The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-16 00:00:00

BOLTILIVENOUTIL

A TRIP AFTER ROYALTY.

This has, as a matter of course, been the all absorb-
ing topic of the week. Several left for the port of
disembarkation on Tuesday, Wednesday, and on
Thursday cheap tripe were afforded by the London
and South Western Railway Company, of which not
a few took advantage. By far, however, the greaterportion of those whose loyal enthusiasism or curiosity
prompted them to visit the scene of rejoining, availed
I themselves of the opportunity of an aquatic trip pre-
sented by three steamers, viz., the Sovereign, from
I Southampton, the Mayflower from Lymington, and
I the Heatherbell from Poole, each of whom came
severally alongside the pier on Thtusday morning to
receive their complicoent of passengers. The Sovereign
having been for sometime the only vessel announced,
had as a matter of course the lamst number aboard,
Some 200 PrCKeida in her. other two which
only came on the at the llth hour, had about 160
between them. Before either of the vessels steamed
away the Sera* and convoy could be seen by the
numbers who lined the cliff glass in hand, to be near-
ing the Needles, and it was conjectured that they
! would be just in time to learn H.R.H. bad left for
London. Not so, however. for AS it turned out they
were just in time to catch the object of their curiosity
quisty lying in Yarmouth Roads where H.R.H. the
Princems of Wales and the Royal badly boozded her.
Rang amcopt the first of their kind they had the
opportunity of s capital view, said were fortunate
to get into good position for acoomitanylni the good
old trooper and her royal freight into Portsmouth
harbour. The three veepels returned late in the
evening, all on board evidently well pleased with all
they saw and thoroughly satisfied with the general
arrangement& Those on board the Soy
eepe.,ially loud in their laudations of CaMettvere
the master, t 4 the satisfactory manner in which'
he nav rued, and morel thanks were
both nod Mr. Bell the enterprising local

CALLIBOZNI
I Pim Busioms, Thunder.— Before Mr. Geo. Churchill.
Mr. If. F. Brouncker. and Cant Biddle
Gurus Braton, of Woody;, was summoned by Henry
Coward, of the same place, for an usault on the SU' h
inst. The parties are ia the service of Mr. Dar, the
trainer, and the assault was not altogether denied, hut
the defendant said he had been provoked I.y the nom.
plainant The mamistrate did not comtider the assault one
which rolled for much punishment, and only Imposed a
line of Is., and 10s. costa.
Mr. JeAn Money, of Thorny Down Farm, Bindle', wee
summoned by the Deputy Chief Constable for allowing
six cows to 'tray on the turnpike road at th same place
on the leind inst. P.C. Carter proved the ce and the
defendant was lined fle and Ba. costs.
Williams Upward. of Handley, wee fined and cuts
for haying allowed his cow to stray on the t npike road
at that pariah on she illth ult.
The above were the only cases brought bet or the Bench
here to-day.

STI7RMINSTRR, MARSHALL.
ON the 9th lost, the dead body of • newly-born female
child wee found in • rabbit's hole in a bank by the aide of
Wadley Wood in this parish, by Charles Singleton, a young
fellow in the employ of Mr. William Marti( Moor
Court Finn. Singleton saw a dog bolo to his
mastic scratching at the hole, end went to see e cause,
when he maw the of • child. He then called to • fellow-
workman. named Harry Hortock, who gave information
to P.C. Brook& The constable, on going to the snot
found the body of a fall-developed female child and took
possession of it. An inquest wee held at the Churchill
Arms Inn by Mr. Thos. Rawlins, Coroner, on the 10th
inst, when Mr. Packeneon, H H.C.S., proved having made
a poet martens examination of the bo4, and be had no
doubt the child waa born alive. More were not any
external marks of violence on the body, and his opinion
was the child had died from hemorrhage, the =helical
cord not haring been properly severed. The Coroner,
rafter shortly summing up the evidence, thought the safest
verdict the jury could return would be an open one of
"Found Dead." The jury without any hesitation con-
mined in the views of the Coroner, and returned their
verdict accordingly. The De uty Chief Constable was
present to watch troosedrnia, and said the matter
would be fully snot into.

SHEZ.II—ORKE.
THE STRATTON DIVORCE CASE.
MOLTS, MOWS, ADD WIIIILILLIT
STILSITON V. STILATVON ADD DOSS.
Dr. Spinier, QC., and Ur. Rayford, appeared for the
petitioner; Dr. Dean., Q.C., and Kr. C. A. Middleton for
the respondent; Kr. TaUourd Salter, QC., Ix the co-re.
eponde.nt

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The further hearing of this case, which was the httsband's
suit for • divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery
with the corespondent, was resumed on Wednesday
=1
~ The case was peculiar in this respect, that the
at and corespondent, who stood to each other
in the relation of sister and brother-in-law, never
aataired to conceal the intimacy on which the tz
them In e petition was mainly
aad which ham th
subsisted between thane from WI down to
the present time. The facts of the ease were these :—ln
August, the petitioner, wt., is an extensive fernier
at be, in Harops'.l,.. married the respondent,
whose • pettlensan named Andrews, was possessed
of connuorable property at }Upton, in Sonsersetehire. In
1871, the corespondent, who was also a large farmer at
Pingleetone, in Hampshire, married the respondent's
sister, who died after admit illness in May, 1871 After
her sister's death, Mrs. Stratton assisted the ca-respon-
dent in the management of his household, and there
rapidly up between them an intimacy of so close •
kind that it became the subject of comment among their
friends and acquaintaaces. They availed themselves of
every opportunity to enjoy each others society. Mrs.
Stratton paid frequent visits, sometimes in company with
her children, at other times alone, to Pliagiestone, where
she would remain for days. and on two occasions she and
the co-reepondent took short pleasure trips together, once
in the summer of 1874 to the Isle of Wight, and again, in
the following year, to London. The petitioner, as he
alleged, in vain remonstrated with his wife on her conduct
which at last gave rise to such scandal that in the interest
of his children he determined on a 'operation. It was
accordingly arranged in June, 1875, that they should live
Vert. end shortly afterwards information reached the
petitioner which led him to believe that the intimacy
which minuted between his wife and the co-respondent
was of a guilty character. He, in CORAIKUMIOII, presented
• petition for dissolution of marriage on the ground of
her adultery. Tl 6 respondent and co-respondent denied
the charge. In support of the petitioners awe several
witnesses, including the respondent's brother, were called,
and they deposed that the intimacy between the respon-
dent and corespondent was the subject of genersl com-
ment among their friends. Two other witnesses, servants,
declared that they observed at Pinglestone familiarities
between them, and it further appeared that on the separ-
ation in June, 1875, Mrs. Stratton went to reside with
the co-respondent.
On behalf of the respondent and co-respondent it was
admitted that great and affectionate intimacy had sub-
sisted, and still subsisted, between them, but both
declared, pledging their oaths to the truth of their state-
ment, that their relation towards each other had been
that of brother and sister. Kra Stratton acknowledged
that she had persisted in her intimacy with the co-respon-
dent, contrary to her husband's wishes and repeated
remonstrances, but protested that their meetings and
planate excursions were always made known to him. She
further admitted, in cross-examination, that she and her
brother-in-law were in the habit of interchanging kisses
when they met in the morning and parted at piglet.
Pressed to say whether he had not also biased her on other
occasions, she answered that though she would not say
never, yet that if he had done so it must have been very
, seldom, but repeated the declaration that at no time had
any other familiarity passed between them. The co-res-
pondent, who was also called, gave similar evidence. He
stated, further, that on giving up his farm at Pi
last January, he took lodgings at Alresford, wile=
respondent had previously removed, and he admitted that
they had since lived together, save that they did not sleep
under the same roof. He likewise admitted that they
entertained the strongest affection for each other, but
protested that until just before the suit was instituted he
had no idea that their intimacy had given rise to any
scandal, or that it :was calculated to compromise Mrs.
Stratton's reputation.
Several witnesses, principally servant'. deposed that
they had never noticed any improper familiarity between
the respondent and co-respondent, and like evidence was
given by Um Rev. Mr. Summer, Vicar of Puiglestone, who
that In a conversation between him and Mr.
Stratton in July, 1875, the latter declared he was satisfied
that, however infatuated
tratton min her arveltmenn,t for the cor
had Tt
Mt unfaithful as a wife. Evidence WY also addu'c'ed
which showed that on the occasion of their visit to the
Isle of Wight and London the respondent and co-res-
pondent passed at the hotels at which they stopped as
brother and sister, and occupied separate rooms.
The Court adjourned on the close of the evidence in the
case, the further hearing of which was continued on
Thursday.
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The hearing of the agues warn resumed on Thursday.
On the conclusion of the evidence, Dr. Deans addressed
the jury oath, part of the respondent, and admitted that
the came was of considerable suspicion.—M. Talfourd
Salter, Q.C., ((I/lowed on the part of the op-respondent.
Dr. Spinlts, QC., then replied on the whole case on the
part of the petitioner.--SirJames Hannan hevins gummed
tte. Jary.2t eerde en 1 I • verdict
mforn the
ced :stationer on
decree alit
with oos' tse husband to e Court Cr% the custody of the
children.