The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-26 00:00:00

DORC HESTER.

DORCRERTIR CORA lLtßirr. Satuniay.—lnapeeter's
return Wheat, 645. to 74.. per quarter. Average,
71a. teL

Tut Queen's birthday was marked in this town with
the usual bell ringing, at St. Peter's on Sunday, and at
Fordington on Monday. -

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ACCIDENT.—On Friday, an old man named John
Squibb, in the Nervioe of Hr. Way, of Bockhampton,
was washing sheep, when he fell, and steeping into a
gully, fractured his right leg. tie was taken to the
Honet County hospital, and is now doing well.
ALL gaiters'. —The newly-appointed rector (the Rev.
John Miller), commenced his ministry on Sunday, and,
so far as we can learn, has made a favourable im-
prewsion on his parishioners. His sermons treated of
the respective duties of minirten and people, and the
rev, gentleman spoke in an earnest Evangelicel tone,
utterly disclaiming that he was the possessor of any
peculiar priestly power, such as oar High Church
clergy claim to have by virtue of their ordination.

Mosul Riduirre.—ln the course of Usk week, Mr.
Henry Hawkins, of Martinstown, was having excava-
tions made at Maiden Castle, with • view to forming a
pond, when the men came upon several boles,several feet
deep, at the bottom of which they discovered a variety
of ancient remains, consisting of fragments of pottery
of various colours and qualities, a pair of urns, a suriotis
:1211/ • gle•• b•DeuSirsiFetilwTiVer "'•'s/3iktfr sar se, ae. • o posse.
Mr. George Z'ocnoy, antiquarian, 3, Cornbill, who will be
happy to show them to any person interested.
MR. Resole FolffitlotirLY BaLe OD Saturday last
was as usual well attended. Upwards of 130 head of
cow stock, and cairn, anl 500 sheep were disposed of.
Fat Down sheep of prime quality realised 6fil to 74d.
per lb.; horn ditto of great weight (not in demand)
from 6d. to 641.; fat lambs, 23e. to 265. 6d. per head ;
Down tags, 345.; horn ewes, Mts. 64. to 445. Fat beef
(a short supply) fetched P.U. 6d. to 13a. per score. A
few 6ne oxen changed hands at from £2910.. to £.3610..
each. Heifers and calves (for which there was • good
demand) found purchasers at from L'l4 to L'2l.
liarreners were in request at from £9 to £l6 10a ;
working oxen sold at from £35 to £4O 10s. per pair ;
2-year-old heifers, Pi 10.. to 4.106.• yearling ditto, bi
to AS 10s.; weanling calves, £2 Itim to ; and fat
colic. 50.. to 82a. each.
A Sedum OF IioIIOLAUITUL—It seems evident that
there is a gang of clever burglars now on a " starring"
tour in the provinces. A few weeks since we recorded
a series of housebreaking, in Wiltatire, lately our
columns have contained amounts of smart burglaries at
Poole, Blandford, and Bridport, and now we have to
notices similar doings at Dorchester, only we are glad to
say their operations have been singularly unproductive,
only presenting, after considerable enterprise, a beggarly
array of two teaspoons and a pair of sugar tongs ! It
would seem that one man only was detached for duty at
Dorchester, and perhaps be was a poor fearsome tool,
who gingerly picked his way about the lower apart.
ments of the houses in the night, while the inhabitards
were asleep ; or, softly, he might have heard of the
•igiluce of the borough police, and so gone about his
work in fear and trembling; or, haply, information had
ruched him of the irresistible valour of the citizens :
anyhow, he made het a poor haul, scarcely suffieient to
pay his railway fare to Weymouth, wnere, we hear,
several attempts at burglary occurred the following
night. It wee on Wednealay night that this interesting
individual made his survey of Dome half.a-dozen of the
house. in Soutb.street, one after another, and picked np
the smell amount of plunder we have indicated.
Shortly before ten o'clock, a little girl at Mr. Tilley's
(jeweller), went into the garden, endue". steyedrather
• long time inquiries were made as to the cause, when
she said that she saw • man "all in black" in the garden,
and, being frightened, hid herself in one of the out-
buildinp till, as she supposed, he would be gone. Her
story was pooh-poohed, and attributed to cladish fancy
at being in Ike dark, but it seems probable that she
414 esteb a glimpse of the been neoanoitalag. It is

South-street premises lb that the thief gained access to the back of the
one of the anfeetened garden
doors in Trinity-street, and, once in, be would, of course,
be safe f rote the polioe, for those who dem end so much that
is unreasonable (rout our constables would hardly expect
them to see through • brick wailers rowel bosses, and this
they must have done to have discovered the fellow
when at his nefarious work, while any one, who tmnk,
• moment of the lorlity, will perceive that a but gl.r
might readily gotta and as easily escape without obrerva-
-14°•• H. *Porn to have commensal operations at the
residents of Mr. Councillor G. J. G. Gregory, whete he
effected an entrance by removing a pane of glass from
the kitchen window and unfastening the casement. The
drawers and cupboards in the room were thoroughly over-
hauled, but nothing was taken. He was barred from
further explorations here by the door being bolted. He
then posed to the premises of G. J. Andrews, Esq.,
bet the barking of • dog seems to have ached him. The
animal made so peat • noise about two o'clock on
Thursday morning that Mr. Andrew's jour., went down
stairs, when it was greatly excited, but he thought it
only wasted to drink, gave it some water, and returned
to bed. In crossing the garden the thief not caring for
obvious reasons to walk upon the earth, stepped upon
the edge of sour wire netting which had been placed over
• line of Per, to he never left Lay tell-tale footprint.;
and it is remarkable all through, and • tribute to his
genius, that notwithstanding the distance traversed,
not a footmark was to be found, scarcely a trios on any
of the several walls crosed, and hardly ashrub injured.
A Meyer rogue truly. Proceeding to Mrs. Mark Baker's
he broke • pane in the sitting-room window, but,
in inserting his hand to unfasten it, be touched the
broken glee., cutting his hand, from which blood
dropped. Masking his way to the front of the house,
he entered Mr. J. Brown's office, sod forced open the
desk, but found no money, and abstracted nothing.
Seeing, however, • travelling beg in the office, be
carried it with him to lira Baker's part of the house,
for examination. What was his disgust to find in it
only two eases of mathematical instruments and • lot
of document.! He art it aside. Examining then a
quantity of electrrplated articles, he left them dis-
dainfully, but he pocketed two silver tea spoons. He
next applied a "jemmy" to the back window at the
premises of Mr. .1. T. Ensor, auctioneer, and raised
the sash slightly, but he than thought better of
it apparently, and pared on to Mrs. Last's, where
his crowbar easily forced off the window fastening.
Opening • cupboard he found a handsome teapot, care.
fully wisp' ed in leather. At last, we may imagine him
felicitating himself, here is something worth having.
He took it out, and examined it. Electro-plate again!
and he threw the leather on the floor, and gently
replaced the pot. How he would hays liked to smash
it! But patience is • virtue, and oa further searching
he dta pals of silreesugea tees., and pocketed
them. He then paid • vigil to the shop, where the till
was his only desire. A commas thief might steal pro-
visions or tea, but that was not his line of bushier.
Plate or coins of value alone tempted him. The till,
however, Only contreed a few coppers, BO he went away
profitless. Finally be called at the Rev. /L. Merriman's,
but, after opening the window, his ill.luek seems to
have overpowered him, and be went away in • fit of
despondency without trying the house. It is quite
evident, as we think, this was no common thief, and
after his fruitless adventure, probably no other pro-
fessionalwill it worth while to pay Dorchester •
visit: the county town will henceforth be method on
the burglar's calendar, if they have one, "stale, Broad
unprofitable."
BOROOOkt PETTY StalllollB, Saturday.—Bef ore the
Mayor (G. Come, Esq.), and J. Bishop, Eaq.—Jatnes
Fallon was brought up for vagrancy. P.C. Kitchell
found him roaming about the town early in the morning,
and asked him what he was doing, when he said "That's
nothing to yen." Being pressed as to his means of
subsistence he Mill he had none; on the previous night
he had slept in • diteh, ditto the night before, and he
purposed taking up his quarters in the same place then.
He said he had three or four sovereigns when he came
to the town, but he had bolt it in gamblino. He took
him kb, custody. At the police station be resisted being
searched, and was abusive. Only lid wan found On biOn.
He was retraced to a month's hard lab eir.—Stiei hen
Mew, •soldier of the Royal Horse Artillery, and Mary
Richards, an unfortunate, were brought up in custody.
—P.S. Cousins found them about 3 a.m. lying aide by
side in the middle of the road asleep. He aroused the
woman and took her to the lock-up, and got • stretcher
to convey the soldier. Both were drunk—The woman
was sentenced to throe months' hard labour, and the
soldier was handed over to the military authorities.—
Martha Trevett was also brought up.—P.S. Cousins
found her opposite the Plicenix Inn, about 1 a.m.,
from which home she had been ejected, cursing
and swearing, and he said the was one of the worst
characters of Furdington. Sentenced to three
months' h rd labour.—MONDaT.—Before the Mayor,
(G. Canoe' tl,q.), J. F. Hodges, Esq., and ./.
I Bishop, Esq.—Ann Taylor, a married woman of Ford-
ingtoo, was brought op in custody for being drunk and
mtabehaving herself in the streets, on filatorday evening,
She admitted the offense, but said she was led to drink
by going after her husband who was at • publicthonse.
—Fined sa, and told if brought up again she would be
sent to priaon.—George Pitfield, landlord of the Union
Arens, Fordington, was summoned for 'dosing to admit
; the polio' to his house and premises, on Monday, April
I 20th.—Mr. Weston for defendant. At the previous
court, the defendant wait sumtnoned for refusing to
' admit to his house, when the evidence of P.S. Cousins
I showed that admittance was refused him to • hour to
the yard, sub-let to a man named Gale, and the charge
was diatnired. Now, the summons was that he refused
to admit and di.l not admit to his hour and premises.
—Mr. Weston objected to the trial, on the groond that
defendant bad already been dealt with for the same
offeoce. The Bench overruled the objection. Mr.
Weston asked for a cue on the point, and it was
granted.—P.S. Cousins spoke to going to the house and
knocking at the door. After awaitieg a minute he
kuocked • second time. In a minute or two or more
i the door was opened. In reply to his inquiry, Mrs.
Pitfield said there wea nobody in the house. He saw a
man go from the taproom lots the brew-house, leading
from which there it • door openiog into the
peee.ge to the yard in which stands Gale's house, and
the sergeant heard the bolt of that outer door shut.
I When he got into the brewboase the man was gone,
i but Pitfield's some leas there, and the outer door was
bolted on the inside. Returning to the taproom be
found • drunken woman there. He again asked Mr.
and Mrs. Pitfield if they bad any person in the house
as he had seen • man go through the taproom into the
brewhouse. Mrs. Pitfield said nobody had gone them
except her son. He irked to be allowed to search the
premises, and Mrs. Pitfield said he could go anywhere.
He looked over the home, but found nobody.—P.C.
Keats directed his attrition to laughing at Gale's house,
and he askek to be admitted, but somebody inside
r;fu,ed him. Mrs. Titail,l said "You've no right in
there without a warrant, and I shouldn't let you in if
I was the men withoot a warrant." Pitfield said the
same. Witness asked him if he meant to refuse Mr
admittance to that Fart of the premises. Defendant
walked away without making any answer, but Hrs.
Pitfield said "Yes, I do mean to refuse you're going in,
you've no right there." He then left. Had known the
Union Arms premises for 12 or 14 years. When the
previous landlord (Pease) was there, he occupied the
house and also the premises now held by Gale. When
I the militia were billettecl on Pearce, they slept in
I the place now occupied by Gale. He considered
Gale's premises part of those licensed, became he
had on previous occasions examined them with
Pitfield's permission. Pitfield got up and insisted
that Miller, the tenant at that time, should admit
him there, and he found two men he was in search
of conoealed.—Cross-examined : To go from Pitfield's
premier to Gale's you must go into the open-air. My
evidence is the samosa I gave on the previous occasion,
when the summons was dumissed. You can go to Gale's
premises either from Cuckold's row, or the pound,
without going through Pitfield's house. It is not •
public passage. Did not know of • eorpse ever being
carried through the purge, but I carried • man who
dropped down dead to the publiclonse, while occupied
by Pitfield, and the body was placed in the house now
held by Gale, which was at that time unoccupied and
Pitfield had the key.—P.C. Keats was called to give
corroborative evidence—Mr. Weston contended first,
that the defendant had already been tried for the
offence alleged, and therefore could not be put in
jeopardy A second time ; and, second, that the evidence
produced did not support the summons for that he
refused to admit end did not admit" the police into such
here or place of public resort, for the bore to which
P.S. Cousins was refused admittance was occupied by
Gale, and the defendant had no control over it. —After
a long oonsideratiou, the Mayor said the magistrates
were decidedly of opinion that the premises occupied
by Gale were covered by the license of the Union Arms,
and that the police had • perfect right of zeroth there
as in any other part of the promisee ;but, they were
Inclined to yield on the point raisei by Mr. Weston,
that the case had been heard before and been dismissed,
and, therefore, they would not convict in the present
case ; but, if the defendant was again brouebt before
them under similar oircumatenees, they would convict.
Dismissed.—Edward &riven, journeymen saddler,
was summoned to show cause why he should not
tinirikittlitthe
...mashotennungriois sele Abraham,
Superintendent i'ou-ne-y produced his aeuttogGarrtrTill;
Inserter of Reformatory Schools to take proceedings,
in accordance with which he summoned defendant, and
showed him the authority, when &riven said he "weld
not 'and should not pay." Defendant earned 191, •
week, besides overtime. He had one child—a girl—at
home.—Dsfeedant said he could not afford to pay any-
thing, he was in debt now.—The Bench made an order
for the payment of 2s, • week until further orders.

PORTLAND.
THE FLUIT.—Wo understand, on good authority,
that the Fleet will sail on Wednesday morning for 21
day' cruise.
WESLITAN 110311111881106.—Tw0 SerMollll on behalf
of the Wesleyan Home Minions were preached in
Fortune's Well Ohs Lon Bunday,in the morning by the
Rev. T. Brookes, cbsirmsn of the Bath district ; in the
evening by the Rev. A. Puddioombe, of Weymouth.
The annual meeting was held on Monday evening.
Mr. Sherren, of Weymouth, in the chair, when add, esses
were delivered by the Revs. T. Brookes, J. Simon, and
other gentlemen. The collections amounted to ES 12s.

MAIDEN NEWTON.
Tin Earl of flaunter ham given the living of Maiden
Newton to the Rev. Mr. Hankey, curate of St. Gilas.
London. The living is of the value of over 0300 a-year,
and as a charming residence. The inhabitant me-
morialised the patron to confer it upon the mate.

MILTON A klB AB.
TIRTIIIONIAL TO MIL HURT STINK& - OnWednel.
day evening a testimonial, valued at upwards of 50
pineas, mu; presented to Mr. Henry Spinks, under-
steward of the Milton Abbey estate, who hu, ever since
the secession to the property by the Baron Flambro,
15 years ago, occupied I position of oonsiderable trust
and confidence. The testimonial consisted of an elegant
silver tea and ultra service, 011 a salver, the whole
being very beautifully embossed. The presentation took
plus in the reading-room, where • select party of friends
had assembled to witness the proceedinp. The
monial was tendered to Mr. Spinks by Mr. R. Fookes,
on behalf of the subscribers, with • few hearty words
of congratulation. The inscription upon the salver is
as failure :—" This plate was presented by many friends
to Mr. Henry Elpinks, as a testimonial of bin past un-
remitting attention, and faithful discharge of his dutiea,
not only to his employer, but to every one connected
with the Milton ,fty estate. May 13tb, 1866." Mr.
fipinks aoknowl•fisd Yds set of kindness In Bailable
tense, and the preetedings tenninsked.

POOLE.
THIR BOURNEMOUTH B.AI --Tho" who are
sanguine enough to suppose the projected railway to
Bournemouth will be earned out are for the time being
sad y put out owing to the absence of Mr C. Waring,
l'., from Englund, on an astir of importance tithe
firm w.th which he is connected. The notices hove.
during the past week, been served on the owners and
occupiers of the land through which the railway is
intended to run, for purchase. So for. to gocul ; one
step has at least been taken having a practical unport.
but this will not go far in satisfying public opinion
unless it be well followed up with rigoroug measures.

WIEBORNE ST. OILER.
THR EARL OP 811APTESBURT'S SPIRCIIILL —The Earl
of Shaftesbury, has just published, in one volume
of 438 pages, • collection of speeches delivered
by bun noon subjects having relation chiefly
to the claims and interests of the labouring
class, from 1838 to 1867. His object, he sa7o,
Ii to show the movement towards the regulation
of indostrial labour for children aad young persons in
the inbred of their moral and physical condition. A
portion of the profs/se deals with the case of the
children of agricultural labourers. The noble earl
mates. on behalf of the " first•rate agricultural
labourer," • larger claim than is usually admitted, to be
considered • man of education, lie illustrates it in
this wise :—" That he is • • skilled arti•an' will any
one deny? Look at him engaged with the plough ; see
the length and straightness of each furrow, its
mathematical precision, the steadiness of his hand and
eye, and his masterly calculation of distance end force.
Observe • hedger in all the various branches of that pert
of labour, and admit the accuracy of judgment that is
required for • calling so apparently humble. No
',inner could do what he does, any more than he could
do what is done by the spixner. His talk, too, may be
of bullocks ; it may be also of sheep; it may be of
every parochial matter; but then it is talk upon his
special vocation, and often times how sound and
sensible it is ?' Earl Shaftesbury would excludo girls of
tender yeaas from fiold labour—" the period of harvest,
of coarse, excepted"—and thinks this is indispensable
to the real and permanent welfare of our moo( husband.
men. "The truth," he says, "must be plainly Stated;
we require in ninny classes of society a new generation
of wives and mothers." Agricultural children, he has
little doubt, will, as soon as the Employment COM Mill.
loners have made another report, be planed within the
reach of the benefit and blaming, of education. Thirty
years of anxious and constant inquiry have convinced
the earl that "the horrible state of our towns and Vie
condition of the dwellings of many of our people, he at
the root of two-thirds of the disorders that afflict our
land. Good drainage, good ventilation, good and
healthy houses, mid an ample supply of good water,
would, by their effects. abete the demands upon private
shanty, and public rates; would go far to extinguish
epidemics, and l•rgely redoes Ward ; would lessen
' mortality and increase the length of man's working
1f.." "The people," be adds, "will shortly be in
possession of absolute power. It will be for them to
pteserve the benefita they have attained." Those who
undertook the movements to which these speeches
relate were !actuated firstly by • desire to promote the
happiness of the working people, and, seeondly by the
Interest of the State, in the probability of the extension
of the suffrage. Earl Shaftesbury still takes the gravest
view of Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill, and speaks of it on
"the event which has just consigned to the people at
large the government of this great empire," and says
that "an issue no sudden and extensive had not been
foreseer." though it was manifest that serious changes
could not be very far distant.

WIMBORNE PRITY SIMSIONS, Mae 22.
Magistrates present: The Rev. Carr J. Glya, and
Major-General MicheL
Ig Re Juitfi Cauca. —lt will he remembered by oar
readers that at the last court day an application was
made on behalf of the guardians of the Poole union
for an order by the bench to remove John Cross, a
pauper receiving out-door relief from the pariah of
Lytehett, in the Poole union, to the parish he belonged
to, and the came was adjourned to allow time for the I
Deoesery inquiries to be made, the result being as
stated by Mr. Rawlins, that he had written to the
clerk of the magistrate., bat there was no document to
show if the statement of Cross were correct or not,
there being none anterior to IB3o.—The bench, having I
decided to further examine Cross; he said, in addition
to his former statement, that his father received relief I
from the parish of Shapwick several years before he I
died. I hat he died four yeses ago lad Christmas.
That he was an inmate of the workhouse two or three
different times before his death, and within two years ,
of his death. That at various time, while his father '
lived at Shapwick, as he had • large family, he I
i received relief from the overseers of that parish.
I That he lived there from forty to fifty years at Shan-
wick, and was always acknowledged as • parishioner.
Cross also corrected an error in his former statement as
to the age of his father, •ho he said was 84 years of
age when he died.—The Bench, being of opinion that
/ Cress belonged to Shapwick parish by his father receiv-
ing relief and being an inmate of the Wimborne and
' Cranborne union-house, granted an order for bis
removal to that parish and union.
CHARON OF ILLIOALLY LiATING SIEVICIL —James
Vincent, a young man in the employ of Mr. George
Richards, farmer, Winterborne Zelaton, as carter, was
, summoned by his employer for illegally leaving his work ,
I without notice.—Mr. Richards, who on conscientious
grounds objected to take an oath, affirmed that about
two months ago he engaged the defendant as his carter
at 9.. per week, but no term of service WAS mentioned.
He paid him monthly. Last Monday morning, about
half-past five, the defendant came to his window and
asked him who was to go with his horses that day.
He replied, "You, of:course% who should go" Defend-
ant then said "I shall not go with your horses unless
you give in. 10s. • week." He then said "If you won't
go I niust get some one else." and the defendant then
went away. He (Mr. Richards) then sent • mews° to
him that if he did not return to hie work he should
summon him before the magistratea—Vincent, in his
defence, said that his master promised him three weeks
before that if the other farmers rose their men's wages
to 10.. he would do the same. Mr. Ingram did rise his,
but Mr. Richard. had not fulfilled his promise.—Mr.
Richards denied that any of the farmers had raised their
men's wages, but admitted the promise. It spearing
that Vincent had commenced work by harnessing the
horses on the Monday morning, the Bench considered
the notice too short, and ordered him to pay 105.,
Including costs.
CAUTION TO BOTN—William Baker? George Baker,
Alfred Habgood, Isaac Hunt, Frederick Morgan, and
John Habgood, all young boys living at Little London,
near Wimborne, were charged on the oomplaint of Sarah
Cole with an assault. —Mr. H. Moore defended. —Com-
plainant stated that on Weduesday week she was in her
garden, when she was "banished" by the defendauts
throwing stones at her. They threw several times.
Afterwards, whilst she was stooping down gardening,
they came again and threw stones and dirt at her. On
looking round she saw the whole of the defendants
throwing at her, and received several blows on her head ;
the last blow struck her in the face, bat she could
not say who threw the stone.—ln cross-examination she
admitted another arid a bigger boy n‘med Allen was
there also, but as he begged her pardon abe forgave
him.—The Bench cautioned the little fellows against
behaving in the same way again, and ordered them to
pay 2s. each expenses.
CH•IIGE oF STEALING • WkINTOOAT.—George Bartlett,
of Poole, a lad lately in the employ of George White,
of Lytchett Minster, was charged with stealing a waist-
coat, the property of a young man named Mortimer,
which Mr. White retained for a debt. —As the Bends
considered there was no felonious intent proved they
diamisaed the ease.