The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

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crew, and, as tl. answ, r the b.,at's
entreaties, refused to jump tiverboard and risk being
picked up by the haat. all ging they coabl iv ,t swim,
mid would nut r 4k leaving their v....A under such
circumstances. Thu boat nos c..iiielieil ta return to
the shore by hacking through the broken water, and
leave them to their site, which at that time appeared
to he nothing less than death. Thu %vialt was blow-
ing heavy on the land at the time, and tremendous
rollers had set in along the hay.

Mirulims Or AN A ETILLERYIII N. At an
adjounied inquest held at the India Arms Hotel,
Gosport. on Friday evening. John Connell, a private
in the Waterford Militia Artillery. stationed in tl.o
Hadar Barracks, was committed on the e ..... nee's
warrant to Winchester gaol to take his trial on
Monday week., on a charge of having wilfully
murdered Michael O'Brien, a private in the wine
regiment, in a row which occurred in the barrack
yard on Friay night week, the 25th ult. From the
evidence adduced on the inquest it appeared the
deceased received a severe contused and lacerated
I wound on the left ear, apparently inflicted by sonie
I blunt instrument, the cut being jagged and bruised,
and the ear being completely split from the orifice
:u.rosts. The &named told the assistant-surgeon
of the regiment, who attended him up to the time
of his death which took place on the following
Tuesday, that he had lawn struck. but did not
I know by wl or n ith%%hat instrument, or for
I what reason. Thu deenuted was very deaf from the
effects of the blow. thi the Monday moniing the de.
ceased became iueiisil,lc Anil Epßeell less, moan tug
and suffering great pin apparently in the head ;
he afterwards became very violent, and had to he
restrained by tying his hands and feet. He died at
2 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Deceased was
described as being "the finest man in the regiment."
One withesa deposed to having seen Connell on the
night the row took place in the Igirrarkiard with a
I poker in his haul Another witness deports! to
' O'Brien (the deceased) and Connell fighting in the
barntcktyard ; Connell and O'Brien were both drunk.
This witness said he also "wrangled" with a
comrade, Farrell, but could not tell whether they
' fought or whether lie cried out " Murder!" This
was after they left the canteen. Connell was proved
to have taken a poker from one of the harraLl-romes
on the night of the murder • and the hospital sentry
stationed about 50 yards from the spot where the
! occurrence took place, heard ROMC one zELT " He has
' a poker," but could nut recog .. ize the voice. After
I a leugthened discussion the jury returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder" (with OM dissentient) against
John Connell, and ha MIS handed over to the civil
authorities for conveyance to Wincluster for his
BITTERNE (SOUTH lissys.) —A few days since a
public meeting was hell at the Red Lon Hotel,
iiitteme (which place is about two miles from South-
ampton, separated therefrom by the Rivet ltchen,)
to consider the propriety of establishing volunteer
artillery and rifie corps for the district. The meet-
ing was attended by the principal landowners and
inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Mr. J. lf. Forbes,
was called to the chair. Several gentlemen ad.
dressed the meeting in support of the resoluti.m,
which was submitted and agreed to unanimously, ex-
pressive of the thatirability of forming v.dunteer ride
corps," to be raised within the limits included be-
tween the left bank of the Baum and :he rilbt
hank of the Mutable river., and %% Wan six miles in-
land from the Southampton 'i's ater. to be (=llea the
south Plants Volunteer or A niliery As
the case may be," and appointing a large and iiithi•
ential committee to carry the obj,et of the in, etin..4
into effect. A considerable iiuiiiu,r if signatures
for membership and subwriptions wtre handed in at
the close of the meeting.
W ESTER. —BA' (70r/i.e.—There are nearly
99 enrolled niends..rs, and the attendance at thrill
nieetings is very sat isfaetery.
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THE.' (*M.'S r-v
ifirsrrrai.... —The nom of 4:91111 was
bequeathed to thin excellent ne.titution by the late
Mrs. Asnheton Smith ; and 1:19 191. by the late J.
Lampanl, Esq.
ANDoVEU. —The ll', —Th is ton n and neigh.
bourhood were veiled with a remirkahly heavy halt
of rain on I'i by, and on the following morning
the ground was covered with snow.
Tim whole of the train:uses incurred in the late
proseeut. of Mr. T. A. Itankn, through the eavr•
111 l sof the borough-treanorcr (Mr. S. Shaw). with
the exception of X:i SA, fa, have been retunied, the
amount being equivalent to a rate at shout 24,1. in
the po I.
Itonsxv.—Blide Society.—The annual meeting of
the Hoinsey auxiliary weiociation wan hell on Mon.
day, and was well :Mewled. Eyre, Esq.,
prenidol, and the audience was aildr,!..sed by time
Revs. M. Cooper and P. Kent, Alderman Cem-ge,
ke.

Wiltshire.

SA usgrnr.--On the last day of Michaelmas Terra
Mr. Edwin John Speed, of this city. was dilly ad-
mitted an Attorney of Iler Majmity's Courts of
Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer.

ELECTION OV TOWN COUNCILLOR. —The extraor-
dinary vacancy in the Town Council, caused hy Mr.
Ewer a declining to qualify for the want of St. Ed-
mund, was tilled up on Wednesday by the election
of Mr. John Style, draper, of the Blue Boar-row.

SALISIWItY YouNo CtintsviAN AS,,OCI A
TION. —The Rev. Mark Cooper, Incumbcnt of Ilram-
shaw lectured to the members of this associat ~,,,
Thursday evening at the Assembly-loony, on "Thu
Church in the Catacombs." The chair was taken
by Lieut.-General Buckley, 31.1'.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTI,IN.—III con-
sequence of the sudden illness of flu. Lev. F.
Vullings, who WWI announced to lecture on reiday
eveniog, on " Sir John Prat:kiln and the North-
Wwit Passage," his place was supplied by Mr. S. 1.
Atkins, of this city, who delivered a very interest-
ing lecture "The Chetuistry of Ct. di Idle." At
the close a vote of thauks was unanimously accorded
to Mr. Atkins.

DEvuEs.—Tile Aderombe Murder.—Sorafin Mon
rano, the Spanianl, who is now in Devizes prison
awaiting his trial for the above murder (and who it
will be remembered, when apprehended at Ilythe.
said he had come from Bolope, which pßee he left
on the 4th), has during the last week been identified
by Mr. JausesSainsbury, a farmer at Market !Aring-
ton, as having beim in his employ as an ordinary
labourer in October last. It appears that the pri-
soner is rather parted to out.of-the•way places. as
Mr. Sainsbury's is a lone farm on FAsterb.ii Hill,
nearly two miles from any village. He left that
place on the Altli October. saying he should go to
Bristol. We understand the police, who are still in-
defatigable in their exertions, are in possession of
some other important facts, which will be stated at
the trial.

Manueonovien.-- Vo/usiteer Rifle Corps. —A pub.
lie meeting convened by the Mayor took place on
Friday week, at the Townhall, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety offormitig a
rine corps for this town and neiglibourlmel. 'I he
Mayor (Jonah Reeve, Esq.) being absent from indis-
position, T. 11. Merriman. KN., took the chair on
the motion of Messrs. T. V. Stiles and li. Seymour.
There were also present. the limiter of the tolle;?e,
the rector of St. Peters, Rev. I. K. Ward, of
Mary's, Dr. Fergus, Rue. C. W. Tayl.ir, Messrs. Me
Geachey, 11. R. Tonikinson, R. I. Price, Stiles,
S. cam 11l , 11. B,4mour. C. May, A. %I. .
P. Dixon, Lawrence. T. New, .1. lhassell. S. Willes,
D. Russell, Diller, Carter, C. Awilrey,
Latiler, It. Lavington, 11. Bomke. Itaverstock,
&c. The chairman open,.l the I.roccoliii4s by read-
ing letters from the Nlayor and John i Idciuh,, EN.,
expressing their regret at being unable to attend.
He was unable to walk any distance and therefore
could not be an effective member, and the delay in
cniliiig the meeting ili.l not arise from forgetfulness
or apathy ; had the meeting been vaned earlier, it
might have appeared to thwart the Marquis of A Iles-
bury's scheme for forming corps to be attached to
the Yeomanry Cavalry. The requisite ninuber hod,
however, nearly joined that corps, and it lcul now
been a fortnight In fire thou.. Ile levil the sub-
ject would now receive t:ieir 1::111,C.4 attention, as
the present aspect of affairs Wai serious, and the best
means to prevent an invasion was eiorgotie prepara-
the'. Ile was allXiollt that a corps should be formed,
but whether it should the North Wilts or remain
unattached, would be matter for futon: considt ration.
lie ree 1111 l mended that those who did not joM should
pay for those who did, and as the drill would net re•
quire much time, he believed many wean jlil, but
this movement should not interfere with those who
joined the Wilta Militia. One great object of the
old Volunteer Corps was protection against the hal-
lot ; skilled artisans were new rispiired, and they
would go through a course of drilling, as an undis-
ciplined corps was said to he a pest to their friends,
and a jest to their enemies. The French, it was
amid, dt.,siroil to aVOligo Waterloo, but if they in.
fouled England they would be more severely punished.
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Stiles seomiled the resolution,
which was carried unanimously, like 'Air. Halcomb,
he was too advanced in years to he an effective mem-
ber, and believing that the beet mode of preserving
peace was to be prepared for war, he cordially stip-
ported the volunteer movement. The Rev. T. W.
Dowding believed it to be a defensive 1111 l cement,
and as a Christian man unhesitatingly supportml it.
The Rev, the master of the College was pleased to
see the unanimity existing on this subject, the En-
glish unit been called a nation of shopkeepers, but
we should show invaders that we could defend our
country. The meeting having been aildres•mil by
Messrs. R. E. Price, C. May. 1. New, S. Willies.
and J. Diller, a vote of thanks was curled to the
chairman on the proposition of lb% A. May, wooded
by the touter of the College.