The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

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THE Rim. C. H. SPERGEON'R Niw TABERNACLE.—
This noble edifice, at a cost of £.10,000, relied entirely
on the voluntary principle is now completed, and will
be regularly opened for Divine worship in a week or
two. A bazaar was held there during last week,
and a series of opening servioes will commence HLESI,
diately afterwardr, which will wimpy the nest month,
and will be presided over by Sir H. Havelock, Sir S.
M. Peto, M.P., Mr. E. Pall, M.P., Sir J. Burgoyne,
the Rev. Dr. Steane, the Rev. John Spurgeon, ke.
About ELM beyond the sum required to defray the ex-
pence, of the building will be needed for the completion
of the front boundariee, the fitting up of the schools,
furnishing the rtudente' class-rooms, and other works
which are not at present commended, although only
about £l,OOO is still wanting to pay for the building.
Mr. Spurgeon cannot on any account be prevailed on to
uro it for public worship gm the aabbath until the whole
of the liabilities are discharged, and in this laudable
determination Mr congregation entirely concur ; they
are, thereb we, using every endeavour to accomplish
their task by the end of this month. In a recent visit
to the north f England and to ionic parts of Scotland
Mr. Spurgeon met with a moot cordial reception,. and a
liberal sum of money was collected to asset him in this
gigantic undertaking. It is the rev. gentlenian's inten-
tion to lake under his especial care about 100 young
men as pupils, to be trained for the ministry in that
section of the Christian church to which lie belonge.
Nearly 23 are already receiving tuition, come of whom
bid fair to become eminent in their vocation. During
the last seven years Mr. Spurgeon lira preached about
ten times a week to immense assemblages in the open
air, as well as in large public buildings and chapels,
besides other duties pertaining to his minietry.

ESCAPS OF A FUtIITIVIS SLAVIC IS New YORK.—
Just previous to the sailing of the steamship Yorktown,
yesterday afternoon. for Virginia, • scene which
created quite an excitement occurred at pier No. 13,
North River. About 3 o'clock a close carriage, con-
taining two deputy United States marshals and an
alleged fugitive slave, named John Polheinua, made its
appearance on the wharf. The slave was said to belong
to Mr. Jameson, of Lynchburg, Virginia, and to have
confessed that fact to his master, who is now in the city,
before the two marshals abovementioned. However
this may be, when the officials alighted, Gumbo showed
no very strong inclination to follow suit, and, in feet,
resisted all invitations to step out on terra firma.
Persuasion failing, the marshals resorted to coercion,
forced the negro from the wagon. and hurriedly
endeavoured to ship on boa.-d the Yorktown. But the
negro, slave or no slave, clung with no submissive grew
to the rails of the plank, and shouted out with an
appealing voice, evidently intended for the rex
Responsive to the cry, the people gathered round in •
crowd in a few minutes, and to them the slave cried in
desperate and piteous tones, "Oh men, save me, save
me. I'm not the man, not the man, no, no; oh, save,
save." A policeman named Armstrong came up at this
juncture and interfered, asking the marshals to produce
their warrants and show their authority for shipping off
the darkey ass slave. hot having the necessary docu-
ments, one of the marshals hurried off to fortify himself
with the authoritative papers, leaving the negro mean-
while in the custody of the other deputy. But before
the officer had time to return, the slave, urged on by
the crowd, cut the company of his keeper, and made
tracks for life running rapidly towards Weet-street.
The marshal briskly pursued, but the slave proved
nimble of foot, and in a short time was completely out
of sight. It is said lie creased to Jersey City, where
another warrant will be necessary for his arrest.
affair created quite a sensation.—Nre Yurk Beralit,
March 3.

ATTEMPTED BURGL•ET.—About 20 minutes past two
o'clock on Thursday morning the @crenate of Captain
Williams, of Newbridge-hill, near Bath, were awoke by
hearing • noise as of some one endeavouring to effect an
entrance to the house by the door of the back pre-
mises ; and upon striking a light and proceeding to the
part of the premises whence the noise proceeded they
beard the sound of retreating footsteps. On examining
the place they found that a hole had been cut in the
lack shutter by • untrebit, and a pane of glass broken,
through which one of the burglars had put his hand,
unbolted the shutter, and taken it down, and, bet for
the prompt action of the servants, the thieves would, no
doubt, have gained ingress to the house. While the
inmates were thua engaged another .cone was being
eeacted • short distance off. Police-constable 86 (Ogle).
one of the county constabulary, who was on duty in the
Bristol-road, seeing three suspicious-looking cluuscters
going along the road towards Kelaoli, accosted them,
bat, not receiving any satisfactory replies as to their
business there at that time in the morning, he pro-
ceeded to search one of them, and, on putting his hand
into his pocket, he felt a bunch of skeleton keys and a
jemmy. One of the party then struck the cotud•bic a
severe blow on the heed with a life-preeerver, rendering
the officer insenaible, and as he was falling to the
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comrade, and helped to the County Police Station, and
• surgeon milt for. It win then found that the lit..
preserver had penetrated the headjut below the temple,
hut it is hoped that no fatal oinsequences will ensue.
The police are on the lookout far the assailants, who
decamped in the direction of Bristol.
Dinerercrtvg FIRE.-011 Wednesday evening a an,
attended with considerable destruction of property, ea-
curred upon the premises of Messrs. bawl! and Freeman,
milpulT manufacturers, Templegste, It•istel. The pre-
mows were locked up as aqui at 'Jio'clock, and every-
thing left apparently safe ; but in little more than an
hour afterwards flames were observed by some payers-
by to be issuing front the roof of the warehouse, a large
building about lat. in length adjoining the manuise-
turing department, in which was a large quantity of
valuable machinery. The stock and machinery UM i*.
mired in the Sun Fire-office for 1:1,0110, but it is fund
that the loss will exceed that amount, as Messrs. Davis
and Freeman bad a larger stock on hand at the time
of the fire than at any previouslinte. The premises are
'loo said to be insured in the same office. fishs the
second firs which has taken place upon the premier
since they have been in the °aeration of Messrs. Pays'
and Freeman, a warehouse with its contents having
been burnt down rather 010f0 than 12 months WEIL

If 11r. Roebuck will promise never to return to hi
disconsolate constituter.ts at Sheestd, hi. lab, manor
'hoary conduct on the Austrian business will be forgotten
awl, if poasible. forgiven; and. on their tide, the eat-
stituents promise most solemnly that they will newer
make another effort to wok the future return of Mr.
Roebuck. John Arthur, along Adieu.—Graiders Mull
March 16.—Pu sett.
Norl3r or Illorion.-11r. Punch to move that, with
a view to WM the public time and allow legiulaou
proceed, yet nevertheless to enable Hnoovih.libefl
food of talking to ask all manner of questions awl
nuke no end et speeches on the &Man of Seriph
and other topics foreign to British bigamy, and le
the purpose of Parliament, the wide buelnen st
nation be relined to • tieleet Cointeknee.