The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-01-12 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1869.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, PA.

DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL
The 2‘tth maw mating of the governors of this
benevolent charity was held in the Board-room at the
hospital on Thursday afternoon, when there wale
Dif=aling), John Floyer, Esq.,
SCE:Ree. W. • (hon. ses.),Geeeral Porter,
J. F. Bodges. Eel. ill:I Nash. or of Dorchester), Rev. James
Fisher. R. Davis, ~ Rey. G. L. Rev. X
Headland, & W. William'. (sq., Rev. C. J. Bird, J.
FL Toone, Fag., Dr. Cordell, Rev. M. J. Green, 0.
Mayo, Esq., Bev. B. Ludlow, A. Ku soo. Esq,J. Good,
and the Bev. T. W. Knipe.
The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM presented the annual
report of the committee for the past year as follows :

"If hugely Increased receipt. sad • considerably diminished
expenditure he • fair criterion ;:p=erity, the committee
re have indeed to new their oft- acknowledgmeitte of
genius& an Almighty Gisi, and to congratulate the Governors
Wroth upon the Amanda' reoilie Of the 20th year.
"It sill pod:ably be in their recollection that at the coin-
meneemeot of the year there wae • balanoedue to the Treasurer
of no lees than £l4l 3s. Kind friend; however, noon man
forward to relieve the fonds 01 004. bonien, and mover& huge
doo.tion. were ronived within a short period after the preend-
won of the lad ..pod. These, together with en tureen of the
subscription liat from LIISI la. Id. to tile& lbs. Cd., and of
the congregational collection' born 1,36.3 le Id. to £396 le.,
hare enabled the coaunittee, not only tei pay off the debt due to
the Treasurer, but, excel* the weep sum of £6 10e. 104.00
meet the whole expenthture of the yes r ; though the daily
average of in.patiants has heem somewhat in exam, vie., 661-13th
wenn Mt ; the total number of In-patient. 412 setae 991,
and of oet-patisola 465 ypin6 439. But further than this,
the sum of £lOOO, °Guiding of • legacy and anomalies% each of
the amount of L 609, has been Invaded. ratans the funded.
property to 411,833 ICd. The legacy in question was the
munificent hatted of the late Mr. W. T. Mann;
to the Carl of Deluder, who appears to hare died without any
known reistloos,and,eho dheributed the pelooliel part of the sae-
Ingeof his long and honourable envies amongst abject. of &Manlier
character. fee donation was made by Wm. W. Bunsen, of
Sherburne, in furtheanoe of "the wishes of her late husband,
(although not expreend in his trill) to untribute to several
charities in hh native county." Conddering the peculiar dr.
custuannv under which this very generous gth was received,
the ere panic-ahoy glad that they could afford to
deal with it, meths), hare coodently done with teessiss, sod to
add it to the capital of the Institution."
" Very venal thanks am due to the clergy and their pupae,
who have been so good as to respond to the ornate %peal for
congregational collections Lod who bays been the instrument.
of restoring this mod important part of our income to its
average amount If the hospitsl I. to he maintained on ff.
present Kole, which seem to be pretty nearly adequate to the
demand, (4th. county, no exertion must be owed to keep up
this and the other comparatively fluctusUng assume of loonne
" The committee have oonaidned theme:lye. surround by
the date of the funds in building a null porter's lodge, though
sufficient to adopt • home fore man and he wife. Its necessity
haa been long pruning, and Its cod, £llO, they hope to meet
out of the income of the coming ye.:; and, if so, they will the
lee !egret the dehey In In completion, which lifer beyond the
Ume originally areod upon.
si Thooirt, the follow fade ere well kneel% to the great
body of the governors, It may be deemed proper to record here
that, in the month of June lad, the poet of consulting surgeon
was melted by W. D. Tam, Su., and that of surgeon by
George Curate, Eaq. In electing Mr. Curiae to the office of
consulting surgeon, a Cote of thank. ea. unanimously accorded
to him by • general meeting, in the following terms :—"The
governors desire to express their deep MOM of the long and
efficient NOTION of George Curiae, Esq., and, whilst they regret
that he feels it to retire trom duties which, since the
foundation of the ho.pltal, he hae performed with so much
ability, kindness, teal, and diuretint, they trust they may dill
continue to avail themselves of bh valuable assistanoe in the
cannily of consulting surgeon...
At the nine general meeting it ens decided by • considerable
majority of you; that rule xi be ninon by the svibeUtution of
the word three indeed of two before the word surgnoe,. In
accordance with Ude regulation, the only two moll stes, who
rn. frond themaalvee, vie, John Good, and Alfred Conon,
Zuni, both s 4 them former house surgeons here, wore duly
elected. To then; se well u to the other honorary medical
otDeers, the thanks nth* Governorsare mod junly due. The
hotuesurgeon, who had only recently entered upon his work,
when the lest report was presentsd, has continued to fulfil the
promise be then gave of proving himself to be a zealous and
efficient ofliCIT: and it le surely • matter of congratulation
that the excellent matronot ho hae so long manifested. loving
Interest in the hospital, should have nen permitted titmice=
her difficult duties, with so much vtgoar, and activity, during
*anther year.
The Committee cannot clue their report without ones more
adverting to the heavy burden of rates and taus, mod
uoexpectedly imposed upon the charities of the country by •
recent decision, from whence there la no appeal except to the
Lgislature. This charge has noddy absorbed the cost
of the maintenance of two iniatienu throughout the
year. The Committee feel that every proper neon ought
to be wed to obtain • renewal of the long recognised exemp-
tion which charitable Instltutions have hitherto enjoyed.—
C .W. Illeeltal, Chairman.

7corn—miti;el

The Rm. C. W. BURMAN, in acknowledging the
oompliment paid to the committee, would not say that
the work at the hospital was always very light, for
sometimes the committee had quite enough to do. Still
he knew hia colleagues, like himself, would ever be glad
to do what they could In support of an Institution which
they all loved ; sad be could only say if the public
would supply them with a still larger mount of funds
than they gave et present, they (the committee) would
do that. best to spend it—and to spend it satiefestorily
—fermium). He concluded by proposing a vote of
thanks to the noble lord in the chair for his kindness in
presiding on the occaidon—(epplause).

Mr. J. F. HODOIII seconded the motion, which was
tarried by acclamation.

Tha CanMins having bristly ooknowledced the eona-
pliatent. tin proceedings terminated.

Dour Cousrr B.u..—We understand that the
ball give. by the members of the four Dorestehire
bunts will take place in our Corn-ezehauge on the 4th
February.

Trig "Old Mende" will hold their ennlversery
supper al the Phceoix inn, on Wednesday evening, the
20th. Mr. Councillor T. Bennett will preside, and no
doubt the misting will be a most pleasant one.

ACCIDZIR. —On Wednesday last Edward Churchill,
carter, in the employ a Mr, Symes, of Nether Corn.,
wee returning from Doirehester with &load of wale, when
on going down Drove-buildings, his horses from some
unknown mum took fright. The carter, who was walk-
ing by their side was knocked down, whereby the small
bone of his right 'boulder was (mistimed. He wee taken
to the Dorset County Hospital, and under the care of
Yr. Young is doing well.

COM/111WD TO WM DOLUT CODNTI GAOL.— Hard
Laborr. : Thomas King, Thomas Stevens. William
Yonne, James Coymage and John Bennett, misbehaviour
Genie Union, 14 daye .ash; Charles Wakeford, mis-
behaviour Dorchester Unioo, 21 days; Chyle. Hall,
LOhlitkir at Bryanston, 1 mouth; William Short, drunk,
ke., at Blandford, 7 days; John Carter and George
Davies, misbehaviour Sherburne Cabin, 1 month each;
John Wilson. stealing a ahoy of bacon at Wimborne,
6 week.; William Clarke and George Preece, stealiog a
take at Sberboroe, 14 days each.
LTHIR.

TB' WIRA'
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—The following is oar meteorological
week totting Sunday List :

Direction State of Weather.
of Wind.

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SW Kla
Nk 81 IMM
W 848, imsty
W ENV% Misty, rain
SE roVITY, mbur, cimmlY
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Tue WEZIE OF PIATIL —For the tenth year, acting
on the recommendation ef the Evangelical Alliance,
prayer meetings have been held universally each day
during the present week. At Dorchester the meetings
were held at the Town-hall, from 8 to 9 p.m., and the
topics suggested by the Evangelical Athena., as suitable
for exhortation and intercession on the successive
evenings, were adopted. The meetings were numerously
attended, better, indeed, than in former years ; all
denominations were represented at these ptherinp and
took part in the proceedings, and the meetings were
charceterised by deep earnestness and hearty Christian
sympathy. On Mond.), evening Dr. Cowdell ciondoeted
the devotions ; on Tuesday, the Rev. J. Fox ; on
Wednesday, the Rev. C. J. Bird; on Thursday, the
Rev. J. Mann ; on Friday. the Rev. E. Merriman ; and
on Saturday, O. Cum's, Esq. The Rev. J. R. Cotter,
the Rev. Mr. Winter, Mr. Slater, and others, also took
part in these special meetings to intercede for blessinp
which the cireumatenees of our times chow to the most
needful and uigent. The united prayer meetings will
be continued throughout the year, on the first Tuesday
evening in each month, frcen eight to nine o'clock.

use. The men had shipped in London, drawn a month's
wages in admin.', end had this disturbance even before
the first month had ezpired.—Willouns and James ware
sentenced to twelve weeks' hard labour each, and
Donovaa, the ringleader of those who refried work, to
ten weeks hard labour; &Wean, Island and Handraharn
to six weeks', and the rest promised to return to the
vessel, and behave batter, and the captain consented to
receive them beek.—Pive eater 1161111411. from the Wild
Rae, came voluntariy before the magistrates to make a
complaint that they had not sufficient food, and conse•
quimtly were not able to do their work, and also that
tbia mato had ill-used them, that the ship was leaky in
the deck, whereby the water same in and drenched
their beds, and also that abs was insufficiently manned.
—lt appeared that the men had made no coomplaint to
the captain until the day previous, and the captain
swore that they had had their proper &Vowelise, denied
that the ship was lanky, and he considered that his
crew of nine men were sufficient to work the ship ;
and be offered to get another hamd to work the vowel
U the men would come back, and he won't see they
were properly cared for—They, however, refused, and
the tables were turned on them by their being sentenced
to six weeks' hard

vrms present on the previous exempt himself, hit
wife, and Morgan aficut Storks. Had been married 12
yeses the 9th of last September. Went to Blandford
yesterday with his wife to draw her money £1 12a. Od.
from the Patriotic Society. Drew his pension on
Monday last. When they left the Bugle Horn last
night they were all perfectly sober.—Frederick Storks
al iaa Me gun sail: Margaret LUOSM, James Lucas, and
myself left the Bugle flora isn, Tarrant Denville, last
night at 10 o'clock and went straight home to Lulus's
house. Lou... and his wire bad • bit of a word or two. She
used abusive language, and called him all the blackguards
she could think of. He uked her if she IVJA going to
have any sapper. She replied that she did not want
any. ID then said " You had better take some along
with with me." Witness went out and stood at the
gam Luau said "If you're going on like this, I shall
go away for the night." Witness then went out to the
gate and stopped for Lucas, and in about • minute he
mine cast, and be (witness) persuaded him to go beak
in again. He went back, stayed about two minutes.
and then came back again, and said he would not go in
spin for the night any more. Witness then sulked him
if he would go up street along with him. He said he
dld not like to do it. Witness persuaded him to go
home with him, and not walk the streets all night. He
did so, sod at half-put ten they were in bed together,
and slept together all night. Luau aaaaa moved from
witness till between six and seven that morning (Wed-
nesday). Deceased did not swear at all while witness
was there with them. They were all perfectly sober,
and he had only one pint of beer. Was certain as to the
time as he drew up the clock after he went home at a
little put 10 o'clock.—William Hargrave stated as
follows: At a little before 7 o'clock that morning ha
was going up to the farm to see Mr. Wightman when
he met Lucas about 50 yards from his own house own.
iilodforom Stork's house to hie own home. Witness said
. morning, it is not a usual thing for JOU to he
about at this time of the morning." He said "It is
not so," and appeared to be in good spirals. Witness
went to the farm, and before he could get there Lucas
ran after him, and said he believed hia wife was in the
well, and asked him to go down, adding
"I shall go to the policeman's." Witness wont to Mr.
Wightman, who went with bins to Lucas's house, and
to the well, said saw something down the well. Mr.
Wightman took hold of it, and it was Margaret Lucas's
gown. Her back was uppermost, and her head and legs
downwards. We got her out, and took her in-doors,
and laid her on the floor. She was quite dead, and
seemed to have been so some time. Aft-rwards Lucas
dame back with the policeman. He seemed to be nearly
frantic. Witness stayed there till some women came
in.—At this stage of the inquiry the Coroner submitted
, to the jury Use desirability of an adjournment, to give
time for a posi mortises examination of the body to be
mad.; it having been removed in the village that
about the time when Lucas left the house icroams were
heard, and there were 41110 bruises on the arms and legs
of the deceased. -The inquest was accordingly adjourned
till Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.—At the adjourned
inquest Yr. Williamson Daniell, surgeon, of Blandforl,
deposed as follows: At the request of the coroner and
jury I have this day made a posi•steriem examination of
tne body so the deoeued, Margaret Lucas. I first
examined the body externally, and found both fore-arms
bruised in a great many places. Some were old. and
some recent bruised. None of any importance. They
were all ex der the akin. On both knees I
found considerable bruises as well as abrasions
of the skin, which must have been caused pre-
vious to her actual death. They were above the
knee caps. I found no other bruise. externally. I first
examined internally the bout and lungs. The latter
were extensively gorged with blood and oongested, as is
usual with persons who have been drowned, as drowning
people die from asphyxia or suffocation. There were no
specific appearance. on the heart The stomach was
very full of water, which must have got there before
actual death. I then examined the head, and found no
bruise whatever. The brain was congested, caused from
asphyxia. In absence of any other apparent cause,
externally or internally, death was caused, in my
opinion, from asphyxia by drowning. I have seen an
examined the well near the house in which the body
was found, and I think it quite possible the deceased
might have slipt in, or got in of her own acoord.—Mary
Saunders, terming to the Rev. J. Watts, sail: On
Tuesday night last, at quarter to 11 o'clock, I heard
'creams in the direction of the deceased's house. The
sounds were like those of a person in a pusion or frenzy.
They lasted about two minutes, and then all was quiet.
No one was with me at the time. The screams seemed
all in the same volee.—Enuna Moors, also a servant in
the Rev. Mr. Watt's establishment, said: On Tuesday
night, from halfpast 10 to quarter to 11 o'clock, I heard
strange screams almost like cats. Heard no quarrelling
or any other noise. They WWI about a minute or two.
—Harriet Harding, .if. of James Harding, of the Bogle
Horn, deposed : On Tuesday evening last James Lucas,
his wife, and Frederick Storks, left this house about 10
o'clock. They were not tipsy, but left very happy and
co ruf ortible together. A bout 10 minutes after wards James
Luces acid Frederick Stsrks cause back to the bar-door,
and asked if Lucas could have • bed. I asked him for
what realm? He said him wife was rather inclined to be
quarrelsome and Its would rather leave for the night.
I told (him I could not let him have • bed. He then
looked at Frederick Storks and said "Will you give me
part of your bed r Storks replied "Rather than you
should walk the streets, you shall have part of my bed."
They then went off together, and I saw no more of
them—Elias Arnold deposed: I am a single woman,
and reside at Tarrant Gunville. On Tuesdy evening
last about ten minutes deer ten, I heard scrums in the
direction of Luau's house, and saw two men come up
the street just before eleven o'clock. I only saw one
come out of the house. I heard her scream once after
the men left, and heard her call "Jim," "Jim," several
times. By • juror: I did riot know the men. I beard
screams while they were there, After the last scream
when the men were away all was quiet —This was the
whole of the evidence, and after the coroner had
remarked on the satisfactory statement of the last
witness, widish proved that the deceased screamed and
celled out "Jim," after the men were away, the jury
without hesitation returned as their verdict that the
deceased was "Found drowned, bat whether by acci-
dent or her own act there was no evidence to show."

'Poke • few words of censure and advice to the limier
members of the choir, SS to their behaviour in the
church. He hoped that there would be a marked in.
prevenient is their behaviour during the ensuing year.
I Mr. Oerard Samson briefly responded. He thought
I that there was room for Improvement, even Homiest
e, roe of the olden. There was always some fresh
! arrival amongst them, and in every volunteer corps
! there were some drawbacks. He hoped however that
! the junior members would profit by the words of *deice
given them by the chairmen.—The choir then gave •
glee. - The Chairman mid that be would now ask them
to drink tellhe town and trade of Bridport. Although
the trade of the town was at preterit, in • turf
onproeperous state, he hoped that we should experience
some gentle breasts to waft that away, and that, we
, should have the sunshine of prosperity upon us. He
I would couple with the toast the wane of Mr. Whetbarn.
! Tee toast wee drunk with great enthusiasm. cheers
: being given for Mrs. Whetham and the littie ones.—Mr.
' Whetham in responding, said he was sorry that the
state of the trade in the town was in such • depressed
state at present, but he was happy to say there were
symptoms of better times—(applauee). Be was
inuish obliged to them, for the kind manner
in which they had received the toast. The
Nev. L Leel proposed the health of the visitors,
eoupling with the toast the names of Mr. Wainwright.
Mr. (harp Samson, and Mr. Tullidge. If the viaitore
only felt half the pleasure in being preempt he
did in seeing them, they most be very well pleased
indeed. lie regretted the absence of several gentlemen
he had invited, but who who were unavoidably absent.
Mr. Wainwright I. responding, spoke of the pleasure be
felt in being present, and the interest be took in the
town. He hoped to be able some dey to give them •
little more of the history of the town 'ban they at
present knew—(applause). He was • Conservati re, and
be liked to uphold the old institutions of the country,
especially the Chi:nal Supper.—Mr. George Samson en•
prosaic! kb, pleasure he felt in being per sent, end the en Jo)
mein he obtained by littening to the services of the church.
Mr. Turnip 'aid it was quite by amideat that tie was
there, as be did not know the supper waste take place.
However, be felt great pleasure at I?
present. He
felt nothing was better before • sermon than
a good service.—The Rev. L. proposed "The
health of the Vies-Chairman, Mr. Newberry.* who was
one of the oldest inhabitants, and during the time he
had laboured amongst them, Mr. Newberry had assisted
him loin, utmost of his power.—Mr. Newberry briefly
reeponded.—"The Press, Ringers, Churchwardens, and
Organist,choirs of neighbouring paishiathe Hostess and
(stare Landlord," were severally toasted, alter which
tong and harmony was kept up, the friends not dia-
parsing till the small hours of the morning.