
The out was taken from .hero It was hanging near the shop
door, about Ave in the vs'-. 'c aud idt,rity alter they t.ask ft
1,, Mr. Parmiter% pax. oh I. In Chtlirch-streeL Mow Vateher
auspericd it Ica. stolen. 10.1:1 for the police, and kept the men In
comervtion. In the ines..lcue the oat had been tni.sed nod
the polite old of the lOW Infornatimi from both quarter
received about the 'sole hoe, awl P.C. Churchill went to Mr.
Parnalter's shop. where le apprehended prholmerS and took
possession of the eat.
It seems thew men have been In the tosen billet &Madly,
and have &Mulch I e ipAke .h the teller.
P.S. CO.llOl t.'lll the ouch there were a number") sucpici.ms
characters about the two, 'laying at different lolglog
houses.

A DESPERATE CONVICT AND MS
FEARFUL KID: THIRTY•SIX
LASHES AT CHRISTMAS.
. .

An inquest was held at the Portland Prison on
Thursday afternoon, before It. N. Howard, Seq.,
coroner, on the body of Thomas Wilkinson, a
oonvict, who was foiled dead in his bed that
morning.
•—•••••• Ap0.....1 Si...
deceased was twee:l4,lov= years of age, and under
sentence of seven years' penal servitude. On Friday
he was tried by the visiting director, °epeeist
Stockford, for burping a quantity of clothes and
paper in his cell. The clothes were set in a blase,
and very serious consequences would have ensued
if it had eat been speedily discovered. He WAS
sentenced to receive thirty-six lashes with the
authorised ()et bearing the seal of the Secretary of
State. The punishment was inflicted on Monday,
at nine a.m., in the presence of the governor, Dr.
Blaker, and a number of warders. The medical
officer bad previously given a certificate that
deceased was fit for corporal punishment. Deceased
seemed to feel the first dozen lashes very much, but
afterwards did not seem to feel it so keenly. He
was attended by the medical officer, and "expressed
his satisfaction with the treatment be received."

Thome; Russell, a warder, deposed to opening
deceased's oell door snout 5.30 a.m., and receiving
the words "all right" from him. At 6.55 the
infirmary nurse brought deceased's breakfast, and
found him dead in the bed. _ _ .

Mr. Edgar Shaw Blaker, medical officer of the
establishment, swore that he had examined deceased
prior to the inifiction of the punishment, and found
him free from any disease. Witness was
in front of him during the flogging, and if
witness had thought he could not have borne it
he had full power to stop it. He bore it very well
and showed no signs of faintness. He was placed
under the usual treatment, and had the hospital
diet. On Tuesday he appeared to be suffering from
diarrbma and a nervous shock, the result of the
flogging. This nervous shook witness should say
was the actual CCM of death. The flogging was not
at all exoessive,and no medical skill could have fore.
seen such a result. _ _

Mr. H. Nathan, eurgeon, of Weymouth, deposed
that under the coroner's orders he bad made • post
mortem elimination of deceased. He had examined
his head, chest, abdomen, spinal column, and all
the internal organs, and found them quite healthy,
with no trace of disease. He attributed the cause
of death to the sbock to the nervous system, and
not to the severity of the castigation. Fie considered
Dr. Maker quite justified in giving the certificate he
did.' .

The Coroner addressing the Jury, said that they
had nothing to do as to whether the sentence of
flogging was right or wrong, but only as to whether
death was the result of flogging, and if not what was
the cape. If they should be of opinion that it was
from flogging they must be satisfied that due care
was taken to see that deceased was in a fit state cf
body to receive such punishment, and also whether
that punishment was esoevaive. Ile was pleased
that flogging had been abolished in the army, hut
from the effect it had in stopping protium, it
appeared to be a necessary ingredient in our oriuiinal
laws . _ .

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The Town Clerk said the landlorile had butter he cautioned
against harbouring unit
The prbotters•tid they wure in ...arch ..f work. They had
nothing to %ay in atetwer t,t Dm charge, and nnrc nomulittnd for
trial at the
A. prnoncrs were being taken to the lock-up on Montley
ci ening. P.C. Churchill sin Noma put down a tin kettle. He
mked where they gill, and ItionU saki he didn't know. On
making Inquiri, hr wicertaiud • kettle of that tiolVD° 9
nflednee, dtolefi tie stlOp DM. WOO,IOW rnt ,01111
Identf tied the "tic pr ductal by • priest* mark in her own
handwriting n the 10i..r in which it was wnippod.
They had nothing toy, sad were also sant for trial OD thitl
charge.

The Jury were quite satisfied that every care Ind
hown t•lrpn &net that. on blarnA attmobrA tn Dr.
Blaker, and returned a verdict in accordance with
the medical .video.

CH &MINSTER.

A Pnourtc Sunni,. —On Saturday a two-teeth
Dorset horned ewe, the property of Mr. W. Dunning,
of Wolverton farm, dropped four healthy lambi of
good size. The mother and "all the family" ire
doing well.

Ttt,ilffeoytyrhalt
the
CORFE CASTLE. Carpet@ ale bought by Use yard, and warn by the
ACCIDENT TO THE MAIL Oestatra.-L.The mail foot.
'bus front Wareham to Swanags, drawn by three Tin WAY To sum
EEO IN Lara.—Be shy, and
horses, wee returning on Thursday lest (rein Ware- pia, ca,„ g.e.
ham, when the leading horse started off at full 'peel, if" a 0:1-e.
Taatel he.
tit
hernia, cow
many barrel,
the driver lost all control over it, it galloped down
ought • horse pistol to have?
the incline by North Castle, and continued its course
What is that which
.everybody gives away, and
till taming in contact with King Edward's bridge,
which
_coste___nog
otlxiing P—Advice.
a narrow structure, when Martin, the coachman, war
thrownlihanexotffricattheedse"be and
tfohnen'dbmate hafeelle upon
ohfihnlis. —l7' Wr.;:towel wilirth"thßnaumnrcnin"in‘ulitub•CAll"""TE.
speedily attended to the sufferer, aed he is progress-
legs fractured in two planes Dr. W. E. Ramble
but the latter had adopted the precaution of sailing
ing favourably. The passenger" escaped with a few Madagascar, 7111Uinht.inugbleonwncluthiseinAgraobn slave-dealers,
but
meter the French flag.
alight bruise'.
, An officer of the 'B6th Regiment, in • letter to his
WAREHAM. friends at Woolwich, written from Camp Huzsoo,
" We have had • fearful tarn-out of
ENTERTAINNEST.—On
end literary cholera
e ci 10 having'
ren considering that our
funds of the British School, at the Room, West- women, an ._ _ , which,a
entertainment was aid of thcae. 111'14'
lab
Yrei ' lost one officer, 120 men five
pretty heavy lom."
street, which was tastefully decorated with shrubs strength was barely 700, is
interspersed with pretty and suitable mottoes. The The Journal Ofoiel has recently published an
spacious room was well filled, amongst those present i•miertlerirtheminnaetwingi"asuiry
oial.
thceommmoniesetarionyerequiLtiale,
being most of the gentry of the town. The enter-
tainment seemed to give great satisfaction to all. [ hi. Darimon, formerly Depute; IL Bordet. Master of
The programme opened with •
_pianoforte &tett i Requests in the Council of State ; IL Andebert, In-
" The Pal."'" by lii" and That u• Pare, exceed. spector of Finance; and IL Victor Bonaet, jour.
ingly well performed. Monk's " Bowleg Sone! med. •
' was then given capitally. The Rev. J. B. Lloyd I Prince Arthur is having • ballroom built in cou-
rsed "The jackdaw of Rheims" exceedtegly well.. nection with him residence at Montreal, and will give
Miss Pike gave "Airley Beacon," and wee warmly a series of halls during the winter.
applauded. The solo and quartett "Coins where
my love" was followed by a reading of Jean
Ingeloses "High Tidie" which was well given by dres, from &rein for the purpose of adopting them.
Mrs. Pike. Miss Baldwin's rich contralto voice The Em of Austria hat bestowed upon Hobart
Ras heard to great advantage In Glover's pretty ' Paella the Grand Cordon of San Josef, in recognition
„LhebeDuttuchivessinefformdSomer, settaxbisea-,l6if titeninMorssiz.l.Stchaisoi.
song, "The Fisherboy's Home," and met with •
most enthasiesticlonoore. The Rev. J. B. Lloyd preserve the peace of Europe.
wssvery successful in "My Pretty Jane," and In _
1 the divorce suit of CoL Gordon r. lira. Gordon
mower to so encore sang "Who shall be Fairest." 1 a ° . neri was pronounced,
and Lord William liay,• decree ....
The Rev. J. Cropper reed a Orme on " Maynootb.' , ~, ,_ . the eo-respondentiby the &dal
The past songof the su _ es which attended the Psalm's efferta to
" In a Wood" was followed be a i w"" e's''`'", °Thin" •
- t' ienal commissioner at Umbiula.
duet, "All's ell" Which Masers. Lloyd and Seal,
sang welL Miss Pike sang with taste and feeling /t public setweriPtimi is
incurred in honouring the Doke of
Blockle'ys "Ring out Wild Bells" and it was defray executes
f native chiefs will
Ediuburgli and a large number 0 II&
loudly redemande& Mr. W. J. Davey, a Cornish- , . . .. ... Royal High....
be there during the visit of Me
man, gave a humorous reading in the Cornish
tea a . bey, named
Dianaue, ..1.0.1. *A ....alowl •,••••• or InuaLte.. Th. alcc, 0.. 0,...,1n, atm."... the —Y .
.•.A.g
" Breathe Soft ye Winds," was well performed. William Lloyed, 10 years old, who ham been i
being raised in Calcutta to
Clare," by our poet Laureate. The National Forges Werringten. 'rho bed/ was partly in the
Mrs. Pike read wttla beutiful expression," Lady for the last es weeks, was found Ma pit near Dellem
meats we have had for some time. Mrs. Lloyd ably Desnatches were received On Saturday at the Colo'
Anthem dosed one of the most pleasant entertain. water and partly on the hank.
aooompanied on the piano throught the evening. nMI Office from the Government of the Mauritius.
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Deepatches were sent to the Governor-General of
BLANDFORD. Canada, and to the Governor of British Columbia, the
Le CHANCIRY. —Vice-Chancellor Stuart, on Wed- North American Pearl-Imes, Newfoundland, Malta,
nesday, delivered judgment in the case of the and Bermuda.
Somerset and Dorset Railway Company. The It is expected that the Prince and Primness of
directors wished to obtain the sanction of the Court Wales will ply a visit of a week to the Earl and Coon-
to • scheme of arrangement between the company tan of Leicester, at Hulkhain, early in January, when
and its creditors. The income of the railway is a distinguished piety will be invited to meet his
f 20,000 • year, its debts are £700,000, and it was Royal Highness, and shoot through the magnificent
proposed by the directors that the company should covers of llolkham.
be ompowed to borrow L 160,000. The Yice-Chan- Smoot?. Cote-1810N BETWEEN TWO Ltessueorn.
ostler refused to unction the scheme. SitiPS.—Ou Monday the following intelligence was
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received in Liverpool by the Atlantic :—. Ship Gol-
conda bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, has put
into Savannah, after a collision with the ship E. A.
Parker. The latter Teasel sank. The Golconda is
being repaired." The Golconda, Captain Davies, left
New Orleans on the 24th Nov., witla 3,174 bales on
Lnent
A woman, named Ann Coggin", dike Bait, was
aharee I . Liverpool, on Monday, with having stolen
a leather boor, containing between Z:0 and £9O, from
the peron of Mr. Christopher Dixon, a Liverpool
licensed victualer. Tiie robbery was committed on I
1 the Friday night, but the prisoner was not appro. ,
I headed until Saturday. When taken to the bride. I
well, a leather bag was found, which contained f,e2
10s. sed. The bag WOW recognised by Mr. Dixon as
his property. The prisoner was committed for trial.
A memorial has been sent to the Mayor of Liver-
pool, setting forth that in that town drunkenness
has during the present year increased to a most
alarming extent, there being no fewer than 15,303
cases recorded, 3,852 in excess of last year, and
nearly double what they were in Dell. The me-
morialiets feel very deeply that this sad condition of
the town ought nut to be allowed to pass by without
giving the rateoiyers of the borough an opportunity
of expreseing their opinion on the question, and
taking steps for the diminution of this crying evil.
Two Mormon celebrities, Brigham Young,
,pan.,
and General 11. T. Burton, recently visited New York,
and took part in a service at the Mormon Church in
Brook pi, At its conclusion two sick men—ono evi-
deutiy a rheumatic and the other a consumriive—
were presented for " healing," and Brigham Youeg
and General Burton "laid Land." upon them, rebuked
the disease, and "in virtue of their own high office"
be ought the Almighty to banish it. The result
prayed for (a New York contemporary suggestively
remarks) had not been attained when the sufferers
left the heuse and went to their home.,
TUE COLLECTION OP TAXES. The following
copy of an official notice has been circulated in Lon-
don. The paper is in the form of a demand for pay-
ment of the half-year's assured taxes due on Septem-
ber 20, and it runs thus: "N.B. The assessed Odra,
W. articles of establishment OM., servante, carriages,
home., armorial bearing., and hair powder) for the
year ending April 6, 1870, are due, and payable in
moieties on September 20, Ico9, and March 20, le7o.
But the house-tax, land-tax and property and income
taxes for the entire year ceding April 6, 1870, are
due and payable in one sum on January Ist., 1270.
Vide 32 au , 83 Vic., c. 14. a 8."
The Lexington (Kentucky) Statesman says that a
few nights since a party of armed men burned a
coloured schoolhouse in Bath country, in that state,
auri, the lady teacher having Hod to her boarding-
hoine, went thither and demanded to be admitted.
Being refused they riddled the door with bullets, and
thou broke it down, Uron enterirg, they demanded
the person of the teacher, but the was fortunately
secreted, and the inmates of the house refused to re-
veal her hiding place. The wretches then beaten
u,l man and his son, and then left the house.
Thu GOVERNMENT AND TILE TELEGRAPHB.—Ii
Is officially announced by the directors of the Electric
and International Telegraph Company that the trans.
fer of the Company's undertaking to the Postmaster-
General will not take place until the 29th of January.
The directors state that, under the circumstances,
they have arranged for the continuance of the supply
of telegraphic intelligence for the newspapers as
usual up to the 28th of January inclusive. The 314
is the date fixed for taking over the telegraphs by
the Government, but as that date falls on Monday,
the transfer will really date from the Saturday pre-
vious, namely, the 29th. All the teiegraph arrange-
ments for the amply of news will actually does on
the evening of Friday, the 2,teli.—Olisereer.
FATAL FALL OP • BUILDING AT IIL'LL.—A
serious accident occurred at the Paragon Stab:is,
Paragon-street, Hall, on Saturday afterhoon, 11l
roof of One of the central stables felling in with a
tremendous crash. The etable comprises two rows of
stalls, and, fortunately for the horses (18 in number),
the debris fell between the two rows. Thus the
horses were all entirely uninjured. But two of the
stablemen were found to be miming. One of them,
Robert Ward, was afterwards dug out dead, he Lav-
ing been suffocated. The other, named Curti., fainted
on being extricated, Ho was conveyed to the Infir-
mary, and it is expected that lie will recover. The
eceident was caused by the giving way of • wail
which had become weakened during the recent stormy
weather.
TILE If triwElt ?min WALLINGPOItD.—The twe
men now in custody suspected of being impocated in
the murder of Richard Green, on Saturday evening,
the 11th inst., whose names are Richard Piths? au 1
'Vandyke l'olloy, were brourhe before the Watlingtoo
bench on Saturday morning last, the magistrates pre.
in
ehy o
LIP .ci
cannot
complainn intolerable.t.
h
one
another.
slant being the Right lion. the Earl of Macclesfield,
IL Hammersley, Esq. Colonel Fans F. E. S. Veret,
E.g. Pither was brOnght over from Oxford Crillit:glg
Chief-constable Owen, aud the men were
separately, the case against Tither being first called.
Strange to say, the proceedings were conducted with
closed doors. Thu • depositions of live witnesses were
taken against Pither, and he cruse-examine-I them in
his own way, neither of the accused having profs..
, Monet assistance. l'ither was remanded.
Tile the LYENICAL COUNCIL.—The special cone..
' pendent ot the Times saps the truth about the first
meeting with clesed doors—that is, on the 10th—ie
coming out. It was a scene of the greatest Celan-
. skin. lam now told that the minority was 130. It
was the Archbishop of Terne.var, in Croatia, it is
, now ,rihl, who was making a Latin speech, protesting
against the furies and arrangements as interfering
' ' with the independence of the Bishops, when the bed
~ rang and he was called to order. Thereupon, it is
adlcd, the l'rimate of Hungary came to his rescue,
and in his turn was called to order in like manner.
Upon this Dureinloup made an observation in goof .
' Fiencli, and left the Hall, with the Archbishop of '
1 Paris and a hundred others, in fact, bre-Ming up the
LdeU Bite:
they
hecfsrer:lehifniace.:
mtahnecelortko, dao.
d•
rooms
. forina theyreeeti
I powerless; that they have had no time to know what
allowed eight days to make one another's aequaiut.
cohhannivelvedirsaonOngnttilhynonigba:*tldnyh
'I hey say that the present accommodation is utterly
business.ari nenii Council
ti, Cardinals
ThtheoTu
where gui
ilnr i
ytc t h
et.
areot
hl.e.
al have
fir,
dime.
w, been s:t
hohbnet l
ri haveh
geldwl
who
0.
had
:hhanodap Lateralp
happen
whole
to
oppor-
tunities
is, !equate ; that they require many more rooms,
, Is:nul
eatbrou.n.
,dlASet..rryteleyrn's„lviehnlotlniearehiohbaltususpsionZ.,croviled in
1
damyi:cii°ltg;inofigf.nallcoAldyl,ltian'tai
or mutual informatiottand conference where
.' aiotsphhy,i
streets are getting noisy at midnight, more I 0 than
ended with an abrupt adjournment, a- ° 0--
doubt that to-da has done also. This
..nd I cannot
promising
for
the
Presumed _ . i is not very
object of the Council,
which every de recedes further into the limbo of vain
aspirations. lithe dogma of infallili • •
it is now said positively the Pre eh Co
infallibility is adopted.
EE once withdrawn, and Ping di, ' M'ardat Will be
• new position new relations also will
find that with
have eo be ar-
ranged, 80 strongly is this Mien ' -the Pews
friewl,
tion announced that
of dictating, and
Frenchmen do not deny the i
tion ia desrribed on •
1.
sides.atPutation. The situ*.
nobody sees th " gre"fillau i and
e way oat of it,
adjou except by continual
ruments, till time itself may b •
escape. But aa for y nng
some
ami
of
n
any conclusions bei
awl proolauood b J g come to
isagnssiLie,, ,), aunurY OW, that al pwbutuwed