The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-03-10 00:00:00

Tim ISQUOIIT.

On Friday 160 iTICIMPOt WU held at the Blue Ball Inn
before J. Wybranth liaq., on the bodies of the Sired
unfortunate antiwar' as the gre whisks toot plume at
the John Bull Inn no the previom Tuesday morning.
Their Immo. were Mrs. Sarah Gulliver, aged 44
Mary Jane Gulliver, aged 13, sod Albert Gulliver, aged
10. The jury hewing been men, promoded to view
She bodies, when • 'boating spesbaeU presented itself.
The bodies bad the appouthee of charred pieties of
mood • on the hose of the too-th linpr of the head of
ema—Yrs. Gulliver, were her two gold rile" whisk was
the only mons cif recognising her from tee others. Tb.
bodies oil the two chiLlreu could not be distiegaidied
use from the other.._ . _

Walter Samuel Hurdle, °hews factor and pystrlalesi
dealer, said: I live is MiddLtstreet. Last Toeeday.
about threw o'clock in the morning, my wife awoke me
mid said " Fun Usid's sake what's tb.ll" 1 then ran
to the window sod pulled up tat blind. when I saw it
was the John Bull Inn oat ire—being apposite my
house. I thea opened another window and shouted
lie ! and police I till I was quite exhumed. In about
Bye minutes two at three permits eadeavonred to lotto
open tbe gates*/ the inn, which being dons the polies
came, and ran for the Ire engine. I dreamed myself and
rushed over.—The first person I saw was Mr. Ottlliver,
the landlord, running up the yard with only his shirt
on. The flames were at this time rushing out of the
lower window.. The wilt tenon I low was • man
with • ladder, who plaited it to one of the upstair
slows, hints it, and shouted. At this period the town
engine came, sad I ran over to my house for same
buckets sod a tab, and the water was obtained at UN
stsbles of the Great Western Railway, hut it was not
• good supply. The secood engine by this time had
urrived.

The Superintendent here handed in • doctor's perti-
nente certifying hi. inability to attend at the Inquest.
Edward Burge • commercial traveller, said : I was
on Monday laid, about ten o'clock in the evening, at
the John Bull Inn. I saw nothing unusual there. A
stick un put in the fin to beat some water, it was
ab et eighteen inches looter and not a large one. The
room bad • board low. The company, which consisted
of three or four peewits*, was very quiet. The landlady
atm= Ikr were no clothe- haft
er% (7. William Parson, sl t'iocesZet Yeovil, said:! was
on duty in the town on Monday night last. About
:Kt 'Mutes after three o'clock, as nearly as I can
recollect, I beards cry of murder and police. I hastened
to the apot, sad on my way thither I heard • cry of
ant fin minima emanate the John Ball I as. the
ostler and two others in the yard. I saw Mr. Gulliver,
the landlord. sad Itiehward Warr, a lodger, at the
chamber window facing the yard. The ostler bad got •
ladder for them to get down. Mr. Warr came first, but
as be stepped one fort on the ladder he fell and OROS
across • beer barrel on his beak. The landlord came
down next He said for "God's sake save my wife and
family," they are in front room, agsinst the street. I
took the ladder to the front window, and • man went
up, broke the o'ndoe, got in and called oat, bat could
get no reply from the inside. He then took the ladder
to the window below, got up and entered the house,
but could neither see or hear 'my peron. They thee
took the ladder to the hack windo•, where Mr. Gulliver
and the lodger made their escape, but he could not
on acesiont of the smoke. The man thatentered the two
Irma windows could not remain long in the rooms on
account of the smoke. I hate to aaweita,,. if I owed
learn at what parts of the house they were, but could
hear no noise. By the jury : I am stare that we went to
the window Mr. Guliver directed no to go. He did not
ipo with me. I did not go up the ladder myself.
Robert Hewlett said: I am • couch maker, ',sidles
in Yeovil. On Tuesday morning I had • child ill, and
wu out of bed, when I heard a cry of fire. This was
about • quarter pest three o'clock. I clipped on my
clothes &mime John Rion trying to burst the gales open.
The house IMO than on fire and it looked like an Oven
through the bar window. Gulliver was than demanding.
He immediately said torn., Hewlett do you go end
save my wife and family, they are ia thelrent room, try
and get into the Arai bedroom' wiIiTIOTF. I took the
ladder and went and get up, and Woke the window,
but the smoke came net so strong that it was impossible
to get in. I then came down and the policeman then
took the ladder to the other chamber window, facing
the street, and another man and I broke in the window
over the smoking room, We got in, and opened the
door to try and get to the room where I supposed we
should find Mrs. Gulliver and children, As soon, how.
ever, as we opened the door, the TOIOiIO and dames were
so great that we were obliged to slam the door to pia
I then got tome of the bed fornitar• and tilled up the
*hake of the door, key.hole with a view of getting 'out !
the furniture. We pet all the harnitere that was in
that room out, except the bedstead. We had not time
to get that out as the fire wee then bursting through the
door. I then got into the front cellar under the house.
The fire was than coming through the floor tad two OT
three of the barrels had caught. I rolled three or
four full barrels up under the archway. I threw
out some seed potatoes and some onions. I IrtAS the
only one who entered while the lames were raging.
If &oyes* had come in to amiss me a great deal
more property might have been saved. I did not
lake remaining too itai,g myself for fear the wall would
fall and lilock up the doorway, and thus prevent my
ex The landlord was unable to go and look for his
wife himself as he was dreadfully burnt, and had he
remained in the holm a minute longer he would have I
shared the fate of the rest. —By the jury I never got
into Mrs. Gulliver's bedroom. It was impooible for
anyone to do so. It was impossible for any to be in
that room ?alive when I first went to the window and
broke it. with • view of getting in.
Edward JODY aid: I was ostler at the John Bull
Inn. I slept in the house, and abdut half-pant eleven on
Monday night I went to bed. My bedroom was over
the kaohen. Abet 3in the morning I heard the little
boy and my master in my bedroom. Tbe little boy
called out " Oaler, I'm dead, I'm dead." Master said,
"Go through moms Ivey or other." I got out of the
window ionic way and left master, T. and Mr.
Warr behind. Mr. Warr kept on saying, rin done.
I'm done." I immediately broke open the padlock of
the stable door and got out the ladder, and plowd
it against the wiodow. Mr. Warr came down
first As soon as be bad pissed one foot on the
ladder he fell. Master next came down. I beard
him call his son when on the ladder, but I lewd
no reply. He called " Alb,, tame aloog." I
Lewd mistreat or Mary Jane, or both, (maids my bed-
room door, saying, "Oh, oh." Just as I jumped out of
the window—By the jury: na "Om I beard was
just outside the doer. Mr. Gulliver and Mrs. Gulliver
went Se he/ shoat the same Ram as myself. They
MOTO quits sober. I sever saw them otherwies. They
oars 'Rang by lie fire and laughing and talking that
evening. The little boy went to bed earlier. lam
loin sure that the little boy was ia the room when I
was awoke.

h;rliVarr said on Monday night I slept at the
SOU 11111. 1 saw the landlord sod his wife. They
were quite sober iu.d very happy together. I have
been being them for nearly a twelvemonth_ I was
downwind in the Inortneg. Mr. Gulliver cams and awoke
me, and the little boy went to tee 011i1111r aod awoke
him. I saw the little boy in the room, and the
danghlat °abide this door, sloes to kw doer. I just
saw her and AS wont bask 'coin. I them beard her
and her mother, apparently in the neat room, swing
out "Oh oh!' The little boy ran towards the door
to go out of the room, but I did not see whether be
went out. I could not see him afterwards. I with
towards the door. but tin Hooke tome ow so strong that
it nearly knocked me Inolcwaris. I then each to.
wards the window and saw the demos rushing through
the doorway. I remember retimg cm the window a,
but I remember nothing aftereards. When we west
tubed. Mare was bat little dm in the grate. We view
WIWI little hoc lam mire than was not mato Ire
Is tho pito to bpi a us& want pupil. lips
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lau Manian. We Inuit to bed *belt Wilmot U. It I
oopured that the little boy rushed into the smoke and
lames te his mother and sister. I believe they were at ,
the time lath, best bedroom. That, cries bad ceased I
wag before I got out alibi window. They din,'
turned off thp gu before they went to bed. I nolin
knew them tuna.
Charles Smith, superintendent of police, mid : I was
tolled between 3 and t o'clock on Tuesday morning. I
Immediately weat to the John Ball, and 'lndia( that
the family were supposed to be in the noses, I got •
ladder and looked in the window of. the If'xn° of the
beet kitchen. I taw the body of a Wad with it• clothes
banal off, lying cite bank, appereatly deed. I tried
to get at it hot the Gaits and smoke were se great that
.16 was utterly impes,ibla. I was present when the same
wen 7 was found, which they say Is the body of the girl.
wait menent when all the bodies were dug ont. I also
examined the gas—it was turned o( t.s Alb metre.
This being the whole of the case, the jary returned •
'entice of "death by burning, but by what mune the fire
originated there is no evidence before the jury." The
jams, goo, very strongly commended the solidest of
Hewlet for his exertions on the ocoanioa to rescue the
inembea.

COnierr Peer! Bel Slings, Weeneeday.—Before G.
Harbin, and H. Batten, &dm.
&Oar Metheitte. —Joseph Bandfield, of Stoke, was
summoned for being in possession of 10 abort inseenres
in hie house on the 24th of February.—Mr. Watts
attended for the defendant.—Superinteedinst Smith maid
that on the day in question be went to the defendant's
public-house, at Stoke, when he found seven quarts and
three pints deficient--three of the, a gill abort
uteumn, and the others *early so. —ln trees-examine-
tan, Mr. Smith said these niesseuros were on a dresser
in the kitchen. They were all dean and hung up. H.
fogad no pewter quart measure in the house. The
pinta were high up. In tix reply for the Oahe's, Mr.
Watts skid that when defendant took the Inn, about a
year and • half ago, he found the cape in his hones, and
be bung them up, and never need them. Octet lant
produced three pewter mestere*, and three earthenware
measures, and said they were all the eartheoware
measures he ever used.—Tbe Beach said the pnbliaans
bad • very tarp profit, and it was • gross fraud upon
the public who were witted to Nil weight or meagere
of everything they purehathd. Unfortunately this wee
not the first °Renee from the same neighbourhood. and
nothing could Le done to stop such proceedings but •
very beery fine—Mr. Watts reminded the Beath that
this was defendant's first offeneee—Mt etarbio said Ode
was his first oneness certainly, and this would be taken
into consideration, but he very much questioned
whether the smart pewter measure was correct. It was
found to be ..lightly deficient on account of being bent,
but Superintendent Smith said he conki straighten that
out and make it correct. It was consequently allowed
to peas. The earthen jugs were ordered to be des-
troyed. and defendant waa fined 501, and nests.
TIZSgAIIgING ix Sweat or GAIL William
Watts was summoned for trespassing in search of game.
Mn. With attendwd, and said her tautened seta gone in
search of work, and that be bad not received the
SainssODS. The magiattxtes consequently ordered the
summons to be nomered for next week.
lrnrczerr AitaACLif.—Stateen Alibott, Reuben Cox,
John Purchase, and John Higden were sumumned for
indecent immodest Hardiegton Mandeville.—Mr. Watts
attended to support the eharge.—Charlatde Preinplen
said 034 slim wan a servant at Mre. Webby. at
ton. On Sunday evening, the 111th Pebeviat7. the left
her mistress's house, lesteeen seven and eignteeelociee
toga to Haselhery. She had prooeeded about half •
mile, near the meeting house, when she met Reuben
Cox and another. Cox asked her where the wee going
and she told him, and he said he should r) with her.
She refusal to accept of his company, sad Inid him to
go sersy for she did not went him. He then took hold
of her and the three ctb'er defendants came along
Abbott then threw her down against the bank beeaf
the road, and the others threw her clothes over
her tenni, and took indecent liberties with her. She
raised an claim, and scrambled up wig. Cox next
threw her down and they tried to drag her into • copm.
She screamed as load as she could, and they told her
to hold her noise. She felt greatly excited, and did
not recover herself the whole of that ohjlit. She told
her mistress; immeellately she went home what bad
caromed. They had since come to her and oilfired her
a sovereign Lodi to make it up, bat her mistress told
them the case was in the hands of the police, and
that it read now re forward.—lfefendants said com-
plaisant asked thew to accompany her, but this she
denied.—Thomas COI tardier of Reuben Cox, was
called to say les had gees to offer the complainant a
euvereign each on the part of two or three of the de-
fended.. He said that this meeting lion-e was the
mode:sow for all the young men and young evince in
the diotriet. The presetting eras in • farmhouse. and
wee • worse of gres+ evil, avid that it was moat d.ir-
able that a policeman alsoeld be stationed there. In
sewer to the Beech, *Roes* cad that the denomina-
tion AU held !lull service' sere called Bible obthrtians.
Tim defendants Hidden and Porches' denied being
present, and edled two witnesses to prove.. .144 sod
' they were accordingly discharged—Reuben Cox and
Simeon Abbott were fined 40e. each and costs, or to be
nthrientied for 3 weeks.
Daniol To Tenn. —John Caine, and &nine) Cathie,
two lads, were charged with deelding certaiii tree+,
the property of Indy S •orgialts Mine. Mr. Hawke+,
, the steward, aeill the tiers were atoning in • rookery,
and that the boys threw • rope over the green limbs of
the trees and broke theta off. Mr. Harbin said this
waa • very actions offence, end the boys had rendered
themselves liable to a penally of IA each and cots.
Mr. Hawke% said the master of the boys lied given
them an exceedingly good character, and he therefore
did not wish to prod+ the case with severity against
them. In short, be asked that they might be dealt
with as leniently as possible. They *ere fined Is.
each and costa.
&Digo wernotie REIMS.—Thomu. Eades was sam•
monad by P.C. Nest-ley for riding without reins. He
wee going at • great rate in the middle of the road, and
if anything had come along it must have come into
0011Ision will, sho bore, as
very quiet; and would stop immediately by plat say-
ing, "no !" And cc for the boy himself, ha wits an ex-
traordinary good one. Fined lb.. including costa,
TRlAPsetnln.: ii SrACCH 11/ Gant. —George Row
was summoned for teem:en-deg in seerch of same at
Sutton Bingham. Defendant pleaded guilty and Mr.
Helyar his muter, gave him • good character. Fined
10a, and costs 7t Cod—

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ASSAULT. - John Farthing was charged by Samuel
Cole, of the Victoria Inn, Tintiohnif, with assault.
The parties are mighbours and the Bench requested
them to settle the cane out of doors, but they
evidently l•ad a long list of grievances which they de-
termined shoUld come oat. There had bees some disputa.;
reference to setae beasts belonging to defendant getting
Into complsinant's land. Complainant said defendant for
• month at • stretch, had kept Ilse stock ea hisown land
during the day, and turns I them into his (eontplainsntl)
land at night. Defendant on the ether hand charged
the immi.lainant with catching bares with his dog.
After • long dissuasion, Mr. Hawkins, • respectable
inhabitant of the perish, was named by them as the
arbitrator between them.

—Eit-EW7M-111-14.01. cu, Baterday.-11efore W. C.
Lambert sad H. W. Hoskins, Sign—Henry Osborne,
mho ea. charred on Saturday eith stealing swedes
from • &Id roll 4 Bushtield. in Cm/kerne, the property
of Mr. Cuff, of Hornet', appeared again on his re-
eognizsoce. lb. Bench disinimed the we tinder the
Criminal Jesting, Ant, Mr. Lambert stating that the
property stolen haring been found on the prisoner's
father's premise% the charge erii• not brought home to
the prhener.

BRISTOL • EXTRAORDINARY EPCCIIIIN Or
Boos. —Mrs. Stowell, fruiterer. residing at the he&
of Richmond-hill. Clifton, is in pomeenon of a goose,
which has laid four eggs, ,each nteswaring 5 inches in
length and 91 inches in circumference, and weighing
over three-quarters of a pound.

HARTLA;ND.—A Disterorkrto BarcieittooU.—Ou
Wedneeday nook (mein and more amusement was
enessd by • Wile that dues not happen euee in • inaies
life-time in this ueually quiet villago, through a worthy
couple who Ivens both in the "sere and yellow leaf"
of life, but were bent on" matrimonial thought( in-
tent." It appears that t he bridegroom elect bad
arranged with bis intended sponge to film a trap on
Wednesday for both to proceed to Bileford to purchase
the marriage licence and tie the matrimonial knot on
following morning. But " there is many a dip be.
twist the cup and the lip." The " gallant and gay
Lothario" had duly " courted" his intended n 1011341 for
the last ten months, and during that time had taken •
fresh " Image" of hie, and hat thrown said. his accus-
tomed companion, his walking stick, and his old drab
smock frock, and donned for the nonce, • new suite of
"misery." Thewedding suit of broadcloth was purchwed
and made itocouding to the elegant tote of the bride
elect, even to the porcham ef gloves, which were
" olive green." The fads, damask curtains were re-
dyed, the old familiar, was furbished un, and every-
thing done to make the morning of Theraday an
seapscious asornirg. The two happy eouple had met on
Tuesday oight—atteoded a place of woraliip—sat side-
byside am demure as weld he in the woe pew—and
finally made all needful arrangements for starting
early on the following morning. Wednesday Caine.
Just as the Ban had "tipped the hills with gold," "the
trap" was ready, the intended bridegroom was aim
reedy, but where tarrietli the bride? Tbe shutters are
up, abet lan it mean" The brideg m roo knocks. No
reply. Knock, again, without avail. He goes around
to the bask of the !wow ; the door is open; he enters,
and calla aloud upon hie " dewy ;" no answer. He
"bawls" yet no reply; he ascends the Mein, no nee
there. Oh, horrors/ horrors! What can it all mean. He
Interne to the atreet, • picture of "Giant Despair" and
looking thunder. A small crowd had collected, tittering
and laughing. 'Terse clear they were in the secret.
At last one bawled out, "The man is rinu'd away to
Lannon." "Bring me • gaol bring we a maul I'll
blow my brains out !" cried the disappointed and in•
hariated lover. Bet instead of blowing his brains out
be lifted his fist, and mashed in the wiodoa of the
"Gelds fair one." He returned to his solitary home, and
broke in shivers sundry •rtieles that were intended to
have adorned the how* of his future wife, vowing at
the same time that he would bring an action for
" breach of promise" against the "reptile" for deceiving
him. The affair terminated, however, somewhat
melancholy, for the disappointed lover took the
alight he had received so inueli to heart, that on San-
dy nesming he cotninitted suicide by banging himself
bye rope from the bannister of the staira The deemed,
who Is about threeecore years and ten, woe of pecolier
and eccentric habits, and winos the disapnoietwerd and
vexation of Wednesday had been desponding. On Sen.
day, as his daughter returned front ehorsh, she found
him hanging from the bannisters. She called in aside-
-5111108, hat life was found to he quite airtime!.
WMTERLEIGH. ring AT WIRTIIIIIIOII
CaffiCs. —At about half-past three o'clock on Moo-
day morning as a shepherd in the employ of Mr.
Elam Gibbs, farmer, of Westerleigh, was engaged
in his &dim be observed smoke owing front the
roof of Weeterleigh Church. The alarm was given,
and many of the inhabitants turned out to the as-
aistance of the clerk and shepherd • and Mr. Gibbs,
inemsted • horse and rode oil de:dbury to procure
the attendance of the engines. The fire burned with
considerable fiercenem. notwithstanding that the
neighhonrs exerted themselves very ansidustesly in
?mooring water in buckets, parieg it upend throw.
tag it over the burning materials. At length, about
half-post live o'alock the engine arrived and began
to pity wpm it, and Om Sr. wee got saw Moot
7.80, The Ewalt was pail/ damaged, sad ao is

were some of the peers and fittings of the edifice.
The dewier 14 etilipined to hare been caused by the
Ia of a stove which pease. through the building,.
Bus Hors LYDRARD.—Singslor Preiridlobott.
following curious " presentment" gas made by the
churchwardens and siAceincri, A.D. 1694 :
A Preeentinett made the 19th day of June at a
Visitatiot held at Bishop's Lidisrd for the Dame and
Minter of Bathe and Wells.-94.
Item—Wee doe present the Chants* Bounds two be mit
of repair&
Item—We• doe present the Mere!' Raise to be out of
repsire and twe P 3 paired by Burge and Stallone.
Itans—Yee dr.i present the Bounds belonginp to the
Panonage to be out of Repairs.
' Itani—Wes doe present Mr. John Musgrave for not
Cattikising of Children, Is for Marrinp of
Strangers, the donne being shut, k kept out the
Clarke, k for the Register being,Cult Whiß it eras
in his custody, mid for beings disorderly k
grandame e anbeomminge • Minister in being
Drente on Crismas day A kep'g Qinspenny with
Lade Weinman.