The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

Uarittits.

A CHAPTER OF FLOWERB.—Flowers, of all created
things, are the most innocent and sMiple, and most
superbly complex, playthiup for chiliThood, ornaments
for the grave, and companions for the oold corpse in the
coffin. It is • very common custom in many parts of
England to place flowers in the coffin. Flowers, be-
loved by the wandering idiot, and studied by the deep-
thinking men of science ! Flowers, that of perishing
things are the most perishing, yet of all suably things
they are the most heavenly. Flowers, that unceasingly
expand to heaven their grateful and to man their cheer-
ful looks—partners of human joy, soothers of hernia
sorrow • fit emblems of the victor's triumphs, of the
young bride's blushes; welcome to crowded halls, and
graceful upon solitary graves. Flowers a.-e, in the
volume of nature, what the expression "God la love"
is in the volume of revelation. What a drekry, dean-
late place would be • world without a flower. It
would be • face without • smile—a feast without a wel-
come. Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are
not flowers the stars of heavvn One cannot look
closely at the structure of • flower without loving it.
They areenibleins and manifestations of God's love to
the creation, and they are the means and ministrations
of man's love for his fellow-creatures ; for they first
awaken in his mind • sense of the beautiful Lad the
good. The very Motility of flowers is their excellence
said great beauty; for they lead us to thoughts of gene-
rosity and moral beauty detached from mid superior to
all selfishness; so that they are pretty lessons in
nature's book of instruction, teaching man that he
Heath not by bread, or from bread alone, but that he
bath another than an animal life.—(Front Gardners'
Weekly Mcsaasine, Ix.)

SERVANTIe LOVlll.S.—Serrants' lovers are a constant
source of trouble both to mistress and to servant: from
unfortunate experience, the mistress forbids all "fol-
lowers." The servant feels her case hard, especially so
because her young mistresses may see their lovers as
often as they like. See him she will; so there are
meetings at the back door, and other damp and
unoomfortable places. where frequent °olds are taken.
At last her mistress finds out what is ring on. She
is dismissed • she finds it difficult to get another place:
there is nothing for her but to marry. It is iradent
for both, and when sickness comes, there is males for
them but to seek charity or the shelter of the workhouse.
Since servants have hearts, sad are Si likely in their
sphere to be loved as their young mistresses in theirs,
it is impossible to prevent their having lovert ; but the
evil (if evil it be) might surely be Teseened by their
being acknoeledged, instead of forbidden. Bee them
they will ; then let it be done openly, with the
mistress's permission, at stated times.. It is better and
safer for the family to have a respectable young mass
sitting occasionally in the kitchen than to have back-
door meetings with no one knows who: Why may not
the mistress do by her servant she would wish her
own danchters done by, if. throwb misfortune, she
were obliged to earn her own broad 7 Why may she
not inquire into the msttert If the young man be
respectable. let hiss come to the house • and if helm
Dot, either the girl must give him up or ste must leave.
—Robin Goodfellow.
A STIA NCI CONIICEICATIOS.—Au official-looking
letter, bowing a lane teal, and directed "To the
Mayor, High Sheriff, and Aldermen of Bristol," was
reoeived at the Couneil-hotme of that city on Friday.
In addition to the address the enveltie also bore the
superscription "Upon Chrieffs service." On opening
this strange missive it was 'found to contain an
intimation that London will be destroyed in 10i
and, as • mason why the sisic,sistlisaritiee of =
should feel an intorest in the fate of the
they were further informed that Obi tber:"epLt
they Amid all likewise perish. •
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ACCEDEM AND OFFENCES.

loss teoraniLltser etta
unfortunately • young maa named Charles
met with an instanteneous death. A
oonsistinfi acetiebblall trkilld,llolBlWriee membnil4,
atone from the Stead set*, when, haring get a eked
distance into the t
The drat:oft:6N offPiet44reae=4Mtelli
seems little leas than udramdmes that any of
wthage
charier Cl Abe eandtiediapellr I Thois eh loagna
his life was travelling in-the-tweak van contrary to the
sompany's rule is ba nor noll endiCbiib gtemeglag
home, ,
KINGSWOOD tOIDIII. —4411 &ads otiZys
morning. Carl Frans was •
magistrates on 6 cleave heini_mmosred in the
murder of Martlin nano: Tietiene %es
evidence for the Ord' thou ma' this Isscasual*
11:7 4
I,retzttlteigkf jog= gre=
.
feel hie position.rir"
ALARM <Mr Vide tz:g• as•••• OF, LOlllMikiva
about Millet 21 on dieing cesederckl• angle
was naeoestelted bler ety tihaVel43
duty in the oourty ' -
of smoke leguing f • the smsre
Victoria Tower. An • Was at one raised,
was soon aeoertained '
Clifford's kitchen leading into the shaft MT Et=
Rod had token fire. Regale wee lort°in getting tbis
nhiorhtrewadatcy'h 4,:rasd Shaluirioncelimcseellellit 411"52-••qiiill
ino•
the superintendence of &recent Freida. Tie daft
wall entered by piiliceeobstable'Parlidx VOW, of
the A division, and a good supply of enter hely le
band they succeeded is putties-a dip to the Itin
Prattles of lb•itrl•
deintt", haipt."Atritc%na
or limb, occurred to the Glasgow aid Wiestuins
passengers train, which leave Carlisle at CA a.m. The
train had pound naiad:at itatioe, and bad readied
witkinAlgriegtartteLpf • mile of Greta& opetiesanges
the mane-elle iron tire of one of the tient whldlrdg •
composite carriagps, Moe lad in the train, broke • the
wheel broke an The harrier was dative off the ;elle.
The ethetrfienteiherl illeibeake, sad dm carriage mem
ElSpelldEdja die coupling chains. The idling
the iii6der le be detached, andtbliblefer
the carriage fell on the rails, and was dragged sdkorl
• Ter! rdar4pusg manner without being overtimes]: ,
the earners Were Wea ene-first else aide
mcli genre. Wien* the driver cesiteppd4.fOpp
accident and tle_kain stopped, the
dragged abounlffzieibile, tie hinsistee7=l7:l42
lectlekos the lament accident near Dornoek in their
memmles, being in • state of great terror. It
that (fie Ipon tire i
which fird broke- wee quillalitul w,
having only been plat on last week. lOW th, 4IP•N spend
sound nt the fracture. Immediately on the dodo being
stopped one of 'the sarfaceinen wits• seat hick ki *bee
the whose!: werti ylaloutlialineis order ki emits the
Wahine, goods train from Carlisle, which was yearly
due, tu atop till the broken *heels's/ere remdvikt.'
fortunately before the man reached the spot din goods
train came up, the driver of which did nut nemeses the
obstru cam in. sadident thee in Melt tile le, gaud
loeeniotte casteis collisidn Welk the. wields siO wet
thrown mg the line. The drier and , Molten sustained
some hruies, but wider was seriously liai,•
It • ILWA V COLLIMION.—On Tuesday &col esinfift
o theWortir Devoe' ftallemy, adtheregit feeler
nately unattended with feel setteeqUelliese aimed
severe injury to many all the pitasee. Illga f. 40 am.
train from Exeter to Billeted 'passe the early moirsiag
train teen Ifideforde Exeter at tliv Cedentocie Stalks.
One of these trate had arrived. at the
other was advancing. The Outman, tad •In lEN• Omit
place turned the points lke right nay, bet, teem mum
Waft or other, he soddenly ravened Miem, the wean
quince of which was that the edvandeg, train. skink
contained at number of • pamengers, raw We the ease
Passenger train at Use Medea, 'and eaweed grestebenier
nation and injury to the perengen. Malay were as*
knocked about, and second enetased einem vostwelmmli
One of the guards, maenad Bulbs, bed biomes.. eg
to the forehead • Itr. Bolt, a lenersutiew,:dnl
carpenter, and ptivertli ethers, among OW loth*,
their hook ranch cat and braking. Mediedumina seen
promptly in attendance and deemed the memide Cl the
injured passengers, soorkof whom e., .Mid ie new
ties, their journey the setae deg. An dimwit' will
ionnediately be instituted into the conduct of the points-
MOM.
CII•ROE OF eIIUELTY. -.-Lieetessant-Oelood B. P.
Spalding, of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Maria*
Light Infantry, OD Tuesday appeared before the magic
treks at Gosport. on remand to answer • chirp iss
assaulting and cruelly treatini hie sun, Alexander 0
Spalding, a boy of eleht years of age, wherdig hie life
was endangered. The WiIiONEW was OGEE 000 a
i• appeared that the boy had lived 'with his
parents in Et:Aland oboe sia lean,' and had
home about twelve months. SION this time he hes
played the most extraordinarypremba, threw plate
down the closet, emptied jags of water into this beds,
and tore leaves from some of the eilaWlei books is his
father's possession. The boy on eounnrittiag them
offences had been severely punished and had admitted
that he wim the delinquent. Dr. Wharton, who ezansinedi
him, said he considered the punishment be had received
to be severe. It was sot, however, of • kind, in his
opinion, to endanger life en limb. Al the conclusion rif
the evidence the magistrates retired, and, after abet
half an hour's absence, returned ante end. The teak-
man, addressiug Colonel Spalding, said,—" We have
given the ease our deepest and most carded considers..
tion, both as regards the public feeling and your owa as
• parent, and we are of opinion that the puniabinene
inflicted upon the child has been very severe, but that
the provocations on the part of your SOD are IIIIET•01-
dented ;we shall therefore dismiss the cam." The
information had been laid by a Mr. J. 8011011, a grocer
at Alverstoke.
CottutTraa, or • Mimosas rot Ktt.igto an BEI-
- the Greenwich Polies Cott: on Wednesday.
Sarah Rutley, manager of an eating bone, at 3, Silver.
street, Greenwich, we charged before Mr. Maude with
causing the death of Mary M'Catliersi, a middle-aged
female employed by her as cook. Ellen de Gotta, the
wife of • confectioner, deposed that she resided in the
house adjoini=g that of the prisoner. Between es and
two o'clock on the afternoon in question abe was in her
kitchen, when she heard the prisoner essuralliag with
the deceased about some washing. The pitman accused
deceased of neglecting her work, and mid she would get
some one else to do it. Ellie then heard the ?dewier
rush at and beat the deceased, who called oat, ' Lease
use alone, and I will do it." Emma Clements, wife of •
coffee-shop keeper, said she lived in the hoes next to
the prisoner, there being a narrow passage between the
two houses. About • quarter past two o'clock on the
afternoon of the frth inst. the ;wheeler sent • easeetme to
witness that she particularly wished to see her. She
went shortly afterwards. and saw deceased lying on the
floor, behind • table in the kitchen. The prisoner told
witness that deceased had been dna& all the week.
About half an hoar afterwards soother young wawa
canoe in, took bold of deceased's hands, and mil die
wag dead. The prisoner made answer, " Dead —dirk
dead drank." Harriet Harradance, • girl 12 yews of
age, said she sooompanied the deceased frees bra
mother's house to the shop of Mr. Rutley. This wait
about half-past one o'clock. The deceased had bed •
little to drink. On going into the kitchen the premier
and the deceased commenced quarreling with ewe
other. The prisoner then pushed &owed and eke fell
on the door. Mr. Creed, surgeon, of Cromm's•hin,
Greenwich, said he was sent for about • quarter to fear
o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, the sth est., abil
foand her dead. He bad since made • poefeserfes
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amination of the body. Externally on the left side, at
the back of the head, he found a contused wound, sod
on the lower part of the hack of the nook, immediately
over the spine, he found anothar contused wound. Thee
wounds, as also a bruise or mark wider the de, were
produced by violence. The result of this *Lemonades
proved death to have resulted from oonaussea of the
brain and spinal marrow. The external marks deperibed
must have arisen from violence ; probably from Kobe
blunt or round instrument. There was • step loading
from the kitchen to the scenery, but in a different
direction to that in which the body was lyieltisted if
the deceased had fallen on it, the wound* t have
been so occasioned; and it was also Elolll they
might have Arleen by the head coming into contact with
the wall,lnd afterwards falling on the floor when pushed.
After some further evidence, Mr. Mende committed the
prisoner for trial at the ensuing Maidstone senses on •
charge of feloniously killing the deceased.
ANOTHER FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT DIAS BEADTIIO.
IL is Only • few weeks ago, that • report appeared et
two fatal boat accidents having occurred on the Themes,
at Cevershain, ear Reading, by which the liv • of three
young men wets sacrificed, sod DOW we have • reword
another accident of similar nature, said the loge of the
life of a young fellow stout 18 years of age. It opposers
that on Viedn.eley evening, about 7 o'clock, Frederik
Dormer, in this employ of Mr. Piper, living on Caves,
seambridge, Ils• ling (who is a maker of pleasure boats,
and lets them out on hire), started from his master's
Invokes in a bet, accompanied by • yousg mos named
Turner, have a row up this river. When Obey had
reaehed the spot know as Allaway's Island, Dories:
thought it would be well to haws a sail as a stiff bream
prevailed at the those. He got up to hoist the sail,
when • sudden get of wind blew the frail bark over.
As soon as they were immersed they began plunging
about and endeavoured to Mill EIX the shore. De=
anforrunately, got enlarged in a quantity of
said being unable to free himself he seem tank to f
go more. Turner, after is great effort, eacceeded is
reaching the shore in a very exhausted date and very
much alarmed at the fate of his companion. Some
pleasurchods came up • few minutes aftorareds, and
the occupants endeavoured to mover this body of
Doreeer, but they Wen umuseedul. Mr. Piper
, subsequently arrived in • punt with drags, and awls
I brought up the body. Mr. Meader, surgeon, wee as
spot, and tried every mesas to restore animalism,
but, the body having been uader water half an boar. M
soon became manifest that recovery was beyond human
sirsex An inquest Was held on Thursday on the lit.
before Mr. Blandy, COMMIT, sad a verdict of" •
Cleatial death returned. This event has revived the
recollections of the two boat accidents a few weeks eget
and the loss of the lives of four strong lON
healthy young fellows has met quite • iiome end dee
r ABIOD over the town and neighbourhood of Realise.
At the Clerkeawell Pollee Court, on Wodnokr•
William Holloway, a clerk in the employ of Meese
liargedon and Harwood, fenders dealers, it Idingtae.
was charged by his employers with no lam than WV
cases of embersiement—the mammas, however, not
exceeding £BO. H. was onamitel for trial.
BEATH NEON we BITE Or A Hosea. A Focal
man muted Robert Roberts, has see his &elk under
singular eirounistaoces at Aberwenay, in Sonamostb-
shire. A few meths ago he lemma Fir, IS Mr.
Fielder, of Arcadiseourt, Liantillo, Perterer• Oath,
24th ult., be aosidentay honked Isle astre-ssla. Che
the following day, while cleaning a pay in the stable,
the animal bit the Anger on the same period the tame
time kicking _designed slightll. im the head. ,H.duff.
wards eomplained el severe pain is tbe liager,,sag sus
of apala in his book sad heal He wee kindly abode/
by is. Fielder, but cm Monday lee beeline lowa.
that Mrs. Fielder allowed him to Imo sag net,
I Refry peaasbts arteotion was but shadily's/ism
Iliad taken deco, and lock jaw ganced. AN died es
Ido taories WripaidaY iii gob' ;
kimono* remolded as eacceast el •ad 4
we regret ta ell, lite iWew end. 74"sal

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