The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

Sonitrzttobire.

TAUXTOX. —The Right Hon. and Right Rev.
Baron Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, has
licensed the Rev. W. Du Santo), to the ilk! •
homey of Trinity Church, Taunton, vacant by the
cession of the Rey. Prebendary Smith, appointed in
1b44.

Comaslios DIP THE MURDERER linnor.e.4.lt
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appears that the murderer Burgess (all account of
whose execution appeared in the Expos,s), insole a
full :mil explicit confession of his crime to the Rev.
W. H. Thornton, 'minister of the pariah of Exmoor,
who G&W him in the condemned cell. It would seem
from this confession that lie dug the grave for the
child on Sunday morning, immediately after the
murder, and probably ulile her corpse was laying
by the side of it. The 7'nusloo (butler says -
" We have seen an extract from the forchil confes-
sion nande to the rev. gentleman, in which Burgess
makes this awful admission :---I munlered iny child
for the purpose of saving 2s. 6.1. per week, that I
might be mauled thereby to indulge myself in more
drink ; and to indulge in di inikeimeaa I committed
the awful dud. Do you, sir, go back to Simons.
bath, and tell the drunkards there to forsake drunk-
enness and strong drinks, or they may yut stand •
condemned felon, u I now stand."
The proceedings at the recent special meeting of
the governors of our Hospital form the subject of
much discussion and aniinadversion in this town, and
• feeling of general regret pervades the neighbour.
hood at the loss Go that excellent institution of Drs.
Burridge and Woodfunle, and Mr. Welch. Among
the public generally we unhesitatingly assert the
fsehog is against the course resolved on by the
governors, and there is a strong oonviction current in
the minds of many that the best interests of the
institution will be materially affected by the recent
arbltary change in the rules regarding the attendance
of the medical odium
Lord Berkely Paget, son of the Marquis of Angle.
see,, • youth of 14, led • floold of 200 horsemen across
country after Mr. Xleynall Ingram's hounds on the
6th inst., in a brilliant run of 55 minutes, over two
big brooks and lots of billltlnches. His lordship was
In at the death, and his brother, Lord Alexander
Paget, •goud fourth.
ST. MART'S TOVIER.—It is stated that Mr. W.
(lore Langton, M.P. for West Somerset, has promised
the very handsome suns el £5116 in ant of the rebuild.
ing fund.

M A SMOCK. —Fir. Incendiary.—Emly. on Wain's.
Jay morning week, about three o'clock, the alarming
cry of tire was again heard in the streets of Martock,
and people were running hither and thither to tind
its whereabouts, when it was aacertained that a bean
Stick, belonging to Mr. Thomas Dight, and omitiiiii•
ing sic score bushels of bean. was in flames, and to
such an extent that all attempts to battle the raging
elements were entirely useless. The fire was
doubtless the work of an ineendiary, and most inelan•
choly to relate, is one of the many instances that
have occurred in the parish of Mattock, during the
last year or two. Well have these fiends in human
shape managed their supposed revenge ; may their
career however be short, and when brought before
a court of justice receive the severest punishment
that the law oaii inflict.

On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants was
held at the Market•housc, John Wood, Eci., in the
chair, to consult on the best means of discovering
the perpetrator or perpetrators of the lea Snout Mr.
Dight's, in North•strevt, and for eating tire to a
straw mow, a bean mow of haulm in l'oat•hinti,
belonging to Mr. F. Gillet, when it was decided to
offer £2BO reward for the discovery, £2OO for Mr.
Neat's, and £5O for the straw and bean haulm, or
one half of each amount to any person who will give
such private information on conviction.

BRZWERiI. broils of Lady Ueoripana
Wolf—This village and neighbourhood have been
thrown into a state of gloom by the sudden demise
of Lady Deorgiana, the beloved wife of the Bev. Dr.
Wulff, which took phwe early on Sunday morning
week. The flee/awed lady returned from a dinner
party at about haltpant II on the previous evening,
and retired to rest in her usual state of health, when
about 2 o'clock in the following morning, she was
siezed with a suffocating sensation in the chest, and
a rattling in the throat, which continued to increase
in spite of every effort which her domestics most
diligently used to relieve her, until death, which
occurred about halfan-hour afterwards, and before
her medical attendant conl/1 arrive. An inquest
was held on Monday before W. W. Nlunckton.
Esq., and a respectable jury, when a verdict of Died
by the visitation of /sod" was returned. This
estimable lady was a laughter of Horace Walpole,
Earl of Oxford, mid born at Wolverton. Norfolk, the
19th of February, 1795, she 'untried the Rev. 1/r.
Wolff in 1523, by whom she leaves one son, Mr.
Henry Drummond Wolff, who is now the private
secretary of Sir. H. Bulwer Lytton. In her, the
rot have lost a valuable friend; and society, one of
ita distinguished mnamenta, her brilliant talenta
being the theme of general admiration.

PUBLIC V ALVIN A TION. —At the Bridgwater Town•
hall, on Monday week, a labourer named George Fry,
was brought before the magistrates and tined the full
penalty of £l. with Itte. 61. costs, for factiously and
vexatiously refusing to have a child vaccinated, due
notice having been served upon him according to the
Act of Parliament. The magistrates expressed a
hope that the case would be reported in the public
press.
Barn AND WEST Or ENGLAND SOCIETY. —An
important meeting of the Council of this Society was
held on Saturday, Jan. 15th, at Taunton, and was
attended by upwards of thirty members. Mr.
Gabriel Poole brought up the report of the com-
mittee, setting forth the regulations made in the
implement department for the forthcoming ex-
hibition at Barnstaple; and Mr. Poole then moved
that the implement yard be open for exhibition on
Monday and Tuesday the 344th and 31st of May next;
that both the implement and stack yards be open
to the public on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
of the exhibition week, and that the charge for
entrance be 2s. Sid. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday, and Is. on Friday—Agreed to.
It was also revolved, "That the council, in abandon•
ing the system of prizes for implement", beg to
record their sincere thanks to the judges of imple•
went" for their valuable services. A communication'
from the Mayor of Barnstaple (K. Breunridge, Esq..)
was read, inviting the members to a banquet during
the exhibiton in that town. Mr. Sillifant, the
Chairman, was deputed to thank his worship for his
kind invitation, and to intimate that the Council
would avail themselves of it on the Wednesday of
the show week. Mr. Thome' Dyke Acland proposed
an extension of the Exhibitions to Arts and Mann-
facture, and introduced his subject in the form of a
" memoranduin" for the consideration of the council.
This document, which was very lengthy, described
the success which had each year attended the exhibi-
tion since the meetings of the society became
migratory. and stated that the agricultural imple-
ments exhibited increased in number from 400 in
10%52 to 1,100 in 1557. What was still more
important, the practical character of the implement"
had steadily unproved, and the attendance of
exhibitors from • distance hail increased from II; to
&bevy 40. The inen:asing number of visitors, inelnil•
ing • large portion of ladies, healed to the exhibition
of many article" not directly agricultural, with a view
to their advertisement and sale; and in order to
facilitate the disposal of the producte of local industry
or talent, it is now proposed to extend the exhibition
of 11.59 to agricultural implements, viz., in the
mechanical department, scientific deportment, domes.
tic or economical department, and an artistic depart-
ment, kc. The memorandum having been debated
at some length, it was resolved : " That &committee
he appointed to tarry into effect the proposed exten•
tion of the Exhibition to Arts and Manufactures,
with reference to the memorandum prepared by Mr.
Actual." Several members of the council offered
handsome donations towards a special fund for carry•
out the exteneion of the Barnstable Exhibition to
Arts and Manufactures.

Boaxixii or Tull Pour° Novo.—One of the
most disastrous fires that have occurred in Bristol
for many years took place on Saturday. The Porto
Novo, Captain Townsend, a vessel belonging to the
trustees of the estate of Messrs. ltrufonl. Dyer, and
Co., had recently arrived loon GAN )011, West Africa,
and was moored off Pennerwharf, Reolclastreet, for
the purpose of discharging her cargo. This cargo,
which was of cousideralole value, consisted of 2:111
tons tine palm oil, 200 tons barwood, four Vous
ebony, 4,400 cocoa nuts, 4,1531 b. gunpowder, besiolus
a large quantity of elephanta' teeth, gum copal,
wine, he. The vessel was built in Sweden, in Itt4S,
and registered 23761.100 tons. About two o'clock
on Saturday afternoon two of the men employed in
the hold in discharging the cargo let a lighted candle
fall on some loose gunpowder. An explosiou
necessarily followed, and the cargo Was immediately
on tire. The men engaged in the vessel vainly
endeavoured for about two hours to arrest the pro-
gress of the dames by throwing water from buckets
on the burning mass. The aid of the various fire.
engines of the city with their brigades was also
called into requisition. Time efforts of the firemen
being attended with scarcely any greater snores, it
was determined to scuttle the unfortunate vessel,
as the only chance of saving her or her cargo. The
harbour master gave orders for the surrounding
shipping to be hauled away to as great a distance
ma possible, and holes having been cut in the Porto
Novo's side, she tilled and sunk to some extent.
The presence of a large number of casks of oil pre-
vented her being subnierged so completely as was
hoped for, and as she heeled over considerably on
bar larboard quarter, a good portion other cabin was
still left above the high water level of the harbour.
The tire at that part continued to defy all the efforts
used to extinguish it, and being fed by the melting oil
and beeswax, it raged with such fury that at ono time
the burning vessel was all but unapproachable. The
flames broke out on all sides and towered to such a
height that the entire city was illuminated. At
about four o'clock it was determined to out her masts
away, which was speedily accomplished, and they
went overboard with a tremendous crash. At about
live o'clock the fury of the fire began to abate, and
at three p.m. it was all but out. The vessel is of
sauna &Boost entirely destroyed, and the cargo
burnt and damaged to a serious extent. Fortunatel_ y
for the creditors of the estate to the trustees of which

the setael and the valuable produce it contained
belonged, both were insured in the (limeral Fare.
"dice, the ship for LI,OOII, mid the cargo for .0.010.
Two men, named James ()nick and Robert Niath-
jug, who were assisting in the difteleirge of tile vitro,
were eel-ion/1y buret at Out the head and shoulders
by the evlos iiiii iii which the calamitous lire
originated. They were conveyed t,the Bristol
thneral Hospital, where they ale progressing favour-
ably. Fortunately, a ship on lire is a rare isiviirreitor
in the harbour of Bristol, hut this aisiident
suggests tin; necessity for providitr; a Boating lire•
engine. a necessiry precaution which ha. 4 not yet
berni taken by the euthoritive iif the port. The
cargo, with the ship MO !WM, hail been advertised
fur sale next month.