The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-18 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1881

"Precious fruits." They were spread out to-night in
God's house as • visible recognition of their worth,
sad a help to our seasonable devotioa, ani there is
something yet more precioue—the froi,s of the Spirit.
Common fruite of little value may he gathers!
from hedges or in waste place.; but n.ting precious
can be obtained without cultivation, and if our life is
to be more fruitful, there must be watchfulness,
diligence, and faitful performance of duty, as well as
prayer. Yet there will be, as in the natural ercrld,
seasons and seasons—some. more fruitful some com-
.

Church of England. The room bee been coloured blue
by the kindness of a.me friend, at Southborough,
decorated with texts, the cupboards stored with tracts
in salous tango .go, and comfortable seats provided
ar.ittod the large table, which is provided will illus-
trated magazines and boas, while behind prettily
pictured ser,ens are hampers and boxes containing the
stick of literature to be distributed by the chaplain.
The reading space is covered with Boer cloth, and the
ram hail s most comfortable appearance, the great
waiit at pre•ent being that of the Skipping Gaartra.
which Mr. Meigh hopes to get friends to unite in pre-
senting to the torn. The nest sermons In behalf of
the mission will be at t. John., church, mid the vicar
will give an attire a at the Mission-room.

LAXGTON.

Sw•Naos Wesleyan Circuit Thanksgiving Service
was bald on Thursday last, when • public tea was held
is the scboolro im, Langton, where uowards iif 180 .at
down to the god things provided for them. After
tea a public mewing was held, Mr. John Haynes, of
Laeigton, t dk the chair, and addresses were delivered
by Mr. M. Farwell, of Poole, the Rev. T. Steer, Mr.
J. Parsons. and Mr. Mitchell, of Swanagv. The choirs
of Swansge and Langton joined together, and during
thi evening gave some very go id singing. A collection
wee made at the cl.sts and promisee given amounting
CO ab nit 230 toward. the purchase fund of the Wes.
leyan Chapel at Herscone. £25 more is to be raised
before the friends can claim £lO grant from the chapel
fund.

partitively destitute; the Church of Christ will some-
times have seasons of comparative barrennees, and
even times of declension. But he encouraged them to
be of good courage—" isoubt not, yield 11 t to despair ;
work thy beat, and pray thy utmost." Might It be
their pastor's joy to witness their increasing goodness
an I faithfuluese.—The choir then sang an anthem—
" l'he Golden Grain bath Waved ones more," alter
which the Rev. W. Smith, formerly pastor of Hope
Chapel, congratulated his friend Mr. Lewis on the
beautiful display of the precious fruits of the earth.
We are indebted to God for not only giving us what
is hoeful but what is beautiful ; He manifests His
exuberant bounties by giving not only what is
necessary for our support, but the beautiful to call
forth our admiration. A Spaniel. emboss odor
at an English court was fond of the language
of signs, and • person being fouldi to repro.
sent • profession of sign., the Spaniard offered
him an orange, to which the other repliol by
offering a piece of bread, and the Spaoi srd took this
to mean that as Spain produced beautiful fruita like
the orange. so England produced what wee necessary
to sustain life, We must be grateful th it in England
while we have thiogs necessary for life, we have here
also beautiful fruits, and even the orange and other
fruits of southern climes by means of our ships. In
his time the popul.tion of this country hid been more
than doubled, and if we had depended only on our
own country tor bread, we should have been starved,
for we do not grow more than half sufficient; but our
ships bring the corn from other countri-s, and no God
comae in and provides for us. Let this not be a merely
formal thanksgiving ; but the acknowledgement of our
hearts to the Great Giver of all tool. Mr. Smith also
apoke of the bread which endure' h to everlasting life,
without which our WWI would starve, rend concluded
with cordial good wishes to Mr. Bolton, who is ab 'sit to
leave. Toe next hymn was also• harvest one—" Again
through every country," and, like the reek was well
sung, reflecting much credit on the choir and their
leader, Mr. C. Crocker. The pastor, Rev. W. Lewis,
then returned thanks to the friends who had given
addresser, aod mentioned that the collection would be
for the organ fund, for which there was £53,, 4d. to
pull up to.night. Mr. Bartlett, the organist, played
a voluntary while the collection was made; the latter
amounted to a little over £2. A Sacred Song from
Psalm cW„ 1,2, 3, had been composed by Mr.
Bartlett, and Mr. C. Crocker, the choir leader, very
ably sang this, after which the Past r acknowledged
the kindness of Mr. Webb, Rev. W. Smith, Mr.
Dennis, Mr. Combeo, and others who had contributed
the fruits, At., and of the young ladies who had
arranged the decorations. Mils May Freeman then
with good voice and taste gave the solo 'Cast thy
broad upon the waters," after which the doxology was
sung, the benediati pron iunced, and the meeting
came to the formal end' but many friends waited to
purchase the fruits and Rowers, the proceeds of which
were added to the coven fund.

£3BOTS3I7IIY.
THE SWANNERY.

The PAU Ned Gazette gives the following respeCtinie the
SWennery at Abhutebury :
The king and quesu of the swans live in the larger of
the two decoy pond.,
acquire piece of water deeply lunged
by spear, and on tr.e outeide ut toe spear by chimp. of
pimps, erase, toe feathery white plumes of which were
Just coining oak At tas keeper's whistle the two swine,
who hail dye grey cygnet. with them, came dusting 11.0w4
and ornmefully towards us (rum tho centre ot the pond.
Thew birds lave been here for inure years than the keeper
can count, and are popularie eupposed to be more the, •
rumored years old. They will not allow • single intruder
from the uutaide .win world int their paten.) ; and should
sena Hy in and try to remain there, he is at one° set
upon, and beater), until he it forced to try and •helter
himself by the netting that surrounds the weer, and then
the keeper can rescue him and lift him out. When the
cygnets are a little oloer, the keeper terse them •way tou,
sod pule them with the in eas of swans in toe open;
hut once they have jell the µldaho they are never permitted
to return there, tha old birds keeping it entirely for
their own use ha ter as the other swims are concerned
for they allow the decoy ducks to share the pond with
them, a doe in or wore of which c. me presently is answer
to the keeper's call, harrying along to feed on the corn the
swan. had left. The wild duck themselves could be seen
in the open water, fl rating about like black specks among
tll.l prevailing whitener', and in August they begin to come
, into the ponds, round the edges of which they are regularly
red by the keeper.; an tin on. place the men put down a
" uitca " of Laney end barley straw. where tar birds come
I for it Ls regularly es possible. They also frequent the
fields close by, Where, as the keeper expressed It, they
"sent stubbilog about, for all the world like • dock of
farmer'. dacha' Sometimes this ducks are quit* white,
Nome are all °Moms, and seine have only the orthodox wild
thick hues and inmate's. Dm decoy ducks make their
nests en the spear whore it is cut short, but they are not
true ted to bring up their families, so the keeper takes the
eggs and "batches flank out" under an ordinary hen. It
is curious that while the king and queen do not molest the
ducks in any war, the other swans who breed in theA.:
pond will not allow them to come in there at all _
swans had to be removed, cygneta and all, as in the mid oi
July the dacha Sr. atrium, coming in there to be fed ' • and
it is also curious that in the swannery no bird has been
known to lay before shs LI gesso years old, while a pair
that were given away had progeny the second year. Not-
withstanding the drswbacks mentioned before, the swans
largely;incrrase fur while 15 or Id years ago there were
but 600 in the swannery, at the last time of counting these
had increased to the large number of 1.130.
The ponds aro kept supplied with fresh water from •
millstream, and on each side of the pond are the tunnels,
down which tue wild lucks •rs decoyed, into the nets in
which they are mogul, end then again the water comes
out in one or two Mica, under narrow hatches, Wheal
frequented by eel.. We could hear the curious snapping
noise they made as their lips closed suddenly, on a gnat
or on some of the many tiny fhb that were leaping out
of the water like silver fleshes, and many times we saw
the ee e heads es the eels raised themselves suddenly, to
drat attar their food. In the muddy bottoms of thew
water-rOurees we could see the ems marling themselves,
darting sodd-ntly awsy when our shadow. fell acroes the
water, ant as they darted, sending up clouds of soft
brown mud and eigilsgs rainbow-hued bubbles of water.
Wherever the fresh water entered toe br.ckish water In
the pond, counties white feathers showed where the swine
came up to drink in the clear sweet streams; and every
outlet was full of the big white birds, tither drinking, or
sleeping W•th their horde under their sings, or
occasionally dasbiag the eater over the.r backs as if they
were billing. While ia shore, close to the edge of one of
the sandy baya, a. wall see shoala of mullet lying in the
sun : then • break in tut even surface of the water would
show where ohs big fellow had made off, while at the
bottom of every stream that cat running down to the
open we could we dome mamas of the very smallest
possible loth, the ne•ly hatched spawn of the mullet. The
spawn itself is depocted on the weed thet the 5W.11.1 feed
on, but as soon as it le hatched, the tiny tish come no
into the fresh water, where they remain some time b fore
going out into ths salt water. Doubtless many are
destroyed by the eels, toes of which live in the same
places, and the honor told as that in the evening toe
curious snap ot their lips, as the eels caught and swallowed
their food, sounded like a rearm nt ot sold ere firing
rapidly one after the other. The decoy part of thus
pond is kept in perfect order --screens, netting, and
tunnels all being ready for us.; but the birds arts
princip.lly shot, sometimes from two curious erect ons
in the middle of the 02ea water that look like poorer-
oozes, and sometimes trem behind other erertons on
tne hill to the lea, babied which erections a man c in lie
concealed and shout the wild duck, as they fly over from the
sot to rest or be fed in ths ponds. The hill aunt is a
regular rabbit-warren, full of curiously coloured rabbits—
black, brown, yellow, and grey ones abounding there,
while we could sea whit appeared to be etrsy snow bills
lying about, but which were whits rabbits feeding on the
parched and bare hillside. Close under the hill a quantity
of black-beaded tern were bathing mod dolling the water
all about, and we learned that they have their nests on the
long bank of shingle, where they deposit their eggs in the
fishermen's loototepo, not even taking the trouble to maks
a nest there for themselves and as the shingle attracts
nIl the host there is, the birds often leave their nuts for
hours, as the sue keeps their eggs quite warm enough with-
out their teking asp trouble in the matter.
But before we west over to the shingle, we had to ire
the families of pheasants that bad been reared under hens,
and were now in the process of going from the keeper's
cottage-ground into the woods, where they would reumin,
fed by the keeper, like chickens, until the shooting season.
The small birds were just able to fly, but were still under
the care of their foster-mother,; Mcleod, in one case, the
keepers hat a misfortuips, and dropped two coops they
were carrying, rio they were obliged to pen in the hens,
and Bove them where they were until the eVeniag, when
they would call back their broods and "hive them," when
they could all be taken off together to the woods. nut
almost while the keeper was telliog us this, arid we were
trying to count the little heads that popped out every now
and then, and looked about in an enquiring way, as they
beard the hen chuckling for them in • distractoi manner,
a hawk suddenly came over the trees, hovered one moment
over the small truants, then darted quickly down, and,
before we could even call out, waa off and away with one
of the poor little things crumpled up in his claw. Almost
every chore are erected sterile for the hawk-trips; but
though the keepers catch all they can, the hawks are still
very numerousr—almost as numerous as Um hares acid
rabbit' that were literally swarming, and were so tame
that while we sat awhile on a gate to rest we could count
twenty hares almost close beside us. Then 55 we dad not
move, they did not trouble about us at all, and came
closer; finally, as they wished to get into the grassy clover
on another site, they actually went uuder the VIA on
which we were sitting, not even hurrying themselves as
they prised almost where we could have put our loot on
them.
_ .

KEEPING AN EYE ON NAVAL OFFICERS.
The Haiispehirs Telegraph 'aye :—One of the ships of the
Reserve Squadron had better look ti the interior
economy with a sharp eye, or othereise her not too-spot-
less name will become • bye-word. Already one of the
Service papers bas alluded to some uopletsantnesses in
cianection with the “Millt4o.loC3 of Madonna S ini
officers mast learn that the Admiralty does not favour
those who, by their want of self-cnntr 4 and total absence
of tact, create scandals on board Her Majesty's ships, and
brine the go Vi name of the Navy down in the eyes of the
public. Lord N rittbrook has • keen eye for selecting for
re.mman is Chow) who maintain dicipllne, without beLag
harsh and severe, and who can tonne home • well
disciplined and hiwpir ship after comp:GUN' • foreign
commission. Hu Lotdadip's desire to pick out the best
men can be his only excuse fr baying written to
Co umandersein-Chiel asking them To send him Personal
report• of commanding officers in [mita.. letters. This he
has done, I am rather sorry to Hy, but it may be • model
hint to these who think that when they get • command
they are " bort of the whole show." and can do just as
they please ieth those, whom circumstances have placed
under their control. Captain. hive Is•n c ,Iled on to report
on their olSe..rs, and Ad.nirals have been asked to send
home private notes on the caroling, and br this system we
shall either get the best officers, or shall have • service of
" eye-servants," seeking to curry favour with Owes in
anthority ; but under any circomatanc s we may be sure
that every Milner will have capiotu notes made against
him if be cannot command • ship satisfactorily.

A STORBR on board the Hercules ir awaiting his
trial for striking an engineer in the engine room.
MAJOR FIRMEN, of the 14th Regiment, will, at the
end of the present month, prJceed to York to take
over charge of the dep6t fore period of two years.
INFLRXIBLE, which has been completing her
outfit at Port-on nith, will f r Portland about the
22nd lost., and, while in the :.7hannel, sundry experi-
ments will toe tgied pith her electric light apparatus
and torpe lo gear.
GOOD Seams bizatuu—W. U. Welty, chief
quartermaster of the Hercule+, and Henry Olden,
boatewdn's mate of the same ship, have been awarded
the Admiralty medals for long service and good
conduct. _

THIC CRICECT FICIA).—Th• sailor-boy
Chapman—who was recently rem .ved to Healer
tal on account of the injury to his ands, from
the blow of • cricket ball in the Naval Ground—has
been obliged to have the foot amputated. An amateur
dramatic performs-me will be given on his behalf in
the Weymouth Theatre next Monday.
WnsLHAC Ts A MINTIIIO.—On Thursday, a society
tea, in connection with the Wealey..n Chapel at
Fortunes-Well, was held in the sch ,olroom, when •
large number sat down, tie tables being fully occupied.
After tea, the Rev. J. Lewis presided, and addressee
were delivered by the chairman, by the Rev. W.
Leckie, and by Maim. T. Mills. T. Flew, and W.
Attwooll, interspersed with singing and prayer, and
the evening was much enjoyed.
A CL/CI SWZIP YOR VIZ GClol.—All the rubble
beaches from the top of Old Hill, Fraton-road, to
Weycroft, are in possession of a large number of
convicts, who are levelling them down, making new
tunnels and new bridges, and making the road afresh,
on account of the diversion of the previous Weycrof t-
road, and in order to allow the guns of the Verne
(which are yet to come up) • clear range to the west
side of the Island.
1)0011.110 • DI/MOLT WORIL—On Friday, the
second of the 38-ton guns, with which the Verne
Citadel is to be armed, arrived at Portland. The first
hal n 4 yet got any farther than the Breakwater, and
we should be afraid to say how long popular opinion
state; it will occupy in being mounted from the
Breakwater to the Citadel with the p:esent available
gear.
Till 141-u RIDOISEIT are state I to be so weak in
numbers that, on parade for church last Sunday morn-
ing, the band were ntqueited to fall into the ranks
without their instruments toss to mak-. a better show,
and the drums played them to St. Peter's Church.
Lately st church parade the band and drums have
borne an undue disproportion to the number in the
ranka

Toe rabbits can be success( ally and silently poached here
by anyone who is an adept at using a catapult. They do
not trouble to get out of one's way, and when a bullet ix
inserted and the strong elastic let en, it must be a poor
shot who is not rewerded by seeing the rabbit tumble over
as dead sis possible in an In.tant. When the sun goes
down, and the rabbits and hares oome out to feed, the
high ground that rises in regular ridges, crowned by an
old deserted chapel that is rapidly falling down, is literally
swarming with them; and they keep up a regular game
there, classing each other tap and down, and round and
round, like children playing hide-andiseok, and eeem to
take no more notice of human beings than human beings
do of them, From this eminence you can get the best
posaible view of the swannery. You can see straight down
Into the pools where the birds come into rest for the
night; and you can see the whole length of the deep blue
water, where the swan' were floating quietly, only mov-
ing as the water moved. The wide water ends in a thick.
growing spear-bed, beyond which is • field, where three
or four swans were lying in the sun on the grass; beyond
this field the water runs is • very narrow stream between
the land end the shingle, finally I sing itself in the
shingle. By the side of this weter a solitary swan was
moping in a oingular manner. He was quite well, the
keeper said, but was of a molancholy and meditative
dip sition. He looked at us 11. we nutlet, and whirs the
keeper apoke t ihim he deliterste,y griwloil, lia,, a crass
creature bilging to be let alone. He then huffed out his
feathers and hired at us; and 111 we climbed up the
shingle we watched him "meander' away by himself up
the water-side finally standing, thinking, as far from his
fellows as possible. The keeper left us here, as he had to
ooUect his stray pheasants before the night, and endeavour
to get them all int) convert before it wee too dark : but
he told us .here we should be able to see the bird, we
wanted, and also to'd us that if we waited 111441 the even-
ing came we should prolobly as. a tine catch of mackerel
or they W.f, in the bay, as he could see the "beckons
was out."

Reviews or Voritaa' Lurre.—Mr. A. S. Vigor,
revising benister, attended at Mr. Rodsclon's,
Victoria Lodge Hotel, on Tuesday, to revise the list of
(oounty) voters. Mr. Patten, overseer, was there, and
ths lista were presented by Mr. John Stone, assistant
°veneer. Mr. Arden, of Weymouth, appeared for the
Oonservatives ; the Liberals had no solicitor to repre-
sent them. Then, Cr, ab rut 373 voters other than
occupiers of £l2 sod upwsrd., of whom there are about
35. About 30 ne claims were made, and there were
about the sire, number of objections, leering the
number of voters pretty newly in Wats quo.

XORITON.

to seeing hie daughter blond all over. Oross-examinea-
I H- .asn't going to interfere, because Gibbs was to
. much of a man for hisn,eo he left his daughter to tak
her own part.— qr. Hill said it was one of the no
happy case where num and wife did not agree, and a
separation had been resolved upon. The furaitare in
; question belonged to Gibbs; he bad actually given a
bill-of-sale upon it, and it was about to be seised. The
assault, he sal I, was • free fight between •.I parties.Freierick Legg, carter, saw the row. It was &general
fight; they were all set upon Gibbs. They got him
down on the ground stad whacked it into him all ways.
By the Bench: Defencisat's fists were going as well
as the others' —Kra Gibbs cross-examineithe witness,
and elicited that to have seen the r.iw he must have
looked thrones a nine-looh wall.—James Carter was in
the company of Gibbs, but did not see him assault his
wifs. The mother-in-law pitched into him first, and
all the others followed. Cr 9s-examined : 14. did not
gay when he saw the defendant stilt.' his wife " come
on. Gibbs, that do."—Tnomas Frisker saw the
defendant on the gr.med, and two man and two
women beating him in a most severe manner.—
The ;tench s.siil they found the assault proved, and
they fined the defendant £4, to include ante, or one
month's hard labour. They also granted • judicial
separation, the wife to receive is. 63. per week, and
the defendant to be further bound over in the sum of
£'2s to ksep the pesos for 12 months.
Catherine Gibbs, the oomplaintnt in the above case,
was summoned for assaulting Jame. Carter, one of the
witnesses.—Mr. Briefer lull proascuted —The assault
oomplalned was duriog the row, and Sirs Gibbs owned
she gave him nos with the brush-handle, but it was
because be would oot go off her premises when she
ordered hint.—Fined 55., including coats.

PETTY SESSIONS.
Tmonsetiv.
Before the Mayor (G. Curtis, Esq.). C. J. Stone, F.
MMus, G. 11. Gulch. and 11. Farmer, Escp.
SCHOOL ASTIIIIDANCE Snaisoetese.—The following
were summoned by Mr. John blowlem, reprwrented
by Mr. S. H. Dickinson, for nonoomplianoe with the
regulations of the School Attendance Committee :
John Lucas, whose child had attended 25 times out
of 40.--Charge withdrawn on defendant promising to
send her regularly.--Thomas Short —The attend-
ant's of the child was stated to be very irregular, and
Mr. Dickinson asked for an attendance order, which
was refused. defendant being ordered to pay the costa.
—Mary Paull.—She was ordered to pay the 00-t..
—Albert Watme.—Attmadancis order asked for
which the Bench declined to grant, Mr. Stone remark-
ing they would not do that unless the defen-
dant had once been previoualy Said ; and that
was hard enough. Ordered to pay the costs.--
Joseph Medley.—The child had been refused admit-
tance to the school by the ratters on the ground that
she had misbehaved herself at • former school —The
father said she was not fit to go to school; she was
afflicted with St. Tantrum's (St. Vitas's) dance.—Mr.
Mowlem said she was in the habit of kicking the
echoolmistress.—The father admitted that oometimes
she did " strike out."—An attendance order was made.
--Henry Laws.—Attendanoe order made.— Ellen
Hallett, single woman.—Attendances 7 out of 40.—
Order made.—Widow Ons ow.—The child had only
attended once during Sentember.—Ordered to pay the
costs.—Goorge Perry.—Case dismissed on promise to
send the child to school.
SPECIAL LIC F NSING Stemow.—A. license were
granted to Mr. John Henry Mills, of the Antelope
Hotel, for the performance of stage plays at tbe
Assembly -rooms.
ALLtogn Sauce or rits LICEIERING Acr.—John
William Street, landlord of the Wheatsheaf public.
house, was charged with selling liquors during pro-
hibited hours on Sunday last Mr. S. H. Dickinson
war, for the defendant —Sergeant Beacon stated that
ori Sunday, about 9.50, he visited the defendant's
house and found two men sitting in the parlour. H.
tld them they her' no business there, but they made
no an.vrisr. Ihe two defendants were James Curtis
and dward Keynes.—Crues-examined : They had no
glaees before them, and were merely silting down in
the private room.—By Mr. Stone: Mrs. Street did
Lot refuse to admit him. Mr. Dickinson said be
hardly knew what the offence was. A landlord could
not abut hi. doors sairinet private friends.—Mr.
Stone: Certainly not; it would be very hard.—Mr.
Allen said the onus lay with the defendant Mr.
Dickenson said Keynes bad gone there to deliver •
Sect which he ha I promised Mr. Street the day before.
Cuttis had gone to borrow • dish. (Much laughter.)
He called the defendant, who gave evidence to that
effect. _

James Curtis, builder, and Edward Keynes, master
mariner, weri also charged with being on the premises
at the time in question —Mr. Curtis was now called, and
bore out Street's statement He would swear he had
no drink theta. The Bench dismissed both cases, but
thought they were proper ones for the police to bring.
Robert Roger., of Parkstone, was summoned for
neglecting ti contribute to the support of his son in the
Dortilie.ter Amylum.—Mr. Trevanion defended.—An
order for a week was made.

James Larc,mbe was summoned by Charles Gibbs
for an amault. Mr. Hill for the complainant.—The
defendant is the brother of Mra Gihbs, and on the
evening of the row Gibbs went into the Yacht Inn,
and the defeudant, who was in there, knmsked him
down twice, kicked him when he was down, and
threatened to do for him One of the blows sent his
head through the window.—Defendant said he was ex.
a,peratid by hearing Gibbs say that be had called his
mother an opprobrious name.—Fined 10. s. 6d.
Benjamin Laroombe, father of Mrs. Gibbs, was
summoned by Charles Gibbs for destroying • board
on which he posted his bills, which he alleged was the
property of a oompany to wbich he was agent. The
board was of the value of 7s. or Bs.—The Bench
ordered the board to be given 'v.—Defendant
promised to do this, but said he wasn't going to have
boards with C. 11. Gibbs, Esq., on them ; be had had his
Ring long enough.
Wiliam Leandro), and William Bartlett were
summoned for damaging a fence at Parkstone, the
pr ip!rty of Mr. C. Jennies'. The lade committed
the damage in trying to get chesnuts. As the case
was not premed, it was dismiosed OD their paying the
oosits.—Mr. Croft, farm bailiff, proved the caves.
George Hill fir drunkenness w m &led Si. and costs.
James Burden Musselwhite for a similar offence was
fined ss. and coats.

Thome, Midway, of the Coach and Horses, was
summoned for selling beer during unlawful hours.—
P.C. David Horn proved seeing • young woman,
named Alice Cure, about 20 minutes past 11 in the bsr
with a jug containing rum.—Defendant said he had
supplied her hie atm she said it wax for someone who was
111, and asked the constable to say nothing about it.—
Defendant admitted this, and hit.. Stone remarked
that tug excuse of sudden illness was rather common
down round those parts.—Mr. Supt. Hunt gays the
defendant' good charicter.—Mr.. Medway was called,
and said she let the brandy go because she thought she
wai obliged to in a cage of illness.— tier husband warn
gone into bed at the thne.—Fined 10s. Including coats.

8/11013ORNE.
nit theatricals which are to be given in connection
with the Fire Brigade the last week in November, at
the Digby Aseembly.rooms, promise to be • great
success, • large number of gentlemen of the town and
neighbourhood having promised their patronage.
AN accident, which wag at first considered rather
serious, happened on Monday morning to Mr. Inglis,
of l'rent Manor Hones. He was proceeding to a meet
of the Bien tmoor Vale Hounds, at Csundle Marsh,
where ha horse fell, and be waa thrown heavily to the
ground, his for, being cut and his arm bruised. He
wits ait.isteil to the Dixby—his hoe, it is said, being
nearly b1..0.1 all •.v,—where his injuries, which were
not so seri, US al to need the attention of a medical
man, r c dye I attention. Toe horse escaped without
much injury.
THZ will, with • codicil, of ldr. Douglas Robert
Glyn, Sutton Month, Etime set. 113 a beau proved, the
person ,1 sst,te exceeding £.50,000. The testator gives
to his wife 1.1,500, and his h msehold furniture and
effects, horses and carrieees ; t hi, niece, Mrs. Julia
Ann hiedlycott, £5,000 ; t hi,, wife', niece, Alice
Bones, r.! 000; a, d a i to friends, l'he
residue of hi. real al d p No., I eattte is t , be held
non trust UT hie wife tor life, and then for hie
briber for life, and a% his deices*e for all his brother's
exclpt Mrs. Mellycott.
Surma' Drant.—A very sudden death occurred in
this town on Monday morning. Mts. Hunter, the
wife of Mr. Hunter, draper, attended chapel on 'Sunday
night and was taken ill whilet there. She returned home, became woree, and notwithstanding the skill of
two medical men (Dr. Highmore and Mr. w. H.
Williams) who were celled in, and remained with her
the whole of the night, abe expired on Monday morn.
ins. Mrs. Hunter, who was the datuhter of Mrs.
Wm, Stewart, V 144 only married a few months atm,
and her vuitlen death has eaus id a painful veasa•iou.
We believe the c eof r'esth wa, a cancer, for which
Da. Smith, of We vmmth, hat been coneulted, but any
operation was quite ~ut of the rreetbre. The deceased on Saturday 'towered in bar usual health, and attended
chapel twit* on ,utitlay.

SHERBOR VS BONF'IRE BOYS. The annusl meetint of the 111 ',dire Roys was held in
the TOVIII Hall. under the pi esidency of Mr. Ruegg,
Thursday evenin.r. whin there were abut 90 present
It WU decided to hoti the dem.nipiration on %1...1ay.
November 7th, and a large committee has been
apviinted, comisting of the Chairman, Dr. Davies,
and MOW& Trevor DATNI, Ftoutledge, R. Adam,, A.
Gosoey, Pew° it, K Pragnell, Upeall, C. Youni, J.
Rill, Emma. Dennis, Abel Adam', Hooper Milt,
3. Pars us, J. Craw), R. Adams, Jun., Simmonds.
and Smith, with Mr. L. H. Rnegg, jun., as hon. sec.
and treasurer. Mr. Peacock, the new landlord of the
Haif.Moon Hotel, most liberally offered the loan .1
his field in front of the Digby free of expense, which
was readily accepted. At a committee meeting held
on Saturday it was decided te at once c crass the
town for subscriptions and to place boxes at the
various hotels and inns in the town. As in additional
attraction this year it is intended, if possible, to
exhibit the electric light in the Digby-road during the
formation of the procession, which will be as gorgeous
as it has been on any previous occasion. Three bands
are t) be engaged for this c.cession, and several now
feature will be introduced into the "characters." The
committ.e meeting on Saturday vr.s weeded by nine
penrms, and the amount promised la the room as a
beginning was £5 be.

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SERIOUS CHARGE.
On Toesday Charles Rawlins, a saddler. datcribed se
a master tradesman of Bradford Abbas, was brought
Up in custoiy, before Captain Biddle, on the serious
charge of robbing the till of the Rose and Crown Inn at
Bradford. Susannah Garrett, wife of Wyndham
Garrett, of the Rue and Crown I n, Bradford Abbas,
said about one o'clock the day before, the prisoner was
in the bar when see went out to tell • boy to look after
a horse, and when she got back again prisoner had got
the till open with his hand in taking out money. She
took boll of his sleeves, seized his band, and took the
inney (131.8 m. nut of his hand. She put the money
Into some paper and &heard it to • friend of hers.
She said to prisoner. "You've Wien money out of my
till I" He denied it, and she said he hut the money in
his hand. She looked into the till and found that
money was gone, but I ow touch she could not tell.
She noticed that the farthings were gone, Which she
had just pot in.—Superintendent noranoe said he did
not propose to entry the cue further. but to ask the
magistrate to remand prisoner, that he might conmat,
If he chose. to sumgy lurisdicuon,—This was done,
and the prisoner, who looked very ead, was removed to
the mile.