The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1443

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
arott Conutti Expreiso. 136°IThe follo,:ir Connollioriswwer• on Thursday
unopposed d. Mr.
Henry
D:gen.bil. rettut
DOR° HESTER, NOVEMBER 6th. IBSL Me. Reginald Douglas Thornton, and bfr.
Thomas B umett. The Aural bells rens merry peals
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ABRIDGED SHOP LABOUR. Bend played selections of mak hear the residences
The Horne Smeary is committed to the latrodurr th• if"tWinan "mod-
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lion sit ellinion of • measure for the "Protection of
Shop Assistant., Barmaids, and Barmen," acd a step
more important will not have been taken since the
Factory Ant of 1878. It yid provide just the remedy
whit* &either employers nor employed could have
effected for themselves. And if some peewee object
to the priociple so savouring of undue Madonnas by
the State, they should bear I. naiad that all other
effort' of shortening t any extent the hours of labor,
have feted. The mate of things had not only become
aneeselons but unfair. While official regulation had
Intacad the fact my, and exercised some central over
apprentices in shops., it had left untouched a class of
employe., larger probably in number, end equally d.-
earring of special pr Aection. It was only
when all other efforts hat Wird, that the Gov
resolved to apply the principle of oompulaion, and
there is no reason for thinking the remedy will not he
as beneficial in this lost trice as it has been in so many
others. Ti,. Home Secretary was, It appears, pre-
grad for aetiou, and the arguments need by the Pre-
sident of the Labour Learee were scarcely needed to
lodge hint to legislate. Sir William Harcourt
deelared that wherever he went he found public opin-
iou denouncing the long hours shop assistants had to
work. The fact is, indeed, sufficiently well-
kuown, and the jaded looks of thee. aseletante must
have of ten Impressed beholders with the
opinion that reform was urgently needed. The
dawn of better days la viable. Henceforth employ.
meat will be regulated with some regard to the
capacity of nature. Young women will not be kept
behind the Jounter fourteen hours • day from Monday
to Saturday, and male asel•tante will be provided
with opportunities for re=eatim of mind and body.
In the tint place, the Act is to make provision for
oleanlineee and proper emaciation. No child is to be
employed under ten y•ars of age, or for more than
live hours a day, so as to be brought within the wadi-
tans of the educational doges of the rectory Act.
The grand feature of the Bill is the following :
Young grans not to be employed for more than
twelve haus daily, including me .1-times, on five days
of the week; and on one day of the week the period
of employment I. to be
..litetteilra.;;;ii-,ii-;ezai
toss and adult& • • --
go option of the day being Tett to tat
employers. cinch State isteriereoos is raeonabik
and will oommand, we doubt not, the rapport of
Parliament and the public. If it changes the system
of business, so much the better. It hos loos been felt
that the boars of business in general might be eon-
treated within • acuoh narrower compass. Late shop.
ping has 000diausid biomass scopicffors lacked the moral
courage to resist the evil. Both tradesmen and
0040=1111 Will now be brought to their leases, and the
difficulties anticipated will, we are quite eon, never
be realised. How hard it seemed on the publicans
wheat L.rd Aberdare—then Mr. Bruce—lntroduced
his .measure for enforcing earlier closure. Yet there
Is scarcely ea innkeeper in the United Kingdom who
would now revert to the former custom, if he oodll.
We venture to predict that in the course of • few
years &similar cheese of view will take place among
tradesmen. Their profile will Butler no diminution,
and whatever small inconveniences they may have to
bear will be more than coagulated by loormed
willingness on the part of their assiduity, and by the
comfort which abetter-regulated system of labour will
bring to themselves.

No one can exaggerate the sensation caused by the
underground explosions. Still the attempt, like those
which have preoeded 11 elsewhere, shows OW dyna-
mite Is not so fearfully destructive an agent al it bee
been believed to be. These manufactured earthquakes
are very tiny at worst. Their most terrible effect le
upon ale The bloodthirsty cowards who live upon
the " triotisan "of Irish-Americans cannot eves
snoosed In c insing a member.. These villainous heroes
finl their moat transcendent efforts result in little
more than the window.breakin.i of miechnavoue
schoolboys. Finally, the Invincible scoundrel. snort
be bitterly disappointed to find, that whilst they alarm
the nerves of old ladies, they are not able to produce a
real panic among the pooulation.

O'Donovan Roesa, whose malignant fiendishness
and unredeemed blaikciardisto afford the bust of
arguments in favour of eternal punishment, is quite
capable of taking credit for murders which he had
nothing t, do with, and it is obv lonely his cue to
busies the belief that all disasters t Gre a Britain
are due to the machloations of himself awl Me con-
federates. No retional porton believes that be had
anything to do with the loos of the Dottrel. as be
boasted to have had. But there is little doubt in
London that the tonne' explosions are part of the
Irish-American plot; and there is • growing convic-
tion that B visa is tailing the truth also in claiming a
share in the Woolwich said *ion. The most earnest
scrutiny, the severest Int:lull y, has elicited nothing to
explain the firing of the rockets. The only two
persons who could hare seen the commencement of the
mischief were killed. A charge of dynamite could
easily have been introduced Into the premises. There
may be dieeflectsd Irish, Fenian and murdering Irish,
nens,•ages sh• a evva Cl4Spl.yd. wootwoon, SS
well as elsewhere. Indeed this employment of Irish-
men In G ,vernment offices in England is bs,nning hr
be viewed by Englishmen with increasing distrust and
dislike. If a member of the House of C ,mutons were
to move for • ret aro of Irishmen thus employed, and
that return were honestly futaisluni, • surprise and
indignation would be felt from B wick to Land's End,
which would make it almost impossible for the most
p‘,„,,Nryul miairtrr g the importunities of Irish.
men whoselove for • "poet" under Government
Thalkeray so well knew how to appreciate and
satirise.

We had • notion that lotteries were placed under
Lb. ban of the law, eicept such s. are olndacted under
the asapioss of Art Unions, and lel 'oh are supposed to
Wet for the enoonragemant of art rather than with
the kiss of pecuniary gain. But, whateser the legal
aspect of the subject may be, there la • big lottery
being sotively subscribed for to aid of the Railway
fierventa. Orphan Ba.A. The tickets are only ed.
each, and the first min, le • grand piano of the value
of 100 guises/. Railway porters sad guards are
eaurseelag sesidnotudy for eubsoribers, and no doubt a
baud/otos sum will be radioed in aid of the fund. In
Spain charities cf all kinds are principally supported
by lotteries. Hagfish opinion would hardly admit of
a wide application of the same kind of thing hem
though In what particular lotteries differ In • moral
Citigizi view from tsetse at bazaars it is hard to

The death of Baron Oongloton malls several Inter.
*Wag eirounistaiiees. lila lordship's seine wee
Parnell. The first Lord Oongleton, the father of the
late baron, wee brother to John Henry Parnell, of
Avondale, who WIMI grandfather 1) the preleat arch-
agitator. The common ancestor of the fondly fleet
settled In 'mimed la the reign of Charles 11., so that
the Hews Role leader Is by dement a Bexosi (or
Norma), like niany another patriotic Irishmen. It
may be noted, too, that Parnell, the poet, and the
!deed id Pops sad Swift, belonged to the same family.

DOZOKINITZA
804111 KO&TA LITT STATISTIC& —0043 bilIN —Drabs,
7 (Fo egtoa, 4). Two deaths were doe to debility,
one each to apoploop IJ, broaohltie, pertlysla heal
di.....,
ee, sad 01111M110 a. poti theme data the manual
death-rate would •be 1.11 pew 1,000, will& is again
most witieleotory.—S. J. DAT, Medics) Mose of
HealtbL

Or POrft PAULL". —Th• Postel,
niegraphie, and reepAonie Gautk *aye :—" The
rumour ea whioh we last week gave currency respect.
log the Ineosance of wads by the postal authorities
Is verified, sad there is now being held at Tunbridge
Wells a conference of the postal sucerintendeate from
all parts of the kingdom who are at work [ramie( a
scheme of parcels insuranoe wh:ch is likely to satisfy
the public, and not only *score the safe transit of
parcels throogh the post, but also Insure the sonnet
of the Parcel. Post." _ _

the 11 trough Police-court on
Monday, before the Mayor (H. Darden, Seq.), and
Alderman Gregory, Alfred John Elotthings was sum-
moned for not contributing towards lb. maintenance
of his son, John Edmund Hutchings, at present in the
Dorset lodustrial School—lt appears Hutchins; who
hal to pay Is. 61. • week, Is in arrears to the amount of
nearly SI Ho said be bad had • misfortune, which
literally is he was sentsncori to • term of imprison-
ment fr making • fable espeenwtstion at Shoehorn*,
and while be was "inside' he got behind. He offered
to pay Sr. that morning, and the remaindor Si soon as
hit oottld.

been

to Woe the new capital to such Pomona
in such man rs, and at such prices as
they may think be.t," " That the directors be,
and are hereby Nether authorieed end empowcred, to
will, eau- tr, or exchange coy of the company's
*Learners, or to purchase Or build one Or more steamers
t the erten' of the capital authorised, for the more
effectually workiog the oompany's passenger traffic ;
or t, do such other acts for extending or improving
any branch of the company', general budoess al they
may think beet, and with p iwer t , do all that may be
necessary for carrying out the same, but upou the
sem+, conditi ,n that the ce. Empress is neither t
be sold or tirohano I, and that in building a new
steamer he engines and boilers should be supplied by
Mr. Pens, wit bee encessefully served the company
I r the last thirty years, provided the directors out
range a 13 habitant price with him foe the same."
"That all special resolutions of the oompitay hereto-
fore weed and reghttred, no far as the same are inoon-
sist-nt with this resolution, be, and the same are,
hereby annulled." The resolution was oonfirmed, and
the meeting terminated.—We understand the contracts
for the new MOM& are proceeding mat satisfactorily,
Messrs. grnithof Rotter lant,the builders of the Quito,
having the contract for the bull, and Messrs. Penn
and Son, of Greenwich, for the engines and boilers.

on October let. 03 the fill ills of the slaughter.
house was • oesrpit for the blood to run into. This
olles-Pit could int be seen from the complainant's
house. The yard wee pitched with iwainege or Pur-
beck "pitchers." The front door of the slaughter-
bones was about 60 yards from Captain Ohinamo's
honee, and there were some trees and buildinge inter
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manic. Hi. opinion wee that the elaughterhouse wait
well and properly constructed. - 0. om-examined : He
did not see It on the 6th id October.
John Groves proved examining the place in his
official capacity, without previ.m.ly lelng notice to Mr.
Lever. Teem was • little accumulation of mature,
but ne mail was addng from it. There was also •
slight sprinkling of blood outside the elaughterhoues
door, but no deposit. Nor was there any offal. He
had seen the place • great in en, dm • from nom-
plaints made by Captain Chimera., an I otherwise. He
had reported on the place to the S unitary Authority.
He had no reason to complain.—Oioss.examioel: Hi
had had reason to complain when Mr. [Cohorts bad it.
Mr. William Jesty said he was aim at daily at
defendant's plain. He MN there in the esti) Puri
of October. He had never seen more than Six leads
at "'"ur. then In b 4 life, eel them could have
no smell. All the blood from balite west into
• oseepit. —Ormememidned : H. was • brother-In-
law of the defendant; be could not swear if he WM
there OD the 6th.
Ur. B !ward Brunton said he keen the premises.
He was a member of the Rural Sanitary Authority
at Weymouth, ant in c noquenos of Captain
Chimmo's oomplaints the 061 ,Is had ordeis to pay
particular attention to the plam. The place was
dirty when he had seen it. From his expedite°,
five or aix loads of manure would not canes • unison"
nor would blood in • trough, unless it was allowed to
get stale.
Tom Marshal say s .id he resided at Chickerell,
and worked for Mr. Lever. Tb. custom of the Owe
was to remove all offal, directly afta they idlled,
with the exciepti in of what wee given to the pigs, ind
what th y left was taken away on the f .hewing morn-
ing. Them was no accumulation or deposit allowed.—
Cro-s-examined : He could not swear he wee on the
premises on October 6 b.
Mr. E. J. Day, rnalimi officer of the Dorchester
Rural and Urban District, said be had inspeoted the
wanness, and, having regard to the vire of the plain, be
should say that a little blood and offal in their fresh
Asti w. nld not be a uniessioe. He also saw Captain
Chimuto'is house. There were some trees between Ike
home and the slaughterhouse. He should say that the
slaughtering of beside would not Greats • noisome.
The pigsties and oesepool dose by Captain Chionno's
gardeaer's house wervi,be should ibinkinjoions, end U
they Mir* Ig hie district be ehoull who their removal.—
Cromeumined :Us wee not els Otb. as
we.t on November let, when be wee *eked. He had
heard Dr. idoorbead's evident*, and thought it rather
strained, especially as to the rain Ingle below
polluted by enseUs.—By Mr. Howard The slaughter-
house was well ventilated.
Dr. Pridham stated he had bad his attention called
to the premise., and visited them on the 14th of June
sad Oct doer 17th. On the latter date he inspected
them most carefully, but be found nothing he eon.
sidered was dangerous to public health. or upon which
be could inetruct the Inspect it. of NOWIDON to take
legal Proosedings.—Ores.examined : Witness stated
be wrote • letter to Captain Chimes, on the 17th
Ootober, in which appeared the foil 'wing sentence—
" Such a piece near your hones with all its promo lingo
meet be most int &weld, to your family and yourself."
—ln answer to Mr. Howard, witness said he con-
sidered it an intolerable nuked» morally—to the eye—
but there was nothing injurioos to health.
Thomas &Ackland salt he w .• oridnally the owner
of the premises in question, and they had been need
as a esaughterhouse for year.. He considered the
slaughterhouse was keit clean.—Croseogamitiel : He
oould not say he wee thin, on the 6 h, but it was EA
clean a slaughterhouse as they could fin I anywhere.
Mr. Howard now tendered defendant as a wittier,
but after considerable discussion the B mob refused to
allow him to give evidence.
The B-nob, after • brief consultation, decided to
dismiss the summons, but made no order ea to costs.
John Veal was summoned for treepaasing in eitarch
of game on Land in the occupation of Mr. T. Chapman
Saunders, at Owermoigoe, on October 2dth.— lir. R.
N. Howard appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Percy S Street for the defence.—John Richard Mor-
gan, gamekeeper, depsoed Mr. Chapman Saunders
had • rabbit warren near the C 'encased Station. On
the evening in question witness was lying in wait
under the Holworth cliff, having seen • rabbit in •
trap laid there. He saw the defendant come end take
off the trap and rabbit He w toward. the Coast-
guard, and he (witness) ran after him. Hs called to
hut to stop, but he did not do so, but put the rabbit
louder his jacket. Witness followed him to the station,
and knocked at the door be believed he bad entered,
but no one OSEIO, and he then went to the office
Witn sa did not again see the man, but went and
told Mr. Saunders. Witco.s atoms-de returned to
the station, and the °Moor file 1 the men out before
him, and he identified the defendant. Edward
Ranson, assistant to Mr. Saunders, and Sir. Saunders
gave corroborative evidence. —Mr. Street's defence
we. an alibi —This, however, was not made out, and
defendant was fine I 10e. and ODA.
John Rend was summoned for using abueive language
1. Jane Mitchell, postmistress, at Cattietoale,—lt
aopearisd the complainant went to Malden Newton
Pet-office, leaving • perambulator outside with a
child in it. Oa a 'ming out she found it had been
meet. and defendant, who was there, abused her.—
Mr. Howard, for the defence, contended it was purely
aooldentel, and Ms client 1/64 prepared to make good
any damage.—The Bench (Bemired the case on the
understanding &deride:lt would have the perambu-
lat., repaired.
Junes Budd and Thomas Brine were summoned
for fish poaching In the Frooml.—Mr. U. O. Weston
2?"1-"d flignt.D.gotbertrettrenstz..l:2l7-.'"A
seen poking tbe river at Ten Hatches with sticks, and
Brine was coned to put his hand into the river.
—Brine, who has been convicted li times for Um
tome olain of offense*, wee fined ES and oasts, and
Budd, who has also been convicted, El ani costa.
John White was charged with tratipWing in search
of game on Mr. Stuiley's farm.—Mr. Westin
prosecuted.—Charles Viney proved the oase.—There
being some doubt lathe case the Bench dismissed the

(Before Major Williams and C dowel Steward.)
Samuel Sheppard (lab direr) was charged by James
Powell with Guiding some turnips (Yalu 314 on
October 25th, the property of William A. Johnson.—
Defendant pleaded guilty.—Mr. Percy Street, who
appeared for the defense, asked for leniency towards
Shepherd, who had always borne a good character.—
Fined 10;., iuoluding o st'.
Francis Warren and Francis Warren, jun., were
summoned by Mary Warren for an anutult.—Mr.
Street appeared for defendants, and asked for en
adjournment to enable him to Lem • oro,s-surnmons.
—Mr. Weston objected, and the Bench declined to
grant It.—The dispute arose over a newspaper, and In
the wrangle the complainant suffered considerable ill.
users—Both defendants were bound over in the sum
of 15 to keep the puce for six months.
Henry Crate and Richard Lake, two boys, who
were charged with obstructing the highway at
Stineford, were let off with • caution.
Georg* Palmer, Joseph Riggs, Frederick Davis,
Jamie Thorne, George Hall, Gorge Lock, Thomas
Lester, aced Henry Fox were charged with stealing
apples (value Si.) from an orchard Wonging to Mr.
Joseph Hull. on October 214.—P.0. Collins proved
the case, —The charge against Palmer MN withdrawn.
—The Bench fined Thorne, Hall, Look, and Fox Is.
each and cost., and Leiter, who had been up before,
6s. and outs. Riggs and Davis, the smallest of the
boys, were discharged.
Ann Cox wee fined 10s. and costs for drunkenness
at Upwey.—P.O. Ketcham proved the case.
George Vanlo James was senten sed to two months'
Imprisonment with herd labour for assaulting his
mother at Corey on Thursday lad. -D den taut went
to his mother', van and demanded some victuals, and
she told him to wait till supper time. He than pushed
hoedown twice, and on her threatening to send for the
police he took up the bellows, and threw it at her,
outtbsg her head open.
WIIIYXOIITIL
Rine. Houa.—At the Petty Sessions on Friday,
applications were made by the landl ircis of the
Queen's, Cutter, Btu, Somerset, and Terminus
Hotels for an extra hour on Monday evening next,
being the annual sth November Decnoustratlon.—Dr.
Drew asked Mr. Pat* the landlord of the Queen's, if
there was any truth in the statement. whi is bad been
made that young men had been to his house on one
oocasion,until three o- fooro'dockln the morning?—Mr.
Pith, said they took beds, because they were too late
to go home. —Dr. Drew said if that w th. case they
were I glwrs, and entitled to stsy in th.• hue.—The I
Magistrates asked if there were any oth, .pplic .tions,
and Mr. Butt sail perlesps the msgistrive. had bet.er
let it remain In the hands ,d Mr. Arden an I the polka
—lt was decided to grant thou applications which lead
been made.
Tun Poo& Ram—Mr. Polly Hooper, appearing to
prosecute in some non-payment of rate cases at the
()oddball, on Friday, said he thought it was only jo.t
and right to state out of the large rate, about which
the town talked so much, end which amounted to
£5,174, he was pissed to say it we.now cleared, and
be had only to ask for orders against fog • to iple to
the extent of £O3. He could not help fooling it we.
satisfactory to the town to find he had n d come with
a ding list of defaulters.—Dr. Drew thought the town
was to be congratulated, and the officials complimented
for the way in which tbe rate had been colic ted. as
it had been gathered be a way with the least Incon-
venience to the ratepayers, sod he t .ouht the
collector wee much to be commended.— Vr. Roberts
thought this collector was one everyone liked, and one
who did his duty so as meet the convenience of Vie
town.—Orders in the case of the four defaulters were
ma is for 14 dare.
044111111 & CO. (Ltgrrno).-011 Frid.y a special
general meeting of this company was h-ld at the
Guildhall, when there were preset D. Drew,
chairman of the Hoard of Director., H . S. J.
Fowler. manager. Mr. B. Fowler, ser-ro,sr, and by
Proxy. Messrs. A. Dennis, R. Cox. E Porihney,
Mac., 3. Gibbs, R, Ferry, J. Homohrer, F.
Wyndham. R. P. Simpson, D. Sydenham, W. Dixon,
J. H. T. Beale. Dr. Delarnotte, Rev. J. Evans, Mr.
W. Gilbert, Dr. Douglas. Messrs. Rooker, Poop, C.
Carter, W. T. Mayne", B. Hardy, J. J. Talb t, C.
G. Target; Peach, R. W. Reynolds, D .miney. C.
F. Webster, Wedderburn, J. C. Shinner, W. Hinds,
C. Smith, Dr. Moorhead, E. B. Mace. C. Scutt,
0 sptain Kansa. Messrs. Pape, Burge, G. Reynolds,
J. A. Sheave, W. T. tanning, E. L- tanning, J. G.
Rowe, A. Graham, J. B. Cole, G. Eliot, Captain
Chimmo,_ Mr. J. P. Reynolds, Captain Haute ,
I Messrs, H. A. Randall, J. H. Bowen, R Gale, W.
' Parmiter, G. Reynolds, Jun., J. Penn. elpenin
Bowering, Mee. end Kim Samson, Mies Dyer, Mien
Dela:nate, Miss Smith, Mrs. Peach, Mre. and Mi..
Smith, Mies Harvey, Mies Hunt, Mrs. Pape, Mrs.
Fowler (London), lidra. Fowler (Weymouth). Mrs.
and Mies Randall. The meeting was held f 'r the
purpose of confirming • special resolution iawed at •
meeting held on the 17th of October :—That clause
5 of the memorandum of association be, and the
game Is hweby reminded, in pursuance of the See. 21
of the Companies Act. 1867—" That the directors be
and an hereby empowered to increase the nr_epital of
the company by 811,0,0,0 in shares of £2O each,
making • total of tl/2,000, divided
tato LW shares 7rTtiO eeolt, with power

an!! witness bed to sitrcorle with D missy for pomander'
the herr. The del ndants were as eturrged under the
Notht Poaching Prevent ion Act, with baring a hr. in their
110 I ..ion on toe high Wt!. baring c me'rout Lod %Car
b one's at.d.. The ,e4eow her, we that the con table
took the hi. Coln toe man Domino? in the bee. of •
man named C *pert. Toil •ot a !mk el, but tt wee
' provwl tall the search com!w noel 4,n the laghwar in
eccwdsoce with the term, of the Act. The first charge
••• disoliewd on teobnic•l Kr ornds, but for the latter
otl.noe defendants were each fined 40• and cwt., s,•sca.
lowph Buldtre, of Tat °lett klituravves. was sum-
mons I for assauiting Klein Grey, en ttta 9tlith of
October. Hr. W. H. Atkinson rep wltted the
co.nplainast.— it app• r d that the a unplanant's 96
orated into defendant's cw in, or or& ud and so at be
Complainant offs • I t t pey sly rwoonable
amount for any damage t e p!.4 h 4 does, but defeat:twat
at once commenced &basin; bun; put hi. St close up to
his fees and touched Wm mover.! tunes. lie wart strait
defendant would do him iinald ire lily mi try, and he DOW
asked that he might be boon I aver t • kelp the Poem--
Du magistrates 'cored • fins of 0, an owls for the
assault, and boundefen lent over to keep the pesos lor
s a months.
Jamas Cutler, of West Moos, pleaded guilty to keening
ado' without a license, an I we fined 54. awl 7. ewts.
John Neville, for drunk' .nao, wee lined 10s. and oaf&
The remainder of the woes or, of an unimpxtant
&want- r
Lard Cutler and Mu, Co ler, mother and eon, were
fined 1.. M. sack, en! co tt taint red, for destroying Sr
trees on Hr. W. it. B cokes'. octet.
Jamas franty, for druukentsse, wad fined ss. and 71.
wets.

BLANDFORD.
Mogictrair Eldtarion.—The election of Councillors
for the b 'rough .rf Bandford Forum to k place on
Thuralay last. The four retiring memlers 'rakish re-
election, arid one new sapirant to inuniatpal honoure
were nominated. returning officer, Mr. Alderman
Dux!. n, nod the T 01.rk. hr. R. A. Smit 1, were
pr !ernt no tie Tow., Hell from nine s.m. to four p.m.
nee voting pr.o.spied quietly, emi without any
noticeable suntan nt, although a few earelbe that
were circulated rasped a slight surasem:ut and varied
' the in ,notony. 8 &only before live o'clock the offinial
notice WM posted up outeide toe Town stall gates,
giving the following result of the p rllsog :—Sfr. Robert
Byers, 129; Mr. J sines B all, 120; Mr. J. J. Bat.
112; Mr. John ',larder., 82; Ur. T. R. Bennett,
74. tow three of the retiring winders were elected.
and Mr. John Darden takes the place of Mr. T. H.
Bennett, an old and trusted 0 moodier. The mutest
was intended to "UV. GOO of the three hightail on the
list, and Ne attempt signally fails", resulting in the
iras of • good mar,, yet probably only for a short time,
as • vsouszy occurs coo the 9th by the realguation
Mr. Alderman Hodges from the Council.
Traroratancm Misstos.—During the whole of last
week a mission nu let the auspices of tbe Blandford
T.naperance Society was held in our town by Mrs.
Durant,, a working woman in the clause. On Tuesday
evening • mratusg was bald in the ei imitive Methodist
Chapel, but owing to the counter attraction of a eon-
oat% in the Corn Exchange. the attendance was but
smell. On Wain idey evening • cramp public tea
we. rarda,ed for in. the Corn Nicobar:gm, at which over
200 were poem* ineu ling the rector and Mrs. Fyne.
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Clinton, And the Mayor and the Mayoress. This WY
followed by • public meeting. at which Mrs. Dumont
delivered a *spiral address, and the meeting was ren-
dered very ittrattive try the temperance choir and
friends, who gave choice selections of 011040. On
Thursday and Friday evenings similar public meetings
were held in the sane pleas, awl many pledges were
taken as a result of the week's mission.

D15113111/.11103 AT • PUBLIC DIMING. —Om Thurs.
day eveniag a witting WAS SA Imire been held in the
Coro Elohauge here for the purpose of hsariug
eddremee from depotatiots from the Central AssJoir
In for Stopping the Sale of Intozioitting L quells ou
Sundays, but • mob of 800 people took poseessaion
of the f4Olll and r4used to give the reotor—ths Boy.
Pelham St add' whi ocoloied the ohair—a hearing.
Crankore were let u o mtinually, sod *owe of ths
awaken were ve.y roughly handled whilst making
their move.

BRIDPOZT.
Buenos or Assort Ao•troar • Bor or T
S.muel Hill, aged 12 years, eon of Thomas Bill,
dealer, St. Michael's-lane. was charged in custody at
the Polio.-court on Saturday, before the Mayor and
Dr. flay, with witting tire t • quantity of strew on
the let November, near tie New Brewery, the
property id Mr. J. Legg.—Mr. C. G. Nautove sppemed
on behalf of the lorosecut or.—le.oroucie L 'tetras, a
little girl, whom father is employed at the malt-
tool, New Brewery, said sip, wait going there with
bey father'. dinner ale .ut one o'clock, when she
saw prisoner take up a bit of straw, light it at the
m sit-house lire, throw it on the gr mud where a pile
of ,taw Mad, and thou run away.—Loulla Knight,
• toting girl, living near the malt-house, saw the
straw oa tire. Prisoner was by his father's waggco
in the middle of the at I. She told her mother, and the
fire twat put out. —Mrs. Knight said that In cense.
queues of what the girl told her, she went out and tried
to exingoish the fire, burning her hand slightly by
doing so; the fire wait put out. About a quarter-of-an
hour uefore she saw prieon-r standing by his father's
waggon, The i.tatisnent e /13 witnew by the little girl
rime consistent with what she had explained to the
Beuch.—Sargeant Ilaizard soil he had examined the
premises, ant found some burnt straw close to the
malt-housed or, and toe malteh ma fire wee 14 or 15
yarde from the straw. He &web nide I prisoner last
evening, when he denied the charge—Mr. Nantes, on
beheld of Mr. Legg, said he di.l not wish to prom the
charge again.' prisoner, and wWbed that • Bogging
could meet the case. Mr. Nantes expressed himself
willing t shave the charge dealt with under the 52ad
woo:. of the Act, by which the magistrates lield power
ti deal with the cane, instead of •endieg prisoner for
trial.—ln reply tithe Bench, primaer pleaded not
gui ty, and said he "n went near the litimer."-
-erwoor was ordered to an Industrial School for five
yelllll.