The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

THE WESLEYAN CHAYSIB AT

To the Editor.

Eitg—We cannot look around without seeing progress
and improvement everywhere. The number of pereons
is small who seem willine to take Lord John's advice
—" rest and be thankfuL" Therm are a few dullards,
but they are "few and far between," who are content
to creep along at the road-wagon pace of their fore-
fathers, and who will one day wake up and and them.
"elves " left alone," but not in "their glory." I ant
glad to bear the Wesleyan. of Portland are determined
not to be behind the times, for at • meeting held
during the out week, it was resolved that a SIM of not
less than £6OO should be spent thisysar in enlarging nod
repairing their two principal chapel.: • nice resolve, the
present bare-like appearance and dilapidated state of
the one in Fortune's Well being not very creditable
to such • numerous and influential body as the
Wesleyan' are here. With respect to !be chapel on
the bill, I hope it will be enlarged so ma to make room
for the increased congregations it will contain in times
to come. We are commanded in "the book" to
" honour God with our substance;" sad among the
many means of doing so,tbat of repairing and beautifying
the "temple' of our land," and making room for those
who are hungering for the bread of life, are not the lead.
I think the time is coming when Portland will take its
proper position. I heard a worthy gen tlernan say at a meet-
ing • short time ago, (alluding to the addrus on his letters,
which ended Portland, near Weymouth), that in a short
time it would be Weymouth, near Portland, hut I
cannot go infer as that. I believe that neither place
will ever be so insignificant no to require the name of
another attached to it, to enable the poet-office officials
to find out its locality, but that both will grow and
prosper—Portland to be England's greatest stroog.
hold, bidding defiance to all foes, bat stretching out
its gigantic arm far into the sea to protect the world's
commerce; Weymouth to be England's favourite
watering-piece, offering health and cheerfulnes' to all
who are wise menet to pay it • visit. —I remain,
dear sir, yours, ii.,,
Portland, May 9, WU.

PROGRES&

STAIMATIOD v. tHe Woecnouss —Mr. Parnell, so
well known se the representative of the Poor-law Board
in Lancashire during the cotton famine is DOW
investigating the management of the Union
in Bethnal Green. Some of the evidence
given is extraordinary. To mu money the
guardians employ a pauper porter Auld peeper
nausea, and would employ a pamper muter and doctor
if they dared. The porter said that he was not per-
mitted to allow any applicants to sit down in SU lobby,
and • dying woman wee kept staeding. Nowa% though
there was • bench, it was against rules for paupers to
sit on it. The muter also, it appears, wits In lb. habit
of refusing COMO of urgent neeruity, until a formal
order had been obleie4 'proceeding for which he wee
'bulgy rebuked by the coommignismer. The evident's,
in fast, indicates thst the guardians ectimidar the poor as
foss, whose drib ii, oa the whole. • Meat to the
community. A ease is repoeted Wm week at Greet-
nick in which • woman was feud dead in the street
from huller alma then being se illsesee, but "Dot a
partied@ of fet On the belly sad nob, week pause
ditties{ some OM at death bon huger is Leaden.
The simple is... of Ihie stream stele of affairs is the
evaded of the workhouse ethelehorheogped ea be the
who
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the "hoses."—Spoidetor.

AN lilf•ST L4ail.l TO MI Mani • BANIMI7/T.—A
very peculiar question, involving the pondbdity of as
infant being made a bankrupt upon his own petitions
came before norpant Wheeler, at the LiveolCos=
Court a short time since. It is a general, rec
axiom that an infant is not liable for debt, and await
therefore be seed or made • bankrapt, in order to
escape payment of debts he may bast sostimeed. Tie
Cif CU 111611.00e1l of the MINIM SIM, .IFilia MO WIC,
curious. would seem to establish the Try reversed
this. The guardian of • "WM named Mary Ann
Melrose had obtained • judgment whim a led ow.;
Georg* William Suiedkry, 16 Tan of age, sen of •
painter and glazier, Mill-street, Tortetb-park, Liver-
pool, for the sums of OD said £l3 104., the former son
an &magas and the latter as ousts of wait, Is rasped ei
injury to the child 411.86011 and lathery. The mosey
was not paid, and Smedley woe put in prises, where he
has remained for six week". H. presented a peahen
us forma pasperee to be adjudicated bulmspe, sad the
petition was heard on the 2nd inst. Mr. Sandy, appear-
Mg in support, and Mr. Williams appearing for
the rnardisn of the executioa creditor, Mr:
Williams took a preliminary objection thee
under the 104th section of the bankrupts,
ma no person in custody for • debt of ISO wee
entitled to petition the court It was held, however,
that the section had referenco to parties owl, Whe had
been committed for disobedisees to the orders of the
oceirt in summooses for £2O. Mr. Bandy' held there
could be no doubt that the lad, though under 21 Pam
of age, was &debtor, and in the sheen.» of any neer
tion in the set of persons under that age, be wag
entitled to the provision. et it. The coeditor had m-
araud thecreditor's privilege of putting him in poi,
and it was impossible for the creditor to 0005111 to the
court and say the debtor be bad imprisoned was net •
debtor. The petitioner had come to this coed an the
only means open to him by law, and if the delft mold
not give him relief then be mist Ile In gaol for four or
five years until he was twenty-one years of age. Mr.
William., in reply, urged that an infant never could be
adjudicated bankrupt except when he had represeetedi
himself as of age, and thereby stopped himself from
denying that be was of age on his bankruptcy. If ea
Intent was to be allowed to trade or become a dater.
and if he was to be adjudicated bankrupt on his own
petition, the creditors could re•lias nothiag, because ids
estate and effect., whether reel or personal, could net
be vested assignees. Sergeant Wheeler pee Jaddmost
In the sum on Monday, when, after no elaborate review
of the law of tbe case as it stood prirsiously to 1861.
when the new bankruptcy act was pawed, his honour
said that nothing could be more express, nothing more
comprehensive, than the terms of the present
' and there was no exception In roguet to infants. On
the whole, therefore, it appeared to him that the
petitioner was entitled to adjudication, and be mad* aa
order accordingly.
Ma. OLADITOPS RiltiglNG • TOOTING 01/731.
An endeavour hag been made to Inducts the Chancellor
of the Exchequer to become one of the staff of. daily
journal, to amend to the tempting mid *hoofed position
of feeder-writer for • balf.penny paper The proprietor
of • little fly-sheet, published somewhere in londoe,
had the cool effrontery to easiest" the right hon. gentlr
man a cheque for a hundred guineas, with • letter
stating that the service required for it was the produc-
tion of • lending article for the dolmans of the little nig;
and with • liberality which cannot be too highly com,
mended, be informed the Chancellor that, in &evocators
with the custom prevailing in his editorial department:
Mr. Gladstone, like the other contributors, should be
allowed conaidemble same in the statement of his
opinions. The Chancellor was to be at liberty, alas, to
devote the cheque to charity, should he so Miele It.
Mr. Gladstone's aserefer, returned the money In a
stating that, while the right hon. gentleman apprectated
the object of the proprietor, ids public duties would not
permit of bit accepting the engagement. Next day
monster capital' in the hall-penny sheet announced as
" important uxorial correspondence between themlit
tm of o. the Chancellor the Exchequer and &hio
This was what the individual wanted. It was the trick
of a small Barnurr.

PILOEPECTS OF TOE INTERNATIONAL Dori SHOW.—
The period of entry for the forthcoming International
Dog Show at the Agricultural Mall, instead of dosing
on the 7th, as at first arraagetl, is extended ell the
14th of this month. The Primo of Wales has annommed
his intention of becoming an exhibitor not only Of his
pack of harriers from Sandringham, but also of WIRE
specimens of mastiffs and bloodhounds. AmorigM the
promised sompetitorm are the Dukes of Beaufort, Marl;
borough, and Newcastle, and Lord Berner's. That, am
large entries of sporting dngs, bloodhounds, settere, and
retrievers, as well as foxhounds, barriers, and beside"
belonging to the moot celebrated kennels I. tbr
kingdom. Although it bad been originally intended to
restrict the specimens in the various classes to 1,000,
the demands are so great that it improbable this number
must be exceeded. The horse show—the list ever bald
in the metropolis—ls appointed for the Ist July' and,
from the entries already made, it Is believed that it will
comprise • collection of the finest horses ever sees Its
getber in the world under one roof. The dog ober Is
to be divided into 54 classes, and the prints in the naii
spective classes will range between £IS and Eff, and Mai
be received either in plate or malt.
Perim. FAILORI OF ran Suomi Mar.—A feet of
importance to the sugar trade is mentioned id
the last despatches from the West Indian colonist
received in Paris. The crop of sum this year will, It is
estimated, present a deficit of 30,000 task. ifi °nada-
lope and 15,000 casks in Martinique, making *OOO
casks equal to 30,000 tons. The aggregate exporteog
sager from all the shinning Porte in Dube, from the leC
of January to the 30th of Marsh (observe Mesas.
Morales and ('o.), show. &deficit of 14,500 tons, or about
15 per cent, compared with last year. in Mu
crop of sugar instated to show a considerable filling VI
compered with last year. The acooanta frouLMlLti
British West India Islands respecting the app.
crop of sugar an unsatisfactory, owing to the long lad
persistent drought, *kith Is already affecting the mon
for 1865. The deficiency will be an average of 30 pet
cent, in all the sugar producing coutitties.

- • •
CHAWLIT STOCK AND HORS, Fare, Hay
this large fair was held in the village of Cry:* 01
locality situated on the borders o/ Sweet and Barrier
The cattle brought in for sale were fully up to the
average, and there were plenty of buyers. The horse
chew excelled many previous furs here, and although
the animals appeared to great disadvantage, from Its
continuous cold drizzling rain, yet good fignes IMO
obtained for all useful borne The belling ;vexes were
as follows : Grazing stock Welsh runts, to £lO ;
short-horn heifers, £7 to CIO ; filuessix-bred steers, CIO
to £l2; ditto heifers. £8 to £9; and large store besets,
.Cl 4 to £l6. Dsirying cattle—well-bred short-horn
eaten, in full milk, 1:14 to £lB ; Buseez-beed ditto, £lO
to Ll 3; and eountry-bred ruilch cows and heifers, ES
to Ell. Horses—young cart-borsee, 35 to 45 guineas;
seasoned ditto, for farming work, 14 to 20 guineas ••
well-bred saddle-horses, 40 to 50guiness ; rosdaters, 18
to 25 guineas; handsome young horses, for earriaip
purposes, vans, town carts, do., 28 to 50 guineas ;
colts (three-year-olds), 30 to 40 guineas ; two-year-adds,
18 to 25 guineas ; and rim colts, 20 to 40 &nee& Irish
colts realised from 18 to SO guineas; and neat
for harness, 10 to 15 guineas. The fair is of ciarr ot:
day's duration.

iPLUITHIE EITItIiMIXTE WITH TEX WACKILY Gull.—
About seven o'clock on Wednesday morning the ex-
periments with the Mackay gun were resumed on the
Crosby beach, in the presence of • number of smile-
men interested in gunnery. • Among those on the grimed
were the Hon. A. Sturton, Captain Fisher. R._ ,N. MO,
lllundelL Captitiu Blundell. Lietiteaant-Caolosal Clay,
Kr. A. F. Mackay, Mr. Bauch, Mr. It. Mackay, Ad-
jutant B. Ilarginson, Mr. C. Mackay, Kr. J. Mackey,
and several other geutlemen. On the occasion of the
experiments on the 11th of April we gave a deeeriptioa
of this Run, and we would therefore just remind our
readers that the chief novelty in ite mestraetion is its
being grooved for windage. Otherwise it het generally
the character */ the smooth bore. The target, repro.
seating the aide of the iron.plated frigate newsman,
was the seine as used at the last experiment, but it was
strengthened by several additional beams platted behind
it. It was constructed by Yeast, Laird Brothers, the
miter plates of rolled iron being made at the Neessy
Steel and Iron Works. This outer akin was backed by
nine inches of the beat teak, end behind this 111111 a
three-quarter inch plate with tingle irons, bolts, Ac., the
target being supported by meetly@ begets aif elm timber.
On the last oemaion the projectile was 11371ba in weiAt,
131 inches in diameter, end the charge 31fibe. The bolt
struck the target near the outer edge, perforating it in
the manner we then described. Doubts were at that
time expressed as to whether the emotes would be so
great if the projectile struck the target nearer the centre,
but these doubts will be set at rest by the experiments
on Wednesday morning. The gun and target occupied
precisely the same position which they did on the 11th
of last month. On this occasion tho gun was changed
with 301ba. of powder, and the oset-oteel bolt used was
twelve inches in length, and weighed 1531b5., 14th.. lees
than at the previous trial. It wee made. as before, by
Yearn Frith, of the Norfolk Works, Sheffield. The
gun was pointed by Mr. James Mackay. the inventor,
wed the, shot struck the target about 18 inches below,
and slightly to the left of the bull's-eye. "The result,"
says the Lieerpoo/ Was, " wale complete answer to
those wise gentlemen who asserted that the skis at the
target where the former shot struck was the weakest
part. We then stated that it was the strongest, and OW
It has proved. Tbe present shot, although 141tia. lOW
than the first one fired, drilled • perfectly circular hole,
9i inches in diameter, through the 154 n. plate, the
9-in. teak backing, and the I-in. skin midribs, carrying
with it a mass of metal weighing about 901 bite TEEM
was buried about four feet in the sand beak raised as •
support to the target. The bolt, however, ricocheted
from the bank, and wu picked up 440 yards beyond the
target. This result has set all doubts at rest. It is idle
to expect that any Teasel with armour leas than tea
inches thick at least, could Mend long spinet swab a
weapon. One slot at the water line could clearly be
enough for the Agincourt. The metal composing the
plates is of the finest quality ; so no question each.
raised on that point. lir. Mackay, like all other in-
ventor., has met with opponenta sad sceptics, oice in the
person of the Earl de Grey Ripon, who has 004 displayed
much fairness in dealing with the question, his
reply to Earl Derby in the House of Lords, be said with
somewhat of a sneer, that the distance at whisk the
target was placed, 100 yards, was very shock f
that 200 yards is the Government range, at :=l2
experiments at the Warrior and other armour plates
have been conducted. Again, be meld that similar re-
sults had been attained with the Armstrong UMW.
smooth bore, firing • spherical shot, but he did sot etas
that the jinn was three tons hoarier than Kr. Ilsokay's
gun, whieh being made for experiments, is mach hawks
than need be; and that it had • bore of 104 babas
diameter (Mr. illeekay's being only 8 1-18th) and wee
I fired with • charge of foOlba of powder, twenty pounds
more than Mr. Ilackars. The shot and tie Owes pesebed
from the target are exhibited at lb. ixabauge Nowt
room" With the view of ntag its &seamy
as to aftertein the mod reliable deseripleas of peefesille
to insure something like outaisty, same
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were made on Saturday, when two shale wenr=::
the gun in its pretreat politic. at • Make pissed in the
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