The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-29 00:00:00

Sommetsbire.

YZOTIL Corriere COMIT. —At this court on Satin.
day week there were 88 plaint', of which 45 were
withdrawn and many of the remainder settled by
the immediate acknowledgement of the defendants.
The only ease that possessed public interest war
While v. Game, in which the medical officer of the
fiberborne Union sought to recover Ws. from Mr.
George Game, yeoman, of Ashoombe, for attending
a boy who met with an accident ill Mr. Game's ser-
vice. The doctor was summoned by • marenger,
who said Mr. Game would pay; but we undernood
that Mr. Game denied haiviiiiFthorized any person
th to my so much. When e tiff had been sworn
the Judge inquired if he ever sued in that court
before, and receiving an &newer in the negative he
told Mr. White he must show his title to sue. His
name was, he dare say, on the register, but the new
Act of Parliament required that the register was to
be put in in evidence. The plaintiff said he was rnui' -
tered, but he had not the register there.—The
Judge : That won't do, the only evidence is the
book. You must first show your title.—The plain-
tiff: I was not aware that the production of the
register was necessary or I should have prepared
myself by getting a certificate. But perhaps your
Honor would allow me to swear that 1 am qualified.
His Honour: No, I cannot do that 1f you had
been a plaintiff before it would have been sufficient;
but the recent Act of Parliament states that no
person shall be entitled to recover unless his name is
on the register, and then it is provided that a copy
of the register, purporting to have been published
in the way mentioned by the statute, shall be re-
ceived in evidence. I do not for. moment intend to
imply that you are not perfectly qualified in every
sense of the ward, but the Act is imperative. —The
Plaintiff: Will you allow it to be adjourned '—The
Judge: Yea, but it must be at your expense.—
plaintiff afterwards went into the town wad obtained

a copy of the Directory, in which his name appears;
but this was insufficient, and the case was adjourned,
at an expense to him of one guinea—nearly as much
as the amount he sought to recover.
WINCANToN SILVIIONS, Monday, November 21.
To-day a case which has excited A great a.' ..f con•
venation and indignation iii the lielghlwurlitood was
set down for hearing; two Somerset-dire farmers
and a cockney having been guilty of the utisporta•
manlike deed of killing a fox. For this offence there
is no law beside that .4 proper feeling and sports.
tuanship ; but the offenders had brought theniaelres
within range of Statute law, by Despairing, and kill-
ing game out of season. It scents that on the sth
September last Mr. Podia, yeoman, of Mier : Mr.
Francis Jells Gillett, yeoman, of High Rain; and
Mr. F. Chard, of London, chemist and druggist,
were out for a day's shooting. The two former were
certificated, but it is questioned whether the latter
was or not. They had obtained leave to sport over
lands in South Barrow, but they took French leave
over the lands of Lord Portman, Mr. Foster Mather,
Captain Mildmay, and Messrs. Wake, at North
Barrow and &hairy. In the course of their exploits
they begged 33 partridges, Bor 10 pheasants, 7 or
8 hares, and mobbed a fox! These sportsmen put
the carcase of poor Reynard into their carriage to
get it stuffed at Somerton ; but a farmer who had
witnessed the outrage defeated their purpose, by
cutting off the brush, and when they got to Somer.
ton they found the trupy missing. A prosecution
for trespass and killing pheasants out of moon was
instituted against Messrs. Dobin and Gillett; the
third party's address not being at the moment forth.
coming ; but it may be satisfactory to know that it
has now been ascertained. Rather than face the
jeers of the sporting public the defendants paid the
whole of the penalties and costs to which they were
liable, amounting to £6, and the magistrates were
saved the trouble of inquiring into the ease. Mr. T.
Wake prosecuted.

WlSLlA.—Seuvrs. —The extensive line of new
sewers here, now in course of construction, will make
the city one of the most perfectly drained places in
the county. The worlu, however, will be costly,
though the outlay will he spread over a long period.
The excavations have disclosed many curious facts,
pas ticularly near the cathedral, where the road has
been raised upwards of six feet. The sewers will
not be completed for a considerable period. The
public must, doubtless, be incommoded to some ex-
tent whilst the works are in progress, but if steps
are not immediately taken to throw barriers at
night around the grave-like openings, we think that
several of her Majesty's liege subjects
residing near, and who are forced to walk
abroad at night, will become subjects for coroner's
inquests. On Friday evening week an accident, in
consequence of the neglect to exhibit the danger sig.
nal, or fence round an opening, took place in St.
St. Thomas-street. It appears that the railway om-
nibus, which starts from the Swan, after meeting
the train from Glastonbury, was conveying Mr. B.f.
mund Davies, the secretary to the Bishop of Bath
and Wells, to his residence Beryl-house, a short dis-
tance from the city. In St. Thomas-street the
driver, not perceiving the opening, drove into it, to
the serious discomfiture of the inmate, driver, and
horse. Beyond the fright no injury resulted. The
sooner the streets resume the even tenor of their way
the better it will be for the nerves of many of the
citizens of the cathedral city.
THE PRISONS 110YAL'S BIRTHDAY. —Monday be-
ing the anniversary of England's daughter's natal
day, that of the Princess Frederick William of Prus-
sia, the bells of the parish church pealed merrily,
while those of the cathedral were silent, and the
Union Jack guttered in the breeze from the flag-
staff on the Townhall.

DIOCESAN INTELLIGENCL—Tbe Rev. T. J. Burke,
curate of Sheptonllett, has been presented to the
rectory of Durston, Somerset, vacant by the
cession of the Rev. J. W. Middleton, instituted
1839, value £l7O. Patron, the Rey. A. Gray.--The
Right Hon. and Right Rev. Baron Auckland, Lord
&amp of the Diocese, has licensed the Rev.
R. H. Gatty to the curacy of Clapton, near Bristol,
and the Rev. S. H. Ruby to the curacy of Farm.
borough, Somerset.

The funeral of the late J. Taaker, Esq., late of
Mellifout Abbey, Wookey, and formerly of Wey-
mouth, took place on Thursday week. His re-
mains were interred at the Wells cemetery,
and a large number of mourners attended, among
whom was the Mayor, an intimate friend of the de-
ceased. The poor of Wookey will have to mourn
the loss of one whose hand was ever open to relieve
their necessities. Added to this he was a kind bai-
ter, a fond parent, and • sincere friend, unfearing
the shadows which haunted the valley of death,
he went to his grave in peace with God and man.
ST. THOIlla &LADING Rools.—A reading room
in the above locality has been opened by the Rev.
George Bliesett, at the room used as • night school.
Admission nights on Tuesday and Friday, from seven
till nine, when there will be on the table, in addi-
tion to the Times and the Illustrated London New*,
the local and several provincial papers, the British
Worlman and British Messenger; and for those
who wish to amuse themselves otherwise than by
reading, chess, draughts, and other recreations will
be afforded them. Terms of admission one penny
per week (gratis to members of the night school),
and coffee is to be obtained at the Game figure per
cup. The rev, gentleman above referred to is gene-
rally the first among his clerical brethren to put a
project in motion, and now that • reading-room for
St. Thomas' district has been opened, we should not
be at all surprised to observe another established.
SIVIV•L MOVOIENT.—At the Nisi Pries Court
of the Townhall, on Friday evening week, the Rev.
John Venn, Prebendary of Hereford. attended and
delivered a lecture on this subject. The court was
densely crowded by a most respectable audience.
so much so that many were unable to gain admit-
tance. The Very Rev. the Dean, after offering up
prayer, in a brief speech introduced the rev, speaker,
who minutely detailed the wonderful conversions
that had been brought about in the north of Ireland
by this invisible agency, and which were brough un-
der his notice during his stay there. Cases daily of
sinners being brought from darkness to light came
under his observation. By way of conclusion, he
trusted that • spirit might bestirred up among them,
and that in England rtoulta similar to those in Ireland
would ensue. After giving the thank, of the meeting,
through the chairman, to the lecturer, the assem-
blage sang, "Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,"
from Ham-land's Hymnal, and separated after the
Benediction had been pronounced by the Dean of
Wells.

CAPT. GLORGE RICH COLS/ea INSOLVENCY. —At
the last Taunton County Court, this insolvent, the
son of General Coles, of Gleneott, near Wells, came
up from prison for examination, his debts amount-
ing to no learns sum than £39,000. He first made
his appearance last Court day, but as the names of
certain creditors had not been inserted in the sche-
dules, a remand was applied for and granted, in
order to give the insolvent an opportunity of doing
go. The career of the gallant captain has been of a
rather extraordinary character. From January, 1844,
to Sept., 1853, be resided partly as a student at
Magdalen College, Cambridge, and the residue of the
time in apartments at the -Burlington Hotel, Picca-
dilly; and during part of such period renting and oc-
casionally residing in a furnished house at Brompton,
and in a further portion of such period occupying a
furnished house at Brighton; and during the remain-
der of such period in lodgings at Knightsbridge;
and during the same period -occasionally visiting at
Keen Hall, and Glencott, Wells; and from Septem-
ber, 1853, to December, IE4B, on a voyage to. re-
ading at, and returning from Melbourne, in Austra-
lia; and during a further part of the same period
occupying a house at St. Kilda, near Melbourne;
and since then residing at Glefleot, Wells; and dur-
ing the whole of the before-mentioned periods out of
business, except between the years 1844 and 1553,
keeping of and laying wagers on race-horses. The
insolvent obtained his discharge, the opposition
having failed, and there are weighty rumours afloat
as to the reasons of the creditors not being present
in person.

FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPI.
—On the 21st inst. were embarked at Southampton,
under the superintendence of the Hon. W. Field, on
board the Maria Somas, for Cape Town, 252 souls,
equal to 237 i statute adults. They comprise a number
of agricultural and domestic servants, as well as of hands
required for the public works in progress there. The
Cape emigration at the expense of the colony for the
year 1559 now amounts, exclusive of assisted passages,
to 3,733 souls.
THE CAGE BIRDS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—A
numerous assemblage of visitors, including • large pro-
portion of wins, have been drawn together by the
attraction of this exhibition, inspecting the groups of
sonpters, who, as if pervaded by a social feeling among
themselves, or with some motive of emulation, piped
their clearest notes of weloonse. The large collection of
canaries seemed peculiarly attractive to the ladies as
well as to amateurs. The parrots and starlings also
attracted general attention from their clamour and lull-
totion of street calls and crys, as " What's your nanie r
"Hip, hip, hurrah r " Well, my dear, how do you
do?' "Kiss me quick r Ito. One grey parrot, aged
about two years, has been priced by its owner at £lOO.
other two at 1.730 each, and several at £2O. Among the
less known of foreign birds are specimens of Californian
quails, one specimen of the great brown kingfisher from
Australia, and another of the bronze manikins. There
is also • fine group of foreign birds collected together in
one aviary. The judges, Wenn. Willmore and Moore,
of canaries, and Mr. Goodwin, of British and foreign
birds, have awarded the following prizes to exhibitors;
—ln the first class of armories, the clear yellow Nor-
wich, a remarkably fine collection, the first prise of El
was awarded to Mr.?. Willis, and the second of 10s. to
Mr. T. Bantather. In the second class of "clear buff
Norwich," also a fine collection, the first prise, of the
same value as in the foregoing, was awarded to hi, W.
Aldis, and the second to Mr. Hawkins. Some of the
other (dame were so much inferior that seve.-al prises
were withheld by the judges. Han) of the varieties of
the London fancy, however, were very fine, as in the
mealy variety, clam 13, in which the find prim. ',slue
awardel to Mr. F. Hook; and the second, of El, to
Mr. J. Waller. In class 14, shoo the "Moque," the
same prises were awarded to the same individuals. In
British birds the prise of 105. respectively was awarded
to Hr. E. W. Major, for the best specimens of bullfinch,
ahalllneh, goidlloch, sad havineh. Among the foreign
birds the prise for the best grey parrot was awarded to
Mr. Reeky, and for the bed green specimen to Ilr. W.
it,yder,