The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-27 00:00:00

SWANAGIL
I A NOBLE DEFENDANT.
SWANAHE AS A HE a LTH RESORT. . On Thursday afternoon ace.., the cfrommisinces of
The first annual report of the Urban Sanitary which we cannot but think involve • vee7 grave
District of Swanage hae been issued. We quote from scandal, was tried and decided at the Middlesex
it : *miens. Lord Marcus Beresford, an officer in the
This, to be hoped, rapidly rising and beautiful town of 7th Hussars, surrendered to his bail in answer to
Swanage is situate at the extreme and eaatern termination indictment charging him with having inflicted grevious
of the Isle of Purbeck, in a lovely fertile valley, of the bodily harm on Mr. Harman Edgar Tidy, a solicitor
most varied scenery, full of unitilations, with • mod and in Sackville-street, while a second count charged him
rapid rainfall to the sea. No greater proof is needed than ..
at this time (January, 1877). when the maiorite Of Places with committing an ordinary assault upsin the same
are flooded from the contine il heavy nine, nothing of gentleman. The facto of the cam were hardly in
the kind is experieneed here, with the exception that the i diefinte. Mr. Tidy is, it seems, a solicitor in Sack-
rectory grounds and the ba4einents of the few cottages I ville-street. who, arnompit his other functions, lends
situated on the banks of the stream, which occosionallY i money. He has no capital of his own to lend, but he
overflows, ara then inundated. From the town the land has a friend in the City, a Mr. Alexander Jones, who
rd.es to a considerable erninen, on the south sdide, and finds him money when he wants it. Mr. Tidy..
L
more
584 fso to
taboo the north,
thl the
known as ddth I land in the latter irection
money lending transactions must be somewhat large,
being eee e eee ie sea. an i.l
Ballard Down ; the high land is of immense benefit to the for he admitted in ement-examinatim that he had in
town, in sheltering it from north and north-east winds, his time borrowed "millions" from Jones,. which he
The land to the east ends very abruptly in cliffs of great had placed out with different clients. Into the various
height, forming the north-east of the bay, which is open transactions which may have taken place between Mr.
to the east, very little shelter being found when the wind Alexander Jones, the gentleman in the City, on the
Is In that direction; however, the wind is not so oald and one hand, and Mr. Tidy's clients on the other,
dry as is generally imagined ;i the heat absorbed by the
the third place, Mr. Tidy himself as middle-Man, and in
'we
sea in smuttier. is thrown off
be n the winter, esecially so
when agitated. This may p p roved by tbe warm are not concerned to enquire. The only one that at all
temperature felt at the edge of the water compared with bears on the CM% is that which formed the subject of
that inland during very cold weather, the dispute between Mr. Tidy himself and Lord
The geological formation of the town and its immediate Marcusßeresforcl. It seems that Lord Marcus, through
environs to the north is composed of white chalk, fire- the medium of Mr. Tidy, had borrowed a thousand
stone, gait, greensand, and Vi ealden clay. The cliff rand of Mr. Jones's money. From this sum one
unu m
cultivated.
rine fro Ballard flown. to the town is that of hundred pounds was deducted for nix months' interest
Hastings Sands. The land is rich and well
The south side is composed iif the Purbeck strata; this at twenty per cent, and ten for agent's charges, while
is terminable at Durlstun Head by the formation known security was given, or was promised to be given, by
Is the Portland oolite. Swaitage proper stands on the the deposit of the noble borrower's entail:a...lent When
well-known Purbeck strata: beneath this is a stratum of
twenty
-five
it
whose
waspenrhoLnilettb,thafen,rdbiiNluilhrr.:Tiniedgwotyac.lk.aihgergniedml
very derable marble, which, in a polished gate, has such
a beautiful effect. Immense dep 'sits of this marble, with at the rate of thirty per cent. Ultimately, however.
judgment on ninitot, and put the sheriff's officers into Lord
ovialusi;hilechstoilieiiviemanme,Lt,: vp.al,irie to thullztd.,,tl,lli.rftacie.
Marcus Hereford's house. fin this pint there is, un-
cfionteiensa4!ritnogiss Inrwela;ll...iftritortrirey
iiiietforFieti,„•.ni.,l4 vfereery
and other stone, for which this bold southern headland ji fortunately, a direct conflict of evidence. According to
noted. Lord Marcus, Mr. Tidy promised him that if fifty
The sheltered position of the town, its immunity from pounds were paid on a certain day, executtie:rn.abwi.ottdfios;
fogs, and most desirable position, wherein is experienced not be issued, he paid £5O and :Mr. Ti'!, allowed execn-
that genial inflames, common to places almost surrounded tion to be issued notwithstandrp.rii7.n.
by the sea, lead me to remark that these lavished gifts of htfivesesayeuingofthamtrhejocotnesild,
in,isot lin:l7:bliit..,,brr.Tiiiwsily explains
nature await the finishing touch and future development
by man in making it a picture =slue town.
The census taken on the 3r,1 of April, IS7I, showed the however, tiderably clear that Mr. Ti ly useil to make
inhabitants of the parish on that day numbered 2,151, and on little profit out of the transaction, for he altuite
that they ocenpied .173 houses, that of the twenty-five pounds a month which Lord
Dr. Delamotte who has compile I this report adds: Marcus paid him for the one thimeand pounds origin.
I cannot close without offering • few remarks in which ally borrowed, he handed ten pounds to his friend
I may all to the prosperity of the town, and everyone, Jones and kept fifteen pounds for himself, while of
who has any interest in its future welf,are, should exercise the fifty pounds which were paid as emmideration for
his better powers to make it a perfect resort for bealthd
luidldingexemlition
the
erhepaul .117.minisithzte. sixteen pound.
and he may do no by aiding in every any, the Local Boer
Authority. to carry out nieuures which have been framed 'n 4n,i retained h balance. I
by the highest authorities, as neeeseeu7 to every town, which wan put into Lord Marcus Hereelord's holm
wherein life is to be prolonged, the death-rate to be very disagreeable consequences followed- Lord Marcus
lessenea, and the future health and happiness of its wrote some letters to Mr. 'lily complaining strongly
inhabitant. attained. Why seek a foMeigri land 1 The of his conduct. Mr. Tidy, on his jut, wrote Some
question is easily answered when we ask enema were the other letter., in which, in effect, he accused Lord
numerous waterine-plares that now fringe the coast of Marcus of falsehood. This came to the client's lino,
ledge, arui n,jt unnaturally made him ex.tremely angry.
Zealand I Where were Brighton, Torquay, sled Bourne-
naai.thd. 4t;;.? it,,T.I. Wir:ht:lile:Lr:Vii,,,,'; I:7,y`ogre,iuilyi.ttkee He went to Mr Tuly's offices in Sackvilleatreet. Kaye
Vniel, hournemouth a waste buthland, Swanage an the name iif Long, was admitted to Mr. Tidyk
primitive RA delightful, and it is to the latter place I presence tinder this false pretence— Fir oetch It Undonht•
r.t.,:i;ft,khie,.!jei,:yihdeennb,,:y::::,,l,hiledli:
would draw attention. Brighton might have a world-wide edl y war—at,,! then and there gave Mr. Alexander
fame, Torquay as fashionable Ita mild, Bournemouth • Jonee's friend and agent a very severe beating. Mr.
household word, lett Swanage, though at the present Tidy was examined shortly after the assault, and,
, _ althoughcne7r.tl,i:in:i thereinra:itt .inn,w.,:e:r,
lei,.
almost unknown a 4 a health resort. bids fair to become
it c;;. accruing
yet
t tl
the moat powerful ally one watering [dace
another. I have ever) reason to believe..an4 the basis on
tifieTlYwilehliemf y"osiet'n,ltshifirt'rsti.,tii.a'niagleuy, on various parte of his body, arid gave other indica-
h eminentiethe opinionsstructurei
dcni
as a health reeort. must be anode, recognised as posse ising tions of iihysieal lain. The jury, of mouse, had no
a rombination .1 advantages thrown, ail RO speak, all other rea.,nr, than to find the ilefet, lent 'platy. Th.
together, in which it is scarcely possible for her to her of learned Assistantoludge, after dwelling at some length
• rival. The tourist, who has visited tiwitzerlan,l, 'elan rrn the character of the ease, be sent ence4 Lord 3iftrelie
when he thinks"( the pure mountain air, and is tatonirlied
to flint him 'elf breathing in its midst on the Swanage itere..ford to pay a fine of a htunlred 1 I
sem, atogether
with the costs of the prooecution, and to find Keret', heights, and wants a Swiss cottage only to find himself
once more in reality a Swim romancer. Ile turns for his good behaviour for twelve months. Wben the
mechanically, in his sweet surprise, and to his astonish- sentence was pronotinced a somewhat discreditable
g
, meet and deli,glit, at hir feet lies a deep blue 'my, and he scene tm.k place in court. One or two of the meads.
instantly recognises a sister to the Bay of Naples, wantin trate,' protested on the ground that the Assistant-
only on the face of its waters the changing M.A., and Judge had made it part of his sentence that Lord
amalgamated tints of a gorgeous sunset, which lie has not Marcus MRA I. be imprisoned until the fine and the
shrouded ininnu
long to wait for :
itali l the
rrretreatid dnging sunhi od n tints
going hence,
mists iif the prememition mire paid. Iliad one iif the
e eay, ahe% de,
until water iii no longer water, but a golden plain on dimentients .-xpleined. been agreed among the magas.
which he gazes, until an evening zephyr ruffles it. tratee that no imprisonment whatever was to he
placidity and the increaing shades of evening hide from imposed, aiiil that the defendant wan to leave the dock
sight this lovely scene. Descending into the vale beneath, a free man. Mr. FAH!' replied that no one who knew
he finds the balmy air as warm and genial as that or anything of the law need be lidil that ifs man was
Menton., and had it nit been for his experiment ont erocie fined and did not pay the penalty he was liable to
combinst
RS a traveller, he might not have so quickly detecte
Here h d such •
'mprieonment as a matter .4 course. The prosecution
ion of attractions in Swanage. e was .
*
breathing in tbe invi4,,rating air of the Swim mountains, through Mr. Frederick Lewis, announced its willing.
at his feet lay the Boy of Naples, which, with the sunset ness to adopt this conose, end bail to the pequired
and revival of old and ISReet scenes, sent the crimson amount was at once offered over and over again. Mr.
streamlet that flows theeigh his be set to the very tips of alontagu Williams himself propoaed t,, be surety fog
his fingers, and his skin glows with the warmth of the his client, WM several magistrates did the same A
most pleaeurable soli-faction. Yet with those who vita noisy altercation followed, but ultimately the proffered
Swanage and fail to
st ill thy identify its
ir charmsd as he hbill-toas donpe
bail was accepted, and bird Marcus Perestord left the
e breathe the i.aree pure a, an if on the
they rind it ti,, brocm.:, it only Feinting to keep on lower precincts of the Clerkenwell Serious Hostas.
'ground, where the air ix suitable to the most weakened
constitution. Swatirize aS a health resort fi ir convalescents
Is &question long sine.' settled.
Swanage
,m a health resut requires to lie well-known to
those holding • high position in life. Nature having
given us pure air, varied scenery, bathing second to none,
snowless winters, 11114 inilit temperatere, it IlitiMilill tor
its to make an arentunesietive health resort for those alto
the greater part of the year work in hot and moire for
the general benefit of others who all the year round live
and enjoy the attributes of the country. On many of
them fulelments will depend the future of Swanage, if it
Is to overtake and rival other seaside towns,

Jahn Ridge, licentel victualler, Setlgley, has been char-
ged with shameful conduct in the churchyard on Sunday
week, when, at the funeral of a young man named
Rughev, he poured a loittle of opinta into the grave,
saying that the ileceseed "liked it in life and he should
have sonic in death." The prisoner made an abliet
apology for hio disgraceful conduct, adding the* " the
publicity that had been given to the ~.1141 had been •
terrible puniThinent to him:" he WM discharged upon
payment of a fine of ttle.
EMIURATIO% TO Q.:1161.L0M. —The new iron toarq,lo
" Southesk," Captain Gray, R.N.R., wailed from Grave-
send Monday, bound for Brisbane, Queensland, having
on board the following number of emigranto, tot . 911
married people, I single men, 52 single women, :13 chit.
dren between the ages of 12 and I, and 14 infanta, mak tug
• totol of 3.11 souls, equal to 3194 statute adults. The,
single WOMetl tire mder the charge of Mrs. Coded, IN.
Garde acting as Surgeon-Superintendent.

HILTON.

" Presented to Mtn. Lucy Garland by her friends and
neighbours residing in the punish of Hilton au a token of
their esteem on the iss-asion of her leaving the neightriur-
hood, March, 11177." Such was the inscription upon the
family Bible which was a few days since pr,...entra to the
young lady mentioned al's% e, who haa written to eicknow-
ledge the prwunt as follows —"To: my great surprise and
YOl7 great pleasure I Lave received your handsome Tlible,
which I shall eel us,LAIN 111 I live from you one and
ant I hope I may live for many years to peruse it.
rae eight of It will always remind me of my old friend.
and acquaintances when living at Hilton ; and I thank
you all for the very kind feeling. you have 'hewn towards
me."