The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-23 00:00:00

APPLICATION FOR A 0-ItATING.

given foc-t-ho' colonel the •meeting up and _
to the Swan Inn, where the colonel had caused ref rode
Mead to be prepared in the most liberal manner. The
following prinnotions have been made; —Private Stevens
to be corporal, Private Luckhain to be lance-corporal,
Corporal Stevens to be sergeant, awl LanewCorpond
Luckham to be corporal. The men arrived at Weymouth
about Bill and were dismissed at the King's Statue.
The first drill of the! Broadway and Upwey con-
tingent took place at the Upwey school room on
Monday evening, awl the men were put through a stiff
drill by Sergi Instructor Barron, Lieut. flagon, who was
present, expre:seil himself touch pleased with their
attention and movement: and in a very short time
will make good riflemen, The e intingent now numiers
twenty men; any others wishing to join dc odd give in
their names ti Sergi Stevens, awl if found up to the
standard of efficiency, and approved by the committee,
they will lie admitted.

WAREHAM.
COUWTT Pgrrr SESSION:4.st Beige Colonel
Mansel (chairman). Mr. 1V N. Calcraft, the Earle( Eldon.
Mr. N. Bond, and Mr. G. 11. Bond.
irkiniel WiUis, labourer, of Winfri tit Newburgh,
pleaded guilty to trespassing in search of gattp..in land in
! the posstsetion of Mr. Vharles Weld, on the 2'Jtlt .4 Dec.
at Coombe Keynes. --A keener named George Parker said
he saw defendant and two other men in Coombe Wood,
and as defendant ran away he pointed a gun at 1111% twice.
—Defendant is an oil ..howler, :tn.l he was lined kis. and
costs, Its., or two niontlis hard labour—Allowed a fortnight'
for payment.
Robert, Henry, Thomas, and James Prootebl, four
gipsies, who did not appear. were stun I for ol.truct-
tm: the highway, on the Mud of December, at Sttelland.
P.C. Wiles said he saw the defendant's four sans lwy the
aide of the highway between II and 12 clod( in the
morning, and ordered the three women In charge to
remove them. They ronoved the vans to the middle of
the road, where they remained till the defendants came
between 5 and fin the evening. Defendants refused to
remove the vans when he toll them to do so. —The Bench
imposed m penalty of 5.t., and 6.., costs on each defendant.

Mr. Henry Summene applied for the consent of the
Board to have a grating in the footpath near his
house, for the purpose of lighting up his cellar; hut it
was decided not to consent to the request, in conse-
quence of the narrowness of the road.

Messrs. Lowm.L. ant- Thilio-ti4Jie:d for license* to
dell petroleum, awl it was decided to grant such
licenses subject to the approval of the Surveyor.

BILLY.
The following bills were ordered to be paid
s.
5 9
•
17 10 0
1)0 0
44 13 2
167
•6 3 0
. 30 18 0
•
4 L 55
22 8
.3 0 0
5 0 0
14 10
2 0
20
3 0 3

Francis Pearce ... .
Clerk
JAM. I ioWell. public 'wawa ...
John Charles Ward. horse hire ~.
John Dine, blacksmith .
Henry Righter, horde hire... ..
John Stone, collector ...
Stone and C.., Messrs.
Walbridge, C., blacksmith ...
Royal. J. IL clockinaker...
John Stone, inspector .
Thomas Sleeinan, blacksmith
Major, F. H.
J. I'. Batten, builder
FORTI,NE'S • WELL !AMID.

The Survey, a:rr.ax-- Mara-- Ctei-TATiita-e up some of the
mud, lift the road through Forttine's-well, mad cove:
the satne with beach at mice.

PRESTON.

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Two APPLE CROPS IN ONE YEAR. —Mr. Sergeant,
of Preston, has three apple trees which bore two crops
last year. They were " Hawthorn Dean" and
" Stubbards," were planted the year before last, and
nearly perished last summer through the drought, but
were kept alive by watering, and matured their fruit.
About a fortnight ago the last of these fruit were
eaten, and then the trees were bearine: folly kernel
apples of the meemol crop.

BROAD WET.
THE NEW RECTOIL—On Saturday last the Rev. B. D. R.
Bonham was formally inducted to the living of Bincombe•
cum-Broadwey at Broalwey Church by the Rev. J.
Stephenson : the Rev. J. W. Holden, late euratedn-charge,
with the churchwardens and clerk of the church, being
resent as witnesses. On the following day he read himself
in at Bincombe. and preached his first sermon at the
sister church in the evening, taking for his text a part of
the eighth verse of the second chapter of Philippians.
Mr. Bonham is a Into Fellow of Cains College,
was sixth we-mater of his year, and is a Master f Art..
Owing to the necemity for repair, ,us the glebe house and
promises he Is sot yet able to COOlO into regidCll,e.

REINFORCEMENT OF THE WEYMOUTH
YoIATNTEEKS.

The promotion of the worthy Lieut.-Comm:talent of
the Weymouth Rifles to be Coptain Cason will not, we
hope, long 1w delayed, for, having Imrne the whole weight
ot the company 341 the only officer for a very long time,
Mr. 4;10.1 1n.., taken efficient means still further to
luer,ave the numbers of the corps. A meeting to enrol
recruits took place at the Scamtromu. Bromiwey, on
Thorwley evening at eight o'cloek, prior to which the
volunteers had assembled in Weymouth and come to
i•pwcy by the 7.15 train, :older the command of Limit.
liana At the otatinit they were met by large numbers
..f people, who gave them a hearty cheer. The company
being re-formed ill the read near the station, sad headed
by the drum-and-fife bead, led meet aides* 14 Band-
master Cook Waving sow opidlod she nennind to

Upwey, and in passing the reddened) of the Worthy All Evangelistic whireas was delivered at the Friend(
'Squire Gooddem, and several knows en PoIA', a hearty Meeting-hostse on Sunday afternoon by Mr. Meyers, •con.
cheer wee given by all the occupants, the crowd inereaaing vertod Jew.
giently so Ridgway Woo neared. The sclosoi
rder by
ssun Sal/No:XS were preached it. the cheerless and chapels of
capitally lighted, everything gt in '' apple ti. town ..11 Sunday in aid of the f ends .4 the British am!
o ' ,i
Sergeants Jeffery and Barron, and when the seen %trivial Foreign lii 'I., Socihty anti the Iforset I enay ilospltaL
they took their places without the sliOttest confusion. A f St. .lantes's Church Lii 5,. was eollectisl, at st. Paul's
We must not omit to notice the laud assistance neutered ltorch £l7 Ills., and at the Corigre woonal 'hutch
1,, many ways by Mr. ii, 11, Symorplis, who, with many £5lOO.
lamb, accompanisol Bugler W. It. P. Jeffery in his " lAIICO HIS heap Ore."- - What gave rise to, thie so(1104
401111.14 Willi the early dress bugle call, reminding all of what familiar expression MO on t say, but within the
the 'Hooting. Colonel Steward occupied the chair, and boa few dvys w., have heard a used illustration of it.
MX4 supported by Mr, Petty Hooper, the
5 (.m.1111410'. iv. Pridham, Lieut. Gamin, Ker. .1. S. which there is some dispute—h. Ilmn standing at livery
Maruhan, citrate of Bower, and other influential gentle- for five or six Om past. It lime 'lone no work during
men and YOUMI Mel, were present in largo numbers.— , this time ; nearly CIO has already been rail for its keep,
Colonel Steward, in opening the promenlings, alluded to and another bill lain progress ! Query -Would it not be
the iattsirtance of the bllkille44 before them, expressing ; OeoXolTllo4l to, ehoot the horse out of hand, and
surprise and ple.ure at so many present; lie trusted I preserve tho skin for litigation I otherwise, if matters go
those who would COMO forward would di, so in the riJit on as at present, the horse may not only .ntt the value for
spirit—not to play, but for the proper defence of their which alive it might be wild, but al. 4,11411181 e in value
country. Drill we. not like courtship, all sweets, and he the stalde and its surrounding's where it stands,
was sure many id the 11111 VOlUilttlerd he POW before If ~abf
had
him remembered the hardships the undergone STORM W tTP.It Cil.f.Afts. -The long•continued rains
or n the Wiltshire downs and other places, where they have cats... I nearly all the eellars in the town to be more
liad to go to bed supped.. and sorb other or less Hooded, and great incon, onion., has consequently
disagreeable things. People coinplainml in this comitrY already limn felt, to say nothing of the insanitary results
of the heavy taxation, but they were not en heavily likely to follow such a atate of things. The few hand
taxed as theese of other mnintriee—vis., Frew°, punnet obtainable are unite inadequate to cope with the
Austria, Itu.ia, and Germany, where the people were difficulty, and a requisition, rimed by about PM Inhale.
compelled to keep up large standing armies. These tants, in favour of the town fire engines being used for
nations were compelled to pay in kind rather than nioneY, the mute., of pumping this water from collars WWI coin.
every person between the ages of IS and efi being obliged sidereil by the Town Council on Wedneaday last. Upon
V. serve either in the army or navy, but in this country the proposal of 'ouncillor Conway, 'wended by Councillor
volunteering extended to both branches of the Steelee'. Stone, it was agreed that the natio( ono engine he granted
The gallant colonel said it het Imen his plenum, to belong for the purpose, subject to the direction Anil regulation .4
to the Dorset Battalion as first and second in command the yin, Engine committee. the „peene ine,arro to, 1,0
for 17 years, and this addition without doubt would liring lawns) by the owners of cellars.
No 5 Company second to note in the county: In Ma ConiMiAofir F.WITATION.—At a very full meeting of the
concluding remarks he stated at no distant tienml Lima- Town Council (the lady alosent members being Alderman
Gum., would be eaptain of Weymouth commuy. ffireat F. T. Rogers and Councillors V. Millns), held at the (build.
cheering.) 'rim recruit's, on Iwing sworn in and the omit hall on Wednesday last, the prineipid business transacted
of allegianim adininisterml, .1111 y signml the muster roll of wax thoappointniont sf is Shoo' Attendance l!ortimittee to
the emotes/v, and as each lit she table and word. MI ho enforee the providons of the Klentiettary Education Art
received a hearty cheer. We laud not omit to mention of ls7ii, which ONlllo into operation on the Ist of January,
Mr. Stevens, ,4 Broadwey, who has been indefatigable in 10177. Couneillor E. P. Philpots proposed that the com-
mittee be composed of the following gentlemen, and said
ainn,'linwha'llub:ri.„7,„'Y he hail etrefully seleeted them from all denomination',
tchoemrie.irTiuyitinig,ie,,eitr v
the remarks which bad fallen from Colonel Steward 244 }AI 1
81:11NIII/ Nue regard to the religious differunees that existed
his futere poeition n. 4 captain, said his utmost mph:aroma amongst them :—The Mayor (Councillor A.. Ralston),
should let used to maintain the dignity of the corps and Aldermen F. Styring, M. Kemp-Welch, and J. Buskley,
keep it in a thorough state of efficiency both in number,' Councillors J. S. If nasen,.l. Curtis W. N Weston, It p.
and drill, and on all occasions he was sure the Weymouth Ayles, W. D. Data ale, 11. il'anner, W. Penney
Company would tuni out to meet the colonel with a I.ld and 11. It. Dugunire, Alderman (1. P. Penney, wombat
front. The drills would commence at the UPweY school- the appointment of the twelve gentlemen named, of whom
room on Monday next, whilst tbe weekly drills at it was said four were Churchmen—Councillor W. Penney
Weymouth would be n,* usual, bet if any of the recruits proposed as an amendment that the following members,
liked to 00000 there he should lie ',hauled to. are the,,, of whoin AiX were National School men and six British
present. Those sworn in that night W.Mht he measured sehool men, form the committee: -Aldermen F. Styling,
for their elothing on Monday. Lieut. (boo. Proposed a M. Kemp-Weleh, and J. Beckley, Councillors .1, t 4
vote of thanks to Colmirl steward for his readiness in Hodson, .1. curtis, T. Beckley, W. 1). Ihigdale, H. It:
taking the chair. Colonel Stewasl suitably returned Demos°, Cl. Stone, W. it. Bollard, K. N. Blanchard,
thanks, advising all to get rid of the word " Recruit- as and 11. Farmer—Councillor E. J. Conway sec ~,,, led the
soon as they could. Three hearty .rheers halting losol amendment, which im being to the meeting was lost, nine
• s• - - • ' " --e broke

voting for it an4-t.n for the' original piwition.- The twee-
sary ottimns will be nominated by the committee awl sp.
pointed by the enanclL

BOROUGH QUARTER. RDNIONs.

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The Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the "town and
county of Poole" st.l.re held at the Town 11311 on Tuesday.
before the Dernity-Iteronler (Mr. G. D. Warry,) who was
accompanied on the Beneh by the Mayor(Mr. A.. habit ~, )
the Sheriff (Mr. F. S. !gyring.) the ex-Mayor (Alderman
F. Styriog.) Mr. G. Pearce, Ablerman 31. Ketup-Welch,
Mr. C. J. Stone, and Mr. J. B. Durell.
The following were ,worn on the Grand Jury .1.
Ailey (Foreman.) Mare. .1. Andrews, C. Atkinson, IL P.
Ayles, J. W. Buckley, T. Buckley, J. It. Hoyt, G. D.
Ilas titint, G. !tort. W. 11. Bleach-n.l, E. M. Blanchard,
J. Bidden am! IL Belbe.n
. _ . _

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—Thollerk of the rmice (Mr. C. 11. Aldridge) haying read
the prwlumutiuu against vice and immurulity,
The liepoty•ll,..,•r.ler briefly a,ll.lremml the Crni.l
bigll,A. :m.l eo...9.atulate.l them op no the free.lon, .4 t li-
town (rum. Mem. th re being only one primner for trial.
joha C..war.i. :IL, of Ilii wall indictoil for indecently
sam 111th, alllth, grl age, eight yearn, 1131110.1 Emily
Baker, oni the. llith i ..f 0.-tuber, at Poole.—Mr. 11. W.
Dickinme ie. ~ ... . ~•.it.4 ; the primner M4O .1111.1.40140,1.—
The erblence W:l4 of if,. .li,qpiting character, awl utterly
unfit for public:it i.e..—The jury funnel the primner guilty,
awl the Deputy-It. .order pamm te i munco .4 twelve
, ealen.lar month, itn elmninent, with hard labour.
1 The Court theft n ..

coOs xuLLEN.
wro.ETAN A
given in the 4e4iee
entitle,' " EV3." nn
TINTO wapi

PL.—Them wa+ an entertainment
mr.m ni Timr.lay by the choir.
frni" Uncle 1.4111.14 I !shin."
ettenamee. ntri the s.lturere en
prai4e. Ntr. William War,' con-
nective re:piing.' were given by the

IWIKBORMS.
-‘ll:li.trato, prolont : Mr. (I.
. M. A41:11,, sae , Captain W. A.
r I:. V. tiarfanil.

r, of the itliiwar Hefei. Whohtrie.
hour for the antoull .lioner of the
Fri Ur, the thrt of Feloon4ry. upet

,-;l:vit-n-•;;;n::f Little I%tnfor.l arplant
r. for in ohler .4 ejectment fnnn •
neorge William., the name pile%
hit Mr. Willimmr hat not renived
wt. he 'wing a yearly tenant, and the
flier.