The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

Mader took hold of plaintiff by the collar, and some
were ;Jelling his hair, mid others seratehilig him. Bed he
(witness) went and took hi* part. (laugliter.)—Jamio
Cornick gave evident" as to being premmt at the time
plaintiff paid CI 4*. as rent.--P. C. Ksnewsy deposed to
having gone to the plaintiff's house on the day in question
end eyeing Mr. and Mrs. Mader there. Heard plaintiff ask
then, UP give up hie lliinp, or let him return and have a
week's hullo°, mid they refuseil.—By Mr. WO4011: Plain•
tiff gave up the key after the turning out hail taken Ow.
I Mr. %%mho' then 'delftware! his Honour on the part or the
defendant, and conchtleil by Galling &rah Mader, who
dimmed that proviom to the Milt of January, a week's
notice m.d been given to the plaintiff to quit, and which
limi expired mime days before that time, in conaequence
of information she hail received, elms weritinto the plain
tiff's room, in the middle of which was a largo box,
which the plaintiri wife and Ann Moor were busily
Ipeeking. Koine rent was owing ; she (witness) asked
what alie was packing her buries fur? and ailded that
1 she could not let her pack her thinp before her hue.
I bend 011110 back. Ann Moore then walked out of the
room, taking ROOM things with her. She (witness) then
I bolted the door, and both her and plaintiff's wife were
iiusi.lu; shortly after this, the letter left the house. The
things lirul been delivered up to • relative of the plain.
tiff. Proom delivered up the key liluuulf. When lie
came with the policeman lie might have gone in, NI the
door was not locked then,— Ills Honour remarked that
if the plaintiff had owed the defendant tiny rent, lie
might lice. taken out a iliatreas Mr. Weston moat
not think that lie could take the things grid, and put in
I the distress afterwards One party, however, had
sworn that rent was dile. Wiliblt till, other hell sworn
there was not.—Selina Bishop, sister to Mrs Slimier, who
keeps the books and manages the shop of the defendant
(who sell* eecimn,lhsnil clothes, ke., in addition hi that
of keepiiig at inn), producol an account for kl 4*.
which hail been paid her by the defendant for shop
goods. —I Its Honour said it was evident that the Men-
' iimit hail done wrong in Cjecting the plaintiff from his
house, and lie gave • verdict for the plaintiff—damages
tic, with cawenww, fur three witnesses.
R/razer Studer v. Chart,. lorgong. An action to
recover the sum of 1:3 E.. for goods aohl, rent kit. Mr.
Weston for the plaintiff, and Mr. leiggin for the
L defendant. Several items in the account were disputed.
, After • long and tedious hearing, his Honour gave •
verdict for the plaintiff fur 1:22*. 2d.
The remaining cases were totally devoid of interest.

SALISBURY.
CON FIRM ATIMIA IN W ILTII. —ln order to provide
for special came., in which it is deemed unadvisable
to wait for his Lordship's triennial tour, the Bishop
of Salisbury has appointed the following places in this
county for the holding of Confirmations during the
year 1859 :

Salisbury, at the Cathedral April 11, at 3 p.m.
Salisbury, at St. Martin'a April 17, it 6.;t1 pro.
trlborough, at St Mari's— June 4, at II a.m.
Calm,
Devises
Westbury June 8. at 11 a.m.
Warminster
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has announced
his intention to hold Confirmations at Chippenhiun.
Slaltuesuury, flighworth, and other places in the
northern division of this county, in his Lordship's
. . . . .

..... •
D IOC/110, during the months of March and April
next.

hl Alt L901101*(111. 7Dipth.ria. —There are several

cases of diptheria in our town t the present time,
and in one instance two of a family are dead, and one

not expected to recover.
little hope is entertained.
_ .

In seine other case. very

W —The Rey. Thomas Bacon was again
greeted by a numerous and highly•respectable audi-
ence on Thumlay last, when he delivered his second
lecture on "The Degrees of Intelligence from Instinct
to Reason ;" and, as on the former occasion, he elicikd
the repeated applawie of his hearers, who were de•
lighted with the able manner in which he treated his
subject. At the close of the lecture, the Rev. .1. E.
Philipps tendered him the hearty thanks of all lire.
sent. Thu Rev. Mark Cooper was announced to
give the next lecture on the " Ocean.' on the •21th
inst. Prom the well•known talents of this gentleman
we look forward to a large gathering of persons on
the occasion.

EN rola/. —Tenacity qf Lift—On the 3001 Decem-
ber last, a hen, of the Spanish breed, belonging to
Mr. Deluge Briant, of Wilma Mill. in the above
parish. was lost, and nothing 1111 l re was scen other
until Thursday, the 3rd inst., just five weeks from
the time of losing her, when, on renoving some
trusses of hay, in the loft over the stable, the hen
was found embedded, and still alive. It war then
recollected that the liay wad placed there on the 311th
of December, at which time the hen nmst 11311) been
in her nest, which was made there previous to that
slate, and not being seen, was litiriust under it. Wolk
found she was in a very emaciated condition, being
in fact, nothing but skin ,uol bone • lint under the
. judicious treatment of Mrs. Briant she recovered iusd
is now doing well.
. . ,

DrvlXV.n. Attempt al Murder, - • A ehocking
affair happened in Devizes on %Value*lay morning.
In one uf the little (tomtit leading out of Hare and
Hounds.street for, as it is now canal. South•ensl";
there lived a wan anti his wife named Stiles, l'he
husband, who is about 40 years ssf age, formerly
held the situation uf porter at the Union Work•
house, but has more recently limit employed ae a
general ineseenger. 111-health, attends:a with all
attack of defis mum les Mt 11., has, however, preventest
him, for several weeks past, from earning anything
towards the menden:awe of his family ; tutu is itli a
wife and mayoral small children, times have itecesearily
gone hard with him -ers hard that lie low More then
Idle,' been 01/11ira hil apply to the parish for relief.
On l'iteselay he Inel been in a very depressed state of
mind all slay ; and it was with the greatest difficulty .
that he could he persuaded it, go to bed at night.
At 12 o'clock, however, his wife induced hins to do
; but he bail no sleep *luring the whole of thy
night, and when Isis wife rose at If o'clock on the
following morning, for the purpose of going out to a
day's washing, he got up also, its the sauna depressed
state of mind, but with no apparent animosity to.
wards his wife. Just before she Wall about to leave
the house, he asked het to light the lire, to which
she replied she had not time, upon which he put his
arm round her neck, and after giving her is kiss,
produced a razor which he had previously concealed
about his person, and before she was aware of what
he was doing, matte three cute in the poor woman's
throat. A struggle immediately ensued between
them, in which the wife succeeded in wreeting the
razor from her husband's graep ; but not before the
handle of it had been brokest in half. and the wife's
hand cut in a frightful manner, l'pon the razor
being taken from him, the husband nut out of the
house, ansl information of what had occurred having
beets given to the police, search was immediately
made for him ; when. about an hour afterwards. he
was snet in the Green coining towards the town,
dripping wet from head Gs fo.st. Upon being slues.
timed, he said that he had thrown himself into the
Canal between the Park and the Wharf Bridges ;
but that directly he got immersed in the water " he
came to himself," scrambled out, and was about to
return home when met by the police. lie appeared
in a very henumbest and shivering conslitissii. and
. was at once taken to the police station, where dry
clothes were provided him ; and upon recovering
his senses, he expressed his sleep sorrow for the act
he had committed. Ni cause whatever can be
assigned for the conduct of the unhappy man.
Although suffering from poverty, he appeans to have
heal 11110 n good terms with his wife, and nothing
hail passed between them previous to the attempt at
murder —save the trisling matter of his wife saying
she hall not time to light the lire—to engender ih
will between them.—From the constit in which
Stiles bad been for the last few weeks there seems
to be every probability that the attempt was made
during a moment of temporary insanity, and this
supposition is strengthened by the deep contra l
which he expressed when the policeman met him
returning home. He was brought before the magis-
trates in the course of the day. when Mn, Thortsley,
the surgeon, stated that lie had been called to see
the poor woman at about half-past six in the morn'
ing, and that lie found her sitting in a chair in her
house with three incised wounds in her thrtat, anti
two wounds in her left handl. She bad lost a great
deal of blood. He examined the womists in the
throat, but dist not see that they were iminediatt.ly
dangerous. The woman, however, was pot in a
state to undergo ass examination as to the cause of
the injuries she had sustained. Superintendent
Wolfe produced a razor broken in two pieces, one
part of which he stated he i fount n the ash bole of
the furnace, in the Man where the unfortunate affair
biuk place, and the other in an adjoining yard. The
Haste was stained with froth blood, and it was no
doubt, the instrunient by which Stiles had cut his
wife's throat. As this was all the evidence which
was now forthcoming, the prisoner was rem.uniest
for further examination next Wednesslay, and in the
mean time was committed to prison. The cuts in
the throat. though sleep, have not divided any of the
principal arteries, or the windpipe, and is hoped
therefore that no fatal result will ensue.
Sw ere. - - The Bankruptey of Stafford
Moore Lane.-- Thu mrtilicatc meeting in this case
was held at the Court of Bankruptcy. Itasitighall.
street, London, on Monday, hefore Hr. 4.."4 iiiii iiis-
si Farm. The bankrupt passed his examination
ssn the 27th of August. Mr. Columbine, of liming-
hall-street, who originally appeared as solicitor under
the bankruptcy, now represented the bankrupt ;
no professional gentleman was in attendance on the
part of the creditors' assignee, Mr. William l'oventry
Oak, of Blanstfonl, hanker—His Honour called for
the report of the official assignee.—Mr. Whitmore
handed in the following :—" The bankrupt was a
corn and seal dealer, at Swalloweliffe, near Salisbury,
and has been in business about six years. He
became si bankrupt on the 13th of July, 1%57, on his
own petition, in sister to defeat an execution which
had been levied upon his premises on the Bth of July,
j under a udgment obtained agamst him on that slay
by Messrs. Oak and Snow for £I7S. His balance
sheet commences on the 31st of December, 1t5.55,
with an estimate surplus of I:60. He now owes
£941 to unsecured creditors, and £S3 to a crestitor
who holds, as a security' a bill of sale dated 12th of
March, 1P47, on his growing crops, estimated by the
bankrupt to be worth, after paying rent, &c., £291
bat which have pmducell £49 only. The only other
(tiheealnpeionueinnt
: al'fromtawcohnicshistexis6donfulrnyiture, ?cc., of the value of k lOU,
of the above mentiohanesvle beau
lo recf
saleieved,
an
having been deducted therefrom. During the year
and a half over which his balance sheet extends, his
crops have produced £679; against this he has been