The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-06-26 00:00:00

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police, and on Friday Mr. R. N. Howard, on behalf hot-water bottles at bed-time. The prison diet will be
of the coroner, Mr. G. Symonds, held the inquest at such as is uensily peen on the tables ,if the middle
the Fisherman'm Arms, Inn, before the following jury- classes. Smoking allowed after four o'cl,sek.
men :—liimers. Thomas Wilmer, William Fenlow, 1108 C %WEN ROTS Owns°. —On Wednesday 1
Abel Whittle, Charles Henry Stone, John Talbot, about 250 first-class boys landed from the Boss
Abraham Clark, Henry Hitchcock, George Wardi cawen a little after two o'clock, under the leadership
Mark Stark, Joeeph Rendali, James liable,lt an' of Mr. Bentley, instructing gunner, with Gunner
John Churchhonse. Mr. A. Clark was chosen fore- Canning, his second, the divisions being under gunnery
man The body was in a shockingly decompoeed state. inetructorm George lins-ell, Thomas Makin Alfred
P.C. George 11 per:. I am stationed at Wyke. Cowden,Johniirown,JamesJenkins,and Robert Baker
Yesterday afternoon, the 214, almnt half-past one, They were accompanied by the brass band (20), under
from information receive-I, I went to a mhrub`iery in Herr Rosenbaum, and the dram-and-fife band (21),
the grounds belonging to the Rev. Talbot Green led by Band-Corporal Sparrow, the whole force being
' and found a brown paper parcel neatly fabled, and tie under command ,if Firct-Ideut. Blackett, with whom
' with string. (opened it, and on the inside of the paper I
was Second-Lient. Lowe. The boys were in their
was some writing, and inside was a I ttle deal box, with working summer dress of white canvass, and were
Brown and Poison's Corn Flour label. Opened it with armed with rifles and (inhumes Arrived on the Naval
niyclemp knife, and inside I found erne 'shavings and Recreation Ground, they soon had the word to pile
erne lime, and then a woman's apron, of coarm ( alico,
arms, and then prorneded to the higher part of the
Unfolding the apron, I found the dead body of the ground, where a cart full of bottlea of gingerbeer was
*bad, which the jury have just been ti see, wrapped speedily unloaded, and its contents distributed, with
In the apron. I sent for Dr. Rhodes, who maw it cakes, and fruit to follow. The bugle sounded, the
before I removed it to the station, from half-an-honr Union Jack and White Ensign were unfurled, and the
to an hour afterwards. —Witness then prodn mi the boys marched past in good mtyle. About a quarter to
brown paper, which had on it the writing—" J. A. three a party of sailors from the Warrior cams on the
Talbot Weymouth, ii.W.L.R.," and a red mark, ground with a field piece, end as they doubled their
which is the railway check mark. The bodyappeared speed, the Boscawens rather laughed to see the Jilt
to have been most carefully wrapped up. It was in tarn' great brab hats come tumbling off. The
an advanced state of decomimstti- in. Mr. J. A. lbescawens wear email cape fitting close to the head.
Talbot, drape-, Weymouth : I believe there is no and which don't Imther them when going at speed.
other in Weymouth, whose two Christian names begin Their commander now caused them to give the general
with the initials " .i." and “ A." I have looked at Rohde, the b twls playing at the come time, a.,(1 the
the paper • but I cannot i lentify it at all. In my fine young fellows looked remarkably well in line.
way of business I have parcels directed to me like After going through the manual and plato la exercises,
that, 50 or 60 a week, and these papery my pc 'pie use they marched paid by fours, with that lithe-limbed
in my business to send it, retail parcels, which we swing which is characteristic of the British Pailor,
vend out to my various customers. From the large young or obl. It is not quite so mechanical And
number I have no meats of tracing this particular regular as the step of the soldier; but it gets them
paper, and cannot say if this paper ever came to my 1 over the ground eerily at a great pace. The bands
i establishment, or to whom it was given. Dr. C. Rhodes: diming thin march played the quick-step " Poor Old
o
Yesterday afternoon I was sent 'r, and went to a shed Sam. The sailor bym afterwards went through
jot below the Rev. Talbot Greaten lv one. Where I battelion drill, and we were fortunate enough to nee
found P.C. Roper and the body which the jury bare them march pst in four companies, a very effective
just seen. It was in a box as P.C. Roper has movement. They were well exercised in wheeling,
described. On examination I found it to be the body 1 and all the rest of th,oe manrcuvrem, some of which
of a fully developed male infant; bet &competition puzzle the civilia,-, eel we are bound to Pay that the
was so far advanced that lam unable t i say whether fine fellows looked well in all. It is capital to be able
the body had lived, or had a separate existence from to arid that the officers. crew, and h,ys so thoroughly
its mother. If it had a separate life it could have been underntand each other that all goes well on board, in
but a short one. The e,ard appeared to have been fact, Pays our informant "Never was a better ship
roughly torn from the body , f the child, and there I before:,
bad been no attempt at healing, which will take ,
place in the natural mutate of events if the child had
lived long. The body was evidently that ,d a well
nourished infant. I examined the neck, and there
was no appearance of anything like strangulation, nor
could I detect any mark'. ,if injuries. I cull not say
positively there were none :IS the b ely Wan too de-
composed. Joseph Monkery, coachman to Mr.
Greaten: I was at work in the plantetion yesterahly
about half-past 12 and SIM a parcel wrapped up in
brown paper lying on a bank about three ,ir four yuirds
from where I was working. I picked it up and felt at
it, felt it wan a box, when I put it dawn again, went
home and named it to one of the servants, who
went into the parlour, and I was told not to
meddle with it but to send for Mr. Roper, the
policeman. I did so, and he came and opened it. I
did not perceive any smell.--The Omoner said in this
cane there wan no doubt some person had concealed
the birth of the child, and the law in such cases made
the woman who concealed the birth liable to painm and
penalties. As the matter was now in the hands of the
police, he could see no advantarn in keeping the
enquiry open, and advised the jury to return a
verdict of "Found dead." However, if they embed
Is a ljourn the en.tuiry, and thought any advantage
could arise therefrom, he would lie happy to ,I 0 se.—
The jury did not see any necessity, and returned a
verdict of "Found dead."—The Coroner could not
help saying that we had had two or three caws in this
neighbourhood of the bodice of infants being found,
and they appeared to have been put away in that
scientific way and with much cool arrangement, that he,
could not but think that other parties must be
implicated besides the women who gave birth to the
infants. When they heard of such things in other
places, the bodies were cost down carelessly and left,
whereas in the cases almut here they were carefully
wrapped up. Tim matter was in the hands ,if the
police, and if the parties concerned were ilievovered,
no doubt the mminhment they would get, and which
. they richly deserved, would be very voice,-.

THE PRESENTATION TO MISS HILL
The pleasures of indulged gratitude were on Tuesday
evening last rather painfully mingled with fear that the
bandaome gift PO joyfully provided for presentation to
Miss Hill might have something of the nature of a fares
well. For five years bas Mies Hill most kindly and unre-
mittingly led the musical part of the worship at St. Peter's
! church, by her tasteful performance on the organ, and
I now, Just an the congregation have somewhat nurmounted
their financial difficulties, conies a sad feeling that the
piano, so heartily presented and cheerfully accepted, may
lei removed elsewhere, and that the loved face of her to
whom it was a sign of the gratitude of many warm friends,
would not he seen in the well-accustomed place. Yet
still, again the society of the Grove met at the nchoolmom,
and enjoyed one more after the many delightful concerts
heard within those wall.. Mr. G. Clifton, the much.
esteemed governor of the Estaldinhment watt early received
with plaudits on taking the chair, and the front matt;
were filled by Mrs. and the Mimes Rill, Captain Salter,
deputy governor, Men. and the Mimes Clifton, Mr. A. Hill,
ion., M. J. 0. Andrew,. Miss Andrewa, Urn. and Miss
Driver. Mr. and Mrs. Zillwocel Milledge, Captain and
Miss Rains and friend. Dr. Campbell, superior medical
officer of Woking prison, Dr. A skham, superior medical
officer of Portland prison. Mn,. kskham. Mrs. Mac Lean,
On and Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Mr. anit
Mrs. Rohertn, Mr. C. White, Rev. and Mrs. Cliffonl
Rickards, Mr. Cohen, hon. sec. of the committee for the
testimonial, Mrs. Waters, Mr. Dealt, and other gentlemen
who seemed to be laying themselves to make every one
comfortable—a morethrin ordinary task, so crowded WAS
the schoolmorn.—and some distance behind, endeavouring
to conceal bin feelings, was the Rev. A. Hill, for nearly 210
years the chaplain at the Edabliolituent, while the
remainder of the company inelteled many whose names
we should like to give, but have not space.
The proceedings were commenced by a vocal and instru-
mental concert, of which the first piece wast a piano solo
by Miss Andrews, who displayed very dexterous maul.
futlation combined with good taste, and some of the notes
elieite I were deliciously trct and sweet.