The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-30 00:00:00

Yourskt.aiti,m

GRATUITIES AT LODOING•HOUSES.
2'. Out 34110 yr.

wish just to sill the attention of those (I
am thankful to say) few, who think that' are very
" gratuitous" in giving lour or 6.41 std. Ingo where
they bare had sine, labour than tbsr have paid for.
la such • ease, if there is a gratuity, I thiok it is on
the part of Ow servant, for if we charged ball what the
hotels do for Woodmen, Wpm may well call it a
gratuity—Your.,

A HARD WOllll.

WATIIIIXO FOIMINVII-Wril. —The water-cart coin.
mitt.. had • meeting on Monday night, in consequence
of the awful nuisance rf dust, which has large i so long.
They made their arraorements and went to bed—
" And when they awoke, it rained."
Out Cessna. Stwermos on Monday left Portland
for Plymouth about two o'clock. They had been
delayed owing to the dense fog prevailing at the time,
the intention haviag been to leave on the arrival of the
morning malls. The fog now hangs over the destina-
tion of the Fleet. It had been imppoasd the Staten
would join her.' bat she had not made her a,,pearance
in the Roads before the Fleet left.

--Psnimva Mers--o-c7nrrs- .—lcgooday the Primitive
Methodists bad their Sunday School Anolversary at
Fortune's-Well, when sermons were preached by the
1t.,. W. L. Taylor, who else conducted an afternoon
Denim far the children, where they save recitations,
dialegues, and *login,. On Weduasday the Mende
took tea, and bad a public tosetiog. when they were
addressed by
_the circuit ministers and other speakers.
WARMS MISOSIMIP ST Wlnion.—On Friday niitt
some evil-disposed Irsoss, passing the house of .
Richard Pearoe, at Weston, threw a number of stones,
broke window panes and a large looking glass lucid.,
and had it not been for an obstructlon, the piano
would have been much damaged. Mrs. 01.,, who
was sleeping In one of dm rooms assailed, was very
much alarmed, as no doubt the ern-doses will be when
teis.receive summonses to answer for their shameful

Tin body found at Ceetietown was buried on
Monday afternoon in the Ceatirroed Cemetery, the
Rev. T. A. Ottley offixiseing. It had been pat into
the nen made for young Kr. Way, and the Castle.'
town henchmen carried the unkaown, the podia being
unwed with a Union Jack. Min exhibition of kindly
respect was gratifying. But we must remark the
cemetery is In • Teri exposed condition, the corn'
being pretty much on the wall, the stoats very ma*
disordered, and there being no footpaths for use.
MORA 00017PATIO1 VOL TIM COSOMIL—The Coroner
for the Island. R. N. Howard, In., has had still more
occupation than we mentioned elsewhere. On Batur-
day,Mr. Howard held an inquest at the Priem on the
body of • omelet 53 yams old, and whe had been of
exemplary obintetar, though in for seven yesn. He
had been in the Infirmary 18 days,and died of anemia,
from om old complaint. Verdict accordingly—Os
Sunday morning the Sergeant of Police reported a
body found, which was supposed to be that of Mr.
John Way, pilet, drowned In the norm. Finding the
bxiy was in • fearful state, the Coroner, as an act of
necessity, ordered an Inquest without delay. It seemed
the stocking had been gupLocned proof of It. identity,
and the family of Mr. Way had even ordered the
001111. But when the inquest we about to proceed,
the pasties who had been looking at it found It was
not the body of Mr. Way, and thwelorehib= that
of a sailor usksorrs, so facts were to be and,
as usual in NA mess,., IMO* wee

flinroax Ojoas or Pemmmetwitm—Tbe ernes of
the Island has now been tompielted, wet, house being
called at, in order to mosmale the feeling of Mashie.
mite as to whether publkeouse should be eland aU
Ihuiday or not. We bern that the liesnesd viol:man
generally were uoutrel; bat the we inalority of the
lehabiteats asked were In favour of dosing, iDem
=where the greatest nembn of oppose:am
their wishes, being about three to me 101
shutting up the unhitch 'us. We hare receired the
folioering r—"lortune*Well. Portland, Kay 23rd,
1663. hit —1 requested by the Oessenittee of Übe
Portland Suedey Melee Aescalation, to oommusimme
to you for the benefit of your readers, the following
partimisre of the canvass of the blend for opinioas
reepsethig 'Wag publichonsee la the Island duriag
the whole of Sunday. 3,017 persons, over 16 years of
snarl a.nvasd. Of these 470 Mimed a politics
asking Parliameet to does the pliblichouses In Port.
lend cuing the whole of Sunday. 161 were opposed
to Lb* same, and 395 were neuttaL The percentage Is
MI follow. signatures approvieg ; 51 opposed;
13'1 neatral."—Very truly yeas, Amu. Arrwootz.
Mei following ars the ommeitters :—Roses. T. A.
Ottley, B. Lick's, J. Kehgh, J. Brown. and W. H.
hbrlgh, J. Brows, and W. R. Waugh, Kamm, W.
Morris, B. 3.8(4,0.. O. Gibbs, E. Combas, W. Flew,
A. ittwooll, 0. A. Hamiltos, 0. Mabry,
A. Beallsid, W. Attwooll,' J. Otter, B. Stone, H. O.
Beale, W. Oomph', B. L. Ocannee. H. Attwooll,
Campbell, B. Plana, H. Epley, J. M. fleanstr. J.
Stone. sad Dr. A. McLean.
Bum ;Amer!' Itaissw.—ltmr-Admir?,l.
4th.

thb---I;ernlyTut—iteint;d-
Chanatirrlat,he NroalkvaireviewGroulded,thon seen
und.;
morning.
Thee There were about 2,000 °Howe and emotes, wi h eLht
field pisoes, which the blue jackets maseged, there
being no marines or made' artillery landed, while the
mei of the men carried small arms. Headed by their
respective bands, they marched to the ground about
nine o'clock, and formed lisle, reaching nearly the
whole length of the ground, the field bait tries being
on the right of the line. season the Victoria adel.
Os the arrival of the Admiral at boa o'clock, he was
received with a peeral salute of 17 rounds from the
field glum and the Lamed bated, playing at the time.
The Admiral minutely inspected the men, accoutre.
meets, and guns, and the fora marched past
istcth and double time, the latter Wag
especially
effective from the agility displayed by
the tars. Next, veriest field exercises were gone
through. Whilst the field batteries were perforating
lagir inantervrm, aid the guns were being pulled Is
the captain of omegas stayed in the way of the
falling sod part of dts_man fell on his head, and
levelled him to the greet The men was picked op
and carried by a party to the rear, the doctors and
smistante doubled up, out off his bale, and found that
Ins bad . very deep lacerated wooed on the head, and
attendeate took him to the hospital. They went
through cation exerAse, performing It splendidly.
The Boswells boys with their ban i, welched down
and saw the review ; but it wee all over by lose the main
portion of the Weymouth and Dorcheter people
arrived. There was, however, a large crowd of P.-rt•
land folks, the elopes above forming very convenient
'places of rootage or the
I Coiner Inane aim Arn...—& N. Howard, Iraq.,
, coroner for Poetised, last Thursday aftersoos held en
I inquest at the Prison on the body of John Jones, •
Feting °carnet, who was found on the previous day
bawls( Is as infirmary cell.—Geor e Clifton, Keg.,
Governor said the prisonerwas brought to Portland
from Waiting, and reeeived as March 4th, 1682, under
sesteace' of allYoo yeaes' pima servitude: hi. see we.
26; his character as a convict fair. He had been M
days is the hospital, under observation, as he wee
considered to hetet/Wog insanity, endow s precaution,
wse left in tits oell be binned. He was found dead is
his cell st&4s a.m. on Wedeseday.—Assistant•Warriet
David Roomy, at 5.20, Was on duty as the landing in
the hospital, where deceased was confined ,n One of
the cello, He unlocked the door and gave prisoner
water to week with; went to other cells, and did the
Sagall; retained to prisoner and gave him hi+ break( sat,
loss, of bread and one plat of tut, and deceased was
then warned and draws& Whams went and served
the other prisoners, and then went to his own breek-
fast, but Wanted at 6.40 and visited deceased to wine
him with some medicine, when he found him hanging
behind the cell door with • pion of his towel, which
he had tern off, and Imagined rousd his neck, the other
end being slipped over the top bar of his 'nor, and
with this he had hanged himself. Witness at once eat
the towel from the hinge, and ea Mr. Anderson,
the principal warder, who came and found the prisoner
still warm, but quite dead. The assistant.warler un-
fastened the towel from deceased's neck, and, tieing
called, Dr. Liney come almost inonecUstely- Jones
had drunk his tea, but did not seem to have t inched
his bread; it appeared be bad washed himself and
then torn up the towel to bang himself Iron n-e elm
could get in.—The eeeimant medical °Hoer, Dr. G. H.
Lilley, said when he wee meet for deceased was gaits
dead; he had evidently hanged himself with • piece of
his towel on the top bar of his door. Deceased's
sanity had been doubted, and be had been examined by
the late supeeintendent of the Casety Lan die
Asylum, who pronounced his sane. He was strange
is his manner, and said " Yes " to everything asked A
him. Aa • promotion he was placed under observe.
ton, and was so when he committed the act. On the
16th, witness reeommended deceased aboald be trans-
ferred t Parkhurst Prison, on medical grounds, that
being an invalid prison.—The jury returned • verdict of
"Suicide whilst of Unsound Hind." Tbe OWNS of
the jary were—Mears. W. Attwooll, W. Combat, R.
Fuson, J. Reid, F. Toms, J. T. ?Amour's, W. Price,
G. Downtoa, J. Marwood, F. Flew, & Pearce, B.
Kelly, and J. Boon.

Trxreasaos Furs.—On Tuesday the Tamperessee
Society held their annual lets at this place. About
ball-past two the Tolpeddle and Athalliampthe
and neighbouring villages Bands of Hope assembled
at the Temperanes Hall, where a prooession was
formed by about 150 members, most of them
wearing blue sashes and carrying banners and
legs. Heeded by the Tolpoddle Brawl Band, they
proceeded to the village church, where divine service
was held. The iterviess was chord. It having been
announced that the RSV. IL Pelham. itokes, MI A.,
rector of Wareham, would preach, • large oonirrega•
don filled the sacred edifies. The rev. gentleman
an excellent and appropriate sermon from
rebad ssuxiii.. 0—" O Israel, thou haat destroyed thyself;
but In roe is thy help." He said although ws are
being deetroyed by &ink. God is our help. Fir.t of
all, sin sepsraies—men and woods. are separated,
children pre afraid of their father's step—and when we
trace the origin of math of the misery in our towns
and villages we find it is dn. Bin is progressive ; men
do not become drunkards in a day, It is little by little.
Ida in thie temperance work, when mu woes hoe to
fats with this gigantic evil, we see how awful it is.
Bin destroy.; it punishes; and the man who has glees
way to sin suffers severely-Ads puelthment is great.
Every nation has its besetting sin. Look at Trees,.
and England, our horse, widish we love so dearly, le
being destroyed by this creel enemy, drink, and we
ought all to be doing nomething to overthrew this
twenty. But the love of God. Instead of • ;misting.
reconciles, and not only does it reconcile, it biseseis,
and our God is • God of oompeasioa. In conclusion
the rev. gentleman impressed ups° those who ere
workers in this great temperance movement It or
Vest!, they will be blessed if they could save oes pn
soul, if they could see one poor man saved by their
exerriosnaiathering each 'Tsang his family toget-ier.
and the Word of God, and afterwards ben line
the knee prayer to Rise; sad bow greet will he
their reward when in eternity for OMB to ris. up and
call you blessed of the Lord. As this Lord Jesus laid
down His life for us we ought to be doing something
In • slight return. —tip in the oonc mites of the service.
the proomdon was re-iormed, and paraded the Tillie',
miUthgat the vicsrage. 510. I'. A. Homer's, and Mr.
Crane's. At the latter place, through the kindness of
the owner, the Baud. of Hope and visitors were allowed
to go through the handsome greenhouses. At five
o'elook • public tea was held at the Temperance
and was largely attended. After tea the party
adjourned to • field, which had been kindly lent for
the omission by Mr. T. A. Houser, where dancing sad
other amusementa were indulged in by • large number
of people, and short spesehes were delivered on the
Ismperar ce work by the Bar. E. ikrddrrll an.l Mr. A.
, Daliiilllll, of Dorchester. Unfortunately, sheltie) the
, inclemency of the weather, the evening emus-meets
were cut short, but, before separating, hearty votes of
thanks were accorded the ricer for the nee of the
church, lad to hit. Homer for the loan of the field.