The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-11-24 00:00:00

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WF.STON-SUPER-lIARE. Perry Semmes,
Blonday.—Job Evered, of South Brent, labourer,
appeared in answer to a summons for assaulting his
wife, Mary Ann Evered, at South Brent, on the
10th inst.—Bound over to keep the peace' in his
own recognizance of .ClO, for three months.--
Frederick Twitt, of Work, labourer, appeared to
answer the complaint of Mr. Moire Stebbins, a
farmer of the same parish, for stealing lb sheep from
his field at Worle, ou the 17th ultimo. The subject
of title being brought into question the case WM di.-
joined. Henry Harman, Joseph Norris,
Frederick Jennings, and James Pester appeared to
answer the complaint of James Lovibond, collector
of the Benham district rates, for non-payment of •
district rate. The three former were given each
a-week to pay their respective amounts, and the
latter dismissed.
ACcIDINT.—On Saturday afternoon, between the
hours of three and four, an accident, which might
have been attended with fatal consequences, occurred
to a lad named Sonch, aged about five years. It
appears the lad is a son of Mr. Souch, saddler, and
in Regent-street, at about the time above mentioned,
the lad was crossing the street., when the carriage of
Mr. E. Bisdee, of Hutton, came along at a moderate
pace, the shaft of the carriage knocked him down,
and one of the front wheels passed over his shoulder.
Fortunately be miraculously escaped getting in con-
tact with the hind wheel, or tlui accident mud have
ended fatally, for there were four or five persons in-
side the carriage. Medical assistance Was imme-
diately procured, and Mr. J. Stringfield and his
assistant were soon upon the spot, and pronounced
the lad free from broken bones and injuries of •
serious nature. He is now progressing favourably.
The second grand concert of the choirs of the
neighbourhood, under the conductorship of Messrs.
Summers and Edwards, came off on Wednesday
evening, and was in every respect a greet success.
The audience was numerous and fashionable,
and the performance as a whole first rate. We
congratulate the choirs on their performances, and
express a hope that their future efforts will prove
equally popular.
CoLTNTY COURT. (Before C. Saunders, Eau
Judge).-This court salon Thursday. There were 1
plaints entered, and ten summonses after judgment.
The majority of these were void of public interest.
The cape which occupied the greatest length of time
was " Parsons v. Bolton," a jury case, which lasted
nearly four hours. Mr. Thomas Smith appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Phillot for the defendant.
This was enaction to recover the sum of .C 6 lis. 3d.,
for hire of apartment*. The whole matter turned
upon the question whether the taking was from
week to week, or for six months certain, and
upon this point the evidence was moat conflicting,
the plaintiff and her two daughters stoutly main-
taining that it was for six months certain, whilst the
dangliters of the defendant as firmly persisted that
it was only from week to week. His Honor very
carefully summed up the evidence to the jury, who
immediately gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed. Mr. Phillot thereupon applied
for • new trial, on the ground that the jury bad given
their verdict contrary to the summing up of the
judge. Ilia Honor, however. could not amply
with the application. The evidence, he said, was
very conflicting, and the jury probably were better
able to decide ou the merits of such evidence-
CLEVEDON.—Ctsvenow lairrirtrre.—At the
annual general meeting of the members of this society
the following gentlemen were elected for the coming
year :—Preeident,Sir A. H. Elton, Biwt. ; treasurer,
the Rev.l:. W. Bnikenridge ; secretary, Mr. Catford •
librarian, M. D. Charles. The society was reported
to be in a most flourishing condition, and it Was
decided that a soiree should be held this year under
the direction id their oommittee,consisting of Messrs.
W. Brathenridge, E. Button Light, Somerton,
Warden, and Broad. It was also suggested, with a
view of augmenting the library, that each member
should present it with some volume on any interest-
ing and instructive subject, as • Christmas box,
which idea seemed to give considerable satisfaction,
end it is more than probable will be carried into
affect by the majority.

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MII)SOMEIt N ORTON. —On Tuesday evening
there was delivered in the Market-hall of Mideomer
Norton an able lecture by John Bingham. Foq., on
his Recollections of • visit to Russia." The High-
Sheriff kindly took the chair. It was attended by •
highly•respectsble audience, who paid much atten-
tion to the interesting incidents related. The proceeds
of the lecture will be devoted to the funds of the
Market Company, which, two or three years since,
was established by a few enterprising inhabitants,
combined with the gentry of the neighbourhood,
among whom the High-Sheriff most be mentioned as
having rendered active support.
PRESTON P I ETT. —C LOTH rso Ctra.
The distribution of tickets to the Clothing Club of
this parish took ',lice on Tuesday, when about £23
worth of useful clothing was divided among 40 poor
faznilis
Lisenatrry.—At the
tythe meeting held in this village last week, the
Rev. Prebendary Stephenson, N. A., rector of the
perish, announced his intention of presenting a new
p,ml of bells for the church, and also that Mrs.
Stephenson proposed placing • handsome organ in
the sacred edifice for the use of the congregation.
The rev, gentleman inherited the living from his
father, and much beloved by his parishioners. These
instances of liberality will doubtless still further
eerrient their attachment to himself and his esteemed
lady.
BANWELL. —FOUND MUD IN • DITCII.—On
Sunday morning the body of John Hayman, •
travelling hawker of laces, was found in a ditch
by the roadside, near Wolversbill.farm, in this
pariah. The body was in • very decomposed state,
one of his hands was in his pocket, and his hat and
basket were under him in the ditch. He was last
seen in the neighbourhood bight or nine weeks ago,
and although the ditch was by the side of the road,
it is supposed that he had been there unnoticed
ever since. An inquest has since been held on the
body, when the jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facta.

BRISTOL —A reward of C5O is offered for infor-
mation respecting the whereabouts of John SW..,
bankrupt, late • cornfactor in Bristol, who has
absconded with, it is supposed, • considerable sum
of money. He was last seen in Bristol on the 9th of
November, and since that time has written a letter
dated from Devizes.
ILM I SST ER. —Ts it llceo OF THE NILE.
Captain John Henning Bpeke, the discoverer of the
source of the Nile, is the second eon of Mr. William
Speke, of Jordan. House, near Ilminster, Somerset.
shire, and was born at Orleigy Court near Bideford,
Devonshire, in the year 1827. At an early age he
was sent to the Grammar School, Barnstaple, and
thence to • proprietary college at Blackheath. He
joined the 46th Bengal Native Infantry at the age of
17. He 'erred and distinguished himself under
Lord Gough in the Punjaub Campaign. He was
present with his regiment at the actions of Rum-
nugger, Sedulapore, Chillianwallah, and Guzerat He
received the Puujaub medal with two clasps. Whilst
in India he became celebrated as a sportsman, and
paned much of his time in Thibet and the Himalayas.
It wu here that he acquired the taste for mapping,
and for those scientific pursuits which characterised
his later movements. In 1854 he joined Captain
Burton in an expedition into the Somali country,
from which he was expelled by the natives, receiving
no less than eleven spear wounds, and had it not
been for great presence of mind and courage he must
have been killed. He then returned to England,
and joined the Turkish contingent in 1555. Ile was
present at Kertch till the end of the Crimean war,
and received the medal of the bledjidie. In 1556
he returned to England, and in the autumn of that
year his love for adventure again induced bun to join
Captain Burton, who was going on an exploring
excursion into Africa from &lumbar. He proceeded
to Tangarika Lake. On their way back to Zanzibar,
Captain Burton, who was prostrated by fever,
remained at Kaze, whilst Captain Speks, by himself,
went to that great island sea the Victoria Nyanza,
which at that time (18.57) he felt sewed was the
veritable source of the Nile. He was obliged to re-
turn and report himself, but did so with the
determination in his own mind that at some future
time he would place the question beyond doubt. He
returned to England in 1558, was sucansful in organis-
ing an expedition to confirm his opinion, and early in
1563 he verified his conjectures that the Nile really
flowed out of the Victoria Nyanza, and on his arrival
at Khartoum, in May, 1861, be sent that character.
istic telegram which caused • thrill of joy through
so many " The Nile is settled."

FROME.- -W. H. Marsh, Esq., M.P., for &lie-
tory, lectured at the Mechanics' Institution last
week, on "Australia." The audience was tolerably
numerous, and the lecture gave great satisfaction.
Dr. Hurd was the president for the evening.
The Penny Raiding movement continue* to be •
remarkable success. At each succeeding reading the
audience is more numerous than at the former, and
the ball is becoming too small to accommodate those
who seek admission. The movement is certainly
the most popular and successful that has been insti-
tuted in this town.
The baths scheme is once more before the public,
the new project being to combine it with the
mechanics' indication. This project is scarcely •
desirable one.
The Night Poaching Act was recently put in
Operation in our district. As everybody knows, this
is • fine game district, and not • little of the game
finds its way to Bath. This is known here, but it
wanted the new Game Act to discover the offenders
in fiagraftle delicto. P.C. Fortune, on the sth lint,
stopped the carrier from Nunney to Bath, and in-
quired if he had any game. The carrier, whoa.
name is Derrick, replied that be had not, but
Fortune found fifteen rabbits and three hares. The
former he left in the oart, but the hares he took
possession of. Derrick first said that he had bought
the hares, thou that they had been given him, and
afterwards that he was taking them to Mr. Broad,
of Bath, but nothing more would he say. Mr.
Bartrum, who defended, maintained that there was
no evidence of his client being in any way connected
with the killing of the game, and that he could not
he charged as an acoesory, iaastuash as there was

no evidence that he bad obtained the game %inlay.
fully. The Bench at first were inclined to take
Chief Justice Erie's %Levi of the case, and that 1,0°"*"
Sion not satisfactorily accouuted for 11 as ptestuoptive
eeitletice of guilt ; but eventually they dismissed the
C&, with • caution to the defendant.—Mr. Dunn
proseested.

BATH.—The retired admiral's pension of .Cl5O
a-year, vacant by the death of Admiral Rich, has
been accepted by Vice-Admiral of the White,
Thomas Bennett, who, for many years, has been a
resident of this city. This gallant officer wee born
at Herd •rd on the 22nd February, 1753, and
entered the navy in 1797 as a volunteer on board
the Monarch, 74, and ou the 11th October following
he fought and was wounded at the battle of Camper-
down. After many years of active service he
attained post rank on the 16ffi September, 1821, and
was in command of the Rainbow, 25, from 1634 to
1838. Admiral Bennett has received a medal and
two clasps, and was promoted to his flag in 1865.
By the death of the Admiral of the White Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, Bart., which occurred on the 13th
inst., at hie seat, Stevenston, in the county of
Haddingtou, Scotland, our esteemed fellow citizen
Vice-Admiral Richard &inmates will be promoted to
the rank of admiral.

BATH ABBEY, —On Thursday afternoon • vestry
meeting was held in the parish of St. Peter and St.
Paul, for the purpose of considering the specification'
received from Mr. George Gilbert Scott of sundry re-
pairs necessary to be done to the outside of the Abbey
Church, and of passing any resolution thereon. The
rector, the Rev. .C. Kerubbs, presided, and explained
that when he came to Bath be found that various sug-
gestions had been made with regard to effecting altera-
tions in the Abbey. He considered that the best course
for bun to adopt was to obtain at his own expense the
opinion of Mr. G. G. Scott, an architect, whose position
in his profession would give weight to any opinion he
might give, and relieve them from much profitless die-
cusaion. He reviewed • report from Mr. Scott, which
turned mainly upon the alterations necessary in the in-
terior, though he mentioned incidentslly that the lead
seemed generally good, with the exception of that on
the tower. Having shown this report to several per-
sons, the conclusion arrived at was that it was deeirable
to take up that part of the work which was essential in
the first Instance to the stability :of the building. He
applied again to Mr. Scott, whom clerk mine down and
examined the clerestory windows and the roof, and found
that they were rapidly decaying, and that the walls of
the battlements were in • dangerous condition, besides
other dilapidation' which were necessary to be repaired
before the interior of the building was touched. The
cost of the work was stated to be about £4,000 or
£5,000, though no estimate had been furnished by the
architect Mr. Peach proposed—" That the church-
wardens be authorised to place themselves in communi-
cation with Mr. G. Gilbert Scott on the "abject of the
specifications obtained by the Rev. C. Kemble, and now
laid before the vestry, of sundry works required to be
done to the clerestory and other windows and roof of
the Abbey Church, and request him to obtain estimates
of the work, to be laid before • future v.try." The
motion was seconded by Mr. W. Edward., and adopted.
The Chairman afterwards mentioned that Mr. Hill, the
eminent organ builder of London, bad examined the
organ, who recommended that it should be removed to
the north transept, and re-oonstructed at • cat of
ELMO. It was ther. arranged that when the estimates
were obtained, a committee should be appointed, and
that an appeal should be made to the corporation and
the inhabitants of the city and the county for contri-
butions towards the repairs of the sacred edifice.

SHEPTON MALLET.—Rtirts Cour& The
members of this corps sesembled at the George Hotel
on Monday afternoon, and after being put through
some evolutions by Captain Ernst, marched, to the
strains of their excellent brass band, to Charlton
brewery, where, through the liberality of the pro-
prietor, Mr. F. 13erryman, they were regaled with
beer and porter. They then returned to the George,
and, before being dismissed, the captain informed
them that an adjutant's drill would be held in • fort-
night, and a fortnightly drill afterwards, when he
hoped • larger number would attend than had been
in the habit of doing so lately, and cited Wells aa an
I example for Slepton Mallet men to follow. We
can only add, that the captain of the Well, uorps
offers every encouragement to his men in the shape
prizes, general management of the oorps, &c., which
is wanting in Shepton. At this meeting the captain's
price for 1b63 of • silver cup was presented to the
winner, Col.-Sergeant Butler.
Lscruss.—The lecture campaign of the Mechanics'
Institute was commenced at the Music-hall, on Mon-
day evening, when the Rev. Horace Faithful Gray,
vicar of gave an excellent extempore lecture
on "Horace." The rev, gentleman rendered his
subject exceedingly attractive and interesting by
interspering it with several amusing anecdotes, and
giving it in a kind oratory in chapters, although, as
he said, avoiding anything sensational, which, un-
happily, was the leading feature in literature now-a-
day. He gave a complete history of the life of
Horace, and • brief but expressive notice of the
poet's works, rendering the matter interesting and
instructive to the most unlearned. Mr. Joseph
Allen, president of the institute, took the chair, and
briefly perfaced the lecture. The unanimous thanks
of than assembled were given to the lecturer and
the chairman. The rev, gentleman, in replying,
passed a high encomium on Mr. Allen referring to
his recent marriage, and claiming the good wishes of
the meeting for the happiness and prosperity of him
and his wife.

TA NTON.- -BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL
Socirrv.—Lord Taunton presided, on Wednesday
evening, at a meeting of the British and Foreign
School Society, in Taunton, and made a most liberal
and catholic speech in reference to the educational
uestion, both in England and Ireland. Mr.
Handel Gorham was also present, and addressed the
meeting.
YEOVIL —Tug FAIR.--Yeovil stock fair was
held on Tuesday, and was largely attended by both
sellers and buyers. Sheep were from 3m. to 5• per
head more than at Weyhill fair, and cattle fetched a
considerable higher price. Trade was brisk, • very
considerable amount of business was done at highly
remunerative prices to the agriculturists. The hone
fair was small. There was a large number of poor,
ill-conditioned animals, but very few good horses.
Trade was languid, and prices low. The pleasure
fair Wm continued till the following day. A large
number of Country Jacks and Johns. IThe round-
about was largely patronised by the juveniles, and
Ike show proprietors reaped a pretty good harvest.
A rat-eating cannibal, who was said to eat 20 live
rats a-day, received a large number of patrons, all
of whom, according to our judgment, ought to have
been well horsewhipped for encouraging such beset-
lineas. Two or three light fingered gentry were
there, but otherwise the proceedings pared oil quite
as well as ordinarily.