The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-01 00:00:00

BL A NDFORD.

Os Monday the Lord Bishop of the Diesel. ad-
ministered the sacred rite of oenAraiation in Blandford
Church; 45 candidates presented themselves-31 from
Bloodroot', two from Blandford Mary, one from
Beeville, and 11 from Beyneston. The rev. prelate,
previous to laying et el hands, delivered a simple
address.

Faanwitz Szenol.—The Rev. W. J. R. Percy,
curate of }Sandford, preaehed his farewell sermon on
Sunday morning last, previous to entering on his new
sphere of duty in another part of the amity. The rev.
gentleman selected as his text Proverbs vi, 23. "Keep
thy heart with all diligence for oat out are the 11/1304 Of
life." The sermon was OA excellent scripture/ exposition
of the text, with practical suggestions as to the way in
which the command should be obeyed. Referring to
his leaving the rev. mintleman said that when he first
began his ministry ae curate of the parish he asked for
their kind indulgenee, thelz proyere, and their Md. He
thanked them for their kindness to him and trusted they
would look back upon the past iniaistry among thvm in
the same spirit.. he at first requested them to show
towards him, believing,however imperfectly, that he had
endeavoured to do his best. The rev. gentleman has
endeared himself to the parishioners by the kindness ed
his disposition, agreeable manners, and upright, straight-
forward conduct. and leave* with his hest wishes of all,
and especially the poor, to many of whcm he wise good
friend in their distresa

IMPORTAIIT CIA! UNDZIL SHZ CAITLE PLAGUI Pig.
VUTIOX Adr.—At the Blandford Petty Session on
Saturday lut, before Lord Portman and • full bench of
magistrates, a charge was preferred by the superinten-
dent of pollee against Kr. Robert Yowler, a large and
highly respectable former of Winterborne Whitebureli,
for Unlawfully removing from Btu:4l°rd railway
station to Whiloharch 28 head of cattle without a Hanes
and after sunset. On the charge being read over by the
cihaiqn.a, Mr. Fowler produced the license which he
had been furnished with by the althorities at Bristol,
where he rumbaed the cattle. On 0/mining which
Lord Portman pronounced it to be valueless, it not
baring the uguature of the local authority. The charge
was then gone into. • P.C. Batt stated that on Saturday,
214 &pled:thee, be saw 28 bead of settle, on the turn-
pike road at Thorn° inibe, in the perish of Charlton.
He followed them some distance, and than went to the
drover and inked him if be had • license. He said be
bad not. That he had given it to his master at
Blandford. He also stated that before he left the town
he asked his master for It, but he told him to go on
with the cattle and that be would catch him. It was
then half-past seven, an boar after sunset. Witness
watched the cattle some distance on the road to Whit-
e:tura. Mr. Fowler oaine up and passed the drover,
but did not give him the pue. He could not say if the
settle WU marked, it wee too dark to see.—Kr. Fowler
said be wished to glee the Beath the fullest explanation.
On Thursday. the 10th September, he bought 23 beasts
at Bristol. He took every ears by enquiring if they
had been esarniued to have everything right, and
applied for • Somas. He was shown into au office,
where tile police were, and there he saw a 70110 Ir lad
with • large one 4 peseta before him. He uked bins
if he could have • license to remove eatUe from Bristol
to White:Much, near &earthed, Dorsetelaire. The lad
replied that be could, and having asked the number of
beasts filled up the peas. In consequence of Iwo of the
heifers calving on the road, they were detained some
time, end when they arrived at Bverereeeh station they
were too late for the trail,' and that sensed another
delay, so that they did not reach Blandford station till
between four and Owe o'clock. Hs rods back from
Woodtrary Hill fair oe purpose to meet them at Bland-
ford. He tren* to the superintendent of polies and
showed him the pase from Bristol, but forgot to give it
to the man who had *barge of the cattle. Before
mending them on be tried at several plaoss to get • place
to put them for the night, but the parties were gone to
Woodbury Hill fair and bad not returned. Under these
circumstances he did not know what to do. The settle
could not be in the streets all oight.—The Chairman
haring called Mr. Fowler', attention to the piss only
being made out for 23 bead, Mr. Fowler stated that •
party from Wareham purchased seven head of cattle
sad had • pass for them, and for eonvealemes they were
pot with hia lot in the trucks The Chairmen: Where
lethal pass 1-11 r. Fowler : The person who boaght the
' beasts had it, so as to enable him to on his steak.
Mr. Fowler stated that be believed from 1.200 to 1330
head of cattle were removed from ltriatol into various
counties with the Lame kind of pasa as the one be pro-
[laced. He could not say what the lad did to the passes
more than filling them op. They appeared to have been .
previously signed, but be did not believe by • °'
trafie.—The Chairman pointed out how dangerousims •
proceeding was. Here was the Privy Opened taking every '
precaution by their orders to prevent tb5..7.14 of the
cattle disease, ant yet in the most .. anner
passes bad been iained quite crootrarr 1.2 those orders.
His lordship then directed that the form of the pan
and signatures to it should be entered in the minutes,
and • statement of the 011 bi drawn np, which he would
forward to the Privy Council. Bs, at the state tune ex-
pressed his opinion that the sooner the Couneir
stop to such proeeedisee the hlette•i—Tite Beech ka
eonealted together, the Chairman said that eh.
read.st ,eoogiilliy of • breath of the oettle plague

orders to throe particulars-Ist. by removing emu.
from Bristol without a proper lioesse—that was tist .0
touch his fault se of the Briotol authorities ; 2nd,
allowing hie cattle to be on the highway after sunset -
sad 3rd, by having a pass with only SKI boast. antersi
whilst his drover had 28 under his rharge. Th. t„iy
penalties in such a cue amounted to non. Bedey,
were not quite unanimous as to the amount of fine eo
he lat.puesl, bat It would be £5 and 24 outs --Sir.
Powler said that the amount of floe ma. bet
thing In his estimation. He trusti d the Bench sc.
quitted him of any intenth-mil offence.—The Cheinh,,
replied that they did, but at the same time they coo.
siderei he could have obtained some place is or near
Blandford to put the (settle till the next day.
fIDeL AND Ittointin—George Paul and David
Allen were charged before the same Bench with 61,4
drunk and riot .us in Bryanstone-street, on Saturday
night, list September—The charge was fully proved by
P.C. Haan ; indeed both of them criminated each
other.—Committed for seven days, without the option
of a sue.

NOS. F TURFS OF POOR•ILLTIL —James Sticklanel.
baker, Blandford, and George Selby, of the same Hu,,
were summoned by the assistant overseer, Mt y.
Nicholls, for nonpayment of poor-rates. Sgekland's
was for one rate, amounting to 184. 5d., and Selby', two
rata*, amounting to lie. 64. The Collector stated that
be bad called two or three times and the defendants ta.
fused to pay.—Ordered to pay the nide and oasts.