The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

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Somerisetsbire.

YEOVIL —Otn Tees Btu Barrette Sonnert.
—This association, numbering 167 members, and
which will expire by ellluxion of time in 1865,
having been established for an existence of tee
years in 1855, held its annual festival, and went
through its usual perambulations on Monday.
Their first respects were paid to the Mayor, W.
Ride, Esq. ; subsequently Hey visited the mansions
of G. Harbin Esq., at Newton, and Captain
Messiter, at Berwick, each gentleman receiving
them in an hospitable and encouraging manner.
The procession then returned to the Tothhall,
where a bountiful and excellent dinner was served
up to nearly the whole of the members under the
chairmanship of Me. Turner. The caterer, Mr.
Allen, of the Pall Inn, discharged his duties to the
satisfaction of his numerous guests. Not having re-
ceived a special invitation to attend, we cannot give
the after-dinner oratory, but must content ourselves
with giving facts as contained in the balance sheet,
preferable, we think, to words, however flowery
the rhetoric may be. The balance sheet shows the
subscriptions by honorary members to heir: 18e. 6d.,
including 12e. &I. arrears of the previous yen'.
Looking to the debtor side of the account, we find
the society to have received .Ul'77 lie. gd. ; com.
pelting a btlatilie from the preceding year of
£370 Ile. 21d. ; monthly contributions, £136 Be.
equine° fees, hc. Some little idea of the dullness of
trade during Hi year may IA inferred from the
significant word and figures in the balance sheet,
" tines, £l3 13s. 7d." We observe by the credit
side of the amount that £Bl was paid to sick
eiemben fot nirgeon's fees, £.15 15s. 3d. ;on death
of three members we notice that £lO 15e. was die
-
biased, exclusive of Is. from each member, and the
balance in hand up to May 9, wee £451 4., the
whole invaded in the Saving's Bank, with the ex-
ception of £lB Oa Id. Despite the many drawbacks
and depression in the &toeing trade, it is satisfactory
to note au income in the stack of the company, to
the extent of £6O 68. so. After the discussion of
the good things at the Townhali, and time given
for digestion, an adjonniniatt to the Pan Inn *as
made and mirth and jollity maintained to a late
period of the evening, or rather an early hear of the
morning. Of course dancing enlisted the greatest
limber of devoteed.
GUARDIAN FitILNDLY So,2arr, On Tuesday
Miming the members assembled at their usual plain
of meeting, the Mermaid Hotel, fully determined to
give as much idol to their alintial denionstration as
it was possible. A visit was first paid to the Mayor,
who hospitably entertained them. After perambu-
lating the town they calk d upon the Rev. J. D.
Elliott, who was enlisted, and fell into the peaces-
non, accompanying them to Trinity Church, where
be preached a most appropriata‘aernum. At the
co Diehl° **rice filliltbsig again
Oferisefitee in either OM 'lf the town,
ultimately reaching the Mermaid Hotel, when thorn
100 sat down to dinner, creditehly served up by Mr.
Currie. Mr. dames Curtis occupied the chair, and
disabused his duties most efficiently, mid Mt.
B:ekes, the secretary, did the liononri attaching to
the viee chain The chairman was supported by the
Rev. J. D. rlliott, Dr., Tomphihs, and Dr.
Aldridge. A most agreeable afternoon was spent by
them &rambled, but we atnnot say more, as no invi-
tation to be present reached us. The balance in band,
afterdeditetingpsymente,amounta to £3,647 3s. 110.
' being £262 7s. 91d. more than last year. Honorary
members' subscaptions, £24 is. 6d. There was
paid to the sick £lB2, and the deaths reached ten.
The present number of members are 348. Daring
the afternoon the aeceunte were Milted, and toiled
t, be entirely satisfactory, and Mr. Sweetman was
elected for the twelfth time president for the year
, awing, a enfficient proof that his services are
apptschtted.
I Raid CORP& —On Tuesday afternoon the adju-
tairtef the battalion inrpectecl our rifle corps, who
met in Preston rielde, with their band, about sixty
dram. At its conclusion he expressed himself
pleased with their movements upon the whole, hut
that tleveral reernita in the pike folifired ftlethet
etercise to better fie them for the review on lltird-
ham Down. The pries given by the captain have
been awarded as follows : —Ti. Private Taylor, in the
first class, a raver cup, he having stored 9 points at
400 and 600 yards in ten nimbi. To Private Stick.
land (second clam) a handsome gold pin for 11 points
at 300 and 000 yards. To Private Wondman (third
cies) a similar print, for securing 16 points at deli
and 300 yards.
A linuTE zy TAN DIS4I7IIIe OP A Birth.—
Thomas Hodges, of gtoford, a ampenter,waa charged
befere the County Magistrates on rriday, at the
Townhall, with biting and Wining his
wife Elitabeth.—Ennectitor said that last Wednes-'
day evening he eine home drunk, destroyed neatly
every article in the house, and beat her, timed hat
out of doors, and looked tier out 01 the house all
night, threatening that if she attempted to come
in he would kill her: She also deposed to in-treat-
ment on previous occasions. —Prisoner, in defence,
said it was her fault, she had aggravated him to
do it. —Ordered to be hound over to keep the peace.
himself in £lO, mid ime Mir% Elk- fern months,
us default to he imprisoned Iter that period:

MOAK FORCIDLZ 'CHAN &MAST. —44l°w/re are
mortal like other men, and enhaeisf to the same fail-
ings, but our present purpose is to show that without
example prompt avails but little. "Do is I tell
you, not as I do," is mere cant, and finds no favour
with intelligent men. A glover one day last week,
who had indulged too largely at the shrine of
Bacchus, but more probably at that of one of the
local hrewers, betook himself to the &nth-Western
Station for the purpose of proceeding to Sherborne.
Arriving too early he assumed the pious, and expa-
tiated Oil the follies and sins of erring Blank itul, point-
lug out the end of all who perish without having
secured that portion which cannot be tiken away.
To preserve his equilibrium he steadied himself
agsiuet one of the bookstall:, and while thee sup-
ported, the youth in charge si!ent/y attached a lug-
gage label to bia hack, infiltrating that he was
"From Yeovil to (a ptaee that must be name-
less.) A quondam friend of tilt preacher's arrives,
observes the trick that has been played, and forth-
With proceeds to gave greater paliday to the desti-
nation of his Mead. A rtioin.arns they walk up and
down the platform, the semi is snacked at the
Teovil Jonstion, then at the Sherhorne Station, and
eventually the rper of clerical fhastion hi paroled
through Sherborne streets, with the direction adher-
ing, to the great laughter of some, and the
,p,ious
indignation of others, We hope it willniitm
the alcurdity of attempting to expose the weakness
of his follow-creatures, whale stifferiag largely tam
one

BURN H AM. —Wircnct tre.—ln the fashion& de
and pretty little watenng.place of Burnham a re-
markable instanoe of the power of the old super.
stations that still linger among some of theehufientry
of the eounty of Somerset has mit come
simplesteWed min, of the iikhoihing ofqhis
Own, together with his wife, were under the
delusion that they were betwitehrd, and that, too,
by a neighbour of theirs. It appears, from their
story, the • witch entered their bedroom t by night,
get upon them, and in other ways torrpented them;
that they; obtained no rest, the mini iiotaally stating .
that he had.been contpelled toreave:his bed, iind was
fattened immovably in one of the corners of his nuitn.
1.0 rid themselves of the. ", hag
.tim
wife resorted to another ptoftedpo It la al4.*tt
1004 *drawn from the witch",
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. terminate on the apgrigope the A id•
Accordingly she called- FOlFerair,k, eao
examine and doctor her leoand, lie Ilue4s.
the tree:ha-one wife wag -grepanng er
exorcisimi the witchtry out lt her linli*ed.' :Ta A
advantage of her position etufell dithe wirlt...ww"_.g._
drew a quantity of blood' from tit6' poor it=llol
arms, lio doubt the case may be further investi-
gated, when, In all prohabilitx,-,sepse remarkable I
revelations will be the tenth.— Stmrstt Omits.
BRISTOL—FATAL ACCIDiNT T 1OWN11111:
MAN DROWNED. —A distressing oigee .citrhwww
iii happened at Rownbam Ferry on undax 'redo
and contributed greatly to damp e write of t
pleacire-seekers who were then Will and tltti w
thereafter used the ferry. L ii. ' reg
known of the sad event, but as far as Vre can learn
it seems that at about six o'clock a mon of respectable
appearenix, attired in sober black, apparently of
middle- alig. and said to lie Puttied, .cams toths.
boat on the Rowithaut aide and appeared very anxious
to get wow to the Leigh Wood side, it was in-
timated to join his wife and children, who had
preceded him. thither on a pleasors.essursios, it
supposed. The large boat, it would seem, was not ,
fast enough for him, and he was eteppingginto rout
of those small but, which for dont-defers WTl—half
for the ferryman and-Balf . for the . mans inMie 'pull
boat—do the tittle jonigney quicket, wiien he
accidentally feel overhuard. Ether from tkelr,heitiff
no boat disengaged, or from the , boatiumt being so
shocked by the occurrence that they could not take
immediate action, no timely effort Nerds toter.
been made to are the poor fellow, and, tibe tide
running out Omni, at the tune,, he was carried
away before any help mild be extended to him, and .
was drowned. His name is not known. All efforts
that had been made op to Monday night to recover
the body were unavailing. The ferry was much
frequented by holiday folk, and the melancholy and
fatal accident has created no little sensation,—Dady
Press.

The chief topic of the day locally is of roams the
Whitsuntide holidays, which were inaugurated on Mon-
day with suitable spirit by thousands of the middle and
working-classes, to whom • Aav's relaxation from
business and labour is a bons of the highest value.
The Zoological Gardens *Meowed a vast concourse of
visitors dories the day, and old and young, portioulerly
the bitter. mate and female, married end unmerrieo;-
oremed to enjoy the greets turf, the bright dowses, the
birds and bastaend creeping things-in theshow henees,
the music of the baisdis,ond time performances, gymnastic
and musical, which were kept up with great spirit on
the covered stage near the bear pit. No popular enter-
tainment is complete in -these times which does not in.
chide some pertion of the nigger elemeht. Sentinentai
singing is all vety well in its ways sad, if the singer him
a good voice aad a popular maestri such singing will
no doubt command NM* share of public atteatiolt.
There is sassy* • sentimental class in society, who
love to hear a good tenor appealing to the stars and
ihtwen, the heavens and the earth, that some use is
dearer to him than lie, but gentlemen with their floes
blackened with cork, dressed in • nondescript costume,
who sing through their noses, and turn up the whites
of their eyes to an aceouspanincent of "bones,
tamboriee, sad banjo, "draw' far better than senti-
mental tenors. Accordingly, the committee of the
2oological Garden*, ousidul of the popul 4. tendency
tel taste, have engaged three fanny nigger.; for the
Whitauutide time, and those alio but by no means
solemn gentlemen were highly appreciated on Moeldar,
Mr. George Garman, " the grsat descriptive tenor
vocalist," as he is termed in the bills, w• suppose be-
cause- the words "great' and "descriptive". look Well
ins bill, and Miss Alice Courtney, "the pleating eerie-
comic vocative," hi whoa is, foriunatelY a geed dead of
the comic and very little of the " serio,4 sang well and
gave great satisfaction, but we think when the bail rang
for the niggard the rush io the direction of the stage Waal
greatot. The performiag troupe of dogs and monkeys
was perlispe nearly as popular as the nigger*, and the
gymuutie feats of It,. Dusoni and pupils, the foresee
being the proprietor of the fourdegged performers just
named, were very comprising and elicited great applause.
The fete was is all respects successful; the
gardens were is good order, and this thousaeds wh•
attended seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly. Acmes
tne water at Bedminster the female Blondin drew
liirge arm d of admiring spectators, sail numbers left
the city by the different midways, seeking health and
pleasure, in short trips into the country. At Prior
Park, Bath, thane was a great demon.
stration lii connection with the Sabbath question. For
people with secular Metes th. re was • popular fete
at Sidney Gardens, in the same city. On Monday the
ethiatioh of paintings at to. Bristol Academy was
open at a redueed charge, and it had • large another of
visitors.
Min J. YARDLEY WHAtor Oil RBI 14110111111INCI
EntaTOßB ttdae Cur oty Court, on Woo nesday,
* aubject of 'coosiderable intermit to the public, par-
ticularly to the lower orders, wes introdueed in one of
the mmes. It appetite that of late it has become the
custom for a ocri sin clam otereditors to illalle printed
notices of • vilify otbot .1-kooking ebniactor, the royal
arms being placed at the lop, and the whole having
the aveanince of • SUMIIIIOIIIII OI BOUM other sinelsr
document. Those notices are aold at different shops
in the city, and when a poor debtor receives one, if at
all an ignorant per' son he is at wooled to believe that
legal prom/Ampere about to be, or have bins, own-
mowed 'pima him, and be is frequently subjected to
gross imposition in colleague/Me. The paretic* has at
length besotne so genteel that eou.plonts have been
made, tad proceedifigs will no doubt be taken against
thOse parlous who make use of melt ili.gel notices.
The fellow ag lea copy of one of tiled* predawn.) yodel..
day :—Notiee.—Before proceedings in the New County
Courts, for the more easy recovery of small debts and
demands. as per 9th and 10th Viemria, cap. 25, I
hereby give you autim that unless the sum of,—
due from you to—, be paid to me on or before—,
the— day of— I shall porceed against you under
the abtr4 act. Treating you .will deem it prudent to
pay the amount, and thereby avoid the estimates to
which pin will otherwise he liehm, I eni, &c.—Notioe
—9th and 10th Victoria, ems. 25 ' 'And be it eneditdi
that if a party sniamened shall not attend se required
by the suntutons, it shall be jovial for snob judge to
optima the party so summoned to prison to any
period not eseeeding, forty days." And it is fernier
Tkrit,when Sh* ell* shall have made an
=Mai etritent (Cr money, and tile' order be not
compiledtat *mount eh* be recoverable by esir ,
masa pore goods and chattels dl the wad party I
but mho ," et. be so effects, imprisoicatent fee forty
days. di term of imprisonment not Dressing them
from -the dobt."llir J. Marciey Wit mmot, the judge if
the Mart, with regard to the notice, raid he wished
to draw the attention of tl,e public "to the fora eta,
which pufpofted to be • notice under the New County
Court Act. Although it *a* not as actual imitation
of any form of process of the Gently Court, si*
upon taking the piper into one's hand, the royal Arita
at the 60d. suede it. look like one; of' ibiti end he
believed hrougmt it under thl.sectiot of an Act passed
in the reign of her present Majesty, which made it a
felony to imitate any of forms belonging to 4
court. ' This notice pretended to be one of these f
very ffritte offenee—and the whole matter of
paper was ealettlated to mislead the public, and to.
as.. mailer" to coneeire, if they were ignoestitcof law,
that an action had been somnolent against that. AV
the bottom of the notioe was a amend imbue earth*
the attention of the debtor to the Act of Parliament
in cases of Judgment . sum moaseee • bed
setting forth the penalties., few.
It seemed to luim that if a
_pe_nies, OS& Mee
of those etosaments, sitbiatgla; htlyiapu.ldag, me
Might not be counterfeiting a promo or the elettriV it.t)
he was open to grave anisnadrefaker if not sisal m.
iiihuient from the court, His Honor then referred to
the fast thet no printer's Mewl WWI Meddled to the
notice, and said it appeared-to itirti that bath suitors
aml the public were oppressed by vermin eirculatlyo
such natio**, the docatineut which he held In Ids he
These notices would give rise to ewtortion, torte. sneer
instances persons would give mulch more theathety,
*ere indebted rather that. be .brought into etaurit. rimi.
had see* * IlisPeneabie man pay 10e. eibieit be linnet
owed, for the simple renewm whieble had /*Wild to. an
eencithied his Hemet said If tie foind eny perm*.
tasking use of the notices ha, would ;maler a prielecelikeia:
and walla thee and whether it cares under the Ard of
Parliament of not.--1111r, Johnson, County Court agent,
stated that Mr. Stone. *ben sitting as dimity-judge,
had said that he amailleind :the mks of sit& notaera
Mr.

to be a minieineanosir.--Ris. kienow : I think
Stone was quite cornea in his opinion.
WilStOM-SUPRR-111Allfir-Wunsissuar's Pout%
--A man answering to bee same of Thomas Brown,
who stated that he was bens et Gibraltar' and bad
recently beau or in London as a Isbarets__ ,r ems
brought up is custody, sad 'aimed by Mr. irtNiste
flliscknastwe Nina superintemdeariMl Psigus Mg. kb• /*Wog
and Exeter Railway Cenipany„: with dettending the
Company by 'riding and being in one of their 'portion«
from Highbridge to Westonainlier•Mare without laving
paid his fare. Prom the evidence given it «Muted
that on the 10th inst. a number of 8111141 re
Lome by the,
train from Plyoroath t. Bide, at *MA -latter gun
they delayed the train for nearly hellion hour.
the arrival a the train from Exeter-al' tb*lkillObip.
super-Mare junction, at SAO p.m., priceria watt lees by
one ot the manipany'e men to anglit from thii 'ilerriage
wherein thaw Nacre were. Tim train leaving 'the
junction for firisiol was delayed by,
_lnceppams for roam. ,
considerable tilairOvhish caused the 'ammo« train
Iron Westoo-inpmbiere' to Bristol lob, an hour late
on arriving at Bifida that evening. Previons to the
departure of tbnagdniary Main front, the Week,. awdper-
Mare danstfini to the Waprenwapar-Mava. Statlea
prisoner was heard to eak a Wilo'r, whole he bat bean
ii company with; to !cad him dd. On being suite.! by
OW of the tielret-colleetors for his ticket, which la
°mild net produce, said, " I welted up here host
Westoa.". Mina* then taken hien eintody andnliarted
with defrauding flia'ooniyiatty, keisket for the fare by
a third class train from Plyinoath to Banter, Will
which Mr. Blackmon elated was no doubt '
ticket, WM prtIdROCII; which had been foul lhi Ikill
sante carriage its Lpileoner bad been riding is.
Sergeant Roo, of the .Somerset County
' stated that he believed the prisoner was a dent,*
from ace el Her Majeatillehige. Prisoner, is answer
to ..kb• Aare,. said he awe I. Weekeiwuper-Maras
* had no ticket, has be had mane, to pay for abet the.
the time be was *Pekoe to Moot the lielizaratatch
which time be told the ticket 'warrior that he
to pay for R tatket. The,Eends informed prisoner thew
-was no tustiamt on for hui defrauding MIS 4VnlinJillT
the manner 11 old .P.rfte
tided; ieNV skdolti make WV emunple o him.
Primmer was fined 405., and in default of paying the
penalty was cuennitted fne awe math to likei House of
Correction at Shepion Maid 4 gaol.
iRA TIR.-r Ruinicalsrusrum, or soPir Sohnalism.
inestinglet thi leading CoSitliVels &the 'Clotkit
NO INK at *Mar ' "lajAtermialt friedia
ninninatie Sir Prods/461kt! mot.; Mr. •
Ralph Neville Grenville, the present High Sheriif. as
the divisional uteesnirs, to betCtiljr sapport diem. 4.1341.
wi a ammer ef warns to sapry Omni. • Obsininiell Id
' threatened, bait, now that Mie thlissisr4tmta
In the choice of their candidates, and folly prepared bo.
vindicate their positien- in• Rag .thisiereak assamei
*closers, we can hardly think shit Sir Arthur Elkin
_And.
iiir Treinteirewill adhere to their deelared reaolution
pf contesting the division It tbarlAtiockl interest. TIN
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