The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER.

PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday.—Supply of
'wheat small, and sales were effected at rather over
last weeks prices. Barley was offered less freely,
and made is. per quarter more money for seed. No
change in the value of oats.
DORSET RILE VOLUNTEERS. —The following
battalion orders have been issued to the let
Administrative Battalion :
Wimborne, March 22, 1865.
1. Lieut• Colonel hfansel, in publishing the following
lealinftdif Lioni.-Colonid Hume, desires to record the
high cease he entertains of that offioer's invariable
courtesy and good will in carrying out his ditties in
relation to the volunteers of this county • and is quite
seire-that all ranks of the force share with him in his
great regret that Lieut. •C,olonol Haute's connection with
the Aistriet has now ceased.
' COPT.]
" Graker's Wood, Dorchester, Feb. 25, 1855.
"Sir,-1 cannot relinquiah my appointment as
Assieteet-lespeotor of Volunteers of the 4th South-
Waiters Diatriat, without expressing to you, and
thrqugh.you to the officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates of the battalion under your eommand, lay
wjarmeet thanks for the assistance invariably accorded
to me in carrying out my duties during the last five
}Jam I shall always remember with pride and satisfao•
ka 2f:inzioettioaunv:iith
believe
mvoelunteers of the South-
Westernl shell ever take the
greatest interest in their well being.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
"Your most obedient servant,
" GUSTAVUS Bona,
" Lieut-Col. A. I. V."
2. Commanding officers are reminded that the half-
yearly requisition for forms should be transmitted to
the Adjutant before the Ist proximo.
By order,
Casa. C. &tearer, beet. and Adjt.
DORSET MILITIA. —The adjutancy of this corps
has been conferred on Major C. C. Clapoott, late
atnd Regiment.
'DORCHESTER lINION,—At a meeting of the Board
or Guardians, held on Thursday last, Mr. William
T,onas was elected registrar of births and deaths for
the Puddletown district on the resignation of Mr.
John Dunman. At the same meeting, on the pro.
popitian of 1111% Lovelace, seconded by 0. J. Wood,
EMI., it -wag implied that the Guardians petition
Dirliement against the appointment of paid Roman
esthetic Chaplains to Workhouses, and that John
Moyer, Esq., M.P., be requested to present the
Ideation,
14.CTITEUE. —A most interesting lecture, under the
'f
the Working Men's Institutioo, was
- I hir Mr. Hooker, of Wellington, at the
linecabillifms .Tensday evening, the subject being
‘lTheirdlearOditligtrtiting." The Mayor presided,
spd there witi-large attendance. The lecture was
intostrated bfliiiveral experiments, and the
f explans-
Bas given, wyre most lucid, and the lecturer was
neatly spplanded. A vote of thanks was ac-
ed to Mr. Hooker for his excellent and amusing
lecture, which appeared to give the greatest satisfac-
*gm and combines two important featnres—instruc-
lion and amusement.
' OrscirrY Pwrry Seas:toss, Thursday. —Before H.
'rams, Esq.—John Critchell was brought up in
y charged with stealing • silver watch, the
y of John Filmes, of IJpway, on the 21st
—From the evidence of prosecutor, it appears
at prisoner, shortly after the fire had been
subdued, entered his house, who at the time was up-
stairs, and called out, "Are you all gone to bed.'
Wo tone answering he took the watch, which was
suspended to the drawers, and made off —Dinah
Palmer, wife of tor, identified the watch pro-
duced as her husband's po;perty. —P.C. Gale appre-
hended the prisoner, and took the watch from his
coat pocket —Prisoner was committed to take his
trial at the ensuing sessions.
pouNEE PETTY SESSIONS, Shireball, Saturday.—
Before Lleutenant-Colonel Stewart, G. T. Bullock,
and E. Saunders, Esqm
oSia.radiro Tutuar Gleamy& —Elizabeth Kellaway,
a little girl, was charged with stealing turnip greens,
the property of Mr. 'White, of Abbotabury.— P.C.
Johnstone said on the 7th inst. he was on duty at
Abbotabury, when he saw defendant taking some
turnip greens, the property of complainant. She
had a quantity of them tied up in a coarse wrapper,
which he took sway. The greens were valued at
id.—Mr. White said he did not wish to press the
case; he only brought it forward as a caution to
other people.—Fined is., the costa being remitted.
• EVADING TOLL. —Henry Bartlett, of Samford, a
lad in the employ of Mr. Thomas Lock, yeoman, of
KingstON, was summoned for evading tolL —Thomas
Cocks, the toll-gate keeper of the Blandford and
Harnham turnpike-gate, said on the 10th inst. de-
fendant, who was in charge of a horse and cart, came
within 120 or 130 yards of the gate, and unloaded
the cart, which contained a large basket and some
milk pane, and then went back to Kingston without
paying the toll. The contents of the cart were
carried through the gate to Dorchester. This
practice hail been resorted to ever since he had been
toll collector (15 months), daring which time witness
had frequently spoken to Mr. Lock on the subject.—
Mr. Lock admitted the facts of the case, but in
explanation said that for the last 20 years he had
been in the habit of driving his children so far as
the turnpike-gate, on their way to school at
Dorchester, and was not aware that thereby
he was thus evading toll. —The Bench said that had
nothing to do with the case in question, the children
were not in the baskets—Mr. Lock replied that his
children were in the cart the same as usuaL —The
defendant said he did not drive the cart any further
than Mr. Williams's gate.—The Bench said there
could be no doubt that the boy had evaded toll, and
that the practice had been resorted to for some time
part They would however only inflict a nominal
penalty this time; but, as a warning to others, it
might be well for the public+ to know that defendant
had rendered himself liable to a penalty of 405., and
the owner of the goods ff. They should therefore
fine defendant 55., and remit the costa.
ALLEGED ASSAULT.—Mary Ann Mabey, of Port-
was charged by Bartholomew Comben, of the
the same place, for assaulting him.— Mr. Howard,
who appeared for complainant, applied for an
adjournment of the sass for a fortnight, as his client
was prevented through illness from being present.
' DAIL•OI2O3 • Hcente.--Jaines Pearce, a labourer
cif Bradford Penwell was charged . ith stealing a
fume, the property of Mr. Immo 'Symes, yeoman.—
P.C. Foster found defendant, on the evening of the
18th init., in a water meadow belonging to Mr.
fiymes, breaking the hurdle produced. Whilst he
tram doing so he looked about to see if any one was
*etching him, when on seeing witness he hid it
behind another hurdle. With went and asked
him if his master had given him permission to
break up such • good hurdle as the one produced,
When he replied that he had, but on making
inquiries such was not the case.—Mr. Symes stated
that he did not allow persona in his employ to break
rip and carry away hurdles, although he knew they
dad mi.—Defendant said if the policeman had waited
tan minutes he would have seen what he intended
es do with the hurdle; he should have taken It to
his master, and had a pint of oider.—Complainant
said he did not wish to press the charge, and defen-
dant was tined 2a. 6d., including costa.
111:1011301YES' QUARRELS. —Witham Walbridge
was charged by Amelia Smith, of Toiler Cliffe, for
endeavouring to incite her to commit a breach of the
peace.—Mr. Look appeared for complainant, sod
Mr. Weston for defendant—lt appeared that the
dispute anise about some water, when defendant
made use of some disgusting expressions towards
her, and threatened to take away her life, when she
took up a pick and threatened to drive it into him.
—Defendant was bound over to keep the peace for
one year in his own recognizance of £lO.
REMOVING GOODS FROM THE CUSTODY OP A
SHERIES'S Omora.—Jean Esquivillon, of Portland,
late landlord of the Greyhound henhouse, was
brought up in custody charged with removing
certain goods from his dwelling-house, after having
been in the possession of Mr. W. Bryer, sheriff's
etlicer.—Mr. Howard appeared for defendant, and
said his client had been a respectable man for
many years, and what he had done had boon coin.
mitted through error. He was now very sorry
for it, and was willing to make all the
reparation in his power. Be (Mr. Howard) had
spoken to Mr. Coombs on the matter, and he thought
they should be able to oome to some arrangement
without the interference of the Bench. —Mr. Coombs,
the Under-Sheriff, said the sheriff's officer was in
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- 4 ma's goods, but the latter had
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