The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-12-27 00:00:00

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111PKoVIIMINT SOCIETY.
The Towntiall klmiday evening was tilled with a
rash" ble wolitory to hear • lecture d,livercd by
Egg, 1,1, tI.P. for kliddhoes, on " l'be
Modern Poeta." Aming those present were Lord
Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lady Auck-
lind. Lirly Agnes Jolliffe, Hon. Mies ll"rence, and
Hon. Mies Mars Felen ; Captain Jiilliffe, kI.P. for
Well.; Captain Liv. 11, Ensign Berryman, Revs. J.
W. Lace and T. C. Duping ; H. Bernard, Esq
The noble lecturer was introduced by the "Lrwd
Bishop of Bath and Wells ; anti bus lecture, includ-
ing readings of • number of 'elect poems, was •
great anomme.
Tanen Sosteatore (WELL.) VOLUNTEER Mete
Conn.—Through the kindness and generosity of
several gentlemen of this city, sin prises were pro.
vided for competition by the member, of this cores,
consisting of a turkey awl goose, given by Mr.
Willmott and • friend, as lit and 2nd prizes; a
hare, by Mr. Ramey, of the Mitre H,tel, 3rd prize;
two couples of fowls, as 4th and sth prises, by
Mr. Moody, of the Swan Hotel, and Mr. George,
of the Star Hotel • and • leash of rabbits, by Mr.
Watts, of Knap-hi'll House, as the 6th prise.
Although the weather was very adverse no less than
sixteen members entered the lists. The pe ii m Ct. on
took place on Monday, when the following were the
scores : —Sergeant Marshall, lit prise. 12 ; Corporal
Ellicot, 2nd, 12; Private Cleaves, 3rd, 10 ; Corporal
Christian, 4th, 8; Private Tompkins, sth, 7 Sergeant-Major Baker, 6th, 7 ; Private Ribble,;
7 ; Private It. Porter, 6; Private Barnes, 6;
Private Higgins, 5; Private Lovell, 5 ; Colour.
Sergeant Edwards, 3 • Private Philips, 3 • Private
Lucas, 2; Private Headed, 0; Corporal Wicks,
retired. Is shooting off the ties for the first prise,
Sergeant Marshall toads • centre to Corporal
Ellioot's outer, and for the sth prise Private
Tompkins made a bull's eye and the other two
outsets The 6th was won by Sergeant Raker, who
beat Private Kilible to shooting off.
lOOITETY POLICE, Monday. - (Before General Coke
andielrptain Wm.—George and Frederick Hall, of
Aileen*, labourers, for stealing three rabbits, were
teseftenced to 14 days' hard labour.
...CEMPLE CLOUD. —Prrre Sissicora—(Before
'Captain Scobell and William Savage Wait, E.q )
Joseph Blacker, a gamekeeper to Mr. William
Taylor, of Harptreercourt, at East Harptree, was
charged by Mr. R. Randall, of Litton,with entering
upon certain incloeed laud in his occupation, on the
14th inst., with • gun, for the purpose of destroying
game, contrary to the statute of 9 Geo. IV., alp.
69, use. L Mr. .1. K. Bartrum. of Bath, appeared
for the oomplainant„and Mr. J. Rees Mogg, oi
Littleton, for the defendant. Samuel Somers, a
groom of Mr. !leaden's, deposed that at nine o'clock
at night he saw mine one in the field,called the Quern',
beating the hedge. He stood in a bole there until
the person came op to within four yards of him. ,
It WY the defendant and another man He said to '
defendant, "Mr. Blacker, l know you." He ram
away. He was afraid to follow him. He had two
dogs, • white-backed pointer and • dark brown
terrier. The other man was beating the Queer holm,
and about ten yards from defendant. There were
horse and pheasants in the field. The defendant
had • double-barreled gun. It was light enough for
a person to sea game, or to know the defendant.
He asked the defendant what he was doing there.
He was quite positive it was defendant, and could
not have made • mistake. For the defence,
Elisabeth White deposed that .he knew the defen- ,
dant, and worked for Mrs. Blacker ; that defendant '
came in on the 14th inatbot about four or five o'clock
in the evening, and remained until between one and
Iwo o'clock in the morning. Had tea about five
o'clock, and supper between nine and I a, an be
H did not go out of the house or room, e was
cleaning his guns, • double-barrel and two single-
barrels. The Bench, after taking time to °lnsider,
gave the defendant the benefit of any doubt, and
dismissed the case. —Mr. Bingham made applica-
tion on behalf of the directors and "there of the
Bristol and North Somerset line for the appointment
ef Mr. Marmount, surveyor and valuer, of Bristol,
to enter upon and value lands upon this line. He
stated to the Bench that the whole cif the capital
had been subscribed for, and that more than on*
contractor was standing idle for want of • power to
mine upon and proceed with the works. Mr.
Idestnont wee, however, at that time suffering from
Anne' and therefore he (Mr. B.) Raked for an
intermediate day between that and the next petty
maniocs to allow him and all necessary ponies to
attend before two justices for the above purpose.
The clerk to the jostling, in the meantime, would
be furnished with all nemueary papers. The day
fixed was the 30th instant, at the Clutton Ucion
Workbouse.--John Davis, • builder, of West
Harper's, was ordered to pay William Brodribb his
wages and costs, or • distress warrant would be
imued.--Edwin Uphill, of Cbewton Mendip, was
fined fl 84, including wets, for an assault on Jobs
Dallimore. —Thomas Robert Brown, for riding
in hie cart at Stowey, without reins, was lined 9a.,
including costa.— -Joseph Carter, of Poulton, for
drunkennessandonabehaviour, was fined ss. and 54 6d.
neete.—Henry Homo, of Poulton, for being dis-
orderly, was need Be. 6d., and for oommittiog wilful
damage, the sem of 9s. 6d., and 54 6d. costa or 14
days' imprisonment in each Gem
BRlSl'OL—Diseaseatro AccfnanT TO A LADY
in OMIT AT CLIPTOM.—An accident of.

...nous character °purred • few nights ago to • lady
momnambulist at Clifton. Amongst the visitore
attracted to our fashionable suburb during the week
of the inauguration of the Sispensimi-hridge, wee •
lady mimed Lockman. She was rseiciin4 at • well-
known boarding-house, called Sion, Spring Hones.
situated in the neighbourhood of the Suspension-
bridge, and which hail running along the whole of
its frontage before the drawing-room window. a
•verandah. The windows open on to the verandah,
which is large enough to admit of placing chair.
there for the accommodation of the.. of the visitors
who choose to sit there to view the scenery in the
neighboswisood of the gorge spanned by the bridge.
In front of the house us • flower garden some 11
feet wide, inclosed by • wall about three feet high,
surmounted with iron railings with beed.spikee.
Immediately in front of the windows on the bass
ment story is a greys] walk, and this is separated
from the garden by • wooed line of railings about
three feet high, and also furnished with head-spike..
It &marl that a few nights after the opening of the
bridge, police...eggnog 19, of the Clifton division
wee on duty at the top of Grauby•laill shortly aft.;
midnight, when he beard a piercing shriek coins
from the oeighbourheod of Sion Spring-bones, and
so loud and shrill that it was also heard by the
policeman on the beat at Clifton turnpike-I=d He
immediately hastened to the Tot, and the
lady, named Lockman, lying in the garden in her
night-drese, and evidently considerably injured.
The inmates of the boon had already been aroused
by • young man who was paring at the time, and it
appeared that the lady had walked from her bed-
room in her sleep, entered the drawing•room, gained
encase to the verandah, and laden Over into the
garden, a diatence of 16 or 20 feet Fortunately in
her &gout she cleared the inner railings., and fell
on • flower bed in the garden, but she had • narrow
escape of being impaled on the bead-spikes of the
railings, when the accident would certainly have
been of a far more serious character. We are given
to understood that one of bar legs was biota), and
on being assisted to her bed she complained of pains
in her back and aide. Dr. Cross, of Caledonia-
rplace, sent for immediately, and he was speedily
ilsaMtendasos. The lady has received careful
medical treatmeut, under which, we are happy to
lure, else is prograniag very favourably. 13he is a
middle-aged penal, and from her appearance it is
conjectured that she fell with considerable force.
Now she got over the rail of the verandah, which is
about 3 feet high, is not known • but, strange to
say, a chair wee found on the verandah. This had
been taken from the drawing-room through the
window by which the somnambulist let herald( out,
and whether she had been accuseorned to sit deers
and intended to do so on the present occeoloa, or
whether she need the chair as • means of getting up
and standing apes the handrail from which she tel
amnia lie asetertained.
TAUNTON. —DIIOOVIRT 07 THU Di•D ROOT
07 AN I . —Os Wedneeday the inhabitants of
the neighbouring village of Kingston were startled
from their quietuses by the discovery of the body of
• newly-hors infant at the bottom of algarden be-
longing to Mr. Smith, of GAMS.. A little girl,
shout Ma years of age, belonging to the Stanley., the
well-knows gluier, first saw what appeared to her
to be • bundle, end directed her father's attention to
It. On untying the bundle he thrieght it was a
piece of putrid meal; but his wife sous altered
his mind on this point. The body woe at once re-
moved to • neighbouring public-house, where en
inquest wee opened by N. W. Muockton, Esq., and
adjourned in order to afford time for a pos-asertme
examiustion of the body, and for the police to mashie
inquiries respecting the mother. There is no doubt
that the infant was born alive, after which it wee

strangled.
BADMINTON.• -On Tuesday. December 20th,
twn cowerts were given at die Aseensbly.room,
Badminton, in aid of the fonds of the reading-
room. The concerto were under the especial patron-
age of the Ditchers of Beaufort, who expressed her
extreme plessare and approval, and of Lady Emily
Kiogeoote, Lady Nand, and Mrs. Hartley. The
programme, both morning and erasing, wee an
attractive one, and was sustained almost *meanly by
lade and gentlemen amateurs of Badminton.
CHEW MA GNA. —At the Christmas meat show,
lbws. J. Ooodland and sou, of this place, exhibited
some splendid bow-bred heifers, grand by Mr.
pow Coate, of Stanton-wart, Stanton Drew; some
Southdown and other shin), fed by Mr. J.
Coulthurat, of Clerwooart, Chew Magna, and a very
fine kn., limb, • Mob attracted mace attaatioo,
fed by Mr. 8. Coate, of Stanton Drew. Mr. A.
W. Peas diaplayed • good 'apply of or bed and
wether mutton, fed by Mr. John Conithwit,
of
Chew-court, and Mr. Thonew Hardy, of Herten
Hawkfield.
A MONI711:1111T 1.41€7=1
Mantwthey, wife of the retiring Lord Mayor ' ,
has lust presented to the ledustrioes Blind *Wain of
that city her state diarist, bones, and Wows, to be
dioltotted of 117 loner, in aid of the fund for the sztsnaloa
of Um Omsk department.