The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-23 00:00:00

GENERAL ITEMS.

Rurrrg.—The governor of Newest' received on Fri-
day afternoon a respite daring Her Majesty's pleasure for
the convict William Nub, under sentence of death for the
murder of six persons by setting flre to his house at
Notting-hill. The intelligence was immediately com-
municated to the prisoner.
Paige Minim —A prize tight took plus a short distance
from Southwell. on Thursday, between two well-known
pugilists, and was attended by some 70 persons, chiefly
betting men. One of the combeiante was considerably
punished, but managed to hold out for about an hour
and threeqtuarters, when the fight IVY interrupted by the
Wire Yugoita. —At Lswes, on Friday, Luke Diplock
was committed for trial for the murder of his wife, at
Paddington, on July 16th. A coroner's jury rtathnitil •
verdict of accidental death, some of the witnesees having
sworn that they beard deceased fall downstairs on the
night in question. In was now. however, shown that
prisoner and deceased bad been quarrelling at a public-
house, and that he kicked her brutally on their way home,
and left her lying on the hill till the next morning.
THE INCORRIGIBLZ Tenn.—The Blue Book which deals
with the administration of justice in the Ottoman Empire
is Painful reading. Oni Consular agent after another,
reporting from every province, takes up the monotonous
tale of wrong and incapacity. We hear that justice is
" constantly put up to auction at Aleppo, the highest
bidder invariably winning hie case." At Smyrna the ,
judges, as a rule, " are ignorgot, narrow-minded, and
corrupt, and accept these posts with the wale object of
enriching themselves with bribes." So it is all through;
in some places worse than in others, but everywhere seri
bad—Standard.

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The CoineseGovernment has for some reason not stated,
recently issued • decree commanding its subjects to
abstain from thawing the head for a period of one hun-
dred dal s. t Tied in the act of disobeying this arbitrary
and Ir in the native root of view peculiarly vexatious
reaulafi ,ns, between fifty and sixty persons in that city
of I° icbow alone were on the 11th June last sentenced
to receive • castigation with bamboo rods and to pay each
a tine of three thouearvi cvsh (about Stsv. sterling). It is
stated by the local journa s that before liberation the
hesitant the offenders wore as a wholesome warning to
others, caret idly painted on varni.hed.
LONDON RUFVAIANISM.—A man neared Lay WLI coin-
nutted for trial, ..11 Tuureler, at the Thames Police-court,
for breaking., POlithlteliSlie leg in two places by means of
kick.. The, offetce was committed in order to rescue
&potfur ruffian, who hid mot before, without any prover-
estion. nearly kao,ked out one of the officer's eyes. At
Greenwich-court two y ming labourers were charged with
kii,cking down and brutally kicking two marred women
whilst they were walking alonz the afroet. and alo with
outrasevu sssuult, on a p heigusu and some bystanders. The ma, istraie regretted that he coull not sentence them
to more thaa six month. hard labour each.
Many per.ons killer of tie file-taloa, family by repute
as a household of genuine masiciaus. The Premier him-
self has a fine baritone voice, and can use it in p. Oen accordance with the canons ot art, Each member of his
family, growing tin with harmonious surroundings has
acquired • knowledge of the principles 01 vocal . In•trinnantil melody. Th. let •at rem tof Vile is to brig
the Prenrier's silent son, Mr. W. H. Gladstone, Ml'.. into
hrlf psilic jetieleion es • composer. In • tune-book jut
is-it'd by the Wesley an tionday B.bool Urri in, Mr.
W. H. Gladstone', t5l represen'evl by a new hymn,
called 0 Gladstone." Is is • pl .ailine departure, so for AB
tune is crinc,rned, from the heavy psalmody of the old
school One of the hest of the tunes in the New Bristol
Tune-bodt lily the mune composer. The new book Is the
companion volume to • bynin-bo,k the Meth° lists have
latdy introduced into their Sunday Schools throughout
the • olit.
Tug Recur COLONT.—The New Tort Thews publishes
some dismal reports received from Mr. T. Hugh.• colony
at Husby, Tone... The crops are skid to be an almost
total failure. That this is so surprees no one, for it was pointed out from the first by well-informed Persons that
the scheme must hecesaarily fall. The Matey, ciayey soil
will neither tupport grain or gram. and Vie dairy a well
as the -hest induatries are • f. 1101,. The looallty is one
&Pori thou shunned by men acquainted with the native of
the soil, and the isolation of the colony may be judged by
the fact that one settler who went out to drive in caws
was lost in the woods for five days, and (mulct not find even
berries to eat. The sitcom of the colon, In it. present
kcstion is deemed impassible.
Ilkalanumata ROLE SMOOTING Scorms.--At the annual
rifle shooting meeting of the Yorkshire Volunteer Hide
fliecciation, which opened last Thursday on Streusel!.
common, near York, the highest volunteer score ever
known under the same conditions was registered by
Corporal Donley, of the York Ride Corps. The cocureti.
tion was open to all efficient volunteers of the county,
seven shots at each of the distances of 200, 400, arid
WO
yards. COrPOISI Henley's score was 99 out of a possible
106. and at the first distance consisted of a bulls-eye, an
inner, and flee further successive bulis-eyes ; at the second
dietaries, • magpie, two bulls-eyes, two inners, and two
further hulls-eye,; and at the eoo yards, • bulls-eye, an
Inner, and flee further bulla-eyse. There was great emit,.
went among the volunteer, who were attracted to the
range, and the reeult was received with &writ_ lei two
other contests, in which the conditions includ:d the same
number (.1 allots and the MM. (balances. Corpora Dind,r
can up • combined score of 915.
The unrevnied statement of the second census of Canada,
taken in April last, hie just been received. It shows that
the Population In the last decade has increased from
3,080.508 to 4,362,506 or 18.06 Der cent. Each ot the older
provinces (Prince E iward Island, Nova Scotia, New
broi.efuh. Quebec, and Ontario) shows an in re
ranging from 114 to 18 Per neat, but it is in the new
districts that tti.• more rapid strides aye llPPLtellt. -
itoba heads tho list with 9160 per cent, British Columbia
follows with 78 el Per coil,. while the north-was% went.
tory has received an additiou of 15.18 per cent. to Its
p imitation of 1601. It roust be remernhered that when the
grit census of Canada after the C)ifedeellth-11 Vial
enumerated Manitoba and Gil north-vre.t terra°
rY
dPridertnotricoliYme tllenprn,mowinne,ntaloycif urnwt.irldthr.nefieohis. fir,iurremyeiiarri.s:.ogireii
and even now the vast amount of rich land which they,
include I. not opened up by retiesy s t
But this will not be the case
in lnger, tor in _
k any
great entt"nt.urea
years 111. expected that the Pacific Railway will be con-
o
structed to the Rocky Rouetehte through cemeg.ah
territory. The Otieliirii tiP of this region, which
will
follow as a
_natural concs, should lead to the
next minis being even Nose
ciocy than the hot.

LATEST.

MR. BRADLAUGH.

It waa stated last (Sunday) night M the Hill of
Science that Mr. Bradlawh's health hem gristly j.
proved, although the si7Wpelaa bee not subsided. H.
will shortly issue a manifesto explaining his oourse of
action.

DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. sruAßr
WORTLEY.

The Right Hon. Stuart Wortley died at lleltog
Park, Grantham, this (Monday) morning,

DURHAM ELECTION.
It is deflated/ stated in Durham this morning
that sir Gowns Nuiott has consented to contest Notts
Durham in Oonesrvative interest.