The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

SALISBURY.

The CA= or EMILY DIMMBR. —On Saturday
Milk, Mr. Dowding, the 'Governor of the County
Prison. reosived a communication from the Home
Secretary, stating that Her Majesty had been
graciously pleased to commute the sentenoe of death
passed on Emily Dimmer, at the lase Assizes, to one
of penal servitude for life,

Hexer Roamer's BLexatirtcr. —At the Court
of Bankruptcy, on Monday, Henry Roberta, of
Redbridge, Southampton, innkeeper, formerly of
New-street, Salisbury, applied to peso his last exami-
nation, sad. there being no oppomtion, obtained an
immediate order of discharge. Hit debt" are re-
turned at £666, and his meets mil.

SALDIBURY MECHANIC? INSTITUTE AND WORK-
mires Cu:a—The half-yearly meeting of the mem-
bers of the above was held on Tuesday evening, in
the reading-room of the Waite*, LUtherine-street,
Mr. G. Summerfleld in the chair. From the
statement of aooounts it appeared that lb!
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receipts for the past half-yeLr had amounted
to £55 61. 441., sadist the expeuese were
£64 11.. lid., which left • balance against the
institute of £9 ss. Td. Mr. A. Coombs explained
that the account included an item of £l4 Is. 31d.
for fitting op and furnishing the rooms. The com-
mittee for the ensuing half-year haring been elected,
Mr. G. Bartlett was appointed chairman, and the
meeting broke up.

WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH W•LIN TEN•
rgeance Lunt:Tu.—The 22th annual conferment
of this League was held at the Council Chamber
on Wednesday. A goodly number of gentle-
men, promoters of the cause, were present.
George Thomas, Esq., of Bristol, presided. The
meetings were ably addressed by several clergymen
and other gentlemen. During the day dinner and
tea were provided in the Council Chamber, granted
by the Mayor for the occasion, and at the close of
the day's proceedings, the gentlemen connected with
the committee and others from a dietetics expressed
themselves highly pleased with the very kind and
liberal way in which they had been entertained by
their friends iii Salisbury. It was agreed that the
next conference should be held at Weston-super.
Mara

ern Pam Szernoss, Monday.—Present : The
Worshipful the Mayor, Jews. Hussey, Esq., J. C.
Wheeler, Esq., F. Attwood, Esq., and T. W.
Gilbert, Esq.—Elizabeth Andrews, wife of William
Andrews, was summoned for assaulting George
Churchill. The complainant stated that the defeu-
dant's children bad pulled up some onions Etre:tis./
in his garden, and that because he had remo
with her, she and her husband came into his house,
just as he was going to bed, and threatened him.
Bbe said to her husband, "Thee fight'un and I'll
murder'un." Her husband put his fists in his lane,
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and she struck him with her flirt, "fit to hit his jaw
off." For this offence, the Bench ordered Mrs.
Andrews to pay • fine of 10s. and costs; in default,
Seven days' imprisonment. There was no other
business.

I srerrriant—On Monday week an inquest was
held at the Council Roues, before R. U. Wilson,
Esq., on the body of anew), born male infant found
on the previous day in Mr. Campbell Wyndlisin's
park. William Gillingham, a moulder in the em-
ploy of Mr. Rowland, iron-founder, stated that he
and his son were walking through the perk, near
the engine-house, about two o'clock on Sunday after-
noon, when be BM a parosl lying under some bushes.
Re opened it, and found it to oontain the body
of a child. He gave information to the police, and
P.C. Waters took the body to the polio' station. It
was afterwards removed to Sugmore hoopitaL When
he found it, it was wrapped in a piece of oil-cloth
and some calico. Mr. Williams, surgeon, said he
maw the child about five o'clock. There were no
marks of violence on ths body, and from its deciono•
tendstate, he was unable to say whether it was
alive. It would be impoadble to form • decided
opinion, even after a post +wrier* examination.—
The jury retuned a verdict of " Found dead."
Comm. Perry Szeincires, Tuseclay.—Premst
Viscount Folkestone, Sir E. Hulas, Bert, T. E
Fowls, Eel., Lieut. Gen. Buckley, R. A. Ferryman,
Esq., Major Hastboote, R Hinman, Esq.,
and James Hcuasy, req. James Lucas was
sentences! to 7 dap' imprisonnient for unlace-
fully absenting himself from the service of
Mr. John Fleetwood, of Coombe Biseett.—
Thomas Langtrey, Thomas Blawden, Joseph Williams,
Frederick Ingram, Joseph Witt, and Edward Slier-
gold, all young men belonging to Shrewton, were
summoned by Thomas Pierce, a thatcher, for using
language in the streets, calculated to make him
commit a breach of the pesos.—Th. case was die-
mimed. —James Cheat was fined 40s. and costs,
or one month's imprisonment, for poaching
a bare on land belonging to the Earl
of Pembroke, at Broad Chalke.—Thoenita
Russell, of West Wallow. was summoned for
assaulting Emma Pope.—ruisd 20s. and
or 14 day's imprisonment.—Jamee Harris and
Hoary Jones, caws George Harris, labourers, stood
charged with breaking into a shepherd's but, at
Laventeek, and stealing a quart of beer, the pro-
perty of Mr. Henry Cooper. They pleaded guilty,
and were sentenced to a month's imprisoement with
bard labour.

BCICIDI OF • JBW. —A mad event took plate in
this city last Tuesday morning. Mr. Joseph
Simmonda, • Jew, living in in St. Ann-
street, at • Mies illsoey'e, got up from his bed •
little before sit o'clock saying to • man who had
slept with him he wee going down to tbe yak't
closet, this man knowing him to be in a desponding
state of mind, he having been requested to sleep
with him on that sooount, hearing • noise down-
stairs, end suspecting something wrong, hastened
down and found poor Simmonds suspended by •
cord in a book in the °oiling of the peeing., when
upon hia pulling the end ci the oord, the hook gave
way and the body fell to the ground, but although
it had been hanging no more than a few minutia,
life was aitinot. It appeared the poor fellow had
stood on a chair to effect his purpose, and the noise
he heard was mused by the dammed kicking the chair
from under him. He was wall-known and respected
in Salisbury and the neighbourhood, and had tarried
on • private business as • dialer in cigars, watches,
plate, ka for many years, both here and in Devizes,
before be came to Salisbury. An inqamt was held
on Tuesday evening before R. It. Wilson, Esq.,
coroner, when • verdict of temporary insanity was
returned. He had • good knowledge of the Hebrew,
Girmaa, and Miler I,ollosaten, and was coomionally
called in to act is interpreter at the Sessions and
Assizes He was about 50 years of age, and was the
who introduced the order of Oddfellows into

W I LTON.

THE Bouisinos Raj SALL —lllr. .1. Rewlenoe's
annual sale and letting of rams and ram lambs took
place on Wednesday week, at Bnlbridge farm. The
great reputation which Mr. Realises hm long enjoyed
as • most suoceseful competitor at the shows of the
Royal Agricultural and the Beth and West of England
Societies, and other exhibitions, and the well-known
excellesos of his flock, drew together • large number
of dock-masters, sheep breeders, and agnoultruists
from Wilts, Hants, 'and Dorset, and from (Relent
parts of Ragland. Shortly after one o'clock •
numesom company set down to • luncheon, which
had been provided in • pacion. marque* by Mr.
Mottoa, the landlord of the Pembroke Arnie Inn,
Wilton, who deserves the higlic=ram for the
manner in which he The chair
ws• taken by Major Heethoote. Ma Ewer