The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-01 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

RILTISION OP VoTIMS' LINTS.—Tb• revng balt;
attended at Dorohmter on Friday, bat the proom
both In regard to the lists of thii dirizion of the county
and of the borough Mato mttely formal.
EMILY CLOWNO.—We are glad to fled that the early
dosing, whisk was produetive of melt good results last
winter to all rioneernal, is likely to be renewod on
Tuesday murk for is nioatha,,liaturdaya and fair days
started: A redden in that behalf has boa assested
to by the leading tradesamia.

ST. Pins's iaIIOCRIAL kmoota.—The anniversary
aennoni ware preselmd at St. Peter's on behalf of the
schools, last Senday—in the morning and evening by
the Rev. W. Aeworth, and in tbp afternoon by the
Rector. The congregations were large, and the col.
lections amounted to n•-arly £l4.

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We have been requested tested. that the 'Muter
Tern" whom name was mentioned at the Policeeours
on Monday, in connection with a disturbance near the
Junction Hotel, was not meant to refer to Mr. T.
p•win, as some people seem to have inferred. The
Master Tom" who was ch•llenged to fight, and
" wouldn't some out," was a militiaman.
1'001113111:11Y 80313. Yll.—Lt this annual fair on
Moeda, het there was an ucunafly lug. supply of
sheep on offer, but beaker was extremely doU even at
C decline of from Ti to es. pu bead on horn end Down
eon. on the prime rsalle.4 at last year's fair. Late In
the day the maiority were lispeeed of as follows :—horn
OW", niao to sk; Downs, 425. to 60e. There was a
goodly Mow of eaOtal sort bones, and a great many
changed heads at Mak pet..
Conn Exonsinan —Wheat kale Erni at ls. to 2s.
per qr. advance on late rates. Barley varied from Ms.
au eta per qr. Very little business doing in either
grain.

Tee Pants or • "Jack TAn."—The replies of
the sons of Neptune have ever been • fruithal theme of
merriment for landsmen. and Wit Saturday afternooo,
Dorchester and its country visitors for the market had
• little exhibition of Jack's notion of fun. The actor,
as subsequently transpired, wadi one Henry Chapman,
30 years of age, • seaman on board the Hoecawen train-
ing ship, stationed in Portland Roads. Having being
"doing friendly glasses" till he had leeome
"gloriously elevated," he found himself on Cornhill with
the genius of frolic impelling him to tricks altogether
contrary to the proprieths of 'Dorchester life. Seeing •
tispeciOns roll of matting at the shop door of Mr.
fled, draper, ha threw it amass his shoulder and
started off with it down South-firma to his owo_lol4lll-
cation and the wonderment of opectatars. nut his

movements were observed by the assistants in the shop,
and they pursued him, and brought back the roll he
had mad, so free with. Jack took this in good part,
and on arriving at Mr. Nutting's he found outside the
door • cask of bricks. This took his fancy, and
he oould not resist the temptation of giving it • roll.
So away he sent it bowling down the street, in high
&e at the commotion he crested among the bricks.
But his" little pme" in this instance was quickly
ended. Mr. Nutting espial his actions, and, heating
alter him, brought him to his senses by • smart kick
In that part of his person which brave men never show
to their enemies, and he forthwith conveyed the auk
back to its place. This disaster, however, did not take
all the mischief out of him, for he went into Mr. Lovell's
earriage-howe, and placing himself between the shafts
of • dog-cart, ran off with it in the direction of the
Corn Exchange, ludicrously indifferent to anything and
everything in the way, though fortunately neither he
nor the trap were injured. Rut this e meet& was
observed by the pollee, and his frolic came to an
, ignominious end by his being placed in the lock-up. In
the evening he was brought up before the Mayor,
charged with being drunk and riotous, and Er. I.ovell
gave evidence against him. During the inquiry prisoner
fell down in • St, but soon recovered. He was
sentenced to 7 dap' imprisonment.

Tait°wish) STONII3 IN TUB WALKS: • CAUTION TO
Bois.- At this time of the year considerable risk of
personal injury is involved in walking along mai of the
avenues around the town u are lined with chestnut
true, from the circumstance of boys congregating there
end throwing atones into the tree. to kneels down the
ehestnuia. The police, however, have taken the matter
In hand, to puts stop to this dangerous practice, and
two boys hays been brought before the magistrates sod
fined. This was on Monday last, when George Bull and
Jomph Woodrow were summoned before the Mayor
(G. Comic, and Dr. J. P. Aldridge. P.R.
Cousins spoke to seeing 801 l throwing stones into the
trees on the Salisbury walk, from Mr. Tomalley's field,
and he had three leaser boys to pick up the ebeetnuts for
him. Several people were passing at the time. He
walked towards 8011, when he went away in the opposite
direetioah—Bull said he was working in the field, and
be was knocking down • few chestnuts for • boy in eon-
sideratioa of his going to fetch him a bottle of eider
from Mr. Yeariley's • had never thrown before.—The
Mayor told defendant he was liable to a penalty not so.
'mediae 405., or, at the discretion of the magistrates, to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 14 days. This
time, however, he would only be fined Is. and (is. 64.
eatta—ellowed a week to pay in, end in default, seven
' days imprisonment—As to Woodroe, Walter Morley,
ono of Mr. Tamell's assistants, mid that on Monday, the
S3rd, he was paring through the Salisbury walk, *hem
he saw wend boys (the defendant amongst them)
throwing stones into the trees. As he paned them
Woodrow threw a stone, and it feU elms to his feet ;
be saw it coming and altered his course or it would
have struck him. The stone was produced. It was •
large jagged flint, and calculated to inflict serious injury
lilt streak any one, Witness was walltiog with • female
at the time. Superintendent Pouney and P.S. Cousins
saw the affair, and the servant ren after the boy.—
Defendant said "he never threw • stone so big as that
as he knew of." His mother pleaded that he had been
at work all the summer for Mr. Rayne, and that there
were a lot more boys throvring at the same time. She
had "a herd family." and hoped the magistrate. would
"look it over a bit." —Fined as in the previous ease,
and the Bench intimated that if any others were brought
tip for stone theowing they would not amps with so
light a punishment.
Usiequaue You.-0n Saterday last Ann Kamseh,
a middle-aged woman, employed at the King's Arms
Hotel, was brought up before the Mayor (G. Curme,
Req.) and I. Bishop, Esq., charged on the complaint of
her husband with breaking his windows. The statements
of the husband and wife exemplified the old adage
" Marry in haste and repent at leisure." They entered
the holy bonds some four years ago, yet not for the
first time, for he had already had two wives, who bore
to him three children, while she was • widow having
one child. Differences early arose between them, for
she stated that they had "en.,' greed since the first
month after their marriage." At one time the husband
used hi drown his cares in copious libations, returning
home "AU right, you know ," and indifferent
to the bitter taunts of his wife, ad the
cold cheer she provided for him, for he was always
" master in his own housie,". and used to prove his
supremacy occasionally at somewhat unseasonable hours
of the night by ejecting hie wife into the street hut
scantily clothed. One child WM the issue of their
marriage, and the management and are of this end the
other children respectively added a new element to their
discard. Within the last year the husband, it was
said, has become • teetotaler, and has climaxed ihe
whole course of life, but the wife retains her old
incompatibility of temper, and has well nigh attained
the mastery. Recently Beech's elder daughter came
home, and he appears to bane angered his wife greatly
by his mord for his daughter' while the girl has not
been dew to repudiate the authority of
her step-moth-r and Mks her father's part ia
their squabbles. Pearly on Saturday morning the
wife oominenced trying to get up a scene with
her husband, twitting him .on rad follies and short-
, comings, and raging the more because he would only
reply by "whispering to his daughter." At length,
however, be could not bear her taunts any longer, and
quietly placed her outside the door. She then broke
the window, and thereupon was given into custody.
She had often intimated her willingness to agree to a
separation, though she always deelined to go in the
end, but now the husband proposed to allow her ss. •
week for herself and the child, pay her fare to her home
at Buckfastleieh, Devon, and give her a portion of the
furniture of his house. She agreed to leave him on
them terms, and the magistrates, hearing the position of
affairs, approved of their decision. The charge was
therefore withdrsen, and it was arranged for the *ifs
to start for Devonshire diming the der.

1 /rammer OF Tin ROYAL HoNal ARTILLIIRT.—The
A Battery C Brigade Royal Hone Artillery proceeded
in complete marching order to the drill ground at
Maiden Castle, at ten a.m., on. Thursday, under the
001111111111 d of Cwt. Masashi, for their usual ball-
yearly inspection by Col. K Wodehouse, CR.. whose
war services have obtained for him an appointment as
aideerle-camp to the queen, and who, accompanied by his
aide-rle.canip, Lieut Parry, R. A., arrived irom Ports-
mouth on the previous evening. Every available man
and hone were on parade. The battery was formed up
In line, full interval at enter, and as soon as it was
dressed end all "steady" the inspecting offioer Ind his
aide-de-rump, attended by a mounted orderly, rode to
the saluting point, and received the usual salute with
drawn swords and flourish of trumpets. The battery
tisa then mintitely inspected front and roar' after
which it took close order and marched past, the Alton
saluting. They then trotted past in line and by
sections, when they wheeled and galloped past in
splendid style. The parade evolutions now commenced
by advancing, and action front took ground to the
left in column of half-battery from
itliitzerzrlit line to the
rear on the leading hslf battery; e
tothe front
for action ; retired from the ;eft in co umn of division;
echelon of divisions to the left for action; limbered up
to the rear and reformed line; and then the splendid
movement of detachments rear and wheeling about
rapidly; they advanced at • tremedous pan with
masked guns for action front, retired by half battery in
action, re-formed line and again action front, limbered
up to the front sniLwhealetliirtbout. At
_this point tire
rhewffiggonae anw6lleno the B'eah bad been
evolutionsmormmen.cenrof ,
were recalled, and taking up their proper po‘ition in
the line the whole advanced with detachments front and
swords carried to general salute, after which the whole
moved off the field In the same Order as they had
entered it. The several evolutions were gone through
in a manner which repeatedly elicited the approval of
the inspecting officer. We regret to have to all that
• gannet named Robert Redmond was knocked down by
• limber, the wheel of which pseud over his body, but
fortunately without Injuring the man serious,-, this
we ascertained on inquiry at the military hospital, to
which be was removed in an ambulance off the ground
under the direction of Surgeon Hepworth, R. H.A.
Colonel weelehotue efterward. saw the officers and non-
commissioned officers perform a double ride in the
sohooL He then inspected the cast horses, the men's
dinners and guar-ten, and the whole of the men on foot
cloaked ; nor did be omit calling at the hoipital and
kindly enquiring how the injured gunner was progress-
ing, when the gallant colonel expressed himself much
gratified on hearing the man was doing well. The
colonel left Dorchester at half-pat three p m., having
expressed himself highly satisfied with the appearance
of the men, their very high state of efficiency and I
cleanliness, equally so with the books and general
internal economy of the battery. From the time the
battery was first raised, in 1801, to take part in the
Nuptian expolition, under the title of "Kip eimental
Horse Artillery" with Sir David Baird, up to the
suppression of the great Indian mutiny; it hiu seen
tionatant and severe set-vies in the field.