The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-07-10 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY. JULY 10, Is6o.

'W EIGHTS AND MEASCSES. the Commons did not assert their constitutional I
; rights. On the motion of Mr. 1). Seymour, the
debate was tLea adjourned
Accounts front Nziplta state that an instil-tee-
tionary movement took place in that city last
week, in which the COMlllisaarints of the twelve
districts were ransacked and pillaged, the archi-
ves burnt, and the agents murdered. The city
was immediately declared in a state of siege. A
telegram, dated Wednesday last, has since been
received, stating that the mato of siege Las been
raised, that the Constitution of 1848 has been
proclaimed, the press laws of 1848 and 1849 have
been re-established, and the Chambers convoked
for the Ist of September. The Madrid papers
announce that, in conformity with the counsel
of their legal advisers, tbe Count de Montemolin
and Don Fernando have cancelled the renuncia-
tion of their pretensions to the throne of Spain
19. which was signed by them at Tortosa.
25. I
19.

DORSET CONsTA BUL A R

OTICE IS HHREBY GIVES, —The
SUPERINTENDENTS of the Dorm. CON.
STAIII.3.‘HY Rill attend by sirtue of their appointinents.
as INSPECTORS I WEIGHTS end .11EASURI14, at
the undermentioned places within their respective
Divisions, on the Market and other days hereafter
mentioned, for the purpose of Examining. Comparing,
and Stamping (if found correct) all such Weights and
Measures 111. shall be brought to them for that purpose,
in the manner and forui prescribed by the Act 5 and I:,
William IV., esp. di.

N'

Division.

Market Town or
I'lAce.

rign id Ins, orl
Place .4 Inspec.!
(ion. I

Date ef
Attend- I

&flee.

lil.udford
liridport

-:—lilanilford • .
• Itriilport - -
• Reminder • •
- flawkcharch • -

- I:l;nini-o.u-tir- •

Dorchwter - Dorchester - •
• Maiaen Newton
- Weymouth -
A bbotsbury
• Portland • -
Shaftesbury - shsftesbury •
Pt • 4 'Hingham
Fontonell Magna
Sherborne - Sherburne -

'King's. Arms -
Town Hall - -
Police Station -
01.1 Inn - - •
Coach k Homes.
Police Station -

Sturwinstcr • Sttirminster -

St ftlbridue
Wareham - Wareham -
-Siatisge •
Wituborne - W i unborn°.

- • -
Lotigfieet (Pnoiel

C..unty 1101
King's Arms
Cooper's Arno
Ship Inn -

Portland A rim,
Police Station -
Plornix Inn •
iron Inn - -
.Town Hall - -
Police Station •
Ilea Lion Inn -
Police Station •
%neon- Inn -
Police Station -
Fleur-de-lin -
I•Georite Inn -

!July 4.
*•:10&:11

The Superintendents will likewise attend at the
Station lIOUbC3 of their respective Divisions at such
other times not herein pointed out. at which parties
shall dilly apply. provided such application shall
not interfere with their Constabulary duties.

27th June, INGO

SAMUEL S. COX,
Chid Constable of Donct.

AN ACT OF GRATITUDE,

AGENTLEMAN baring been cured of
Nervous Debility, Loss of Kiraory. Dimness of
Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to:loch:4y, Impedi-
menta to Marriage, lac., will FORWARD to any Address
tie means by which he was Cared, on the receipt of
stamped directed Envelope. Address, J .W., Eq., Wil
ford Howie, Burton-Crescent, London, W.C.

Tux famous Resolutions touching the great
; Privilege Question have been passed, the second
by a very large majority, and the two others
,
without a division. Those resolutions were
ushered in with all the pomp and circumstance
of a formal preliminary inquiry and research,
and leading eftry one to suppose that some-
thing would be done ; that is, as the phrase goes,
that "action" would be taken in the matter.
The Pamitett, however, having due regard for
the friendly feeling towards the Lords, which is
obvious not only in the Commons but in his
own Cabinet, had evidently a very difficult
course to steer between the popular view of the
question and the repressive tendencies of the
Conservative party. He therefore determined
to dispose of the matter in a spirit as friendly,
and at the same time as dignified and becoming
as possible—and with that object in view
I,ord PALM EItATI IN was content to assert
the fact that the House possessed certain privi-
leges in respect of Tax Bills, with which the
Lords are not expirted to meddle, and he gives
out a very broad hint that the Lords have
touched the limit of their duties in rejecting the
Paper Bill, and if any desire should be shown by
them to indulge to a still greater extent in deal-
ing with the taxation of the country, that the
Commons have it in their power so to frame this
particular class of Bills as to retain in their own
hands exclusively and effectually the necessary
legislation in respect of those Bills. Perhaps
this line of proceeding was, under all the circum-
stances, the best calculated to meet the present
case. There is the caution, and a pretty plain
indication of the power to give effect to
it, should the necessity hereafter arise.
But the arguments for and against the Resolu-
tions have been undoubtedly influenced in a great
degree according as the feeling of the different
speakers was favourable or otherwise to the
great measure out of which the dispute between
the two Houses arose ; and in some degree also,
it must be said, by the degree of jealousy with
which the unexpected interposition of the Lords
in the matter of the Paper Duty Bill was
viewed by the different members. But it would
hardly be expected that the wavering Commons
—whose mind underwent so remarkable a
change in the short interval between the second
and third reading of the Bill—who first sup-
ported, then condemned the Repeal, would be
disposed to quarrel with the Lords for effecting
that which, with all their tergiversation and in-
consistency, they were unable to accomplish for
themselves—namely, the rejection of the Bill.
We are all the creatures of circumstances, and
must succumb to their force ; and the late
exhibition in the House of Commons proves that
the Ministers of State who govern a great
country are no exception to the rule. Those
who argue that the defeat of the Repeal Bill
was a right thing in itself, will have but a very
indistinct view of the ''inexpediency" of the
conduct of the Lords, and will rejoice that their
Lordships have in their own way established
their "right" to do what they did. It is
astonishing how prejudice or interest will tole-
rate, pass over, or applaud proceedings when
leading to a desired end, notwithstanding that
those proceedings in themselves may be objec-
tionable and even dangerous, and would be
denounced as such if directed to an end
which was Opposed and disapproved. Thus we
come back ag,ain to the merits of the Hill itself—
to which the treatment of the Privilege Question
is almost entirely due. We hope, also, that we
may next year retnni to the Repeal of the
Tax upon paper, with better success than that
which has attended the efforts of the aboli-
tionists. The Lords will have had "time for
reflection ;" and those great people who have a
vested interest in "costly literary produce" will
grow weary of their fallacies, and may be ex-
pected to give way. sooner or later, to the just
claims of mum enlightened and intelligent com-
munity, and to the interests of trade which are
so largely bound up with the abolition of an
oppressive or injurious tax.

All communications in relation to whatever de-
partment of the Paper are to be addreased to
Mr. FRU/ERICK Nlsi.i.rrr, Miter of the Dornet
County E.rprens and Agricultural Uazette, at the
Office, Church Street. Dorchester.

THE
DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS
DORCHESTER, TUESD3Y, JULY 10, 1860.

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN NI ARENT, Saturday.
—There being no attendance in the eurii Exchange
toolay in consequence of our fair yesterday, we
report the business of the fair. There was a mode.
rate supply of wheat on Mier. but the tinentws of the
weather bad a deprisising influence on the trade, no
one purchasing but fir immediate use, and that at a
reduction of 4s. to its. per quarter from the highest
point. Barley, oats, and beans at prices rather in
favour of the buyer.

Captain and 'the Hon. Mrs. Darner, and Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Sheridan and Nlisa Sheridan, were at '
Lady Lendonderry's grand ball on Thursday. Lady '
Rivers and the Hon. Misses Pitt were among the '
nobility at the ball of the Countess of Wahlegravo at
Strawberry Hill on Weilmwday.
Tim 2sth anniversary of the Literary Association
of the Friends of Poland was attend,sl Last week by
the Karl of Ilehester and Col. Pinney. M. P. Lord
Dchester moved the following resolution, which was
seconded and ably supported in a leughty speech by
General Count Zamoyski : —" That inasmuch as the
claims if subjugated nations to deliverence from
opprenion are now begi 111 l IN! to exact and coinPo
a degree of attention from Eiiropean Cabinets which
they never iditained before, it is the duty of Poland
and her friends, in this age of sudden and unexpected
changes and opportunities, to lie ever ready to avail
themselves of every OCCaSi.ill of iviserting her claim to
national independence."
Rine Coues BAND. —We arc happy to lind that
is volunteer rifle band in connexion with the
Dorehisiter corps has been formed under the bailer.
ship of Mr. J. Robinson. The members met for
practice for the first time on Thursday evening.
Suisseriptions and donations to the an.ount of 21)
guineas for the band fund have been handed over to
the treasurer, and we would earnestly entreat those
who have not already contributed their " mite," for
so patrietie a cause, will respond immediately to the
call which is now being made.
CHICACT. —A match of cricket will be played
between the Kingston Park and the Dorchester
Cricket Clubs on Wednesday (to morrow) in King-
ston Park. On Thursday last, the Kingston Park
Club and eleven from Weymouth, contended for
the mastery in Kingston lark. The Kingston Park
Club scored 121 runs in their first. and 69 in their
second biiiinga, and the Weymouth Eleven obtained
69 rims in their first innings, and 9 runs with the
loss of 4 wickets in their second gs, when time
was called and the stumps were drawn. The victory
was consequently claimed fel. the Kingston Park
Cluh, by the first innings. Mr. Dunn, of the NVliite
Hart, acquitted himself as caterer on the iieeassion,
to the admiration of all parties who sat down to the
collation pmvideil en the ocsaaj..n.
VoLUNTEICH Rivi.x Coin's--The colour sergeant
on Tuesday evening, read the following order on
parade. :—" Company Order by Captain Kindersley.
After the inspection if the corps last week. Lieut.-
I 'olund Nlansel expressed the great gratification he
lia,l in witnessing the drill, which was performed
with that steadiness and ability which could only
have been attained by stritt attention and perseve-
ranee, and much praise is due to all ranks of the
corps, And also to Sergeant Legg, the instructor,
and he only hopes that the members will prove
themselves quite RS ;peel at the target as they are
at the drill.—July 3, IMO."
Loeat Bomar ne Ilea trit.—An adjourned meet-
ing of the Local Board of Health was held at the
Guildhall; iini Monday, present,— the Mayor and
Alderman %Wield. and C 11111 l cillors Ensor,
Frond, Lock. Aldridge, Bennett, and Hodges. The
Clerk again read the report of the General Purposes
Committee, recommending the supply of water to
heuses for domestic purposes at a rate of 4.1. in the
lomild, when it lengthened discussion ensued relative
to the inequality in the rating of property in the
different parishes in the borough. Mr.
Nl:infield thought that before they charged
for the water supply according to the rating
in the poor hooks, to make it fair towards all parties,
Use property in the three parishes should be equally

::rates!piuiirivanetetietd the
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much questioned whether they Wetild got a more
satisfactory assessineut u they were to expend .t.SOO
upon having the borough re-valued. The report of
the surveyor and town clerk, pointing out the mode
usually ailoptel for I.llpPlyillg water front the
service pipes, was read. and underwent a long dis.
cession, but the only resolut.on that was passed was
to the elfeet that the report of the ileneral Purposes
Committee be received And adopted, and that tediees
be oven that the Board are willing to receive pro-
posals for the supply of water to the inhabitants at
the rate of -Id. in the .0 on the rateable value of their
propel ty ; but that for the supply of water, other
than for domestic purposes, toms and conditions
must first be made. The other matters alluded to
in the report were refirreil to the committee, who
will meet en Thursday evening nest.
klinsuuweit FAlR.—there was an unusually short
attendance at the fair held here on Friday last, in
contopienee of the whole of the farmers in the dis
trict being busily engaged in haymaking. There
was, however, a considerable number of sheep and
lambs penned, and most of them were sold at prices
ranging from 2Ss. to 375. for sheep, and ISs. to 265.
for lambs. Beasts were few in lumber and trade
was dull. Heifers iedil at fr-itti t..
from .C 6 to CIO, :del vows with calves from ,
Cl 2 to Xis. Two very neve:Mr horses sold at high
prices; one offered by Mr. Blythant, ot Sautliamptim, !
fetched 711 guineas, and the other, by Mr. .1. James
of 1111":10.d. was soil for 50 guineas. Horses of
inferior description met with a sluggish sale.
Retatiloes SOCIETIIA—The following letter ap-
peared in the Time. of Saturday :
Sir,- -A letter signed "Shaftesbury" complains that I
make him out a rogue -wish him, as such, to be
indicted. In the letter on which lie comments Ido
ask if there is no way of getting certain rogues
punished who had cruelly defrauded some poor ladies.
I espreased a hope thst the noble and right rev. patrons,
Ism, who by giving their names to the society in ques-
tion had thus been the means of enticing its, victims
1,, their ruin, would alsd Ise indicted. I adhere to
every letter of these lily expressoil opinions in the
matter. I wish to see all these liociety-Pullingers
legally punish- d ; I equally desire to we patrons of
every degree made responsible for the manner in which
they lend their names to societies, and then leave sub-
officials unchecked to act oak any dishonesty.
I will indict the aetual peculators for peculation ;
I would, were it pomilne, indict the noble patrons fur
, the consequences of trawl worked, out by their cul-
pable negligence in not looking after businesseundueted
under their name.. . .

I did not regard "Shaftesbury" as a rogue ; he put
this construction mon biinself on what I wrote ;
look at him in the light of • dupe—a victim to a long-
indllged habit of patronising. I did not write to
him; what can he know of Mr. Sidney G. Oiborne?
The Mesd-s. Dashvrood, • welbknown firm in his
own county, did write to him, and got in reply
one of the printed circulars charitable Peers use to
put oil applicants.
Your obedient servant,
S. G. OSBORNE.

appeals Maine tirdeci eevefecatet wider thclramts of
C. Lotibee. Eai., Nul W. two
jufitices of By" peace, tor ilivertur4. turtring.aud atolTiMS
no certain highways in the appellant's paristr, d.ted
2210 MAI, last. The orders 11.1VilOg been abandoned
co.t4 were n.e. for. Ur. Fl.iolot, who &prated
for reipondenlA,..)..ed. Co.ts allowed.
Mr. Saunders in vie a similsr application an behalf of
Mr. Rendall. am.ellant. and *On ilk tiler effect.
The inhabitant. of t:ussage St. Sii4.s4 geye indicted
for the non-repir of a certain highway leading from the
parish of ( iusxage St. Michael to Caslimour, alicipaf to
be in • ruinous mid dangerous condition. Mr. Ffoolts
mid Mr: PAAhel, Appeared for the proocution, and Mr.
Cole and Mr. Bowles:: for the defendants.--After •
lengthy discutsion by the learnt:if counsel they agreed to
the following special verdict of the jut-" We find •
verdict for the Crown, but as we are not informed in
point of law whether certain matters which have been
proved, relieve the parish from the burden of repairing
thz road, we beg to remit that for the opinion of the
Court of Queen a Bench."

DIWY:KEN:Cr.:4. -- On Salimlay last Sathin let
Gastlion and Ann allleiON his wife were charged
before thte Nla)or with drunkenness, and creating a
disturbance in the public stree to. Gestalten, who has
see ved two tour-years' penal servitude has, since his
last return home, conducted I self in a very
creditable manlier up to !h t me when the present
shark: arose. They Wt r both sentenced to 7 days'
imprisoninciet.—Sotiourid Seta! was also lined F.l
including costs, for being drunk and using abusive
language to Slant. Pommy. —On Monday, Darid
L.hr was lined ss. and 3s. tirl. coats, to be paid in
a week, or to he placed for 6 hours in the stooks,
for drunkenness. .

Orritser..--On Monday, Thomas
beerhouse keeper. Fordington, wascliarged •
before George (*urine, iaq, with having his house
open for the sale of beer, betueen the hours of 3
and 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, July Id.
He was tined LI and r,s. 61. costs.
(ommit/xi) Ti) Ihila-nraTEis Gaol- —Assi;:es.—
Timothy Worster, stealing money at Fordington.
Hard Labour. —George Garrett, assault on Ins wife
at Sherborne, 14 days ; William Horlock, ateahiiig
fence at Wimborne, U weeks ; Thonms Richardson,
exposing his person at Weymouth, 1 calendar
month ; George Morris, lea, ing family chargeable
at Verne Abbas, 3 calendar months ; Daniel
Cameron. deserting. 11.M.5. A riadne, 6 calendar
mont6; Job Kingd im, Charlei Wills, and Benjamin
Waygoo.l, leavii.g service at Cerne Abbas, 7 days.
I mpriwuument.— Nathaniel Gaulton and Aim Gaul.
ton, drunk at Furdiugtun, 7 days.

MIDSUMMER QUARTER SESSIONS.
(('one/udeif /toot 30/ Page.)
WEDNESDAY.
The CHAIRMAN, in delivering his charge to the I
Grand Jury, dilated at very great length on the
Wine Licensing Act which hail recently lamed the
Legis'ature, and also a Bill at present before Parlia-
ment in reference to eel vants iii husnanilry. Ile
took a review of the licensing system for the sale iif
beer, wines, and spirituous liquors for the last two
centuries and a half, and said it had been a corn- I
plaint of many eminent and learned men that legis-
lation did not always i.vigress with the ease, precision,
:mil facility approaching perfection. Till` Celebrated
lAird Bacon, in his •• Digest of the laws of England,"
said the laws of most kingdoms and states had been
like buildings of many pieces, and patched up from '
time to time according to occasion, without frame
and iuuiudcl; and au it was with modern legislation
—it often fell short of public expectation. This he
ilaiteil to the weakness of the human mind
and intellect, rather than from any infirmity of pun
pose. On the 14th June, in the present year, a Bill
received the Royal assent granting wine licenses to ,
refrealonent•houses, enabling them to supply, what '
11.le WOlllll laippiae, the wants of an increasing man ,
From an early period there had been cow- !
plaints made as to the system upon which the been- I
sing system was conducted. In a committee of the ,
House of Lords, the celebrated Judge Wightinan
said that, according to his experience, three-fourtlis
of the criminal charges which sere brought for trial
at the assizes originated from labile of intent-
perance awl the spending of time in public- .
houses; and in 1603, in the reign of
James 1., an Act was passed for correct-
ing the vice of drunkenness. The preamble of the
Bill set forth that " Whereas the ancient and prin•
cilia! use of inns, ale house., and victualling houses
was for the receipt, relief, and lodging of wayfaring .
people travelling from place to place, and for the
supply of the wants of such people as are not aule by
greater quantities to make their provision of victuals, 1
and not meant for entertainment and harbouring of
lewd and idle people, to spend and consume their
money and their time in a lewd and drunken
manner ;" soul then the statute went on to impose a
penalty for permitting such persons to remain tippling
in the houses, &c. Rut bail modern legislation
carried out this great principle? In the Act of 1
George IV., cap. 31, no time was fixed for limiting '
the hours during which ale houses might lie opened
to the public. Then came the 3rd and 4thVic.cap.6l,
wherein it is enacted that no person licensed to sell
beer and cider by retail should open his house before .
I 06.1 on Sundays, Good Fridays, Christmas
hays. &c., and the statute worked remarkably well
till IS4s,when it was repealed by Ilth awl 12th Vic.,
mil. 42, when houses were allowed to be opened by
halfinuit 12, while tnivellers had at all tunics the
privilege of entry. Then came a most important
statute the 17th and Isth Vic., cap. 79, which pro-
hibited licensed houses being opened between halt-
past 2 o'clock on Sundays and 5, or between 6 and
half-past 111, and what was inure, bail a penalty nut
exceeding CI. This Act vas hailed with satisfaction
by all lovers of good onler,temperance, and sobriety.
and ilninkeniscan and crime greaty decreased
as a consequence of drunken people not being allowed
to indulge in their disgraceful propensities on the
sabliath. In the face of the excellent working of
this Act, however, the Legislature the next year
(In and 19 Vic., cap. I Ihl passed an Act diametri-
cally opposite, and in the preamble it was set forth
that the previous Act was an inconvenience to the
public, and the door was opened farther for the
drunkard to indulge his vicious propensity without
hindrance. The question then WWI. would the pre.
sent Act improve this state of things! Why of the 24
hours of the Sabbath, only during 7 were licensed
houses prohibited (ruin being opened. He next
alluded to a Bill now before Parliament to amend
the laws relating to husbandry. The Act 20, Geo.
Car. 19, and 4, Geo. IV., cap. 34, did not extend
to work dime by contract or the "great," and Diaper.
ties were subject in a case of misunderstanding, to
the inconvenience of seeking a remedy in the county
court. By the Bill now before the House of Com-
moue, the justices might adjudicate in such cases,
provided the contract was entered in writing. and
signed by both parties. By the 3nl clause mu the
Bill, all wages agreed to were to be payable by the
master to the servant, at least every three months,
and this, lie thought. was a most inconvenient and
objectionable clause, and liable to be abused by
masters, who, from none reason or other might
objict to ray except at the end of every three
months. and thus drive their servants, especially if
they were men who had families, to the huckster's
shop, with • lug score staring in his face to keep
him in suliniiscion to any exhorbitant demand which
might be made against him by the retail trader. It
was to lie howil it would not be passed in its present
shape, and parties might now petition against it.
He then referred to three cases in the calendar, and
dismissed the jury to their duties.

and he has mdisisrenfly aeknowledged thnt he was
the person.- --Isabel wife of Samuel hurts, hpr-
diner; Fordington. Mid she knew the prisoner years
age, when he travelled 6.r Mr. Hemlemon. On Wed-
nesday be mine to their house for an order for seeds
and plants.. she bought none, and he asked her to
lend hint sonic money, and she lent him :de 6d. On
Therm morning between 9 and 10 o'clock became
to borrow Snore money, and she told him se had
none to lend. Ott emno again at half-past ime o'clock
. in the evening, and ;mid her hock the half-crown she
lent him the day before, and offered to lend her a
sorersigia Be had a sovereign in his baud. He
said be had money in the bank and he had been and
taken it out. he told him she did nut want to bor-
row any wonest.--Elizabethowife of John Blandamer.
of the Cmwn Inn, said that on Wednesday winning
she saw prisoner leading ayoung lady down the walks.
They came in and called for two bottles of ginger-beer.
He asked her to take care of the young lady while
he went out, and they would want tea at 6 o'clock.
He left two paper parcels. He had some potatoes
to send somewhere, as ho said he had been betting
about them, and agreed to pay her half-a-crown for
them. After be was gone the young lady said she
knew nothing of the prisoner, and was not going to
stay. When he came and found the young lady
gone. he wanted his parcels, and she would not let
I have them unless be peid her what he owed, and
lie said he hal no money, and was going
up to his friend, Mr. Harris, who owed him a bill,
and he would tall and pay her. She, however, still
rehired to let the parcels go till she had got the
money. On Thursday afternoon, about 3 o'clock,
be brought the money and took his parcels away.—
Mr. Jones, clerk, said that prisoner had been stay-
ing for some time past at the Plume of Feathers, but
unfortunately Mr. Taylor was obliged to go from
home that day, or he would prove that prisoner had
no money on Thursday morning, nor for some time
previously.—Mr. Weston leaked if the magistrates
would take the case summarily. Mr. Middleton
said the Bench hail decided to send the two cases for
trial at the assizes—the charge of stealing the sove-
reign and a half of Mr. Collins, and the half-sovereign
of Mrs. Torrington. Mr. Weston then ap-
plied for bail, but Mr. Jones said there was every
reason to believe the prisoner hail hen previously
convicted, and in that ease, bail could not he taken.
Besides, if bail were taken, the prisoner would he
immediately apprehended on two, if not three other
charges one for obtaining a suit of clothes of Mr.
Aylesbury, of Weymouth, under false pretences,
also for obtaining goods of Mr. Parmiter, of Dorches-
ter, under false pretences, and also for stealing a
pewter measure from the Crown Inn, Dorchester,
which of course were cases belonging to the jurisdic-
tion of the magistrates of the boroughs of Dorchester
and Weymouth.