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

BANKRUPTS.

(From the Lon,fou (uzette of Tue..lay.)
Charles Henry Jelley, Omnile, timber merchant.
Henry Nix, Werrizigtoi, Northamptonshire, miller.
TllOlllllll W/11110t, FAXtboUrlle, SUSIMII. builder.
William Siddons, Kingacliffe, Northamptonshire, timber

merchant.
John &nein, Norwich, milliner.
George Roots, Ospringe and Favenham. Kent, stone

merchant. -
William and William Thomas Barker, Burslem, earthen-

ware manufacturers.
Daniel Whaits, Etriatol, haulier.
John
_Atkinson. aril., Shaw Mills, Bishop Thornton,
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, .
Yorkshire, fli:x spiiMer.
Frederick Coe, Liverpool, straw bonnet manufacturer.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Michael Parker, Kinpton-upon-Hull, ironmonger.

(From the London Gazelle of Friday.)
James Woodrow, }Vile, I.le of Wight, hotel keeper.
Henry Nix, Werrington, Northamptonshire,
William Jenninp, Rochester, carpenter.
William Hunt., sen., William-street, Lision.grove,green•

grocer.
Richard Andrews, liotnerton, beer retailer.
Robert Steward, Park-road, Battersea-fields, licensed

victualler.
tieSl4e Machin and William Calling, Skinner's-place,
Sise•latie, shipping agents.
Charles Fox Oppenhenu, John-street, kfinories, master
mariner.
James Tyler and William Evan Turner, Worcester, hop
merehsnts.
Charles William Hill, Birniingham, anvil innker.
Philip William Sanders, Sinethwick,Staffoidshire, spade
manufacturer.
John Pearne, Worcester, licensed victualler.
George Bench, Cheltenham, innkeeper.
Henry Follett, Dartmouth, shipbuilder.
Edward Eatrett, late of Taunton, livery stablekeeper.

( LOCAL NEWS CoNTINUED FROM J'AUR 4.)

Itomsrx.--Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston
have entertained the following pally at their
seat, llrua,Uaiula,- Hants r—liis Excellency the
Prussian Minister and the I %mute's ile Vemsterlr.
His Excellency the San[Mimi Nlinister, His Excel-
lency the Spant.h Minister, the Countess of Shaftes-
bury, Count Jaucourt, Baron Nlanichetti, Count
Louis Corti, Lonl and La.ly IV,KleLouse, Mr. Anti
the Mlissm Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs Chamber'sync
and Miss l'lmiiiiierlayne, Mr. Fleming, ke.

The annual awanl of prizes given loy Viscountess
Palmerston to the scholars •of the National
*loom' who have most excelled in industry, took
place at the rosom on 'limnslay. in the presence
of distinguislionl visitors. the vicar and clergy, and
the nuident panorama oof the school. The prima
were in value over 4:10. The promeolings were ex•
cecolingly pleasing to all, and encouraging to the
children generally.
The lioanl of ;uanlians have set up a strong and
unanimous protest against a ny4teiti pruirtsthi by the
l'oor•law Board for appointing two medical officers
for the poor in a parish, and for remuno•rating the
officers at a rate per case, instead of by general cow
tract, with supplo•mentary all.iwanceA fur mileage,
awl for drugs and appliances. The Guardian's
held 3 IlpOrial Wetting on the 11Uhieet, and were

INGTON. The New Charehma rd. —At a public
meeting held on Thursday•last, at the Literary
institoti 111 l . the Hey. Charles Shrubh, Viiar of
Lyniington and Were, in the chair, it Was stated
that the sum of £462 had been subscribed for the
enlargement of our churchyard, and that an additional
t of £67 was required to complete the mune.
It was, on the two of Mr. C. C. Wilkinson,
unanimously resolved, that the churchwardens and
the committee should again wait upon the
taut.', to solicit their aid in the onupletion of the
good work.
CIIRMTVIIIXII. —Sad A crident. is our painful
duty to narrate the particulars of an event which
haa caused the death of a lady in the prune of life,
and a happy family to be suddenly plunged into
mourning and sorrow. Last NI 1111 l lay week, the
lady of A. Elphinston, Esq., of Chewton, went with
her children, their tutor, Mr. Kett, and others, to the
sea shore beneath the Barbet di& tO search for
fossils. The sea had been and was still very rough,
very high waves occasionally rolling on to the shore.
I It appears that Mrs. Elphinston, on her passing
along the shore, came to a sisd where at times the
waves dashed completely up to the foot of the cliff.
She attempted with her little daughter and Mr.
Kett, to pass along this spot while the sea left it
uncovered. Unfortunately, however, before they
reached the spot they were making for, a huge wave
came dashing in—caused Mrs. Elphinston to loose
her footing —and before she could sufficiently
recover herself, drew her with its powerful back
current into the water--dashed her against the
rocks, so as at once to take away any strength or
power she might have had to prevent herself from
being drawn beneath the water; and the result was
that three-quarters of an hour afterwards, when with
great difficulty she was taken from the water, life
W 55 quite extinct. By the same wave the child was
also partly drawn into the water, but she was saved
by the powerful arm of Mr. Kett, who tried iii vain
to render assistance to the 'nether. The body was
taken from the water and removed to the Preventive
Station by the men of the preventive force there,
and every available means used to restore life, but
without SUMS& Mr. l;oddard, the family surgeon,
was speedily upon the spot, and prou,,uneed all
efforts useless, and Mr. Stevens, surgeon, who
happened to be at the station c edirined that opinion.
This event, as may be supposed, has Call Sell much
painful excitement and gloom in the neighbourhood.
Fount:summit. Graidndogy. A very fine
specimen of the black snipe. Scolopaz Sabi ni of
Bewiek, was shut on the 23nl cli, by George
Churchill, Esq., of Alderholt, near Picket-post, in
the New Forest; it measured from the bill to the tip
of the brow and weighed 4jos. It is con-
sidered by Bewiek as a very rare species in England,
the
IbHfiyliait;ih:e was o
eat sseei2uf:titAth:: Sept..
iii the county
ial:ent;r7l
oailf:. ot
I.nrreerAtal:usk inriaLtlolett
year 1843. The above specimen is now in the
possession of Mr. Hayden, of this town, for
preservation.

THE SEssiog.—The following comprise the invite.
t: to ilinner at Cambridgerhou.e for Wednesday next,
previous to the opening of the seit.ion : Ashley,
Mr. T. G. Baring, Right lion. M. T. Baines, Sir it.
Bethell, Lord Ernest Bruce, lion. E. Bouverie, Hon. H.
Brand, Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, Mr. J. Bonham
Carter, Hon. W. H. Cowper, Sir W. Codrington, Mr.
C. C. Clifford. Lori Castlercase, Lord Duncan, Mr.
Chichester Fortescue, Right Hon. H. Fitzroy, Bight
Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald. Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, Yr.
H. W. Grey, Hight lion. Sir W. 6. Hayter, Sir B.
Hall. Mr. T. liankey, Right lion. H. Herbert, Sir H.
Resting, Hon. A. Kinimird. Hight lion. Sir 0. C. Lewis,
Right lion. IL Libouthere, Right lion. It. Lowe,
Right Hon. .1. Monerietf„ Right Hon. W. Monsell, Mr.
Mosieldon Miluir., Mr. Burma thdiurne. Lord Alfred
Paget. Sir .1. Raiuisuirti, Baron L. I.le Bothechild, Mr
Hanby Seynsour. Lord James Stewart, Bight Hon.
Vern .'n Smith, Right lion. C. P. Villieni, Right Hon.
sir C. Wood. Mr. Janie* Wilson, Sir. F. Williams

Muttraitors Amssrt:r AND Itnanattr.—On Saturday
the mayor and magistrates of Rochester were occupied •
considerable time in the investigation of • charge col
aggravated assault sold robbery preferred against two
f.rivAtes .4 the l'hatham division of the Royal Marine
Light 'urinary. named John Norton and George Her-
bert, who were charged with entering time shop of a
willow, named ('lark, residing in High-street. Frinds-
bury, and after Aeverely illarvating her. robbing the
till of a considerable
who has been seriously jl ever since the occurrence, was
assisted into the court, mei hail tii it, seated near the
magistrate's clerk during the time she was giving her
evidence. Her head amid face were much disfigured from
the prisoner.' violence. The prueecutris staled that the
prisoners entered her shop about 9 o'clock in the even-
ing. and asked to be supplied with a pennyworth of
bread. After they had been served Norton remarked
that he believed she was a widow, and asked her to give
hint a glees of water. Prosecutrix ;tent the shophoy for
the water, and, on his returning with it, went into •
room at the back, leaving the prisoners, as she supposed,
in the slop. The prisoners, however, followed her into
the room, when Norton knocked her down with a vio-
lent blow between her eyes. As she was down, he was
proceeding to strike her, the other pr. oner (Herbert)
calling out " Kill her, kill her " She then succeeded
in crawling under the table, when Norton dragged her
not by her hair, and told her to give than all the money
she had. Prosecutrix gave I the oontenta of her
pocket, consisting of wine silver and half probe, and
also the key .4 a desk in the diop, which contained the
tummy taken during the itty. The prisoner Norton went
into the shop and possessed I self of the money, among
which were two rivealiilling paekages of halr-penoe, the
„thee prisoner standing over her and repeatedly threat-
ening to kill her if she moved. Prueccutrix, however,
managed to et out 14 the window and give an alarni.
lkdli the prisoners were apprehended the nn,„e night
not far from the scene or the robbery, but so violent
was their conduct on being taken into custody that it
required three police-constables and some other persons
to convey them to the station-house, one of the police-
constables, Dicks. Laving his leg injured through their
violence. The prisoner'., who had declined eneei.examin-
ing the prosecutris or the witnesses. wade no defence,
and they were then fully committed for trial.

M. KOMI:TH.—This gentleman, who has been for
iwine time in comps-Mire retirement, is announced to
deliver a lecture on the" Difference of National Charac-
ters," at the St. John's-wood Literary Institute, on
Tuesday next. When what Lord John Russell has
called "the jargon of nationalities" is so rife, it may be
of interest to hear what the ex-Governor of Hnngary
has to say on a topic with which he is so well ac-
quainted.

TutißiNc-tinips rout Rots.—The training-ship now
.boot to proceed to the Mersey, the Ci-Devant. N-gun
ship Conway, is, we believe, only the first of a series of
chips to be similarly fitted and employed. The Conway
wall be employed as a tniining.ship for boy. between the
ages of 13 •nd 15. They will be received in 3 classes. One
class will consist of lads whose parents are able and will-
mug tO pay a moderate sum for their support and educa-
tion; another will comprise those whom friends can
contribute in • lesser degree; while the third will con-
sist of poor boys, orphans or others, who hare no friends
to help them. An association has been formed to sup-
ply the funds necessary for the support of the establish-
ment, which will be raised by voluntary contribution.
The merchants of Liverpool have subscribed liberally
for this purpose, and the Admiralty have lent • ship
well calculated for the service as • oanunertosinant, and
have fitted her as for sea.
Tile CAI% or Goon HOPP:. —The Royal Mail steam-
ship Pluebe, bas arrived with specie 1.700. copper on
I,Wk5 bags, wool 37,637113 a., kc. Trade is improving 06
Cape Town. Railroads are progressing, The small Paz
lies disappeared. In the Transvaal Republic, war to the
kosful. Natal has
vied as a anger ordsgir,
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