The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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BET_TIScOMBR.—In consequence of die Miss,
oration of the church at Rhipton Gorge, near
Bridport, being fixed for the 6th August, the days
of holding the bazaar, in Frampton Park, have, it
will be mein, been altered to Thursday and Friday,
the 7th and Eith August. Contributions, de., to the
bazaar Mit be Dent to Mrs. Clarke, or to Mrs.
Huxtable.
WA RMWELL.—Frns.—A die broke out in this
parish on Friday evening, resulting in the total
destruction of a large bay rick, the property of Mr.
T. H. Saunders, of Watercombe. Although other
ricks and several cottages were contiguous, the fire
was confined to the one in question mainly through
the exertions of the fire brigade of Dorohester and
their powerful engine, under the guidance of Mr.
Siipenutendent Pommy. The loss is covered by
an insurance in the West of England office.
WEYMOUTH.—Dnrrnicall IN LANCASHIRE.—
Sermons were on Sunday last preached at St.
Mary's Church on behalf of the dietressed operatives
in Lancashire. The Rev. Talbot GMAT'S, rector,
preached in the morning from II Samuel, x, 11 and
12. "And he said, if the Syrians be too strong
for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children
of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come
and help thee. Be of good courage, and lot us play
the men for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him
good." The rev, gentleman pointed out the
circumstances under which these words were uttered.
The children of Ammon and the Syrians came out
to battle against the Israelites. The children of
Ammon put the battle in array at the entering in at
the gate, and the Syrians were by themselves in the
field; and when Jo•ib saw that the front of the
battle was against him before and behind, he chose
of all the choice men of Israel, and pot them in
array against the Syrians; and the rest of the people
be delivered lin the hand of Abishai his brother,
that he might put them in array against the
children of Ammon, and then it was that
Joab gave utterance to the words of the text.
Referring to the unparalleled distress in Lancashire,
which had been caused by no fault of the inhabitants
of that district, he said that in ten unions there was
no less than 140,000 persons at the present time
receiving relief. As showing the increase of the
distress in that district, he said that in Ashton-under.
Lyne in November last the number in receipt of relief
was 1944 ; in January it had increased to 3204;
April 5,449; the present time 9,957. At Blackburn
in November last 3,775 • January, 5,359 ; April,
9,372; July. 11,343; Preston in November, 4,143;
January 7.417; April, 19,636 ; at the present time
12,209. In Manchester the number had increased
from 6,000 odd in November last, to 14,000 odd
at the present time. The number of those
*he were obliged to depend for support

from the charity of others was increasing at the
rate of 1,500 per week, and the past week had
shown an increase of 2,000. Applying the text to
the distre wed circumstances of these operatives,
against witch we vrer• melted upon to tight by our
aid, he divided his subject into three parts :-Ist,
Meek submission to the Will of God. "The Lord
do that which seeineth him good." Sod, Courageous
patriotism; "Be of good courage, nnd let us play
the men for our people, and for the ities of our
God." 3rd, The great principle of mutual help—
" And he said, if the Syrians be too strong for me
then thou shalt help We; but if the children of
Ammon be too strong for thee, l will come and help
thee." In speaking of the meek submission of the
operatives, he said that the conduce of that people
was in the highest degree praiseworthy, and de-
manded the sympathy of all who could afford them
aid. There *is no demoralisation witnessed among
them—no chartist agitation no seditious rising
against the constituted authorities—they sought no
quarrel with their masters, but they bore their
distress with the most heroic fortitude, choosing to
pawn or sell their furniture and clothes for food
rather than seek parochial relief. Then his text
gave an illustration of courageous patriotism. The
Gospel of Christ was not calculated to extinguish
love of country. It did not teach us to lose sight of
national and domestic affection. We had the highest
possible authority to show that christianity
cated true patriotism. Witness Christ weeping over
Jerusalem. See what the Apostle Paul said—what
heaviness and "arrow he felt for the people of his
own nation according to the flesh; and the last com-
mand which our Divine Muter gave to his apostles
was, that they should preach the gospel to thewhole
world, beginning at Jerusalem. And ought we not
to imitate them, and whet' we saw these noble men
and their families famishing for want of the common
necessaries of life do all we could to assist
them! Even if therui was anarchy—and rising,
and rioting among thetn,at the sight (Atka& starving
wires and children it *Wed *till be our duty to
render them all the azsistance in our power—how
much more so, then, when they bore their depressed
condition—a depressed condition such as we ootdd
hardly realise, with the meat heroic and cltristian
fortitude! The text inCtdcated mutual aid and
assistance, and this principle was inculcated not only
in many places in the Hew Testament bid was a prin-
ciple acted upon in the Apostles' days. It was our
duty as patriots, as lovers of our species, es ehristians
to assist those distressed operatives who had no
means of assisting themselves. He knew that it had
been remarked that the poor rates had not reached
more than 2s. M. or 38. in the £ during the last
six months, and many trappomed that they might raise
more by poor rates; but he reminded his hearersthat
the greater portion of rates was pad by the opera-
tives and tradesmen who had given credit so largely
already that they themselves were brought, many te
them, to the very verge of bankruptcy. Raving,
given a brief outline of the distress in the manu-
facturing districts, the preacher exhorted his hearers
to imitate the conduct of the Early christians, and to
give freely of those things with which God had
prospered them. The sermon in the afternoon was
preached by the Rev. W. Cordeaux, and in the
evening the rector made another powerful appeal for
the mine object. The collections during the day
realized the sum of £lOB Ss. 91d.
COUNTY Perm Sessions, Townhall, Weymouth,
Saturday.—Before Captain Manning, R H. 0.
Sivaffield, Eq., and Major Steward.
ASSAULT AT PORTLAND.--Ruth Attwooll was
charged by Mary Stone, wife of Robert Stone, with
assault —Complainant said her husband was a shoe-
maker, and on the 4th June, when this offence was
committed, she lodged in the same house. Com-
plainant was in her own room, and defendant and
Mrs. Comben came into the passage and said, "Mrs.
Stone : its come to the point, it must be you or your
husband"—alluding to a scandal that had been re-
ported respecting Mrs. Oomben. Complainant
asked, "Do you tuean its me or Robert, Ruth?"

and defendant said" yeti' doinplainant remarked,
"if you say that, Ruth, yott most tell lies. "Defen-
dant then swore at and struck complainant in the
face with her fist Complainant had a baby in her
arms, and went and sat in a chair. Defendant had
a knife in one hand which she threw down, and
said " Ccme out in the fair road, and I'll fight you
like a man," Cross-examined: my bedroom adjoins
Mrs. Attwooll's. One cannot hear what is said in
the next room unless there is very loud talking and
one listens The scandal is that Mrs. Attwooll told
Mrs. Comben that she heard me tell my husband
something in bed. Mrs. Attwooll had a potato in
her hand as well as a knife. I never struck her.
My husband had nothing to say to Mrs. Comben,
but when she spoke to him shoat it he ordered her
out of the room.—Jane Comben said: I am the
wife of Bartholomew Comben, weeder. I went with
defendant to Mrs. Stone'e room.' .1 said, " come
to the point, it must be you or your husband "; and
complainant came from her room into the and
said, "If you say that you must tell lier-refen-
dsot struck complainant with her hand. 1 had
spoken to Mrs. Stone a great, many times before
ittrt raising the scandal about me. Mrs. Attwooll
bad pots scandal about me. For the defence' Sarah
Ellway, wife of George liillway was called. On the
4th June she was in Mrs. Wiggett's house when
Mrs. Attwooll came in for potatoes. She said she
was afraid to go back to her house as Mrs. Stone and
Mrs. Comben had been kioking up a row. When
she left, witness walked out of Mrs. Wiggett's to
her own door, and she then heard Mrs. Stone call
Mrs. Atte 001 l a d— liar, and ;he then saw Mrs.
Stone, while holding her baby, strike Mrs. Attwooll
in the face. Mrs. Attwooll then had a knife in one
hand and a
_potatoe in the other.—Eliza Wiggett
"id she sold potatoes As Mrs. Attwooll, when
she came for sortie potatoes, on the 4th tune, said
she was afraid to go back, she followed her to her
door, *hen she heard Mrs, Stone linear at her, and
then saw her etrike her in the face with her right
hand as she held her baby bathe other. The magis-
trates dismissed the case. -
A V OLUNTILER fl Dasuantun.—Ann White
Comben, was charged by John Redd Attwooll, with
assault and damaging his dress—The complainant
said: I AM a quarryman at Portland, and am
enrolled in the Portland Volunteer Artillery.
Last Tuesday I was returning from inspection, and
went to Gilbert's dose. 1 was then in full dress
uniform. The dress is furnished us, and we are
bound to keep it from any damage. There were some
people in the field, and some of them went through
the gate. As I was going through with some friends
defendant ahttt it, and went to lock it. 1 said" open
the gate," but die would not, I caught hold of the
gate and pulled It open, and defendant slapped my
face. I saul, "don't do that again," and put my
hand on her shoulder and shoved her away. She
taught hold of my coat and tore it. Her brother
also grit hold of ree. I asked her why she tore nrjr I
coat, and she replied she would do it again. The
mother asked me to mike it up. lam bound to
make the damage good. Oroes-examined : The
inspection took place about 4 O'clock. It was about
eight when I went, and I came out about nine. We
were dismissed before that. Sergeant-Major Conine
told me if she would not pay for the coat I must get
It repented, There were "Iota" of people at the
gate, end defendant's mother was there. Whim
defendant tore his emit, "Well done Name."—
Mary Hoskina,who was in the pie-nie field, oorrobee•
ated the evidence of the oomplainaut.—Providenes
Harris said: I was in the pic-nic field to see them.
A greit litany people were there. Mr. horsy
ordered the field to be cleared. As was about to
pass through the gate defendant's mother said
"Make hate, Mrs. Harrill, I'm going to lock the
gate. I looked round and she was petting the chain
round the gate when complainant and a
great many more enega up. liectook the
gee hold and pulled it back. Defendant
slapped Ms face, and he said "don't do that
again." She did it again. I did not see the eoat
torn. I don't know why they locked the gate. I
should say there were 80 people in field. I saw
Attwooll take hold of the *ate. Defendant
said nothing to him before be had taken
hold of the gate. John Robert Pearce
said he saw Attwooll in Gilbert's close
on the day in question. The owner of the field
ordered all the people out. When he got to the
gate defendant was trying to look it. Altwooll came
up, took bold of the gate, and asked her to let him
out. She would not, and gave him a slap in the
face. Witness saw no more. He did not hear what
between the complainant and defendant—
Theei defendant called her mother in her defence, and
she said they lived adjoining Gilbert's close. There
was a pic-nic there and she found them in warm
water. All went on well till a large number of
people came in the evening not belonging to the
party. Mr. Doroy told her that as soon as the plo.
nic party was gone she was to lock the gate. She
had seen the whole of the pic-nic party leave the
field when she went to lock the gate. It was an old
gate, and witness was holding it for her daughter to
put the padlock on, when defendant came along.
He wanted to go through, and her daughter said
"Mother, let go the gate and let him through."
After he was gone out, her daughter was again
stooping down to fasten it, when he came back
swearing. She called out "Nance White, get out
of the way" and he struck her daughter in the side
of her head with his Pat, and she staggered against
the wall. Then she stood up and gave him a slap
in the face and pushed him through the gate into the
field. He struck her with his fist and knocked her
down, and struck her again when she was down.
She got up and he took hold of her again by the
neck. She caught him by the shoulder and the coat
gave way tearing it all down. Defendant then
pulled off his coat, but her son came up and preven-
ted him striking his sister again. There
was a great many left in the field when she locked
the gate. Altwool came across the field and said
"let me through"fand she let him through. He
then came back "again and said let me through and
then he knocked her daughter down. Her &as was
swollen and blackened.--Susan White, who saw the
whole affair, fully corroborated the statement of
defendant's mother, and the magistrates dismissed
the case.
ASSAULT. —Richard Hutchings was summoned for
assaulting Elisabeth Folman on the 30th June.
According to the complainant's statement she was a
very ill used woman, and was in great danger of her
life in consequence of the violence of the defendent.
On the day in question, she said, as she was standing
on the top 'top of her front deer, defendant (came

along and jumped upon the step with his elesciedi
list She said nothing to provoke it,
who WAS called as her witness, mad that d
and complainant were quarrelling about arimplallek
ant's daughter, when be slapped her facie tritk
open hand. The defence,- however, was. =
different. Any assault on his part was
while the oomplainarit lased very violent language
towards him on account of some old grudge, mid
charged him with immond coeds:rt.—Mary Poyer
was called to give evidence for the defendant, and
ebe said she saw no assault oorninitted, although she
must have mien it bad it taken place.—The Bench
dismissed the sommons.
Assam./ AIM DA111•011.—Willlam Mitchell was
summoned for assault, and damage done to a
window. Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Winter, said
she lived it Portune's Well, and her mother at
Spring Gardens. On the 14th July she called on
Sarah Stone who lives near her brother. She left
Sarah Stone's and went to her brother's, and as she
went she looked into the back yard of her mother's
house, where she saw Mitchell with two buckets of
water, He rested the buckets on the ground oppo-
site her mother's sitting-room window. He raised
up one of the bnekets as if to dash it at the window,
and she asked him what that was for. He replied
"what is that to you y what business have you
here r and then threw a bucket of water over her,
She thought that perhaps the other bucket might
come too, so she just tipped it over with her boot,
and what was left he afterwards threw over her,
Be then caught hold of her, and attempted to push
her out of the yard, and in tlie scuffle he gave ha se
severe blow on her arm. He then threw himself
twice back against her mothered kitchen windoif
and broke three panes of glass. She never saw him
till he threw the water over her, nor *NS she awed
that her mother threw anything on hid head' ; but as
she lived upstairs she generally threw tIL Id attt
of the window. She threw • tin across ON=
after he had thrown the water over her.
complait
several t*
the

Stone was ogled as a witacen for ths
and from her statement it appeared that
turbances had before taken Oars between
parties. The summons for the damage was dia.
mimed, the magistrates indicting a fitaa ot la.,withost
costs, for the assault.
A Cum Sammons —Elizabeth Winter and bar
mother were then summoned by William Mitchell
for assault. Oomplainant said he had for some tine
lived in the house adjoining that of Mrs. Idotyer,
daring which time he had a path at the side of Mrs.
Motyer's house. Mrs. Motyer had at yahoos times,
when he had been passing, thrown soap lads and
chamber slops out of her window over him. On the
14th July he had been to fetch some water, and
passing the way in dispute, some water was thrown
on him by some one. He saw Mrs. Mayer shortly
afterwards with an iron bowl in her hand at
another window from that where the water came
eat! He told her to raise the window. Mrs.
Winter then came and asked him what he Was doing
there, and capsized both buckets of water, and be
threw the contents at her. She gave him a push
in the stomach, and sent him against her mother's
kitchen window.—The summons was dismissed.
ALLEGID ASSAULT AT FORTUNZ'S WALL.—
Abraham Peters and Edward Petters were charged
with assaulting Mr. Meers, but the bench, after
hearing the evidence, dismissed the case.
DRUNK AND DINORDSRLY. —Jasper Itneeell was
charged by P.O. Pitfield with being drank and
disorderly in front of the Fisherman's Arms, at
Wyke, about a quarter before 1 o'clock on the 28th
June, offering to fight the sergeant, and knocking
his hat over his head. Fined 40e., or seven days

imprisonment.
ANJULTING THU LANDLADY 0/ Tlfg TBA-
VgLLBRIe Rem —William Barnes was summoned
for assaulting Maly, the wife of John Gibbs Pearce,
of the Travellers Rest, Portland, by pushing her
against • table. Defendant did not appear, and the
Bench ordered his committal for one months' hard
labour.
A JIIVF.NILI Tnnir.—John Dampier, a boy la
years of age, was charged by Edward Knott, with
stealing gingerbread out of his shop daring his
absence. The cane was adjourned tiff the nert
Petty Sessions. Several cases were adjourned, and
the case of Eliza Fancy v. Robert Jahn Pearce, tar
an order of affiliatim, was dismissed for want df
corroborative evidence.
WIMBORNE.—Carcarr MATOIL—On Wednes-
day last a match of cricket was played at Wimbome
between the Wimborne and Dorchester clubs, which
resulted in favour of the former, the game being
decided by the first innings, as there was not time
to play it out. The following is the score
DOROILMTIR.
Longman, run out
A. Ensor, b Bhke 0
Allen, c Parkinson, 1, E. Beam a*
Franks, not out
Parson.. b Blake
b F. Kills
111"rd,°_.. el.
1611.
xe, c Blake, b Reeks 0
&sant, run out
Phillips, b B. Ellie
Byes, tsc.

Total

WDMOIMIL

Parkinson, b Irianks 2
Jenvey, a Parsons, b Musks 2
Lidgats, c Parsons, b Franks 44
Pitt, b Allen
E. Ellis, • Griffis, b Parsons
E. Reeks, b Pranks
Blake, b Parsons
F. Ellis, b Franks . . ... ... .........
Potbeeary, b Franks •
Lang, not out 7
F. Reeks, b Franks
Byes, Sc.

Total leg