The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-05-16 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

L —Halt MAJESTY, accompanied by the junior
members of the Royal family, left Osborne
House, Isle of Wight, where the Court has been
for a short while enjoying the delightful advance
of the season, on Saturday, for Windsor Castle.
On Monday the Queen held an afternoon re-
ception at Buckingham Palace, and it is under-
stood will almost immediately proceed north-
wards, thus early, to Balmoral, in consequence
of having engaged to go to Germany in the
autumn.—Amidat fervent enthusiasm, which re-
called the visit of George IV., the Prince of
Wales, accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief,
the Duke of Cambridge, has landed at Kings-
town, and proceeded to Dublin, opened with
'great eclat the exhibition, and reviewed the
troops in the Plicenix Park, in presence of
180,000 or 100,000 spectators, with ardour quite
undamped by a drizzling rain. A more elegant
or agreeable Exhibition of the kind has not been
seen amongst the numerous attempts of recent
years than that now opened in Dublin. It
affords a great contrast to the shortcomings of
its predecessor twelve years ago. It is perfectly
elegant, yet perfectly Irish. The opening
ceremony, with some fine musical performances,
was a great success. We only hope it may be
beneficial to Ireland; and doubtless the fasci-
nating metropolis of the Emerald Isle must
benefit greatly by the visitors who will find it
for some time to come the centre of attraction.
The Prince took leave of the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland on Friday, re-embarked in the Albert
and Victoria, Captain the Prince of Leiningen,
at Kingstown, and arrived early on Saturday
morning in London, for the opening of
another and a different exhibition, that of Re-
formatory Industry at the Agricultural Hall,
Islington—the propriety of which, however,
begins to be called in question in some of the
journals, especially in so far as respects the
exhibition of the Reformatory children along
with their produotions.—Proclamation upon
proclamation, breathing fatalism and the spirit
of the Koran, announces to the Arabs the
presence and the purpose of the Emperor
Napoleon in Algeria. He has made even bold
and rapid excursions to towns in the south, and
on the whole appears to have cut out some work
for himself amongst the wild tribes who harbour
feelings of revenge as the most cherished of their
traditions, and have by no means forgot the
caverns of Dalin. By a singular coincidence
Abd-el-Kadir is also absent on a visit to Europe
—at least he is in Constantinople, the honoured
guest of the Sultan. Rumours, said to be with.
out foundation, are afloat that the young Prince
Imperial will be proclaimed King of Algeria.
It would seem that a conspiracy against the I
Emperor on his way through Lyons had been
timeously detected—but it is said to have been I
formiclabLe in extent—composed of no fewer
than 60 disoontented Poles and Italians.
IL—PARLIAMENT has divided against the £6
Franchise of Mr. Baines, although all the
members of the Government, with the single
exception of Lord Palmerston, absent through
illness, made a show of voting for the measure.
But where was the usual whip After the
speech of Mr. Robert Loos, and his experienced
denunciations of 4,,nstraliss, ss well as o'

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MEESE& STACEY AND KELLY, who have gained
considerable reputation by their clever exp3ad of'
the tricks performed by the "unknown force" of the
Davenports, EDllO=OO performances in this town on
Wednesday. They are well worth going to see as
unravelling the alleged epiriteal mystery, and ex.w
posing the absurdity of such pretences. The Sus
says :—Messrs. Stacey and Kelly gave the first or
series of " Anti-Spiritual Con versazi ones" on Wedner::
day evening last. After a short address, in whidr
the opinions of Mr. Addison and Mr. Coleman were
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freely discussed (much to the satisfaction of the
former gentleman, who was present), • committee
was formed, and the two aati-spirittudiata were
bound (one, as we were given to understand, by the
" Tomfool's knot"), and then looked up in the
cabinet. After • very short time they appear.'
with the ropes in their hands. They then
themselves up, and were again locked up in
cabinet This time the duloet strains of made were.
beard t and the RV* hands appeared, aa4.Willp;

a few more of such Davenport demonstrations,
finished the first part of the entertainment.
The second part consisted of the dark seance.
The audience were requested to join hands in
order that neither mortal nor spirit should
enter the magic circle. Messrs. Stacey and Kelly
were securely fastened to chairs, the knots on the
ropes being sealed. No sooner were the lights ex-
! tinguiehed than fiery guitars, banjos, tambourines,
belle, &c., flew about the room in every direction,
and deported themselves in the roust:lest manner
possible. The lights were then brought in and the
two gentlemen were discovered firmly tied and the
seals unbroken. They then assured the company
that they had received no spiritual aid, and the ex-
traordinary sights they had witnessed were only a
clever illusion. With this we perfectly agree, and
congratulate Messrs. Stacey and Kelly on being able
to accomplish as much without the aid of spirits as
the Davenports do with them. There was a
numerous audience, which departed highly pleased
with their two hours of mystery.
BOBOOGEI Perry Szastoss, kisy 15 —Before the
Mayor (Dr. Aldridge), R. Davis, Esq., and J. F.
Hodges, Esq.—Robert Pople, a militiainan, by trade •
boot-closer, was brought up in custody charged with
breaking windows in the house of his father-in-law,
William Porter, Holloway, Fordington. Prisoner went
to prosecutor's house between 11 and 12 on Sunday
night, violently knocked at the door and demanded his
wife (pro,ecutor's daughter). He told Pople she was
not there, and that if he did not go away he (Porter)
would bring him before the magistrates. Shortly after
prisoner threw stones into prosecutor's bedroom,
breaking three panes of glass. The door also was
injured. The damage done was to the amount of 2s. 64.
P C. Cousins was called to the spot, and prosecutor
gave Pople into custody. It transpired that Pople and
his wife had quarrelled, when she went to • neighbour's
house for shelter and prisoner thought she had gone to
her father-in-law s. —Prisoner did not dispute the facts
deposed to, but averred that his wife was at prosecutor's
house when he first knocked and Raked for her.—
Porter did not press the case—Fined 155., in.
eluding costs and damage; in default, 14 days'
hard labour. Sergeant-major Collins said that Pople
was one of the best conducted men in his corn-
pany, and was thela-t man that he should have thought
would have so committed himself.—Walter Battliek
was brought up in custody, under remand from the pre-
vious Monday, charged with being found in possession
of Government stores, viz.: 2 shirts, 5 pairs of socks,
2 pairs of boots, and a razor. The Town Clerk remarked
that he was told 100 men's ktis were deficient. Mr.
Weston defended. Serge .nt-inajor Collins said that on
the assembling of the regiment, each man was provided
with 2 new shirts, 2 new pairs of socks, and a new pair
of boots, marked W. D., which were his own property
at the end of the training. Each man was ordered to
take his shirts to the pay-sergeant on receiving them to
have his name and regimental number put on them.
Amongst necessaries, issued for use only, was • razor
which bore the regimental number. The shirts, socks,
and boots produced bore the War Department mark,
and the razor was numbered 489. John Wood, of
Corte Castle, was the private in the regiment having
that regimental number. He was now absent without
leave.—Cross-examined by Mr. Weston: Privates pay
is Is. a day. If he is in private quarters 4d. a day is
allowed for lodgings.. If in billet 74. a day is stopped
for rations. If a man is discharged before the expira-
tion of the training, all the articles served out to him
have to be returned to the stores. It had been reported
to him that the men sold their stores and necessaries
before the end of the training. He was not aware that
any general regimental examination had taken place in
consequence. Some men wore their own boots during
the training.—The Sergeantinajor had brought three
men to the Court whose necessaries were deficient, and
hemuggested that the prisoner should identify one or
more of them if he oould as men who had sold the
stores to him. Of course, prisoner declined the invite-
tion.—Mr. Weston contended that there was nothing to
show that the boots, shirts, and soaks were issued to
'the Dorset Militia, and that from the evidence
of the Sergeantmajor it was clear that there
were many ways by which they might fairly
have come into defendant's possession. Further,
he urged that as the case was brought under 17 and 18
Via., c. 105, s. 48, it could not be sustained, as no charge
for the said stores had been deducted from the pay of
militiamen.—The Town Clerk differed from Mr. Weston
in his reading of the Act.—The Bench convicted de-
fendant of being in unlawful possession of goverrnn
stores, and fined him 40n, in default, a month'
labour.—Mark Crate, a notorious fish poach'eVsZe
convicted of lifting the hatches in the river near the
White Hart Hotel, on Saturday night, and fined
7a. 61. incleding costs. Had not P.C. Cousins caught
defendant the water would hay,' been turned upon
"Covetous Plot," laid down to grass, and upon a
meadow where there were • number of cows and calves,
the property of W. Manfield, Esq. Several of the
hatches were lifted along the river, and the supposition
was that defendant intended to catch the fish. He said
he had drawn the hatches in order to find some
money he had let fall in the water.—Selina Gale,
• woman of well-known violent disposition, was
summoned for &metalling Charles Read, at Fordington,
on Wednesday. The parties are neighbours. Com-
plainant wins drinking at Gulliver's beerbouse,
where defendant lives, when she entered the room,
abused him, and then struck him and pulled his
hair. Defendant said "If he had been a man I should
have thought that he could have took it out of me with-
out summoning me." It appeared that Read did
assault defendant in return.—Case dismiseed.--John
Morley was brought up on remand charged with re-
ceiving a teapot stolen from Wollaston House, the
residence of the Rev. B. L. Watson. Mr. Lock prose-
cuted. The teapot was found in his possession, and
identified as prosecutor's property.—Prisoner said he
had been drinking; te never stole anything in his life
when he was sober.—Superintendent Pouncy said he
was convicted for stealing paintings at the sessions,—
Prisoner said he did that through drink. Having been
convicted previously of felony, he was committed for
trial. He cried bitterly.