The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-15 00:00:00

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Egon= listr.—At the borough petty eardons before
the Mayor (U. Lundle). Mr. James Robertson. Mr FL
Rageett, and Dr. Drew, on Tuesday, the mairiatrates first
dealt with the excused list for the parish of Weymoeth.
soil paired the rm., there being sae addition.—Mr. E
Martin attended with the list.
Anntric Prierroissarnr.—Our esteemed resident photr
graphic •rtlet, Mr. R. Debenham. has disposed of hofirst.
class photographic Liman.. to Mears. Pearson sad Brown-
:ex, of whom we are glad to beer the most favourable
reports—such as to warrant is in saying that the artistic
ehararter of the excellent photographs produced at Mr.
Debenhanie studio willteew:ll inaintsined.

FILL AT "CHILAP Josea."—On Satruday, about noon,
there was rather an extensive " lare-up " at the establish-
ment of Kr. Harrison, in the Park. It appears that some
young children throw. alighted match into some straw wear
the back of the yen, it took Are, and a number of a•tes
containing straw were also soon communicated with, and
the flame. spread. Fortunately, the wind was blowing
away from to. van, or that Liao would soon have been on
Ara as it was the sides of the vehicle were blistered by the
heat. The men quickly cut the ropes of the tent, and let
It fall in, thus escaping the tire, hut • quantity of
tarpaulin., ur.l to rover goals, were burnt, and, it being
impeeohle to put oat the Are when it watt main; the
crates were consume', and th• blase burnt itself out.
About £l5 worth of damage was done. Mr. Harrison,
Jon, declined to prosecute ad children who had cat
the tire—on account f their youth.
PENAIO/IEI curvet A VILE Ifoutia.—Joka Mow
jy.n,i,,,t and Fate Maeda*, alias Maria biadair. wore
suriou•ned by the pariah authorities, on tbe iuformation
of Harry Lee and Noah Stockting for keeping • diaoi
bowie—Kr. Hanne prosecuted, and Mr. Howard appeared
for defeadanta —Women and children were ordered out
of court, but it wm very largely attended by mon.—The
roam le • pensioner with a ....den leg, and Sinclair Is the
woman whom, at is former Court, be acknowledged as his
mistress : but an. was otul lir Mr. Hann* to be a
common street-walker —Mr. Howard on the pert of the
defendants, poinial out that the man bas only one leg,
ard he had umiertaken to have the town, and never m-
une • be would also pay a part of the cat., as much..
ever be could : but certainly he would entirely do away
with the IfiIiSADOB comptaisot of.—The cam was adjourned
until Friday, the parish authorities agreeing to this
doom, as they only wanted to abate the nuisance, and if
that were effectually done, they might not want to pro-
ceed any further with the cute.

A STY. mm IR ADANDOMID her Posit-Oslo-Some sensa-
tion ass caueed on Monday night by the report that a
steamer had foundered in the ChaaneL The report wee
howl upon fact, although we are glad to write that it
appears lives were saved, while at the time the news
was brought in it was not alsolutely true the sinking
veseel had gone down. The Cyrano, Captain ribber of
the Weymouth and Channel Island. Steampaeket
Company. was rather delayed on her pump home on
moadey erasing, Captain ',Usher having about three
o'clock, and when about SU miles &SW off Portland,
sighted &steamer flying mitosis of distrme A schooner was
standing by the steamer; but Captain Flisluor with true
humanity •nd promptitude bore down on her, and found
her to he the Diana, of Waterford, in • sinking condition. !
The crew were leaving and went on the schooner, • Dutch-
men, which thee went away to the westward. A very
beiavy sea was running at the time, with a gale from the
S.S.K The steamer, when last men was still afloat The
Diana is stated to be of about 321 tone.
131UPPINO News. -4 rrioals: Great Weetern, Blampied,
Cherbourg, permingers (3 times); Torch, Capt. Chitlins),
Barnstaple, nil; Prince, Hoovering, Bournemouth, pi-
oneers (twice); Revensworth, Lovell. Hartlepool. coal;
Rake, Yforria, Hartlepool,,coal ; South of Ireland, Pearls !
immense. (3 tunes); Cygnus natter i.e.,.
mae(2mwebratasies); Dine„_Mclinsay,
,WDover, nil; konobia,
&mires Cowes, nil ; Waterford, orland. Sunderland, ,
osal' Mary Allll4 Cook. Plrwouth. wheat; Serena, W. ,
ha... Daregamsoi, nil: oslabola Horton, Rochester,
cement: &tato% rale. J•rwg, apples; Plenbiannies
St. lain. Treguier, potabom; Liberty, Scott, ma, Sob;
William Dyer, Hayward, Shields, cool. —Sailing.: Julie,
Crosby, Guernsey. ballast; South of Ireland, Pearls
Cherbourg. pasee:c
.(3 times); Liberty, Scott, fishing, !
nil : Priam Bow Bou•DrmoublirPreeneenjtwice);
Florence Mlrimullfo t. Seeking. : Groat Western,
Blampied, Cherhourg,,passengers (twice); Liffey. Henry,
Cardiff, nil ; Cream. niehaf• Jefewl• general time,);Ocean Lade, Paul, Portland, nil.
Foassrmie' Diem= M117110.-Atteient Order of !
Tweeters, Weymouth United District. The half-yearly
meeting of this rising district wee held in the Counci
cbsi:ibir, at the Town-hall, Weymouth (kindly lent by
Yr. Jib., andle, Mayor). on Maeda, last, when there
John Hunt D.O IL Joseph Dovey,
D. T., and W. C. T. Hounsell
D.B , together the following delegate,i-Brothen
Robb. (3151), Allen .."•131, theme. (406). Radar, WPM,
Rogers 1801), 0111 (Mho, Harwell (50130), Jamey (t 308
Roberts Kirk Woods! ord (t.'"el. Turner 81109), W. Woods-
ford 814301, Tribley MM, Au W. Purchase, and
Beadle J. Booed The meeting ha.-. hop opened by
the DC 11,, end the credential. toilet:4a. - D.& es.
minutes of the teat meeting and of the distris. -seamijjea
were confirmed. The ialance•eheet was emu
auditor, from which we find that £5B was paid diarbig the
past six months in death claims, and SAO added to the
fonds the worth of the district fund now being
/CP It.. OIL Resolution' were passed nominating We),
month for the High Court, oleo that the district meeting
be hold every October at Weymouth. The report from
Court MU (Abbotebury) showed that the sistecription
made through the District on behalf of the widow
and two clad inn of a brother loot in FL Mit Eurydice last
Starch, realized gll Br.. J. Davey was elected
D.C.11,
,and Bro. R. Mahler, D.&C.R... for the ensuing
year. The various committees having been appointed, it
was decided that the April meeting in IS'9 should beheld
at Lul worth. A vote of thanks to the Mayor for his kind'
sea In allowing the use of the Councibchamher wee
pastel, after which the meeting wee closed in the usual
form by the the. It
Deere OP Ml. T. IieRTLITT-012 Saturday some of the
older tradesmen were graved by the new. of Mr. Thomas
Bertlett's death. Mr. Bartlett witn at one time • baker.
and very well known la the town, partly on amen ot of his
ship owning and budding. Two of the ohlmt yawls in
our pot were built by him-one "for his fancy,' as he
mid, the other "f.n. hie frolic "-and the Frolic and the
Fancy long sided out of the port; the former being
destroyed not long aao, while the old Fancy still keeps the
ems though we 01•6111 she'. like the old knits, which "had
new blades and new handles many a time. Mr. Bartlett
was also many years in the Town Council, being two or
three times elected, and ahewed much straight: orwerdness
geniality, and comnionaense. He was • consieterit Liberal
in p dines So well established did he at one time consider
binsalf that ha Indulged hi. love of hunting, and followed
the sport on his own Ursa But of lets year@ dropsy and
a e„,apiimpais ther almento have reduced him in
health and estate: he had been hying somata:me in
GlousretereLim, and at others in Maidenhead, Berko; het
lately nom-tied home, in order, as be said. to "dl. at
Wet-mouth.' It aeords • noteworthy instepe of change
In human &lairs that one formerly so kindly, an
infiuential. not so esteemed it kir. Bartlett war, should,
when be returned here, bare so dropped aimed out of
public knowledge that it was rather &shock to find he had
died near the Railway-station, • comparatively poor man;
hen we am Pad to hear that there was grim hope in his
death.
• Rawer TOO" Huts."-Os Tuesday Gawp Anitme. was
summoned for having an unwholesome rabbit for sale in •
the market -Mr Hume appeared for defendant, and !
objected that Andrew. wee with selling to one
cagier-ens but according 00 the of Paaliaineat under
which apspieding wen taken certain preliminary Maps
must be gone rough. The food ought to hays been
seined by Use medical Aker or hie assistant or the in-
Bisector of niiisancee, and brought before the inagietrates
to be dealt with. At the time the Inspector got bold of it
It pea not exposed for sale, but It was taken afterwards to
e inspector. He contended the objection was fatal and
ea. :or-median fell to the ground -On the advice of Mr.
Ardaa the Broth derided to hear themes. -John Trembtt
cacin.raol last Sotuni ay bought rabbit ha dm
Nark. 5%,.A " • ' • ti.l (the debtodsat'll
That raTbeePti7• "' up Is frost ho. shop b°;ogrhitt,
which • i baring es wa• rads to which I
be Psid - "Yoe: it woe only testanti
defendant Mph.. ,
it y •
Ms took it horse Flr cr!nr:37;7ld."-'s:l4s.kiilenalti
Ind took It b•r..k to dolmas took io
boa man sod
ez214.., &Anis wiw—iaat wouldn't &say it. I
t it beck twit el zaa
!. bat irks : Saw
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did wet nodes aeything abed the cednr.-11r. Hasid
It Welt have bees a ad for whet Yee helm
No. I saw the skin—(Orossomainination coutlnued. The
raWt had been wade& When he aups back he told
Mr. Andrews it dank. Did not say the rabbit wu •
small on. and lin mother would have one next weak. Saw
no diaciolouratlon and did not think the rabbit wee gone
off 11311011. Had. bought one or two of Mr. Andrews
before; also a fowl. Carried the rabbit up and down the
street before he (Uaeowesid it did stink.
hankie of NUJ/angle, said on Saturday night the lad
witness and his father came with • rabbit which be
found smelt very badly, and rent P.C. Mac Mahon w lb
It to Dr. Tilled, whose lowtificate he produced. It was
rondemned, they destroyed it. Dr. nand condemned it
If he had taken it he should have taken it to • magistrate.
By the Bench: The rabbit was certainly unfit for bunaa
food, and had he aeon it be would have nixed it. They
tried to keep ; but it got so bed they were obliged to
destroy it Should think it might had been skinned four
end twenty hours. It was damp and clammy, and black
at the nick; It also smelt badly inside. Should think
Ude was a trapped rabbit, and might have bean caught
round the neck in atone ; but the Whole rabbit smelt bad.
It woo certainly a rabbit no man would have
Was not fond of high game hboaelf.—P.C. flub=
received the rabbit from the boy, and Yr. Vickery
ordered him to take it to Dr. ?turd. He did so and
brought it back again Oresexamined by Mr. Hanoi:
Hadn't got the rabbit fever, but the fieeh smelt so had
that Mr. Banns would not like to have it here now. Dr.
'Mud found the rabbit very moist and offensive, and it
had • sickening Putrefactive odour, and wee quite unfit
for human food. ose-examined : Did aot examine any
part particularly. Fresh meat would glisten, but it
would not be very moist The carrying about wee not
long enough to produce such an alteration in • rabbit fit
for food. Considered the whole unfit for food;
nienmear
he would hardly consider fit, in such • small if
the other part wen unfit. Mr. Heaps again argued t
the rabbit ought to have been seen by • magistrate, and
the Act of Parliament not being complied with, they had
no power to taint a penalty. The Mayor said the medical
dicer in this ens waa also &justice of the pawn net
did not think there could be a quibble about It. Mr.
Hans urged that • medical officer could not act at the
same time in his dual capacity as • magistrate. The
Mayor 000sidand they would be quite justified in over-
ruling the objection of Yr. Hanna Yr. Arden thought
they had better hen the case ou its merits and reserve
the point railed by M. Hans, for future aoseideration.
Mr. Hanna urged Yr. Andrews Wee a reepactable man,
and used to this line of hulas., otheeeriao Mr. Ciewkersin
would not hays trusted his boy to go and buy the rabbit
Ni doubt it win • small on.; but being young, It we
worth as much as or more than, an old rabbit twice its
weight The carrying about and handling no doubt
reduced the rabbit to the state it was seen in by Dr.
Timed, it was almost enough to reduce it to pulp He
ailed Dean Stokes. who anise on badman in the
market, a pock butcher. On Saturday evening, Mr.
Andrews showed him a rabbit in the presence o(Cockerarn„
who had it la his hand. T'he cruelest fault he could we
In it was that it was too small. Only saw it in Mr.
Andrews's hand, sad believed it was bettor than maay
add there. Had men many worse sold there.—Tke Mayor
and Mr. Ragged wen very sorry to hear it it ought aot
to be on—John Randall, greengrocer, saw the rabbit
brought back to Mr. Andrews. He did not take it in his
hand; but it seemed to be quite white and good, than did
not run to be anything the matter with It— Decision
reserved till the next morning. the Bench having no doubt
about the facts, sod the Mayor remarked the statement
of Mr. Stocks—that many worse rabbits are sold in the
market, would be • very inverses= for treating the case
with more striders than they otherwise would have dons.
The Bach would take lone to madder the technical
objectlan aimed by Mr. Harm
Met fferferd, Mrs. Twtbriclys, J. T. tendon, had irel4
toactoe. dies Veda appeared to an adjourned
summon.— ILL Howard appeared for defendants and
Haw aired that all parties might be hound over to keep
the peace, and soother ease might be adjourned to allow
time for the parties to leave the town If the oases were
gone into, there was • whole file of witnesses to be
exastined.—The Bach said that it would meet their
views to have all parties bound over; did Mr. Howard
object / —Yr. Howard objected to nothing • but parties
whom he had known for Ming years had been stonenned
st six o'clock at night to cense here at 11 o'clock in the
morning, sad In considered there was not time to meet
the Caen There was • rule in the county that two days
should be allowed, or at heat 24 hours Unwise the sernos
of the summon, and the haring. Mrs. Harked was •
person who was of unblemished shantoter, and who bed
then deepest sympathy on account of her greet kolas,
and he strongly evaded her or any one elm being
summoried no such • short notice; at least the parties
summoned now were not murderous-looking people.—
Francis Stoating was crossanunined : How many times
bau you been in this Court f—A. Only for a
whine as except in One tag., which I was not
guilty of —for breaking open my nephew's chest.
Had 'nen in the district two or three year.; but
did not know bow lone Mrs. Harlond had been there; she
was a very lad woman. Had not insulted defendants,
never called them robe., or said she'd do for them. Did
not know they had asked for her to he removed out of the
court for quarrelling, hut they had been to her landlord to
get bee out of the house; but the landlord told her to
remain. —Thomas Gillard was also put in the box and
onsueexamined and had known Mrs. Stocktitog about two
run; she and her daughter. he and his wife, lived in
Upwey street —Albert Warren Stockting, cross-examined,
said defendant, frequently abused lois mother ; but she
never called thou boi names.—Mr. Hann had five or six
more witnesses, but did not wish to take up more time.—
Mr. Howard for the defence, said Mrs. Ilarforil is • person
of good character, and through the loon she had sustained
at the Rath accident. of her husband and daughter, she
hail sympathy of the public. and never bolter shown than
towards her. Mrs. Tunbridge be had known for 20 years,
her husband was ve industrious, and she was • person of
undoubtedly gisid diar.ctur. But all at once they are
found out by Mrs. itockting to be .langerotts characters.
The real reason was that these people had been to the
landlord. and asked kiln to remove her so • quarrelsome
neighbour, bonuse the neighbourhood was frequently dis-
turbed by Mrs. Skating s quarrelsomenesi. An offer
had been mail, that al parties should be bound over; but
after one side tad 1.1.4 b heard and the evidence bad been
published,. It ought be by the newspapers, be should
never have c imented . thu matter being climed without
the other side being hoard The characters of then poor
people were all they hal. they were aa dear to them am any
one glees. Iltat nose, laving made that statement, if it
woo the opinion of the Bench that the peace of the court
would he best preserved by all parties being bound over to
keep the peace, be was Willing on his part for them to be
bound over.—The Mayor first expressed the Con-
viction of the Bench that on preuuro had bean
put upon Mrs. Studding to make her say what
die dia. They thought it beet that both partiss should toe
bound over to keep the peace, and that would beet secure
the ends of peace and trunnion—Mrs. Stockting : I
wish to have my character cleared up; I won't lie under
• bad character for her. —The Mayor: You had better, my
good woman, sit down—Mr. Rune desired it to be
noted that his client was only bound down by consent.—
Mr. Howard said the consent wan on both Med.—This
Mayo.: It the consent is not mututl then it is no consent
at all.—All the parties were than bound down in £5 each
to keep the peace for three month.
tiecorsartit harvest tbiuokaci wing rervices have jut been
. held in Lower Bond-street Chapel. On Sunday three
' sermons were preached by the Hien E. Bolton and W.
J. Tubb, and on Monday a public tea was provided, of
which a considerable number partook. Afterwards • well-
attended public rant= was wended over by Mr. W. C.
T. Houneell, addressee being delivered by Meows. Hicks
and Panto of Channinster, and the 1t... W. J. Tubb.
The sale of fruits, flowers, vegetables, Itec., of which there
was a goodly array, given for the occasion by various
friends, then took plac,. and all, of nearly all, was
speedily disposed of. The financial rotten are very
in
jgit uratsler Ciao—On WedneedaY last before the
Mayo, (Mr. Lundie) and Dr. Drew, Guns A
market man, appeared again to the ad loomed summons,
for riling a rabbit unfit for food.—The Mayor said the
magistrates had looked into ths case which was brought
before them yeaterdaY morning, sad then was some slight
doubt in their minds about the technical objection brought
by Mr. Hanna on Andrews's behalf. As to the merits of
the ease, and his having sold the rabbit is • state unfit
for food, there was not the alighted doubt. He must
understand the ass was very clearly proved; but there
was Mlle doubt as to the technial objection raised by
his solicitor, and they would sire him the benefit of the
doubt. The magistrates wished the whole of the ponces
who attended that market to be more particular as to the
sale of food than in the past, especially as one of defen-
dant's own witasess had stated yesterday that many •
worse rabbit bad been sold than that complained of. The
narrow escape Andrews had had We morning would, His
Worship hoped, be enlicient warning to him and the rest
of the market people that sellers of bad food would he
manly dealt with. Andrews's acquittal was entirely
osr10( to can of the technical objections reined by Ids
solicitor, on which they had given him tho benefitsl the
doubt.

A COWARDLY Scam,. —Prank ilstr, a plasterer. WY
summoned for uniting his wife; but when the can was
galled upon, Beer at dirt appeared alone The 'magistrates
were determined that the wife should appear, and she
was fetched. She then wee evidently very unwilling to
Fire iridium, and the husband said she wanted to make
at up. The wife at length said he bad been married about
five months, beta day or two ago her husband was angry
with her because she did not understand &boot his dinner,
when he struck her, and she was afraid to stay in the house,
and went and slept at her father's. He had illtrented her
at other tins..; but she wanted to make it op—The man
said he wag at work at the other end of the town, at
Union-Place, and lived at Chapelry. It took him hall an
hour to go between the place of work and his home, and
when he got home his dinner was not ready. When he
spoke to her, she said she did not understand, and they
had a few words; but he denied striking hes.—The Mayor
told defendant be ought to have borne with his wife
'-;aileof striking her; she was evidently very den. —lt
;1174.atitiod to the wife that her husband was only
ulathout punishment on her recommendation,
and t
the magistrate's crate, ...shr again, she .11. to apply to
would get a warrant for Beer.
—The defendant was callle.
s
which cast • Wu"' tool to :He when it
hilling costa at
remarked by Mr. Arden that it 100 was
threatening hie wife then. —Dr. Drell ~....,accu;7`,...."•••
apical name about his behavour, and warner
tha
the fact would be recorded, of his having ripper.' fee
assaulting hie wile, and It would be the worn for him It
be were brought up again.
Till DIORAMA AT THR BURDON.—Menrit. Poole and
Young have done justice to their old-established reputa-
tion by the provision they have made for a most
enjoyable entertainment at the Burdon Hotel. Their
views of English, and Continental towns and scenes are,
as usual, in that artistic style which marks thew as true
paintings of high order, while the additional attractions
of the dioramic effect, are shown, the illuminations of
Berlin and Vienna being particularly brilliant;. sunrise,
the gradually Increasing light, the fall glare of day, and
again the decline, followed by charming moonlight effects,
were exhibited in vastly various pictures. Alpine ascents
and descents, with abundance of humorous but not
grotesque situations, to the lattle-field under different
lights and shades, the discharges and flashes of real guns
and shells. all combined to give great variety to the war
scenes There was also an unusual " affect produced by
using two pictures at once, ships being thus made to move
across the ocean, or trains wend gradienta. The
British Fleet entering the Dardenelles was thua
made • stately procession, and on e-reedy wagthe punt-
ing done that our old visitor Devastation was recognised
on accouat of the artist's attention to peculiarities. Among
the morn terrible of the pictures were those illuatraiing
the pliant defence of Monis, and the equally dePrmined
anaults by Bkobsioe. The views of Berlin. Vienna,
Moscow, St Petersburg, and Constantinople must be
mistimed also the grandniece'''. and yet most earefellv
nem but in fact every picture from London to, and
wank, the Connell. wee egoolleat The wenn were
well described, and we had also capital singing by Mr.
Law, a good igen, lino by Patt Bury, whose Irish
Isms= canoed (request roan at laughter and hearty
applause. The estertahunnt was eonanded with some
sentient Peters, of the Madeleine, Paris, with daylight
and larnpt ante, and the fitll blue of illuminaSoa
foe high men Keen without this, the exhibition was
abundantly soma, and the first part admirably imposesid
on the mind the facts as well the evils of the late war.
KWITNY TRIATITAL —The anima Abillikegheing for
which at Hone Chapel is made the occasion fee •
harvest, which
display of flod'il annual rifts, took place on
Wednesday last Mr. Webb, Mr. Bolt, Sc., kindly pent
fruits, corn, and flowers with shrubbery, and with theme
the chapel wee trimmed ; although, owing to the weather
In the morning being so violent and wet, the friends did
not get out eo early, and there was not time to
make so elaborate a display as is sometimes done
A festoon of green branches and dowers hung in front
of the organ gallery, and the pulpit was gaily adorned
with fensone and wreaths of van-coloured dowers looped
tip with rich bunches of purple end white Mapes from
Mr. S. Webb's politic vines. Mr. Boils awes were
abliadent sad tastefully distributed, and Pune looked
pretty, Wag co thole wire branches. The
OMI= tibia was alai* covered with traits
!Meese In vaess. s,; there wars two loaves of bread.
.esiver we yeomen& Gee euesbaseeof vesseabisThe e
•mgarmalla saw NO al She *opal egg I

same shwas, sad mill eameiged of peen wrentill-
Amon( those who amielei the_paistor (the Rev,
_W. Lewin)
_
in the decorations were this Nimes Webb, Hrs. Wad.
Mrs Carter, and Yrs S. Kass. In the eveaing there
waa a thanksgiving service,
_whoa the body of the chapel
was well allec. The musleal " piece of the colonise was
the anthem—" He thaa tooth forth and wissirith• hwiair
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with reloiriolt,
bringing his sheaves with hint. This wee most
plemingly rendered by the choir, although they
were rather short of base oath's The Rs, J. S.
Butcher, of Upwey, gam an address. An sporstuisto
psalm was read and prayer offered by the pastor, who
also gave an address wherein he &moved the adorn-
ment of the chapel at harvest servlce. It was reit'
suitable, be said, they should adorn it with the things of
beauty which God gives, and remind ourselves that it is
Hsi who bestows them upon us Home bad thought
such adornment was dangerous, as leading to Ritualism ;
but the teachiug there was not such that there would be
danger of our being led to worship God by grochas, and
so getting to worship the symbols thesamlves, or that we
should worship the glues well as the Giver, and so fall
Into Pantheism, for there we are taught salvation is may
from the invisible Saviour. He gave some description of
the first of tabernacles nutmeg the Jews, and expressed
hope of • revival among those around Hops Chasel is
elsewhere. —The choir very nicely sang anthems and
duets, besides the hymn. ia *Li& the osamepoitiss
joined.