The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-27 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1880.

DORCalarm. 04 annermkinitireeral relations at home. Do that the Wee*.
ins MI me enese back manifold. There i no place
Stmlira a o.—On Thursday OtesrY &rein wag whiere the hypocrite will have • worse time than in the
brought.il:bgefore the Mayor for steeling a gun worth barrack-room, and no place where the man who can stand
Li, bel to Joseph 'lite, who lodged at the Sun are and is proved to be true will have more respect. Some
Inn. P ner borrowed it en the 15th, took it to etesadr nr :in a barrack-room were getting some persecu.
BurNie, near Marlborough, and 'let it go" for ba. 77,!°-en:onnehriiitt when they came in • persecutor wu
Willnyou • ill ouing re tro up il :1304116 by spec,
Supt. Coward went after him, took him, and recovered 7:"'"'
the gun, which prisoner, when arrested, said he would .... „„„t„Lai,7_ f
g with hie singing land of
he :nes suddenly
return as erson sa he got work on the Abbotabury knocked over sprawling by a big c.ibbage, thrown by one
Railway.—Remanded till Monday, when he was who inside no profession of religion, but who did not like
brought up on remand.— Francis Cu' stated he kept the
n
to see the consistent men ridiculed. Several glorious
New Inn, &whew', Wiltshire. On Monday prWnor deaths of converted characters were witnessed, among
came to his house, with three children, and • young thor of one whose last words were
man, and a gun. He had some ale, and he made a 1 " Nothing in my hands I brine;
bmpriger:erwsialdth trigne watinntiofereortsl,o" partg" wfiorth fiivteassiiihlelina Simply to Thy cross I cling.
Some of our most prosparous missions in South Africa
_
exchanged it with • do-ale-barrelled gun.—The gun and ootherm
er places were established by Christian soldiers,
tlie work at Aldershot God had blessed theta by
woduced wee the lame. -The Mayor said they would and I
es le !Feeding Methodism where it woe little known before,
be lenient as possible , and he would only be sent to
prison for 14 days' hard labour. '11) ' collection, votes of thanks, doxology, and prayer
Woggiles Msx'a Ixerrruil.—The annual meeting cloud the meeting.
was held on Wednesday night, the president, Mr.
Bawler, in the chair. The accounta showed there wee
• balance of £4 owing to the Treasurer, while is point
of numbers, the members remain about the same as
last year. The loss of Mr. if. Williams, who made
m_vsente of books to the Institute, continues to be felt.
Mr. Bawler was re-elected president, Mr. Jameson,
vice-president, and Mr. Plummer, treasurer. Mr. &
Barnes was chosen secretary in the place of Mr. EL
Payne, who has resigned, and was unwell at the time
of the meeting. The following were appointed the
committee :—Rev. T. Nears, Mr. if. Payne, me., Mr.
Hill, nen., Messrs. John Guy, Heathorne, W. Pouncy,
Vine, and Jeffery; and Messrs Guy and Wood were
chosen auditors.

COUNTY COURT.
Thursday: Before T. E. P. 1.4r0y, Esq., Judge.
Po* e. Form—Claim for possession of yard and stable
which defendant was willing t) give up, but would not
admit a claim of Allis. for rent. The landlord had given
Force notice, and when be would not go, doubled his rent,
making it du • week. Force admitted owing the single
rent, at a week, and Me, Pople agreed to take that U paid
and on given up at once.—Defendant said he I
could get another place, and plaintiff agreed to give
him a fortnight —To this the defendant agreed, and judg-
ment was given on thorn terms.
George Stone e. John Amer.—Defendant admitted •
' portion of the olaim fos. Id. ; but disputed the first part of
the ball, which included an old account, of which defen-
dant said he knew nothing.—Mrs. Stone said defendant
faithfully promised to pay, if she would give him credit
bat lately he said be didn't understand paying old debts.
The debt was seven years old, and plaintiff said it was con-
tracted while he was away, and when he came down, he
pad a shilling because, said he, he bad no means of moor
taming whether the debt was due or not. It appeared
that defendant left his wife, and while he was away, she
mut obliged to get into debt —He had 16s. • week at the
gas eerie' regularly, and 191. a week in winter; but had •
family of seven.—Ordered to pay 2a. in • fortnight, &ad 2L
a month afterwards.
ti ,orge d'one r. J. tin Hu.chinnt—This was also • cam
wlure the delta:admit had a young family; but Mn. Stone
slid he went out banlc itching and neglected Iva regular
work.—D3fendent pleaded he "expected another" soon,
and the Judge adjourned the case till the March Court, in
consideration of the expense which was coming upon
defendant.

SOLDITI STIRLING POOLTRY.—John Stubl4, driver
R.H.A., was brought up on Saturday morning at the
Town Hall. before the Mayor (W. Durden, Req.),
charged with stealing a cock and two pigeons, the
property of Mrs. Rayne, of Forlington, on Friday
night.—P.C. Dunn met him about 11 o'clock carrying
the birds, one of which was a white Dorking cock a
prise-winner at the Dorchester Poultry Show.—ke-
mended till Monday.--Prisoner was brought tip
this (Monday) m truing, before the Mayor (W.
Dur len, Eoj ), and It. Davis, Esq.—The evidence of
P.O. Dunn having been read over, Eliz t Bartlett
stated that on Friday night with Mrs. 3layne she
shut up the pigeons in the poultry vita She now
Identified the pigeons by a mark on the leg.—James
Davis, of Fordington, helped to look after the poultry,
He lived next to the yard. Identified the cock,
which was • show bird, and very valuable, and worth
£2 2e. It had taken a prise at the poultry show last
week. The pigeons were eolith half-a-crown.—Pri-
sone.. pleaded guilty, and chose to be tried by the
magistrates.—The sergeant-major of the R.H.A.
stated that prisoner had been in the service two years
and eight months, and had a very bad character.—
Two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
CILRY THll7.—Rannak Fry, a respectably dreased
middle-aged woman, was brought up for stealing
cocoa -nut matting at Maiden Newton railway station.
—Serthlpttch, on the 19th inst„ apprehended her on
the c when she said she ha 1 another piece at
home. e took the matting, and also • piece of old
rug.—Charles Styles, • carter for Mrs. Peckham, who
keeps the Maiden Newton refreshment-room, met
prisoner with some cocoanut matting in her arms, and
about a quarter of an hour after saw her come round
the corner with some ccor•. knew the mats were
Mrs. Peckham's, hsvin beaten them out many times.
Witness here proceeded to show his acqoaintance with
the mate, and was desired not to shake them about so.
—Mr. J. Good, surgeon to the Prison, under whose
care the woman had been, considered her insane, and
was prepared to give a certificate for her being sent to
an laYihus--Prisoner wept bitterly when she heard
she was to be sent to an asylum.—This charge was
then disposed of, the prisoner was, however, retained
!In euatody, for the purposes of her being committed to
a lunatic asylum. The magistrates afterward' took
medical evidence in private, and the prisoner was sent
to a madhouse. Her husband was present, • man in
cords, who we understand, has had much trouble with
his wife's propensity for theft.
Damn= ROBBERY.— At the County Hall on
Saturday, before H. B. Middleton, Esq., and A.
Hansel, Esq., Jan Donelly, a young soldier of the
56th, was brought up vu remand charged with stealing
two bottles of gin from the shop of Mr. C. White, of
Fortune's WelL—Mr. White, the plaintiff, wine and
ipirit dealer, said on Wednesday night • man named
I Pearce came into his shop and said a 'soldier had
taken two bottles of gin, and on his (plaintiff's) ex-
amination be missed them from a rack close by the
door in the shop. Had seen them about halt-an-hour
before. Pearce was asked to run after the man, and
! some time after the bottler, which had hie labels on
' them, were brought back to his shop. The gin was
worth 2s. 61 per bottle.—Thomas Pearce about nine
en Wednesday saw defendant inside Mr. White's door
taking the two bottle" out of the rack Wit",
stopped, and when prisoner saw him be ran off.
Wittier' told Mr. White, ran after him, and caught
him, then left him in charge of the crowd while he
fetched P.C. Stone.—The bottles were thrown on the
ground and broken, and the witness received them
from someone in the crowd.—P.C. Stone found pri-
soner detained at Cove Cottage by • number of
people and when taken into custody prisoner said it
was a ;marine who gave them to him. He was under
, the influence of drink, but not drunk. While being
taken to Dorchester on the following day he said he
should plead guilty, and hoped he should get off with
a month.—Sargesnt Feltham produced the broken
bottles which he received from Pearcs.—Prisoner
pleaded guilty, and asked to be tried at once, express-
ing
drink his
or rr sorrow,
and saying he was under the influence
o
have done it —A sergeant
gave him an indifferent character in the regiment.
where he hni only been about four months.—Six
weeks' hard labour.

PROI/ESSIONLL KONIST-LVIDILL

Mr. B. P. Lock apnea:ad in a cams re Haines, wherein
there was an application to commit Mr. A. Collins, •
money-lender, and his clerk, John E tweeds. in contempt.
—Mr. Indermaur, of London, was for Mr. Collins.—lt was
said that Mr. Collins took away the goods under • bill of
sale from the trustee of an estate.—Mr. B. F. Lock, after
and absence, returned with Mr. Indermaur, and stated the
terms of the settlement. Be said—ln the first Ware this
was an action to commit a money-lender, Mr. A Collins.
for taking certain goods out of the possession of the
trustee. Mr. Collins had consented to return ell the goods
to the trustee, on the undertaking that the trustee shall
proceed to realise the estate out of the goods, and out of
this are to be paid the costa of the trustee, including the
costs of this action, and the costs of an acUon brought by
Mr. Collins &salmi the trustee for walling some of the
goids ; the trustee being satiseed that she bill of sale is
good, consented to pay a sum net epioeding that secured
on the bill of sale, to satisfy Mr. Collins; the action
brought by Mr. Collins against the trustee to be teamed'.
ately etayed.—The Judge said this seemed a fair and just
arrangement —Mr. Indermaur remarked his client acted
strictly in accordance with the advice of his solicitor, and
had not the slightest intention of doing anything in the
nature of • contempt of Court

CHARGE OF LIBEL.
At the Bow-street Police -court on Friday, Mr. John
Thomas Peacock. proprietor, and Mr. Id ward Legge,
editor, of the Whitehall Revive, appeared before Sir James
Ingham in answer to summonses charging them with
unlawfully publishing • certain false and defamatory libel
of and concerning Mrs. Mary Adele AshlteyBtphe msrekoe.
Mr. George Lewis &min!'" the Per
of
ant, and Mr. E. Clark, instructed by ear. _ '
-- • n...hh appeared
M for the defendants. r. J. E. Wilkins watched the case
on behalf of the defendants in • civil action now pending;
and Mr. H. Curtis bunion, instructed by Messrs. Thomp-
son, Pickering, and Co., watched the case on behalf of the
members of the complainant's family.
Mr. E. Clarke slid that before any statement was made
which might lead to dispute he wished to say that the libel
was the subject of an action now pending In the Queen's
Bench Dividon, the alleged libel being set out in a 'tato-
ment of claims in that action and in the same words.
Under those circumstances he submitted that it would be
unfair that the defendants should be prejudiced by the
hearing of this case beforehand, and asked that it should
be deferred until the trial was over. He understood that
the defendants had republished the libel by selling copies
of the pap,rs siEICS. He would contend they bad • right
to do so, but looking at the fact that this libel refers to
the publication of June 14, 1879. only one copy has since
Wen published, and probably no more would be asked
for. . .

-11 r. Lewis said that be bad several copies of the paper
oontainlog the libel, which bad been purchased even
recently. All the circuenstanoes stated by Mr. Clarke
were mentioned to the magistrate when the summons was
granted.
Sir James Ingham : The ease bad better proceed subject
to any observations which may be made on the point
raised.
Mr. Lewis said it was with the grestest pain that Mrs.
Sparks had come forward to prosecute this charge, but the
conduct of the defendants rendered it imperative upon
her to take that course. Mrs. Sparks was compelled in
December, 1878,, to leave her home with her infant child,
and to institute proceedings against her husband in the
Divorce Court on the ground of adultery and cruelty. On
the eve of the trial, • creel-suit was instituted by the
husband against Kra Spathe, charging her with adultery
with Co'ooel Sturt. Both the cams were heard in June,
1879. Sir Henry James and other eminent counsel ap-
pearing for Mrs. Sparks, and Dr. Deane, Sergeant Pure,
and others for the other side. In the result. Mrs. Sparks
obtained her decree, and no evidence being offered in sup-
port of the counter-therms made by her husband, they
were at ono. abandoned, and the suit was dismissed.
Mr. Clarke (interposing) objected to the statement of
Mr. Lewis as irrelevant, and Sir Jame. Ingham asked if
Mr. Lewis was not trying to negative the imputations
before him.
Mr. Lewis explained that it was necessary to show what
lel to the publication of the libel, and he read • private
letter which was addressed to the editor, end which had
been preserved by order as possible evidence in the action
pending. In this letter the editor was informed "that he
might feel interested in learning that Colonel Sturt would
attire in the DiVarCJ Court, and that the petitioner and
respondent were well known in the upper circles of
society." The Shallow paragraph then appeared on June
14, 1879, thus :—" The case of ' Major Attley Sparks •
Sparks and Colonel Napier /Burr is set down for hearing
next week In the Divorce Court." The editor and pro-
prietor were appealed to on the injustice of having given
insertion to • paragraph of this kind, containing a distinct
reflection upon the character of the lady mentioned. Thet
were waited upon by Colonel Sturt, who pointed out the
injurious tend .ney of the taragraple but neither then nor
when it was clear that the lady's character had been vin-
dicated by the withdrawal of the suit instituted against
her and the granting of a decree in her favour, had the
slighteat expression of regret or apology been inserted in
their paper but. on the other hand, they bad continued
to sell papers contsinieg the libel. One of them even
&marled, in justifimition, that the paragraph had been
copied from the cause list of the Divorce Court, although
It was well kuown that the list contained no information
as to the rank or Vile of the litigants, but simply the
surnames of the petitioner and respondent. On th.Blst
of June the defendants were informed of the dismissal of
the husband's suit, and they were asked to retract and
apologise, or submit to the consequences of an action for
defamation but no redress was given, and he would ask
the Court to my if the paragraph it. question, still on sale
at the office of this paper, did not convey tn imputation
against the moral character of a lady whose purity was
unquestionable.
Mr. Clarke said an offer had been made to prevent the
sale of any copies in future.
Sir James Ingham said that the inference to be drawn
on reading the paragraph was, no doubt, that the lady bad
been guilty of adultery.
Mrs. Mary Adele tley Sparke, 8, Priory-gardens,
Folkestone, deposed that she did not read the Whitehall
&wive as a rule. The copy produced, dated June 14, 1879,
was shown to bee She left her house in December, 1878,
sat instituted proceedings against her husband in the
Divorce Court Cu the hearing of the decree an order was
made against Colonel Spark°, with costs, and a crows
charge against her Was dismissed ; no evidence was offered
spinet her An action was brought against tha defendants
by witness in stonsequence of Information she had received.
She moved in the same society as Colonel Start
Crou-exemined by Mr. Clarke t Her husband lodged a
petition slimiest her three months after she had instituted
proomdlnp against him. Colonel Napier Sturt was co-
respondent She was acquainted with Colonel Napier
Start. The paper containing the alleged libel was
brought to her by her landlord. at Brighton. She knew
Mr. iris. She had not authorised him to write to the
W • 'hall &Mate with respect to the divorce suit before
the alleged libel appeared on June 14. She came up to
London as soon as she saw the mreuat le and gave instruc-
tions to Mr. Lewis to issue • Writ against the defendants.
She believed a copy of the alleged libel had been sold
about ten days ago. She gays no instructions for the
purchase of a copy, and was first told by Mr. Lewis that
one had been purchased. She did not know that Colonel
Napier Stunt bad called at the Whitehall Review office
until she bad heard so in court.
Colonel Start, 81, St James's-street, field officer of the
Guards, deposed that upon the eve of the trial he saw the
paragraph complained of, and called at the office of the
Whitehall Review. lie saw Mr. Laws. and pointed out
that it was scaudidnus to attack • harly before the trial
came on. He replied that it was • legitimate piece of
intelligence, and ought not to be construed as an attack.
Witness asked him to :Ideate from makleg any fprther
reference to the case until it was Nerd. He did not refer
to it, and witness called at his private house and left his
card, thanking him for not doing so.
Cross-examined by Mr. Clark,—He first saw the pare.
graph at the Marlborough Club, Mr. George Lewis was a
personal friend, but witness was not aware that he had
written to the Whitehall &view on the 11th June.
Mr. Lewis requested that the wham& 'night see the
letter.
Cromexamination continued—Witness knew that the
letter produced had been written. He misunderstood the
learned counsel's question. He met Mr. Legge and had a
conversation with him. Mr. Legge contended that the
stateinent woo true, but he promised that he would not
mention the cage age:m. At that interview be told witness
that he had reseivee a letter from Mr. Lewis, and had
been served with a writ.
By Mr. Lewis—No apology or retractation b.d mewed
in the Whitehall Revieww. Witness had direcW Mr[Leiwis
to write the letter in consequence of a eommunication to
the effect that letters had bees sent round to the Paired
by Colonel Sparks's solicitors, relating to the divorce suit.
Mr. Bradford, solicitor, Winchester House, Old Brood'
street, was called to prove that the letters addressed to
Mr. Legge were in the handwriting of • clerk then in his
simple, named Hobson. The letters were written without
his knowledge or sanction. It. heard of it afterwards,
and trittioLttop the effect of that and other letters which
he 64--
In reply to Quire, the fitness said that Robson
had been dismiseed, but no. .'7' 41° °.°l4litaailtAii
Mr. Cobb, the solicitor to the uss. _
--- les Freddie
the letter signed Kerley, and two signed by Messrs. Lewis
and Lewis, and the draft manuscript of the paragraph in
the handwriting of Mr. Legge.
A clerk in the Divorce Registry, Somerset Home pro.
dewed the petition filed by Mrs. Sparke on 23rd December,
1878, and the decree nisi dated KIM June, 1879, dissolving
her marriage with Colonel Souk.. nedier". was made
absolute on 13th January, 1880.
Formal evidence was given of the purchase of copies of
the Whitehall fiClOl4lll (produced) on the Bth, 11th, and 15th
aarteeke said that lest
publication
theaoyf the paper was admitted, and Mr.
Clarke
were quite Prepared to take the
responsibility of it, although Mr. Peacock had really
nothine to do with the management, being connected with
another business.
Mr. Lewis: The business of an egg merchant.
(Lsinghter )
Mr. Clarke said they had heard much of libel eases
lately, but none had so completely illustrated the absur-
dity of the rule now held to prevail in regard to pre-
liminary inquiries. Presuming that Sir J. Ingham was to
be guided by this rule, he of course reserved his defence.
defendants were then committed for trial and
bound over in their own reooguleances in £lOO each to
agent

STEALING MONET AND DOEYGIL —On Saturday,
before Mr. Middleton and Captain Mansel,
Squibb, a lad, was brought up for stealing lle. and 21bs
of dough, the property of Mr. Randall, of Osmington.
—P.O. Francs Byrnes, stationed at Osmington, on the
19th inst. received information of several sums of
money being taken from the purse of Mr. Richard
Randall, baker, and in conecylence marked several
coins in the presence of Mr. Randall, and they were
put in his pocket. The constable was concealed in
the bakehouse, and saw prisoner take out some money
from prosecutor's coat, and hang it up again. He also
took about two pounds of dough. On being charged,
he admitted having taken money from prosecutor
before.—Mr. Richard Randall said pris mer bad been
to him to learn to mould up dough, and afterward* to
assist him, and had been there about three months.
On Monday last witness missed 12s. and told the police
officer he was robbed, when the constable came down
to the bakehouse, and marked some money, which he
put in witness's purse. There were three half crowns,
one fl min, one =pence, and one shilling, and the con-
stable put it in witness's pocket. Witness had
occasion to quit tho bakehouse, leaving prisoner
behind, and his purse in the pocket of the coat, which
was hung up. The constable afterwards searched
prisoner, and took out lls, of the marked money from
his pocket. The value of the dough he took was 31d.
—Mr. Randall, who is prisoner's uncle, asked the
Bsuch to dual leniently with the prisoner, who pleaded
guilty. He had been in bad health, and had been 18
months in the hospitaL —lir. Middleton said this wee
• most serious offence. Prisoner had been taken by
Mr. Randall in kindness to teach him, and he repaid
that kindness by him.—Pined 0, or in default
two months.— 104. was found in possession of the
prisoner, and . Rsaulall applied for the return of
4s. which prisoner took from hint on Monday.—As,
however, he was not charged with this, the money,
except the ILE which was mentioned in Ste charge,
had to go in payment of the fine.

IPTITZOIITE. sword Vie prisoner bad sold it to a man named John
ASSAULT ON THB POLIOL—At the borough police
Aria Id the next day after obtaining it fit to the yr ee-
"
court on Friday, before Dr. Drew (chairman). J. in t eharged said—'• It's no use denying '—The
It
Hoban', Esq., B. Residue, q., anti 1). Coli.tti twas'ecutot ideat'lhd OA watch al his pr•ip•ity, and
Beg • man named William Meade was charged dud la with tutor. The prisoner WWI found a' Shaf sabot,. and on
V tt st —The prisoner hiving case:uteri it hs
begging on the Dorch our-road, and also wit', &wawa- tried and pleading guilty was sentaineed to one calendar
mug P. C. Stickhind whilst in the execution of his 'amideo bard labour.
duty.—When charged he refused to give his na-no, • POLICI ColiaT. Friday.-11Jore Mr. 11. F. Bromic), r.
saying he "didn't know as he had any VAORABCT —JAN Talbott and 1111114/1 Flaws ten traows.
Captain Gluon said on Thursday afternoon the pri- wtrei..ought up isa cush.rly charged with tultd:y tn. ; I,g
uner came to his house saying he hat been out all a 1.1 e statement for the p9rp. wr.v.ernionhtalr rid:i.wame
night. lie asked for assistance. He reruse.l to glen
him anything, and referred him to Mr. Supt. Vickery. rrutuntre wins eommittes to dais hard
pero
He followed him out to the gates, and stemn!! a
cept&e:,.ar".lliteutp7r:vued._'hyo, inDfeutr bvtirertdonateble Hammond and
labdur
constable there he gave him in charge.—P.O. Stack-
land said the prisoner was given into his custody by
Captain (lawn. He resisted hint very much, kicked
him, bit him in the KM, tried to kick him in the
" head, ,and otherwise assaulted him.—A man named
John Danielle, who witnessed the assault corroborated
the constable.—
Sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment
with hard labour.
SPANISH LIM P 0111170317311 Z MISI3IOIIB —Sermons in
aid of thee* missions were preached on Wednesday at
St.
garsM', and on Friday at Christ Church, by the
v. if. C. Riley, BLhop of the Valley of
Mexico. Collections were made on behalf of the
society. On Thursday evening a public meeting was
held at the National Schoolroom, presided over by
the Rev. Mr. Falkner. There was • moderately large
attendance. An address on the work of Christianity
among the Spanish-speaking races, both in the old
world and in the new, was delivered by Bishop Riley,
his remarks having special reference to the great and
good progress made of late years in Mexico.
COUNTY Cooin.—Before T. E. P. Lefroy, Beg.
(Judge.tiThe business at this Court on Saturday was
of the hteet character.—Bourne Itobins.—Mr.
Howard or the plaintiff and Mr. Hann* for defen-
dant. —Mr. Howard said Mrs. Robins had let the land
In front of her house to the proprietor of • shooting
gallery. It seemed she had let it to two people, for
she had made arrangements with Mr. Bourne that he
should take it on at Christmas, 'I he man was than
In possession of the shooting gallery, and she sail she
would get rid of him and let it to Bourne. She told
the man to quit, and refused to take the rent for the
ground. He did sot go, and on account of that the
plaintiff not being able to occupy the ground bro ight
the present action claiming £lll damages against Mrs.
Robint Mr. Howard had applied to Mr. Hanna for
partlealars and dial not get them till yesterday
(Friday) dternoon, therefore he had not time it pre-
pare hie case, and asked His Honour to adjourn it for
• month.—The adjournment was granted.—Holland
r. Waters.—Mr. Burnett (Dorchester) for the plaintiff
and Mr. George for the defendant.--This was, Mr.
Burnett said, a claim for Ell Is. Si. balance of soootust
. rendered Christmas, H 75, and £loalleged losseuetelned
owing to the defendant having sold the plain-
tiff • rick of hay, and when he went to
fetch it, he only let him have a portion of it, and
sold the remainder to other people. The defence, he
believed, was a get-off in the items disputed, but he
thought he should be able to prove that the balance
of Ell 7a. 9d. was due to his client, after crediting Mr.
Waters with the amount of hay which he had.—Mr.
George entirely disputed tho claim.—His Honour
asked if they could not settle it amicably. He wanted
to get away as he was very unwell. He referred the
matter to the Registrar.—lt was nosed than the case
should be brought before the Registrar at a time con-
venient to both parties. —George and Sarah Dally v.
Hannah Collins.-91x. Hanna for the plaintiff.—Both
I parties live at Portland.-9lrs. Collins has been
frequently before the Court in regard to this claim,
which is for goods supplied, and Mr. Hanna now
, applied for an order for committal.—The defendant
pleaded inability to pay, but according to Mr. Hanne's
showing iltl6 wad perfectly able te pay.—Hie Honour,
however, did not think the non-payment was wilful,
and he adjourned the case for a month.--Gse Com-
pany v. William Munden. —This was a claim on
behalf of the Company for ashes, rubbish, /cc.,
, supplied the defendant.—Mr. Learmouth (representing
the Company), said be promised to pay when the
--- e.t.a...way, but he had not dons so.—The
' claim wu not disputed, a Honour made an
n, ---
order for 4s. in a fortnight an I Is. a month.

ley= minister, presided. The attendants) we very
good, and the long and Interesting programme was
nicely rendered, frequently calling forth applause. Lord ,,,_,
,he Hey - Harris gav• a a'evt address, and ihe' bur/ has b"" confined to hi
s be.,l
pleasing result of the above effort was that 34 signed Hatfield House, s nos Friday last, with A lit
Lb. pledge. attack of bronchitis. His Lordship will co "lee
auxinetitl
be unable to attend the Cabinet Council which 7
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peLranurroceatt-41rue., 8.,. CTheroetdady
last
delivered a lecture, in the Wesleyan Chapel, on
'Happy homes, and how to make them." The chair
was taken by Mr. H. M. Perry, and there wee a large
attendance. The Chairman, before iutroduciug the
lecturer, offered some very appropriate remarks. Mr. • Edit:burgh.
Croad then delivered a most telling lecture. A large -
LONDON CORN (OPENING).
number signed the pledge at the clam of the meeting,
awl we trust that the good cause of 1.1111
wales
is Wheat quiet, at about Fridarliioss. oa6.
making headway here. I maize rather steadier. Barley, -. ltd
' Pula. luirl g 0,,,,
without change. Arrival.: English wheat, 3339 e -
flour. 17,981 sacks; foreign wheat, 54,697.
1,096; oats, 90,961 qrs.; flour,
sack*. 5.588 bansis, 18,1

LATEST NEWS.

MARK LANE (CLOSING).

Wheat closed heavily, and had sales been fornet
less money must have been taken. white Eng
was quoW at 30s. to 66e. ; red, 36g. to 46g.; e& b,
to 6d. dearer on the week. Malting barley drz :
grinding, dull ; maize, beans and peas about the lams:
Flour dull.

METROPOLITAN 0 ATTL E. —Mos DA Y.
(THIS DAY.)

About 3,2® beast, including about 900 foreign, sad
trade was firmer, at 4e. to 6e. About 10,000 @beep
and trade was quiet, at 4a. Bd. to fie. Bd. • calves, bi
fis. to 6s. ; pigs, 3s. fld. to 44 Bd. per Bth..' At Dvt.
ford were 120 beasta, and 3,300 sheep.

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.

Large attendance of dealers and buyers, but burping.
slack, *simples of inferior barley haying to be wrist)
wick. Wined., both English and foreign, was le per
qv lower than last week, some of the best selliag at
50d. Best English barley very firm, 48a per qr. ben
obtained. Oats, beans, and peas remained about tkw,
sense as last week.