The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-06-13 00:00:00

POOLS.

Tug will and codicil of Mr. H. E. Ralston, merchant, of
Manchester, and Woodlands-park. Cheshire, • brother of
Mr. B. Ralston, twine-spinner, of Poole. have been proved
under the large sum of • quarter of • million of pounds.
SAO DEATH OF THIC MASTIR OF A YACHT. —On Friday
Mr. G. B. Aldridge, Coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr. B.
Meaden was foreman, held an inquest at the Town-hall
on the body of Edward Osmond, of Portia, master of the
steam yacht Dream, who was found drowned on the
Haniworthy side of the Harbour on the previous morning.
—John Coble, a Hainworthy ferryman, identified the
body, and stated that on Wednesday night, at 20 minutes
to 11, he saw deceased coming from the direction of the
battery to the ferry steps. Ile was alone, and appeared
to be drunk and staggering. Deceased was carrying •
bundle, and went through Mr. bleadus's ship-building
yard towards his vesieL —Robert Warburton, a Poole
seaman, was working on board • vessel at Ififinworthy
about half-pest 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, when the
master told him there was something overboard. lie
jumped into a boat at once, and found the deceased in
the water with his right hand and leg round one of the
piles of the Quay, and • bundle in his left hand. The
body was just under the water, with the head bent down,
and with assistance he got it into the boat, and from
thence to the Qua.y Dezeased was quite dead,
and the fish had been eating his face. The body of
deceased was about 100 yards from his yacht, en the ferry
side—P.C. Reeks said the last witness gave him informa-
tion of the occurrence between 6 and 7 on the previous
morning, and he went to Ramworthr and found the
deceased lying on the Corporation Quay dead. The
deceased's watch had stopped • eight minutes to eleven
o'clock. lie found on the body 7e. d. in money and a
Shipwrecked Mariner's medal, and the last witness gave
Min the bundle. The deceased's vessel was close along-
side the Quay, hut much higher. and there was no plank.
lie examined the body and found no ,narks of entlenee,
hot both the ears hail been completely eaten away by fish.
--James Eastman. engineer on booed the deceased's
yacht, the Dream, said they arrived in Poole about 'salt-
iest four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the
deceased wrote a letter to the owner of the yacht, Mr.
Bentincii. Ile Law deceased at the Post office at about
half-pest eight the same evening, and he appeared to have
had a little drink; but wee not then drunk. Ile heard
from one of the crew that deceased took some bread and
flour on board at a quarter to nine. He went on board
himself shortly after nine, and on finding the deceased
was not there went on shore again to look for him. He
had known deceased about three months, and had never
seen him the worse for drink before. Deceased was near-
, sighted, an might have mistaken the vessel. About 12
o'clock he went ashore with a light and searched for
deceased, but could not find him. The deceased IVY 56

years old, msd bed • wlfe.-•:rbe Coroner having summed
up the jury returned • verdict of Yound drowned."
PIM"( SIMONS. Tbursday.—Before the Mayor (Alder-
man Y. Styling) and Mews. (. J. Steue, J. B. Durell, and
11. I). YAM

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A half-yearly poor-rate of 11. 6d. in the for the parish
of Hainworthy was signed by the Bench.
The following licenses were transfered. Antelope
Hotel, Poole, from Mr. Williaru lhand to Mr. Henri
:urtis ; Shah of Persia Inn, Longdeek from Mr. Stephen
Laming to Mr. George Woodhouse; Bell and Crown Inn,
Poole, fro. Mr. John White to Mr. George Orchard.
Robert Taibot and Deihl Talbot were summoned for
assaulting John Padday, Under Bailiff of the Poole County
t!ourt, and rescuing a horse from his legal custotly.—Mr.
H. W. Dickinson appeared for complainant, and stated
that be had only been instructed in the matter that
morning, and ii a mistake had been tuade in issuing the
smutuons he asked to be allowed to withdraw it on com-
plainant paying costs, and proceedings would be taken
under the County Court Act.—The 1.1111111101111 we. with-
drawn.

Frederik Greemdadt and Walter Lacey, two boys, were
summoned for playing at pitch and tou in the Ladies
Walking Field, Longffeeta, on Sunday evening, the 28th
of May.—This came had been adjourned from the last Court
for further evidence. Lacey now appeared but Greenslade
was represented by his mother, who said her boy had gone
to work with his father. Superintendent Hunt again gave
Lacey a good character, and the Bench cautioned him and
siopended judgment. This not being Greenslades first
offence, the Bench for the second time adjourned the
charge against him for a week, and if be does not appear
on Thursday, a warrantovill be issued.