The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-09-17 00:00:00

MONETARY -INTELLIGENCE.

The chief event of the put week ha, been the failure
of one of the principal specnlstiona on the Stock Ea-
eoangei Great consternation and excitement were
occaisioned in the Stock Exchange on Tuesday by tie
'nominee-meta that Mr. AOSttletss Cooper. one of the
largest '' jobbers," or dealers in Console, Was unable to
meet his liabilities at the monthly settlement. Tbe
announcement Was immediately followed by the
declaration as defaulter. of the +even other member. of
the Klock Exchange. wip..r dealer* in Consols, whoa.,
embarramments are nwlerromi to he entirely caused
by Mr. Cooper's failure. This iterstletuan's transactions
bare bran noon a Tama extenaimt scale. and appear to
have been direct*, principally to a fall. ii, face of a
steadily advas.eine market. The rim sataidithed apace
the laid monthly orettlement h ing no leas than 2j nor
I cent., it in rumoured that his 'labium,. exceed L. 90.000.
This ie. therefore, the most di...trona event of the kind
that has ooeurre I in the Stock Enehange eine* the great
pork in May. 1859. From the wealth character of
Mr. Cooper's connexion+, however, it is hoped that the
lees will be leis *emirs than has at first been
aporthended. Hie hooks hare, of course, been at once
taken possession of for the ofneial spekeee of the Stock
' Exchange. The funds on Tuesday were agitated by this
unexpected event.— Diminished buoyancy was percep-
tible in the Eitilish o Funds n Friday. owing. it 1.. pre-
artmed, to sales on behalf of speculators for the rim
&Aeons of realising the profit molting front the recent
advance. The reaction boa amount...l to about per
amt., and it h us comelehrl7 alter,.l the impend ettl'osf•
&nee of the market. This change ia solely attributable
to the mnseinenta of the operators. ma there is nothing
either in monetary or political sgaira to Crania die.
trust. The attention of the members, for the moment.
ebiegly directed to the liquidation of the AoDaaal in
Foreign Stooks and li.ilway Shares.
The elects of the Ainerlean war are beginning to
be felt In Intwarahire. According to a Stock Exchange
ehrenlar Maned on Friday, it appears that the manufas
tuners hare resolved not only On work short, time, but
alen to reduce the wages of tire operative,.
On the Great wo•b.ts there was a decrease no the
oorreeponding week .4 1861, with that of 1880 of Cl 382;
on the Brighton of C 947 ;cm the Midland .4 £1.764 : on
the South-Eastern of £2,8011 ; on the Or 'at Northern of
81123 ;and on the North-Eastern of £2,561.

Sem-nets or Lnsa. —There is -s—goorl- story of •
French soldier, who was near li, °Meer at • phase, 'hen
the head 44 the latter warn taken off lay • tannon•lp.ll
Friends .4 the officer came op, awl the brave aoldier
maid. " Yes. gentlemen, be had only time In .av to no'.
'Take nay purse and my watch, and he WAX dead.'"
Hot the story will not 'Mind alone in Its granduoas. since
the lent news from Ameries. The unfortunate General
Lyon. aceordinu to the ftpecial Correspondent of one of
kb* New York pipers, " was shot straight through the
head. I waged him whether he was hart. He said '1
Pli th nk not moth.' and o•• were his 'sat word•" Lions
Ire tenacious of life. and Yak/M.ooore erednloua aaf lies.
but Chia will hardly do. And it is " too hod" that •
bravo soldier, kills I in service, should furnish the rub.
Jed a • Alioolooll Paragraph to a peon. -*diner. We
don't Wonder that the Sew York Tribror throegf. Oil
End.* is lssispg the saikprss Is pst

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

A MAN KILLVD BT HI N BINTIER.—Lnat week a
horking occurrence took plan* at anlerall. near NottinK•
i.am a young matt having nut with WA death at the
„and. of 1.1,, can j,,tor, It •ppeara that the deceived,
i:hriatopher ASA 21 years, was at the
,ueof his father, wl.en.a

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..xasi.erated his sister that she
.n,I i 1114 st.t..r. Sarah. age,l 19 The dece
pickeil up a large e..ttoti•
leasii. its...l '.O
I..i.bies •ii.l threw it at lanai. The la,lll4ii stru.k the
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voung inati pled behind the ear. and inflicted autli
nom injury that dead) elite et immediately ensued.
FLA NCIIOLT CANE "I, ...SUUDRN DEATH . On
rip 131V4iAy earning Mr. G. Sinners Clerk, well known
411 the hon. imeretary of the Itercli.iit tiestmen'a Orphan
ayluin, at Wanatead, was andilenly attached with
mum on the platform. alter L.ltinitia railway ticket,
the Wan•tead t..tion.l and dual before medical anaiat-
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beolitaisied. /math is ascribed
in
had long suffered. Mr. iiionern Clerk bad preriously
dined ..t the redilenee of • lily at Wanatead, and was
~bout to return •0 town when suddenly seized with
dine.. air. Clerk, who was aged 67, took • deep
interest in the welfare of the asylum with which hue
gr 44 40 long connected, and took an active part in
riiising funds far the new building at Snaresbrurik.
i.e• occasiouc of the Prhute Consort laying the f-undation-
-tone. he resit the oldre, of the g,,eniiirs iuch sub-
rilso4 to his !toy.'

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TTr?IrT TI 1111111 XX A Wl'.—On We4lnemlny, at
the 144 chs Townhalh a mats named Anthony Rayner.
fifty yu.Th of Age. W. eta ... ill rd on • Clair of
140.1111.1ing to tnurchr his wife. Mori n Rayner. The
otrinioiler in X ilannkero r.g.. •n.I immer, hut fur a h,nr

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tiwe lag Lu luu....rued n.Whina, and has been Nopoortvd
by hie wife. who is an lionvst, in lostriou wonisn. and
ess • sorter 'ha rug arehowe. They Walborn suarried
hour ten yrsrs, sw.l Hied in Nork•stta
Leeds. Lattvely Hai oar's conduct tou•nls his Is ife has
•een very ',mt.'. awl he hol licensed or of unfaithful.

fur wi,jr, .001. IMO ever. there to here
been no ground. On the evening of the 27th nit.• while
they were in bell, the prisoner stalthett his wife triqh a
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knife, Anil pl., ~.zed a. rater, with %bid) he attacked

.gcle.l am well cm ;Ile could. rai.ed an alarm
w., mscurd hy route of the neighbours. The I,rt•

4,,ner ,tfterwards 'nide • determicuoi attctupt to cut Ws

tttto threat— het the razor which he uwel—ilte tee with
twilit+ I e Otte hi ite keti " w—was vary blunt, awl the
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• oii-n.l he indicted did n,,t affect any: vital part. Ti
wife received several wounds ahobt the howl and face
old • seven: cut ecruax the pthu of the lel, hand. het

fortunately. her injuries did md I e rt.l. •nd .he will
w.Oll he sufficiently recovered to Icsve the Infirmery
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gr,,,,, the emit" icw• of when taken
into coati:NlT, thcre ia no .Iwwbe be ietetelerl t., iner.ler
is wife. He hod two room*ü hie let, e hich was on a
chair in the hert•roniii. One of V e more he had
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-Larvened. ODA be stated that he afterwards took thr
wrong WIC by. mistake. Rut for this see dental rimier

.tarne" peulat'hly neither party gruuld nuw have b en
dive. The prisoner was committed fur trial at the nest
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yo, kal ire v;inier poi delivery.
THK WIPE isHOLBORK.—The man

William Cogan, who is chargeni +Oh the loonier of his
.if on the 210 of Angust lAA. at the Inman in Nenrtnn-

street, Holborn, hut recovered from the wonnd in hi,.
thmat, and wi, aken on Tuesday from King's College
litivoitsl, to attend the minified intitiest held before
Mr. Brut. the °Droner. Cogan, it will he rememhered,
was found byri policeman vrailt int siong the street with
a essh in his throat, •ml the woman was snbsermentis
discovered with her throat cut and dead. On the
present occasion the surgeon reiterated his conviction
that the decesard could not hare committed suicide, that
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the wound mutt hare been itAlicted by an..ther vernen

When ill the witnesses had been examined, the tWiemer
volunteered a st•tenient, in which lie aseerted that on
the night of the tragedy be had gone home and fowl.,
his wife out. anti laying himself doan on the floor, he
immetlistely fell asleep. The next thing thst he became
001100i01111 of was being at the door, limning into the
street. and Gliding blood liming from his Inch. The
inference he wi,bri drawn trim this is that hi. wife hit
stticlted him during hi. sleep., end afterwards killed
herself. A venlict of "Wilful Murder" was returns.'
by the jury, and Cogan has hem. committed to Newish-
for trod.
FATAL RATLIT A T Arciurrr.—A horrible acci•

drat took ee on Monday forenoon at the
Tens Dock R •il stray atstion. where on the level a branch
ot the North Eastern Railway crow*n a turchike rostl.
At this place an elevated glihai house has been erected.

which commando • view of the up and down lints and
also the turnpike A gatekeeper stati I within it
work,, an aloparatm by which he CAD open end cline the
picot, abutting off the railway from Om road. Cu
M lay foretomti a man muted Jot.. Ti peon arm.-
top to the crossing A itt, a home •nol cart and asked to
pun. The gotekeeper had neglected to keep • look .ont
for the express train to Shields. which was due about
the time, and work, d his aionarteux. The gal* had
scarcely been opened when be saw the exionoss train
soloing dom. at full apeed. The latter shouted Tomei.
cal-y to Thomilson to hock lois loons, hut he woo too
lot. The toor fellow hod only time to jump off his
Ili,. cart and run to him loorse'o head when ti,. Irak)
thundered down upon him. He woo thrown unoler the
win els onol killed upon the spot. The bons was torn
to iiireea awl the curt oonopletely flintier 4. Ti.. train
kept on its way, and reached the South Shield.
Railway Station without any serious injury to the
peosengers.
FATAL ACCIDeNT AT A Flat 1)1 Livesectoto—Barly
coo Werineslay • fire loroke out in the howie of • matt
t.oornod William Spurgeon, in Rumellstreet. Tusteth
Park. As the fire was in the leweinent *tory, and
Spurgeon, his wife, and three children npatairot in lied,
much y we. felt PA to the nltiinate safety if the
ar:oule family. However, after the tire had raged for
NODIC time the inhabitant., of the home, fearing to foram
• tantaage through the dame*, nosettololed at the prat
storey windoow. Mr. aperients then threw his children
out .4 the window into the arms of the people below.
and then both Ile and his .if. jumped out Aro. Aad
*not fatal accident, however, occurred to one of the
children, a fine boy aged nine veer.. By ensue mem, the
crowd failed to catch the child when the father threw
him out of the whitlow. and he fell into a cellar or area
below, fr•ctu. inc hia akell in several place* on.ll other.
woos injuring liiinaelf ao timidly that lie died about an
hour afterwards. The father end tin. two other boy.
also suotoined some ilij•ries , tloe uoother escaped en•
hurt. Had the fo•mily remained upetoins until the reel
and Imre •rrivo d they would ail have eocapeal without
I injury. a+ the fire Wax opeedily subdued.
I FATAL ACCIDISKT I WHITICCIIAPPL. —On Thursday
• very singular accident, and unfortunately atteu led
with loss of life, happened to an unfortunate how,
13 'used John IRS. aged five year., who, wax clouding at
the entranoe of the Loudon General Ooonibuo Cow.
p•ny'• statute* in Ellen-otreet, St. Geonce's-in-the-Fast
A break, drawn by two opirited horses. •ao in the set
of emerging from tits Opellitte the pre isoo. and in
order to get out of the way of the horse, and the vehicle
loe took up lois potation agoinot the tide wall, but the
apace being iasufiicit nt the Poor fe11..w.0 lord woo
canglot by, find, one of the wheels of the vehicle, and
efterwartiot by the side of the machine, the soapreuipe
caturrel thereby oompletely Battening the bud,. Mr.
Wildhore, our:eon, was sent for, and he qniekly at.
tenole.l. and pronoonced life quite extinct. From the
inquirim ensile by :he police the oocurreno a appears to
hove bees of • purely accidental character. awl the
driver wan allowed to go at large until the coroners
inquest is held.
AeD FATAL ACCIDIENT AT FINILIVE—On
Tloursdity moo uing information was forwarded to Mr.
S. F. Laughato, the deputy coroner for Wc-tudnater,
of a melancholy accident which occurred to Mr.
Thomas Basle. funeral contractor, carrying on Imminent in
Caotlestreet, Long-acre, and Ity which that gentlemen,
in a few minute*. last his life. Between six and seven
o'clock on Wednewiay evening Br. Earle mos driving
lAir. Emir and himself in a chaise along the hank of
I the Thames when, as he reached the corner of West-
moreland-street, Groeventtr•med, a dog started out into
the road and barked furiously. The horse took alarm,
and bavin t ahityl, dashed tovrardo the ogling,, which
protect the road from the river, snol leopeol at tlteen so
be would have done at • fence. The violence if his
motion threw Mr. and Mrs. Earle from their otsts into
the river, but the chaise having become entangled in
the railing., the horse could !sieved no further. A
peroou who witnessed the occurrence jumped in, in
order, if loposible, to wave them, lin,' at the same t tee a
waternian DRIDed Hone, who acted with the greatest
promo t.tuole and ju Igittent, iivionedi brongh• his
Imat to Hoe reacue. Aasiated by other persons. Bone
succeeded in getting Mt-n. Earle out of the water. mud
it wiso found that, tbouslo she was lunch excited owl
planned, ohe had not anataintal any very seriona iojurieo.
She wan then fore conveyed in • cob to her reselenoe
in C•stlestreet. Hone bad the greatest WPM ble
ctilty in Retiree Mr. Eerie out of the water, silt,. was a
heavy corpulent titan. Bone, however. ultimately
aneisseileil. Anil Mr. Earle was conveyed to the Stanley
Arm., where four modieal gentlemen Melted hitn.

liefore their arrival. however, lir had eapired, and it was
found that he had received • seven. wound on the heol
hy the kick of the hone. indicted no doubt as be WWI
falling from the Ghana*. His clothe., wen torn. •od hv
thighs piereela mad lapin...NA by the than. iminta of the
railings, which he avast also hays caught in (elling.
The hone ws. almost uninjured.
EiTNA.IItDINANT AND DIABOLICAL ATTICIII.T
Buse KILZIENNT COLLAGL —The ZJkecey Modtrolor
report. at great length a mvalerion4 attempt to hunt thi•
wait...tine. On )locid.r Might one of the master. was
eeakened in the ne.1.114, of the night by a Doha like the
soothing of atvebe. and ors getting no to ascertain Alm
muse lie tumid the school-rooin in dames. Ilis pupila
were at once alanned and twonglit out to the lawn in
front of the college. Prompt amiatance and a good
enpidy of watt eventually overcame the denim before
any serious damage was done. The wester then pro-
ceeded through the other eppartinenta of the college
when, to their astonishment and alarm, they (mind
another ire in the tuther's room, on the ironed floor
A box containing clothes wasoenaurned ere the discover,
was nuide. mid Um walls Weakened by the meendinv
denel. Thia Ire could not Is 'ye been oridunted by the
one in Pm school.romn. On further ineediration
another Are was found semitklering under • 11.•1r...
A quantity of venehes• Italf-ooneeussid pines of papa
and ignited 'Saks, altiwiel bow &litter tely the
ineendiery had wet to watt. By this time the school
mom we, in a state be be exemined, when it was foum
that the Are had broken out at both celestials* of tin
moat, and that in the two deolik in other portions .1
the atertivientt half-col stoned matches awl paper had
been pieced to .14 the conDaarition. altogether is A.
places there were found preparations for effecting th
dean. lion of the building. The honnigh ni •gistrate
are waking active inquiries into thie extraordinan
affair.
Tut MURDNII ON BOARD AN AMRIIICAN SNIP. —0
Murata. morning Walnut, Curter, El...coroner for th.
&stein diviaion of Sum •. and • jury reioweintded •
the Europa Tavern, Roti.erhithe, to continue th. in
,w.atianitine relative to the death of a aemoon num
William Dixon. who was brutelly webbed by anoth..
neined J.•lln Stiller, who at the same tini
aeriovialy injured Tholum Porter. It will be roe-ileet.
that lb, dam was er,uweitted on hoard the Brephorus.•.
American ahip. which loud only just arrive' in N.-
Commercial Docks. On the prryjani Ortuopon tl,.
Inquiry sae adjouruell for the pn.duction of
evidence to that which had keen given before th
msg.. rate at Greenwich Police court. Tbe followin
adrii, ion.' testimony was taken by the coroner • &twat
Barrett stated he was oar of the nee of the El'Osphoru
and came in her from Quebec 1.. London. /lie vewn
snivel he the calnertnilactt.uths ow Ihridai He lime.
.As the ship was being
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