The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-29 00:00:00

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DORCHI %TER. I
ACCIDisT:—On Saturday night, George CrittheU,
butcher, of Fordington, who had been assisting in
coil
tn h one of harvest work was jumping off • waggon. when he fel%
nd .
Ei broke o
pc's" County Hospital, and received the attention of
Dr. hohnsei. leginu:„ge: was el 0005 taken 50 51',e,
Mosao.—Am open air eoneert was given by the bend
of the 3rd Dorset Rids Voloots's" °° the gil°r'e
Lawn on Tuesday essniug• The programme was •
g"CI one and the playing was oontinasd (row bill past
dx until nthe o'oleeic. A very law_ number of the
inhabitants promenaded the South Walks during the
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evening.
OVIBIliall) HAYSTACK. —Early on Monday morn.
init. • haysteck on Yr. 'I% Bennett's premises at
Fordiogtoo, that, hewing been put together when her
too "gay." had given unmistakable evidence for the
past week of "hosting," was taken apart, under the
protection of the borough fire-engine. Great care was
necessary to prevent the hay breaking into a blase,
and the whole of it was so dieooloured, by the
spot combustion going on, that but little goo
be saved cd the 25 tons the stack was computed to

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contain.
Batsman Ssastose.—The annual licensing meeting
for the Dorchester diviaion was held on Saturday last,
anwhdenthalei Swireit'arenArms,ewidPoertishemlcept pue BbroionntteesHßu.rkslna
thano:d7Vblowinownoletcrecn:thC,:rePiOkalbeiemil'anngd.,theamndp"haltl:acrot.r.sact"Atratms,,hEedeseaWLiveyokn'oef
Bentley trading, and the applications were adjourned
to 30th September. Kr. Symonds complained that the
Brewery tap (Mr. Con's), Maiden Newton, (where cheap
beer is sold), was licensed eoutrary to the meaning of
the Act, and that also was deferred to 30th Sept. Mr.
Weston applied for • lionise to be granted to the Rail-
way station beaten's, Upwey, intlmeting that lilt
were granted the present house would be pulled down
and • larger one erected; but the Bench refused the
the application.
Foor aim MOUTH Dlfilagg.—ln the Dorchester
div:sion the disease exists at Puddletown, 55 dairy cows
and two steers on Ihrington farm being &fleeted, and 25
00Wi on the common. In the Blaudford division there
have been three fresh outbreaks in the put week—two
at Tarrant Hinton and 1 at Ganville. and it now pre-
vails on 10 farms. 57 cattle were affected at the aim
of the last return, 72 have been attacked since, and 39
recovered, leaving 90 diseased. 10 pigs were returned
hit week, two bays been attaetrod sloes, and 6 have
recovered, leasing 6 affected. In Bridpsrt division
only three cows are affected. In Ceres division four
cattle diseased last week remain, and 20 swine have
been newly attacked. In Shaftesbury division there
have been two fresh outbreaks, viz. at East Blower and
at kiotoombe. 43 cattle were affected at the last return,
and 21 have been attacked since. It prevails on seven
farms in this division. From Sturminster division the
&sale has disappeared, the four cattle returned tut
week having recovered. Wareham division lies two
fresh outbreaks—one at Wareham, sod the other at
Bere Regis. 69 cattle were on the book+ last
week, 24 have been ladled since, and 48 have
recovered, leaving 45. There were also 31 pigs,
4 have been attacked sines, 1 bag died, and 23 recovered,
so that 10 remain. The Wimborno division gives us
12 fresh outbreaks—One at S.apmny Handley, 3 at
Konen, 1 at Hinton Mitten, sat Witchampton, 1 at
West Parley, 2 at Walborn°, and I at Hampreston.
62 cattle were returned last week, 88 have been
attacked duce, 32 have recovered, leaving 118 &fleeted.
Six swine also were attacked, ant 6 since, but 5 have
I recovered, 10 7 remain.
KM. FORDLWCITON. —A deeply interesting meeting
was held on Friday evening last, the 25th instant, in
Fordington schoolroom, on behalf of the Church Mis-
sionary Society. It was one of the monthly gatherings
which the Vicar has so long and so sueoesif ally held
there; and on this occasion he was supported hy two
sons and an old pupil • one son his curate, the other,
and the former pupil (Elev. G. Mi (Sordon) being both
Char& Missionaries. Mr. Gordon, late of Trinity
College, Cambridge, serves the Church Missionary
Society at his own expense; he hu travelled widely
through India,and is on the point of leaving for Lahore,
there to join the able and energetic Mr. French in pre-
paring native catechists for holy orders. He hiss also
lately declined the offer of fillip; the proposed see of
Rockhampton, in Australia, wineh was pressed upon
him by the Bishop of Sydney. Mr. Gordon was the
first speaker on this occasion. He began by expressing
his lively pleasure at speaking in that room. Ho had
been in former years a member of the Dorchester
Juvenile Association : he had receivei valuable
teaching from the view's lips daring his residence
with him, which it was now his dray to haul oil to
othen •' he was standing beside • brother missionary
(the Rev. A. Monis), and he was addressing an audience
deeply interested in mission work. He hoped they
would all inoreadugly feel (so to say) "part of the
concern" ; like the London lad who, when asked if he
really was going to the missionary meeting, replied
that he ootainly was. for "he was • pert of the camera,
and was • penny-sareeker." Alluding to Mr. Arthur
tioubs's work in China, Kr. Gordon observed th it in
ledia they had one great advantage to be thank-
frl for in contrast with China, namely. that
British rule secured them • hearing from end
to end of the country. Is missionarork minor differ.
ernes were merged ; as in a wide proemial., like that
from tome point in the Himalayas. minor details of the
landscape are lost in the general sleet. His own work
had been chiefly itinerating round Madras. Each
missionary's tent was • centre for four or five naive
agents. A native agent, after a most remarkable non.
version, hagl been able to raise in the Telugu country
a o mgrogstioo of 600, which Mr. 0./xdols odtheasod.
This showed the value of native agency. At Lshore,
Mr. Franca had already 15 native students working
tinier him for holy orders. Caste was remarkably slow
to give way in India. Its influence is found as
an obstacle in administering the Lord's supper.
lie related a telling anecdote of his meeting • high-oute
native, who refused to pus him while his luggage was
being carried by • man of low caste. Unwilling to
unotiou the system and to recognise his servant as no
better than • degraded slave, he told the high-orate
man that, if some one had to leave the path, it ought
to be himself, the °Warthog party; and this was at last
done. In South India, Mr. Thomas is now the centre
of 12,000 Christians, and Mr. Baker is doing most moo-
oesaful work among the hill-tribes. Female workers In
the clause of Indian female education, are increasingly
Important. • Rajah in Travancore, with whom Mr.
Gordon had an interview, had given a most liberal ream.
lion to Mies Bhuidford, one of these workers ; he was • I
IA of great intelligence, and, when Mr. Gordon saw
him, the Rajah bad lately been studying the works of
Mr. J. S. Ital. No less than 60 children in India are
being educated solely by contributions f rem church
schools at Melbourne, in Australia. Mr. Gordon, in a
voyage undertaken for his health, had made an appeal
at Melbourne, to which tires was the response. This
interesting speech was brought to an end by • repeti-
tion of the cordial opening remarks, and an earnest
appeal for prayer for mlasionra The Rev. Arthur Moale,
who leaves for Chia' in October, followed with • brief
and able speech, in excellent taste. He, too, felt hearty
plea-urs in the presence of • brother missionary, and
he would have wished to leave India as • single subject
of thought on their minds.werethis not the last time but
one on whieh he would address them. He reed a cordial
testimony to Mr. Gordon from Mr. Fenn, with whom
he lad worked in India, thus pleasantly supplementing
(to use his own phrase) his friend's omissions. As for
China, they had received no letters this mail from his
brother, Mr. George Morals. The newspapers, how.
ever, give reason to believe that the author of the
Tien.Tein massacre has been placard under street, and
that a more liberal policy is likely to be adopted in
Chins. If this was tree, it illustrated some remarks
of Mr. Gordon's on the power of prayer. There had
been no pressure to tarn out the anti-foreign party;
yet • reaction had wine Mr. George Moule was
beginning to build • church, with the aid of kind sob.
Soriptions from Cambridge, Orford, and Hampstead.
He urged them to remember that the hot season of
September, the most trying time of the year in China,
was approeohing and he asked, as Mr. Gordon had
done, t•ieir earnest and persevering prayers. The
vioar said • few touching words before the doxology
was sung. and thus ended what three present will long
remember as a meeting of no common intereit and
value. A liberal collection was made at the door.
FRAMPTON.

TROLLY AOOIDIST. —On Monday morning several
navvies'. in the employ of the Great Wessern Railway
Compsny, wore working a trolly down the line near
this village, when the body of the ear suddenly
collapsed, overturning the men in all directions. They
scrambled out as best they might; one of them named
on the head, and it WM deemed advisable to convey
him to the Dorset County Hospital, where his wound
wan dressed. and it was thought unnecessary flat be
should remain. The other men were ell more or lase
injured.

WEYMOUTH.

innings.
liga Majesty has been pleased to approve the follow-
ing promotion and appointment: 511 ( Wolrmouth)
Dorset itifle Volunteers : Lieutenant Tigard, to be
Captain, vice Captain Thresher, resigeed ; "lharles
Frederiok A rden to be Lieutenant,vioe Tassrd prot. noted.
OW s RACK IX TEX Foo.—l'hs Weymouth tromp eny's
Mesmer Aquila, Captain Braehe, whilst on her psis sage
to Jersey, on Tuesday, struck on a rook in the Little
Russell during a dense fog near Guernsey. Great oon-
sternation prevailed amongst the passengen, about ;10
of whom were on board. The boats were lowered, an,..1
the passengers placed in them to await the issue: Pamps
Were pounded. but no water was made ; and after await-
oilsoodjungnuilohowtretboni.dearestoiirodpipuagHlenyinow.:4panhwalfid.d.:pk...,;..ibrwathrodap:
roughloht:::g. :iTrrtlmhilndotpdeth.eire
ppaaper.e:dgeedratowejrn,mlagal. n taken
COOrcri Sanstolf 9, Friday.—Before IL C.
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Port-
tans. Defendant was caught up in the tree at 19 o'clock et
a pair of
guilty, and was sentenced to one menth's hard labour.
Absalom Paley, of Portland, was sentenced to one month's
herd labour for araulting Maria Frampton, • little girl, aged
10 years, at Portland.—As prisoner was leaving the dock, he
=de use of some threat toward• the child's parents, was again
put up, and two months added to his previous sentenes
Ficource, far being drunk and riotous at Portland, on
the 29th July. sentenced to seven day's imprisonment.
John Uvula and Janus Sneak, fined 10. each for riding
without reins at Portland.
A tramping shoemaker. named Berry, was sent to prison for
one month for stealing a coat at Portland, the property of
William White.
Mary Noraooer, of the New Inn, Chickerell, was summoned
for having her house open for the sale of liquors before W-
riest twelve on fiuty, the 20th Auguet—Mr Howard
appeared for defendant, and admitted the offence.—Fincd 41
Including costa.
BALLAD CONOKIT.—By the good offises of Mr. Avant,
to whom lovers of music in Weymouth are indebted for
the opportunity of hearing many of our greatest arnotos, •
ballad concert was given at the Bunion hotel assembly rooms,
last Friday evening, by ?time, F. Lancia, Mdme. Patey. Mr.
W. 11. Outornings, and Mr. Smiley, with Mr. Lindsay Sloper
a. aseompanlst —he also playing • pianoforte solo and taking
part with Kr. Avant in a grand deo for two pianos. As
reser& all of them says Wino L•ncia and Mr. Avant, this
WY • sort of valedictory performance, for very shortly they
proceed on • tour in America under the organisation of Mr.
Dolby. There was • numerous and fashionable audience, in-
cluding a party from Dorchester, who arrived in an omnibus
from the Hines Arms hotel of the county town. The
concert opened with a charming quartet by Haifa, " Lo,
the early beam of morning," in which the solo. for Arlin.
and Clara strikingly displayed the nsagnideent yobs, of Kr
Bantle), and Madame Patey. The celebrated contralto sang In
her best mariner, and with • richness and volume of tone
possessed by her alone. Mr Bentley has unusual power and
sweetness, while tho style of all was faultless. Mr Cummings
followed with "The soldier's dream," a sweet home Onion on
a night when darkness hail brought truce to the battle. He
sang it with much tenderness and effect, and was encored, but
simply bowed his acknowledgements, Medals° Patey gave •
sacred song by Gounod ; but, wilt e it exhibited the fair
gager's extraordinary capabilities in • different style
of mwde from the rest of the programme, it was incon-
gruous almost to painfulness!, treating as it did of
the meet solemn and momentous event in the world's
history. Mr Bentley followed with the pone he has
popularised, "The Bell-r,nger," and It was given with tell-
ing facility and dramatic force, evoking Immense applause, but
he would not repeat it. Madame Lancia next displayed a
voice of at compose and sweetness, albeit it sounds, thin
after MaCas Paters irmnd tones. In a charming pastoral from
Handel's " L'Allegro" the "merry bells." the "jocund
rebeeks," and the dancing being illustrate i lay singer and
pianist with the moot plesaing effect. Well deserved and
hearty applause followed. Mr. Lindsey Bloper gave a dano-
forte solo on English ballads, tickling the ears of the audience
with reminl.cences of old airs in their most delightful form.
Mr. Cummings sang "0 ma maltresse" instead of the ballad
named, and the familiar French sir had in him a
particularly able exponent. Madame Paley charmed everybody
In Rendegger's " Well-rday" so quaint, so graceful, and In
response to an Irresistible encore gave "Wearer° Domino"
(if ullah's "Storm"), the grim despair depleted lathe earlier
verses being given with thrilling newer, changing at the lest
when all is sale to a Joyful triumphant strain " Gloria Uhl.
Domino' The old duet "All's Well" was sung by Mr.
Cummings and Mr. Bentley, and what mere can be said than
that It was perfection? Everybody was delighted, and the
ingots were rodferously applauded. The seoond part opened
wLh a duet by the ladies—Mishap's "As it fell upon a day,"
given with great success. Mr Bantle), In "0 ruddier than the
cherry," created the usual fUrOlll, to which he responded
by singing "Th. stirrup cup." Mr Sliver and Mr Avant
here played a grand duo for two pianos, by Gottschalk
(" Doreen." and "Pasquinade"). &via) leg the highest mani-
pulation, and bringing out as much expression as the Instru-
ment is capable of, provoking the envy of pianists without
number. Then Mediae. Lancia gave "Good night, sweet
mother," • sort of sequel to Tennyson's May (peen, very
touching both in words and =We, and it lost nothing of
pathos in its treatment by the singer. Indeed, thLs was
her beet song. The audience enc prod, ad she
responded with "I knew • maiden," with all the &Miner
imaginable. Mr. Cummings provoked' storm of applause by
his masterly singing ef "The Day of Biscay," and was fain to
re-appear, when he gave • telling little ballad with • refrain
"Love me little, lore me long,
Is the burden of my song."

Madame Patio followed with " Lillie, good night" • pathetic
ballad beautif oily sung and being encored, gave" The soldier's
nor" and her rendering of the dear old air elicited rap-
turous applause. Mdme. famine than sang Glove?." There's a
path by the river," stupid word. and poor music, making the
best .4 it, but such a trills woe altogether unworthy of a place
in the programme. Mr. Santley gave with an the fervour of
• BriUsh tar " Heart of Oak." stirring all to the heartiest
plaudit., and ho was induced to repeat too last verse. A
quirtet, " Ohne o'er the brook. Beinie, to me," which turned
out to be • compound of "Since first I saw your face," and
"Mark the marry elves" brought to • cis.. in reasonable time
one of the mast gratifying concerts that we have heard for •
long tints.