The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-03-25 00:00:00

WI fKOUTH.

Pus MAawAos or nu; Dou or 00101400112.
The Royal wedding was duly observed on Thunday
I.M. The Royal Standard was hoisted at the batman',
the Notate Port, and the Coastguard Station. At
the end of the Pile-pier there was a good display of
bunting, and the hotels arid some of the objet houses
of bualnea. also hoisted flags oil the auspicious
occasion._

lama ficarrrom Itzaczaa Scorns.. meeting
In aid of this valuable sodety was held on Monday
lest, in St. Mary's oolrooms. The Rey. j
Irvoll.A. (Christ Church), melded, and on the
platform were Me Rey. J. }L Mullets, Rev. S. J.
Walker (deputation from the parent society), and
Mejor Lloyd Campbell. Major Campbell reed the
report, from which it was gathered that the amount
collided last Teel amounted to SU 19.. 6d.
_

Tiv—zi, riitt.-7-71:Tniii-rg—the week ending March
15th Soft were admittad-25 fresh patients; dia.
=l9; socklents, 0 ; dmths, 1; in-rodents
alas in the hospital, W. During the last two
months, the time for which sash ticket is available
there have bean admitted-234 fresh patients, belong-
ing to Witatla, Portland. Wyk., Charlestown,
SAMPAN Waldo/en Mussy, Preston, Button,
Osnringtos, Maiden Newton, Newcastle, and Goldwa-
ter, ramotively.
Cortasscazi &moo& The following 'stionssess
has been obtained by boys from Mr. Tharman's
viell4caown astablishasut. At the samination of
the school, nominated by the National Society, in
Demonism last, H boye have obtained certificates of
i:hoficieacy two of than being distinguished, ,R.
p In FagiLhapeonand Edmonds in French. At
the Collage of Nomination, held at Yeovil,
Iwo boys prseentod themseins, ,vis. %V. Pardey aad
R. Pad's% both of whom °babied cartifioates. At
tha Cambridge Local Emaninatiou, (Dorchester
Cootre), two boys ware successful, vim, R. Edmonds
and K. Bbihop, the later taking third clam honours.
A mums arm IIIII011•1. vassow to Colonel
Colas, Ist Ragiment of Foot (the Royal Boots), the
subject of which ia the Apostle Peter preaching to
Cornelius, has born placed by itio brother officers, as
• token of their gateau and regard, in the church of
Harting,Sosesa, which contains the burying vault of
the ancestors of hi. lama r. ha Cowper' and Colas, of
Ditcham. In an aisle of the church, appropriated to
titan memory, the window has born placed. The
services of the deceased officer sztanded over • period
of more than thirty-two year., and for the last nine
of which he the 2nd Battalion of the
114 Sc
gliliAL OF • Tazostaar.—Tba funeral of Mr. W.
Grimmest, armor. who dad on Thursday last, took
=al Saturday. *nil altar o clack The
proossaion aandetsd of a Insane, three 'sourc-
ing and two private carriages, see of which was that of
Dr. Pdgrave filmorom, who had attended the doessad
during hi. brief Masts Most of the tradesman
of ths town partially dosed their shutters, or ad tho
blinds of tak setabiasmt. drawn down. a mark of
respect, some of the leading tradesmen of the town
aha followed the remains to the grays Doomed
was interred in the cemetery, and the burial narks
was impressillaisaril by the Rev. J. H. Mallon,
COMO, of at. a It war a vary touching sight
to SOF one of the ma of the dsosarisd--s tly
Wyse. pat, at th• grays—first he looked up into the
Laos--than down into the deep, grave weeping
most bitted,. The little fellow shook from head to
foot, and there was mann a dry eye amongst the
amersbied throw. A beautiful chaplet of Sowers was
placed on the cols, and the funeral arrangenisats
wire admirably carried out by Messrs. Hawks@ and
Promos, of Bt. Thomas-street. The deceased haa
been in business in the town about If years and
during that tion ire earned the good wishos of all who
knew
Worming Roma Cum—The annual mseg of
the Wiqmooth Rowing Club war bold in the 11d-
ball on Friday evening Last, whoa the Ma . Mr. G.
E. Eliot, presided. !lore was a fair • of
nrambsrs moos whom were Messrs. T. B. Groves, J.
H. Ws. Limes, H. J. Noble, Osimpholl, Custame,
Browu, Parka, Abraham, Merritt, Fooka,
Arthur. Stanford, Burt, licaoktos, 13mla. Dying,
Mk:. Hurdle, jun., T. Hurd* Phillips, Dicks,
and Joey. Mr. J. B. Cols was called upon
to read the ststammt of accounts for the past year,
which showed a comidarable
Theclub
st the baginniag of the year 18711867 a balance of
la 2a M. dm to the bank. and TS 84 ld to tin
Mariner. Daring te• past year they have paid of
£l5 aid also amounts dm to the bank and to the
treasurer, sad now the only outstanding liabilities are
£3 for Polak resit, sad repairs to boats. The state.
meat was considered highly satisfactory. It was than
=l/41r. C•10t
mitigedsgeet' Mr. Rolls, that the
be apse which was carried
Bur,m noLaarrilisOanilbellproposed and Mr.
that the boo.
Mrsecrital7. !Alb. I"7"ft Idet.tismishmidit affordedb""lacted.him to
'CsiCaminsa:iwilaar7 Proud. He
bear • coadderaids increase of soft= "arise hadtu
year 11fl the numbers had greatly taloa el This
paw than) were 20 additional new active misenheas,
vary few of lan raw% won Oat to rest" and be
hoped that by the COOLimoosoust of the mama tiral
should love about 70 active manlars.
It was them profaned by Mr. Groves, by bh,
Hobbs that Mr. Sherri= be mak at boa.
treasurer, white was carried by amiamadoa. It bake
decided list the captain olds club should be appointed
by the ormosittse,l the latter was than appointed
as follows 2—Mourre3. B. 010,11 S. H. Haack, J. B.
Cl°1•• Noidah Shormaitingliolls, G. Bart, %T. Hurdle,
=alms, Lamm ,
and G. plppoendvinn
Mr. Oudasse smendedTa= the move Limb= should
be called toasither la • fortnight% time to elestilie four
colour captains and crews tor ths
(Carried.) It oho tranmired that damask thealam=
ot moors Omer sad Ge.. each of the nambers have
a fres pass from the Plaipier, making • dilemmas to
doss of about ss. each. liz.Grovas proyamod mr.
Nobla__-
50 ilia occasion end for
esuaissase• be ewe to the dab, Ths moor
ampramed Ihs ploosero ie aladed bins to pradde, end
=mot • laseleg nos, he oosid masa thus lb.
bio Win sod booty ospport.

Weneotms Outoeme —'rhe meetiaj of
the Weymouth Orksket Club held on Wednesday
wooing kit is the Meleousreal#•#s schoal. by the
mod parmielon of the Bev. J. mum. bead-muter
•
The net. J. Miller was unanimously voted to the
• (glair. The seethe was not Bo well attended as was
exPortod, owing itr engagements of many senile-
men ly sympathise with this truly
noble club, whose oak, achievements with the ball
and willow have made for theca a name coveted by
other clubs. The hon. secretary. Mr. T. A. Yarrow
(cleveland House School), read the annual repott.
The balance sheet showed • deficit of £l6 10. 51. The
following gentlemen were appointed on the °ow
mittee :—Captain Kelsey, Rev. J. Millar, Dr.
Broughton, Major Lindsay, Mews. H. D. T. Georg%
B. Stephenson, J. Yarrow C. rimdautore, B. Ho le,
G. Dominev, J. Yalkmr4Wildiag, G. Hu% and
Gibbs. The various s of the club were re-
appointod to aloe, in a most cordial manner. A tail
of thanks to the preskient, Cat .k. S. Prater, and to
the various cameo of the flub, was p-oposed and
heartily a0..-orded. The oommithes expressed their
deep obligations to Mr. W. Tenter, to the memben
of the club, and to Mr. Cricketer, in particular, an
acknowledged cricketer. A iota of thanks to the
chairman foe peed Hog, and he oramtne the use of
the room, haring been carried, the proceedings ter-
minated.

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Boatmen Room. Saturday.—Holces Masers. Mi'ledge
, sad Hopkins.
• Paoriostosat. Taaar.—An old man, who gave hle
name as Arthur Stesla and who was its.:e...type of the
embonal beam, wag chartedzi heath/.
to P.Caux
.
blttsee beggingulasild took tot, Venthody,
He had 611. and • tread ticket la hie pamession. Prisoner
now grated he was • bricklayer, sad alma from Crass borne.
Soot Vickery said prisoner bed been is the tow a slam
1 Yagoda) last, sad there were several *ben her,. The
Bench gonna itted him for ems dggs! luth labour.
, A D 15110113117 MAID Sulthowr. —A yousewoman named
' Serb Seeilard, who stated that ber was is. was
brought op cbarged with stealing • oath v of tea and
westing appiard trots bar employees, Mr. an Mrs. Hardy,
the Fountain lintel, Weymouth. Mr. ao Mrs. 11.1.17 ail
I at the eornmenoement of the hearing • spread their
desire I. withdraw the charge. Mrs. Hardy was, how.
ever, put Is the box, sad stated that the pri•oner bad
been in bee employ for the last three months. during
white time elm had mimed many ihinp from her room,
but could sot tell bow they wookand bbe would sot blame
thilosiw for steagrig them. Oa Monday, the day
sth gave prisoner leave to go home for a few
bows to Portland ; but her suspicions, meanwhile, having
been aroused, she went upstairs into prisoner's bed-
room and there, Is the presence of MIAs Kate Harr, the
barmaid, she lied out from beneath the pristher • bed
and the bbaikots about • pound of to. (produced.) She
then saw Sereseat Harvey. and sent fur Mr. Superiaten-
I dent Vickery. She Mood her with stealing the Maud
she admitted the theft Sitio mold swear to the lace
=Mt, theta slippers. and the tea, as being her property
being sWee from the h 0...; they were worth tr. Id.
at least Last nosing the went to Portland in compay
with P.O Bartlett, to the house of primmer's mother, nod
here the boots and lea tippet were feud which the girl's
mother at oace gave up. TIM mother said her.dangliter
bad brought them bona —Tire Busch: Had this &Immo
to the tee chest? Wither : No but! sent bee Into tbe
room where It was kept to fear meth Ulnas out and it
mud have been take& oat then. Noose but the barmaid
had theses to that room r it lo looked and Miss Becker
bolds the key.—P.O. Bartlett gays corroborative evidence
as did Sergeant Hervey, who said he charged her with
stealing the tea whoa she sail she was gallty of tablas it.
The mother of the primmer who was now to court was
milthl to stand format and Dr. Drew tokl her she might
Si limo goosalasal Ur daughter about them things whoa
she 111,611bt to.. loss, as It vas placiag her Is • false
Pegibe. almludelit have bees atom:hag there as a receiver
of stolen ' He trusted this would be • caution
to the. or the future. Kr. sad Kra Hardy did not
wish to prom the charge, mad the Beath did not want to
he hard an the PrL It was Kr. Harder duty se • cads=
when ha Wiwi Wass to prosecute, ant he had dome so
for example's sake, as the girl might go to smother islsos
sad carry on the seam_ gauchos'. She would be conthaitted
for seven days bard labour.

BAVAOZ ASSAULT BY THZ MILITARY ON THE
POLIO&
Os the everting of Mee; when all good people were
about returning to their • coy was hexed along the
Ziplanade that certain boys "Brie's Ills" were keeping
up "St. Patrick's Day in the mornlng. Helter-skelter
away math. populace from the rslghbourbood of Park.
street and Queen-street, when it was ascertained that a
few "blase" who bad been " let off," to the somber sill,
bad not only been Image up St. Patriers Day, but had
determined to make " Jan &lir feel that the son of the
" Oran Isle" was amongst them on this the day of their
patron saint. The way that the eons of the "Kmersli
Lola" kept their anniversary may be thus described. BY
the lost truths from Portland came a good contingent of
the fellows free the Nabs Fort—many of whom bad
met before on ' loon rod" across the mysterious era.
The boys of the "Green Isle," however, were not to be
outdone by their local= in the lend of tics Reformation.
by those whom they call" Protestant.."
1 At about nine o clock on Monday evening there was a
jolly row in Queemetreet Hundreds a people were
collected together. and along the Ziplanads and through
the prattled streets the greeted excitement prevailed.
Four of the rimslarders. who turned
e 4 end pd...osic. to be es
placedlt.
tangier, in • crowded Court. seemed to treat the whole
affair as a joke.
Mr. Richard Hardy of the Fountain Hotel, stated that
on I/many evening, the four prisosets were le his house,
when they got baking and sparring together. He would
not allow such a thing in his house, and temoviii them to
the deer. It had been Si Day and they bed
evidently been enjoying themselves previous to their
caning.
David Hanham, on Monday evening, was in Kin...treat
between half-pant nine and ten on ink, when he was
stalling by the half-Moon with his wife. Et iota winery-
meta were Larking I. the street. The prisoner Smith,
lathed of going into Kellaway s, cam. here (pointing to
hi. left cheek). He came up &Warmth. and wanted to
"slip it into him," when one of the artillerymen said.
"No, deal dolt; give the old man • canoe." (Lough.
ter.)
Witness continued : He was smoking his pipe quietly at
tee corner, end did not inteeltire in the least with any of
the prisoners ; but they left him with a black eye, which
he (witness) did not consider • very manly action.
(Laughter.)
Thomas Jolille said he was in the pall-reel). being in
King-street about ten o'clock, when Smith came up and
deliberately struck Dr. Lush's coachman (limbers). and
afterwards the wither, with a stick across the hat and
one of hia bade, leaving marks still visible. Another of
the artillethothe caught bold of him by the waistcoat
alter, ripping up his vest The two ma then ran away
as feat as they could.
In &sewer to the Bon* witame mid he was going
quietly to the railway station at the Sine the affeir took
Mace, and had not given the military men the least
provoasUon. Ilia hat was damaged to the Wait of
Ss. dd.
Jam Palmer worn coming from the Botha Hotel to his
home abath half-past nine o'clock, when, in King...reit
he wee assaulted* Smith. Smith pooled him bad and
shoulders into the Bon Inn window, =tam his bead and
jacket. He afterwards saw Smith strike two namable*.
William Chalker swore as to the identity ol Smith and
positively as to Peeing one of the constables knocked down
opposite the Royal Hotel, while commie. Smith in
custody to the Pollite-station. Had also seen Barth knock
Palmer through the Sun Inn window. Prisoner rams up
to him, took his thick from him and struck him. Had not
given him any provocation.
Tacna Keeley, landlord of th• Bun Inn, 'aid *chased
Smith with braille; his window, and prisoner directly
streak him with a stick. The damage done to the window
was about 4-' He saw Smith taken into custody. and
when by the King's Stage, be saw the prisoner Miklos
etrthe p.c. Cooper (who had Smith in custody) Booting
him. and Smith was aeons&
Cook said he was by the station came when
Smith came up gave him a blow in the smooth, and
Masked Palmer through the window of thefts. Aitken.
atessitgad to strike him with • eta, but he warded it
of, end in doing so the blow was dealt on the arms of
Themes Kate
Thema Keats told the Bench that Mike= hit him on
the head with • seek two or three time., and also bit an
old man named Lovell. He hit him (witness) gaga the
neck and side. Prisoner ran away after the assault, and
the witness did not overtake his.
P.O Omar corroborated. He took Health into custody.
P.C. Delantout was masking him to take bins to the
Police 'tattoo when three other artillerymen came up and
tried to rescue him. He know that Aitken* sad Dsly
were team the four. Aitken.' dew* him several blows
while he was conveying Smith to the pollee elation.
During this time amain a the Drammen' comrades on..
up and teemed hem After this the primers and their
pals ran ''beltenskelter" anyway, where they amid, and
the fog being deep at the time they could net see the
fugitives for any length of distance. Althea bad two
'Wu under his arm There me • crowd of &best MI
Faliat the en Be afterwards wt to the Moths
where he identilled two of the primers present and
leak them to the station. Is Karthrest • general WIN
was going on and the preemies smenlied everyone that
came in their way. The primers were the worse for
drink or they would not in his belief have committed
what they did: but it was all through "St Patrick's Day ,
in the =roam' (Lashes) Hs afterwards west to
the Rothe Fort, when two of the prisoners were detained
in the guard-room for being drunk.
Fl' Delansout corroborated the evidence, and after
other airtime had been given the pitmen were com-
mitted—Daly and Smith throe months each, and Aitken'
and Haynes for two months each, with herd labour.