The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

PORCFIESTER.

Conn Matgirr,flaturday.—lnspector's return : wbea',
65e. to 695 per quarter ; ba,lsy, 24s to 42a Avenges:
wheat, 675. loia.; barley, 38s. 10d.

Baxxeurr.—The first meeting of creditors under the
bankruptcy of Chitties Gardiner. late manazer of the
Antelope Hotel, in this town, but now of gtow-on.the-
Wolf!. Gloucestaliire, described as a farmer, is appointed
to be held at the bankrupt's court., Bristol, on the 26th
instant. We hear Or re is
deteimined opposiiion being offered by his Dorchester
creditors to his final discharge.
PIRLONAL PATIIIXT OF RAM. —An adjourned
vestry meeting was held at Fordington itobool room. on
Monday, the Vicar presiding, to hear those honsrbolders
who pleaded inability to pay the rates, formerly ram-
pounded for by the landlord, but for payment, of which
they are made personally liabie under the aew Reform
Act. There was a lame attendees, of persons seeking
to be excused. Those receiving parochial relief were, of
course, held unable to psy, and the vestry carefully
considered the eases of the whole of the applictanta, the
melt of which was that a rather long tint of "excused"
was made out. The others, who do not pay, are to
be summoned, and the magistrates have no alt.,.
native but to order payment, so they will be wise
if they meet the rate at once, and thesaure the addition
of the cost of summoning them. It is estimated that
the abolition of the compounding sy.tetn will inflict
upon the parish a fine of at lewd £lOO, by the loss
unstained in irrecoverable rate. and the extra expense of
oolleeting, while the personal payment of rates
provokes loud complaining amongst the smaller house-
holders, for they don't want votes, but they do need
surely the lls. or 12s. a year they are now elated on to
pay is rates.

TVS CANDIXIIIAS FAlL—This annual fair took pleas
on Friday, and Dorshester received a mush larger
accession of visitors them usual. Tbeee comprised tinny
hundreds of ranks, bet the number of Moaners stand.
lug the market for hire was considerably leas than in
former lien. There was a large show of steel In the
fair geld, which was spatially bosesed for the °erasion
by the Prey Council, and the principal pan of it wee
anbwittcd to public competition by Mr. T. Fasor,
auctioneer. His male own orised shout 130 lead of iow
stook, and upwards of 900 sheep, the whole of which
were cleared out at satisfactory prices, the atteadease
being large and the bidding spiritedly maintained. The
sale eommenced with some superior heifers and calves
sent in by Hr. W. Milo. of Poxwell, which realised
from £l9 se. to £29 se. There were about forty other
heifers and calve., which wen disposed of at prises
ranging iron £l2 to £23. In-calf °owe and heifers were
sold it from £l3 ss. to £2O 105. each ; fat crows, from
Clll5B. to £2815.. ,• barreners, from to £l4 fit
calved, from Ted. to Bsl. per lb. A very superior three.
yeer•old Hereford bull, the property of Mr. Levi Groves,
of Knishton, was numbered by Mr. W, Hall, of
for £26 10. Down wethers fetehod from 44.. to 45.
each ; and fat horn ewes from 51s. 61. to 645. nob. The
supply of horses was larger than usual, but in come,
quince of the extreme prices asked very few mantels
changed bands.
Bouotiart PoTry arsotowa, filiturday.—Rsiore the
Meyer (0. 2.1.), R. Davis, Req., rod J. F.
Hodges. Faq,—John Hide, of Loden, wa, brought op
in custody for enlisting in the Royal Horse Artillery
and refusing to gene. It seems that ea the prrevions
night, he took the enlistment shilling from Bornbediar
Roy at the Nap ias, bat sobsoptootly resold to go

to His barreeks, saying be was not enlisted as be had
not pissed the doctor. He was then given into custody.
He was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour. He
has also Paid a guinea as "smart" money to be
released from his enlistment. —Maurice Jervis, who
was found in High-street, Fordington, on Fridsy
evening, between six and seven o'clock, lying
across the reed drunk and ineapsble, "blood
all over." and with his trousers about NI heels,
was sentenced to riven days' impri women!. P ('.
Churehill found James Smith creating • doterbance
with two women on Fordington-hill, about 2 a.m. Ile
apprehended the women, when Smith " ran at him"
and they got away. He wee then arrested. He was
drunk, and very viol,nt.—Fined 50.., and in def.ult
two months' hard labour.—Mary Smith, one of the
women maned, was subsequently found near Cuckold's-
row, drunk and asleep.—Sentenced to two months'
hard labour.—Charles Brown, a nut hawker, re lin
was Risen into custody for going into the Kielce Arms
drunk, and insulting some gentlemen there, was
sentenced tea month's hard labour.—John Anderson
o/as Williamsos, weather/8d with obtaining money by
false prrteoces. • by of Littlewood, named Isaac
Lowman, was at the fair, and bought a pint of nuts
from prisoner, in payinent fee which be tendered
a florin. Prisoner said he could not change it, end
asked the lad if he had got a half-crown. • Yes;' he
replied and gave it him. Prisoner then banded him In. Bd.
and ran away. He told the police and P.C. 11... ti went
In search of prisoner. On finding him and telling him
the charge, he said " What a fool he must have been to
let me go away with it." He was remanded till Mon•
day, when he was brought up before the same magis-
trates, and seuteneed to two months' bud labour.
Tue ELIKTIVI FRANCIII6I.—The Ke•i E. W. Pears,
M.A. gave an excellent lecture on this subject, ea
Tuesday evening, at the Guildhall, in connection with
lb. Working Men's Institute. The Mayor 10. Curse,
Sal.) presided. From some inexplicable canes, the at.
tendance wee meagre. The lecturer traced the histay
of the franchise from the earliest period in this country;
showing that it was not • right, nor a privilege, but •
trust; pointed out that in order to get good Government
the franchise should be put into the hands n those wb•
know how to nee it, and w,ll use it intelligently and
honestly; spoke of the anomaly of debarring Govern.
meet officials from voting; indicated that there was no
good reason why ladies having property in their own
right, for which they were rated, should not exercise the
franchise; gave rune interesting facts concerning voting
and elections in former days; and, after speaking of the
great importance of every voter being protected
from bribery, corruption, and intimidation, he
proceeded to inquire how this was to be •00010•
pliehed. He showed by the experience of Franos.
Australia. and America, that the ballot would not
be a remedy, end .id he believed it could only come
from the abolition of canyasing for votes—• system
which he denounced as placing the candidate in a
position he ought not to occupy, and putting the voter
in the way of temptation. He approved the use of
voting papers, considering it more consistent with the
dignity of a tholizhtful man that he should sit down at
his own home and write what he thought proper than
encounter the rush and excitement of so election crowd.
Finally, he expressed his faith in the people, and he
referred to tleir patriotism as shown by 'be volunteer
movement, and by the resent coming forth of thousands
of .peccial constablea The great danger ampe from
Ignorance, and it was of the tint importance that we
should hate a system of thoroughly good christian
education. Then men would learn that slue le/elution
wee a great acteks, and that their object rhosold he to
mete good law. whieb would benefit the whole country.
In conderitn. he aid that wh•tever other place. might
do, he hope. Dorchester would never rtand before the
country as r borough which bad used the franchise
wrong. Ar. the °lose the usual votes of thanks were
passed to the lecturer and the Chairman.

LOCAL SAID OF HEALTH ACC.MATIL -The annual
financial st•tement of the Local Board of Health has
lately been hawed, and an it is not likely to be seen by
the ratepayers generally, it may be of some interest If
we endeavetr to indicate ito salient poiuts. The state-
ment gives an abstract of the receipt' and payment.
from Sept. 1. 1866, to 31st August. 1867, and it onus
with a (anent balance sheet. At the close of the last
financial year the balances in the hands of the Inspector,
Surveyor. and Treason. r, amounted to £5l 84. M. The
general district rate, made Jan. 17, 1867, at 10.9.1. lithe
pound, realised, £1,320 13.. 7d.•' the lighting rate at 6d.
in the pound. produced £3lB 16s. 24.: the drainage rate,
at la. Id. Ia the pound, brought in £824 7s. 94.; tie
rate of lid. it the pound. for payinc the interest on the
bonded debt of the old Paving l'ommissionere made
£157 15.. 84. the rate of 441. in the pound, for paving
off half the opens*" of erecting gag steedards frs cothe
bottom of the town to Fordington Crosa, reals•esi
1:21 19% 11.1--the other moiety is to be paid in the
current yew; the 6.1. water rate bsour ht in
C 296 13s. 74. making a total from rates el £2.8306e.
The water wed for trade purposes to June 30, produced
£132 I. O. Miscellaneous reeeipts, including £8614..
for manure, were 146 9s. £2,200 has been received
from the Rotal Assurance Company on mortgage of the
general diiitriLt rates. Messrs. Beviegton and Co., who
erected the new engine at the waterworks, repaid
£26 5.. 111. co amount of carriage of the machinery.
Interest smut, ri 15e. 91. Transferred from
Permanent WA. account, CIA 9.. 641. Private improve-
ment expenses £32 17% lid.: making the total receipt..
£5,359 14% fil. Turnip( to the expenditure we find
that no lee, thin £1.208 3e. 10d. was absorbed in the
payment of instalments°, loans and the interest there.
on. The higsways cost £lO2 5.. 3d., which includes
1.38 18e. for ice fencing the mill bank. Scavenger.'
taboo, L'9o 1111. Sewerage and drainage worksC9 12s. 6d.
Potablishmett charges-salaries and fees, 429 18s.;
law expense, L'69 la 3d. ; collecter's commiuion,
£149 9a. : ttber than salaries, 40 16a. Bd.• total,
£5119 44. Rent and taxes. £34 15s. Id. intereat
aessinnt. £1154. 9.1. New engine at waterworks and the
werks connoted with is. 21.7605' 44. Tradumen's
bill., £ll5 Ila. 51. Lighting £271 9% Expenses of
water soppy, i 5627 Os. 6d. Private improvement
expenses, El! 15e. Mitteellaneous payments, £2 21. sd.
Balances in land it the close of the financial year--in
Inspector's hinds, Cl 3%; Butveyor's. CV 16e. 84.;
Treasurer's, 1404 4.. 10.1.; total, £42914.. 6d. Two of
the accounts incise:led in the general balance sheet are
worthy of apecial notice, viz., the water account, and
that for permantot works. The former shows the
proceeds of the w.ter rate and charges for the water
used in trade to Le £420 14. 11.1.; but the expenditure
has been -for end, £421 Oa. 8.1., working expenses and
repairs, 002 19a 104.; tradesmen's bills, £l3 15.. Ild.;
colleetor's comminion (two years) £2l 0% 44.; rates and
uses, £512. 54; being • total of £667 9.. 2d.; which
leaves a deficienp of £238 14e. 3.1.; to be made up out of
the General Dstriet rate. The Permanent Works
account shows receipts-the new mortgage money £2,200
and re.saymiint cf carriage of machinery 126 fie. lid.;
total, £2,226 5., lid. The disbursements were-balance
due to treasurer£2o3a. 94.; Moors. Bevington Co., on
amount of the now engine and carrier, £1,187 13e. 44.;
ditto, pines. E9l lls. 7d. J. M. Hoesey, for castings,
to.. 1.91 14.. 6d W. Darden, for lead, CIO. 17s. R.
Davis, for engite bed. £m li,. It; altering and
enlarging well, 160 3.., cooling pond, £422.25. 54.; setting
beiler. £53 6..11d.; valve chambers. £l9 18e 10d.;
materials, £514.; total, £321 16s. 94. Mr. Jowett,
for journies to inspect and report on steam engines.
£27 12s. 94.; dote, cash paid for labour, £29 19s. Bd.;
law expenses, •119 ls. 34.; the whole amounting to
£1,849 10.. 4.14 and leaving •,belanes serried to the
°wreak year 01E376 15s. 7.1.

COINTY PETTY 81V33101,78.
Sanimar : Before H. Williams, Bog.

Visrrou To Downes/ix FAlL—Matthew Lewis and
John Roberts were brought up suspected of pocket'
picking —Sapeintendent Underwoo I said be appre-
hended the priesners oo Friday, on suspicion of • robber/.
at Maiden Newton. He had been un•bl, to get the
witnesses at posent. A man warned Brett, of Bridport,
bad lost FRI, end a woman bad also lost some money.
He asked for • remand, which the magistrate granted
till tp.at &today.
C 11•11111 •12.11081. • CONATAIILL —P.C. Martin, of
Brood mine, vas summoned on • charge of drunkeoness,
in opp.squeace of • statement made by Mr. William
Rsecombe, baler, of that parish, in the last court, that
the -onotable was drunk when be served him with •
summons for wiling bread otherwise than by weight.
Mr. Basoninbe was summoned to give evidence, but he
did not appear The cam wee, tbetefore, adjourned for
• fortnight, aid • warrant directed to be issued to bring
him up on dal day.
Before H. Williams and R. Thornton, &gra

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ALLIOID AlitOLT ON A WONAN.—Riehard Clarke
was summoned for an smelt upon Caroline Cheney.—
M. Howard for complainant, and Mr. Weston for de-
fendant. —Mr. Howard said the complainant was a
married woonas of Paneknowle, and the mother of eight
children. On Wednesday evening. Jan. 22, as she was
returning boom from her sister's, the defendant met her,
and without mying a word indecently assaulted her.
She ruined bin, and managed to got away and go to •
neighbour's haw, where she fainted. As that permit
was not present (he was only instructed the previous
day) beached (man adjournment.—Mr. Weston offering
no objection it um seceded to.
ASSAULT AT trWlT.—filydney Waters was summoned
for assatiltieg George Groves, an old inhabitant of
Upwer.—Mr. Andrews for complainant, and W. Tinted
for defendant. —Complainant said be had madded at his
Prompt milieus 22 years, and his father bought the
premises in DV. On the aouthern side there was •
ditch belonging to the property. Some six or seven
years ago, at the request of the Turnpike Commissioners,
be covered veer the ditch. On the 29th Jan. be was
sloes to the (itch upon his own land, cutting some wood.
There were mute clothes' posts beyond the edge of the
diteh, whim he hind been in the habit of tiling.
The Menden came up and desired him to tithe away
the wood begotn. He said they were en his own
property and be should let them stay there. Defendant
then ordered Um to take out the clothes' poets. He
replied that le should not. Then defendant went and
got • shoed, and began to take the's out himself.
Witness was standing about three yards off. Defendant
dug out a shwelful of earth and deliberately threw it
In his face &shard as be could. He also threw • sesond
: lot. Then witness said 'You ean be civil, Sydney."
Defendant mid " there you His fate
was @weltert by the hlows.—Crese-ezamined : Knew
defendant bet purchased lot 5 of the Upwey estate, and
the entrance was from the turnpike road. Complain.
ant's brothe bought lot 6.—ln answer to the Bench
Mr. Mord mid his denims was defendant had a right
to dig out Mei posts, and that complainant was on
defendant's 'ant —The Chairman said supposing that
were so, it would not justify the assault of throwing
dirt in • spank km, for the purpose of removing him,
end he engsvited an arrangement. —Mr. Timid said he
oould not de e that dirt was thrown in complainant's
fsee.—Mr. Andrews said his °Sent only wanted to
protect Waled, and if defendant would apologise and
pay the oosts,whieb should not evened is., he would
be satisfied—Mr. Timers client objected, and olti.
matey, at tie suggestion of the "tenth, daendant
pleaded guilti and was fined lii. including meta
AUTO= LeBAOLT AT CHARNINNTER. Alfred
Chilton, of tharminster, was summoned for assaulting
Mary Ann Slum. Mr. Weston for defendant. Coin.
plainant saidthat on • Wednesday at the beginning of
February sheerest to dehudant's house to ask him to
settle an &anoint he owed her. He said he should not
pay • farthing She told him that his character was
so well kaolin she had had her credit stopped. He
ordered her nut of the home, and, as she was going,
be snack her la the right shoulder and pushed her out
of tho house. Her son wee Mending on the stipend the
laid bold of lim, or she would have fallen into the
siren.—Croeseautmingd: Wu aged to walk in by tbe

"7lnt fibt A few minutes after Mr. Chileott came in,
With Mr. Croft, of Maiden Newton, ands baker. There
was a little girl in the room. Did not make use of
b" laulfbage. Did not toll Mr. Chi Mott • thief or
pickpocket, or anything of the sort. DW not alms, him
at all. The lona r produced, dated Jan. 93, was written
by Mr. Murphy, at her request, in mfigence to the
taking off of Mr. Chiloott's bread-,elling 'mainsail at
Charmiwiter. A subsequent letter was pat in, giving
I bintlan intimation that the haslet'a was not so good as
she expeted, and the customers would not he served
! alter a month, and enclosing the account. The serving of
them wee scowlingly stopped. Mr. Chiloott said he ha•
been inj toot by this set more than E2O, fort. had Iwt
his euitimere—John Croft,miller, who was preeent,said
when Mrs. Morey asked him to sett.. he said he should
not till she bad made some arrangement for the injury
she bad done him. He ordered her out of the house,
and at once struck and pushed ber.—Cross-examined
Went to Mr. Chiloott's Omni the tilt of • waggon.
Was summoned here or should not have attended.
Did not hear her call him • pickpocket. She said when
millers and others knew she was working for him they
stepped hie ete lit. Could not soy whether or not she
called him a thief. If • person called him a thief be
should not hit them out of his bowie, he should ask
them to leers in • civil sort of way—John Woodward,
complainant's son, said Mr. Chiloott knocked his mother
out of the door, and be caught hold of her, or she
would have fallen. —Mr. Weston addressed the Bench.
and said he should call witnesses to prove that com-
plainant forced herself into the house, nod although Mr.
f'hilcott had sustained considerable Injury by her not
fulfilling her agreement to take off his business, and by
abruptly discontinuing an arrangement she entered into
to supply Ws cuatomers with bread, she demanded the
settlement of her claim and celled him • thief and
pickpocket—The Chairman said the magistrates had
made up their minds to dioxin the case.
A DRUNK AID'S RITSNGIL —John Everett MP rum-
mooed for wilful damage, at Stratton, Feb. l.—Josiah ,
Brett said the defendant was drunk and wing bad
language outside his shop doori while females were I
in. He ordered him off, upon which defendant
went into his shop and witness pushed him out.
Defendant then broke his window.—Fined 10a, incited-
ing damage and coats, or seven days' hard labour.
Allowed a fortnight to pay in, on account of his never
baring been summoned before.
Before H. Williams and It. R. 0. Swafbald, Revs.
ASSAULT AT TOLLSIL —Llewellea Legg WY MS-
mooed for assaulting Ann'Shinee, at Higher Kingcombe,
Feb. 10.—Complainant said that defendant came to her
in • turnip dela where she was at work. He used very
rough language and said be would beat her brains
out. He also threw stones at her. She woe in danger
of her life. Ma had a husband and four children, and
wanted to go to out to work, but date not while he was
shoat. She had summoned him twice before.—Sept.
Underwood said he had been imprisoned thwe months
for an assault.—Tbe Bench looted a warrant for his
apprehension, and ordered him to be hound over to
keep the pewee for Mx months himself in EIO end two
sureties in kb mach.

MOADAY.—Befors H. Williams, Esq., and K. Pearce,

Req.
Four itrofling vagranta, named Francis Wilson,
William Alexander, James Hall, and Mary Ann
Wilson, were brought up for an awatilt The two
former hoes only lately come out cf gaol, after •
month's hard labour, fur begging in Dorchester.
On Saturday evening they went to the Royal Oak
inn. Ridgeway, and bad • quart of beer. They
clustered round the flre to the exclusion of other per.
sons, and the landlord (Mr. John Waters), asked them
to sat upon the benched. They became very abusive
and used bad language. Re told them to go on, ani
put his hand on Wilson's shoulder, saying he should
help him on, when Wilson, Alexander, and the woman
"pitched into" him, the marks whereof he now bore on
his facie. Mrs Waters went to her husband's help, and
Wilson streak her once on the mouth and once on the
cheat. The woman was very sancy„—Hall was acquitted,
and the other three sentenced to a moutb's hard labour
each.