The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-25 00:00:00

DOIIO2IIIITER.
Tim DOICTIZSTIAL Rovgan.—This Horde club, one
of the largeet in t is p let of the country, be 'tight the
'canon t • clomp on Mond .7, when they mustered
well for the final run to Stratton. Before leaving they
p waled the prineip .1 streets of the town.
MATCW—The annual match between the
Captain's and L.eutenant's team, in c innrction with
the C Compauy It fie Volunteers, t ask place on
Wednesday, and, although the westher was fine, it
wag not ex oily favourable for good ehooting, owing
to the iklit being bad. The teams comprised nine •
Nisj ir /lodged commanding one and Lieut.
Andrews the other, the ranges being a*, 400. and
603 yards Owiug t . the difficulty above referred to,
the sc ling was hardly up to the average of former
years ; all after • gallant struggle the Lieutenant's
team came off victorious by 22 points.
CHoill Buratto. —TO, members of All Saints' choir,
acoomparded by the churchwardens, had their annual
outing on Tuesday. Ostoington was the pine selected,
and the party, to the number of about 30, were con-
veyed to that pretty little seaside resort in coin.
modious bteaka provided by Mr. Frost, King's Arms.
The weather was favourable, suit • pleasant day was
spent. 'tele...aliments were bountifully supplied, and
nit the 'cut Miler:tint item was a lobster tea, true
oimja !CIO (arr. Mr. E• I ord, the organist. accompanied
the party, wet wilt to churchwarden', did his utmost
to encore tho onj yment of the petty.
A OiIITLICIIAN hornet Brett, who recently made
himself caliph:pious by inter arnica with the course of
barraciir eon jileticie" ii the cote of • Hussar at
lianipton Court, iiow attempts t 'coin cheap notoriety
by sowing the seeds of insub glination ani tug private
soldiers. lie ha' publi.hed • pamphl t that is as
ally as it is tniiichl !roue, and presented it gratis to
" every gariison in the United Kingdom." We
pint 011 var.:her every gireison will oars to have it
area at that piico. The majority of soldiers know too
well the vialue of regimental customs to be ,offuenced
by the euidiunintal twaddle of • maudlin "humani-
tarian,' whose every smtence betrays igooranct of
the Willi •Ct ~bout which he write. so glibly.— World.
TUN LhiAINAUE Question. —With reference to this
alldtuport.dit oubject • c gresponileut writes —The
town id Wrexham must be c mgratulateel ou the
enlightened actiou of their Corporation, which, unlike
main such ho lies, has acted on anima° principles in
theimiVer of town drainage, reoneising the fact that
Nature herself. if u it interfered with but only assisted
In her operation., woad lea for the uulisation of all
waste and refines on the lm l'o %VIVA IS
offensive refuse, if at owed to accumulate and decom-
pose 1.. tqlrne..nan. by lbs natural chemical action of
mother earth, be converted into food for the most
luxuriant and abundant vegetation, sustenance for was
and beast, if the universal law of fife springing out of
dean Is • tiever-ending circle bs not interfered with
by Ignorant and meddlesome men. Thas it Is
that all the town deadline of Wrexham is con.
ducted into certain tanks, situated a little distance
away, on the farm lands of a distinguished Indian
°ear, who took hio first lesson' as a civil
engineer in the camp at Delhi, when he had to deal
with dead camels anti the debris of • r,gtmeQt in his
voluntary el tuts to secure the health and lives of our
British soldiers. The some energy and determination
of oharscter which won for him the Victoria Cross at
the hands of hie Queen, and kept him Mill working
Lir what he deemed the public, good, wounded and
maimed though he wee, still endures, and as engineer
to the town of Wrexham, he is carrying out on his
own borm the strictly scientific expedment of the
utillaatiou of .wage. I went all over the farm and
saw the tanks now in use and others in preparation,
and although it Is an unievoury subject, and one which
is not in imolf attractive, no enlightened perloll who
has the welfare of the community at heart should fail
to recognise that on the proper and perfect drainage of
• town &peeda the health of its inhabitants, and that
health mains happinem and wealth
REVISING BARRISTER'S youßr.

Mr. C;it-ei: atagri:Tal the Shirshall onTaws-
day morning for the purpose of revising the borough
and county lieu. Mr. A. H. Lock appeared on behalf
of the Lib •r•ls, and Mr. G. J. Williams-Andrews
for the Conservatives. Mr. Sampson represented the
eltuk of the Peace. The proceedings, so far as the
county was cguernal, were merely of • formal charwr
ter.
q CLAIMS.

110ROUt

Mr. A. 11. Lock applie I ou behalf of Mr. Louis
Honey noegg for a vote on the house and premise.. 8,
High West-street, in the parish ,d Holy Trinity. Mr.
Lock pointed out he made a claim under precisely
similar circumstance. in 1881, when it was all owed.
In the following year, however, the Assistant
Overseer struck the name out, and Mr. Ruierg did
not then find it out till it was too Iste. Ile now
renewed the C'ailll under the same circumstances as
In that yeur.—Hr. Andrews opposed and (produes
lug an extract from • newspaper) said • ease was
decided yesterday in the Westminster Court by Mr.
Bathurst, In which • gentleman slept in • house
the whole of • Parliamentary Bandon, but It was
held not to be sufficient residence. Mr. RIMIR
objected to this. No barrister or solicitor cold
produce as • lence anything appearing in a newspaper.
—Mr. Holland (Assistant Overseer) objected on the
ground that the applicant must sleep in a house six
months, but the Ilevi.log Barrister said that did not
imply that a man must sleep during the whole six
months ; it had been held that if a man slept within
the six months it was sufficient. —Mr. Holland said
according to that a man could have 9135 houses and
565 votts.—The Revising Barrister: He would perish
from a plethora of Ruagg having
proved he had slept in the house within the six
months. the Revising Barrister allowed the claim.—
Mr. Look asked for costs. It was a vexatious pro-
ceeding that Mr. Ruegg's vote should be. oppeeed
every year.—The Revising Barrister, while declining
to allow costs, said M. Ruisge ought not to be
put ti the trouble of claiming every year.
There was a somewhat similar claim to the last in
All Saints' Parish by Mr. Wescott, but, he only vielt-
ing the house occasionally on holidays, the Barrister
disallowed the claim.

cou.vrr COGRZ—TersuAT.
(Before Mr. Serjeant Tiodal-Atkioeni, Judge.)

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Re Vine (in liquidstion.)—An application Wa. made
by Mr. Trevor Davies (solicitor), Sherborne, for an
order to prosecute Mr. Vine, butcher, of Weymouth,
for an off-Sc', under the Bankruptcy Act. It
appeared, in answer to the Judge, the debtor was not
represented.— Mr. D 1V19• stated Vine had received no
notioo ..f the application, and be euzgeote.l the applica-
tion could b., very properly heard in award —The
Judge said this was • chards of felony; if he ordered •
L7tion the man would go before • magistrate.—
Icia•vies argued the present proceedings only led up
to tbe charge. In • collateral caste the application for
a warrant was properly heard in private. The publica-
tion of the facts steel before a magistrate in support
of • warrant for felony was • libel.—The judge
remarked this WM quite new to him. In all his
experience In Yorkshire applications of this kind were
made in open court The only object in Mr. Davis.
condag before him was that he might secure hle costs
from the chief registrar —Mr. Davies said if these
proceedings were published at length the whole state-
ment would be is the possession of the person to be
accused; were the matter to come before a magistrate
he certainly would not have it until he wee accused. A
court of criminal jurisdiction had power if it thought
fit to boll • sitting in private. It would be an
awkward thing if all these matters should appear In the
public Press, because it might happen his Honour
declined to grant an order for prosecution.—
Mr. Davies then rooted several caw in support
of his contention—The Judge said it was • strew
argument in favour of Mr. Davies' application to
be heard in camera that the stalemate would be sr
pine, end that the debtor wag not present himself nor
represented by • @killed professional gentleman.—
Mr. Davies said if it were held in public it would
embarriss him enormously. —Th. Judge said the
man was charged with a public offence; an offence
within the Bankruptcy Law, which rendered him,
If guilty, liable to punishment. It was a matter of
importance that anything relating to the matter
should be brought before the pnblic.—Mr. Devise: The
man is not charged ; we don't charge him. I 001 DO
to you on • chugs banging over him, and ask
whether we shall prefer it against him.—The Judge:
Is not that a distinction without • difference? It is
a preliminary step to come before me. If you take
upon yourself to prosecute without me you run a
risk of not getting your costs. If I order • prosecu-
tion upon grounds that would satisfy env reasonable
man thou you get your costs.—Mr. Davies: We
should be mulcted in costs if I do not succeed in the
tion. If I get an order the Solicitor to the
rre"a:uury takes up the prosecution.—The Judge: I
most be satisfied there is • reasonable probability
of the debtor's conviction before I make the order.
—Mr. Davie' geld he could give in,tances where
cases had been reported In • newspapers as to what
occurred in curt on application f,r • warrant for
felony, and It had tem held to he a libel—The
Judge replied this was entirely the reverse of his
opinion. He hell any pro 0 linga in a court of law
reperted in the public Prese f Arty and faithfully were
not • libel. —Mr. Davie* nail if he came before • magis-
trate sitting its onirt and made an api.licati .n for a
warrant there was to process at all. They had not
nonilnenee,i the pr or, I pg. . • therefore the matter
was n 4 roran priblien. If the, applic abut was pre-
liminary it wall al ways heard in private. The case was
not being heard ~n its merita—The Judge I have no
judicatory power with regard to the charge against the
man. The only thing is whether I am satisfied.—
The Registrar invested the CAN was something
similar to the Investigation before the grand jury as
to whether • bill eitould be preferred, and that was
always done privately.—The Judge: It is not in mead
before it c 'mes to the gran I jury. There has been •
previous Information.—Mr. Davies said he had
indicted • man before the grand jury.—The Judge:
Was it for a road ?—Mr. Davies ft was for perjury.
In the Shaftesbury riot cases several of the rioters were
charged before the magistrates, and other men were
charged before the grand jury without any magisterial
proceedhags.—The Judge, A blot's not • blot until
it Is hit. The only consideration that welched with
Mno was that the statement against the man was
cr pale. He was not represented by • professional
man, and bad no pers .n present to urge that the appli.
cation should not be granted. The reason that pre ,sed
Itself strongly in favour of the application was that
the man was not present to defend himself in any
shape or way, and any statement published might
prejudice his ease when he come before the magistrate,
all also might damage the mode of proceeding by
unveiling the case it was intended to make out.—Mr.
Devi, a said it might he read by the very jury that
wore to ti 7 the :Dem—His Honour said under all the
circutnstanoes he would grant the application but he
did so very reluctantly. Ire thought it very desirable
any application relating to an off Iles against the
si•tllt• should be made public in weer, step. Looking,
however, at the circumstances of the present eve—
that the man wee not preeent, and that his ease might
be mrloualy damaged, and the cam for the prosecution
also damaged by an ex park statement being made
plablio—be was disposed to accede to the appliceake
that it should be heard In ratarrd.