The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-08 00:00:00

WAREHAM.

Gown,' Psnit :inmost, Tuesday.—Before Lieut.-
Colonel G. P. Mantel, Mr. W. U. Calcraft, Captain J. W.
T. I.'',ler, and Captain J. W. B. Ilawkesworth.
John Curtis quarrier, of Langton Matravers, was sum-
moned for beinsrunk and riotous in that parish on the
and of July—Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined
gd. and 7s. costa.
Charles Cockerata, shoemaker, of the out-parish of Holy
Trinity, Wareham, was sutunioned for assaultim. Elisabeth
Christopher, wife of Samuel Christopher, labourer, of
Church Knowle, on the 24th of July.—Coniplainant
alleged that whilst she was standing in her garden about
half-past aix in the evening of July 24th the defendant,
who was the worse for liquor, came up and abused her
because her husband was a teetotaller, and wrung his fist
in her face three or four times. She called James Keats
to corroborats, but he said he was 50 Yards away and
could not say for certain whether it was his fist or hand '
defendant put in complainant's face.—Defendant denied
liftiqg his hand to complainant, and the Bench gave him
the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the case.
Thomas Chinelien Edmonds, beerbouse-keeper, of Stud-
land, was summoned for that he being licensed to sell
intoxicating liquors by retail, not to he drunk on the
premises, did suffer and allow two half-gallons of ale, a
pint of ale, and • quart of beer to be drunk on the high-
way adjoining or near his premises, by George Stone,
James Freeborn, and others, the purchasers of the liquor,
on the 17th July.—Mr. Howard defended.—PC. James
Freeborn, stationed at Swanage, stated that on Monday
night., July 17th, in consequence of complaints that he had
received, he went on duty at Studland in company with
l'.C. Stone. When within about 90 or 30 Yards of
defendants beerhoure he saw William Summers come
out of the house with • can in his hand. Frederick Foot
was sitting on • tree that was lying by the side of the
road opposite the house, and Summers Joined Foot and
poured the liquor into asmall horn and drank. Several
other men came up within • few minutes, and they all
drank from the ale and Summers then went into the
house and got another half-gallon. When that was
drank a man named Payne went into the house and got
a pint o beer and • quart of ale. Mrs. Edmonds came
out of the house at the time, and he spoke to her, hut
could get no answers. Defendant was walking from his
house to the rails in front in conversation with a man
named Guy. Ile did not see the first half-gallon of ale
paid for, but George Stone (the other constable), gave
Summers 44. and he (the witness) gave Payne 61. to psy
for the rest of the liquor. —Cross-examined by Mr.
Howard: It was about half-past seven o'clock when he
went to defendants house, and he stayed there about
three-quarters-of-an-hour. He went from there to Mr.
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Mrs. %Vhite-end Mrs. Hods,lon's stall was distinguished liould's public-house close by, where he drank part of two
4 the number of pietures among the fancy goods. A glasses of beer, but did not pay for anything. Summers
sea painting of St John's Church, by Mr. White did go into defendants house to fetch a third half-gallon
einieaf. drew attention, and in it were reeog- of ale, and came back without it, and in consequence of
lied the vicar and Captain Scriven, the what he said Payne went into the house with a bottle
children from the vicarage and other inhabitante. Here and Attained • pint of beer and • quart of ale. The tree
wen a serious annexe portable pump, lava with coin on which the men were sitting was only 11 feet from the
einboseel horn spoon from Madagascar, like- door of defendants house, and exactly opposite.—Mr.
me, of Moody and Sankey, '-cut bottles, screens, carving Howard's defence was that no offence had been committed.
Seamus; kuile and eholeticks. Mr. Whites an the land on which the liquor was consumed was not in
taleut losl leautined a large number of Portland pebbles his client's possession, nor had he any control over it, nor
iiioOnliglir eee,iea, Pennsylvania Caelle, was it uncut with his permission. He called the defen-
Ali.i lip' coin jet'. iatemptel ...ape. The stall was erne- dant, who stated that be bad lived at Studland for 10
eicntel in front with festoons of flowers and foliage. year, and had sold beer, which he brewed himself, off
Mr,. eusedi hell variety of 1140 banner the premises for WY years. Ile was a carpenter, and kept
...rice, mid in tie- middle was an elegant epergne loaded a shop, and had been for many years and still was chureh-
with dower mit siminets as verbenas, pure white pinks, warden of the parish, and he had no wish to break the
lesew.i carnatien+. asters, mignonette, dainty law. The tree in question belonged to Mr. Austin, and
ins, mid fern-. H. I Riding Hood and Belle of the hall was on his land. The land had been fenced off but the
T 11.11101,4 h other ao lovely dolls. 'There wore basketa railings were now gone. Mr. Austin hail told him ililll-
- gather...l on the southwest coast The stall elf that the land was his. Ile (defendant) hail nocontrol
eat prettily (control with Lice on pink ground, and wasi over the land, and the tree was 90 feet from his house.
nal a-. kis!, and exactly 7 het from the edge of the water-table, He
Mr, 4"lesei dem .1 a lot of Swiss carving, had had the distances measured. —The (leech ilismiased
iso iis to rine Jour, chsmois and steinholc, chalets, and the cane
.1,1,1 u Mild,. ill relies, pretty forma Her dolls were Michael Rower and Job Bower, quarryman, of Langton
is estional costumes, Tyroltre. Norman, and Matnivers, were summoned for non-payment of poor-
Ito .i.. lit-re sere Chinese fans, MO multiform knick- rates,—Mr. Taylor. overseer of the parish, produced the
• Mrs, ottiey awl other ladies of the church haul • rate-book, according to which the rate WAS made on the
stall Paoli's,' ins. IT the Mi. Moores. The feature at 6th of May lira, and the amount Michael Bower was sued
do :all wa. a Lir:. quantity if harellsome medals of St. for was flis, being rates of ga lld, and 2s. 3d. for two
lam' couch, given by Mr. Thomas leaky, of Binning- quarries at Langton. Job Bawer was rated at Is. 3d. for
lie, sit-I tether el the Vicar. On the obverse was • one quarry at the same place,—Mr. Howard, who
relief of the churl, and on the reverie "Consecrated defen&cl• s complain. 'that aid defendants complain' at their querns.*
s the !Salt Rev. Lord Bishop of Salisbury. October 6th, at Langton were rated the same ac the quarries
Reuisated and enlarged by voluntary contributions, at Swanagc, although the quarries at the former plane
O4e. T.. 1. 'Atka, 8.A., Vicar A. McLean, A. Scriven, were not worth so much as these of the letter place, as the
ilurcleseikits 'We will not forsake the House of our stone had to he carried from Langton to Swanage. But
1' Nehemiah ea., ale." At this stall were =time- as that was • matter for the Assessment Committee and
• Lvissier scent bags, carved brackets, alabaster not for the Bench, Mr. Howard said he would take a
sea sonic pretty tables, oneueented with technical objection to-day, and pointed out that instead
ustural fern leaves inlaid. also vine leaves and butterflies, of filling out the columns for name of owner, description
ts.iie of these tables had been done by Miss Gress's', and of property, situation, and estimated extent in the rate-
:see by Mrs 'autos book the overseer had either inserted dots or left blanks,
Prediled over lip Mrs. and Mies Gregory at the and the year also was not filled in.—As with the exception
the tent uas • very charming stsfl, principally of the name the whole of the entries in the page were a
penmen.: flower, and fruit. Here werebutton- repetition of the first line the Bench overruled the
hoe besieeta geranituns, begonias, terns, grasses objection, and ordered Michael Bower to pay 9s, lid., and
sot., ioelons, tomatoes, cherries. In fact the whole Job Bower 5, r.d.
:tit mu eldest with brilliant blooms, intermixed with Thema, Markley, labourer, of Seepage, was summoned
Inst. for being drunk and riotous thereon the 15th of Julys-Buten-
, tbs. More presided over is stain very rich in the usual dant did not appear.—P.C. Freeborn said defendant came
••• susasli. •retanue rosy covered with silk, Japanese out of the Royal Oak at Hendon at closing time on &tut,
e, !Tenet.. e work, a dull that cried " Mamma," picnic day night, July 15th very drunk. Defendant pulled off all
.sesten, 1111.1 A grist variety of dolls are only • few his clothes in the street, and disturbed the whole neigh-
..erea• eieliC things. The lady sold a good many bourhood by his swearing. Several men dragged defect-
."'ee."f's one to be taken in a lifetime, and the dant home and locked hin ie.—Fined Is and Si costa,
Praerss,, timed 6, contain a very prettily get-up little Thomas Stockily, (net the defendant in the last case), of
Swanage, was brought up in custody charged with
end of this stall was also an cm/everts dee embezzling the sum of 28 10d, the property of his master,
•st aleutitiated texts 110110 by Mr. It Jarman, a John Summers, carrier, of Sesame, on the llth of July.
tearer at Si, John's, antimacassars, Berlin work Prosecutor said prisoner had been in his employ about
"sans, lace, aol silk were contrasted in a perfectly two years as driver of the mail-rut He was in the habit
Of choice thing.. of bringing parcels on his account from Wareham, which
J. I'. Lue, .ind Mn. Raper had lovely dulls and he delivered in the morning at Swanage and went round
in Berlin and bread work, fashionable about midday, for the money. On e morning of the
'4l •cce and 'due, toilet seta in choice glass, sofa Ilth July prisoner brought • basket of fish from the
'an, le, a many display .4 flowers, and quite a mass of Wareham railway station and delivered to Mr. John
halree's Dowling, of /teenage. The charge for the carriage was
Major siIOWOII cushions, pocket handkerchief ceses, Is 10d. Prisoner left his employ the name day and next
I di' la 1.1 will 1.1 furniture, Chinese fans, cushions, day he (witness) went to Mr. Dowling's and asked for the
work, awl useful cloth.., money, and they told him they had paid prisoner. Pri-
• Mr.. IVM, mei Mr. Parsons kept the next stall. The soner hut not paid him the money. He went to prisoner's
"flu" ea• diolliguished by a very large cutter yacht, a house and told him if he did not pay him the money he
t uit,st,l froni her keel to her topmast; here were would prosecute him—Miss Mary Dowling, of Swansea,
ui cretonne work, made to order, and said prisoner brought baskets of fish to their shop
*ten—) "" .' i'd"re the lesear begen, tea cosy% gipsy frequently, and she was in the habit of paying him often
~,,set for amers, nexhieval lace. Mrs. Parsons's end -it might be two or three time* a week. The last sum
with a gnat variety of beautiful and she paid prisoner was 2a 10d, and she believed it wais about
▪ tutu,,., 0. slippers handiontely worked, doll's hats, three weeks ago. —Prisoner pleaded guilty, and elected to
Ocoee trines .4 pretty patterns lace and wool wet k, he tried by the Bench, but said he tied no intention to
tel c:ething alniset without end, keep the money. —lle was sentenced to three week's hard
Isas ally adorned with Hags, the Royal labour.
'''Veafa Ling loyally prominent at each end. Cotters COURT. Wednesday last- Before Judge Lefroy.
str..,c.l:),Y.i'n. ill feature of the exhibition was a museum There were only two disputed cases at this twcemonthly
anl gallery .4 tine arts, where Mr. Henry sitting of the Court.
1,"',..e..de".t:" f. Practical
>r.t'l" l
joksei; Imt Mr. wnllut.The"...galleries
A William Torrevil v. Chat. Laa ulna, both of Morden.—
claim of £3 Is. for hurdles,—Defendent said lie had
there were here abundance of things really paid plaintiff, and his wife proved handing him the
werth mein& A remarkable panoramic money to do se.—Plaintiff said the money paid him was
:`,.,,,sStiwa plea
. lip s:graph, but eight times re more for some potatoes, and not the hurdles. —Judgm ee ent w
thse lite widest " wide angle," showed the given for defendant
tip rdt. A..ropolis, and the hills around. Among Thomas Game cattle dealer, of Wareham, V. George Graal,
iiory, sat,. the. VOA were Poquimaux work in walrus farmer, of Slew, near Amos—This was an action to re-
a..nt, ti,,k"wd Admiral Moore On A voyage te the rover 11'., ed., damages sustained through • breach of
. a sPkorlid collection of stereograplas with warranty of two cows. —Mr. Weston appeared for
Paintir.gs of workpeeple. 100 years' old plaintiff; Mr. Howard for defendant—The case was •
'eel I,itl Japanese Ileums ; collection of bright long one, the following witnesses, being examined In
; opium smoking apparatus; collection of support of the action : -The plaintiff and his wife; Mr.
„Z. ith Cinfelerate States bank notes ; handsome Collard, farmer, of Ilenstridge Ash : Mr John
uoee l'Onslain elever mechanical figures and beautiful Christopher, cattle dealer, of Evershot : and Mr. Charles
boxes; JAMUL'S(' and Malay weapons; another Emma, veterinary surgeon, of Sherborne. —Shortly stated,
rbotograrlui ; white bearskin grass the particulars of the plaintiff's case were as follows:—,,
betlnee enemas:l' tr.
I leethe't t" have selections In January last plaintiff purchased two cows of defendant
Its'sn, rlwmu. ' ttni glohe , and his tent was certainly the for glth one of which, was warranted sound and herrn-
an intellectual hour or two. Plaintiff admitted going to the house of John Pollard to
and the lealnil ,Tau table the band of the 3lst Regiment see the poor cow, but said defendant told him he had
I moil • ... Ile"wen 'deem' alternately; the bought the cow of Pollard. When the cows were
decorek,l with nags, and altogether it aelivere+l they were again warranted sound by defendant
lat sti.,,lLe"thle ne The attendance on the first in Mr. James.'hearing. The plaintiff took the two cows
~f and select at an early hour ,• later the to the Durcheeter fair on February 11th. and there sold
".s .Ulil 011 Thurelay there tJtent, with unother, to Mr. Collard, fanner, of Ilenstridgn
e issre visiter,
• n ts Ash, for taZI 15s. Thu Imasts were taken to Mn, Collard's
" thee" wh" visited the fano at Ilenstridge, and the one warranted barren after-
'uast time - The Rev. T. A. Gilley, Mrs. tattlers wards calved, and the pour ono warranted sound, although
th..ll"i't l• fens,. Miss C. Andrews, Rev. Itobert treated with every care, died on the 90th of April. A
. hoot, .M•4lte',.!`et• J. Lynes and family, Mrs. 0. pont ',targets examilmtion of the cow was made by Mr.
sr 65., Iliftsn, alias Akers, Mr. I:. Symonds, aliniue, veterinary surgeon, of Sherborne, and he found
tari Mrs. Parsons, Dr. and Mrs. bf Lean. Mr. the came of death to le disease of the liver of some
...nu, 12.1*. "Niter. Mrs. Garen, Miss Probs.. Dr. months' Mending. The cow having been warranted
(Sestoe). Mrs. Moore, Misers Vandeleur, Capt. sound by Mr. Game when .1.1 to Mr. Collard, the latter
Mahler, Mrs. .1. C. I.iuze, In, 'nought en action against the fortuer at the June County
'eteie HoPe' li N. and officers of 11.31.8. Court at Dorchester to recover damages, and lie was
intel., Mrs. Wills, de. 4'75 was taken. awarded .ClO. The costs of the action brought the ruin
up to £l5 is., and it was te recover this amount, and
I.ttitc.:ll now brought,—Mr.
an Foams Busts SOCIIITY.--Tho annual niithowerudex,
in thatngthe action was
his Honour for the defence, first
miPrert of this Societ was held on Tuesday raised the legal objection that the rate of the action
"-s•tegint Ist, in the fine old at Athelhampton. In the Dorchester County Court could not he recoverA
a
nie" e. + usual well tilled with a urea attentive as notice was not given at the time to his client to defend
ieese
r whilethe taller was occupied by a goodly nuru- the rule, as required by the statute.—llis Honour allowed
.h„irf es and gentlemen who funned themselves into • the objection, and said the law would not enable the
.ov the occasion, and kept up the spirit of the meet- plaintiff to recover the code( rom the defendant, under the
a Angers seine of the well-known hymns of Moody circunistances.—Mr. Howard seethe should call witnesses
anchsilsrey, Miss A. Samson presiding at tbe liaxlalolalUlD. to prove that his client was the nephew of Pollard, SD Old
a
...I w" taken by Mr. sI: if, Knot, of Weymouth. and infirm loan, whose affair he helped to manage, and
e.,,,ito,ter Maier by the Rev. IL. B. Miles the report was in the matter of the sale of the cow which afterwards died
IL W. llumer, from which it appeared that be only acted as the agent of Pollard, and under there
,Ltr! of Val had been Collected during the past y circumstances there was no liability on the part of defen-
-4.e had,l gale in 30 year during which the Amelia. dant —Mr. Howard said it wail disclosed to plaintiff that
'llainen,"Lted• The tumults was then addressed by the defendant was the agent of Pollard, and the only thing
tionty,4 "'vs. Smith, T. Soave, R. Perkins (depute, defendant had to do with the isle was the axing of the
.Peers, C. J. Glyn, E. W. Collinaon, J. R. Colter. price.—Having heard the evidence for the defence, Hls
"sus s Lewin/ having been Pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Honour held that in the case of the cow that died. the
'" • iddletown. the meeting dispersed, the friends warranty by defendant was not proved, but gave a verdict
distance being provided with refreshment in the for the plaintiff, with 21s. dal:trees in the case of the cow
which WAS well tilled. Amoniathose that was warranted barren.
• ~,ssidee the speakers, were the Rev. and Mrs. C.
he,illernet the Rev. and Kra J. Marsh (Hilton). SWANSON.
°el.! iee Lawrence, Messrs. T. and J. Homer, REGATTA AND BALL
'atter. s Awe, lc. Mrs. Wood, who has so long The second annual regatta and hall of the Isle of
gatherings▪ tSp abuse annual
ay after the example 4 her l'ilYbOCk Yacht Club came off here eneemsfullY on Wed.m
well be onegratulated on • I nesday and Thursday, the arrangements of the committee
t iccessba and interesting meeting- I being in even, way satisfactory. Mr. G. B. Aldridge and
WINCHESTER. Mr. C. E. Robinson acted as stewards. measnrerll, and
, timers. was a match for cutters
2911:. 'limiest. et *Winchester, after many years' delay The first event on Wednesday
,'' "c'enaston. is 'bort to he carried out, under the tons, and the rise
, sure, ~,,,j
Lb,
unmet the sonspuision, of the governing resented by the commodore o the
Iwieulongia
cup valise
cluxib.irn:tnting 20Th
. Is. borrowed and repaid in 50 years. The I was according t° the
o ev, ,tawated expenditure ca club, Sir tlarry Paul ujrawnlL.
Thee
Lisitertine
which
gwptcent
WWI WY
per rent the ',situated ...eel was from between the committrs . the
won. to
.Laseediture lie g 2,1141. The Sewage Committee of wooled in Swensp
buoy andtb..thcee
ormi numuntend them to adopt the pies of Mr. Chrtetehereh bsags pier,
,bayandsßs..
wto.mardireck bioit
tit7re' which in ISS gained the first premium, and off Bournemouth Pier, and then in
w•intermittent dewwwerd Awash:in is the system to be back to the committee vowel, a distance of mnautical
,Zdrlcts Forty acres of land to the oath the city ' mar& 'tarts Were
taken, and
aye
minutes
the
.. tea tavourite public walk, are to be purchasect allowed were
ems itea&Stans, •
"I 44.t00 fee a sewage faun. Steam is to be used for committee "mg ta the teeee,. The comp.— •
Owner.
Dumiti the sad when completed the waste Yacht.
Ye mat not far short of 1.10,01111.—//emembere Yawns 10 Mr. F. Cox
Yieetwiat 94 Hr. H. Little

The cup was won by Vanessa.
The next match was for cruising yachts belonging to the
club exceeding 10 tons, of any rig, and which have never
won a match (handicaps excepted). The prize was a
silver cup, presented by the rear-conimodore of the club,
Mr. W. Tanner, and other membeni. The start and
course were the mine as in the first match. The follow-
ing started :
Yacht Tons. Rig. Owner.
Brownie 28 Schooner Mr. J. McWilliam
Madera 22 Yawl Mr. J. Ilelyer
The cup was taken by Brownie.
The third match was for cutters belonging to =7
recognised yacht club not exceeding Tift, in leneth
(exclusive of munten). Prizes of 4.7 and were offered
if four started, but as only three_ put in an appearance the
second prize was withdrawn. The course was from the
committee vessel to Peveril buoy, thence to Ballard
and back to the starting place—four times round the
course, making le miles The time allowatum wax three-
eights of a second per inch of length (taken by Y.R.A.
rule), plus beam (taken at broadest Nut of Ulu yacht) per
nine of the course. The competitors were:
Yacht, Length, Owner
Aladdin Mitt Mr. (I. E. Robinson
Cyril bel i no aift. Mr. W. Turner
Rayonetto 2fift. Mr. L. Shodden
Thu prise was taken by Rayonettc, Cynilieline being
about four minutes behind, closely followed by Aladdin.
The next match was for sailing boats belonging to any
recognised yacht club not exceeding 2lft in length
(exclusive of counters), and centreboards were allowed to
sad. The prise was a silver cup, value .F. 3 given IT Mr.
J. C. Robinson. The course was twice rotund that of thu
last match, and the thee allowance was calculated in the
same manner, but one second instead of three-eights per
Inch WWI allowed. The match was between :
Yacht. Length. Hist Owner.
Duke 18f t. C. B. Sloop, Mr. .1. W. Pike
Sylvia 21f t. Cutter. Mr. It. P. Simpson
The prise was taken by Sylvia.
Only one event more was left on the first day's pro-
gramme—s rowing match for four-oared in-rigged gigs,
open to the county of Dorset and to crews of yachts in the
lay during the regatta. The Vice-Cotnniodore (Ur. W.
R. Bankes) gave prises of £.3 and 1.1, in addition to which
the club offered 10s., to each of the losing crews. Two
coast guard boats from Swansea, one from Studland, one
from Branksea, a four-oared galley belonging to Swanage,
a gig belonging to the schooner Flying Cloud, and one
belonging to the schooner Leonard entered. The two gigs
started alone, as the crews of the coastguard and other
boats refused to compete with them. The Flying Cloud
boat took first prise and the Leonard boat second.
In the evening the Commodore kindly gave a display of
fireworks from his yacht Zenobia.
The club hall took place at the Royal Victoria hotel the
same evening, and was attended by 50 or 60 ladies and
gentlemen. The Bournemouth string band was present,
and dancing was continued till about half-past three
o'clock.

Thu programme for the second day consisted of two
Channel matches from Swanage to Southampton, the
arrangements at the finish of which were provided through
the kindness of the Southampton Yacht Club. The first
was a match for cutters belonging to any recognised yacht
club, not exceeding 20 tons. The prize was a silver cup,
value £lO, given by the club. The thee allowance for
difference of tonnage wrs% according to the Y.R.A. scale.
The yachts were a110w... • • I.° any coons they chose as
far as the entrance to Souuutiupton water. ~ort. they
were to leave the Spit buoy to port, as . .ill the
black and white chequered buoys on the West side of the
waters, but the red buoys to starboard. The course was
36 nautical miles long, and the finish between the head of
the Southampton town quay and a marked boat moored
off. The following were the starters :
Yacht. Tons. Owner.
Vanessa Mr. F. Cox.
Fleetwing 20 Mr. F. Little.
is Mr. F. W. Primrose.
_Dachshund . _ .

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/JIMMY. came in first, after grounding on the Shingles,
Fleetwing 2nd, Dachshund 3rd.
The other match was fur cutters, not exceeding 271 t. in
length, belonging to any recognised yacht club. The
prize was a silver cup value 4:5, presented by Mr. 0.
Burt. The course was the same as in the other match, and
the time allowanie the same as in the third match of the
previous day. The following competed:
Yacht. Length. Owner.
Aladdin 25( t. Mr. C. R. Robinson.
Cymbeline 211 1. Mr. W. Turner.
Rayonette 26ft. . Mr. H. Little.
Sylvia 211 t. Mr. R. P. Simpson.
Gipsy Queen 241 t fin. Mr. L. Shedden.
Itayonettc came in first, with Cywheline 2uil, (15
minutes behind). Sylvia 3rd, Aladdin 4th, and t;ileY
Queen sth.