The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-25 00:00:00

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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, Ig7o.

and £26 3.. 6d., eats, up in Court Loot Dinners!
£5810.. has been distributed in gifts, while £471 09d.
remained unexpooded. Sball we put the matter
shortly thus i--£174 3.. 23., for State Church
purposes, £36 44. 6d. for jollification, £471 9d. that
the trusteel didn't know what to do with, leaving
£lO2 190. 2d., for espouses ad general benevolence.
—Cessiowskakd.

A LIFEBOAT FOR THE CHESIL BEACH
•A meeting of the Weymouth Lifeboat Committee
was held on Wednesday afternoon last, at the Cove
House Inn, in order to meet • deputation of the
fishermen, and consider the expediency of placing
on the beach a lerrett constructed on the lifeboat
principles. There were present ;—E. nisei', Esq.,
G. Symonds, Eeq., J. Tizard, Esq., G. E. Eliot,
Evq., and the hon. sec., J. Grieve, Emq., and they
were met by the following fishermen :—Messrs.
Robert Patin, T. Comben, J. Russell, John Way,
William Flan°, Thomas Bennett, Joseph Way, and
Henry Bennett. Mr. Russell acted as spokesman for
the rect.
From thv ouiversation of the fishermen before the
meeting we gathered that they einiiidered the Wey.
mouth lifeboat would not have been of the sligbkist use,
If she had been brought to Portland, as 'be could not
he launched oft the beach-
the subject by reading
clueinghe f ..P Grieve,sqlee irtirOluced
Irons the Li'eb .at In,t t. nom,
roerivetl b, S
ray., hon. see. to the Weymouth
branch :
" 7th Jan., 1870.
"My dear Sir— Mr. hm asked nicto thank you for
Your letter of the sth mat, and Vi ask you If you will he kind
etr,og• t., empilye of the liortland fishermen whether thee
would like to have a icrrett of suitable size and fitted with
buoyant air-chamber., so an to he Insubmergible, provided by
this Institution, and played In a shed inn *unable position near
the Chesil !leach, In nadinese to uldet in say log lives 4,r *let.
leg vowels in distrait. If so the In/amnion would,
no doubt, is prepared to place much a hat there,
provided with !lichens for the crew, and a small tnuieporting
carriage, and all useful gtar, placing the tame under your
Committee its asi aiisilary lifeboat, to tour iwo. Perhale, if
the Porthool boatmen express a desire t,, h•ve such a boat,
mut will bring the subject, before your Committee. and, hawing
toss:Manua their views on It, you will then inform us ot the
lietaibt tot to size id boat, tic., 1211 then be considered.
--I ant, dear sir, faithful') yours.
" S. N. N'sso.
"J. Grieve, Esq.., Weymouth.
Mr. TIZAID explained that the flirt of the letter WM., tee
know whether the hahermen wmild like I. have a boat tin the
principle of the lerrets, hut littsal up w ith sir.tiht compart-
ments, and provuled with life bolts, lifelines, /lc., for the crew.
If so, the Institution • ould place one here free of c.a. The
&Mennen would then have to form their own sub-committee,
and chisee their own captain and crew, and they would be
In charge .1 the boat- When tweed.i required they
would call the crew together, and no doubt they would be
found no • Wing as Portion iera hitherto had been to save life.
Any suirgesth di they ntight make would be transmitted to the
Institution hi- the committee it Weymouth, and would be
carefully considered.
Mr. Ftaits asked whether the host of the Institution would
conic right agidn If she tapalsod, and there seemed to lie •
general feeling that self-righting boats would not do for the
Chesil Beach.
E. Basta, Esq., mad they had heard that Portlanders had
boats more mashie than any ether kind for launching off
the beach In gales of wind. The Institution would give
them such a boat as they wished, they would leave It
, entirely te them. The lerrets the committee thought were
the beat description of boat for the purpose ; but they
offered the crew all the improvements possible, and in
addition :ife.belte and life-lines.

FlAnn ..nld the lifcbelt. were of no tie; they could not
row In thm. . . .

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One of the fishermen remarked that there was only one place
whence s boat could be launched cm this mut.
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Mr. Russell said an ordinary self.righting lifeboat would be
of no use. The only one they could have would he • turret
Ike this 114.1 at the present time. 1.07 the might hate air
Isixes under the thwart& Llfebelta might be ver) well for
those In the boat but the men who went to
heave her off could not use them. as they wanted to eland as
firmly on the ground as they could, while if they had cork belle,
the water would lift then, oil their feet. Ile also said the lerret
must he rowel with copied it,.,.. and whereas their, at present
were ab ut Is It. Ii in. long, this one nmst not be loin;cr I ban
21 feet. The boat must be very light to get her off the beach,
and they must not think that betzuse she had theae aster tivltt
compartments she was going to get off the Kutch first
for It was vrry possible another would be before her
Of mune it would be better to hate such • boat, because if a
sea fell into ons of their own, down she would go,
while the lifeboat would float. It cm no good to have such
a boat built in London, for the only builder who could build
one fit for their beach wan Joseph Talbot, of Weymouth, and
he had always Kite. satisf,ction.
W. Svmosos. Esq., rimtarked that the only °Meet Wall to
oweure Om fishermen's lives, not to interfere with any of their
perquisites.
Mr. Brunt wax going to ask that sumsolng a vessel
came lit in distr.., and they got compensation, would the
Institution make any claim for the boat?
. .

J. TIZAILD, Esq., and the other gentlemen concurred that
the only "Infect was to mats life, not to Interfere with the
Ibthermett's compenration.
Ma. Remand. tidied to mention something cite. If
• veotel canto into the bay, the people were ready
enough, to cry "She will Ire ashore ! go and get
.our lines!" But why should they be at the expense
of rope? There was £lO worth of rupe kot ~onie out of Brill.
port that had never been teed for any thing Pi K.. Could they
not I..ret come lines front the institution ? Ile ciao produced
me .4 the art. .1 vanewaq-sys, tied ti the flahenneto when
they wade into the water, anti to which the rope. we're
TillME were provided with conts for drowning men to melte ; hut
he aald they were 24./ paint old, and hardly truatwurthy, and
they wanted 'inc more.
the Cotinerrea said the Lifeboat Institution would Ira glad
to tike %twit apparatus as WV. found bed for me.
. . .

Mc Ituennl.l. sod they wanted about 30 fathom. of row to
be held by the men n shore, and , 0 flthome to be flung on
hoard • cessel. A life aming apparatus was of little use when
once • vouci was adiurr, for they could throw 20 ropm on
board before a pocket could be tints.
The committee examined thi. quaint " pair of stay." with
great iiderest, and Me. TUAnt, .4 he WWI quite certain the
Institution would readily •upply all those things.
The fishermen having ex d i.ree.ed their belief that a crew coul
be easily found for such a ife-lerret itafpropored, It MN left to
them to talk over the matter, and pmweat • report to the
Weynpnith t,unnittee, which the latter/ will submit to the
Lifulioat Institution.

Tag RICORDIERSHIP. —The following gentlemen
have been appointed to the reoordership of Poole
during the eat 100 years :—Mr. John Bond, 1772;
Mr. Michael Angdo Tsslor, 1784 ; Mr. William
Bond, 1534: Mr. W. Hodges, 1646; Mr. William
Major Cooke, 1857. Mr. Junes Stephens, L L D.,
180; Mr. Henry Buller, 1664; Mr. J. F. Collier,
1670.

POOLE AND rue FIiiiPPINO. —Daring the year
1860, the shipping at this port, showed an increase
Latwhheetn'n: ranared irb:o:uthr mS:patero. efmacTehiniiilittaiiseeres laarecalwrfaergiieivtlerYnotalt. atbihid
y.
captains of vessels when entering the port, there is
no doubt that trade will considerably revive. The
fi,lltwing are the returns for 1869 :—Foreign vessels
outwards with cargoes, 72 ; foreign vetriels inwards
with ballast, 30; total, 102. Foreign vessels out•
wards with cargoes, 59; breign vessels outwards
with ballast, 26; total, 85. British country trails.
outwards, 14$; inward., 525. Betides these vessels,
several are employed in the clay trade which du not
' appear in the returns.
I Nhtll VIT. -On Wsdneed-iy, a B. Mariam..
' held an Inquest touching tho death of the infant son.
age 114 day.. of John Brown. ausisnan. It aps•anAl that tlie
thee .ucklal the child abut six o'clock In the Morning. .11.1
' when she got up shortly before eight the appearance of the
child ivas such as to muse her to toll in Mrs. Blundell, her
mother, who f al th it the child we.. dead. Mr. Tuner,
aurgaiii, was Mint for, but of coorse inedi•ad aid Was of no
avail. The jury were adisfial that no Hanle attached to
41ill parents, aud reurned a verdict of "Found deal."
COUNTY CoUnT. Monday. -Tho following oases came
Were his Roemer, T. IL P. Lefroy, req.
Jolla Beaman V. Sumas Nast.. -Claim tl 55. 1011 -
Defendant atiniitted that her husband, of whom she Wa..4 tIeS
I.l(oCnlrix had the resin charged for, hut stated that he repu-
-1 Metal the claim In a letter which he alithorixed a lint. Miller
1 to Utile. 4..L.0s adjourned for Mr. Miller's attotoLsece.
Ties SAMS V. ALIIMIT ISAILIISB.--elninl LI fie CA-Order of
payment at 00. per mouth.
V. WILLIAM KIN.,. (14411 8.1. for Cnod.
stipplied.-in this ease plaintiff stakxl that when the amount
I.ellYnkon himself and defendant's wife was withal, he omitted
the gum claimed, but gave her the bill at the name time. mime
denial by the defendant, who stated that she did not ha:e
any goods aulosinuently to the 13th November, Pang, when her
bill we, --Venlict for the defendant without custs.
Joux STAINZII V. *yenta. -Plaintiff reed. at Poole and
the defendant, who hi • owl merchant. at Bournemouth.-
The claim wan far £2 he, ed., for cart go oak from Penny'a
wharf, Poole, to the residences of defendant's customer.
Defendant put in two receipts for Ed each, one dated
Novemher and the other Istio November, Ism. IA pos4 that
he hal paid all money due by him to the plaintiff and further
atated that he had not employed plaintiff to do any tartage shot
131-11 No‘enther.-Plaintill admitted the receipts, but '.t lied
that they were for work in November... His IWO daughters
were called to give evidence as to the alteration of • date in
one i.l the receipt. from Ilth November to Inth November.
and eventually Ida Honour adjourned the can, on the appliia.
lion of the plaintiff to give hint ln opportunity of pnicuring
extract'. from Mr. Penny * t.noke, as to the qua:Oahe; aupplied.
Dam Itau.aS, Ljtchett, V. Joni BUILT, Poole.--
gl 10s., balance on the purchame if a pair of trucka su',l iii
June last. Defendant's plea was that he pun-hawed the troekme
for £3 10s, late at night in Jiine, Inn 7. That on examining
them he found the wheels de ective, and ris.ke to the plai-itlff,
who prontlaed to supply others, that thiee he *upplied were
not the right size, and conaquehtly he was obliged to get
other* made.- It appeared, however, that within two days of
his obtaining other wheel., he paid £2 In account of the toll,
and promised payment of the rat in • short time.-Judgment
for the plaintiff, one half in 14 days and tihnennr;ruthamilne:tihnaat
ninth,.
The Judgnient me. were not heard, hi, i
th 'ugh he might have power to commit, yet as them appiared
• doubt about its legality, he would not sand a man to prison
under such circumidance• The &Indianian were informed that
they muat proceed under the new Act.
lIANKRITTCIIOI. -In Re lIKLZN TAYLOR, widow' formerly .4
Wimhorne, now of Poole. -• Mr. Moore. who appeared iii, behalf
of toe lankruot, ankal for an adjournment on the ground that
he had entirely forgotten to tile the accomits.- apploation
icrw,ted. One of the creditors, Mr. Cinoard, Wimborne,
aonounoed that It w.is hi* iotention to oppose, but was informed
that he hc,fuex.u,ar;.?..l.
:7111 hiant.riii.t caine iii, for iii,,
Tanner, of Wimberrie. -1111.1 case WWI one among many so
frequently before the courts. of beginning: to build without
capital. The woe:cured debts were gl6l.- Mr. Lowe, ageolof
the Wimis.rne Building Society, wished to ask a few question.,
hut lii. Downy ruled that as he had not proved he bad no
lona a:wadi. Mr. Low, however, obtained from the lankrupt
penuission to take 1.0.14:1.i4in of certain cottages at
High re, near Wallace IhrAVII, and esonwssl his determina-
tion to take posaci,sion at 011ee. -There being no oppo.ition the
application for discharge was granted.

SHOCKING AUCIDENT To A WILTSHIRE
FARMER,

On Monday afternoon Mr. Jacob Gollidge,
highly respectable farmer of Wadtion Grove•farm,
near Trowbridp, met witb an agoident by which he
is maimed for life. He was out rat-hunting with his
men anti took with him. a gun which, we are in.
funned, had been charged for some months past.
As soon'. the first batch of rata appeared, he fired,
and the gm burst, shattering his left hand so nisch
as to render immediate, amputation nooteitary. This
operation was perf wined by Ors G. M. Sylvester
and J. W. Stapleton, sod the sallerer is pregreasiug
as well as eau be espooted under the circuoistaneis.

SATAN IN HIS OFFICE
The Mil idetiohiu Sunday Mercury engager a
religious ',porter wk, has recently followed the
doings of one Elder Knapp, aline The Evangelist,"
whose profession in that of " consulting physician for
sick souls when the original family doctor finds that
his pharmacy has last its efficacy." The Elder,
while stirring up a "refreshing revival" in the
Korean Baptist Church, preached against swearing,
and said :—" I will give you, my dear friends, •
picture from a some in Hell. Tbe Devil is sitting
in his private office receiving the souls as they are
brought to him (coin the upper world. lu cornea an
infernal gaoler. conducting a soul to everlasting
damns. ' Who were you' asks the Devil, as the
culprit was brought to where be was sitting,
' Secretary Benjamin, of the Confederate Cabinet,'
was the reply. 'Ob, yes, I knew you were coming,'
slid the Devil, as he turned the leaves of his ledger,
and made an entry of the eectretnry's name. I
always shows oonsiderat ion to those that have showed
•it to me. I've got to take you in, but I'll try and
make you as comfortable as possible.' To the at-
tendant: Show Mr. Benjamin to • place as near as
you can get him to • current of air.' The next
arrival Trio a man who had killed his mother-in-law.
I lie was hung in Cincinnati. 'Take him away,' said
the Devil, but treat him kindly. The chances ate
two tl one that he isn't much to blame. I remeuiber
Ii lease. His motherdn.law came here three weeks
ago. She looked as though she wanted killing.
• She's over in No. 63. l'ut him in there, and set
the old wo.nan in front of the furnace. No. 63 is
too cool for her.' Pretty won another victim
arrives, 'What has brought you here asked the
My case is a bard our,' was the reply.
' I'm here just because I swore.' Because you
swore?' asked the Devil, rising angrily from his
chair. 'Yes, that's all the sin I ever did.' • All
the sin?' echoed the Devil ; 01l the sin Why you
mean, deepiostde,contemptible, low-lived vagabond,'
said the Devil, as he brought his fist down on the
tible, ' tiers iin't a corner here that's hot enough
• for you. Of all the sixty thousand preachers that
I spend their Sundays in blackgoarding me,. not one of
; them ever yet accused inn of swearing. Blasphemed
your Maker did you? Profaned the holy name of
your Saviour that forgave his enemies on the cross,
and died to have saved you from here? You did
thin did you?' The trembing culprit made no reply.
" Why, continued the Devil, whoa' voice arises as
his wrath intensified, 'why, there's no excuse for
you.n
one.
In pr
A man liinygantemunptlauctikoyn
a manblowyrnankilsltanother
o
may lie to cave his neck or to cheat his neighbour.
There's some excuse fir him. The profane swearer
has no excuse! Attendant, take this accursed
,1 scoundrel out of my sight. Pat him up to his neck
where the coals are hottest, and then put somebody
1, to sit on his accursed head.'