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

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RAPID PAIII44I.—A telegram wes resolved on Thom.
day hi the Bristol Cowmenlal•rowne, elating that the
Flora, II new Ammer jut pid on by the Bristol Item
Navigation Company, had made her drat passage from
Bristol to Owls hi ld hours, The distanue is Vr4

Tun Dunnea—M the meeting of the
Mery Itoult Board on Yridry, it wee stated, in reply to
Mr. John Imlrd, thet the engineer would ininiedietel
mowed with the oompletion of the Birkenhead Doe
Works, end MIMI the doloye hod been owing to lee
dithielilee respeoling the poestoolou of Cis laud im
toured.
Mtmerete TILUOIAPII BITWIIIII LITIIIPOOk LOU
IiMIVIIIIAIA—At the weekly meeting of the money
Cooks ond ff *Amur Boerd, held Thursday, the Marine
surveyor and nightly, wore requested to survey the bed
route for the purpose of the new eleetrie telegraph be.
tween Liverpool end Holyilsod, so eanationed it the
previous meeting of the Boord.
A 0111111,ABIAN —A few dars Maas, M
Mr. Weisaill reapers were at work in a w MIA Bold ha
the parleli of Lemnlnglon, Meetings, Peer Itughi
&tinsel Mover, a pariehloner in his 10110 lyear, viol
theni and, taking the sickle In hie hand, reaped a sheaf
wheal, tied. it up, and eat down on the allied. After
partoking of some refreshment, the hole old man eang
one of the songs of his youth eOltem AO years ago.
A Hound Iting roe Normino.—On liaturdy.
' Jones , superintendent of the Citadel 'lotion Cerllolo,
brought a youth noined Chiding before the 'Mayor of
%hot idly for illegally riding on I dret Mose earriagm
When a trill, from the smith arrived as the Motion he
woe found feet oldestu en the lop of a first ohm earritigo.
He wits roused up, and said he had opine from London
He had crept below a arrive it Bustonwutiere Abi
laid 'arose the bare till it errive4 AO TAMV/Ofih, The
lolling of the train, however' had made his belly sore,
a m mud he removed to the to of the earflap, where he
was undisturbed till lie reedited Carlisle. Hie Intention
AIM 10 get home to Yeneheater. At Mr. Jones did nut
cm. the sharp the buy was diamissed, on a proud.*
hat this railway company would forward
hinnlitotaninultster. _ .

Eltreittlieterat elearnship of • novel
emistruetion has arrived at Hartlepool from Greenwieh,
where It haa been built by Messrs, Joys., to test the
utility of an ingenious contrivance for detaching portiotte
of the vowel and leaving entire eargoes at any port on
her route. The vessel, which is about RI feet in length
and very narrow in the beam, is built of iron, and eon-
abate of three separate moveable compartmente, which
fit together in wakene and tautened by strong iron sive.
The foremoot section is occupied by the orew, the
Middle compartment *maim the entire cargo, and the
afterinost part the engines. It is maid that the central
section win be disooonetted from the other two in a few
minute., and an empty hold substituted in la place, so
that the vessel can prowled on its eoursa either with a
fresh cargo or in quest of one. The steamer is now
loading with coal for the London market, and will take
In between 30 and 40 tons. If the experiment should
answer a vessel of 2,000 tons bunlen is to be forthwith
oonetrueted on the wine principle.
Toe "Bitei.er Blitc."—On Saturday evening mom.
unlaced at Barton, the ancient custom of ringing a bell
daily from 7 to 8 o'clock, beginning with the lint load of
berley, and ending on Shrove Tueaday. It has been
wiceiteined from a parochial document that this custom
has existed minee 1730; and another document steam the
pariah .clerk hi s immemorially pose wed the property
from which he is payed fir iiddaig. There seems but little
doubt it is really that re'io of olden time—the curfew ball,
despite the tradition that an old lady unite lost herself in
theuumltivateddistr.ot around, and regained her route by
hearing the sound of old St. Peter's bell, and then and
there bequeathed to posterity a few sores of land to keep
up the ringing of the bell a certain hour for the benefit
of future wayfarers. The present parish clerk ha filled
this time-honoured office nearly 54 yeare, and hie prede-
oessor held it for the long period of 52 years. It would
be difficultto find a parallel case of two men having
suooessively held an aloe for the amazing number of
106 years!
A HIGHWAYMAN FOILED BY AN AOTRIBEL—MIne.
Guyon, the actress, met with a singular adventure three
evenings ago. She hal paid a visit to M. Legouve, the
aoadeinioian, who possesses • country house at Seine-
port, and having mimed the munibue which runs be-
tween that place and the Canton railway station, de-
cided on crossing the forest on foot. Before Mme.
Guyon hod proceeded far, she was suddenly seised by
the neck, and forced to the ground, by a can dressed in
a blouse, who commented searching her pockets for
money. The actress, who powwow, remarkable energy
and physical streligth, assailed the man vigorously
with the handle of her parasol, which, however, wee
soon broken. She then collected all her strength, and
uttered with her powerful voice some of the piercing
cries which have often startled the audience at the
Paris theatres. The man getting alarmed, and almost
terrified, sprang to his feet, and Mine. Guyon btu-
mediately rose and took to flight, pursued for moots die-
tines by her alesihant who, however, relinquialted the
clime on arriving on the high road. Mine. Guyon thett
reached the station in safety, but oonipletely exhausted
by fatigue and excitement.
Coneenal. OF A TRADRIXAN FOR THROWING
STO3IIIII AT A RAILWAY ENGINI.—JAinei Williams,
orb and chain tucker, residues in St Pours-row, Park-
*treat, wee charged at the Guildhall, Walsall, on Wed
-
nobility, with having ntallotously thrown three brake or
stone, at an engine on the South Staffordshire Railway,
at Walall. It appeared that on Tueeday the engine.
was standing on the setting between Wisetnore and
Parketreet, when the primmer mounted the parapet of
the railway wall above and deliberately threw three
stouts or ideate of brick at the engine, He threw twice
afterwards, seemingly aiming at the men on the engine.
Time prisoner did not deny throwing the tulmlles, but
alleged that engines beteg brought close under the
window of hi' workshop very mush annoyed him by
blowing off eteron. He had told the engineitan to
move off and not Annoy him at his work. The pri-
sonar admitted that he had untie before thrown a stone
upon the railway and it is Wrongly preowned from this
°indention that he is the person for whose apprelientilun
and conviction a reward of £5 was offered, a plea of
limestone weighing about 151bs, having been east upon
the line at the ticket platform, set a train wee about to
start one evening last week, Mr. Gehourn, auotioneer,
dated that the prisoner was not altogether of monad
mind, subject to delaolons, and had been several thine
under restraint, The Bench resolved to commit him to
the 'aloes at Steffen!, and admitted him to bail, bluing!
in £5O, and two seountlea of 225 each.
CRYSTAL PtLAOII.--Tlie great sweener attendanoes at
the Crystal Pelmet lave now fairly set in. During the
past week 74.695 'tortoni visited the palace. With the
exception of one week shortly after the opening of the
palace, Hilo is the largest number of visitors who have
ettenikel the Crystal Mem in one week. The Poultry
Show during the tint three days of the present week also
ettrauted a large rummers', of visitors. On Saturdays,
the 11th and na, and Monday, the 16th instant, the
feta of the Early Closing Avocation will be given. In
the following week the Foresters celebrate their aunt
-
vinery, Last year the Early Clueing and the Fondant'
wailer-Ingo drew to the palace nearly 80,000 persons, and
there is -little doubt but that with the Increased &Woo-
thins of the present mason, and with additional facilities
nil w existent for ingress and egress to the Crystal Palaoe,
thee numbers, large as they were, will be exceeded
this anon, A new pl.:dare and photogrephle gallery
has lately been opened, which is • great etiolation.
Many paintings of merit have recently been received,
and photographs of interesting plows end tenons an
being daily received for exhibition. Fur the last three
weeks, the Crystal Palace haa been thrown open to
shareholders on Sunday afternoons. Many persons have
availed themselves of the opportunity of a quiet stroll
through the palace and grounds which are now in a high
state of perfection. The creeping plants' and fumbled,
with other rare plants within the building are moat
luxuriant ; while the display of praniume, hollyhocks,
.and dahlia'', throughout the examine grounds, manila
• coup (rail brilliant in the extreme. A large number
of foreignErs, during the past month, have visited the
Crystal Palace, whose watonishment is extreme at the
beauties presented to their notice. The general remark
made by visitors from various parts of the continent is
that the Crystal Palace is the most beautiful exhibition
In the world. The excursion trains from various parts
of the country now become very numerous. As at the
Great Exhibition of 1851, a large number of traitors are
brought by excursion trains. To areommodate this
traffic, additional third class waiting mid refreshment
manna are provided ; and a plan is now in alitation for
a North and South Junction railway, by which it is
hoped, are long, excursions from far distant places; may
run direct to the Crystal Yalaoe.
EROAPH OF A CONVIOT.—A daring escape from the
convict establishment, St. Mary'o, Chatham, was effected
at an early hour on Sunday morning week by &convict
named Thoinas Forside, • man of most determined
character, who has been twice transported, and is now
under sentence of 14 years' petal servitude ; and the
manner in which the emape was planned and carried
out, reminds one of some of the exploits of Jack Shemard.
The convict, who had been at work during Saturday
in Chatham dockyard with the other (olivine, was
oonfined to his cell at the usual beer in the evening,
when he inust have at once commenced his operations.
to escape. The part of the prison in which the cell
is situate was nearly at the top of the buildings
and in order to prevent any of the convicts making
apertures in tho walls to enable them to escape. the
ceilings and walls are covered with stoat sheets of iron,
of about the eighths of an inch in thicknem. During the
day the convict must have obtained posseuion of souls
instruments from the dockyard, which he contrived to
secure shout his person. On being looked in for the
night lie commented what 'would have appeared the
almost impossible task of cutting away a portion of the
iron coiling of his cell, and, astonishing as it may seem,
succeeded in making an opening of rather more than a
foot square, just large enough to admit of his body
laming through. This teak ocompied him several hours,
as it was not until between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morn-
ing that he effected his escape. Before quitting his
cell he tore up his sheets and blankete, and tied them
together to be used as • rope. After getting through
the ceiling he crawled for some distance between the
rafters and roof of the prison until he found an opening,
when be let Linnet( down into the yard, the early hour
enabling inin to elude the vigilance of the warders.
He then crossed the prieon-yerd and by means of his
rope euneeded in sealing the high boundary wall of the
prison. On descending the other side Ile was soon by
one of the comaguanl men stationed at St. lime's-creek,
who called upon kink to stop, threatening to shoot him
if he chrl not. The convict, however, ran off, the loan
firing at him without efieot. As soon as the escape
became known a number of wanlers turned out to en-
cimvour to capture him, but so successfully had he
earned out his escape that he was :lot missed seen by
the num on duty in his part of the prison. After tear-
Mg St. Mary's it was engrained that he broke into this
railway station at New Brompton, and stole some
clothes, whieb he were away, taking the direction
towards Canterbury. He was followed by Superin.
teeniest Everist aa far as Siteingbourne, where all traces
of him were lost It seems be then 11111441 his way into the
woods near Canterbury. where be ley hid all thee day
hod the next night, emerging from hishidinrelaaa at ••
I early limo the -following rooming, and geMg Meru&
'the village of Boughton. Here he wan seen by a politer
,solistable on the look out for him, awl_ was ImmsdiltstlF
'Weed and handcuffed, and °Dan* back to Olathe.,
The convict had on the clothes laden from the Broil*
ton ietation, and had suffered much froilt=r
fatigue. Although only 111 be is ano boa,
oharacter, and formerly to • Plio2-4 ialmosai
Liverpool.

A SOT AIIAND IN 8 HAVANT I,lllll4—An humid
was held on Thursday at he Royal Oat Contorbory,
CD the body of William risotto, aged 11, who was klWd
by it. 'irons of a pitelpfork, whith another buy was
ferrri4lB, running into hi. eye. A boy, named Clout,
who well the only person preaut it the time doted
Viol the deceruid roll omoinit Ole pitelpfurk, Tito jury
returnod o verilitt of " Assideutol Dooth,"
SIR J. L John Lawman will not leave
his net in loam until the trotiquillity of the °wintry II
Xngiond,
lad though, hot fur the isaurreetion, he wour hors vs.
restored, 0110411100 Is 111041 All II IQ to return to
termed loot wilitor, It in in sontemplotion of tit return.
whieli 1... for ouutinput, that thy oflbr of o ose in the
04011•11 NIII hi minim bun, undltionol on life sidlity
wept it, and with the optioo of lila retaining or realm
Ins tutu. should %droner desire to mums hin proof
post to
UurouLouiv PINPAYMINT or PONTOON OP LBllBll
PON Vito SAil? ill bilis, -.On the lei of isittember naafi
and Ilisneeforward, the eommiliory prepayment of mil.
;• will be solculed to all [Olen sildroooed to the &oil
ilia, whether intended to he forwarded by way of
luthatnitir Of by way . m. 01...
olio of le re puked In the I Indio., r,ddu'eed to till
United Kingdom, will be reilalred to be propaid by a
command of the Postnircler•Ueue
ROWLAND ILL. lituerrlary.—Osnotel Posatifiletb 1
August, 1
DIATII OP 011111141 iii 0, IP, IllifttN,
We luso to mord the kith of lit Clutha Folio Imitli,
at
of Ilia Roost Znglneors, wh smu ioh t :Burred
Worthing on Wednoodity loot, The skim woo
born at Plartwlleld, Monniouthahin, in 1711, a umr.
Med in 1811 the daughter of Thoinos hell, Moq., of
Orletul j and soundly, In 1189, the 'Watt daughter of
Mr, Robert Croft, 51r Rolla bourne o lloutonanagen.
grid In ',Number, 11K mot oolonal unnoiondont of the
Royal Englneors In 11188, He rewired a modal and one
Moor for lila .it audit, Ileboallan, In
1814 he we. outlasted a knight of the order of
Chales 111. for hie undoes at tho defense at Tuila to
1811. 110 was oominsindir•inqihisil of the military forge
In Sitio, and in 1811 received the than of both looms
of Pifllllllll4li for his Kerala' it the moue of it. Jean
d'Aoro,
Two Mots Donwaso.--On Thursday last two young
men, uncle and nephew, the son. of osmosis at Tole.
Ludieelleh, hi the parish of tlig, lows, went out to
bathe In the Look Whiter and the nephew, Donald
irLeinl, about nineteen years of we, having enjoyed
himself In the water for a short tone, went ashore, but
had seemly coomienuci dressing, when the piercing
ales of his mills, John Macdonald, Nod twentrtwo
for help, caused him to rush into the water main to hit
womistanoe. In the excitement arising from beholding
his relative perishing before his eyed, the poor lad
unfortunately forgot that he was nimble to swim, and,
having got beyond his depth, lie weedily sank to rise no
more, and before assistanoe nould be obtained the uncle
had also perished.