The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-20 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

About five o'clock on Friday evening a man named
William Staines, who has been a tailor, went to the
shop of his brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, an electro-
plater, at 10, Percsval-street, Clerkenwell, London.
Some angry words passed between the ram, and
Staines then took a revolver out of his pocket and fired
at Smith's head. The ball lodged in the mates jaw,
where it still remains, and he is now lying at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a precarious state. In
the confusion which followed the firing of the
revolver Staines made his escape, but was arrested late
on Saturday night.

THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY IN WALES.
Arthur Head and Amelia Gardener, two servAnta of
Lord Trevor, where brought up on rem 'is I at the
Llangollen Police-oourt on Saturday last, charged with stealing jswellery belonging to his lordship to the
value of £40,000 —Mr. Louis, solicitor for the prosecu-
tion, said he had come to the conclusion that he could
not at the most make out the case against the prisoners
to be anything mere than a case of iuspicion Under
the circumstance'', he thought it his duty to advise
Lord Trevor to withdraw f om the proceedings at the
present state.—Mr. Adams, for the prisoner ile&d,
asked the Bench to dismiss the cage, and not allow the
prosecuti at to withdraw it.—Mr. Roberts, for
Gardener, asked for a certificate of diami-sal.—The
Bench ultimately discharged the prisoners amidst
Immense cheering outside Us. COUri.

THE BODY SNATCHING CASE.
On Friday, the tenantry on the Dun Echt estite
assembled en muse at the Mansion House, and under the
drection of a poli-e inspector traversed ern., part of the
ground*, hut failed to find any trace of the embalmed
remains of the late Earl of Crawford or of the Persons
who a fortnight ago raised the slabs covering the vault
at the private chapel. Detective.inspedor Swatism
arrived at Aberdeen in the courm of the day. He expressed
himself hopeful of ultimately recovering the remains,
but!, satisfied that it is no longer necessary to condone
Investigations at Don Edit. He left Aberdeen on Friday
afternoon for London, which will be made the centre of
the future negotiations, and thither in a few days the
Earl of Crawford will go to renew personal conference
with his solicitor on the subject. Besides anal:2:o mm of letters received with reference to the by
the police authoritiet and the Kies agents, an exten-
sive correspondence is being carried on, and on this bole
the hope of recovering sins miming remains is entire',
based

The English cricketers have defeated • Sydney team in
a three day: match by 09 runs.
LOllB OF 3,000 LIVE:IA-A typhoon visited Him,: ..4
Telles, China, on the 81 of October, causing • lOU or 3,000
HIM
Till EARL AND RIS CAR FAILE.—At the Marylebone
Police-court, London, on Friday, the Earl of (losford WU
summoned by a cabman named Fleur, Morell for refusing
and omitting to pay him the sum of lit. due to him for
the hire of • cab. The defendant did lot appear. and the
complainant said his lordship had sent • poet- oaui order
to his master for 45., but bed not sent soy costa Mr.
Cooke said he should not reacemise the Payment The
cabman bevies proved the hiring, Mr. Cooke made an
order for ile., with 7.. coat..
Byarisrics OF THILATIIi•BUIPIIO.-11(r. Alexander Air&
writing to us from Berlin. say..-" Mr. Folsch, who is
preparing • supplement t) hit work on 'Fires in Theatre..
tells me that t 6 theatres tomlly destroyed by ire num.
bored,-
Between Ifr,io and 1880 .. ....... .. ...... 80
. IF7O . ... ..... ...... 100
L Iwo ~. ißso .1- . 190
An 4 the torriole case of the 'bar Tbestre in Vienna is the
itsenty-eiglith theatre totally destroyed by Are in the year
1881:- -Ruader.
The revived proposal for erecting • monument in L.ond-in
to the great champion of the prim tiptoe of the Ref .rination,
William Tyndale, the martyr, is .upported by • erre
extensive committee list, an I &Ire& ty • considerable
amount appeare to have been aubecribed. A suitebie efto
for the memorial has sileo been obtained on the Thames
Embankment It will *outlet of • statue to be modelled
by Mr. Baelim, and • pedestal, on which it is Prove's& if
fends allow, to place bas-reliefs by the seine artist,
descriptive of scenes in Tylidars life. The entire weft so
Completed will cost, iii. estimated, about gt,opo,