The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

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BA LIBBIJRY.

EHIBILLIIHMINT OF THI CATHXDIAL.—The first of
the statues which the Dean and Chapter intend placing
Is the vaunt niches in the went front of the Cathedral
has been fired. It represent. a " Majesty," that is, •
kw, of Christ seated, holding in one band a globe.
The statue is more than seven feet high, and the subject
I. treated in the conventional style of art which pre-
vailed in the middle of the thirteenth century. Several
other figures are near completion.
Mona. Palen MOS II ST. THOM Mfg C BURCH. —Doting
ties progress of the works which are now going on in the
'hearted of this church some mural paintings have been
diaeovered on the areadisof the meth aisle. On wrap-
lag the walls these paintings, which are executed in
body colour, were brought to view. They represent the
Annunciation, the Salutation of the Virgin, and the
Adoration of the Virgin and Child by the Neill. The
figures are yew fairly executed, the treatment is natural,
and the drapery is well disposed. The part of the
church in which theft ancient wall paintings were dl.-
severed is said to have been built ss a chantey by
William Swages, moralism!, in the reign of Edward the
Fourth, and in the eggeopacy of Bishop Beauchamp.
AMA?? TO ROB Ten CATHIDIAL —A few evening.
back the gate of the north porch was heard to be
opened and shut, and at eight o'clock, when the verger
made his customary visit to the cathedral, he found the
north door and that leading to the library staircase
shut but unlocked. Next day the library door was
found locked, and in the evening the verger got in by
another way, where he found that the door had been
locked with a key which had been broken off on the
outside. This key wee of rude imitation of the muter
keys used in onlooking the doors of the eathedraL It
is conjectured that the thief intended getting into
the library for the purpose of carrying off books, plate,
or other valuables, and that on breaking his key he
made his escape, leaving the doors of the library stair-
case sad the north porch unlocked.
Cooirr Porn Simmons, Tug& j..-ri
.Peresent : H.
H. Marsh, Req., M.P. (Chairman),
Esq., George Port, Esq., and Captain Wigton, Alt=
Berton and Toes Thick were summoned for wilfully
destroying a hurdle, the property of Mr. Charles Mayo,
of Bower Cloak farm. Burton was fined 2s. ed. and
oats, and Thick Is. and °oats, or *even days' imprison-
ment. They were ordered to pay 3d., the value of the
hurdle,— George Waters, engine cleaner, Atherton,
was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting
another engine classier named Joseph North, with
Intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The
prosecutor being in the Infirmary, end unable to attend,
the magistrates again remanded the use for eight days.
Mr. INodder, who appeared for the prisoner, made
an application that he might be liberated on
bail, but the Bench refused the application.—
Elissbeth Pearce wu charged with receiving a goose,
the propersy of Miss Elisabeth Maury. at Plaitford,
well knowing the some to have been stolid. The goose
was lost on Sunday night,and on Monday morning, traces
of blood and feathers were found leading in the dire.-
tion of the prisoner's house, her husband being away
at the time. On P.C. Bull going to the house, she
denied that there was a goose there, but the °Meer
subsequently found it in a dish underneath her bed.
She then stated that her brother had brought it home
on the previous night, and salted her to cook it, saying
he had bought it. On Tuesday she said she was
frightened at the presume of a pollosman, and was eon-
esqueetly led to deny having the in the house.
The brother, who worked for Cs. Maury, having
abounded, the Beach ordered a warrant for his
apprehension. The charge against the ferule prisoner
was dismissed. but she was Wend over to give *riders.*
against her brother.