The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-29 00:00:00

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ASSAULTING TIN POLlCR—Aulrew Herbert Laven-
der. • privet, to the D mset.hire Regiment, was on
W•doesdel, before the Mayor (R. Durden Eq.). sod
Mr. Alderman Gregory, charged with assiiulting P.C.
Dunn in the execution of hi. duty—P.C. Donn said
he was on duty at the polies-station on the previous
night whut some on. CAM. for whitens* to take •
man to the barrack.. Th. defendant was walking
behind, and attempted to rescue the priso..er from the
custody of the military p,lice. Who."' resineet
him to go away, but be refused, and attnnpted to
strike t.te inllitsry police. Witness prsv.nted him,
when he turned r..un I, kinked him (witness), and
struck him. With aml4 mice he tnik defendant in
custody, and brought him to the station. He resisted
very much, and caused • great disturbaace.—Defen+
ant pleaded he w.s drunk, but this was denied by
Dunn—Fined 10.. eat cute.

ANCINNT 010/111 Or Foil:Bl'2es. —The compiled
statistics of tee South. Weston' District of this great
Friendly Aociety .h ,w that it comprises 116 COUt4,
with 16,922 benefit members and 345 honorary mem-
bers. The Court fun Is are 08,273 and the district
funds £lB7Ol. The gain on the ye+, 141 10 Court...,
059 benefit members, 1X,532 Court fan is, and £1,149
district fund*. The 'Huse.* es osrishosil was 137,225
days, as comp fired with 134,129 days in 1862. The
members laiiiated were 1,903, the deaths 149, and 695
members left through nou•psyment of cootibutions.
The figures ourrespouoing to mime in 1882 were 1,605
Nineties's, 137 deaths, and 654 left.. Toe deaths of
wise. or widows were 81, as ...moored with 70 last
year. All the Courts hive graduated oontributione
lee new members, and 72 ol them for all members.
The number beloagiug It the district who pay word-
ing to • graduated scale is 12,595. There are 86
Gouda having bonds with their treisurers, and 54
with their moretazies. The members of the Juvenile
lioeieties in whom:Poo with the Courts number 3,377.
with Nude smouriUng to 13,331, the juveniles who
joined the societies duties the year were 769, and the
traders from the Juvenile dooieties LO the Court'
were 257. The travelling Itmleaui granted to members
going in search ol employment numbered only four.
The C nuti which minted too greatest uumber
members ware —4,471, B,urneutoutb, GO; 5,217,
Fordihgbridge, 55 ; 7,021, Uowatoo, 51; 4,998,
Eristleiglir Si; and 2271, Fareharn, 41.
Jr Dos J errazie LdUdINOS. —ll.r. E. It ,but Pe ace
writes al follows on tuts t.aditaunal subject ni a
Us Innen in Dorchester toat the oil house in High-
street, 110111 oh ore Messrs. Shot's bank, now uocupiA
by Mr. 3p.cer, an 1 used as • china shop, wee the
judges' lo igioge when Judge Jeffrey sac at Dorcluviter
alter Mootnouth'e itebelliJo, draped his o cart with
scarlet, anti bind what hae since balsa kuown as the
Bloody Aseiss. As the media.' I. relation to the
noose ineuuoool appeared iso Digit general row, I
saggested • short pais back,' when the hones was
undergoing repair, it would be well to Oboe on the
front of it, for the ounvehleoce of the public, • short
ineeription to the following effect :—L' By tradition the
Judges Isediugs when Judge Jeffrey held the Bloody
Amite, 3rd Bert, 1685." Balers carrying this sugges-
tion into effect, 1 made iniquity in severel dire-tione,
and I then learnt that two gentlemen, both inhabitants
of the town, were of opinion this house could not have
been Judge Jeffrey's lodgings, on the ground that
the old judges' lodgings were formerly on 0 ornhill.
This appeared at and to conflict with the traditional
claims of the old house in the High-Moose, but
further Investigation the matter has imennuld a
different weer. It le quite Ll.Oll the old Jade..
lodgings were formerly on Cornhill, but eha,..pp,..r.
to be no evidence cionneeting Corobill with any judge.
lodgings earlier than 1760. lam indebted to Mr. W.
G. Stone, of Welditch, for having brought to my
Dodo, • short account of the old judges' lo lenge en
Cornblll, contributed (along with an admirable cut) t
the November number of the "Gentleman's Magazine "
In 1840, by the Rev. W. Barnes, of Came. Mr
Barnes, in the account given by him, relate* that the
liaise on Coruhlill was built by Mr. James Gould, who
Inhabited it with his daughter, the Countess of
ititt. from 1743-57. Then a Mrs. Mason t eik
dlet it for the judges' lodgings from 1760-1815,
when it owed to he so used. From this aircurnstanoe
It same to be ca/led the Old Judges' House. This
account, while entirely in accord with the reeollections
of the gentleman to whom I have alluded, conflict., in
no way with the earlier tradition corineeted with the
hones in the Iligh-etrest.

LXVITILL —On Monday evening, M the Primitiva
Metholet Chapel, Gunwale 'treat, the Rev. W. L.
Taylor (Portlana) delivered a really exmllent lecture
on " General Garfield." Mr. A. Danielle presided.
the meeting being opened with slating, md prayer by
Lb. Rev. R. It. Albin. The lecturer graphically
traced tbo life of the late President from his birth in
• log cable to his death as President of America,
enforcing many useful lemons, 'specialty hie Christian
character and peroeverance under =claim The
lecture was much enjoyed by the numerous listeners.
and a oolleotion was made at the close.
EXTUTAISMIST.—An excellent entertainment of

vocal:. alai Qtru. mental 7-1116140, WWII/reed. with

reeding*, wee given lo the Congregatlonaltfahoolroom
Soothetreet, on Wednesday eemisg. Om Wooed;
of which wore devoted t.) the school funds. There
was a large attendance of members of the congrega-
tion sal Mania The followlTg waa the programme:

Pad
." Tatty& March

Onrture.

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Tbe Bead.
Chortle .... ......." Ever Persevere " lA. J. Devi.)
Reading.— .... ..." Dormice et I.:askew:lw ".....—(jeakl1100)

Song Ttio !Itsildrri of PbeC tr WIGAN Attms)

Mies Ilay Preetaai. -
Jtattutm..." What oat% am In as Path at We "...Qt. J.
David.

Bneding " Cniabiasea"......... (Kra fienterup)
Yr. Jammu.
Pianoforte Sol," Gr audit Vatee de °owed "(Tito
Mee IL B. L
Anthem " now beautiful upon the Itountelne,"..ift A.
AMIE_

Vla.. .....

....... .... ....(c Llwthaan)
_ _Th. Band

Put So.g.
Song.

." Too Mon of March "lob 1114ody)
...." Tomb.= Toll
Mir M FIVIDOIIIII.
Coreet 8.14...8110cU0rs from "II Trovatoro "
Mr. A. 8. Hill.
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