The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

BILIDPOZT.

THB CORGRIGATIOSAL PASToRA2I.—On Hmday
night a meeting ut the memberm and oongregatiou of
the above church was held in the Schoolrooms, under
the presidency of Mr. R. Reid, one of the deacons.
The obje t of the meeting was to decide on the
appointment of a pastor in the room of the Its.. P.
J. Amain who resigned about six months ago. It wan
decided by an overwhelming majority, to off-r the
past .rate to the Rev. W. J. Beau, of Bilitin, near
Birmiugham. Mr. Bain, has irreproachable references
from various churches, and at several services in this
town during the past few months his preaching was
much liked by the congregation.
Attecien Laicism— William Stinson Hopkins, of
tiouthetrest, was, on Saturday, charged bed le the
County Bench (Mews. J. H. P. hiontaru and W.
Gatos) with idea log • whetstone, property .4 Mr.
Robert Walden' dairyman, of Marla., ISetherbury.
—Mr. Walden said he last saw the whetot me at his
piece on Wednesday last, and missed it on Thursday.
He informed the police, and P.C. Elli. brought prose-
cutor the whetstone, which he i 'entitled se bis by it.
being joined in the centre. Such a join as in the .ne
produced was unusual. It was wortn 1.. Dekidmit
we. on the premises on Wednesday.—P.C. Eli, mid
on l'hureday he found defendant in a field Lem Burton
Bradstock, where he was using the whets one (he,
dived). Withers charged him with stealing it, wt.en
be said he took the whetstone in a lark, anti that he
(defendant) must hare been a fool, for be could have
flung the thing away in the gra.... Defendant told the
easstable that Mr. Walden had taken big pencil, mod
he had taken Mr. Walden's whetatone.—Proisecut r
now stated be did exchange • riding-stick for • pencil,
but there was no transaction with regard to the whet-
stone. —The Bench fined defen tent 2.., with • caution.
A MADRAS PRISTItit—At the Borough Police-court
on Monday, an intelligent native of Rajapooran,
Madras, by trade a oompositor. was charged to custody
with beggiog in the borough on Smurday.—The
ma.fisirates were the Mayor and Mr. H. Howell.—
P.C. Forder wowed receiving complaints as to prisoner
begging, and be traced him from St. Michavrelarie to
Wert-street, at which places he asked for assistance.
The P S. said a complaint bed been made to him to
the effect th prison•- bad been at Brsdpole with an
arm withdrawn from the sleeve of hi. c rat, represent.
mg himself to be a tailor out of employment.—Prisoner
iv tangly denied adopting this ruse, but admitted asking
for assistance. Prisoner handed some document, to
the bench, from which, together with several state.
meats made, it would appear that prisoner about 3)
years ago was born at Rajaoooran, Madras, where be
followed the trade of a c impositor in his native tongue.
The result of some foolish persumions was that he
came to England in February last. Speaking the
English language exceedingly well be obtainedenoply.
.
meat iu the Metropolis, at the offices of Messrs. JAL.
son and Tester, after reasaloing with whom about
three weeks, be received a recommendation had
proceeded to Plymouth. Here he obtained wnrk at the
°aloes of two dailies. tie., We.siva Daily Mercury and
Wagers Morning News. It would appear that his
capabilities as a compositor in the English tongue was
not up to the demand, so the editor, of the two
Plymouth dailies kindly gave him recommendations to
enable him to return to his native land. One ..f the
documents recommended him to the notice of Mr.
Rithbane, 3d.P., of London, who was asked to exert
influence to procure "Raja Sammy" dies " Franis
Abroe," a situation as steward on an "outward ho.nd,"
thus to enable him to work his pomace home.—The
magidystse considered it beet to adj .urn the case till
We Inesday, in order to prove the tenth of the eta's-
ments made by prisoner, t gether with the genuinene.s
of the documents. —On Wednesday the coloured corn.
pasha... "Abroe," Mies" Raja Sammy," was brought
upon remand before the Mayor sod Mr. H. Howell
Sergeant ilsmard said the documents handed in by
the prisoner had been proved to be genuine, and
nothing else was known against him.—The Mayor and
his brother magistrate headed prisoner a aiding. c.d.
tag him to get to his destination as fast as he ci.
and to be careful not to beg on the road, or he would
get himself into a similar mess.

THE LATE MIL WALTER POWELL, M.P.
lithe Probate Cola, on holiday, before Me President
an application wee m eta • or prat:oat* of the .111 of the late
Mr. Waiter Powell, M. I'. ( Kalmeebury. the will having
been executed on the lilt IL itch, 1878. Tee circumstances
attending the melancooly death of the testator are, no
doubt, still fresh in the recollection of the pib in. In the
early pert of Drcember, 1881, he seconded from Beth in
the balloon Saadi n, acoompenied by Captain Templar sod
Arthur AgeCierdesor. While pawing over Bridport
they wets milting preparations to descend, when the
balloon 'Mock with such force tha the two gentlemen who
accompanied the demoted were pitched out of the car, one
of them baying his leg broken. The balloon then re
aoetnied with the dem sled al the only occ 'Pent. I'd
went not to Ile& met was on It, afternoon of December
10th, 1511. The balloon was never afterward wen. and no
veitige ot It hal over been found, with the exception of
• chronometer, which we. known to have belonged to Ito
and which was found on the cliffs. The death of the lath
top was, therefore, sought to he presumed as having Mk",
place on err sings the 10th December, 1881, and eroh•lm
was asked of the will. The application was supported be
afildamta .

Sir Hannen held that there was no doubt Met
the unfortunate gentlemen met his death ma stated ; ewl
granted the application.