The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

A meeting of ori.olitors or colonel W. Petrie f sight to see 90 many happy faces, anti the occasion
Waugh, late of the Eastern Banking Coloration, will long be rementlotred loth by children and
was held on Wednesday last to consider the pro- teachers. We like to give honour to wheal honour
pricty of instituting erit ii iii al proceedines against m due. a' therefore we think it right to say that
him. As it appeared, however, that the creditors the principal articles on the tree were presents feam
could prosecute I oily under the 2.115 t settion of the Misaes Dashwood. the Misses Long, Ilia' Arnold,
the Ikaiikniptey Law Consolidation Act, for non- Niro. Spower, Mrs. Marshalsea. Mrs. Nlehnoth. Mies
surrender to his leuakrnittey. and that the rept:now Hake, Niles Goodfellow, Miss Ktessiter, &c. The ae.
would owritnialy tliminieli the assets in their , rangetitent of the tree, which occupied several day;
it was risolved that criminal proceedings are, under aas done by the M Wows Jane and Anne Dative-text, and
present eircumstalwes, iuucxpe.hient. The question MINA Jeminia Long, and did them infinite credit.
toi a proseetitito for fraud ay, s wit VOIIMIIITOI. As that Th.: room was prettily dectorated su ith holly and
l it‘Wht t . a
bas y tt b
the
worse rest, more with the shareholders of the East- evergreens, a ith appropriate mottoes- for thin, whic
ern lkinking Corptration. h
suns c.a•taitily the finishing touch to the whole affair
Poeice.---17eoroe IC,thy, alias and thanks are &IC to Mimes Jane and Aline Dash
forget
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nt nmi1ii,,,,,,,,
Be w•iti
James Brockirtry were lir, eight before the magis- • wood and Miss Jessie Lung* One thing in concha.
trite., charge.' with stealing (coin the person of mine.,
Lovell one half-crown, and remanded till Thursday,
when they were again b rough up ai t el found guilty,. school child so
guilty,: ren. .; in number,
p
of a ortable
when wishing to be dealt siationanly with they were 1.1
le'"eise".i'letaitliirttn.otthefo .t
writing case. 'being the revolt of a penny subsciiption,
menteneed. Kerley one mouth to Dorchester gaol, and SE.%SoN ABLE BENEVoLESCV- --it is always a plea.
Brockway one month to Poole wool, with hard telsour. sing duty to us to record acts of charity, and more
It appears hy the usual comity-court (Ocular that particularly when bestowed at. this inclement season
Andover SIMI WOW:Mb/II are fitt:whed to the P.. ole .of Pie year. Sow little time since It. It. Harvey,
circuit. anti that Lemiligton us "nutted. ',radials...ll gsq., became the purchaser of Hutton Mamie House,
Is In future to. he taken by C. .1. (late, Esq., oof the near this town. and the extensive grounds belonging
B.ontlifunioton circuit. in lieu of Andover. In future 'thereto.. On Christmas Eve Mr. Harvey causal to
cow ts will be held only owe au two months at be fliUnbuthst, this ought the Bev. W. Nicol, the curate
Wareham, Wituborne, Furolingbriolge, and Christ- of that parish. to sine .of the 01.1 people and poorer
church. inhabitants there, half-a-cro.wn each in ~,,, ney. and
to others a suitable but comfort:Ode article of cloth.
IILANDFOItD. lug for the winter. Mrs. Harvey. likewise, die-
EAST lbotfol• HoeNDS. -It bas been usual for trilnited articles of warm and coomftortable clothing,
and a quantity of bread on the sante day.
the foxhounds to thrust toff at some popular meet close
atonic on die .lay following Christtnasslay. Sunday TIIV.AT Ti. TIIE INMATES OF THE WORKHOUSE.-
ititervoling this year the meet if the East Dorset • On Weditesiday last the inmate* of the Union Work-
I hounds was tilted for Durwestt.ta Bridge ni M lay, house, both old and young. numbering nearly 100,
tlw 27th ult. The previously all but Meessant rain were liberally supplies' with the old English cheer,
cea-seol oon the morning of die 'mot, and the weather roost beef and plum-pudding. and in the evening
invitingly drew together upwards of 20i1 horsemen • there WAS 4114T0/idol aintogst tile old people, through
1101 gwl mingled a ideasing the liminess and liberality of several ladies in the
variety tof holy equtsdnouis and a capital sprinkling of town, a quantity ttf tea, snuff, &c. The poor old
the scarlet. After the hounds haul otrawia two or three. creatures Seellie4l to have enjoyed themselves. One
small (swept blank they were thrown into the gorse °Felton on being asked if she had done 90, exclaimed :
oon Pimperne down. Here a fox was 80011 (00t, 0 Yes mum, to my old heart's content." The ex-
and, after a slight belterskelter, was piffled ,I„wn poises were defrayed by a public subscription, set
in cover. A holloa to the; right gave note. oof one • t,n foot II the chairman and ga:111lia/111. We were
gone away. The I 'ls were quickly tail „1,, hit glad to tobaerve the donors taking much personal
off the scent, and having teethed their way through terest in the entertainment to which they so greatly
Pimperne woos' went away in capital style over an contributed. There were present, the Misses Dash-
open country, running their 'fox close to their old , wood. of the Cottage, Mrs. and the Misses Harvey,
kennel in Esetbury Park, anti ultimately loosing him the Misses Jane and Anne Dasliwood, Mrs. and the
in a cover le:longing to E. Catitleman, Esq., , tof Misses Long. J. B. Heldman, Esq.. J. P., Captain
chettle, after a brilliant run from point to point Wsrry. H. C. Dashwood, Esq., Bev. K. W. Kin-
withtout a check. Not a " whimper" has 'wen heard nard, &c. In the evening some ladies prepared a
here fiance tour last relative to the hunting .611,,1N on handsome Christmas-tree for the children, about 20
f;unville down. We believe the committee Who met in numher ; the tree was laden with a large (man-
at lhoreliester and apportioned the country between tity of useful and pretty toys, sweetmeats, and
Lord Portman and C. Itatlelytie, Esq., are nownece. apples and oranges in abundance, the whole being
eionally meeting to consider the matter, and when a lit with a large number of wax tapers. The agree-
decision as ti the proper course to be adopted has able duty of stripping the tree and handing out the
been arrived at, further information probahly articles to the children, whose countenances beamed
lie affoonlest to the public. All sporting lion, lucre ' with joy, was performed in the moat pleasing man-
appear to think dust the affair, as regards (extending ner by the young ladies who had generously con.
in this and other counties, must receive furdwr , tributed to the gratification of the hour. The di..
notice, and such a course leo taken as will be most tribution having hewn finished, the master of the
likely to prevent a recurrence of an incident well Union exhibited to the inmates a large number of
calculated unpleasantly to break in upon, if not break beautiful views with the magic lantern; and some
up, a day's sport amateur friends kindly concluded the course of en-
tertainment with music anti singing. Too much
VESTRY Ileereen.-The aoljtmmetl meeting to
consider the advisability of granting m the sum asked I praise "1"1"t given to the master and mistress,
(air. and Mrs. Clough,) for the excellent manner in
for ii)' the inspectors of the public lights, and like-
! which they carried tout the wishes of the donors.
wise the sun 11111 l ning of those who hail refused Po pay
the liglitrate, was held at the ohl Workhouse on ---
Wolutsiday last. A very large number tor the St )I;TH AIM PTO N.
resprctalde rate-layers tof the parish attended the ENCOVNTER WITH Postasetts.-The home estate
meeting. and after one of the overseers had given of Thomas cleintberlayne, Esq., of Cranbury, which
further infortnatt at relative to the rate, and asked ! extends iiito the parishes of Otterboume, HumleY,
from the vestry ft r 1 4f and his colleague antho- and North Itubleeley, is a-ell wooded and abonels
rity eumnion the objectors before the magistrates, with game, esievially pheasants, which are Pre-
a rcsolutiou was nroposed and 'main ~,,, usly carried served with gnat care. For several years past the
painting the atteitonty askol for. The overseers tonsiervea have been visited a little time before
having a power irrespective of the vestry to take Chriattnas luy sonic destperate characters from South.
legal proceedings agamet the defaulters, many per. sunioton, a distance of fr seven to nine miles. Such
sons present deemed the giving such an authority visitors being again expected. three of the assistant
superfluous ; but, as the overseers appe.ared to. Ilea- gamekeeper's, Martin, Light. and Packe, were t.n the
tate in the thailiarse of their duty without it, the watch in Fryer's Hill woeel. in the parish of Hur-
resolution referredlo was ttuly paws'. The grant eely, on the evening of the 24th of December. About.
Po the inspectors of £199 Was, after a slight discus. half-past seven o'clock the report tof a gun was heard
allo.well. at a short distance front the keepers, who made
A 'MAIDEN SEANIONS.-The magistrates met here t'"wanh' the place whence the sown' issued, and then
hearing some od the bushes rattle, plarctl thentselves
oon :Saturday last for the purpose oof le:donning their
on their hands au.l knees so as to be able to see with-
magisterial duties. len not a aolitary ease Was brought
before them for their adjudie Atom This is an eut being seen. The only light waS the occasional
gli 11111 l erne; .of the stars. which were occasionally oh-
movoial eine 1111 l stance at Chrietnias time, and siwakS
AMT mina 11l i l in a kneeling petitaton about
loudly in favour tof the preventative influence tof the
ten 11l ill uttse the. 1,.a..-hers. three in number, made
county police, and the 1104:1A1 order of our town and
neighbourhood. their appearance. It would seem that the tonachers
suepecteol they were watched, for one of them ex-
cl. - Hark which was followed by a whispering
attenog, them. and they then male their way by
breaking through a thick cuter and making the
branches-rattle. They were speedily folloatsl toy the
gamekeepers each of thein singling his mail. Martin,
who had the directim oof the other two rushed
towards, his man. and ass within the distance of tao
yards alien the fellow turned round and facesl him,
and raised the gun with which he was armed to his
shoulder. He then cocked it, AII4I stepped backward
as if he wished to effect a retreat. The gamekeeper
folloated him step by step, the gun being le noted
against I . After the poacher bad retreated about
ten yards, he sash to the keeper, If you come any
further I a-ill blow your brains tout.' The game-
keelocr sail, •• Don't elloot upon %%bleb the poacher
molted. •• I will ;" in elate of which the gamekeeper
continued following him, the tine occasionally saying
•• I aolit shoot l" and the other always saying •• I
a-ill;.' and at last, taking the gun from his shioulder,
he inflicted several blows with it on the head and
left arm tot the gainekeeiwr. which he in pan parried
with an ash stick ahiichu lie carried. The gamekeeper
mow cloos,:ol Upon the poacher, seized him by his
neckerchief, and threw him on his back, the poacher
still retai ll il ag the gm in his hand. The gunekeeper
_had now Ins opponent matter huunu. kneeled u)uiuuu loin
and held him by his neckerchief, but the other was
unwilling to surrender, and stru I I tas_hcaperately, anti
in the snuggle the gun went oil, but without doing
auy injury. The gamekeeper hind now resource to
his ash stick and struck the pouther several times on
the head. This produced another struggle. and
though on the ground they rolled one over another
till they fell into a litole three feet deep, in which
the teacher manage,' to be to.. 1111111, but so
tight y held by his opponent he was not able to effect
his elocape. being held by his neckerchief. The
struggle still continued. the gamekeeper calling for
help, whieli at length hcrwas hardly able to do in
consequence Of the blood which had flowed from the
severe woo 1111 l Is which had been inflicted on his left
hand hiy tlw prisoner with a clasp knife which he had
Contrived to get from his pocket and open. At length
the other two keepers, who had been in pursuit of the
two other poadwrs, came up and relieved their corn-
rule, who was tired out with a struggle which had
lasted about twenty minutes, and who fainted from
the loss of blood.. The poacher still made a desper-
ate effort to make his escape, and was dragged out of
the hole and abong the ground for a considerable dis-
tance before he would submit. In the mean time
alartiti took refuge in a cottage where his bleeding
hand was bound up. The same night the poacher was
conveyed to Witieliester, and arrived at the police-
at oti on in a miserable condition, his howl being ilia-
ligured by the heavy bloom he had received ; nor less
pitiful was the state of Ow gamekeeper who exhi-
bited a ghastly wound ton the head inflicted by sine
blunt weapon, and two severe cuts ion the left hand.
which will disable it for some months. The poacher
was searched, anti upon him was found a powder
flask. On Wednesday the prisoner was brought Ull
for exannuatimi before Capt. Nevill. pnneipal
evidence was that of Martin, which was in many par-
ticulars corroborated by Macke. who produced the gun
and by .1 elm Harper. the head ktwper, who deposed
to the finoling of a large clasp knife covered with
blood, in the hole in whielt the struggle took place.
The prisoner made no defence, and was fully con-
tain...4l for trial at the amazes on the charge of night
poaching. His name is Thomas Longman, and he as
a coal-beaver, of Southampton.
H ANTS COTTAIIA IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.-II is
proopeeel to eetatolisli a society in Haute under the
aloove title, with a view to procure additional ac-
co oulatiton tor labourers, by the erection of a third
room to cottages in which there are but two. Each
member is to subscribe at least XI annually, and a
suseriber of I's to be allowed to select a cottage in
his oven olist net. and to uffer that sum to the osuner
on condition that lie a-ill erect such third room,
which is not to be leas -than 9ft. by 7 it., but inch
cottage is not to be the property of the submit-doer ;
every subscriber tof LI to be allowed to give L I
from the general fund for the erection of a partition
in any room large enough to be dividetl off for the
use oof children. There are other regulations for
carrying out the objects of the society. One
111 l is, dun no lodger union be taken by a
Cott:POT Si' The Bishop of Winchester
aiel the high sheriff have made known their intention
to support the society, to -which they have each sub-
scribed VI. A meeting will be called at Wise:best
ter to promote the °ldea in view.

EVERSHOT.

An instance of sudden &Ai occurred in this
town on NI lay week. The deceased, Joseph
i;roves. was a thatcher, and had gone h..iite to
.1 er about o'clock when he asked his datr,4liter-
iii•law, Jane tiroces. who with her hu51...n.1 and
f. 'ly resided hr the same roof, to join him with
s.mie of the ehildn.ii and wake of some law( which
she.iia.l cooked for I -;- this she WM linable to do
at the liumient. but our her ehilareti sat -doss ti
with the deceased, she intending to join hint In a few
tea. Shortly after the ehibt rut out auth told
her the deceased was ele.king. She i &&&& nediately
went into the room where the deco:m..l was, hut he
lireatheil his last whilst chic WM eil.learolirilig to
extricate the piece of Meat which thus caused his
death.

SALISBURY.

COUNTY BALL—The tirstcountv ban for the so
son took plat* at the Assembly-rooms on TuesilsY
evening last, and a more brilliant display of rank an
fashion has not been seen in the rooms for several
years. The company consisted of upwards of
of the most distinguished families of the city an
neighbourhood. Dancing was kept up with the h'n'lt,•
eat spirit, and all parties retired highly delights".
Reynolds' baud from Bath, attended, and gave great
satisfaction. Mr. Finley officiated with his wear
tomixt tact and ability as master of the ceremonies.

WILTON.— Wilton Factory.—The .Vora.kr Loom
—The grog increase in the Axminster (or British
Savonnerie) carpet department at this factory air:
its connection with the eminent firm of Lapwortb._,an"
Co. has encouraged the spirited and enterfookag
proprietors to increase their extensive plant. ,"y
building the largest loom for weaving these ma'
brated fabrics ever yet erected, from which carl'eta
can be made to the most extraordinary (limanann*
all in one piece. It is well worthy of inspection. and
i.e model of machinery.

Printed and published fee -lls• Proprietors bY Jmfilr
BARTLETT ATKINS, 01 F Hill, Doselisalsr, .
Printer, at the Otßee of The Classy /spree',
Chtireh Hired, Dorehheter.—Thooday, JalwarY' 44b'
18teJ.

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