The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

went to the rick, and /mind it horning all around. If
it had taken fire itself it would have begmi to born
inside. The rick WAI in good condition and dry. With
the assistance of some neighbours, water was obtained,
and the fire was put out; but five tons of hay were
spoiled, of the value of 1:20. The Bench impoied a
penalty of 405., and if not paid, the prisoners would be
committed for • month, and would recommend that
they should be then sent to • reformatory.
CRIMIUMNE.—Oar county court was held on Tuesday
the 214 instant, before C. Saunders, Esq. There had
been 53 plaints entered fur heating, but, as usual, the
greater number of cases were either settled, or arranged
before the day of hearing arrived. Itartlcit v. Nicho?—
Claim on &balance of account for bread, EC—Defendant
filed a set-tiff of Ids., and paid 60. into court. Tili3
case was adjourned from the last court in order that the
defendant should pnslure.his books.—Mr. Jolliffe con-
ducted the ease for plaintiff, who received judgment for
I.os. id.— Voirrur v. Ifollett.—rtann XI 23. 2.1. for
groceries, ke. Judgment for 4e. per month.-- srat v.
ilooper.--Ulaiin £2 for breach of contract on the
quantity and quality of peas bold and delivered—Mr.
Long fur plaintiff, and Mr Jolliffe for defendant. Mr.
Lang applied for an adjournment on the ground of the
absence of a most material witnesa from %Veyinouth.
After • little debate, the adjournment was granted o•
the payment of the costs of the day.—Forahoio v.
Croft.—Claint rs for goods sold and delivered. Defen-
dant admitted the debt, at the saline time showing his
ticket for the receipt of parish relief, and his own ina-
bility to pay. Judgment for plaintiff, with a prospect
to wait patiently till tones mend.—Reoff v. Gully.—
Claim 6s. Id. fir bread and flour. Judgment for 4a. per
niontli.—Pietresim Milla.—To recover possession of
• cottage. Jitilginent for possession in three weeks.—
PIM/MUM v. Aloatcr. —To recover possession of a cottage
Judgment for poseessiou in three weeks.—Hrxe v.
ds. old. for bread. Judgment te. per
month.

LA NG POR T. CO/71171 ission signed by the Lord.
Lieutenant of the County of S'omeesei. —lssagpart.
or 21st Somerset Company of Volunteer Ride
Corpa —Vincent Stuckey 1% ood, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Isitich, resigned.
Dussxox.— Value of Land.—At an auction, held
by Mr. John Hext, at Snow's Railway Hotel, on
Friday, for the letting of meadow and other lands
in the neighbourhood, the average price realised per
acre exceeded

NORTH PETHERTON.—A, Persesermg Ra'catcher.
—The attention of Mr. Davey, of the New Inn,
North Petherton, was directed on Friday morning to
• noise like scratching, which proceeded from a
sewer near his premises. A large stone was raised,
and to Mr. Davey's surprise • 'beep-dog. belonging
to • farmer living in the parish jumped from the
sewer. The nearest opening to the drain is one
that admits water from the brook, • distance of 21111
yards from where the dog presented itself, so that
the animal must have entered at that place and
worked his way up the drain in pursmit of vermin.
BRIDGWATER. - Elopemeni.— For several days
List week the erratic doings of two inhabitants of
this locality formed the staple topic of conversation
in this town. The hero is Mr. Thomaslpin,
yeoman, of Dunwear, near Bridgwater, and the
heroine is Mrs. Pounsford, wife of Mr. W. Penns-
ford, the daughter of a surgeon formerly resident in
Australia, in which country she was married to her
husband. Mr. Buipin and Mr. Pounsford have been
friends from their youth, and when the former
returned to this country from Australia the inti-
macy that had formerly existed between them was
renewed. For some months there have been whispers
abroad as to the relationship existing between
the farmer and Mrs. Pounsford, and these siirmisee
were painfully realized at Wistou-super-Nlare on
Wednesday last. Mrs. Pounaford, under pretence
of visiting • friend of her husband's at laxton, on
Tuesday, eloped with Mr. Bulpin. The next day it
was discovered that she bad agreed to meet Mr.
Pounsford's fnend on Wednesday and not on Tues-
day, so that the guilty pair had a day's start.
They were, however, traced to a tirst-rate hotel, and
the guilty wife was brought back to Bridgwater.
It was with difficulty that she was separated from
her paramour. —Slierbortle