The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-11 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

FRIZNAJOKRY : Anwar. Doi.g.—Tbe Knighta
Templar of All deals' Facumpment, Weymouth, oo
Ascension Thursday, distributed the usual alms of the
encampment, via., • loaf of bread and • small sum of
mousy, to 12 elderly people of the town. Their
ages averaged nearly 73 yearn, and amounted altogether
to 875 years.

Teassen's BANKRUPTCY. —On Thursday at Exeter
before the Registar, Mr. J. D. King.—Re Will tan
?Arcane?, greengrocer, and lodging•liouse keeper,
Weymouth. —This wag a dividend meeting, and the
estate wee representei by Mr. Patheriek. —The official
easignee reported that he bad Mined nammoness sainjt
partial who were indebted to the estate in the sum at
Effil, and oat of that he bad received 1.19.

ArritiTT To SUPPRISII Ditleggirirgae. Vice-
Admiral 13. r Thomas Symonds, K.C.8., caned upon the
mayor of Weymouth last week, and expressed his
desire that all seamen of the fleet found drank in the
town should be arrested and brought for punishment
before the Bench, instead of being sent off to their
ships. We may therefore hope that rigorous step. will
be taken to prevent the spread of what has been so
great a disgrace to the British fleet.

MOsic.—The tales/Mg is the programme for Thurs-
day, May 13th :
March Pedal
Overture Seasinimide
_Rossini

Quadrille Coloco* . C Cooks
Selection• Mutt* « . Flown
Waits Coneuremrsi Straw
. .
0.21141110tdp and r"
' Cnrricoln

80114,1 and Chorus

Mtnella

Halle
. Dundde Gnu

God nye the Queen.

-ZiiiiJur.Bwdmukr.

SUNDAY LABOUR IN TER NAVY—The return of the
Channel Squadron to England has enabled us to mor-
tals that the manning and arming of boats on • Sunday
afternoon arose out of • mistake, and tbat the admiral
ban not, as a rule, revived the pernicious customs of
bygone times, as to evolutionary exercises on Sundays.
It appears that the signal was made on • Sunda, after-
noon to " man and arm boat, ;" and that with (Ms
promptitude two ships' companies were instantly
ordered to hoist out the necessary guns, stores, and
arms: bet that before the work was completed, the
tardy signalman added the very important word
"to-morrow,• whereupon the work was undone again.
It is very satisfactory to learn that this was not a wilful
breach of the Naval Discipline Act and that, though
the crews have been employed at times to reeve hammock
end clothes lines, and to send down upper yards on
Sunday afternoons, these were exceptional OCCIANOOI,
which we hope are not likely to recur. It would have
been very painful had it bees found that so distinguished
an officer as Sir Thome. Symouda had lent the sanction
of his authority to such an abuse of power.—Staiutarrt.

POOR MAWS PIIIIIIrDLT BIXT7IT SOCIITT. —OR
Thursday afternoon the 51st anniversary was celebrated
by a dinner at Mr. Mutton's White Hart len. About
40 partook, under the prendeney of Mr. R. Reynolds,
supported by Mr. F. C. Arden, Mr. Commina Mr.
Burlidge, Mr. Moore, in. The receipta for the year
ending April 5, amounted to Mil 10s. 9d., including
the former banes of £llO 12s. 21.. and honorary
member's subscriptions 1:21 6.. 6d. ; but the expenses
had been £lOl 10.. 3d., making the preeent Warne
ENO. However, EN barn been distributed in sick pay
to 40 members—The eha,rman ascribed the diminution
in the number of members, which has fallen from 47 to
40, to the lent that they preferred joining the Foresters'
or Oddellows, and said they had no ninon to regret
their lose, it members were "so easily led away by
show." The hon. members had much increased, sad
be thought one of the principal reasons was that they
did sot fool away their funds as other societies did. He
wished that every member would endeavour to induce
young men to join the club. Several new names were
added to the bet of hoe, member.. mad letters of
apology for non.atteadsnee were read from the Borough
Members, also the Mayor, sad Kr. Potbecary.—Dr.
Rhodes was re-elected surgeon and Messrs. Reeks and
Kingman stewards, the latter baring filled their office
with greet satisfaction for many years.—The " Health
of the Borough Members," was heartily drank, they
being the largest eon tribetors to the club. "The
Magistrates of the Borough," was coupled with the
name of the clerk, Mr. F. C. Arden, who ably responded.
The Mayor and Corporation" wee responded to by
, Mr. Councillor Commmina, "The bon. Members" by
Mr. A rdee, the "Army, Navy, and Volunteers by Mr.
Swartridge. Mr. Arden proposed "The hodth
of the Chairman' which wee drank with three times
three, and Mr. Reynold. responded. The "Vies.
President seri Stewards," "The bast," ftc., were se !orally
drunk, and • convivial evening we. spent
Tug SITU! Coare.—The fifth D.R.V. held their
annual meeting on Thursday night. The attendance
was small only about 30 men haring mustered at the
King's statue, whene they marched, headed by their
tite.ead dnam bead playing lively tangs The Mayor
(Lint. Tined) took the &sir' supported by Hon.
aseinant.surgeon Tined, filernont.major Fr•mpton,
and W. oreeeds, linanaial statement of the
corn no first reed by the chairman, who said that hi
April last year. the hslaoee in band was £8 9.. AL, and
other tappers remind had made the years' total receipts
amount to £l7B lls. 11d., iseloding the Government
&Bowlines to the drill instructor. The expenditure had
been jut under £l5O, leaving • babas* on March 31,
last of £29 9s. 2L Sleet then £SO 17s, had been
„caked, masted a total of £BS Ba., and sine that they
had paid or had Incurred debts to the amount of
Earl 13s. 84., leaving a bedtime of something like £4O in
their favour, after paying or allowing for all
The statement will be sent to the members of the earn.
end t Charles proposed Han in future it Amid
be printed oireedated • fertaight before the annual
tneetlag, in order that, if advnefile, they might make..
any remarks thereect—This wee agreed to, and.,
_„to"
semen' were permed.—Mmers. W. Brenda Tra•emet
Dr. Smith, and the Rev. J. D. Addison, boa. members,
and Sergeant Chat* Sergeant Lee, and Fite".
Russell, effective members were reneranted eet the
inenco committee, and Sergeant Roberts and Corporal
Brown were appointed out of the effective members be
plan of two who have left tbe *ewe. Vete of thank.
were given to the eommittes, and V. Brnmea, ..
renamed thanks for the bon. enedesse, reetarkioa that
he coesidued the measinnient of the erns was veined
entirely In the heeds of the ofileors, and the
only time when honorary members *odd
be sailed on to exercise their Munn was
when the °San sbd not do as they ought. As
the honorary toneliers were very seldom wanted, things
meat be going on satideslorily. 'The enrolment of
rennin sad s.ggretloco of young men likely to join the
corps were mes 11 was staled tbrai the ceptale would
have be a present at the meeting but for being Fro-
wned by se unavoidable mesa. The low state of tk•
corps as to numbers was much imanted, and it was
suggested by Corporal Hibbs that they should try to
form sub-division in the villages around. They ought
to be the largest seeps Is the battalion. The value of
an if tee could be *Maned was agreed to by all;
bat the ty seems not toady overcome, although

the town is the largest In Dorset. The mailmen of the
eons was also attailseted partly to the migratoei
cheracter of the population, and W. Symonds, Earl,
remarked that here if they took every one who wished 1
to Pin they might be drilling forth. whole kingdom.
Young mu would drill hem, and leave the tows sad
to ail parts of England, so that the seeps was not •
steady one Eke those in inland towns. Sergeant '
Charles and Mr. Criakmay thought mashie with I,
neighbouring 'corps should be got up, for it wee the
&hooting men who kept the corps together. Other
sumnations were made, sad the Mayor promised to
report them to the captain. The meeting broke up,
alters vote of thanks to the Mayor.
Courn CoUar, Saturday.—Before T. R. P. Leiroy,
lei,. judge.
The Upwey Rest Oase.—Perhast v. Systooks was •
ease adjourned horn lad court day. Mr. Perham, the
well-known builder, of Charminster. claimed ES 15a.,
bakes, of aceount for rent from a labourer of Openly.— .
Mr. Wooten, of Dorchester, appeared for pLiintiff, and
Mr. Howord for defendant.—A greenriloth-oovered
book was produced to prove Mr. Perham's amount; but
Mr. Howard remarked that Mr. Perham last court
spoke of Lie account book as being covered with white
parchment. He said his father never kept any account
hook, and handed over his rents to him as he was living
with them.—ln the to kl roduced it appeared there was
an account of 1868 in in. middle, while one for 1866
was commenced further towards to the end ;but defend-
ant acuonnted for this by saying that he did not wish
the labour and rent aceounta mixed up together. On
his attention being celled to • particular page, Mr.
Perham pointed out one entry as his own, while all the
rest were his son's. The son was sailed; but was • long
time in identifying his own writing, and said he wrote
different bands. Some of the ink waa darker than the
oth• r, although the entries purported to be of the same
dite.—Mrs. Collins, of Chamednater, eorroborated the
statement that defendant, when he paid £2 10s. to
Pi Thom, in September, premised to send more in a
fortnight. This was In Mr. Perbara's house in
Charminster, and she knew the date, because it was
her birthday. She read the case on the sweetener, and
told Mrs. Perham she remembered the matter, and that
was how she came to court. —Mr. Howard said that lir
Perham hod positively morn last court day that he
gave Symonds a receipt on account," and that them
words were in the reseipt ; but on its being produced
there were DO such words there. He also remarked
that it was admitted last court day that part of the
rent was paid to a grocer at Dorchester. and that no
receipt was given. The defendant paid ES 10s. in full
settlement of El arrears and El 10.. rant, and nothing
was due. As to the book produced, he contended that
no one meld say that the entries were made at the
same time, while the lather and son differed as to the
writing of certain entriis, the father claiming one entry
as his own writing, while the son swore that the same
entry was his, and Mr. Howard asserted the account
brought to back up the came was a concocted account,
ILIA that the entries in the book were not made at the
dates asserted. The defendant's wife, who had
hearted that she let her rent get in arrears, in
cross-examination by Mr. Weston, admitted that she
once let it go back half-a-year ; but she said this was
because Mr. Perham would not thatch the hones, and
the water got in.—The Judge was not satiolled that
plaintiff had made out the came, and thought the pro- '
babilitise were with defendant, for whom he gave
judgment with costa.
Boaorois Pouct, Friday—Before H. Haunt, and
G. Reynolds, Eaqrs.
A vile woman named Linda Jolnaan was brought up
by superintendent Vickery, for • disgraceful interrup-
hon at the Concert Hall on Thuraday night, during the
performance of the Royal Engineers. She was drunk,
and also made a daturbance at the polies-station.—
Fined El, and in default committed for seven days.
Jan Beeson, • sailor, for being drunk and riotous in
King-street, =Thursday night, was fined 10a. on the
nlhrmation of P.C. Hansford.
Edwin Ayres, another sailor, for being drunk In
11114hotreet. at 11 on Thursday night, was In= 10s. on
the information of P.C. English.