The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-03-06 00:00:00

BRI DPORT

Solloway Pout.; Wmaday.—Selare the Mayer CT.
Colton, Km.), and F. Good, Cole,
*barged by P.O. Hopkins with being drunk and dis-
ord,rly au Saturday Wed, M South-street, was Maid
IL sad °obis.

Ws are glad to be able to state %at a &pet, fiN
the sale of the pohliostione of the excellent Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, will be &only
opened at Mrs. Martin's, Feet-street.

Tim additional jnarnals balm just been added to
UK already admirably surged reading-reem et the
i Institute, the Popular &irate Renew,
ttertje Mall Oasette, eal the Mosey Market Review.

Tug appointment of a collector of the market tolls is
the room of the late Mr. Meat, has not yet been made.
A correspondent lagrati that the tolls shceld be gab-
milted to psldiooomp.tilion, as is about to be dose at
Dorebeater, and let, of course, to the hi;,liest bidder.
It is thoosbt that mugs a wane would be more
' vastageoss to the borough.
TH. Day or flow tht AMOR. —We understand tbst this
slerypg of tide wriglhourbood, acting ender the advice
of the DighaP's Po"torci letter, Propose. Friday, Sarah
9th, for observance as a day or humiliation on 1101:011.4
of the cattle plague. The 'mist weekly Listen service
at Allingtos °harsh, seat Wednesday evening. will
have special re/wrote to the plague. On Friday,
March 9th, there will be service both esersisg and
evening at the pariah church, awl at those of St.
Andrew's arid Bruipole. We bear that the closing of
the shops of the tows will not be resommeeded for the
entire day, but only from II a.m. to I p.m. The
Wealeyass thronghoot the kingdom are to bold similar
ISTVION as the masa, day.

LITERARY MID 801ZITITIO INITITITTC—On Tuesday
semis( Mr. George Barker, the well-known composer
of song music, gave his musical entertainment, entitled
"Ballad Mamie of Failand, with Lays of the Foresters.
or longs of Robin Hood," which was folly attended.
The satertainment was • pleating cis* on the whole,
but it would have been better if the leeteser had had •
better voles for singing. We were tomb pleamd to note
that the appearance of Mr. Spooner elicited • very
warm greeting from the audience, this being his Ant
aPPS.I.OIIOI In public deco the persecution to which he
has been recently subjected terminated. Kr. Reynolds,
as, of the hon. nontaries of the hotted., pronoue
in the conineememeat of the promeili spoke • few
words with r-fereces to the dleordsyly eondoot of •
p•rtion of the audience at the last lecture, which he
avid be hod been 'my sorry to beer of, and hoped it
would not I. repeated.
Coiner Pouch—Before W. Hocussell and J. P. F.
Gueelry, &ion. —John Bagg pleaded guilty to hong
drink and riotous at Beasioner, on Feb. 18. Sept.
Halals said primmer Ina very bony, and promised to
become a teetcdeler. Mr. Hoensell said the offence
occurring on • (Mediu' made it worse. Fined 2s. 61.
and 7s. oosta—flemuel Bowdltch was charged with
stealing a mole-trap, beloeging to Tryphena Itolle, of
Hawkelserek. Mr. Keeley for defendant. On the
12th February Mn. Rolls save the trap to • boy ia her
service, named Joseph Powell, to set for the purpose of
mashing molea. He "tiled" it on her premiere
between U sad 12 o'elocsk the same day, and named it
eioet three o'clock. Joseph Whits, of Wootton
Fltspeine (who admitted having been soot to so
ledestrisl School of., poaching, end Mr. Houneell
laid it sppssrid to ham done him good), spoke to
the trap produced and two others of primmer on
lb. 13th. After keeping it • week, he beard that Mrs.
Rolls had lost • trap. end took it to bet, telling her be
bed bought it from primmer, sad left It at her beam.
P.C. Masi apprehended prisoner. When he told him
the Keane, he said he bad bad the tree he sold t.
White I. his possemion for two years. It was sought to
identify Me trap by inetria marts upon it. Proseestrix
could net swear to tr., Bk. said her hushend bought the
trap, with ethos. it Chard, shortly before his=
or winch took place 10 11 weeks ago. Powell
It wasthe trap he set, sad the other witairreseldsetilog
It, so far Si tbey'llail dealt with it. Proseederis made
several mistakes as to the dates of various inane-
trees respecting the trap. It was net peeeseded
Mat the trap was at all of • peculiar make.—The
primmer, in answer to the Bence, mid he wished the
alas to be tried twee and pleaded not guilty—Mr.
Keeley for the prisoner said be was instructed that be
had bought three tram this one among-.t them at
Chord • long time since, He (Mr. Mee/sy) bed been
only iodinated that morning, so bad had no time 60
prows any witnesses for the defence. He reviewed the
evidence and said there had been a grist diserepean
• between the witnesses which he thought threw great
' doubt on their evidence, of which the mimes, aught to
ham the bernellt.— Mr. Hounaell said tie Beath eon-
adored the OMB proved, and were sorry to see • nepeet,
able looking men like the primmer in each •
and esetement him to le days' imprienemeet with hard
labour.—Ed. ord Brown was charged with steeling •
loaf at libiptoo Gorse on Ms 104 h Febreary.—Deniel
Parker said be was working at fibiptas on that day, and
seat a boy named John Pester for • loaf of bread. A
few minutes afterwseds be beard the boy all out. and
looked round and eav the defendant with the loaf in
his hand. He brought it bask and wanted to give it to
the boy, but be would not let him take it. Defendant
then pet it dein on the ground. He (prosecutor) went
hems and told the policeman of it. —The boy Pester cor-
roborated, and said defendant whim be took the loaf mid
It was his.—Mr. Hammen said the megistretre diessimed
the case. He did act know if it ens taken in • joke
(Defendant said Mat was the am.), bet advised bite
Dot to play .any jokes of that kind la intern —W. were
given to eaderetand that the primmer had ben in
prison ever sines that deg on this charge.