The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

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DEATH Or A 0911 M olt firoWDON.--
these sad occident' hu just happened. An old awl
eelebrated guide, William Williams, left Llanberis at
10 sm., on Thursday, to conduct • lady and ntle•
inan up Snowdon, thence to descend on the Bed short
side. Demised was a noted botanist, and while his
party rode slowly forward on ponies he indulged in hie
favourite science, rejoining them when he had obtained
the plaids. Arrived at the summit, be left them amain
in order to gather some ferns, taking the direction of
Cape' Curie, when his foot must have dipped and be
was piecipitated down • declivity of 300 yarls. 'rho
party, after waiting an hour and • half descended to
dgelert, and thence wrote to Mr. Will6loll, of the
Victoria Hotel, lianberis, but owing to the guide's
non-appearance, scouts had already been gent out, .-
the body was found lyinx at the foot of the precipice.
Crowds of periioni attended the remains to the grave.
REMARKABLE Foor-aaet.—Tbe great ten-toile foot-
race between two Indians and two white men which
had been for some time announced in the :porting
papers, was run on Fashion Course Istely. The
men came to the soore punctually at the appointed
hour, looking well. "Young Sport," the Fulton'
market boy, who was to have been one of the runnels,
wee not backed, so that only four entered. Bennett
and Smith, the • tall, stalwart, swarthy Cattaraugne
Indians, walked around with the imperturbable gravity
of their race, and evidently viewed their two white
competitors with complacency, for neither of them
could have been above five feet six, nor did their *light
thorns promise much in the way of endurance.
White, the slimmest of the two, is a London Cockney.
26 years af age, weighs 1301 b., and has no American
relintaion as a runner. He it slight in frame, but
well knit, and was in firstrate condition. Mower, the
other, is also an Eaglishnian, from Norfolk, and would
prgiably weigh about 135 or 140 pounds. At the word
“ Go" the men started with a jump, the Indian Bennett
disegiing to the front, and White Iseepiog clove behind
him The difference between the gaits of the white
eat red men were very snarit4 the former going with
an easy, cat-like step, and the latter with that peculiar
"love" and side-swing of the Shoulders and head that
any prairie traveller has remarked among the runners
of the Western tribes. The ret; Dello was done in 449,
the Indian Bennett coming in first, White next, the.
Indian Sinith next, and Mower a fell eighth of e mile
in the rear. The betting before, the start had been 100
to 50 on Bennett against the field, his old contestant.
Smith, showing bed condition, and the whites being
comparatively unknown. Whet Bennett bad finished
his first mile in such good style his friends stood firmly
by him, but there was not wanting :those who taw such
great promise in the splendid gaiter White as towarrai
them in investing at the offered rates. The men weid
hat* the sound nide ia a long string, Bennett leadiag
White only • couple of pares, but Smith 10 rods behind
and Mower very far behind. This man showed very
poor game, and should never have been entered in his
then condition. He tolled around the course in the
second mile, but gave up, dead beat, soon after entering
the stretch. The second mile was made up in 520, the
leaders keeping their relative positions, but the same
great different* in their running being observable.
Smith, far in the rear, seemed a gone cue, and, indeeol
proved so, for he gave up, completely exhausted, be-
fore finishing his fifth Ali. By this time Bennett's
heavy, louipering lope began to tea On him, for he
laboured heavily, and the sweat streamed from every
pore. White, running an light an an antelope, bad his
mouth opened for breath, and kilted his tongue out, but
otherwise looked as fresh as at the start. At the
of the fourth mile 100 or 500 dots: even mons',
offered on White, and something was invested at
rates. At the end of the fifth 100 to 50 dots, was
offered, withoet taken. At the finish of the sixth'
mile White was at least fire rods bedtindoind the friends
of Bennett thundered out their emplanes as he thumped
along in his ponderous way, wagging his head and
working his shoulders; but., is if lid hid brought up a
reserve of strength, White cloud the gap on the seventh
mile, and in his turn was appianded as the two reopen
jogged past the stand in their old positions. Bennett,
as if suffering from • rush of blood to the Lead, now
ran with uncertain gait. staggering as if top-heavy, and
none weld be found brave enough to Invest their
money on him at any odds: At the halfamile White
was 15 yards ahead, and though Bennett, with a
desperate effort, rained on him slightly for a few rods,
his overtaxed strength gave oat, and at the three-
quarter post he settled down to • walk, a vanquished
man. As soon as hi, condition was perceived there
was • rush towards bine but Young Sport, ontlooting
the rest, reached the fainting Indian, and upheld him
as he dragged his stiffened limbs towards the score.
White. seemingly as fresh as when he had finished his
third mile, kept on alone, never deviating from his
running in • bee-line, end always goiug with hue
splendid gait, the like of which was never seen in this
country. The ninth and tenth miles were finished by
him in this style, and when, amid the enthusiastic
applause of the spectators, the flag fell, and the judge
named bite victor, he ',mined less exhausted thee had
Mower after doing the paltry two wiles. This man,
White, has made a notable entry on the American
course, and will undoubtedly be heard from agate. The
time yesterday was not so good as Jackson's by *evertl
minutes, the "American Deer" having done his teu-
mile English race in 51 dl; bet if the Indians had held
out, as they ought if they had been less diicipated for
sonic months post, White would unchmbtedly have
shown us soniething quite remarkable. We think he
should be called the English Antelope," as sa offset
to Jackuin's appellative. The time of the ten
as chalked upon the judge's slate, was respectively-4 49,
520. 520, 5 21, 5 01, swl. 6 12,6 12, 6 1:1,6 30, 6 56,
and 6 584 ; but, owing to an error in the count on some
one of the miles, all bets on the time of single miles
after the fled were declared "off," and the whole time,
59 561. only wan authoritatively announoed.—liete York
Tribooe.

•Anot!ller

Tug Gig Vl' E . The embarkation of the
troops intended to reinforce the Canadian contingent
commenced on Tuesday and was completed the follow-
in day, tinder the seperintendenee of General Sir G.
Wetherell. Upwards of 2,000 men, together with 89
officers, 122 hones, and 180 women and children, were
taken on board on Tuesday, viz. : 7 officers, 220 men.
cud 110 horses of the Royal Artillery ; 39 officers, 868
men, and 6 horses of the 30th Regiment ; 39 officers,
868 men, and 6 horses of the GO Regiment ; and detach-
ments from various regiments, comprising 4 officers
and 101 men. The men and watiriel were conveyed
on board from the great landing stage in lightens,
which were kindly placed at the disposal of the
A Imo-ally by the Cunard Company. The Armstrong
gums (12 pounder.), 18 in number, excited touch
attention and curiosity, and were greatly admired for
their neat and small appearance and high finish. Only
one slight accident occurred during the embarkation,
one of the artillerymen being bruised in the foot by on
ambulance wheel pasting over it. Ott Wednesday the
remainder of the troops including portions of two
Irish regiment., the 60th and 70th embarked.—
13 iortly aloe 12 o'clock noon on Thursday the Great
Sister's qttitted her moorings in the Sloyne, and slowly
and majeatically sailed out of the port on her voyage to ii
Quebec. The day was cloudiest, there was a brilliant .
sunshine, and the piers and dock walls for live miles,
WI well as the landing stages, were lined witbspeciatoes,
who, as the great ship passed them, responded most
heartily to the cheers raised by the soldiers who
thronged the deck and the lower portions of the rigging.
As she pawed the landing stages she fired salutes, and
another on vesting the fort. Both la Idle and screw
were in motion. In her wake were a score or two of
tugs, occasional steamers, and other boats filled with
passengers. whose intention Was to accompany the Great
Eastern as far as the Bell buoy. The troops seemed in
high spirits, and during the passage down the river
a band on board the steamer played several favounte
airs. The vessel took the Crosby channel. At 3
o'clock she passed You Neat (a station on the Welsh
*oast) at full speed.
ATTEXPTID 111:11Ditit AND SUICIDN,—An inquest was
held on Monday, June 24th, at Dim, by Mr. Press, one
of the coroners for the county of Norfolk, on the body
of • man named Charles Sheldrake, who had shot
himself to evade apprehensioe on a charge of attempted
murder. It appeared from the evidence taken at the
inquest that on the preceding Thursday Mr. Ringer,
the deceased's master, who lives at Walcot-green, in the
parish of Dias, but in • suburb of the town, was &bunt
front home with his wife from an early hour of the day,
the house being left in charge of their servant-girl,
Susan Garrod, and the out-premises in charge of
Sheldrake, who was Mr. Ringer's general out-door
servant, groom, gardener, &c. On Mr. Ringer and his
wife returning about 9 o'clock they were surprised that
the servant did not open the door to them, and after
sonic delay she made her appearance, and her master
and mistreat perceived that her face and breast were
covered with blood. She then stated that Siteldrake
had shot her in the orchard about three hours before,
and she had remained in the Louse all that time
without any assistance. Mr. Amyot, a surgeon, was
sent for iininediately, and he found that the girl was in
• very dangerous condition from • gunshot wound in
the chest. A warrant was obtained for the apprehen-
sion of Sheldrake, and on Friday about 2 o'clock he Was
found in a wheatfield near Mr. Ringer's premises, and
it afterwards appeared that he had concealed himself in
a ditch 11,4,1 by all the previous night. When he saw
the two policemen approaching he slightly raised •
doubleharrelled gun which he had in his bands. The
officers, supposing he intended to fire at them, jumped
over the hedge and made a rush at hfm, but de nutaptly
put the muzzle of the gun into his month and blew h.s
brains out on the spot without saying's single word.
The deceased, who was only 26 years of age, was
ausrried and had two children. He was a rett tied
convict, and was token by his master with a ticket-of-
leave, which expired about • yesr ago. His brother,
who lives at • neighbouring village " kept company,"
it appears, with Susan Gerred, and the affmr
had only been broken off on the Monday before. in cense-
queue, of the idijections made, both by the girl's parents
and by her master and mistress. It is supposed that
the deceased, Charles Sheldrake, though • married man,
had I • self some designs on the girl, and that he felt
provoked at his own disappointment as well as his
brother's. The girl's statement is that in the afteruoon,
during her master's absence, • female oonein came tome
her, and that Sheldrake joined them in the house, and
sat and drank a bottle of wine, which made them all
. sick. After her cousin left. Siteldrake, emboldened by
the opportunity and the wine, began to take liberties
with the girl, and she resented the istkmipt, aad '
threatened to tell her moniker. Melting out leen after '
into the orchard, &Da Sheldrake, who hail taken his
master's gun from the chaise-house,'fired at her and
shut i o her n the left breast and face. She rushed intone
outhouse and bolted herself in, irate to/kneed her end
threatened to break open the doeraileh. es axe. After '
some time lie went away, add she hhensited• her camps
into the house. Sheldrake also . tripito get into the
house. but, not succesdirg, be went sway. He met his
father the neat morning, and told him that the gen
went off arnidentelly sod that he idiot the girl "stone
dead." The tether stated at the Itiqewet that be believed
his ..., was impelled to thastroy.hiluself, net on seer:runt
of the "accident" by which he had injured the girl. tat
by the distress he had angered through not having
sufficient means to support his family. This elicited the
the fact that the deceased rileeived from hie master ouly
As. a-week, on which be had to suPperitimaself, his *We,
and two children ! Mr. Iliarpr is. a member 01 the Societe
of Friends. lie described seedy tning rather • w
ed eak-
wind man, and said t hismin !t. lately had bees.
see
,vary annular. The jur* Considered that the deceased
deliberately shot himself, Wliihi in Winkled-Mate al stind
to escape theeonsequenee tithe erbeekehad committed-
and they, therefore, ad a vezzlinkor'•ffklodleme."'
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lawee-diew, of a novel and interesting
he. Weil hem field at Hes at. Clement'.
Swaim Clere-market, the jib 'tog
residetritt ouof
denizens of the AMA/rem 'mall drawand In
the neighbourhood. • The innate to., of do
Ia sommon to sit demos,. ems *.s.
cons speeitnene of gardening under d ties whisk
were shown. Sonte of the Amu were really Bargain*
productions, considering the disadvantsp• arising
from doodled. space •Cessilack di lowtd. which they
were reared. The ealeileition was 11104 11•00.0114 Gad
in femme, intended 4e,he kiebtanetel%
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bave4srfitilii+st Liverpool. U
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Quehdt was ,ni whom 181 wort eaves, teem( sal
18 unannonnted 191.
Mr. Nathan Thompson, to work whose Ise
hyglgiggAroatey macisinery the NeVesal
Company (Limited) has just been formed, gime an elt•
position of his ingenious kiventiFo at his works, Vida?
Vs tory. Bob, to a number
ofMilton on Wednesday,
di:ng. et Ins istenishsd.serneady.ilimiamiralen.
gooring,,stemr, keel, stánpoit. ismierk dta, tad all the
ilitterelidite'sif in e4ghtodfbla It
length, all turned out of hand in ler than ass end
sk half. Tile secret of this extraordinary
• tioeViterbet ereeld °thew else *wispy* period
tit* is to be found in lb. adnetrahlg eeptegpigent ci
numerone unichlnes, eadt Completing" hit bdelike ci
1 the whole structure. The inventor was nineteenlyeen
gamed in elaborating his useful design. He hes now
induced it to thirteen pieces of macil.y, each ed
whAth'Ari hit patented, and which, Maid-
taneously. turn out in a very few l—,zjt, fabric al •
first-class yacht. When the Viricitts Oaf the beet
hay. beet perfected by twelve of themaildris, they are
put together by the aid of the thirteenthn,celled by Itimi
the " patent sesembling form." it is, Ail 'reality, the
reversed framework or shell of • bait, m.gying
puts, holding them bletifir; and retaining Am till
the task of boltingaad eaminng has been selezoired.
The marvelioneEste4of %GR. sim-
plicity cd. the hi • Ned, with
iurtoftftlitt."" e • ordinary heal.
builder totiletileta hit eel* mill allow el
the isitredeilime a emliparaiiveltAilelained heitenr. "
easy is the proems to Le understood. ft would be
4fttrawDatatca ita,-asilvaitamdiagamaaaaaam, wen
we to describe in succession @fetch the maribbses Ones
alluded' M. tee dendOrtore iissiegitta will soave,
some idea of the pimle of the invention whisk the
National hdendeMiearry out
oath. large mho. Osiexassmi• igueentlev *Wier ler
of war oolassibeav Ur. num ipmetiicivva-
traP:::sli prate mast latiparktab. We islisira that the
met of a, WM unaseragrataintbg et prminmemeof the
des of that ,pred semi hy JAMlgkieft• Wikinesday.
woad be 216; • privets hailderireishit gran* si.ht
I' for £l3. We believe the heetel'esidsiar- ageia am-
petivion offered is make °Ms foe dn. -11r.4111dingsme
offers Aloe thirty-five shilkisgs.i.ere• asednet asig mow
Jway of reommneadidiou, for oat reschne'mill he
mi, ealcalleing me the revelation the inweatime
must week in reducing miry estimates eldesdineirelehed
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Oeekerill end Mr Tweeiyout have bus rigida
sbarf for the city el Losaos sad Ihe
year ensuing.