The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER RTFLS VOLITNTEE/tS.
The fifth annual meeting of the 3rd D.R.V. (Dor-
chester) took place at the Townhall, on Monday
evening. There was a eery large attendance of rifle-
men, and the Hon. Chaplain the Rev. James Fisher,
and Robert Davie, Esq., were also present.
Captain COOlOll, who has received his commis-
sion, dated 2ilth January, said in meeting them on their
fifth anniversary, and at the commencement of this
year'e service, he was I.appy to say that he had nothing
but congratulations to offer so far as the corps itself
was ooncerned. They numbered that night more by
three efficient members thau had been the case since
they had become effective, and they had 63 effectivee,
earning £1 each from the Government against 60 of last
11111111 and he was happy to say that out of those 63
only 11 against 1401 last year had not qualified them-
selves for the extra allowanoe. Out of this 11 he
thought there had been five or six who had been
issapsailated for drill from illness. They might say
that out of the 63 men who had attended the requisite
number of drills, almost 60 had done that which
rendered themselves effectivea for the corps. He thought
this somewhat arose from the course adopted in the
spring of hat year, for they remembered they wets
taken by regular squads, and put through their dein
shooting. That plan appeareri to have answered well.
and he purposed this year to pursue the same courmi
with one exception, that he should have the third
Glass shootings gone through before the others wens
gone on with. The drills last year, he believed, were
on the whole well attended, and there was no alteration
proposed in them. With regard to their accounts,
they wound op with a very fair credit of £l7 15s. Sd.
£262 4s. 4d. had been laid out for equipments and
clothing, and the great coats were provided out of that
earn, missed in • great measure told upon their funds.
It was absolutely necessary that they should get more
aubacribers than they had, and he hoped it would be
the effort of every member of the corps to add a
enbeeribef to the list. They had lost Mr. Percher and
Xe, Edward Lower as subscribers to the corps,. the
%ewer by death, and the latter by giving up bunny.
In the town. These were things they must always
expect, and endeavour to provide for. He would reams*
mend that the committee should meet and coneide*
whether there could be any redaction in the outlay ef
the poem and also to consider whether they could'
not seek for farther subscriptions. The band fund bad
prospered, notwithstanding that a bill of £26 had been
paid for restoring the instruments. This arose from the
services of five years, and was an expense which must
attend the constant use of musical instruments. After
paying all expenses on that fund there was a balance in
hand sif Ed or £5 from the subscriptions of last year.
He must say one word in favour of the bandmaster,
who, he was told, (as be was no judge of music ttimself,)
had made the band more efficient than it ever had been,
and had given general satisfaction. (Applause.) The
corps had formed their first experiences last year of
gotta, service by going to camp, and he was sure every
ens who was present had brought away with him •
lively sense of pleasure daring the five days they spent
at Lidworth. (Applause.) They had seen from the
public prints how that matter wound up,
and how- that through the liberality of two
gentlemen (Hr. Start and the Earl of Eldon,) the whole
ezpense attending that meeting had been discharged at
• cost to them of £125. Now Colonel Mansel felt that
he could not go into camp and ask support from thees
gentlemen again, and there was a project for obtainias
• larger area of subscriptions, so that if towns did not
some forward with their £lO they would not go
to camp again. He then explained that there
was a talk of intek riflemen paying fis. in order to de-
fray the roost of din gathering, and said it was • matter
for their atinsideration whether a week's holiday and •
week's less et time would enable them to give Is. to go
to amp.' They would not have to pay for their keep,
bat, on the other band, they would lose their
They would have a pleasant outing, and it mighlatelit
matter worthy of their consideration, which it would %
well for them to discuss, and then let him know whetha
they would be &spilled to contribute towards going
mum. Thews was one blank which they all regret
at the camp, and throughout the whole of Libya&
diet their Captain was prevented, by the state of his
health, from attending the services he bad rendered for
this previous four years, sad that be was compelled
to 'withcluirer from them. They must all regret the las
f • man who had given them so much of his timaior
e Need% of the company. (Applause.) Hie weaned.
bard as he meld, but the proved
at the close of the year of an enferasd aKmee of
years prevented any idea of his continuing
command, especially as a matter, which,
is accordance with the rules of the War Office,
could not be carried out. If they had two Ensigns
they might carry oat the work of the Company
until the rat:cation of their Captain's health.
The resignation was sent in, and as they were aware.
from the letter they received, was accepted. This
caused • serious consideration as to who should fill his
pleoeousl,rather ampler, he found aerial's amongst the
nava tad tamed their eyes to two gentlemen whom he
had. He saw them both. The first, after going into
this matter, and he (Mr, Coombs) explaining to him
what amount of personal exertions it would entail upon
Ida if he took the command, declined, and declined in
thoie terse' which left him no room to again approach
him, became he gave him (Lieut. Coombs) to
understand that he could not and would not
nadertake the duties. Ile then saw the second,
from whom lie met with the same difficulty.
A. they were aware he alluded to Mejor Sykes and Hr.
Williams, of ilerringetone. The former was so situated
that be did not actually live in the town. He resided
at Weymouth, whilst his places of business-was at Dor-
chester, and he could not, with any due regard to his
personal time or comfort, give his time to the corps.
He (Captain Coombs) was rather pleased to find that
neither the corps nor himself had made • bad hit in
selecting these gentlemen, because he found it coincided
with the captain's opinions, be having been to them
previosialy. It then came a question to look around
farther, but he found no one that he could fix upon,
and Colonel Manuel then repeated • suggestion which
he had made before that he (Captain Coombe) should
take the command of corm.- (Load applause.) He
confessed he looked at this offer with no small degree of
pride and trepidation, for he felt he was taking a great
deal more than he should be equal to ; but he had et
last accepted the offer with the full knowledge and fa
belief that every one present would be anxious and
desirous to help him, and that they would not be sib.
pleased with the promotion falling upon him. (Great
applause.) An old officer of the corps had returned to
Dorchester, and expressed his desire to be once more in
shear ranks, and even said to some of its members, rather
than not be in it at all he would be • drummer
boy or anything. He mentioned this to their
present • Ensign, whom Colonel Mensal had 'rated
the " belonged to as a military right, when
he 'it Mr. Devenish comes I will
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babit 04 taking a man's word ante whether or not he
had attended the number of drills. Captain Coombe
then explained that the reason why he withheld the
prize wee because Sergeant Homer had not given
notice his illness, but stated that he had since seen
Dr. Aldridge, who informed him that he forbade the
Bevgeant attending drill. He had now withdrawn the
prabibition, and Sergeant Homer could take his prise;
bet in commencing a new year be mutt say that every
man when on sick, leave must send in a
*Neat at least every third drill. This h
somewhat au eventful one in the hist of the
Volanteer p. for this year ended t,se term of
oats* of 'or-General, General Moldurdo.
Captain' read a circular which had
bees imined which volunteers were re-
teasio# t 1 with some testimonial 5'
a Imegthle ' s services. and 0
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LEGAL —A mongst the list of aneeessful candidates,
Hilary term 1865. who have passed their final exatni•
nations, we are pleased to find the name of Mr. C. A.
Roberson, who was articled t..) Thomas Coombs, Esq.,
of this town.

LONDON UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.
—Among the successful candidates we notice with
pleasure, the names of Mr. Edgar Cox (son of Mr.
Henry Cox' of Maiden Newton), Mr. A. Hollis, (Isle of
Wight), and Mr. John G. Williamson, London). All
these gentlemen were educated at the Dorchester
Grammar School, and were instructed by M. Clanton in
French. _ _ .

INquzwr.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, at
the Townhall, before G. Symonds, Req. coroner, on the
body of • shoemaker named John Lock, who met with
his death under the following circumstances :—Jane
Small mid she mended in Durngate-street. On Tuesday
evening, about nine o'clock, she went to see Mrs. Beall,
who resides in Church-street About 10 minutes
afterwards deceased came there. Witness then said
she must go, and Mrs. Seidl told her to leave the door
open in order that she might find her way down stairs.
When she had got down • few steps deceived came with •
candle to light her down, and cautioned her to be care-
ful of a turning in the stairs. When she reached the
bottom she said, "That will do, Mr. Lock; I am down
now." Witness went to speak to Mrs. Hardy, another
person residing in the house; but almost as soon as she
Ind done so, she heard deceived fall down stairs.
Mrs. Hardy went to see what was the matter.
and found deceased at the bottom of the stairs.
Mrs. Seal's door wee almost close to the stairs. She had
seen deceased in the house before. She did not hear
any noise on the top Of the stairs before deceased fell.—
Clement Christopher said he resided in the house where
Look met with his death. Whilst he was in his sitting
room on Tuesday night, he heard a noise as if 8011116
person was falling down stairs. He ran out with a
candle and found deoeased in the passage. He was
laying on his left side. Witness picked him up.
Blood was flowing from a alight wound over deceased's
left eye, and there was a quantity in the passage.
Witness did not believe he bres,thed after
he picked him up. Mr. Evans chemist, was
sent for, and also a doctor. Alter the doctor
crime deceased was removed into witness' room.
He had often seen deceased at the house—he brought
his clothes there for Mrs. Seall to wash. Deceased was
not intoxicated. When witness picked up deceased
the candlestick was found under him—Ann Seall said
she had known deceased jor four or five years. She
had washed his clothes for more than three years. He ,
, lived in Greyhound-yard. On Tuesday evening h•
brought her his dirty things to wash. When Mrs.
Small wan about to leave she said to her. "Mind shout
the stairs." Deceased then took a candle, and witness
' saw him at the tarn of the stain. She then heard bins
say, "Oh dear," and he immediately fell down
stairs. She thought he must have fallen down
four or five stairs. As she was us well she
could not leave her room immediately, but as soon
as Christopher had picked him up she went. He moved
his line but did not speak. She luid often heard him
complain of giddiness in his head. On Christmas-eve
whilst he was in her house ha had a fit, and would have
fallen off a chair if she had not caught him. She knew
he had fell down before in Greyhound-yard.—John
Good, Esq., surgeon, said he was called in to attend
deceased about half-past nine, but he was dead. He had
examined the body; there were no external marks of
violence, except • slight wound over the left eye,
from which blood had flowed. lie had no doubt the
cause of death was apoplexy. The wound over the eye
would not have been suflicient to have caused death.—
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
mediae! testimony.
WEYMOUTH AMATEUR DRAMATIC Soorarr.—The
members of this society are announoed to appear
a second time before • Dorchester audience on
Thursday and Friday evenings, the 9th and 10th
, inst., at the TownhalL On the first night the pieces
I will be, "The Miser of Shoreditch ; or, London
in ye olden time," and the popular extravagansa of " A
,Day after the Fair." The entertainment on the second
;evening will be " The Zingers Girl ; or a Woman's
Vengeance," concluding with tho farce of "A
Phenomenon in a Smock Frock." "The Miser of
Shoreditoh" has been played before a Weymouth
audience on several occasions, and has been received
, with the greatest applause. We think this one of the
best dramas that the amateurs have ever appeared in,
1 being well up in their respective parts. Of the drama
r "The Zingers. Girl," which is the production of one
of the amateurs, all we can say is that although it is not
known to fame as "The Miser of Shoreditch," having
only been produced for the first time last week on
the Weymouth boards, we think it is a play which
every one will admire. The farces are admir-
able, whilst the comic singing will form
.• moat
pleasant feature in the performances. We are glad to
be able to state that the entertainments will be under
the patronage of Captain Denne, and the Officers of the
A Battery of Royal Horse Artillery, and, considering
the:success which the amateurs experienced on their first
visit to the town, we have no doubt that the second will
be also very prosperous.

WEYMOUTH LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION.
On Wednesday evening, the let inst., a special
meeting of the members of this institution wail
convened at the lecture-room, for the purpose of
considering some resolutions which were to be sub.
mated, which it was thought would have the effect
of placing the institution in a more flourishing con-
dition than it is at present. Dr. Smith occupied the
chair, but the attendance was very limited.
Mr. BROWN said with the view of enlarging this
institution, a few of its members had considered it
desirable to make a proposal which they thought
would be well calculated to increase the present
number belonging to it. At present they numbered
only 70, and
.their revenue was £125. If the
iusittution had succeeded in anything, it was in
creating a debt of something like £lOO, which, in
the course of four or five years, had been reduced to
about £7O. In order to get the institution into a
better position, he suggested to the oommittee that
they should have a festival otoitte. For this they
rewarded him by asking if he would undertake the
iesponsibilitiee of organizing this aotree. Of coarse
when the time came he obtained the services of two
or three gentlemen to assist him, and they rmeceeded
in raising £B6—£42 by the anftee, and £44 by
subscriptions. (Applause.) The expenses connected
with it amounted. to £2O, leaving a balance of zse, a
sum of about £4 or £5 less thin the amount of debt.
After the accounts had been Made up, and the com-
mittee found the institution was in such a satis-
factory position, they thought the present would be
a good opportunity of endeavouring to organise some
plan whereby the institution might be kept out of
debt for the futstre ; they therefore drew up the
following propositions, the first of which he begged
to move, and was as follows 3.
" That the terms of membership be altered from their
present rates to the following: Class A 21s. per
annum with privilege of taking three books at • time,
and free admission to the reserved seats at lectufes and
concerts for two persons, Class B 10s. per annum,
with the privilege of taking two books at a time, and
free admission to front seats to lectures or concerts.
Class C., 5s per annum with the privilege of taking
one book at a time, and free admission to body of room
or gallery to lectures or concerts."
If what was done at Portland was any criterion to
go by, be thought that by thins creating two or three
different classes of tnenibers they could calculate
upon having a very large accession. If they made •
spirited effort he thought they mold obtain 200 or
800 additional members. There were sufficient
young men in the town who might be induced to
join the institution if the eommittee could offer them
an intellectual bill of fare worthy of their accept-
ance. Assuming they could get 250 additional
member, at Ss. each, that would give the institution
1111 income of £62 10a, and then they might add to
that, £20:19 the profits of an annual soiree, making *
total revenue of £B2 10s., in addition to the present
income of the institution. In ease these results
should ensue he proposed to expend £3O in making
their room comfortable; they need not pay that
rum all in one year, say £7 10s., or more if passible ;
£5 for an additional supply of gas, £25 for the
purchase or hire of new books, and £36 ss. Bd. for
additional papers and periodicals. From that sum
he deduct £lB 2s. 10d., which he thought would
be realized by the sale of papers, a copy of the Times
being alone kept for reference. He would then
have a stove and feel, which he had estimated at
£7 7s. ; extra furniture, £lO ; cleaning, £5. After
payment of all these expenses there would be a
balance to meet contingencies of £4 10s. Mr. Brown
stated that the institution frittered its money away
by having lectures and concerts. He alluded to one
instance in which the lecture?, fee was three
guineas, and stated that the receipts were only
Is. 6d. If the institution WAS improved in the
manner proposed, in the day time it would
accommodate the upper and middle classes, and in
the evening working men, and by these he meant
shopmen and mechanics. He would not allow
boys to become members, because the committee
knew what an annoyance they had been ,
before. With respect to concerts the com-
mittee spent too little. He contended that it
would be ter more judicious to expend. £2O over a
good concert than £6 over. bad one. He considered
there was great room for improvement in this
respect.
Mr. S. Mee; in seconding the proposition, rad
be felt assured that heretofore the Literary butte.
thin bad been conducted on • sliding-down-hill
scale. It had not been liberal enough to it, me*
ben, and there was not sufficient material, arbandy
young men might be attracted to the reading, room.
He would even carry out the improvements farther
than that mentioned by Mr. Brown. He would
have a room fitted up where draughts tad chew
could be played, and a room where men could
smoke. (Applause.) The committee could not keep
the institution going unless they had periodicals and
newspapers to the extent, or even more than Mr.
Brown had stated. He alluded to the time which
re new kept waiting for a -
which he remarked that if
to be carried out, the young men of W ay-
_.,uth would have a reading room second to none in
the county.
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leave the institution 15 or £2O in debt, which, of
oourse, ought not to be.
Mr. BOSWORTEI moved the eecond proposition,
which was :—" That a getioral meeting of members
and friends of the institution be held at the Royal
Concert Hall, St. Nicholaa-street, with a view of
inducing large numbers of the middle and working
classes to join the Institution." He remarked that

without Publicity they would never be able to
obtain an increased number of members, and the
Concert Hall being a new place would attract the
public, who would then hear of the advantages of the
institution.

Dr. Moomucap seconded the proposition, which
was carried. He afterwards proposed "that the
committee request Mr. Brown to accept the office of
hon. sec. to the institution." The present position
in which the society was in was owing to Mr.
Brown's kind efforts. He hoped that gentleman
would accede to his request. (Applause.)
Mr. Bnown said he could not undertake to accept
the office for the present, but he would assist the
committee to the best of hnrability. He wished to
tender his thanks to those gentlemen who had
assisted him in carrying out the late movement in
order to extricate the institution from debt. If ever
men worked heartily they did. There was no
division in their counsels, they were all of one mind
ready to listen to each other, and it WWII hie bounden
duty to acknowledge their services, for if they had
, not come forward and helped him he could have
done but little. Nine-tenths of the labour was done
by them, and they received many rebuffs. He
' should like one of the gentlemen to give them his
experience, for he thought it would not only be
amusing bet also instructive. (Laughter.)
The CHAIRMAN seconded the proposition, in the
course of which he alluded to the earnestness of
the gentlemen, and said they would not take nay for
an answer.

Votes of thanks were accorded to the ladies who
provided tea at the recent soiree, to the Chairman,
and Dr. Moorhead. The general meeting will
take place at the new Concert Hall on Wednesday,
the 18th inst.

WEYMOUTFI.—BOROOGEI SsaSIONS, Tuesday.—
Before the Mayor (Captain Browse) R. Cotterell, B.
Bayley, and W. Symonds, &qrs.
CAUTION TO LANDLORDS—IMPORTANT TO WITNESSES.
—Joseph Keeley, landlord of the Sun beerhouse,
Crescent-street, was summoned for selling beer during
prohibited hours.—Mr. Howard defended, and on being
informed that Major Nugent, the prosecutor in this
case, was not present, applied for an adjournment of
the case, in order that he might be, as he was an im-
portant witness on his client s behalf, and bad been
served with a summons to attend. He stated that if
the soldiers gave evidence be should, under • recent Act
of Parliament, proceed against them as eiders and
abetters, and they could be punished.—Mr Arden said
Mr. Howard could take out a summons, but then it
would remain with the magistrates to decide what
should be done.—Mr. Howard said the point of law in
question was • most novel one, and was of great import.
ance.—Mr. Arden asked the witness who stood in the
box if he would like to give evidence after whet he bad
heard ?—Sapper Shillinglaw said he would appeal to his
officers.—The Mayor: Previous to your being sworn do
you object to give evidence on oath ?—Witness : No.—
Mr. Howard: 1 shall summon him whatever the conse-
quences may be.—The Bench declined to grant an ad-
journment —Mr. Howard then desired them to Calltio n the
witness what would happen should he give evidence, but
this they would not do, but left it in the hands of Mr.
Howard.—Sapper Shillinglaw said on Sunday, the 22nd
'of January, between 11 and 12 o'clock in the morning,
he was at the Sun beerhonee, where he had a pint of
beer. Another Sapper was in the house at the time.
Some man drew the beer for him bat he could not swear
it was defendant. He paid for the beer. There were
some other persons in the house at the time. He re-
mained there about 10 minutes or • quarter of an hour.
—Cross-examined : He went there about 20 minutes
after 11. The door was being opened when he got to
the house to admit another Sapper He was
brought to give evidence by his Colour-Sergeant He
was compelled by his officers to come. He could not
tell whether his officers employed men to go to public-
houses so as to give evidence. He could not say what
person supplied him with beer. The door was shut as
Boon as he got in. He could not say that the other
persons were not lodgers. He had never been to the
house before on • Sunday. He had not been told by
his officers that he was liable to be punished as being an
eider and abetter.—By the Clerk The reason why
Major Nugent had taken these proceedings was because.
be was drunk when he reached the barracks. He did
not get) drunk at defendant's house ; some seems
gave him beer.—Defendant said the witness was drunk
before he left the Barracks.—Sapper David Me'Phttnn
was called, and the Magistrates Clerk ,having explained
the position in which he was placed if he gave evidence,
asked if be gave his testimony willingly, when he
replied that he did. Be then stated that on the
morning in question he was marched to
Trinity Church. He did not go there, but went to
defendant's house, between half past 11 and 12 o'clock.
He there had a pint of beer for which he paid, but he
could not tell whether defendant snpplied him. There
were four or five persons in the room, with cup' before
them, but he could not say they contained beer.- —Crow-
examined : When he knocked at the door it was closed,
but opened at his knock. He could net tell Oho
opened it. He was not drunk. He was ordered by
his officers to come here, if they had not he should not
have come. If he had not obeyed their orders his should
have been guilty of • breach of military discipline and
punished accordingly—Mr. Howard, in defence, said
this care, although a simple one, was one of the most
extraordinary he had been engaged in for sometime.
When he looked at the summons, and saw the
name of Major Charles Hodges Nugent, he
thought there was something very wonderful
about the case that an officer should tske upon
himself to issue a summons against a poor man. It
must be that he was exceedingly fond of law, and
wished to see his name in print. This was the man
who asked them to convict the defendant. He Was
glad to find that his consciertce was so tender, and that
he wished to defend public rights so well, and be (Mr.
Ho*ard) had issued a summons hoping that he would
have been present to show good cause why he had
adopted the course he had. The soldiers were said to
be willing vritneeses, but they all knew wh st soldiers
were. They were under officers and under orders, and
they had orders to be here. They knew what that'
meant ; they might be called what was liked, they might
be called willing witnesses; but the very fact of thole
men engaged In the teaneection having been brought
here, would never make 99 men out of 100 believe that
they were brought of their own free will and choice. He
maintained that they were most unwilling witnessee. He
had told them that they were liable to be charged as
alders and abetters, if they gave evidence. They
were the same as accessorise to • crime, and ware
liable to the same penalty as the party Who eommitted
the crime, and these Witness:see had uttered words which
would cOnviot them in this Court or in any other one. He
elliided to a case where • person gave evidence that he
went to a certain house and had souse beer, and said
that person was punished 64 well as the one who sold
the beer, and if this had been told to the soldiers they
would have asked their ethnics not to hate forced them
to march and give eridence here to-day. For a long
tent past he had understood the rule of evidence
to be that a man could not be convicted upon
the evidence of aecevories, but that that evidence
must be corroborated by some farther evidence. That
he had always understood to lee the rubs of le*: He
therefore contended that, What:e'er the Bench might
think abont the base, that they only had evidence
of accessories, and 48 such should be corroborated by
some other witnesses for there was no corroboration
whatever.—Mr. Arden: I cannot agree with you.—
Mr. Howard remarked that he was not the first magis.
trates' clerk he had differed from. He considered this
case was entitled to be dismissed. The proper amuse
would have been to have put the cage in the hinde of
the polico,fot there were is greed policemett in this treetn
as anywhere, and men whe had always done their duty.
Mr. Howard concluded eiyelleding to the good character
of his cliente and flaked the Bench if they were
determined to convict, not to impose a heavy
penalty. At the conclusion of his speech some
applause followed, which, however, was instantly
checked.—The Mayor, in giving the decision of the
Bench, said there was no doubt Mr. Howard had done
all he could for defendant in this ease, And he, had had
a good advocate on his behalf. Altheugh he had
alluded to defendant's goei eluttaeter, he (the Mayor)
could prove that gee erits net the first time he idiot his
!meet Open on Sundays. Since he had been in office
he had had three complaints against defendant' s house,
and had ordered the police to *stem it. He
knew defendant hatboured people in his house Sunday
after Sunday, and could bring witnesses to prove it if
called upon to do so. The case had been proved
that defendant mold beer to the parties who were
in the house, and defendant must know that was
contrary to law. He was very sorry that Mr. Howard
had been so harsh upon the officers, but that was not his
business.. Soldiers knew they must obey the orders of
their officers, and it Was their duty to endeaeotir to
stop drunkenness, And as far as Major Niigent was ton.
earned he had only done his duty.—Defendant was
fined £l7i. 10d., including costa.—Mr. Howard applied
for immunities' against tbe witnesses as being eiders
and abetters with defendant, which were 'granted.
POLICZ COURT, Friday.—Before the Mayor and E.
Bayley, Req.
Andrew Shillinglaw and David MoPhunn, of the
Royal Engineers were charged for that they did on
Stinday, the 22nd of January, at Melcombe Regis,
procure Joseph Keeley, the keeper of a Irerhouse
called the Stun, to open his house for the Wile of beer
between the hours of eleven and twelve in the fore.
noon of that day, oontrary to the statute made and
provided.—Mr. Howard prosecuted, and the case
appeared to create considerable interest. —Mr.
Howard said the prosecutor, Keeley, was brought
here last ootut•clay, and fined Upon the evidence of
defendants, who went to his house on the day in
,question, and had some beer. They then proved
,they went to the house, knocked at the deer, the
door was opened, asked for some beer, and paid for
it. After this they came before this Court sad
gave their evidence, upon which Keeley was fined
IL He wished to shelter the witnesses at that time,
and tried to make out that they were compelled to
give evidence, but the Bench took a different view.
Had they been unwilling witnesses there might have
been some extenuating circumstances, but they were
not. In Jervis's Act there was a clause which stated
"That any person who shall aid, abet, counsel, or
procure the commission of any offence shall be liable
to be proceeded with, and convicted either together
with the principal offender or on his own conviction."
I No one could deny but that defendants were the
men who procured the commission of the offence
for which 'Keeley was fined, and as such were liable
to be punished to the same extent as the principal
offender. He did not see any extenuating cironm-
'Canoes at all why defendants should not be punished
Oen than Keeley; they ought to be punished more.
The person who procured the commission of an
t=ime far more guilty than the 'person who
it. He tried to make it appear that
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they did their utmost 110 prove that they were
willing witnesses. Mr. Howard referred to a recent
number of The Juafice of flee Peace, in whioh a
somewhat similar case to the present came before
notioe of the Preston Bench, where the chair-
man, in fining the two eiders and abettors, said,
"The Act of Parliament is to prevent Sunday
traffic, and as there can be no sellers if there are
purchasers, we think—indeed the law says so—
..cti should be equally punished." The officers
thought proper to take up the cue against his client,
but he (Mr. Howard) considered that if defendants
and Keeley had been placed in the dock together ,
the case would have been properly decided.—Mr. 1
Arden said defendants had stated that they were
ordered by their officers to attend the Court, and
under those circumstances gave their evidence
willingly—Mr. Howard replied, but at the same ,
time the Bench held that they were willing wit-
nearnes.—The Mayor said Mr. Howard wanted to
make it appear that defendants were compelled to
give evidence by their officers. It was not 80,
they were compelled to come in consequence
of a summons which they reoeived.—The case
was then proceeded with :—James Marden said he
lodged at Keeley's house. On Sunday morning,
the 22nd of January, he was in the house. Between
11 and 12 be heard a knock at the door. In conse-
quence of this the door was opened, and defendants
were admitted. They asked for beer, which Keeley
supplied them with, and for which they paid. He
was sure Keeley did not ask them to have the beer.
As soon as they had the beer they left the house.—
`The Mayor, in giving the decision of the Bench, said
it would be impossible to disprove that defendants
'lad not been drinking at Keeley's house, but at the
same time it had been proved—of what before the
Bench were ignorant—that Keeley served them
with the beer. Now defendants were military men,
and were under the command of officers; if they came
drunk to parade the officers would naturally ask,
"Well, where did these men get the beer ?" Then,
of course, these men being honest, said, " We went
to Mr. Keeley* knocked at the door, and had some
beer." The officers being willing to protect
their men, compelled them to come forward and
prove that they had the beer at Keeley's house.
There was nothing wrong in the men for that. They
were quite different from civilians, against whom a
summons could be issued.—Mr. Howard said he was
very sorry to interrupt the Bench, but, as a pro-
fessional man, he must say that no matter
however they came to the Court they were willing
witnesses, and the Bench had decided so.—Mr.
Bayley remarked that the men had said that they
were induced to come, but being in Court they gave
their evidence voluntarily. —Mr. Howard: Then
the officers ought to pay the fine, if they are gentle-
men.—The Mayor said, according to the law, defen-
dants were alders and abettors, but if there were
no such people as Mr. Keeley they could not have
beer. It was of course absolutely necessary that
they should fine defendants, but they should only
fine them Is., and remit the costs.
SHOPLIPTINGL—Louisa Lambert WM placed in the
dock charged with stealing two pigs' feet, lb. of
black-pudding, a loaf of bread, and a piece of cooked
meat, valued at Sd., the property of Maria Manning,
of Governor's.lane.—Proseeutrix is a shopkeeper in
the above locality, and prisoner came to her shop on
Saturday, and ordered a quantity of goods. She
purchased three loaves, but said she would only take
one with her, and whilst proaecutrix was putting
the bread back she stole the things in question.—
Prisoner was remanded, Superintendent Lidbury
stating that he had several other charges to bring
against her.
THE HOSTENBII.—On Saturday the direlict schooner,
Hortense, of Fecamp, was towed from our harbour by
the Commodore steam tug to the port to which she
belonged. A large number of persons, we are informed,
was on the Quay at Fecainp awaiting the arrival of this
ill-fated craft. The person who bought her also pur-
abased a large share of her cargo which ehe conveyed
back to her destination.

I nriztaslasi.:

PORTLAND.—GRAND EVENING CONCERT. —On
Thursday evening Master J. Fairey, M.A., gave an
evening concert at Scriven's Assembly Rooms, Port-
land, and seldom have lovers of music been favoured
with so rich a treat. Well might Master Fairey
have pointed with pardonable pride to the triumphs
he has won in Cheltenham and other faahionable
towns where he has performed, and where he has
been appreciated; but he preferred to come unheralded
with no meritorious puff, and to depend on the calm
Impartial judgment of his audience, which we are
happy to say was decidedly in his favour. Well
May the inhabitants of Dorset be proud of their
compatriot, when he has dared to attempt, and
attempted successfully, those chef d'atuvree of
Thalberg, Prudent, and others, and never have
we had the pleasure of hearing Kirkman's
concert grand pianoforte to such advantage.
Often at the morning concert of Alfred Mellon
have we listened with unfeigned delight to
those magnificent instruments, but seldom have we
heard it discourse such elegant music as on thia
occasion. Nor mnst the singers be forgotten; and we
have great pleasure in referring to them, because
they belong to that so often-talked-of but seldom
appreciated, "Native talent." The vocal part com-
menced with that fine old glee, "The barque before
the gale," which was well received. Mr. Loveless, in
that fine old English song, "Toni Bowling," received
a decided encore, and also in "The death of Nelson,"
in which be displayed great taste and feeling. Mr.
Stickland in them:nag "John Brown" won every heart.
Mr. Fairey sang in his usual admirable style "The
Women of England." But the gem of the evening
AM the extraordinary brilliant playing of Master
Fairey, on the pianoforte, in his " Muse in Egito,"
(Thaberg,) and grand fantasia, "Lucia de Lammer•
Moor" in which he received such an hearty encore that
although youthful modesty would have inclined
him not to respond, he yielded and gave "Home
sweet Home" (Thalberg,) with such taste and feeling
that we feel sure there is a brilliant prospect before
him, and it is with great pleasure we hear he
intends giving another concert at an early date.

FRAMPTON. —SINGULAR PHENOMENON. —There is
now in the possession of a resident of this village •
Male huliflneh, of the "mope' spook* nine yes&
old. The bird's plumage the first three years was its
natural colour, the suoceeding three jet black, and tot
the last three has regained its natural colour.

resign all Maim to my commission, so pray Is_
mews hmek." (Rear, heal') lb' his -atter astonish-
mat, as aeon as the offer witi Mae to Mr. Derenlab, he
Nen sway and took fright, and the appointme.t for the
paeliewt magi remain as they were. The only other
grathe had to. touch own, was with regard to *
while arose in their prise shooting. At that
:he thaejht fit to suspend one of the prizes won
11101401,14 Homer, bemuse he had not attended the
etninhite number a