The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-29 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

Nundarat.-111r. Gerard Samson, iron foundidr, hu
issued an address to the electors a the North Ward.

itirrgivaningin.—The first of a series of entertainments
in comnection with he Unitarian Mutual DehatingSociety
was held in the Templar-nail on Tuesday evening. A
public tea was provided at six p.m., at which about GO
sat down. A capital programme was executed, which
gave great itatisiaction to • good audience. Mr. 'T. Male
presided.

OLITICI i MILIDPOIT.—On Friday night Mr. Hall', the
member for Bridport, addressed his constituent. at the
Drill Hall, the largest public building in the t an, meet-
ing with an enthusisasuc reception. He was &committed
be Lord E 'mond Pitanyaurice, the member for Caine, and
the lion. Evelyn A•hley, the member for Poole. The chair
was taken by the Mayor, and the ball was well filled r.
Ralli said during the past year the attention of the country
had been diverted to for, Igo affairs, but he hoped they
would spree with him that the consideration of home
affairs was quite an important. Whenever the Government
sought a renewsl of the confidence of the country it must
not only ham its claim on foreign elfairs, but also give an
account of what it had done to advance the cause of
Proves. in the lot 'mil condition of the country. There
wee nothing to chow what had been done; in fact, thee
had not done anything. Alluding to the question of tax.
stion, be said the nation would pay if a good cue could be
made out, but the finance* were in a deplorable condition.
What he objected to was that the Governmentahould only
show the bright side and not ask the nation to pay the bill
for several years afterwards, so that the pee and cons could
not be silenced. H e id not attack them upon t ceir expendi-
ture, but their attempt. to conceal it Speaking of Cyprus„
he said if it was ti be of any use to this country a hathour
must be built there. Alluting to the Afghanistan
he said it was a tnOninnAnn blunder to despatch an arme I
force to the Amcor without waiting for the answer which
the messenger was to bring from cabul a. to whether the
envoy would be received or not. —L rd Edmond Fit.-
mound s attacked the home policy of the Government,
showing that they had most signally failed in carrying
out the proud..s they had made. They had promised a
spirited foreign policy, and had had an opportunity for
doing so, es soon after they came into office the Eastern
4Question began to be the question of the hour, and the :
tiovernment had had repealed opportunities, such as •
might never occur areas, of settling it tinnily and afire.
tually.—The Hon. Evelyn Ashley in the course of his
speech said the present Government was the most mi.-
cbievous one this country ever had, and had miserably
failed in the principal obiecta which Englishmen had at
heart. The Government bad done all they could to
;mist the advance of Russia in Europa lie contended
that England was playing a Russian game in Afghanistan.
Rossi had no more idea of invading that country than he
had, but her design was if England threatened her in
Europe to use Afghanistan to draw her attention to India,
and the English 0 ;ceramist had been so unstateansanlike
as ty fail into the trap. The variaus speakers were
heartily applauded, and the meeting was very orderly and
well.conduct•id. _

SIMONS, Monday.—Before Sir Moly•
neaut Hyde Neiman, but. (chairman), Mr. J. B. T. T.
Hellen, Lieutenant-Col inel Cox, and Mr. J. R. Cox.
Eliaabet• limas alias Loth was summoned (or being drunk
arid disorderly at Whatcburch, on Oztober
BAdle served the copy of suium-inc and stated t bat defen-
dant, who subsequently appeared, had ham • very trouble-
some character, and when intoxizisted bri he people, doors
tiil wmdoes. In the pre. ni cam:, she son an company
with isto men. and created a disturbance.-14ined 101. and
Sa coots, or 14 days' bard labour—Defendant asked what
*be was summoned for.—Heing unable to pay she was
removed in custody, %hen she become hysterical, and
caused some eekation in Court.

pn.derkk inland was-charged with being drunk and
r'ototte on the 27th of Seotembe .r klo.terton.—PC
Chang proved the cam—Flned It end costa. 7a—The
wore,. was p. 14.. .

• Beau El asteford,, 4 Indere, wa. barged w unit.. iv owe.
—I'S. Weal, ',loved the ce.e.—Fihed tla and 7.. costa, or
defeult 14 days
John Comte was charged with having committed an
assault on his brother, Jame. Coombe. or the 20th inst. at
Eirripole. —Ordered to pay the costs, IS., and bound over
to keep the peace in the arm of .f. 5 lor sit months.—
Allowed p forniobt to p.p.
William Bailey, hawker, was oun.moned for unlawfully
treepaleing nt ic parish of Carecouthe, on 19th of Aimmt,
on Mod in the occupation of Henry Miller.—Fined Ll=a
cod., 18,, net. default 14 der. hard labour.
Edward Cleat, retired butcher, of Brldport, was summand
for Preparing in pursuit ef can.. on land in the occupa-
tion nf Mr. W. Woodward.—Defendant did not appear.—
Mr. Day for defendant, Mr. Haat s for complainant.
A. R. Woodward swore he saw defendant go down the
footpath of a flekt and .hoot two rabbits which were in
Mr. Knight's ground. Defendant carried • gun, and was
accompanied by two doge, which fetched the rabbits.
—There were several previous convictions against drier,
dent, who was fined SS and mete, 9... or in default one
month.

Jame !fry and Herbert Stade. youths. ware IMl•moned
at the instmce of Sir Slolyneaux U. Neiman for treepase•
Mg. and damaging the f owes, kc. at L dere Court—Mr.
Nantes represented Slimy, who wait tined da and 44.
costa and Slade the coma
Laurame Way and Fralerierk Haider, young men, were
cherod with the mine odence.—lt wee stated that defen.
dents came continually front a distance and trespamed
search of chestnuts in the copse. —Henry P•11310t. • keeper,
proved the ease. —Fmal 6. and 4v. cost. each.
Blitabtak Gale. landlady ol the Traveller's Rest, Askere
well, was sutunioned for opening her house On Sunday. Bth
for tn., .14 of intoxicatine drink.-3(r. Day
for defendant. —Fined L 3 and cost, Bt., with a cautiosa
Tkoarna wau, fun , baker, Wantbravk, was eon,
11101.1•1 be having sold bread otherwise than by weight on
October Ilth.— Fined 8. 61. and costs, lie. Si.
TAOIIOII. Peeks, baker, was similarly charged, and fined
3a and 7s. coats.

-BeTetel-pwr—ei7ta front Beiuninater, Halstock, Powerstock,
were lownosoned for neglecting to send their childrt n
to whs.'. —Mr. Vine, School Attendance °Meer, prose-
ented.--Orders were made in each cage (sr regular
atrend:snce

—'l7l7e-ii-ee—nae of the Bakers Arms Ins, South Parrott, was
trat,sferred from Tbd.was Sergaat t Julio Cleal.
Th. license .1 the Crowo aud Anchor, at hauttertoo, from
Sotonoto Hooker to C•strles R. rell.ws.
H. Boaouom Pouch. Monday.— Before the Mayor (Mr. a

mlumeet, was charged in cunt idy if&
bring found drunk and incapable cm the Ilith
2.. 61 and awli. ad., in default SCYCII days. Allowed •
witA to pay,
cowni PoLIC; Tueadae.—Belomi Sir Molyneaux H.
Ne.pesa

AMAULT.—Js*e Bove was charged with having
threatened the life• f tsar husband. Gore e &am landlord
of the Kiwi. Head lan, Bruits°le. Mr. ley apposruti
fur defendant. It gram alleged that the wile had been
holly ill-ueed when the complainant woe under the in-
fluence of drink. Complainant said that on the 20th of oetolver she bad threotmed look ad that very often he
bad to take care of himself or he would have hia face
" battered in. Hie Worship bound defendant over t keep the peace for six months in two sureties of nil each.

NETELURBITILY.
Ilitnitanirinn Stavin= —Ti.. annual serums to oak-
btate the thankairiring for the harre4 waa held at Net her-
bury Pariah Church on Sonde, last. The edifice nes chastely adorned for the ~.cesition.

THE GLASGOW " SMA.SH."
IiZAVT lAILURSIL
Several more heavy failures were announced Fri-
day The firm of Messrs. Nlatthew, Buchanan. and
Company, merthanti, of 161, Hope-street, Glaagow,
attri but/ their failure to the stoppage of the city
Bank. Their liabilities are estimated at fully
£1,250,000. Mr. Matthew was the principal share-
holder of the City Bank, having held stock to the
amount of £24,000. Be is a brother-in law of Mr.
James Morton, the failure of whose firm WWI an-
nounced on Tuesday. Messrs. Henderson and Dim.
mock, and the Drumpellier Coal Comuany, both firms
being of 139 St. Vincentatnet, Glasgow, and of
Cost have also lamed a circular announcing
that they have suspended payment, and calling a
meeting of their creditors for Friday in ord.l that a
statement of affairs may be submitted. The liabili-
ties are estimated at £lO.OOO. It is further reported
that two well-known bakes in the West End of
Glasgow have impended payment, with liabilities
'mounting to £lO,OOO.

THZ IMPILOONID DANZ DIZZOTOWL
With regard to the prison life of the bank directors, 1 it may be explained tkat they are all confined in the I
city prison in Duke-street in the cells where untried
persons are ordinarily detained. The windows of
their several apartments are about • foot above the
level of the wall that skirt. Puke-divot, but unless
they wt thenteel:mitg.sotnewhat difficult task of
climbing up to the -hole apertures through
which daylight is tted, they will not be able to
contnand a view of what proceeds even in the iin•
mediate outskie world. Besides, such climbing is con.
bury to the rules of the establishment, an Infringe.
meat of which result. in instant removal to other and
lass comtw dims quartets. But at the best the cell.
which the accused ooctimi can Imrdiy be styled com-
modious. They axe Easir:sll, and are sparsely
tarnished. Very hw are of course obtain-
Wlelt elleigase to coodoot al the wound ulnae

their apprehension, but some aunts7moot is being
caused I,y stosie as to the way in which ~ne f thee
Ic t yin g to impress the prison officials vt th hie
rt hoes feeling. It is said that the ititimita4l refer-
red to was hoard prayiog anl engin.< aloud in the
apartment In the police building wherein he we- con.
fined As to another of them, it is stated that be
declines now, and has always declined, to reed the
Monday's newspaper., because they are the produce
of Sunday labour; but it is added that he always took
care on the Monday mornings to bother hie
neighbours with questions as to what wag
going on, in order that there might be no blank
[pat sup ply !tit,
wofhincehweamnbe',wirtunt.t!.:cely
niorythaefmew. thmeountbew.
ago, provided for a considerable re aration of the
prison rulos in the case of parties not yet committed
for trial or under sentence. Under one of the sections
of the act it is lawful for the prison committee to
authorise that prisoners, at their own request and
expense, be supplied with certain article, of furniture
for their cells, together with comf wtable bedding, and
also such food as they may desire. Lord Pros,*
Collins and the other members of the prison committee
met on Friday in the board-room at the prison, when
the application of the prisoners that such arrangements
should be made for their comfort were entertained &ad
sanctioned. A well-known restauranteur has been
appointed to furnish them with their food. The rule,
however, that at the present stage they should not see
anyone, is so rigidly eufs,rced that even the member,
of the prison committee did not visit them. Some of
the directors had considerable sum of money in their
poeseesion when apprehended ; others appear to have
had almost nothing. Upwards of 1:19 were found in
the possession of It. S. Stronach, the manager, the
being the largest sum possessed by any of the prisoners,
the others having generally only one or two pounds in
their pockete.. Many
.relatives and friends of the
accused viatica the prison in the eerie of Friday,
making inqubies as to their health and circumstance:
Carriages and cabs were hardly ever absent from the
, entrance.

HOW THE MONET WEST.
The ordinary mind utterly tails to realise what is
meant by a luas of Sr. or six million pouch'. The
amount u.n large that one is Lemoted to accept the
term without having any concepiion of what it
Involves. The result of • calculation which has been
made by members of the It ,yal Exchange is
worthy publicity, as conveying in • homely way a fair
idea of the rate at which the bank funds have been
squandered. If the directors of the bank. on the day
when it was opened, aboat in; year, ago. bad employed
• man for the express parpoes of getting rid of the
money, and if he had performed hie work • zealously
as to &vow of a sovereign and • half each minute
I during the ordinary bank hours since his appointment
the result of 30 years' labour wool I h .ve ,sien a loss
only about equal to Lne deficiency of the bank funds
which has utherwiu been brought about. The calcu-
lation is neatly followed. Each hour ninety sovereigns
would be itepu.ed of, which, tsking the six hours
during which the bank was open for business, comes
to 540 per day. Making • liberal deduction for hull.
days, &c., the number of working days per annum
May be taken at three hundred, which gives, result
of £162.000 per annum. Multiplying by 36, the
number of years the bank has been iii existence, we
get 5,832,000. _

CALL or £5OO rza SLUM.
As anticipated • call of £5OO per share has been
made. The foil wing communication from the liqui-
dators WU sent round on rriday evening to the
Glasgow Press :—" At • meeting of the liquidator'
held this day it was resolved to make a call upon the
shareholders of £5OO per £lOO of stock, pryable in two
equal Instalments, on the 22nd of December and the
24th of February respectively."
A private me ling of leading citizens, convened hy
circular' issued by the lewd Provost of Iddia4ow, was
held on Friday in the Connell Chambers, to consider
the question of how best to relieve the want, of
, distressed shareholders. The meeting was unanimously
I of upluiou that, in view of the distressing circumstances
in which so large a number f people would he in con-
mqueuce of the bank stoppage, whatever was done in
the way of starting a fund for the relief of the sufferers
shou!il be done iinmediately, as the longer the delay
in biving aasiatance the greater woul I be the distress.
A Glasgow telegram st.itee that the call of £5OO per
share upon the proprietors of the City of lawn,
Bank has produced much exci emeut in Scotland,
which was incre mod in Glasgow ou Saturday by the
announcement of the bankruptcy of Ms. John Inure
Wright, one of the imprisoned directors, and his
partner. Me. John Scott. The firm in question ranks
among the largest creditors of the batik, so that the
suspension will still further diminish he assets.
Some c .nception lif the ruin in whi di the failure
will involve hundreds of families in Scotland may be
(paned by a perusal .f the sum for which each of the
shareholders is liable under the £5OO call which has
been made upon them. Messrs. Hugh domerrille,
Paper Mills, Miltou.bridge, and Archibald Somerville,
Lamwade, both paper makers. The t wilier gentleman,
who h Id £8,300 worth of shares, is liable under the
call for a sum of £44.000, and the latter, whose holding
in the bank amounted to £ll,OOO, for £55,000. And
this, of course, besides losing their shares. Three
Scotch gentlemen named Alexander, two of whom are
ministers, are responsible for sums amounting in the
aggregate to £52,000. Such instances could of course
be easily multiplied. The call upon the shareholders
is expected to produce three millions sterling.