The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-09-05 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

DRIVING A PONY TILL IT JILL DRAD.—Richard Ilddian, of Cradley Heath, Woroester, had • pony of whose performances he was very proud. To increase the glory of his possession, and to gain ten pounds, he made • wager that lie wotd drive his pet ninety miles within twelve hours! The pony was to trot from Halesowen to Worcester and back, twice. The willing little creature performed the journey ones, and even got bitek' to Worcester the &mood time; but there it was so mush exhausted that Kr. Fiddinn was cautioned against driving in any further. Heroically he persisted. At the end of an hour and • quarter five miles more were accomplished and the pony fell dead. To us it seems that this accident happened to the wrong animaL Not that Richard Fiddian has escaped avenging !mitts*. He was taken before the magistratea, who condemned him to a line of £4 15s. el., cost included of course. This punishment may seem trivial in comparison with the offence—and perhaps it is.  Tug 011.041[1t Manorscrultl.--(The following County Court case is reported. IA rearm Dixon and Cardns v. Stephen Mice: The plaintiffs in this case live at Northam, oilcake makers, and they sued the defendant who until the last few months occupied a farm at Braishaeld, for the sum of £l3 odd, the balance of an account for Linseed cake sold in May, 1864. The defendant refused to pay the amount until he had been recompensed for the lose of a large number of lambs, which he alleged had been killed hy eating the cake supplied by plaintiffs. Mr. Leigh eppeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Mackey for the defendant—Mr. Cecil Dixon, sworn: In May, 1864, we sold Mr. Ayl e two tons of Linseed oiloake. We send out about 400 tons a-year. Part of the cake has been returned, leaving a balance of £l3. odd. Cross exmamined by Mr. Mackey Mr. a yles said he would pay the balance when he had been a, nsponsated for the loss of hi. lambs. Mr. Aylee wrote for the cake, and we sent it by rail to Romsey. We sell this cake for sheep. We cell it as good oilcake, t bout the same time we sold cake to Mr. Burney, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Lywooll, Mr. Reeves, and other gentleman. Complaints were made to us by Mr. Wallnee that between 40 and 50 of his lambs had died through eating our cake. The °Bake was composed of Linseed, brae, and ground Arashide Nut. Cake is not supposed to be made of Linseed only. The proporlions of the var Mas ingredients vary acoording to the quality of the seed. Cross-examined by Mr. Leigh: Bran would not make the cake unwholesome. We sold c-ike to several hundreds of ciegtomers at the same time. We only had complaints from this neighbonrhood. We had no complaints of any ewes having died. We have to sift the seed when it comes over, and the qeantity of weed seed and other things take°, again would be a considerable loss to ne if we were not t re-plane it by something else, and if the cake were only made of Linseed, we should soon be in the Bankruptcy Court. All oiloake makers use the same ingredient*. Mr. Joseph Mee said: I am agent to Messrs. Dixon and Cardne. I sold Hooke to two or three hundred parties at the same time. I only had complaints from parties in this neighbourhood. There was great mortality amongst lambs that season. I only know of the 1 composition of oiloake from seeing the manufacture. Cross-examined by Mr. Mackey: There was nothing more need for this particular batch of cake than any other time. None of the parties told me directly that oilcake had killed their lambs. Mr. ayles sent some of his back, laying that it had killed his lambs. Mr. Wallace said that be bad lost 46 lambs. Mr. Burney did not speak to me about his lambs. We never bought ghat-lock seed to mix with Linseed cake, but for Rape cake for manure. I bought 60 lamb. of Mr. Wallace triter he had ootonlained to me. Mr. W. H. Gulliver, sworn: I received 50 lambs from Mr. Mee, and fed them on Dixon and Cardus' cake, and they thrived well. This was the case for the plaintiffs.—Mr. Mackey, on the part of the defendant, said that he prove that the lambs died from eating the cake, as Mr. Ayles had parted his lambs, and those that ate the cake died, and those lived that had none, and many other similar oases. After a little sonimitation on the pert of the defendant and his friend', they agreed to a verdict for the 21aintiffs, as his Honor s tid that if the case was adjourned the coat of bringing various witnesses to prove it would be very heavy.  Tax Hon. F. Lygon, Id.P. for West Worcestershire, will, it la understood, be one of the whippers-in of the Conservative party in the new Parliament, in the place of Mr. Fleury Whitmore, who haa lost his seat for Bridgnortb.  TEI Attorney-General having refused to sanction the application for a writ of error on the part of Laurence Bing. convicted of the murder of Lieutenant Clutterbuck, it is understlocl that the sentence of death will be carried out on the 6th of September.  Mout BLOOD !--On Tuesday at noon a man named Elhaughnessey, a plesterer, meeting in Regent-street, Pimlico, his wife, whom he had threatened in the morning, put hie arm round her neck and cut her thrust with a razor, immediately afterwards trying to commit suicide with the game weapon.  THERE is well grounded cause to fear that the Peninsular and Omuta' Stearn Company's steamer, the Cores, foundered with all hands on board in a violent tynbcon which occurred on the 29th June, BOOD after the steamer Ind sailed from Hong Kong for Swatow.  Tax CH&