The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

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Poismign fittatg.—The Sheriff of Perthshire has
issued a proclamation against the practire farmers
saturating their ee.l grain with poisonous ingredient.,
for the purisme of destroying woodpigeons, &e.
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CoNA. lENCE MIPNCI.--Tle Chancellor of the Exche-
quer acknowledge,. the receipt of the M:Collii•ilaiVeg .4
bank note,. for 1:25 for unpaid income-tax ft " Render
to Omar the things that an, CaPar'l6." and also bank-
note,. to the value of £l,lO fur " money duu to the
revenue."

THE M ANeIIEnTER PETITIoX you Ityrouu.— The
:11enehearr tweition againot the thnerniovoit Reform
Bill. and in favour of Mr. Bright's, has received upward*
of roma) signatures in four days. It consists of 4pot
shweta of paper, and is nearly :Int/ yards in length. It is
to be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Bailey,
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STARTATIoN AT SEA.—During the late prevalence of :
noutli-weeterly gales, • fleet of French veosiels lay at 1
anchor in Holy Loch, and the stores became so reduced '
that the men betook thenuselved to gathering shellfish, '
and evenanails, to supply themselves with food. Such
was the state of poverty to which some of the coasting
craft, detained by adverse winds, were reduced, that the
master of an Irish vessel was obliged to beg a gratia
passage to Greenock. ,
TUX Coat:Ka:sm.—lt has been proposed that the ('on'
geese shall be held at Geneva, but that place has been
objected to on account of the comparative difficulty of
access and the severity of the climate at this sestoon. Aix• '
la-Chapelle has also been proposed, and with more probe- I
bility of its proving generally acceptable. It has abund- i
alit accommislation, excellent hotels. and is accessible by ,
r iilway from every direction. London. Brussels, mu '
the Hague have also been nicn!ioned, but we belies.
Aix will ultimately be selectee. ,
1 DZATHB Fitoll EATING 310xgstioo0.—A lamentable '
I event occurred at Eoclesfield-liall, near Sheffield, a few
1 days ago. The occupiers of the Hall were Mr. and Mrs.
1 Greeves, the former of whom was $I years of age, and
' the latter was 71i. Mrs. Greaves prepared • salad for
dinner, and,
rials for the ',sled in the garden, die gathered with them
a quantity of green .
unfortanately, when she plucked the mate-
plant of mosikabood. .
leaves from •
Both she mill her husband ate heartily of the waled, soon 1
after doing which they were both *lewd with violent
pains, and died poisoned. ;
IntiNgixt; FoeNraoss.—The first drinking fountain '
erected in London is now nearly completed. It is
situated at the north-eastern corner of Snow-hill, in the
1 wall of tit. Sepulclins's-churchyard. The work is Mal-
i pored of columns and sill in poliolitsl red granite, with I
an alcove of white marble, the whole being enclosed
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within an arch, which giveadesith and importance to the
design. This fountain—as well tut tallest which are in-
tended to be erected at the front id the Royal Exchange, 1
1 in the Kegent-circus, and other loodities tit the metro-
! polio—is to be completed through the sole and generous
munificence of Mr. Gurney, of Loinbard-street.
REPIiasENTATIoN or lianKa.—ln anticipation of an
early dissolution of Parliament, political parties in this
county aro bestirring theusselves, and already four can-
didates are in the field, two in the Conservative, and
two in the Liberal interest, and it id anticipated that a
third candidate on either ante will shortly be an-
nounced. The Conservatives are Mr. Vanstittart. one
of the hitting members. and Captain Leicester Vernon,
who.e gallant conduct in 1857, iii coming forward at the
Arsenal hour, and making a desperate effort to rescue
the third seat from the hantlo uf the Liberals ought to
ensure I • a hearty support. The Hues. P. P. Bouverie,
ttilviee
tv:.:iii,iittsier,d i:tiirlicitinst, :tog; to...ebek
w s
he
the sitting Liberal member, and Mr. Walter, the prin-
cipal proprietor of the /Oats, are the candidate* on the
Liberal silo, and the latter gentleman hes already
evieitegargmed
, Ire-
purrd for an emergency. Mr. Robert, i5.,1,,,,.a, the
tall'oennstet'srvil
' returned, him very long service, and advancing years
fully entitling him to seek a release from Isis arduous
, labours. He will retire from public life with the pro.
found respect of all parties—the result of a political life
of fidelity and consistency rarely ispialled.
Heise AT A FIRE..—TWV.NTA•F‘wic I.lVas MATzn.—
, A fire which occurred in the metropolis on Friday scorn-
ing would in all probability have been attended with the
loss of twenty•four lives, had it taut been for the prompt
I arrival of a fire escape. It appear, that police-cutietsible
' No. Ilis ti ran to the conductoi'e otation in Hatton.
garden, and inforiuml the man that a fire had taken
I place in a large double bowie occupied by Mr. Kitch,fii
. I a elietsemonger, Ise., situate at the corner oftireville-
-1 street Leather-I 4 ' " ur the Royal Buci"
1 was ii' , ant. The escape y
umetsiately taken to the sput, when a counts that
' I call with .iint..l7 be described ',moaned itself. Out
' of each window osued volumea of black amok° which
I obscured the front of the bedding. and the loud cries
for help f rum 2fi persons clearly indicated that no time
; was to be lost to effect their rescue, for the lower part of
1 the preinisesanil staircases acre burning like • furnace,
' 'I lie conductor Bowed A rkull 'at once placed his escape in
i frontof the bowie, and brought from the first Maur seven
i persons, who were stalely landed below. The jumping
i sheet attached to the tucrpv was next taken ill and held
s by the police when five ur six possum were thrown from
the second dour, and care received in the duet without
I receiving any wisteria' injury. The remainder a th.
, unfortunate persons were taken front the third floor end
, "Lug' down the mope, nave one man who managed to
I get upon the roof mid pass through an adjoining bowie.
i The engines ill the neighbouring brewery, that of Ilse
I' pariah, and several others of the London brigade, Were
I reniarkshly early in their altendanee, and a good supply
I of water having been obtained the findoen went to work
• in their natal Intrepid manner, but they wen unable to
I get the mastery until the lower pliTa of the beim, was
/ burnt out and the upper part oeriously Injured. Unto:,
• tunably wort tif the sufferers Were uninsured.

Bersinxt Mterieem.--Throughout the country gene.
rally reform meeting's seeni to increase rather than
diminish. We have reports of meetings held at Leeds,
Oxford, Deptford, Darlington, Haveifonlweid, Ciren-
cester, Aylesibury, Grantham, Daventry, Exe-
ter, Hull. Newport (Isle of Wight), Rochester, Ply-
mouth, Gatosbout, South Shields, Reading. Promo,
Northampton, Ipswich, and other important places.
Sresenierisiss FOR THE NEAPOLITAN hamr.a.—.t_
meeting railed by the Mayor was held in the Townhaß
ad Manehest, r, on Tuesday, for the peep°, of „nponizing
tile Means of obtaining from M suchester a fair contri•
lint ion towards the fund which is being raised in behalf
of ( 'omit Poetics ant Isis companions in exile. There
were pnsent besides the Mayor (Mr. Mackie). Mr. T.
Fairhurn, Mr. J. C. Harter. Mr. S. Fletcher, Mr. 0.
Heywood, and • number of other gentlemen. There
was a general convereation as to the best mode of effect-
ing the ailiject. and a conviction that it was only neces-
sary to have sonic organisation in order at once tO Waite
aitheription which would clearly express the 'antipathy
of Maile.hester. It WaM suggested that probably, if
1:500 could be raised during the next week and sent to
the London Committee, it might be considered as •
good proportion from Manchester ; but a majority of
the gentlemen present were of opinion that it would not
Is, so, anal that £1.10) might easily he raised. It was
iirgml that the main thing to be considered Was that,
whetever wax to be done should be done at once, an the
object of course was to meet immediate and pressing
wants on the part of the 67 Neapolitan gentlemen,
rather than to make anything like • permanent provisioe
for them. The Mayor. end other gentlemen put down
their names for V4l) and I:10, it being considered un-
desirable to commence with large sums, and arrarge•
ments. were made for obtaining subscriptions without a
generel Canvas.
11011 M PacK Els rein FoltricN NTRirrl. fliers
appears to be a good deal of itaimipprelienaion as to the
registration of book packet*, it hieing supposied that. as
nub packets nifty be registered for places in the United
Kingdom and for most of the colonies upon payment of
the book postage only in addition to the registration fee
of 64., the same system is applicable to all book packet*
indiscriminately, including those addressed to France and
other foreign countries. This, however. is not the case.
Book packets cannot be registered to any foreign coun-
tries, except as letters, and there are still a few of the
colonies to which the ayatem of registration. as regards
letters or book packets has not yet been extended. The
following is a list 11 the colonies for which book packets
may at present he registered mem payment of the book
po.tage, viz. :—British West !refire.— AlitigUa, Barba-
Ilerbieu, Demerara, Do " , Grenada. Hondu-
ras, Jamaica. Montserrat, Nassau. Nevis, St. Kitt's, SC
Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad. Terk's
Island. British North Anterica.—Canada, New Bruns-
wick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's
Island, Bermuda.—Other British Colonies.--Cape of
Good Hope, Ceylon. Gibraltar, Gold Comsat, Hongkong,
Malta. East Indies. Mauritius, Natal, New South Wales,
St. Helena, Sierra Leone. South Australia, Western.
Australia. Those for Ceylon, Hongkong, East Indies,
Mauritius, New South Wales, South Australia, anti
Western Australia, may be registered rid Marseilles as
well as rid Southampten. The colonies to which the
book packets cannot at present be registered (beyond
the port of despatch), are as follows—viz., Victoria, Tas-
mania, New Zealand, Ascension, Gambia, Vancotraer's
Island, British Columbia, Labuan, and Falkland Imbeds.
—By command of the Postmaster-General, )(owlets*
Hitt, Secretary—General Post-office, March 10.
ORPHAN WlO/11( I N 1; Somme—On Thursday evening
the 101st anniversary festival of this minuet praiseworthy
charity took place at the Albion Tavern, the Lord
Mayor presiding, supported by Sir Culling Eardley
Eardley, Mr. Sheriff Condor, Mr. Wentworth Dilke,
dic. In proposing the toast of the evening, the chair-
man dwelt at length upon the value and benefits of such
an institution Lithe Orphan School. and briefly reviewed
the history of its rise and progress. From this state-
meat it appeared that the Orphan Working School was
c ~,,, isienced at a email house in Hoxton as early as 1758,
fur the reception of twenty orphan and destitute boys,
twenty girls were afterwards added, and from that time
the number* continued gradually to increase till three
houses were full, and the charity was obliged to remove
to the City-road (then an airy suburb), where the school
buildings remained tit! 1847. The present noble build-
ing. On Havendeck-hill, was opened in 1848, with 139
Mutates, but during the last ten years the number of
claimants upon the resources of the charity have swelled
to 259, and it is now intended to accommodate 400,
when all the funds necessarry for the enlarginent ot the
institution have been received. At present there ale
children in the school from 27 English counties, as well
as orphans from Scotland, Ireland, the United States,
anal the West Indies. From those once in the institu-
tion a conritlerable sum has been received towards its
englergement, and upwards of 90 of its former inmates
have been entitled to anfl received the annual reward for
faithful service in various situation*. During the course
of the evening the children were introduced into the
teem, and the neatness of their dress and healthy and
cheerful meintenancee spoke more strongly than any
oration in favour of the benefits which the charisy con-
ferred. The chairman'a appeal met with a most liberal
reepanse. nearly I:1,500 being subscribed during the
course of the evening. (if the dinner, we need say no
more than that it was reeved in the best style of the
Albion.
Ilametetr IleRDER.—One of the most atrocious and
diabolical crimes recorded in the annals of this county,
has thrown the villages of Sibeey and Stickney, in the
neighbourhood of Boston, Lincolnshire, into the greatest
excitement. The deceased is William Stevenson, •
small cottager, lit years of age, who resided at Sibley
Northlands with his son, and it appears lie left home on
Wednesday morning week, about it o'clock, for the par-
paifie of attending Beaton market, having at the time
between £.l and 13 in his possession. He returned to
Sibsey the same evenieg, and called at the Ship public-
house, about half • mile twin his home, kept by a man
names! Richardson. where lie had some ale, and shortly
after his arrival three men, named Edward Sandi, Wil-
liam Pickett, and Henry ('arey, came in, and also had
senile drink. After a while • dispute arose between
deceased Ina Salida, who threatened to slap deceased's
face ; they afterwards, however, appeared to be friendly,
anal the sleceaaesl treated them all to sonic beer. About
belf-paet 10 o'clock Carey and Pickett left the house,
anal the deceased left three or four minutes afterwards.
Sandi; immediately fellowing him. Nothing MUM was
heard a the parties until the nest morning. when the
deceased was found by • neighbour iii a ditch near his
home, with his liken literally sineslied to pieces. The
deceneed's
anal with the assistance of two neighbours the body was
dragged out of the ditch. but life was quite extinct.
Informat was iumweliately forwarded to the police at
sibsey and stiekney, and medical gentlemen were tient
fair, and in the meantime the deceased's son proceeded
to the publichoure where his father had been drinking
on Ow night previasua, and he there saw, at 7 o.elOCk int
the morning, (*any and Pickett drinking. Observing
Pante l/10011 itisin their clothes he informed the police of
the circumstance, mei both the turn were apprehended,
anal soon afterwards Santis also. A careful examination
of the locality was made by the police, and from the
indications it would appeer that the demised walked
: from the publichouse towards his lionie on the right
hand side of tte road, and some persona walking on the
other aide crossed over the road, the impression of their
footmark* being very distinct, and then followed the
deceased a few paces, when indications of • struggle
were visible. Deceased appeared to have been after-
wards dragged over the road, and thrown into the
each, ',vend similar impressions of footmarks being
very near the place as Hume which had crossed the road.
The boots of Carey and Pickett, on being compared,
exacted fitted those marks. The deceased struggled
out of the ditch up the bank into an adjoining
leaving traces of bleed behind ; and here, it would
appear, the cold-blooded murderers crossed over the
ditch, again attacked the deceased, anal completed their
atrocious work by beating him over the head until life
was eetitict. They then threw hint over the hedge into
the ditch where lie was found. These circumstance*
are borne out by the blotsl being distinctly traceable
along the parts over which the deceased violcutlY
struggled, and where his body was mercilessly dreamt.
l'ism Carey was found a knife which was identified as
the deceased's property. An ineueat was held en the
body on Friday afternoon, and it was adjourned uutil
Monday. when the above facts were elicited. The jury
retutned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Pickett
and Carey. and warrants for their commitment were
made out.

BANKRUPTS.
(Prom the Lum,lwa Utszette of Tuesday.)

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Samuel Cockshaw, Horseshoe-smart. Ludgate-streets
printer.
William Jones. Isleworth, one! merchant.
John Franks Chittenden, St. John's-park-villas, Upper
Holloway, surgeon.
Henry Hunt, St. George's-terrace, Liverpool-roads
chyulist.
James l'ettit, Woolwich. carrier.
Aaron Jennings and John Bettridge, Birmingham, paper
nuncio': manufacturers.
Thomas Poor lirettell. Widsall, grocer.
Thomas, Helliwell, Hipperhohne, near Halifax, York'
shire, innkeeper.
William l'hadwick, Leeds, dyer.
John Chilton. Sheffield, tailor.
John Shirtcliff, Work/op, bootalaker.
(From the London Gamic of Friday.l
Henry James Vansolen Rogers and Alfred Gladstone,
Itilliter.strect, City, ship and insurance brokers.
Edward Callow, Milner-street, City, ship and insurance
broker.
John White, Leicester, joiner and undertaker.
I Thomas Leake, jun., Nottingham, upholsterer.
Joseph Redwood, Channinster, nellf Dorchester, spothe'
car y and veterinary surgeon.
John Webber Reed, °Bevy St. Mary Devon, grocer.
John Bernard klunkenbeck, West Hartlepool, llhubso.
tailor and draper.
Janie* Catkin, Rotherbury, North.unberland, draper.

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ILLIATILATID WeMt MI NATURAL lIIATuRT IveIPVIILIONTA
N...rdy.jwiee Sizpore. Part the trlnit of "
KLLM POPULAR, NATtItA itierroxv
for the beauty of ha Illuetnitions, the chianti., of ILA rrintiefr
ILJRI nit IleßrtleLlve diameter of its Tett. VIII lir un.urpemeil IT
any %orb that ha. preceded It s.hll.t It itlll be benieil al •
Irk e which still ;dace It within the resell of every latellv•
I Natural 116tory" %111 he printed In lisirrJ
sot... Wel verb Taelre Part. *III fortis • Very Ralel.4
Lot4l.11: CANNA., ilirras, MAI UALIIIII, IA Ikii4
Raii‘ege-)anl, Ludgate-hill.

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The chief Ana 44 of the " Sanitary Comndoelon;" lu;
lIILL 11.49.141.1., 111 S rental) publi.led report
" The fieneenf To. 1 Amt. 'VI." writ. •—•• It at the
London Nadu& I liopeeted he pranced Itllhorto helohlt.
Ina to Near.. /I,,rtai ttttt awl ko,. the *ell loom orLrinal
introducer. of pun
. I at 10110C1.011.
11,111 different earipen opened, mid took -IWO. 1111.11.11,411.
1 1/11,1"..(11.•11114erted I. hoth .0,1 Onions!
eind)ek, I found both Mark, sod Unroll. collar, .I'.l
oli imanlerril I;rerti a ttatunti dull din hoi,
slit, none of tin imparted hineldi toehly (0111111141 the +wk°
eotintion lheee int eethlutioin enable tow nonfldnill) 1.1
I.OIIIIIU, 111111 04, 11111.T.10011 101111114 the t•hohlt, of Miff (nllllll
1101 110 alott lii dt, {ding bete toll It and that ind Ilfl (II
higher prim, thnugh the aorthleat brute,, leine• being 'Wen.
or glued o,llf • ILII the pordereal colour. autployed.
111/LLUWAY'II 11.11.141.—00141, ndarrh, fever, influents. —4)ur
climate he eaueedingly trying to the atneureet oostatituttou.
Fee Intreons rem* shth..ut rolls, *bleb, though aeld"
attended still inttue lists danger, often lay the Nundalim' 1011
nelone dimmer.. At their rolanteneement the eure llitaeorn-
-1'11.1."1 %Ith sues; reduce the ealothig trod.'/ Wita.
thetile result, niwio alull'i:hanntlitreti;whrolin.l..yle..llAnaganauiret:nskticlTtawotiostre""Trill„.7::".:s;ir,,i.:
operating on the blood, their Influence ipso; the round the
dretilathnt, elitintlatlng every organ, end inti;l:g the earlautii
to leialArti, Which rustnies ilw