The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

189 174 193 492

BIIDPORT.

POO ydr. 500 yda aoo yds. Tot.
kerejtnitifinv TuCkor 145 13
11 41
Sergeant-Instructor Gem .. 18 17 10 45
Sergeant Barrett .. 00 IS BO SS
„ Patten .. 13 18 8 39
„ Houma 21 21 12 54
, Panstord... 13 17 10 40
Coriansl Good .. 19 19 9 47
„ floomsell 16 18 14 48
„ Whelbanl .. 14 10 00 40

BRIDPORT SCHOOL OF ART.—The annual meeting of
the general committee of the School of Art was held
last Wednesday afternoon, in the school-room, J. M. P.
Montagu, Req., the president, in the chair. The
secretary, the -Rev. K. 1... Carpenter, B A., read the fol-
lowing report of the menacing committee —" The
managing committee of the Bndport School of Art here
much pleasure in making their woond annual "state-
ment. Although the novelty of the school has worn
off, the attendance at the morning class shows how
highly it is appreciated by the belies of the neighbour-
hood. There has been an accession to the afternoon
class, through an arrangement made with Mr. ('ox.
The evening class has diminished; but the progress
made by the regular attendants is very satisfactory. As
the remuneration offered is obviously insufficient for a
matter of talent, your committee have, from the first,
been anxious for the establishment of • similar school,
to which he could devote part of hip time, in some
neighbouring town, and the) are glad to record the
foundation of the Dorchester School. This will give •
character of greater permanency to their own. By •
regulation of the Government Department, they were
bound to send a report to the 21st December last
(embodied in 14th Report of the Science and Art
Depertment now published). This involved a change
in their scholastic year. As the accounts and the table
of anendenee of students will not now be male up till
next Decembel, it I. thought best not to trouble the
general committee with an incomplete statement ; but
to recommend that the next general meeting, and future
annual meeting., should be held in the month of
January, when the report, as prepared for Government,
could be presented. It may, however, be desirable to
refer to the results of the Government examinations
already made known. In some respect. they might
' seem less encouraging than last year; but this &Asa
from the feet —that candidates who have once passed
, are not allowed again to compete in the same branch.
Some of the rooit advanced students were thus disquali-
fied. As many students, however, passed at the March
examination, as last year; though there were fewer
prizes. The pupils at the general school were not so
successful. In addition to these examinations, about
243 drawings (part of the work of the students during
the year) were sent up to Kensington for inspection.
Last ye .r, no prises were awarded on such drawings,
to the morning class: this year, four ladies have been
honoured; while the number of anima, kc, studetta,
whose works entitle the master to a grant, are 12 (includ-
ing two prises) ; last year there were but six, with one ,
prize. The committee must express its obligations to
the managers of the Literary and Scientific Institute
for their continual liberality in allowing the use of the I
lecture room ; to the donors of local prises ,• and to Mr.
Smith, the head master of the Bristol school, for his
gratuitous adjudication. It is intended that these
prises shall be distributed on Monday. August 19th,
when the attendance of the friends of the school is
invited." The following resolutions was then unani-
mously pieced (I) Moved by the President, seconded ,
by W. Collor.. Eisq ; That the report now read be
received and adopted, and that the next general
meetine be held in January, 1868. (2) Moved by Dr
Hay, seconded by Rev. IL L Carpentet : That this
meeting desires to express its obligations to the donors
of the local prizes, and to Mr. Smith, head-master of
the Bristol School of Art, for the pains he had taken in
adjudicating them. (3) Moved by T. Cellos, Pao
seconded by Dr. Hay : That the President, the
Treasurer, the Secretary, and the present members of
the managing committee, he requested, with thanks
for their past services, to rennin in office till the general
meeting in January next ; with power to add to their
number.

BRJDPORT COUNTY COURT, WZDNISDAT.
(Before E. Brugge, Esq., Judge.)
. .

There were about MO eases; • large nrmher of them
bting for beer, in consequence of the New Beer Act
comieg into operation in October.
Percival Cake v. Edmund Byrnes. Claim for FA for
beer, ale, eider, ke.—Mr. Manley for defendant.—
Plaintiff Is the landlord of Red Lion Inn, Beamineter.
—Ordered to pay Eft 19s. in two instalments.
G. Samways v. Foster, bailiff of the County Court.
Claim of el for damages for unlawfully detaining him
in custody, under • warrant from the County Court.—
Samways said that he was sent to Dorchester for 14
days, at the snit of Mr. F. Scott, He was taken by
Foster, who is one of the under bailiffs, one night, and
was taken up to Dorchester the 'next morning.
When he got to the gaol he(the plaintiff) objected that
the warrant was not signed by the registrarof the court.
Upon that, the Oovernor refused to admit him, and
Foster then took him down the street, and afterwards
again returned to the geol. The Governor still refused
to take hint, and Sammie, asked Fester whether he
was going to take him back to Bridport., and he replied
he would have nothing more to do with him.—The
Judge: We. the seal of the Court upon the warrant 1—
fiamways : Yea, your Honour—His Honour: What do
the rules of the court say, Mr. Templer I—The Registrar
(reading from the rules of the court) : "When an order
of 'commitment is made, the Registrar lames, under the
seal of the court, • warrant of commitment to one of the
bailiffs, to take the body of the person against whom
the order is made. The warrant must bear date, on the
clay in which the order of commitment wag made, and
continues in force for one year from that dete.”—The
Judge: Not a word about the signature I—The Registrar:
No, your honour, nor is there in the section under
which the rale was made.—The Judge: There is nothing
in the rules, and nothing in the section of the ark
and, therefore, the warrant would not be bad.—
: If MIT honour will look at the form, you
will lind that there is a blank for the signature of the
registrer.—Tbat will not make your ease any better.
I On to the nest point.- Samways : I eomplain that I
' was detained two days longer than you ordered.—The
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Judge: How ean you make the bail.ff responsible for
thtio
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warrant should be Biped, then there would be some-
thing In yeurobjectior,—Samways :Well, I know I have
had 16 days' imprisonment instead of 14.—Tbe Judge:
That may be, but how was that the baibrs (=lV—
fiamways : The gaoler refused to take me. Besides, why
did Foster take me, and keep me in his house all the
night before.—Foster The facts are these: I said I was
going early the next morning, and if he liked, he could
come and sleep at my house all night.—The Judge : Did
he go voluntarily after that I—Feeter : Quite, your
Honour.—The Judp : Did you, plaintiff ?—fiamways :
Yes, Idi L —The Judge then how can you complain. It
seems to me the Governor of the gaol has not performed
his duty, and if anything else had occurred, be would
have been responsible to the bailiff. Rave you any
other point, plaintiff ?--Saniwaye : There were altera-
tions and erasures in the original warrant.—The Judge:
Was that sot—Foster : I don't know,—The Judge (to
plaintiff) : You bare • complaint against somebody for
being in gaol 14 days, and I do not know who is in fault
et present. You have, however, quits exonerated the
bailiff. You can push your came further, if you think
proper, but the bailiff has only done his duty—nothing
more.—Judgment for defendant.