The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-08-18 00:00:00

conk! malls up their mired' to believe that his shwa I
end his *Became' had perjured themselves, tbeip
would give a verdict for the plaintiff.— His Lordship
then sunimed up in a very eicracise and cionvioeitig
mariner, and the jury after comirdting about dye
minutes gave a verdict for the defendant.— His
Lordship said he entirely agreed with them, as he
could not see how they could come to any other con-
clusion. There were several other cases of less
interest brought forward, but the length of our
report forbids our entering upon them. The Court
rose at half-past five.
ltin.s Con errrrioe.—On Tuesday • match tame
off at the Wiuthorne ride range, Bradbury ainp,
between ten members of the Blandford and • like
number of the Poole corps It will be remembered
that at the competition between these two oompanies
at Poole. the Poole gentlemen beat their opponents,
and that at the retnrn match on the Blandford
ground, the tables were turned by a alight majority.
Tbe match on Tuesday WU therefore the deciding
match, and excited among the members of the
two corps the liveliest interest. The ranges were
200, 500, and 600 yards, 7 rounds each, Hythe posi-
tion. At 200 yards the Blandford corps made 127
points and the Pools 163; at 500 yards, Blandford
eon*, 76; Poole, 120; and at 000 yards the Bland-
ford competitors made 65 and the Poole 98. The
latter gentlemen thus beating their opponents at all
the ranges, and claiming the victory by 103 points.
The weather was delightful, and the very kind and
cordial way victors and vanquished fraternised toge-
ther at the close of the match proved how well cal-
culated ride clubs are to foster and encourage •
social and friendly spirit.
BLANDFORD MARKET, August 80.—Thcre was
but • limited attendance, and the market had a
downward tendency. The inspector's return was
a. follow.: Wheat, 311 qm ; amount £667 di. 641.;
average .62 Os gid.
THZ HAZNIZT.—flarVed operations have been
general during the poet week, and a good breadth
of most excellent wheat has been carried. Mr. T.
Martin, Shapwick, finished harvest some days some,

BLANDFORD BT. MARY.—Cmcgrr MATCIL
—On Monday, the 10th mat, a match between the
Blandford and Wareham clubs came off in Mr.
Lock's meadow. Both teams were ably assisted by
gentlemen residing in the oounty, and some excellent
play was made. At the close of the first innings the
Wareharnites beaded their opponents by fifteen
runs, the numbers being—Blandford 46, Wareham
61. The Wareham gentlemen then took the willow
and added 56 to their score, making altogether 117,
and leaving the Blandfordians 11 to beet. 8o well
did the first four gentlemen of that party acquit
themselves, that the game was won, with live
wickets to go down. The following te the more :

WARIDIA.M. -
Ist Inninp. 2nd Innings.
Squires, b Hooke, - • • 0 b Schrieber 0
Wilkinson, b Hookey - • - 2 b Hookey 12
Ellis, e Blundford - • -7 o Perry • 9
Ley, run out - - • •14 b &belabor - 3
Trevennen, b Hookey_ • - - 0 b Hook*, • 0
Petberstonhatigb, b Hookey • 6 b &belabor • 11
C Doris • • - • g b Hookey • 1
Bbnchard, ran out • - • 1 not out • 1
Pegs. bSehrieber - • -10 o Standard - 2
Wakinson, b Hookey - • - 5 e Pitt - - 0
Mines, not out •
.1 e Spooner 9

Byes 7, leg bye 3, wide' 3, -13 b3,1b40r1, 8

Etiandford, e Wilkinson - 0 o Page • 11
Spooner. b w - • - 7 c Wilkineon 10
c Featberstonhaugh - 3 o }limes •11
Pita, b Ellis - • - • 2 o Elates • 20
Schrirber, b Page- - 4 not oat • 3
Sir Ivor Onset, b Ellis - • 1 not out • 2
Percy, cy..krnes - •

- • • i
Hookey, b Ellis - - • • 8
Basis, b Page - • • • 3
Biagio, not out - • • • 2 b Page • 6
Byes 3, wkies 3, no ball 1, - I Bp 6, yds 5, 11

POOLE.—F•T•L ACCIDINT.—An inquest was
held in the Towelled!, on Thursday, on the body of
• young man named Robert James Hunt, 19 years
of age, son of Mr. Hurst, of the Lamb and Flag Ise.
It appears that the young man, in company with a
lad, had taken a sailing boat from Poole quay
to South Haven, and that when they had returned,
the deceased was in the act of taking down the
mainsail, when the sprit fell and struck him on the
head, knocking overboard, and he was drowned.
J. Harker, ~ deputy coroner, and the jury
having viewed body, returned to the hall, and
received the deposition of George Mansfield. He
seed: I accompanied the deceased in • sailing-boat
to South Haven yesterday evening. We had re-
turned about a quarter to ten o'clock, and were
about 20 or 30 yards from the quay. I was steering,
and he was taking down the sails at the mine time.
Weiwere the only two in the boat. He was taking
down the sprit, with one foot on the bulwark% when
the spit slipped, and deceased fell overboard face
downwards. I put out my hand to wave him, and
raw the sprit floating sloop/Ide. In falling be did
not touch the boat. He did not Mak immediately,
called to him to catch bold or the sprit, hot he
did not notice ma. His heed wee above water. I
could not stop the boot, the wind forcing it on.
He could not swim. I called to those In another
boat to save him, but they could not Sod him. It
was too dark for ma to ass him sink. I saw him when
taken out of the water, and carried home. He wee
19 years of age. There was six of us at South
Haven, besides three boys. We bad but three
quarts of beer between as aIL Deceased was sober.
We left South Haven about nine o'clock. —Charles
Whiteley deposed: I was in the same boat as de-
ceased, but went into another when off Stake's Buoy.
The last witness called, and said Robert Hurst was
overboard. I could see a *bite sail, but could distin-
guish no ona We rowed immediately to the plass but
could see nothing of him. 1 was present when he WU
picked up.—George Vickery and John Condon de
posed to finding the body.—Tbejary. mid that they
wen of opinion that the mark over eye
was caused bi,estitrh. sprit striking him. Verdict--
"Accidental e
Perri' Stentons. —Joseph Luther, carpenter, of
Corfe Castle, was charged by P.C. Hunt with being
drunk and incapable at Hansworthy.—Superinten-
dent Clifford stated that the prisouer had been greatly
agitathd about his wife, and that he had allowed him
to go home, on condition that he serreadered on the
following morning. This he had failed to do, and
so had to be summoned.—The Bench said the psi-
mover bad acted very foolishly, and would be fined
fis. and costa, which amounted in all to Lila 6d.
Several parties were summoned for the non-pay-
meet oflorough rates, and were nionesd.— Henry
Hyde, master mariner, was charged with being
drunk and disorderly on the quay, on Thursday, the
6th inst.— Cautioned and discharged.

W Ild BORN IR 10 us A cernzirr. —On Tainday
evening, the 4th inst., at about ten pa, as Mr.
Charles Sheers, boot and shoemaker, of Char
Common, wes returning home from Bill re,
through Witchampton, the night being very dark,
he unfortunately drove on the side of a bank and
overturned the art. Himself, with his two children,
were seriously injured. Mr. C. Sheers had two of
his ribs and collar -bone broken, and his bead
severely bruised. Medical aid was procured imme-
diately, both. is lying in a dangerous state, and
unable to be removed to his bane. The two
children also received serious Injuries.