The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-12 00:00:00

prisoner kicked prosecutor about. The two captains
then had Nome brandy and gin. The captain of the
barque said to Metham. "You've got a gun on board."
Methein then threw some flour into prosecutor's face,
and loaded the gun, giving it to the captain of the
barque, and saying, " Fire away; fire just above his
head or just below." The captain of the barque accord-
ingly fired, and prosecutor reeled and fell to the ground.
One of the men belonging to the barque said to witness,
" He's gone ; Ido believe he'll die." Prosecutor, how-
ever, gut up and seated himself on a stool. Both cap-
tains then supped, Laving beef steaks, brandy, and gin.
Tire other captain then left. Prisoner afterwards re-
loaded the gun, put shot into it, and pointed the gun
at prosecutor, who tried to hide behind a table. Prose-
cutor exclaimed, " Don't fire no more, captain." Wit-
ness pulled the gun one side and said, "Captain, don't
fire ; you're sure to kill him ; you know there's shot in
the gun." Thereupon Metham chalked • ring on the
bulk-head, and said he would see if he could fire into
it. Prosecutor was not in a part of the cabin to be
injured, and the gun was pointed in a direction opposite
to him. The first gun had a paper wad put into it, but
witness could not say if it contained shot. The prisoner
was remanded till Saturday, and bail was refused. The
barque, bearing the other captain, sailed on Thursday
morning from Portland roads.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE
EARL OF ILCHESTER.
The funeral of this distinguished nobleman took
place at Melbury Sampford on Saturday last. In
compliance with the expressed wish of the deceased
the ceremony was conducted in a strictly private
manner.
The coffin which contained the remains of the
deceased was made under the direction of Mr.
Snell, the superintendent of his Lordship's building
yard at Melbury. It was of a most chaste but ele-
gant description, being covered with rich crimson
velvet and paneled on all sides with successive rows
of gilt nails. In each panel was fixed a massive
handle, surmounted with a coronet. On the lid, which
was paneled to correspond with the sides, were two
other coronets in relief, one at the head and one at
the foot. A magnificent breastplate, surmounted
by the family arms, bore the following inscrip-
tion

HENRY STEPHEN,
THIRD EARL OF ILCHERTER,
BORN 28r11 FEBRUARY, 1787,
DIED 3RD JANUARY, 1858.

The remains when enclosed in the coffin rested on a
bier in the centre of the saloon or dining room of Mel-
bury House. This apartment was hung with black
cloth, and daylight being carefully excluded, the
pale -glimmer-shed-by a-few-lights placed against_the_
walls of the room fell upon the sable plumes which
drooped in silence over the remains, and spread an air
of religions solemnity over the scene. Shortly after
one o'clock the doors of the saloon leading on to
the eastern terrace were thrown open, and the pro-
cession was formed in the following order
The Feathers.

The Rev. R. Roe,
Dr. Cowden, J. J. Clapcott, Esq.,
(the deceased's medical attendants),
A: M. B"akett tisnElaq, ~ J. Martin, Esq.,
CM
J. P. Fitageraid, Esq.
Mr. George Edwards, of Yeovil, and Messrs. Dingley, of
Sherborne, (the undertakers.)
THE BODY.