The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Tbe annual meetings were held on Monday the 13th.
The afternoon meeting was held in the Ainembly
Rooms. The Mate of the weather *mounted for there not
being eo good an attendance as last year. The choir
WSJ taken by the Rev. J. Quirk, and addresses were
delivered by the Rev. Prebendary Farquherson, the Rev
.I. Hughes, and the Rev. W. Bury of Fifehead Neville
Mr. Hughes gave an interesting amount of the present
state of this society's mission in India. He alluded to
the great desire the natives have to receive
Instruction, the deonfall of caste, the trial. and
difficulties the missionaries have to sueounter, and the
signs of owner which God has vouchsafed to them.
Mr. Farquharson showed that the English were hound
bye sense of j attic* to assist in sending the Goofed of
freedoet sad peace. to the eons of Africa, en any had
greatly assisted to their degradation by upholding
slavery for many years, and which still continued to be
practiced and ended by giving a general outline el the
operations of the Church Minionary Rooiety thietihoet
the world.

meeting was held in the Corn-ezehange,
and the Rector spin took the chair.
In opening the proceedings, the Rev. .1. R. Qum,
made some remarks concerning the progress of miesiooary
work in the beast of Atria, Japan and Chian the
duty of the Protestant Church of England we, to go
forth and spresd the savour of her principles throughout
the whole world. By the providence of God, a door
had been opened to them within the last few years in
Chins, and it wee especially their duty to use that
others, who boasted that they were Snit in the field,
and who taught theChineee s newleirm of klobstry, that
of worshiping the Virgin Nary, should not be permitted
to impregnate the minds of the people with their
pernicious doctrines. The Church Missionary Society's
object was to send the Gospel in all its purity to them
--(ebsers).

The Ray. J. Roane sitar some prefatory remark%
said the objeet of the meeting was to Wood the mill. 1
ebarooter et tint Church of Wand. There
go:uldirie no neutrality in sash • work, for, IO ChriStlllO
OM and Chridisn women they were bound to midst.
Tho vitality of the Church of Ragland was bound up
with the extension of her mission work. Up to the
thus of Reformation this country exersised bat seam.
rotatively feeble innuendo moos the nations of the
world, hat no wooer was the word of Ood set free, no
sootier had its glorious truths produeed their correspond.
ion rebate on Lb' Wads arid lswarts of the people, then
Ragbad roes to be the litst smog% the minims, sad if'
we wished our mentry still to =detain that noble
position, we must me that the pure Protestant doctrines
taught by our forefatben, and soiled with their blood,
were preached throughout the length and breadth of
oat own land, and to all nations. Mr. Hughes 'Sip
a short outline of the work and resources of the moiety.
Re said that its fluids had isereesed daring the last 1
few years £lO,OOO every year, and &Iris' the hot year 1
even more than that. 'l'bair minion stations at Sorra
I's were now self ooPoorting, and assistad to oal17
on the work I. &stoat parts; end this woald erentsally
be the is with other mission stations. Mr. Mich.s
this referred to the low moral and intellestual dale of
40•14 of the tribes in Central Atria, and showed the
fallosy of Um sriuot ef Wass who said it woo of so
ass to by sad rss the.., by readisg • deseription whisk
• Roams pie of tha daft a our sea inewstrymen when
the BOIUSIOSISO Ant to WOOL It OM the religion
of Christ whisk bed rabid ths moral mod istslississi
soaditioa of our ows pospis, sad it woad be by the

same truths 'that Africa's sons would be raised. The
rev. gentleman onoelnded • very wira-st sod able speech
by prrs..ing upon his hearers the neetesity for inereseed
interest and exertion in misidow work.
The meeting okapi with 1610111111 the Meekly.
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ift,ANDFORD COUNTY COURT
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Thera were 10 MOW entered for beating by Judge
Eirrett, Monday, May 11, bat three only between
20 and 30 cansa tense du. court. the gre.ter put ..f
which were undefended. The following were the uuly
ones of public interest.
THE Mango or THRAIHING MACHINE/I.— Gomm
Germ, lahourer, James Lgraus, turner. Claim
el ls• 9. The case, which was sijoareed from the list
Court kr the production of plaintiff's muter, Mr. Torn
Pry, of flume, cue olds oils. 64. per day as an
allowance for food which the plaintiff claimed of the
&fondant. but which the ddeadant disputed on the
ground that he wu only liable to plaintiff's
muter. Mr. Moore appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Atkinioni for the defendant. lit. Torn Fry steed
that in 1863 be lent Mr. Ingram a thrashiog machine,
and two of his (plaintiff's) men worked it. On the first
day the uniebioe vase* work he went to Mr. Ingram's
home, and defendant asked him. "What do you allow
the men r and he replied, "The farmer who hired the
machine allowed them their food, or an wrivaleut of
Is. 61. per day." In 1968 defendant again had the
machine, which was worked by two men as before, and
be understood that the agreement of 1863 ruled that of
1866. Crime-examined : He had not sent in his bill for
the work. There Ind never been any settlement of
accounts between his tether and Mr. Ingram for twenty
yews I—George Green, the plaintiff, said wherever he
went with the machine ha was allowed Is. 61. per day
for food. In 1863 ha and Thomas Wareham were with
it at Mr. Ingram's, and he afterwards sent in • bill for
the food money, and Mr. Ingram paid all except 93.
men, which be said be would leave until they came
again, as he had no more cheap. Is 1865 he and
William Green worked for defendant with the machine
14) days. It was for food manly that time he now
sued. The first time he went for his money Mr. Ingram
sent ont word by the servant that be could not pay, u
he had not hie foremen's amount •. the second time he
called he saw his son, who brought out word that his
father would pay him, and the third time heagain saw the
son, who brought out word, "Your master will pay
you." He then asked Mr. Fry for the money, but be
refused him.—Cioss-examinod : My master paid me
Is. 63. per day, and the other la. 64. for food bad to be
paid by the farmer hiring the machine.- Thomas Ware-
ham corroborated plaintiff as to Mr. Ingram paying
them 18.. via., is. 61. a day for food money save 94.
each which he said be would leave till they came again.
•iiieminore • Me Ingram did not say. "I will
way you this time, but Isbell debit Weer ...le
with Atkinson, on behalf of defendant, con-
tended that there was no contract between the plaintiff
and defendant.. The plaintiff wan Mr. Fry's servant,
arid was engaged as such by Mr. lograra.—Flis Honour
They rely en • previous contract, on which as Cloy
allege the defendant acted in 1863, and which they eon.
,bier as binding in 1865.—Mr. Atkinson then said he
should call the defendant to disprove the statements of
the plaintiff, and his witnesses.—The deferalant Mr.
Ingram. stated as follows :—ln 1863 I bad Mr. Fry's
machine. I made no contract for it. Mr Fry was to
charge what was fair and reasonable. After the work
was done the men came to me, and I let them bare •
sovereign, at the same time telling them I had nothing
to do with paying them, and that I should debit it on
Mr. Fry's amount. I never acknowledged on any occa-
sion my liability to pay them. I never mot out word
by my son that I would Per the Plaintiff. I advanced
on two separate omissions Si. and 2s. 6d. to pay for ale,
as I had no cider left for the men, who worked the
machine. I considered I was liable to find them in drink.
When I advanced that they never said anything about
payment for food. Cromexeminel by Mr. Moore:
Theo what Mr. Fry, Green. and Wareham have stated
Ii all fake Defendant :Yee. Q.—What Mr. Fry has
stated is a paroel of vile lies? A.—l never heard either
from Mr. Fry. or the men any claim for their food.
I charged El in my amounts with Mr. Fry for the
money I had advanced to the men. I cannot go
Mr. Fry's account, though I have often asked him
for it, and I have net sent is my amount against him.
Mr. Moore: Why have younot 6.—Because if he had
my amount. he would make up an amount to match it
—(laughter). Green and Wareham only called on me
once is 1863. when I let them have the sovereign, and
told them I would never do so again. My son keeps
my amounta. I
my eon, that if they called when they °acne to Shroton
again I would pay them. I hire machines by the ho
3s. per hour I. what I generally pay; that inclodes
the moo who attend the mashie., • driver and a feeder.
I find drink for these two men. That is the way I
have hired other machines. I never had soy agree-
ment with Mr. Fry about the hiring of the machine,
nor did I say anything to him about the sovereign
advanced to them. By his honour: It might be four
or Ova days after the men cams with the machine that
I sow them. Them being the chief pointa of the
evidence. after • few remarks by Kr. Moore, his Honour
summed on and stated that though be felt bound to
give a verdict in favour of the defendant be believed
It would be very little to his advantage,
inasmuch as the sum elaimed by the plaiatiff would no
dirtiest be added by Mr. Fry to his moount against Mr.
Ingram for the nee of the steam thrashing machine.
On all such occasions the bervain was made between

the masters, and unless there vu a special agreement
made between the hirer and the party who let out on
hire respecting the way the men were to be paid, the
probabilities were that in the charge made for the
machine, the wages of the men were inoluded, for the
machine was of no use without the men. If it lied
been proved that it was the general custom to hire
machines in the way sought to he established by the
plaintiff, then there would have been grounds for •
reasonable assumption that math had been the case in the
presset swollen, but it had been positively stated by the
defendant, and not oontradieted on the plain if'. psrt,
that no such custom prevailed. HIS Honour then
reviewed the whole of the evidence very minutely,
remarking that the case vu one of considerable im-
portance in the present day, when so many machine.
were hired, and concluded by giving a verdict for the
defendant.
A MoIrrOACIII'II DIMCOLTY.—Jobeph Strange r.
Jonathan Paddoek.—Thu' wall an action to recover
possession of a cottage and garden the defendant held
=on of which be had mortgaged to plaintiff, and
noble to pay the interest. had agreed to Par rent
at El per Toby—The case vu adjourned from last
court for the prodostion of the origisal agreement,
and also to enable the plaintiff to prove that
a proper notion to quit bad been served on the
defendant. Thome haying been satisfactorily pro.
dueed by Mr. Chitty. who appeared for the
plaintiff, His Honour said that the section under which
he had power to make the ostler, did not in his opinion
have any bearing upon the present aims. hat notion
simply 'elated to the goesties of landlord and tenant
1 and not to the ease of • mortgages and • mortgagor,
and therefore under that section the plaintiff could not
recover. He did not give his opinion as to the question
of rent, which probably the plaintiff might recover.—
Non suited.

Bateau or Oornuor.—J oho Dean,. !Mout. —Claim
Li Si. 6d.—ln this case Mr. Atkinson appeered for the
plaintiff and Mr. Moore, for the defendant.—lt was an
motion to recover the sum of CI. money paid in advance
for 10.000 plants, journeys and loss of time £2 9.. 6d.,
and £4 for lom through matron bving broken. It
appeared from the statement for plaintiff that on the 18th
October, 1866, the defendant agreed to sell the plaintiff
20,008 plants for El, and that on the 26th of the same
month plaintiff went to view his purchase when be
found the plants totally unfit to draw. On that
occasion an agreement was ootne to between the
pieties that the plants were to remain till the
fallowing March, and then in the premium of the
landlord of the public-house, (Kr. Rose, of Okeford
Fitspaine,) the sovereign was paid to the defendant,
and a paper signed by both plaintiff and defendant, and
.oanter.igned by Rose, was drawn up to show on what
conditions the deal was mode. When the plaintiff
went in March for his plane defendant put him off and
mid that the frost had killed most of them. On these
voted' be now sued for the amount elaieted. Evidence
for the plaintiff was then heard bearing out the state-
meet made by his solicitor. For the defence it was
alleged that though the written agreement was signed
and agreed to, yet that it was impossible to fulfil the
contract in itonsequence of the severity of the winter
which had destroyed a great many of the plant., and that
the sovereign given had been again tendered to the
plaintiff. The bearing of the case occupied the Court
a considerable time, and his Honour in slimming up
pointed out that there was no doubt respecting an
agreement being come to by which El was to be paid
for the plants. The claim for journeys he could not
allow, insomuch as there was very little doubt plaintiff
went for his own advantage, and the charge of tom by
son-fulfillment of agreemeet be considered would be
net by estimating it at ES 10n —Judgment for the
plaintiff for £4 10e.