The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

CHRISTCRIIItCH.

lwreovotiort or rite IJrzor Room —At the
annual meeting of the Hoard of Guardians C. C.
Crooke, Esq., submitted plane for the improvoment
of the Union workhouse, and the erection of • fever
Hospital, which was forwarded for the approval of
the Poor Law Board. The estimated oast is £2,000.

BOARD OF GUARDIAMI. —From the various candi.
dates for the Aloe of guardians the ni ant-
motional gentlemen were Maned :—Mr. G. 0.
Aldridse, 449 vote.; Mr. E. & Mort, 420; Mr.
H. Plsermen, 830; Mr. A. Jame, 327; Kr. R.
HMe. 306; Mr. O. Hicks, 201; Mr. J. Perry, 238;
Mr. C. Reeks, 229; Mr. J. Wateriteld, 171.

OPIJIIING 01 ins Gosroarovrional. Cuoacm.—
The opening of the New Congregational Church,
which Ins recently bees erected in Ilillham's*treet,
ou the site of the former chapel, took plain on Good
Friday. The beautiful structure which is in the
Italian style of architeotare, was densely crowded
with the oongregationaliele a the town and neigh-
bourhood. At the entrain* thereof is the memorial
none, bearing the following inscription :

CoIGIBOATIONLL Cll7llOll.

This memorial atone woo laid by Frederiek Moser,
EN., of Catbary, nest Christchureh, out Thursday. May
34th. 1866, during the w-postorate of the RIM Joseph
Fletcher, and the Rev. John Woodwork.
Mr. W. T. Brom Wermineter, architeet.
Mr. W. Waimea, builder.
Tim tablet to the memory of the late p.etor of the
Munch and eongregation, bee bee. pieced underneath
the western gamy, which bears the following
inscription
In Memory of the
Ray. Dawn Grum,
For SJ years pastor of the Church end floogregatioe,
who died June 17th, 1948, aged 78 years.
A sew organ of powerful taw has boss Greed is
dos awes gallery, but it was not saleslady
asseistod for portcomasoso ce the day of opuses.
°seemed by ciroomstenom oosaested with the
Paris go:libidos. es dossed sews was oldie:ad
ID the sostatag by tito lbw. David Theses, eta

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Mayor (Alderman Emanuel), Mr. J. Bernard, Mr.
J. H. Cooksey, Colonel Stre.ton, and Majm•Geoeral
Tryon, magistrate', Torn Sturgeon, wb.. said be was
• gardener sad florist, of Christchurch. was &wird
with riding on the Loudon and Soalb•West re
Railway without • tieket. —Henry Hardy, Slliooo.
muter at lb. Soetbamptoa (Welt) Station, esSil
defendant warn • third-elan passearr he the train
which arrived at Southampton at 5.30 p.m. on
Tuesday. He lurked him for him ticket, and he failed
to prodnoe one. He questioned him as to how he
same in the train, and he made several statement;
one of which was that he was& po‘t captain in the
navy, and he also prodund a oertiflositai of his dis-
charge from the. navy in 1659. AS he amild 001
11b0ed
wham, 'Wa
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to :Lewd), withawihVelOhlintOy payresidence,
hisfare,
Defendant said he got into the carnage at Poole
1,111.'060n ; he asked for a pass, and one of the men
to d him be would not require one, upon which he
!came no. Ile had come ti Southampton in order to
his friends. —Mr. Eldridge Are you • married
man ?_Defendant: No. (am not. The fact is that
• I MIS going to be married, but about three weeks ;
ago the young woman refused to have me, and
that has rather put me out. That was the reason
why (left home. (came here to see if I could get a
ship.—Mr. Eldridge; Have you been drinking?
Defendant said be bed been drinking • little, bat
not so moth that he did not know what be was
shout —He had served as captain's boy under
Otplain Fanahaws and Captain George Patay.—The
1 Mayor told defendant that it was clear be in-
, tended to defraud the railway company. and he must
pay double the fare and the cone, 11.. 91 altogether,
I Of be imprisoned for siren days with bard labour.