The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

WA BZHAIL

A WATIMILOO VirelinAla-1 18.1.1.6 been
addresed to the Commindemera of Chaim lianPialla
on behalf of • poor old ow& aa• of
ads lb* _ (.4
Waterloo, who is employed se wievenger for tbs.
borough, whist' forth the :
followlog
—Jams. Pluck, late a private in the 2nd Battalion
110th Regimens, but now of Wareham, maveuges,
eclipsed in she above regiment at Cazobndge, and
Joined the dirndl commanded by Major Spewfuot, at
Wakefield, and Yorkshire. in 1808andthe minim
conicenies crmmanded by Colonel Iltnnett, at Oadis
in 1809, and served on the Continent until after the
battle of Waterloo, in which be was wigagod daring
the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815. The nommen&
log °dicer, Colonel Hamiltoo, was wounded on the
16th at Quatrebraa, when Major Chambers took the
mounand, and was killed on the 18th. Pluck marched
with his regiment to Boulogne mail), after which he
served in Ireland for two years, and was discharged
during the reduction of the army in 1818, after ten
years service, wil'iont any remuneration. He is in
of the Walerloo medal, but unfortunately
Meilli°Dsdisobsrge in • fire which happened at his
lodging in Chapel-street, Vauxhall, in 1852, together
with all the property he then possessed. He has
since applied to the Horns Guards for a copy of his
discharge, but be has received no answer. He hes
now attained 75 years of age, and bee no friends or
relatives to help him. He has, up to the present
time, earned his firing as • scaveoger in the borough
of Wareham. He has worked Ili loog as he could;
but old age and infirmities have caused him to ask
for aucconr, and now, being incapable from earning
his living, he trestle that the Commissioners will
take his ones into consideration, and thus keep him
from the workhouse.
Cover Lem —The annual court last of the manor
of J. 11. Wendt, Esq„ was bud on Friday last before
C. 0. Bartlett, Fog., steward, The jary emerobled
at the Town-hall as mid-day, as follows :—Mr. J.
B. Beggs (foreman), Meagre J. Shepherd, G. Best,
H. Bests J. Beer, W. Spicer, T. Clarkson, W. Bests
C. Bale, S. C. Peony, W. H. Hardiman, J. a
Ernes, O. Sansome, G. Hobbs, W. T. Redman, J.
Davis, J. Bellingham, R. J. Margolies, G. Beer,
W. Marahman, C. H. Gerd, a Marsh. and .1.
Troochard. After the usual formalities, the court
adjourned till half-past two in order that the jury
might make an inspection of the manor. On mum-
ing, a short preeestment was made, complaining of
obstructions reads by three or four perilous. These
were ordered toibe removed forthwith under a penalty
of 50s. each. The following officers of the court were
then sworn for the ensuing year:— Canisters and
ale tasters—Meters. C. Beale and W. Best; breed
weighers—Messrs. J. Trecohard and J. Hollingluim;
chimney and mantle surveyors—Messrs. G. Marsh
and G. Samoan ; hayward—Mr. W. Bridle;
scavenger —Mr. E. Davis; oncitables—Messra. H.
Beet and J. Spicer. The Steward then discharged
the jury, thanking them for their punctual at,
tendanoe, which he remarked was characteristic of
the inhabitants of Wareham. He thought it a
useful and • pleaeant thing for them thus to assemble
together wishing to do the beet they could for each
other, and to go round to see that the manor was
not encroached upon, and that the town was kept an
good order—(app4n.e.) The annual Court dinner
took pleat in the afternoon at the Red Lion Hotel,
Mr. J. H. Baggs, presiding, and Mr. W. Spioer
occupying the vice chair. Mr. and Mrs. 1 earthy
provided a first clams repast, to which nearly 40 set
down, and a most social and agreeable afternoon was
spent. In the 0•6010 g • large party assembled, and
the conviviality and harmony of the meeting was
prolonged to • late hour.

RI7LO MATCH: Wtasiw O. DORCHRIMIL —The
first match between ten men of the 3rd D.& V. and
ten of the 2nd D. V. nine off on Friday last, at i
Lb. range of the latter corps, at Wareham. The !
match, for various reseass, had been postponed from ,
time to time daring this season, but the feeling pre.
veiled among the members and friends of both oorps
that it would be • pity that the interesting annual trials
of strength should be dropped. For the time of the
year the weather was all that could be wished. The
Dorchester men left by the early morning train, and
breakfasted at the Black Bear, and after justice had
bees done to this repast, which was served up in the
usual good style of the host, conveyances were in
readiness for the butts- The ranges, as usual, were
200, 500, and 600 yards, with seven shots at each.
At the first range the Wareham men made the very
good more of 193, with only one miss out of the 70
shots fired. The Dorchester men were also well on
the target, there being but two misses allotted
to them; but they were singularly unlucky in their
hits, outers prevailed to an applaud extent, and so,
lacking the bull's-eyes which always run up • score,
the total at this range was only IT2; Wareham was
therefore ahead by 21 marks • rather ominous
advantage for the 2nd Dorset, for at this short range
the Dorchester men have always been equal to, and
often superior to their opponents At the 500 yards ,
range the two squad. were on more equal terms. !
Wareham 'flooring 157; Dorchester 151. The 600
yards range was then commenced, with a majority of
27 for the Wareham team Dorchester went to the
target with • full determination t..) win yet, although
they had this majority against them. But the
Wareham gentlemen seemed to be in no way disposed
to rest satisfied with their previous rooms, and so
increased their lead at this range by trims marks,
the numbere being —Wareham 144. Dorchester 137.
The grand totals of each side were, as will be seen
by the subjoined more—Wareham 496, Dorchester
460, and the 2nd Dorset are mosey:scaly the victors
by the substantial majority of 36 marks. Their
shooting throughout the day was very good—an
average of 49.6 per man. Dorchester, with an
average of 46 marks, has no reason to be ashamed of
her representatives, es this in considered • fair average
scoria It may be remarked, in comparing the two
squads, that the Wareham men have kept their t41:1
representatives together for some considerable time,
and consequently the squad appeared on Friday with
pretty nearly all and the SILMe fame as were to be
seen at the well•rememtered matches at &Toombs
and Wareham three and four years ago, while on the
other hand, of the ten Dorchester men who shot in
this match, three had never before fired in • contest
of this kind, and there were but three or four of
the original good shots of previous yews. The re-
tarn match comes off to-day (Tuesday), at lideiden
Castle, when the shooting will be no doubt most
interesting. The Dorchester men will do their best,
without doubt, to reverse the result of Friday. The
match will be decided by the aggregate score of the
two contesta, so that soldier side can as yet be declared
victors, though certainly the Wareham men have
such an advantage as to be first favourites. Friday's
score is as follows:

WAIZZAM.
200 500 600
741. yds. yd.. Tot.
17 22 16 53
20 17 12 19
18 16 13 47
22 16 6 41
.. 22 16 18 56
... 20 13 19 52
.. 18 21 18 57
.. 17 15 13 45
.. 20 10 15 45
. 19 13 16 48

Sergeant Drew ...
Cur. Churchill ...
Private Caine" ...
„ Burden
„ Sherren
„ Biles

CUOfl
„ Candy
~ Sadden .... ...

193 157 148 496

DOICIIISTIII.

• 14 13 14 40
•90 21 3 46
... 19 IS 20 57
• 17 8 17 42
18 10 11 39
15 16 14 45
. 17 16 8 41
. 19 18 21 58
. 10 14 13 37
. 23 18 16 57

172 169 137 462
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