The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-05 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

The election of members to sit in the Council
Chamber and direct the affairs of the borough for
the next three years, whether for good or evil, has
been gone through, and no doubt we shall be told,
through the medium of the Conservative press, that
the "Conservative re-action" in Weymouth is an
accomplished fact. For our own part we neither
feel disappointed—nor, looking at all the circum-
stances of the case, do we feel regret at the result
of the so called "Contest." Perhaps the Conser-
vative party inlay tell us that it is well to bear
defeat with magnanimity. Be it so, but there are
instances when even defeat is more honourable than
success, and when short-lived honours may be pur-
chased at too dear a price. There is an old adage
that "the Devil sometimes outwits himself," and
although we by no means wish to compare the
parties through whose "influenee" the Conservative
majority was obtained on Friday last to Ins Satanic
Majesty, we have strong reason for behovlng that

the laurel. which were won were not compelled of
l "evergreen." I hir Teat tis for iteri vine St OM 0.11-
clussion arc numerous, lint as we shall have oCCIIIIi..II
to ept ak of three liereefter, we need not &Title to
them in thin place. We may, litietver, remark that,
the voting for the eereral candidate* put •ii no • -
tom wont on tiering the day exceedinely languid,
anti that at the close of the poll an unustially large
number, it was found, hail mit it:corded their totes.
n lteremksti intgrrioLeir
ttolie
he,f.wunie.lle•l
large
tnlrg.sse. we
apr p rti.n of
them Lel onted to the trading and iii-lepeielent
clames of 'society.. The cause of this was two-fobl.
A very large number of the o reepeeteWe''
Cu-
serv.utives those who preferred an lion.mrable line
of hict to the tiiumplis of party—refused to vote
beeauso they could nut eaection the disreputable
proceedings of their own friends ; while on the
other hand, many of the thorough-going Liberals
declined to vote 'from a feeling that as the Tories
bad by their extravagance got the tours into gleat
financial difficulties, the better way would be to
allow them to continue in their mad career for a
time, being cmivincecl that the time must come,
and that perhaps at no distant period, when the
inhabitants weiild arise, as they did on a former
occasion, and wrest from the Chief and his minions
both their places said their power.
But it may be asked, if any considerable number
of holiest, straightforward, honorable Conservatives
refused to vote, how did the Conservative candle
&des obtain their majority? We detest the old
cuckoo cry of "bribery and corruption," else perhaps
we might ray, speaking within the bounds of truth
r and propriety, that fully three-fourths of these who
polled fur the Conservatives received a consideration
For their votes. We prefer, however, to state facts,
leaving it to oar residers to draw their own
inferences. Early on the 1111 l ruing of election the
committe for c.unlueting the election of the Liberal
candidates were waited upon by a deputation offering
the votes uf some 35 persons, who had banded
together, at 15a a-head. They had been
offered more by the other side, but they
would rather vote for the Liberals. We need hardly
say the offer was indignantly refused. Afterwards
another deputation waited on them, offering the
votes at lOs a-head; and subsequently a third
deputation offered the votes at 51 a-bearl.
They were, however, told that not a
single penny or a glass of beer would be given
by the Liberals to secure votes, and the party went
away. Lint let us look at the sequel. The whole
batch on learning the success their offer had met
with, went in a hotly to • well known Tory
establishment in King-Street, anti were shortly after-
wards cenveyed in carriages to the Townhall to vote
for the Tory candidates. This is one of the
numerous illustrations we could give as to the way
how the Tory inejority was secured. It may be
" Conservative reaction," but we have a very strong
opinion about its heiiig much of a matter to boast
about, especially when we recollect that the Liberals
did net expend a single penny in the purchase of
votes, and that some of them did net even •muvaia.
It was formerly very much the custom for the
Conservative party to stigmatise the great majority
of liberal voters as the "unwashed and unshaven,'
_ _ .

"tag-rag and bobtail," the " riff-ruff" of society,
but so far as Weymouth is concerned they must now
drop such phraseology ; for if there ass venial voter
in the town—and we regret to Hay such voters are
nowhere more numerous than here—they are to be
found in the Tory ranks.
In the Weymouth ward the Liberal candidates,
Mr. John 'lizard and Harris, issued no voting
',evens, and very lew persons therefore recorded
their votes. The Conservative candidates, therefore,
Messrs. Ayles and Beasant, were deemed by Mr.
Deveuish, the ward alderman, as having been
elected. . .

In the Melcornbe Regis ward, when the clock
struck four, 435 out of the 64S burgesses, or about
two-thirds were found to have exercised their rights,
but Alderman Webford stated that owing to the
double duty devolving on him of receiving the
voting papers for both the ordinary and extraordinary
vacancies, it would be impossible fur him to declare
the pull till the following day at 12 o'clock. Ho
might however say, that from a rough calculation he
had made, the "green boys"--referriog to the
colour of the Tory voting papers --bad not been done
green, but that the lowest on the list was at least
50 ahead of their opponents.
shortly after 12 o clock on Saturday, Alderman
IN'elsforil, attended by the two assessors, Messrs.
Cummins and F,iika, entered the Towuhall for the
purpose of declanng the state of the poll. There
were perhaps some 50 or 90 of the inhabitants pre-
sent. The alderman stated that he had gone through
the list with the assessors, and that he was now pre-
pared to give the numbers as follows:

ORDINARY V ACANCIU.
Conservatives Liberals.
298—John Tisard
... 212 Barling ...
248—Robsne
TRAOUDI II ART VACANCIZa,
. 291—Baxter

}lmre
IL Thomas...
Frampton ..
Upjohn ..

Mdkundcrs

It therefore remained for him to declare that
Messrs. Hare, Howland Thomu, Frampton, and Up-
john had been duly elected to serve as councillors
for the ordinary vacancies, and Mr. Maunders for
the extraordinary vacancy.
Mr. finite then rose to thank the burgesses
for re-electing him, by placing him first on the
poll. This was the fourth time the honour
,1 been conferred on him by returning him a mem-
ber of the Town Council. There were great and
important interests in the town which required
constant and vigilant attention, and as they had
confided to him the duty as one of their representa-
tives to watch over those interests during the next
three years, be should do his best endeavour to look
after them. Of course it gave him great pleasure to
be at the head of the poll, although be thought there
would have been no contest. There had, however,
been a contest, and it bad stirred up personal feelings;
I but he hoped not In strong personal feelings as for-
merly, as the contest had not reached from the lit.
' °Reber to the Ist, of November as it used to.

It had lasted over only about seven days, and be
hoped it had not been so personal and unpleasant as
it otherwise would have been had it lasted longer.
There a ere, perhaps, reasons why the contest should
have taken place, although he thought it was desi-
rable there should not have been one. But when
they came to the contest, both parties did their best.
He thought that if a compromise could have been
agreed to, it would have been carried out honourably
by both parties. As they had been pleased to
elect hint, he would endeavour to do his duty
without distinction to party or parties. He be-
lieved. that he had received the support of persons
of all sects and creeds, and he trusted they
would not find their confidence in him had been
misplaced. There were many very important ques-
tions to be brought before them, and he would give
them his best attention and use his best endeavours,
according to his judgment, to protect the interests of
the burgesem.
Mr. ROWLAND THOMAS said they had reposed in
him their confidence, and he hoped that if ever be
stood there again, they would say they believed he
had done his best for the welfare of the town. Ho
carried with him into the Town Council no feelings
of a party or personal nature. He went into the
Council Chamber free and unfettered, with a full
determination that every question brought forward
should be decided by him upon its merits—decided
for the benefit of the town. If he failed in doing so,
it would be the result of an error of judgment, and
not of the heart. He knew there was • number of
serious and important questions to be brought before
, the Council, hut he hoped they would not have cause
to regret the confidence they had reposed in him, and
that if he ever appeared before the electors again
they would say be had done his duty to the best of
his knowledge and ability.
Sergeant-Major FRAMPTON next addressed the
meeting. He said it was the first time he had ever
appeared before them, and great were his emotions
on account of the proud position they had placed him
in. Ile told them lie went into the Council Chamber
free and independent of all sects and parties, a ith a
full determination to give his attention to, and re-
cord his vote for, what he considered the benefit of
the town. He thanked them most sincerely for the
position in which they had placed bun.
Mr. MAUNDERS thanked the electors for the
trouble they had taken in recording their votes in
his favour, by which they bad elected linn to the
extraordinary vacancy in the Town Conned. If his
sentiuiests were not well known, it might take bins
some time in explaining them; but now this was
unnecessary. Ile might, however, say that he hoped
they would not regret the confidence reposed in him,
for be told them plainly that he entered the Council
Chamber free as the air they breathed, unfettered by
any promises of any kind, beyond the promises that
he pledged himself to do his duty for them as he
would for himself.
It was announcad that Mr. Upjohn was not
press se. and Mr. ltobens was loudly called for.
ROBENS, on rising to address the meeting, was
loudly cheered. He said he was not disappointed at
that election, and, personally, he was not sorry for it.
Had he consulted his own personal convenience, and
his own personal inclinations, he should not have
issued his address to the electors, soliciting their
suffrages. He had no interests of his ORD to serve.
He came forward, at the solicitation of friends, to
offer his services to the borough, and he felt that he
need not feel ashamed of his position on the poll.
, He had now to thank those gentlemen who liad
given him their independent support. They had
' recorded their votes in his favour. (Cheers.)
He must may that after hearing the professions of
; those gentlemen who had just spoken, ho should
look with a very considerable degree of interest
daring the ensuing year to see what the results
shall be. (Hoar, Hear.) lie would ask them to
look into the state of the finances, for they must
; know that at the present time there were very few
• even of the members themselves who knew the
• exact state of the finances of the borough —much
lass the burgesses. Now surely such a state of things
; ought not to exist. During the past year they had
. ha I rates to the amount of 3s. in the pound. There
hail.esn £4OOO taken frotu the pockets of rate.
I payers of this borough, and he had been informed
4116--alr. Sotowow Sty—The parties who were in
; before them then should have kept the town in
; repair, (Hisses and oonfation.)

Mr. norit:Ns : I Atli quite sure the lourgesica r: ill
hiar me. .

I;TS. ilL0311):4 SLY again ar..Pe, but notwith-
'tending that lie e.,eifer..tr.l most lu.lily We were
unable. ainulst the confti-iii that reraile.l and the
eri. nor" turn him ont.' t" ihrir a Piii6le wonl he maid.
The iir..shling, rl.h.rrnan at lirPt- Punk.' at the
uproar, but a+ it continued, he gre.r wore atrium
,aul used jii CliaraliOara to atop it, but
for some thou without olret. As length order
Was
SoLtimos SLY MIA tiny only caul. there for a
Lit of fun.

Mr. Al:ler:lran Wei-srono paid he must remain
quiet. If he w islte,l it be should have all rq,por-
t tttt ity of doh% so prescutly, but let him hear Mr.
Bohm's.
Mr. SOLOMON SLY: I have tio objection to listen
to Mr. Itolsms so long as he is ,nut personal. But
he ia come here nn purpose ; in Let I hail it from
his own month that - (the remainder of the sentence
was lost amidst the confusion that again broke out,
and cries of "(lb ! Oh rj
Mr. WICLIWORD: Don't he uneasy about it: you
may 'laymen opport *ty of addressing the meeting
presently.
Mr. SoLosiox SLY: I know all about it. Now,
let him go on.
Mr. liones4 mast ask whether Mr. Solomon Sly
was to ennui there to put down the free expression of
opinion. His character was as well known an Mr.
Solomon Sly's, (cheers ) ; and he did not know that
he had a single individual enemy in the town.
Mr. Sotomos Sty : No, to be sure you havail. I
don't believe you have.
Mrt 11011ZNa would appeal to the gentlemen
present, whether he had on any occasion given a
license to his tongue respecting any one's private
character, or any matter which he would not tell to
that individual's face (Cheers.) Ho said that there
had been £4OOO collected and expended
during the past year in that town, and as a
rate-payer be felt that they had cause for complaint.
Ile felt that a great deal of money had been expen•
tied that should not have been expended, and he
therefore trusted that those gentlemetrwho had been
elected, after their professions that flay, would see
to it that whatever outlay was made during the
coming year should be for such things as are for
the benefit of the tom', and not for those things
which must eventually become a nuisance. (Choers )
He said, and ho challenged a contradiction of his
statement, that there were not more than four or
live individuals who knew the exact state of the
finances of the borough "(name them)"; and hecalled
on the gentlemen who had been returned to make
themselves acquainted with a matter so essential to
the proper government of the borough. (Cheers
and confusion). Ile held that it was not respectable
that such a town as that should be placed in such a
position as they were—that there should, notwith-
standing the heavy rates collected and the vast
sums paid away, be still such large outstanding debts
due to creditors who stopped the collector in the
street to know when he was going to pay more
money into the hands of the treasurer that they
might go and get it.. He had heard from a friend,
and he lwlieved the information was correct, that
there was now nearly £2,000 due ti the creditors of
the borough. Now he, asked if this Was not dis•
creditable to the town, and whether they roust not
look forward to a large drain upon their pockets, even
under the most careful management, for a long time
yet to come. It was inconsequence of the ex-
istence of this state of things that he had been in.
dueed to take the step he did. Mr. Hare had intimated
that offers for a compromise were made. Fur his
own part he did not offer himself from party feelings, tint
from a desire to serve his fellow rate-payers of the
town. Ile had no personal—no party considerations
to serve in the matter, lie might take hisstand as
a party man when the occasion for a party man
arrived, but he held that the Town Council ought
not to be the arena in which party feeling should be
displayed—to which parties should be elected fur
party purposes.
Mr. SoLomox SLY: A peck of nonsense. (Cheers
and mansion.)
Mr. Ituacas said be stood there ass free and inde•
pendent man. There had been 154 gentlemen who
had polled for bini without his having asked for a
single vote, or without his having expended a single
Kenny to secure their interest in his favour. And
e told them more if it had not been the money
that had been expended—
Mr. SLY: (knew you was coining to it. (Cries
of "sugar" and great confusion, which lasted scene
time.)
Mr. Itoezes to Mr. Sly: You don't like to hear
the truth.

A Voieg: He's • first•rste bully.
Mr. ROOKS% : If it had not been for the yellow boys
being so plentiful, the green boys would not have been
se numerous. (Cheers and confusion.) His friend did
not seem to like to hear this, but he thought the fact
was patent to them all. (Cheers.) He thanked them
for the number of votes they had recorded in his favour.
He believed the time was not far distant when the
town would awake to its position. He was glad to see
some of the gentlemen in the Council that had been re-
turned. Mr. Frampton he knew to be incapable of a
dishonourable act, lie looked upon Mr. Thomas as An
honest and independent man. He would have prefers. I
seeing him go in independent of party, and hail lie thus
come forward he would have given him his vote. For
the benefit of the people he asked them M carry out their
professions. Let them demonstrate by their conduct
and their votes that they wore not actuated by party or
personal considerations ; let them endeavour to main•
tam n the respectability of the Council ; let them by
honest and straightforward dealing with the iates of
the town show that their greet object wax Id promote
the interest of the town, and then he for one should
rejoice that they had commenced in • right direction,
RIO that although those who did not advocate Liberal
principles were in the Council, yet the principles which
they carried out were those which, had the Liberals
been elected, would have ruled in the Town Council.
(Greet cheering).
Mr. WRIAIFORD said the Court was now adjourned.
Mr. HARE Came fOrlrlll,ll to propose:—
Mr. Soloman SLY : Three cheers for the worthy
aldermar, you mean—Hip, hip, hurrah!

The coil' i.pany joined inre'hu;tis. and three cheers were
then given for Mr. Itobens, and the meeting separated.

PORTLAND—An assault case between two
females residing on the Island, was heard before the
County Bench at Dorchester on Saturday. Hannah
Maria Fudge summoned Emily Saunders for an
assault, alleged to have been committed on the 23rd
October. The ladies were next-door neighbours,
both their houses had gardens attached to them, and
a footpath ran between them. On the day in
question the complainant went into their garden by
her mother's orders to cut some cabbages. As she
was stooping to cut the esculents, Mrs. Saunders
fell upon her and beat her on the head and back,
the defendant saying as she committed the assault
—" Oh : you young devil, 1 have got the place all
to myself, and I'll have my revenge." She also
added that complainant had cut the leaves off her
cabbages, and that she would murder her, and go to
Captain Manning's. The complainant did not strike
defendant in return, nor say anything to her, but
called for her mother, who oncoming out said if defen-
dant did not leave off she herself would go to Captain
Manning's. Defendant then stooped down and
picked off some cabbage leaves, and said she would
swear that complainant had done it, and she would
take out a summons against her for injuring her
property.—Lncy Fudge, mother of complainant, and
, wife of John Fudge, gas manager under the Govern-
ment, gave corroborative evidence.—ln croeiwexa•
mivation by Mr. Howard, who appeared for the de-
fendant, witness admitted that at the time they
lived at the Grove her children disagreed with her
neighbours, and that her husband was requested to
get another house in consequence.— Mr. Howard
then replied to the charge, and said there were no
disturbances before complainant and her &may
were imported from the Greve, but that since that
time disturbancis had been of frequent occurrence.
He had no less than four respectable witnesses to
give evidence that wherever complainant's family
had lived, tows were of fre pent occurrence.—The
defendant denied the assault imputed to her, and
said that the cause of her interference was that she
supposed complainant intended to kill her pig.—
The summons was adjourned for a fortnight.
BREACH OF TIM PEACI.--Eirsily Sounders was
then charged by Lucy Fudge, mother of the com-
plainant in the former case, with endearouritig to
create a breach of the peace. Complainant said she
had (come to complain of Mrs. Saunders, and she
related a vast amount of unreportable language
which the said defendant made use of on the 12th
October.—Several witnesses were called, and it ap-
peared to the frlench that there was a very bad
feeling existing between the parties, and no doubt
there were faults on both sides. Under these cir-
cumstances, they would be called upon to find sure-
ties in £lO to keep the peace towards all Her
Majesty's subjects, and more especially towards each
(Fier.

ANOTIIIR AVIAULT ST SOLDIZIL—James Harty
and Charles Read, two privates in the 49th Regi•
ment of Foot, stationed on the Verne, were brought
up in custody on Saturday, before the Dorchester
Petty Sessions, charged with assaulting the police.
—P.C. Fripp said that about 11 o'clock on the night
of the 31st October he was on duty at Fortune's
Well, and was called into the Portland Arras to
quell a row. There were the two defendants and
another soldier, and ho tried to persuade them to go
home to the barracks. They began to abuse him.
and refused to go. and asked him what business it
wan of his. Harty was very abusive, and he took
Harty out of door, and the others walked on
quietly. Harty then took up something, and struck
him on the head and knocked him down. He re-
ceived two very severe wound.s, and was obliged to
go to the surgeon to have the wounds dressed. He
ran after Harty, and meeting P.C. Smith, he
also joined in the pursuit, and apprehended
him. When they had got Harty, the other
defendant told him to kick the policeman's
lantern out. He then tried to rescue Harty, and
was himself taken into custody. On being taken to
the Wyke lock-uin a cab they were both very
violent. —George Squibb said that on the night in h
question he was at t e Portland A. ms, and the two
defendants were there making a disturbance. Ile
tried to persuade them to leave, bat they refused:
He then went out for the constable, and P.C. Fripp
came in and took Harty out, and the others walked
out by themselves. After they were out he saw
Harty pick up a stone and throw at Flipp, which

kn .eked 1 town. Fermi then went after him and
app: chewier! Liam—P.C. Thouiption suit he au on
.1.. t in company with P.C. Fripp. He was in the
street when the eoldiers came out of the public hosier,
dine of them went away, but Harty stooped sod
pieked up remaking which he threw at ffripp. and
strilek him down. While witness was pickle'
Fripp up, • dorm wee thrown at him, and strach
Iwo in die forehead. They then followed UN
defendants. and on being joined by P.C. Smith,
iriceeerled in capturing Harty. The other defendant
then tiied t rescue his comrade from custody, and
tiny then apprehended him also. They were both
very violent - They were fined 10s. each, and coste,
or two months' imprisonment.
Itcouesz.--An inquest was held on Wednesday
hut at the Albion Inn, before F. U. Steggall, Veg.,
on the body of Mary Drake, aged 52, who had died
suddenly on the previous day. It appeared from the
evidence dust the deceased, at the time of her death,
ices acting as monthly nurse to the wife of William
S. Pearce, a quarryman. About 10 o'clock on
Tuesday morning she complained of cramp in the leg.
She afterwards felt the same sensation in the hand,
and she remarked that she feared she was "seized"
on that side of tic. Remedies both internally and
externally were applied, but she shortly afterwards
beasine speechless. Dr. grodribb was called in.
3he was at the time insensible, and vomiting; and
he was unable to tell from what she was suffering,.
lie however tilde. ed her Lead to be bathed in cold
water, and endeavoured to pour a few drops of
brandy into her mouth. but was unable owing to her
teeth .being closed, aud she died about 3 o'clock.
From a rut modem examination of the body,
directed by the coroner, Mr. Brodribb (mind that
the deceased had suffered from a softening of the
brain, of long standing, and that an effusion of blood
in the left ventricle was the immediate muse of
death. The jury returned a verdict of—" Died from
natural causes."

A 11110TSBUR Y. TAPPING nut CLAIM?. --
Last week a quantity of bottles of claret was
washed on the beach, which the tirabertnen and
others would have appreciated, if they had not, on
tasting, found it so " ternation sour and poor-like ;"
and not a few of them quoted our County Member,
Mr. Gerard Sturt " Rot-gut claret," and
wondered how it could he worth 2s per bottle.

PORTISIIAII. MIN LOVIII DARILNZINI BATHER
THAN LIHHT," &C.-I)llring the past week the
villagers have been for whole nights disturbed by
a sot of rabble, who have met, under the cloak of
religion, for the purpose of converting a few young
gills—weak-minded, ignorant, and superstitious, who
are the laughing-stock of the public. These conver-
sions are performed by some old hypocrite, in the
character of a priest, who takes hold of the young
girl, and shakes her violently till the devil comes out
of her. We are quite tired of the complaints. One
man states "that he has not slept the whole night,"
another, " that he seldom gets a night's rest for the
noises." We would recommend our correspondents,
if the stocks are not called into requisition, to write
to Colonel Cox, whose duty ilia to preserve the peace
of the whole county, and who, we are sure, would
do his best if his attention were called to the feet.

lATTLEBREDY.—Tini TnerriNG.—Our sport-
ing correspondent writes, that since the fox which
we ieported had been cruelly murdered in' Foxholes,'
another has met • foul death in Littlebredy cover,
not shot as before, but as he suspects, tripped, and
a jury of fqxbunters inspected the remains, and re-
turned a verdict of "foul play," with strung sus-
picions of poison. Now, in vita of all which—
_ _ - -•--

"Foul deeds will rise,
Though men extol them to die skies"—
that crotchety old lady who does the Dorset
Chronicle (a journal never noted for its veracity),
may say about the matter, we lay these facts before
Lord Poltimore and the public, and will open our
columns for the discussion of all the merits and,
demerits of the cage. Were it not for an indepen-
dent journal, which alone can be valuable to thy
public (for what would our paper be worth if if
were dependent upon a party of fox killers?) the
entire sport of the county would be at stake, and
Mr. Muff would say "No, I don'i trap! AA the
Dorset Chronicle. We will only now add that the
two foxes just mentioned were both ear-marked,
being of the number sent by Lord Poltimore—all
the native foxes having been worried to death long
ago.
_ _

CADIR—STEALINO CAsaAom —Jobs Hawkins,
and Janie* Croud were separately charged before
the County Bench at Dorchester on Saturday, with
stealing two drumhead cabbages each, the property
of Mr. Josiah Hill.—Hawkins, who iii rat catcher,
said he had had bad luck with his ferrets, and he
thought there was plenty in the field besides what
be took. Croud was in the employ of the prosecutor
and didn't think there was much harm in IL —They
were each fined 5.. including costa, to be paid in a
week.

RAId MR ANL— Tkomaa Steaby was on Balm.
day summoned before the Dorchester Bench by P.C.
Florence for being drunk on the 12th October. The
constable saw him outside a public house making a
great noise. Witness tried to persuade him to be
quiet and go home, ile refused, and gave the de•
fendant a great deal of alituic.--Swaby was cow.
nutted for seven days imprisonment.
FRIAR IlAYNE.—Bitusen or Corr/LAE-F.—
.1/r. Robert Atkinson, a farmer residing at Friar
Ilayne, was summoned before the County Bench at
Dorchester, by Charles Gillingham, for breach
of contract. The plaintiff said that he agreed to de
some turnip hoeing for the defendant at 2.5. per day,
and that since the work had been done the defen-
dant wished to pay bini by piece work, making •
difference of ha, in the amount of the jok.—The
defence was that the agreement was by the acre,
and that he (defendant) had paid all that was due to
the plaintiff, except 65., which he had offered him,
but the plaintiff wanted 148.—The Bench conaidered
that the hiring was by contract, and dismissed the
summons.

PUNCKNOW LE.—George 7'rereit was summoned
before the Dorchester Bench on Saturday for mi.-
conduot in the service of Mr. Henry Davis. It
appeared that be was sent to Bridport with his team
and that he got drunk on the road, and on his
return) was not only unable to unload, but abused his
master very much, and said be did not oars whether
he worked for him another day or not.—Thil defen-
said he was very bony for what bawl transpired. 11r. Sy-
monds, who lives with Mr. Davis, said the case
would not have been brought before the Bench had
the defendant expreesed regret at what had occurred
before. The defendant had been with Mr. Davis
five or six years, and he was loath to prosecute him.
—By permission of the Bench the cams was with-
drawn.

BR HA KING • FlVlCL—Robert Purchase and
Robert Stevens were charged by P.C. Bridle,
with breaking and carrying away a portion
of • fence at Litton Cheney, the
pro-
perty of Mr. Henry Davis.
defendatitt belonged to Stern They expressed
their regret at what occured, and asked for as
lenient a sentence as possible. The Bench fined
them 10s. each, including costs, or in default, 14
days imprisonment.
tint•lrso AFPLOC. Elisabeth Nerthower and
Susan Cox were charged with taking some apples
from the orchard of M. Joseph Higgins. They had
each got • few apples—one had four, the other had
I seven or eight. Mr. Higgins said the girls worked
for him, and they no doubt took the apples without
thinking there was any harm in it. He did not
wish to punish them much as he had had nothing
against them before, but they must be taught better.
They were sentenced to one day's impriaonmenL
They were oonsequently taken down to the gaol
and discharged.
BROAD3IAYNE.—Mary Jane Tucker was sum•
molted before the County Bench at Dorchester on
Saturday, for assaulting Ann Tucker, a relative,
living next door to her, and threatening her life.
She was not pram:int, and it waa stated that she bad
formerly been in the asylum. The Beneh ordered
that she should find sureties to keep the peace.
PIDDLETOWN.—A lad named Charles Samos*
was charged by James Vincent with setting a wire
on the lands of Mr. Saunders, of ?Austen, on the 2nd
October. The defendant pleaded guilty, and said it
was the first time he had ever set a wire.—He was
fined 10s. and costa.

CHICKERELL. Ou Saturday last Thomas
Racket, a stranger in these parts, was committed for
4 days, with hard labour, by the County magistrates
at Dorchester, for vagrancy, oa a charge preferred
against him by Reuben Kimber. He had for three
or four nights been sleeping in outbuildings there.

EITURMNSTER.—Baxamt IN AID OF THI
TIMPERANCZ C•1:8F-- The DOW Tsanpsrauoe Hall,
which has been the scene of several interesting
gatherings since its erection, presented on Thursday
last more than ordinary attractions, for to moist and
encourage the promoters of this excellent movement
in Sturminster and its neighbourhood, the ladies of
the district have for some time past been busily
plying their needles to furnish a bazaar with neces-
sary useful and ornamental articles, and these were
on that day displayed to the admiring gaze et more
than 400 persons, who notwithstanding the un-
favourablenessof the weather, many honoured the
promoters of the movement with their attendance.
Perhaps, however, the deluging rain on that day had
very little effect on the greater part of the company,
for certainly a teetotaller ought not to object to
"cold water." The bazaar occupied about two-
thirds of the hall, and the remainder was fitted up
u a temperance refreshment room. By the sales
about £2O was added to the Hall fund, an amount
of success which, we doubt not, will greatly
encourage the friends of the Temperance cause to
renewed exertion. Now that the gentler sex have
heartily engaged in the work prosperity is almost
sure to follow, and the Temperance cause in this
place become more and more popular.