The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

POOLE.

New limit FOUNDRY. —OK Wednesday last the
new budding of Mews. Ingram. and Stone, agricnl-
torsi machinists and iron-founders, was opened.
The premises are situate clams to the quay, very near
the bridge crowing to Hamworthy, and present
quite a striking feature in that part of the town.
Flat IN • STACK YARD. —On Thursday night
last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, • fin broke
out in the stack yard of small farm, near the Pools
Junction Station, called Masud Finn, occupied by
Mr. Cottinghain. Four oorn mid hay stacks, being
the entire produce of the farm, were consumed.
The cause of the fire is unknown.

Tile LITZRARY INSTITOTION.—A general meeting
has been held of the members of the Town Library
and Literary Institute, and • most sucoessful one,
for a oomplate reconstruction of the official role has
been made, and with a new secretary, a new
librarian, and a complete filling up of the vacancies
in the committee and vice•presidenta' list, it is hoped
there will be a little better management than in
times past. A DOW list of trustees WU likewise sub.
mitted, and • resolution was pared, requesting the
prompt trustees, of whom only two remain, to re.
convey the property to them.
THI QLT•Y TRUSTIVI AND Tin AORIDAIDENT
Commtrrac—Two meetings have been held during
the past week—one of the Quay Trustees on Monday,
the other a special meeting of the Board of Guardians
on Wednesday, relating to the vexed question of
rating the Poole quays to the relief of the poor. It
I. the old story of the battle of the boards over
again. The Trustees spent about two hours in
desultory dia.:tuition as to an unsatisfactory con-
ference with the assessment committee, but nothing
IMP done except the adoption of the report of the
deputation. However, as many of the trustees
had the right to sit at the Bawl of Guerdians in the
capacity ef ex-officio guardians, it was on Wednesday
resolved to refuse to allow the armament committee
to appear against the trustees as respondente in their
appeal at the quarter sessions.
Prrrir Sammie, Thursday.—Before the Mayor
(J. Wood, Esq.), H. Harris, R Lacy, and J. W.
Martin, Esqrs.—William Lane, innkeeper, of Poole,
was summoned for assaulting John Rogers. When
at a beer.house, defendant asked complainant
for some money be owed him, who replied
he should not pay there, whereupon defendant
struck him twice on the mouth and kicked him.—
Flood Ifie. and coda—John Harris, oodormouger,
for musing an obstruction in High-street, on Satur-
day night, by allowing his band-harrow to remain
for a oonaiderable time outside the London Hotel,
was fined ss, and costs.— George Arnold, of Ham-
worthy, hawker, was also fined Its. and costs, for
obstructing the thoroughfare in Market-street, by
allowing his horse and cart to remain unattended for
45 minutes.—John Thompson, landlord of the Old
Inn, Weet.street, for selling beer at prohibited hours
OD Sunday morning was fined 51. Ando:Ma --George
Cole, for 'similar offence, was fined fie. and soda.—
PaID•V : Before the Mayor and J. W. Martin, Esq.—
John Stone, pilot, wee charged with being drunk and
assaulting apolimunan. On Thursday night prisoner
waa drunken d asleep near the Gas Works. P. C. Nobbe
gave him a shake by the shoulder to awake him,
when Stone said he would knock his brains out, and
he did strike him violently on the bead, making him
stagger backwards, and blood flow from his nose.
Prisoner was then apprehended.—Pined Its, and
costs fer being drunk, and 40a. and oats fog amildt•
jug the wadable

EI•CRILEGE AT HAMPRZETCE : CLIIVREL CAPTURE
OP TELE Sosret-ra.—Oa !Saturday loot the pariah
church of liampreeton was broken into by cutting
away the glass from Om window on the eolith side of
the edifice. The thieves on getting in, ransacked the
church and took various articles therefrom, but they
failed to discover the communion plate. It appears
that then they went along the road to Poole, where
the stolen property was afterwards found, and is now
in possession of the Poole pollee. Supt. Gifford set
to work to catch the thieve., and between twelve
and one on Sunday, he saw three men pass his resi-
dence from a w inflow, and, not liking their appearance,
he followed and stopped them, when, not receiving
satisfactory answers to his questions, he appre-
hended them, and charged them with the sacrilege
at llampreeton church. They afterwards acknowe
lodged their guilt, saying "We did it." Yesterday
the men were brought before the Pools magistrates,
when, to the suiprise of all, the whole of the
witnesses which Supt. Gifford bad bad great
trouble to get, in order to establish the
charge, were absent, and this it seems was owned by
• question of jurisdiction raised by T. Rawlins, Esq..
the clerk to tbe magistrates of the Wimborne division
a letter (ruin whom had been received by Superinten-
dent Gifford, and be, addressing the magistrates,
said he wished it to be clearly understood that
he was most anxious to pay every respect and
attention to the request of Mr. Rawlins, but, as the
prisoners were apprehended by, and the property
stolen was in the hands of the Poole police, he (sit
be had no alternative but to submit the
letter to the Bench for their 000sideration and
decision. After bearing the Soperiuteodent's state-
ment of the particulars of the case, the magis-
trates remanded the prisoners until Thursday, and ,
on the application of Supt. Gifford, granted sum-
monses to compel the attendance of the witnesses,
six in number, to appear to give evidence in the
case.