The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

19ebonstire.

EXETER—The oitizens, from the Mayor down-
wards, have been squabbling for several weeks about
a piece of ground known as "No Man's Land," and
on Saturday the magistrates had a battle royal on the
subject, which lasted for upwards of half an hour.
The dispute between their worships was whether the
Mayor had correctly represented certain facts to the
Poor Law Oommissioners, and the result was that
the chief magistrate decided that the discussion
should terminate, and called for the first business on
the list, Mr. Bastard, a magistrate, thereupon ad-
dressed the Mayor, and " regretted to say that there
was not one word of truth in all he had said." The
Mayor: You are too contemptible for me to answer
you. Mr. Bastard You hold a high offioe, and I
sin sorry you have conducted yourself so. The
Mayor: I know what the public think of it. Mr.
Bastard: And so do L The business then pro-
ceeded.

TIVERTON.— The Burial Board and the Bishop.
The Queen's Bench deckled on Saturday that the
demurrer to the mandamus applied for against the
board must be decided for the defendants. The
Bishop of Exeter required the ground to be put in fit
and proper condition for consecration, that is to say,
he required a strong line of demarcation between the
ground appropriated for Churchmen and Dissenters.
The board had erected a wall 12 inches high, but
this the Bishop .aid was not high enough, and he
applied for a mandamus to compel them to make it
higher. The Court held that all the purposes of the
act appeared to have been gained. A. fit condition
for consecration was note fit condition in the eyes of
the Bishop only—he was not the only judge of
whether it was fit or not. The Court held that it
was, and refused to grant the power asked for by the
Bishop, giving judgment for the defendants.

CHEDDAR. —Horse Slealin9.—On Tuesday after
noon, about 3 o'oolock, itall man, about 30 years of
age, of a shabby jookey•looking appearance, and
marked with the small pox, and siring his name as
Wm. Meads, of Tiverton came to Mr. John Hard-
acre, of this parish, with a mare of little value, which
he said he had bought in Wales. Mr. Hardacre,
wanting a horse of that description for his milk cart,
purchased it for about 30s. No sooner was he the
lucky possessor, than a man by the name of Richard
Cox, a ooalminer, of Bedminster Down, called on
him and demanded the horse, which he had &seer- ,
tained was in his possession, and which had been '
stolen from the Down. Mr. Hardacre at once com-
municated with Superintendent Deggan, of the
ciunty constabulary force at Axbridge, and that
functionary was quickly with the Cheddar officer
P.C. Naish, on the alert. Suspicions were rife that
Mr. Meads and Mr. Cox were too well acquainted,
from the fact of Mr. Cox being so speedily on the
tract of the man ; but, happily, these suspicions were
dispelled from the circumstance of Meads (as he so
called himself) having paid Mr. Hardacre another
visit on Thursday morning, between six and seven
o'clock, in company wlth another horse, which he
offered at .£6. P.C. Hsieh, who was on the look out,
succeeded in capturing the thief after a two miles
chase, and, after a hard tussle, hand-bolted him (he
being a strong, resolute fellow, and he is now safely
at Axbridge.