The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-12-14 00:00:00

WEYI2OI7T PAEKSTONII.
MAILIBMIS Or Sill 3. ,VIAIVIrora. Bum
SUDDEN DEATH. —At 1. in on Sunday mornine. Eliztbeth day, at St. Thornaes Church, Elinhur.il
Banish. wife wife of Mr. Ran 1011, of the Royal Canteon, was t'•il.lahouti, Bill., of Lit.. Dumbartonahiri.
tak.oi with ski:nese and vomiting. They sent for Dr. the Elm.. Parkstone, was married to i'i' %.1:4" m
veh ha 1 attend...l her clout throe ououtli• az% third dam:later of Major W. %own, of ttin,F,'
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th •1' e 21.1.... Mr. IL Spoon is, who stat‘,l his ittionti.n to honour of the event. The groundi attach. 4 t '
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Risixo —oi Thursday about 12 partook of an excellent dinner.
at MAI. P.C. Cuter f mud a lad shoot 12 rears of sim
the fjuay. Ile g ive the name of Andrew Ilainlton. and
a+ he had no Place of *lode, or um ins of sob.imence,
the c instable brought him ti the station, where he tel ,
Sergeant Marrey a moat lamentable tale, dating that his
father and mother were both dead. Ris father, he said,
had been a gunner of the It iyal Artillery at Dorehmter, ,
and died about nine months ago, his mother had about
seven months ago, and he was left destitute. A barrack
labourer's wife named Salter had, he intl, taken charge of
him up to last Tuesday, when she told him he was old
enough to get his own living, and no he came on to Wey-
mouth, he hail • little money at the railway station, enough
to buy his food, and slept in a pa...age that night, and the
following night he slept on the bathe. In the morning
Supt. Vickery questioned the boy, who still maintained
that his statement was correct, and Mr. Vickery told a
send. to take the boy to Dorchester. and make enquiries
as he doubted his statement. The boy was put hack in
the station, when he •sked P.C. McMahon if he thought
the Stiperintewlant would let him go if he toll the truth.
The Imy afterwards admitted in the pretence of the
fyor that the whole Was fats.; and his father and
mother were both living. P.l'. Delamont meantime had
gone to the father and mother. who let him have nioneY
t send the IsT back by train. They said the boy 100 l
left them, and they did not know where 412 Was gone. So
the lad WAS brought up ti go before the magiatrates
Friday ; but in the court be suanageil to inix with the
crowd and get down stairs. P.C. McMahon. however,
stopped him, and he was brought up, when the Bench
ordered him to be taken care of till he was owned. Supt.
Batty took the young rascal to Dorchester that night.
Woomtati )16a's DISCUASION CI. 44.—The discussion on
Friday evening last was held in the reading room of the
doh, and was fairly attended. Mr. Rolls introduced the
subject "Is Capital Punishment justifiable l' ins lengthy
and exhaustive speech, taking the affirmative view, as he
considered the punishment of death for murder to be
ju.tiiied IT the law of nature, as acknowl.slged IT Cain,
and con2rumst to Noah and his children. when they came
out of the Ark, also by the Mosaic law, and the laws of
nations to the pre.ent Lea:mouth opposed,
urging the spirit of Jesus Christ Yi opposed to vengeance;
he also said the death punishment Wei found to harden
the spectators. li any murderer were hanged, all such
should be ; but Mr. Wat and Constance Kent escapist.
—Mr. Good supported Mr Rolls's view.—Mr. Thiselton,
took the *Me against the death punixtmuent, which he
conaidered s reproach to the laws of England ; mercy like
that of our Lor.l, should teach u. to say '•1;,,, and on no
no re." If capital punishment were abolished
mu.ders toold not increase, tor when de ith
was the p hment for sheep-stealing anil other
smaller offences, those offences were fir more
rife than when smaller punishments were given
Ile con.i.lertsl in years imprisonment, with the punish-
ment of au accusing conscience, sufficient Iffinkliment
fir iniarder.—Mr. W. T. ft 'beets denied that private
executions have a hardening effect. As to the escape of
Mr. Watson. that did not show all should escape. If one
man drove his steam yacht at • dangerous speed and
mooed destruct' and &Aldo was that any reason why
all steamers should be allowed to go at 17 ladles an hour in
crowded thoroughfares I Ile agreed with the French
statvainaa, who, when asked to abolish capital pilnisliment,
sail " Let • inessielirs lei hols.llolilli. first begin. The un-
wisdom of abolishing .leath p hiueut Waililletell in the
state of Brigandage in the Kingdom of Italy, and the
weakness of the feeling against execution toss chose in
the :absurd way in which French juries find" extenuating
cireurutances in very vile criines.—Mr. itlutin agreed
that ;3/ years ye1.1,1'112111140) 1111 l ent Watt tee %MA a 1111111db-
'tient for taunter. as it wonl.l nem...oil:de an entire Altera-
tion of our penal code. But he was ite t the death
winishinent, which he 1141 not r on.oler piAille.l by the
New Temanient, and suggested solitary confinement for
long year., or for bk.—After conversation, Mr. MAI.
reptiol. an-11131MA" That capital punishiniiiit is justified."
—The negative was moved as an amendment. 1111.1 Islth
Ade, were seconded. On division, the members h,y a large
mtiority declared that it is justifiable to punish homier
livdeath.—A vote of thanks to Mr. ii. K. Eliot, who had
kindly pn.mbled, was pawed, and Mr. E. I'. Taylor
un.lortook t.n introduce the next disrosAion
*object, •I. the Stage of value for oslucat I" This will
tie diseust+l, according to present arraugetnents, on
January 7th.

WINMORNE.
Start.
Tug Rev. Lester Lester's re. untie
Governors of Queeen Elizatieth's Free Grammar 84,0;j".
M lay.
WINBORMI: AND CRANBORNS UNION.—Mt. A F. VeA
Cmnliume. has, we understand. been appointed
officer for the Cratiborne districtl is the place of 34.
M.P. has entertaine the followinz distin
Underhay, resigntA. .
CgICFULL 1101.73 E. —Datil' the past week Mr. If.
0.
visitors :—The, Right Hon. 11. Disraeli, M.P.. thngue Dhed.,
and Duchess of Westminster, the Slarchionesl
Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, Lie
01
Mabel Bridran, Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor,
Lady Grey e Wilton, Viscountess Newport, Lord 1.72
ham, Sir orge and Lady Wombwell, the
cokind Farquharson, Mr. Of
Montagu co--7
and Colonel Start.
: Tug Earl of Shaftesbury attended a meeting here 0.
Tuesday in behalf of the Church Pastoral Aid Society
In the course of his remarks he referred to the educati
quedion, and urged that every effort should be mej
strengthen and keep up denominational selmob, for osis
in such schools could they have the 11W.inrtive truth. 4
the Bible taught and the mind. of the young
with the value of Divine truth. If once the Niurattoo
the coontry passed from the lizmis of the dente,
I than half the objections to Disestabliehment would b.
removed.
Crrrr szsatoss, Friday.—Before Mr C. J. Parke P hairoust
Bev. C J. thou, and the honorable Kactyn Ashley. m p.
Thomas Omit, f Verwood, 0..1.1 guilty to an informaties
charging him with having been drunk and disonlerly atho
,am place on the 29th ult., and waa fined 7s and gs costg•,,l,
days hard labour in default raid.
Sjdney Vine, of Whuborne for snos,balling in the tows to
I the danger of iwniont bossing through on the 6th hist, wis
let Off on paritur, the oats, ss.
I Henry Coombs, 14 Three legged-cross, Crab rue, woo goo
I 20s and Se coats for disobeying an order of Neils-cm for th
alontrmentf nultar!Fe on his prendw:ll,

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Charles Gilletl. of kinson, George Git!tet, lama place, tape
and eon were inn 1111111111 l t the illll‘lllCO of the lion. Gruel.,
Berkeley for truipasetng in search of game on the 4th inn.
Trevanion aiipetre.l fit prosecutg The olf,oce Iran bab
proved by James Pond, an unilerd,eq rualti S. ea.,dt
and thee sue We.
Charles Trickell, ti kinson, and Frank Trieketl, of Vern.e,t
anted for vi..lently aseaulting j.
ti:ltirer.niallerFY•eiluerTe't %rater, of Kitson at the I tuer
on Sun ay last. -Mr Travers 11 Poole defended ; but tb,
evidence clearly proved a nowt savage assault, part,thrly on
Saunders, whose face woe much disfigured The Bench one
milled Charles Triekett for two menthe hard labour. and Fmk
Ito six weeks hard labour. the two &fen laid. were ale
eummoned fir poaching 011 the same day 011 11111 i rIVCC Which
the Bon. 0 F. 11.irteley hags the right of sporting -MT
Treran and `dr Travers defendel Ths
Ltench, after hearing the evidenc,, tlimni.seil the infonnatioa
against Frank Trio ett, end Charles, his brother, was thief Ho
and lb Costs, chick he paid.