The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-11-19 00:00:00

NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.

Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock, its the Court of
the Exechequer Division of the High Court of Justice,
at Weatnilinwter, the ancient function of nominating
the Sheriffs of the counties of England and Wales,
with the exception id Middlesex, Cornwall, and
Lancaskr., wan gone through.
The molo id proceeding upon the nomination of
Sheriffs is as f..110w4 :—After the great official. and
Juilgea have taken their places upon the Bench, the
Queen's Reeneinbrancer reads, county by county, in
alphabetical order, the names id the nobleman and
gentlemen who wire nominated for service as Sheriffs
on the Morrow of St. Martin in the preceding year.
The name f the lli,h Sheriff actullly in office struck
out, a•AI the senior Judge id As•izt who we t the
last Summer Circuit gives in another name, which is
generally a 'opted and placed on the nomination list.
If the senior Judge is prevented from attending,
another Judge officiates in his p'ace If deaths have
occurred, .r if any excuses are made and allowed,
other names are suppled, so is hi make up the list
of three names for each county' and the names on '
settled are finally read out by the Queen'e Remote-
brancer and aro then taken to be nominated as they
are to 14 placed upon the roll. Excuses ate some.
times mule in open court, but me generally forwarded
previonsly tithe l'eiry Council Office and are men-
tioned by the 1 siril I'resiilent of the CounciL The
names are utterwarbi engrossed upon • long roll of
parchment, which is submitted hi the Queen in
Council, and Ilir Majesty selects a name for Sheriff
from the three mimes amearing on the roll for each
county by pricking through the parchment with •
golden baillrin, the name thus pricked being usually
the first on the

The f.l!,.win-re:Almon were nominated for
Dotactshire : James John Farquharson, Esq.,
Langton; WslOr Ralph Banks; Req., of Kinston
Lacy; Henry ('harks GoAden, Esq., of Upwey,
Derthater.

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TiR REV. W. Lorwurs TESTIMONIAL a. we POO by
0o • • •. t 'lw uresouted to him After a tow westing
tire •ustruat chapel.
IMIESI4/1 so: TON II miNnoli —WI are vory Kijo to it
• . will y • • .n
.sI .r I_l, , •it mod, r q Or, for wily
rm. we. k• ~ I to, ort 33 et Arrourot at lbw !Imbrues
month. .

Gain= in VIZ our hills .4,..t0r,
friend.. th allows a I int', ra, have left .12. we have
lousy •les u itibr • 6 I•irds, ii cludinx the iosilav, already
Trim u• .1 is tl...ht.y.
Ise ii. h.sui:l. easy- —lt is stated that Dr. I/rew is stoma
to inutaellately againnt the author of ono of the
" squibs" i 'sued at the last election, the prtwealings are
Is, be criminal, an.l WIN hof"re, the I lorough
magistrates on Fri•lay Ito-toorroms). The lerrister engaged
is Mr. Matthcus, and the solicitor Mr. Weston, of
Iton-heater.
Dacaars aoang nut —Men lay : fife. Mr. It, Ilopkins,
Mr. J. E It eno.•, awl Mr. D. 10 Met,. Jain Williams,
who gala is • had Wen 11 y..ars • *Oilier, an•l discharged
with a „: •I character, wag lir tight up for toeing drunk
and sleeping in • new ',unsling at 11 srket-street, the
previous night—PC. Delamont pro., .1 the case. Uri
V61601' wan flOaml ss. and allowed t the afternoon to pig
same—a gentle hint to leave this, towr.
A SAGACIOUS 11011J11 OM Tull HANDL —A friend writ..:
One ..1 the numerous happy instances .•1 tie sagacity of
tie Is 0.-.• I may mentian, having I.lSt observe.' It on the
...an, A nplendid animal resolutely refused, even after
MA, its! . ffott. on the part of his driver to get bins into
the 'goer, st auddenUy, as if • thought had fl wiled
across his hymn. Necked the mart in, as if to try the depth
m
at the same tie carefully and steadily watching the fleet
two wheels. Aftw thin th. ughtful set, Jelin had no more
tr,uble, the mit lolled horse evidently enjayed his wash.
Tut I.ala FRACaII —Mr. Martin writes thue to a cram
temp wary -The statement in your last Ileum of the
11111 11. d. that y were pleased to learn that the fracas
which occurred between our t•lenstnen 1•61,1 stoic 0,17
settled Is in error In one particular. I bee to state with
re,:ar.l to the expense that the whole was defrayed by the
date, .lants, and that ES riven slime the costs Werli
equally divided between the holy Trinity &boo!e and
myself, •la , 10. to eaeli. WILLIAM JOHN MARTIN.
Builder, ge Chapary, Weymouth.—November 12th,
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11MWAWawr —At the Assizes at Winchester. Riad,/
leery 61.716imy5, 30, tr,veler, wat charted with dealing. at
Ifeloonthe:Reets. D.rset, on the 31.1 of August, a pair of
boot, the property t.l Daniel Ineka lie was further
charged for that he, toeing the loallee of two cheque' for
the payment of .C 7 3s. 61. and 105 the property of James
Itulhain, .Ihl fraudulently convert the tame to his own
um, at Weymouth, within the past two montha—Mr.
Castleman promented —The primmer 'pleaded guilty to
the tint charge, and the second was not proceeded with,
Sentence Will deferred. .