The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICUMURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1.)52

nine o'clock. They wire getting their living by
singing songs. They left together very *end friends.
That was the lest tone I saw Mom. I did not bear
them have any dispute.
The Magistrates' Clerk (Mt. Bamford) to prisoner:
Do you wish to ask this tritium anything.
Prisoner : No, No, sir, what the lady says is perfectly
right.
Robert James &yew stated on Monday afternoon
lam I was meting down Som.-street. I wet t /to men,
deemed was one of them. When I saw than coming
thy were jarring among therwelres. Had seen the
body of deeemed, sad be is the man I saw. I could
not ,ell whether the prisoner bit the deceased two or
three times, etthouch I was aloes by. I told prisoner
that if the polioeman came Mang be would take them
up. They then went up the street. Deceseed did nut
return any blow.
By Mel Bench a When I beard the jarring I did
sot hear dumbed say anything in return.
In souse to the Clerk, prisoner .ski: I don't know
as I have anything to irk him.
John Snook, carpenter, melding in East-street,
Code Gastle On Monday afternoon I was in my
shop and beard • maa muttering. I went to the door
and saw prisoner, who was 61 fast off. I nowoured it.
I beard him say ''l will do for that by and bye."
lie stayed there a quarter of an hour by himself, and
then deceased came up. They had some word., but
1 oott,d not diminguisti what was said. The prisoner
wanted to fight; the deceased did not say anything,
be did not want to fight. Tb.yth.nprocsededon up
the rmi, prisoner about ten pods in front. They
went about 85 yards up the road from whore I wee
standing. Deoessed then came off the road and laid
down on the grass under • emus will. He tali down
with his face In his hands sad the back of his head
exposed. When he laid down prisoner was about ten
yards in front. I saw the prisoner look round, and
then run a raw yards on in front and mike • atone
from the wall It was 65 feet from where the stone
• was taken to where deceased was lying. The stone
produced Is the ems. When he took the stone, be ran
bank to were &ceased was lying, and threw it down
as hard as he could on the back of Ms man's head.
He repeated it several times, holding the stone in his
hancle. The Sergeant had taken the stone to the
place, and it fitted into tbewail. I ran up t 3 the
deceased, and I and Smith took bold of the prisoner.
• Deceased was bleeding. While we were taking the
man to the nelio,, station, be said it served the
• well.he.right.. lie did not struggle at all. Prisoner
, was muttering ail the way down.
, Prisoner : Did you bear me ask him foe any money
, or books.

_.
Witness: No.
Prisoner: It is no use to ask any other question.
It is perfectly true what he says about the stone; but
I 'eked him whether be heard me, when I was toggling
with him. ask deceased for any money, and he says
"No." What he asp shout the stows is psalmody
true.
James Smith having repeated his evidence as given
at the inquiet, added that prisoner was muttering the
whole way to the polio. station. He (witness) bad
told him he had murdered ins mate, and be reptied
with several oaths that he had served him as eouteady
had served Burke and Oaveodush.
Prisoner was seed if he widied to ask this grime.,
anything and he 'elitist "No."
Ann Sierra : I at. • married woman. I live ia
Rat-eireet. On Monday afternooo lest I was in my
own hone.. I saw the deceased pass up the street.
He was trying to slag • song, but be realdn't. I
thought he was under the influence of drink. After-
wards I saw the prisoner go down the street with
Smith and Snook, and Smith said be believed he hod
killed the man. I then ran towards the deceased. He
sea. lying ii.o his facie, and vras bleeding very taimb.
He was malting a fearful noise, and struggling for
breath. I pulled him over on his back and went to •
neighbour'. &no it.a something to put under his heed.
The police sergeant then came up.
The Chairman: Do you wish to ask her any ques-
tions?
Prisoner: No, sir; I don't want to ask her any
question'.
John Miller: lam the landlord of the Castle Inn.
On M ,ndsy afternoon between three and four, the
prisoner cane to my house and asked for someeotts
to drink, and I refused him. Afterwards the d
came and wanted something to drink, which I refused.
He asked for a glees of water, which I gave him, and
be then went awe,. From the time decieseed left to
the time he was brought back was from 20 minutes to
hall-andiour. The deceased was living when brought
to my house, but he died five minutes afterwards.
Prisoner had no questions to a.k this witness.
P.S. Wiles produced the articles found on the body
of the ii . It included the pedlar's certificate, on
which were the words " Comaitied, 14 days' hard
labour, Ivy Bridge, Jainiry 25th, 1882." He also
produced the stone, the broad end of which was
crimson with the blood iif deceased. The sergeant
also had fitted the stone Into the wall, and found it
corresponded with the hollow pl ice from which it had
been taken. He cautioned prisoner when he charged
him with the murder as to what he said would be
given in evidence againet him, sod he said " I don't
mind ; what I say is quite create."
Hr. Woodruff. Usual riposted his evidence as
given at the inquest, and said in his opinioa the
injuries he diaooeere I were the cause of death.
jr. „Joseph Webster: I am a partner of the last
witness, and in conjunction with him made a
pule aortas on deceased, and I quite agree with the
opinion be expressed that the injuries might have
been inlaid by a dome, such as has been pro-
duced.
This was the cam for the prosecution.
In answer to the charge Prisoner said: I have
only a few words to say. I have known the
' man I was with about • fortnight. The first place
' I saw him was at Whoborne. I ha I • few songs
,On me, and he had a few. He had got a card-
lost.; I bad none. We went and sung in Willi.
I hems together, and then we went on the road.
' I need to sing in the streets, and he called at the
houses because I bad got no license. Durini the time
we were together we sent for four grass of songs and a
gross of b oks of the execution of OWOI6II Brand, and
the assassitation of Lend Frederick Cavendish. Lad
Monday morning we started from Wareham. We
proposed to come on to this place (Corte Cast's), and
then on to iwanage. Neither one of us had got any
money; at least I know I hadn't. I takes twopence
coming along the road. I says to him at the
first pablichouse I come to, "I will go and spend this;"
we takes twopence more, and we had soother pint of
beer in the same hones. I gave • recitation, and we
get • few more coppers and I have anther pint. I
said now we will go out into Curie Castle ands., what
the town is made of. I opens my mouth and com-
mences to sing in the street, and hi calls to lies if be
can take any money. I takes twopence off a man,
end I goes into the next publichouse on the
wpaidte side of the road, and calls for • glare
of - We—half a pint. Tbe man who I took the
1 twopnos of happened to come in, and there were two
lor three more in the place. I sang a sone, and got a
few halfpence. My mate happened to look into the
pablicbouve, and the man who I t ook the twopence of
and the rent of the company said to me "Is that your
raster I said" Yes,"- and they said " Well, be don't
seem to be very sociable." I says to him '' I have
jest called for half-a-pint of ale; bereft half for you,"
and I gave him half of what I was drinking, and I
said "You may as well try and make yourself
sociable ; sing them a song." He sang them a song,
that's • thing he had never done before. He sold a
couple of packets of needles to an old gentleman, and
two songs. We goes out of that home to the one
opposite and calls for • plat of beer. There were
some sailors there. I sung them • song, and got two
or three haUpenoe. I was rather hoarse, and they
didn't care much about it. "Well." I says, °y
mate will oblige you." lie song them one, mad he
a few alf.p-nce, imni they wouldn't have
anything
h
more to do with me. I tini.hed up the remains of
my beer, and then came out. I saw him afterwards
selling sma book.—his pro,...rfy and mine, what we
sent ti get, and whit he bad in his pocket unbeknown
to me since la.' Friday. I was going out of town on
the road to Swanage. I said him to share the half-
pence and to share the books, and he squares up to
me and says "If you say anything to me I
shall up fist and too* you down." I told him I
should he there when he done It I goes down •
little further, and sits on • few stone.. I says t, him
before that, "You are wires than the amassing of
Lord Cavendish." I told him if be didn't share the
money and the books I would kill him. I then after.
wards got the stone and killed him. I warn taken to
the poll e office, and hadn't been there long befog*
they told me my mate was dead. I told them he
ought to die, robbing a men who was w wee off tags;
himself. That's all I have got to say, gentlemen.
Mr. Banks,: You're eommitted for trial at thermal
aasizas for the wilful murder of the man supposed to be
Dennis Riley.
Prisoner then signed the statement Joseph Jamie
Kingsford.
Prisoner was afterwards taken to Wareham in
Supt. Lavender's carriage, and proceeded to Dorchester
by the 3.20 train. Great Interest was evinced
in the prisoner at the yea ions stations between
Wareham and Dorchester, the people congregating
at the carriage door to have a look at him. At Dor-
chester he was immediately walked through the town
to the eaol band-cuffed, and in the custody rif Supt.
Lavender and P.O. Collins. The Assizes will be held
some time in Jaly,but the exact date has not yet been
tiled.

The Nobie CHAIRMAN mid before the Madame com-
menced, he wished to road a letter he had received from
Mr. Davis, the Secretary :--" I am exceedingly sorry,"
Air. Davie wrote, "1 am unable to have the pleasure
of being under your preaidency to-day •it has again
happened that our Savings Bank meeting and the
Dorset Friendly Society meeting have clashed, and, ea
the Rev. Mr. Bingham mid at a Puddletown meetiag,
I have not yet solved the problem of being in two
places at one time. Eloping you will have flea
I weather and a good mwtiug, I remain, &a., G. H.
DARN, Donsheeter."
The Rev. Sir Tadhor BRIAR then read the report fir
1881, which was as follows

" The number of membere on the books at the dam of
the year wee 2.82); female., 92—total, 9.133;
being a decrease in the number of male. 94, 46 of this
number WWII for deaths and fie endowmente paid off,
leaving 48 as the net demean. The number ienroled
dud., the year wen Ea, and me was is-instated. Members'
oontributions, 1880, £1,317 Os. 54.; atm, 1881.
LIJIIN 14a 111. ; bong . mamas. of sn fis. 3/1. Su.
duermenta amounting to £lBO 4.. 7J.and ague ten deaths
bare been paid off. Sick pay ha. been alluvred to 550 males,
for 5,M7 weeks. amounting to £1,095 11.. 54,; end to 98
for 442 weeks and are days, amounting to
Chubs.o 114.. making I total period ot sickness of 1i,839
weeks and eve doe and a total amount of vat my
gg.4.191 ga 6d., being a decresee, as compered with 1800, of
147 wmks end 6 days sickness, and a decree.. ot sica p.
slog.. IL a,,,,,,rma rate of eicknes;--111.alee, 9 *sake, 6
day., 16 hours for £3 13s. 0,0011. r sick; ir.tnaWW.
15 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours :or LI 9g. 714. sacs member
sick, suowiug a slight increase ii. the duration of sictneas
in the cam ot males, 1111 com pared with 1880. but • decrease
in the cam of tamales ol 7 weeks and 4 days. Sick pay
was paid to 61 members under old rules lon 1,696 week.
and 9 days, anieuniong to £517 6.. 31.1. The punter of
members ID eceipt. of suck Per nude( the old ram on
January. 1882, was M. When tue new rules cams into
operotion they were 93. Capital at end of 1881,
£1647913.. 8),. ; ditto, 1880, £17912 16s. Old, band at.
imams, of £348 17s. 85. The average per member of
general fund. et 31.‘ of Deciember, 1884 is .C 8 14.. 23. ; at
the end of 1880 it was £3 Is. Si foe average rate ot
interest on tho investment. during the year ending flat of
December, 1881, was £3 10a. 614. per cent. The
Managing Committee mg to present thy', report for the
year 1881 to the ateneiere of the Dorset Friendly Society.
They cannot but toxemia their regret at to.. foliose off in
the numb.r of the benefit member!, nut they are, at the
sem* tuna not discouraged by IL Their endeavours have
been earnestly directed towards bringing the society tato
• thoroughly sound financial condition; and they feel con-
fident. when this is suede evident to all who are or are
likely to become benefit members, the popularity of the
society will be restored, and it will agaa make program
in numbers as it has heretomre done. Of the decrease ia
the past year. 46 era amounted tor by deaths and by the
payment of endowments. Tbe rats of settees is still very
high, but wises the sessaben stades the old rates receiving
Permanent sick pay aad toe fermis members, whose
armeee suck pay is so high, us removed. and when
greater care, to which close attention is bang given, ia
exerdied in the diarioution of sick pay, your ocononittee
took forward to • material improvement in this respect
It will be noticed with satisfactiun tha there is an Mame@
of capital of Lae 17.. 851, seed that the average unmet
to each member f lb. general fund ea bigher man it was
in 119110. The amount of capital. £14,479 13.. 8)1., is oal-
culeted at the Wei prices of ine sere at investinen ; but
at the Psi°e they bore on the 31.6 December, 1881, the
amount would be £11,,129, 11.. 911. wallah *mull snake
the average tor Gam member sad higher. As the kr in
of the quinquennial retention is mem, and as the
socounta for the peat Elm years, up to the 31st
December, 1881, are now In the hands of the actuary,
your CAM:DEMON [chant from entering more fully into
the affairs of the society in their present report. he
soon as the actuary's valuation is received it will be laid
before the members with ouch observations aa it mar rie
quire. Before dosing their reportyour cuinenittee have a
Past ul duty to perform in adverting to the loss the
Gummy has met with in be death of the late Cason
Bingham. It may be remembered that when the great
, WIrTIOSI of Mr. Pincher, Wtio Wan ito founder, were lost to
the society, Kr. Bingham somewhat reluctantly. se hie
other engagementa were so many, undertook this office,
mil has been an honorary secretary 19 year.. Under Mr.
&maws's guidance the change of rules, to which the very
existence of the society depended, was accomplished. We
all know boor much he late,ured in the Interests of the
. sorely, sad how, through to od report and mil rep et, he
did ho utmost towards its improvement_ Your raw
mitt.% some of whom from the mama laboured with him
' to this end, feel deeply the .oes the society has stint•ined ;
and they have no doubt this Ireling will be v. 6 Med from
, the genera body of members, for whose welfare be allweo•
e showed the grsatest •elicitude.•
The Clialairtie said be hp] received two telegrams
from Woym uth, one from the Rev. H. itarenhtli
(Duckland Newton), and the other from sir. K. Pearos
(Dorchester), expressing di.appointment that the
Weymouth steamer wes unable to start owing to the
adverse winds. .

In moving the adoption of the report, the Noble
LOID said : I have niw to more that the report for

the -;ear -1881 be-wi-o-pted. l'he details an rather
meagre, but the report in mentioning that fact suffi•
cientiy explains the reason of it, and, no doubt, when
we uet the statistics, which we have not to hand now,
. . . .

it will be pistol in ale hands of all the me ober., an,
the various branch o.minittees in the different districts
will then have an opportunity of easing more clearly
than now how we 'mend. I think the report is, on
the whole, sate( actory. (Hear, bear.) Certainly the
number of benefit members has been decreasing, but
that, of tour-c, one can hardly be eurprieed at, cm.
sidering the number of benefit societies which are now
competing for support. In these deys, when the means
of locomotion are so easy, and men are inclined to leave
their native county awl seek for work, not only in other
parts of the United Kingdom, but very often in the
Colonies, perhaps they would rather embark in one of
the larder societies whose benefits are spread over a
greater area and surface—in feat, all over the world
they find branches No doubt in some distances the
benefits and terms of some of those other societies are
more liberal than they are in this, but still there is an
element about this 'society which. I think, we can
safely congratulate ourselves upol, and that is its
stability. (Hear, beer.) I think we are really now
epos a very sound financial basis. There is always
this to be sail-1 am a great supporter of all friendly
societies ; iu fact, of ad s cieties which hive for their
and object the benefit of our fellow creatures.
(Applause.) I don't know whether there may not
some day be a great awakening, because when •
suci.-ty gets so enormous and unwieldy, assume of then)
soc oties are, it is rather more difficult to keep their
eye on all the accounts, aod see they are as they
should be. Therefore, there is always that off charms
of stability in those larger institutions. So that I
really think, in spite of all these falling, if, the mem-
bers of the Dorset County Friendly Society may con-
gratulate themselves that they are on a sound financial
basis. (Applause.) At all events, it is not for want
of good-will or hard work on the part of its officers.
(Hear, hear.) We have pissed through a great crisis'
in our existence, and I may say there is nobody who
worked harder, and to whose aorta we are more
Indebted, than our late lamented and departed friend,
Canon Bingham. (Hear, hear.) I shall say no more
at present, but will now move that the report just
real by Sir Talbot Baker be adopted. (Applause.)
Mr. CZOBGB BOND sail he had great pleasure in
rising to second the motion of the noble chairman.
He considered it a very satisfactory feature that there
was inch a large balance per member. lie did not
know if they all took it in, but their capital amounted
to between a and for every member of the society.
bear.) There was nothing, to his mind, like
&sing plenty of capital. An old proverb says—
" Mooey make. the mare to go," and he thought
money made the Dorset Friendly Society to go.
(Laughter.) They had gone through some trials and
difficulties, and it was • very satideotorY thing that
they were beginning to see daylight. He believed
confidence was being restored, and whoever was spared
to live 25 or 30 years would then look upon the Dorset
Fri-dtyScolety aeons of the meth 'roughly solvent
institution.. (Applause ) Depend .ipon it there were
other societies which wool.' a'l have to ig.i through the
stages they had gone t rot h. Many of those other
societies, when they were originally started, were
started upon too f svourable a hasia —the contributions
were not sufficiently large for the benefits which were
to be given. They went on satisfactorily for • certain
number of years, then the turn came and they found
their bloom was not sufficiert for Lair motley. That
was the stage which the Hampshire and Wiltshire
societies had gone through. The Hampshire society,
being the older one, found out its mistake some years
ago, and pared through exactly the same stage that
they had done, and now it wee one of the most flouriel.
lug societies in the kingdom. Its capital had increased,
so had the members, and everything was now working
most satisfactorily. Non that their Dorset society
had been modelled on the same basis as the Hampshire
Friendly Siciety, as he said before, depend upon
it if their lives were spared for 20 or 30 years., they
would then find they had built up ot • solid foundation.
(Applause.)
The motion was carried unanimously.
The next busbies' was the election of Chairman of
Committee, in the place of the late Canon Bingham.
Mr. 01011.01 BOND Tose with the greatest pleasure to ,
propose Sir Talbot Baker as the Chairman of the
Managing Committee. The name of Baker had been
associated with that society since he foundation, and
he remembered at the last meeting of the society, Sir
Edward Baker' the honoured president of the society,
was present in the chair. He did not think they 0 cold
have a better successor to Cation Bingham than their
excellent friend Sir Talbot Baker. (Applause.)
The Rev. Sir TALBOT Barna said after the kind way
in which his name had been mentioned as successor to
his dear friend, Mr. Blogiosio, be certainly could not
refuse to do that which he had dons provisionally sinoe
164 February, when he had to bake the chair Ai •
provisional arraogement, and wee nomitiated Cr the
office until that meeting should confirm it. Bat he was
emboldened to take the office by the consideration then
advanced, that the office was only tenable tor one year,
, and if he found he could not manage it, or if any more
eligible candidate cropped up, he should be WWII to
vacate, and they would then be able to choose • good
man in his place. lie smeared them he would do what
he could to carry out the rules of the society, and that
eel about what the chairman had to do, and to take
the clinic at the quarterly meetings. He expressed his
plosion at the lively interest shown by the members
at the qunrterly meetings at Dorchester. Referring to
the condition of the trisity he could not help thinking
that although there had been of bate years a decrease
in the number of their members, ere long the tide
would torn, end they would again get the confidence
of the county, and more especially of the younger
members. There were • great many societies is the
mummt day contending for support, but he could Dot
help thinking their own society would get ahead of
them, or at least bean well supported as any of the
'Ahern, and get an increase of new blood, which was so
much wanted. (Applause.) He might Put give •
proof of the confidence he bad in the society. Theirchair-
man would have to propose a trustee in the place of
the Into Ur. Bingham. Now that post involved some
little responsibility, for lithe affairs of tbesociety went
to the bad, he presumed the trustees were more or lees
called upon, and to show be had confidence in the
society, lino other name oecurred to them as trustee in
succernion to Mr. Bingham (and Mr. Robinson
Informed him no gentleman', name had been given 1o)
he would offer himself, if they thought fit to accept him
for the responsibility. (Applause.)
SUCTION OP OFFICUL

The &action of honorary and benefit members on the
committee wee next promeded with, a vote being taken
for whoa gentleman n. °mingled. Tiyi following w
owabars--11r. fManeall alawavi
Kr. F. lb:, (learns C.urtney.l ir Attwoolt lnrtlaw
Mr. J. Shepperd (Gillingham). Mr. J. &alum Mated-
bogy), and mr. Foot(L rdieStir)
4. rather ivi7 di/KUNO:IP ellitled o MOr tWO tlw
.I..thma. Tao Ara to h. obJectwi to wit Mr. J. roam
ifortlandl
Mr. Heaver (lowa' Oeurtney) ebp.ct.d to Mr. pews
on lb. groaned that he had not attanded an of their
gnieglags ditrias sibs yes& Porliaad was a via

wart of the oriewity. sot only regarded having two very
large breaches, but thst War b.d been esisbred eves
so co their society warateloted._,. _ he thought it liothing
but right sad proper Shojis...or 'Mead the lassafloasos
OA evenly se way pose could over the whole of the
county. 'regret re if there were any Portlaad Meads
pressed who Gould Ukiah 01 anyone fit sad prow to Pam
oa the Kaneda' Committee he thought it their duty to
say so. (Hew. hew)
Kr. Arrwoou. proposed Kr. F. Periros, Jan.. sad Kr. J.
Or= wooded, but
Mr. LeCa.ll•ll proposed Kr Attwooll to 11l the newt
oltior. lie knew Kr. Attwooll cook • treat interest in the
twisty sad had shown it by auseding to-der. (AP•
piartmi
Kr. WWI BOND @wooded. He was generally preempt
at It. meetings in end he ire:valets thought
that tor sated good 006111140 awe" there was out •
aloes number of it. society who showed • Weer share of
it man Mr. AttwoolL (Uem. hew.)
Kr. Atiwooil was elected in the room of Mr. & J.
Pearce by an overwhelming ateiority.
Woen Kr. Foot (D.uotte.wi) wee Dominated, he was
*posed ley the Rev. LW-Wawa& who proposed Kr.
Goosibe. of fliandfortL At Dogehester there were out,
50 members, Bed they *ever heard of new issattere
Joining. Greet aorta had Wee outdo in the neighbour-
bend oi Blitodfor.l to get i.e members to Join, sod. as
they telt if their «clew we. to be saved, it cAld only be
weed by new members joining it, sad as that was very
strongly their feeling In the neighboarhood of &Ledford.
he togged to proems Kr. Coombs es one of the sax

OJMni7aoili Men:
Mr. IszrrLsa supported Kr. Foot'. nornination, on the
ground Mat to• county Men ought to to represented.
Mr. Gtomes Bonn ebb, spoke to I av4ur of MI. 1/00a. Oa
the grouad tam be hod taken (mat Interest in the 'misty,
and was eery coostsat at them messi..gr.
After a few remarks from Yr. suirrAzo in Support of
Mr. Foot. a dtriston OW taken. remstang ft the almost
unanimous re-election of Yr. Foot.
Tat robowlng were the honorary numbers ideated
L Kininirofry. Li.. O. L riot, Coq • G. W Boad,
Est., Bar. IL E Itersabill. and J. Williams-Bell, Eaq.
'roars wa• vacaucy award by the election a! lita
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TZ:C•Ft iiara—s-4cb.r of ths *Amato., s&d, on the
!oolton ol Mr. HAMMY. EL 8. Bow., Lq. (rosimell

Porw)orso oloctod.
Toe Nag. Cummins did not like to sty within; a.
&Wigan beton, inn idoction. bonito wed i.)011114 to say Wily
. -

eJuld not have- 004;118• • enTut to toot attar the tnioresti
of the boost" bettor than Yr. Harry Bawor. (Air
planes)
As Arbitrators Hof following gentleman wen nrokotad:
—H N. lloldietoa, Eq., F. Fdlitar, Zoo. Z. Bursae'.
EA., and the Roc IL Moonlit.
.thio Undt atelitorn Mr. I. X Lodi, Hr. T. 0.

Mx. &ma bed Mr. Sheppard won re-riecuod. tad, as ad
ganitamaa gram forthaponag to SS toe vaaaster, a Paola-
'lon was pae.ed ssapowanag the liaaaag Ogicreasaittas
to c mind's is sutlers, asad appasat toe Lhud &whim
Taoratoa. La., was r•-•lreisd in...um for the
mooing year mad gr. G. H. Davis was naappolated

sarrtiiy: _ _
Mr. L. Res Mimi oa!xkkalf of Kr. Dovs lbo.brig.l4l

totita7.ll:7;Toniallip- Zad azieso-toe. re bf-t-h-e-L-Hety of
gloomy ham cam more as maretary. He wee ears be
would do whet he mold for the good of the moiety,
although of late years user* had ham ratiwr mon ww k
to the way of the Goverament return. He wee °air
Way there had out boon much more work in ttio way of
Pregame papers for arm members; that woo. work
they would be always pleased to do. He believed
tee solely would 110/P recover itself, tor if to., looltad at
tbo foots at the price they bore to Dreembcr, they would
me the average per anember waa over A. 1., although the
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rap.nt only aboard 404 14r. That arat vary satialictory,
sod the Laat yeses ward ram 000sidor.bly in advance ra
thr. Year WWI. fur du) wed Adtl odd 11/14081 £470. 6.1
that no. saved notatiltatitadina Os &MOUS' 91 L5O

being p.id in •10.1li oi tlie previous yew tor epooomeats,
sew AT VOffie being paid Nl' death Pal. lick peg ea.
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htifloubteffil v•iy iish. and he b;igirod to osU the
of the wadi al oincire and the officers of the various
branches to the fact that sepervision in this respect rested
almost entirely with them, toombe if the cer tansies only
came in to them properiy maned they were bound to pees
the sick pay, unless t 0... was some special name that
called for alteration, and then the matter wee brought
balers the Managing Committee. With mord to q eerier-
pay, it should be on tomcod it was put in the rul.•
merely while the da.4l4.acy lasted, and that deficieocy
cause about in tall ear —Members drew more heavily on
tio• fund, the. ems ripecied, and when the new [Ulm
were framed, instead tot sterillog on the basis of the new
roles, they had to meet the deficieeey, but as soon as the
dacieocy was met Chet reetrictioa woad be taken away.
It retie! sot only te ith the medical officers ellanilleires but
with the membes ; became it members were on leaser
than thy ougot to be, they were the ones who knew it,
gni they should put • stop to it In conclusion Mr.
Robinson again thanked his lordship and the members on
behalf of Mr. Davis.
I TM next buoimes was the election of • Trustee in the
room of the 1... Canon Biugham.
The Noble CHAPMAN said he did not think they could
do better than accept the kind offer of Sir Talbot Biker.
(Applause.) A volunteer PP always bettor than a
pressed man, and Sir Talbot hal announced his confidence
in the society. and It wee • great thing for them if they
could get • gentleman of his standing in the county to
mute torerard and sty he was so sure they were on a
goeel foundation, that he was reedy to take the risk and
Meow. Mmes. There was, of course, a certain amount
of risk attached to the Ake, and if they were all unable
to got any.hint (root the society they would all hare to
go to Sir Tallest Baker to put them right, (laughter)
' There he is," c mccded bard Ashley, will you have
hiin—if you will, hold up your heads." (Loud laughter.
It is needless to say the election was unanimous.
The Rev. 0. Mamom said they had owe more duty to
perform and that was to 'enrage their thanks to the
no de chairman, for his able and genial conduct in the
Chair. roe name he bore was intimately connected with
sver) thing which had the welfare of his fellow-men at
heart. Toes name was well known in that connection,
not only in England, but throughout the civilised world
—(applaum)—and the fact of Lord Ashley taking the
interest he did in their D inset Friendly Soddy, was, he
thought, a guarantee thet the society was one which had
for its object the good of toe working-men of Donembire,
and he stormely hoped the day wee not far diatant when
they woold emerge from the cloud under which they were
now naming. It was rather • distress to him to see sole.
young meo attend their meetings and join their society;
but after what they heard that day, he trusted they would
pass foto • new phase. Perhaps that east wind which was
ratter discomforting to mum of Mena, and was said to he
neither good for man or beast, and which once drove
some disagreeable thiogs into the sea, would drive away
the clouds which hung over the society, and that troy
could once more emerge into the glorious sunshine whicn
thee could all so much enjoy. (Applause.)
Mr. &terrain, sec At led the motion. He trusted that
when th y received the • ituary'd valuation it would he
found to be in their favour, and if there was • small
deficieucy, which it eras very partible there Wahl be, he
booed it would not be such as to disturb their minds;
because if they happened to have wreathing in their
favour, they would he almost the ooly soAety is England
in such • positioo. In order to show the good Mainline of
their society, he quoted s one imoortant statistics from
the recently Monti report of the Registrar General. Of
the Ordinary Societies, the numbers and funds bed talkie
off immensely, the average per member being £4 So.
and with this he contrasted the avenue per member in
their own society—LS lii. Societies with branches, like
the Oidlellows and Forearms, and their own society, the
members end funds hid increase I greatly, tits average per
member being £6 Ilk 91. Amon he contracted their own
with that of the collecting societies—the members
Mermaid and so had the fonds somewhat, but sot in peri-
-1 Portion, the average per member being only 10s. Ude Of
all the embitter together, the average per member woe
£2141. an surely the Dorset Friendly Society could
at be so bed. (Hear, bear.) Tees. averages meant smite-
thief, and, if anything, they meant that the societies with
th I highest average were prime facie the safest, and there-
fore their society with as mores.. of nearly 499 amid not
but us better than most of the abets, (Behr, hear.) la
conclusion, he oohed them to atudy the interest of the
club, not of individual members—get new members, bat
sound ones, steady and leder rious, and not admit insrehers
to too bich hiplines. (Hear, hear.)
The Recroe ti wed the no .ti on would be cordially
carried, and called for three ohm.s for the noble oltairman,
which were given with al the wig° Cr and strength which
Swenege lunge c iuld command.
Olialail&N, in response, could only Pay it wee worth
while comiog elm 'at from the extreme north-east corner
of Dorsetshire to the extreme south to be so warmly
reacts —I, as they hit been kind enough to receive him
that .lay. tic I,Oped Dora it-hire might alera.• continue
to be eo unit. n ,rth end amto east ant west, he they
now were. (App They were a queer tiounty, an
they hod reline ,onny little corners in it. (Laughter.)
Peep's said tie Purtlanders were • very q oreer set of people,
and he bad lie.'..! wine fanny Mutes aloout the ism* in
ths i.e of Purbeck, but one thin( be would not do for the
world—he would not get between • hungry Purbecker sad
his dinner. (Leo.! Laughter.)
The meeting this broke up.
TIC 111!41:1AL DINNER

took place In a large mucus, in the °debit Ground,
witch Or 41 C• 0 Wd•Ci to sacra An excellent &neer was
provided, sod the tsblee, wlDch were nioely dee erste&
presented a most attractive . Lord Ashley
took the chair. and the Rev. D."4=s(rector) the vice-
chair. Nearly ail than primal at the meeting were pre.
rent.
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-Grace having been said by the Rector,
Th• Noble CHAIRSIAN row end prop wed the toast of
" The Queen—God bias; her." fist ein. with that of "The
Prince and ['rine."' of Wales and the it it of the Royal
Ternilyrwis most warmly drunk.
Again rime*, the CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure
in priphing the neat tones on the list—that of "Th.
Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese." They were all pild
of their D.ocesen : he ruled them with a mild sad benign
away. and he thought they in 11 irsetthire might e.y
the same as a body of Hutr county clergy. He never
earns to soy lime nseetisig where the welfare of the
opacity wee in qtasstion without seeing great numbers of
the clergy of Dorset, and so might it continue. (Hear,
hear.) They were honoured to-day by the eemeany of one
el the best of their Dorset cler y, the Archdeacon of Dorset.
The very leek at hire was ion to make one feel hippy
Ml over. (Laughter.) His honest hospitable f ice w
always radiant with smiles, an he would tell them that,
which did sot often happen, he wee quite as bood as he
hooked. (Huck leughtsr
The Ten Archdewon SwIC-aimay. to reply. staid it was
very fortunate f Lim ks Wasbehind • tall dower, other-
wise he should be -blushing yen, much, and his Moshe"
would he seee• (Laughter.) He was steal s titsnkful
when at miatings of this kind the health of the Bi-hop
and clergy cou'd be preemie' end heartily sweated, end
he would tell them why. They must all be thankful that
In all their Littlish gatherings, whatever elee theta west
be to diatreas them in other parte, the,, the representa-
tive' of religion, were honoutod, out became of anything
they hid personally done, bet for religim's lake. They
were hasioured With the kindest 'wiped and attention,
and be might say, the high Pleas that were given them.
He Prayed God that It might be they did not desire those
high places personally, but they were thankful that the
Church of Christ should have them places of honour IR
thi• country. Therefore he most heartily thanked than
03 behalf of the Bebop ell 4 clergy fee the kin 4 way In
which they had received then agrepreeentativn of religion.
It had been his lot went time to go to this kind of meet-
imm—for instersee, the 0 idfellows at Salisbury, and always
the same kindness, respect, and honour were paid to them
as the representatives of religion. With regard to them-
selves, he could only My they were at their service, and
reedy to do anything they could to help them end en-
courage them—not in any way to over-ride tr: in any way
to do anything to control them, but to be their servants,
and help them in any way they possibly contd. With
regard to that society, the bright and hopeful feature of
it wee that the working members—the beeedt mere.
ben—were coming to the front • that would
be, U they were to succeed, under Gods b'essing, tie
secret of their enamel. lAndettee3 Ic reticle/los, the
yen. Archdeacon urged the.ingunbers on to individual
work for the good of their soeudy.
Diejoble llituattipt„ in a capital speech, proposed the
to t "The Havy,'Jtrosy, and Reserve Forces," taking
them in the order of seniority. Lord A•hley refereed
with pride to the event of that day, 1794 —the entire
First of Jose—when Lord Howe gam the Trench I
jolly Rood Suttee." (Applause.) He trusted the thy would
to far distant when the Navy should maw to be
popalutervice of thin country. In the WOMIIIII:Mos l
statue "Upon this Navy underthe good Pen
God, the wealth, cabby, and iniuglilt of the
mainly depend." - (Apples:a:4:lth regard to thtiq
they were all well eestst it been osesieg through
out of Oath es their sto y had—a trensit,on stele,
lie would not say whether ha thought it for gord or kg
eiril because he thought it was • bed principle ea an
owasioe like that when they all wanted to be pMeasateml
to pees an afternoon happily. to etir tolp personal Gad
perbspe unpleasant remark@ Ilbout hat peop.e might he
dein/ kw• or there. Hullos it to say, depend upon it
whatever crimples the army might go through, the same
spirit of ploek and detw-mieetion wee still there, and they
might depend upon it whatever their soldiers might lee
iselled upon to do, they would in the (stare es le tha pot
do *el: claty to the. multi. (Aprisass.) A. to t%o

• ppi

volunteers Miry bad peeled Womb spirit deal ef the mows
ef ridicule to whelk they lead bets esbiestel There was
at wee time a famous ndek, which perkeee they Isiah,
have beard of—" Why are the Vehisteers like the immor-
tal Norma I '—" Became the last Ming Lima did wee to
die tor his smutty. sad Mei is the Ws Wei the Volun-
teers inbred to do." (Kook langliter.) Bowever, the
'closeouts could now silted to mire stall theseeld
eked they were now • for.. of whkili 5•1 Matti Might be
pi out
With the toast was metpled the nem el Lest
Jameson:, el the Volunteer Amilleey, who beady efikaaw •
led_ged tee co=t.
Tea Rev. O. the health el "The Medical
Moms • which tout Ml:r.dletimatie also acknowiedg,g.
The lac Sir Teufel! Lew leopard "reelseltle or the
Stewards of the muse Disease.' the ewer el Ws
speech Sir Talbot said with regard to them who
detrained from 'hair lremsdly 0150.57. 104 with regard to
Moss writers of articles sad omen who tried is point en
that ibey were sot la • mead posimea, be woeM my—hew
wee they had get the reaction el the same
geatlemee, kard.kesded, etruagmaindide Practised psUe
seen, mitoarim, who aid sodium ems bet go late Melee*
questions of figurse,—how vomit they got Mose gestlemes
to mactioa %beta' rowel Bow was it they had declared
We they were mooed (War hoar.) It they meld Mead
tee &Roams' eserehieg stapes. liwt it OM maid bear um
amenewom arid crucial tess brosakt to beer Rem Wm,
thee, he mid, they mast be sound. This was ea argo.
meat wittok welt help tee steward. to beteg is these who
. sot Waft to Meek mid tem Mose who were aim
thorn is their society. (nem, hem.)
Tue semis of Mr. tganweil sae Kr. Harvey wen
coupled wile Me toast. Ti. latter reepoaded.
'llse Meet of the day, the health of •"The Noble .
Chairman," we proposed by Yr. George Bust sad
warmly received.
Lord Limiter, in reply, said: I seems you it gives
me • great deal of pleasure once ISOM to premeds at the
annual meeting of tide society. on all these °maimed
there .5 00 each a thing as tunnies/I homes happiness,
and is would iit broom* me to meet as we have done
s.i.doy without mentioning toe severe lose we he.•
In the death of the geatditalia Who was toe
dfir and soul of tuts society—L lama Cation Bingham,
or Cherles Blugham se he was familiarly celled by
those who keew and apt/remitted his work. his hes
been with us through good report sod evil report be
We social sod genial in 41 the relations of life, at the
lame tone hero workiug, thoroughly booe.t, sod a
really good man. (Hear, bear.) it was eutiftly owieg
to hie exertions that this society has bee. pleceJ on a
gonad and proper hews, boomer* you koow, I Musk,
with at due defersom to the geottemen eround use, we
have beim harping rather too much upon our uosatim
factory position. (Rear, hem.) It NI now gra imally
siogairing strength hour by boar, day by day, week by
week, mobth by mouth, sod year by yea', sod II eve y
society would only tails the paim to micemaio as we
have done, Me *Mut polite.* in Wbfwa it ,:tors4, It
groan be much better tor • groat number of them
•tueb Santa their Sag all over the tame, a.d
give themselves arse, end which, pereaps, if their
reports of tear flommaal position were ouly matured
into would sot come out so brilliantly ei they give
.he world fawn to believe. I Where this good old
s okay, like every.hiug ems to Doreetabire, is at the
preseut moment in • eounder positi,n than any
other benefit SUCIStf. (App ease.) But than people
very OVAL% tati as ii it were a tomter of
National interest to all of us who come here
whether it succeeds or not j well, of c 00...,
we are anxious teat the so_iety we kuow so well can
ouster so gamy benefits, en,l calculated to do . much
good in the area of the ...uubty of Dorset should
emceed ; but at the same time if it should fail, we are
mould in honour to see that nil pres mt members of the
sodisty derive all the beoefits can from it, a,id
low none of the mousy they hove put in. But if they
choose to go and join ottier societies and Isere us, we
can only i ay—we ere very sorry to tom your charming
sod pleasant slciety, and we think you are snot,' ;
but of course every men bass pericet iigiittu go where
he please. We nve in • free country, and I hve
Dureetehire we have free and open Wert', sod every
mat wish.. good Co his neighbour ; therefore aa long
as the society is Kioat, you may depend upon it the
officers sod crew sell stick to the ship. (Applause.)
We • e bound to do that. But if, on we contrei y, the
members go, we can only deplore it, but it will make
no different» to us either one way or the other.
We ere only anxious, as I believe all me
gentlemen of Dorsetebtre with myself are anxioue,
to do everything that lies in our power to supo
Ito interests of our fellow men, no matter of what
creed, podia= or anything else. We are all one,
thank God, in thie county; we are still, I hope, a
oohed family, and whetever date/coca of polia,di or
position there may be between us, we are eblioue,
everyone of us around this table, to do as touch good
In out generation as we can, as long e. it 'hail please
God to allow us to be above ground. These ate the
principles that have made England what Me i., and
as long as each close is only actuated by the desire to
do it. duty not ooly for its own class, but for vvry
other class, so long will thiscionotry remain in the proud
mesitioo which one oar hitherto held aui•mg tbe
nations of the earth. ( rtppleuae.) I again tnauk rot
and my old and valued friend, Hr. Burt, who us.
living exempts of what can be done in Eniland by
hottest integrity, firmness of purpose, and bodying
energy. Men like Kr. Bart are the men who hove
made this country what she Is. Be is an example,
and all of you cannot do better than follow his
example. As lung as God Almighty operas me health
and strength I ehell be u..ly too glad to do .bat! cell
to promote the health, prosperity, and welfare of all
the inhaeitaate of tits good old County of Dorset.
ltipplauea)
Ibis concluded the toast list.