The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-13 00:00:00

POOL'S.

VOLUNTEER& —At the usual monthly shooting by
the corps on Saturday, the challenge cup of tho coin- ,
party was wen for the second time by Private
with a score of 71, as against 62, made by Colour
Sergeant Hicks, who was second.
I its SALVATIOI A mgr. —The Commi•aioners of
Bouniemouth at their monthly meeticg on Tuesday
decided to investigate the disturbances which occurred
there • short time a.o in connection with a visit of
this body of religionists. It was compladied the
Bournerr.oir h polka were not as prompt in putting
at end to the disorder 111/1 they might ha. e been.
" Sorigri Gonair."—We hear that a well-known
Iligh Church clergyman, living in the neighhourbood,
recently delivered to his II ck an effecting address, in
which he stated that he was about to leave them, but
In a little while they should see him again, when he
hoped to introduce them to a Mr.-. --. The rev. ,
ge dleman, we are told, has returi.ed from his trip,
but unencumbered. The lady's dui did not come i.p
expec!ati me, and our clerical friend lint on his
biretta and came home by the next train.—Saerborme
J. snug/.
THIC BOURNILM ,OTH Siiev avoid —At the monthly
'sting of the C •minieeioners of Bourn-mouth on
Tuesday, th- Rev J. R. Pretyman moved the di-missal
of the surveyor (Mr. Andrews). The charge preferred
againt Mr. Andrews is that. in connection wdhth- new
pier outfall, which according to Mr. Pretyinan is ten
t mew worse than the old outfa.ll, bad as that was, he, by
private arrangement with the contractors, allowed 94
pipes out of the required 117 to be only of an inch in
thickn V., and the remaining 23 of If in. thickness.
whereas alcording to the terms of the con r ictor iif all
pipe. ought to have been one inch ,n thick ii is, and he
Ca"- h• certificate for the work. "Whether." says Mr.
rrete man, " be gave itch a certificate from collusion, or
oonaiv owe, or from carelessnes. and negligence of the
gravest kind, this is at least certain, his ce. tificate of
the astidisfactory comple•ion of the pier outfall will,
according to the contention of the contr 'eters, be a
bar to obtaining due redress at their hands.' —Mr.
A ndrews, in his renort in reply to the charges advanced
against him, complains he has been treated by one of
the C mmissionere "a. though I was a dog," and he
also gives the lie to "a Swanage merchant" who had
stated be had char Jed for more stone, under the last
contract of the Board, than had been supplied. He
asked the Board to take his services and the work he
bail executed in,co consideration, end " i.ot be led
by usep.judicial bißueDoe of thee. gentlemen (three
members he bad named), before giving their vote
Mr. Pretyman's serious proposition—General Burrows,
the hero of Afghanbtan, was for a pubic censure of
the au, vigor, but not his disinislud ; and ultimately
the matter was adjourned.

TIM POOLS MUSICAL ASSOCIATION have rommeneed
their practices for this SONIIIOII. The work in hand is
liandel's Oratorio, ' The Messiah."
"AN EscArgis Nutt," as she designate* herself, has
been giving her "experiences of the convent system"
at Bournemouth to immense audiences during the last
few days. Her experiences are of the usual .asty
nature to be found in some of the tonny Hollywell-
street publications, which purport to be veracious ac,
counts of convent life. Ac,ording to Miss Edith
O'Gordon she continued in the convent six years, "but
on the 30th of January, 1868, • priest attempted a
crime a fiend would not commit, and Although he did
r"t se`emPlfeh his Purpose it WU not his fault, but was
due to the mercy of God, who sent her out into the
mew." "The escaped nun," it need hardly be said, is
an American.

Sturman Durem.lomins.—Arrivals : September 1—
(as.) K. Webb, Southampt n, barley; Ginevra,
Masters, London, wheat; Condi aver, Kent, London,
wows ; Elizabeth, Naylor, Fareham, nil Matgarr•t
Ann, Owen, Newcastle, clads ; Zilinds Wrench,
Newcastle, arida. 2—Lothair, Hudson, Newcastie,
coals; Freedom, Greeoham, Hartlepool, coals;
Mathilde, Jowl), Hudickswall,deala; Haas Holmboe,
Fine, Drammen, deals; Trio, Bora, Gefie, deals;
Minerva. Pedersen, Arzhangel, deals; Georgint,
Filter,Littlehampton, nil; Thomas and Juba,
Abodes, Portsmouth, nil. 3--Fioria, Petersen, Nerve,
dealt; Victor, Slater, Newcastle, coals. 4—Lewis,
Owen, Kirkcaldy, ; Martin Luther, K-nt,
Somhampt in, niL Denham, Southampton,
nil; Mend., Jones, Runoorn, hoe-ore; Isabella, Tadd,
Caen, barley. 6—Conqueror, Hammond, Shoreham,
nil; British Lion, Darli..g, Shoreham, nil; Pere
Paullan, Crequer, Trourille, ballast. 7—Bittern,
Woolf, Llartlepool, ads; Clara and Matilda, Voss,
Neder Cali:, cleats. Sailing.: Sept. l—Rwma,
Conway, Cowes, deals; St. Catherine, Chichey,
Cardiff, pitwood ; Mary, Wilsh'-e, Guernsey, ballast :
Ann Bl'esbeth, Young, Shoreham, pipes ; Unite,
Freer, London, &ay. 2—Confidence, Petick, Runcorn,
clay; Cym Avon, Williams, Runcorn, clay; Avis.
Freer, Doughton, Runcorn, clay; Lancashire Lass,
Idden. Runcorn, clay; (se.) K., Webb, Southampton,
nil; Joseph and Arm, Tetgnmouth ; Diver, Page,
Yarmouth, deals,. 3—Nant Glyn, Price, Rune no,
clay; Elisabeth, Nay'or, Woo Raeford, clay; Mary
Louise, Snort, Bristol, clay; Rainbow, Brett, London,
clay. 6—Lisa Framer, Wilcock*, Newcastle, ballast;
,mmodore, Cutt, Newcastle, timber. 7—Pilot,
Denham, Yarmouth, deals; Emma, Holeston,
Kings-
bridge, pipes; Competitor, Tovee, Dunkirk. clay;
Abeona, Kew, Londr.n, clay ; Onward, Sayle, Lyndon,
clay.
Poucx-cocer, Monday.—Bef ore the Mayor (Mr. G.
Curtis), Mr. C. J. Stone, Mr. H. Minns, and Mr. N.
Western.—Elim Loma, wife of Walter Lucas, boot
maker, of Poole, summoned Joseph Whittey, mariner,
for eassulting and beating her.—Mr. H. S. Dickinson,
for the defendant. —Complainant stated that on
Monday night the 79th, she went into the New Lon-
don Tavern, with • friend, and the defendant came in,
and complimented her upon looking better. She told
him she didn't know him, and then he said he was
young Wheeler living at Southampton. When she
left to go to her house, which was just opposite, the
defendant endeavoured to stop her, and stood in front
of her, and caught hold of her arm. Then she went
ti find her husband at Stevens's, and there he again
assaulted her, and when she went to obtain the assist-
ance of a neighbour he ran away, having first pushed
her out Jure tee yard of the house. Subsequently the
police c-me and marched her house, as the defend-ant
had accused her of robbing him of a watch.—Cross-
examined : She did not ask the defendant what he was
going to stand, and offer him suuff. He did not pay
for • glass of port wine for her. He was a little intox-
icated, but she would swear she did not tell him he
could go into her house and lie down. She and time
defendant went to Stevens s, and he asked if the,
could have a room there, which was refused. She had
some port wine there, but believed she paid for it
herself. He might have paid for it. She did not
notice whether the defenda,d had a watch on the.
night or not. She went out into the yard of Stevens"
house, and he followed her. They were in the )ard
about ten minutes; he pushed her all over the yard,
and tine ly into the dust. She pushed him away as
well as she could. She never took hold of his watch
or put her hand in his pocket. He did not give her
any money. He attempted to criminally assault her.
She had been charged with taking money from another
man, but he afterwards apologised. She might not
have told her husband anything about it if the defen-
dant had nut come to her house with the polka. When
the police came to her hones she was in bed, but she
came down to them in about two ininutes.—This
was all the evidence, and the Bench dismissed
CANI. (There was an attempt at applause in
court.)