The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-09 00:00:00

SHROTON.

recovery.

SHOCKING AMIDENT.—OG Wednesday an inquest
was held before W. Hannen, Esq., at the White
Hart Inn, Shroton, on the body of Mr. J. Ingram,
son et the respected corn-dealer of this place, who
met with his death on the previous day, under the
following distressing circumstance*. The deceased
had been engaged with others playing cricket in
Steepleton Park, near Shroton, and afterwards, with
another young gentleman, galloped round the park,
when the horse on which he was riding became un-
manageable, and dashing under a true, the rider's
head came in contact with the lower branches, and
he was thrown off. When raised he IVY insensible,
and shortly expfred. The jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death." What makes the case the more
distressing is that the unfortunate young man was to
be married in a short time.

Rev. T. H. Glyn, rector of Melbory Abbas, sad
H. Bennett, Esq., of Shaftesbury, acting as bon. secre-
taries, and W. Batten, Eq., as hos. curator.

WAREII AM.
COUNTY COUHT.—An interesting case was tried at
this court, (before E. Everett, Keg., judge, and a
jury) last week. The plaintiff in the owe was Mr.
Hopkins, formerly a farmer at Rtudlaud, and the
defendant was the executrix of the late Edmund
George Bankes, Esq., of Kingston° Lacy. The
action was brought to recover damages, estimated at
.£45 10s, sustained by plaintiff through injury done
to his crops between July 1856 and April 1857.—
Mr. Parr, of Poole, appeared for the plaintiff, arid
Mr. Rawlins, of Wimborne, for defendant —The
case was fully gone into, and occupied the court
flve
hours, when the jury returned a verdict fer the full
amount

CIiANBORNE.
FATAL ACCIDILST.—OU Thursday, a man named
David Brewer, whilst employed in loading hay at
Verwood, received such severe injuries to the spine,
by falling °tithe wagon, as to cause death. has.
mation of the occurrence was sent to H. J. Johns,
Esq., the coroner for Cranborne, but that gentleman
did not think it necessary toampannel a jury. The
deceased was 5.5 years of age.
AcCIDENT WIT" MACIIINZILY. As a man,
named Stephen Pope, was attending a thrashing
machine on the farm of George Churchill, Esq.,
Alderbolt, and while in the set of stooping to pick
out a stick from the feeder, he unfortunately lost
his balance, and his arm got entangled with the
drum, which was torn from his body and came
through the machine. Medical assistance was
immediately sought, and two gentlemen from
Fordingbridge attended, who amputated the re-
maining portion of the arm does to the shoulder.
Little hope was, however, entertained of his

BRIDPORT.
HORTICVLTURAL SOCIKTY. —On Thursday, the.
annual exhibition of this nourishing society is an.
nounced to take place at Magdalen-mead, West
Allington, and there is every reamon to hope that it
will prove eminently successfuL We are pleased to
find that the committee of managememt are deter-
mined to open the eedbition after a certain hour at
the low charge of one penny. This is certainly a
step in the right direction, and we trust other societies
will follow so good an example. The bend of the
rifle corps has been engaged, and will perform some
popular music.
Buns Socurry.—The annual meeting of this
society was held on Tuesday evening, the Mayor pre-
siding. During the past year £25 as. had been col-
lected, and £24 18s. Sd. expended ; balance in hand
4s. 2d. The ladies' association had collected £36
4m. 71., and expended £27 15s. 6il; balance, .C 8 9s.ld.
During the year 157 Bibles and b 2 Testameuts had
been issued. The Revs. J. Rogers, W. Parsons,
and J. Phelps (the latter gentleman the deputation
from the parent society, addressed the meeting, and
at the close, the sum of £3 18s. 6d. was collected.

BURTON BRADSTOCK.
Cnagst-or-Essa.—At the quarterly meeting of
the Salisbury Diocesan Church Building Society, on
Tuesday last, the Bev. W. C. Templer made an
applicatiim for assistance towards rebuilding the
chapel at Shipton George, in tbe parish of Burton
Bradstock. The population of the chapelry a 40b
persons, and the uresent accommodation is only for
123, of which 32 only are free. By the proposed
works there will be an increase of 90 sittings, which
will make the total 213, and of these 112 will be
unappropriated. The estimated cost of the eriction
is C'64, of which £5OO have been raised. The com-
mittee voted a grant of £75, on condition that
certain suggestions made by Mr. Wyatt, the diocesan
architect, be carried out.

LYME.
FOSSIL RICWIIIIIS.--Profemeor Owen, the celebrated
geologist is actively engaged in describing the re-
mains of a gigantic reptilo allied to the great iguon-
odou of the Wadden age, which have been exhumed
from the ban of Lymo Regis.