The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

POOLE.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
A meeting of the Shareholders of the Professional
Life Assurance Company was held at the Council
Chamber, in the Guildhall, Poole, on the 16th inst.,
for thepurpose of receiving from Mr. William White,
the Secretary, who was in attendance, s statement as
to the present portion of the Company,and the object
for which a call of .1:10 per share had recently been
made on the unpaid capital. Edward Lacy, Esq.,
elasyhareor,
edtbeth l
prospects, it was moved by Mr. J. M. Bloomfield,
liinolthdeersc"asitor. their Com. Wpsinhiteyha'a posvinilitiionnr°anrmd.
seconded by Mr. JAIDOII Davis, and anaminously re-
solved "That the clear and explicit explanation given
to the shareholders at this meeting by Mr. White,
the Secretary, with the prospects of (other careful
and economic management, has afforded them satis-
faction, and that a call of £lO per share be paid to
them forthwith."
ltivut CORPS.—On Monday, the 15th inst., the
Poole Rifle Corps, and the newly formed branch of
the Hampshire Rifle Volunteers (the Baurnemouth,)
had a fraternal gathering near the top of Parkstone
hill. The Poole company, numbering 40 rank and
file, under the immmand of Capt. W. Parr, and the
Bournemouth under the command of Lieut. C. A.
King, numbering 24, afterwards marched to the seat
of the batter gentleman, at Branksea, where they
were very liberally regaled with broad, cheese, and
beer. We are glad to state that the Bournemouth
corps are very attentive to drill, &c., and present a
verrymsomlEdice.L•er.lißkre,opeara
Thursday,
when
mar n
March
o2httli_e
tes
present—the Mayor, E Lacy, K.q. ; J. Geese, Esq., and
E. Mullett. Esq.) _

Furious liriviso.—Afoldkrow York/ was summoned
for furiously driving a horse in a timber mining. in
Lengieet, on the 16th of larch.--The offence wrs
proved by P.C. John Hallett. who overtook the de-
fendant and spoke to him, when he said he might
drive as fret as he plersed. The Bench fined Has
defendant 10e. and COStA.

DRIKAUDING A BENEFIT SoCIETT.—JOAZ Fowler
Dunn, the rocretary of the Good Samaritan Lodge of
Oi'Mellows in Poole, was summoned to answer a charge
of defrauding the aociety. From the statements of Mr.
Dickinson, who appeared for the member. of the
lodge, and, the evidence of witnesses, it appeared that
the defendant had embezzled the sum of £l2, and there
were many other cases involving a large sum, but these
could not be gone into, in comiequence of their occurr-
ing over a period of six months past. The defence
made ,by the defendant was that he was sometimes in-
toxicated, and member% SAW they paid more money
than they actually gave him, and that he entered the
names of persons as paying money, when, in point of
fact, he ner-r received a farthing.—The Bench ordered
defendant to pay the amount be had defrauded the
lodge, with a fine of £lO and costs, or in default three
months' imprisonnieut with hard labour.—The defend-
ant was committed in default.

Taw Pena Nes. —kir. F. Atkins, Stevefling agent to
the Temperance League, delivered an excellent
lecture on total abstinence from intoxicating drink,
at the Townliall, on Tuesday evening last. nes:hair
Wag taken by Mr. J. Monteith.
filter DORAKT VOLCNTEIin I:I7LES. On Than.
thy evening, the annual meeting of the Bridpert
ltific l'orps took place at the Townhall. About 100
gentlemen were present. The accounts of the receipts
and expenditure from the formation of the corps to
the 3lst December last, were submitted and passed.
Captein Templar announced his intention of recom•
mending sergeant William Pope as ensign of the 2nd
company, and Sergeant Tucker, as Serjeant-hlajor in
the room of Sergeant-Major Coppock, whose content
plated intenti tttt of rejoining Garibaldi in his next-
Campaign. rendered his retirement necessary. Both
or these appointments were received with great
satisfaction. Cdiptain Templer then gave notice that
he would held a competitive examination fur the ap-
pointment of twelve corporals for the two companies,
and from whom, with a second examination in more
advanced subjects, the three vacancies of sergeants
woubl be filled up. The examination would consist
of Ist. —The parts of the ritle. 2—Cleaning arras.
3 Theoretical principles, comprehending the Hight
of the missile, the laws which govern its motion, the
axis of the piece, the line of fire, the trajectory, ie.
4--The various motions in the manual and platoon
e'en:lava ; and that, for the examination of serjeants,
to include the words of command, and evolutions in
the proving a company, with the extending and
skinniAlling drill. It will thins he Reny', that Capt.
Templer is determined that the corps under his coin-
1114111f1 shall remain, not in name only, tho lit Dorset
Elle Volunteers.