The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-12 00:00:00

BLANDFI/RD.

At Meiners. King awl Johns' office on Monday,
June 4, a more than ordioary abandoned specimen
of womankind, named Ilarriet -Vial, who has ex-
cited much public disgust by her street displays of
onto, vulgarisms in dress and manners, and a man
by the name of Thontaa Smith, were brought before
J. J. Farquharson, Esq., and I'. 0. Mated, Esq.,
two of the county magistrates. The former WAY
Clarged by l'. C. Hunt with fighting and otherwise
committing a breach of the peace at the Half-Moon
Inn, on Sunday evening, the 3rd inst. ; the latter,
for assaulting the policeman at the same time, when
attempting to discharge his duty. W. H. Atkinson,
Esq., appeared for the primmer Smith, and after both
caAes hail been slightly gone into, the magistrates
adjourned the further hearing till the next meeting
of the bench. .

VESTRY :SIEICTING.—A notice to appoint church•
wardens for the ensuing year and to examine the
accounts for the past year, was affixed to the church
and chapel doors on Sunday, the 4th ult. It was
thought that the great meeting at Dorchester would
cause the attendance to be small, especially as the
day for holding it was announced for Thursday, the
dinner.day of the Society. There was, however, a
very tolerable gathering of the respectable rate-
payers on the occasion, presided over by the rector,
the Rev. W. 'forte. It appeared from a conversation
which took place on the Chairman reading the notice,
that a meeting had been previously called for a like
purpose, but owing to the absence from home of one
of the churchwardens, and his at-home colleague
"knowing nothing about it," the meeting proved
abortive, and was adjourned to a subsequent period.
• Instead of being held at the time to which the
meeting had been adjourned, the churchwardens
issued a second notice putting it off to an indefinite
periml, and after the lapse of a month or six weeks
called the meeting held on Thursday last. After a
long discussion as to how far previous irregularities
iiivalidated present proceedings, a resolution was pro-
posed to the effect that the business of examining the
accounts and appointing the officers should proceed.
An Lamendment was put negativing the resolution,
which was carried by a majority often. The church-
wardens not having their accounts passed will pin-
bably " hobble " over the next twelvemonths in the
best manner they can, indulging the prospective
hope that balance sheets in 1%1 will be less carefully
• looked after.
SUELP SHKARINO. —The competition took place
as usual in the Crown meadow on Saturday last.
l'he judges were Mr. George Hill, Mr. It. Burgess,
jun., and Mr. Barrett, jun. There were IN com-
petition in the whole, 15 nien and three boys ; the
champion prize wasnot awarded. But two of the men
finished within the time specified, though they were
warned by the judges, before commencing, that it
was essentially necessary that the work should be
completed at the time named. The Ist prisa was
awarded to George Sherren, servant to ) Mr. John
Burgess, and the 2nd prize to George Small, eervant
to Mr. James Ainsworth. In the class for boys the
Ist prize was awarded to John Galpin, working for
Mr. G. Keynes, the 2nd to Charles Weeks. working
for Mr. M. Small, the 3rd to Benjamin Davis, working
for Mr. J. Tett. The shearing was considered very
inferior to thatof past years, and the time taken by the
men in finishing their work was unusually long.
In fact, it was supposed by some present that a
treat to Donffiester on the previous day had some-
what unfitted the Well for the exercise of superior
skill and very active effort.