The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

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District SAM
WITMOIITIL
Need. APPOOrregin.—The see el Hr. Beee7Nethea.
in this town, Ms received his appointment us
liesa=m4amistaat surgeon of the Royal Naval Hospital,
Kate.
CHAIR= 1111.•11D1 STIAII PACKS? BEIVICL—The
Whets tionaseed with this sompony will only ran to
Getsnem 5d Jersey tries a week now, instead of throe
Mass dieing the mamas! month.. This &herniae
was made ea the lee inst.
TES Rusaa—On Tuesday atoning • erensitles ef
'he whoke Dossed metlo consider 'latter met to the
Mayor by 0. R. Stephenson, Req., oiled.g to purelosse
gad give to the town the Rings, as a plaits of reereation,
or as an oniainental park. The COOZIaII expressed their
beet thanks to that geetiesean for Me munilimat offer,
pad meepted the proffered gat The pin of laying out
the emends we andentanillo to be left ia the heals of
eke dears. The him of Whig out law mar.," arts.
mental groaads has banes the tent far the twenty
pears, and slier so musk maim seadderation we an
gaits entitled to hops the °mail will he prepared to do
Om bed thing la the best style.
Mleaanln Raoul Now Cletpaos.—A mown( et the
reseed) appointed areasniMee was held on Satarday, the
Red lest., when • gratifying list of handsome rabgerip-
flocs promised by gentleman of the town and neighbour-
hood for the ered.lcu of the new church was laid before
the meeting. It was then resolved to premed at ones
to make an enerptie moves of the town for donations.
We have no doubt but that the inhabiteate will make a
most liberal response, more espesially as tbe aura
I, designed to meet the spirited mesmities of the pier
In the neighbourhood in which it le to be belle Ills
to be empbatisallylthe "poor num% Mara ;" on. half
of the sinimp are to he absolutely free, and the nuts
merniag from the remainder are to be appropriated
towards paying tile stipend of the offisiating idergyman.
The lout parAarre to be made by the ermiedttee is the
freehold of the site ; and the nave will be mentmesed
so soon as suffieient fends are monted. Tlis amount of
moony at present required for this purpose is 113,1100.
Dears or 111. s. Gnome CHal.w.—We have
this week to record the death of Mr. °
Chalker. It will be remembered that last w•71:1
issued an addrase to the burgesses ea a candidate for the
municipal representation of Weymouth. On Tuesday
inennight, amid die excitement of the pending election,
he bergeneiroolved`in a quanta and was rather amend,
handled. de had previously been suffering from
a complication of diseases, and this may have
rendered 'the consequences of the melee Mere
serious than would otherwise have been the cam. On
Wednesday night he went to the Duke of Cumberland
publishouse, and there he was seised with • It.
necessitating the ceiling in of Dr. Moorhead. He was
taken to his deughter's house in St. Thomas-street,
where ha wee attended by several medical pendia&
but in spite of their efforts he suffered from sumessive
attacks of epileptiform convulsions, and last Wednes-
day morning death terminated his sufferings. Mr.
Chalker was an old Weymouth tradesman, and latterly
has taken • prominent pert in the local municipal
monde. He is about 50 years of age. Much regret.
Is felt in the town that his death has occurred so
suddenly, and under such painful circumstances.
LITSIARY AND Sciserino Ingritoricut. —On Wed-
nesday evening Miss Brae Inglis delivered • ledere at
this institution on the Inflames of Women. instead of
Labelle of Camilla as previously announced. The Maurer
endeavoured to show in what • variety of ways the
Anew* of Moeda women avereised iteelfepon society
at large. Drawing from the pages of history, Miss
Inglis instanced dm example of IsakieUa of CatilMe, who
bent her energise in the right way; and then I
instanced the ownerss character of Cathmiee de Medias,
who employed her beauty and brilliant eapasities in the
opposite direction. The domestic influenced women
for good or mil in their religions as mothers,
wives, and sisters, fanned the principal portion of the
lecture, which was most attentively listened to. At the
coadmion, Mr. Landis proposed a vote of thanks to
Mee Inglis, which was most sordidly given. On Wed.
maim Mr. Joseph Drew will give his third teeters for
the imam in the same room. This time he haa dis-
carded speculative science, and has chosen for his subject
• matter of oonsiderable importance to the commercial
world, viz. "Labour, the Poor Man's Capital." He
inteMls illustrating the antagonistic positions held by
Lb. working classes and their employers.
Derativnin PentLll7l3l.—A court martial for
She trial of Mr. John Mallard, paymaster in the Royal
Navy (who resided at Weymooth only a short time Th)4;
was held on Tuesday morning at Cheltenham.
Court, oomposd of Caplan A. A. Conran., of the
Cumberland, 70, president; Captain Croftoe,
Commander J. B. Thurbern. Commander W. L.
Partridge. and Commander F. IL Pratte°, 'mumbled
on board the Formidable, 84, Caplan D. IL Mackenzie,
flophip of Vies-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Bart.,
Commander in Chief at the Non, for the trial of Mr.
John Mallard, paynnurter of the Castor, 21, Royal
Naval Reserve training ship at Shields, on the @harp of
having, on or about the Bth October, fraudently misap-
propriated the pablie money entrusted to his charge, to
the amount of £576 lls. &I. Mr. Knight, of the lirm of
Knight, and Arnold, Admiralty solicitors,
Rochester, officiated ea Deputy- Advocate, and oon •
ducted the prosecution. The chief witness exanzioed
for the prosecution was Commander Nelson, of the
Castor, who stated that on examining the prisoner's
amounts, and finding the deficiency, the prisoner
admitted that he had appropriated the sum staked to
his own um. In his defence the prisoner admitted that
he had taken the money, but denied that be had done I
so fraudently, as it was his intention to refund it. He I
then handed in a number of certificate, from officers
under whom he hod formerly mined, all giving him the
highest character. After deliberating for about an hour
the court found the prisoner guilty. but in consideration
of his former good character be was only sentenced to
be dismissed from her Majesty's service.
AND DienSilelT. —On
Wednesday morning last, at twelve o'clock, the fifty.
fint annual meeting of the lemmatas of this institution
wa, held in the boardroom of the infirmary, the Rev.
Talbot Guavas (rice-precedent) in the 'chair. There
win present, the Rev. K Headland, W. Symonds,
Esq. (apt. J. Swatridp, G. Andrews, Esq., Dr.
Moo;heed, Mr. J. Robertson, W. Eliot, EN. (treasurer),
and G. Arden, Fat. ;lion. we.) TM following medkal
report was read by Dr. Moorhead :—Oist-palienta
Remaining on the books, Nov. Ist, 1686, 75; admitted
during the present year, 500 • total. 575, of which
number have been discharged mired, 469; relieved, 33 •
snarls in-patients, 4; died, 2; remaining on the books,
67; total, 575. --(spa/idiots : Remaining on the books,
Nov. Ist. 1866, 4; admitted dering the ,present year.
33; total, 37. Of which number have been discharged
eared. 26 relieved, 2; made out-patients. 2 ; died, I;
i remaining n the home, 4 ; total, 37. Total number
admitted to the benefits of the dispensary from its
foundation in 1816, 13,680 ; total number received as
to-patients since the opening of the infirmary in 1836,
306; total, 14,485. He stated that although there were
67 patiente remaining on their books, yet had he not
or erased • discretionary power, and administered
medicines to patients without their lirst procuring
tickets this number would have been hammed by from
20 to 30 more, as it frequently happened when
diarrhoea and other complaints were rife, some persons
came without ethereal, and on the faith of their eraser.
leg them in a thy or two, he sometimes gave them
medicine, and the first dose proving sufficient to t
the complaint, he heard no mote of the patients. The
committee approving of this exercise of discretion, Mr.
W. Eliot road the finance report, by which we find tLey
have • balance of £4O in land. The medical and
linmicial reports having been adopted, Mr. 0 Arden
proposed a vote of thanks to the clergymen and
ministers who had lent their pulpits for sermons to be
preached from 00 behalf of the institution for the past
year. This propoition being also carried, • vote of
thanks to the *barman brought the prooesdings to •
ekes.
WITICOOTH COUNTY CODIT, Thursday.—Belon
Judge Everett. At the sitting of the wort to-day the
oases were for the moot port of trivial and unim-
portant character. The only case in which interest
was =manned, was that of Fox Fairey.—This was
• shim of £lO 10s, for work done by the plaintiff at the
defendant's business premises in Hood-street. Mr. 0.
S. Arden appeared for the plaintiff, whilst Mr. R. N.
flo•art conducted the defence.- -The plaintiff said he
came down from Leicester to menage • photographic
business that had been established in St. Mary-street,
by Mr. ledrey. The understanding waa that he was to
receive half-profits for hi. labour. After being thy,*
some montha, and finding the speculation did not pay,
he desired defendant to come to • settlement. A
settlement was made, but in the balance sheet Dotting
was said about what be had done at Mr. Foirey's request,
not at all connected with the photographic businem
His (plointirs) father was a builder, and understanding
something about building himself, he made • new work-
shop behind Mr. Fairey's busies., premises, in Bond.
End, and for this work he claimed £lO 10.. Had
never been paid either directly or indirectly for doing
this week. Is the course of cross-examination it
transpired that plaintiff bad done some carpentering
work at the photographie premises, St. Mary -street, and
that b• bad had • suit of clothes, of the value of £5,
on an order given by defendant; but he considered the
snit of clothes meant as payment for the work done
in St. Mary-street, and had no reference whatever to
that dons in Bondatreea Had also received 9s. from
Mr. Hibbs sines the settlement of soomints, Is. worth
of vine honks, and bad to refund 10s. 4id. on a bushier
transaction connected with the photography. Mr.
Howard then addressed the court. His client was ready
to admit that • balance of II the was due to plaintiff;
but then there was • contra account of El Is. 4)d.,
laming 4.. 7id, which gem had been paid in court. TM
defendodt owed that Mr. For had done sone work for
List at hie (plaintiff's) own request, to fill up the leisure
time tot occupied to photography. The value of the
work done we doom 50i Plaintiff had never sent him
in a bill, and as he somplained of moiling • omit in
doinig the work, he gave him • now suit, and this he
considered settled all slams. - Mr. Shields, tailor,
deposed to making • suit of clothes for plaintiff at Mr.
Fairer's order, and Mr. Fox then told him it was in
payment for work done in Bondstreek Mr. F. Fairey
deposed to being present WWI the settlement was
suede. Nothing was said alma payment for work dons
in Bond-street. His Hammon a verdict ra,
ant. Caste granted en aptilisalkse.