The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-01 00:00:00

THE DORsET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1879.

DORSET °MITT HOSPITAL.

During the week engine June 261 b Uwe hare
been adinitted :—ln-patietts, 9; discharged, 0 ; out-
ezts admitted, 3; dlcherged, 4 ; emergeadee, o;
0 ; in-patients in the Hospital. 46 ; oat-patients
oa the books, 202; casualties, 40; amidents, 0.
Physicisa for the week, Dr. Lush ; surgeon for the
week, Mr. Tudor; howw.eurgeon, Mr. 3. A. B. G.
Mersam.

BATH NATURAL HISTORY 'AND ANTIQUARIAN
FIELD CLUB.

About twenty members of this society, with their
President, Lieut. -Colonel ltsgband, and assistant secretary,
Mr. Harold Lewis, BA , of the AIM Herald, visited
Deecheeter on Tuesday. They arrived by the ton em.
train Great Winters, and were met at the station by the
Mayork
iit=telirT,t_PriuwlSzepactldthtteinPsflititthoir
the—•prsoblant:read the eccompanyini notes which he had
prepared respecting the famous earthwork :-" Although so
near Dorchester we am now standing in the parish of
Pordiniton Bt. George, the ancient town of Dorchester not
° isg beyond its ova walk nor comprising more than
stout 80 acne. This *peers to have been the place of
amassment and recreedos of the ancient Roman inhabit-
ants of Durnowaria, which, like most other amphitheatres
of its kind, wee outside the city walls. It is
probably a work lir time of Agricola, who taught and
encouraged the Britons to build temples, baths, and
O'Meara, in order to introduce luxury and 'often
the fierce and rat& tempers of the people; and, judging
from Its Nue, it Wee capable of containing over MOOD
oeoole_ it was Kobel* the great place of entertainment
,;•f lb.- people lister in the various Roman stations
ertablialsed on the south roast This toes to show of
what importance our &Wield town of Mrs-loaar must
have been at the tine of the Roman rule in Britain. For
the discovery of this work as a monument of antiquity we
seem to be indebted to Sir Christopher Wren, who
In his inquiet tourneys to the Island of Port-
land. whilst the cathedral church cif $t Paul was being
hulk, was the fiett to amen it. Before its discovery
by this famous areittect it had always called as the
mon NU it sow—Yens or hismebury
Rings. h=leetynollogies of this word e been given
Hutchins says it rimy be from "main " or tn.." on the
Dorset dialect), a kind of earthy chalk, and "bury," tak
In its common setae, as as earthwork, as. Poundlisr7
Woodbury, Cadbury, he his utile histor7
of Dorchester, pnWeed about rem MO, rem the
word should. be Mtge Ilikersbury, which is getiQ-f
the Celtic mesa," the same as the Latia "
stone and " bard• to divide,to , from f.
the spectators on both its aides- bet kr. Warne, in
Antient Dorset, seems to think this derivation me,
have come from a great done formerly lying at the
ontrenee—nteen, Britannice, • greet ekes On this I
doubt not moo of your members more leaned than
=melt will presently give an opinion- It may be esot
that this ancient work is rat in the top of • plain declining
to the north-east, whereby the grist heat of the sun
would be modified during the part of the day. It
Ii of solid chalk, two a level with the grocnd, without
say kens round it. The jambs at the animism are some-
what men sway, and the mouth or southwest half of the
work on the lends is mime It or 7ft. below As surf am of
the et °and. • Wm Piston of the chalk for forming the
sidmaene4;iing out if the cavity in the centre This
mass as. so don% hew exceedingly elevated by
and. thecagling nienEvs put, end
it will oteeneit thet the has made
considerable enntonehmenle on ides of the '
embankments. yet that It gal preerrees a tonesetty, the
numb, tart being sem UR or Ult. lower traa the level
of the had- The rsosgof the 'lndium, of As wiki
newts. der., isppeeed to have been actin upper mid
ands' the west to the tweet. and tint um.
midi ender 644 al the body ol ths
NAM= Worm wait bra opa4 end haw
he best bon MI. te net : thes then
asearation bit Mode ke a like perms tip to the

year 17g7 all the public executions took piece here, and it
will be observed that where the gallows forebode Mood the
tenses I. mobs what laicized by the trampling rime and
horse'. At the execution of the famom tire
which took place here in the year 1705, so many
spectator. were supposed to have been present thets:
sides, and arena of -the work beingcoandidE;le n
According to Dv Stukeley this amAitheatre consists of
an acre of /rowed, and was originally about linft, in
diameter the shortest way, end gifift the longest, thus
helasersonam e Wiest in existence next to that at Verona and
the at Roma ; the external (immigrates would
eamirelboad about two acres. By an accurst* measurement
leken from Hutchins the following would appear to be
the dimensions of the work :—" Greatest perpendicular
height of Use rampart the level of the Illellthottter
external , left. din ; external
diameter, ft. the ; internal Longest diameter, SUM. ;
Internal shortest diameter, latt. n.; first ascent from
the arena to the greatest curve height. )Ott.' There do
not appear to have been many coins or antiquities found
hereabouts, a silver coin of the time of Philip Augustan.,
810, which got into the pomesesion of Mr. Pownall, of
Lincoln, being the only can of which I can lind any trace"
His Womble then referred to the execrations which had
been made on the occasion of the reset visit to Dorchester
by the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian FSeld
Club. He stated the idea prevailed the eases were
situated at the upper end of the amphitheatre only, hut
the investigations they had made at the main entrance
seemed to contradict that impression, for en digging they
found the soil had been disturbed to the depth often feet,
and the chalk at the sides of the excavation was quite
solid, never having been moved. He also mid they had
dug in the centre of the enclosure and had opine to the
original floor of the amphitheatre, which was of solid
chalk. They bad made search for the large unborn stone
before referred to, which Warne smarted formerly sicwit
at the entrance, and which, being an obstacle to the
cultivation of the land, was buried in • hole dug to
receive it on the spot, but, though they had tiled
seversl places with • crowbar, they had not succeeded
in coming upon it. Dr. Bird, one of the members of the
club, said it warn his opinion the earthwork was of the
same age as A rebury. The chalk had been brought from
onus distance and placed rotted the enclosure He
should think, from what he had men of such earth-
works, this was ore-historic. He did not mean to say the
Romans might not have occupied it, but he believed they
had merely altered it to suit their own requirements, He
considered the work was prehistoric, and belonged to the
unbosom stone period, when the Gaelic language was
—the very name, Membury, Gaelic—the fort
:rtiteaunhewn stone, • name given to the place from the
large rock standing at the entrance. —The Mayor WS.
then thanked for his kindness, and the party took their
way to Maids. Castle. On arriving there they thmeughly
Inspected this t earthwork, with which they
were syspap It was agreed to be of loralustono
date, eves to British occupation, and Dr. Bird
said it itrengtheeed his theory as to the age of the
ountilidlandre, seelog it was in the vicinity of an undoubt-
edly prahhitorieweeltaketkia—On returning to Dorchester
the members_jarbook of luncheon at the King's Arms
Hotel, the Mayor being invited to join them, and
then visited St. Peter's sfturth.,.. Ham his Worship again
acted as aseresis, and pointed out the Norman arch at the
south entrance, raiding from the transactions of the
British Institute the discussion that took place on the
subject when that society visited Dorchester. The opinion
was thee a:premed that the arch had been brought from
the ancient Friary.
_On the other heed it was thought it
was the southern met of an older church that had been
The Villiioll held decidedly to the latter
..d, The
doorway to be • remnant of an older et=
They considered the taste for preserving immolate of old
buildings was not so strong in the lddle Ages that
builders would take the trouble to bring portions of
another building and Incorporate them with a new etructure.
They also thought the cross legged figures had been
placed in • former church, and transferred to the
present structure The monomania of the Williams
family, and the panelled archea In the channel, were much
admired, and regret was exercised that the monument to
Lord HULA was obscured by a sitting being placed so close
to it, the nook formed thereby being used as a receptacle
for brushes, with which the angel figures had been
damaged—Thence • move was made to the libunty
Museum, where the local antiquities were blanched, and
then to the Roman well in the West War, near Mr.
Burnett's house. The Mayor explained the excavations
that had been made when the Donee Society were there
An opinion was expressed that the well had formerly
been faced with regular masonry, and Dr. Bird had no
doubt some of the bricks Lad tiles to be seen in the wall
were of Roman make The tarty then visited the new
barracks, and thence proceeded to the Mayor's residence,
where they partook of refreshment, and, after visiting the
Muratof Fordingtoo fit George and inspecting the
curious sculpture in the tympanum over the south door,
left Dorchester by the 5.18 train, very much delighted
with their day's excurstonv and expresang themselves as
greatly indebted to the Mayor for his attention and
hospitality.

WESLEYAN METHODIST THANKSGIVING FUND.
The 111111,10.11 for the Doer-heeler drettit in oonneotion
with the above fund. were held on Wed/maim,' one 15M
In the afternoon the Rev. John Brewster. of Ipswich.
delivered an abie,racy,and instrootive sermon on ifi. beel-
ine of the nobleman'. sm.
_ .

.IQ.the eventng -th; chair was taken by Mr.
Thome& G. Utkorn, MA , haad.master of New Kingwood
School, Beth, and among those on the platform were Rev.
John Atkins, Rev. W. Allen, Rev. T. Neave, Rev. John
Brerrster, Rev. Ralph, M Spoor, Rev. George Rack.
Rev. Thome! Veal.
_

--The—Brlllonroonfersince oonsidered that—(l) 'Br
relieving lathe Connexions] departments and institutions
from debt, and thus setting fres theentire income of each
Fond year by year for the purposes to which it is devoted;
al By so far providing for the completion of all plans of
extension which had already beets saactioned as to make
an end, for some time at Wert, of special appeals on behalf
of various project.; and (3) By providing for some other
chime the ninety of which had for some GPM been
admitted—it would be necessary to raise a Fun 1 amount-
ing to no law than 1301.000.
The balance remaining alter paying off the above named
debts, and amounting to £116.010, it is prop sled to
entie", as follows :—(1) Towards the erection and
furnishing of a new Midland Breach of the Theological
Institution, accommodating seventy candidates for the
£OO.OOO ; CI) For the strengthening and cod.
eolidetion of existing Foreign Missions, and for the
commencement of new Missions, especially in Africa widen
the Rest, and for their maintenance dudes ...mei years.
1,B00; Cl) Towards the completion of the "Fund for the
Extension of Methodism in Great 8rithin,"4.45,000 about
£15,000 having been already promieed to thie Fund,
which mists the erection of chapels in small towns and
(0 Room Missions: to assist needy Circuits in
providing or furnishing booms for married Ministers who
at resent have none, £4,000; and, towards strictly
evangelistic efforts for the spiritual benefit of soldiers and
sailors in this country and LIAO (5) Towards the
erection of • German WNW %ma in London, 12,0011 4
(6) Towards completing the erection of the New Chapel at
Oxford, £2,000; (7) Fur the estimated nut of completing
the re-orsanisation of illumined and Woodhouse Grove
School; SIAM ; (8) To secure permanent accommodation
for the Southern School for Ministers' Daughters, apo ;
() Middle-class Schools: in the event of the Committee
appointed by the late Conference "to consider the
subject of middle-clam education" being able to devise
some scheme which the Conference shall approve, for
promoting the establishment of lower middle-class school;
towards the furtherance of that whom". £10,000; (10) Ike
Connexional Sunday School Union, to complete the
capital and outfit fund. £100); (II) Towards enfranchie
int the London property of the Children's Home, £200;
(12) Towards an Invalid Ministers' Rest Fund, to be
administered by • Sub-Committee of the Worn-ont
Ministers' Fund Committee, £1,000: 03) To the North
Wales Chapel Fund, £2,000; and GO to the South Wales
Chapel Fund, .81,000.
The Comatose said all over England schools are
established by the High Church clergymen, ',hums
children of the lower middle-class are taught In what are
called "mend Church principles"—that is, they are taught
to attend confeadon and early mam. Some of them
schools have 500 or 000 children, and many of the solsolars
are the sons of dissenters —wet of them of Methodists.
Now, if these am taught up to 11 or 15 to attend confes-
sion and man, Ise feared there is little hops of their
reclamation afterwards, certainly
Methodist
lfe attended
schools. and 1,111, trained up in gonad
plea there would be little fear of their taffies ba tri
c:cioa.
love for High Chnrchism. (Rear, hem) Where they
wore to raise /10,030 for lower middle-class
ed the igh Church party had raised £400,000.
TM Bey. Ralph M. Eiroon, spathes of the lest Con-
' ferwasekl it Was the tirsi at which layman and ministers
were associated : he never knew • more
(rut=
influence at any Ociefeemsee, and when the
WM them tit look up for the baptism of the Rolytiltrnii4
them ran through the ()Warsaw a woederful .p
inflows, strong men bent their heads and sobbed
under the moving of the Spirit of God, In order to coth
meseceste the first Mixed Conference, it was resolved
to raise a sum of mow, first to pee the
I debts, and this was further and further enlarged,
until they wished to raise 1340,000 or £20e,000.
The Ant thing to do is to pay of the debts, and of them
.1:17,000 debt is on the Foreign Mission fund, only on
account of their entering into the doors which the Lord
has set open to them The Einestlanal Fund in in debt
CHACO, malty bemuse of the demand for trained
teachers. The ewe:kcal debts amount to £28,000; but
that is already pretty &early paid of. Missions are to he
sent out to Gentral Africa, and when the matter is put
ri6t in Zululand, • miesion will be sent there. At Mum
Ills proposed to build 1000 Methodist chapels for the small
towns and villages,
_and £BOO Is to be set apart for reliev-
ing asosesitous local preachers.
The Rev. John Bairn= said that Methodiffits will
not dees their dispels or withdraw any of their
missionaries, on account of debt; we shall DM withdraw
our Heops from girths, is spite of all the reverses, we are
In fo;ji:ind shell go through with it Going on to smith
of Popery, and tits n.oeesity to resist it and the later
form of Popery—ritnallam, he mid at one time the Papal
see laid Its hand all °earth° Western Conthseet—America,
and seemed to mark it for its own. But now Protestant
Christianity extends all over the north, and is still=
lag. The tuhlglan of Christ will be, sew of the
bthme, the riligisu of Mies, we lame six missimaries
even is Bulgaria, which was at one tioseastet to urihiest
little nation in which em the had ask
the Pope, when he wasted more messy—what ha
dons with the L—A humorous speech of Mr. Brewster
wet brought to a close by the egothotion of the gm
The Rae. George Elam spoke and pointed out that
the MOONS of the Thanksgiving Fend would feeble the
identity to be helped with law PIMP. when they could
not afford mother Wadable. Re me not want to await
a church; bet he wenM week a system that would rob
of oar mad and 101easbaal edible:lily some of them '
do that, teethim the detains" of In Metiers&
own:mutat aimless. and auricular cow
feeslon. and MOM of them are striviag in an °readied
conspiracy to turn the Methodists out of the villages
of this land.
Mr. Cnocego, am. also sddressed the meat end
before they Ithisbed they ited premised the very-hued-
some mount of £l3O.
The Rev, William Allen reed the hot of enbessiptkens,
which ranged from LW to le, eisounthig Is the told to
Ain 15a Those who had litths faith as to the swam of
the Tbankelivlog Fund in Dorchester, must have gess
boom intact.
yhse=ditroughoot the causexthe now amounts to
£100696 Us. Id.

(X)IINTY PETTY SESSION&--BtruanAr
Beton Gokool Bingham.
mugs OF OUIZIZLIWT.

Lash, a young ma, amend charged with
erabesiding mow received by ben as bread.
Kr. A. Look prosecuted ; Mr. R. N. Howsrd &deeded.
lir. Lack aid this was simple ore of eabearestenc
and be did set amid to " open" tbe cam
maim Amid. . haat asd ik"dmer risiallig Ira
=sian Poddletown.ssid or Lusk, &deo-
lli
Violatarapley. to make dank driver breed,
sod make bliard geserally nestek_aed had been in hie
isipliy for bw• pre la Farm He was authorised to
"'"'" Imolai onetoarere, sad had to account in the
lord debated and soars reamed With
Ida head a denary book, in which be was innoesd to
Millt swore dire earreate. Two adoliverT_booft wen
Cle.d. dast.a.at'• baodwrithas. Mr- Riohard
°I PIC 4•117. Toleaddle, is ass of kis cagerioria
and Ids dallverad a* lira *lodes, th•
Lush did tanka
hoses. Kr. Oresslare brig at saes drtinee. Os Jo a.
ea, 14 11000.1 at fdy soy am* received by Ida
co Kr. Orreries account, red the delivery book 11110.61
some brad *wag for ; the @bra fear barn la Hid..
sad on dr hd. dare leaves Std. In accordance with
the delivery boottili eshiud Kr. with
era loans of ch, az— um.,
book @bowed Ave loaves of breadthe lash '
were &dieser!. aid ole
dr 164 b fear kapyis. ead rs dryad tbs. as Ws. gFreerdig,
Wit so 4 MOIR{ fey dim ire
amis., mew et WI
Aar 1110Sileg $l6l/ UMW ; bid 11
reelved übd 40o• ble , hr SIbM•

entered it in the beak Retries of money on the flth. 91b.
Li* sad Nth* " Paid." were 6 Lush's handwriting.
Had also a customer on his bake named Benjamin
Courtimey, or Certor. of Troyown, to whom Lodi
delivered bread, and on the 3rd Inns, by the otitis,/
book a sum appeared to be dam The last payment on his
summit which defendant accounted for yea on the 211 h
of April : he did not account for any on June 9th. On
June Nth, be hiumelf took an the delivery of
Courtenay bread, nod put the matter in the hands of
the Polio. On y morning Lush left his service.
without being discharged, and, last Tuesday week.
received a latter from Lush Lusk Put the breed In the
van which witnese wag going to drive to Dorchester, on
Monday Previous. no letter stated that histnester
was owning 07, and wrote Lush "Don't you 1111 y hint any
1110110 Y, and don't you Mt him put It down. Don't you let
him know bow mach you owe, eel don't let him know.—
Wan your hiker at Poddlertoon."—Kr. Henry Childs is
soother r•eletttre to whom Lab delivered bread ; but he
had not accounted for say money since El Or. Old. p. 14 in
May, 1879. The bale once amounted to 19i, 6.1 ; Alt
Lae had not amounted for any of that monev. 'Lydia
Uhtldh of Adunistuu, to another mallow r, but had nonage
book. 80. liet womb of breed had been delivered
to her, but not *mounted for by lAteht rier had be
amounted for any since to Match. when be Petd
for two small loaves, s+l.—Crospexamined: Received a
Viiiiiiichareeter with Lash' be came from his annes ea
ter, where he had been in her employ. He
had been nearly two years in plaintiff's service, and if
earthing bad occurred to excite sespictom he would have
discharger, him but nothing or Impertanos occurred
Wore. Some or his customers hays running &meanie.
&Inviting • Pennant was mode to defendant at th awl
of the montk, any amount paid to loins he would not
enter, but bring home the book. Sometimes prisoner
would trust to his memory' he has no book for cash
eatrise but the delivery book. He generally returned
between ox and amen, end if witness woe not at home,
he would account either to witoomrs wit, or sisterin.latw.
The ink-marks In tloe book are 1101 prisoner's—at look he
would net ewsor it. The delivered bread win correctly
entered. Prosecutor went to Kra Carter on Irridsv. but
did not communicate with the police till between 19 and
asa. He had WM CM to hi. work that morning to make
the bread, and worked till ten, pmmeutor left between ten
and 11, and returned shortly alter it. when prisoner was
tons. On venous comotions prisoner had said he should
leave, the legit tom, vim shouts month age, when prom.
cuter told him he should get rid of him, and primmer had
mid he should leave on Saturday night: this watt ',b." •
month ego. Re-exmoined Had not suspected prisoner's
dishonesty ; butt he stayed about the country looser than
be should.

Yamh. who resides at the old Toll Howie.
Altdmiatoc. deposed to having hewn in the heat of receiv-
ing bread lvft for Hr. Granata*. On Jane Oth she paid
defendant 3a Lid. on behalf of Greening. and lb* word
"pad" MN written by him In her presence. In moor
examinetton she sabi she hod always found him bonsai;
bat abs always trusted gentlemen.
Hr. *monde said ohs Ssel never trustmd
Kr.- Klmbh Pwitall, YOU would not bars asked me for
trust; I always trust gentlemen whom I know. and who

—lr. Arnold, re-examined, said he did not aak the pri-
mes, to account for any money Wore he communicated
with the pollee bat, in answer to Kr. Ldck, he said pri-
soner had then left his senior
Sarah Elisabeth Oonettnay.wilfe a( Biatialata Coartenay,
el Troytown, labourer in Mr. Down. easploy, want to
Troytown on last Lady-day, April IA She had her
bread of Lush, and paid ready money, bat sometimes he
couldn't change, and than she would leave it till be came
gala, bat she never let it go over twiaa On Jane 3rd
the paid 10a, owing to her having five loam, a cake, and
some tour This was aU lee owed up to that time. On
Janis Inth she received the letter which asked to. not to
till Lash's master what she owed.
. . . .

-16:11;;;1770.:47371;;i ths witaus. whn Prefaced
hie rentarka by • statement that there was One above
who da know, sad she was not going to be turned out o/
the right
Mr. Symonds : Don't you be frightened at that gentle-
Man.

Mr. Howard : There is nothing about on to be frightened
tlkrthiire la ma.. to be frightened at in that gentleman—
In the 10a nee included • guarter.peck of Over 4.1.,
end the cake. la. 6d., and fire Innen Sts.ld, and there
was bread on the elate. Sometime. she had seven or
eight loaves • week, and sometimes one or two for her
amen.
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Arnold, momaxamined, said there wu another
Courrenay at Podlietown : but she paid ready money.
Carohne, wile of Henry Childs, blacksmith, Burtestone,
paid dsiendant shaft on delivery of the breed or the next
Urn. Paid him for all she bed had between May 16th
and June 26tix Creas-examined : He always brought her
amounts very besot, and she had dealt with him over two
years.
Lydia, vita of Henry Childs, of Admistax, had bread of
Kr. Arnold, and Paid foamy time it was delivered, and on
the lOUs Jane pa Q d t. all that abe *med.—Croat-
s:mined : Until-the last week or so there had been no
gustiest of previous debts.
Lusk wee then charged. He said lass guilty: lass
very saw indeed for what I have done, and for the
disgusts I have brought on myulf and my family. I will
give any informatina u to any of the accounts the prow-
rotor wishes. I have always borne • good character till
now, and it is only latterly, through bed company and
drink, that I have fallen into temptation. I have given •
correct account of tbe bread I delivered, and I intended
to repay the money I kept. It is not much I have taken
altogether, it is in many small Mao.
Committed to the Quarter Session', and refused ball.
Ma prisoner, who had given out that he waa going to
London, waa followed lip well by the police. /Max Batty
telegraphed to several pliant and sent information, and
on Tusesday prisoner was found by Sergeant Coate., at the
Botha Fort where he had enlisted sa asoldler, in the 75th
regiment, 36th brigade.