The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-06 00:00:00

WITXOI7TH.

THI Ireukx BD—The Royal Italian Band paid
a v"luntary visit to Weymouth on Monday jut, and
played a selection of music in the new gardens. The
authority have again engaged this band for the coming
season, and they will enter upon their professional
duties on the 15th of June next.

AT the Borough Petty Seuiona, on Tuesday, before
bluer& Hopkins (chairman). Abbott, Raggett and
Robens.—ZUrn Motcy aliu Garnet!, WU summoned
for hawking without • license. —P.O. Bulien saw the
defendant in Lennox-street hawking from door to door.
—Fined, including costs, is.

nig MIDNIGHT SKI% —John &anon, a dock labourer,
was brought up in custody charged with sleeping out
and not having any visible means of subsistence. P.C.
Cooper auout two o'clock that morning found prisoner
asleep in a rude hut, on the Moths. Prisoner, who
appeared to be a hale hearty fellow of about 30, stated
that he had not been able to get lodgings and was
obliged to sleep out. Prisoner had from time to time
given no end of trouble to the guardians and to Liar,
police. —Twenty-eight days' with hard labour.
A COURT FAVOURITL - -Charles Circa was summon ea
for beingdrunk and creating an oh.truction in St. Mr ry-
strt et ou Saturday evening last—P.C. Bartlett. a' 'out
a quarter to nine o'clock ace defendant with two
trucks *4 in.; greens and fruit, lie warn dram, ; and
causing .111 obstruction by his conduct. P.B. Apsey
cold defer:dint was very seldom sober. The Cl airman
(Mr. sail as this was the 20th er
recorded against defendant he would be fined for being
drunk 54., for the obstruction 10s, and costs., animating
to £1 ie. Paid.

THE LATE DORNIT INDUSTRIAL ENHY R/TION.—IR
acconlance with • resolution passed at the lima meeting
id the C immittee of the late succeasfu I Exhibition,
Mr. W. Nlordaunt 'rhiselton, the macre miry. has just
sent £2O to the Dorset County If osiiit at, £2O to the
Royal Weym itith Hospital, 1:10 to the IVeyznouth
and County Eye Infirmary—a Par', of the •urplus
balance. We hope during 1630 to see another
Industrlal Exhibition," held eithcr at Dorchester or
Poole, for the last was the MMUS f doing much good
in the County of Dorset.

RICIAMILNIC ENTERTAINNIKT.—htiss Annie DeMont-
i," hoc last week been giving • series of mesmeric
entertainments In the Assembl v.rooro• at the Royal
Hotel, to crowded audiences. The lady succeeded so
well in her selection of subjects upon which to
operate as to have them perfectly under her control,
and so interesting were the experiments that the
audience again and again testified their high appreci-
ation by frequent outbursts of applause. Mies
DeSlontford's powers as a mesmerist are of a high
order, and place her at the head of her mystic
profession. The performances vary each evenins;, and
the interest never lags from begituung to end.
TUB DOWNWARD DOA.—At the Borough Police
Court on Wednesday, before Dr. Drew and Messrs.
Abbott and Haggett, lUcia Bartlett, an unfort•anate,
was charted with being found in ' I rinity-ros i, the
Frevious evening, drunk.—P.C. Bartlett wee obs duty
in Trinity-road when he saw the prisoner in the state
described. He thought she was not in a fit state to
take care of herself, and took her to the station for
protection.—Mr. Supt. Vickery stated that prisoner
drank to such an extent as to produce softening of the
brain, and he thought she should be sent to Dor-
chester, where she could be examined by a medical
man.—Dr. Drew considered this • most lamentable
case, seven previous convictions Using proved against
her. She was sent to Dorchester La. 14 days, and the
Chairman would ask her, for Heaven's sake, to try
and amend her life.

VZSTRT /111 TING -A vestry meeting for the
parish of SL Mary's was held on Thursday last. The
Rev. Talbot A. Greaves presided, and there were
al., present—the Rev. T. A. Falkner, Dr. I irew,
and ?drum Hunt, Tigwell, Rowe, Raftbett, Lad G.
Andrews, jun., vestry clerk. The business bet, ,re the
vestry was to elect churchwardens for the ensuing
year, and to receive a statement as to the apt Sinaloa
of the offertory. The Rector tendered hie sank. to
the churchwardens for their kindness and dir gence in
the discharge of their duties during the put *year, and
after passing • compliment on the ureic, am of Mr.
Tigwell, he nominated Mr. G. Andrews. jt in., as his
churchwarden for the ensuing year. Mr. Rowe pro-
posed Mr. Sidny S. Milledge as the pads h warden.
Dr. Drew seconded the proposition. which a rag carried,
Mr. Tigwell, after thanking the rector Anil Mr. Rowe
for their kind feelings towards him, read a is statement
accounts, from which it appeared that the receipts
were 1.144 12s. 7d., being considerably less than last
year's. The Rector thought there was, no need for
diecouragement in regard to the colic alone, which
were accounted for by the depression in trade. Dr.
Drew remarked that there had been a great many
calls [Wen the parishioners for chanty during
the put year. The accounts were then passed.
A conversation then ensued MI to the desir-
ability of inviting a number of members of the
congregation to meet together in commit tee to
consider whether they might not in some way
vary the plan cf the offertory collections, and a
reulution was adopted on the subject. The proceed-
ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Rector
for presiding—The annual meeting of the Christ
Church vestry wu held in the echo 'boost on Friday,
at noon, the Rev. T. A. Greaves presiding. The out-
going churchwardens. Maj .1. Sykes and Mr. J. J. R.
Short, were re-elected. The statement of accounts
was read, and considered satisfactory. Mr. Short
etated that the amount handed to the rector for pay-
ment of the curate's fund was about 1.16 MOTO this
year than last, whilst the church expenses were about
1:20 lase ; this he attributed to the absence through
illness of the Rev. J. Fox. The offertories for the
sick and aged were only 21 less than the former year.
Reece's° TO GO TO Ses.--Nine 'earner, belonging
to the ship C. A. Belyea, of Liverpool, S ere brought
up before • Weymouth Bench of ms .gistrates on
I Thursday evening, charged with wilful and continued
disobedience to the commands of Thong- soft Chapman,
the captain. Mr. Howard appeared fc r the men, and
Mr. Hanne ; rosecuted. It appe wed from the
evidence of G. Howard Carter, the chief officer, that
the ship was on her passage from one of the Bolivian
ports with • cargo of guano. She came into Portland
Boasts on Thursday morning, ehogt of provisions.
That (Thursday) morning he ordered the men to man
the windlass in order to proceed to sea, but they
refused—their reason being that they were afraid t
prome.l f or, ber nib L-e.r captain. In croes-examina-
. tints, witne.4 WA. I,ta c,rtiticated inate ;
0(13 could not i.e procured when the bhip left the last
port. The 1.1,11e11L capt in was second mate at one
time. A chief mats was taken on board at Bombay
in May last, but he was discharged for misconduct.
Her former captain also left her at the same time,
being very ill. Wit Lem and the captain had been
promoted to their present posts. The ptesent captain
had been fined 200 rupees at Bombay for ill-treating
seamen by handcuffing and chaining them to the
stanchions. Becaue they refused to proceed to sea.
they were pot in irons and afterws.rde taken before
the authorities, but the men were set at liberty and
the captain fined. After further evidence had been
adduced. witness, on being pressed by Mr. Howard,
admitted that he had seen the captain in a boat the
previous day in Portland harb.mr the worse fur
drink. When the men retuned to proceed to sea that
morning be informed the captain. The men said
they wanted to go before a magistrate. There was •
nasal offi .er on h ,ard that morning, but he could not
hear what the men aaisl to bun. He bat not hear.l
the cry of "Murder " the wet i‘ms evening from at, ,y
on ls,ard, nor had he seen the captain kick him. fie
tol.l the In Ito ke,t, out of the c quaio's road, l'he
by complained that the captain hail beaten him.
Mr. Howard here said that the case was beginning to
assume sus *arbors' an sleet that be must sok for a
remand, as he should like to communicate with the
Board f 'Trade. An mg erement WAS then agreed
to Lill Friday morning at 10 o'clock. It was Matel that
most of the men were entitled to about £4O wages each.
A summons was also seamed them against the captain
for refusing to a'loy them to come on e;nare to see a
magistrate—The rime WWI again appeared in court on
Friday morning, before I. Drew and Mr. if. Haggett,
Mr. Howard and Me. Hanna were also present.
Mr. Haase stated since the adjournment the previous
wising, communications by bad takes pleas