The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-21 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

I:\ 4MINATIOSII FOR THE OXFORD A.A.— Its the
loon hats we notice one succeeoul candidate
from the county of Dorset, in the first division.
F. W. Garstein, from Weymouth. haa passed in
Latin. French, and German, to., under the instate.
tion of hl. Gorgon.
Ar 4 exhibition of fruit, flowers, and birds, is
anneunced to take place in the nee. Aseembly Room
of %he Weymouth Literary and Scientific Institute
on Wedoesday and Thnreday, the 12th and 13th of
September n..zt. A beautiful electro-plated flower
'Tare, value £4 104.. is open for competition among
the fruit growers oftbe county of Dorset. and we hear
that a spirited competition will take place for this
champion Prize. The vase is now on view at Mr.
Ineent'r jewellery establishment, St. klary-etreet.

WE liArg A Rrearra,—Tbe Mayor, is
✓ phew e viith "a muntrously Mimed requirition."
is.utal placard. announcing that a public meeting would
I d I at the Taumliall, on Monday evening. at seven
OV-ek. to dt.tertieme whether a regatta should be held
at W. ith teas year, Of ROT sportu should be sub.
a •tatcd "ff Ijeti thereof. ll.d Monday been the find of
tirrd. we thrall(' have at once coocluded that the
• autnenme requisitmnieti' intended to play off • boat
at 0... his worehip ; as it watt, they eimplv
,glit, lom by nevi. eting to support their request by
(hr fe,nee. The Mayor Wm. at the hall at the att.
P.stitrt t me, but after waiting fully half an boar only

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km. n. oselosivo of refractor... put in an appear.
..m... % ~.. mud, jakeearusfe.a !list* on the ...meet.
1...• porlc p.. HMV solely eanelti.to that there will be no
rt,Pta I.t.te during the present year.

(;ooDVAR AND ANOTHER V. THE MAYOR Or
w gw-rti.—Tt is owns, was tried at the Surrey Swu-
m ..r As•ore., held at Guildford, on Tuerday, before Mr
Ilsr.o Channel. Hr. Horace Lloyd and another con.
di II the caoe hw the plaintiff., and Mr Cooper and
wok. r th.t for the defence. It appeared that the
Ivizatton out of which this case Ara e had been going
on ewer ee Itgin. In MI there was a contract
y...n the I dntoffs to runt a new market place for
the M •yer onl Corpor.tion ot Weymouth. The work
m.0....A in 1•56, hut the pay eras not ferthoominr.
ned t.y pl intiff. thereforeoornmenced law proceeding..
T!p• loath r are. r. ferry, to Mr. Raymond, who gees
un torr,l for the pi•intiffs for £374 7.. &I. with £615
▪ This did not, however, settle the matter, ano
woo...ding. went on, involving points of law. Rd lenn.
▪ no. formally tendered, and his Lordship give
rolginent for the plaintiff,, Paying that if the online&
for d. f. !tricots liked to malie an affidavit to restrain
ecrcution till knit term he would consider it.

ItoßoCrili Pierre Swinton& Tneethw. —Before the
Mayor and E. Bailey, Esq.—Thomas Talbot was vim.
mow I for being drunk and abusing Anna. wife of
Innion.-1 West, on the ISeli August, and to show cause
11..,7 he .1.-4,,r1 nt bt bound over to keep the rime.
Ii -ferniest raid he n. ver "s•ed " the woman. Corn•
1.1...nent owl that on Sued iy last, jest as "Trinity
chtorh oame out, " the defendant aim, into Trinity
Conti druok and told his wife that she, the oomolai.
lion?. 11.4 charged hi. wife with being entitle to him
at d tba he would tate away the" old woman's life."
H.- r s.id that if any one ornite adeint. him he
void 1., a genp..wder tram and blow their booms op.
fa r rons.erently was in danger of her life. Her
window we. belt open and Talbot's door was wide open,
tn. ae an.d lidened to what was eakl.—Defirodeat
..i.1.11.1 he hail loen to Portland, and that when he
bet" a little too much " he was I...eligible to what he
...id or lid. Ile could not remember what be raid or
did, lie knew she had sworn falsely and if she
went to heaven he WY nor. he would. The defendano
hat before heen brought np for violent*. and as tom.
ulainent eti'l persisted that she considered her life in
ding. r, be was bound over in his own recognisance, to
keep the prom.. for .in month..—Charles Loma was
som.noned by Mr. Church for misenodnet. Complai,
peel .and defendant WWI employed by him an weekly
gemept. end Hod hi. dray wan t light a portion of to e
lamp. in Meleombe Neigh, and or, aotend toothy'. duties
that were n ouired of him. On Monday week defile.
dent neglected to light a portion of his lamps
The nest morning his foreman reported the
cane to him and he discharged the defendant. Supt.
Lidhury said there were no latopa lighted thet eight
be. ond Gloacester•Row. Defendant said that the
moon he did not light them we., that by the time he
got to O'oncender-Row, be was wet through, and went
home to cheese his clothe.. Ti.. Ranch said the defen•
dent by his conduct, bed subjected ode employer. who
wa. lest. tiT the gas work., tea penalty. Mr. Church
said that erns not the worst feature of the seer. Had
any one fallen down, and seriously injured thenteelven
he would havel.en liable to Porton. darner,. The Bench:
or if env one had fallen end broke. bisect*, yourmarder
would have been liable to be indicted for mantlaughter.
There were no wages doe to defendant, and Mr. Church
did not press for a penalty. Tbe Reach said
that defendant ought to be greatly obliged to Mr.
Church for hi+ leniency,., his WM wee, very serious
one. Mr. Church h had much blame thrown on his
abonitlers and no doubt many persons blemed thst
genrlenian for the Imam not being light d on this
oorasion. It was quite evident that touch of the blame
was wrongfully thrown on his shoulder., and that it
w.. the strynnt. who were to blame. Mr. Church was
quite r.glit in bringing thir ems before the Bench. As,
how. ger, I.e did not presa foe a onoviction, damndest
would be discharged upon paying lis. fid. costa