The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-10 00:00:00

SEVERE 311UNDERSTORMS AND LOSS OP um,
A revere thunderstorm pained over a large
the country on Saturday afternoon, doing rottlier4
damage.
At Chiselhuret a young man. aged ffl. a bririday
named Robert Ashenden, took refuge from the ...112
under a tree, and was struck dead by the lighim47.l
companion who was with him KM severely injured.
At Shortlan.Us near Beckenham, two cows
field were killed. A horse wee ale killed in a
Southend. near Igiwishani.
At Nage • lwlicr's shop was struck by the liglissim
but fortunately the imitated escaped.
At Woolwich three drivers of the A Field Itattcce
Dets.st Brigade. Moja' Artill'ff• n"""I Ilene/ s,ebey
William (!hattield, and Alexander Stephens were stew.
under a true on Woolwich Common, sheltering
storm, when all three were struck by a vivid flash of lidt.
fling. Seaton wee killed on the spot, his forage cap wt,j,
he wore being severed in two. Chatfield and Meeks,
were very severely injured, and were conveyed se quillejs
se poesible to the Herbert Hospital where they he in
precarious state.
At Clapham Junction the lightning struck the eh'
stack of a house, shattered Hand caused much &nnept.
both that house and the adjoining one. A 111111 win
at work in the York-rued, Battersea, was struck NA
received a slight injury.
At Ottery Si. Mita live nhdel. Were killed by lightning.
and a stable door was wrenched off its hinges and the leek
broken. The horse which occupied the stable was unhurt
At Newton St. Cyres °•OIM., outbuildings on Mayne Far,
occupied by Mr, Osmond, were ignited by lightning asl
considerable injury was done.
Part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire hue.
near Worksop, has been witshin! away.
At Maidstone the house of Mr. Waghorne watchmaker,
was struck by lightning, and a massive chimney sm
hurled through the roof. The house was otherwise • pod
dog shaken, and a largo stone of Kentish rag at ti., dos,.
step was fractured. The inmates escap.xl unhurt. but a
bitelniowourrarinigitrliewte.w.asmnue,e,lattoliethheuoosophthmicwad struck blind
Hocpim
and partially recovered his sight.
The whole of the farm buildings at !Rayne Bartok
Newton Styres, the property of Sir Steffen! Northcote,
have beau destroyed by tire, cowed by lightning.
At Deane, in Northamptonshire, two senti-detschvi
cottages were struck. A woman was thrown down and
stunned. and • frying pan in her hand dashed against the
wall a child in her arms escaped uninjured. A rou
sitting at table was thrown from his chair. In the next
house a man was knocked down and the bedclothes
singed. The woman was unconscious for some boors.
In South %Vales considerable damage was done, In tas
Swansea Valley a bridge on the Brynaintuan line wee
carried away. At Ystradgunitis forty houses were flosded,
owing to the canal overflowing. All the furniture Wu
spoiled, and the people for many hours could get no food
At Cwmturch • similar state of things prevailed. In ths
Ithonda Valley eleven sheep were washed away, a row
houses were flooded, and all the doors and wind.,
smashed, and the bedding exiled. A pit at Illeenrhonds
narrowly escaped inunridation, ss a small reservoir bunt
mad poured down the shaft, but the colliers diverted it
Great damage has beim caused to the crops. At Treforest
the lightning entered a bedroom, net it on fire, and die
appeared through • hole which it made in the opposite
walL One old woman, who was carried off by the tool
and rescued, is expected to die.

EXTRAORDINARY SLANDER CASE.
An extraordinary slander aire wan concluded at the
Croydon assizes, before the Lord Chief Baron and a
special jury, .m Saturday. Mr. Temple, the plaintiff, we
formerly a lieutenant in the il3rd Regiment of Hightandem,
and in the latter end of the yearltet he was married to a
young lady named Powell, who had previously lived with
Mr. H. IL Frisby, stockbroker, and his wife, for several
years. They lived happily together till November, PGI,
when Mrs. Temple made a confession to her husband. Hs
went to Mr. Frisby with the written rtatement she made.
It was in the following words:—" London, November IP,
1g73—1 have told my husband that I have committed
adultery with Henry N'risby, and, further, that frequently
before my marriage I have passed the night with him."
The defendant positively denied that there was any foun-
dation for this confusion. Plaintiff told hint that if, epos
making further inquiries, he had reason to believe that the
statement was true, he would chastise him in the meet
public place he could find. Ile was so satisfied, awl ua
meeting the defendant in Regent-street in the month el
March, 1e7.1, he inflicted a revere chastisement upon him.
The plaintiff had previously sold his commission end
retired from the Army, and he had done this
that he might be able to carry out hie ink°.
tion of chastising the defendant. The remit we,.
that he was committed for trial at the Midellota
Sessions, where he pleaded guilty and was fined
£5O. The alleged slander was that the defendant
had stated to two gentleman who had asked him for an
explanation of the grounds for the dispute between lete
and the defendant that the defendant was the
biggest thief and liar he had ever known, that be
had obtained money from him by false pretences. and
, that the reason ho assaulted him was that he wished to
prevent him from squandering his wife's fortune. It
appeared that since the supposed confession had been
made the lady had tried to commit suicide, and had gone
out of her nand and was now an inmate of Bethlehem
HospitaL A snit in the I rivorce Court has been instituted
by the plaintiff. The defendant denied having les
guilty of adultery, declared that lie had never used Me
words chariest, and that the witnesses called to prove the
slander were strangers to him. The jury found for the
defendant.

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