The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-04-15 00:00:00

sSomensetobire.

YEOVlL—Twarr.—Edward Rodherwas brought
before the Borough magistrates on Tuesday charged
with stealing three cheeses, the property of Mr.
Hurdle. A man in his employ deposed to locking
up the warehouse securely in tirs eveningi'and,rtett
morning &tiding three cheese %aiming.
who liadheen-luntid dealing with somoyheesi,.wso.
taken iota coetodyv ana the cheese fdeetille& by
prosecutor. Prisoner stated that he bought them of
a man in South-street. This lame tale the magi*
trates did not attach much importance to, but
comOitted him to take his trial at the Sessions.
Bail aocepted.
HARMONIC Somarr.—We are given to under-
stand that the engineers and other employ& of the
South Western Railway have formed an Harmonic
Society at the Hop Vine Inn, Kingston, (Host
Tillen's), and that song and sentiment have full scope
every Friday ovetung. We are also credibly
informed that the greatest propriety and decorum
characterises the proceedings. On Tuesday a coin-
pliinentary benefit will be given to Mr. F. T. Webb,
when Mr. B. Denbeigh, Mr. Gwyn°, Mr. Lewis,
and other warblers will attend and lend their
assistance. No doubt there will be a large muster
of those who have a soul for music.

CRICKET CLUB. —At the annual general meeting
of the members held on Tuesday se'imight at the
Pen Mill Hotel, the financial statement was read
by the honorary secretary, Mr. Cooke, and *hewed
a balance in hand, when the subscriptions were paid
up, of about £lO as against £3 3s. 60. at the corn
monument of the year 1861. After the tranasetion
of some routine business the resignation of the
president, Mr. Donne, was announced, and a letter
ordered to be sent him expressing the regret of the
club at their lose and recording their appreciation
of his services for several years. The committee
and auditors were then &pointed, and it was decided
that Tuesday should be practise day instead of
Wednesday, and the 29th April Lamed as the
opening day of the summer oampaign, to be followed
in the evening by an opening dinner at the Pen Mill
Hotel.

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Town Councit.—The members assembled at the
Townhall on Monday. Mr. Alderman Mayo, in
the absence of the Mayor, occupied the chair.—
Corporation Account.—The Clerk stated that the
treaeurer's accounts had been audited, and there was
a sum of £447 4s. 6d. in favour of the corporation on
the borough fund, and against it a balance of
£l7O 2s. 7d. in the highway aocount.—Fire /turns,
ones Duty.— A petition from the association in
London was ordered to be sealed, playing for a
reduction of the duty on fire insurances —Out-
standing Liattilities.—A anni of £l6 was ordered
to be paid to Mr. Manning for allowing an
alteration to be made in the line of his premises in
1858. Dsjective Shutiag. —Notices were directed to
be served upon several persons, calling upon them

to cause proper Antes to be made to their-a-ening
houses, so that the lives of the piddle iffelr tit
property were not inconvenienced or njured.
A likivputed Right.—Attention was cal d to the
fact tharlidr. Tabor minima t i enclose pieces
tftd qf gro rr# the, nil of • his .' premises in the
.r
ffherbotne rood. Th clerk lid aid ghat they b two
resolutionarded, !rich dasheil with *eh other;
the last one pawed w en he was absent bean illness.
The firet,..ataa datetVdune, LOBO, and was 10..415e-
effect that the Council did not think it advisable to
part with any of their rights in the land in ques-
tion. The other was dated subsequently, and gave
to Mr. Tabor the powet to enclose the piece of
ground, provided it was doike to he satisfaction of
the -Improvement Co littOs. 14 December; ix!,
that Cominitkee Lad portal' that it war ho °ldle-
r
Urns to the aldose/re, ut wlkich upon Win opened
to the Connell it Wei *raided that. it opul not be
entertaineds' He tt e Clerk) produced a plan
made in 1829, which showed that the land belonged
to the Town CounciL —A remark was made by one
of the members that Mr. Tabor considered it to
belong to him,. aoitaaartiaoluderLia, Laiscauwayanca. .
Mr. Mayo said it bad been for the use of the public
for many years, and if it belonged to the Council it
could not be alienated from them, though it might
rincluded in Mr.....Tabeit'a conveyance. —Mr. Bill
has ought the title was disputed, that Mr. Tabor
(mid be requested to attend at a Coirintil Meeting,
'and prove his right, if be could, to the land in
question.—Mr.'Cor agreed with Mr. Hill, ot other-
wisto they might get involved in a law suit.—Mr.
Penny remarked that the Council had not the
slightest wish to deprive anyone of an inch of
ground if it clearly belonged to them. —Mr. Cox
thought that Mr. Tabor should be allowed to erect
the wall, as the Committee had recommended it.—
The Chairman said the land in dispute had been the
property of the town for fifty years, and that nothing
Mr. Tabor could do would deprive them of it.—A
resolution to the effect that Mr. Tabor should attend
at the next Council Meeting to assert his rights was
proposed and carried. Materials for Road Re-
pairing. —Mr. Sansmn attended, and produced some
samples of stone suitable for repairing the roads.
Mr. Hill wished to know if any reduction had been
made on that already supplied, as some of it was of
very inferior quality. —The Surveyor said a reduction
had been made on three truck loads. —Mr. Sansom
offered to supply stone of the best and hardest
description, at 4s. 4d. per ton, delivered at the
Yeovil Station, and to make a reduction if any inferior
should be sent, the abatement to be determined by
their surveyor.—Tbe Surveyor having stated that
he should require 1,600 yards for the year, the same
was ordered of three different aorta. Nuisance at
the Corner of Silver &red.—The committee re-
commended that ' the erection of the stall now
allowed to be placed at the corner of Silver-street,
near Mr. Wadman's shop, should be discontinued, as
it was a great nuisance In driving people into the
street. It was decided to adopt the recommenda-
tion. The Drainage Question. —The subject of
making a drain near the Railway Station, rug-
=by the Improvement Committee, was
sod at great length. It was mooted a
considerable time since, but the Council then declined
to make it. At the present meeting it appeared to
be the general impression thatsuch was much needed.
It was referred to the Surveyor to make an estimate
of the new drain, and the railway company was
ordered to be communicated with to ascertain what
they were disposed to do in the matter. —Rates of
Interest. —Mr. Cox called attention to the rate of
interest on money borrowed by the Council,
and that received by them. The sum
of £7OO in band • belonging to them
was invested in Exchequer Bills at 21 per
cent,while,for the same amount of money borrowed,
the Council had to pay 6per cent. ,making a difference
of £l9 on that account. He was 11.11Ii0II8 to ask the
Finance Committee if they intended to make an
alteration. —The Town Clerk stated that he thought
it would he undesirable to meddle with the funds
in hand, as they would shortly be required, and they
had great difficulty in borrowing money. The sub-
ject then dropped.—The Scavenging of the Town.
The Surveyor sought the views of the Council as to
whether they would buy another horse, for the par- .
pose of carrying away the refuse, &a, or hire to do
the extra work. A saving would be effected by
keeping two horses, as during the past year the keep
of the horse and incidental expenses, including
repiairs of harness and cart and showing, had been
£l7 10s. 6d., and the wages of the man to attend to
it, £32 16s. During the same period he had paid
for extra work .£lll sa. 2d. No additional WWI
wiruld be required, and by keeping two horse., he
thought a saving of £6O per year could be effected.
An offer was read from Mr.- Fudge, engaging to sup-
ply a horse and cart at 4e. per day, and an extra
horse and cart with a man at 6s. per day. Mr.
Greenhorn, of San House Farm, agreed to furnieh a
horse and cart at 4s. per day, and an extra animal
and vehicle with man at ss. The last offer was
accepted, after which the meeting broke up.

EXTRAORDINARY LOU OF PUGILISM. —A OMNI'
pondent says he has learned from authentic sources
that a gentleman, now resident in &Retreat. is
about to engage in • trial of skill with Gerald Shane,
of tke sister isle. The love of "science" is said to
have tempted this gentleman to make the snatch
alluded to.

TRLEITY INFANT AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The Rev. T. 1). Elliott, Incumbent of Trinity Church,
delivered A lecture on Thursday evening at the Town-
hall, in aid of the funds of the above schools. The sub-
ject chosen was "Charles the Fifth." Captain Messiter,
of the Yeovil Rifle,, occupied the chair, and the atten-
dance was good. For two hours did the rev. gentleman
engross the attention of the audience in placing before
them in its true light the life of the monarch, the sub-
ject matter of the lecture. He commenced by stating
that the illustrious personage under niAice was so
rem‘rkable, that many authors had simply called him
"Charles the Fifth ;" and n announcing the lecture, he
ban followed their example, which, from some remarks
he had heard, was not sufficient for some to understand
to what nation Charles the Fifth belonged. He would
divide the suileot according to the following programme:
10t,—Who and what was Charles the Fifth?
What did he? 3r4,—What were the times in which he
lived! 4th,—Who were his prinzipel contempiraries?
§th„—What were the great events, and the great effects
~W4ting from those events, during the times in which
he lived? Taking the first part, he could say he was
connectea lineally with the Ileum 01 York, end that by
vElriage he became connected with the Houses of
T Di and nt:aster. Margaret of York, the Sister of
Edward the Fourth, was his great grandmother, and
Catharine, the dna w fa of Henry the Eighth, bit. aunt.
It was the son of Charles the Fifth—Philip ot Spain—
who despatched to E.L.rid the Spanish Armada, which
happily was defeated, or the adamantine chains of
Popery might have enciteled the island and its people.
' Charles the Fifth's grandfather *as Maximilan the
first Eiuperor of Germany, sa he was popularly known,
whose sop became Philip the First of Spain. His
mother was the daughter of Ferdinand of Arragon, and
Isabella of Castilla. Charles the Et lb was born at
Ghent in the Netherlands,in 141001nd was heir apparent
to promising dominions in Europe. 1. Watfleclared in
1506 Prince of Astoria% a title identical with that of
our Prince of Wales. Shortly after his father died, and
in 1516, on the death of his grandfather, he became
King of Armen, Coatille, Navarre, NapietiikVglVOlll.
Sardinia, and also of that new hemisphere winch Loleto-
bus had disoovered. In the year 1519, or thereabouts,
lie was chosen Emperor of Germany, and retained the
whole of his titles man 1556, when he resigned them
and -became a hermit. Charles, in his eerier days, was
superintended and advised by two noble and superior
women, Margaret of Austria and Margaret of York, And
he (the lecturer), was quite convinced that the influence
of a mother, or a sroman,oecupying the position of a
parent, had Igrast end Spun a man's life. • Hiti tutor
and governor was Adrian, afterwards Pope Adrian.
Charles had but little laclirsation for study; but was
inure partial to rand worts and military exercises. The
Diet of Woems, at which Charles was present, was
alluded tor, and justice done to Luther, who boldly
asserted that lie could not recant anything that he
might have said. The principal operations of Charles
. next defined, finally closing With hiedeieb at the
Si-one:der/ Of St, het, after herlng bed the vatilty to
. lit ftin &at' obaq'tsiet celebrated ia'lilt presence.
he few. 'gentleman then alluiledle the 'tete of affairs
with Churl& Reek shoeing that the inhabitant. Of
Abwope were longing and labouring for liberty, both
politics/ and religious., After remarking Upon the two
great revolutions in the political state and mannereeif
thcauropeah nations, occasioned by the progress °Me.
Roman power sad its subversion, he west on to say:
If. • man were called on tolls upon -a period of the
world during which tho condition piths human race was
most calamitous and Abated, he would, Without hesita-
tion, name that which elapsed from the death of Theo
-
(lodes the Great, A..D. 905, to the esaiblishmeat of the
Lombards in Italy, A.D. 5fL —fillitritrose the feudal
system of government, which resembled a military '
establishment rather than a civil institution. It was
admirably calculated for defense against a foreign foe,
provided the different Members could be brought to
work harmoniously together, bet its provisions for inte-
rior order and tranquillity were Meet defective. In feet,
the principles of disorder and eorruption are discernible
in that institution in its most perfect form. The Bourses
of morally were innumerable ; the monarchical and
aristocratic paste having no intermediate power, were•
continually at variance with, and jostling each other.
The feudal lords having acquired enormous powers,
scorned to consider themselves aa subjects, and openly
aspired at being independent, and hence a kingdom,
though considerable in name and extent, was broken
into as many separate principalities as there were
powerful barons, and all below these were the vassals of
these great landholders, as they themselves were origi-
nally of the Crown. The people were but serfs of the
soil. The moral aed religious thraldom which went ,
along with the physical, was still more oppressive and
distressing; the intellectual and spiritual darkness
which brooded ever the people was worse than the
Egyptian oilmen that could he felt. Such was the
state of Europe horn the commencement of the seventh
to the clow of the eleventh century. Marie-
soave in Franco, and Alfred the Great in Rogland, en-
deavoured to alter this state of things, but
their attempts failed to secure the desired
end, and only tended to render the darkness
more visible. Drying frier crinturim no authors: worthy'
of notice existed in Europe. "There is an ultiinat•
point of depression or exaltation," says Hem.," from
which human affairs naturally return in a contrary
direction, and beyond which they never pass either in
their advanoment or their decline. Towards the clots
of the 11th century the, dlaorders both in Church and
,fitato seem to haste attained their utmost point of IMMO,.
and We may dill:ton; a succession of causes and events
from that time which contributed to abolish
confusion and borbarism, and to introduce
order, regularity, refinement, end : heavenly light
The t"rusades were one of these. Viewed in them-
solve& they were abominable and vain. During two
eenturies, six milhons of souls assauntal the Chas and. set