The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.
THE HON. GRANTLEY Y:__BEB.BELEY'S

RBOOLLEMIONS.

The Hos. ()motley F. Berkeley gam a mad amusing il,
lecture. cioasisting of " Aners'oies of Sports," it the '
loyal Horst Assembly Boom, lad Thursday evening,
on behalf of thei library fond of the Literary Institute.
There wee • hit attudatme, yet tot so large as the
reputation of the Isom underarm might bays been
expected to attract. The Hoc R. (1. Talbot presided,
and then were also on the platform, 0. Bishop, Esq.,
Dr. Smith, and Dr. Moorhead,
The Hon. R. 0. TALI*y said he bedlam° called Napo
to pried& at the meeting. The Hon. Grantley F.
Berk•doy was going to lunar* on various interesting
subjects, partioularly "porting. He had no doubt hut
that most of theta were °Pavement with some of his
(the lecturer's) anecdotes and writirip as cootained in
carton. publieatimsa, sad would be mooch interested on
that ormadon. Bulb, did not then Intend to souk of
the Hon. Oraatky F. Berkeley: is ho was present, he
thought he (Hr. Berkeley) had much better speak for
himself. Hs then formally introdoesd the lecturer,
who was greeted wills muds applaur.
The Hon. Gaurchar F. BIBIZIAT soil: In promos.
log thus to offer baud' to their notioe—at sU events
In • good •••••—h• hved to afford them some emus.
meet, and he mound them he did not intend 'to
" lecenr*" anybody or anything. He intended to make
his oourereatbn as agreeable as possible, without finding
fault with anything. If, In the course of the observe-
Roos hews, about to make, he bad ocession to allude
to anythiag touching on religicla matter; he loured
them it would not he doe* with any view to levity, but
simply to Illustrate the tale he had to tall—(applauel.
It bad been his lot, net only to keep bound, and to
hunt in this country, but also abroad and be would
first toueh on stew scenes he bed wins:seed in France,
where they certainly did not comprehend the way In
which 'port wee managed la England. In Hsi first
place it muck him as extremely odd (as it was not more
than 10 years due be was is Frame) that the Frond'
nation should still rumpus that all clause of English
gaiety, and. particularly those of the upper ranks,
always intrwiareed their sonvenathin with an oath of
some kind. There had hems lays when swearing arm in
fashion ; but, thank boasen, that fashion was gone out
bow, and Emilia gentlemen n 0,,, interrainrled la
their die/ours/ anything Amen* or bed. Nsverthelem
be would tell them what happened to Women soon after
ha arrived In France. He was la • railway eludes*
with an eseallset sad mothimmaly Freachman who said
him his intention la travelling. He Berkeley) was
a very bad Frencbmaa, but baser sough to may pour
to chaser. The Frenchman inquired what be was
about to bunt, sod he mentioned, among
other things, the oder, the French for
what he could not nuellsert, and the Frenchman
could not tell biro; but be (the Freoahman) run shoat
the carriege in all aorta of fashions and dived under
the cushions to show that be meant some water animal,
and thus showed that he understood he want the otter.
After they bad exhausted all other topics of camerae-
Mon, the Frenchman looked out of the window and
said, " your eyes, what • Aim wares' r—
(laush ter). He (Hr. Berkeley) looked with ported
ristoniahmest, as it was the only Boglish word the
gentleman spoke, and thought, whatever the prosper*
might be, the mode of alluding to it was anything but
good. On mother acoasion, when visiting at the
aortae of • Mud, N. Vain:bald. near Nevem, they
were one day st dinner, where there were several ladies
asked to meet hina, sod the eldest son of the boat,
pointing to a particular dish add, " your eyes,
would you like some o/ Ala 11"—(Isaghtar). He kicked
bun under the table, as • hint not to nee language of
that kind in soda society. The young gentleman sail,
"Don't you always say that when you want anything ?"
11. told him urtainly not, and they Dever used foreible
expressioos of that kisd eximpt when is aer Means state,
such as he cemeeived urger to be. He then alluded
to hosting in France. A (*ottoman asked him to an
...stook" upon wolves, and he wept. There were three
•"packs of hounds," as they sidled them • Aim couples of
hounds in one plus, three in another, and two in
• third, all strung up by the neck to dm bubo, and
eghting, while the mea sat down sad smoked. Some of
the bounds wets tumults, some niaatiffs, and some
like our fox-bounds. Hs happened to have with him
• fine blood-bound riod three excellent ',oldish
lox-hound.. They found a wild boar, and when it
had run two miles, there wee • draggling line
of Mutters and hounds of the mine length, white the
gentlemen, who each had hunting borne, were every
one blood's( a trionsphael tone—the teat tun kWh:sting
that he was fanning into ths boar, one in the middle
that he was killing hiss, and the first that'll were going
merrily together, while every hound at PM
head of earth tall, so to speak, roaredl isn ammo-
paniment—(laughter). They next bunted • wolf. One
,of the Frenehman went and concealed himself In a pit
grown up with high gram, and In order to get • shot a
the wolf (becoome there is a premium given to any one
who shoots • wolf) he made • hole through whieb he
aould put his gun and look out. The wolf saw this bole.
and apparently thought It • good biding.plam, for he ran
up and actually touched the Frenchman with his nose.
The conceded ' sportsman" end, but the explosion went
behind the wolf, while the animal itself jumped over hie
head—(laughter). He (the lecturer) never beard so
usury weration• made in so abort • time as the French-
man uttered, when be found he bad lost his game—
.(laughter). Hs then described the Fronds method of
catching minnows for bait by mune of • bottle placed
in the water, and thee posed on to narrat• • row he bad
with • cabman at Hams who hurtled him se roughly
that be was obliged to ;tribe hiss. Is hiring • cab he
found that he was claimed m • fare by throe mparste
vehicle* whom driven insisted upon his paying them al'.
He refused to do this, sari the Irate salons° ha had been
obliged to ehadise, danced • sort of war dance, sod
"abed the fisherman on the quay to feel the montamie
rum under his eyes. The daisy oceasioned wee the
muse of his losing the packet to England, sad be arrived
jut in time to see her sail away with every single thing
L.
pommeled. He applied to the boglish Consul, who
arranged matters as far no be could ; but told bins to take
mare, or else the man would go what him for baring
struck • Frenohleubjutfor, although he was first usaalte
such was the Preach law that any person striking •
French subjest was liable to • heavy ithe, beside.
imprisonment. He then managed to keep oat of
the way. At all events the Franca law wanted altera-
tion as regarded Inglisismea, and any one who had such
• wilding as be had, and did not strike the parson who
collared him, would he wands( in that sort of spirit
which any man ought to feel towards another in a aim
of sesaull—(applatureo When he kept fox hounds shout
twelve Wise from he remembered hunting a
stag through Eismt'inpark and Buseelluquare. The
other henbanes clopped outside the to bat be went
through the smuts, with • couple of The
stag tuned at bay at No. 1, Moutagueutreet, where
two pretty young ladies were standing at the parlour
window, who with that great anandmeratlon ladle.
always felt for animals In distress, whether on two lop or
four, looked out of the window and add, "Oh, what •
beautiful armature r He mid, "Prey open your door
and let 111.,' and they did so directly, But there
came between sad the door • little fat red-faced roan, in
what looked like • suit of black Micklax-plaister. shorts,
end docking', and thrust them rudely on one side.
" Let him in, 'NOW r be cried, shaking his let at him
(the lecturer), "open my door, laded I Take your
animal sway, you'll get oothing here; 11 you don't I'll
mend for the beadle r His rage, and the evident
delusion be laboured nadir in taking him for an
Itinerant showman, sod the stag for an animal that
would daises and do Irish at his bidding, was too maeli
for egmeral of three who bad been hunting with him,
sad luml ammo to see the doer tau. They received his
address with shouts of Isughter, which made him more
(furious. However, be borrowed • tray trots a harsher's
'boy, run in on tim Meg and essarU him uninjured
i(applause). When hunting in Bedfordshire, daring e
ran belied ocomion to call to a bound "Back. Dimity,"
ands haberdasher who was dose up tensed about end went
home. Ho diatoms& asked the mama, and learnt that
the haberdasher thought be 'Admired bins when be was
thaaking to the dog. Hs then referred to superstition
in Band. There was an excielleat head-keeper on
the muscatels' of Looldel, aimed Stuart. One day when
out deer-sralkism though every moment's delay was
dangerous to their saireed with the dam he perceived
Stuart behind him dews on his knees lard at work at
the ground. He went bard lied 'asked him what be was
ding. The men replied, "I have seen a moue, and if
I don't get her blood we shall have no deer today;
therefore he was digging out the mouse. He observed
the some man afterwards eating • of smell
which grows I.lk. springs, and ors X:ies srsa
ghim why be did
so, be said he bad been assured by a Highland doctor that
as long ea ba or no; man could daily pluck and est this
MOM be would lister die—lasathter). Be then related
the legend of a wickedp ord who, among other
delinquencies, killed game and deer, and some said
°maximally • sheep, upon his own amount and not on
the master's, and when remonstrated with by bother-
disposed Petters, averred that he had as good • fight to
a deer as any Cameros in the world, for they were all
mmlsina in liconand. But ono gloomy day, as it was
waging into night, the shepherd was *Untested by the
sight of a splendid stem Warily ~,pprou,ahm k be
found It to be an immense animal, with • heal most
symmetrical and antlers of • very curious dercription.
The wished !shepherd aimed at the spier' of the auk,
but scarcely had his finger felt for the trigger, when up
with a toss went the stag's bead, the tarts and dadd-
iest eyes bent fall upon him Now or never was the
time, bet ere he could dismiss his hall, to hi. Whines
horror, instead of aiming at the bead or neck of a doer,
he found his sight upon the Wart of • tall dark man,
with fire Gnu& at play about his head to ham roasted
• stag entire. This our "meager, with
uplifted sad threatening band, bade him fire if he
dared. Down Went the pusher, as If he bad been
shot, in a swoon, sad on recovering hie •••••• found his
rifle broken In two lying beneath him, and neither sing
nor GUl's'', to be sew Like a soared and trembling
ghost that night he reached his baby, from which time
be was comy beard to swear, sad wbiekey and ride,
shot mid gun, and theft were alike abandoned.
Ne became • constant attendant at the Free
Nide and so enemata!, 'Odds did be hewm•••
that to the sod of hla days be was pointed at with
the •www•P•ultiesi words at giuod guide us, yonder
idea the moo that whom smile." To this hour there
wilt not n WM* shepherd is the district who did not
believe ip the tels. An ol4ummaa was lowsetww•d
L• •wds iw •
elute shepherds in the
Hig isels. Th osyl brought with them
• s•whi• 01 sherte dom, mometimee two or three each.
The doge did not at all relish being koOlniting during
the Sereine, mod as soon as they saw anysym plows of its
sorsolusios they started up and commenced running
round end mood, hclkje( badly all the while. The
stated minister being clued away, author clergyman fa
Mood of the lecturer) was asked to perform the duty,
and rime muds astonished at the inemsewy ocioadoised
by the barking and yelling el the doge He seat foe the
elders of the shepherds and told them this date of
things sand be altered, and they must leave their dogs
at home. They maid they mold not do no, having no
pines to pat them in. He, however, urged that some,
thing mast be done, and the shepherds consented to fry.
reogasy they sagas, and the dem with them.
elm went Wear\ the serdes, everything
being quiet. When he arrived at the end of Um ureic*
aceording to the wite 011 k. Free Marsh uf 800t1slig, he
held ap his band to sly* the bhedag, when the whole
socpeution were imputed ter ti•M Systry num how.
aver, at
"—p
MDI.r.A• shogibird at lad darted up, and
maid. " dr give the blemiag. s• ere only
cheating th
edogs lushest). He know of Do emastry
where he t withNeese and people
me
him he did in Animist...76=W ta" would

leave England on the 24th of August, bent all the
larger beasts of America, and return in time to eat hie
Christians dinner at bome. In eonetquenee of this
bold assertion, the news of his owning reached Amerlea
before be arrived. The papers were " riled " against
him. They ea'd, "We shah see if this old lop
will accomplish all he says; we should like
to see hie@ do half What he boasts to
doe. our plains." In other respects they were very
mini. Before striving there he had obtained 'a pretty
good idea in an English railway of what a quick people
ibe Americana were. A porter went to a poi*.
where they. were two Kentucky men, each about six
foot Sin. high, and leaked for their tinirtig Tin handed
a ticket eat • belt The porter said This vont to,
where's the hair One of them and, "Het, he bts;
It's not my fault, be was • half when he got Into the
earriage, but he stowed einee"—ilaughter) The porter
said, " You men pay the differentia" The Amerkos
agreed, and gave him SOCHI money. T'he porter w
not quick in giving the proper neap. The Amnia:
said, Wel, I peen if you was In my almighty smoky
the sun would melt that silver in your head, and sea
your giagere." The porter rejoined, "You mimic •
harry." He replied, 'I suns 111 was I should get
out of your train, and walk"—(lsoghter.) In America
on leaving the Min, the traveller bet sight of religion
and roods. A mina save • hall in whin none were to
appear unless they had crinoline.. The result was that
the guests appeared In twinning and nothing eke—
(laughter.) When be got to New York, be thought his
b•ed was turned, as all the ladies appeared to be walking
the wrong war, se the moleskin in their dreams was in
front. He asked why they deemed in this way. The
newer was, " I gems we think it looks bin, Don't see
whet on it is behind, so we always carries it in front"
'—(loud laughter.) After leaving the large town Lou
found there was no religion. In St. Look, where be
been in churches, be saw a large oonvegation of ladies
and gentlemen; but all of what we eall the upper elan.
The middle and working gasses were Wholly absent,
an during divine alnico you could namely hear the
clergymen for the poke of the mine and singing going
on at the drinking shop. This had • very injuring
effect upon the people, canine them completely to for-
get religion. He bad found himself wandering about
the plains gamely knowing which was the flabbath.day,
so no one could toll him As an intone of their
forget, noes. of religion, and of the burry the
people are always in, he met a man who said,
" I pees I am In • hurry. I have no lime to say
my prayers." He y) said, "You men
be en odd mon, los moot people ma And time for what
enty eassider to be • game obligation." Be replied,
" Wal, I don't get rid of than entirely. I get the
prayers printed, and bang them up by my bedside, and
when I go to bed I point to them sod say "Them's my
sentiments' "—(loud laughter). He then related the
kindness he met with from • palleman named Campbell
if St Laois, who adenoid the seassory funds for hie
intorno° to the plain, reining even to take any
acknowledging* foe his kindlier. He also rented the
trine used to frighten Englishmen from undertaking the
journey. Awing others, a young Er gildsman, when
going down the Illimbeippi, met with with • man who
. said Guess you are going to the plainer The English.
men assented. The American replied "I pees you
think you are going to bent. Which do you think
would be pleamoten, to hunt or to be hunted? That's
your fate Wpm go on the plain& You will he melon ;
you will never nom hash." He thee completely im-
posed upon the y‘coung men who was frightened. The
American added. I gases I don't mind being *soloed;
I'm used to it." He then offered to bay all the
Englishman's things, end pee his. him eitermis for the
amount. The Englishman took the cheque; but on
going back to fit. Louis be found no snob person wee
there; so that the American got WI his bones and mules,
and the Englishman got nothing in return. He (the
loonier) had !similar tricks attempted upon himself.
An American related to him his pretended experignee
of the plains. He said it came ea to snow mighty
regular, and he almost died of cold. La taming the
nurser of a rook he met a binoot4rffalo), and bad just
strength monk to pall the of his rills, and
shot his dead. He thou end Here's my lodging
for the night."' He cut open the buffalo and abet
himself in '' mighty hot." De fell asleep, and by and
bye heard • mighty noise above; he listened, and
heard the snarling of wolves. He though to himself
"They are natio, my bison outside of me."
Re thought be weld try to get ont, so
drank his last drop of whisky end made a push
accordingly ; but the " toroatkm" rib* were all frown up
and he could not get out. The min of hinemestry. how-
ever, neer lost their heed. He laid still, and heard
whin was the largest biter of those wolves. Ho heard
• "piles" old wolf biting away between the hinder
hp of the animal, until at lan he got his bead into his
" punnet," when he sought hold of his cheeks, and
the wolf was ao surprised at finding a man there that he
jumped back, and he pulled him right out. He (Mr.
Berkeley) asked what tbe rem Of the wolves did. The
man answered, "They gin • loud skillet*, and set off
jolt as mush surprised as Vother fellow"--(Inghter).
Fie thee referred to his is:perigees in purchasing boron
at Kansas, and the shooting of his lint bison on the
rubies, and se • specimen of the fees and *soy style of
proceeding in America, related an anerote where some
of the cinema made a match for his two horses, and were
"just Knee to bare it." He told the. they were not
going to do leo without his cannot, and they took it
very well. He then graphically described his riding •
bison to bay unwounded, • feel %TWA the American@
considered be could not accomplish. The bison, an
enormous (sesta», tried the most clever mencenvree
but in vain, hoist rid of him, smell at Int after • long
chase he turned upon him and oborW severe! Sone
upon himself (Kr. Berkeley) and his bores. At length
the bison exhibited • remarkable inane, hisonntesonee
altering from an 'ironies of savage cruelty to one of
greet mildness and beauty. He did not want to kill the
6eat now that be had really brought him to bay too
wounded, but he knew it he did not the Americana
would say be could not Mit. srt.l anordingly he des-
patched the bent, and its skin was stuffed in London,
sod was now sehibited in the museum at Liverpool.
This was the trophy of his beating his which he moot
valued—(applause) Before his arrival at Kaneas
the papers had notified his seining, and all the people
same out to see him. There was • little man, with •
drab fano, drab hair, drab eyes, and drab everything,
who was very nervous and stoned to be In • perpetual
preopiration. He addremed him as "Lord Berkeley,•
and offered to amid him In anyway. Every word be
spoke he expectorated on his (the lecturer's) valise, awl
bit the keyhole every time. He moved it out of the
way, but wherever it was tamed be dill bit the look—
(laughter.) He then related the eodeansre of sear&
sharper to entice him into playing for the purpose ell
cheating him, and mentioned an linden of meeting •
woman note in the woods at dinner with her nate is
her 14p, and her ride by leer ens. As sin lantana of
bow oomplettely religion is forgotten In America, be
related Nat • ariminel being sentenced to execution no ,
attempt was made to bring him to the right way of
thinking. As he was on his way to execution • print I
pressed forward to him and asked, "Hove you had no
religious indention r The son said. "No what r and
the priest rimed his *ldris: "Have you no hope?
Don't you wish for Mien? Do you know who
died for your The ussa replied, "Stranger
give it up; this Is no time for moan
drums"—(langhter.) He merely mentioned this to
illustrate what he had teen saying, and in no joking
spirit. The incidents in the ball.rome at New York
were also very amusing. He saw three or four hand-
some girls, from wheat be heard a little whistling noi
and whenever this oesurred there was • rustling .
several beans to their side. After being introduced
to on of the beenties he asked her the ontanteg
of this little noise. She said it wee unpleasant to
dans with any young *hap who was a bad dancer, and
when any of came to toms they made thet
little whoa no came the beans and sell,
"Oh, Kin 40, this is our dance," and thus they
kept of the bad dasserre—(longliter). He net peer
seeded to narrate an incident that cannel to him is
the Now Forest. He we. employed by the Crown In
the destruction of the deer. On one occasion he shod
at one. end thought be must ban hit her. He there-
for* seat home his man for his bloodhound Saxon.
After about three boars the bound was brought down
and pet on the seen. After a long time the deer was
bunted within shot and killed. He found It was • doe
with • little fawn dependent upon her. He determined
to mini the fawn or kill it out of its misery. The mixt
morning he got his old sensible bloodhound Druid, and
put him on the teen. The boated went the emelt run
of the day before. Ha thought mantling was wrong.
and, ezamlainini the ground, found in • swamp the
footprints made hi the doe the day before, and in the
footmark of the bloodhound Sinn was the footprint of
the little fawn, which had been running titter the agent
of the mother all No night. They -followed an by
step where the mother bad gone, and be must confess he
was sorry when be came to the spot where the doe woe
killed, for jut outside the blood he found the footprint
of
the fawn. Sportsmen were not supposed to be very
sot theorted man; but he must nano be was shocked
and said be would not kill the fawn. The next
winter was a very hard one, and the woodsmen told
him the fawn kept hunting the spot during the *nen
weather. The summer nine, and there was • report of
• good buck to be found where the doe was abo: He
went in enrols of it with his rigs, and law • cnonnotios
amongst none forest ponies, several of whom were play.
fle went to the spot, and maw not the bock be
was ie quoit of, but the little fawn growelinto a sleep
dos. He turned nide his ride and went his waye—
(applonee.) He thanked the audition for the attain
• they bad given his., sad mild only say he
should be moat hippy if at any time be eould be useful
to the institution. He looked on them anoctiations
as being sinus the most beriegeent that had been
Instituted, benne they not only disposed the mind to
think, hat they gave people very wholesome sad very
sweatiest methods of reargetioe—(applasse). He
treated they would inslieve him when be said there was
no and whatever for • sportsman to be • cruel man.
Hie esseverge and his lire were among animals, and the
thorough knowledge whin • sportsman should have of
snare might to make him a charitable man. Among
many of tbe meanest beasts might be found • lemon
troop whin man might wreak Where could be found
greater &deka, than in the dug ? If they could have
been is Reseet's Park when the -dreadful occident onion
pg they wand have sees • beautiful Illustratin of this
in that Newfoundland dog who saw his renter drowned
and amid lake no food from the head of a Manger.
If be (the lecturer) was In London, and could lad that
dog, he should try it be could not give it • new master
—Nonmetal. Ladies were very fond of having these
beautiful creature.; but it atria him as very strange
that he bad sever been able to get a lady to ten* her
! log properly. They never sew • leditantlist was
Z
taught or kept is proper au aga
reased, put ou Ise hat, or whatever did, Us dog
bsaked.-o..chusi. They amid not be harsh or severe
N their nestment of dais; Dever beat • dog, as they
late him for ooe they beat out;
Vittlitteetimpa AUL% o. In aneingion he advocated
the naives of society formed by ladies is Leaden for
the protacnkan ofMr" a paa di= to the Hoe.
Dr. Moosmsem
Winne. This
G. F. Berkeley tee yell bast
ememeitsd by De. BUM, ser=l, aequieseed
hip the usestisit.
The BOIL °Barn= BilaniTjth.l. WkWaming"agind.l
110M,1111110114 sell the P 118.6"... bad dap
more with him than this.. AI events be
his beet to mum them, and It be had said anything
that was useful, oe that would ONTO to lighlga • slot
mann of any pence'sninon" be wee o
the plenum be had given—polial &Film").
Dr. Stares the& reposed. sad C. E. BISHOP, Ein„
eseented, • vote of Nooks to the enermen wbleb hav-
ing base askaowledged, the preemethmit tormiseted.

BLANDFORD.

Boaorme POWS. Thurstley.—Before the Mayor
sod W. C. Fisoham, Esq. —Williams Fury, hawker,
who stated that be Game from Brighton, was charged
with bang drunk sod refusing to leave the lila
gnu'lan, pAst.street, Blandford, when requested
by the landlord. It appeared from the statement of
Mr. A'Court that the man came into his boas be.
tween seven and eight o'clock, sod though he did
not hare anything to driuk, refused to 15,,. till be
bad hie change. He was put out, but came in
again, and was about three boors afterwards found
in the water-Gloat with his hoots off. —Defendant
pleaded guilty and was fined Ha and 7s. meta.

SAVING'. BANE. —The general annual statement
of the Slandford Beving's Bank for the past year has
jest been issued. From this it appears that et the
sod of the year there were 1848 depositors, flee
agopeate with penny banks, 42 with charitable
eccietise, and 23 with friendly' societies, making
together 1918 amounts open at the end of the
year. During the year £6.531 18e. 64. were
invested. and £2395 IS. 134. received as in-
terest on moneys invested with Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt. The amount
withdrawn was £9390 14e. 5d., and the bs/anee re-
maining in hand annentited to £75,646 6a. 3,1., of
which £75,069 is invested in the fund*.