The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

Erma! Nclus.

THE SoIREE TO Mn. CORDEN.—TIic soiree to Mr. Cob-
den by the electors t,f Itochtlale hes been fixed for Wed-
rebday, the lith of . ogubt. Mr. Cobden b to address
the uou-eltvlorr ou the fellowing °vetting.

Eros COLLFAHL—TiiO proposal- 11214/1 by Eton College
the Cambridge I:niversity Counnissiomrs more than
two years einem "That the SOWi of all Ifrith.li sohjects
herw ise duly qnalified le admissible u candidat,s for
r.,..4l.ielelarship..," has, within these few days, received
the sate thin of the I 'otinn•oner,. and has now become
a jim.t Ol the :' t!lt..il of Eton College.
LATAHD AND HIS SITPODTrIIM.—on Thursday
week tr. Layard's sm porters at York presented him
with II eplendid piker dessert service. Next day be was
cntertaini.sl at a banquet. Mr. Layard delivered an
able speech in the cour,e of which he expressed his
conviction that Mr. Cobden was perfectly right in
declining at present to enter the Cabinet.
Isc.turtors HATIIING.—A chocking accident occarrep
on the evening of Friday week at Barking. A Man WM
teaching his two wins to swim, by swimming himself
while they clung to his back. Suddenly, however, he
was seised with the cramp. One of the boys dashed
front him, safely reaching the shore ; but he and the
other buy sank. Amidst the cries of those on land he
rose and made for the shore, still bearing the body of
his son, and once more be made a desperate effort, but
in vain, and he finally sank, bearing with him the body I
of his child.

THE UREAT MATER N.—The engines of this monster
ship are now erected, the propeller hi in its place, and
the floats are on the paddle-wheels. The machinery,
indeed. is so far complete that the steam has been gut
up to try the accuracy of the bearim,N, and is forth.
Tho carpenters Lavin.; put up the deck bulwarks, the
li
painters are giving the boards the first coat. The
deaddights are nearly all in, and in a short period the
Great Eastern might take a trial-trip to sea, but, as she
ill still have to
coaled
s‘c.thetn w
s bca.
ANTI Dorf: TO STKITIININE.—Dr. Bewley, sii hing d provisioned, it is not
g 'tally
taken to ca
lie
to
kill a mii.miigy cur, and having read, in Magendie's " Re-
port on Stryclinia," that the sixteenth of a grain will
kill the largest dog, determined to make sure 14 this
very little animal by giving it half a grain. But either
statement was incorrect or the drug was adul-
terated, for at the end of ten inmates the dog, though
suffering frightfully, nes not dead. Isr. Bewley re•
4.1%.,.1 to put him out of his inhery at once, and accor-
dingly mixed half a drachm of prussic acid with a little
milk, and put it under the dog's snout. He lapped the
with avidity, and, in less than a minute, vomited,
got upon his legs, rail away, and teem...red.—Literary
(Ant'ic.

CRYSTAL PALACE AECHERY RIEETING.—The first
day of this great meeting of tolophilires passed off with
the greatest MICCeSs. From the target list it appears
that 70 ladies and gentlemen competed for the prizes.
The contest between the ladies was principally between
Miss Turner (the lady holding the Challenge bracer),
and Mrs. Horuiblow, the former possessor of it for
several years. Mrs. Atkinson, and Mrs. Luard, mem-
bers of the Royal Sherwood Archers, also made good
scores. Among the gentlemen the champion of England
(Mr. li. A. Ford) stillinaintains his pre-eininence, being
first on the score, although closely pressed by Mr.
Edwards, of the Aston-park Archers, and Mn. Bolton,
who at 100 yards took a decidel lead at starting. The
meeting was attended by several of the most expert
archers in the country, all of whom met at the targeta
again at 11 o'clock Thursday to complete their several
scores, after which the prizes were awarded.

Two 311:st KILLED DT LIGHTNING.—A shocking
event occurred on Saturday at Llan-nent farm, near
Monmouth. Two persons in the employ of Mr. Evans,
the occupier, were engaged in mowing turnips, when a
thunderstorm Mite on, and they both retired for shelter
beneath a wheat rick which was in the field. They had
not remained in this position many minutes before
they were struck by the electric fluid, causing their
death instantaneously. Their bodies were dreadfully
burnt, one so much so that the deceased could scarcely
be rxwognized. The names of the unfortunate men were
James Jones and John Cook. A wooden bottle con-
taining drink, which one of the men had with him, was
burnt to a cinder, and the wheat rick under which they
were standing, and which contained about 2110 bushels
of wheat, was set on fire and entirely consumed. In
other parts of Monmouthshire serious damage has also
been caused by lightning. Several farmers have sus-
tained severe lovies through their sheep and cattle
being killed.
Se set DE IN ST. JAIIEN'S PARK. —On Wednesday
111.111i11„.• at an early hour, as police-constable Martin,
241, A division, W,IS on duty in the Melt, St. JAIIICS'S
Park, his attention was drawn to a fashionably dressed
gentleman upon one of the benches who appeared to be
very touch convitkeil. On going up to him the con-
stable found that he was quite insensible, and apparently
, dying. A stretcher was obtained front the station
I house, and he was conveyed to St. George's Hos-
I vital. Hyde l'ark, corner, where it was discovered
that lie was labouring under the effects of poison. The
hi ~,,, ach pump was used, and other remedies were ap-
plied, but the patient rapidly wink, and expired about
half an hour after his admission. F letters found
on his person it would appear that he had lately come
from Guernsey ; indeed, Ins hat, which is quite knee, is
marked inside with the maker's name—" Raphael,
Guernsey." He is about 5 feet 9 inches in stature,
fair complexion, about 30 years of age, and has all the
exterior of a gentleman. Nothing was found to lend to
his identity. A gold pencil-case, a white cambric
handkerchief, and the duplicate of a watch, pledged for
eight guineas at Harrison's, Ablersgate-street, were all
the property found upon his person. His linen, which
is of the fittest quality, is not marked with any initials.
The surgeons have decided that death resulted from es-
sential oil of bitter almonds, or prussic acid.
A LONDON ELYSITII.—At the Worship-street Police-
court on Thursday. Charles Murray, a slim young
fellow, well known to the police, was charged with the
following rubbery and vindictive assault :—A gentleman
named Stacey, lately returned front Australia, and
residing at ltichniond, in Surrey, went to the Eastern
Counties' Railway fere:inns on the afternoon of the 19th
to be conveyed into the country to visit stone friends;
but finding the train lw was to go by would not start
for route time, took a walk round the neighbourhood,
and unfortunately wandered into one of Lite worst streets
he could—Co 11111 l eraml-sireet, Whiteeltapel, which is
the constant scene of robberies attended with violence.
While looking about hint the prisoner walked coolly up
to hint, looked him deliberately in the face, and then,
suddenly grasped his gild neckchain, jerked his watch
from his waistcoat pocket and snapped it off from the
peniltii.t. leaving the Chaill anil the ring swinging to
prosecutor's neck. Mr. Stacey seized the prisoner, who
kick. a hint and fought desperately, but the prosecutor
luld I with such determination that the prisoner,
after redoubling his t fforts at esc..pe and finding them
uset.es, thrust his band into his pocket, mei, drawing
out some sharp instr ttttt ca. dug it into the back of the
prosecutor's bead, a constable coming up and securing
I just as lie hail demi so, hut not in time to spare
the object of the prisoner's violence the mortification of
seeing his watch flung to an accomplice, who caught and
disappeared with it. On aearching the prisoner at the
station a sharp and strong bradawl was found in his
pocket, and, a constable having identified him as being
very unfavourably known in that neighbourhood, the
prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed to
lsiewgate for trial. -

Mn. SPURGEoN'S NEW TABEIINACI.E. All the
difficulties attendant on the purchase of a piece of free.
hold land for the erection of this lung-talked-of Taber-
nacle have at length been overcome, and the cite, which
is near the Elephant and Castle, presents daily an altered
appearance, 8o busily engaged are the workmen in
getting it ready for laying the first stone. Lire 'WWI the
odntract fur laying • foundation of concrete, which is
completed. The ceremony of COI ttttt encing the work is
fixed for the With of August. The work will coat at
V.H,0110 by the time it is coinpleteBl. The funds in
hand at present do not exceed I:7,010, but the building
committee are encouraged in their undertaking by some
very liberal p "ses, which they coundentally believe
will be realized as the work progresses. It is in con-
templation by Mr. Spurgeon's friends to have a public
breakfast on the occasion, which will, if posiible, be
held at the Surrey Music-liall. The demands of the
proprietors for the use of the building on that occasion
are rather exorbitant, as one might suppose that sonic
little liberality would have been shown by the owners of
the property, considering the amount of money that has
already been paid to them. and which will in all
probability continue to be paid for some time to conic.
A charge of I.li for every service has been made for
now nearly three years, being at the rate of 1.780 a year,
The new building is to seat about 5,000 persons, besides
having a baptistry, seh.ilrouins, lecture-room, &c. Mr.
Spurgeon has for some time been engaged in various
parts of the country endeavouring to rime contributions
towards the funds, and we understand his labours have
been successful. Mr. W. Mips is the contractor for
the building. The Hiptist coiuuuiuuinity may therefore be
quite sure that by this time next year they will be able
to assemble for devotion ill the largest Dissenting place
of worship in the kingdom.
Fuse RELEs r. CoNtioN SF.NI4It Pascrire.—Fro-
fi ssional pretension is often wrong by dogmatic rules,
while colluiuioui Sense is content to be right without them.
This is pre-eminently true as regards the science of
medicine ; and the superiority of a common sense
practice over the cut-and-dried system of the mere
slaves of precedent, has been abundantly established by
the success of Holloway's world-renowned remedies. This
extraunlinary tuan is especially appreciated in Spain.
The Spanish people know that his preparations will cure,
with entire certainty, what are usually termed hopeless
cases. Immense success has attended the use of the
pills in the violent fevers, and severe and dangerous
bowel complaints, more or less prevalent in all parts
of that country during the sumuser and autumn. In
fact, their operation in disorders of this kind is little
short of miraculous. Signor Jose Martinez, a gentleman
from Havana, recently arrived at Cadiz has stated
through time press that on the voyage he was attacked
with inaliviant fever, accompanied with vomiting.
purging, and terrible pain and constriction of the
bowels. The ship's physician deemed I past
recovery, and as a last resort, • box of Holloway
, Pills wes taken from the captain's medicine chest, and a
due administered to the sick man. From that hour,
according to his own account, be began to convalesce,
and before the vessel entered the harbour of Cadiz be
was quite well. Facts like this render arguments
unnecessary, and with such facts the journals of Mexico,
Brazil. Central America, Peru, Chili; Buenos Ayres,
and all Spanish Auierica, literally teem. Nor is the
repudiation of the ointment, as • means of eradicating
blotches of the skin, erysipelas, scrofula, and all externa I
I disorders less thoroughly established or less widely
I known. Our ladies use it with confidence as a means
1 of removing cups rficial blemishes, for they are aware
I that it contains no deleterious substance ; and as a family
1 curative for reducing exterior inflammation, and healing
1 wounds and bruises, it is esteemed above every other
outward application by all ranks.

I'ILIJI ASP t/INTMKNT.--Cancv.id ar.il ea:iron-on
allvedirom. flair Ivry 15a1114. eriate u,iirerai lierror : the
ami) relief from v atia:uou, OOilShoia,ln 0.41 41C•tii.
Maiil.lllt theW di-ca•CA Pre Nl* ithCf ineurabk nor ben..ll•
tary, for the iimrtalitv iron thtin ii Iltitain In UM annually,
nith little trrintleil.. A mild rumble h, the In.giningl.l
Mull, and It mav In! Muddied from the frame for over by 11101-
lenn).3lili and triutment ; the former extract from the
hindgenerally the imhemous hdht, whilst the latter motothet
the angry load ailment—ln both a power Juana curative and
pruphylactick of cancroid cutuidainta