The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-24 00:00:00

Monet &mutt! &lam.

TUMIDAT, DICAMBiR St, 1872

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

It is not often that Christmas takes us by
surprise ; but this year it is only by tbe alinanack
by the shop windows, by the special editions of
the illustrated papers, Ithe fat cattle shows all
over the country, and school bills, that the
fact is brought distinctly home to us. The
weather might bespeak any part of the year
except that of Christmas. Here we have not as
yet had • Biagio degree of frost, and only two
or three sniffs of Charles Kingsley's glorious
north-easter. A third of the country, and
perhaps half the midlands, are two or three
feet under water; and although most of the
people in the Peak district have been amusing
themselvee with sleighing and skating, sod the
working of the railways and telegraphs in
Yorkshire has been brought to a standstill, thee*
are the only parte of the country apparently
where Christmas this year ham been heralded by
It. traditional signs. Our spell of frost and snow
has yet to come; but the poor can spend their
Christina. all the pleasanter without it, and
recollecting this fact, we must do the beet we
oan to sharpen our appetities for the good
things of the sown without a turn upon
the pool on a pair of skates or • sharp drive
through three feet of snow upon the
downs. Christmas, without these, will perhaps
hardly be Christmas to many of us, and without
them will certainly be fewer blooming faces and
sparkling eyes around the Christmas board; but
we hope there will be none the less pleasure or
happiness in consequence, and with this we once
more reaper our congratulations to our readers
upon the return of the season, with all ita
pleasant associations and wish them all the
i compliments appropriate to the occasion.
The Royal Family will, as usual, keep their
Christmas at Osborne, the Prince sad Prince,
of Wales at Sandringham. During the past
week their Royal Highnesses were on • visit to
the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, and the
Palace of the Peak was the centre of • series of
princely entertainmenta of all sorts. They
returned home on Saturday. Dorset has had
another Royal visit, Prince Arthur having been
• guest at Melbury House, and had the pleasure
of • run after the hounds in the glorious Black
Vale country, followed by some 'hooting in the
home coverts and at ellow ham, the latter of w hick
gave the loyal people of Dorchester an oppor-
tunity of seeing His Royal Highness on Friday.
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Of-her Maj;sty's Ministers,- and where thiy
1310•11 to spend Christmas, we hear nothing.
Perhaps they objects to barons of beef and mines
pies, u they object to white-bait and most of
the rest of the luxuries and delicacies of life,
thinking, perhaps, with that primmest of Whip,
Sir George Lewis, that life might be very tolera-
ble but for its amassment&

There are rumours that changes will be made
In the Ministry to give Mr. Forster a more
1 important post, in recognition of his services in
connection with Education and the Ballot Bill;
1 if so, probably there will be a revised attempt to
touch up the Education Act so.. to pacify the
disclaimers against the 25th clause. The latest
suggestion of compromise Is to give to deno-
minational schools the sole management of the
religious part of the school lessons in certain
hours of the day, the School Boards to under-
take the general studies apart from this time
for religious teaching.
Friday was observed as • special day of prayer
and intercession in most of the English and
Scottish churches for the sumer of missionary
work, and in some now every Sunday prayers
are offered for the cessation of rain. We have
bad a good deal of discussion lately as to the
efficacy of prayer, a question perhaps hardly fit
for discumion in newspapers and magazine. at
all; but the Church of England, as well as
every other Church calling itself Christian, still
adheres to the ancient spirit of religion, and
this is her answer to the philosophers who are
pooh-poohing prayer as a superstition out of
keeping with a scientific age.
What is to be done I lithe question relied
upon a discovery that the excise duce have
already exceeded expectations this year by
£1,600,000, and have year after year oo in-
creased that £25,000,000 is now the annual
revenue from this source, whereas it was
£20,000,000 in 1868-9. The Chancellor of the
Siciltequer is not likely, porltspe, to trouble
himself much about the inoresae, but it is in
truth more than probable that the country
suffers in other ways beyond what she gains
in excise revenue by an astounding increase in
the consumption of intoxicating drinks. It is '
a century, says the Times, since Hogarth por-
trayed the horrors of Beer-street and Gin-lane '
—more than half a century sinoe James Smith
called upon '' Chancellor Van "—Lord Bexley—
to tax gm a guinea a quart, 'and hew down
the Cpaa tree in Marybone-lane ;" yet increased
wages have resulted in the consumption of more
beer, more gin, and more whisky. May not this I
fact, it mks, induce members of Parliament and
candidates for vacant sesta to stand by one
another in upholding what has been done by
Increased stringency in regulating and super-
vising public-houses.
Once more the Eltbam murder case is brought
up by a confession that—if not found to be one
of those mad freaks of a disordered mind—will
confirm the verdict that found Pook not guilty.
Ihe rain is growing serious. It is bad enough
in this oountry ; but it is trifling here in coo-
perison with what it is upon the Continent,
AU the low-lying countries of Europe will he
turned into swamps if this goes on much longer.
The whole Valley of the Trent is under water,
and in the fens around Peterborough people
are finding it necessary to take up their quarters
in the highest rooms of the house. Even in
Peterborough itself many of the houses are
swamped. Paris, however, seems to be worse
off. The isle St Denis is completely under
water, most of the quays in the heart of the
city are submerged, and the Parisians have
expected to see some of the bridges of the
Seine swept away. Tbe suburbs are in many
puts deserted, and, to make matters worse, the
price of flour, of mutton, em, is rising, in con-
sequence of the impossibility of keeping the
markets well supplied. At Liege, the Maas is
high, and is still rising. Ghent is and has been
for days three feet under water; her factories
have ail been brought to • standstill, and most
of the streets are flooded ; boats have superseded
every other form of communication, and the
distress of all classes is great. The country all
round Strasburg is • lake, and the Italians in
many parts are not much better off. Here the
high winds that have swept our coast have
wrought the worst havoc, and a Liverpool
contemporary, after looking through Lloyd's
books, tells us that during the first twelve days
of December no fewer than 449 sailors and pas-
sengers perished at sea. This return is inde-
pendent of the storm in the North • few days
ago, and in this storm fifty lives were lost on the
Durham and Northumberland meat alone.
The new breakwater at Wick, which Mr. Lowe
was congratulating the fishermen upon in the
early part of the autumn, has been half oblitera-
ted. All the work of the summer had been
swept away, and the shipping along the Scottish
wests has been much damaged.

DO SOH EITEL
THB PLAII:I3 or RAIL—AS St. Prear's °bomb, OD
Sunday, the var.r for fine weather was used.
DAY OF INTAIU:111•101t. —On Friday there were
services at Holy Tautly, Alt Salo% and Fordinetou
Eit. George, In eomplianite with the ottigootion of the
Riahop of the diocese, to make • gamma' intereessioa
on behalf sf mtioai. la mob (thumb the °magma-
twos were very small.
00111117 TM To Tin DOIRSZT GOOIII7 GAOL.. —Hand
Labour: Chides Kiss, Willtatu Gambits, John Gamble,
Janos Chesil, George Albert, George Hoabsoci, Jobs
Garred, ?bosom King, Militant Gaut*, John Dempsey,
Iguana Jame John W. Jamison, Andmw
John Biameatall and Woolf Sebald, disobeying orders
oa board ship as Portland. twelve weeks; John Taylor,
enabeszlotoont at &Wooer, three oaleadm tomtits ;
josieb Frampton, 'Willits bay as Sixpenny Eimadley,
aid William floater, drools bo. at Bydllog, oos
(*loader month ; Butimain Jobasoa drank at
Wareham, tweatyons day.; James Adains, drunk sad
riothi. William Goodwia, drubs Ike. at
Sydliog sod Joseph Harrod, postdates at
fourtme days; Flora Gomm. Ming oboists langnage at
Fordiaglem, fatness days imprimament.
&mama arm DAT P coots., 40, fiterfrentme.—
The breaking up of this school and the dietributioa of
Cm by the Priardpal, Mr. T. H. Dram, took pMee oi
do th. tgu, met., the previous week bootie lose
oempleti la examining tho pupils as the work of tihe
ball•year. The ezamiadloa was a written one. sag
eepecially among Ilse older boys the sonspetition was
very great. The followirig ie a het of the sumesdel
estupetitors with Me sebjeoia ter which they obtained
prises ;—First a. W. B. Gable; writing,
I. Miles; religious kaowlsdf. W. B. Gabbs; arithomtle.
T. Robinson • Ewald. W. Cable ; Inglash compost..
tiou and asp:Molly (erasers, rut " lishainmediaism,"
L. 11. lost; Noels& Monsters, the exandeetioa being
ooabuasd I.writers from jeoloy Taylor to Drydso, L.
H. L."; 1."1,,; lb. osamination Including questions
in Latta Grammar, Homan History and passaged for
tramlation fleet Color, Fitt :asp Horaos, T.
Itobinsor, ; Freesia, H. Brown.
L Taylor; wit* T. Hawker; religious koueledge.
H. Ton; arlalameasitt Weldon ;_ Latin, O. Keats and
somaL sinex—lagibilt A. ;
; L. Rarrany,

A ROYAL Varr.—Prloce Arthur paid • with to Do,.
shorter on Friday. His Royal Highness', suompanied
; by hi. bag (the Marl of Dresser) asel platy and his
equorry in waiting (Lientenont Fitagetvdd), arrived by
the 10.2 Y train, Greet Western Bollsrey, from Ivorshot,
and from the Dorebeteu station proceeded In a private
carriage direst to Yellowitem Wood, Berl lishoster's
property, when the party had a songs of hones'
shooting la the oovers. The Prises returned to Der-
ohester afterwards, and by tho L4O p.m. train, South.
Western lino, proueded to LOS4OGI. Hie ildayal High-
nee was cordlisi4tereolived at Dorsbuter, St. Peter's
bet. merrily and legs flying Is Me honour. 11,
woe aooompie to the Houth-Westers station on his
departure by Sari Daher/ger. As the Priam passed the
Rios'a Arse Hotel on returoing through the town two
young ladles threw a bouquet to His Royal Uighur,
but. unfortuositely, thouth the Priam erideavossal to
with It, it frill abort of the surer,
Snoring Deem is fioure-rmitee.—As Inquiet we.
held on Satorday at the Upton, by Giles Hymooda, Rs+,
ooroperei on this body of • moo named Thomas Orem.
abut years old, who died soddenly at the surgery if
Dr. limeoci, about nine o'clock la the morning. Mr.
Voss was foreman.—Mr. W. Groves, landlord of tin
Railway Tavern, deposed that he bad known dourest
about three weeks. He boarded himself. Had eon-
plaited of being unwell daring the post few days, sap
log he had a cold on the chest, and felt great dideulty
In walking. Hs want to bed on Friday night about
half-put 10. He woo very poorly, sod said beshould got
advise. Be had • inuterd plaster on his chest. Os
Thursday night be soughed • goad dui, and asked for
a tittle gin. He got up at eight thir morning and partly
bed break's" when he said be would go and see Mr.
Kenton, and would return and finish it. In reply to
the Coroner, witness said deceased had.plooty to eat
Ho warn vary ford of fruit, and bad some at gluiest
every med. He odd at Friday his appetite fallod him.
He said be was some relation of Mr. Mayo and should
go and see him. Demand also add be bad led some
property at Swansge.—Frederiok Watt., in the employ
of Mr. &woo, said deemed came to the bowie. He
spoke, but so Indleinatly that white's did not at first
understand what be said. lie biked if the doctor wee
In, and went rand to the Garrey, when as he was
inter-log befell. He ws• taken into the surgery and
Mr. Ems.' immedisitely attended blm.-1(r. Ramon
said he first sow deceased from he bedroom window.
When be got downstairs, it was evident deuced warn
quite dead—there we. no pulse nor movement of ow,
kind. Sone blood—a very small qoantity —*VISO from
Ma nose. His opinion warn that death resulted from
disease of lb* heart, which judging from the dropideel
appuranee of the toes moat bate existed some time.
There were no iodioations of want of proper nourish-
ment. Peru bisosita and matey were found upon him.
—Supt. Coward said deceased was a Freemason, mid
bail his certificate with Wm. la reply to Mr. Dryer,
one of He jurors the landlord of the Railway Tavern
said no one visited him, but be Bald he bad been to
Mr. Mayo.—The Jury retorted • verdet el "Death
from Meow of the heart`
COUNTY Perri Balaions, 84arday.—Belore Kr.
Williams. (obairmen), Mr. Z. P•Atell, COI, Steward,
and Mr. G. Worry,
Witham Costar, of Portland, wu summoned for
huhu in Ms posnemloo a bread board, belonging to the
wreak of the Royal Adelaide.
Mr. 0. Symonds, Town Clerk, of Dorchester, pro-
secuted for the Board of Trade.

Mr. Weston, who appeared for defendant said Mr.
COON( WY glad that the iummous was lamed, as It
enabled him to clear himself, because, e number of
exagmrsied statemente bad been circulated. He wm
one of the first on the beach at the wreck, sod be wee
instrumental with others In Baring many lives. He
wee minions to hays some little memento of the wreak,
md 6o picked up this board in question. It was •
trifling &dials, arid he had no felonious intention In the
utter: had be done, he might have taken things of
greater value, large qmatitiee of whish were strewn oo
the bomb. Under them eiroumstanom he linked lb it a
mitigated penalty only might be impoeed ; e.nd he
sited a case trial in the Crown Court of Ehat hall la
which • man 0111011116 Miller WY charged with a dialler
cifenee and the judge on hearing the man had satiated
In saving life suggested to the ommel for the
lion that the cm.. ought not to go on, atidmr:L
thereon withdrawe, and the jadge 'amused his
regret that the man had been imprisoned awaltieg
Iraq-

Jo-Amiksa Llano, of Portland, wee also strarooned for
betas to posseades of a spade belooslng to the wreek
and Mr. Weston offered a droller defines.
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raw- -faraca--irr;;;Lpeoa..— -al7l -Robert
Yr. Symonds amid In the onerous of his dieeretios he
should not rnbenit them to the 'our'. The articles were
torn pooket handkosohiefs, end realty they oould not be
treated aq belonging to tho wreak. They were therefore
withdrawn.

With re/arenas to ths boy Oirlisphsuis, who was
eummonod to the last omit but did not appear, whoa
the summons was ealasol till today, yin las did not
bow attend. • memo was realised to may that Ida
mother U a poor W 04540 whose husband is In London,
bat she hes not sorsa him for years, and she is unable to
pay for his coming to Dorchester. The lad had a hula
In his possession belonging to the wreck. • warrant
was now directed to be isensd for his &opossum* at the
two court.

--ift;-oitiristrates having 'whirred togethw in private,
Yr. Williams said they had to night over the cows ,• but
is the first phos ha wished to say that for private
reasons of his own ccgoaa Steward deolinivi to have
anything to do with the deoiaion, and neat though he
(Mr. Williams) aa the °igen of the oourt annonsoed
their judgment, TM Its was bound Ma mato" of honour
to himself, to say he did not agree with it. A majority
of the oourt ditoided to Impose • peaalty of 40a. and
costa in the owe of Cower, sod of and meta in tho
wow of 1•11.0.

Druskias, 0 Wynford Lag le, warn slam.
moiled by E heard Co; foe wages &mead non perform-
ance of isootraet. Yr. Weston for defendent.

It seemed that complainant wail engaged as • yearly
minima from 6:h April. On the 9th lust he asked for
£2 6i. 101. for reed drawing by tut work, and his
master gam, him tit, and refused top., the odd 50. 101,
complaining of the way in which part of the work visa
dome Complainant took out a County Court summate
for the 5.. 10.1, and Mr. Dawkins paid the mousy into
court. On the 10th Dec. him namoir refused him work;
he had been to him every morning since, but /Ir.
Dawkma would not employ him. Bo this summons was
issued for " performanoe of sontract."
The cross-exannoation by Mr. Weston Gaited that
the relations between master and servant were to as,
the least uncomfortable ; and it wan shown that that
morning defendant had offered to pay his wages and
the oasts, but oomplalnant wouli come Wore the
court.

re. Chairman took great pains to pt out the true
facts of the aloe, and chars was some consideration and
disotuolon. lir. Wlatoms wottld not agree to dimolve
the oontraet without the man's consent on lb. groood
that in this winter time that would be really punishing
the roan, although ha Nit under the eircumstooess
putting an and to the agroemect would be Mil best
thiog to do.

It was ultimately arranged that the oontract should
be deviled from to-day, complaiaaot being paid hie
wm to this time, and given 6 owl. of teal +WA be
said was doe and the muter stated was usually gives
about Christmas, sod be allowed to remain in his
°otters rent free siz weeks if he weal it so bog.
There wee only a verbal agreement in tilts mak sad
Yr. Wllllanu remarked that it would be mach more
satisfactory If all agreemeots were wrings, and he
should be glad if the law enforced it.
[The wisdom sad jueticie of this suggestios will soca-
mend themselves to everybody.—Ro. j
CoURTT COURT, Tbunday. —flare •11111 • large
number of mass *altered for hearing. The majority,
however, were undisputed, and were disposed of by
Kr. T. bombs, who officiated to the abeam of the
Registrar IMr. G. flyntonde). There were several
aommonme against labourers who have left this country
for Brasil—in otle MO the claim bolos for L'7 Is. for
bread supplied toe faintly at aroadmayne—the wbolo
of whiolt were withdrwro. Amongst the awes heard
were the following :7.

Gregory, builder, Doraheeter. v. blasters, shoemaker,
Poddlehinten. Claim E 3 7s. Defendant Sect. let:or
acknowledating the debt, and an order was mai.. for
payment of %ha meant in two inatalmente.
Seine v Daokley, Fordingtoe, Claim 19i. 61.
Order for payment forthwith.
Samuel v. Samuel Dews mason, Channiester.
115 5.. 61. tor bidding material sepplied to defendant,
who is the owner of several cottage', and tarries on •
small bushier at the above plum. Odor for ha forth.
with and 6• • month afterwards.
George Short, pig.deider, Btratton, tr. William Terser,
blacksmith, Frampton. Cl 61. for plea It Deemed
that defendant had fatted and sold the pies, and now
coolly offered to pay, after mom than two year.' credit
(the purchase having taken place in 1661), 2e. • mouth
towards the amount, which plainaiff retuned, and an
order was mede tor 4.. • month.
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---4;;;;;, -111;1-4;Olie-sr-tee-,7-klyde Sydllos. CILIn
Li 7s. 6J. for grocery and drapery gOode. DefeepOant,
who la • farm 'libelant, with four children, in the em-
ploy of ID. Books, tlydling, admitted the debt, and
offered to pay Sit opouth, which tie Hood, wise
attended to prove tle ease. refused. Defendant how.
ever, ahowod his imposability to nay more, his wages
Ming only V. pm week, out of abler he bad always te
pay for 13 or 14 loaves, leaving him sever more than
BJ. after his bread had been paid for. He added
that some of th• Wogs (whisk were drapery goode) had
been foreed on his wife against his wishes, although he
had alio expressed his diespprovel of it; whereupon
(ho Aotiocregistrar said he should only make an order
for Is. a month, as he soneldered this system of foreleg
goods on poor pecans ahould not ho eueouraged.
Order sooorilbeFly. . .

kimmular. Omen, Dorchester. 11..101. for drapery
goods. Deleudant's wife soot. bottor that morning to
plaintiff enclosing 31. 101 is stens" with • promise to
par lb. remainder. Order for 31. a inuntb.
Sense r. Warm°. 9k.. U. Dsfendest, who is oos og
the staff °Moors of the Donost L11t4., reeldiog at Dor-
chester. was reprotonted by las wife who t 'ld a piteble
tele of their distress; hot this wee shown to be
unfounded, the, being lo reoelpt of pay from tho Staff
weekly, end en order was toads for immediate pay-
meat. . .

Bitiore the Judge came the following oases.
Whit. v. The Greet Waders Sanwa y. —The plain-
tiff rigida at Maiden Newton, and II in tbe habit of
mad* fmode of a perishable nature to lb* London
marbet by the Greet Western Railway ;and be claimed
from the Company £5 Be., ooropeasattou for lam on the
male of tome rabbits, alleged to have been depreciated
va:ue by being delayed in the delivery. kr. Weston
apprared for pleintiff ; Mr. W. r Mama on beholf of
the Cm, patty, • ho had tendered SI le. without pre.
audios. In the absence of any legal evidence proving
the dsmage, lila Honour suggested the seeepteitee of
defendant.' offer. The Court meet have the coosigaeee
from Loud,oo to prove the depreetatiou in Tokio. It
was poneiWit that the market might have been &Mel.
—Mr. Walton said if he were Mr. Whitt, he would
114 ht it Out; these delays were of Merest oorurreses,
RIG conerquenoe of which was the Ootanee7 endva-
vowed to make it up by the offer of tome trifling mom.
peaeaUtinon Mita ease. —Mr. Matto° sold that was an
sajoatinalde aaarrtion.—lo reply to Hie Honour he mid
the Comptiny wore bound by the block system, sad
oould not guarantee the punctuality even of a pareeuger
flsi°'—lar• Whitt, mid he bad made about ten ann.
placate—Mr. Mame : In be loot' a period I—Mr.
Whltty : It might be 10 or aft Dors.—Mr. Marion did
Rot 'kWh, than, there mm wok room for oompleint.
The gale, however, Me attio....d.
Mark Penis v. It. Old, Manville,. WoMkm.—Claint
24v. ler turnip 000111 n. Mr. Weston for delvelliat•

The dispels eppears ono ol istemereaseet. miff
also whether the wore had been properly dew. Plait,
tiff had no witness • hut Arfeadamt oe'led threw -John
Waygood. • shepherd. Robert Peach. • groom. anal
Kr. Safer, road serreyor, of Phld:eirr•thid•, ail of
whom dsproat th.l th memareinent oi Plaintiff
esoessire, mid toot the work war rn. "half don,"
The two former mere InlLr. Ober amply.— I i
Honour allowed tilitintiff 13e. ; reawkins *pan tlo
number of imam of 41 nature dist he had 1,..1
before Ida lately, in whio e•bue had been norierod on
the muse ground ; he was, boi• v r, torliort to airs
plaintiff the benefit of !ho ~, the: pltut. tstmg
Into "aalliaratiaa the szoeptmoal rilny
Plaintiff WM nio to receive .114 hr. h•t paid out of
pocket an amts.
Abbott (011m•miulter) e. Aelhy,—C'dat £3 64. for
brrad. Defeadant admitted £114.. 110. It-poemr. d
13a 91. recall:3o4 on pleintire took., misine, of rioht
onotracted in defendanee tom.. an .100 that
10a. was oyerehargeL—Judgment for Cl 151.;
SWIM St. • month ; execution not to mune without
lade of court.

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Venice' Malden Nowtoo, r. Churchill, Sidling
Claim 81 lle. Ogd. Defendant admitted 13a. 134. ;
produced • reselpt for 9a 24d. ; and 3i. was oleo
credited by plaintiff. Diafes.laut denied his liability
for • pair of trousers, alleging that they had hien
bought by hi. fether,Nr. Hood refusing to give d( feud.
ant credit Mr. Hood said the elder Churchill hod
"given np his hooka." and this excuse was only •
" sebterfoge" to getout of payment altogether. His
Honour gave judgment for 18a 101.; 3. a month.
Jivigswal Annotators. Medway, Dorchoeter, v.
Philip Blehop.—Defendant formerly resided at Ohre.
ham. He had paid £6 10a. of the aoeount, and
pleaded sa exams for non.payment smut and that
everything had been taken from him. He was now
employed by Kr. Costae, of Bournemouth, sad reeleived
.£1 • week; out of which he paid 7s. • week rent, and
three bad to live upon the remainder. Plaiotiff said be
could get nothing out of defendant, for when be found
he was likely to go to gaol he tolled and paid £l, and
promised to continue the payments It aepeared he
had also " d oubled" the Wareham bailiff at Poole. Kr.
Best had the warrant. but under some pretext Bichop
slipped him, got into the train which was on its start,
.ad hid him 'good bye 1" His Honour ordered him to
pay 5a In a fortnight, and 5a a month, or he ir:.uld go
to gaol.
Keyway, v. Nortbover, Portland and Broadmayne.
Defendant pleaded family slakes«. He had only
15s. 61. • week out of which he had two housekeeping',
sod emu had to Ilve. 46. • month ; and adjourned to
see lf Instalments were kept up.
Bartlett, a. Anthony, Dorchester. Order reduced to
ge. • meoth.
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Hoed v. Bash. —The was • hard coise ; and His Honour
ordered 2s. • mouth, without sommitml. The poor
man's good. bed been taken in eascution ; • step, the
Judge said, which ought not be taken *scowl is a mom
of great rieseedty. It use lOW of gross cruelty to
sell • sin'. good.; and with what result? 30.. were
paid towards the debt, sad the man's home thoitroced,
which probably could not be replaced for E. 5. Ilr. Hoed
*appealed to the Regustrar's Clerk (Mr. Penny) whether
ha was not araudly lenient Is sash Sues. Hr. Penny
said he must know the parties' poidtion before answering
the question.

C ItBTll AS PREPAR AT IGNS.
The season when festivity nicer triamphut in every
English home, and the reign of ' pros and good-will'
obtains, yet all too briefly, is slags upon as; and wo
its now in that happy tier when preparations for the
glad festival are in progress, and antrielpations of It.
pleasures are unoloyed by the sompensating ills of
nialisation. The weather everybody growls about, but
" Whatever is is right;" while dull trade with small
roosipts are a standing grievous In every street : still,
Christmas some. with its pleasures and duties; amongst
the letter (oombined with the former we trust) Is pro-
viding for the feast without which laglialsinen are not
the most amiable of creatures, and then there ls the
duty (we won't youth for the universality of ths plea-
sure) ofpnaking "Christmas Prorate and New Year's
Gifts." 111. satisfactory to find that our local trader.-
men have marls simple and enticing provision for these
requirements of the rum The greases' shops sever
looked so attritive, the eionferioure maks • dainty
display, and the butchers showed on Saturday snob
beef asd motion, as Dorchester °pried its mouth r,
but to be filled therewith must pay what farmers call
" remtioarative prime." Then for prorate Mr.
Hannah's establishment is quite an emporium of fancy
cabinet work, while this stationer and toy shops follow
fast with *Sepal nick.reks and various articles every-
body would is delighted to ready,. To eater bsto
douns is difficult, the catalogue bsiag so extensive and
tho occupation so stimulating : but here's at it .
At Mr. J. F. Haaaah's, °Grabill, will be found a
very rotes assortaseat of orioles suitable for pressor
inolading drooling area work bora, writing desks,
every doostiptioa of faasy tables, including octagon
oard, 100, dining, 15.,, tam trays, boos elides, what
nor, both useful and arnamontal, fray chair head-
some barks* hipbone beards, travelling bags, port-
mentors, and in fast the largest and meet varied
assortment of cabinet goods in the runty, and persons
requiring any of the shove articles will do welt to pay
Mr. Haanah's srabilatiment a visit.
At Mr. H. Ling's, County House, these is a splendid
display of fray good@ from whir everybody may
select • suitors present. They include Virtu gilt
goods, newest patterns of papier mashie goods, pure
glass thermometers (in various shapes), work bons,
glove and hand kerchief boxes, very reign gilt mounted
oard boxes and oases, handsome revolving olgar boxes,
elegant jewel oars, dressing oral, despatch oars
a magnitioant assortment of outs de visite framed and
albums (the list lot in the Weed of loa ri
gl
rt m
stands, letter error (wiu, MO new portal ant
graved), ladies' reticule baskets, fray work baskets of
every description, card ears In ivory and real tortoise-
shell ; a iodises variety of sant bottles, opera glamor
watch stands,blecuit boxes, purrs (boandfally mounted
io ivory and tortoise-shell), exoellent gift booke.ganies,
and pussies, ; a large assortment of church ssevioss,and
prayer, and last, but by no moans thelort, some wag.
pitmen' otironso-Utbographa At Mr. Ung's will be
bi.nd everything in the way of books and stationery
which oan be desired.
At Mr. Footer'. "art" is mortally wooed, and any-
thing Mos in the way ol chromolithographs may here
be bad, as well es the usual articles 'old by stationers.
At Mr. J. Rossisli's, High Ertatese• will he bead
a very varied aseportmer of fumy good; and stationary,
including week bora, writing cars, parse mactile
blotting books and pads, ink standa, bags, elbows,
saziss,books, grata skirls, parses, purist books,
d Christmas and New Year soent sachets and
cards, playing cards, sera, draughtsmao. Also every
nice assortment of ortroh services, prayers, gift, toy
and other books, and • quantity cf Christmas
stationery.
At Miss Gregory's Berlin Wool and Toy Repository,
High East Street are immense stores of pretty thin.s
for the pleurae* of children, indeed of grown up
Undress. Here you may most with beautiful inlaid
work and other boxes, jewel sagas, fanny cabinota for
roots, pretty HMIs briars in loather work, perfumed
fans, bon bra nternersde warms, Ohirse lan-
terns, as infinite variety of Christmas tree ornameata ;
then there are rocking horses, yawns end horses,
houses big enough for dolls to Inhabit, railway trains,
Punish and Judy shows gallant, shows. Feria
miniature plated dinner sc:rvicso, As,, Ac. But for the
doll. 1 snob MIPS{ oreathess, of all sorts, dies, and
prior , some as big as a girl of six years I others with
two beads, and some as winos, with baby in arms. '
Then for the more ordinary dud dolls; what sweat
faro I alabaster and roses give no conception of their
beauty, while the hak of theft little tulles la "coal I"
arid either depends in wild disorder down their books,
following the brahlons of more t "misses," or is
gut up in all tato glory of saris and frleetts., making I
one think it is a mu, it don't require dein' up every
morales. la fact at this establishment is such a variety
of fancy sr is not to be repassed in this
county.
Al Mn, Howe, Ocraitill, all the novelties u well rui
the eirtablialiel favourites in Ohristmaa sonfeetionery
re provided, with many saguaro in orequee,
crystalised fruit, bonbons, mire piss, and all
the dalissoir rossivable for gratifying the most 'oni-
on:aeries taste. Also • quantity of embossed and
enamelled boos., Christmas tree sad twelfth sake
ornaments, ko.,
Al Mr. Woolrou'a Oornblll, you may get bride
cakes, twelfth cakes, obristmas tree ornanseote, bon ,
boos, and all kinds of christmas sonfeetioner, In the ,
toy departassot there ate pussies, meohrical toys,
Chinese balloons' and lanterns, Tunbridge ware, for
table ornaments, papier mocha goods, fancy work
boxes, dolls, talkisg, walking, and dancing; sand toys,
children's guns, arms bows, and an immense variety of
other toys._

As Mr. G. Pounsys "Ohl Curiosity Shop." in South.
street, there is one of the most valasble and interesting
colketioes of WOfILII of Art to be sego In my town in
the West deZehismisid, in fad, anywhere oat of Lando°.
It looludes add Mosooh sod orimstal China,ivory sod sorthge, tad gold and tem odes, er.
ammo* Mandist sad dodo of *very dessriptim,
spiemdidly surged old oak salmis, sod an imams.
variety of earlogities and antic allies forming • soUsetim
nakitt. and to faSy •prinalem while our readers moot
pay • visit to Mr. Ponnry's show rooms, •111•1•• empl•
a/ boars ma be spent as profitably as in visiting any
muss= in Um sundry.
At Kr. &blame's Masi* Saloon, OornbW, anything
in the way of munloid instruments may be obuslosel,
from • fkl. date to • dumb organ. Maio folios, of
every design and binding and • variety of food goods.
such se work bones, photographic albums, Sc., also
Christmas cords, rieWy perfamed, Mune servioes. he.
Th• grooms' shop windows mamba mastitis for
mantises plata puddings—plleg of fruit, modisd limes
god mil displayed in the most stirsotive way;
wbile ths preserved fruits, and the milmellanitoos
*stables that oar grown now offer combine to rade an
elsgent display. Messrs. Style is J&1111111, Mrs. Lad,
Mr, C, Ninon; and Mr. Tomplenian sanousee •
bad of geed things at very moderate prisms, for
perblealars of wills& we most refer our readers to
their advertisements on another page,

saris TEI meidet.
To it,. 'the shope," without Malnding our Meads
the hotel:ten would be very mush like the play of
BlUfliet without the prinedeal obsraeter. Let us Uwe-
fore take the "rowed of the market," sad tail Mee
"Knight. of the cleaver" what_psople thought of their I
imbeeential Christman 'beer. To 00,20111,00 s Irle tidal'. I
It may be said, witaost fere of aostredietko,lbat 'sore I
ensoessful eatering for the pubille appetites ken rawer
bees made. Prime bed is all direetkas met the eye,
while the motkin end pork were exseptlonally
superior.
k the Market Home, Kr. Fudge had eve espied
beasts from Mr. Taylor, of Bendy, Yeovil; while tiwe
extraordinary show bull of Kr. Quad, Bridgwater, wee
a "thing of beauty" whose " kroa" is not eiroelled
the stalls of Comfort or Bedborough. Sheep were hers
also notiosable for their clasher, souse being grased by
Mr. T. floater of Tolpuddle, others by Kr. I
Phelps, of Yeovil, and Mr. Mayo of MOW
Immtblelt There woo, too, a splendid ealf as '
whim ph. *ye lingered admiringly. "Pl.ll, fellow
well met" was Mr. T. Mrsides, of Cams, whose " dairy
fed pork" oommeaded sniversal and deserved attentiou,
Eight finer speelmeas of peruke feeding have newer ,
before groped a stall is Donbas's(' Market. The lint
four were fed by Mr. Wallies himself ; the largest,
prise alas., at Melpiaish sad sommended at the Bath
and West of Englood Show in Jose kil. weish.d
rit7lbe.; the ollier ihres engaging The. LI pigs
be Federalised, these were We .ed. ' marvel* el beside
sod mingle el hit, sad were well *ended by feu

ohm fed by We. Wbite of BO !too. The shop. tee,
deeer.ted and Os tanoksd hmee awl choice
e.lketi,.n of &ease excited the spp•ltt• a an co-
I .olvre.

At Mr, Look's the shop boards fairly groaned het:oath
their bonbon of flit beef obtained from some firstoless
ft• one and Hereford heifers ; the nx hoof eliertd the
medial aporobetion of 000,10111111174 who were to all
•,o.earanse fair oproimena of beeLeabsrs, and therefore
onAi to know. M atton-eaten had • good doti to 11111
concerning some very fine withers glued by Mr. Beet,
of Warmwell, as also the Down eksop, the quality of
ehinh. ea .141 rom that of the ft:moors. seemed all that
°meld be desired. Mr. Look bad, beside. • eery 11004
' Gaff, which lovers r.f weal could not pan over.
In High Sestotrast, Ur. Warren's " Ifititatm ie
! p.m" presented a thoroughly Christmas .119PeemneL
Prettily decorated, the at wag loaded to repletion
with Christmea sheer peculiar to the establishment.
Pork, of crone, was the spatiality, and sa to quality it
was of the beet. There were eight very Prime PIP fed
by Mr. Howard, of Wraskieford, • loety the name of
sottish la sufliolent gaarantos for all that is good sad
exoellent. Three other porkers fee, by Mee, of Mel
-
combs, were also shown • and thaws with the store. of
homs-oured hams and geooa, and Cheddar and other
oheero, with any quantity of other previsions, made up
! what may fairly he cohen 'tieing. of the right
sort" for the season. Below wee Mr. Coati Con, and
here again we:have a splendid show. Resides pork so
eaters, and in every variety of miring and maculae.
tore, there was some beaotiful holier beef rod by Mr.
flotsam, of Gorman, and Mr. Foot, of &mirky Wood.
The mutton come frost Kr. Warren of Win...oton.
and besides those then, were several capital South
Down and six-tooth .ether. from Mr. Warren of
W ',mutton ; Moo same flrmoor. ...Mob were of prime
quality. Kr. H. B. Watts, Meioombe Homey,
oontributed • good oalf whict of 'ours* tarried oat to
the credit of Its beside,
After Mr. Cox. taking shops In rotation, came Mr.
T. Beane it, whose eateneive consignments to London
excited the curiosity and interest of the bystanders the
whole of Thursday. AU Mr. Hayward's there was WU"
imienlki beef, from VII heifers supplied by Mr.
Foot. of Bewley Woes u; end mho *owe handsome
Down and horn mutton, besides Teel, and a qaantity
of turk eys and mese Next to the butcher., must be
mentioned the rosily Imporb show of Onristroaa poultry
and guise at Mr. testatully arranged, and set
off with domes of artificial dower., and other embellish.
went, that did net, of booms, fall to be &Straitly..
Returning to the Market Howe we Awe reminded of
the ezeallently supplied dell of Mn. Warren, of Char.
noinsaw, whose boa we. mach °ammonia upon, its
" marley pernmationa" betokening sit the good qualities
sought atter in • Christmas sirloin. In North Squat*
Mr. Grovel and Mr. Phelps earth sustained their repu-
tation, and had some eseellent specimens of well-grand
perks's, whiols, not °vet...sighted in fat, were suitable
for joints presentable at table without any faille, .1
growers whiab woaid repel an appething desire to
inalade pork among the good things at the Christmas
table. . . .

—II ;rill be omen from the round we have taken, that
our market is well supplied with all substantial
creature comforts for the festive asses.; end we mu
only hope that all will be permitted to Indulge their
'partials; wailed nom by good digestion and health to
eoloo (bias; but let um bogie that Mr. Jerrold's moral
will be borne in mind—let no man make his own table
"groan" with its weight of good ahem before be has
made Mall PDOr DidgithOW.B 'ImIL." with that beet of
I gusatitige, linongh.

FATAL AOCIDF.NT AT *MORNS STATION.
An Inquest was held by If. Leek, wooer, at
the Dorset County Hospital, on Wednesday afternoon,
touching the death of a porter named John Day, who
died at the hospital during the previous Meld, from
injuries sustained at the railway station. Whaborne,
on Tuesday meninx. Mr. C. Hodges was foreman of
the jury. Mr. Ode. dationotaster at Wisdoms,
attended on behalf of the sonspany.
Henry Cooper, trio Inspeolor at Witoberse station,
In the ferries of the Sonth-Western Railway Couipasy,
maid about nine o'olook we had bergs Autism from a
goods train of the Somerset and Dermot sompasy, the
Prineipal .heater being George Sudbury. the °then
being William White, Edwin LIMITSOOIO, Ma John Day,
acting under my ruperintendenoe, and the train was
going beak for the porpoise of attaching the tall van,
when Day, who was going to sonde oe the van was
knocked down by the movire train, and fell between
the lad track and the van. We took him from between
the metals, sod found the melide bad crashed one of
his time and one leg. He wee sensible, and saki his
arm wee badly bun, and begged of we to hold it He
did not soy how it happesed. A surgeon was Dent for
immediately, and In a few minutes Kr. Perkiness mom
and did everything be eneki for him. The down
passenger train arrived, sad the Damson advised hie
removal to the hospital. Be was pissed on e bed, and
broatht heria • telegram was derpatehed to the
hospital and everything put in readings. Had known
hi.. a porter for three years the last two at Wlmberne.
MI pried* work was to sheet and label waggons: be
also had to assist In the amoral duties of the station
Including shunting. He wee daily occupied in these
duties. He was generally a "Seedy man. Saw hise
about mix o'clock. and there was nothing the seeder
with hint thee. At that time I gave hire pormiladee
to go to Poole, at his request. He returned at half-pest
eight, bet I did not see l. suMeleolly to tell whether
be bad been taking any drink or not. At nine u'elisair
It was very dark In the yard. Day had assisted in the
shunting: be took coed the points.
William White, porter, saw when they weft shunting
he spoke to Day, but he did not answer him. Witness
was eignalling the train hook to the van, find had
&nailed_
_to stop when he heard Day cry oat "Ob,
deer. Went up and saw him saner the train between
the metals. Sigualled the train forward so that they
meld pall him out, and MA° found the injuries before
mentioned. There was no danger in shunting if
onfinery ears were need. Believed Day had had " •
little solostising" to drink from the way ha 'poke when 1
"Wads addressed hint a mooed time het not suMoiset
to prevent him doing his work. After the acoident
mme with hien to the hospital.
Dr. Hollis. bouseurgeon at the hospital, said about
halluat ten Tuesday night Day was brought is, and
was found to have sestalued the following Injuries:—
his left arm wee eetbody dared end Woken abut
three Inches below the shoulder joint, the fore arm
was quite whole, and the hand destroyed: there was
also compound comminuted traders of both bond
of the left leg below the knee, with great lauraticm of
the tissue. He had also a fracture of the thigh base
about four hides above the knee, sad the upper frag-
ment wee split longtitudinally to the extent of dx
Loehr. It was found nueuery to remove both the
limbs. He revived sellolontly to answer &few Quantities
hat he became gradually worse and died at tialf-pest
three this morning, death being doe to the severity of
the shoe to hie nervous system.
The Coroner said thee, did not NM to be any
fault attaching to anybody sued the poor fellow him-
self, and therefor* be seisFoud they would return •
nudist of " Ai:eldest"! Death." This the jury did.