The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-05 00:00:00

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AT llnnton amen, near Sevenoska Charles Mills, a
wheelwright, while drunk, assatilted his mother so
brutally that she is not expected to live.
SOME niffian disabled a tr.in sanding at Twickenham
station from running by tilling ihveral of the axle boxts
with sand.

MAJOR De Viii—By an order of Mr. Justice Smith,
at Judges' Chamber., for an anplicatlon on Is half of the
Secretary for War, 1-'nrrie, the mulderer of Major De
Were, will be removed from Mai,latone to Margate, to
take his trial at the Central Crimiral Court.

AN attempted murder from jealousy is reported from
Worship-street Cmrt. A man named Ellison, finding
his wife with another man, cut her throat. He eoo.
fe.ses the crim., but says ii, did not intend to murder
her. The magistrate remanded him

Two Glasgow policemen are in custody for having
pushed a wretched street-boy into a canal, in a hich he
was drowned. The principal witneases are aome of the
boy's companions, equally wretched as hiinsslf. and
whom the policemen had driven from a place of shelter
at Port Dundss.

THE German c‘binet maker at West Ff am, who was sl
fearfully atebbed by one of his workmen, a ith the alleged
connivance of another, died on Tuesday night. The two
men were ex•mined before the magistrates on Thursday.
when Brenner, the man who inflicted the stab, was
remanded, the other pi isoner was discharged.

FRAUD. —A Frenchman, charged with conspiring with
others to defraud several pecans on the Contment by
pretending that they held as agents packages r•f valne
has been brought u p at the Manvion Rouse and remanded.
It seems that some of those on whoa the (mode were
attempted have retorted in an effectual way by sending
to the prboners packages of waste paper, on which the
gang hare paid heavy postage.

THR Hon. Georgina Augusta Frederica Henrietta
Ouudish Bentinck was before the London lisokruptcy
Court on Thursday. The bankrupt was described u
" &pinster," of 5, Greek4treet, Grosyenor.square. The
cause of bankruptcy is said to he the los. of a snm of
a snm of money lent to the late Dowager Lady Itiyera,
and insufficiency of income to maintain the Hon. Mimi
Bentiock's position in life. The debts are nearly
.he claims on the estate being made by a long
list of West-end tradeam n.

KILLING A CHILD.—A father is in custody for the
manslaughter of Ms infant while in its mother's
ahns. The prisoner is Thomas MI, a young man, •
shipwright, at High Southwick. His wife had separated
from him. Re went to her, and because she refused to
return to him he caught up a sinall pie-dish and
threw it at her, but it missed her struck against &
closet door, and broke. One of the pieces struck the
infant, which Kea. Bell bah in her arm., on the bead,
and cut it, blood flowing from the wound. The child
died from its injuries.

FORGERY. —Six men were charged on Thursday, at
the Lambeth Police.court, with being in possession of
500 forged notes of the Imperial Itsnk of Russia. The
police inspector, having reueived information, searched
the house and the room in which the prisoners were;
and, in a carpet beg, found the notes, the key of the
bag being no the per.on of one of the prisoners. The
prosecution undertook on a future oocaqou he prove the
complicity of all the prisoners, who were accordingly
remanded. The forgeries appear to have been cluing,
as there were typographical errors in the printing, but
no doubt 500 five-rouble notes are not all that are in
existence.

ROBBERY WITH THR CON/MANOR OF A SERVANT.—
At the time when families'are visiting the sea-side or
the Continent, Paterfamilias may consider with advent-
age • case at the Thames police-court on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaux, who live in Mornington-rosd, Bow,
went on to the Continent, leaving their house in charge
of their servant-maid and her female cousin. When
left to themselves, the two girls introduced some men,
who professed to be courting them, to the house and
entertained them there. The end may be imagined.
There was a robbery in the house—all the plate was
swept off along with other valuables. The men are in
custody.

DRIVING A PONY TILL IT JILL DRAD.—Richard
Ilddian, of Cradley Heath, Woroester, had • pony of
whose performances he was very proud. To increase
the glory of his possession, and to gain ten pounds, he
made • wager that lie wotd drive his pet ninety miles
within twelve hours! The pony was to trot from Hales-
owen to Worcester and back, twice. The willing little
creature performed the journey ones, and even got bitek'
to Worcester the &mood time; but there it was so mush
exhausted that Kr. Fiddinn was cautioned against
driving in any further. Heroically he persisted. At
the end of an hour and • quarter five miles more were
accomplished and the pony fell dead. To us it seems
that this accident happened to the wrong animaL Not
that Richard Fiddian has escaped avenging !mitts*. He
was taken before the magistratea, who condemned him
to a line of £4 15s. el., cost included of course. This
punishment may seem trivial in comparison with the
offence—and perhaps it is.

Tug 011.041[1t Manorscrultl.--(The following County
Court case is reported. IA rearm Dixon and Cardns
v. Stephen Mice: The plaintiffs in this case live at
Northam, oilcake makers, and they sued the defendant
who until the last few months occupied a farm at
Braishaeld, for the sum of £l3 odd, the balance of an
account for Linseed cake sold in May, 1864. The de-
fendant refused to pay the amount until he had been
recompensed for the lose of a large number of lambs,
which he alleged had been killed hy eating the cake
supplied by plaintiffs. Mr. Leigh eppeared for the
plaintiffs, and Mr. Mackey for the defendant—Mr.
Cecil Dixon, sworn: In May, 1864, we sold Mr. Ayl e
two tons of Linseed oiloake. We send out about 400
tons a-year. Part of the cake has been returned,
leaving a balance of £l3. odd. Cross exmamined
by Mr. Mackey Mr. a yles said he would pay the
balance when he had been a, nsponsated for the loss
of hi. lambs. Mr. Aylee wrote for the cake, and we
sent it by rail to Romsey. We sell this cake for sheep.
We cell it as good oilcake, t bout the same time we
sold cake to Mr. Burney, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Lywooll,
Mr. Reeves, and other gentleman. Complaints were
made to us by Mr. Wallnee that between 40 and 50 of his
lambs had died through eating our cake. The °Bake
was composed of Linseed, brae, and ground Arashide
Nut. Cake is not supposed to be made of Linseed only.
The proporlions of the var Mas ingredients vary acoord-
ing to the quality of the seed. Cross-examined by Mr.
Leigh: Bran would not make the cake unwholesome.
We sold c-ike to several hundreds of ciegtomers at the
same time. We only had complaints from this neigh-
bonrhood. We had no complaints of any ewes having
died. We have to sift the seed when it comes over,
and the qeantity of weed seed and other things take°,
again would be a considerable loss to ne if we were not t
re-plane it by something else, and if the cake were only
made of Linseed, we should soon be in the Bankruptcy
Court. All oiloake makers use the same ingredient*.
Mr. Joseph Mee said: I am agent to Messrs. Dixon
and Cardne. I sold Hooke to two or three hundred
parties at the same time. I only had complaints from
parties in this neighbourhood. There was great mortality
amongst lambs that season. I only know of the 1
composition of oiloake from seeing the manufacture.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mackey: There was nothing
more need for this particular batch of cake than any
other time. None of the parties told me directly
that oilcake had killed their lambs. Mr. ayles sent
some of his back, laying that it had killed his lambs.
Mr. Wallace said that be bad lost 46 lambs. Mr. Burney
did not speak to me about his lambs. We never bought
ghat-lock seed to mix with Linseed cake, but for Rape cake
for manure. I bought 60 lamb. of Mr. Wallace triter
he had ootonlained to me. Mr. W. H. Gulliver, sworn:
I received 50 lambs from Mr. Mee, and fed them on Dixon
and Cardus' cake, and they thrived well. This was the
case for the plaintiffs.—Mr. Mackey, on the part of the
defendant, said that he prove that the lambs died from
eating the cake, as Mr. Ayles had parted his lambs, and
those that ate the cake died, and those lived that had
none, and many other similar oases. After a little son-
imitation on the pert of the defendant and his friend',
they agreed to a verdict for the 21aintiffs, as his
Honor s tid that if the case was adjourned the coat of
bringing various witnesses to prove it would be very
heavy.

Tax Hon. F. Lygon, Id.P. for West Worcestershire,
will, it la understood, be one of the whippers-in of the
Conservative party in the new Parliament, in the place
of Mr. Fleury Whitmore, who haa lost his seat for
Bridgnortb.

TEI Attorney-General having refused to sanction the
application for a writ of error on the part of Laurence
Bing. convicted of the murder of Lieutenant Clutter-
buck, it is understlocl that the sentence of death will be
carried out on the 6th of September.

Mout BLOOD !--On Tuesday at noon a man named
Elhaughnessey, a plesterer, meeting in Regent-street,
Pimlico, his wife, whom he had threatened in the
morning, put hie arm round her neck and cut her
thrust with a razor, immediately afterwards trying to
commit suicide with the game weapon.

THERE is well grounded cause to fear that the
Peninsular and Omuta' Stearn Company's steamer,
the Cores, foundered with all hands on board in a
violent tynbcon which occurred on the 29th June,
BOOD after the steamer Ind sailed from Hong Kong for
Swatow.

Tax CH&IITIONSIIIP.—The great fight is to take place
on the let of November. Mace is in training in York•
shire, and Wornoald intends to pass the interval
between the present time and the day fixed for the
fight by the seaside.

Taz FINLAN BROTHRI3IIOOO. militiaman was
brought up before the Sl,go magistrates on Friday
charged with ehouting that he was a Fenian, and being
guilty beeides of using disloyal language. Although
drunkenness was pleaded in excuse, the plea was
raftmed, and the man was committed to stand his trial.

POISONING BY MIST ARP. —Mr. Noakea, so eminent
chemist and druggist of Brighton, was on Monday Qom.
mitted to take his trial for causing the death of Mr.
Thomas Boys, an old gentleman upwards of 80 years of
age. The deceased sent to the acoused's shop for some
tincture of henbane, and the charge is that be was
supplied by mistake with tincture of aconite, of which
he took a dose, and soon afterwards died. The accused
was admitted to bail

Tug OBIAT EASTERN RAILWAY—The assentirnent for
appointing a owniipttee of inveetigation lOW the affairs
of ilia Great Eastern empany was carried by a nvjority
of 587, representing £57,190 stwk, through an infer-
formality which made a very large proportion of the
proxies inoperative. Messrs. Turner, Arthur, Valen-
tine, G. Smith, Rowley, and Bevis were appointed the
committee of inveetigation, and they are to name an
umpire. The chairman of the board stated that every-
bins should he done to facilitate the inquiry.

Ow Sunday the Parisians had a bull-fight, closely
imitated from the Spniab, at the Hippodrome. The
first bull which appeared in the arena was so nervous at
the sight of the crowd of spectators that he prudently
returned, amid the hjeses and grams of She people. Tlse
other two bolls. Which looked very harmless, were •
little worried by two toriadora flhpping red cloaks before
ibeir eyes, but nothitig more serious was attempted.
Some Paris wrap have orate& the Irtfvrt that tbes
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