The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

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Sort!! tnrrox. The " Mietletoe Bough" Le-
val( Rrrirrel.—.% youth named tleorge Wellman,
son of Mr. Wellman, carpenter, of l'ovackostmA,
Kingslantl•place, perpetrated a strange freak on
Nlttistiay week. Early in the morning he arose to
accompany his father to Freenottitle, a suiturli
Keithamptitii, where they were engaged at work.
hut lie was missed when the names of the workmen
were railed over. It appearsthat havitiglwisq
I.y *ow! memos, he returneil hipmeand parked 1111311 Ins
lar;e loot, perii ips with the intention of
leadm4 his friends to a 'other that he hail absamiltal,
took the llolt to a Sheik ill On olVilpation of his
father, locked the door Rod put the key into his
wket, w.f jute the loot himself, and polled down
the li.l, which clos"il with a sprin.g. lit this pre.
4lialtnirta Ito r.uhiaiui,sl for some time, until he ,11s
c. tat the Neesation "( staication was by no
means st.a„.,reealile as he had imagined. nod then he
commenced tit ht.+ lustily. *4 nei4lll...urs bear-
ing the .11.1'110i:wee went to the shed about n o'clock,
and, having ascertained that the noise proceeded
from the box. they opened the 10l and ("owl the
youth drenched with perspiration, and black in the
face. Ile immediately became insensible ; and Mr.
Husautory and Mr. Ware, tlie surge...its who were
called ist, expo:roil an opinion that if he had re•
remained a short tint° longer in coitlinement death
witald hate resulttal front sutbsotion. The lad :id.
stinted that lie hot shut linst.elf up in the box, lout
has refused to assign any reason fttr Ins strange pre.
te...11114. It is 641.1 that 110 tat baall for
some time in a dent %ling state of mind.
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Ou Friday night week an inquest was held on the
body of Dr. BuglAue, who committed suicide on the
previous day. The inialitul testimony WWI to the
effect that 1)r. Engteam), whose health bail become
considerably impairvil of late. hail lost his usual
vivacity of seamier, and hail suffered the despoil.
dency of hypochondria. This state of mind haAl
increased until a few days before his death, when he
Immune more cheerful, but still exhibited those 'pup.
toms which sometimes rendered persons the victims
of an uncontrollalde suicidal impulse. Attention
was drawn to his chamber by the sound as of
choking ; and, upon his sister entering the room, he
gave two or three gasps and then A phial,
containing a stron alour of prussic acid, Was found
ill an utensil by his side, and there was au odour of
prussic acid (non his th. The jury returned a
verdict to the effect the deceased stied from the
effects of prussic acid, taken with intent to destroy
life, while in a state of unsound mind II its remains
were intermit on Thursday at the New Cemetery,
Soutlisea, when a great iitinitrer of his personal
friends joined the funeral proems , which also
ineluilcil a numerous eurOge of private carriages,
sent by their owners as a mark of respect to the
toe yof the (Jemmied.
AI•PITRAI.IAN -• The
Itoyal Mail i!ompany's steainship Trviot, Captain H.
Woolward, arrived at Southampton on Tuesday last,
at II 311 !Lin., with thu heavy pork' of the mails
from the Australian aunt New Zealand colonies, in
charge of Mr. Saab, of the General Post-office. This
packet 1 glit 43 painengers (26 adults, 17 children,
and servants), among whom were General Wynyard,
; Mrs. Wynyard ; Captain Wysiyant, !Pith
11egiinent ; Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs.
Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, Hey. Mr. and Mrs.
Mackie, &c. On freight she hail 14 packages of
specie value xrp.,s2ii, one ditto if gold
A:1041, one ditto of silver plate value £75, two ditto
of gold watches, and 43 ditto of general merchandise.
The Teviot left Alexandria on the 27th ult., and
Malta the lit inst. From Alexandria to Cape It,
Gatte she had stron2 northerly wiisils, and fresh
easterly thence to (.Inuit. Iler Majesty's ships
Marlborough, Centurion, Conqueror, Hibernia, anil
Cotpiette, were at Malta. The Euryalus sailed on
the 30th ult. for Tunis.