The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

COIN Iff ARENT, Baktrday.—lnspector's Morn : Moat
60s. to 72a. Average 68t. 9id.

Ti. cuckoo wa• I:eard at Whitcomb., on Wednesday,
and in the iseighboarbood of Load's Mill, Pordington,
on Elatordsy.

PAMIR'S, Ancient of Mitt College.
eon of Hr. Permiter, of this town, peaked
his first half in anatomy and physiology, and.,
when eligible, will be actroitteil to the pane esamin.
&time.

A POST Oman Pummon.—For upwards of twenty
years a man named Edward Lou has been the postman
for Puddletown and the intervening perishes to Alton
Pancras, travelling (sob day something like 20 milea.
For this work he neseived 14e. • week. last winter
the exposure be esparisoced brought upon him an
illness., and be hae been compelled to relinquish his
emmlovment. This being the case, he hes been awarded
a penalon of 4s. 4d. per week.
Doactigirrea UrtioN.—At the first meeting of the new
board on Thursday last, • vote of thanks was peered to
to J. Floyer, Esq.. Al'., se ebairman, and to Messrs.
L Grove. and J. Loveless, vlonchairmen, for their
servioes for the pest 7w. On the proposition of Mr.
D. Symonds, by Mr. Lovelace, J. norm,.
Esq., was re-elected chairmen and, on the motion of
Mr. Imam apnea, wooded by Mr. T. Look, Meyers. L.
Groves end J. Loveleos were re-elected vioe-chairmen.
The following gentlemen ware elected on the Union
Amassment Committee : H. Williams,
Erq., Capt. William, A. E. Foster, Esq.. N. H.
Middleton, Esq. ; Elected Guardians: Messrs. L
Groves. J. Lovelace, T. A. Homer, N. 0. Weston,
J. F. Hodges, N. Roper, D. Symonds, T. Chia.

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Tux Law or A irritierton.—lt will be remembered
that the order of aEliatiort graeted by the borough
roaestrates reoently in the ease of Chaffey v. Haber
Ilea been tendered inoperative by a technical objection
raised by Mr. Howard on behalf of defendant that the
magistrates sera barred from hieing &dieting, warrant
for more than 19 weeks' payment, by the 3rd 017 and 8
Viet, o. 101, whereas upwards of two years' payments
were doe, by the order dating bask to the time of her
first application. In the last two lessee of the Junks
of the Peace similar cease have been submitted for
the opinion of the Editors ; and they my that
the ' alter Wm expiration of a mouth from
the making of an order, may issue • warrant for the
;aroma by the putative father of the weekly sum
°roared to be paid, from the lime the !application sas
made to the justices by the woman; and that the
proviso to tli• third section has reference to arroare
toe and owing atter the order has been made. We
u:sdarstand that proeeediags will be taken to oompel
'magistrates to Imes • warrent for the fall amount
lug under their order.
Boaouon Perry denttoint, Mosday.—Before the
J. 1, ' Hodges, Eel., and J.
Bunoc,brong, rpq.4.:irs.d— bid
.sansed Abraham Boriven warn
rag a watch, vales 35a. ba,,,,,ing to Thomas Collin.. The prosecutor said thrill
b. irse • matter*r and lodged at the house of Edward
journevmsa saddler, in Pease-lane. The
prisoner we. dill son of blo landlord. He hu g his
watch op the bedpost when be went to bed on Batnrd_ ay
night. Next morning be got up at six o'elook, and left
it bliaeleg there. lo the coarse of the ...ruing he
a his widish, and asked hie wife to fetch it from
up-stairs. fibs returned and told him it was not
there. He then went up to search for it, but
email not find It He told Mir. &riven the
rwatch wee taken from his bedroom, and he said he
ed not sees it. He said he mutt get his watch from
oesseehm, and west to the polies, and P.C. Horeb
returned to the hoses with him. la promoter's
obssees, Wro Wall, who also lodges In &rims'
boom woo ifesiclog to Ls. Collins eonesening the WO

of the watch,'lthes the thought the heard bar bedroom
door open, and tan up-Marrs to see wrist it was. When
she got up she eaw the prisoner putting • watch under
Iline's hedrooth door. Elbe caught hold of his arm,
and said " You bad boy, you've got that watch." He
replied "Iv. not seen it." At that juncture P.C.
teeth arrived. The constable saw the watch under the
door, and plaited it op. He took the boy into custody.
At the'poliee station, the boyftold P.C. Kew+ that he hid
It in • drawer, when his father 'eked hlm about it, after
It ws• mimed. —ln enure: to the tench. the boy's father
said he had had • good dial of incline% and expense at
home —he had toil his wife and warn solo debt that he
eould not afford to send the boy to school. He had one
Yeoniter obild at henna—s girL When he got out of
debt he intended to send the boy to school, and then
put him tea trade. The boy wan very good to him.
The magistratee intimated that they thought it would
be beet to send the boy toe Reformatory.—The father
asked them not to do that ; let him rather go to gaol for
his "proper punishment," and then be given op to him
again—thst would be better both (or himself and the
boy. If they sent the lad sway, the daughter would
have to be kept at homis, and then she would not get
any edadation, and So be ruined. —The Bench decided to
send the( boy to gaol for • fortnight, and then toe
Reformatory school for four year,.

Ton Mitzru.— The recruits 184 in number, have
made capital progress in foot drill during the put week,
and will be fully prepared to exercise with the old
hands, when they assemble next week. The refresh-
roent and reading-room, at the Corn Ruh ange, wee o paned
on Wednesday evening, when there was a large attend-
&nos of the militiamen. Colonel R. H. Bingham
was present. The proceedings were opened with singing
• hymn, Mrs. Binghash playing the harmonium
that lady his had placed there for the purpose. The
Rev. K W. Pears, M.A., then s My lads—l have
been requested by your commardlng officer and Mrs.
Bingham to say • few cords to you on first owning to
this room ; they won't be many, and I shall be thankful
if you will listen to me, because I want to tell you
what are the accommodations of this room, what it is
for, and what benefits you may get from it. You must
remember, my lads, that from the very moment you
put on that uniform you ors. to be altogether your
own—you have got not only poor own chtruter
stake, but also the characters of the soldiers of the
Queen; and, therefore, you have en additioual reason
to take care that no one shall speak evil of you. You
ought to have a jealou -y for the good name of the
service. Tb• uniform you wear is a high honour to the
man who honours it by his life; but the best uniform
in the world is the greatest disgrace to the men who
does not understand its value. Well, now three year
appthere sue a very bad eapera appeared is • publica-
tion in Landes &huh the Dorset Militia—l hope and
!slier such a report will never appear again. It
was said In a London paper that the billets of the
Dorset Militia, in this toms, ware In the most dreadfttl
state, and that the man well neglected And had nothing
to do in the restage —end you know the old saying
which tell no that wheel man is idle tip. devil is very
bner—e, thee got into greet mischief, did themselves
harm, Ind brought discredit on their profession. With
the kind help of a few friends, Mrs. Bingham deter-
mined to try if she could not provide a remedy for that
evil. Now, there are none of you but have done many •
hart day's work, but I can tell you that none of you ever
worked half so hard as Mrs. Bingham slid to provide
this plasm and the mean, for your oomfort and enjoy.
meat. You find it very pleasant to come here to drink
tee or coffee, and be amused, but it was no easy work
to get the thing up: though I had nothing to do with it
myself, I witnessed it. Now consider what is here for
you. In the first place, you must remember that the
Town Council of Dorchester deserve somethine at
your bands In granting for you the use of this
room, as well as those who hare taken such
interest in its arrangements. You and here not
only amusement but profit. Every evening, at
See o'clock, you who like music will be able to come
here and sing with the harmonium ; that IN for your
amusement At six o'clock there will be • peony bank
opened, and I want you to remember what this means.
You have your pay every day, and we know that when
men have nothing to do with their money it will Istris
a hole in their porcine ; and when it comes in in little
pieces like that, it nand almost as if it was on purpose
to waste. Bet it is not; and, therefore, you may come
here every evening at six o'clock, and put in the penny
bank aa much as you can spare, and, at the end of the
training, or *her you have returned to your homes,
you will receive it span with one pinny added to every
shilling you hive put in, and, I can tell you that it is
much better to go home with& pocket full of money, or
a good bundle of clothed, than to return to your friends
with an empty pocket, • bed headache, and ashamed to
look antibody in the frt. So take ears you make rood
use of the penny bark. Then there is • library, from
which you can have different books to read, and that
host of all hooks the Bible—which all sac understand.
There is also a post-office, and Mr. Orchard le post.
master. He ought to be postmaster-general, for you
will never meet with each another postmaster as long as
you live: not only will he give you pens, ink, paper,
and enveloped, but when you take your letters to him,
be will pat postage stamps on them without charge.
B- fore long I hope Mr. Smith, the missionary, will be
here, cad I recommend you to listen to hi. instructions
—Mr. Davis is here till he comes. You may to, quite
sum of this, that you will never regret listening to them;
when you go beck to your own homes, if you have God's
blessing upon you, you will find that you are not worse
soldiers of her Majesty the Queen, because you are faith-
ful to Him who is the Great Captain of your salvation.
I assure you that we are very glad to re you ones more
amongst us ; whatever the disgrace was three years ago,
ever since the people of Dorchester have webs abed you
here with great pleasure, and prted with you, at theend
of the training, with regret. Seeing such • large number
of able-bodied recruits before me, I sincerely hope, and
1 feel confident, that you will keep up the character
of the regiment both as soldiers and respectable men.
Remember that you have the character of Dorset at
stake as well aa your own, and that the best way in which
you can repay your kind friend Mee Bingham
showing that you appreciate the provision here made
for you, by availing yourself of it, instead of wasting
your time and money in sin, for here you have rcason.
Lisle amtsereent aod harm:Sion. You will find plenty
of temptations in thin town—more than you &was of
before they appear. There are plenty of people who
woeld lead you in the wrong way, not from any affection
for you, but simply to get hold of your money. It is
not always an easy thing for • young man to resist,
but if you come here you may enjoy yourself out of the
reach of temptation. You will have a sp. ial tempt
tion when the whole strength of the regiment aseemb'es,
but don't forget that you have the good name of the
regiment and your own characters to keep, and that
nothing but the grace of God, and the remembrance
that His eye is upon you, and that Ho honours those
who bottom. Him, will enable you now and throughout
life to walk uprightly in the path of his commandments.
Ones more, inasmuch as nothing we can do can prosper
without God Himself blears it, let me ask you to stand
up while we ask His blessing to rest on this work and
on those who are engaged in it. Prayer WU then
offered, and the inaugural proceedings closed with sing-
ing the Evening Hymn. The men then interested
themselves with the books sod gamed provided for them,
and in the course of the evening made liberal demands
oo Mr. Greening for the tea, coffee, and eatables he
dispenses. The room has been well attended Moot then,
and promisee to be as successful in amusing and instruct-
ing the man and keeping them out of harm, as it has been
in the two praetor years. On Sunday afternoon the men
attended the County Hall, where Divine were was
ordered by the Rev. R. G. Watson, and, in the
evening. Mr. Smith, the minima:7, delivered en address
In the Corn Exchange.
ROOMING Somme er Einromea.—An inquest
was held on Tuesday afternoon, before Henry Lock,
Esq., deputy coroner, touching the death of Mrs.
Ann Hall, am d 64, the wile of a retired black-
smith, living in Forduntoo. The jury viewed the body ;
the painful expression of the bee and the clenched
handOstokened the im &rings the poor creature endured.
Mr. Joseph Hall, her husband. who is so infirm that he
cannot move without assistenre, maid : About two months
ago my wife's sister died, and she has been ill ever since—
not so mush from bodily sickness, as depression of mind
—she let her spirits drop and got in • low way. After
• little while I rot foe Dr. Aldridge, and he attended
her at two diff.rmat periods, about a fortnight ear time.
My wife did not manifest any disposition to destroy or
injure herself. She seemed to recover after taking the
medicine • little while, but elm did not continue
it regularly. When told by those in the hostas
that she would make me as bad as herself
unless she altered, she said, "I'm vexed with
myself ; I know I shall, bat I can't help it; he's
been too kind to me." I never suspeeted she would
hurt herself. Dr. Aldridge attended her for the second
time up to last Saturday weak, when eke lirrarod le be
much better, and told tbe doctor that she id not want
any more medicine. About a month ago I sent a man
earned Owlet for six-pennyworth of mouse powder, to
Ile. A. J. Evans, chemist, and be got two three-penny
parrs. I seed • portion of it to poison some wheat to
put in my garden to kill sparrows. I have since used
some of it three or four times for the same purpose.
My wife knew it was in the house. I kept it in the
clock-ore to be out of the way. After using it laid,
which I did at the beginning of last week, I put the re-
mainder—about half a packet—ln the clock-case as
usual. Last Wednesday my wife took it out, and said
to me, "Something tells me I certainly must use this
poison." I told her to ev. it to me, and I would mix
tt for her. This I said in endear get it from her, and she
give it to me, and I put it in my waistcoat pocket
for 'dry. She did not know whom I put it. I kept
it them till Monday evening. I had forgotten It, till
I put my heed in the pocket for something else, and
then I thought I would mix it up, and um it, so as it
might be out of the way. I took mum and ortunbled
up • bit of bread, put the poison on it, and • little
water, and =red up the whole, stirring it with • stir.
To keep it sale I took it into our bedroom end put it
under the bed, elms by the leg at the bead. My wife
maw me mix it. I had no idea of her taking it, because
she seamed to be moodiop a-paos. She sai when I was
mixing it, "You wont throw that out yet, will your
and I replied, "No, not till it's dryer than is is now."
I put it under the bed at 8 o'clock, when I went to bed.
She came to bed about baHan-hour after. On Tuesday
morning my wife got up shout 7 o'clock, and got my
breakfast. She seemed more cheerful than I had seen
her for • month before. About 12 o'clock she got me
up, and wheeled me into the kitchen in a chair.
But before this, she had got what I riled some
of her old fancies. She would slap her hands
together, strike her hand on the window beech,
stretch her arms up over her head, and knock herself on
the bead with her fist, saying how bad her head was.
After bringing me to the kitchen she began slamming
about and beagles on the table before whine I was
sitting. I said to her, " If you persist in this you will
surely be rot to For;ton." Shortly after, she brought
me in some money she had In her potshot, and put it on
the table, saying, "I shan't want that any more," but
I took no notice of it, for she had done that several
times lined she bad been aL I told her to take it up,
she would be coming to me again for it by and bye.
" No, I shan't," she said, "I shan't want it." and she
went out, leaving the money in the table, The
Coroner: Didn't you think about the poison? Mr.
Hall: No, I didn't' Almost directly after I heard her
praying, bull did not notice that particularly, as I might
bear bee praying or reading ten or twelve limes • day.
A few minutes after I heard that prayer, she brought to
me the suer, which contained about half of what I
Pat in it, and a spoon. There was no spoon in it when I
Put It neder the bed. She platted the saucer down before
.me, and rid, "It'. dose, it's atom." I said "Good
tnia, AIM you don't mesa to lay you've boas
pay of &mar rm." eke replied. "WS atpig•

and those were the last words she spoke. She struck
her fist on the table two or three tildes, and then fcll
on the floor, and rolled shout. I called for Mrs. Snook.
end begged hey to. fetch her brother, and get memo one
to run for Dr. Aldridge. While Mrs. Snook wee gone
out to do it, I taw rawler in the garden, sod I tapped
at the wiodew and beckoned for him Cocaine in. and he
did so. He lifted up my wife's head, and held it
between his knee, and took each of her hands in his
°intends° beld:them till she died. She plunged and kicked
• good deal, and screamed tessera times. I told Mrs.
Snook to throw the rest of the poisoned bread into
the garden, which she did. A juryman said it was
a pity he had not thrown the poison away, after she
Mai told him she felt she mast take it; perhaps she
thought be had mixed it for her, as be said be would.
Hwy Ann Snook, • widow, residing in the same
house, said that for the bast Month or sa weeks Mrs.
Ball had templalned of her heed: she was restless and
giddy, lot.l said it was her mind. On Monday after-
noon and the early part of Tuesday morning, she seemed
a good deal better. But about eleven o'clock, she
began walking to and fro, and said "All I want Is to
get him (meaning her husband) up." Witness replied,
"Well, my dear, it is not quite time yet." Mrs. Hall
continued restless, and she booed her to sit down and
be quiet, but she replied" I can't be quiet anywhere."
She got her husband up, and then went into the bed-
room. In a few minute. she tame down, with the
'suer in her hand, and said "I've taken ii; it's done."
She then threw herself on the Boor, rolled about • good
deal, and struggled, and kisketi, and was convulsed very
much. She was in thin state for about • quartor
pf an hour, and then died. She had known her •
long time, and she was • very nice person.—Dr.
Dr. J. P. Aldridge mid that be had known Mrs. Hall
for many years. He attended her between two and
three months ago for binary derangement, accompanied
with loss of appetite, and considerable mental depres-
.ion ; but she mandated no inchocrency, neither did
she suffer from any mental delusion; and she was still
able to attend to her domestic duties. After • short
time, she was considerably relieved, so mach so that
further medical attendance was unnecessary. Her
mental depression was occasioned by the recent
death of her sister, under, to her, painful and
distressing circumstances; that much affected her,
and she did not seem to rally from it. At that
time also • nephew, of whom she was very fond,
was in the last stage of ooneumption, and Mao
since di et ; and that seemed to weigh heavily on her
spirits. She was a woman of most kindly disposition,
and live with her husband in the greatest harmony and
affection. He had seen • great deal of them.
He Raw her again about three weeks ago, when he found
her in somewhat the siuss state as she had been before.
She seemed to regret very much their leaving the old
house for that one. He pointed out to bar
that wherb they then *ere was far better and
more healthy, and that her husband lad been mush
better since they had been there, but she mold
not give op her saschmect to the old place, and said
"she should never be happy there." He attended her
for about • week, when she became better spin, and he
beard nothing more of her till that day. During the
time he attended her she exhibited no suicidal tendency
or any delusion whatever. From the evidence
given he had no doubt that when she took the
poison she was temporarily insane. The poison was
evidently strychnine, from the tetimic symptoms which
followed, the quicknen of its operation, the muscular
spume, and the screaming; and she mast have taken a
Inge dose—The Coroner having briefly remarked on
the evidence, the jury returned • verdict of suicide
while of unsound mind.