The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

Dorausbire.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DZATES—The registers
cf the United Kindom show that the birth, of 274,464)
children, and the deaths of 149,222 persons of both
sexes, were registered in the three months ending June
30th. The recorded natural increase was 125,228; the
nativo emigrants were 53,136. The registered marriagee
of the United Kingdom in the quarter ending March
41st, 1868, were 53,567. The depression in marriages
which was observed at the beginning of 1867 and con-
tinued during the year wail still more remarkable in
the first quarter of the present year. Young marriage-
able persons viewed their circumstances with abated
confidence. hut, while marriages were few, birth,
were many; and in fact the birth-rate of the
second or June quarter attained • point high
beyond example in that period of the year. It
must be added that the returns exhibit their most
satisfactory feature in • reduction of the mortality
unpreeedeatedly great for the spring quarter. The
following table shows the retures for this county :
DZATHS.

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18 23 106 117 11 , 8. 7 67
21 14 as 7 . 5, 63140
Is 8 114 117 11. 1-1 65 00
15 16 120 119 I 71 81 49
21 n 118 111 1 - 94 70
17 17 132 123 1 . f. 4 56
30 60 WO 247 ~. 13 . 1141 154
30 37 191 207 II 1. 113 102
24 13 I3o' 111 11 8' (111 00
la la 1181 105 11 • .. Id 53
33 31 1611 161 1. 101 06 72
543 1 1513,1697 14- " 043 769

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DORCHESTER.

Dmaturrn Cour liAsitrr, fiaturday.—Whest 525.
to 565. per quarter, average 51x. 11d.

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Ws understand that the committee for organising a
Church and State meeting at Dorchester, already
numbers upwards of 150 noblemen and gentlemen. The
list of names will be published in our nett issue.
IT has been discovered that the inadequacy of the
water supply in the lower parte of the town was caused
by the premenes of a wooden ping in the main opposite
St. Peter's Church.
GAB AND Cogs COmraNY.—Tho annual meeting was
held at the Townhall, on Wednesday, T. Coombs, Esq.,
in the chair. The director', In their report, reoonv
mended a dividend of live percent., which wee adopted.
The retiring directors and the auditors were re.elected.
EXCUIVIIOII.—The Great Western Railway Company
announce a cheep excursion to Trowbridge, Bath, and
Bristol, totnorrow (Wednesday). There is to be a grand
flower show at Trowbridge, Bath is a charming resort at
this season and Bristol, the metropolis of the Wed,
presents intimations of different character, and is always
worth a visit.

COUNTY PETIT 13113810N5, Saturday.—Before H.
Emit(chairman), R. 0. F. Steward, E.
Saunders, G. Warry, and W. L. Henning, Bags.—
George Coombe, of Bridport, for being drunk and
abusive at Abbotsbury, August I, was fined Cm—A.
labourer named King was summoned by Mr. John Scutt,
farmer, Preston, for a breach of the Master and Servant
Act. It Nomad that on Friday, the 7th August, pro-
creator directed defendant to put two horses in scare
and go for a load of manure. Having put the horses
In the earl he went off. This was at 6.80 p.m.
Next morning, when he came to work, prosecutor
diseharged hlm. There was upwards of El duo
to Lim for twos. It waned dalandant waa a

yearly Imvants and bad offered his services every day
since his dismissal.—The Bench dismissed the 5M5
Robert Sulam and Thomas Beckett, of Winterborne
Stapleton, summoned for being drunk and riotous,
August Ist were fined le. eacb.—Two seamen of
H.M.S. Pigeon, named William Desmond and Thomas
Bash, were charged with stealing three pairs of trousers
and three slope from the Army and any beer-house,
Portland, where they were sent to be mangled by
Caroline Seal, who does the washing for the ship. The
articles were found concealed on the prisoners. They
pleaded guilty, and said they did it through drunken-
ness. It seemed they bore • good charader in the
ship,—Sentenced to a month's hard labour each.
Bowman PaTrir Semmes, Monday.—Before J. F.
Hodges, Esq. (channel* B. Davis. al J. Bishop,
Faqa—Jeffrey Peace, of Maiden Newton, labourer,
Thomas Staples, of Frempton, stableman, and Edward
Jeffery, of Milton Abbas, stablemtui, were summoned
for leaving the arras of Messrs. R. and E. Longman
without notice. Mr. G. J. Andrews prosecuted.—Mr.
Robert Longain said that Jeffery had been in their
employ about 18 months, at 13a. • week, with about
three pints of ale per day; Pearce had worked for them
since May, at 12s. and • similar allowisnee of ale ; and
Staples had been in their service about a week, at 12s.
• week, with an allow•nee of ale like the others. They
were all paid up to Saturday night, the Bth August.
On Sunday they did what was necessary, and on Monday
attended before breakfast and did their usual work.
They left at breakfaet time, and never returned. He
had not hal the least intimation that they intended
leaving.—ln defence one of them said Mr. Longman had
grumbled at them.—Mr. Andrews said Messrs.
Longman did not wish to press thecae, but they wanted
to teach the defendants that they could not leave their
einvioe without notice. It was a serious thing to leave
the prosecutors with 27 hones to are for unexpectedly.
—Defendanta were fined 10s. each, including costa
Mr. Weston made an application to the Bench. Some
time ago he made an application for an order of
bastardy at the suit of a girl named Chaffey against a
man named Ilaber, and the order was made. The
money was not tail, and he subsequently applied for a
warrant against the defendant. Upon that Maher was
brought before the magistrates, but they entertained
some doubt as to their power to order a distress and in
default commitment for the whole of the arrears doe,
and the matter was left in abeyance. Upon that ho
made application to the Court of Queen's Bench, and
they made an em-tier on the magistrates to issue a
warrant of distreal. He had served the writ on Mr.
Symonds, and he pow applied for the issue of • distress
warrant for the defendant's apprehension and eom-
mitl4—The magistrates granted a distress warrant.