The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

Soincrsitobire.

truck containing two-and-a-half tons. We used to
bc auutzeal at the statistical fact that the Cockneys
spent t lil,Uoo a year 011 water creases, but what
must lae tisat wow iercul capital which has twenty
boas of ki,ing•bushes to tardier front one loealaty
alone for we presume there is hanlly a railway
which Mlle to the aletropolis that not
Mock of Cos article I. koiolon at the festive ea:avail,
It woolal Le ,1 nice urithuietie,tl location. which it
1/1:1kOA .111;811V, water to work out,
alitionit of kissing that tailee, have taken pla.x etiake
tle• up from the West of En:3.mA aka,.
4 .•ci,. wing ia.ltee, out %oh your slab, wet work
this suns for Us: •If meter one nia.tletotels.h,th
wcvathillg slbs, twenty couples kiss in one aught.
what are the 'mother of kbeass that bs.k place nattier
the 20 tams of Druidical plant ? The lair ready
reckoner aho hatials her slate in first with tile result
oarrectly nuele out shall receive ; but lashaw,
who would glee the smallest berry or the suudlest
unstletoc•bougli for a salutation front a gay-headed
01.1 fellow sat we will eliiue the reward, awl lint
c. .me he Irui merveil with a paper .1 lolipops or
a young lover —sweatwata, of a tIV/e14.111:11rt.

W IA --Sono ',et Meld ilmoy. —Lri,1141.014
from Gioatoolsory lu Ire lbs.— A CUIV:4I.I ía now
iii on for subseriptions to enable the opening of
this line to be commemorated in a manner lomitting
the occasion. Up to the present time the ano ttttt t
collected is a considerable , and it is stated that
when the subscripti lists are closed, the total
amount will be such as to enable the executive coin•
mittee of management to give out at all early date a
satisfactory pro Aral 1111 l e of amusements, &v. The
line is expected to be mimed early in Fehntary.
The votaries of Terpsichore will be thought of ill the
shape of a ball at the Townhall in the evening. The
poor will not be forgotten. (In the morning of the
opening day the cry, in allmueioim tm the great num-
bers which are likely to pour into the town, will be
"Still they come," and visitors may must womred
that they will have no reason to regret giving their
attendance.

Nisw Nli N NC COWAN v. —A company under the
name of •• The Little Down and Ebber Itoeks
g Company (I' 'tviD, has recently been
formed- for the purpose of holding landed property
and raising anti working initienils thensm. It has
agreed for the purchase of the Little this% and
Lbber Hocks estate, on the Mendip Hills, situate in
the parishes of Weokey and Wells, containing 235
acres. The estate is supposed to contain vast
deposits of inang:mese and iron, in veins and beds
easily tibtainalde, ochre, argentiferons lead ores,
calamine and copper ore, besides beds of variegated
and fossil linostone lila, bles ; the refuse of which is
also applicable for home purposes —lime being the
princip..l manure of the district, anti as a Ilux for
The owner of the property has consented to
take one-third of the purchase money (c 40,01.0 in
sham. The property his been favourably reported
on by Professor Austell and other eminent sur-
veyors. The °potting of the Somerset railway from
Mutonitury to %Vella will afford facilities for clop
veying the minerals with economy into the Welsh
g and other markets. The share capital of the
comismy is .1:511,101, in sham of kl cad,. St. call is
to be made without the sincti 111 l of the shareholders,
anti no dividend will at any time be paid out of the
capital. The total expenses attending the formation
of the company are not to exceed 21 per cent on the
capital.
SliErrON MALI-sr.—We have been informed that
some influential gentlemen comics:4,4 with the agri-
cultural interest, intend taking advantage of the
excellent local situation of this town to promote a
free market here for cattle of every description.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A GAO OF
POACHER:4.—A case of night poaching attended with
violeoce has occurred in the parish of Baton, near
Sheptou Mallet, which might have proved fatal ;
and, as it is, it has resulted in serious tensequenees.
It appears that Lord Portman has preserves in the
parish of Pylle, which extends some distance into
the adj .. i.. ing parish of Pilton. Pylle Mr. Stick-
land, Lied Portman's gamekeeper, mitles Mr.
Nliell, a fanner, resi•lce in the parish of Paton, and
near to Lord Portman's cover; and as Mr. Nliell pre.
serves game 60r a gentleman livineo at Pdton. whose
preserves extend to near Mr. Sticklan•l's residence,
there has been a 1111 l tual understanding hetet:en Lord
Portman's keeper mei Mr. Nliell to proteet the game
••••r each other. tin the mornin4iuf Saturday week,
about two o'clock, Mr. George. Nbell, one of Mr.
Well's 8.115. heard some guns tired in L•rd Port-
man s wood, near to his father's house. Ile •
thately acquainted his father of the tire ttttt eance.
Alio at one got up. and with Mr. llemge
his younger son (Mr. Albert Miell) proceeded t•• the
wood. When they got to the hedge of the wood.
Mr. George Nliell went towanls the upper side,
whilst his father went to the lowa% leaving the
other son Albert, with a but that accompanied them,
at the spit where they •livitltsl. Not many hiiimnites
elapsed before Mr. George Nliell got near to the
poachers, who were gt•ing in the direction of the
place where his y ger l•rother sal the had were.
Mr. George Mull got to his brother and coefrontol
the poachers as they were coining out of the
we: II I. At this time the young Miells were
about live or six yards distant from the poachers.
(toe of the latter ' sliately levelled Ina
un at them ; Mr. George Nliell being in front of
his brother saw the gun pointed at them, and sprang
aside just at the time the gun was fired.. not how-
ever With Ode liasimug his left elbow wenticled (Which
Was then bung in a sling through injuries received
from the bursting of a gun about three weeks since.)
The consequence was that his brother, who was close
I him, received nearly the whole charge in his
sitle. The fellow (wl Mr. Nliell identified as
teorge Hill, a labourer, living in the satne parish as
himself), immediately jumped over a gate close by,
and ran off. Mr. George Miell mete a rush at the
•,thers, one of whom pointesl his gun sad threatened
to "•Irill a hole in !inn," but he nevertheless went
at him, knocked the fellow's gun ashle, and pulled
the trigger ; the gun. however, did not go fa This
fellow then numaged to bring the barrel of the gun
down across young Miell's head so as to break the
gun, causing the bbeel to Mow freely froin the wound.
Young Mien then closest with him and took away the
gun, and held him until his father arrived, to wl ttttt
he had signalled on the gun toeing fired which
w kel him and his brother. This poacher was
secured, his name is Thomas V. • g, • native of
Ihlten. In the meantime the other poacher had
bolted. Mr. Nliell, the father, then took r * g
hack to his house, whilst Mr. George Miell and the
al aseieted in getting his younger brother home.
Surgical assistance was immediately sent for, and it
, was found that the young man, Albert Midi, was
severely wounded, the injuries extendieg from the
chest to the hip in the left side, and md the slightest
doubt is entertained but that he would have been
killed on the spot had it not been from the circum•
stance of his having a large pipe case with a pipe in
it in the breast-pocket of his coat, where the greater
part of the charge came against him. The case on
Isuing examined, WWI literally riddltel, and the pipe
smashed into pieces. Mr. George Miell remit/set
.several shots in the bone of his ann and elbow.
Both are now pne,srtesing favourably. The third
poacher, who escaped, was the same morning arrested,
who proved to be a brother of the fellow George
Hill, who fired the gun. All three prionners have
since Lest taken befere two of the county magis-
trates, who hare rem uel.el them until the young
Mill's are able to attend to give evidence against
thew.— Ih'est,rn Flyiug Post.

roitri.--ln compliance with a
suggest' from Sir J. E. :Eardlcy Wilmot, the
Judge, the attorneys practising in this court
appeared last week for the tinst time in professional
rubes.

Pi:Dross:li eIIEINK Matter'. von Benivm..—Our
country friends will he glad to learn that step§ will
immediately taken to men a much needed cheese
market in connection with the cattle market. All
the necessary aces 111111 l "dation for the sale of the
c'uiin.shitv and the convenience of our cheese mak-
ing friends can, and we hope will, be provided in
the locality to which we refer. If it be accomplished,
the market will prove a great leans to the farmers
and the large Vile(3Bo producing districts round
Bristol.
Buberm. AMBER or tit ER. 'lt —The annual
ineeting of this Issly was held on Wednesday aftet-
noon in the hall of the *slay of Merchant
Venturers, under the presidency of Mr. I'. W. S.
Miles, of Bristol and Melbourne. The secretary
(Mr. 1.. Bruton) read a comprehensive report of the
proceedings of the Ciamber during the past year,
including details of the steps taken ill reference to
aecomneslation for the largest clam of
ocean steamers at this port, the mercantile marine,
and bankruptcy and insolvent laws, registrati 111 l of
partnerships, tribunals of conlineree, Bristol as an
emigration port, harboucs of refuge, theStmle duties,
consular services, through isenumnicat: between
Bristol and the Continent, marine store dealers, the
expense of 01,4 • • g private Arts of Parlizeneut for
public purposes, the rata.' of wages in the district,
and the trade of the port. In reference to the
latter point the report gave a tabular statement,
showing an increase in the total Customs' receipts of
ItsBs over I h 57 or 1:54,1%:2, and in those derived from
the direct trade an increase of ,144,308. The foreign
and colonial tonnage entered inwards with cargoes
during the year Ihss WILY h 46 vessels of 199,119 toes.
against 690 vessels of 1',5,762 tolls in NW, and 670
vessels of 172.1150 tons in 1556. The audited
accounts showed an excess of el ha. 7.1. in the
receipts over the expenditure of the past year, and
the statement of liabilities and assets for the same
year exhibited a balance of .i7B ss. ad. in favour of
the Chamber. The Chairman, in moving the aslop•
tion of the report, congratulated the Chamber on
the increase of the trade of the port during the past
year of commercial distress, and hoped that the
efforts for increasing the accommodation for the
largest class of ships and ocean steamers would be
persevered in and carried to a successful issue. The
resolut• was seconded by Mr. E. 8. Robinson. and
was carried unanimously. The meeting was further
addressed by Messrs. M. Whitwill, J. M. Hyde, W.
Terrell, A. Warren, E. Bevan, T. Thomas, G.
Cole, and T. Evans, all of whom echoed and enlarged
on the remarks of the chairman respecting the
neocessity for extending the dock accommodation of
the port, and pledging themselves to renewed efforts
for carrying out that object. As a proof of the
increase in the trade of Bristol, it was stated by one
of the speakers that one-eigth of the whole of the

• sugar imported into the country during the past
yeAr had emu,: to A vote of th the
Ili-Lir:min terminated the promvilings. The re.igna-
um, through of Mr. llols rt id the
tirm of I iob.. Bright, awl Livcri.it .1 and
Vr..i•.l. Pieshient of the was an-
nounced at th.. ; ati.l s. mitt,
ma. ,t,.1 t.. tiC a
1111:1•11.t. t: -.flte miles of
aru iitii.c 11111t1:pottalig. m.ing to the
supplies othe-s ; hut former mt.:i ale
fall) and ihrliii kit ills...Atli a very
firm “pparaisee. prodnee -.ells to.. moderate
e%ient a! Lit, rate.; Isla the chill
r Laid disp,,ition to pur..fli..se iii awe: ipatloit of
i their iiiiin.dr.te requirements. Hutu sells steadily
! at former ; hut there is very little MAY
..ffering iii atoy O.! 1..L1 arrivals (ruin
in, Du er.r..not being yet ready for the market.