The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-28 00:00:00

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Tin CHARGE OP ASSAULTING A WlFE.—lienry
James Sibley, charged at the last Petty Sessions with
assaulting his wife, was brought up on Saturday.
and, pleading guilty to the charge, was bound
over in his own recognizanoes in £lO to keep
the peace for six months.
THE FALLEN BELL AT TRH MINSTER —Memel.
Gillett and Bland, of Cmyden, have been engaged to
replace the big bell of the Minster, which fell on the
16th let., and they have already commenced
operations.
CHRISTENING AT THE MINSTER.--011 Thursday last
the christening took place in the ancient minder of
Wimborne, D rset, of the infant son of Captain Clark
Kennedy, of Knockgray, and the Hon. Mrs. Clark
Kennedy, in the pressnce of a numerous gathering of
friends of the family. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Canon Eliot, N.A., Vicar of Holy Trinity.
Bournemouth, and Canon of Winchester; H.R.H.
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, after whom the
child was named, being one of the godfathers, but
unfortunately was unable to be present at the ceremony.
The font (in which was placed for the occasion
water from the river Jordan brought from the
}Lily Land by Captain Kennedy) is imme-
diately beneath the ' porch-tower' of the minister, in
which is the belfry, and shortly previous to the hour
of the christening the large bell, more than three
hundred years old, and of • ton and a half in weight,
fell from its place, crashing down through the tower,
but happily without injuring any one, as the party had
not assembled. In addition to H.R.H. the I)uke of
Albany, many friends were invited to be present, some
of whom assembled at the Minster, and some at
Henbury afterwards. Amongst those who were
Invited were Viscount and Viscountess Lifford, the
Hon. (1. R. Hewitt, the Hon. A. E. Hewitt, Sir I
Samuel Hayes and the Hon. Lad 7 Hayes, Sir Edward
and Lady Gresthed and Miss Greathed, Miss
Wingfield Digby, Major G. Wingfield Digby, the Rev,
Canon Eliot and Mrs. Eliot, General and Mrs. Lane,
General and Miss Maclean, General Sir Charles
D'Oyley and Lady D'Oyley, the Hon. James Hewitt
and Hon. Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. (hthorne Wood and
Hon. Mrs. Wood, Mr. Park-, Sir William and Lady
Marriot, Sir James and Lady Colquhoun, Dowager
Lady Gibson Craig, Mr. H. V. Gibson Craig, the
Misses Gibson Craig, Lady Louisa Knox and Mies
Knox. Lady Milicent Jones, &c.—Quern.
COUNTY Coma, Thursday.—(Before Mr. Serjeant
Tindal Atkinson.)—Joseph Parsons r. John Shiner.
Plaintiff sued defendant, who lived at Norfolk
Terraoe, Bournemouth, and is a bricklayer, to recover
the sum of 1:14 155., alleged to be due for goods
supplied. I)efendant's wife admitted £5 15s. SW., but
said her husband had not had dealings with the
plaintiff since 11173. Plaintiff admitted that the
account had been standing over for eight or nine years.
Defendant's wife saki she had offered plaintiff to pay
by 10s. monthly instalments the £2 15e. 9d. which she
admitted to be due, but plaintiff refused to take it.
His Honour advised the plaintiff to accept the terms
offered, intimating that the debt appeared to be barred
by the Statue of limitations. Plaintiff refused to
come to terms, and the case was adjourned fora month,
to enable him to produce his books in court.—This was
the only defended case before the Court.