The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

honursrlsimt.

YEOVIL. —oVnilioaref ro.. RIIP•
17:V. Nlr. John Flos er has 1.e.1s appoinnil OM.
stating umiineer iif the i reit W ...tern I lai I way t
pony, in the room of the late I. li. ltrunel.
ll'ufnuilli 1.1'1.1'14 rittleY. - • ille1;:re .1. H. Mayo,
I:. Tucker, mid F. F. 4:recta:ant. Fespf.)— trd
Falcoure, a hairy, was cluirged hefore dui Bench
with havinif, on the Saturday •stokii a Ana
from a 111311 1131111eit James Nweet, li* in in Park
street. It appears that prisoner wa. I. tin with
...mplainaid, owl left there earr)ing the shirt with
'in.. Supeinitendent Smith was Wq:l3lllitedi with
I e circumstame. RIM the prisoner was apprehended
oy l'.o Lewis. I.etweim Hinton and Shepton Mallet,
'ii. Sunday. 'rho rr,wmur, who i01ea.1.31 guilty to
I.e.:barge,Was senhauxsl to Ws weeks' hard Wooer
.n Taunton haol.
hierirt 'mos.— A lecture WU annuunceil to have
taken place on Thursday, at the above place, by
Howland lir...nue, Esq.. but iii consequence of the
hal state of the weather the lecturer was prevented
from attending.
A man. nained Green, as lie was going home front
k on Saturday. and was passing through King-
ston with his tool*. was out Ey a moll named flop-
k.t. I. and it appi ars that I been spoke to ins, 111 a
rather harsh it LI ii Hopkins eallle across 1.1
lima and took a saw from Ilreen s basket and struck
huia with it across his forehead. inflicting A seven:
w.. Ina the real tats
_of the ease cannot Ite

.I.ezrbnimi until t;reen ba able att..nal before the
ll..pkine WAS apprehended by the
p•bee, anal brought heron: tlae ittag'.strttea oil Teen.
but wan releabeal on bail until Green could
ills iii to give eriaknee.

WELLST- It is currently reporteit that Mr.
.101ilie is in treaty fur the pinch/Ise of a valuahle
mijuining one of the extremities uf his
pu,sessMise. Should such tieaty lie elf.s.tegl,
the propel tv. in respect to extent Ana
compactness. will he unrivalled an the Eastern
Di‘ision uf eluaierßetsliire.

Owing to the indisposition of Or. Plidpitts (laird
Itishop of Exeter), the candidates fir 11..1y orders,
in that ili.cese, arrived us this city on Saturday
week, and Is er ordained by the Lord Bishop of
Kith and %Vella MI the followin.,l Sunday, in the
erithedral, with the caiiihilates for goly orders of the
diocese of Bath toil Wells.
Ciirceit llons Miissiies.--Tlio third of these
special services a-as delivered on Wednesday evening
at SL Cuthbert's church, by the Rev. Thomas
Green, 11. A., Principal of the Church %militias).
College. Islington. At these services all classes are
..arnestly invited to attend, and the pu a- in their
working dress.
Tiie WES-I'lllUL Diming the !tut fortnight we
have been visited with unusually hovers cold weather.
itul Wells anti the neighbourhood have been inantleil
.ii a eoveriti, s. deep snow. which in places is here
had drifted, Wag 1.0131.11 to 1.0 seven feet deep. Oh
"1 derail) week a sudden thaw set in atc-iiipanic.l
rain. width caused the snow 1.. nielt 5.$ rapidly that
•he 1.11 mans bowies were unable to c Jr) oil
the water, which ..011 t. iiiii It 4 W3l into. the interior
of a number of buthlics*. M 11l of the inhabitants
were obliged to leave their beds i.t unissuidly earls
hours oil the following morning in cansepienee of
Oa, w 'ter getting
T •ichheill it was found to have penetrated set-.
nearly the while hiulhihitig. 'ery irtuitiitcly the
CJ c iamb r was fotnel to have escaped, other
it Is. loony .4 the I srauti :mail costly pandit •gs witch
adorn its walls intAlit have sustained llttlty S. the
renters :mil other documents bang round the room
The iiiii it... contaiiiing the rifles, luckily
was proof ac:atuat. the %et.
Unforlititafr eircautdance. —On
Thursday week Mr. 11. Ilettihipoit. Dui-shale
turn. turned several cows int., a Held atlioicitt„..
Messrs. White and Itorit's factory grounds, in which
a great many shrubs are growing. A portion of
the wall that separates the field from the shrubbery
being broken down. the animals got in. and. it is
suppoe.3l, they must have eaten sibUle of lb, laurels,
from the effects of which Nis have died.

The Rev. J. C. J. H.okons Alonthall. Master
of Itrutou School, is appointed Chaplain of Bruton
Ho pital.
Bnuvom SCIIOO4 —Two of the Eshihitioners have
reasistly achieved for themselves, and have re.feeted
on their school, the very highest credit —viz... Mr.
Edmund Wright (scholar of Bristol). awl Mr. Elwin
(Commoner of Corpus Christi Coolle,ps. Oxford), the
fo.ruzer heing ph,..1 at the first examination in the
brat Chile in classics, the latter in the linst class ill
law soil modern history.
Castut Cant. —The mem of enjoyment in this
town is likely to be more than usually gay. The
Cary b.ill took plaai at the Townhall ..n the 3rd
January. A tradesman's ball ala.. took place at the
Anse!, and the Rills Corps hall will take ;doe.. next
Week. The Market House Directors annual had, we
milleistand. will los somewhat later iti the 14141441 this
ear; the early part of February is named. The
pow hare not Well forgotten either, coal i 4
stantly supplied at baltpriee to them. The liev. F.
Gray's bounty of clothing has been liberally die.
tensed, and meat has heen given to many of the old
and deserving by the worthy 'Mar.
. . _ . .

A tea meeting. for t e benefit of the eve g
school, was held last week at tlw Townhall. which
yielded a bountiful harvest, we should suppose. as
the hall was literally crammed, and the expenses of
tea, cake, &c., on each table was horn° liy the lady
superintending. The charges e ere 9.1., 9d.. and Is.
Lamiroter.—Sod Arcideet. -%Vhile crossing the
bridge, and owing to the recent frost, a poor fellow
frow Somerton fell and broke a 1.. g, and strange to
say refused medical assistants:. 'l'o save our rea.ier's
time we would now observe, the injured leg was of
wood. an.l the individual in question naturally pre-
ferred oak mid screws to knife and physic.
On Wednesday our rides were inspected by the
adjutant of the battalion. Captain Nlalet. Notwith-
standing the deep snow the drilling was well done,
the Adjutant expressing himselfin gloving terms of
the efficiency and appearance of the 21st. The au
inspection over, there was a liberal supply of prime
()etoher" from the Hill House cellars, thanks to the
Lieutenant (V. S. Wood.) A march to Curry
Riven for recruiting purposes was then resolved no,
neither snow nor "rude Horeas" damping the Mell.B
spirits. nor even the aforesaid " October," or the
attentions of Private Itichar.lson. of Hell Inn
notoriety. Now for the- " damper :“ instead of mane
recruits hut one was obtained, and ''Curry and sore."
at the result of the 5ec..0.1 recruiting expedition,
"21" returned to heail quarters.
Wises:erns. —The 11(13 inmate* of this oni"o
workhouse were, be private sulocription, bounti
;fully re.taletl on Wednesday last with roast beet.
plum pudding. and strong herr for dinner ; pipe..
and snuff followesl, and in the CVCIIIIIA
mi plum cake. A hands one Christmas tree ass
Prettare.l by the officers ..f thin estahlisioneist. anal
every inmate drew some useful article. The poor
, .rplian children, placed out as apprentices and
rvants the guardians, sere I,roiyht in to enjoy
..I.e treat. All were most grateful, and expressed
repeated thanks for the kindness extended to
them.

W ELLINGTON. Eirfria af Jealowl. - Before 11.
5a,„1,„..1 „1,1 S. Fe. goys. ) Del Mid Brie,.
dacksistith, of n.impforil Pevend, Ca, charged with
twfully cuttin: awl oso liii Thoos.•si Winter.
a itls .nt ett to d.i ii. in li;v le out. - F.l .1.
'Nutter ilepow.l li. te ti.j wai I.Oeht I iii the
employ of Mr. John Penne, of Shippen Faint. and
that, on san.he list he a'.l4 rOtUrIIIIII4 !Vit.ll
Church. by a Y. 0114 W"IILGI• to
...loan he Wile itaying hiss addresses. awl 0110 John
ililton was also stilt them ; when near the White
tall lOU they met the prisoner, who fo-merly
courted the young woman. and on pawing the pri.
..uter,asid Oh you street walkers ;" prosecutor
replied, "You had better walk on quietly." Pri-
soner then turned ronnit and followed prosecutor's
party above an hundred yards. awl on co gup to
to theta aquaria' his data at prosecutor. sho there-
upon struck him. Prisoner relented the blow. and
prosecutor immediately found himself stabbed in
die head, throat, and shoultle-• ; the scuine r..n-
tinned shout live minutes ; tb, panics were then
wparated ; prosecutor het about, a qll,ll of stool.
Milton corroborated this evidenee. --Mr W.
Reynolds. surgeon. depowd that he WAY called about
‘even o'clock on Sunday evening to attend the pro.
secutor. who hail been stAlthed ; witness found an
incised wound on the temple, three or four inches
tong ; another en the shoulder, and a smaller cut
across the throat ; the wounds are not of a danger-
us character ; a dint would not be likely Pt pr...
.111Ott such Wo ; they were clean cuts ; the pro
seeutor's mekerehief appeared to have prevented
«Timis injury to the throat. -P.C. i'arver apre•
Mottled the prisniner. and dull examining him ills
covered II quantity of loud in lute coat. -The imp
weevil..s neckerchief, shirt, and waistcoat were pro-
lix:ill in court, and aiiileareil as if soalt,d in
the neckerchief much cut. -After a patient
hearing the magistrates cousmitted the prisoner for
trial at the awinat. . _ .

Err:eclat:cit. Rotbeey
.frain Lady
Taibut de .11a1,ohide. —At the tVestriiiiister Police
Court, on Thursday wesk. James %Immo., man 30
years of age, describing himself as a lapidary, and
Eliz,therh, his wife, a woman a few years his junior.
imet fashionably attired. were charged, the former
on susincion t awl the latter with being concerned
mm aweliiig. on the 30th November, from No. 3.
Lowudearquare, Ilelgrmia, two d. 1 tiaras.
three diamond brooches, a pair of diamond ear.
rings. a diam I bracelet and necklace, and several
"Nylsla&rtalicit, titl property of Indy Margaret
ed at £2.000. None of the
missing articles had liven fniiiiit. hut the extreme
Activity shown by the pollee hal brought ti light
circumstances 1% 11101 tended bi show the oi.de pri•
Boner had counnitted the robbery. In all prole.,
'lhity the person who committed tho n.l.bery was
alms person who reached the attic window ..f
No. 3, by %talking over the ruofe of the neighbouring
houses; and singular enough the robber had evi-
dently been disturbed, and hurrying away dropped
his list, which was 6,lted the met of an alj ~ i ll ing
hmse. and, the lining being tAket, wag coma to
contaiii the rianic and address Of the prisoner pa,ted
On the crown by the hatter. One a the poikw w.
114, stranger to tluit hat, and hence the prisoner was
traced to 27. Ilytle-place, Holton. ahere lie t 114.4
captured. This male prisoner described himself as a

idary ; and it was clear that some one who had
:Mee La:me:Age of jewels had keen concern: d 511
this robbery. for nearly all tie stolcn articles were
' dioniowls; whereas jewels ot heifer sable had been
, turned out, but not brought away ; awl, besides, the
pris.iners being dressed in a style unbecoming their
station and the neighbourhe.d they lived in.
!Sarah Ives. bemoaned to Lady de Malahide, sahl
that, on the 30th ult., her mistress went to the
theatre. and about half-past 11 she (tvitinits) wean;
up into her mistress's bedroom, and, to her surprise.
. found the place in the greatest disorder. The ward-
, robe, which had been listened, but not locked, was
open. Tito drawers also were open. The jewel
lem, which hail beets Incked, was taken out .
of the wardrobe, and was empty, its leather
box lying on the drawers; and her ladyship's :
! gold hunting-wateli had been taken off the
;Ireseing•table. While in that remit she heard the I
door of a spare room above go to. She went upstairs. '
misted her own silver catch, and found the jewel
case, with both gleaners out, lying on her bed, with
a "jemmy" by the side of it; and on looking into
the room, the dour of which she had homed shut, she
saw the window had been broken and was open.
Inspector Hills, of the 11 division, said he received
the hat epoken "(from a constable, and went to 27.
Hyde-place, Hoxton, and saw the prisoners and two ,
other per.oes leave it. upon which the ileellried were
tilkve eeeL. ity. On their way to the pidice• :
etation, at Polledge road, Pimlico, the male prisoner I
said, " If buss had got nie to right.. I should have I
given you gentlemen a g: :od warming before you :
had tiken me." Sere...emit Putter, 2 D, said he was .
shoe is the hat, which he at once nxognised. On
the 2iel Ju;y laid he sew the prisoner at Lewes
races, wearing that list, and hail several tunes pre-
viously seen him in at Clerkenwell. Witness traced
the male prisoner to Ilvdeplace. where he was cap-
tured a. d,iieribed, lVitnv,ss had known him by
eeverel names, and addressing him in one with
which he was familiar, said, •• Well, Palmy, you
must consider yourself in any custody on suspicion of
a large jewel robbery at Brauiptuu ; to which he
replied,•• Very well, l';;Ocr—for hod's sake don't
expose use here, and 111 go quietly with you ;" at
the mime time pointing to his brother who was
with him, the nude prisoner, "You dots% mean to
take him, Potter? -he is innocent." Witness
searched prisoner's penult, and finuill on him three
t 5 Hank of England notes quite new, fire wive.
reigns, and other inoneys, together with a valuable
geld watch, chain and mats, ring, and other articles.
Another watch and chain of censiderable value were
found upon the female prisoner. —Thomas Fleet, sit
its, Itishotagatelereet, Latter, identified the hat as
being repaired by him four months ago for the psi.
genet On removing a new I g which he had put
to it en that occasion. lw found on the original I g
the ;prisoner's name met address which he hall hives.
en leaving the bat. —Wiliam Hunt, butcher to
Lady de Nl:datable, proved that the male priminer.
who is.. a strana;er, came to her Im4ship'e Louse en
the eay .4 the robbery. ..I. the previous one, with a
leiter. &levied to a, Entendemequare, in some un
known hanie, and took it sway with him.— Mr.
A mold din:vied that the Wieleall 1111.1111 i be she.
rktr,:i3l. and the in...party taken from her natorel.
The wale primmer wee remanded until Wednesday.
EPIPHANY QUARTER SESSIONS.

Th. se PCSII6II. .en.i.,l e the Shirehall. Tsunton.
on T.o,osv. I. fo MIICS. Mtn. (shit r-
nom). n1..1 the foil ,wing lien, Ii of Magi.tp.tes
P. Acli.D , Han., H. liobnonee. It. K. )4. King.
IE4I. It. Neville Granville, El.,
H. E.q., It. Kr ArE.or
E.ton, Hatt.. sir Akssiol.r I, 11.1'.. Sr F. filsoe.
Etta • ". .1. Mo. ,y, 311'., .J. Wool. Esq., F.
11. 14 thin, t. 11 J. ituliock, Esq.. G. Hui.
hsh. KN.. I'. Hros.horsel, Colonel Urshons F.
Esq., Stuckey 001, E. 4.1 ,W. Moody,
E.l W. Sql.lford, Esu.. V.. Bloke.

Tine customary .prueli:mation liiivint.hern read, the
learn.: I t batmen protruded to address the Grand
Jury, oleerving that by a perusal of the calendar he
held m hi, band, he found that although there wee •
slight increase in the number of prisoner, for tried, when
compared with the curresounding period of last Year, ,
yet there was • merke 1 diminution in the nuintier of
crimes of a Perham character. The number of offences •
disposed of by the magistrates was in excess of the
curnespouding period, met the offences were otiosity 44
a lighter nature. During the quarter the megietrates
in petty acuities had dispueed of 730 these times, '
whilst in the r.orrespoieling period of last yeso 55 went
disputed of. The total number of poisoners for the ,
qu trier was 1116. whi.h, cumpared with Oft, the nem- '
her tor the eorresrouditig quarter ot last year, showed ,
an inere se .4 7. Ilefore .utuing to the Court he hail I
put i .to his hotel • phamphlet. gieinc• return of the
number of prisoner* in England aim %Vales tor the last :
sit years, and having upecial reference to the re.
form toms. He would recommend every one who
felt lutereated in the crituinal statistic.' of the country.
and of Soineesatshi•• pritleularly, to purchaae one of
those istuiplileta. It is written by 3.1 r. Harriak Lloyd ,
Ii her. a gentleman who had given considerable atten-
tion to the erimiu..l returns ; and if they di I mit feel
di-po ed to wade through the vulnwlous returns given
by the Governormt. they could not do better than put.
cliaac one of time little liemks. The littlebook will he of
trie to who what to know what are the sort of
criminid,; that h.ive thus increased. In hocking at Mr. :
Baker's return he fuund the committals from 1851,
to 18.19 inclusive, were as fellow. In 1854.
716; in 1855, ; in 1.856, 382; in 1857, ; in 1858.
355 ; and in 18511. tit. The total number of iffeoulers
convicted by the in .gistrates durbie the year 1856 to
1659 incluaive, eere—in 1856, 1536 ; in 1857. 1614;; in
1858, and in 18741. 1458. 'Pile daily average of
prisoners in their gaohi fr lB5B to 1859, was—in 1856,
975; in 1817. 84; ill 1:458, 255 ; an li.. 1859, 211. I
During the smite eerie.' the number of hove committed I
WA% Ili. in 1857.142 ; in 11118, 100; nod in
1859, 122. The number of girls committed during the
sone period was—in 1856. 25 in 1857. 36; in 1854.
28 ; and in 1859. 15. Ur. Baker's pomade' especi.dly
'Mows the good which I*l4 resulted from tile RefOrdiA•
tory eshieds, inas ii ac there has been a decreae. in
the n imber of boys cucuccnitted during the period given
of 4; and o girl. 'A). The table, so for as it went was
very satiate -tory, so regards the state of crime in their
county. TI er, was another feature in the pamphlet
*llia placed the county in a favourahle imeition. viz.,
the west of the police hirer, and lie found that each odi •
err in miersetehire cost L'64, a sum considerably below
the average. There had just lwen brin4lit into court
an itelictisient again 4 the inhabitants of Keit Coker for
the noierepair of • highway. Ile would hand the in.
oictment to the foreman. and it would he for them to
say whether it should come before the court or In
1.459 the dispute was cent to the Court of ijina n's Bench
w refeesid to ;trent even a ntFe Icmi, ou the ground. it
or AM, 11141 the roadie' qiiestion wits 110 A A nizliway.
UjAM lookiiig over the calendar lie could not a..e any
ca.e that required any remark from him, being all of
.4 the nof the clearest possible description. By au Act
tif Parliament passed three or four yeAlll ago the
icinei-
IICeS the gram' jury liii been verygreatly accelerated,
—ina-much as the different witnewies are now sweet]
before they come before the grind jury. If they found
any dial the court would be must happy to render
them any eseistaniie.
t then proceeded to dispeee` of the comity
limainess 11l the order in which it appeare I on the agenda
paper.
;Kota).— The Ruat,l Murder. —The qiceti V. the
Coroner for Wilts. —esnos will P.o shoo Larlc nest
towin ; Sir Faeroe Kelly and Mr. Cole, of
this circuit, hare hewn retained on behalf of the
Ca .r.tier. _

SoVICUPIN. —S•ri•owt eluirgo. --Mr. henry Monk-
ton and Nlr. Robert. Gent, LW.. farmers, 'lave been
cot 1111 l Meal for trial at tlie /wiz liy the asatinty
tua,Pstmt, ou a charge of uulawfuHy awl 11641 i•
coce.ly :voting or °dim wise removing a portion of
the hank of the river Parrett, thereby causing
danger t.. the farmers in the low district*. For the
p mectition it w..* alleged that tiie object of the
,I..fe:olmite in cutting the bank 4A4 obvious enough.
Ti', water ma* thick, and letting it escape Orrr
their land*, woulal leave a deissatt on the outlaw
%Aida would save manuring. Ity the time the water
got to the other farms some dietitian, off, it would be
eschews as a niluiliru, anal the damage done would be
iiscalculable. Mt that the defendants would lie Wink
fitting themselves to the extent of at few pounds -at
a hea to their neighbours of thousands. 10,000
or 12,960 acres of pod land would be inundated,
h lmls of families who rem living in the neigh.
holmium:l would be driven from their lomat* and
de.truction to property would eatend as far as
Bridgwater.