The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

Somagetsbirt.

YEOVIL—BOARD OP GUARDIAN& —A meeting of
the Board was held on Wednesday, under the pre.idency
of Mr J Trask the vice.preaident. The Clerk read
the following letter addressed to him, dated. Newton.
October 6,1863 :—" Dear Sir,—! will thank you to express
to the Board of Guardian. of the Yeovil Union how
gratified I am, and how highly I appreciate the honour
conferred, and the confidence reposed in me in electing
me, bye unanimous vote, their figure chairman. I
must further beg you to moors the Board that I feel
very reluctant to refuse the acceptance of the duties of
the oMm ; but, in the present state of my health, I am
compelled to do an. It has always appeared to me
that the regular attendance of the chairman is in.
dispensable. With gotd wishes, yours, very faith.
fully, George Harbin. The vice-chainnan thought
that however desirable, it was by no means
indiepensable that the chairman should be always ,
present, and several of the Guardians enumerated
several instances where the appointed chairman
was seldom present. It was eventually agreed that a
deputation should wait upon Mr. Harbin to induce him
to alter his decislnn for the present year, at least. —One
of the medical officers of the union, Mr. Hansfonl,
haring died, a long diseumion ensued relative to the
filling up of the vacancy It appeared that Mr. Aldridge
had acted as Mr. Hansford'm assistant, and it was stated
that he would be willing to continue to perform the
duties of medical officer for the &Arleta, Noe. two and
.ix, till a medical officer was appointed.—The clerk
said that Mr. Hansford having died, his office expired
with him. The Board knew nothing of any deputy, as
such was not appointed by them. —A guardian thought
they should act cautiowely,or,if • surgeon were employed
without actually being appointed according to the Act,
they might be driven to a pretty expense, as the
surgeon so employed would charge the usual fees.
Mr. Charles Trask proposed that Mr. Walters be
appointed for the No. 6 district, and Mr. Penny pro.
Mt,that Mr. Parsons be appointed to the o. 2
N
t, the former at the ate of CM, and the latter at
the rate of C 52 per annum on condition that snob ap-
pointment should not prejudice the forthcoming election
of medical officers, which will take place • month hence,
police of which will he advertised in the Western Plying
Pon, Pulnuist's Weekly Neer, and the acetonic
..froioniaL The other buena.= transacted was of • merely
.nominal character.

Bowman Pirrrr Sresioss.—On Tuesday, before
the Mayor (E. Whitby, Eeq._), J. R. Mayo, F.
'Oremhem, H. Tucker, and T. Melte, Esigre Edwin
Harwood was ebarged with being drunk and disorderly
on the night of Saturday, the 25th tilt, and assaulting
the loboe. It appeared that defendant, who was greatly
intoxicated, went into Mr. (1. Edward's shop to pur-
chase chat, end there be made a great disturbance, and
used very violeet learners. A poliar-constable was then
called in to remove him from the shop, and when in the
street a number of his (defendant's) "palls" tried to
liberate him from the hands of the policeman, who had
ultimately resolved to take him into custody. He was
severely beaten and kicked, both by the defendant and
others. He ultimately let the man go at the request of
the superintendent, end took out a summons against
him.—The Bench fined the defendant 10s. including
costs for drunkenness, and 20s. including ante for the
assault, or, in default, altogether three weeks' impri-
sonment —Emma Fatty WY fined ss. and costa
for being chunk end disorderly.---John Harvey
was shagged with steeling • quantity of pears,
tem the orehard of T. Hooks, Esq. The prnoner
ewes seen by • police-constable shout a quarter to 12,
no the night of the 9th alt., in the neighboul-hood of
'Star-lane, with his pooket• filled with something, and
on examination found they contained • quantity of
pears. Prisoner said he had bought them of • man by
the name of Hodges. One of the prisoner's boots was
taken from him at the station, and on the following day
two policemen went to the orchard, and found the foot-
marks entirely nded with the hoot..- Prisoner
said he amid not find the man out of whom he had
bought the peens, but the Bench considered • month
was edequste time for doing ac—He was fined 205., in-
cluding ants, or 14 days' hard labour. The fine was
immediately paid.— Henry Waimea was charged with
being dronleand disorderly on the night of Thursday last.
Defendant did not deny the charge, lint said he was sorry
for the Infence.—Re wee fined Is. and costs—
John Ht,-ward was summoned by Sept. Smith for
having *to 41bs. weight* in his poseession which were
defier**, —one los. 5i drachms, and the other 10 drachms.
Thor.' was also • steelyard in defendant's possession,
on the heavy side was 2lls. against the buyer,
anll'on the light side Ilb.—Fined Ma. and costs.—
' flannel Onmnier was also summoned by Mr. Smith for
having a stoelyenl in his possession 51be, against the
customer on the heavy aide, and illb. on the light side.—
Fined 10s., including costa.—Josiah Osborne was
summoned for having a pair of steelyards in his posses-
sion 31bs. against the customer on the heavy right, and
2lbe. on the left side,—Fined 10s., including costs.—
Lambert Crocker and William Roe impaired to answer
a charge preferred against them by P.S. Seates for
discharging &warms in the public road.—The Bench
admonished the boys, and fined them U. each and
costs—Willis p. Cross, and Cross r. Willis—These
were cross summonses for an assault, resulting from a
family quarrel. —Both cases were dismissed.
THE VOLONTISRL—Twenty-six rank and file of
of our rifle corps, besides officers and band,
assembled at the Armoury on Thursday evening,
and from thence marched to Park Cottage, whither
they had been invited by the respected ensign of the
corp.. F.B. Watta, Esq. Here an excellent marques
had been erected on the lawn (about 60 feet by 25)
for the accommodation of our " home defenders,"
in which tables were placed. with good substantial
viands on them, consisting of breed and meat, and
bread and cheese--and 'to render the palate more
pleasant, there was Plenty of good strtng beer.
There was eke a table at one end exclusively for
teetotallers, who, in the shape of drinkablee were
supplied with an abundance of coffee, to which, we
need not remark, they did ample justice. On the
removal of the cloth there we an exoellent supply of
spirits and tobacco, and thotigh the rain poured in
torrents part of the time, still the tent, which was
quite new, kept out the wet, and the grog kept
out the cold. Things having meutned • settled
aspect, the mind loyal toasts were proposed, and
drunk with enthusiasm, and these were followed by
"The Bishop and Clew of the nowise," which
wen responded to by the chaplain of the corps, the
Herr. R. Nlallock. "The Army and Navy" was
then proposed, Sergeant IlEwens responding,
and this was succeeded by "The health of the
-Mayor." That gentleman responded in • very
hemorous speech, and, alluding to the inauspicious
state of the weather, said if the volunteers could
coins out in such rough weather as they bad that
evening, he bad no doubt that if called on on any
other occasion they would not be found wanting,
and would encamp if required to do so. He then pro.
posed "Th. health of the Captain," which was the
signal for • general outburst of applause, and which
warn acknowledged by him in very appropriate terms.
" The health of the Ensign" followed, and was
received with renewed cheering. Mr. Watts briefly
responded, and expressed the gratification he felt at
seeing them assembled there that evening. "The
Ensign's wife and family" was also proposed and
duly acknowledged, and this was followed by the
bealthe of Lieut. Prowse and the surgeon of the corps,
Mr. Toinkyna "Th. town and trade of Yeovil"
came next, and was acknowledged by Mr. Leeman
and Mr. A. Edward& "The non-oommiasioned
offioere of the corps" was then given, and this was
succeeded by " The privates of the corps." "The
Ladies" was acknowledged by Mr. Cox in • very
neat and appropriate speech, and "Our next
merry meeting," terminated the "toasting" part of
the proceedings. Numerous songs were sung be-
tween the toasts, the gallant benefactor leading off
with "The Standard of Britain." Every one
=!to well satisfied, and to thoroughly enjoy
be
irs, and we are SUM did not esteem a little
the kindness Mr. Watts had shown them. The
party broke up about eleven o'clock. We had
omitted to state that not only warn the Mayor present
beside the volunteers, but also several tradesmen, the
whole amounting to 76 in number, and more would
undoubtedly have attended had it not been for the
aufavortrablomese of the weather.