The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-04-20 00:00:00

POOLE.

LAYING' THZ CORNER STONE OV THE NEw WES-
LEYAN SCHOOL-ROOM—The ceremony of laying the
corner stone of the new school-room, in connection
with the Wesleyan Chapel of this town, took_ place
on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. J. T. Yates.
The Rev. T. Richards, of Dorchester, addressed the
assembly at some length, after which the Rev. J. T.
Yates pronounced the benediction, and the assem-
blage adjourned to the chapel, where divine service
was performed. The sermon was preached by the
Rev. T. Richards, who took his test from Romans
viii. v. 32.—" He that spared not His own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall He not with
him freely give us all things."

SOCIAL TEA MEE-rm.—On Wednesday evening
the members and friends of Mr. R. Baker's singing
class held a tea meeting in the vestry of the Baptist
Chapel in this town. After tea a pleasant evening
was spent in singing anthems and various pieces,
which were managed in a creditable manner.
PRISOENTATION. —On Wednesday last a silver
medal, engraved with a suitable inscription, was pre-
sented, by the members of the Alliance Lodge of
Odd Fellows, held at the Temperance Hall, in this
town, to Mr. T. Bush, who has recently filled the
chief offices in the above named lodge. This rising
branch of the order, we are happy to say, is rapidly
progressing in favour with those of the young men
of the town who desire to benefit themselves and
their families in case of sickness or death, and Mr.
Bush having taken a deep interest in the establish-
ment and welfare of the lodge, and devoted a great
deal of time to bringing it into proper order, and
watching it during its infancy, has fully deserved, at
the conclusion of his labours, this testimonial of the
appreciation of his services.

ILITERARY IN/IMETR.-011 Monday, T. W. Freeman,.
Esq., of Wimborne, delivered, at the Townhall; an,
.ddress to the members of the Literary and lieskiniost
Societies here, The room Was erowded to exoeu by Cur
the High Sheriff, John,
referred to the progress of popular "eduoatten," whereby
It appeared that, Whereas in 1818, we had only one 447-
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scholar to every 24 inhabitants,
_we have now one in
every seven—there being 2,800,008 children fittill;sib-
juts for ragged schools in Great Britain, 30,000 in
London alone. The number of day, night, and Su as
schools was 71,181, and the number of children Wend/se
them was 4,891,813. £378,800 was expended lull year in
public education, the oust of maintabittg our criminals
in prison exceeding that sum by £ll,OOO. The Sunday
1 scholars in 1818 were only 4Z,000; they are now
9,407,000. There are now 700 mechanics' institutes, dis-
tributing more than half a million of useful works, and
about 6,000 Natures are given everyyear at them. After
loom. observations of eonilderable ability, Mr. Freeman
referred to the imunteruting influent:se in our large
towns and in the metropolis, of which he drew some
illus-
thfrarroutowisiritg,irr.AstAums.
socils,lTtrehtisaoloPerit7 than
briefly quote our reporter'. 'striate i—" A return made
to the House of Commons shows that in the 694 unions °I
England and Wiles, the Aargau of paupers receiving.
wilbcteannhrnie adoldinriclisnbegwtrealusur
in end out-door relief WU 90,000 in exemie of those for.
the preceding year, added to the immense array of
wretchedness already existent in mu year. slow whence
°ernes this sppelling contribution to crime 7 From what
caul* comes nearly a million of pennon, not I. speak off
the struggling poor, the prof 11118(0/111 ineehanio,and those
who impose on private or public charity, amidst the
wealth, the industrial enterprise, mid the rut doetiq
capital of England, estimated at 000,000,000 frano., one
withal, too in spite of the vast mane. who have left our.
shores as emipante and joined our armies In Russia,.
India, and China?' The Industrial and inanufselesier
counties show a larger increase of criminals than these,
possouing smaller tspitel and fewer manufactories.
Lancashire added 7,OEM last ear I Middlesex, 6,1974.
mo also with liturey,
.Werwhik, and litaftrd.i
and all this, notwithatanding the spread of Mum.
Son, increase of churches and chapels, greater tea*
on the pert of ministers of all denomination", reforms.
brisk and other remedial appliances." The lecture,
analyeed a working man's wages—one with 96, per week
who out of it could not afford more than gd. per week
for candles or mental cultivation, and yet money enough
wee found, chiefly from the working claws, to yield
146,000,000 per year in the sale of tobacco alone. After
describing the effects of gin palaces and beerhosees,
Russell's song entitled the "Gin Fiend" was sung bw
Mr. Richard Reeks. Of our rqpd schools (said the
lecturer) and reformatories we cannot speak too highly.
It is assuredly better to prevent than punish. It was
surely enough to warm the heart. of every well relator
to lils rem to see the numerous philanthropic ezpoliente.
resorted to In check of crime—the aim of all being of
enrol to make all feel that they have biting as well am
bones, and souls as well a. muds.. In amounting for
such a preponderanee of crime the luterer gnats&
various authorities—and amongei them the Rev. H. F.
Yeatmen, Lord Shaftesbury, sad othen—showing that
drunkenness and intemperance were the great mum of
much a date of things, so powerfully depleted by Mr.
Mackay in the lon song. In 1881 there were in Lendbm
1,790 more publio.housee than all trades added Wieder..
After alluding to the domestic miseries occasioned
lyr
the drunkenness of one man, the lecturer illustrated the.
point by rendering Russell's " Wffe's Dream," words by'
Mr. Mackay. In touching on the proverb "A little
learning is • dangerous thing," In Mauna to pedantry
and assumed learning, Parry'. "Accomplished Young
Lady" afforded an apt and amusing illustration—so
amusing, indeed, that we never heard it equalled by
Parry himself, the sweet, natural alto and range of voice
of the singer delighting ail present. Mr. Freeman con-
cluded with the following short peroration :—" Happily
for the humblest of us there are objects in which we:
may find full exercise for the intellect—objects not less
glorious because they are near—not less divine bemuse
they arc common. Above us at this moment is that
great book of the night which Galileo and Newton read
—near us, it. waves all but audible, is that sea with:
which Columbus, Drake, and Franklin have struggled—
and dashing against the shores of social life is that.
fiercer tide of ignorance and consequent crime, over•
whose wide waters the efforts of our societies for the-
spread of useful knowledge will, I trust, exercise a be-
coming and profitable influence but we must cultivate
our own nature—nobody can do 'it for us—Literary and
Mechanics' Institutes cannot do it for us—a man's best
helper being his own resolute purpose. Let us then
cultivate such powers as have been given, and we may
safely leave the issue in the hands of that supreme bene-
ficence—the great Giver of all good—not doubting that
the reward of well-doing will come in due season." The
lecturer received the warmest plaudits of the most nu-
merous audience we ever noticed in our Townhall on any
former lecture. The known mental and vocal abilities
of the lecturer, and their happy combination in elueida-
lion of • most trite and dry subject, doubtless both eon,
tributed to the inducements to attend. MUG Morpn
a lady of high musical ability, presided at the pisnoforta.
—Salisbury Journal.

Perry &melons, Thursday.—(Before W. Pearce,.
Esq., (Mayor) and • full bench of magistrates.)—Charfee
Newman was summoned on the information of P.C.
Bellett, for having left two packages and one box on the
pavement, contrary to the bye laws. Dismissed on
paying Ss. 6d. °oats.
Caroline Bugden was charged by P.C. Groves with.
beating her daughter in a shameful manner. It ap-
peared that the officer was on duty in Laglandetreet,
and saw the prisoner run after the child and throw her
on the pavement, striking and kicking her aboulthe
head and body. The daughter not appearing, the'
prisoner was dismissed.
Mr. Parr made an application to the bench for hie
client, Mrs. Austin, for an order for the protection of
her property. Her husband, Samuel Austin, left her
on the 23rd of July, 1852, and she had not seen or.
heard from him since. Order granted.
Thomae Kerr, agent for Riohard Wits, of the King
and Queen, appeared to receive judgment for having his
house open for the isle of beer on the night of Good
Friday. Find ss. and coats.
SATURDAY.—(Before J. Durant, Esq.)--Thome., Ra-
bin., mate of the John, from Newfoundland, we.
brought up by the Customs' officers, for having con.
ceded on board the vessel half.a.pound of cigars.
Ordered to pay double the value of the cigars, double
duty, and costs.

BLANDFORD.
THE FAILURE OF THE OLD BANE.

It is usual, in appointing trade assignees under
a bankruptcy court, to select those who, by the
sworn approval of creditors, shall represent the
largest amount of a bankrupt's liabilities ; therefore,
to secure the appointment of Mr. Provie and Mr. M.
Fisher, it was necessary to obtain the appended
signature" of s sufficient number of Oak and Bnow
creditors to the forme usually e_mployed for that
purpose. This has been suoceedally accomplished
oattimoortaltshignaneewasfurthab:lureqtalyuireare-
and who have approved of the trade assignees re-
current accounts with the bank,
qf:::rodui yetedhntoo;
se:bthuwgrthoealthtehadier
and
their
pass
books
to
Basing.
hall-street, which has abio been done. It is now
further requested that those amongst the 'supporters
of the proposed assignees, who are executor" and
who kept official current amounts in the bank,
should send probate' of the wills under which they
were appointed. We trust these are but the ordi.
nary obstacles that have to be overcome, and are
not exceptional enforcement', intended to throw
needleu difficulties in the way of the appointment
of trade assignees chosen by the creditors as fitted
to assist in further unravelling the banking delin-
quencies of Messrs. Oak and Snow. Neither pro-
fessional nor official red-tapeism can avail in the
present day in preventing a full disclosure in, a
bankruptcy or criminal court of the secret trarumo-
bons of that commercial failure which justly
awakens the suspicion of the public mind. The
moral tendency of the age in which we live, the
publicity lately given to banking and trading vil-
lainies in our courts of law, and the frequent de-
flouncing' and stirringe-up of the press, happily
now prevent that public blindfolding by "friendly
arrangements," which once disgracefully prevailed
in reference to great commercial failures.
We refer to a rumour of Mr. Snow having aim-
mitted suicide merely for the purpose of informing
those who may have heard it, and who live at such
a distance from Blandford as to prevent them from
verifying the truthfulness of the report, that it is
entirely unfounded. Such rumours serve no other
purpose than that of unnecessarily paining the pub-
lic mind. Mr. Bartlett, who was once an actuary
to the Blandford Savings Bank, has recently died,
and in consequence of his death, the estate of Masers.
Oak and Snow will be benefitted 41,000. When
living here he appears to have insured his life, and
handed over the_policy to the bank as a security for
an overdraft. Report says that it has just been
discovered that the "Tunis Mutiny Fund," lodged
at Oak and Snow's bank previously to its being
transmitted to London, has been dealt unfairly
with; and that the amount which should have been
forwarded falls short of the amount subscribed by
about £6O. A committee was appointed to obtain
subscriptions, and to secure their transmission to
the proper authorities in London. and it is difficult
to understand how the non-sending of £6O could
have escaped its attention when the matter was
finally halanced.—Correapandent.

CRANBORNE.
SPECIAL PETTY SESSIONS, Aziil 15.—(Before Hector
Monro and George Churchill, rs.)—Thostas degas's,
of Handley, was summoned by arriet Anstey for as-
saulting her at the last justice meeting, when he was
summoned for assaulting her husHand, and the case was
dismissed. On the present information it was proved by
Superintendent Baynton that the complainant was the
aggressor. The magistrates dismissed the case with
costs.
Ralph Kerley, of Broadohalk, Wilts, pleaded guilty
to an information by P.C. Abbott for riding on the
Cranborne road without reins, and was lined Bs. 6d. in-
cluding costs.
William Hunt, of Edmondsham, was summoned by
Jane Haskill, for the support of her illegitimate child.
Complainant being very young became confused in
giving her evidence, and the case was dismissed.
Aimaaßour.--On Monday last a plantation be-
longing to George Churchill, Eaq., was maliciously
set on fire. A reward of £2O has been offered for
the discovery of the miscreant.