The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

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LTSBURY.—Gssis LICENiIII3.—At the Petty
Sessions held on Monday, licenses to deal in game
were granted to Mr. John White, Pub-market;
Mr. W. J. Davis, Foth•inarket ; Mr. C. J. Wright.
Butcher-row; Mr. John Turner, Milford-street ;
Mr. George Dawes, Brown-street; and Mr.
Benjamin Stay, Castle-street,
C•TNEDR•L RINTOR•TION. —OO Sunday morning
a sermon was preached in the church of Si, Thomas.
by the Rev. Prebendary Renaud, in aid of the fund
now being raised for the restoration of Salisbury
Cathedral. The collection amounted to £9 Si.
LONDON CITY MISSION& —A meeting of the
Salisbury Auxiliary to the London City Missions
was held in the Council Chamber, on Thursday
evening, June 30, when the Rev. Francis Tyrrell,
country secretary, attended to give details with
respect to the operations of the society. The Rev.
H. J. Chancellor occupied the chair. The attendance
was rather limited. Mr. Tyrrell entered at some
length into the work which the society is now carry-
ing on in London, and pointed nut the spiritual dea•
titution of the metropolis. The rev, gentleman
principally confined his attention to the pariah of ,
St. Giles, and said that last year the society bad 3SO
missionaries at work, and they hoped next year to
have 400. Between 6,000 and 7.000 copies of the
Word of God had been distributed, beside three
million religious tracts. They had reclaimed
1,162 peraons, and induced more than 4,000 people
to attend • regular place of worship, as well as per-
suaded 364 to unite themselves to a church. The
society had also collected between 8,000 and 9,000
children out of the streets, and placed them in morn,
institution, principally the ragged schools. The in.
come during the past year amounted to £40,000, and
if the society could obtain 400 additional mission-
aries, they would find plenty of work to perform.
A collection was made at the close of the meeting in
aid of the funds of the society.
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AanaULT.—On Fridge, William Matthews, • fly.
driver, in the employ of Mr. Hawes, was taken be-
fore J. Collier and F. It. Fisher, Esqrs. charged,
under a warrant. with committing • criminal assault
upon Sarah Dukes, who is also servant to Mr.
Dawes. The case, however, was taken as one of
• common assault, and Matthews was sentenced to
two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Cot. wry Prrri Snisiort, Tuesday.— The magistrates
present were .1.• Hiesev, Esq., chairman, Ilsjor
'lntl.:on, T. E. Fowls. Esq., and E. Hinsmen,
—Jesse Lewes and Benjamin Mist, two carter., wen
summoned at the instance of Superintendent Matthews,
for they wilfully haring • wagon and four horses at
Coombe Senate, in each • situation as not to have the
command or direction of the same, on the ?kb Jane
net Prisonen pleeded guilty.--supt. Matthews
state,' that he was driving on the road, when his atten-
tion was drawn to the swaying of the wagon, and reatica•
nem of the horses. When he got op to them he found
both defendants drank and quarrelling. One of then
bad blood running from his face. He bad had no
previous complaint of the prisoners, and therefore did
not press for • heavy penalty.—The Bench fitted them
in the mitigated penalty of five shillings earth and
mists, or to undergo 14 days' imprisonment. The fines
were peid.
William Stratton, labourer, of Coombe Bassett, was
charged with a Winilar offence. By the evidence of
the police-constable stationed there, the prisoner was
drunk, and driving the horse' by holding one of the
traces, but he had eboy with him. It did not appear
who was really driving the horns.- The Beath, taking
Into consideraion the doubt, dismissed the summons,
Mr. Hinsman remarking Het defendent ought to he
summoned fur being drunk.
Foam:fn.—George !nerd pleaded guil.y to unlaw-
fully using a wire to tthe • hare, on land belonging to
the Earl of Pembroke.—Defrodant, in answer to the
Bench, said he was a married man, and that it was the
Met time that he had done such a thing. It should not
occur again.—The Bench sentenced him to • fine of
20s, and costs, or undergo one month's imprisonment.
The fine was paid.

MISSING AWAY PION BEIVICIL—RADIUti Martin,
labourer, was summoned for unlawfully leaving the
service of his master, Mr. J. Stone, of Bower C'halke,
who deposal that dcfrodant engaged to nerve him from
Michaelmas to Michaelmm, •t 9*. a week. He abeented
hissnmlf, and took **amt.,' under another pereon.—The
Bench sentenced him to undergo 21 days' imprisonment
with hard labour, god to return to his work at the ex-
piration of his sentence. The defendant, who treated
the matter with great indifference, and was smiling in
proper " yokel" fashion the whole time, said he would
rather remain in gaol until Michaelmas, although his
" tnesster" and him were very good friends prior to this
affair.—Mr. Hinxman said if he made an torigement
he must abide by it, and that he would find gaol some-
thing different to what he expected.— Defendant hod
loft Mr. Stone., having gained a chilling more, week by
hi. new master. Prosecutor observed it was very difli•
milt to get labourer*.
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Zuhr. Mr. Edwin Nightingale appeared
to answer a summons charging him with having
thrown water over • poor old man. named Thomas
Zama, of Broad Chalk.. Defendant, wh..• it an
Innkeeper, said that he and wane other men
were throwing water at each other, when the prosecutor
;awed, and that some was throw,' on him by the defen-
dant. It appeared tlitre wu some previou• "fall
oat," but the Bench could not extract it ezactly.—Mr.
Hangman said the defendant admitted having usulted
oomplainant, which was a wanton act—fie Goat rather
to have protected the old man than otherwise —lle
must pay • fine of 20t, or undergo imprisonmeut for 21
days.—The fin. and ooets were paid.
L 1411,1110 banvici. Rishard Randall, a weekly
minuet, was summoned for nagl.ot of auk, and ands.-
fulls shouting himself from the service of Mr. G.
Waters, of lhauerham.—Proweentor ststed that defen-
dant left bis work, without leave, about half-past four
o'clock in the afternoon instead of six. The nest day be
pleaded illness. It caused prosecutor mach Ithour and
trouble in getiing in his hay.—Defendant said lie was
taken all about twenty minutes put four o'clock. partly
from hay fever, and also by trawled beer which tad been
sent into the bay field by his muter.—Proutnitor denird
it, and said that lie always got his beer from Mr. Jeffreys.
—Defendant mid he went next morning to his master's.
when Mr. Waters told lian he dad not further require
,1 ha service,. The Bench, after some consideration,
dismissed the ease.

B4ouuuSntngoCs, Monday. July 4.—Before J.
Homey. Erg., chairman, F. Attwood, Esq., T. W.
Gilbert, Seq., and J. C. Wheeler,
Sritatisci Fauir. —Charles Young, aged apparyntly
about 12 years, • proem:tom looking young " gentleman."
ass charged by P.S. J. White, with stealing
cherries from • tree in the garden of Mr. Jones, of the
Crystal Fountain, Salisbury. bergenot White, upon
being sworn, stated that be had received several com-
plaints of injuries done to, and thefts cornmitted in,
prosecutor's garden. About quarter past four o'clock that
morning, the 4th in.t., be observed the prisoner engaged
in purloining some cherries, which he was eating. Hs
watched him ihir some little time, and then took hint
into custody. He then took some cherries from the
pritoneee pocket now produced. He gale a falai name.
"Cordon, and wanted to be Ist off.—Mr. Jones, the
owner of the garden, stated that serious damage had
been done to his garden at various times, as much as
£.3 worth. He did not see the prisoner do it, but
damage to the extent of two "hilltop bad been done
that mornini. Only last week he caught the prisoner's
brother, and another boy in the garden, but forgave
them. They must hay* got over the wall by which the
garden was surrounded--The worthy chairman said the
decision of the Bench was, Mist the prisoner must
undergo fourteen days' imprisonment in the gaol, and
the Bench were not sure that they were not dealing too
leniently. In any future case a whipping would
probably be ordered with the imprisonment-
George Burden was summoned by Superintendent
Glades', who produced • letter purporting to be front
the Secretary of State, to show cause why he should not
pay towards the support of his son, William Borden,
who is undergoing a sentence of five years in the Wilts
Reformatory.—Defendant stated that his wife died
three years ago, and he was left with six children to
support. All he had corning in was three 'hilltop &
week ; sometimes be earned a htsle by rolling vegetables,
/a, at other times nothing. He had rented an acre of
ground, bat had to give half of it up upon the decease
of his wife. He had also • smell pony and cart, which
he used for hawking vegetables round the town, and
that he was utterly unable to eeatribute to his son's
maintenance. —Mr. Howe, said as he kept a pony and
earl, he could not uy he we' in satire distress ; be muss
eoatribute to the maintenance of his Ke. The Bench
would therefore make an order for 2s, 6d. a week with
iriets.—Defendant left the Court, reiterating is inability
to say.
Witte Bin,. Coars.—The uncial meeting of the
First WB•s Rifle Volunteer Corps wes held on Wednes-
day, the 6th that-, at eleven a.m. Captain Pinckney
preeided. The account.' for the year were presented
and examined, and the godlier, unanimously re-sluted,
with a vote of thanks for their kind eScient services.
Three new members were chosen to ecru on the com-
mittee, in the plass of those who retired, In accordance
with the rides of the seeps. The Dew members elected
were Mr. Kelsey, Mr. A. Beneett, Mr. Cripps ; and Mr.
Otteway nrelcieted. A vote of thanks to the Market
Huse Compaey was also pared foe the free use of that
Luilding, he., and also to the Misses Everard, of Lever.
.tock, for the ground used by dui corps foe hall practice.
It wis also resolved, on the application of Mr. Fur,that
the remuneration allowed by the corps to him as
marker at the butta should be Increased. The president
also notified that there were two new members to enrol,
via : Mr. Farrel and Mr. Spas, sad that his application
to the authorities for an undress cap to be worn by the
rifle corps bad not been uscoreefel, the present light
shako being deemed mieriset for all required purposes.
A vote of thanks was then pawed for the gallant
captain's attendance in the chair, and the meeting
dissolved.
Salisbury prize fair for Amp, borer, and cattle,
to be held on the 15th July, the fol-
lowing prises will be awarded :—let, a piece of
plats, nig. ggi, given by Lientersat-Goneral
beaky, )LP. for the best 10 Hampshire Down
rum iiumba —2l;d, a piece of plate, value £5, given
by H. M. Marsh, Sm., M.P., for the beet 100 waiter
lambs, bred by lb. exhibitor. —3rd, a piece of
plate, value £l, given by the members of the C.or,
pasties of Salisbury, fur the mooed beet 100
iaaabar iambs, bred by the exhibitor.-4th, •
pion of plate, value ,C 5 given by Loyd Henry
Thrum, M.P., for the beet 100 wstber sheep.
mai. a ca 04 plate, value £ll, given by Giles
Loder, ~ and other ssreeribers, fur the best 100
breeding ewes, having been at least six mouths in
the parasitic of the exhibitor. - 6th, a pieos of
plate, value £5, (late Alderman Smith's pri.,) given
w the largest penner. 7th, a piece of plate, value
£3, given-by the mom been of the Corporation to the
largest purchaser. The prises will be aiignbatad
in
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Mayor, sitaftbe Cou.l:l"Cham
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'impalas of the Trustees and
Samos' Baxis.—it
Manage" „as aau at the Bask Howe. Edward
in the chair. Mr. Blake, the auditor,
reported that be had *beaked every entry and traria-
maafve tya but audit, se the WA November, 1168,
s bulks Mb May, 1814, mid Met he had peeved the
erP
asserasy of Me whale milks aimenunt. Mr.
phrey Bleamore, one of the auditors, having

' tendered his resignation, it was rewired to bold
spec.] no,etirg on the 3rd of Au,:nat neat, to appoint
another au i•or, and co:Ili-nage t Mr. Elk.,
l'cortineu CIILICU EXTZ sION IN Sr. EDMUND'S
h meeting of tbr pariebioners interested in the
work id church exiension on the above I told,, er.a held
in the school-room on Thursday, the :40th ult..
Th. Lord. lii.hop of the deieei, presided. There niers
present the Venerable A rehdesmor Frooy. the 1.. v.
Prebendary Renaud, Rev. J. Laubeney, Her. IT. IL
Whelpton, Her. R. Doke, Hey. F.. 1...arr1, Rey. J.
A u,tith Mr. W. Pinckney, Mr. P. P. Cotter, Mr. .1.
Winans.. Mr. J. Hamar. Mr. J. Knisht, jon.. Mr.
7arter. Mr. C. N. Lee, Mr. J. Style, Mr. C. Radcliffe.
Mr. .11 Woodland, Mr. F. A. Wake, Mr. With,,, and
Yr. Large.