The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-12-29 00:00:00

Somerfutob ire.

No borougb-rabs will be required in Bristol for this
half-year. Bush • oircumstanoe has not occurred since
the passing of the Municipal Reform non
Saccaian Carus—A day or two Una a woman
named Parsons belonging to Minehead, who, with her
husband mid her children have frequently been inmates
of the Million Union Workhouis, again applied for
admission. baring been brought to the boas* In • earl,
as she was unable to walk, and there was every proba-
bility other speedily giving birth to • child. The poor
creature warn actually refused admission because her
bu hand wu not with her, the order being for bim and
..is family. Blocking to relate, the poor mestere
shortly afterwards gave birth to • obild in an outhouse
adjoining the Railway hotel, Ma. fry doing an Is bee
power lee the Wedowee wens%

Tsg WNW, MUSS= : Tag OUNDOINID
lJ TAUPTON Blames and Sweet are an
different sells, in opposite sides of the long corridor of
the gaol. Two warders ars in attendance upon each of
*boa day sad night. They have the tienal prison fare,
With the a/motion of an addition of two atoms of
butter per day each and meet for dieser. Path eat,
drink, and sleep well. Bisgrove. on getting up in the
morning, make, up bin bed with scrupulone onsaness
In the shape of a "besot." as in the custom st the
Shepton Mallet Gaol, where he wee first confined. He
then kneels by his Wade, and with pparant devout.
nth preys ettempors, he being a Weeleyan ; and •
minister of that peeminiion (the Bev. Kr. Helm) is
unremitting in his abieull9ne to the unhappy man. In
his prayere„ Sisgrove continual, eonftslas that be is a
pour "simple' (nU) "sinful" marclarei, and cidds thit
One above knows how he had no intention of niurderlng
poor Cornish until be awoke lialf.drunk. He repeatedly
says that Sweet was sitting on the Oamp-stile whilst he
committed the murder, and mold have seen him, but
whether he did or not be cannot my but be solemnly
state' that Sweet hid nothing to tin with the 'stud
murder, nor did Its tamper with tbs body afterwards'.
In conversation, he repeatedly rider. with bitterness
to the way In e•hich he has been brought tit.. btu
mother and step-father both being drunkards, leaving
him to pursue his on mune ever since he has been
dve yearn of age, end when able to work he got his
living as best he meld, wandering about in search of
employment, and thus being lad into bad eompany and
quertiousble habits. Preparations for the execution
have been immolated. In the mach-house a well es
been gunk bricked up at the rides, for the emotion 01
She body se It fall' from the drop. On one side room it
made for the dewiest of the executioner to draw the
fatal bolt, and steps lead thereto. Mr. Oakley, the
governor of the gaol, hen received numerous' applications
for ths eMee of hangman. Here is one of them :
Dm tl,
fits,—Undervtanding teen Is a person under sentence of
death In Ole gaol, I have made application tot Wane time part
to different county gasp for the °Mood hangman, and have had
neneelese of souse governors of Merest gaols Interesting tunny
behalf. Should elrumateasse occur, I would undertake the
eeg genient at lees enasam to the county than ealereft, and
fulfil the duties eqotiy as natetactory—erangth and 'Ware
equal, If not superior to Oaleraft, I below the junior by rouse
number of plant Not knowing the adders. of the Sheriff,
had 110111C01111111 but to apply to you. I am, sir, most obedient,

On the 611011111011 of tbs execution of George Britten, for
the murder of his wife, similar applications were made,
some even from medical men. Up to a late hour on
&Muds, night no reply witateeer had been moseyed
from the Horne-odiee relative to the ultimate di&
poeition fat either Magma or Sweet, and this fact has
mated emidderable surprise, inasmuch as the Secretary
of flialie for the Home Department was made acquainted
with the oonleolon of Bisgrove —that he alone com-
mitted the marder—soon afterwards. Bisgrove still
eontinnes moody and melaneholw, Mad this, coupled
with the feet that be has Intely began to write a very
&beard letter, in looked upon by many as. symptom of
inmnity. Many people in Taunton doubt the truth-
fulness of the conleseion itself. It Ii the opinion of
many competent judges that Biegrove is not pointed
at as the murderer by the evidence addnesd at the triaL
Searching inquiry will doubtless be made into this
matter, and this probably tithe reason why no eoro•
mentalities from the Home Ofilae hat yet reached the
gaol. Bisgrove still pays the greatest attention to the
ezhortatiom of the Rev. H. Hulas, the Wesleyan
minister who daily visits him. Sweet appears to feel
his condition mutely, and we believe we are correct in
wiring *hot as yet he is totally untquainted with the
fact that Biegrove has conferse4 to the murder. An-
other circumstance tending to still farther enshroud
this OW) in mystery is that some one who is suspected
of knowing smoothing of the horrible crime has been
miming from Well. sines the night of the murder.