The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

3.-Our harbour
entirely destitute
, only two •

entertained (although apparently without sufficient Since the prisoner had left his service he had cotta.
reason), more than ordinary interest attached to the re- calved any orders for goods from parties through
suit of the inquest. It will be remembered that the him that he was aware of—Re-examined Q, you
unfortunate officer diappeared from his cabin on the have been asked a great deal about drinking with
him, were you than aware there was ant thing
night of the 28th or the morning of the 29th ult., and
nothirg had been seen of his body until Friday let,
wrong? A. I was not. —Mr. Howard, on the part
when it was observed by a builder, named Gillman, by
of the prisoner, contended there was no case against
the edge of Spit bank, near Hawbowline. The remains
were considerably disfigured, having been nearly a him. His client was charged with obtaining money
fortnight in the water, and when found were , under false pretences. To do so, before the money
covered only by a flannel shirt and drawers. From the was received in law from a party, the money must
evidence of Assistant-surgeon Holten it appeared lie last have been paid, in consequence of some pretence
law the deceased walking through the ward-room about made at that time. Now, on looking at the evidence
915 on the night of the 28th ult, Soon after midnight of Atm Rogers, it WU as clear as noon-day that the
prisoner, who was a traveller, had gone into the
he was noising, and although a search was made he
could not be found anywhere, and the window of his house, taken some refreshment, and she had paid the
cabin WU open. The commander had been sufferi
money without his asking for it, and he signed the
from rhumation, but he was then improving, and stated money
as received for Mr. Hayter, like an honest man.
he felt much better than he bad been for a long time.
Mr. Howard then went through the evidence of the
He never exhibited any avail-items of insanity,
but NM very anxious and a desponding man twee, which he characterised as one of the vilest
when sick. He was always clear and collected, and ever brought before a bench of magistrates, and
on that night was unusually well. There was never argued that it was instituted to blast the young
anything in his appearance or deportment that indicated man's character, because, having left Mr. Hayter s
a disposition to ,lo away with himself. He had no employ, there was a possibility of his taking away
difficulty of breathing that would have led him to go to the prosecutor's customera—Mr. Fear contended
the window for air; but he was nervous about the that words were not necessary, but that actions alone
weather, and it has been suggested that being anxious
about the ship lie went towards the window to look out. were sufficient for —The court
a false pretence '
It was squally on that particular night. It i-truck most having been cleared, and the public re-achnitted, the
of us in the mess that his being anxious about the ship prisoner was committed for trial. He, by the advice
may have °eased him to look out of the port, and thet of his attorney, said nothing.—He was afterwards,
being rather weak he may have over-balanced himself committed upon another charge of a similar nature.
and fallen out. He was particularly well liked in the
ship, and there oould be no suapicion of any one having
gone into his cabin and thi own him out of the window.
The deceased was partioularly abstemieue—he was
ridiculously so—too much so for his health'. sake. Ile
would not take a sufficient quantity of wine when
ordered. The witneas identified the body on which the
inquest was being held as that of Stiff-Commander
John Scott —George Mart, Quartermaster on board the
Frederick William, deposed : About twenty minutes
peat midnight of Friday, the 28th April, he WILI on the
quarter deck, when he heard a bell ring. It was
customary in had weather for the commander to ring
during the night to ask how the weather was. The
wardroom sentry went to answer the bell, and when he
returned in about a minute after he said he had beau to
the first lieutenant's cabin, but that officer had not
rung; that he then went to the master's cabiu and saw
no one there and the window open. Witness than went
into the first lieutenant's cabin and told that officer he
feared the master had fallen overboard. A general
search wee made, but the commander was not to be
found.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect "That
the deceased John Scott was, on the 28th April, 1865,
found drowned, and from the evidence they were of
opinion his death was caused by his accidentally falling
out of his cabin window." The remains of Commander
Scott were interred with the customary honours at
four o'clock, in the old iiarchyard on the Great I.l:tnd.

POOLE.

4TH DORSET RIFLE CORP- is intended to erect
• butt on Hamworthy Common for the use of the corps.
A TRIAL of French and English lifeboats took place
at Cherbourg, on the 3rd and 4th met., when the
superiority of the English lifeboat was manifest.

'
Parry Swamis, Thursday.—Before the Mayor
(F. Styring, Esq.), E. Mullett, and H. Harris, !
Esqra. —Thomas Dorey was summoned by Arthur
Clarke, the master of the Union, for refusing to !
support his three ohildren, whereby they had beizome
chargeable to the pariah of St. James.—lt appeared
that defendant had work offered him at 2s. a-day,
but would not do it.—He was committed for a
month's hard labour. —STEALING A. WATCH CABE.
—Elizabeth Bartlett, a very respectable looking
woman, was charged with stealing a silver watch case,
the property of Samuel Saunders.—Presecutor
resides at Longfleet, and on the 16th of May
prisoner was working in his house as a dressmaker.
On that day he lost his watch case, which had been
injured by a fall, and placed in a beer glass on the
dresser. Soon after she left the house he missed the
watch case, and gave information to the police,
when prisoner was traced to the Ship Inn, and on
being charged with the robbery delivered the watch
ease up. He valued it at ss.—Prisoner pleaded,
guilty, and wished the case to be summarily disposed
of. She was sentenced to a week's hard labour.

PORTLAND.
HARBOURS 01 RIFOGE.—A. parliamentary return
was issued on Thursday, containing detailed state-
ments relative to the harbours of refuge at Dover,
Alderney, and Portland. The total estimate for
Dover is £650,000, the total amount of votes,
£639,000, and the vote required for 1866-6, £30,000.
For Alderney the estimate is £1,200,000, amount of
voMs, £1,157,000, votes required for 1865-6,
£36,000, and subsequent votes required for the com-
pletion of the works, £B,OOO. The estimate for
Portland is £1,047,125, votes £1,024,000, required
for 186.5-6, £ll,OOO, subsequent votes required to
complete, £12,125.