The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

BRI DPORT.

MIL Goznox CLILQIIOIUI ll)s.—Y-..student of SL. Mary's
Hospital, • son of J. A. Day, Req.. of Bridport, has
passed his first half in anatomy and phy.iology, stud
when eiigible will be admitted to the pass exam:nation.
FATAL ACCIDIENT. —On Faster Monday, Mr. J.
Matthews, jun., of Wyeh term, was thrown from the
shaft, of a putt, by the bores "bolting." One of the
wheels passed over his bead, and he received such serious
iojuries that be died on Friday.
WOllllllO Max's INNTITUTL —On Wednesday evening
the annual meeting was held, Mr. T. Rallis presidia,.
'There are now 156 member*, which i. an inerecien 0145
on last year. Th. officers were elected, the Mayor
(Elias Cox, Fag.) being choeen President for the ensuing
year.

Wit are pleased to bear that Messrs. B. Whetham
end Sons have suceeurled in securing a portion of the
4:ovcrnment contract for canvas. This will he especially
beneficial to tie town in the present very depreseml
state of trade hers; as the workpeople of this firm will
now, we believe, be in full work throughout the
summer.

ST. AnDRZW's CHURCH, BIRDPOLS ROAD. The
expenses connected with the services of thin church,
which is entirely suppotted by voluntary oonteihntions,
have amounted during the pest year ending at Easter to
£93 15a. fel. The receipts. however, have only been
En 7 9s. 41., including £lO given by the vicar of the
parish. All the sittings in the church are free, and it is
generally well filled.
Tim Earrrith Virothunnt.--Bridnorr The Roe. N. L.
Lee. Rector, presided, and the old churchwardens- -Mr.
H. N. Cox and Mr. J. Templeton- were re-appointed
amid general espressions a approval. The aocounta
showed that C6B 10e. 7.1. had been collected in lieu of
chureh.rste, whith is about 1:5 more than was con-
tributed last year, and the expenditure, including •
balance of I:18 odd due to Os chuichwar.lrns, from
Previous Years, hol been £192.. 9d , which left • balance
'Mil ghee of 12.. 2d. —Alliepron : The accounts show.l
Teeitelk including a bal LOCO last year of 1:5 I:te.
1041.,
to be 4:81 13s. 71d., the expenditure was 177 On. sid.,
which leaves in band 1:5 12e. 11,1. An unseemly
squabble fullosed concerning the non.payment of a
lielanee of 10t due for cleaning the church. The Vicar
ch.... Mr. C. Edmunds am his churchwarden, in the room
of Mr. S. Tacker, ileeeseod, uad Mr. James Fry was
elected for the pariah, he receiving 20 votee to six 'teen
for Mr. Ilanham, the outgoing churchwarden.
Inegutons Roister HT • DomISTIO
—On Tueeday, before S. W. Wheihain nod J.
Meens., • young woman, named Jane
Harris, wag charged with stealing a belf-cro•n,
belonging to her matter, Mr. Hoare, grooer, Allingten.
It seemed that for sonic months past she had been
living in his house as • domestic 'cresol, and of late he
had missed money from his shop, which led him to
suspect that the shop was entered by night. On
Saturday, therefore, he marked 20e. worth of silver and
cone.) pence. He put the silver on • shelf
near • tea canister, locked up the shop, and took the
key with him Into his bedroom. Next morning he found
the door leading to the shop bad been opened,
and that ore of the halforowns wen missing.
The girl slept in the hoes* that night. but
left early on Sunday morning without lease.
P.C. Coates went to Morcembe lake on Sunday morning
and apprehended her. She said she hadn't aoy money
shunt her, but on turning out her rocket. A bel-efo.o
was found, and thin Mr. Hoare identified ea one of those
be marked. The girl said her minims gave it her when
ehe paid her her wages. Mrs. Hoar deposed that she
thei not pay the girl any money on Saturday night or
Sunday morning, and that the girl went home against
ter consent. The constable found that the key
of the side door of the house fitted the
shop door lock as well or better than the proper key.
The girl sleeted to be tried by the magistrates, and
pleaded not guilty.—Mr. Day, on her behalf, urged
everything poesible, but the Bench considered Die
charge proved, wad lecteneed her tea month's llllpriaolll.
went.

SANT rAIIIIING.—An inquest was held at the
Antelope Ina, Bridport, on Monday evening, before
W. U. Loren, Esq., coroner, on the body of an illegiti.
male child, tea months old, named Andrew Spencer
Reason. Mrs, Hayward, a married woman, stated that
she had kept the child, which was illegitimate, • month,
for the mother. The child was always sickly, and bail •
"harking" rough. On Wednesday last the child was
worse, and she procured some powders for it, and after
giving it one put it to bed. It was feverish, but she
did not think anything particular wee the matter. The
child slept in the same room with witniss, and did so
that night. It was restless during the night, and she
gave it some food, and early on Thursday morning she
Sound the child bad, and beard • rattle in the throat,
and thought it had • fit. She immediately called in •
neighbour who told her, en examinieg the child, that it
arm dead. Witham went for the doctor. The child
had hail nothing improper to oat during the day.—
Caroline Welch, a married woman, spoke to the
previous witness Palling her to see the child, about •
quarter past six on Thursday morning ; she went and
found the child was not in alit, as the other witness had
haws thought, but was dead. The child did not appear to
been convulsed at all; she knew it was always • sickly
eithild.—Jane Reason, a single young woman, • domestic
servant, said she was the mother of the child, which was
always delicate. Different persons had kept the child
for her, and Mrs. Hayward had had it four weeks.
Witness knew nothing about the child's death;
ehe had not iteen it for some little time before.—
Dr. Denzil°e said at the request of the coroner his
father and himself had carefully examined the child,
and they found no mark whatever on the body, which
was fairly developed and in a healthy !date. They had
made it poet mortem es imination. They found the
basin slightly aongested—nriber more than it should
have been, and the longs were mush congested. The
heart was perfectly healthy, as also was the stomach.
They had arrived at the Coneltbiioo that death arm, from
eongestion of the lungs from natural causes, in which '
opinion he had been confirmed by the evidence of the
other witnesses. 'f hire was not the slightest sign of any
irritant substance in the stomech, to indicate anything
Improper having been given to the child—The Coroner
having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of
death bec. natural *Angie.