The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

METES.

January 14, at Christ Church, Bred* Beenbay, by
the Rev. 0.0. RtO, Alethader KA Nahum, Mo.,
Bombs, Civil B.rvloe, to Nary Florins. Jane, fourth
daughter of the Rey. Jobs Dupre Addisoa, ineumbent
of Holy Trinity, Weymouth.
F•britsry 12, at 'Wiwi% by the Very Rev. the Dean
of Peterborough, assisted by the Rev. John 81.
ineembent of Bt. John's Weyonto, Rd ward t=,
third son of Dr. Walker, Peterborough, to Catherine
BOTIMAD, daughter of Joseph Ray, Commander R.N..
Weymouth.
February 19, at the Abbey Church, Bberborne, by the
Rev. W. H. Lyon, rector of °borne, Frederiok
Leath Warner, of Winehester, solleitor, oldest son of the
lam Isaac Warner, of the same place, solicitor, to babel
Temple, youwst daaghter the late O. F. li. Metals,
of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Service.
February 14, by license, at tb• Independent Chapel,
Yeovil, by the Rey. J. W. flampeoe, Mr. John Ryall, of
Yeovil, to Anna *aria, widow of the late John Gifford,
Fug., Grove House, Yeovil.

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Jimmy 30, at Great Quabwhetreet, Mastegawequarta I
Loadow, the wife of Mr. J6OlOl Yeaary, of a 100.
I ft, of Fortune's Will, PwtLad, the wife a*,
Idward Broster, Esq., M. 80.11., It.?;
B. 11.'s brig Monet, of sacs.
February 11, at Derobeelo, lie wile of Jobs T
Moq., of a daughter.
February 11, at BleaMord Obureb, by Ma arm. 'Ff.
J. B. P.m, Mr. Waiter W. 0n.., to Mill TA* oaa,
both of RwaMoni.
February 13, at (lade Mill., &Mary woraa,
the wife of the Ray. Itreert W. Plum* ‘4:, af mos.
February 14, aa Miaaltani, tit* wife el M. B. Hamar,
of • &Wen.
Februaryilli, it Bland/owl, tie ,of Kr. F. wpm,
of • ra. _ _

Pliroary 17, M !Mary Mills, Dr
/Ir. D. Sisapsed, as dasebt•e. 4titeetee. the wife a

roooorreuoe of oin:inmate:ma," which is a "con-
catenation accordingly" as good u hu been
uttered for any length of time. The Emperor
alludes to haring relaxed his hold on Rome, but
accompanied with this 13101/1100 that "if demagogic
eouspiramee should audaciously seek to threaten
the temporal power of the Holy See" Europe
(France more especially) will not permit such
great perturbation in the Catholic world.

from the peittelplie of the Reim motion. as drawn from
the Wood of God, stud vet forth to the Liturgy sad
Artielee of the Church of England."
Rev. A. R. Aldridge, perpetual curate of Woolen
Rev. W. C. Bedg r, perpetual curate of Ram Kennett
Rev. C. W. Bingham, rector of Biagham'a lieloombe

_
lII.—A Few MORE PLUSES IN THE PAN have
been produced by the Fenian., so eminently 1
Irish and thoroughly absurd that no other sane :
country could have conceived them, far less have .
attempted to put them in execution. 8o far as
we cau disentangle this outcrop of Irish blunders,
the diversion at Chester may really have been
intended to cover an expected rising in Galway,
coupled with the hopes of an American filibuster-
ing reinforcement; for simultaneously with the
Chester absurdity, we have news of the Valentis
telegraphic wires having been cut in four places,
' and of a hundred armed men baying been seen
hovering near, whilst the police barracks at Kell.
or Cahiroiveen is absolutely captured. As for
the fifty or sixty men arrested on board the
Dublin steamers, they may be set down as the
surplusage of the Chester expedition. The fact,
however, of some of them hailing from Leeds.
tallies exactly with another circumstance separ-
ately related in the newspapers, of • young man
n that place having been stopped for the SlAM-
nation of • bundle he was carrying, alleged to be
wearing apparel, but which proved to con-
tain 140 ball cartridges. Laughable as all
these little escapades therefore may appear,
it would seem as if the land were teeming,
wherever there are Irish elements, with
trezes and combustible materials, ready and
for any outbreak, however hopeless or
Irrational. The truth is that the Irish are so
credulous and capable of believing whatever may
be told them, that the wildest schemes are the
moat likely to be entertained and acted upon.
Thusafter we could all have assured ourselves that
Fenian.= was defunct, her we have it smoulder-
ing in dangerous proximity to elements so
destructive that MOO ignited we can hardly tell
the extent of devastation—but of devastation
only—they may produce. Nothing can by any
peraibility come of the Fenian movement. The
more it explodes the more it must exhaust
itself, doing little bits of conterminous harm it
may be, but attaining no object for itself but
that of weakening its =sources, and compromis-
ing its adherents. We have arrived painfully
at the conviction that the Fenians are even
conscious of all this, and that their tole aim
and will henceforth be, the impotent malignity
of revenge, annoyance, uneasiness, confusion,
and ocesesionally consternation may be expected
to be created by their malice at intervals for
perhaps years to come; and it will only dawn by
slow degrees on the apprehensions of the more
ignorant dupes of the movement, that their
leaders have been imposters, and their hopes
delusions, and that their miserable vapouring
has only been the is ire unsobeviont in propor-
tion as it was the more contemptible. But by
the adoption and introduction of good and
wholesome measures of Irish amelioration, long
ere then a counter current may, by God's
blessing, have set in, which will bear prosperity
along with it.

sad rural des;
Rev. T. W. Bird, rector of Cheeelbourne
Rev. C. J. Bird, perpetual curate a West Fordington
Rey. J. Berk curate of Broadwey
Rev. C. Blaekden, late curate of Rtdipole
Rev, B. R. Cape', rector of Wareham
Rev. W. Churchill, rector of Sticklarol
Rev. J. &Cotter. rector of Winrerbourne Houghton
Rev. J. U. rretor of Litton Cheney
Roy. J. Gerrard Davis, ch.plain of the Dorset County
Hospital

Ft-v. W. Eliot
Rev. J. Ellis, Heed•master of the Weymouth Pro-
prietsry College
Rev. R. Grant, rector of Bradford Abbas, and rural
dean
Rev. J. C. Glyn, rector of Witchampton
Rev. Talbot Orders, rector of klelcouibe Regis
Rev. Robert Harkness, rector of St. Giles
Rev. K Headland, rector of Broad trey
Rev. A. B. Handky, rector of Fieherton
Rev. Septinms Hobbs, rector of Compton Abbas
Rev. G. Hume, rector of Melksbam
Rev. D. Hogarth, rector of Portland
Rev. T. W. Knipe, rector of Woodrford
Rev. K Ludlow, rooter of Msdinstown
Rev. W. 11. Lyon, wear of Oborne, end rural dean
Rev. H. P. Methuen, curate of All Canoinp
Bee. H. H. Metbueo, aerate ofßtehilhampton
Rev. T. A. Methuen, rector of All Cunnings
Rev. G. Morgan, perpetuel curate of St. Paul's. Poole
Rev. R. C. Marriott, curate of Radipole
Rev. H. Moue, vicar of Fordingtoo
Rev. G. Hatt, perpetual curate of Shaw, Melksham
Rev. W. Owen, rector of Daaierham
Rev. R. W. Pears, rector of Pt. Peter's. Dorchester
Rev. H. P. Read. curate of Chsselbourne
Rev. W. Ridden, rector of Cann
Rev. Reginald Smith, rector of Stafford
Rev. W. C. Templer, rector of Burton Braddock
Noy. D. Travers, rector of Swansea
Rev. J. Truman, rector of Radom* Magna
Rev. A. Wilkinson, rector of St. James, Poole
His Lordship replied as follows :
" Trowbridge Station, Feb. Stb, 1867.
"My Dear Sir. —As you, sod the ether 41. ideromen
of Wills end Dorset, who have algood Use address
whieb reached Sander, yesterday during my absence,
seem to have been in doubt to what point or paints of
doctrine I referred In the letter yea allude to, it would,
I think, bays been more °heritable and reasosable to
have asked nse privately to satisfy your doubt. My
words referred to the power entrusted by our Lord
to His priests to absolve penitents in His
name. I enclose you a copy of the answer
I have lately given to &somewhat similar address signed
and forwarded to me by one of the clergy, who has
signed the address you hey* sent to me. During my
*teener, in London, I received the address and your
ledge at the same time. But had I not done so, I
should certainly not have attribute' your silence to any
discourtesy."

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1867.

In referenee to the movemest originated b 1
elub for obtaining tbe appointment of a Government
Board of Agriculture, Mr. Andrew, (bon- sic)
stated that since their last meeting be bad received
replies from Framlingham, Hexham, and Staindrop
Farmers' Clubs, favourable to the project. As the
/abject I. to occupy the attention of the Central
Farmers' Club on the let April next, it was thought
beat to take no further action till after that time.
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Concerning the anti.malt-tax movement, • oom•
munioation was read from Mr. Pennon, chairman of
the Central Assnoiatiou. remarking that at a meeting
In consider the financial position of the association,
and the means of continuing the agitation with
vigour and effect, Mr. .J. K Brandram, of Wars, OD
behalf of the Herts Association, offered a aubscription
of £5O to the general funds, provided 18 other sums
of like amount be subscribed by the 10th March; and
Mr. B. T. Simpson, of Wakefield, offered £lOO
towards a fond for providing lecturers throughout
the country, provided nine other sums of like amount
and for the same purpose should be subscribed by
the 10th March.
" Impediments to sueeeseful farming" was the
special subject for consideration, and it was intro-
duced by Mr. Coalman S•onozaa. After some
remarks of an apologetic nature, Mr. Seceders spoke
in praise of Ferment' Clubs as having been instru-
mental in causing the advances which hay. been
made in agriculture daring the last few years. ile
then sketched three kinds of farming, under the heads ,
of high, moderate, and bad farming. Turning to I
the obstacles to moose' in the occupation of • farmer,
he first spoke of rein, and this he described to mean '
"what remains after payment of all tythee, rates of
every kind, labourers' wages, tradesmen's bills, and 1
allowing • fair interest for working capital." From
this he deduced that in proportion as rates, wages,i
and other expenses in the aggregate increase or [
diminish, so in inverse ratio should rents rise or fell;
if it were not so, • lees interest for the capital
employed must be submitted to, unless there be a
corresponding increase In the sum realised by the
produce of the farm. Was this carried out under
the so -celled Free Trade principles? Be said
not. It seemed to him however, that the spirit
of competition now manifested was build on some
different principle, whether sound remained to be
proved. One thing be 'mew was, that were the
accounts produced of • large number of farmers ,
(imperially amide), for the lan six or seven years, itl
would be found 'bearing in mind the amount of
capital invested), that the interest realised for the
capital employed has been less than that obtained
from other sources during the same period, without
the personal trouble and labour attached to agri-
cultural pursuits. It might be said the law of supply
and demand regulated rents, as it did the value of
things generally, and so there was nothing to com-
plain of. Bat was it so with regard to rake? Take
I the asee of poorostes, which in some of their parishes
were treble, and in many double what they were •
kw years ago, yet lee Mism emagider how very little
of the money so raised got into the bands of the poor,
1 who were very few in number, and confined, as they
were all aware, almost entirely to the aged and in-
firm. He thought there WOO much that might be
Mended by the law makers, with a view to giving
Carrconsideration to those who have to pay. and
a subject which he considered must sooner or
Wee receive the lineation of proprietors of land,
being closely connected with the value ol
property. As to leases he or ed that the large
and yearly-increasing amount of capitol invested
is farms, demanded that greater security of tenure
should he given than occupancy from year to year,
or by • lour, eight, or twelve yarn' loses Concern-
tag the over-preservation of game and rabbits, he
[ said he was sure that no one would °hive to a fair
number of hares and winged game if required for
his landlord's amusement; bat where rabbits were
PurOonsll hot* for soortor profit they too frequently
becomes source of great annoyance to the tenant and
of vexationscoutroveny between him and'his landlord, [
nor did the line of conduct often pursued by keepers
in snob MAO tend to mend matters. Where was
the farmer who, baring made • large outlay to
secure • erop of roots, like to see his plants devoured
by those pests—the rabbits? Were it to become
law to regard rabbits as they did rats, only as I
vermin, there would be very much less beard of
petty grievances therefrom. The amount of damage
done by rabbits could not be animated, without
reckoning much not seen, for it was not only what
they actually ooneiamed they lost, but much more
on account of the great dislike all kinds of
stook have to feed after them. On the import-
ance of good honest labourers it was un-
necessary to dwell. He suggested their payment
by pieciawork instead of by the day, as far
as practice', in order that the good labourer might
get the advantage he merited over his lese•indoe-
trios§ fellow-servant Good cottages and the
necessary farm buildings were indispensable to
success. Being permanent, they should in all cams
be kept in tenantable order by the lordlord. With-
out sufficient cottages Ist with the land it became
almost impassible to command labour enough to
meet the requirements of the farm, and he thought
it was the only means by which they could compete
with the demand for labour which existed in other
pursuits. He considered that one cottage to every
80 or 100 Nees of mixed lend was not Wll than
modern fanning requires, if enough. He
as other oeyeacles which the fanner hub=
against, the influence of climate and someone, which
It was almost impossible to foresee, and the frequent ,
failure of root crops, suggestive of the necessity
either of new varieties or new manures yet midis-
levered, and to which he directed the attention of ,
the manure merchants present. As to thesessfease
he said the want of greater unity of thought and
action was preventive of much good being done,
which might otherwise be achieved in the way of
protecting their own interests. He thought the
appointment of • Minister of Agriculture would
tend to the benefit of the community generally.
Lastly, be pointed out, that to attain success us
fanning they must seek iniproveable land, and not
more than enough for their capital, get good moray
for their investment, keep good stook and enough,
hays the best though not neossearily the most
expensive implements and keep them in order,
exercise jadgennit and economy, and keep good
aoreunts. _

WEYMOUTH.

MT-1i W. How= observed that good labourers
were especially important to the farmer, became,
unlike the manstmetwer, he could not haves constant
oversight over them. As one of their impedimenta,
he mistimed being deceived in the quality of the
artificial manures they bought, and be mid that a
friend on his left (Mr. llamas), told him he was
offered the small commission of £4 per ton if be
would be spat for the sale of a certain minere—
(langhter). Of come he declined, and it showed
the important, of dealing with a trustworthy
merchant. He also advocated the dub getting
analysed the manure sold to members. As to firm
implements the difficulty wee to wake. good seleo-
ties from the many now o&sod. He referred to the
want of union amongst farmers themselves, ar: in-
dicated by the comparatively =all number who
joined that club.
Mr. G. Gxxvie said the greatest obstacle he bad
met with was want of remuneration: it did not
pay—(mar, hear, and laughter). He ooncurred with
Mr. Saunders in mod of his remarks As to the
deetruolios caused by rabbits he observed that it
ooeld not properly be estimated, for they were eat-
ing all the time the plants were growing, and not
only so, but where rabbits bad been eating there was
never much growth afterwards; their manure or
something else seemed to poison the ground—(bear,
hear).
Mr. CHICK Weds • few remarks as to labourer,'
cottages He did not think Mr. Saunders' estimate
et the number requisite wee high enough.
Mr. R. Ocular thought it might be taloulated
eel for every 100 acres of arable land, four labourers
were required, and if mixed land, about three
labourers for the mine quantity. As to rabbits, he
reminded them that the Hon. Grantley Berkeley
laid the manure of three rabbits was equal to that of
one —(laughter). He observed that the imports-
tion of foreign cattle bed laree6t the rinderpere to
this country, end he thought the utmost
precautions should be taken to prevent
talc:Mimi been that worm in future. The cattle plagas
was raging now in Holland, Belgium, and other
places on the continent, sad it might be many years
before Europe was free from it, if they managed to
keep it away from this tawdry. He thought it
most assantial, it they got a Minister of Agriculture
—and lie hoped they would—that hie attention
should be tilled to the ormessity of preoeutioes being
adopted in the importation of foreign cattle as •
matter of positive justioa i 3 the agriculturists of this
tountry—(bear, hear).
Mr. H•wgine approved of piece-work in the
labour on the farm, and be oondenined the Candle.
ma. hiring fair as a great caret He thought they
ought to have two cottages for each 100 lone, he
now had but three for 840 amen
The Cuccarum was disposed to think it a mum
for Ifratulatiou that so few had spoken, because
if pet • felt any particular obstacles they were wire
to of them. He thought proper security for
their capital was one of the most important in.
gra:haute of moms He bald that they should be
provided with an adequate number of cottages for
the labour required on the farm, though he aid net
fancy in this neighbourhood they were particularly
badly situated in that moped. Ass general rule be
did not think Dorset farmers suffered WOMB others did
from ethemive preservation of game. He remerked i
on the unportsnoe of sufficient capital to manisir
the form in • liberal manner, and was inclined to
regard the competition for farms as an incentive to
pod &nein& It was true that their WAG and
taxes had iocreased to an alarming extent, and if
they desired a °harp they must get men to look
after their interests, and not allow burdens to be
laid ca the land whiob ought to be borne by other
=of the oommunity—(bear, hear). The
must be a loss to the landlord in the end.
Tita
hi tliae mvaluatuebeof alandataP. at
Thlmegtqhuantatithaty orlilannt otlissbi
increased, and although he was not prepared to say
the land now was made to produce as mach as could
,be icot out of it, that time would tome. In con-
'duet:" he expressed regret at the continued Maim-
rrrand csersquent absence of the President
G. Wood).
A voted %sake was imessa to the lecturer, white
he acknowledged, and the meeting tianiaMsd.

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WiTNOTITH BACIL angeneent of amount
for the )eat 181111 ham join been Mined, from which
II appears that the rernipta, inclading • balance
of £6O from the previous year, atootteteel to
£684 3a 114 , and after toying all claims • balance
of £6B 8a hd. ia carried forward to neat yestr's fund.