The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

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BaIDGR OF AI.LAN.—A disruption of the conjugal re-
lations has just mewed at this fashionable watering
place (situate about three miles from Stirling), which
has excited • very painful interest there and in the
neighbourhood. It appears that on the night of Friday
week a special dancing assembly was held in the new
music hall, Bridge of Allan, which was attended by be-
tween 14) and 'JO ladies and gentlemen. Among the coin-
pany were Captain Gordon, of the 42nd (who only re-
turned from India a few days ago), his lady, and Captain
Callen, of the 71st, the depilts of buth these regiments
being stationed at Stirling. We may mention that dur-
ing Captain Gordon's absence in India his lady, with two
young children, resided in Sterling and neighbourhood,
and it is alleged that she was frequently in the company
of the Captain Callen above referred to. Certain it is
that, after spending • very merry evening, the party re-
tired, between 12 and I o'clock, for supper to Philp's
Hotel, and shortly after Captain Callen and Mrs. Gor-
don were missed. This was not generally known to the
company at the time; but the painful fact oozed out in
the course of Saturday. It appears that about the time
indicated the captain and Mrs. Gordon had • carriage
and pair awaiting in the outskirts of the village, which
they entered, when they strove rapidly to Auchterarder,
*station on the Scottish Central Railway, about 18 miles
distant. From this point the fugitives could easily reach
any part of the kingdom ; but as yet we have not heard
anything further of the movements of the guilty
pair. _ . .

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ANNVITT-TAX More IN EDINBURGH.— Edinburgh
has been the scene of a series of arrests for arrears of
annuity tax. The clergy of the Established Church
sent the sheriff's officer to seize three persons. Two
went to gaol rather than pay the tax, but one of them
was released on his wife paying the amount. The
third, • Mr. Hunter, said he would offer no resistance,
but would not willingly move • step. He was seized
by the head awl feet, carried out of his shop, and Bung
into a cab. Here he lay on his back, his feet projecting '
into the stmt. The sheriff's men vainly endeavoured
to raise him, and they placed handcuffs at lout on one
wrist of the unresisting wan. They pulled at his arms,
lugged at his hew!, doubled up his legs, but in vain.
A mob having collected on hearing the cause of the
arrest, they fell upon the officers, one of whom drew a
knife in defence. At length the officers sheered off,
and Mr. Hunter re-entered his shop, the handcuffs
hanging from one wrist. The mob pursued the con-
stables until they ran. On Saturday evening week a
meeting, called by annonymuus advertisement, and
attended by shout 100 persons, was held on the Calton-
hill. The crowd generally Keine.' more disposed for
amusement than for business, and the proceedings were
rather spontaneous than precoucerted, bat it was
resolved that a larger meeting should be held on the
hill last Saturday evening, and it was stated that •
public meeting of the citizens is to be held on Wednes-
day evening, to express their views on the subject of
the tax. The affair concluded by the multitude run-
ning to the side of the hull opposite the Calton gaol,
where Mr. Brown is confined, and giving three cheers
for the captive.—On Wednesday night Mr. Brown.
the remaining martyr of the annuity-tax, was released
from prison. At the close of the public meeting on
Wednesday reiliest WWI made that members present of
lothiawroad United Presbyterian Church should re-
main behind, and the result of their conference was •
subscription to pay the tax and release their conscien-
tious brother, who was accordingly the same night
restored to his family after • week's experienu•e
" durance vile." Such has been the inevitable result of
all the annuity-tax imprisonments undergone by would-
be sufferers for conscience' sake—some les.. scrupulous
friends invariably intervening Cr- long and satisfying
the collector's demands. During Mr. Brown's brief im-
prisonment, he has employed his Dine in the prepara-
tion of a brochtirc entitied • dialogue between "J
Brown and living Brown," the first-named sharer in
the collisply being the shade of • very estimable and
able volwitary clergyman lately deceased, Dr. John
Brown, whose horror of the tax was such that lre
offered his goods to seizure on various occasions rather
than pay, and finally reincved to • suburb of the town
to be out of reach of the impost. It is said that the late
prisoner's health, which was very delicate before his
• incarecration, has become so iinpaired by the excitsunent
and confinement as to necessitate his removal to the
Bridge of Allan.

A SAILOR'S FENFRAL.—The remains of James Riley,
the youth who was killed about 10 days ago by felling
Irvin the yard arm of Her Majesty's ship Donegal, lying
in the Mersey, and whose body warn washed akhore at
Waterloo, were conveyed to ht. James's Ceinetery,
Liver Pool for burial on Friday. About Irk of the
deceased's shipmates, headed by Lieut. Buller, R.N.,
accompanied the remains to their last resting place, and
as the funeral procession went through the principal
streets of the town, it attracted considerable attention
frow its novelty.