The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-08-20 00:00:00

" Long loot to all but memory's aching sight"

What difficulty the worthy coroner for Portland,
Mr. Howard, used to have in the old times when the
juries were composed of the legal dozen! Those used
to be the times for long sittings, sharp contentions,
and exhibitions of firmness—sum* would say
oletnac , by one or two of the jurymen, who had the
satisfaction that all the rest had to wait their pleasure.
Lately M. Howard hoe been wiser in his generation,
and Ins. empanelled a dozen and • quarter, so getting •
better chance of having twelve "good men and true"
In harmony as to the verdict. Since then the good
sense of the msj irity of Port Landers has triumphed,
and "happy are the people where chronicles are dull."
How much happier the Coroner, when these
"chronicles" were signed by 12 out of some 15, at a
reseinably early hour, instead of the recalcitrant one
or two keeping him waiting till, or beyond, he lest
train I But the humour of one distinguished
Porthuider to not yet evaporated. Our good friend
Mr. Mabey. not liking the ofßcers to face the witnesses
under their command, and being overruled by the
Coroner, declared his determination not to serve again.
if be could avoid it. Said Mr. Howard, with that
suavity whereby be has oft soothed a lively Board
meeting, —" 1 have had the planar, of meeting your
father, Mr. Mabey, for many years, and I hope you
will reconsider your determination, and still act upon
the jury." But the juryman, with native adhesion
to his own wishes, declared not only that he would
not serve if he could help, but would, if compelled to
some, "give all the trouble be could, by asking
questions." Rather hard on the nut iif those liable
to serve, worthy Portbinder I If every Englishman
who couldn't get his own way avoided public service
by threatening all the trouble be could give, the
administration of our laws would soon become very
costly and most awkward. The Coroner, however,
did not exercise a power which might afresh have
eatonishrd P rtland, but directed the police sergeant
not to call the juryman again. For my past, I don't
see the way out of difficulties is by avoiding the services
to which the law calk Jurymen have many grievances,
not the Istaet being their payment on a scale which at the
present day Is ; but men of independent
means, whoa* time is all their own, should be forward
to serve, and relieve tradesmen and others whose
living is gained from their time and work.
" Layer bread" in the Wok him been advocating a
seaweed diet. In the North of Devon I have seen
and smelt the same, and —(horrible remembrance II
for some tiny fraction of a second, I once had • bit of
that same laver in my mouth. As to the sight, to
my mind the maims of it were the priniped deface-
ment of the Barnstaple eating-houses, the pleasantest
comparable substance being thick dark-brown mud.
And the @twill Ugh I My advice to any cleanly Dorset
man who had to deal with layer would be an improve
ment of the dire. tions---

Shut your.).., and stop your nose,
Acid keep your moth closed fast.
For cooking it, try • In le - (the infinite little, if
laswilde)—with some best baton. and then carefully
dash it, and remove it to whore some boating dog has
disturbed you o' nights, and by no means bring back
the dash. The bac in and frying pan may be given to
any vwrant who has been specially troublesome, or
dropped in the nearest Om camp, whow inhabitanta
have looted your fowls. The marvel to me waa that
some ladies had actually managed to eat laver, and
profewed to like it after long practioe ; but I doubted
them • little. The article is said to be very useful for
scorbutic diseases ;but welowne assafcet da.sulphuretted
hydrogen, and many another smell, before th, horrid
ottair. As to the taste, it stuck, and made me
wretched all the day, and the remembrance shocks
me now. I could not forgive Devonshire for her
" Liver," were it not for her clotted cream.

" Should auld acqtutintauce be forgot," the bells of
Christchurch seemed to be trying to chime to-day.
But I thought they had partly answered " Yee" to
their own halting question ; they seemed very uncertain
about it, and to be trying hard to remember the tune.

Don't believe what " writes about the recon-
ciliation between reverend gentlemen. hly tipster
prelicts a struggle at law, and he doesn't predict the
result. Reverend gentlemen should occasionally go to
a theatre, and " peep behind the scenes." I have had
one or two peepein this matter of the reverend gentle-
meu's contention. and I prefer looking on froui the
front. The question is—ln such things ought there to
be a back and a front? I have • preference for things
that, like Horniman's tea, are "Always good alike."

Mr. Edwards, rat., is thorough as to the Outer
Pier. Whatever the cost, he eranti a perfect job made
,f the Extenet,m, and if Weymouth won't borrow the
money, he will think they don't want any help.

liow wag it that pin was loose on b tard the Bustard,
which occupied the chief engineer and two or three
others to such an extent that, according to the
evidence, two men in the engitte-r.tm differed as to
what the guage.cocks showed, and the boiler wait
blown through for want of water? A ju-yman pointed
out what be thought a simple meant of fixing the pin.
I low, when, and where was the machinery surveyed!
So we have lost the Review of the Fleet, for Her
Nisje.t y woul I have it near her OVI.I how*. indtx
latpt,atris has the power, stud all we can do 1. to
re.enge ourselves in • small way by pointing out that
the izratti s are .our. One disagree:o.le twang in the
eourness is the b•erinese in which a few of the men are
apt to indulge. Pooh! Portanc.uth ! We shall have
Al the more visitors for the ab.ence iif the Fleet. We
can do without them in summer, though in Winkir WO
shall be glad of any that can manage "wet sails."

Duca&

Tire New CIIZABOURO MIMI is getting more intonote,
for whereas the steamer from France hegsm with no
passenger., some SCUPS have since come over, and parcel.
of goods have mete their appearance. Peesengers from
England to France by this route have been fairly numerous
Into the first, and our Mayor r. Lun.lio, magistrate's
clerk. Mr. Arlen, are among the gentlemen from Wey-
mouth who have lately seized the chews of • short voyage
to Entice.
Itema 171011 ST Csairrrituace—This venerable and
sielebratel preacher occupied the pulpit of 4'hrist Church
on I. ri.lay morning. and preached in behalf of the fund
Icing rained to erect a new infant school end enlarge the
church About 1.310 is required for the proposed new
school an f the mite of the old ono is to be covered by an
intention of the church, providing church room for Mu or
741 more hearen. i here war clap cpngregstion, and the
Dean took a' his text I 'or :iv, & For if the trumpet
give an uncertain sound, who &all prepare himself .or the
battle.-
fug FUNICIUL of Lance-Corporal &ells took place no
friday afternoon at the Weymouth Cemetery, The whole
of the 2-20th band, and the men of fleeted's company
came out of Portland to attend the funeral, sad the pro.
cession Wee a long one—
Firing party of the 2-20th.
Men of the company, about 40.
Band of the 220th, about 5U
Men of the 75th.
Royal Artillery, nearly all the battery.
Officers

RAMIS /11011 DIOWOIL —About seven on Sunda
meting a little child boanng to the landlord of the
Bia-ln-hond fell into be iffarbow. near the nareb-0114
COMO Of the bridge. Tat child was reigned by Robert
Paal.
Manama Mulerigrai.—At the Petty Sessions on
isteeday lad, the chairman (Mr. hyling) announced MU
the following magistrates had been reoopointed the
Lansing Committee Mayor (re-ejlea), Mown
lobertion, Milledge, Talbot, Ayling. Dr. Drew. and Dr.
nstard.
Roux, Ememmens. —Colonel P. E. Cox, R.E., completed
Ms five years se assirtutoornmandant of the School of
Military Engineering on the ilnd inst.. and has been trans-
ferred to V. eymoutla as Commanding Royal Engineer.
Colonel C. 8. Akers, who was relieved at Weymouth. has
insoceeded Colonel Cox, or the Staff of the School of
Military Engineering.
Dnuemicissms —At the Borough Petty fieesiona, on
Tueeday loot, before Kr. .1. Aylieg, Mr. J. lfilledga. Mr.
Roertenn, Dr. Drew% Kr. W. Talbot., and Mr. B.
Hukins, James Dredge wee summoned for drunkenness,
—P.C. Henry Kan, mon Mier twelve last Tuesday night,
saw defendant lying emcee the fomeray in Trinity Road,
drunk and incapable—Defendant was sorry and pleaded
this woo his first offimea—Puted Is, and costs, or seven
days In default
Donut Comm FrtiVria.r Flocturr.—We regret to hear
that to. indefatigable steward of the Weyooiuth branch
of the Dorset County ?deadly Society, S.rgeant.Kajoe
William., hie resigned bat are, On the other hand, gad
to find Mr. Williams ha. Men appoiatsd staff -eirmant at
the Dorchestet barracks. In a week or so, we hope I/ be
able to announce that in re ually energetic man has been
elMointed his successor, end meanwhile the hon. steward.
Mr. S R Milledge, will eertorm the duties.
Dula= Or Bums te Cu ann.—About half-pest two
on Friday of ternoon, an Mara of fire was raised at the house
of Mr. Dominy, butcher, it. flaryetreet Information
being given at the police dation, Suit Vickery, with
constables Carter and Handed, proceeded to the house
and found • lot of smoke poring out of the roof. They
had to get on the roof of the adjoining house, and found •
beam, and sone of the flooring boards of an attic used ee
a bedroom, on Are the ties were taken from part of
the roof, the chimney pots were taken off, MOW erote,
we. poured down the chimney, and the fire was put out.
The baa which was on fire is the chimney was sawn off
and emus-ed, and after about three-quarters of an hour's
work all danger was averted, and the fire entirely
extinguished. Fortunately not mush damage was done,
the police haring arrived in good time, and let promptly
to work, and there being little or no wind.
DOME? iNDUSTILIAL tad the gratification,
on Wednesday morning, of viewirg the silver and broom
[meas, together with the certincstes of merit, prim
cards, and Misers, CamelTs pris, which were that day to
he presented to the inoocesful competitor, at the Dorset
Industrial Exhibition. The medal/ are very handsome,
having the Weymouth Arms engraved on one side, with
the words "Dorset Industrial Exhibition, IRV' On the
other side were the words—" The Fad of Shaftesbury,
▪ , president," and the names of the recipient.. There
were IS silver sad ad6t bronze medals, and they were
supplied by Mr.,. R Cole, ef Bond-street. Every person
on du same day was to receive a cheque for the amount
of his or her prise. The whole of the businue
tuna of the Exhibition wear to have been well
out, and their promptitude will aid in Inotresaing the
to ham an Exhibition another year, when, if It he held in
another town, we hope the gentlemen who ex enocesefelly
laboured hare, will amain assist, ..is if only with their
advice.

IST MINXES. —Juire Sprenkiiit we. summoned for •
breach of the Licensing Act —Reuben Tudors, of the Ship
Inn, mid this day week defendant we. in his home about
12 o'clock In the morning. Re came in drunk and kicked
lap • row, wantad to be seppbei with drink, and on
witness refining be seed very had language, on which
witness seat for tie police.-Bpreeklin When you
arrived me out, I west; no policeman never saw MIL
When 11r. Mac came, I we. gm.—Wlths continued
that Spranklin's language we. very bad.—Jeme, with
maaranor, declared Mr. Fudge to be • false sweiver,
there waa only witness and his wife Mire, no other man.
" Ihdet I sob you for two halfpint's of beer r said he.
"No replied the witness. "then" mid Jame virtuously.
" to toilet. ask you any qmotioo.*—The Clerk: Mink
vim know that face before you' see it, sir—The Malrman;
You hay. had fnu-Men convictions fac &nuke:m*B4.-
2.mi: "rem boltrim time. Mr. you moat sums ran"—
Fined RA or • month in ileMoir..7R.osoved below.

FAMILY .QoLllJlll.—glisearta Awn, was *untie:mad by
William Ford tor a hremo of the peace.—Oomplahmat
had to make a beginning by paying for various mou-
ton..es, before the cam was heard. When sworn he threw
the Testament on the table with a loud Map. He pro-
wl...id that be didn't want to hurt the woman but the
defendant had children belonging to his Meter, having
manted his late sister's husband, sod he didn't want to
hurt bee ; didn't want to make it up but for her to keep
her home, and let him keep hi.: but she had quite broken
up his home. The woman had made statement* to his
wife about Sarah Talbot.—Mrs. Rogers, it seemed, was
hurt because somebody had told her it was no difference
to her whether her huabend came home or sot, when the
said she didn't want her husband to go with other married
women—Ford would like to carry the ease on, for Kra.
Rimers to prove If she could say anything against him.—
Mr. Rogers, in answer to the Bench, promned not to my
anything to Ford, or go near him, the didn't like hint.—
On this promise, and the payment ot cos* the Beach
Alsmiased the case—Ford: I should like to nave the
Court without any stain on my character—A magistrate :
Oh I there's no Main on your character.—Ford (leaving):
Meek you, sir.
Tug Sommer Iffrramoita —The Greet Western Rail-
way had excursions from Taunton, and from Bristol, Bath,
en, on Monday last, and the result was that, with an
Mermen in the numb*, by the ordinary trains, about 2.000
extra visited us on Monday, The majority of them
appeared to be working People, to whom • day by the sea-
side was • rare treat, and they did not fall to swarm on
the Sands and some to the demon Towards the cud of
the afternoon the return began, and the rejig/inanition
was crowded. Then was a fine rush to the 5 60, and
earnest enquiries for the " Taboton train," others were
anxious about the Bristol and Bath return; but perhaps
54 important OA any were a few who desperately premed
. their queries" When da goo the train for Chilcohipton and
Binegar f' Unlucky were those who had lost the half of
their excursion ticket, and were forced to appeal to
ootarteous Mr. Collett. The mamma who had six children
seemed to think she had • special right t 3 be parted back
free. A group of young lade in the midst of MI the rushes
to and fro, perched with philosophic calm on • pair of
trucks, and informine all whom it may concert "We da
want to get back to Yeovil," waited as if the trucks were
duly labelled and ea reale for that railway centre.
"What do you do when you ars at Yeoril r • curious one
enquired. "Oh I wed, make bricks." "How many a
day r Only carry the clay," was the answer, and for
them young maims of humanity we could but hope their
narrow horizon had been made rather wider and pleasanter
to-day than that of the brick-field. One feature was
specially cheering—of all the hundreds and thousands that
surged in and out of the station in wild rushes for the
trains, or disappointment and disgust at fluding thelr's
was not ready yet, we only saw two who looked as if they
"hod had a drop." Even these were 'biome-faced and
quiet, and the general sobriety of the crowd was remark-
able. Things have Improved sines the days of the stone
jar, and of the officiab' anxiety lest each starting train
should dreg half.t-dozen brm•re to their death.
CHAROZ AGAINST A RiIIYnCTABLII Wellat.—On Wed,.
day last, Fri Jae, Ross. of Portland, whom husband is
quartermaster on board the Roscawen, was summoned
before IS. Drew, W. B. Hopkins, and Mr. T. Abbott, on
o charge of ideating • large quantity of flannel, muslin,
lace, and other articles, the property of Mears. Evans
and Morrie—lt seemed that last ednesday (week), •
parcel of goods, purchased by Mrs. Rosa of the Grove,
Portland, was sent from the shop of 61 man Evans and
Morris to the Railway station, directed "Mrs Roes,
Portland." The child, Edward King, who carried the
parcel 'ill not know Mr. Roes personally, and went along
The train enquiriug for her. Isdendant anawered him and
took the parcel. According to her statement, she made
inquiries for soother Mrs. Rom, in Portland, but did not
find any. She kept the parcel nearly a week, and mean-
time it was mimed by the real purchaser, and P.C.
Stickland wee sent in with the boy King, and found
another Mn Roos, living at Victoria Terrace, and that she
had the parcel—These facts, fin, were proved at
considerable length,—The defence iirse simply that
defendant received the parcel from the boy, who said it
woo for" Mrs. Ross,' and that defendant made inquiries.
—I he i'llairman said they were very sorry to see a person
of defendant's position standing charged with such an
offence. they exonerated her from any felonious inten-
tion, or any intention to make away with the goods, or
to convert them into money, and it woos relieving point
in the cam that she had made eniluiriea If the
had been addressed "Mr. Koss the Grove, Portarri
the case would have assumed a much more serious aspect
but as it was simply addressed "Mr. Rosa, Portland."
they looked upon her act as an indiscretion, and discharged
her, hoping the would look on this as • caution. At the
same time there were certain expense', which mast be
met

fricirnso Ngel.—grritiels : Palestine, Smith. Cher-
bourg, nil ; Greet Western, Blampied, Cherbourg
passengers ; Cygnus, Ifihilier, Jersey and Guernsey,
tenor.': Premier. Cows= Red.. poesearren ; Telegraph,
Howihnl, Poole, Polka, Nord., ShieldNwcoals:
Great Western, Cmpstaird.rtherbourg, passengers; gnats,
Fliaber, Jersey and Guernsey. general ; Goa's.. Will.,
Plymouth, ma= ;S uth of Ireland, P.m Cherbourg.
passengers ; Prince, &swain& Ahbotabury, parings= ;
Premier, Gwen., Bridport and Lyme. Permaerrs • Great
Wortern, Blampied, Cherbourg, peasengen ; iremier,
Cowes, B turnemouth. oareengers ; Cygnus, Fibber,
.I..reey and Gisernesy, general; Rare, Wood, Cows., nil.;
Fairy Queen, Randall ferastati. Teign mouth, nil ; liberty,
Saott, sea, Sob; Ann Elizabeth, Ueda-son, sea, sth;
Tart= Sperling, sea, fish ; South of Ireland, Perim,
Cherbourg, paseeniters: North Star, Gorton, Torquay,
nil. Sallow Premier, Cowes, Ryda. passengers ;
Liberty, Scott, fishing, nil; Stranger, Clarke, fishing, nil;
Endeavour, Golding, fishing, nil ; S'onth of Ireland, Poem
Cherbourg, rm ; Cygnus, Fibber, Guernsey and
Jersey, general; anny, Moore, Portland, government
stone; Trot, Drake, fishing, nil; Tartar, Sparlinr, Sob-
liii, nil;
T r., Morrie= Poole, Passenger.; Vesper,
m rui Ro er, , nil; Premier, Cason., Bournemouth.
passengers; Great Western, Blampied, Cherbourg,
pueengers : South of Ireland, Peat-n, Cherbourg, lien-
kern: Cygnus, Flisher, Guernsey, general : Raven-worth,
fiarttel, ballast : Portland. Bore, Portland,
nil; Premier, Comma, Bridport and Lime, Passengers;
Prince, Bonrnng, Abbotabury, passengers; Great Western,
Blatnisied, 0 s ; Nora, Wood, cruising.
nil ; Emma, Ile= Puroraterand. nil ; Addle Mac Adam,
Merriman. Sydney. t ; CYgnns, Flasher, Guernsey,
general.
Tug NIORT 51.7011 THZ WZDDlN4l.—llarriset Peeler
was summoned by Swan H.e.pbeos, lot using niinaire
language, and there was a crows summon& —Both the
parties are Inarried.—Mrts Honeyben, who appeared in
black hat and white feather, stated the particulars, com-
mencin. "In= Wednesday nqtht I were in bed with my
husband.- The statement had a dim allusion to yacht,-
men in the hours of which Mrs. Honeybon rents two
rooms, Mrs. Parker, pen., being landlady; but what they
had to do with the matter did not appear. The next
pedninent firure =a that of Alice Parker, a =Mr of
defendant, who wee stated to have come into COM.
P111.4at.. room, and threatened to warm her. As yet we
hunt close to the alleged misdeeds of Mrs. Harriett. but
Mrs. Honeytnua next assured the BRA that the language
defendant used on Thursday was too disgraceful to be
mentioned- —Dr. Dr= did not want Mrs. Nonegban to
ray anything too nadellents; butt= Bench must be able to
ige of the language—whether it was scolding or &bemire.
Mrs, lioneybun next told that Mra Parker had
threatened to get • better man than hers and Cumber out
This the Bench did not consider annaslngty 0h5.....; but
Mrs. Honey bun thus pat to her mettle, let out the little
word which ought never to be applied to a
woman and whist% she said Harriett Perk= herr add=
her. —Tiae crams summons then being heard. the
*hanged sides, and Mr.. Parker, who contented
with a =my bonnet and floral wee= by way of head gear
told a different tale. Said she "My mister had been
keeping company with the young man that her sister
kept company with first, and my after is now married to
him ; she (Hoseybun) wouldn't pot out her spite to her.=
she put it out onThis haessea--d on TbUildßy
ra 'ruing, end they were married on Friday, and she called
us b.st everything and said she'd take our work away by
•loch weg,t oar living, I didn't ear a word- -Las party
woe bound down to keep the Hoeft towards the other.