The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE BISHOP.

A meeting to take into coosideration a most fitting
memorial to the late Bishop of Salisbury was held at
the Deanery, on Thursday last, when the following
persons were present :—Sir E. Hulse, Bath, General
Buckley, Mr. C. Rakes, Archdeacons Hony,
sanctuary, and Stanton, Presenter Lear, Chancellor
Daubeny, the Hon. and Rev. Canon Gordon, the Sob-
dean, Prebendary Morrice, the Rev. B. 0. Swayne, Mr.
F. Macdonald, and Mr. F. Attwood.
The Dean barns& been requested to take the chair,
letters were reed from Earl Nelson, Lord Heytethery,
the Mayor of Salisbury, Canon Fisher. Archdeacon
Heatable, Prebendaries }impend, Wilkinsoo, and Lldelon,
and Mr. George Eyre, regretting that previous engage-
ments prevented them from attending the meeting, but
expressing their cordial sympathy with its object.
It was then proposed by Sir E. HULBS, Bart., and
stemmed by General Bureau,
" That steps be immediate'y taken to testify, by some
public memorial, the reverence and affection entertained
for the late Bishop of Salisbury by the clergy and laity
of his diocese, and by his other friends.
" That for such a purpose no memorial would be so
appropriate as the reetoretion of the choir of his
cathedral, sines it la well known that this was an object
which the late Bishop bad earnestly at heart."
It was next proposed by Archdeacon Brarron,
seconded by Mr. F.. 1111M1•11,
"That Mr. Gilbert Scott be requested at ones to
furnish designs, specifications, and estimate, and that,
submit:Aloes be invited in furtherance of the objects of
the meeting, it being considered that a sum not lees
than £15,000 will berequired to carry out the proposed
work."
Tu. noire. of the committee, secretaries, and treasurer
will be notified after the next meeting.
Subscriptions to the "Bishop Hamilton Memorial
?nod " will be received in the name of the treasurer,
Mr. F. Atiwood. the Close, Salisbury at Mews-
Pineknep', Wilts and Dorset, and National Provincial
Bank., z&lisbury ; North Wilts Bank; Devisee, Meek
and Togwell's ; Dorchester, Williams and Co.; Mater
bury. National Provincial, and Wilts and Dorset; or at
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co.'., end Mears.
Hoare and Co.'s, London.

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THIL Bank directors on Tharsday lowered the rate o
discount from three per amt., at which it was Iliad on
the nth of July, to two and • half per cent.
A Nzw opera is announced for performance during
the approaching winter at the theatre de Is Monne. of
Ben.,ls. by the wife of the Burgomaster of that city.
Musical Standard.
THS contest for Antrim county on Thursday resulted
In the return of Captain Bernal% the Conservative
candidate, by an overwhelming majority. The numbers
were Seymour, 8064 • Adair, 3668.
A monster musicikli festival, the largest ever held in
this *mint.. is now in course of organisation by the
Tonic Sol-Fa Association, to take place at the Cry.tal
Palace on the 14th pros. The "Anvil Chorus" is to be
Performed, on the same male es at the recent American
Peace Festial at Boston. Eight thou-and performers
will engage in the all &Jr.—Musics/ Standard.
NOT long ago their died, in Hull, an organ bellows-
blower ; one of those singular individuala who took
great pride in his avocation. The ablest organ player in
the land could not think more of his position or esp.
abilities than did this blower. On all ascensions of
special organ performanoes he was ready to give his
assistance under the impression that the regular blower
at the place of performance was not equal to the task.
Local organi-ts too speak of the man as a remarkably
steady blower. However wheezy and imperfect the
hellos., he was sure to supply a steady wind. Illness,
however, overtook him, and as his end approached he
was conscious of it, and appeared to have only one
want, and that was that • bellows handle should be
placed by his side in the coffin ; a requeat which was
actually complied with. A clever musical friend is
resisonnible for the foregoing. which we may supplement
by remarking that its one of the London churches there
has long been occupying the unpretending situation of
perish bellows-blower, a very intelligent and respectabla
man warly related to, and owning the same name as,
an organist of considerable reputation in his day, whose
whose name is met with 00ason...11y on certain organ
arrangements or voluntaries of ninny o rs ago, times of
which the functionary in question is not without
anecslots* and intelligent reminiscences. —Af mica!
:Pens/ord. _

CanYLTT TO • I.lltraTlC.--On Thursday at the Lough.
borough rulieecourt. Henry Black was brought up on
two charges,—Grat, that of unlawfully receiving to board
and lodge in his home, at Sheepebed, John Baguet Wild,
as • lunatic, ouch house not being an asylum or ref
gistered hospital. or a lioenaed house for the reception
of lunatics. as by law required ; and. secondly, that of •
abusing and ill-treating the lunatic while in his care and
charge. The evidence on the first charge was purely
formal. flu tbe second charge being gone into Mr. John
Ruch, medical ausetintendent of the Leicmtershire and
Rutland Lunatic Asylum. was called and stated that on
the 4th of this month, to consequence of instructions he
remieed horn the Lunacy Commissionere, he went to
Muck's house, at libeemehed, and theme found Will with
his hands in handcuffs sitting in a chair, which was
fastened to • staple in the wall by an iron chain. There
was also an iron anklet attached to the foot of the chair.
rniler the scat of the chair, filed to the wall, was a
staple •ith a piece of strong cord attacked to it, and in
a window-sill close to it was another at pie, from which
a piece of webbing communieated with the chain between
the handcuffs. In the bed-room he found • strong iron
staple attached to the bed-stead with • strong leather
strap to it, and an iron anklet in the room. In the
watercleset was another staple in the wall, and • chain
attached. The man eu removed to the asylum the next
day, and since he had been there he had been placed
under no ouch restraint, and had itondueted himself us
harmless childish man. He certainly considered the
treatment the man had received at Blactlt's house un-
necessary, improper, and eruel. The man was perfectly
manageable without snob restraint. Serjeant Hague
corroborated Mr. Buck's moment of the condition in
which the man was found, and added that when they
went in and requested Wild to stand up be was unable
to do so until Ms. Sleek had unfastened the webbing
communicating with the chains of the handcuffs and the
staple in the window-sill The defendant was committed
for trial at the next Leicestershire Amass on both •
charges, bail being accepted for his appearance.
Dominic Scriatrrinows.—The following letter ap-
peared in last week's Tines :—I was always a send°
until I was a taint..., with mural others, of the toilet,
ing truths :—ln Inlitione of my sisiten was visiting a lady
who bad a niece poescesed of wonderful power. One
morning my sister was nested on • large sofa, and the
subjeet was introduced. She expressed great doubts,
on which the young lady requested my sister to pima
her hand on the mahogany frame of the sofa. The
young lady placed her hand on the opposite part, and
mrintiliateir the sofa moved away from its position, and
c ane violently in contact with the dining-table. My
enter W:l4 (lightened and got up, and subsequently the
young lady asked her to get on the teble. This she did,
and being again requested to place her baud on it, the
operator placed hers also, and without &moment's delay
the table moved towards the bow window. My sister
jump. d down and looked fearfully at the lady. A few
month* alter my sister related this to me. I was as
will acquamted with the parties as she was. It hap-
pened that in the following year, 1864.1 came with my
family to London, and among other visitors, the aunt
and niece called one morning, while we were at lunch.
We tarot... Ned the circumstances which I have related ;
and on expreaing our doubts the aunt said her niece
did not like to ohow her power. as she really felt frith-
tenet at it herself, and her father strongly objected to
her displaying it. but as we were such old fnends she
would not mind showing no, providing any one had the
Influence necessary to amid her. My wife went to a
heavy arm chair. which is in my hones this moment.
and being of rather art exciteeble temperament the
lady thoutht she might aid her power. The bonds
were plaited, my wife's on one side and the lady's on
the other. The chair instantly moved several feet with
my wife on it, who got up in fright and astonishment.
I said. '' To setisly me, will you try to move the
pi no'', which stood against the wall. The two ladies
Oared their hands at the extreme ends of the ?lane,
which ad•anceil out from the wall some distance. At
that moment a young nian•nervant was in the room
clearing away the lunch, and looking with surprise the
la,ly aer I, "1 wonder if George has any toner" He
was requeated to place hi, hand on the dining-table.
TI,, lady placed hers, and the table, with all the leash
thing on it, made • dash towards the fire place, and the
boy ins fitni against the wall. His fright ten only he
itolgeti of by those who witnessed it. A round table,
mahogany, was standing in the how window ; one of
flit e...ter. was MT. The young lady touched it acai-
dentally at hie *ace time that my wired hand was on
it, lookaic si the bov's wondering gene. A Doi., was
art a
homily towardc the window, and there it remained ci:wie
to the frame. All this noeurred in my ilioing-room at
111aid•.1.14 We were afterwards told that on one sees.
ai ~,, in her own hon.ce the servants wanted to move a
fimr-p0.4 bed. end, not beteg able, the howl, maid said,
" Let mimic Moss M— to assist us." She came up
and, telling the .ery•rit to plat, a hand upon the wooden
post at the fo t. the uiaig tidy, placing hi rt im the
on tie itt er, the bed moved forward, and w.mld have
proceeded. had not the I oly and .orrant taken oil their
lil.. The bed required men's said to get back again to
i,.l i.inee, being large and very heavy. I civ.,
y•ta the name' at foot for private information, to .0
via .Ity
of troth of thes- very extreordinaly dream-
.saseev.—PliOßZLl TL