The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-15 00:00:00

Miltslitre.

Debonshire.

TIIE PLY3IOI'TII MERIPER.—The farther exami•
.estion of Itolwrt Ilackeil for shooting Sergeant Jones
took place on Ft olay. and remitted sit his being cion•
Dated for trial by the magistrates. 'rile cironer's
j"" returned is verdict of " Wilful Murder" against
!lacked.
EXETER.-- 7'he Wratner and the Poor.—We are
glad to state that the sufferings of the poor, by
reason of tl.e severity of the weather, base been
greatly mitigated by tile soppliea of excellent soup.
which have been delivered to a large imuilier "(poor
Persons from the Exeter Soup Kitchell. Mr. E.
Kingdom' opened his vegetable lit..fe oil g.ltlll,llV,
:Mil sold large go intities of isitatues at f. out 25 to
33 per c.-nt. Iwlost !mine c,.st.
Thc neather in Devoiednr, during the past week
hat been extremely severe. A moil thaw took
place a few days 34.1, is Inch ems.' the meta Etc.
t•alui,„ reeedy, and it to overilow their banks.
anti BID great wan the spread of water that the adja•
vent marshes had the appearance of a sea. Some
villages were inundated, and ricks of hay iind other
a4lieultural stock were carried away by the
water. At Hatherleigh, in the north of Devon, a
party of marines being on their way home in an
omnibus to visit their friends, after a sea voyage,
got immersed in the water, awl their lives were
saved with great difficulty. On the roail to Mitre•
tom, which is near Dartmoor, an ohl man, 76 years
oh age, named W illiain I tolestone, WE* found dead
in the snow. The p-sir old man was on his was
from Dulisford to Morin, it, with a tlonkev awl cart
containing appk,s, lint lie mver reached the latter
p.ace alive. At Kingsbridge another old man
named Drew, while working a lane, dropped
down awl ilied from the severity of the weather.
On Sunday there N'll4 a heavy fill of snow in Exeter
and generally throughout Devoiediire. It is gratif • '
ing to state that zealous efforts are still being made
to mitigate the mitering' of the poor through the
medium of public rout, kitchens. In Exeter large
quantities of excellent amp are daily supplied to the
poor ; and at is public meeting, held is few days age,
1 the Hey. Chaneelhir I larriiigt..tii aunounce.l a il-na-
tiou .00 from the Dean and Chapter, and 1;5 fie.
from hiuiself towards the funds of the soup kitchen.
Other gentlemen subscribed to the amsiuuit of (100,
and it was resolved that parochial collections should
he made. The benefit conferred upon the poor by
the operation of thi. Exeter Soup Kitchen is incalcu•
bible. The Earl of Devon has made arrangements
with the committee for a supply of soup to the poor
at. Kenton, a village distant, seven or eight miles
from Exeter. In several other towns in Devonshire
soup kitchens hays been opened with gratifying
success.

eiriNTAt. PAL WY- Christmas levels continue to
•11rrt • gw.tiy number of visitor'. Thu ice alm In
special attractions for lIIIIIICTottn of both
In the gr..mpla the tl ter on Ttlend ay night fell
Li low as 14, heing 14 degrees of frost At inid-day on
Wwlnewlay. although the Paler.. wan in brilliant SOO-
shine, the ti ter *Mod at 30. Within the Mold,
lug ii tempenatisre of 49 wan maintained throughout the
clay, which formal • pleasant contrast to the cold with-
out. and wax very agreeable for visitors promenading or
witnewing the experimenti. The he on the lakes awl
reservoirs is exceedingly strong awl safe, and, as it
was intended to 11 wl the lower lake 011 Wednewlay
evening, a perfectly clear awl smooth redact of new
ice would he formed by Thursday ruing, which was
Icily appreciated by skaters. One Shilling D.j, Wed-
nesday, January 9th.—Adinissions on payment, 2,214;
ditto by season tickets, 1,075. Total 'WIWI., 3,280,