The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-02-03 00:00:00

THE. bitA,SE't ttliJWil EXPRESS AND AGRICITLTURAL GAZETTE, TUEStiAt, FEERVARY 3, 1843.

BROWN AND POLSON'S

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PATENT CORN FLOUR
Packets 84., and Tilts Is.
OTHER kinds ain be had chesper, bt wails-
able upon their own merit: Are often substituted
for Patent Corn Floar—farnilies ere therefore invited to
kindly write upon olden " Brown and Paean."
Its uses ere:—Puddings,Casterda Bbuiconinge, Cakes,
' ke. and for lightsupper or breakfast, and cements
raitaed to the delicacy of children and inrtllds : for ail
the uses of Arrowroot—to the very best of which it is
preferred—it is ennand In tho nimal wee

EIENTING APPOINTMENTS.

The East Dorset Hounds—Thursday, Chaos Farm;
Friday, Steepletoa corner—at 10.45.
The Blackmoor Vale Foxhounds— Tuesday, (this
day), Stock House; Wednesday, Dlaarilles
Wootton ; Friday, Hetistridge Ash ; Saturday,
Red Lion, Cheriton—at 11.
Lord Poltimore's Hounds—Tneeday, (this day).
BrUing Boum ; Saturday, Concombe—at II .
Mr. Radclyffe's Hounds—Thursday, Wolverton
Clump—at 10.45.
'The Mendip Foxhounds Wednesday, Bruham
Common ; Saturday, Batoombe Lodge—at 11.
The West Somerset Hounds—Tuesday, (this day),
Chargott Lodge ; Friday, Radlett Common—at
10.30.
The Tatinton vale Harriers—Wednesday, Mattocks
Tres Hill; Friday, Bishop's Lydnard—at 11.
The Langport Harriers—Friday; Long Button—at
10.30.

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To Ora Raaokak

f the lenzthy report of the Dorehreler
Farmer's Club meeting, atel • largo maw of ilietrlct Intel
hence contlna In at • It. pert d, we are obliged to .It
wend articles which WI been prepared for Went.,
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DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DgRCHESTER. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1863.

of their representatives rather than call upon them
to pledge to the last degree.
Mr. Daunt could not help thinking. knowing as be
had Mr. Scymer for igreat many years, arid having
also bard him speak upon the subject • great many
times in support of the meteors that hp might have
taken uppn himself the promatation ia the House, and
support its prajer ; nod as foe the amount alloded to be
Mr. Hodges he thought that conrid- ring the present
financial oondition of the country, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer could tusk. way for getting rid of the
whole of this tax. H. lisl on • former occasion got
rid of two millions of tazation en • particular depart-
ment in our manufactnrohand so there was likely to be •
considerable surplus this year, be thought they had
Vey, good ground. to ask Mr. fleyrner to support the
Prayer of the petition for the Malt Tax repeal. He
tined with their Chairman that they should now
apply to the other members, and that if they could
not support the prayer of the petition it mould be
better to Ipply to tome other imenty member of the
Honm of Commons who would take the matter in
hood.
Mr. HODOIIII said Ile. (termer had not declined to
support the petition, but simply declined to pledge
himself to that coarse.
The CaAntram apprehended that the proposition to
Mr. Seymio was Mroply to support the prayer of the
petition. and thst he was not asked to vote for the
repeal of the Malt Tax. To support the prayer of that
petition was one thing—to vote for the repeal of the
Malt Tee was soother thing ; and he thought it was
not unfair of him to say that Mr. Seymer must have
aeon the distinction in there too ala himself. He
thought their senior member might at least have said
that he would support the prayer of the petition, and
he thought also ;hat suciii an important document as
that petition was,any member to whom it was eatrusted,
should say that be WY prepared to support the prayer
of tha petition. Certainly circumstances might arise
that should indoor, a man to withdraw his support from
any particular measure. But when they happened to
know that with an income-tax of 94. in the pound there
was an excises of income of 22.400,000 over the expen-
diture; and although there waa sum of five millions
involved in the question, yet when they remembered
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer remitted two
millions of taxes which premed upon a portion of their
fellow eitiamis wheo the financial position was far leee
satisfactory than at present, they were in • position to
prom and urge the total repeal of the Malt Tax. They
:mut not compromim matters when anything so impor-
tant as this question was at stake.
Mr. How's said Mr. Seynier concluded his letter

by remarking that the fannere were doing quite right
in keeping this question slim, by which be undoubtedly
I meant to imply that if the financial position of the
country would not admit of the repeal of the tax at
the preaent ti..., it might be done at some future
period. It was always best to look at the circumstances
turroonding a ease. What it wee useless to nab for at
one time they would be able to get at another.
An independent man would not pledge himself to
support what he could not rote for at the name time,
and he thought the heat way woe to leave this matter
to his nopre idioed judgment, expecting that he would
do the beat or it io his power at the present or any

future time.
A member present onnsidered that the remarks which
had fallen from Mr. Damen very much to the point.
He thought if Mr. Beyttier oold not support the prayer
of the petition, he had no business with it, and that if
the other county members would not support it, they
mitst look about for some other member oho would. As
. . . . .

117-; h-a-t-l•ad-i.ll.e—from Mr. Hodge.. he tboulhtli
smacked very moch 64 though that gentleman &mired
the petition to be laid on the table of the House of Com-
mons and there left. (Laughter.)
Mr. Homan seid he did not know the mune of the
gentleman who had just spoken, bat he wee quite wel.
• neverthelem, to his opinion. At the mine time
ha was quite eatisfied they did not go to the best class
of men to support their interest, if they went to
thoee who were willing to ewallow every kind.! pledge.
They were out the best men for the country. He need
ecarcely remark that Mr. Seymer's sympathies were
with hint in this matter; he wee willing to do his best
for their interests, both, could not pledge himself to
support their petition at any epeciffed time independent
of surrounding circumstances. There were members
who unqoestionably do this, but they were not thoso
•ho had the confidence of sensible men.
Mr. SAUXDIIIB thought the stele of the Meeting
should be taken on this subject.
The C 11.416111414 asked whether they would write to
Mr. &peer again sod ask him categorieally whether
he was prepared to support the prayer of the petition
without pledging himself to vote for the repeal of the
Malt Tag. If they did this, and be answered "Yes,"
well and good ; if not, then their course was to apply
elsewhere. . . . .

Mr. YIAZILIT thought the remarks of the chairman
were very appropriate. If Mr. Meymer *ILI not pre-
pared to support the prayer of the petition, it should
not be entrusted to him for presentation, but they
ought not to take it out of his hands now till he had
again been written to.
Mr. CRAMS thought it a very simple matter. Let
them write and aelt Mr. Berner the simple question.
In his letter lie stated he could not pledge himself to
the repeal of the Malt Tau, but he said nothing about
supporting the prayer of the petition.
Mr. Saciengits looked upon the reply as trying to
get at of it by a kind of aide wind.
The C 11•1811•11 thought the best way of settling the
question was to put it to the •ote of the meeting.
Mr. GIINGIC proposed that the secretary should apply
to Mr. Stun, to ask him if he would present the
petition and supprrt its prayer in the House of
COIIIIIIOIIP.

The CHAIRMAN Would not you write to Imth of the
membern that have not yet been written to?
Mr. GENON: No. I would write to 11 r. Start Ink
mad if tie declines you can write to Mr. Portman.
The CHAIRM•N mid they would not have another
meeting for • month ; would it be agreeable to the
inenibers to leave the subject of presentation in the
bends of the committee who bad prepared it.
After • brief discussion this proposition was agreed
to, and the oiler business of the evening was pro•
seeded with. . . . . .

The neat meeting was appointed to take plus* on
the 28th February, and Mr. Galnin agreed to intro-
dues on that occasion "Liebe's'. Mineral Theory, and
its application to punctual aitrisulture•"
Mr. HUXIII was than called upon to read his paper

FFIE BREAKING UP OF OLD PASTURE. AND
THE HEST MODE OF FUTURE CULTIVA-
TION."

Mr. Chairman, Vioe-Chairman, and Gentlemen The
subjc et for this evening's discussion is 'The breaking up
or oldipaature, and the best mode of the future cultiva•
tion thereof." My object innhooeing this subject was
not simply to state my experience, but that it might be
fully and freely discussed, so that good and practical
results may follow, not only to ourselves as a body of
agriculturists, but also to those who are in a great mea-
sure depending on our skill and enterprise as the pro-
ducers of human food—l mean the community at large.
The chief idea suggested by this subject is the conver-
sion of coinmaitively barren and unproductive land into
arable, and thus to provide more food for a growing
population, an extension of the field for labour, and a
good investment for °spits!. It is the duty of both
the landowner and tenant-farmer to on their best
energies to make the land more productive, the I•ndlord
giving facility, and tim tenant making &judicious
application of his capital to the soiL This has been
already the case to a very great extent, and much good
has resulted from the breaking op anis bringing into
cultivation of thousands of acres of poor down land.
But there yet remain groat breadths of worn-out
pastures and down lands, now worth from 101. to lbs.
per acre which on an average of seasons would be
more profitably farmed as arable land. The practise
has been for ieasy years to use these lands for de.
Pasturing sheep by day, which are taken back to fold
at night on the arable land, consequently the pasture
becomes poorer as years increase, and I have no doubt is
often less productive now than it was fifty year,
ago. We know that mush of this sort of lend eras
formerly ploughed, as the old ridges are still to be seen ;
and there is no doubt that our forefathers broke it at
Intervals, growing one crop of corn, and then leaving
it to nature, consequently the land became No poor at
last that it was given up as not worth the expense of
cropping. On farms where there is a large proportion
of this sort of lead, I believe it would be wise to make '
a part of it arable, taking carefully however into con-
sideration its situation, climate. and soil. By doing
this the same quantity of stock may be kept, and much
more oorn (Tenn. There is another class, via., enema,
leered, thin, down land, worth in its present state only
• nominal rent, as it is only adapted for keeping young
stock a few months in the year; yet much of this land
could be advantageously reclaimed. and would, with
liberal management, proclaim average crops of corn, and
keep oonsiderahly more sheep stock than at present.
I will now brief, make • summary of the advantarree
which will I believe accrue from the breaking up of
such lands as I have described, and then proceed to
treat of the mods of breaking and the after manage.
meet. These advantages are—let. That nearly all
these lands will be more profitably farmed on an
average of seasons under arable culture tlian when in
pasture, for such is the vigorous growth of the arti-
ficial grasses and roots, that • greater quantity and
better quality of food, suited to every season of the
year, would be thus produced than could be grown
from the natural grasses; thus • greater abundance of
animal food is obtained and more corn groan; 2n4ly,
There is more. capital invested in the cultivation of
the land, which must improve and make it ulti-
mately of more value ; 3rdly, There will be
more employment for the labourer; trade will be
benefitted by the increased demand for manures,
agricultural inirlencents, and emchinery ; the population
will be more cheaply fed, and indeed f may say it will
be additional wealth to the nation. And hare I will
pay my tribute to the wisdom of the legislature of our
country, which Lae removed • great obstacle to the
improvement of land by pa-slag the Tithe Commuta-
tion Act, precious to which all capital required for the
culture of newly-brokeo laud was subjected to • heavy
per tentage to the advantage of the tithe owner—now
• man is free to invut his capital without increaaing
his tithe-rent charge. In speakiag of the different
modes of breaking land, and of its subsequent manage-
ment, I propose more particularly to treat of two
dames critic which I am most familiar, and with the
management of which I have had considerable ex•
',relent'. I shall take therefore, first, uneneueibeired
down or pasture land, and secondly, down lands en-
cumbered with gorse, heath, Wu Of the first of these
cremes I propose to show the management during the
first five years, and of the second clam daring the first
seven years. There are two modes of breaking unen-
cumbered land ; first, that of paring and burning the
award; and secondly, that of ploughing the land and
allowing the sward to rot. The former will make the
quickest return, as the greater part of the vegetable
rubstasame will be converted to ashes, which will act
powerfully on the land. and generally produce • greet
weight of roots, and is morally followed by • good crop
of corn . • nevertheless. !consider the second eyetem,vie.,
that ccf breaking with the plough and rotting the
' mord to be more husbanding of the product, 'lull.
I ties of the lend, and therefore in my estimation it is the
best. I know I shall be told that the wintriness le
inure prevalent under this mode of treatment than the
other. I admit that it is so at first, but experience,
boa shown me that after the first rotation at (crop-
ping, land which has. been pared and burnt is more
subject to their ravages than the other. We have,
however, in the CroskW and Cambridge rollers powerful
enemies to wintworse, and those implements properl7

applied will, in • great !measure, overtones the difficulty-
I will now stets to you tin :Totem of croPidall nd
management which I have found to utterer beat in the
. first five years after breaking unencumbered land.
i Plough the land as deeply ag it will bear in F.brusli it
the first week in March, eing the 'Cut-coulter. the
land premier (dewily fawn's* the ploughs. Early
i suture or winter ploughing will not do if it is to be
; sown to quint corn, as the deemulm.ition of the
sward will he going on at the tune the corn is sown.
and it will then be imporsible to prevent the I ind
bumming 100110 and spongy while the plant iR growing,
comeamently there will be • greet lou of plant, and
I the crop will be almost a failure ; hut when the land
I is ploughed early in the spring, decomposition does
not tak• piece to a very great intent until the follow-
ing winter. and you thus keep it firm while your fint
emit is Crowing. Sow eye bushels of oats per sere
with the broadcast machine, the harrows following as
teeny times in a place as may be siKinifrit put on te
Cambridge or Creakiii roller, and cross on vith t •
harrows, finally go over it with the roller. By adopt-
ion this management the oats will have a firm soil to
grow in, and in general will produce • good crop. If
the landis not to be chalked the following winter. I
should reconamer.4 sowing oneand-a•Milf bu.hel of
mixed rye gram and trefoil before the lut harrowing.
the land will he paying something in feel for sheep
during the autumn, and spring months following, as the
land must not be ploughed again before May. otherwise
this sward not being sufficiently decayed will eanee
on-
necensary labour in the cultivation for turnips. Iu the
second year plough, as I said before. in M.y, the same
depth as before ; and across the first ploughing put On
heavy drag roller and hereon' at different Unice until
the land is firm and in good filth for tetnipe. Sow
about the middle of June to autumn turnips or rape,
ea
wanted for feeding purposes, using two cwi, of
superphosphate and one cwt, of guano per acre, muted
with ashes or compost. Thu will produce a great
weight of roots in almost any reason. an the change is
too great on new lane If the field is Isere I should re-
commend that the turnips be sown at different times,
so as Income to feed in rotation ; as turliies, when fie",
will not keep mound on new land as well seen old.
Third year—wheat. As fast an the turnips are fed off,
aid while the manure left by the shier, is fresh on the
land, now wheat with the broadcast machine, and
plough it in to about half the depth the land was
ploughed at lint, leaving • firm bottom for the rents
. of the plant, which will prevent the wheat from
becoming weak in the straw and dodged. If drilling be
preferred, the land should he ploughed very shallow. I
have found nursery wheat to answer much the best on
1 new land, as it will plant thick, and I. lees subject to
blieht. In the spring of the year, as soon as the land
is fit, sow the gram seeds, harrow and roll them in.
Those I ehould recommend would be one bushel of rye
gram. twelve pounds of trefoil, and five pound. of
Dutch per aere. In the fourth and fifth years the land
will be in gram, which may be either fed or mowed for
hay, but in the hurt winter it should have a good
dressing of farm-yard manure before the ploughing for
eat, if the land be pared and burnt I should
neeumunnd the same course of cropping, with this en'
tepees, that you mks the turnip and wheat crop In
the first and sec-sad year', and the oats in the fifth.
after the two years by. In both caws the flee-field
system may be adopted in the same rotation, the ad-
vantagen from whieo are, that the land, which ie in
1 of a light nature, will beer the best wheat
after turnips, as it is then firm front the recent feeding
of the root crop with sheep ; whereas. if it were sown
to wheat after ley, it is often lifted by the frost and
Hun homen the plant, which is not the case when sown to
oats in the spring. Another advantage of this flee-field
system will be the getting of six months more sleep-
keep on the old ley. In general new land requires
chalking, as it will make it more solid, sweeten the
green crops, and make them more healthy feeding for
sheep. I hare found about two thonund bushels of
chalk per acre to be the beat quantity ; and this, if it
' Gan be obtained in the name field at proper
distances, and is wheeled out by manual labour,
will cost about 411 e, per sere. I now coins
to • CIRA. Of land of which our county etill
contains large quentitice, although very much hae
already tees entiv.rted into arable—l refer to lands
encumbered with gone, heath, kc. The land differs
so materially both in the top and subsoil, that it is
very difficult to lay down any general system of culti•
ration for it. In one au there is a thin soil upon
chalk, and in another • turfy topsoil with • gravel or
Dandy subsoil, therefore it will require some yearn of
good fanning before the crops will show anything
like regularity. These descriptions of land should be
cleansed nod burnt as thinly as purible early in the
spring. and the ashes spread directly, as, should they
be left lung in heap, the fall of heavy rains would
render the crop of turtle. uneven. The expenses of
cleansing and burning would be from Me. to 50e. per
acre, according to carcuinetenees. The land should now
be either twice raftered or ploughed very shallow. I
dressed and sewn to turnip. for fall feeding, se there I
is eery little nutriment left in turnips grown on poor
land after they have been exposed to frosts. As soon as
the turnip, are fed, chalk it if possible the some
winter. I have never found this method fail in pro-
ducing • crop of corn an 4 grasses, wheie there is a
chalk inkwell within a foot or no of the eurlace; but
it will not be • cure for the light turfy land with a
sandy eub.oil, and here I may say that the lees you
have to do with breaking this sort of land the better,
ea corn-growing on it will seldom answer ; bit whore
there are spots of this description intermingled with
other land I have found it answer to give it • coat of
clay after it has been chalked. After being thus
treated the land ehould be nattered thin, so air to well i
MIL the chalk with the soil, then plough thin, and
sow to oats or a mixture of barley and oats and erne
to geese wed.. It should now rani•in two yran in
gran, in one of which it may be mown, and in the
other used as • puture: During the last winter it '
should have • good deeming of farm yard manure; be. I
fore being again ploughed, and now to oat. the sth
year. In the sixth year plough deep for turnipe at
one earth, harrow, ke. Roll till the lend is eolid, aid
some the turnip's with a good dressing of artificial
manure. Tm. the 7th year sow to wheat, and after that
the usual five-field syeteru may be followed. I have
found this rotation answer well with land of this
description, but of course no general rule can be laid
down, as moil and climate differ so materially. Swedes
ian be sown to advantage on the beet &scrip-
tiono of new land, but rape and turnip. will pro-
duce the greatest amount of food on the poorest
Wheat and oats will, I believe, answer beet on new
land ; barley may be mien for change of seed, bailor
malting purposes it will be melees. Winter vetches will
seldom answer on this description of land; but a large
quantity of food for sheep may he grown by sewing
spring vetenee, to be followed by mustard before wheat,
and I have found this • capital preparation for thy
wheat crop. Of gram seed. I have found Italian, or
green rye, trefoil, Hatch, and &Nike to answer well;
but red clover and mainfoin will come to little or
nothing. Of manures—superphosphate, hones, and
guano produce satisfactory result.; but I attach par-
ticular importance to the necessity of • good dressing
of farm-ynd manure being 'riven to tee old ley befouls
it is broken for est.. I would also draw your attention
to the necessity of the ploughings being shallow at
first, and especially before wheat after turnip.; and
the only deep ploughing that light land requireeduring
a course of flee years, is the One before turnip., which
will then be found of great benefit--A few words on
the farm buildings neceunry for newly-broken land.
As a rule the erection el espeneive buildings should
be avoided, as in one way or snottier the tenant must
expect to pay an interest on the outlay. Let us sup-
pose. for example, that there is one hundred acres of
land newly broken up, a mile distant from the nearest
buildings now on the farm—if the land be managed on
the five-field system, there would he 40 acres of cern
every year, which should be stacked in the name field,
and thra.lied with the steam machine. You would
now require • yard, with a rough shed, large enough
fer six ogee, and which could be erected at a compere.
timely trilling out. Them six oxen would be strength
enough to cultivate the land, and might be fed during
the winter on 4lhe. each of linseed cake per day,
together with straw and • few roota. These, with
perhaps • few young stook, fed in a somewhat similar
manner, would be sufficient to convert, all the straw
into good manure in each winter; and this manure, to.
'ether with the artificial dressing given to the turnips
and that resulting from the feeding of sheep, would be
found eafficient to keep the land in good condition. By
the adoption of this plan all the heavy expenses of
carting would be avoided, and • great outlay for build-
ings would be unneeeasary. Before concluding I
will offer • few general remarks. Every farmer aliould
endeavour to make the moat cf the land under his manage.
mint, and undoubtedly hen, the beet judge for what the
land on his farui is best adapted, and in what way it
will make the best return. I will here gay that
nothing will pay but good farming ; therefore if grass
lend is broken up it should be made into modalities
&rabid by a judicious application of capital, for witenut
thn•very acre of sueb land which is cultivated will be
at • dead loss. There is one piece of advice which I
will give to toy youag frigate present, and that ia—ses
that all the land you now have in cultivation is well
termed, arid that you have an additional capital at
hand, before you ask your landlord to break more.
Wherever a tenant farmer is investing hie capital in
breaking new land, be should hare a right understand.
ing with his landlord and be secured either by lea= or
tenant right, as the re-tarns this laud will make will
seldom compensate for the first outlay for some years,
especially on encumbered land, where the expense. are
very heavy. If new land be cropped ton often at first
it will require years to get it in good heart again. Many
have made the mistake of taking two suouseive corn
crops after paring and burning. The ashes are thee
ash/Lasted, and the land being weakened, is more
In the ravages of wireworm. When in this state it will
require many years and a heavy outlay to VA it in
good heart again. My eeyjpe would rather be, get
your lend in good heart an quickly as possible, and
never este" utiless eouZusew that the land will bear it.
Mr. Homer in conclusion maid be had only spoken hie
experience, and he hoped than present would 'peek
theirs. He was very much obliged to them for their
kindness with which they had heard him, and he trusted
they would alio speak their minds freely, as he Caine
there to learn rather them to teach.
The CHAILMA2I thought that he might any they
had all felt the, they hsä gone to the root of the moat
important consideration in practical agriculture that
night, and from the ettention with which they had all
listened to their friend'. remerks, he thought he I
need not say. in the diecanion that wee to follow, they
would keep closely to the point. They would expect
to hear some el their wimp-heads take up the challenge
Mr. Homer had thrown oet,and show where he was in
error.
Mr. T. H. BAUNDIII said Mr. Homer had brought
forward the subjerst in se phiin and pre:int:al a manner,
that bet little remained ler him to say upon it. Had
be taken up the subject himself he could not have done
it equal justice. He had goo* into the •uhject as it
wee poweible for any practical man to do. He alluded
in the first place to Um advents/e of turning pesters
land into arable. Now he (Mr. Ilkseodece) 'meld
relate one circumstance which had occurred with him
since he bad been in beelines. A piece of land
which he had he thought he would lay down as
pulare it generally bore • good crop of Oen,
before 110 laid it dawn. It wan down 11 years, and
he fed it with sheep during the whole of that time.
When he again broke up th,land it was not hell so good
for core as it wan before. Remelt land he considered
should be pared and buret, He could not agree with
Mr. Homer that sow* broadcast was better than
drill; but he quite Weld with Lies about not plowing
too leeig before ties seed was put in. With
to oballuag, if the lad were Aron, he thought Mr.

Homer was quite right, but where lie had tried
chalk on light candy soil ha could grow nothing after
warti.e. It came on well till it got as iiili a. one's
knees, and then the Inlert• a. if it having
draPn all the nutriment from the eMI seemed to
wither awe,. He himself preferred a hexvv crop of
iipo to tot crop of mustard, bet when the season
was very bite, Multarel would grow were rape "meet,'
not, lie once tried rbristard, both for. feeling and
ploughing in, but could never :Ise art diff.mrence after-
wenls where the M11.1111T4 won tot °Hama Where it woo
ploughed in. He thought mustard of little g..icid tither
for cheep feed or ploughing in.
Mr. aCNCIE could, from practical experience, hear
out what Mr. Saunders had said in reepect to clialkimr
light land. lie once put on half a dressing of chalk
on ume light land, and it seem to answer well time
Best year. but the second year the turning entirely
failed. He attributed this failure to the chalk. He
had had good crops on that land both before and
rine*. He ploughed the land after the failure very
deep, so a. to cover the effects of the chalk, and be
thought with vet, good effect.
Mr. S•UNDIRS said he had • eizmaers piece of sandy
soil, and he chalked half of it. The part where he
chalked he me, a good crop of turnipv ; on the other
part of the field the turning were ell ehlb-footed, so
that no doubt chalk would cure the club foot in turnips.
But to his surprise, when next year lie sowed oats,
while he had a good crop where no chalk had been laid,
where the chalk bad been laid be did not grow ten
buelmels per acre, and it was years before tho chalked
portion mif the field win brought round again.
Mr. CRASS said that when Mr. Spooner attended
their Formers' Club at Blandford he asked him whether
chalk had a bad effect on light moil. and what was the
consequence? and he replied that chalk would me-
chanically alter the soil but not chemically.

-
Mr. DANES said that some years ago thy landlords
entertained considerable prejadice against the breaking
up of pasture land. until Mr. Hustable and some other
gentleman art the example, as they supposed that by
an doing larger crops was git out of it, and the land
became impovei islied, but that prejudice hail in • great
measure subsided now, and hundreds of old pasture had
consequently been converted into amble land, thereby
creating more labour and rendering the soil more pro.
ductive of the necessaries of life. With respect to
breaking up land, he thought that paring and burr.ing
was the system for adoption. Wien he followed the
occupation of a farmer he broke up SOMO Mil pasture,
aod he pared and burnt the whole, except about an acre
I on the side of the bill, sod here he had warmly any
turnips at all, while where be pared soil burned be had
I a good crop. And the mine thing continued for the
first P or 10 years, the difference gradually diminishing.
till at last no difference could be men in the whole
field. This was broken tip some 20 years ago, and on
enquiring of the present tenant a abort time since he
learned that no differenos in the whole field meld b•
men now. He therefore attributed his success to the
paring of the sward and burning it.
Mr. HARDING said it was so long since be had broken
an• new load, that he had but little to say on the sob-
iect.—ihatie, for the last 6 or 7 years. But years mo,
he and his father before him, had broken up upwards
of 200 acre* at Higher Waterson and the system they
carried out was pretty much the same as had been
detailed to them that evening. But one thing he might
observe—very little land was broken up at Higher
Waterson that 0.0 not supplied with • good costing of
chalk. He could see where chalk had been dug loon all
parts of his farm man, years before, a proof that chalk
had been applied to the land year after year. On the
high light randy soil, however, chalk utterly failed.
nor was It of any use putting manure on it, as it seemed
as it were, to sink into the sand. Nor was it of any
um to grow swedes there, for these was no proof in
them, and sheep would not thrive upon them ; but
sow swedes on heavy mil and there no proof in them;
and the sheep removed from the swedes in light land
would be men to pick up in condition iqsmenliately.
He thought that upon thin sandy land white turnips
might be 00.11 to be eaten off in autumn, and by the
treading of the sheep the mil might be benefited for
other cr:ipit. On Higher Waterson farm at the prompt
time he hail • quantity of land not worth fis, per acre,
growing very little more than me..; of course this
wool.' never psy for the espenm of breaking up, but
there were other spot. where the little sharp thistles
sprung tip no thickly that the sheep could Sc rcely put
their noses to the ground. Now such he considered was
corn land; and he thought if landlords would allow
their tenants to break up such land it would be a great
advantage-causing • greater amount of labour and would
be a great uleantsge to the tenant, and of course to
the country at large on account of Increasing the pro-
duce of the earth. Formerly the system seemed to be
to break up • portion of the land between the fame,
and to grow corn as long as it was productive, and then
to throw it down again as • hog'. lease. He supposed
that there was scarcely any portion of his 600 acres at
Higher Waterson farm but had at some time or other
been /nerved in this way. He thought they had got
into a better system than their forefathers, who turned
their and into ridges very little wider than the table
before them, thereby liming a large portion of laud by
furrows. He only hoped that if they broke op wore
of these lands it would prove a benefit to the land.
lords, the tenant., and the country at large. But
notwithstanding the expense attending the breaking tip
of new land, the landlords always seemed to expect
the farmers were going to make • fortune by it. Al
the present low price of corn, however, he thought
that if the landlords themselves had the breaking up
of this land they woold find they bail a somewhat difficult
task to perform, to fill their pockets out of the profits,
go by rail, and place the money in the funds. He
was pleased to know that their proceedings were pub-
lished. In mine clubs the farmers seeined to be afraid
th. landionl• wonlil know two much. Hr, for his own
part, wished the landlord. knew • great deal more; it
they did, lie thought it would be • great deal better
for the farmers. . _

Mr. GCNGE had just one little fact to state. About
seven years ego he broke up • small portion of wood
land in the corner of • field. The first year his turnips
were good, end the second year be had a eery good
crop ; the third year the barley eame up, hot after-
wards dwin iled away. The land was very light, and
had been chalked. He gave it • good dreeing of ,
manure, and since that time this part of the field had
been as good as the rest. It had since occurred to
hirn, how would lime have answered instead of chalk?
With respect to Mr. Harding's remarks about swedes
growing on sandy soil having no proof in them, he
might observe he onse had • piece of as good swedes on
light sandy soil as any one would wish to see, but the
sheep went back upon them. He had found the prin•
mile of Mr. Homer's to answer well, netnely, to solidify
new land ea much as possible. He thought it was •
most important principle to solidify new land.
Mr. SAUNDKRS said lime would core the club root in
turnips, bet be thought it would speedily become chalk
in light soil.
Mr. HARDING said that • lime kiln was once erected
at Lower Watenon, but it did not answer to put lime
on the land, and it was pulled down.
Mr. C asked why Mr. Homer preferred
sowing five bushels of cede to the acre. He had farmed
chalk land, sandy land, and clay. On light land, in
Kent, be trinl three bushels per acre, with 11 furrows
to the run, and five bushels with 22 furrows to the
run, the drills being five or five•and.a.half inches apart.
and he found the crop from thin sowing much the
best. He had tried thin sowing with wheat also with
the saute happy results. Although they often laughed
I at the experiments of Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree•hall, lie
considered him • man who had given the farmers many
',skiable ideas, and they had profited by them. When
in Romney Marsh he found ex pecks of wheat to the
acre amply sufficient. He thought they overtaxed the
land to sow so thickly. and the straw grew up spindly.
Mr. SAUNDERS said lie once tned the experi-
ment. lie sowed wheat two bushels to the sere,
with drills at eight inches sport, and grew 10 seeks
per acre. He sowed ids° one bushel per acre,
12 inches apart, and grew 8 sacks per acre. The
wheat was Wee in the latter part of October or be-
ginning of November.
The CHL11111•11 begged to remind members that
according to tneir rules, no member should speak
but ones, except in explanation, and that they should
speak to the subject brought forward for discussion.
Mr. Inca said he broke op a small portion of old
pasture three or four years ago, at • wet for paring
and burning of Xis. per acre, and he did not regret
what he had done. Ha had now broken up 27 acres
more at • different place, but how that would turn out
hir_eould not tell.

Mr. W. MaIMMIX, jun., said he bad had something
to do with breaking up old pasture land; perhaps on
their farm they had broken up DOL.. three or four
hundred acme, but he did not know that he could say
anything to add to thrir enlightenment on the subject,
as Mr. Homer bad gone •ery fully into it and
treated it in a very oomprehenidy• and able manner.
He had found the best way to grow Dorn after turnips
on newly•broken up lazed wan to plough across the
ridges, aa the turnips were eaten off, aid to fold the
sheep on the newly•plongbed land at night. Of 000r.°
if the land was very wet this would not do, ai it would
hurt the sheep. He had never found that much good
could be done in growing corn on very light sandy soiL
When they mold only grow some six or seven sacks of
Data, or four Or five sacks to the acre, it 1•111 hardly
sufficient, he thought, to pay rent, labour, rates,
mid taxes. In favoured spots they might perhaps grow
15 or 16 sacks of outs tothe acre, but this was an en•
ception and not the rule. He thought that upon
such lands they should grow as much grren crop 11,1
they could, plough the loud as it was eaten cff, and
fold upon the top in order to carry the manure on
tt.e top of the newly•ploughed land.
Mr. CALMS. as a young farmer, considered himself
a great gainer by the lecture delivered by Mr. Homer
that ensuing. Hs should take care to secure the
payer containing it, and keep it for his future guid•
once. _ _ _

The M•TOR ot DORCIIIITIR, Mr. HICILS, and Mr.
Hooncs, severally salaamed the pleasure and interest
with which they had listened to It,. Homer's lector,.
it would however, be preennipteons in them to enter
upon the meriM of • question they knee' so little
about.

- Mr: CH AAAAA BAUNDIIIB, in reference to SOMm
remarks inade by Mr. Intmen. .id that upon some
lands, especially upon pude and unencumbered lands,
where there wee • quantity of rank matter. by
ploughing it in they obtained • quantity of acid which
was injurious to the plant, whereas, by eerie; and
burning, • great deal of this wsa got nd of. Where,
however, this did not exist, burning would do but little
no good. He did not think that lime would be much
more sde•Mageous to light land than chalk, as it
would be WOO converted into chalk by the acid in the
ground.

•
yr. C•Ann now rose to prop's*, • vote of thanks
to the lecturer. Of all the lectares he had heard. he
said the orie that had been delivered that night con-
veyed to his mind the greatest amount of practical
laPerienna and any Person in this county who was
about to break up old pastore land could not do better.
he was quite sure, than to consult it. He was quite
satisfied that in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr.
Homer be should be most heartily seconded by all
present.
Mr. SACNI:11101 seconded the proposition, which was
carried with acclamation.
Mr. 110,1111 said he was very much obliged to the
gentleman present for their expression of kindness.
He would now, with their permission. make two or
three remark. on the disevesion that hai been raised.
Hu perfectly agreed with Mr. Sausders that drill was
better than broadcast for oats sher to. land had been
broken up end got iato tab, but by mowing broadcast he
saved eousething like 10. per acre in the working. He
had never found but that the crop was equally 'pad

hromoldssthig as will the drill. New land wanted .• 1"8
deal of Working. and the Crowded' wool Ido mor for
that land in petting in the seed than drag.. It wn*
therefore on the vet net of empress that he reeo
menthol brosdeast. With re;ear ito chalking he thong 'et
Mr. Saunderr Lad made a enictaise: es the kind of lan. t
be had broken up was one of the hint's( of land he had
avoided in hie lecture. The bud which Mir.- Saunders
bad alluded to require:l draining before it was broken
rep, and if be had alluded to this he must have spoken
of drainege —to go into a Lich would occupy the spec"
of nenrly a whole I.c'ure. That lutist be worked on
quito • different slater,. And with regard to hilly
lonia, he stilled fluent. He believed he had aunt tint
chalk visa uf no 114130 u their Shin sandy soils. Ile had
rpoken of I tnul inches be bad mod experienm with.
The and contained i considerable quantity of acid..
and lie put chalk on to Were thow acid. before earn was
patio. Mr. Smolders preferred rarpe to mustard, but
on land such aa lie used, if they lint in spring relishes
there was nut time altur those vetches wine off to
grow a reel crop of rape, but mustard CAWS on much
quicker, and there was • larger crop. Ile win awere
re was not a very great deal of proof in mustard.
hut they all k ow what effece it had upou sheep in
manuring the land. Witlt 5e44r-1 to Mr. Crane', remarks
on the chalking of land lie hail pretty nearly the wine
answer he gave to Mr Saunders. Ile did not believe
that acid, could be taken oat of the land without chalk.
As for the piece of woodland he had spoken of he did
not believe if wet the chalk that caused the plant to
fall away. He knew one particular piece of land which
never haul any chalk put upon it, yet it would produce
only • few blind oats. Thom was not sufficient sub-
stance in the land ; and when the plait was up to •
certain height there was nothing in the hod to push
it forward And bring it to maturity. Mr. Damen hail
spoken of burnieg and breaking land. He did
rot condemn burning where nereswxy, but when
the land was clean lie preferrel breaking it
up without burning. Ile mice burnt brie acres of land
out if 13. That four acres produced the first
year a wonderful crop of Oat., UN rent predocel a
very fair crop. That very four &CFCs lie Aftervrar ls
sowed with turnips three times one year, but the wire'
worm stole them a:l. Ha had broken up something
like 300 acres of land, and where there WWI glrse r
heath, there he burnt. Mr. Geroge had asked what
would be the effect of lime. Ile thought lime would
to no good to hglit lewd Chalk would strengthen
light laud, and lighten stiff land. (lialk he believed
had abetter effect upon land than lime. Mr. Clements,
lie thought, went wines-hat away front the subject
speaking in regard to the cropping of old I.nd rather
than new. Now the mode of proceeding in the two
eases was very differeot. The reason he recommendol
thick sowing was. that when the plant was thin it
was very susceptible of bight, but where it was thick
upon the ground it was tar lew susceptible in that
respect. The plant grew quicker and tains earler
to perfection. As to hurrehoeing, there were no
cede in new land, and horsehoeing was there-
fore unneoresaary. Mr Manfield had recommended
fulding.on the land an soon as it was ploughed. This
would gnawer perfectly well in a dry season, but all
depeuded on the time of year and the weather. He
was perfectly right in necking to make the
ground as solid and trio as possible. Hie rearinmen-
detion was that they liberal." plough only half depth
after the turnips, the land beneath was quite light
enough for the roots of the wheat plaut. Every one
ought to have • sufficient number of build-
ings upon his land, but they noed not he el'
pensive, at to eat up all the profits by the cost laid
out upon them. Another remark he would make.
Very few rout, ought to be ulrawn from this sort of
land—they ought not to be raised on it for fAttenirg
beanie. If they drew the roots from the land an.,
carted them away they might just as well now corn,
as they would impoverish the land so as to make it
unprofitable for cultivation. He quite agreed with
Mr. Chapman Sounder, respecting the acidity of heath
hools—or %hat lie I.ad called, "encumbered lands,'
Anil there Moo 0., Other way of preparing it eicept by
burning. He hie' now he thought replied to the most
ira port•nt remark• that hat euggested themselves to
his mind, and Again thanking them for the Attentive
henring they had ancorled him, he resumed his seat.
The CHAIRMAN in bringing the proceedings to • clew.
said it was &source of gratifivation to hid mind on the
pre-ent occasion, that what bad passed that evening
would be recorded. The many practical observations
that haul fallen from the hissed the different speakers,
and especially of the gentleman who lied opened the
subject, would form An sac- Hoot subject tor future
reference for the fanners of this county, especially
where so much land of this sort was to be found. He
hail never had the pleasure of farming much land of
the description which had been the subject of dicey.
sion that evening. A tenant oh his had broken up 100
scree, and he himself broke up about eight acres • few
years ago. He grew • very respectable crop of turniPn,
but the wheat next year was not worth harvesting. He
had since ehalked it and had growr 18 woks of oats and
10 sacks of wheat to the acre. Now they had that
evening looked at the question from a tenant • i oint of
view, but he thought they could hardly do justice to
the subject without also glancing at it from • lan nerd's
point of view. Their sullect had been that of turning
rabbit land into land for the use of human kind, and the
landlord must stultify himself if lie could oppose the
jud:cious cultivation of land of the description of which
they hal been speaking. But it was no doubt a eubjeet
for very so riuur consideration for • landlord, in havine
lands broken up and cropped for two or three years
witirmt proper manuring, as after that the land would
be exceedingly impoverished, and for a generation
after would be able to do nothing. Therefore there
were two or three coneiderations to influence
eind find of all. he •hould not have a 'moveable tenant
Hort is, • ti cant likely to leave the farm Amity Ott r-
wards. Secondly, he should take care to have a skill
ful tenant, and one who knew how to do hie bueinees
and who would cultivate his land aright. And thirdly,
he should take care that he waa • man of capital—a
can who had the whole of his other land in a good state
of cultivation, and who, therefore, was able to go to
work to increase his amount of already well cultivated
arable land. With these few reurnrks, as it was now
getting late, he begged to close the discussion that
evening.

DORCHESTER. PiTCMIII Cons MAagaT
Saturday. January 31st.—The attendance was not so
large as usual, in consequence of the shooting season
terminating on this day. Trade was languid in the
extreme, and with samples out of condition late
prices were barely maintained, but this dullness
arises entirely from • sluggish demand, for we have
seldom known the stock of grain held by farmers at
this season of the year so small as at present.
THE PRINcE OF WALLS' A PPOISTMENTS. His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased
to make the following appointments : Sir William
Dunbar, Bart. M.P., to be Keeper of the Privy Seal
of his Royal Highness ; Sir William John Alexander,
Bart., q.c., to be Attorney-General of his Royal
Highness. To be Council of his Royal Highness
The Duke of Newcastle, KG., Lord Warden of the
Stannaries , Sir William Dunbar, Bart, sir., Keeper
of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexander.
oc., Attorney-General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir
Charles Beaumont Pbippeot.c.B., Receiver-General
of the Duchy of Cornwall; Lieutenant. General
William Thomas Knollys, Controller and Treasurer
of the Household of his Royal Highness; the Lord
Portman.

Towm f'ousert..- -A quarterly meeting of the
Town Council was called for Monday (yesterday)
when the Mayor, Alderman Coombs, and Coun-
cillors Devenish,llodges, and Bishopattended. As the
number present WU not sufficient to form 3 quorum,
messengers were dis.patched in all directions for the
absent ones, but to no pm-pies, and the consequence
was that after waiting nearly three quarters of an
hour the meeting broke up without doing any
business, although some of that requiring to be
done was somewhat of an important character. We
may here remark that neither of the new members
haa yet put in an appearance, and if neither intend
to do en it would be highly desirable that ethers
should be appointed in their stead.
_

e.
350 DoEMIT RIFLE VuLIIIITRaIIa —The annual
meeting of the 3rd Dorset Rifle Volunteer Corp.
was held at the loan-hell on Friday evening last.
There were priaient Capt. Kindersley, Lieut. Coombe,
anil • large number of civilians and the Mayor,
Alderman Stanfield, and Councillors Hodges, Davie,
and Bennett. The meeting was addressed by the
Capt. and Lieut. of the oorps and by the Mayor.
The corps then paraded in the Corn Exchange, and
the drills for the season were fixed. It was
arranged that for any members to be allowed to
attend any instructions and reviews, or compete for
prises, must attend 15 evening parades and 3
morning parades in the 2nd quarter and 8 evening
parades in the 3rd quarter ; this plan having been
found to answer au admirably during the last year.
The Captain then reed the roll of attendance. of the
past year, when it appeared that the number of
parades was 41, and that Sergeant-Major Newman
stood first on the list, be having attended them all.
The first drill is fixed for Thursday next, at S p.m.
The corps will attend Divine Service at St. Peter's
Church on Sunday morning next. There will
be private target practice at Maiden C.etle every
Monday afternoon.—The finances of the corps we
are happy to find are in • very tiounshing state, the
income during the past year, including £162 raised
by the bazaar, having been £422 121. and the
expenditure, (including two items of 4..62 14s. II&
omitted in 1862) amounting to £304 15e. sd. leaving
a balance in hand of .Cll7 134. sd. ; besides this, the
band fund is also in credit.

Wnstzvax FOMILIGN MISSIONS. —On Sunday last
two excellent and impressive sermons on belied of
the above missions were preached at the Wesleyan
chapel, by the Rev. N. Kelleynack, of Portland.
The Anil° meeting warn held on the following
evening, when suitable addresses by the Rev. S.
Harwell, of Yeovil, a returned Missionary, the Rev.
N. Kelleynaek, and other ministers were delivered.
STAFFORD. —Joseph Rockland and Robert
Churchill, two lads of Piddletrentlide, were on
Saturday laid brought before the County Bench at
Dorchester, charged with placing four iron chairs
upon the South-Western Railway at West Stafford,
with a view to upset the trans.—Frederick Ford
said 1 am an engine driver on the London and
South-Western Railway Company's line. On Mon-
day last, 26th January. 1 brought the train from
Bishopstoke to Dorchester, l left Bishop.
stoke about 1.15. On passing through Stafford
cutting I observed what appeared to me
four railway chain, two placed on each rail and
about two yards apart I observed them when I was
about 30 yards distant. They were placed acne,
the metals in an inverted position. 1 telt alarmed
at seeing the obstruction. I was c. nlucting a
passenger train. I felt a slight check, aod then a
. crash similar to g passin over ballast. I found the
' train " all right" and proceeded to Dorchester. 1
looked hack but could see no one. On arriving at
Dorchester I reported the ciroumenoos to Mr.
Banks, the foreman. and I and Mr. Banks, with nil
fireman then went to the spot. We examined the
place and collected divan pieces of iron, which

appeared to form portion of railway chairs. We
took the pieces of iron to Mr. Meare,the superinten-
dent at Dorchester, and delivered them into his
charge.—Thomas Banks said : 1 inside at Dorches-
ter. and am foreman to the locomotive department.
On the arrival of the 1.10 train from Bishoperake,
in consequence of what the former witness told me,
I examined the leading wheel of the engine. I saw
a. %eke in the flange and tire as if the truce' had ran
unit some hard substance. After examining the
, amt..ue. }ord. the fireman, awl nqeelf went to East
sms wel cutting anal found portions of broken iron
chain. —sufficient to make three iron railway chaira.
At the sprit where we picked up the pieces there
wars ma eke corresponding on the rails as if the
(maim hat.' been placed there. The portions of the
iron chairs, now produced, appeared to have been
recently bra ken.— William Steele, of West Stafford.
said ; On ma. ulay,the 26th January, I saw two cart&
atappa,ght.l an
:i,;t:teliraeriiiiilwxwbenrdegaett.f.r...dmingStattifloordcarttirs)
ramm.o.da rersadom:F:enlirii:lizfoermaiaotil
obenhlirendceihviedm.wlas.thte
olwiCiat7taderii when
pi r1:0:1,1, Roth 1:L.1.1 CTllhtlereipurlli7nlemar.w Joseph
nothingßuck more-
of them till they
fterwia.rdsit. went t 1 toknoPwiddwlhe:
drove ot their carts.--Supt.
ter, Joseph Buckland. I
to West Stafford on F, vlay morning last. I found
footinar ke underneath the bridge leading from
priiell••
told him 1 came to apprebe, "id him for placing four
3taffhintOnd, atdiCsauiwgilWnthe.
'cldletrenthid• and
dMidon.de, Monday.
iHooke aa.lida:
h"iml. d, iadflud'th..
*aid
it
wii.
Iti,ber,
Churchill, ot Piddletrcuthide. I was afraid to go
iii.lowent.be Ipafteriipurnwera.rde went to P.
an i one on
niciiimilltoy cahirmirskilatlkelthi:berliirtapyClachumirchnegta:ll.asteShail tatoniffldoldhni'minel
railway 'Detain. He said he didn't do it—it WWI the
man that followed us up the road. It Icklood said,
None o' your lies, Bob. Thee do'nt 3'r zelf Bob.
You put two on the Stafford side,
'tether, I toed 'ee." Dockland turned rob ad to me
and said, " Ile sated ti list on sir." Church ill said.
We said an would put something on the lii.o, and
' I went down and put it on." He repeated this
sir-ral times. I went to the spot near the rail way
Midge and saw footmarks on the left, baud side of
the briilge, leading tram the road down the embenA-
meat to the rail-read. When I apprehended the
priemens I took off their boots. I compared
. Churchill's boots with the footmarks, and they
corresponded, particularly with one of the
boots having ' • heel off. The tracks were
, not very elm, on acicouot of Hui gravel. It is only
1 a chance place. • I pi educe the broken chairs which
' I received from wither' Banks.—The prisoners were
committed for Diana, ti.e aIISIZOL

WEYMOUTH. Couture Fern' Sessions,
Friday. —Before Captain Mannish'. lt. H. 0.
Swaffield, S. Meade, and H. I: Eliot, Earn.
Verion, jun., and Wordee, wen.- summoned
naniTledFCAFTredcoteritiorsugitYneArT
itFicotharat•tairn...t—nnrgo,urooolaidz;
by Mr. Hervey Stone, of Chiswelf..— Sft • Howard,
owfhhoisapereisanTin
co aid not
"furnCortMastlaivereroopgs,nishsaitelisslia.
his
to to teach defendante' and others that they'
act with impunity in the public streets, to the
annoyance of their • neighbours. The defer/41"W
and their companions were daily in the babet Of
congregating in the street, playing at "cat' or
" crush," and throwing stones. COOMplaIMISIVI:
windows had often been broken, and not longer age
than the preceding evening a neighbour's windowie
were broken, and glass to the amount of
ss• sa. ilestroyed.—Complainant was then .
and be s'ated that on the 9th January, the defen•issit•
and many more boys were in the street playing at .
"crush," to the danger, not only of the windoms,-
but the paseers-hy. It was a constant practice ior
them to gather in front of his house, and when 11,N
spoke to them they only laughed and hooted at
him. A few days since, when he told one of the
defendants that he would break the windows if he
didn't leave off, the boy replied, " Well, I can pay
for it if Ido break them." He picked up one of the
sticks with which they played crush, it having been
struck into his garden, and the boy threatened, if
he did nit return it, he would break his windows.—
Mr. Howard said he bad two other witnesses, but
the Bench thought it unnecessary to call them, and
Captain Manning laid that he bad bad frequent
complaints for many years past, of lade and young
men getting in the streets and annoying the inhabi-
tants by various means. The defendants had ren-
dered themselves liable to • penalty of 40s. each or '
three months' imprisonment with hard laboar,bat es
complainant dad not wish to press the case, they
would be fined in the nominal penalty of Is. sash.
He cautioned, them, however, not to come these
again, or they would be more severely dealt with.
WILFUL DANAGIL QU/lIIALILS. -
Peter Paul, John White Comben, and Josiah Beers,.
were charged with wilfully damaging a stone trough,
value .f 5 belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Symes, en the
sth January.—Mr. Howard appeared for be eom-
phtnnut, and Mr. Tisard for tbe defendants. —Abel
l'esrce said he resided at the Straights, in Chi well,
ith conielainant, who was his mother-in-law. The

done trough in question had stood before compl sin'
ant's house for many years. Ho had himself Imo wit
it t, have been there for upwards of twenty yam -it
Ile was thirty•five years old, and it had stood the,'
so far hack as be could recollect. On the 26t.%
l'•Nimber be removed it, at complainant's request
to the back of the house, to take the place of
another trough that had been removed, and on the
sth January the defendants enteted the premises
by g ding Over the wall at the back, and commenced
thiocang down his timber and his tools into the
garden. They beat up the trough with a "big
tivel." A policeman was present at the time. The
trough was entirely destroyed. Its value was £5.
A gentleman at Portland had offered to give more
tuan that sum for it—Crossemunined : Mrs. Bytom
was the only person who drew water from the
trough. Had never known Mrs. Paul draw water
from it. When placed at the back, it was 18 inches
from Paul's house. It was opposite a closed door-
way at the back of Paul a house, which had
been closed many years. It was, however, re-opened
by Paul on the day the damage was committed.
Beside the trough Mrs. Byrnes had built a Lack
house and the trough could not be removed without
displacing some portion of the stone work of the
back-house, as one' side of the trough formed a.
portion of the side-wall.—Mr. Tizard said that.
Paul had • right of way where the trough:
stood, and maintained that as this questioo.
was one of title the jurisdiction of the
magistrates was ousted.—Mr. Coombe said that was
not • sufficient answer for smashing a valuable pre--
perty.—Mr. Tizard said they, could not remove it
without breaking it, —Caption Manning said they
had no right to smash the trough.—Mr. Tizard Id
that complainant Ilhonld not have placed it on Paul's
; premises. —Mr. Coombe : That did not give you
the right to break the trough--you ebould have re.
uiove& it.—Mr. Tiaard said
it. It was an obetruotioi. to
adjudicate in the matter, as t.thhthemeeigyrirt.ricous.gthilotionfwo.oltareidy.e.m:Hovotte.
again contended that the
title. —Captain Manning said the Bench could tot
try the question of title, as that was • case for the
superior courts, but they could try the case of
dainage.—Mr. Tizard But we were obliged
0 break it to get 'along that way. —Mr. Coombe;
1 bed your remedy if complainant was committing
a mamas; but you must not commit wilful damage
io weed your right of way, if the title to
the damaged article is not disputed.—Mr. Timed
urged that the trough was smashed for the pur-
pose of using • right of way belonging to de-
fendant He should show that the trough formerly
placed there was removed shortly after it was
placed in that position, on account of representa-
tions made to complainant He did not deny the
ernaishingof the trough,but said the portion being part
of th 3 wall of the beck-houses was left—only that
portion being knocked away that stood on his
client's property.—Mr. Coombs said he should
AdVilf the Bench to give judgment for wilful
damage, as the defendant might have brought am
action if his moppet, was infringed upon. The
only question was the amount of damage
done.—Mr. Daniel Andrews was called, who
said a person had offered £5 for it, but he thought
he should not ask quite so much for it. He could
not tall how long it would take s man to make one.
It would all depend upon how hard a man worked.
—Mr. Timed still maintained that this was a
cp es ion of title, but as the Bench had decided
diti.r.mtly he would show that the value was much
less. He called Mr. Benjamin &riven, who said
that he had lived in Portliind going on for SO years.
He had seen the trough, but bad not the presence
of mind to measure it.. He thought the value of
the trough about £3 10—the making of a new one •
and the stone was about bd, per gallon. He had
wild • larger one he thought than this, for £3.
The one be sold was 150 gallons. Mr. Howard
said this trough contained upwards of three hop-
heads-162 gallons, which at itd. per gallon would
come to £5 be—Mr. &riven said be would not
Slirm that the trough could be replaced for £310..,
out he could supply one for that money.—Mr.
Howard said an old trough was better than a new
one, as it took several years before one could be pre.
vented from percolating.—Captain Manning raid
the Bench was unanimously of opinion that
damage had been committed, and as Mr. Seriven
was • very respectable man, and one who was likely
to be a judge of the value, the Beech would take
hie figures, and award £3 10s. damages. The de-
fendants would also be fined Is. each, and there
would be the wets to pay.
G•II2LING AT WTILI Rents—Edward Edwards,
beerebop keeper, at Wyke, was summoned for
allowing 0.11-playing in his house on the 17th
January.—Defendaut pleaded that he did not know
but that it was usual ti allow persons to play at
cards in public-houses. Be had bin several
where this had been done. He had been a beer'
shop keeper only nine months, and was not aware
he was doing wrong.—As this was his Brat appear-
ance in court, be was fined in the mitigated penalty
of 5a and costa

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