The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

lET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1870,

On Nor. 16th Ir. , of Mandford, was talking la
Ids shop In White OWGreet, when prisoner one. in and
bought& It worth of theme. Prosecutor mimed a box of Women
•fterwarda, and orollg hi the dbwction In which poisoner bid WI.
About 50 Cr& 01. hound the box in the street. partly
Mr. Set by, • customer, heard a box of bloaters drawn off the
pile it the door, lied told Mr. Riggs. Mr. Sturgem shortly
atoms:de came &ern the street, and met prisoner with a
bloater box. The man smearmeted by P.C. 14atrd.
The box was produced by Duct Brown, anidentillisd by Yr.
Pound guilty. A previous conviction way deniwi by tha
prisoner at first, but a:samara admitted. •A
long BM of eon-
victions had bean reconled whist prisoner, and be WIN
sentenced to penal servitude for seven years.

ROUST BAITLM 14, cerderelnet, wee Indicted Ile
tapie &Alt, value Ile ed., the PeoPortY of W. H.
Hoddtnot, at Elkton At. Nary on Nov. 40.—Mr. L.hette prow-
euted.

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The prosecutor fastened up his rabbite on the night of the
19th, and next moning found one of them, white with brows
Tula, wee gone. P.C. Biles went to the prisoner'e house, and
afterwards went to meet him. anti wilted him what be had in
his basket. lie intl. replied" nothing," but next mid he had
a rabbit which he had taken out of the hedge. The conetable
took from prisoner's basket a rabbit, the chin of which, funnily
duffed, he produced, and which vote identified by prisocutor.
111% Applin had eaten pritioncr clues to the Place *heree the
rabbit waa stolen , but when he eatight eight of her he ran
away,
nend guilty ; a prmione conviction vow proved, but this
wee mix ycare Igo, and the Chairman, though fearing it was ton
lenient a punishment, nenteucod him to nine months' hard
labour.

Another charge against the •ame man was withdrawn.
ALLAWIS !OMIT raceme AT DOILCMINTSR.
nllOlO3 EVANS we. charged with dealing lb. fist from the
person of Thomas old, U Dorshater, on January s.—Mr.
Ffooke prosecuted.
Prosecutor Monis to the 22rd Welsh Fusiliers, and was on
ftriough,being at the Old House at Ikune nn Monde) night. The
travel by the widier to some beer; but while
gl;ner au
were drinking the fourth quad, of beer, the soldier fen
's hand in his pocket, put his own hand in, and found
ri116641 was gone. Re staked prisoner for the money be had
taken, when Erma took out 4s. Id., and said that \TAA all he
had. Prosecutor kept the 4s. 64., and Mr. Pitfield, the land-
lord, ordered Evans to go. Prisoner went out; but the soldier
marched for him, end found him at the Queen's Own. On hie
again &eking prisoner for the money, he gave up Is. ed. more
but would not return to. rest end Old rive him in charge
of the police.
Mr. Darter, watchmaker, said that on the afternoon spoken
of, prosecutor and Even. came to his shop for • hand to the
soldier's watch. Some money MU paid and the change given
to the soldier.

itergt.---aZdns toot the prisoner In custody at his father's
bowel, after he had gone W bed. Klien arrested he klated his
brother and deter, wished them good-bye, and mid It would
be along time before hem. them again, if over be did WO
them any more.
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aid that they were about,drieking,all the afternoon,
awl Old gave him tb. for ahowlng him about. alio fa id. to take
can of, which be restored when he asked him, lie also let
him have hie watch again, after he had let it fall In the street.
Two *Stomata were re-called, and ehoweel that the party were
drunk.

said the conduct on both sides mewed very
disreputable.
The Jury found a verdict of not rainy.
The Chairman, alluding to prisoner's previous convictkme,
warned him that If they met again, which seemed very Hkely,
it wee not probable he would meet ;Leh good luck.
itst At Nowt/ca.
ow Wn.o Jiwywallsutrtit, who had been out on ball, for
embetading is. Pfd., Ts. 13d. and El to. id., belonging to his
Innoter, Ilr. Samuel Turner', baker, at Habotocir.—ltr. nooks
proeccutel.
Prisoner delivered bread, and collected money fnr his master.
He had been in hkillosater's employ about two years. Several
sums appeared by the books to be owing from certain customers.
Fn the let of November ouddenly disappeared, and •
few days afterwards was it7tir'n°dltt Beamineter.
Mr. EL Burbidgs, dairyman, of Halatock, one of the cus-
tomer, who mid, eherged on the books with some bread, said
be &lino paid.
Mr. James Cookers* of Corscombe. also deposed to certain
peg-mania, which Mr. 'fucker said be had not reached.
The Jury found the poimoner guilty, arid the Chairman
sentenced him to six months' hard labour.
This concluded the fkormiews.

queetiOn of a daily Mail was aglimilted; the_public did
not thee remind to the appeal wade. There moat
be amass for this; what that cease is we will not
pretend to say; but we repast that it lea singular
Pact that daring the ten years the Weymouth
Company's boats have carried the mails, a Navvies
although poor y paid for, was nevertheless
performed with regularity and pusetwility, not the
slightest recognition of those aervisies has been made
in any form whatever. —Jersey
Sr. Jollies SCHOOL Peagaij7727B.
.—About 900
parent, of the sobolars of dk John's schools
awasiblod on Tmeday ramping last at gn excellent
tee in the girl's school. The tables were presided
over by Mrs. Frampton, Mrs. CarpendaU Mrs.
Hill, and the Mimes Gibbons, Le Cooq, Coiterell,
Younghusband, Den Tater, Rugg, Penny, Grieve,
Thompson, Stan, Frampton, Riker, R. Thompson,
and Ray. There were els) present the Rev. J.
Stephenson, Rev. W. Bothainley, Major Frampton,
Mr. Oakley, Mr. H. Pearls, de. After the tea
isad been thoroughly enj yect, Mr. and Miss
Oakley, and the Rev. F. Fisher, rang some hymns,
wings, and ballads, in very pleasing style, Mr.
Thorne presiding at the piano. The Rev. J.
Stephenson then delivered an excellent address, in
which he asked the parents to assist the teachers by
instructing the children at home, and, sending them
punctually to church and eohooL The scholars had
increased in numbers, and they must enlarge the
schoolroom. In the girl's echool a new teacher of
great promise had been engaged, and altogether the
rev, gentleman spoke in • hopeful strain; but urged
all to be resolved to advance the welfare of the
scholars and all (semisolid with St. John's Church.
A very pleasant evening was clotted with the
doxology.
Tux ROYAL EfitinfltEßS. -The departure of the
26th was again delayed. The Simeon. after nearly
reaching Plymouth, met rough weather, in the
Channel, and was driven back by the westerly winds.
She put back into Portland Roads on Thursday
afternoon, and sailed again on Friday night or
Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon she was
again area in the West Bay, with • large vessel in
tow. This she towed safely into the Roads, and it
WY found that she had fallen in with the Dutch bark
General de &inns, off Plymouth. The Dutchman
had met with a storm In the Bay of Biscay, on her
voyage from Batavia to Rotterdam, and off the Scilly
Isles lost her rudder. On falling in with the Simoon,
the latter took her in tow and brought her into
Portland Roads. The Dutchman had a valuable
cargo of coffee, sugat, and spices, and her salvage
will, we hope, bee good thing for the company of
the Simonn. The latter sailed again .shortly before
nine on Sunday morning, and the Engineers and
their wives and children doubtless hope she will not
return after their many and to them vexatious
delays. The master of the rescued barque. J. C.
\Timms. made a deposition on Monday before Jamas
Grieve Esq. receiver of wreck. The barque's name
is the General de Stearn, of Rotterdam, 510 tons
register, belonging to T. Vroge of Alblasserdam, in
Holland. She married 21 hands, and had a general
cargo, consisting of sugar and coffee, which she was
carrying from Batavia to Schiedam. On Dec. SO,
at noon, the barque was lying to, under closse•reefed
top sails, the weather being thick with rain, and
the wind of force nine (a strong gale) from the S.
For three days they had not been able to take an
observation; and did not know their longitude; but
the latitude was N. 48 • 51, and they were off Scilly.
In this situation they lost their rudder, and attempted
to rig out a temporary one, with • hawser and spar,
and were thinking of trying to get into Dartmouth,
when they were fallen in With by the troop ship
Simeon, and by her towed from 22 miles off Portland
to the Road., arriving there at nine p.m., on New
Year's Day. The Simeon left again on Sunday
morning.
Bottom:1B PITTT BOTTUM; Monday.- ft^fore the
Mayor (R. N,Lloward, Req.) J. Drew, Esq., and H. Raggett,
E7assas Ceram, seaman, of Ostralogton, we, brought up by
P. C. Short, for being drunk and riotous on the Fluplanade, st
quarter.past one In the morning of the that 1114.--I'he Mayor
said the police had done their duty very well, and Li gh
at this 0110.011 of the year, when every one was enjoying them-
selves, there was no one brought before the Bench on the
Monday after Christmas Day, shoeing that the police did not
rake up frivolous cases to show they were doing their duty.
The Bench had power to mud Champ to prison, but would let
him off with the small AIM of St.-Prisoner wa. allowed a week
to pan in.
I JAXIII Wrfillt, labourer, of Dorchester. who of aura was
I utterly ignorant, or be would not have attempted such a
dirty and disgraceful trick, est charged with unlawfully and
maliciously destroying a tree growing on the Dorehester rural,
and value 10a, the property of the Board of Health-William
Charles King, of (Reward's-court, said that between four and
I five on Saturday afternoon last, he was going into Argyle.
terrace with a newspaper, when he saw the prisoner againet a
' tree planted on the Dorchester reed, and when he came out of
the home, the tree owe snapped off, and in the prisoner's hand.
Wither vra, quite certain prisoner we, the min.-Charles
Arthur Marten said be was on the Dorchester road
with witness, and also NM prisoner by the Pride of • tree
planted by the path. The tree was all right when prisoner
was ern by it, and afterward, he bud the tree in his hand.
, There were others close by, but no one but the prismier hat
he tree.- Prisoner said It was an .11 stick that he had brought
from Dorchester, but witness said they examined the trem
afterwards, and found this one broken off.-Mr. Seaman,
surveyor of the borough. deposed to the trees being the pro-
perty of the Local Board of Health, and the tree was worth
lOt - P.C. Meech mid that the boys gave him a description id
the man, and he arrested prisoner from the description,
when he said " the man that broke off that tree on the
Dorchester road." Witness asked him what tree, and he .aid
he should me no more about it. When about W he brought
to the station, he related It annoyed that prisoner had
taken a cow and calf to Mr. Game" brewery, and on
alumina being made, It was found that be had a 'nifty stick
when he went to the brewery.- P.C. Meech wing ocausincd,
said the trees were outdate the borough, and on this the Mayor
mid they had no Jurisdiction. It wee a very wanton piece of
mischief, and they were determined to protect these trees.
The Surveyor, in answer to the Mayor, said fresh tress, were
being 'slanted In the place of those broken off, and the Mayor
sissi they would, if any one were annalist of breaking soy of
them off, .eed him to prison for three months, the heaviest
punishment they could inflicts
Tonna"- Before Die llayot (R. N. Howard, Esq.),
.1. Drew, &e., and H. Moffett, Esq.
Tinnier' EITIASOI, of Walpole-term', was summoned for
causing an oletruction is the Hadipole-road, on Dumary find.
The son of defendant appeared and service of nimmous
proved. P.B. Harvey maid that Sunday between eleven and
e be saiir two hones belonging to Thomas Strange straying
on the Radipoleroad, within the borough, and just this 4,k a
the Park llisteL They ran in front of Mr. Ste. noon's house, I
and also into Mr. Wadsworth'. field. The Ofrie• ClRlied an I
obstruction to the people going to church.-The Mayor said ,
the mere fact of a hone rambling about must bean obetruction. 1
Young Mr. Strange said the hones had rambled away from the
charge a I the boy, who had been to church instead of watching
them-Fired 10a including costs.
I The licence of the Mope 'tavern Inn" was transferred from
Robert Minster to his ester, Elisabeth Brinsley.
I The licence of the Cross Keys Inn was thundered from
I Philip Burden to John Rudberd, on the app/bastion of Mr.
Timed.
Mr lizard ales applied for the transfer of the hear licence of
, the NOISOI2 beerhouse, from Caroline Harris to Daniel Vesper.
He produced a respectably signed memorial, and urged that
although Vesper had been fined he was not likely to sin again.
The Superintendeolueld the house had been properly conducted,
and Mr. Draw, who them acted as chairman, mid the Bench
considered the sppileanteree entitled to his licence.
SATURDAY. -B-fore the Mayor (li. N. Howard, Egg)
and B. Raggett, Esq.
Tua STO‘S-T1111,0117110 NCIWICS. CHARLES firm,'
WILLI• 11 HOSTS/. and WILLIAM WASALW, three little boy
I whom heads were not much above the dock, were summoned
for wilfully damaging a pane of glen, mine la ed., the pro-
party of Mr. John Bartlett, M High-street. The mothers of
the boys appeared with them-Mr. Bartlett said he did not
wish to prem the charge seminst the little fellows, but it woe a
constant meatus from throwing won's He we. constantly
.bring his windows broken by stones thrown down freer
Trinity-place. The three defendants were throwing stones
yeatenlay, and one of the Mons thrown by them broke a pane
of emelt the bath of my Boum value to. &I -The little boy.
were made to stand up before the Bench, and the Mayor was
giving them some words of warning, when Kra Hunter inter-
rupted, suggeding that Mr. Bartlett ought to have come to
her (!) and motioned her.-The Mayor said it was absurd to
•tirrne:lnd 11: e a man lal
wtviodnent lint. Hunter in a %grboys
measure
upheld she boys, and the mairistr•te., though inclined to base
merciful as poesible, were obliged to levy the costa and value
of the window, though they did not put on • Sow-Mr.,
Warren paid, but Mr• Hunter's boys were removed below.

Mr. SJ. Pearce, read "Mary, the Maid of the
Inn," Mr. McLean read a "Curtain Lecture," and
Mr. and Mrs. Pearce *mg a deed" "Stark, o'er the
Sea. Mr. J. Pearce also recited' The
Diamond" with considerable taste, and %1143
..41:d
et
sang "The Miller of the Dee," being again encored
when he very tastefully responded with "Thinking
of Home." The entertainment was concluded with
the National Anthem.
WcaLsYrisr Hotta Munnone.—On Tuesday and
Wednesday last week, a bazaar was held in the
Wesleyan sehoolroom, in aid of the funds for par.
chasing the Chesil Home Mission Chapel. The school-
room was tastefully decorated, with flags and
festoons of evergreen, the whole relieved with
numerous coloured rosettes, most cit which were the
work of Muse Eliza Cozens. The attendance on sag*
day was good, and among the company were the
Rev. S. Hooley, Rev. W. J. Cooke, Mr. Turner (a
ministerial student from Headingly college), and Mr.
Sanwa], from Richmond college. The Rev. S.
Hooley inaugurated the proceedings with prayer, and
• hymn was sung. The stalls were presided over by
Mrs. Hooley, Mrs. Beaumont, Miss Bennett, Misses
Combo), and Mrs. Pearce, and a satisfactory trade
in fancy articles was carried on; the substantial
refreshments were vended by Mrs Gibbs and Mrs.
Collins, and lighter comeetibles, fruit and pastry, by
Misses Gibbs and Flow. Mill,. Wallis attracted
great deal of admiration by her "old curiosity shop,"
where she showed many very curious cabinets,
Chinni' gods, and other elaborate specimens of
Chinese skill and patience. During the eienings
Mrs. Epaley and the Misses Cozens and Hooley per.
formed some pleasing mimic on a pianoforte kindly
lent by Mrs. liooley, and the chapel choir stag some
Christmas glees, Mr. Epsley presiding at the
harmonium. The first days sale produced £3O 10s..
and the whole amounted to about £43, leaving
about £lO worth of goods as a "oust egg" for •
future sale.
COLLISION IN PORTLAND ROADS.—Pater Caden-
head, master of the brig Granite, of Aherdeen, 179
tons redister, owned by George Thompson,
and others, residing at Aberdeen, made • deposition
on Monday before James Grieve, Esq., Receiver of
Wreck. The crew consisted of nine hands, and
deponent had a certificate of service. The vessel
hal a cargo of flax and hemp about 150, shipped by
Hall Brothers, of Riga, consigned to Swain, of Brid-
mtis,On the 24th the vessel anchored in Portland
with a clear berth. On Monday, January 3,
at 9 a.m., the tide being high water, the weather
clear, and the wind W.N.W., blowing squally,
deponent proceeded to get under weigh, under two
topsails, maintrysail, and jib, intending to cast to
port. The French schooner Favourite being at
anchor, abaft the bow, distant about a cable's length
from deponent's vessel, while in the act of casting, a
squall struck the vessel, causing the anchor to trip
sooner than it otherwise would have done, deponent
immediately lowered the maintrysail, ran the jib tip,
shivered the maintopeail, and endeavoured all in his
power to avoid a collision bat this vessel having
gathered head way, she struck the Favourite mid-
ships, staving in her bulwarks, and doing other
damage, deponent's vessel sustaining no damage
niaatever: The lose to the Favourite has been
satisfied by deponent paying the sum of £ll5. De-
ponent attributed the accident to • squall striking
the ship while in the act of casting; he stated that
there was sufficient room to weigh and oast, and but
for the squall deponent's vessel would have passed
under the stern and dear of the Favourite, and he
stated he could not it on the other tack.

A SHIP AND ALL HANDS GONE.
On Saturday morcieg the wind blew with terrible
tome from the S.W. mid W.& W., and the waves
rolled in greater majesty on the Chesil Beach than
ever this season. Stationed at Chesil, the lookerout
perceived a long white line of foam reaching to the
southward all along the Portland mast, sod to the
Northward and westward the same appearance was
visible aster as the mat would allow it to be seen.
In front of one, the green waves, with a fringe of
white lifted themselves as high as many a church
tower, and advancing in, hurled thonsands of tons of
water against the pebliles. The mighty uneemented
barrier broke the hear; of every Wave, and one after
another fell crushed upon the beach. But those
behind still came on, mid there was little room for
retiring. The brine was piled high against the
Chesil, and it crept through between the pebbles,
rushing otit on the lead side in salt streams. The
village of Chesil war inundated and the streets
and roads were like salt-water meals. All day
long the watchers ware on the look-orrt to report
if any vessel should be in distress, and the o Ant-
guard had their rocket apparatus ready, close to the
road between Castletown and Fortune'. Well, to
succour and save life. Hoar after hour passed on,
the wares roaring front the Bill to Lyme, and down
again to Start Point, tie wind hurrying in from the
seas M if it would sweep the dwelling of
man acmes into the East Bay. Every now and
then it " Blew greet guns," that peculiar
effect which seems as if • giant were trying to level
everything by violent blows. May Providence keep
all vessels out of the Bay, for in this storm even the
rodtet apparatus will scarce suffice to bring any alive
across that fearful surf away from that raging wind !
Tarly in the afternoon the appalling tidings came
that a yesesl was in distrres off Bleckner. Like the
engine at • sudden alarm of fire, away dashed the
coastguard, away rattled rocket carriage, lines,
warp, and cradle, towards the Bill. Arrived at the
spot indicated, they looked in vain for the ship in
distreA. Ne sign ! When is she Not • timber
on the shore, not a spar on the sea! Has she
weathered the Bill? Hardly, for she would surely
have entered the Roads. Has she beaten to south-
ward and got sea-room? Let ea hope so for be
certain if she has not, a fearful calamity has hap.
period—the waves bays had the mastery, the cold
salt water has filled her hold, the brave voices on
board have all been silenced by the green monster,
their breath hail been choked in their throats, the
hull has reeled, the masts have sunk below the
waves, she has gone down, and every man has
perished I