The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-02-09 00:00:00

Somtrutsbire.

ibrant of the salmon ova, intended for decking the-
Tone, have been hitched.

Trig Spring Assize for this sountv will be opened at
Taunton on Saturday, Marsh 20.
Tea council of the Bath and West of England Sosiety
and Southern Counties' Association, ft Is doted, 0011SiEST
themselves pledged to visit Taunton in 1870.
TEM direction of the Bristol and Kibler Railway
Company have resolved to recommend. at the sooting
general meeting, a dividend for the balf-year at She rate
of 4i per rent. per annum.

firsom.•• COIVICTION FOR 011911117eTION AT
TAUNTON. -Al the petty serious, on Wednesday,before
the Rev. W. J. Allen, Captains Doviton and Patton,
C. B. Willis., H. Badcook, and IL Halm., sse, •
case of some interest to the Bristol and Exeter Red way
Company, and of importances to the trade of the
town„was di of. John Thorn, • bervant in the
employ of the company, was fined 104. for obstructing
the footway by placing • heavy package upon it for •
minute and • hall. 11r. F. Tvenebard,who represented
the company, said the ease wes of such importance, as it
would virtually prevent the company from deliveriog
goods at all, that he should advise them to appeal
against the &elision.

Tan Qll[ll7'oll Or LIGHTING TAMITON.-01k Wedoes•
day an extraordinary meeting of the Local Board of
Health was held, to consider en application made by
Mr. Hard will to the Board to give him their mord
support in prosecuting the mandamus he bet obtained
against the trustees to compel them to pay for lighting
the town. The trustees are bound to light the town lty
their Act, but they contend that they are not in a
position to do so, having no funds, the ineome being
only sufficient to pay the interest on the debt, PLOW..
An animated discussion took place, width resulted in
Mr. Hardwill's application being ref used by the canting
vote of the obalrmnn (Mr. Pritchard), the numbers
before being equal. The sympathlee of the ratepayers
generally are with Mr. liardwill ; but in the event of
his succeeding, the tolls of the market will have to be
raised, so as virtually to prevent persons attending, and
thus shut up the market,

AOTIOK AGATEMT • RAILWAY COMPANY. —lct the
Court of Exchequer, on Saturday, the Lord Chief Rues
with • special jury heard the case of Palfrey r the
London and South Western Railway Company. This
was an action tolreoover compensation for bodily injuries
ceased by • railway accident. The plaintiff wee a groom.
In the service of • gentleman residing near Crewkerne.
He was a married man with One child, and about thirty.
five years of age. His wages and gratuities amounted
to between £2O and £9O • year. On the 25th &tub
last he took • ticket at Crewkerne for the purpose of
proceeding by rail to Easter with some horses. After
he bad taken his seat in the carriage • pilot engine emu
along at about forty miles an hour, and dashed into the
train. In consequence of the collision his emu we.
setionsly injured. He had lost the use of his lower
extremities, and was still unable to leave his bed. The
company did not dispute their liability, and the only
question was the amount of damages to which he was
entitled. Before any evidence had been called a verdict
was agreed to for £lOOO damages. His lordship said
he entirely approved of the arrangement, which he
thought WU a very handsome concession on the part of
the company to justice and huranity.

MALE= 111011711 AT TAIINTOI.—At the last petty
mesiona, the trustmes of Taunton Market mimmomedl
Mr. Hardwill for selling meat in his shop without •
license from the tresesev. There were no lees them
seven informations against him for selling on different
dap. Mr. Taunton appear's' for the prosecution; Mr.
T. W. fianadere of the Weei-ern CiroultfAinstructed by
Mr. Cook. of Bridgwaterhfor t,`ssa defense In inflicting
a penalty of £5 and mete, Mr. Wilkins said : I cannot
allow the opportunity to peas without expressing my
opinion upon the Act. The provisions as to lbensing are
opposed to common policy and to the general welfare
of the town, and it is because we •re bound to convict
in the penalty of £5 that we do soe If we had • dis-
cretionary power, we should oertaim'y have given the
smallest poesible rum. Mr. Saunders svplisd for a ease
for the opinion of the Court of Commit Pleas, and it
was granted. Five other oases were proved undone failed.
The total amount of fines was £3) and ce,ste, allowing
Mr. Hardwill in the defeated mum the coal of conned
and ettorney. At their meeting, last Friday, the trus-
tees determined that the opinion of Sir Roulade Ii Palmer
should be taken upon the question, whether M.e. Hard.
will wan not liable to penal eonsequeness is wrpeatedly
breaking an Act of Pediment. They also axpremed •
determination to engage the tame eminent soma si to
resist the application of Mr. Mardi:rill to the Cou:t 01
Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel them to `4l
for lighting, the streets of the town. Notwitbat.sdli g
Mr. Hardwill having been fined £3O end wets for seifee:
meat, he has expressed his determination to continues to
do so, relying upon being enabled to upset dr
souvietion by appeals at the quarter asesions.

Two PRZOOCIOUR Yours& —An instance of the great
good effected by the polioe having the examination of
the vagrants admitted to the casual ward of a work-
house, was evideneed in Wells on Saturday night. Two
lads, respestably dressed, applied at the polioostekket
to Sergeant Tinker for an order to admit them to thie
vagrant ward for the night, giving the name of Shaw,,
and stating that they were in marsh of work. Thie
sergeant, not believing this statemeet, detained them
sanestioned them very closely, when the oddest of
the two admitted that his name wag William Shaw, of
Ilinsionhouse-street, Hammersmith, London, and sged
14 years, that he had stolen 9s. from his grandmother,
and enlisted the other boy, whose name WY Frank
Stadlensan, aged 13 years, the son of •
soaobbnikler in Hammermilthinto aceompany=4lll:
stated they had been read the "By Pirate,"
"Newmte Wender," to, and bad made up their
minds to go to Plymouth and_ gel a ship, and beams
like some of the perms' they had read of in the beet&
To moomplish this Shaw robbed his grandmother, •
poor old woman keeping a small sweet-shop, of OMB 9a,
and started, moompanied by Steallernan. -P.S. Tooker
immediately communicated with the grandmodier of
Shaw and the father of Stadleman, both of whom had
been in great distress and anxiety of mind owing to the;
mysterious disappearance of the two lads. Kr. Sisinmeas
had made every inquiry at Woolwich, Porlemoeth,
Plymouth, and various other plena, and forwarded to
P.S. Tucker • post-091os order to defray the expresses
incurred by him. A gentleman kindly defrayed this
expellees of sending the lad Shaw beak to his grand-
mother.