The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

Maconsfurt.

COlorirrro TO Yii2 Doan= Courrr Pillow.
&meats : Elisabeth Davis. stealing Is watch and okra
at Corsoombe ; Hermann Zimmermann, ussult with
intent, be. at Wiaterhorne Abbas.—Asslus - Charles
Frampton, arson at Ousesgs St. tilioliseL—Herd
Labour. --John Everett, poaching at Stratton, 7 days;
James Best, robbing garden at Loneliest, 3 months;
Ellett Tudors., vagrancy at Winthorn• Minster, 6 weeks;
Player and Jobs Carney, assaulting ooestablii
at Portland, 1 mouth; Thomas Brine, stealing fowls at
Fordington, 14 day' and 5 years Reformatory School;
James Thompson, stealing a silver watch at Langton
Matravers, 14 days and 5 years Reformatory School;
Joseph Irish, stealing candles at Lyme Regis, 3 months;
James For, stealing a pickaxe at Bishop Cuandle, 2
months. William Hibbs, stealing wearing apparel at
at Brcedmarie, 1 month.
Tat Dosszu 111 MA Vocurrizn Itzvizw.—The
fiSlowing are the arrangements for the conveyance of
the battalion to and from Wimborne forth. review an
the 23rd. instead. Trains will leave Brideort. 9,1 w.•
Weymouth, 10.15, Dorchester, ILS, Morro!, ILIS,
Wool, 1122, Wareham 1L34, }'oola, 11.26, Poole
.1 mortal, 11.45, (arriving at Winibora. at 1L58)
&mill, 8.30. Gillingham. 8,50 rbo 948 Temple!
°mg*. 1(112, 6441bridm efitnrmnlissier'Nerrion.
10.39. lihillingitone, 10.47, Blandford, 115, arriving at
Wimborne 11Z7. Ott &nivel at Winthorne the
cartons oorps will assemble in front of the railway
station, and be. marched in battalion to the lease_ , where
refreabuiente will be provided for them by the kindlier
of the uthabroute of Winthorne. Yr. Start, of Oriels!,
haven/ kindly invited the volunteers to dinar, the
battalion
will =rob direct from the lease tote, dinner
tent alter the review. Commanding orno„. viu te.reh
their corps independently to the railway station for
the return trains, which will start as follow.; for
Wareham, Poole, Dorchester, Weymouth and Bridport,
at?, p.m ; I orBherberin , 5.5, p,m; and for Ill•pgfe,d,
/Burmeister Newton, Ste/bridge, Gillingham and Semler
at 7,35, p.m. The fares will be single third elms for
the double journey. Each man will be provided with
20 rounds of blank sinmunition. The heads of the Srd.
and Bth. @cry. will Wien ditty.

DORCHESTER.
Itobsdray.— The umbel dinner of "Court Propels"
aPpointed for Tbunday evening next, at the Me
Inn. Mr. Alderman Coombe Win preside.
DOlBll7 Oilegrr Honlirat..—Ooos amounting
to £4 11,. were made on Snarly lea, at Pordington St.
George, on behell of this valuable institution. At
Christ Churtffi is. 21. wu colluded for the some
charity.
Rtrtg Copps.— The 3rd Dorset Rifle Volunteers,
under the command of Captain Coombe, were officially
inspected by Captain and Adjutant Barrett, at the
Militie barracks, 011 Thursday evening. There was •
good attendance, end the inspection was satisfaetory.
Tag CillO•Cg tiro Stare Mgrrige.—The committee
for warning into effeet the objects of the county meet-
ing, out Thursday, on the subject of the Irish Church,
embraces the names of about forte hundred of the
aristocracy, clergy, gentry, and yeomen of Dorset, and
it is anticipated that the assembly on that occasion will
be a very large one. We understand that the following
amongst others will address the meeting: The Right
Hon. Lord Digby, the chairman ; the Right Hon. Lord
Rivets, Gererd Stun, Req., John Moyer, Req.,
IL?., G. Wingfield Digby, Req., Marwood S. Yeatinan,
Req., the Rev. J. J. Pereira. of &abridge, the Rev.
W. H. Lyon of Bberborne, Ac.
The Isms Csoaca.—The Rev. H. H. DombraM
preached at Holy Trinity church, on Sunday morning,
on behalf of the Trish missions, when the collection
amounted to £2 16s. On Monday afternoon and
evening the rev. gentleman lectured at the Guildhall,
on the Irish Church, setting forth various reasons why
it should neither be disestablished nor disendowed.
Major Kindenley presided at the afternoon
meeting, when the following clergy were present—
The have. B. Moak, T. A. Falkner, E Ludlow. R. W.
Pears, and J. Miller. The audience consisted °Minoty
ladies, one dissenting minister, and fear men. £2 We.
wan collected at the close. In the evening the mayor
(G. Canna, Esq.), prodded, wad thews was a fair
attendance.

Tb• scijourned Brewster Salons were
held, on Monday, before J. Bishop, Req.,.and M.
Deveniah, Esq. The license for the Queen s Head,
Fordington, which was deferred on the complaint of the
police that bad characters were allowed to congrte
there, vu now granted, it appearing that the hones had
been conducted better lately, and the landlord (Mr. W.
J. Spines) promising to keep it orderly and respestahly
for the future. A special Berme to the 10th October,
was granted to Mr. Jame Yeardey, foe the Antelope
Hotel, on • statement frees the salicreese of Charles
Gardiner, formerly the manager 04 that hotel, and in
whose name the lissome was taken, that the deeament
had been destroyed by him; from October the lister
will be granted for the ensuing year.
EXTRAORDIRART CHARGI AGAINST MR. SHIBIDLIf,
Joe.—At Bowstmet Police-omit, on Saturday, Francis
John Rogers Sheridan, lately holding a commission in
the army, appeared in discharge of his recognissooes,
up= • charge of having obtained £2OO by false pretemase.
Mr. fierjeant Ballentine and Mr. Montagu Williams
eonducted the prosecution; Mr. George Lewis, jun.,
defended. It appeernl that, in the early part of
January last, an application was mode to Mr. William-
son, the prosecutor in the present cam, who is in the
habit of advancing money upon mortgage, &A., for a
loan of £250 to be advanced to the defendant upon two
bills of exchange for £l5O and £lOO respectively, drawn
upon him by lin Rogers, a solicitor. Mr. Williams
required further security, and arse informed that Kr.
Sheridan would, at the death of his father, become
entitled to the adage of Frampton Court, the property
of his father, Mr. E., B. Sheridan, one of the members
for nominalism.. The defendant was required to make
• statutory declaration to that eSect. He assord-
ingly declared before Mr. Smith, solicitor, and coin-
misdoner for administering oaths, Harcourt-buildings,
Inner Temple, that he wee heir to the estate of Framp-
ton Court, and that his eldest brother (Mr. B. B.
Sheridan, jun), had no interest in that propertr It
was now asserted that the defendant sot heir, his
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I;ro—Lr-beiniiTt that time alive, and also that it was
possible the brother, who was a married man, night
have inns, in which ems defendant would not he the
heir. In the worse of cross-examination it mune out
that interest at the rate of £6O per cent. was charged on
the loans, and that of tha IEISO • portion was to be
money and a portion wipe (to the amount of EMI) which
Ilast was never supplied. It appears also that the money
was paid over to the solicitor, Rogers, and it did not
appear that more than £B3 ever remised the defendant.
It was admitted that after the Mese of the warrants an
attempt was made to Compromise the cam. For the
defence it wee contended that the declaration was
substantially and morally tree, as it became lite-
rally true within • month, by the death of his
elder biother. His father, Mr. R. B. Sheridan,
ILE, stated that four years ago he informed the defend.
ant that be should be his heir, conditionally on
hisgood conduct, and had since led defendant to believe
that he adhered to that intention. His elder son
(defendant's brother) bad no interest in the property at
the time the declaration was made, having sold his life
interest which the witness had bought. Not oould Mr.
B. B. Sheridan, jun., have bests supposed likely to have
Issue. He had been for several years separated from
his wife—he living in Italy, and she in London. It
appeared deo that before the application for a commons
or warrant at this court, a similar application had been
made at the Geildhall and refused. A great deal of
virtuperalive and wholly irrevelant matter was
imported into this caw—Hr. Lewis, jai., contended
that the declaration was morally true, and certainly
not inteetionally false. He stigmatised the prosecution
as an attempt to extort money from the defendant's
family, who indignantly rancid any compromise.—
Mr. Flowers thought there wee a prima facie ease.
which must en Were a jury, bat he should certainly
not, after the oirmunstences adduced in defence, hold
Mr. Sheridan to haiL He need only give his own
recognisance@ to appear to take his trial,

PI DD LE H LITTON.

VOITT OP TIN if-O-Ta-L—fili-nei LLIMIT.—In the
spring of this year the A battery C Brigade of the
Royal Horse Artillery were invited by Mr. J. Lovelace,
to spend • day at this place, and the project was
warmly supported by the principal resident' of this and
the adjoining parish. Subscriptions were obtained for
entertaining the men, and arrangement' of the most
complete character were male for making the day an
enjoyable one to all who might be present. It was
thought best, however, to defer the visit until after
harvest, when all the people of the neighbourhood
would be more at leisure. In due *aurae, the harvest
has been completed, and following upon it, Major W.
Tod Brown, C. 8., has carried out his promise of paying
la visit with his battery to Piddlebinton. Wednesday
' lett was the day of this anxiously anticipated event,
and it happily proved fine, and in every way eniteble
for the operations of the day. The battery,
number 119 men, with 115 horses, 6 guns 6
&monition waggons, and one store cart, marched
from Dorcheeter about nine o'clock. The officers
present were the Major, Capt. T. fituddy, Lieut. H.
Amand, Lieut. Nicholas, Limit. Wales, and Veterinary-
Surgeon Lemon. They arrived here shortly before
eleven, and proceeded to • 30-sore field oesupied by
Mr. Lovelace, pleasantly situated, and affording on its
margin ample vantage ground for spectators to see the
whole of the manceevree readily and with comfort.
Spanning the road opposite Mr. T. Lovell's, the New
Inn, was an arch composed of evergreens and flowers,
and bearing the genial inscription Welcome to the
R.H.A." A flag was hoisted on the church in honoer
of the visit, and bunting was displayed at various
points in the field. Never before was there snob an
aasembly of holiday folks in Puddlehinten. The
farmers of both this pleas aod Puddletrenthide kindly
gave the whole of their work people a holiday
on the occasion, and they with scarcely excep-
tion one woold conclude from the body
there collected, proceeded to the exam of the
day's enjoyment. Many of the farmers, with their
wives and families, friends and relstions, also assembled
to witness the operations, and they were well repaid.
It is calculated that about 4,000 persons In all were
present. On the arrival of the battery they pitched
their tent" with • facility and promptitude quite
astonishing, and picketed their horses in lines. This
sceompliabed the men were provided with refreshments,
this duty being entrusted to Kr. Collier, of the New
Inn, Piddlearenthide. By this time a line of carriages
and other vehicles had arrived on the higher part of the
field, filled with the prineipal people of the district.
The operations of • regular field-day were then gone
through by the battery, to the gratification of all who
have seen anything at artillery manmerrea, and the
utter wonderment of the rushee. The rapidity and
precision with which the various movements were
executed, elicited the most extraordinary encomiums
from the countrymen, unused to anything more
rapid than the plodding of • horse at plough ;
and, of the gamma spectacle, one admiring Piddle-
hintorian after long endeavouring to Indicateby
• comparison his high approval of the seeps, found
relief by the 111111000011113110 t that "It was better
than Is club walking r to while, evidently, he had
hitherto found nothing comparable. Marching east was
the Arse movement. They formed in line with aMI
Interval, and marched pest close; marched Pme by
seethes, trotted past, galloped past, and wheeled
into line again. Returned sword', and prepared
for setioe. They galloped to the front, and Isom-
moused firing, to the astonishment of the spectators.
The front limbered up. They then retired from
the itight along the rear in column of sub.
divisionstand left of rear, and commeneed firing.
Retired alternate half batteries, formed line, and
fired. Th was smartly continued for some time.
GLIM* to the front and came into action, Commenced
firing. Retired from both flanks in rear of centre, in
. column of subdivisions, and formed line for action on
metre division. Firing. Limbered up with detach-
ments rear, wheeled about and marched the gum for
ssMon frost; advanced at a maiop the enemy imposing
them to be cavalry; immediately formed their front at
full interval and showed as artillery. Limbered up to
front, and galloped to front in intermit. Action front.
This brisk cannonading concluded the operations. They
then picketed their horses, and turned out !with their
mess equipage tribe Nerved with dinner. Provision was
made for supplying to each man an abundant quantity
of beef, has, and bread, and two quart" of ale. They
then took to their tents, and evidently enjoyed to the
full the good cheer provided for them. Fortunately
for the visitors Mr. Lovell, of the New Inn had a tent
on the field, from which he dispensedrefreshments to
the throng, and he was overwhelmed with customers,
bet such as could not get what they required there
found an ample supply at his house in the village.
When the soldiers and the yachters had refreshed
themselves, they fraternised and engaged in a variety
of games with the heartiest goodwill. The officers
of the battery were entertained at luncheon by
Mr. Lovelace. About five o'clock, the battery
=rabid homewards. As they left the people gave
three cheers for *mdse. Brown, and the artillerymen
responded with cheers for Mr. Lovelace and all the
good people of l'iddlebieton and Piddletrenthide for
their entertainment. The visit was mutually pleasant,
and paned off most noecesfully.
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