The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-06-19 00:00:00

BRADPOLL

Au Inquiet was bold on Saturday beton N. M.
Nag, on the body of John James Chard, soa
•
of aha
Chard, labourer, aged two 7eue and tea
months. who died in a fit Verdict, Died by the
Visitation of God."

SALISBURY.
T!!fi Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sae=
hes licensed the Rev. William Whitasarsh,
it. A., to the Chaplaincy of the Wilts County Gaol
at Maoris Anger.
Alio Wm.—Mr. Hall, of Oxford, lass caught some
remarkably fin* trout in this iaigbbosrbOO4 derififf
the pest week. On Saturday he gapoeeded, within
an hour and a half, in bookies and landing three
beautiful fish, weighing in the upwards
of Ifilhe. They have been cepy photographed
by Mr. F. Treble, of H4liebreet.
Aeoneens—On Saiir&y, Robert Goodfellow, an
old mem 71 years of age, WM engaged in crashing
mute linseed cake for Mr. Flower, of Ridge Farm,
when by some mesas hi left hand became entangled
in the machine, and his for, finger and thumb were
an croslisd as to necessitate his removal to the
Salisbury Winner/.
Coinnamosa mous& BY THS LORD LIRUTINAJIT ,
OF not Corrirre or W 'um —loth W Snare Rifle
Vasa's& Corp., Mango Herbert Lavin to be
Lieutenant, via B.avenhill resigned; Joseph Smith,
gentleman, to be Ensign, rice lagrarn promoted. '
Communions dated 29th May, 1869 —lst Wiltshire
Rifle Volunteer Corplflwaid Frederick Kelsey,
gentleman, to be Ensign, Wce Finch resigned.
Commeve died 29th May, 1888.
SALISBURY SHOW Naw INFLAMES:NIL—Among
those which atiesied the greatest amount of Waukee,
was amble' and Spencers' pied chain carn drill.
That parolees's, of whoin there applied to he • greet
number, might better understand the working of it, the
exhibitors had provided torn to thaw how regular the
chains delivered it from the box into the tubes, and bow
easy the different quantities were regulated by merely
raising or lowering • slide over each chain. From the
°pinkie that were then exposed, this principle will
Ter! We be adopted by all prestied
Comm Psrm Session, Tuesday.—Presest T.
E. Fowls, gag., and & Hiniman, Esq.—William Pike
was summated for leaving the service of Mr. Stephen
Allen, of Cbcldertve.—Ordeted to Wei sight days'
to pay costs, and to return to his work.--James
Wilkins (who did it appear), was fined PI and cods,
for using wires to take hares, on land belonginitoollL
Wyedharn. Rm., at Steeple Langford. —i
Brownjohn was summoned for washing Denial
Dawkins, at Rexford Bt. Martin. The &leaded del
not appear. The poetise met at • public-home, on
&today night, and because the complainant would not
toss for beer the defendant streak him sewed times,
giving him two very blank spa—Having boon twice
before fined for an awl; the Beech ordered the &few
dint to be sent to the Hour of Correction and kept to
hard labour for two calrioder mootbs.—Emily Brewer
and Ellen Brewer. were summoned for damaging• foie
belonging to Harry Munn., but • question of right
being raised, the magistrates held that they had lo
jurisdiction.
CEORALB AND QUARRRIBL —They my you must
from hone* to lease the sews, and acoordinjljr
are indebted for the following to our amusing on
contemporary, Pvc --" We have had forwarded to
us a droller Weed by the authorities of the Salis-
bury Diocesan Choral Amociation Feekval." It
states that "flows disorder having 'risen at former
dinners in the distribution of the Beer, the com-
mittee are desirous of keeping it entirely in their
own management, and that if any friends who may
amid them, 'and • form of undertaking to as in
the distribution of the beer is annexed. From this
we are reluctantly led to conjecture that the choirs
exhibit a preiwma for MEYER- BEER, that the
trebles Incllne to treble X, the basses to BLIMPS,
aud the tames effected • barrel-tone that made it
difficult for them to moue the even timer of they
way. We should recommend the committee tit
stop
the distribution of the beer altogether if they would
provost the painful spectacle of a choir with twenty
four Leak in the triad."
CITY Fern Sesakera, Monday, —Present : The
Worshipful the Mayor, J. C. Wheeler, and F. A
&gm—Robert Williams. • rough looldng fellow
described himself as an engraver and "lubber," WM
brought up on remand, *barged with stealing a °loth
waistcoat, value 10a.. the property
_of Freed@ Britten
Prosecutor said he was a bliseiremith living ia Bt. Ana
Skeet. On Sunday week, the primer palled at big
house, and engird two beds for • week. He said be
expected his mother by the four o'clock train re
day afternoon. afteenoon. He had tea and supper in the evening,
and breakfast oa the following mining. Prom what
witaem's wife kW him when be west hems to dinner
on Woodsy, he was induced to examine, is clothes, and
mimed • Mack cloth waistcoat from his sitting-room,
where be had left it the previous evening.—Mr.
Swell, pawnbroker, Milford-street, said the primer
pawned the wise:Oat at his shop for Ss. Hs mid it
was his own, sod gave the name of Thome Roberta.—
The prisoner wee apprehended by Sergi. Mo0=1:
said he knew nothing whatever about the
—To day he pleaded guilty, and said be had been driven
to commit the theft through having lost the use of his
right arm—ln reply to the Bench, Mr. Sept, Celdow
maid the primer was well kaown at Bristol, where he
had been 000vieted. The Bristol pike had another
charge against him, and he would be handed over to
them on the expiration of his sentence bera—He was
ordered to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for
three calendar months.— A young man who gave
the name of William Thome vas brought up
to mower • charge of having .omitted a
burglary at the Sersosn's Head Las. Kra Doughty,
the teudlady.deemed that she went to bed about three
°Welk on Friday worming kat. having Fedi:oily
fastened aU the doon and window+. On coming down
b41,01R eta and seri, she found Shah • pane had been
broken, and the her door zuslocieed f rem the Midi.
She mimed a few shillings' worth of coppers, and three
eigu boxes, which were fall of " Pilikwieks" when she
went to led, were lying empty in the peenege. She
saw the prisoner at the house, and served him with
drink about eight or nine o'clock the previous envois.
—Mr. Henry Risbardsoo, landlord of the Green Dragon
said the prisoner engaged a bed at his house oe Thanday
evening, but did not come in to sleep. On Friday
morning, be brought a parcel, and asked witness to take
care of it. Be said he could Dot get in secs doe& to
and did net like to call anybody up. Whams after-
ward. fond that the panel contained " Piekkisk*
steers. —eergeant MoCiough deposed that he appreheeded
the prisoner at the Angel Inn, Fisherton, about three
o'clock on Saturday afterooon. On being charged be
said "You have male a mistake • I know oiling et
all about any cigars." Witness silkd him where be was
ANYinIL sod he molted, "I came from Bristol this
morning." A dies box, two dice, and • knife were the
only things found on the prisoner. Prisoner was
committed for trial at the next Adzes.
DISODYIBY OF A ICILY CAVR Dimwits& AT
Futaamon.—Most of our readers are aware that •
peculik interest bas lately steadied to the neighbour.
hood of Salisbury, from the discovery of human-worked
flint weapons or Implements in the drift, mom of which
are deposited in the Salisbury and South Wilt. Kase=
We have now to record another discovery of consider-
able importanee in connection with primeval andoso-
loys ; we allude to the finding of several pits se ewe
dwellings BS Filmdom, which are evidently the work of
the inhabtiate at a Vary remove period of iniquity.
These excavations wirm discovered nest the reeidemee of
Mr. A. T. Adlam, on an elevated neck of lend
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lying between the two valleys, threads while
Sow the river Avon sad the rivers Wyly. and
Nadder. It appears Oft lir. Allem was trenching hi
lead, sad sertels herniation on the soil led him to
believe that then were excavations in some spots os his
ground which had bees afterwards filled in. He aci-
cordinaly continued his investigation, sod ultimately
brought to light MIMS' caves, which we lad en oppor-
tunity of inspectiog yesterday. The first of these is •
oireslar hole in the gavel drift on the chalk, which
Is about 10 feet deep, by 7i feet in diameter. It
contained fragments of clay brought from Alderbary
--a datum of between three and four miles—
whisk evklently formed part of the cover origi•
many placed over the top for protection. Some
rtsgbroken in plow were also found in this
pit. There is another excavation, which consists of an
*Meshes shaft and three circular dwellings, the largest
of which is about eight feet in depth by sues feet in
diameter. A short datum from the last-sensed, is •
tan with an antrum Katt, which is in • very perfect
median. We also noKeed another pit, which is soma
what in the shape of a buin. All these were Shed In
with boil, which has been removed by Kr. Adieu, who,
from eaten indication, is of opinion that many
similar imamate:es may yet be found on his land.
With regard to the objects found in these pits, there
was a total absence of an articles of metal,
whin would lead to the supposition that the
dwellers in these pits lived in what is generally
termed the "stone" age, or that which we anterior to
the "broom' period. Ills evident, too, that they must
hare noted their food in • patellar manner. isesievieh
u a large quntity of bunt flint stun was found in ,
the cues. According to the romans discovered their '
food consisted of the small or (hoe iongtfrene), heap, •
peculiar small variety of goat (showing that they were
• pectoral people), dogs or wolves, and pip. They
were also fishermen, as one of the vertebra of •
salmon was found. In order to prove the peat
antiquity of them ex... Mime, we may remark that
the subsoil of the laud on which they are situate
contains a large mount of Homan utility, not ea
atom of which has bees loud in the dirt Wm from
the pis. l'ime tea, therefore, be no dada that they
wen filled in *ff Ware the Raman held pasessitia of
this country. Neismus other Anne wen feted is
these pile or caves. There wee • !zaijquitality of
band-made pottery, evidently the amidst;
vessels of • primitive raos. Spindle whirls slay iresea
also discovered, and clay balls for lolanda' the thread,
which showed that the dwellers wen ampudsted with
the art of ninnies. We may also ateeMes twit No,
spindle whirls, eitailar to those fused ia these pito, ate
brought from Pam leveed of whisk may he ems in mar
local museum. Bends, the foregoing, a amber of iterkedi
hone implements were fo together with a small
broken needle. We also nods** as implement made of
geee Itorn,p=2:mdeithe forme( se elemptel ooem
which was foe Girding wool. ea Mellish el
whieh was • enlingek not alterither
dimasilar to that wrZlie sometimes toned the
erns discovered in the Small of the want British
sem on Salisbury Plain. We do not vesture to pea.
' scum as the precise effe of these Gana, but we have
lit& doubt that Ken were 0"• bv • pecoleof
' remote antiquity, who, from the similarity of
' reentina, might has bees oentemporsty with the
'4wellom on the Swiss lakes, l whom no many
alisbury
' dlesoeleies hareva= beep shavis.—
. Aurora.

Thu Wausau 804231 T.—The Ukiah maims*
ary at the Wiltshire Society wee held as P`riday
evermig, die Albion Heed,
Losdosi, wider the orgasm. of =6;4l6renrai•esli
dodge Lees, Berk, ILF. The soma' wite asnse
smaller this of leas yeare, but wee vary Alin; mg
mows sgogs premst were the idergina of Belk
Thomas Beheson, Lord Made
Bram, M.P., Mr. Thome' Frew Grove,
bI.P Blsokesore, Belj, Jolla Masa
Dneew.
Aerrohar, Peg,. ,
Biqa. ALito.! ere erertulammamk_i 81.14:sirstl.
provided dinner. The samenal arrangements w
smug were well serried ate by Mama Mk"
YPoir°. Oanauss."4 CarbillW LialrObarskaatili 1191611.111".111.
12
taut of lb. eveaing—" Tle• luiteL. lb.
Wiltshire floolety," used the obi= del
Bodily was toraise by doseithale
and animal salawrianies for the purpose of
Wrarthe children of poor Pereese Irma
gresidest is Loudon or wails the hills et
oserlality, and in the amity of Wilts. It must Me
obvious to all ask a mon doeirablv slUidithen this
could not be oomeived. Hs tag within
the last few years the populates of Wiltshire bed
oossiderably deeressed, the radon probably big
that the people had not bees able to end employ.
snot In their owe ditatiots end had gees ele
others, seppoidly se the fselities of looomotice
within late riarsoro gab inward Papa frees
the easy had drifted away is diffsrent daeotiaus,
and it owe be a greet comfort to many of there,
when they become struck down by poverty to he
able to reesive the swistems of a mouSy like that is
bringing op and apprenticing their
hew). Another object of the society WOO to gems
to seoli of the appreotioes as had moduoted drew
selves properly, a loss of mosey_ wises the Mem of
Shale apprentiesehip *spired. This drank big as
being a most useful protasis., sad he hoped it was
sin operative, lassoed' as it met me of the
objeotiose which he had bead brought siminal
the society, nesmely that it oceased in sambas
more to thaws waifs and slasys from the emesty
who mum to Loadoo, rather than ezbesd its awe
to those poor persons requirisg mastemoe WitbiS
the limits of the comity. He would mot demi& Mem
baser than by saying that if there was. say
sals roma who wished to blooms estisoriCite
the society, the has. esoretery woad be very glad to
roam air sang& He bad reosived lama tran
Lard Hear, Thymus, and other Wiltshire mainberes,
exprering thief regret at being obliged to be abeest.
Foe his own pert Is hoped they woad sot allow lie
anisty tu be obliged to bout its °paragon' for the
wain of those fools which they meld so easily plea
at its disposal, and if they would allow hiss, be
would, for himself, plan ten guineas is the heads of
the secretary as • donation to is eras the imolai— amid
applams). Jabs Vinoest, the hos. usomtsrl.
oast laid haws the meeting the report ol tbi
ilps•Winill of the exist, for the past year, shah was
as foliose r

The Cocassittee report that at the mestieg ler
election of appasaths. on the 17th of April last, there
wen 25 ma sionely 18 tows residents, aced sena
from readouts to the smutty. Of them. 14 Imre
ealested, of whom nine were town assididates, and the
remaining lye, county amididates, sad two withdrew
before the steak* At this year's elastic*, out of IC
governors and Nabs:ahem 137 oaly 0/4111.0111 their
zigbt of voting. Ilis capital stook of the
remains at £3,100 23 per cent. reduced welt:a=
£2,100 £3 per mat. masols, beide. Make tIMMII 1..
cosh balance at the beakers el Old 4a. This liter
sem, however, is Maned with Mae el the
second woad= of &ppm/sties pcwoiaa sew due,
amounting to 271 17s. lid., as w the lira Nosisilies
of premium to be paid In respell* of two el
Um 1865 apprentices, sot yet wayside/4i, sad the 16
Andres elested at the last mee- g, aniountleg to £lllO.
The shims upon the Society for the year now mamma
lag, culleive of the above mune .1 171 17e. dd. and
£lO3, amount to £92 10a and the toad liabilities la
additioe amount to £3861(k Frem the above state-
nant it will be seen that of the 25 candidates, Mae
were unencessiful, of whose Lv. sea seine leeward at
the elestios sett year; but should them be at that dam
the must number of frisk applauds, It will ba
1 impossible for your corarnittes to met the mammas-
Mom of all the gonna' and subeeribees, unless them
*Auld be • considerable increase to the feeds of the
flesisay.

The reoeipts for the year erammivi be
£660 17a. 26., and after ying an
there wee a behinds at the in Ziyitart
£392 4e. Mr. Vinoent also reed the following list ef
new simnel subscriptions and &ratio= :
Sabsoription—Mrs. Lakin, the (3fte, SailfhwlT. £l.
Doeaticoe—Richard P. Long, Esq., 11. P., £lO 10e.;
Edward Hamilton, Esq., ICE. £10• the Has. Mr.
Justice Lug, £lO 10..' Biohard Price. Hoq.,
£1010..' MIS Edith Ilerewether, £1010..; W. H.
Rowlaad, Req., £lO 10a ; Colonel Everett, £lO 10a;
Eryleman Pinckney, Em., £lO 10a. ; Jacob Phillips,
Elm., £loloe. ; Themes Ward Bog& Esq., 310 10a,
John Bradford, Esq., £lO 10e. ; a. N. Everett, Bag.;
EL The following ix • Ilse of the children amend
form=htiomis=tail, 1866 :—Town Candidates
, father from revery, 86
votes' Knotace John Amor, father from flalisherf,
77; Edward Barnes, mother (formerly Mary Law-
rence) from Baseihury, 87; John iDowderoy, mother
(formerly Ana Rose) from Obippenham, 110 ; amyl
Reda (mother (formerly Jane Shipway) from 07411,
ton, 84; William Thanes Mott, mother (formerly
Jme Mille) from Mute, 106; mother
(formerly Mary Lewis) from Chippenbeni, 77; lemo
Smith, father from Betook, 74' Loomis Wright,
genets from 101. County Cana:hikes—
Wfilism Hy. oir, Warminster 126; William
Masfleld, Bornisphun, 24; Edwin Smith, Oodford
St. Peter, 42; Henry Speck, Broad Blenedon, 133;
James Young, Warmimear, 123.