The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

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DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF Deiteant!--The Bishop
of Durham died on Friday morning at a quarter past 7
o'clock. The eminent prelate whose death it has be-
opine our painful duty to record was for many years
rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, and during that
period was well known throughout the metropolis, in
many of whose pulpits be appeared from time to time
as • preacher on special occasion", under the name of
the lion. and Rev. Montague Villiers. He was oleo
for a cotudderable time Canon Residentiary of St.
Paul's. He was horn in 1813, and consequently was
only about 48 at the time of his death. Ile was conse-
crated Bishop of Carlisle in 1856, and translated to the
see of Durham in 1860. He always belonged to the
evangelical party in the ilitirch, with whom be was ex-
tremely popular. As the incumbent of a populous
metropolitan parish be exhibited great earnestness and
activity, and in the educAtional and benevolent local
organisations of his district he wee a jealous and in.
finential loader. He was the brother of two leadlog
statesmen of the present day, namely, the Earlof
Clarendon and the Hon. C. P. Villiers. Several
families of distinction, including that of Earl Russell,
will be placed in mourning by hie decease.
FRESH SUCCESS Of THE EX-CHAMPION SHOT.— The
star of Mr. Edward Ross, of Catnbridge University,
appears to be again in the ascendant. At the Montrose
Me gathering on Wednesday, Scotland's Cup, shot for
at 700, 800, and 900 yards, Ave shots at each, was won
by that gentleman. lie made eight, seven, and six
points. ftisith, of the Edinburgh Volunteers, won the
second prise, with three, eight, and seven points. Major
Moir, of Stirling, won the third prise, after shooting off
ties at 15 with two others. The Strangers' Cup was
competed for afterwards, there being ten shots at 900
yards, awl tea at 1,000 yards. Roes made 18 points.;
Kirkwood, Renfrew, 17; and Moir, 16 whits.
CRINOLINE AT CHUICH.—On Sunday, a lady, attend-
ing the morning service at one of the Bath churches,
was quietly seated by the side of • gentleman, who, as
is usual in races a worship, placed his hat under the
seat. At length the sermon concluded, and the ma-
jority of the congregation left the church. The gentle.
man above alluded to, however, was unable to find his
hat, and after searching for It in vain he proceeded to
the door of the building, them to await the arrival of
another. The lady, iii the meantime, while walking
along the aisle, finding herself musiesehat incommoded;
gave her dress a shake, and lo ! and behold. the lost
eilicipeou was found at her feet.
FERNANDEIL—It will be remembered that at the
Yorkshire Assizes, in March last, Kr. J. L. Fernandes,
of Wakefield—will called as a witness for the Crown in
the case of" The Queen v. Cliarlesworth"—oce of ths pro-
secutions forbriberyatthelastProliamentary election for
Wakefield—and that, as he refuted to give evidence,
he was fined by Mr. Justice Hill £5OO. and sentenced
to six months' imprisonment. ' 'Various steps were
subsequently taken on his behalf before the Queen's
Bench. to get a remission of the sentence, but they all
failed; and at the recent &Ismer Assizes for the same
county Mr. Fernandes, who wail imprisoned in York
Castle, was brought up by Actbeess*corpus as a witness
again on behalf of the Crown in another prosecutiqn for
bribery at the same election at Wakefield. He then
gave evidence, and at the close of lild doing so Mr.
Baron Martin said that if he would apply to the Home
Secretary for a remission of the remainder of his im-
prisonment, he (Mr. Baron 'Partin) would support the
application. Mr. Fernandes took the suggestion offered,
and on Sunday morning last • fees pardon was received
at York Castle from the Home-office, and Mr. Fer-
nandes was at once liberated. He had ruffered nearly
five out of thesis months' imprisonment, besides pay-
ing the fine of £5OO.
SINGULAR SPRING IN .A COAL,PIT.—There has tall
been met with in the Astley's New Pit, Dekinfiel ,
Cheshire, supposed to be the deepest mine in the world.
la spring of water which, on being tested on Wednes•
day, at the monthly meeting of the company, gave the
astonishing quantity of nos. of pure malt to half •
gallon of water. The spring is met with about 40
yards from the bottom of the pit, in a tunnel which Mt
being formed from the Black Mine to the cannel. The
spring makes about 300 gallons of this water every 24
hours. In addition to this there floats upon the water
• aonsidereble quantity of smooth oily matter like tar,
which will burn on a stick and give • bright light.
A SituULARIST REFUSING TO TAIII AN OATH. At
the Bury Petty Sessions, Thounta Slater, warper, Elton,
was called upon to give evidence, but refused to take the
oath in the usual manner. On being questioned as to
his reason for so doing, he said he was not a Quaker or
a Jew, nor did he creme under any of the exceptions
tussle in the Act of Parliament. On being asked what
be denominated himself, be replied, "a Soculerist." He
said he would not take an oath on the Bible, the Koran,
or any other book. On being asked if be believed there
was a Supreme Being, ho replied that he would not say
that he denied that there war a Supreme Being, but
he was doubtful about it He was told that he was
liable to be °outwitted to prison for seven bye, and at
the expiration thereof for other seven days, and so on
continuously, until lie gave evidence as by law required.
The case was ultimately completed without him, and
therefore he did not give evidence—Racy Thaw..
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' Ten TALLY Sterne. —At the Bishop Stortford
County Court on Wednesday, • Wave ling diver,
named Carrutthers, had sevens' eases against poor
labourers for clothes, upon which the Judge put •
question to him as to how many hundreds of musts he
had had in his Courts during the past year! Carruttbers
replied that he might have had hundreds. The Judge :
Ali! many. Why I had MI in my bet court at
Braintree in the same name. Hr. Tyinie sisidthere were
many persons named Carrutthers in the trail*. Cu, al
them, • cousin of the present plaintiff, Ite believed, at
liertford had had as many as VIO Pilles at one sitting of
the Court. The Judge said the question was really •
serious wetter t 3 the country, and one which ealled for
inquiry. There was a great cry of profligate expendllurre
raised against the Lbancollor of the ginkgo's!, butthe
expense of this system was not thOnnlct Of, At his last
Court, at Sudbury, there were thirteen dmiee, and-the-
aggregate sum of the whole amount said I* was Cl Sq
;land-the-
aggregate these thirteen eases cost Ilia inutty no lees • sum •
than rsi 9s. U this was not a psolligethonglediture of
the public money he did not know whet. wise ; unlit
really deznanded serious inquiry to ryris_ is system .
of giving credit to poor creatdres, Igh brought'
before him, so as to prevent plantilfe reeving the pens
of expense in recoveries their debts nye* the *amity.
EXTRAORDINARY VTAIDIcr.--On Temilay. an inquest
ROA held at St. Helen's, on the body omu f Jts Bendel',
a fireman, who was killed on thq previous day at
Memni. Pilkington's colliery, Sutton, In consequence of
being lowered into the "dip welt Which contained
several feet of water, by the neglige;icie of tit• engineer,
Thomas Golding, who had not opened the tiimttle valves
when the decessed signalled to, imend. The jury
returned the following verdict :—" Censurable mistake.
Drowned in the pit by the negligenne of the cm*:
driver running the engine the wrong iy.. The corona,
will decide whether this verdict is emilvident to one of
manslaughter.

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