The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

DORG'H RSTER.

DOICHUTER coax ai•acer. esturday.—lnsPectoet
Batons: Wheat, Me. to 68s. per I:7ler ; bevley, 30s.
to 41s. Averages: Wheat, 84(11 it.; bailey, 37a 54.1.
Ctiaierm it Clain. —Th. Mime Churchill. of Col I i ton
House, and W. D. Tipp, Req., (formerly of this town)
with tbelr manual liberality, presented the inmates of
the Alinabounee ou the 23rd instant with a bountiful
supply of beef, tea, and solar.
111111001 LOCAL KIIIIIIIATIOEL —Daring the pest
week an examination in eonnection with the above has
been taking place at the Townhall. 31 student' entered
at the Dorchester centre. The total number of can-
didates at the 28 differeet centres is upwards of 1,600.
The examination is eonduated entirely by papers, the
papers being the same at all the centres. C. W. Mottle,
Esq., Fellow end Classics' Lecturer, of Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge, conducted the examination at this
Nati* •. . . . .

Prtmor. Tbe principal farmers, dealers, and
others attending our market, appended their siunaturra
to the following extraordinary memorial on Saturday
last at the Antelope Hotel :

" To the Wonhiptal the Mayor and Town Cooed!
of Dorchester.

We, the undersigned, attending the Dorcbroter Markets
as Wpm and alien of stock, mast respectfully suggest
to your consideration the deniability 4._ haring the
Side of Stock by Auction to o mimeos at II /relent ask,
instead of I p.m., al heretofore. The ineonrealmoe of preemt
boon is (runty felt by all !martin interested in the niaüeuu of
Mishima

(Hers follow 170 signatures.)
ACCIDERn.—About mid-day on Saturday, • singular
accident occurred in Trinity—treet. A man named
Mitchell was driving a pony and trap belonging to Mrs.
Duffall, at a quick pace, when one of the wheels emir
off. By the velocity it had attained it was impelled
forward with considerable force, and it came in contact
with two children—Frederick Stickland, aged four-and-
a-half years, and • boy of about the same age named
Brown. Both were knocked down. Stickland
sustained a fr•ctore of the left leg, and several cuts
about the forehead. The other received only a slight
scalp wound. They were taken to the Dorset Count?'
Hospital. Brown's wound bevies been dressed, he was
able to go hem,. but eitickland was in a dangerous
state. We are glad to learn, however, that he II now
much better.— On Thursday, • middle-aged man,
named George cheesmao, was admitted to the hospital
with both legs fractured. He was in the euiplT of Mr.
James Chick, of Cerne Abbas, and was working in a
chalk pit, when • mass of chalk fell, and inflicted
upon him the injury stated. He is now progressing
favourably. . .

Tea tto 88888 BY • Scavairt.—On Friday, the girl
Martha Adams was brought up before the borough
magirrates, on remand, charged with stealing a large
quantity of wearing spy*. el, belonging to her master,
Mr. F. Bennett. No further , evidence was °feted,
and the girl desired to plead guilty to the charge. The
magistrates severely *ensured Mrs. Clerk for
making such wholesale purchase, of the prisoner,
without communicating with Mr. and Mrs.
Bennett, or any member of the family. The girl's
father and mother indignantly displayed to the Court
the two "handsome" drew,- one a "beautiful lustre,"
. . . . . . .

which the girl had purchased of Mrs. Clerk. They
exposed their worthlessness, and actually gave them to
some of the people present- The girl wee remanded
till Monday, when she was brought up before the &yet
i(. Cum; E, M. Deve*ah, end J. Hilbrip, s.
Her plea of guilty being t,Aen, the mayor said the
magistrates felt that this robbery had been carried on
to such a great extent that they moat inflict the
extreme penalty, and they sentenced her to six months'
bard labour. they believed she had been brought up
very differently, and they only regretted for the sake
of her perenta that they had felt compelled to adopt
such a course, but it wee their duty to the public.
The girl who had cried all the time and was much
dejected, was then removed.