The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET cotINTy EXPRESS AND ARICULTURAL GAZETrE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1881.

A CHANCS or EAR
Nl.° f.:10 10s. is offered by the
Weymouth Town Council, who advertise for plane for
Improving the King's statue. and promise that
premium for the best.
OLoWlintria-STltarr easYtt, CHOIR had an outing
at Abbotsbury last week, Kr. Cooke providing the
cmivera"?' and Kr,. Cooper making tea for them at
the leheeter Arms. Mr. Rogers, the organist,
arranged the trip, which was much enjoyed.
HOLY TSINITT SCHOOL THSAT.—Ehe large schools
on the other side of the water were very fortunate in
the selection of a day for the annual treat, for,
although Wednesday was not the brightest day we
have lately seen, ye It was quite dry. It was
estimattd that over
,000 children assembled, and
formed in pr 43011i011. They had • gay show of
1
banners, as usual, aarl the Visymouth Season Band
honied them in the perambulation, which code 1 at
that well-known and pleaaant field along which runs
the footpath from Itoclwell.roari, in front of one of the
last relics of rustic Weymouth, namely, Lovell's. or
Carter's. or Biocleave's PIZ 01 Skirted as the whole
of thie field is by a public path, It may be sapposeil
the visitor., Parents, and friend. were um/2e cum for
the children were enj Ting their fun in the very face
of the public. Among Vines who helped to encourage
and provi Is for the vouneeters' pleasure were Key. J.
and allis Addison, Mr. ii. and Mies Wilson, Mr. and
Mr.. Speke, Mrs, Perkins Mrs. Blair, Mr. J. Groves
andfamily, Mr. and Mrs.' Eaton, Miss Venour, Mrs.
Shuttleworth, and, of Course, the Rev. W. Shuttle-
irth, wh had a long programme of sports, with
which to keep the merry childien all lively, while Mr.
Speke seeine Ito bo the centre of ecrambling for "no
end of thinge," and a very happy crowd wers throng-
ing him. At tea time the young people sat on planks,
which were lent in &bunt! nice by Mr. Lsvi Bartlet',
and arranged according to the cla-ses. Here they
feasted on capital cake, provi led by the bakers a the
pari.h, among whom that long•aoctoitomed caterer,
Jr. F,. Martin, was prominent, and we can ctrtify to
the quality of his provision. After tea the children
li.tened willingly to Mr. Gibbs, who, with Mrs. Gibbs,
has kept their schools 8 long, and rang a pleasant.
sounding grace, after which Mr. Shuttlewurth and
Mr. Splice were at their pleasant tasks. A ring or
two we spied, and, in spite of the condemuation of
swings as anneal° is, the *cone WM al cheer:al as
beautiful. Abiut half-past four the sun shone out, and
then the hills, the Nuthe, and the Bey looked prattler
than before, and, turning round with Mr. Penny'
house in view, thence to the 011 farmhouse, then
further to the right, you saw the Breakwater, the
Howls. Portland iteelf, • little of the Chesil and the
West Bay, till the panorama was shut in by the trees
on the top of LonghilL So fair • sight it is really a
chance to see in these days of frequent rain; but the
weather being improved, towards evening we had blue
sky, and the 1,000 chairs's, with those from the Union-
house, enjoyed themselves right well.
BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS,

TUESDAY.
Before the Mayor (H. N. Howard, Esq.), and T.
Abbott and B. Hopkins, eqrs.
Fuat,us RIDIIIO. Munden was charged
with furiously riding a horse in the public etreets, on
August 20th.—P.C. Barrett saw defendant galloping
the horse a• fast Li he oould go in King•stieet ; be
"let the whip into him," and galloped off up the
Front as soon as he saw the constable.—Defendant
pleaded guilty, but said he had the reins in his hands
ready to pull up, and he did not know he went as fast
as he could go.—The Mayor said he himself stood
In danger of • sad accident tbere.—Fined 105., includ-
Caste, sad warned.
illtuoasexo Calt-DRIVILI. —John House was charged
with plying for hire as a driver of • hackney carriage
without a linens*. He pleaded guilty, and made some
excuse about being too late to get the liceciae.—fiapt.
Vickery said the man had been convicted of thieving,
and the question was whether a insister was justified
In keeping him ma a driver. He had been plying for
a fortnight without a license, and the question was to
come before the Lioensing tlomraittes.—The Mayor
maid this :was rather a bad cam.; men could not set
themselves up as drivers whether they had a license or
not—Mr. Vickery said that owners of carriage'', when
they wished to employ drivers, generally sent down to
him and enquired whether the men were respeatable.—
The Mayor thought this very necessary, and directed
the superintendent to communicate with Mr. Baker
on the subject. —Defendant was fined es., including
costa._

A Museum Portna. —George Brawn, 16, and Frederick
Brown, his br, Aber, aged eight, were summoned for
stealing &Turtle and money, the property of • Portland
carrier. The "puree" was an open bag. Thomas
Williams, carrier between Weymouth and Portland,
on Thursday week lest lost some money, about 10s. or
12.. He mussed on the top of Pertlan his purse,
which he had leat seen at Mr. John Groves's, Hope-
street, where be took it out to pay for some grains, and
there remained about 145., all silver. About 10 minutes
to 11 he was at the Sun Inn, Portland, and saw John
Brown, one of the poisoners, outside. Having seen
him in the brewery when he took out his purse, he
told him he hail lost it, and naked him if he had seen
it, when he strictly denied 'seeing it, or anything
of it. Later he told Mr. Hancock he bad lost his
purse, and believed it was at the brewery, arid Mr.
Brown, who was there, asked him if he could swear to
the purse, when he partly described it, and Mr. Brown
showed him • purse, which he said one of the
boys had picked up under the horee's foot. Mr. Brown
offered to get the boys up that night, saying he had it
at home; but witness refused to have them called.
Afterwards Mr. Brown turned out his money to pay
for 89E110 beer, and this very purse fell out, which
witness owned. Mr. Brown said the boys had •
shilling each, and he also, and a shilling remained,
making 4s. in the purse. This occurred on the Bth of
August, and he had wished Brown " Good morning,"
but had not said anything about the purse, as be
wished to give Brown time to come to him. Brown
said that after the plaintiff ile•cribed the parse, he
(Brown) to ik out the same and showed him, and Mr.
Williams paid for half • pint of beer for him after he
had seen it. But this Mr. Williams denied, saying he
promised to pay for it before he saw the purse.—P.C.
Bartlett served the summ ins on Saturday last, when
all three prisoners were together, an I the little boy
said he had fund the purse. In ale presence of his
father and brother he said he found it under the horse
at the brewery, and gave it to ire bimer brother; but
the bigger brother said he did cot give it him tall he
had 'woo Mr. Williams at Portland. This his brother
denied, and said he gave it him before they got to the
Ferry Bridge, they bad an argument, and the father
said :13e biegar boy gave it him, and he gave one
shilling each to the boys and kept • shilling himself,
saying, also, he thouiht giving them • shilling each for
I bringing it home would keep thi-m honest.—Tb•
father was a stone-cart driver, in the employ of Mr.
Robert Comben, who gave father and children • good
character, and said when the boys returned from Wey-
mouth these was 21. lie I. in the bag.—The Mayor,
addressing the boys, told them whenever a
finds a thing he is bound to come and give rinforma-
tion to the p dice. In this came there appeared to be
no secrecy about the matter, and. as the father was
willing to repay to hir. Williams the money found in
the bag, the case would be dismiss.], the boys leaving
the Court without • stain on their character.

GROSS CRUELTY AND DESERTION.
At the Bormgh Petty Sessions on Monday, before
B. Hopkins, Esq., and J. Dandle, Eaq.—A young
man who has been discharged from the Co-operative
Stores, and named John McLean, we. brought up for
threatening and amaulting his wife Elisabeth, who
appeared looking
_very worn and 01—The wife said
she lived at 3, Western
-terrace, anl about five On
Wednesday her husband came h 'me, and commenced
throwing the things about very violently, and abused
her with language most filthy and obscene. On
Thursday he came home mad with drink, turned her
ont of the room, slammed the door in a violent manner,
and threatened to do for her if she came back again.
In the next room he struck the old lady who occupies
the room, and abused complainant, who escaped from
him. On Friday she begged him ti sign toe pledge,
and he promised to do no, and to be • good husband if
she would be a good wife, which she pr .mised ; but he
went away and came hack mad with drink, rushed
about the place, threatened her and the old lady, and
slammed the door. On Thursday he kicked her, but
not very badly. She coaxe I him to lie down ~n the
bed, and held him till he fell asleep. He destroyed
everything in the room, except a bedstead. She had
been living with him for six years, and had four
children, but for five months he had brought
her home no money, and for nine weeks he
had been away, and left her destitute. She had
been working to get her living with • sewing
machine, but he had come home and destroyed
the mewing machine, so that she had no means of
getting a living for her chil iron. She had bad some
&sentence from Mr. Addison and Mr. Martin; but
the only means she had of earning for herself and
children WM from her sewing machine, and now, from
his violence and threats, she was in danger of her
life, and wanted a separation from him, as she dared
net live with him again.—Cross-examined: Her
husband had never brought her home £2O, or even
£lO, nor, unless he had sold things out of the house,
had he even brought her 54. She had pawned some
things to get him the money to go away, and this she
did two or three times over; but he squandered the
money, and did not go away till there was nothing
else to raise money on.—Defendant said he could not
get food in the house; but found his wife drinking
with an old woman, and that made him mad, and he
went back to his old ways again. —Mrs. Sarah Roper,
an old woman, said that ever since defendant came
back on Wednesday he had been drunk, and their
lives were in danger; she believed be hod done her
an injury. Defendant knocked at his wife's doer, and
the thread time he was admitted, when he used very
bad language, and abused her very much, so that she
believe I her life was in danger. On Thursday night
he came in violent, came round the table to her, and
, struck her (Nfra Roper) on the head; be also
threatened to put the knife, which was nen-, into her;
ho split the panel of her door. She never went to
drink a glass of beer with his wife in her life; but
she and his wife and children had to leave the house.
I The wife was a quiet steady hard-working woman, and
was up many a morning trying to earn • living when
her children were In bed Defendant :I sp 'be to her
rather harshly, but I did not strike ber ; I told you not
to harbour my wife—Mr. Samuel Martin, tailor, of
lx Parstreek had known defendant ever sincehe arrived.
Prisoner was discharged from the Co-operative Stores
for drunkenness, about five ur nths ago. His wife
went to his eon's house to tell his wife her destitution.
Did not believe she was ever guilty of drinking; but
she was a steady, hardworking woman. Had assisted
Mrs. McLean, or she would have starved, and his
wife, eon, and son's wife had also assisted her; she
was a good wife, a good mother to her children, and
he believed she was • good woman. Cross-examined
by prisoner : Believed prisoner had means when he
was away, or how could be have g, I from Southampton
to London?-- Prisoner : I walked. —Mr. Martin: Yon
could not get there in time.—Sergt. Harvey spoke
ts finding even % thing in the wife's room smashed to
Ocoee, the re •ing machine, the poker, clock, table,
and everything except the bedstead and bedding.—
P.C. Bartl-tt. in c ,mpany wit't Sergeant Harvey,
apprehended the prisoner about half-past 11 cm the
bridge, and found on him 3r. and some pawn tickets,
of rings pawned Cu the 24th Auguet, 25th, and of •
necklet and brooch, pawned for 15s. On Thursday
sight the woman came to the station to get the man
apprehended. [This was the day before she appli

for • warrant.) Prisoner said he WAS In a very bad
position, in making his defence, he had neither witases
nor mends; it appeared his wife was against him, and
everybody else in the town. He had been led away
by bad company and drink, and loot his situation.
From Weymouth he went to Southampton in search of
work, but was very unsuccessful indef.!, and took stna.l
jbs, and worked his ho ite off his feet. Thence he
went down to Portsmouth ; but his clothes were
against him, and be took the rook 1 to London, but
could only get little Jobe to pay for his food and
lodgings, and positively could not get on. G t throe
weeks' work in London, but could not make above 2..
or 31. at a time, and wanted food, an I alio money to
make himself respectable. At last h, got • situation to
travel the oountry with grocers' articles, b tight
mond band clothes, having raised money by a
subscription. Ile was to have 30s. a week. and as
business increased, would get more. He came d ten
here by train and called on his wife, but the first time
he knocked at the door, she shut it in his face; he
asked her to listen; but at first she ruins's!, aud said
she wool I get out of Weymouth as s sin as he c sme in ;
but he toll her he had seen his err r, and would d
bettor, would act as • husband to her if she would be
• wife to him. He went out ant gotaims breast and
cheese and wanted her to reason it over with him, but
she wouldn't, and wouldn't cook the dinner, and he
cooked it himself. When he was going out she gave
him her luand and keeled him. Ai. half-past five he
came back and timed her out, and the children gone,
but he found her in the hxlgings of the old woman.
drinking beer, had heard some stories which enraged
him—that the machine was partly tupporte.l by the
Mal who was keepii.g her, and he 1.104 a hammer and
smashed it in a violent temper. When he was
sumo) iced he mistook the time of the nowt, but was
coining over here, and now he had ixeu two or three
data incaraerate.l fore crime he lin ivr nothing about.
—After the insgittrat w had consulted, Sir. Hopkins
'aid this case was oue of great cruelty exercise I by the
husband t iwards his wife; the m .gistrates considered
his conduct most unma .ly an I brutal, coil p trtly for
the assault he he I committed on her, acid partly for
that on the o,d per,ou, they would sand him to
Dorchester gaol for two munthe' hard labour. If a
repetition of the c induct occurred, they should most
likely sen I him for six months, to which he bad been
subject on this occasion.

THE BEAUTIES OF WE KMOUTH BY A
CHELTENHAM HOLIDAY-KEEPER.

In these days when time is inney—and money is
very scarce, the bread-winner of the family ir hard
put toil to obtain even a brief holiday to break the
monotony of the year. It is ..I1 very well to say you
must have a fortnight. and that human nature re9uiree
it, but if you can't spare the time, and you haven t the
coin, why, my good reader, you must do as I did, and,
from Saturday until Monday, "do" Weymouth—
"there and back for eleven shillings l"
B ,th the "Midland" and G. W. R. !SIM these con-
venient tickets, and availing myself of the—to me—
more convenient Midland line, I started on • recent
Saturday morning at 12.87 from the Lattadown etation.
With only one stoppage at Gloucester, we sped merrily
along for • good 40 miles, until the station with the
ugly name " Mangotafield," wu reached. Here,
although the route was altered, our carriage wes not,
but the change of line having been accomplished, with
the usual "bump?" before and behind, our next halt
was at Bath, where, by the by, the station is a model
one—plenty of room for the traffic, well built and well
arranged, and at the entrance prettily ornamented
with ferns and plants. After the wretched "extended
sheds'. belonging to both companies at Cheltenham,
the sight of the Bath terminus war positively refresh.
lug. About 20 minutes being allowed, there was no
difficulty in procuring all that warn necesury at the
refreehment-nxorns, which I found a very necessary
portion of this, one of the best stations, taking the
size of the town into consideration, that will be found
in the Midlands.

Re-entering thesams carriage I started in, one of the
famous Midland "Bugle" thirds, we were soon on our
way through Somersetahire, the well known grazing
lands of which county appeared to be looking in
healthy condition. Leaving Somersetshire, after a
short delay and a change of carriAge at Wimborne, a
very different county I found Dorset, where, as far as
I could judge, vast tracts of land were unproductive.
As the train rapidly pawed through Poole, where one
appeared to cross the sea—Wareham, Wool, and
foretop, hundre Is of acre' of land *some I to me in a
ten i ible ntats, without a sign of cultivation. Appeal.
ing toe fellow psesenter, who ienmed to know the
district, I arid, " How la this? It NM= • sad state of
affairs to see such a vast tract of country lying waste."
"Oh," was the reply, "It is nit worth cultivation."
But this could not be the reason, as adjoining many of
the fields I noticed barren, were well tilled and
apparently productive pastures. If there are all these
hundreds of acres of waste lauds in Doreetahire, would
it not be a godliend to offer them to Mr. Gladstone,
who might thus possibly satiety the "Land Hunger"
he so pathetically describes as existing in Ireland.
Arming, however, at Dorchester, the country looked
far better, and in a few short wiles Weymouth was
reecho I ab iut six o'clock, aftnr a very pleasant journey
,if about five hours. A hasty meal p wtaken of, it was
not long bef 40 I was amongst the crowd upon the
splendid Esplanade ut this somewhat unique town of
Weymouth, where everything seems to be so quiet
and so or lerly. It being a fine Saturday nitht, and a
iii4h tide, the Esplanade was crowded, and the first
thing I notice' was the number of Cheltenham tams
here, there, an I everywhere. Nor was this all, for being
at once attracted by. large concourse of people listening
to the music of a splendid band, who should I see but
friend Pollock conducting. Sure enough it was the
Cheltenham band. But instead of am at Cheltenham,
finding an audience of say • r fluid dozen at most, there
must have been at least three or f ur hundred people,
all apparently delighted with the musical treat afforded
them. Outside Us, " "at Weymouth, however.
in very different ti outside the "Royal " at Chelten.
ham. Amongst the crowd were several well-known
face., and all seemed io capital humour, Mid greatly
enjoying themselves.
. . . . -

On Sunday, it being a lovely summer morning, I
had • pleasant e irly dip (lam.) upon one of the most
beautiful sands I ever bathed on, an I after Church
and an early ..inner, I, in company with some hundreds
of others, paid a skit to Chesil Batik and Portland
Harbour. Chesil Bank is no of the most extraordinary
places I ever climbed. To tines who have never
'kited this famous "bank" of ir.ones, I may say that
I fund, on leaviog the Portland Station, an Immense
bank of boulder stones of every size and shape, forty
or fifty feet high, and Milell in length. Having minnow.
Wished the sweet, I raw be'ore me the sea—the open
sea—in all Its grandeur. 'I ho waters were not very
high, but I was told that in rough weather the spray
from the incoming waves was a sight to be remembered.
After going down the bank of loose stones, and watch-
ing the tide come in for some I We time, I returned
the way I came, and, with many others, made my
way to Portland Breakwater.
Here. although I had only &bolt an hour to
spare, I found a most interesting place to explore.
and one that I could well have spent the day in
examining. In the Bay, a splendid bit of smooth
sea WAVOI, I saw two of ll.M.'s shim, one a man-
of-war training ship the " Boscawen' and the
other a sailing ship the "Hercules," while as I looked,
came steaming gracefully into the harbour and through
the famous "breakwater," one of the newly made
gunboats, • specimen of which I had
seen. I then took a walk along the " Breakwater "
Seel!, at the one end of which was the "Armoury."
Here I found eight guns, "64-pounders," with all the
new improvements of conical loaded shot, all of which
were pleasantly and cheerfully explained to me by the
one soldier In charge. Not being able to linger,
however, I made my way back to the station, and by
6.30 wan a;min in Weymouth, tired enough, se may be
Imagined, but by no means diesatisfied with my day's
pleasant sight-ieeinz.
Monday morning found me at the end of my tether,
and after a wonderfully quick journey home I arrived
at the Lsaalown—tation, well pleased with my journey
to Weymouth "there and back for I.ls."—J. H., lath.
CheirenAan Chronicle.
Cheltenham, August 29th, 1831.

Throwing the Cricket Ball, by member+ of cricket clubs '
In the county—Three competed; end a ft. Weleford.
Sherhorue CC., won let, 15s, throwing Itlyde Sine.:
W. Beaton, Sh rhutue Icirl the bell, diet toes lifirde.
lit. 4m.; W. T. H Aland, lost. T. G:stut, of
Wool 0,C., wha hut littered, di I at throw.
440 Yards' Flee Re'r,, for military and reserve forces in ,
the eounty. Etzht rntegeg.
R. R C Q.O.R.Y C., Ist .C 1 sa; 0 ,rporel D. Lyons,
P.W.O. R•itt Rid, let. II r. Cox let ell the war ant .50062
eadly in seconla. Osrpoal r Lyme it wet ~t much before
the third ma.n• but only four rati.—Trn.-iper
_

110
Yarde.Flat R••• for ho Y s of the town or IM schools,
ai "iidiir —IrIIN4 Lest: P. htemlw.y. Weymouth C.
School, luid A E. Carruthers, Holcombe 'lei& Se'"*. v.°
away from S. Dolman, Headway being* aaily Bret Second
heat: B. H. lire..,, nf Wyl and W. Kent, Weymouth
C. School, ran very ghmily
was not far hehm the deciding heat was rather a
bad start, Hee oar won lit, 7s, dl, 61, by three four
verde, W. Kont Ind, 3..1. for lit and Ind, and C. Bilks
61., Carruthers well up. Time
21 .1011.
211° Yard,Fit Iloelicapfm reel(enta In Weymouth.—
C. liall, lit, Al 101.; R Manning 2n,1, Ise • F. Fisher,
3rd. This we a go xi race, C. II ill, who 11..1 to give tho
other, 15 yards, did nit come up till they got into tne
etriight, when ho ran through them, and won bye yar.l.
100 Yards' Fiat Handicap, for ainsteure.—Fif teen
entered, hut only nine ran. First heat : R. Maunoell,
United ImP. AM. (51de.), let; R. II C ix, Synth
Perrott C.C. Clyde.). 21d: T. Gyn.., Woke fly Is.); H. IL
Lake, Axbriage F.C. (2yds.); and C. A. W. Gilbert,
Oxford U.A.C. (scratch) C.ix and Mioniel mu wail
together till near turn peer, when Mailmen cam. out and
won by • Yew /Ws in s.c,.—Soc,ni heat' J. Lenni,,
o
rte. walk* °Ter.—T.4d beet W Woodman, 14th
Regimen' 15,'411. lit; J. Brooke, 14th Regiment (4}Ydoli
I'd; J. F. Fisher,
Weymouth (6)'0.) Time, 11 mom.—
Final tarot:Cox w''• by three rads in lfl sect., pr,ze.
1.2 : Woodn”n, god, 15.,
l
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M Yards'- ----1
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or —. Pvrerefti'r, 11117.1."Tnturrm16an. o'af Ws,ll..oorml.°ll.th,
10, ; F. Sargent, 2nvi, 5.. ; F. &velour, 3rd; G. Heigh'.
_O.
T'.' .
im winners led toe war, and about iur or ewe yards
evm-ated each. Time, Z') am.
High lamp, ban Mau (ainateue.).—The contest lay
het wean E. 8 B nd, of Both, and K. A. H. Houtaell of
Bridoutt ; b it Mr. B nd w .5 re orly the stronger, and he
won first or: £2, jumping s't. 21n.
Mile Flit 11 n tic•p. amateurs—Ten entries; tont
only seven oda, t-d.—A. F. Voelcker. London AC £3
D Lyon., P.W.O. Regiaent, end. El 10‘. (on storied at
'-crutch); Brooks, P.W 0. 150,dv4; W. H. Scogain,
51 'ratan C.O o'c.); J. M-loiatalston, R A (40rd.);
J. Liao., Wyke (80 do.); E. S. B ind, Bath (00yds.). Of
course tbey sterted redly, hales to rue over the
course eight times; but at the end of the fifth lap
Voelcker was leading, followed by McNaught in,
ES ,nl, Lyon., ant Bcoggin ; at the sixth lap, the leaders
were the earn.; but Bin I had fallen behind the next
two tt meet ; the seventh lap was c -inPletud in about the
some order, but at the close McNaughton had fallen
behind. and J. Brooks came t, third place. Vo•lcker,
who had a beautiful stride, and ran "tight as. feather, '
won by about three yards, the next tree being Lyons.
Brooks. and Sc ogaie.—Titne. 5 snits 14 Noce.
190 Yard; Hurdle Race, for Army, N.vv. and Reserve
orces.—Six entered. Harry H. Cox, Q.0.1LY.C., lit,
£1 5..; William Woodman, P.W.O, 2nd, 10a ; Corporal
D. Lyons, 3rl. Mr. C a won by about 4 yds., Leon. and
Woodman deed hest for 2nd; but on running it uff Wood-
man woe by a na..ple of yard.. Time, 19 mem.
440 Yards' Flat Race, for Royal Nvvy.—William Fisher,
15t, ; W. Day, led, 10 ; Parker and Hodgee also
ran. They were allot the B seamen training ship. Th -y
went off at a tremendous pace, which they c mid not kvep
op long. Fisher led all the way; but toward. the post
Day, a tall young fellow, was gaining on hint. Day, boa.
ever, had too good a had, and won by some yarda in
1 min. 104 secs.
440 Yards' Flat Race, handicap, for amateurs. Ten
entered; but only foar ran. —A. F. Yoelcker, London
A.C. six yards, lit, £2; D. Lyons, P.W.O. Regiment
hcritch), Ind, El ; H. li. Oox, Muth Parrott C.C.. J.
Brooke. P.W.O. Th. starting was much delayed by
Lyons's eagerness, keeping himself with legs and arms
stretched out on the balance, he repeatedly rushvd off at
the warning onvrion ostore the pistol bad fired, and bad
to be brought bath *gen. When they were fairly started,
it wee • good ram, \ruddier ran well within his strength,
and yet wen by two orthree yards, in sot seconds.
Pole Jump (amateur). Only two entries were on the
coord ; but two more turned up.—H. Grey, Malrneebury,
14, El 10i. ;H. H. Cox South Pert-Lt. L. A. 8. HouneelL
Bridport, C. A. W. Gilbert, Oxford University A.C. They
started at Ott, and very soon Mr. H3unaell, who appeared
to possess more elegance than strength, began to miss
leap., and had to repeat his attempts in order to clew the
bar, H. Grey jumped with great power and clvverneos,
and WAS aVananlilly as easy winner, for when the rest
had had enough at 7ft he had the bar raised and jumped,
until be cleared 7ft fin
Bicycle Ram, two miss, handicap fnr amateura Fair
went.—W. Marsh, We.moutla BC. (130 yards), lit. £2;
It. R. Case, Dorthestor B.C. (oCletCh), 2nd, ; James
M W etberell, eymouth B.C. (240 yards); Phi dips, Newport,
Monmuuthslure. The young hand M•therell hal an
lumens, advantage lathe handicapping, end set mod at
first likely to win, though he only rode a 50-in. machine:
Co. was a rather !light young tuan, and he had
to work very hard on his 54 in. machine, Phillips
was evidently very strong; but he was alto ratter heavy
in build, he rode a tat 57tn., while the ultimata winner
had • 52 inch wheel. The r ico at first •semed to be
between Case and Philip., who both ware evidently good
riders, while the haniicapping was heavily in favour of
Metherell ; but after tlev hail gone rather more than half
of the gateen lap.. Rallies bawl his welsht t.o much
for hie emength on that ground, which Wan up and down
hill Case shouted very pluckily to cover hi. sit,'
ground, but did not siscceed in setting up to Mush, au-1
towar Is the close ths letter rather g.ined on him, and
won by rather more than half is lap, Caa c itning In
aecond, having had evidently a pretty good dose of work,
and being well cheerei
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—Ht-O-rire"Rs-c.;,-120-y4-17, for amateurs, handicapped.—Ten
footsies ; but three rm. H. 11. Cox. South l'errott
Ist, LI; W. Woo imsa, p.w.o. Regiment (ityile.). 1.55. ;
B. A. S. Hounasill, Itridport (ayds.). Cox won by several
lengths.
100 Yards' Flat Race, handi-ap, for B mermen boys.—
Four started in the first heat, which was iron be Maunders
and Wadeson ; five in the second heat, and Couuina and
Shephens a won. The find l heat was won by Maunders
in 14 secs. and four-iliths, Cousins second.
Walking Rice, one mile, handicap, fur amateurs.—Prise
presented by the Moor, R. N. Howard, Eel., J.P. W.
Billie, Weymouth (100yda), Ist. .C.l 3t: It. D. Baugh,
Weym iuth (Kwils.), 24, ,L 1 104 K. A. S. Hounsell,
Bridp irt (scratch). Bilks astonished everybody by
starting at • rapid pace, which many declared to be • run,
and there were plenty of calls for him to be disqualified,
but big style of progression was allowed to peas, and he
got such • led as made it bop ilem for the roar, and,
although he altered his mole until it gave more general
satisfaction, Hounsell, who wee walking in good style,
gave up. Bike won by ab iut half • lap, Baugh second,
althoogh he t iok it ai ex.oly that lie was repeatedly
stimulate.4..by the shout. of he crn.l..

-if a Tug of V&— if rrr e, gr h er D. Mitchell
anil P.irtland Volunteer ArtUl, ry, C irporgl 11 S•one
coinp !Md. The first tug was won by the volunteers ; but
the regular artillesy nulled them over in two succemive
tugs, and won let, £llO4.
By this time ths basil had played the N alongl tune,
and, the ti getting dark, many of the eimpany left
the ground wlthogt waiting for the Csimolation Rme or
the dietrthution of prises.
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In spite of such rain as fell, everything must be pro-
nounced to have gone off admirably, and the meeting to
have been a drat-class success.

WILFOLNINS, IIDIEST, AND Dgarg. List Friday
morning died • convict named Thomas, who was le
the Portland Establishment in consequence of a
sentence of seven years' penal servitude and eleven
years' police supervision. l'his man bad been guilty
of whit are called "youthful follies." which weakened
and undermine 1 his constitution without lessening his
obstinate will. He has not done any work since he
came to the prison, but has always been under punish-
ment, more or less, for assaulting officers and fellow-
prisoners. Twelve months ego he knocked the tenth
of one officer down his throat. About two months
ago he attempted to throw himself over the rail down
the great staircase, but was caught by Warder Dexter,
who held him by the legs for a time. The prisoner
recovered himself, an i had a deep rate struggle with
the officer, and, being deaperate, he managed to escape,
threw himself over, and fell with a terrible crash
below. After careful attendance, be was discharged
comparatively well; but, becoming ill again, he was
sent eosin to the Infirmary, and died the day after his
re-admission. An bolus t wait held before K. N.
Howard, Eau., coroner, and the orf itto text revealed
a combination of causes—brain disease, bl aid poison-
ing, an 1 &system ruin. d by the "follies of youth."
The verdict was " IJie 1 from bliaal pole 'Bing," and
the whole history of this wilful, and yet hopeless man
showo how desperate a failure is the attempt to please
one'erielf by fo lowing one's own self-will.
Boum:so A FALLOW-LODI:MIL—On Tuesday, before
the county inagistrates at Weymouth, Albert Morris,
j a young man who had been lo lging at Mrs. Bleaney's,
opp site Viatoria.buillings, was brought up, charged
with dealing from a bedroom EL 4e., and two Preach
sou., the prope.ty of Joseph Scriven, on the 27th inst.
Scriven, who is a cab-driver working for Mr. Hodation,
h id been lodging at the same place with Morrie, both
sleeping in the same room. When he went to bed
between 11 and 12 on Saturday night, Morris was the
worse for lige .r. striven had then in his pocket
stout El 8e lid., in sliver and gold, besides coppers,
the El S. fid. teeing in his puree Next morning when
he got up, Morris had already risen, and when Scriven
rose he missed his money, and accused Morris of
stealing it; but he denied any knowledge of the money,
and Scriven then gave information to Sergeant
Feltham, who went and saw him at hie lodgings. Ile
still denied it, when he was searched, and the sergeant
found two fl rine. half-a-crown, and sixpence in silver,
and 5.1. in coppers, also two French IMAM It appeared
that Scriven bed had three sous among his coppers,
and missed two. Next evening Sergeant Felthism
went with Scriven to Mr. Smith's skits. &Ile, , and on
• beam in the rouf he found • sovereign, which Morrie
admitted having put there, after taking it from
Scriveu. He warn brought up at Dorchester on Mon-
day, and remanded to Weymouth on Tuesday, when
he pleaded guilty, and expressed his sorrow aid fear
let be should lose his pension. Instead of col:Limiting
him to prhou and ad dling the loss of his pension, the
magistrates tined him El, including costa—Morris had
been &teetotaler for nearly three mouths since coming
to live at Portland, and during that time be had
improved his position wonderfully, and obteined tidy
clothes. Saturday night's break- ut was the first slate
he had become • teetotalsr, and the break-out hal been
followed by the consequences detailed above.

011111,1111111 GAIDIIIROBDIRL MN that has
created some onnsidereble talk in Poole ham we learn,
been settled, the aggrieved party, Ia aooordance with
• augoestion feoCe the Beard), haying been substantially
conetrenruited. At the last Pools Petty Seentoes, Mr.
J. Brown, formerly • bank clerk of Sheeran's, and
now a ceal merchant in Pole; end Mr. Frank
Ballard, one .4 those happy individuals who can exist
comfortably without working, were charged with
feloniously eteallog vegetable marrows from the Ifordeu
of Mr. John Portnoy, One Of the Sergeants-at- 4seott.
Mr. Padley, at the bearing, asked for an adjourn-
ment, as Mr. Travers, the 'solicitor to the Poole
Garden Protection Society, WWI away for his holiday.
This was opposedbaiW. Budge in behalf of the
defendants, Mr. Bu e declaring that the fact wee
the case was "ab y" that Mr. Padley could get no
one to appear for him. Toe Bench, however, grunted
Mr. Padley's application, the Mayor expreseing • hope
that some mutual friend would in the meantime inter.
yen,. so we have stated, has been done, sod the
matter is at snood. flee defence, we believe, would
have been th it the defendants were told by the Sergeant
if ever they wanted a marrow tigi aud cut one. On
the other hand, Mr Palley comp:slued that they took
French leave, and not only cut one marrow, but sr I
SUrborne Jourosi.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.
The following sports were hold under the auspices of the
Poo is Rowing Club, at Ham•orthy, on Wadneeday even.
ing last, %Olen toe following events were open to members ,
oi the above club. Ur. J. C. Caaritun kindly officiate.,
as starter, J. /Wont as judge, and (J. 1). Webber as tame- '
keepo-
-130 Itsriis Handioap (Seniors)—W. IL Curtis, scratch.
J. /Loosen, *enrich ; F. Coarit in, one yard; H. Keene,
i—nior, two yards. Result :—Curds, Lt ; Catulton, Dud ;
/I &moil • good third. note 111 sec.
NO Yards Hoiclicap (Juniors/. —W. L oder. ,crotch ;W.
Wheeler, 2 yd-.; A. 14, 4.'. 3 >d&; 0. 1ce..., jun.. 4
yds.; L Vie. t, 5 yds. Rout: W. Lotter, let;
Wheeler, gad; A. L ad.', 3rd. Time, 11 mic•.
Final Hot, Toe first two in eacti oi abuse to compete.
W. H. Curtis, written ; W. Loader, scratch ; F. Cherlton,
1 yd., W Wheeler, 2 yds.
A good Mee, resulting in W. Lied.' being Ist,
Wnoler, 2nd, Curtis, o;3r .ix incites separated second
and third men. Time, 11 erns.
One Mile Fiat Race (Haudicap I—Entries :—J. Hoonsell;
"crotch; W. Loader. 30 yards ; J. W. D dotard. 80 ;
EA. Sidi ; Kt 1.14.• ) ards ;
80 yards; A. Loder. 80 yards. Resulted in 'doornail
being Ist, beating A. Loader by about • root. There wae
• good race tar third piece between Rules and Danford.
when Roles dually putting on • good spurt boded hlnt ell
third by about three yard., Koine bong 20 yards behind.
W. Loeder and J. James gave up. Luise, 5 mina. 10
Other sports were Indulged in, including one mile walkilts
race, long jump, bob jump. Aunt Sally, etc. A protcient
string band was in attendance, and a goodly number of
parsons present as speciators.