The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

THE KNELL OF THE PALMERSTON

GOVERNMEN f.

"History must be false," said a great maker
of history. The current of opinion is very much
this way. The safest thing seems to be to believe
exactly the contrary of all we have ever been
taught, and to bang on the skirts of those
energetic reformers who are always putting down
all the old, moss grown, stone-built convictions of
ancient days, to build up their own pretty little
cottages upon their site. "De you think,"
said a great French critic who had just
demolished the existence of all the Latin poets,
"That I get up at 4 o'clock every morning only
to write what all the world knew before l"
Certainly it would be preposterous to suspect
any one of the present day of such a waste of
time. It is owing to the labours of public bene-
factors of this class we are now so well informed,
that Homer never existed, that the Kings of
Rome are myths, that Richard 111. was a very
ill-used man, that Henry VIII. was the best of
English monarchs,and a rather eligible husband,
that Napoleon never lived in the flesh, and
, that any man who believes, upon the authority
of State papers and confessions, that Bacon was
, guilty of acoepting bribes, must be an envi-ms
I ounce. An !rah paper once announced that
Mrs Molony had renounced the errors of
Protestantism and embraced those of the true
church. We are all now in this transitory state,
being shaken out of our ancient lessons, and
falling into the laps of little historical popes, who
each has the true faith in his own bit of letter-
press. We should be ashamed not to bring our
contribution to this great work of correcting
erroneous convictions, and we proceed at once to
earn and to claim the proper amount of credit
for destroying a popular error which is especially
rife at this moment. No iv, it is generally believed
all over England, that Mr. Stanield's motion was
brought forward on Tuesday night,—that it ICU
lost by an overwhelming majority,—that the
amendments of which notice had been given by
various inerubers, were all, with the exception of
Lord Palmerston's, withdrawn, and that
subsequently the premier's amendment was put
to the House as a snbatantive resolution and
agreed to without a division. We were under
the impression that the debate, or rather, farce,
was. commenced, carried on and concluded in
one night. We say farce, for it is impossible to
avoid smiling at many of it. unforeseen adven-
tures and-huisiourous ismidents. Moreover, it is
generally thought that on no occasion did a great
party break down to the very depths of rack and
rain more oompletely, than did the Conservative
party on the very eve of the Derby day. Their
power was evidently prostrated—they had no
locus staudi—they were "nowhere." IA e had
allowed ourselves to believe, from the reports
given in the drily papers of the prooeedinss

the House, that Lord Palmerston challenged the
Opposition to the combat of confidence or no con-
tioence—that they declined to measure swords,
and that Mr. Disraeli advised his friends to "go
home." The debate, as we have said, came off
on Tuesday night. On Wednesday the country,
from John O'Groat's to the Land's End, rang
with the intelligence of the previous night's pro-
ceedings in Parliament. The Telegram announced
the result of the debate to some thousands of its
readers the same day. Subsequently the Dorset
Chronicle made its appearance, and the number
bearing date Tiairsday, June 5, informrd us,
after its own roundabout fashion of enlighten-
ing (?) the public mind, that all the other papers
were wrong, that the debate was still going on,
it might probably continue till Thursday night,
and that the doom of the Palmerston govern-
ment was sealed 1 "We caunot strictly tell,"
says our contemporary, "whether the days of their
degenerate rule are to be numbered this night
or on Thursday night, or if the utterances
of one or both of these evenings of impeachment
are but the beginning of the end—that end
which, anyway and anyhow, cannot be far off."
'Tie true we have here something like the pro-
phecies in Moore's alumuack respecting the
weather, it may be the day before or the day
after, but the knell of the ministry is tolled by
our contemporary is language the most uniuis-
takeable. Disraeli told the House they had
met that day upon a very serious business, and
their meeting had been attended with the most
absurd consequences, and that they had better
put the best face upon a most disagreeable state
of affairs; and another Opposition speaker
&Sneed that the result of the night's debate
would be to snake the Government far more
powerful than it was before. Two days after-
wards we were informed, through the Dorset
Chronicle, that if we believed what all the other
papers had published within the last forty-
eight hours, we were indulging in a very
vulgar error; for it assured us that
"the popular Lord Palmerston, in his palmy
days, has come to grief." Our contemporary
italicised the word " palmy" to let his readers
know he was a bit of a wag. • He after-
wards a ys, "The meth is pall going on,
let no man throw down the warder to part the
combatants, and God defend the right." It is
true our contemporary is not very clear in some
of his ideas. Was the editor endeavouring to
make an Irish bull, when he committed the
following sentence to writing 1—" There could
not be in England a Ministry, charged with
those tremendous deficits, and committed to
that ruinous and spendthrift policy, to which
the eyes of the nation have been unwillingly
opened after its having passed all endurance "
Shades of Cobbett and of Lindley Murray! Can
any of our readers tell what is here meant?
They may, from reading other papers, guess what
the editor wished to express, but we will defy
any one to say for certainty what was intended.
But enough of this. Notwithstanding that the
Chronicle has rung the knell of the Whigs, it is
quite evident that the position of the Conserva-
tive party at tLe present moment is neither
prosperous nor dignified. In spite of sevinal
skirmishing victories, in spite of successes at
most of the recent single elections, the language
held and the result arrived at in the House of
Commons on Tuesday night, indicate in a very
striking manner that "the Conservative party'
has seldom been lest likely than at present to
come into office, and that the couutry has
seldom been less desirous to see them
iu office. They seem to be stricken with
smug strange incapacity for power—some curious
idi •s. ' ity which neutralises and mars all the
mit tent advantages of time and situation.
Art this is easily accounted for. At present
there are no athletes legislative questions,and no
broadly marked line of policy to agitate the
public mind. The temper of the country is
"moderately and cautiously Liberal," or "cau-
tiously and wisely Conservative," whichever
phrase may be held most aptly to express the
state of feeling which all admit and agree upon
as the prevailing one There can be no question
in the mind of the impartial observer on which
side of either House there is a preponderance of
aduainistiative talent and political reputation.
A leading contemporary, in reference to this
subject, justly remarks: "While fully admitting
the astuteness of Mr. Disraeli, the purity mud
good sense of Mr. Walpole, the moderate dili-
gence, judgment, and ability of Mr. Henley and
Sir John Pakington, and the solid power and in-
defatigable industry of Lord Stanley,—the
Opposition, it will be allowed at once, has no
name except Lord Derby's which can rank in
the same line as Lord PaLerston Mr. Glad-
stone, Earl Russell, Sir George Lewis, not to
mention the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Gran-
ville, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Cardwell, or the Duke of
Somerset. It is no impuguaneut of the party
loyalty of the sieeerest Conservative in the
country—if only he be a man of refleetion and
observation—that he should prefer to see the
reigns of power in the hAnds of the
latter list of men than in those of
the former." But the present Ministry
represent the national feeling in respect to
foreign affairs—and especially in reference to
Italy—in • far higher degree than the Opposi-
tion. The Tories, however much they may hate
"democracy" at home, love liberty abroad, and
they sympathise with the Italians in the noble
struggle they are now making, the present
Ministry have given the Italians all the moral
assistance in their power ; and the people of this
country generally, of both parties, as Protes-
tants, are jealous of and hostile to the Papal
authority—now the chief obstacle in the way of
Italy—and approve of the Italian policy of our
Government. On the other band the tactics of
the Opposition are not such as the country can
approve. Lord Derby has on more than one
occasion stated in the House that the Catholics
are the natural allies of the Conservative party,
and there is the gravest reason to suppose that were
the Conservatives again in office, their influence
would be used, even if covertly, on the anti-
popular side. It is well known that
in all recent elections the whole of the
power of the Catholics has been used
to secure the return of the Conservative
candidate, and it is well understood that this
support has not been gratuitously rendered. In
all the speeches that have been delivered by Lord
Derby, Lord Malmesbury, and Mr. Diemen on
the question, it is quite evident they have no
sympathy with Italian Unity. This is so well
known in the House that memben on the Con-
servative benches have not hesitated to express
their desire that Lord Palmerston may continue
in office till the Italian question has been finally
settled. Here we see one of the reasons, then,
why the Opposition, notwithstanding their
numbers, are so powerless. But another reason
is, they have really no helinsman to steer them
in the Lower House. Their professed leader,
Mr. Disraeli, is constantly embarrassing his
followers, and his tactics during the last few
weeks have not been such as to improve his
position. When Mr. Gladstone made his memo-
rable speech at Manchester, advocating greater
economy in the public expenditure, and recom-
mending that the people ehostl4-make their
voices beard upon the subject, Mr. Disraeli
fancied he saw the flowing wave on which he
might float to power, and be took his seat ir on
it accordingly. Consequently we find him going
down to the House on the earliest oppor-
tunity to denounce our "bloated arma-
ments," and recommending that we should be
satisfied with being subordinate to France.
Never could a leader of a party have made a
greater mistake, and Lord Derby seized the
opportunity afforded him a fortnight since in the
Lords, to apologise for the blunder. Neverthe-
less it had its effect upon the public mind. John
Bull by no means relished the idea of playing
"second fiddle" to the French Emperor, yet so
blind was our contemporary to party that it
supposed whatever Disraeli said must of
necessity be right. What a happy state of things
was in store for us under Disrael's guidance!
We should have to build no more ships, we
should save the money now lavished on "bloated
armaments," while trusting to the guardianship
of Napoleon! And so fascinated was "our friend"
in the contemplation of the glory and prosperity
in store for us under the promised new regime,
that two days after the Premier had, like Ag ig,
hewn his enemies in pieces, the Dorset Chronicle
male its appearance ringing the knell of the
Palmerston Government!

DORCHESTER PITCHZD CukN MAkti6T, Saturday,
June 7. —The attendance to-thy was not large,
slid the tone of the trade was still somew iat de.
pressed. Farmers were endeavouring to press sales,
but millers woe not inclined to lay in stocks of
wheat. In spring corn there was not much doing.
On the 3rd inst. the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Salisbury instituted the Rev. Edward Pierce
Grant, clerk, M.A., to the Rectory of Bishop's
Canndle, otherwise Catindle Episcimi, in the county
of Dorset, void by the death of the Rev. Charles
Robert Dampier, clerk, the last incumbent thereof,
on the presentation of George Dighy Wingfield
Dighy, Eq. His lordship has also recently licensed
the Rev. William Henry Awdry, clerk, M.A., to
the uracy of Ludgarahall. Wilts; the Rev. William
Remy Cordeaux, clerk, to the curacy of Holcombe
Hog* Don't and the Rey, Edward Ford, elork•
lo tiuo ounor ot Wautbrook, Ovroet.

•
WQIITRY Of lIIITATIAL-011 Monday, the 9th
Lusk, sipmly of the operatives, (about 30), employed
by G. K. Stanton, Req., of Londe, procetiled by the
South-Western Railsay.to London, to pay a visit to
the Great Exhibition. The whole expense of con-
veyance to and from town, lodging, &0., and tickets
for the Exhibition, and Crystal Palace, Sydenhatn,
was handsomely defrayed by the above-named gen-
tleman, sod reflects the highest credit on him as a
liberal employer of labour.
Tux Statute Cittcurrs.—The Judges selected
theirseveral circuit* on Thursday morning, as follows:
--Vorfia—The-L,rd Chief Justice and Mr. Justice
Wightumn. Midland—Lord ChiefJustie• Erie and
the Lord Chief Baron. Home —Barsns Martin and
Bramwell. Western —Justices W Miami and Keating.
Oxford—Justices Byles and Blackburn. Northers --
Barn Wilds and Mr. Justice Mellor. North Wales
—Mr. Jusjes Crompton. South Wales—Mr. Baron
Channel!.

Nov A BAD BAT'S WOK& —Parsons, who rode
Caraetacus, the winner of the Derby this year, has
had £lOO • year settled on him for life by Mr.
:inswing, the proprietor of the home. The value of
the stakes was nearly £7,000.
MU:HAMM' FRI DIA BOCINTY. —The anni-
versary of this old society was held at the Royal
Oak Inn, on Monday evening, June 9th, under the
presidency of Mr. John Bishop. An excellent repast
was served by host Read, and the evening's proceed-
ings passed off in a agreeable manner. We regret
ti tind that the society has of late been considerably
IS laced in the OUllll.er its members.

ALL. &tore' CHIIKCIL —On Sunday next the
evening service at the shore church will commence
at halt-; eat aix o'clock, when • sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Lionel Dawson Denier, rector
Came, on behalf of the choir. We shim ely trust
Clat those who have the means will have also the
will to assist to the utmost of their poeer in respond•
ing to the appeal made on that occasion, so that the
excellent manner in which the musical portions of
the service have been for a long time peat conducted
may be continued.

CoNsECRATION.- On Tuesday, the 24th inst., the
Lord Bishop of the Diocese will consecrate the
newly-erected church at Weeder,"id. Divine •er.
vice will commence at eleven o'clock in the morning,
and three in the afternoon.
DoIICREETZE AGItICULTVRAL SOCIETY. The
annual sheep shearing match, in connection with this
society, took place in the Fair-field, Dorchester, on
Saturday, the 7th inst, Eleven candidates competed
for the premiums offered by the society. The shear-
ing was uniformly good, and was the theme of
I..eneral commendation. The judges (Mr. Cainee, of
Burton, and Mr. Saunders, of Muston) had some
difficulty in making their awards, and called to their
aid Mr. John Send, of Jordan farm, Preston, to
advise them in deciding on the respective merits of
the cork, and ultimately awarded the lot prize
(4:2) to Samuel Watts. servant to Mr. J. G. Homer,
of Martinstown ; 2nd (41) to William Pomeroy,
servant to Mr. J. A. Smith, of Bradford Fevered ;
and the 3rd (10e) to John Foyle, servant to Messrs.
Kiddie, of Moreton.—The mowing match will take
place on Thursday,June 19,in • field at Westbrooke,
Upwey, in the occupation of Mr. J. G. Homer.
THE UNION.—ELECTION OF BELIEVING OFFICER.
—The Board of Gam draw, at their weekly meeting
on Saturday, the 7th inst., proceeded to the election
of a relieving officer for the Fordington district of
this union, rendered void by the resignation of Mr.
Thurutan.—There was • more than average attend-
ance of guardians. Of the timber of candidates
who tendered for the vacant offitw, 17 were present.
On the Board dividing, the voting stood thus:—Mr.
James Wallis (Dorchester), 18; Mr. Bridle, (Tin-
cleton), 9; dr. Rurreisin, (London), s.—The choice
of the Board falling on Mr. Wallis (who was evi-
dently the fay.einte) that gentleman commenced
the duties of the office the same evening.
BonoUGH Perry SESSIONS, Monday.—Before the
Mayor and J. F. Hodges, Esq.—Leah Damon and
Charles Damon were again brought up on remand,
the wife charged with shoplifting at various places
in the town, and the husband charged with receiving
the artielereknotaing them to have been st,len.—Mr.
Weston attended to peeecute, arid Mr. Howard ap-
peared for the defendants.—Thomas Ansty said he
kept a grocer's shop in High West-street, and that
he sold pork. On ,Satunlay night week the tee
prisoners and a little boy pine into his shop. They
bought one or two small articles. The woman asked
the price of split peas. While he was serving some
goods he observed the female prisoner behind her
husband near the door. They then all went away,
and he went round to look at his pork and found a
piece gone. He, followed the prisoners to the
Ship Inn—the man had gone in and the woman was
wax% through the passage. He asked her where ,
was the piece of pork she stole from his shop, and
she said " 0 ! h.re it is." He took it from her basket,
and it was similar to the piece be had lost. She
asked him to forgive her, and he told her he should
not. He afterwards went to her husband and aiiked
him his wife's name, and he said it was Leah Lake,
and that they lived at Friar Wadden. P.G.
Cousins said that from inionnation he received, be
went in search of the woman. He overtook her on
the road, and asked her if her name was Leah Lake,
and she said it was not—Leah Lake had gone for-
ward about a quarter of an hour before. He told
liar be should take her into custody for stealing a
piece of pork, and she begged that he would ask the
man to forgive her. H. brought her back to Our.
cheater, and platted her in the lock.up.—Both
senors elected to be tried at once, and the female
prisoner pleaded guilty.—Mr. Howard addressed
the Bench for her husband, and called John Whittle
to "peak to his character. He said he bad known
him all his life ; that Damon had always worked on
the same estate, and that he had ever borne a good
character.—The female prisoner was then charged
with dealing • gown piece and • cotton hand-
kerchief 'if the value of 4s. 7.1. P.C. Le' mains
said that ho apprehended the female prisoner on her
road home on Saturday week, on another charge.
After she was taken to the lock-up, she gave up her
pocket, and in it were found the articles stolen, and
£5 13s. in money. A,. assistant from Mr. Steele's
identified the gowapiece and handkerchief. The
female prisoner was in the shop on Saturday week,
hut she did not purchase either of those articles.—
The female prisoner pleaded guilty to this charge
also, hut the Bench said there were so many other
cases that they must of necessity send them for triaL
Both prisoners were then charged with stealing
brushes from the shop ,if Mr. HazeL —The prosecutor
said on Saturday, the 31st May, both prisoners were
in his shop. He was an ironmonger, and among
other things sold brushes. There were brushes
hanging on the outside face of the counter. The
six brushes produced contained his private mak.
The two scrubbing bruabes were marked in January
last. Could not tell when the sweets?, stove, and
whitewash brushes were marked. He did not see
either of those produced on Siaturiey week. Mrs.
Hazel and an apprentice were the only other parties
that served in the shop. The male prisoner came to
his shop, with other persons, to buy scythes.
The woman was in company with the men,
and sat down close to weer° the brushes
hung while the Melt were looking at the scythes.—
Cross-examined: Had no doubt the male prisoner
bought a scythe. He had known him for years.
He had been accustomed to deal with him. Never
missed an) thing from his shop after he was gone, at
airy time, and he never mimed these brushes.
Always andetstood that he was working for Mr.
Hawkins, and always considered him to be an honest
man. —Mrs. Hazel said she assisted to serve in the
shop on the day in question, and she perfectly re-
membered seeing both the prisoners there, The
female eat beside the counter, where a large quantity
of brushes were hanging. The sweep's brush she
herself used as a duster on the previous day, and she
was sure she did trot sell it or either of the other
brushes produced on Saturday—Cross-examined:
There were two other women besides the female pri-
soner. The tnen's wives generally come into tow n with
them.—Superintendent Feeney said that he went to
Friar Wadden, in comvany with Superintoudent
Underwood of the county police, on Sunday, the Ist
June. He saw the male prisoner, told him the
obj.ct of their visit, and asked permission to search
the house. He gave permission, rind they searched.
He feued the sweep's and whitewash bnutliee in a
rush basket in the wood house. The single scrub-
bing bnish he found in the living room, and the tbo
scrubbing and stove brushes, tied up together, were
in the bedroom. On the previous Saturday evening,
after his wife was in the lock-up, the husband came
to the police-station. He had a rush basket with him,
and in it were a sweep's and whitewash brushes,
similar to those produced. He found 20 sovereigns ina
small box, besides other monies in the house, which
he dad me touch. Cross-exaunned : The husband
went to the police-station of his own free accord
to see his wife. He brought the basket and the
various articles it contained openly. Wenees
examined the contents of the basket, and the wife
said she bought the brushes at Mr. Hazel's. The
husband did not fthen say anything in expla-
nation, but at the house he said he knew nothing
about them. There were various articles of women's
dress in boxes in the bed room. Witness
took away a pair of woman's boots.—Mr. Whittle
said he made those boots for the wife.—W Wide
Warrey said be was an apprentice to Mr. Hazel. and
he sold neither of the brushes produced either to the
prisoners or any one else on Saturday week. Cross- ,
examined : Did not readiest either of the prisoners,
but thought he had seen the man in the shop before.
They sold a great many brushes, but could not tell
whether he sold any loot week. Could not
remember whether he seld any similar to those
produced the week before last.—Mr. Howard then
addressed the Bench for the husband, contending
that in this ease the conduct of the male prisoner
was wholly that of an innocent man, and that he
possessed one of the best of characters.—
Both the prisoners were than committed fir trial,
the wife on three charges, and the husband on two
charges conjebely with the wife. Bail was accepted
for the husband's appearance at the Sesdons.
Applestion was also made for the wife, bat was
re used —Wm. Winzer, an old offender, was com-
mitted for 7 days for dronlennessot. Saturday night.
Her Majesty the Queen has been gracieuely ',leased
to intimate her intention of presenting 800 of the
female student' of the Schools of Art throughout
the United Eitigdow with tickets of admission to,
the Inteduttientd Eabibitisma, orrAtable 04 any Fri.
dry aqd Socosday.

FESTIVAL or TIIE PARVIH CHOIRS AT DIMES.
—On Wednesday the third festival of the Diocesan
Choral Association was held in he church of SG
Mary's,Devize; Seventeen choirs, uusbeiing nearly
250 singers, were present. The church presented a
most beautiful appearance, being decorated in a very
tasteful manner with the choicest floral productions
of the season. Admittance was by gratuitous ticket,
and at eleven o'clock the church was tilled to over-
flowing, the largest number of those present being
ladies. The mayor and corporation having invited
the bishop to meet them at the Townhall, the proces-
sion formed as follows :—The Diocesan ai District
Secretaries ; twelve of the Westbury Boys, with
their choirmaster, Mr. H. H. Jones ; district choir-
master for Warminster, and twelve of the district
choristers. Then followed the clergy in surplices,
the mayor and corporation in their official robes, with
their mace-bearers, and lastly, the bishop, attended
by his chaplain, the Rev. Chancellor Lear, with the
Rev. W. H. Teale, rector of Devizes. The morning
service was the same as that used at the Wimborne
Festival. The whole of the parts were well given,
and though the larger portion of the singers were
from village choirs, they performed the ',entice in an
admirable manner. The sermon ons preached by
the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, from Pealm :xi., 13 :
"Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength : so
will we sing and praise thy power." His lordship,
in an eloquent sermon, drew the attention of his
hearers to the appropriateueei of the season for the
services in which they were engaged, recommending
to their approval the zealous labours of the Diocesan
Choral Association, in raising the tone and character
of their church maxi; As the conclusion of the ser-
mon the offertory sentences were read by the Bishop,
a collection being made,* hich amounted to £2B 175.;
after which the bishop read the prayer for the church
militant, and concluded with the blessinz. At the
dinner, which took place in the Corn Exchange, the
chair was taken by Earl Nelson ; and there were also
present the Bishop of Salisbury, the Mayor and
Corporation of Devisee, with their ladies, and most
of the gentry present at the morning service. The
sermon at the evening service was preached by the
rector, (the Rev. W. H. Teale), after which the
sum of .£7 9s. Hid. was gathered,which, with £6 10e.
in special donation; and £2B 17s. collected in
the morning, made a total of £42 16s. 8-111.

CONIMITTID TO THIS DORCHESTER GAOL. —SEASiOR., :
James Ed *Ards, stealing timber at Powerstock ;
George Ricketts, assaulting and beating at Lytchet
Matravers. Hard Labour: Edwin Lockyer,
vagrancy at Sturminster, 1 calendar month; Samuel
Cornick and William Cleal, vagrancy at Hook, 1
calendar month ; John Burns, vagrancy at Wey-
mouth,l4 days; Joseph Stanley and Louisa Stanley,
vagrancy
10 at Sixpenny Handley, 1 calendar month;
Smith, vagrancy at ditto, 14 days.—impri•
armament : Thomas Morgan, assault on his wife at
Beaminater, 1 calendar month; John Billows,
damaging house, 10 days.

AGRlCUL'fint&L.—Considerable progress Las been
made by the grain and grass crops during the past fort-
night. and though during that period there has been
leas sunshine than was desirable, there isebeen, up to
Thursday lath very little rain, so that on the stronger
soils an immense improvement has taken plaoe in the
meadows, while the wheat plant is growing up with
greater strength of straw thau at one time appeared
probably. In many places forward fields of wheat are
coming into ear, and everything indicates the ire-
holiday of an early harvest. With dry weather hence-
forward it will assuredly be an abundant one. The
approaching show of the Royal Agricultural Society at
Battersea is operating adversely to the local shove now
commencine. Thus, at 11. e Bath and West of England
Society's meeting at Wells, the entries of stock
considerably less than at previous meetings. Many of
time best breeders of Elevens appear to have reaeri•
themselves for the Metropolitan show. Mr. George
Turner, the well.known breeder of Leicester sheep,
bad several months since written to the Council ex.
pressing his determination not to exhibit soy stock be-
MUM) corns of his sheep had been disqualified at &former
meeting as having been "unfairly shorn:" and be rho
objected to the competency of the judges. Now,
rightly or wrongly, there has been a good deal of
complaint that some of the sheep exhibited at the
various shows are to a considerable extent made to
appear in better fonts by means f shearing than their
natural shapes justife, and the directors and judges of
the shows are quite right in checking such practices.
But the question is, does not the prise system tend to
produce such tricks, and ought not the judges simply
to pass over animals unfairly trimmed without remark?
It seems that only one of Mr. Turner'. rams was im-
properly trimmed, and he complains that all should
have been therefore disqualified. Butt name the plan
adopted be to pass over without lieges any unfairly
trimmed sheep, can the Council be wrong in dis-
qualifying all the stock of an individual who has—or
whose servant has—attempted to obtain a pris un-
fairly? If the matter is to be dealt with as penal, is not
the proper punishment complete disqualifiuttion of the
offending exhibitor? At the dinner, which was
attended by three hundred persona, Lord Portman re-
ferred to the cereals and legumes shown by British
exhibitors at the Great Exhibition as being" neither
well shown nor good in quality." And he blamed the
Boyd l Agricultural Society for so exclusively devoting
attention to the breed of animal% and the improvment
of implements!, to the neglect of cereals as objects of
competitive exhibition. He mentioned that the best
oats shown came front Nova Scotia, that wheat upwards
of 68 lbs er bushel came from Australia, well prepared
for the mill, and that the best flour alio came from
Australia. With regard to the weight and quality of
mite and wheat, may hot climate have had much to do
with the mutter? It was, however, well suggested
that seed oats from Nova Scotia inight be tried, se well
as seed wheat from Australia. We hear that Victorian
wheat distributed by the Horticultural Society is now
in the course of trial by 1 fanners, and that at
present it appears likely to ripen much earlier than our
native grown corn. The beaus and peas from Brazil
were also mentioned by Lord Portman, who said he hail
planted some of them in his garden. Such remarks and
suggestions turn the International Exhibition to good
account.—Economist.

WEYMOUTH.—VESTRY MEETIC/O.—A vestry
meeting was held at the vestry room, Melcomhe
Kepis, on Friday, for the purpose of receiving the
Auditors report of the Bunal Board amounts. Mr.
J. .11: Talbot occupied the chair. The receipts
were : —By overseers, £357 7s. 6.1.; by fees for
interments, 'to., £lO4 7a. 9d., making a total of
£461 15s. 3d.; expenditure by salaries, repairs, Lc.,
£l7O 13s 9.1. ; interest on mortgage, £l6O 11.. 1.1.;
twentieth part of principal advanced, £217 10s. ;
total £548 14e. 10d. The increase in the expen-
diture was said to have been caused by the amount
laid out in the necessary repair of the road. A vote
of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
needing..
WILL 07 COL. SIR. W. L. FRIGIDITY:IN.—The will of
Colonel Sir William Lockyer Freestun, K.C.T., of
Belvidere, Weymouth, and of Oloucesterraquare,
London, was proved in the principal registry,
on the 23rd nit, by his relict, Jueefa Benito Lady
Freestnn, sole executrix. The testator, who only
attained to his tiftv-eighth year, died at his town
residince in April last, having made his will the
month preceding, which is very brief, and disposes
of the property, real and personal, principally to his
relict. There is a singular bequest to Lord Pal-
merston of a watch and appendages, worn by Sir
William (the testator), and which he (Sir William)
requests that his lordship will do him the honour to
accept. To his faithful nurse be leaves a legacy of
£3OO, and a liberal bequest to another servant. The
testator bas also commended to the kind con-
sideration of his relict his brother Charles, ',raiding
in Tasmania, and the widow of his brother Edward,
of Western Australia.

COUNTY COURT.—His Honor, Judge Everett, Esq.,
held his monthly sitting here on Thursday last.
There was about an average number of eases set
' down for hearing. but some of the most important
were settled out of cnurt. Among the cases beard
were Neale v. Penford.-Mr Howard appeared for the
plaintiff. The defendant, • traveller, was
driving furiously along the Chickerell road, when he
I met the plaintiff driving a cow, and it was alleged
that owing to the defendant's carelessness and reek-
less conduct, the vehicle cattle in contact with the
cow, and the animal was thereby injured to the
, anaount of £7. Three Of er We were broken,
and while she formerly gave three gallons of
milk • day, she had since given but one gallon. She
was also in consequence unable to stickle her calf,
and the plaintiff was obliged to sell it for £1 instead
of Ns., which it would have been worth if the
caw had been able to rear it. The defendant was
not present, and his Honor gave judgment for £6
and costa, deducting £1 for the calf from the amount
claimed.--Seppers v. Tredder.—Mr. Howard ap-
peared for the plaintiff, an artist at Oxford, and Mr.
P. Arden for the defendant, • photographer, residing
in St. Mary's-street, Weymouth.—The claim was for
£lB 6s. 11d., being the balance of £37 9s. 6d., for
labour done. The defendant had paid plaintiff £7;
he also claimed a set-off of £3 4s. 6d., and paid
7s. 64. into conrt. According to statement for the
plaintiff, it appeared that he first became acquainted
with defendant in September, 1859, when he showed
him some pictures, painted on a new system, which
defendant greatly admired, and gave bun so order
to print for him a photograph of • group of dogs.
Nothing was said about the price, and defendant
gays him 15s. for the picture when he had oom-
pleted it. He then went to Oxford, and defendant
sent some photographs for him to paint as smi-
mans. He gave defendant a list of prices, voMela
ranged from 10s. 6d. to £3 per picture, according to
sire and finish. The pictures were charged as
follows ;—A naval officer in uniform, 10e. &L ; a
dissenting minister, £1 Is. ; a young lady with a
violet dress, £1 10. These amounts were paid
through the post. Subsequently there arrived the
portrait of Mr. Raster, in a locket, and
several others. The painting of Mr. Baxter was £2,
and the whole bill amounted to £l5. Defendant
expressed himself satisfied with the style and finish
of the paintings, and sent kim £7, stating that at
that time Weymouth was frightfully dull, and that
he would have to go to the Union next winter.
Subsequently other work was done, and charged for
as per list of prices he had given Mr. Treclaler.
The defence was that the charges were exorbitant,
that the eolours faded, and that several had liatl to
be retnrned to he repainted. The set-off was for
enlarging a portrait of the Prince of Wales, and
taking a nertive from the enlarged picture for the
defendant, and he considered that this, with the
money paid, was ample to satisfy the just claims of
the defendant. Bouts letters were produced in
promised to pay tbe amount
court, I*whichthe defendant, although he cony.
plained of overebarge
elitimed!. isd his aose'r pve4advaost soosrdissly.

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A PORTLAND:=3IItII2CaIiii nierriiirrittcou
lin inquest was bold at the Prince of Wales Inn,
a fore F. C. Stegall, Esq., coroner for Portland, on
Thursday, on the body of Alfred William Cox,
aged 14 years and 2 months, a cadet on board the
Britannia Trainingship.—Alexander William Ogelvy,
13, said lie was a cadet on board the Britannia. On
Wednesday he went birds' nesting with another
cadet named Maitland, and whilst they were
rambling about tho island they met the decoased
and another cadet named LovelL They joined
cempany, and about 30 yards from the upper
lighthouse he (Ogelvy) saw a gull's nest containing
three eggs. It was on the ledge of a rock, jotting
over the precipice' about three yards down. Ho
tried to get the egge, but failed, and
they were going away when deceased
said he should like to try. He took hold of wit-
ness's band and leaned over, and witness sat on the
ledge. Suddenly he heard a cry, and on looking
over raw the deceased falling on the stones beneath.
Maitland and Lovell ran to get help, and returned
with some men, who told them to run down for the
doctor, and they would bring deceased round to the
Chesil beach. —William Stanhope Lovell, 13, said
he accompanied the deceased from the ship about
half-past two o'clock, and after a short time met
Ogelvy and Maitlaud close to the quarries near Dr.
Brodribb's house. Ogelvy and himself had Already
found a nest, and as they *ere going along the cliff
near the lighthouse Ogelvy found another. Ogelvy
tried to get it, but failed, and as they were about to
depart deceased said he would try, and asked
Ogelvy to give him his hand. They endeavoured to
persuade deceased not to try, but he persisted. Wit-
ness saw 04elvy give deceased his hand, and heard
Ogelvy say, "Oh .! he's gone." He also heard de-
ceased shriek, but did not see the accident. —Edward
Jennings, coastguardsman, said that on Iwing told
by the light keeper that deceased had fallen over,
be went with the cadets to the cliff, and, looking
over, saw the body lying below. He then went to.
place where be could descend, and went down. A
fishing boat was off the shore and he hailed it. It
came in, and he put deceased's body in the boat and
took it to the Chesil beach, and it was after-
ward. conveyed to the cadet hospital. The
deceased was quite dead when he got there;
and must have fallen 120 or 130 feet, The
cliff was nearly perpendicular, but slightly overhung
at the top. It was about five or Us minutes from
the time that he first heard of the accident till be
arrived where the body lay. A consultation arose ,
whether any further evidence should be milled, when
it appeared frem a statement made by Dr. Brunner, ,
the surgeon of the cadet hospital, that deceased bad
sustained a fracture of the right leg and thigh, and a
compound fracture of the left leg, and that the
injury received by the fall was quite sufficient to
account for death. It was therefore decided
not to call any more witnesses, and the jury returned
a verdict of "Accidental Death." The melancholy air-
enmetance created considerable gloom in Portland.
and it was Paid that not leas than thres persons bad
met with a similar fate under like circumstances at
the same spot within the hurt 20 years. The deceased
was the son of the Rev. It. Cox, of TincknaU, near
Derby, and we understand that about two years ago
an elder brother of the deceased met a similar death
while attempting to ascend Mont Blanc. '
SHOOTING A SWAN.—Three cadets belentng to
H.M.B Britannia, were on Wednesday, the 4t inst.,
charged before R. H. Seatfieki and 8. Meade, Esqrs.,
with maliciously and wilfully shooting a swan, the
property of the Earl of Ilekester.- -Mr. Baskett, of
Eversholl appeared to prefer the charge, and
Mr. Ho .yard appeared for the defence.--Mr. Howard,
ti save the time of the court, admitted the offence.
The defendants were out shooting at Fleet, and
killed a swan. They had been accustomed to shoot
swans on the river Shannon without any notice
being taken of their proceedings, and it was entirely
through inadvertence, not wilfulness, that they
oommitted the offence with which they were charged.
—Mr. Baskett said that in consequence of the shirt
time the Britannia had been in the Portland Roads
he would not press the charge of wilfully destroying
the bird, but he wished it to be distinctly under-
stood that the swannery at Abbotshury was private
property, and that by shooting this bird the pri-
soners had destroyed half a dozen cygneta. —The
Bench thought the case should not be regarded as a
felony, but simply as one of unlawful injury; and
suggested that notices should be exhibited, caution-
ing strangers against trespassing on his lord-
ship's property. Mr. Baskett said that the cir-
cumstance had from time to time been made known
as publicly as possible. A abort time since two men
were convicted of killing a swan, and sent to Dor-
cheeter. Gard for two months. The case appeared in
all the local papers. [This was gratuitous advertising.)
The Bench thought that the exigencies of the present
case would be met by the defendants being fined
ft, including tarots and the value of the bird; and
they hoped it would act as a caution to others not
to trespass on his lordship's property in future.
MINAGULOON ENCA.PIC. -On Friday, two horses
belonging to Messrs. Devenish and Co., of Wey-
mouth, took fright on rounding the corner of the hill
near the petrified tree. From particulars that have
reached us, it appears that a wagon with two hones
had come to Portland with beer, porter, tee.' and on
its return the shaft horse,
_which is in theahalrit of
shying, took frigbfat the foot of the hill, forcing the
rchF wt Fortunes' a Well,man
other horse to a gallop, and at this tremendous pace
until it
reached st
erred.tJohn's the
whole of
ort
gallantly
vas lit the horse., and by sheer strength stopped
t. g r career, and allowed the driver who lied fallen
amongst the empty casks to regain his position.
This did not finish the proceedings, for the harness
beirig repaired and the horse put to the wagon, the
driver led it down the hill, but had not proceeded
far when it actin took fright and became very
restive. The man, however, held on for some time
and guided the horse down the trill, and probably
would have subdued the animal had not the shaft of
the wagon broke, when the driver was knocked
down and the wagon passed over him, but we are
happy to say without doing serious injury. The man
was taken to the Victoria Ladge Inn, where here.
relived every attention, and was able to reach his
home in the evening. The home was led into Way.
mouth, —Journal.

FATAL ACCIDENT )3Y DROWNING.-00 Friday an
accident occurred by the upsetting of a boat, by
which two sailors belonging to the "Pitt," coal bulk,
were drowned. According, to the information we
have received it appears that Phillips, one of the
unfortunate men drowned, who lost his wife some
time ago, had had a holiday to go to Portsmouth to
see his children, and that he returned in accordance
with his leave of absence on Friday. On that day
two of his shipmates, after landing a young man at
Portland, went over to Weymouth to fetch Phillips
to the Pitt, and they had come up alongside of that
vessel, and a rope had been thrown them, when a
sudden squall of wind sprang up, and veered the
vessel round and capsized it, causing them to let go
their hold of the rope. One of the men sprang out,
and caught hold of the rope again and was saved, at
the same time calling out to his two companions to
follow him, but they went down with the boat.
Phillips has left three orphan children, and the other
poor fellow who meta watery grave has left a widow
and five children to lament their lose. The bodice,
have not yet been found.

Aceinenv.—A few days since one of the cadets on
board Her Majesty's training ship Britannia received
some very severe injuries by falling from the rigging.
It appears that he went up the rope ladder with one
of his bands in his pocket, and afterwards endea-
voured to step from one part of the rigging to
another with both hands in his pockets, and the
result was be overbalanced himself and fell.
MISREPRESENTATIONS OF TI IE TIMES.--Mhe Time,
newspaper embraces every opportunity of misrepre-
senting the real state of afEtirs resprting the fitness
of Portland as a station for a teaming ship for the
cadets. Speaking of the late unfortunate accident
to one of the youths who fell over the cliff last week,
eirenmstance,nlio none regret more than the
Portlanders themselves, the Time. offers the follow-
ing, in many instances,incorrect and Unjust remarks:
"This sad accident illustmtes one of the greatest
watita of the Britannia—a playground on shore for
the cadets when releeoed from their duties on
board. Under present circumstances they can only
land from the ship and return at hours convenient
to the steamer engaged to convey them backward,
and forward,. When an shore the cadets, who
have five or six hours to spend, will stroll among the
quarries and cliffs of the island of Portland, where
natural love of adventere constantly en pones them to
accident, or stroll through the streets of Weymouth,
where they are tempted to spend money foolishly.
Two projects were some time ago entertained to
remedy this want of means of recreation. The Eury-
dice, sailing frigate, WM partly rigged and fitted as
a seagoing training tender to the Britannic; and the
War Department and the Admiralty were in treaty
with each other for the appointment of the marine
seat lately belongingto Lard Aehburton as a college
for the cadets. But both schemes have been aban-
doned. Meanwhile the Britannia remains without
the means of supplying recreation for the cadets
after the hours of study portioned' by the poorest
school. The vessel lies at an anchorage unusually
distant, and since her stay there has shown a sick
list of twenty per cent, greater than during any
period sines her commission. Many of these re-
marks sic so absurd that they carry with them their
own refutation.
CERNE.—Patmentx Am Somery.—The annual
financial statement of this society, extending from
22nd May, 1861, to 31st May, 1862, has just been
issued. From it we gather that the society is now
in the twenty-first year of it, existence, and the
present number of members 130, being an increase
of 24 on the preceding year. The reeta show cash
in Saving's Rank at the c••mmentiement of the year,
£l6O 4s. 44d.; amount in box from last year,
£l2 19s. 7d.; donations received, £2 16,.; con-
tributions, £B3 14e. 6d., making a total of
£259 14s. Ind. On the opposite side we find the
actual disbursements to be only £54 As. 7d., in-
cluding sick pay to the extent of 46 196., and
funeral money, £l6 Ms,; paid into bank on account
of society, £4O • balance, £165 Ba. lOU., making •
grand total of £25.9 14e. aid. The amount of funds
available on 30et May, 1402, for the use of the
society, was £2lO Bs. 90. being €37 4a 944, more
than on the previous stock Writ 14 members
have received areiatanoe during • year. varying
from 1 4o 40 119441 peri si. ociphor 1444 she

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latter reoeiving nearly one half of the whole of tbe
relief awarded for sickness. Two members appear
to bine died in the year, the representative ia
one instance receiving £5 84., in the other £5, for
funeral expenses, and the widows in addition, £3
each. We were much pleased with the form of the
balance sheet, which is so explicit Wit one with
even a scanty education can understand it. Setae
that we have been called upon to peruse would he
the intellectual capacities of London accountant to
know what they really meant to convey. Mr. Jolla
Morley, the secretary, and the executive of the
society, deserve praise.
WAREHAM. —C' urn COURT, June &IL—Before
Edward Eterett, Esq., Judge.—There were several
original plaints and judgment summonses entered with
the registrar for amounts ranging from 2a. Ai. to Pm,
many of which were disposed of out of court.--Of those
heard two only possessed any interest, via, Boor
Elearley. This cage had been adjourned twice, Tha
question was whether the pa) meat of £1 made oo 6h.
WM January, 1856. was sufficient to take the ease mit
of the statute of limitations, the plaint being entered ea
the 22nd January, 1862.—His Amor delivered aa
elaborate judgment,and referred to several ewes decided
by the fudges of he eerier merts, particularly That
of Webb v. Fairmanet 18, Law Journal Richesew
Reports, page 140, which established the principle that
the day of payment was to be excluded from the reales-
bitten of the six years ; consequently, that as the plaint
was entered on the 22nd January, hie, this was by en,
day within the six years from the lad iseyrnant es the
23rd January, 1850.—Judgment for plaintiff fee feu
amount of claim, P2l la. Li., with costs, to be paid
by invte/ments at £1 per month.—Jane Ghanian!,
administratrix of Moses Churchill, deceased. e. Parker.
—This was an action brought to recover the sum of EU
its. 21., for beer sapplied to men working in the neigh-
bouring clay pits, for which defendant had made himself
, answerable, he being their foremen.—This case occupied
some time. It appeared from the evidence that the
defendant bad been in the habit of paying .n acceunt
money from time to time collected from the niee who
drank beer on his amount. —His Honor minutely os.
tered into the case and gave judgment for £l3 14‘. AL,
with the witness's, and advocate's costa, to be paid by
instalments of 10s. per month and strongly remarked
anon the system of supplying goer upon credit as dis-
closed by the evidence. —Er. Treveren, of the Ana of
Phippard awl Treveren, appeared for plaintiff.
STHRMHIETER MARSHALL —lftax.-0a
Saturday afternoon fire was discovered in thb back
room of a house, in the occupation of Mr. lase Legg.
It is supposed that • spark from the five must have
ignited some things near. Plenty of assistance
being at band, the flames were soon extinguished
without doing any damage, excepting to the room
where it originated.
OSA RMOVI TH.—On Thursday evening last,
Henry Edmonvh Norris, Esq. and his bride returned
from their wedding tour. Tho church bells rang
merrily on the occasion, and every nianifestatineof
pleasure was displayed to welcome their return.
Mr. Norris is one of the most kind-bearted men in
the kingdom, and its. impossible te find words to
express the esteem in which be it held by the in..
habitants of Charmouth.