The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-12-14 00:00:00

POOLE.

Tire CAROAL Poo.—The Poor Law Board has
given their oonsent for the police superintendent Mr.
Stephen Hunt, to act WI deputy relieving officer
&ming the next six months and the police commenced
discharging the new duty on Thursday evening.
ACCIDENT/L-0n &turd., afternoon Frederick Boa.
den was driving a bore. and cart down the High-street,
bat, being the worm for liquor, be was totally Moat.
able of guiding the horse, and it ran into Dr. Crabb's
carriage, doing sonsiderable damage. The man was
taken into custody, and on Monday, he was brought up
before R. Lacy and C. J. Stone, &qrs., borough
magistrate., and fined Isa. and costa. The case was proved
by P.C. Maidment. We understand that the aspens.,
of repairing the carriage, amounting to fa 10a., have
been paid by Redden. During the same afternoon an
accident occurred at Parkstono, where a young man
01111)84 George Wickland, son of • farmer, was thrown
out of • waggon owing to the hoe.° running against a
post, and severely injured in the back. We understand
that he is progressing favourably under medical treat-
ment.
SIISSIONE TO SZAMEN.—The Poole branch of these
miesons have just issued their annual report of the
proceedings for the past yiar, and we are pleased to
Pee that the work carried On has been very games*.
ful amongst those deserving and hitherto much neg-
lected race of men, the seamen of England and those
connected with them. The agent of the society (Capt.
Shutter) has held religious meetings at the Bethel
three times every Sanday, and a meeting every
week day evening, besides visiting 1562 ships and
197, houses. The agent bu addressed 13,708 persons
during the year, exclusive of the larger number of
persona who have attend the Bethel services on the
Lord's day. The committee express their thanks to
the Christian Knowledge and Religions Tract Societies
for the prayer hooks and tracts that they have been
enabled to circulates and also to several ladies and
gentlemen for donations of hooka. The subscrip-
tions for the year amounted to £64Se. Id.
RECOGNITION or Mg Rgv. T. Ong,—On Wednesday
evening • tea meeting was held at the British school-
room, which we. largely attended, the occasion being
the public reongniti.m of the Rev. T. Orr, as pastor of
the Congregational Church. In the evening a public
meeting was held in the chapel. Mr. Martin Kemp-
Welch having been voted to the chair, delivered an
introductory address, after which • paper, on the con-
dition and prospects of the congregation, was road by
Mr. Buckley. one of the deeson• In the course of the
evening addresses on the following subjects were
delivered by some of the ministers present, viz. "The
if,distion of the church to the Ministry," spoken to be
the Rev. F. Beckley ; "The Ministry of the Church."
by the Rev. It. Aahton ; "Congregational Principles,"
very fully mid ably descanted on by the Rev. J.
Fletcher; "The Relation of the Church to the Young."
by the Rev. Mr. Heave ; and "The Relation of the
Church to the world." by the Re.. H. K. Cook. The
following ministers were also present :—Revds. J. H.
0-borne, J. Keynes, J. Davies, W. Sherreu, I.
William.. and J. West. The meeting was altogether
of n maid...story nature, and one of the beet the Con-
gtegationalints have ever held in the town.
SCSPICIOUS DEATH OF AS INFANT. —An inquest
was held on Saturday, the 11th inst., before G. B.
Aldridge, Esq., the borough coroner, at the police
station, touching the death of George Hurdle
Blundell, eon of Joseph Blundell, a fish hawker of
this town. After viewing the body, the following
evidence was taken.—The mother of the child (Mary
Blundell) said the deceased child was seven weeks
old ; on Thursday evening the 9th inst., I put the
baby to bed about 11 o'clock, having fed it, and it
eat headily. I went to bed about 12 o'clock, when
the child was asleep, sod seemed in good health.
The deceased cried early, when I gave it the breast.
About eight o'clock in the morning I again woke
and dressed myself. Thinking the child we. asleep
after 1 was dressed, I looked at it lying on its side,
with its head on the pillow when I found it was
dead but not cold—ln answer to a Juror! My
husband got up shout seven o'clock. Directly 1 found
the child was dead I called the neighbours, and sent
for • doctor. Tho child was lying on the outside of
me. When I went to sleep 1 put the child away
from me with hie head on the pillow. I had half •
pint of porter warmed about two hours before I went
to bed.—By the foreman: My husband sent for Mr.
Lacey, b1.8.C.5., but be did not corneas my husband
said the child was dead. The child was quite healthy
and not subject to fits. My husband did not get out
of bed all the night. When I awoke in the morning
the child was about two inches from me with face
towards me. —Ann Sweetapple, the wife of Charles
Sweetapple, said I live next door to the last witness.
On Friday morning, Mrs. Blundell brought the
deceased child down stairs, and said it was dead. I
took it from her and examined it, having undressed
it, and I rubbed it, thinking the child was not dead,
as it was quite warm. I observed • black mark on
the back, but I did not sea any bruise, except on
the nose and on the right side of the face, which I
thought was occasioned by pressure. When I took
the child from Mrs. Blundell,l eswlla little discoloured
matter coming from the nose, which I cleaned off,
and I thought the child was. in a fit. The Jury
returned a verdict of found dead in bed, but having
no marked violence on the body the jury are unable
to decide by what means the said child came to his
death.