The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

Varliantnitaru paprrs.

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. I Mr. Fred n eLde D Frederick A,s svisa, • gentin leantydnok•
New MILITIA ll ill, .: A; .':- -Thi: act, a'aich ns• ' jel in.., Ne .ring a litoastsc:, •, the I ite prolci!al Su the
just been 0 hitt: I. oil: : :. .. II; . ' .11 , few ti:; .. The
l'i;o1 cf i'.• A. I ".•• •• • and I 0., silk ise ealants, C.ty. v
"i'er'eeu 11l e`erY p.. .o I;''' " o'••''''l ' t'''' Pre—" eo s•Velleoessy 1:,,i iirt•Ogl.t b fore Mr. Alder:Hato lisle
moult of Septcst,;;er to •;,..•; ilo:i.e I • hely. l, .. ;dci•• ~,,, sat ier tic I. 'it 51:iyor. for re•cssleitist•••ti, at the
whidi notices ~.e in he h 1:. •: up. :::ei •• ~ O 11.,,,, :V.A.', m5,,,,..11 Ikuse. iteen secerel charges of fortrY
not Inickolg a prsper telih's •-• lialdc t" .. I' ";-'''':' "t 1::'• preh•rrstl aktinst him by the authority of the Ban to
By 11:c 701 seetnoi (nets, .. are. withst s• ven .1 1.-: ; E„ ~, I,
after the second 31,ci ay In S. lit eiele.r. to give te•th:e, 1 Mr. Fri:stifled 1, the xolicitor to the Busk, appeared
requiring et ery liouaeltuliicr and mc•it te cu: Sur ef ; ~n behalf of tie proseottion ; Mr. Morgan, of the
apartment* to maies IS rutUra ailliia tiee days ef the ; nr,nuf Humphreys, bun, mid Morgan appeared fur the
date of the notice, of the ri.ri•tisit and surname of every priso .. rr.
man rest ling therein. bet ee.•tt the ages of !Saud :Ilk Mr. Freshfield, addressing the worthy alderman, PAO
distinguishing the i erten. clail 1111 l g exemption. As that the' charge originally
conveniently a• an,y be utter the passing of the act, w. that of harms ohtsiiied di,gcMild at the Dank 'itl
gen. ral mectiitga of the Ikutetiancy are to take place, at preferred tot dust the priotner
kingl Will, where Ii C k•• 14, an accoutit. for a bill of
which alter:ohol.4 may be math. in the eciating sub-
divittions. The quote of suislivisious to be fixed by exchange for E 479 ha., uisen an acceptance w hieh turned
out ti be A forgery. ri,e ease woo substantially c •
orders in council, and the Secretary at Vi 'I is to pleted at the 1 tst exaornation, kit it was neceasary
apportion the diticiehey among subdivisions and to LA i M.• an adjournment shuuld be hail in order that some
certify the nunther to be raised. The suleliviaion further formal evelenee relating to tie transact:ll,ll.of
meetings are to be helot on the firat Wednesday in tile
month of October in every yesr. The ovene Cr,. are to 101 l before ~ ,
the prisoner's firm with the Bank or England might be
I w 1.51C .....111-t, and lie WAN sorry to say that the
make a fiat from the return given by the householders, netuiriem that hail been made in reference to three
and to determine as to volunteer, under the eXi.ring
tri.nsactions had led to the discovery that the prisoner
law. The lists are to he returned to the SillnliVi.loll
, 1,...! ...11.041t' he discounted two other forged bills, bills, and
meetings, asyl the deputy lieutenants are to appoint it would lie IliA painful duty to lay shortly before the
meetings for the ballot, when claims of CII•111 pti.m mty
Court the evidet•ce relating to those additional charges.
be heard: Untli•r Due Oct any balloted man iliay pneluce Mr. R. W. Myningten tea.. t•alled to complete the
' a substitute, and if able awl willing to serve he is to be b;,rg,, sgan„t the ppis.mer 4.f having uttered the forged
accepted, and to he enrolled in the militia. ACCVI44IICe "Ir Messrs. Welder( and Cm le the tell for
11 OI.WAY Arriliii:•Ts. Ag.-ordilig to a return rub. 1:479 Da. Ile ill: I :co the •ileity principal ill the
lished la •t neck the number of ......dents which °centred DIAL-omit Ofike of the Dank of Englool. I know the
to passenger trains iii the first half of the c orrent year prisoner. De had a discoutit account at the Batik at
was 2:'' in ''
whirl. li I''''"" ii
.`iia 6 'iTv"i" "I. the the commetweinent of the present year in the names of
compan ea were kthe I, 124 passengers and 14 ',entail,* F. A.. DAVi, atol Cm Thu bill uow piecleceil f r
were injured. There have ale, ben three accidents to 1479 D.,. which appears t , tsar the aceeetatice of John
goods and mineral trams, in which 1 :wrvalit of the w,.,.r,„.d a„,1(.0., ~,„1 ,1 ,:ed the 4111 of April. at Direr
company hail been killed and 1 injurcel. There has
mouths, I discounted for the pri.ouer on the 13t11 of that
ti I. lu•en A total Of ::4
'''''idCnt'. in "i'l"3l."4°Us 11101101. USA the proceola were placed to his credit.
were killed an I 143 iojered. Thu bill was falling the ill the begi 111 l Dig of July 111,1'Tile New Isomer. .to. —Friday the new Divorce 7,h). anti ~,, th„ 5,1„. tn.„ ,p,e., }adore, ti,. prisoner
Act Was issued. By C.'. et aloe, conlai 1111 l g tight s m
ee-
cae to me, and wished pie to give htin I. ek the bill.
Duns, Winne important alteration,. have hen ina.k. The . Alden:vim Dale gave the usoal statutory CAOtiOil to
Judge Ortheary may 110. V exercise the powers, which
tile pre:otter, end inquired whether lie wished to make
by the first Act were C. tell only in full cleat. ile may
, any answer to t le: charges that hail heen preferred against
call in the asaistance of eue of the other judges, or :w
may &feet a iiistb..r to he heard by the full court. All liiin?—The prisoner, in • low tune of vol., replicel, " 1
I,:lic it to my solicitor."
al•real is givo, to Die fail ....In,and also t,i the House .
of Loy :a. 1h • jud.tes are to regulate the sittiega "(the Alderman Dale tie. u ordered that he should stand
eutionitted to Newgate to take his trial.
Coil camel 111 every case for a dissollition of marriage
Mr. Morgan then renewed the appl cation lie unde ea
th
it aliall be lawful for the court, if it altall see tit, to e former
orAse.ion, fur the restitution of some articles
direct all necessary papers it, the matter to Ise eent to
of jewellery that hall belonged to prisoner's late
her Msjest • 'is pructsr, wh , shall. under the direction of
wife, and a small
the Attorney.l knead, instruct counsel to argue before
, from the prisoner by Spittall, the officer who appreheded
the court any qUest ion in relstoull to suh m catter, ~,l him.
which the court may deem it necessery or expedient to 31... Ffl,shn,,i,i said lie elmuld not object to the
have fully argued, aml her Majeatyia proctor Abell by
application AO far as the jewelh•ry and the money were
entitled to charge and he tetinhuraell the cost of sueh
s cuitcerned, but the officer moat not part with the
preceelling as part of the expense of his office. su
pri.ner's cheque-book or any other documents that
regard to the settlesnent of property in eases of .11VorCe
1 Were found upon the prisoner.
or judicial septa:dein it is to be binding. notwithstatite
Dig the iiisshility of coverture. Avery important
amendment has been istade by the new law as to tee
decrees Cr divert e. Et Cr. decree for a divorce is in
the first instance only to be a decree nisi, anil not to
be made absolute for et lead three months. During the
interval. tiny persen may NisOW Ann.', and alimild cattle..
sion or a suppressien id f. ts ilk. suspected, her Majesty's
proctor may intervene awl retain counsel. Ile to I
1
produce evidence. and is to lc rc•imbursed by the
parties. and if to 4 fully paid to he reititkirsed out of the
; exiewse•lf his OrtilV. Tile Act is to be Ili force till 31.
I July. 1562, " ant no longer"

DREADFEL SUFFERINOS IN TIIE POLAR SEA.

'rue only survivor of the crew and nassengera of the
envie Kitty, a sailor named William Armstrong.
arrltieil at Galway by the Prince .klia•rt last week.
stitestroing, ott the 2fith of Jude. as "'ate
of the hart'. Kitty, of and front Neweastle•on•Tyne.
which Sadall with a cargo consigned to the Hudson Bey
C pony. She was mtleit by Alexander Ellis,
altl Iseaides her crew of abh-botlital seamen she took
out a few litisaeit,...s. who intended to settle ill the
locality. The troy ige front the olitset Was rather i.e.
ter..lot.l trot not.. ii, for Pb' ear:NE.l.44l not get off the
Aliterie-111 shore HI the beginning oti .ttigtost. bt Use
I hi, ~,,,, th she was eiteelorell in a fog, when tiff
rape IL...lotion, and she was suthleitly surrounded by
ll'l4' ill tuntaino of ice. so 01 to render escape alum,.
hopeless. The bergs could he lieett throtlgh the fog,
gradually drawing "tearer 'Jul nearer, until at last the
v t.eiche.l hy them. The rew and pasaengt•r•
wont, to. I:0-.11y it inie-treheit, but they soon recovered,
aln,! C• 0100.00,1 fa the saving of their bee,
T,lO. Posit. woe got rut. Mel :et 11110.11 'intensiona a•
coald Incpit list,, the burry were stowed away.
and one, under tho ...an del of the captain, and the
Ilther itatillp that of kroist 1... h.,: the male, left the ship'.
si•le, t .e 11100 the 111 fate.' ‘.,001,
••0 i eras:aid or into she then or, nit dndn.
Tti,, boats in titagt•tl ta to.' test through an opening, but
only to find themselves in a "fiehl of I.te, col.iNtilig 01
fiat taglnasstie, the pieces whiel, sail.' continually by
threatening destruct• at every
the two hosts beat about, in vain oinking attempta to
reach the open sea, while cad' ~,,, ruing broke with tho
stone dreary prospect. It was then rotund that the cold
wait lucgiuiisttig to I ke effect upon them, and the fearful
aemptoots of the frost-bitv be"aine painfullv apparent.
inedies such as wore within their power they applied.
but they were uselesa, for the poor creatures
grattuatly lweatile Worm., anti dropped off pine
:mother. The survivor,' performed the sorrowful
ditty of consig • g their comrades to the deep,
thinkiitg, as they did so, that the next would be
one of themselves. The crew Worked Willingly, anti as
som.taittly as their ithysical infirmities would permit
them. Gay after .lay they did work on, hoping that
their t (forts might be sucee,stiil, or that some welc 1111 l e
sail woad heave in sight and rescue them from their UT,
fortunate situation ; hut • appeared. At laat tLe
LAs separated ill a fog, and the captain's boat was
'lever heard of again. .Irso,trong, with the few persons
in i.e. boat still surviving, pursued his course. The
miseries which they hail hitherto endured ware now
augmented by hunger : their stock was gradually becone•
leg siataller, anti the allow:thee to each man was eurtailed
and the little crew in the boat was getting fewer in nom-
her, while the survivors were becoming weak and sickly.
Thom: Who were sinking under the privation% as their
I ..... r ttached, bec.suse maniac-a. They did hot know
their comp: ... i,, ; witiie scenes which they had witnessed
at I in their family tire'ses were repeated over and
tus er .in—in their imagination they beheld their sie
tars. thers, or wives, fIS the case might be, and en-
ile tyoured to chute them, and soon died in the most
is. trill' agonies. fwo or three besides Armstrong only
remainetl is hun the welcome cry of "Ittielr was raised.
alp' the awn strained their eyes and asked one another
mold it he real. It was at length reached, but too late
for some of them. The ecatavy of auch ^discovery, after
being 62 tlays in an 01. eat boat and suffering such priva-
tions iu a polar region, was toe moth foe them, and all,
with the exception of Arinstreng, as they reached the
long wished for land, wank to the ground exhausted, and
flied. 'flirts the whole of the crew, with the exception
of tine, hail ; anal it IS no wonder that he dropped
upon his knees, and returned thanks to his God that lie
hail been spared. Having obtained a little rest, he
wandered along the shore, WWI was so fortunate as to fall
iti with estate Keittinsaux on a hunting expedition. They
rotaluetml Ishii to their Lots, and tbere kept him for a
esneitierable time, until be had recruited his strength.
They then brought hidi to • place where some Moravian
iiii.ittuaries were residing, who forwarded him to St.
J

NEW ACT 0,4 SrialT I.lcrii:s.—The new act to grant
excise ditties im 'latish spirits 1.11.1 os imirits imported
from the 11 ;winet isl mil., which receive I the Royal
assent at the time a the irorogation, has just beets
printed. The diltv charged on Walsh spirits made
within the United Km.; Mai on and aiter the 2t/th Feb-
ruary last, aaa $.. W. I. luta Ida and id ter the 10111
July last. 10.. wr gilt Him Cliatiovl Islands spirits,

the Kingd,eae tql aeol after tl.e
2el.h Niarch last, is, lel, and on and after the 17th July,
10.. ;St. Wian re contra...ts Inn'.. 1..•1•11 1/1“•11.. s•las•
Boned duties are to be clear4ed w.th the pries* of tine
comems!ities.
Teta'. Nt:w Sr.tne Dr the new Stamp
Act (No. 2of tine Ist • was 1.r.ae41. Me new
duCes cre el,arg• al•le Itis t!.e ps-sing of the Act. Fro,
and after the .ll.r •,,,I•er, tn.. 110 W 111.41 •
mat bill. all i 1.1 :aid a near al.
lowsuce of BM. in I 1,• pooled t•• I.e made. Th• luties
on ("Mgt' proolisscry imtes arc to he &noted In.
a.The•irr .tooolo or imio 2•1111111.4,. and adhesive anti
impressed stansic, early be it....! for ill,lll,llCe. The duty
on policies of insurance. •ete lives for earre•leng
£2.1 a re,lneed t•• Thcre leo deity em in itrarrants•
of workmen's tools IT sun, le. ,t t a:needing £2O. The
duty e,f 1.1. dulivery or ier is tin be paid hy the per-
son requiring the order. Per.. in. in the service of the
post "dice may sell postage .a..rqn.. Tina 05...fa1l IWO'
vision estates that "it shad he In inlul fur any person ill
the service of r1111.111,111ell: in! tine 11.1Rit Cake. a itlo••.t.
any license or any authority other than this Act, to
Carry .1100 (Or Sitle aad t,i Se:: at any IllikCe or plat, e.
Within Ilea Utiityll Krug,lotee. isotage stamp. and printed
forms of ;Any kind issued ••r 11S411 nmt the Beneral l'••st
Office, and ally other ne•tter or thing relating to the
business of the post-oflice, and sin la person shall not he
subject •,r liable to any penalty or forfeiteirc for soeloing.
anyt lung in any Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. •
It is provided by the Act theit. if the Treasury direct
that the district regestrsrs ii.' peed by salary, they may
also direct the fees to be collected, by stamps. The new
duties are set forth an tine schedule annexed to the Act,
and it is expected that the duty on policies enzainst aCcl•
dent will yield a large nnuli,lunt.
PaIIi.I.OIENTART MOM: oHs. A return issued on
Wednewlsy, shows that the corrected total popuistion
of th- 201 psrleameeitary boneualis of England and Wales
in 1,451 Was 7.432,:ttti. The tot ii member ••f electors on
the register lilllluliili. (review:ll is 4:11, lii, r, oleoluct-
ing 14.4714 for the universities. 44:1,20:4. Tine number of
Male occupies of 111,0.1.' C. ••f ii ro.a estimated ren,al
of Cleland upwards, was ; of VI and Meier Cio,
40,420 ; £rt and 'lndex 111, 11.I4hI; etf awl
Lei, s2,terki ; of En awl under £7. 11114515 ; toted male
occupiers ••f houses, the gross est mated rantsl of wlccla
1.. £0 and upwar.la, 601.775. In.lns' cases of Maryleborne
Finsbury. 11. emboli, Westminster, London, Ilreeit
1101, Bright ttttt llstli, mot Salist•ury the returns crow
prise the number If tenements from wnich a de•luction
of 20 per cent. I:ah bean tomle for fruit!..' .wettiorrs awl
unoccupied tenements. The returns for Islington and
St. Luke's Iforneerly part of Finsbury) do not contsiu
the nueuber of persons occeepyiehl tenemeets rated to the
owners. lii tine case of Norwich there are 12.162 ta•tie-
meats rate•l to the owners not included in the return,
the rste-bocks nut affording the means of distributing
tleein under the sev,•rul lo•sels. les hull there an, 11.021
tenements in the .01111 e predicament. The genersl result
arrivol at by the l'oordsw Board is that the reduction of
the frsncl•ise to would make a total addition to the
nuneher of electors mew on the register If 210.022. The
total sd,lititen shown ill tine return Nu. 124 uf last session
Was 197,05:4