The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-04-26 00:00:00

erncral NON.

ANoTHER EXPLosioN AT A GUNPOWDER FACToRT
A twin has been killed by an explosion at the gunpowtle
worka of the well-known grin of Mesarc Lawrence and
Son, near Battle, about six miles distant front Hastinga.
So coloplete was the destruction of the deceased, that not
one-fourth of his body was found, although the ruin,'
were carefully searched, as well an the adjoining land.
The two largest portions picked up were a foot, wirets
the toes, and the skull.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Br i CHII.D.—A child, aged ten, at
Brighton, was induced to work for a person who offered
her a penny, but did not after all pay her. The child
retiarned home disappointed and angry, and this state of
feeling was still further heightened by a chastisement
which her mother inflicted upon her for being absent
without leave. The child then went upstairs, and,
taking her father's razor, cut a deep gash in her throat.
Assistance was obtained, and she is recovering.
Arrenrri:n Fit.tun.—Mr. John Graham, of No. 10
Ludgate•hill, London, has received a letter purporting
to conic from Lady Stafford, Wilton-lodge, Berkshire,
requesting him to send some black silk dresses and
moire antiques, from four to sit guineas, on approval.
Mr. Graham states that the young inau sent with the
parcel to Paddington station ascertained that Lady Staf-
ford him been dead upwards of three years, and that
there is no such place as Wilton-lodge, Berkshire.

THE Ml*ATEltiont DEATH AT itAUnnATL—The ad-
journed inquest was tel I at 2 o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon at the Tow:than, Ramsgate. before Mr. R.
Eminerson, coroner for the district. The interest excited
by the inquiry continues unalmteil, and the ball was, if
possible, more crowded than at the first sitting. The
evidence taken at the first inquiry having been read
over, the examination of witnesses was proem-de,' with.
At the conclusion of the evidence the jury returned the
following verdict—" That the deceased died from a
wound in the left breast, between the evening of the
10th and morning of the 11th, but by whom indicted
there is not sufficient evidence to show."

THE GOLDEN RONE.—"The Pope," &lye a letter from
Rome, " recently, in accordance with annual cestotu,
blessed what is called the ' Golden Bose.' This flower,
which is made f the purest gold, and ornamented with
precious stones, was rubbed with balm, and incensed, his
Holiness reciting verses explaining the mystic meaning
of the benediction ; after which he took it in his left
band and blessed the people. MAAS was then cele-
brated in the Sistine Chapel. The gold roses are ortli-
nerdy NOM, tO foIORIC Sovereigns.. sometimes to Princeg.
and monirtimes, though rarely, to towns and corpora-
tions. The one of last year was sent to the Empress of
the French, and that of the year before to the Queen of
Spain."
EXTRAORDINARY Seicine.—A gentleman, said to be
the Spanish coioml for Australia, cli t himself dead in
Blenheim Park last week. Among the letters found
On his person, was one to the Duke of 3lalborough,
begging that his Grace would pardon him fir selecting
his park as the place in which to end his life : observe*
that lie hiss a feeling, which may be a childish one, which
revolts at his dying in cultieated fields, where cottages
are, and railroad. cross, and signs of life exist ; therefore
he hash ',elected Blenheim Park for this purpose, and
prays that the Duke will cause him to be buried at the
spot where he falls, and cause a cross to be put up to
note the place, acconling to the Spanish custom. He
states, further, in his letter, that he had been to see
Blenheim Palace, hoping that a tight of the noble
paintings would do him good ; but it was of no
To the landlady of the Bear Hotel lie gives directions as
to certain property in her custody, ordering certain
I debts to be paid, and the remainder to be sent to his
wife in Spain.
THE STRANDING Or THZ SHIP JI;BILEE.—On Mon •
day morning Mr. Traill, police magistrate, and Captain
Harris, nautical awl sour. held an adjourned inquiry at
the Greenwich police-eourt, relative to the stranding of
the chip Jubilee. of Workington, Captain I).iuglas,
master, laden with team and silk, value t.'250,040 from
Shanghai for London, which went ashore on the night
of the 3rd of February, at Beroq, on the French coast,
20 miles south-west of Boulogne. When all the evi-
dence had been given, Mr. Traill, addressing Captain
Iniughon said—The inquiry being now closed, I can
only pay that the CAM is one of • very difficult nature,
and it will be for me and Captain Harris to make our
report to the lioanl of Trade. That report may ailed
you in a manlier which both I and Captain Harris may
very touch regret, but a sense of justice will compel u$
to state what our opinion us. There is a considerable
deal of blame attachable as to bow the vessel could come
upon the French coast, which was quite out of her
usual course ; but the result of our inquiry will be coon
, municated to you through the Board of Trade. Our
report, together with your certificate will be forwarded
to that Board, and it will then remain with the Board
of Trade to say whether it agrees with the opinion we
' may arrive at.

THr GREAT BOAT RACE ON THE TTNE.—The great
and long-expected race for 1100 a-side, on the Tyne,
between Thomas White. of Bermondsey, London, and
Hobert Chambers, of Walker, Newcastle, which, from
the prowess of the wan, has created such interest in
aquatic circles both in the neighbourhood of the Thames
and Tyne, came off on Tuesday evening, and was
attended by thousands of spectators, there being no less
than Tlll steamboats engaged to accompany it, in addi-
tion to which the shores were thickly lined betwecn the I
starting point, the High Level-bridge, and the finishing
point, at the suspewion-bridge. The men were so
equally watched in age and performances that not so
iouch money was laid out as is usual in these gieat ;
races. They started beautifully together, and the cow
Ifict for halt a mile was moat desperate and determined,
neither giving his opponent the slightest advantage.
Whom about Mk yards had been rowed White showed a
trifle in advance, awl is said to have borne upon his op-
ponent, the effect of which was that the North cuuntry•
man came in contact with a barge. Owing to this acci-
dent White obtained a lead f several lengths, rowing
in his usual style ; but Chambers, with his powerfol
stroke, overhauled I soon after a mile had been
rowed. Another desperate contest ensued, but it was
au close that a foul occurred in the heat of it. Chain-
hers drew away, and canoe in first at the winning post
by five lengths.
SUDDEN WHITENING or TIIE oorrespon•
dent of the .hlelieal Times having asked for authentic
instances of the hair becoming grey within the space of
one night, Mr. D. P. Parry, staff surgeon, at Aldershott,
writes the following very remarkable account of a case,
of which he says he made Memoranda shortly after the
occurrence:—" February 19, ISM. the col under
General Franks, in the south of Oude, was engaged
. . . .

with a rebel (uric at the village of Cliamda, and st7e;rixl
prisoners were taken ; one of them a &Toy of the Ben-
gal army, was brought before the autlionties for exami-
nation, and, I, being present, had an opportunity of
watching front the commencement the fact I am about
to record. Divested of his uniform, and stripped com-
pletely naked, he was surrounded by the soldiers, and
then first apparently became alive to the dangers of his
position ; lie trembled violently, intense horror and
despair were depicted in his countenance, and although
he answered the questions addressed to hint, he eemind
almost atupified with fear ; while actuallr under obser-
vation, within the space of half-an-hour, his hair became
grey on every portion of Its howl, it having been, when
first seen by us, the glosi jet black of the &nob,.
aged about twenty-four. The attention of the bystanders
was Brat attracted by the sergeant, whose prisoner lie
was, exclaiming, "He is turning grey," and I, with
several other persons watched its progress. Gradually
but decidedly t'ie change went on. and a uniform
greyish colour was completed within the period above I
named."
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADT.—Much excitement was
caused on Thursday morning in the loser psi t ot AIAr
gate by the discovery of the body of a young lady under ,
the new landing place. It appears that it' the first
instance a lady's mantle, of fashionable abate, was
observed on one of the platforms used for the debarca•
thin of steamboat passengers. An alarm was given,
and soon after 8 o'clock a boat came in with souse
mariners, who, on landing, diactivered the body
! entangled &tweet' some of the cross bars which imp.
I port the jetty. Life was quite extinct. The body war{
immediately taken out of the water, and conveyed to
a building near King-street, and has 11111C0 been identi-
fied by Dr. Walters. of Broadstairs. The name of the
deceased, we understand, is Blaketnore, She is an only
child, and has been living with her father and aunt
near the Wheatsliesf Inn, at St. Peters, a village about
two miles from this town. The family are in very good
circumstances, and it is stated that the unfortunate
young Indy would have been entitled, on coming of age,
to considerable property. She went away front home
about 7 o'clock on W“lneelay evening, and left a note
stating that she intendcel to put an einl
.to her existence.
It is needless to say that as soon as this VIIIIX discovered
no time was lost in searching for her.. The 'search, how-
ever, did net extend to Margate, and it is generally sup.
posed that she had been walking about all night, as from
the dry appearance of the mantle, and its position with
i
reference to the tide, t Is 'Probable that the suicide had
not been orminitted many hours before the body was
found. Tile deceased was about 19 years of age and of
prepuweising appearance. An inquest will doubtlete be
held, at which spine clue may be obtained to the
cause of the rash act. At present none has been
assigned.
Me. MORPH U, THE ell EISSPEAY genUeman
arrived in London a few days ago from Paris, CH rollif
for his native city, New Orleans, rid Liverpool. On
Tuesday last he played at the London Club, Uornhill
and in the evening at Herr Lowentlial'a new chess
St. Janics's Hall. A match was hastily wide up for
Wednesday, and came off at the London Club Murphy
contending blindfold, against eight members' of the
club, eight. games anuultaneously. remarkable
feat of genius he hail before accomplished twice in
Europe, hut the two eights of liirmingliem and Paris
were both very inferior to the eight of the Loudon
Club who played against Murphy on the
present occasion,
and his task was rroportionately increased in difficulty.
At 5 p.m., on ednesday the following right players
were. at their poet, as champions for the club s—The
president,ilm
Mr. igreilien ; Mr. Medley, hn oorary
secretary;tiluus, George Walker, Jansen, Maude,
Alfred Jones, and Greenaway ; and Iforphy, in & sel'a•
rate room, began his twittery task by proclaiming,
through Herr Lowenthal, that he °peeled with king's
pawn two in each game. A crowd of anxious specta-
tots and chess celebrities were present. Lowenthal
proclaimed the players' moves aloud, as made, and
Morphy instantly called oat his reply. To every two
boards was appointed • secretary, to take down the
mores. After six hours' play Mr. Alfred Jones and
Mr. Maude users defeated; while of the remai • g
two, at least, had forced drawn games. At peat midnight
the play was still proceed illg 011 three or four boards, and.
then, by consent, these last games were dismissed as
drawn, the context having lasted over seven hours. Of
the three undecided games at the close Mr. Murphy 0010
sidered he hail the advantage of Mr. ilongredien, but
Messrs. ii:ous and Greenaway had the best of the play.
The match concluded by Mr. Morph, being declared to
have won two ganws and drawn six. Mr. Murphy con-
siders this the toughest match he ewer played of this
description. Throughout this long sitting he never made
one mistake, never proclaimed an impossible move, and
never forgot the situation of the humblest pawn. It may
be safely pronounced that uo greater mental feat was
ever acoomplialied by man. On Thursday last the mem-
bers ef the London Club entertained Mr. Morphy at
dinner at Greenwich. the chair being occupied by their
president, Mr. A. Mongredien. It is probable that
Mr. Morphy will leave this country for America early
nut week.

ERTEN/I'VE FRAUD AND FoRGEST BY A laynroot.
BARREL—On Thursday at the Liverpool Police Court,
a luau named Lambert was brought up on a charge of
obtaining a large quantity of Irish manufactnred
tobacco by means of forged hank notes. The prisoner-
it appears, carried on business as • haircutter in Lime
-
street, and about a fortnight ago he engaged a man
named Davidwin as an assistant. A few days after
Davidson commenced work Lambert asked him to take
sonic letter paper, with the address "Samuel Goodier,
wholesale and retail dealer in house and foreign manu-
factured tobacco," and write to several tobacco
manufactureres in Ireland asking their prices and
samples. Davidson did so, and the letters were requested
to be directed to 2S Exchange-street East, which was
the number of the Crooked Billet Hotel. The prices
and samples came, the letters were delivered to David-
son, who called for them, and in retuni large orders
were sent out, acci.mpanied by the halves of £lO., tit,
and 1:50 notes in payment. Messrs. Carroll, of Dun-
dalk ; Johnson, of Belfast ; and Monty, Belfast, were
among those who received the orders and despatched
tobacco to Liverpool. In the meantime I)..viilson and
Lambert quarrelled; the former gave information to the
police; a watch was kept, and Lanibert detected in the
act of despatching freak orders, with more forged notes
inside the envelopes. Several of the prosecuters at-
tended, and deposed to receiving orders with baleen of
notes enclosed, the other 1..,1ves of which were to follow
by the next post. The notes, however, on examination,
proved forges'i, id at the time they received intelli-
gence of thir they had discovered that the notes
were surreptiais. The priaotier was rent for trial at
the assizes. old man named Thomas Fowler was
also remanded for a week, in order that inquiries might
be made AA to the extent of his connexion with this ease,
it was stated that he was an accessory to the fraud.