The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OCTOCER 24, 1876.

Hicks, who sensibly refrained (non putting abstruse
Steeds, and selected his list from the newspapers of the
week. After a pianoforte uI., '' Ulfarpe iliennet"
by Miss Sudden, the spelling tournament commenced.
There were only 12 competitors. aid the first to leave
the ring was a lad oh,, seeinel to know more :Jana the
material "sere" than the " surge of the • • for he
gave the former lot the latter. A s. in.: liY Mr. 11. H.
Emmett, "The Englishman," followed, an then • lady
forfeited her chance to " receive 'a prise by sp.:Bic.: the
word " recieve." Mr. A. Ileaden gave a r .'station. "Mr.
Toby Toggptit," after which a competibx failed ti make
the best of his " opportueity " l. ,eiolerion it " opfiur-
tunny
.atel Mr. Harrisonsing " Thu Sea,'•
young lady showen that elle did not "live by prey by
spelling the word " prodweemis " with an " i" in place
of the second "c." 1.11.4 Sudilen's pianoforte solo,
Sabbath evening chimes," given by request, was much
sPnreciateil, awl at its conclusion a troy spelt' sovereign"
with only one "e," and thw loet the chance of winning
one. Miss Emits sang " Juanita " very sweetly, and
in minutiae to an encore gave "The Wishing Cap* quite
as successfully. A Parkstene gentleman was asked to
spell "excessive," end only got as far as " ec 'before the
laughter of the audience made him aware of the fact that
it was too much for him. Mr. Lawton having given an
amusing read i 'To wed or not to wed,that's the question,"
a competitor displayed his ignorance of the interstices in
his own skin by falling over " prosity," into which he
introduced a "c.' Mr. Harrison next sang "The White
Squall," after which • competitor hail to " bundle " off
the platform for spelling " bullet " with two "
Another competitor evidently knew nothing of his
" family name," for he substituted an "I" for the "y "
in "patronymic." Mr. Emmett was more successful in
his singing than his spelling, and gained an encore for "My
Friend Jones's Sister,"" and was even more successful in
"The Friend Maw Now came the "tug of war "
between the three remaining competitors as to which
should take precedence, and Mr. Ewens having shown
his utter contempt for " by giving " archaque"
for "archaic," Kisa Barnes who was very successful at
the bees last season) awl Master Robert Harris (who
spelt well) were left to fight for first place. Mr. Meaden
Care • recitation. "The Rival Broom-makers,' after
which Master Harris was the first to succumb in the
orthographical duel, by failing in the grammatical term
"elision," into which he introduced an "a," and left
Miss Barnes the victor. In the absence of Mr. R.
Aldridge, who had promised a song, Mr. Frank White
gave a comic song Imitative of the valetudinarian, and on
being eneored acted the part of the "Sleepy Man" to
perfection. The prises were distributed as follows i—lit,
value .Cl, Miss Barnes: 2nd, value PM., Master Robert
Harris: 3rd, value 5e., Mr. Ewen& The usual votes of
thanks were accorded to those who took part in the
entertainment, which was in aid of the library fund of
the institute. The promoters deserved better support
than they received.
Pgrrr Sgesimitt, Thuzaday.—llefore Messrs. C. J
Stone' W. D. Dugdale, J. B. Derail, and 11. I). Ellis.
The magistrates confirmed a consolidated rate of 2a, in
the pound for the parish of St. James,
Mr. P. E. L Budge applied on behalf of Mr. H.
Curtis, of the Antelope Hotel, for an extension of time
from 11 on Monday night till three o'clock on Tuesday
morning, on the o .cpalon of the annual supper of the
Poole Conservative Association.—The Bench granted the
application.
Jan David, master of the Sarah and Mary was sum-
moned for is. 2d., balance of wages duo to Owes
Pearson,' a lad. on a voyage from Runcorn to Poole. The
plaintiff who claimed five days' wages at 10d. • day, was
awarded two days' wages and coats.
Eliza Saunders was summoned for assaulting and
beating. and Rdieard Saunders, her husband, for assault-
ing George Ravel, of Verwood, on the previous day. The
male defendant, it seems, his suffered Ai 111011t11.11 hard
labour in Dorchester gaol for stealing pork eye-pieces
from complainant's cart, and on the previous afternoon
he came up to complainant in Fish-street and abused him
In reference to the affair, and partly pulled off his coat
and challenged him to tight. The female defendant
struck complainant several tintes.—The woman .liil not
deny assaulting complainant, but alleged that complainant
was repeatedly taunting her husband of the conviction
for theft, The case against the man war. disteissed, and
the woman was fined tia. and NA tid, costs, or seven days
in Poole gaol.
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Pailip Manspied, captain of the steamship Ilan, was
summoned for assaulting Alexander Penrose, mate of the
vessel, on October Iffth.—Defendant did not appear, as he
had sailed for St. Malo, and on his behalf Mr. P. K L
Budge objected to the validity of the summons, which
described the defendant am " Peter" Blampied instead of
Philip" Blampied.—The police stated that the summons
described the defendant as master of the steamship
Hen, and the service was held to be good. Complainant
stated that he was mate of the steamship Hen, and on
Monday morning, about seven o'clock, he was doing his
duty on board when defendant, who was captain of the
vessel, came to him and told him he should not require
his services after that day. He asked the defendant his
reason for discharging him, but he refused to tell. About
II o'clock defendant came to him again and paid him
li, wages for last week, and two days (Sunday and
Monday) for this week, and sail they were square.
Defendant ordered him to leave the ship, which he
refused to do unless he told him what he was discharging
him for, and this defendant still declined to do. He was
under articles, and bound to give or take 24 hours notice
before leaving. He refused to leave the ship till the 24
hours were up, and defendant mine into his cabin and
threw his clothes and other things on the deck, and took
him by the collar and twisted him round and hurt him
and also broke his shirt—Mr. Budge subniitted that
according to his own showing the complainant defied the
captain's lawful authority, and said if any proceedings
were taken they should he in the County Court for
wrongful dismissaL—As defendant did not Pay cony
plainant 21 hours' wages in lieu of notice, the Bench held
that there was &prima facie case, and, en the application
of -Ir. Budge, the case was adjourned till Monday, when
it was expected that defendant would be able to attend.
In the matter of the serious charges by a Swedish
sailor boy against a German sailor and mate of the vessel
Gustav, it was necessary to have an efficient interpreter
of the English, German, and Swedish languages, and Mr.
W. H. Baker, Acting Gentian Vice-Consul, appliedkfor
an adjournment to enable him to obtain an interpreter of
the three languages from London or Southampton.—The
easel were adjourned till Saturday,
Potics, Saturday.—Before Messrs. C. .1. Stone, 11. 0.
Ellis, W. D. Dugdale, and J. B. DurrelL
Carl Grew, mate of the Gustav, of Stettin, lingua, was
summoned for assaulting Carl Fredrich Hellgren, the
cook's assistant on board the same vessel, a Swedish lad,
at Poole, on October 17th, and at various other tirnes.—
Mr. H. W. Dickinson prosecuted, Mr. H. T. Trevanion
defended.—Fredrich Albert lteteike, captain of the
William, interpreted Swedish and English ; and Ur.
Ernest Losimitzer, from the Hemian consulate, London
interpreted tier:min and English. —The prosecutor shim.'
as cook's assistant at Soderhani, Gulph of Bothnia Sw en
on the 2nd of September, and sailed on the 4th of
September. He had never been to sesibefure, and he alleged
that in consequence of his incompetence to cook, he was
repeatedly ill-treated on the voyage over by the captain,
male, and crew. With this, however, the Bench had
nothing to do, as the vessel was a foreign one, and it
occurred on the high seas. It was proved by different wit-
nesses that the defendant had assaulted the prosecutor
several thugs by slapping him in the face shire he had been
in Poole, and Mr. Trevanion having pleaded guilty to a
common assault, under extenuating circumstances,the
Bench inflicted a fine of XI and costa CI, or 14 lays bard
labour.

Carl Rudolf kiste, the captain of the Oust's% was then
charged with assaulting the saute boy at Poole on October
wasonly proved that the captain struck the boy
once in Poole, and the caae being of such a trivial nature,
the lienckdismiseed
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Carl FredrieA Storaike, the cook of the Gustav, was then
charged with the more serious offence of attempting to
drown the same boy by throwing him overboard with
intent to kill and murder him at Poole, on October 17th.—
The boy alleged that the prisoner pushed him into the
water as he was stepping from the Gustav to the William
to ga on shore, but it was clearly proved for the defence
that no one was near the by, and that he accidentally feu
into the water.—After hearing the evidence of the captain
and mate, Mr. Dickinson said he should not pursue the
case further as he believed the charge to be an unfounded
one—The captain claimed the boy and ref used to have
his articles cancelled. in which he Was suppurtod by Mr.
Wanhill. the German Vice l'onsuL - The ilench gave prose-
cutor a certificate or discharge iron, the ship,and instructed
Superintendent Hunt to place the buy on board the first
veasel bound for Sweden.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM CUSTODY
A notorious prisoner, named Palmer, who had
undergone seven years' penal servitude, and who was
again apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to ten
years' penal servitude and seven police supervision,
at tho Alownoutlishiro Quarter Sessions, on Wodnes-
day, effected his escape fl,tnutht,,hou7kartrswilatiftnio
/There WU. an immediate search made in the vicinity,
but the prisoner's escape is minplete.