The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-12 00:00:00

POOLE.

MIL C. WAIING ha within the past week sent
to Mr. W. N. Western his annual subscription of LiO,
to be divided smeng the for OddfeDoes' lodges and
the two F.irecters' courts in this town.

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Slam MEIHUB CHUNDSII Self.- One of Mr. ChUnder
Ren's lecture* on " Chriatiatiity." was read at the
Unitarian Christian Cimrch, on Sunday evening last,
by Mr. A. Balaton. There was a I.rire congreg.tion.
It is skid there was in impression that the Behan would
himself appear!
Tug ItlitTlett SOnoout —Them schools are in a satis-
factory condition ; the inapector's last report is also
favourable ; it says, " Under the standarls • very
creditable esiminetion was passed, and the discipline
i• mol." The lacrimal., the rear ending Lady-lay was
£2Ol 19. 91., of which C'l23 12.. 81. was paid to inast,r,
and £l2 to the pupil teachers. Amongst the subscriber.
during the past year were Mr. Arthur °nest, M.P., and
Mr. Charles Waring. The annual meeting of the sub-
scribers of the school was held on Friday last. The
number of boys on the beokt at Lady-day was 186 and
theaverage attendant's during the year 132.

CoNORIGATIONAL CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL. The
anniversary service on behalf of the Sunday school
was held on Sunday evening. The children sang the
hying " Praise ye the Lord," "While we on e.rth are
raisirg our truieful voice. hish," and " When the
night cloods gather o'er us; and an anthem, "The
earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." Mr.
T. Buckley presided at the organ. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. T. Orr from 1 Samuel, evil,
48, 49. From • statement read by the rev gentle.
man is appeared that the school has increased durint
the year he 31. There are now on the books 267
boys, 243 girls, and 80 infants ; total 590. The male
teachers Dumber 24, and the female teachers 31;
total 55. There er.s a balance in hand of 13 19s. At
the close of the ureic* • o Ilection was merle amount-
ing to Eli 0.. iii. The Skinner-street Sunday
Sch ml is, we believe, the largest in the south of
A CURIOUS SPICTACLI.—On Monday afternoon •
little old woman, with a scarlet wrapper round her
shoulders, was passing through Ladies' Walking Field
with two bundles of wood in her hands. in craniag
the field she dropped one of her bundle', which was
immediately pounced upon by • fine Spanish cock.
The old lady thereupon threw her seoond bundle of
wood at the cock to drive him off, but upon her doing
so the bird flew at her and then back to the wood again
with a defiant crow, and this was repeated several
times. The old woman became very excited, and
bestowed some ugly names on her opponent ; but all
was in vain : she was unable to obtain poussaion of her
property until • stalwart labourer went to the rescue.
when the bird fl ipped his wings, stretched out his
head, looked angry at the labourer, and, giving another
crow, strutted off to the hens, who had been looking on
with evident pride and satisfaction.
PATITIoN Poll ADJODICATIoN of BANKRUPTCY Is Re
R. E. C. WATERS.- A petition that Mr. Robert Edmund
Chester Waters of Upton House, sear Poole,should be ad-
j id icated ban k rni 1, was heard on Mimday by the Registrar,
rd. W. Dickenson,Rsq. Mr. R. D.Sharp,Chriatehntch,ap-
Peered for the petitioning creditors, Messrs. Cowell and
Ore., butchers, Knightsbridge, London, and Mr. Hacker
attended on behalf of Mr. Waters, to oppose the
petition. —The petition set forth that Mr. Waters was
indebted to the petitioning creditors in the sum of
£ll4 6e. 11d. for meat supplied from the Bth of August,
1864. to the 12th of June, 1866 ;and that Mr. Waters
committed an act of bankruptcy within six months
before the presentation of the petition, namely, by
neglecting to pay, secure, or eompoond with the
petitioners for the sum due within three weeks after
the service of adebtor's summon..—Mr. Harker argued
that there had been no real service of the petition,
The Registrar overruled the objeotion.—Mr. H
said Mr. Waters disputed the petitioning creditors'
debt.— Mr. Sharp said he was then in • position to
prove the debt, hut Ole Registrar said the sum was a
very heavy one. and he should be obliged to order a
trial. He might either sooept snreties for the amount
claimed and *nate ee ord.. Oho mori•o to ha
court.—Mr. Sharp said he should put the coats at ElOO.
—Mr. Harker said Mr. Sharp ought ale) to deposit his
own eo•te, and they would then be safe on both sides.
—Mr. Sharp: You cannot find that in the rules(laueliter).—Mr. Harker said it was a very hard case
tor his client —Mr. Sharp : I would not speak of any
hardship in this matter.—The Registrar then ordered
that the sum of £ll4 64. 11d., the debt, and £lOO ousts,
be depo-ited on or kwfore the 11th inst., and that all
proceedings be stayed until Thursday, the 14th.