The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-18 00:00:00

RfrIVAL Or THE VoO•L. ASSOCILICI,S.—It would
have been • thousand pities had the Dorchester Vocal
Amooiot:oi,i,vhiott ha. provided souse most enjoyable
orwxoto been ao,-; yeti ti die a natural death • and we
glad to boar Ur. Herbert Hodges hla made
another effort to revive ID urging energies. It will
be renumbered at the bit meeting the number of
members w.a so abort that it I,as deemed advisable to
discontinue operations for a sea in. Arrither call was
made on hlonday, when II I.l's (Cus mad Galatea
mi.. promised hr ',Tactic and *lam:, 40 members
responded. We sincerely hope the executive will con-
sider this • audition' foundetion, 55 00 doubt others

will j the practices liver on.
LISTS Or Joungs.—The names of persons liable to
serve WI jurymen for the year are now being exhibited
on the doors of the various church... chapels, and
places of public worship over England and Wale..
The persons exempted from serving on Juries include
peers, member. of Parliament, judges, clergymen,
Roman Catholic priests, barristers, solicitors, rakers
of tl.e cou•ts of la., ate' of he mete 'peahen
police-c urts on I theie oleos s, ond officers of the rural
end me'ropoiltan police and other,. All persons
whose now, hove teen improperly inserted in these
flats sherd I lodge their oil chit.se with the overseers
of their mine:iv° parishes not later than the present
week.
VAGRA,CT.—At the Shirehall on Tuesday, before
Colonel Bingham, Thomas Miller WM charged with
beg Jog ,t Kr aimas lac r de gave eel
The r•ffe 'ye was cooaimitte I ..t tiao "C .mp .sass."
where the man asks I for loan' nad cheese. He was In
liquor at the time eni die.rderl.—Defendaot was •
fine, strapping fellow,•suri to all Appearance. quite
capable f ear, log an hoort livelihoo.t. —The C Inol
remerked he osight to ho whipped f abut the
country b.erging.—Def. whin,. sal let first ile was going
to Manchester, vied efterwards said he had made •
mistake; he wo.s going to Plena iuth. lie h. 4 been a
soldier for t wel ve years in the 74' h.—Colonel Bingham :
Have y u )our diecharge oertifi ate ?—N', sir.—
Colnel good g ddirr curies his c otific it.
in his p. cket ; a tel one hit,. it away.—There
appetite 1 t be some doubt in the e 5..., some
cora, r dire evidence h at waotin....—Defendant
was diecharge I, hot wit advt.. d to leave the town at
once.
A" HAIRED DIFFIRENCIt."— It Walldappear the
annual rep ot of Mr. rregarthen, late sehool inepector
for South Dorset and South-West Helot.. that it Is
not only in the m suer of atten,hances that public
school teachers are occasionally temptei to favour
unduly the children in the establishments under
inspection. "The specimens of needlework exhibited
on the day of inspection (he °barns.) elation, to be
very good, and if the children, when required to work
In my presen e, c ould oily perform hall as creditably.
I should feel perfectly satisfied. But I cannot dined.*
from myself the marked differences between 'the
specimens' and the ' sewing ' done at the Inapsction.
This is so very great that, making every allowarnee for
mervousnees and haste, I cannot acoottut for it, except
by supposing that the 'beautiful garments' presented,
like oases owe early efforts in drawing, owe their
exciallenoe to touches from the teacher's hand.—Derity
Noss.
HOSPITAL 8011DAT.—Tha Amalgamated Committee
of the friendly societies of Dorchester held their first
meeting on Monday evening last, at the Old Friends'
lAtiliP-coom„at theThowell Hotel, to arrange the busi-
ness of the Friendly Societies' Hospital Sunday, when
It was proposed and carried unanimous!7 that the
service be at Christ Church. Wawa Fordington, on
Sunday, Septembee 23rd, 11183. The committee We.
sited of the following brethren from the various
societies of the town :—" Bed of Hops" Lnlire of
Oddfellows, Bros. Pike, Biles, and Dunkley ; Court
• Excelsior," A OF., Bess. Shergold, Nob)" Miles,
and Amey Friends, Bros. Lawrence, Dobell, and
King' " Hand.in-Hand " Lodge of 0,1(111011ov., Bros.
OM, Wiesen.. and Mill.; County Club, Br 4. Bartlett,
Gambler, and Clue; F .rdington Club, Bros. Hunt,
Orchard, and Miller Independent Order nf Recha-
bites, Bros. Steeds, Wake, and Squires. Chairman,
Bra. Pike (" Bud of Hope ") ; vice-chairman, Br ..
Dobell (Old Friends) ; hon. sec., J. T. Barge.
130Prik•Wesr Or EPOL.AND HISTLICT .LSSOCIIATION Or
Gsa Mageogna.—This society held • meeting at New
Bwheden on Tuesday, when representatives were
t from Exeter, Taunton, Barusteple, Weymouth,
geseiregary, Shoehorn., Bri Iprort, Southampton. Freese,
Poltishea I, Dorchester, Hyde, Caine. Westbury,
Marlborough, And .rer, and Trowbridge. Vi.itore also
attended from London, Guildford, /teeing, and
Banbury. The directors of the New Swindon Gas
Company entertained the members tit luncheon, and
proriied breaks for tee aloof such es chose to viral the
Tar Distillery. The business msetiug took place at the
Great W,etern 11 tel, Mr. J. Lowe (Weymouth),
president, being in the chair. Mr. T. Hsr !wick( Salis-
bury) was elected pre.ident for 1531, and Mr. White
(Sherborne) vice-president It was decided to hold
the next meeting at Salisbury. During the afternoon
an Inspection was male of the extensive loco•notive
and carriage works of the Great Western Railway
Company. In the evening the members dined
together at the Great Western Hotel.
riILINO A T rbonsas Henry Naylor, •
swimmingiastructor, belonging to 11.1 LS. B.•cawen,
we. charged before Colonel Bingham on Tuesday with
stealing a silver-plated tanker i. —Thomas Satunom,
landlord of the Breakwater Hotel, Portland, said he
knew the prisoner. He bad been at his house several
times, and last Sunday evening he was there. tie had
something to drink at the bar. He then carried his
drink in the cup (produoed) into an adjoining morn,
where were a shipmate and his wife. Five minut-s
after prisoner left the house, ',Knew west into the
room and found the cup was gone. An hour or two
afterwards he gave information ti P.C. Deveniah. On
Monday the cup (produced), marked " T.E.S.'., was
brought ti him, when he identified it as his property.
—soner geld he had been 13 years in the service.
IS was the drink Poet had impels KI him. It would be
a lawn to him for life—Mr. Swam did not wish to
press the chugs. The man bore an excellent character
among the officers of the chip.—P.S. Davenish sail he
heard of the theft on Sunday night, and on the follow.
Ing morning he went on board and found the prisoner
on the upper deck. On charging him he admitted
the theft, but said be had intended to take the tankard
back agalo.—Prisoner was remanded until Saturday.
—The iris leer we. again brought before Colonel
Bingha.o. Captd s Hamlet, awl G. Warr'', Esq.. on
Saturday.—An olSoer of the ship spoke to the excellent
character which the prisoner had borne, and colon.
Veered his opinion that the prisoner did n intend t
steal the tankard. Mr. Supt. Gale. however,
Informed the Bench he hal evidence th it the prisoner
had told omeone in Portland that he had 'en the cup
at a prise cnmpetitioa.—The prisoner mired the meets-
Mates to take into consideration the punishment he
had already Iliad, and when he got back to the ship
he would be punished &gala.— l'he Bluish, taking all
the drcumstances into consideration, fined the prisoner
305., inaluUng oosts.—The prisoner: It will give me a
lemon; I was in drink; I met a one friends I hai not
seen for years. —Colonel Binghetn : Fricseli They
must have been triennia—The Bench said the pris.ou
ought to be thankful to Mr. Greening for so kindly
balling him out.—Prlsoner said he was very grateful
to ittirn.