The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-25 00:00:00

District Neb3o.


CllO2Oll EICIDAT SCHOOLS. —A meetlns took Am it
Wm National Sohool•room on Thursday evening last,
when oddness* were delivered by Meier& Green and
Heald, of th•Cburch of England Sunday School Insti-
tute, reletive to the work of the amociation. In the
abeams of the Rev. T. Greases, who WOA prevented by
Moms from attending, the chair was taken by R. ff.
Eliot, Esq. Tho attendance was not numerous.

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THIB NATIONAL SCHOOL. ON FINL-- On Monday night
lire was discovered at the national echools, by
police coostable Charlet liansford, who was on duty in
School-street. The policemen immediately forced open
the door leading into the boy,' school room, and found
that the gam which had been carelessly left burning had
aught the wind-,w boards. The flames were extending
to the other wood work, when the oßloer fortunately
prorated a bucket, and, there being a good eupply of
vrater,b• managed to extinguish the lames The school-
rooms which are prmoipally constructed of wo ul, must
have been totally demolished had not the officer
discovered the Sr. in time.
WITNIOOTH GAG Cognomen' CONPAITT.—Tbe half-
yearly meeting of shareholders was held on Thursday.
at the Guildhall. The four retiring directors (Messrs.
Edwards, Drew, Abbott, and Canine), and the retiring
audltor (Mt Cross), wire re-elected. Mr. J. Tisard (in
the abeenee of Mr. Thomas, the chairman of the own-
party, from fedi/110.Mo°) moved the adoption of the
report, reeommeading • dividend on the half-year at the
rate of Spar omit. per annum. H. referred to the
Increased charge to be mule for the public lamps after
the 31st October. and justified lion the ground that it
was unfair to make the &JO private (milometers of gas in
the -town bear the loss on the public lamps while
thonsaLds got the benefit of their light. Several other
shareholders spoke on the same subject. The report
was adopted, the directors were thanked, and the
meeting ended.

BUICIDI 1,101( "Tug BRIGHTON" STUN VggeFL.—
On Monday morning, about one o'clock, shortly
after the departure of the Brighton (Captain Falls), from
OutruettY, with the royal mail on board for Jersey. Um
reetwitto Wpm horrified by noticing • man jump de-
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t birOWf 7 at e Alatirk*, g .. iS
The ow, . E I,Leaot at pre: tailor „,r.
..... 11 and the Copt o . r
OW aNIV tit ," but before he could catch
lacitEol't *aged into the sea. Captain Falls im-
nawastiltaf -.dared the ship to be stopped, and the
=r oe were reversed, and the boats arev ware loitered
the davits, and they managed to &etch bold of the
lean by the hair of his bead. He was brought on
board and • medical gentleman endeavoured to restore
Ma but without sueoess.
Tilt•L OF "TON LONG FIRM:" • WITWOOTH
XJ/121711111WINDLID.—In the Central Criminal Court,
on Tuesday before the Common Berjaust, Samuel
Israel, 36, dealer, William Barnes, 33, baker, and David
Morpa, were indicted for obtaining goods from various
tradesmen by Isla, pretences. Barnes pleaded guilty.
These fellows induced tradesmen to part with their pods
without having the slightest intention of paying for
them. First at • little atop in the Borough, and after-
wards in Page-street, Westminster, they watched the
advertisements in the provineiril papers offering articles
of almost any description for sale, answered by stating
the terms on which they would purchase, and generally
suoceeded in obtaining the goods by paying the oat of
conveyance to London. The articles they attempts! to
obtain were of the most diverse kind, including apples.
ia pianoforte, a boll, Egyptian geese, swans, ttcrnalhe beginning of February, Mr. Tisard, an inn-
keeper in Weymouth, had a quantity of potatoes for
ma* and Barnes wrote, offering to buy them. Eventual)
Mr. Tigard sent in the whole twenty.thres toms of
potatoes, value £ll5, to Nine Elms station, to Barnes'
order, and on their arriving there Israel took poseesion
of them and paid the carriage. On the 4th of Febreary
Mr. Tiaard came to town,tand went to Angel-place, but
saw only Mrs. Barnes. On the following day he called
again, and saw Israel, Barnes, and two other men. Not
knowing any of the prisoners at that time, he asked if
any of the men he saw was Mr. Barnes. Israel said,
"No, I wish I was Mr. Barnes." Mrs. Barnes came in
then, and he told her he had come to London for pay-
ment of the potatoes he bad sent. Mrs. Barnes replied
that her husband was not in, but that he was expecting
large remittances from Ireland, and that as soon as he
received them be (Mr. Tisard) would hear from him.
Mr. Tigard then left, and be bad not sines men the £ll5
or the potatoes. The jury returned a verdict of guilty
spinet Israel and Morgan.—Mr. Montagu Williams
stated that the family of Barnes was very respectable,
and that he had been tea certain cutest • tool in the
hands of Israel. He was very anxious toe's informs.. '
lion to the polio*, and for that purpose be (Mr. Williams)
requested that the sentence upon him should be post-
paid until next espaion.—lnspeetor Potter said there
wee no doubt Israel was the leader. He had traced over
£2.000 worth of property to London, and upwards of
£SO ) worth to Israel, within the last nine months.
Morgan had been led into the matter dicing the last
twelve tuonths.—The Common Serjeuit said the conduct
of snob persons as the prisoners was calculated to
introduee • feellng of insecurity in reference to corn-
mercial ti animations. lived, he odd, had been convicted
on overwhelming evidence ; but from the fornistion of
the indictment he w • unable to pus upon him the '
punislitis. nt he deserved. It. was not ahlo to give him
a heavier mat .aoe than two years' imprisonment with
bard labour, and that sentence he now passed opnn him.
Morgan wan not 1.0 criminal as Israel. and the •entenew
upon him vv.., therefore, nine months' imprisonment,
with bard labour. The sentence on Buries was deferred
until next ammo.