The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

D eb on s b ir t.

Extres.—The Lord Bishop of the diocese has eon-
(erred the prebend in the cathedral church of Exeter,
vacant by the death of the Rev. George Hole, on the
Rev. Wm. Woodis Harvey, M.A., rector of St.
Mary's, Truro. His lordship has conferred the pre.
bend, vacant by the death of the Rev. Nutcombe
Oxenham, on the Rev. Francis Tate, IL A., vicar of
Axminster.
PRIERNCI OF MIND IN • SERVANT GlRL—About
one o'clock on Friday, two men scaled the walls of
Manor House, Alphinirton, and entered the back
premises where they stripped off the lead from the
portico and cut away the lead pipes. The noise
awoke the servant. She immediately communicated
with a gentleman who was staying with Mr. Snell.
In doing scab. had to traverse • long passage. She
looked out of the window and saw the men taking
away the lead, when she shouted, "Take the gun
and shoot them !" This caned the villians to run
away leaving • pair of shoes, a black apron, and two
pieces of hissen. It is hoped these articles will lead
to their detection. They had also made their way to
the stable and carried off a pair of white driving
reins.

N, ALOE OP PROPERTY IN THE CITY. —The refer-
ence held last week at the Half Moon Hotel, be-
tween the South Western Railway Company and the
feoffoes of St. Petrock and their lessee, Mr. Reed,
ought to mad!, the citizens of Exeter that property
had not depreciated to the degree often alleged by
the public bodies of this city. The feuffees of St.
Petrock were the owners of a piece of land in
street road, Queen-
imunahately adjoining the city sewer,
and with a depth of an average of thirty feet for
foundations, if the land were used as building
ground. The reference was to determine the value
of the feoffecs' interest as revemioners under a lease
which they had granted to Mr. Reed of the land in
question for a 190 years, at a rent of £lO a year, and
also the interest of Mr. Reed, the tenant, as lessee.
The (coffees gave evidence that their interest was
worth F5OO ; and Mr. Daimon gave evidence that
Mr. Reed was entitled to receive as compensation
£914, making a total of £1,414; but Mr. Hamant,
the architect, at Plymouth, gave evidence that Idr.

Reed was entitled to receive £1,530, which, with
the £5OO for the feoffees would make £2,030. In-
deed, Mr. Damant stated that the trustees of Flaye's
Charity ought to have received for their lands ad-
joining, taken by the company, £7,1.5.5 itistead of
£2,500 as agreed on. We have just learned that
Mr. Harvey, of Torquay, to whom the cases was
referred, has awarded the feoifees /370 and Mr.
Reed £494, making a total of £064, and though this
is £550 less than the first-uamed estimate, and
£1,16e less than the last, yet it must be recollected
that the land is only about half an acre and is dis-
advantageously situated.
A private of the 9th Lancers, named Jonathan
Wilkens, arrived at Trowbridge from Exeter on Fri-
day. He was taken from the railway carriage at
Trowbridge either dying or dead, life being quite ex•
tinct liefore the arrival of a surgeon. It appeared
that the deceased and other men were placed in a
compartment under arrest at Salisbury in consequence
of their intoxication; and when the door of the car-
riage was opened at Trowbridge deceased was lying
on the floor with his head under the seat, and a tipsy
comrade lying across his chest. The medical eve-
uence given by Mr. Stapleton and Mr. Sylvester,
surgeons, favoured the supposition that the unfortu-
nate man's death whammed by strangulation, by the
pressure of the edge of his stock upon the trachea.
An inquest was held upon the body, and a verdict of
" Accidentally Suffocated" returned.

To.—The Russian Royal Family arrived at
Totnes on Tuesday, the 4th inst., having come up
the river from Dartmouth. They took refreshment
at the Seven Stars Hotel, and left in the evening for
To.r:puiy.

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lioNlTON.—Atlempt to PoiAon.—On IVedneslay
a man named Broom was committed to take his trial
for an attempt to poison himself a week or two ago.
He took a large quantity of poison used in dipping
sheep. The sur;psois succeeded in puniping the poi-
son from the stomach, and hence his recovery. As
he had attempted to put an end to himself before,
there is very little doubt, that he is more tit for an
inmate of WIWI lunatic asylum than the county
gaol.
E xi. it A ORM XA R CUSTOM AT PLY MOTT) -- A t
an inquest lately held at Plymouth on the body of a
woman found drowned, a gentleman prevent said that
lie had seen the body brought ashore. Instead of
being in a boat it was being towed astern with a rope
and even if the woman had been in full health at the
place where she was found, she would have been
drowned when she reached the shore. On remon-
strating with the boatmen they had told him that
they were bound by law so to deal with all bodies
found on the beach; and that it was a universal cus-
tom long established among the boatmen of Plymouth
instantly, when a body was found, to tow it in the
water as that body had been towed, and to deposit
it in a place of safety, until the inquest was held.
The gentleman in question knowing this statement to
be absurd, attended at the inquest, when the coroner
assured the men that no such regulation existed.
I Fox 1-1 ..UNTING IN Devosmitim—An impetus has
I been given to fox bunting in Devonshire by the
I liberal and energetic efforts of the Earl of Ports-
mouth, Lord Poltimore, and the Hon. Mark Rolle.
who are masters of hounds. On Tuesday, the latter
gentleman, who not long ago attained his majority,
and who is the owner of a large portion of the pro-
Frt which belonged to the late Lord Rolle, inaugu-
ratedhis succession to the mastership of the North
Devon hounds by a sumptuous breakfast at Steven-
. stone-house. His father (Lord Clinton) and a large
number of gentlemen were present. After break-
fast the foxhunting season was commenced by a run
lon the mom. In the evening • banquet was given
by the members of the hunt, who presented a testi-
monial to their late master, Mr. J. C. M. Stevens (a
county magistrate), at Torrington, North Devon.
The lion. Mark Rolle presided. In proposing the
"Health of the Bishop and Clergy," the lion, chair-
man said he would not express any opinion as to
whether it was right or wrong for clergymen to ap-
pear in the field ' • but for himself lie must say that
he was always glad to see them there. (('heers) In
responding to the toast the Rev. R. Hall said the
chairman had expressed a doubt as to whether the
clergy ought to appear in the field. For his own
put he never had any doubt whatever. (Laughter.)
If he ever had such a doubt he should not pm-es to
set his judgment against those ministers of the
church who, for centuries past. had promoted hunt-
ing and at the same tune had been an ormunent to
the church. The chairniau had referred to an arch-
bishop ; now he (the rev, gentleman) knew an arch-
bishop (Jason) who kept an excellent pack of hounds
and who not unfrequently hunted them ; and when
he did so it was always with success. (Cheers.)
Mean, indeed, must be the spirit of the man who
would deny to a clergyman the innocent amuse-
ments of the country, whether it was crirket, joining
in the pleasures of the chase, or any other athletic
sport. (Cheers.) For his own part he should
like to see those sports much more enjoyed
and promoted by the gentlemen of the country
even than they were, and where any vice or immo-
rality prevailed in connexion with them let them

strenuoUsly set their faces against it. (Cheers.)
Mr. Stevens, in returning thanks for the testimonial
with which be was presented. said, —I have done all
in my power to promote fox hunting, because this
and similar sports tend to make Englishmen what
they are. (Cheers.) It tends to fit them for greater
things, and teaches them to do what our lamented
friend (Colonel Moths), one of the stanchest sup-
porter. of our hunt, did—for it taught him how to
bear himself in the deadly charge of Balaklava.
((leers.) It had taught others, also, who had bled
on the fearful plains of the Crimea how to do their
duty; and it had taught Englishmen how to lead
their fellow men on the burning sands of India.
(Cheers.) Bravery and courage were innate in the
hearts of Englishmen, and they were developed by
the manly and athletic sports in which they were
brought up. (Cheers.) I can also say with confi•
deuce that a hunt, kept up as this has been, tends to
',mince good fellowship and "good will among men."
(('heers.) I believe that we who meet on the cover
side feel a sympathy fir one another. and that we
would willingly stand by those who may suffer
reverses of fortune in the graver and more serious
circumstances of life. ((leers.)

SCANDALOUS 01:TRU:E.—On Sunday morning
week a most disgra.eclul oecumenic took place at
Hope Chapel, lhivonport, and we trust that the per.
son guilty of the outrage may yet be discovered.
The Hew. Thomas Horton, the pastor, hail read the
last verse of the by after the sermon, and the
congregation were singing it. He was still stand-
ing in the pulpit, when a stone was thrown through
the window at his back. The broken ghurs struck
him, and fell at his feet, the stone passed, and fell in
the right side of the pulpit, happily injuring no one,
Persons went out immediately, but no one was in the
lane at the back, and they and the police are satisfied
that the stone was thrown from the barracks. It
must have been thrown with great force, for there is
an outside curtain to modify the light, and though
this is the first time that the congregation has been
so disturbed while at worship, this is the eighth
pane of glass that has been broken in that elegant
window, and from pure mischief, within the last
month. There is no doubt that if the stone had
struck Mr. Horton it must have done him consider-
able injury.