The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-02-18 00:00:00

Samersetsti ire.

YEOVIL. —BURGLARY. —On Sunday evening the
house of Mr. Tabor, on the Sherborne road, was
broken into, and a small quantity of plate and other
articles stolen. The depredators, no doubt, fancied
they had secured a good haul, but the major por-
tion of the property itolen is only electro•plate. At
present no clue has been obtained, but we daresay
Superintendent Smith or his subordinates will soon
have "a tale to toll" of the abstractors.

DISPITTISD WAGICEL—Before the Borough Magis-
trates.—Friday.—Stephen Harris, builder, was sum-
moned by Matthew Hillborne for wages. The
amount was for three days and three-quarters.—De-
fendant had offered to pay 74., which plaintiff
refused.—Ordered to pay the full amount, with
coats.

MARTOCK. Before the Borongh Magis-
trates. Friday: Elia* Kendle, a ticket-of-
leave man, and George Bishop, were charged
with stealing various carpenters' tools, the
property of Giles Gaylard, of Mattock. They
were lost on Thursday, and the men bad been in the
public house kept by prosecutor on that day.—The
larger portion of the property was found on Bishop.
—Committed for trial, but Bishop was admitted to

WESTON-SUPER-MARE. —On Tuesday an
inquest was held on the body of Mr. Benjamin
Lawrence, who for many years has been carrying on
his profession of Surgeon at Weston-Super-Mare.
On the previous evening he was found by Green;
the ostler, dead epee _some part of the premises:4
the Railway Hotel; be had been seen there a short
time before apparently in good health. —Verdict:
"Died by the Visitation of God."
BRIDGWATER.—The inhabitants of Bring.
water have resolved on erecting a local memorial to
the late Prince Consort, in the shape of a Townhall
and Lecture Rooms, with a suitable inscription in
front of the building. The-assize courts, formerly,
used when the assizes were held here, are to be col,
vetted tor the purpose, and the cost is to be abou
42000.

FEOME.—Two young men, named Andrew
Cabac and Henry . Hinton, were charged with •
1 common assault, at the Frome Police Court, on
1 Tuesday, and Franeie Hinton was charged with
cutting and wounding Henry Chase on Saturday
night. It appeared from the evidence of the wit-
nesses that the prisoners and two others who were
not in custody, had gone to th* Cross Keys beer-
home, near Frome, early on Saturday evening, with
the intention, it is thought, of picking a quarrel
with two men whom they expected to meet there.
After a short time had elapsed they began to annoy
the landlord,Mr. liarvey,and wished to beadmitted
into the bar room, but entrance was refused them.
They then asked to be supplied with more beer, but
that also was refused, and the landloid requested
them to leave the house. Upon this they beat him,
threw him down on the floor, and otherwise ill-used
him. The assistance of the persons in the bar was
requested by Mrs. Harvey, and after a straggle the
prisoners and their companions were turned out.
Outside they again attacked the landlord, and it was
said by some one that they had drawn their knives.
. Hearing this a man named Henry Class collared
Hinton, and drew him away. While doing so
Francis Hinton went behind Class and stabbed him
in the thigh. Clam turned round, collared the
fellow, and both fell. While they lay on the ground
Class was stabbed in the stomach, in both mins,
and both hands, but, fortunately, not seriously. He
was assisted into the house, and it was found that he
was bleeding very much. A knife wet with blood
was found on the spot where the struggle had .taken
place. The Bench commented with severity on the
abominable practice of drawing a knife in every
petty. quarrel, and committed Francis Hintin for
trial at the assizes. The other prisoners, for
assaulting Harvey, were sentenced to two months'
herd labour.
CHILLINGTON.—The Bey. G. Philips has been
appointed to the perpetual curacy of Chillingtan,
Semeyeet ; !patron, Earl Powlett.
BRISOI...—MB. ANR MNEL TRWATTRS.—The ease of
Thwaites Thwsites, which has engaged much of Sir
Cresswe4.7esswell's attention during the past fortnight
id every. spent a remarkable one. Any father who
impe
.0010 0 , daughter inclined to marry in haste, may
relate to tke impatient one the story of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Thwaites. Not a miserable detail of the shabby story
of ill-temp* vented in the meanest things should be
omitted. e have a brilliant picture of a British
household. The wife sulks in her room, or issues
front it, to nduot a quarrel of the fiercest description.
We are mitted to the most intimate revelations of
conjugal eanness, ill-temper, and vindictiveness.
Let us i ine a day in the Thwaite's household.
Mrs. Thwa te's is apart from the rest of the family in
her room. 1 The servants ill the kitchen are discussing
what new t phase of the chronic quarrel the day will
bring forth; the children are bufeted between the two
angry pare ts. The instant the pair meet, high words
begin. Th lady threatens law; the husband, fearing
an erposu , is for is compromise. Why this porma-
nent warfare is ad up remains a mystery. The lady
appears to ie dissithilled With her yearly allowance for
dress, and to strongly desire a diamond ring. The
gentleman,, a professional man with a pre-
cariousliei
i come, will not sacrifice to the
graces a Monti,' to please his spouse. The
war, in sh t, appears to be one in which gentility' iu
pitted agai st prudence. The indignant lady's mind
become, ja ndiced ; she sees a grievance in every word'
and gclitu . The gentleman, irritated by constant
opposition and reproach, is ripe for a quarrel. The
wretched little drama's important incidental
include at last the question whether the hus-
band gave the best or the most objectionable

part of the joints to hie wife. 4Dic1.,,,
Thwaites, or did she not, enjoy the sw see
pope's eye when there was a leg of mutton or dinner
It is for Sir Cresswell Creswell to decide. The as
of quarrels were in this amiable familyAdhume .
Mr. Thwaites was A dentiPt. audit would appear that hie
witicin a moment of confidence, bad recourse to his
Protaissibnal skill. The picture of the angry r.
al
Thwtes, forces in hand, and with that mouth which
had en him so painful hours under his profe nal
thumb, into the disinterested looker-on full of hut ur.
Mrs. Thwaites alleges that her husband, with • c Ity
native-to • Thwaitea, took advantage of his positio to
make herb omiless, at any rate as a biting animal. he
asserts, moreover, that refining on his original tn,.
be kept hair without false teeth. We are treated to
subsequent pictures of Mrs. Thwaites dancing, in the
madness of her rage, round one of her servants, and
giving her very ugly names indeed. The medical
attendant of the tawily is brought forward as one who
was privileged to witness the Thwaites family infelicity.
Hie amount of these oonteniptible domestic transaction*
is a plain unvarnished statement. We call attention to
this picture of domestic life in the nineteenth ecstasy,
because we have been struck with the Vecilliat Sole
the husband makes in it. We should not have been
sanguine an to the possibility of !flinging this couple to
agree on any point save one, namely, to separate; but
even on this, which would be to most people a pleasant
resource under the circumstances, the Thwaites cannot
be harmonious. Mr. Thwaitea °pixie's the seplistitkel;
he emphatically repndi .tes the bard pieces of meat
which his wife asserts he gave her. He throws back
the teeth he is said to have unnecessarily extracted is
her face. He proves by his own evidence, that of his
doctor and that of his servants also, the strong claims
Mrs. Thwnites has to be svritten down a shrew, a terms-
gent, and a virago; yet Mrs: Thwaites demands • seen-
ration, and Mr. Thwaitesi reminding us of the eels
that are said to become seenstomed to skinning, resiste
the demand. The evidence was concluded on Thursday,
but Sir Crenswell,Cresswell reserved his judmeat.