The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-24 00:00:00

SALVAGI CASK.

Joseph Crocker, of the New Qoay, Cumin% master
of the schooner William Martin. of Pad.tow, v.
William William., of Wvll-etreet. Nevin, Carnarvon-
shire, master and owner of the Catherine and Alice, of
Carnarvon.—Mr. Howard appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. A. H. Lock for tea defendant.— Mr. Ayles
and Captain Pitt appeared a. mopes .re.—Mr. Howard
said the opp.stion w mid rowdy. itwelf Into more •
question of value than an.thins C 1... Re gave • brief
outline of the osse. The William Martin, of Pa Into.,
was os /ler voyage from the corth, and when off 84.
Alban'. Head Me observed something strange about
• reseal sons throe oe four talks away. As fir a• the
Illebilleould Jodie there was somothhe wrong. and

DASICRUITCY.

lit Greenwood.-111. lioward informed his Honour
he and Mr. Davies had come to term.. They ilai
agreed upon the amount to be prove 1, and the only
questiou was as to the .ete; bat as Mr. Usti.' wee nut
bore h. would rather not discuss it In his absence.

A IJOUBTF CLAI.V.

Uthard Sampson, Peasetene, Dorchester, butcher. v.
Joieph I:humid:tour. Wrackirord. —Clam 1.10 10t.
fur lour sheep.—Hr. West n for the defradaut,
seal his client was a farmer, awl the plaintiff was •
, road butcher attending the different fairs. He had
been in the habit of keeping sheep in the 4sfeadont'e
ground. Is 1879 defeedsat made out &bill of St lin 64.
for the keep of warp. At the tune there were
four remaining sheep. rlalattiff tendered • cheque
for the amount, but before defendant liss the sheep go
he we. careful to esiq Qin am to the cheque being all
right. Plaintiff rid •• You may depend upsn it, it Is
all right." Upon that he let the four their go. Upon
the cheque being .resealed at the bank it was dis-
honoured, piratiff not having hod an amount for •
long time. Defendant thiri went and took the sheep
away by lidos. He did nut deny be toh away the
sheep, and he poll gd as the ralueut them. He pleaded
the set na of El 18s. 81., the amount of the cheque.
Two of the sheep died immediarly afterward. and
two were sold. Defraud rid in the year 1879 be wee
renting Frome Whitfield farm, and was in the habit of
tatting in to feed Sampson's sheep. Tb• four sheep
were brought with a number of others. They were
inferior sheep, and plaintiff told bim they cost about
15. each. From his knowledge se • farmer he should
any it was quite as much AA 1., obould give.—Mr. John
Aplio Traver., clerk to Mr. Gorge Kneor, said foe
the leit 13 years he hod wed greener* of the sale of
sheep every week. He had frequently seen Sthipeou'e
ilium" on eburckhour's faun. Plaintiff', sheep were
utterly worthier. He wool loot hare them if &MAU gave
him • hundred of them ; they were chiliad iambi.—
Crosthexamlued by plaintiff t He did nut notice the
four sheep in question specially, but he had newer
then anything of any good belonging to the plaintiff
on Churchhousens farm in hie 111,, —llia Honour
said it was • doubtful case, an I he gave • wordlist
for the defendant without costs.

It appeared eh* bad been abandoned. Owing to the THE COMMON LAND QUESTION.
state of the ma at the time, it wee very dangerous for
him to get to the ye,,,sl. but dim a time be determined i Memivu_. Wallis and Nludte returned from L •n•lon
on NI ,aday, where they ex wrienc. I. we under-tan-1. ta t•••ch • b". tie then Put two men on boar .1 and
muc:i sympatay in their •tskin.r. Mr. Bi k-tt,
rigged up another pump, kept the water down aol thus
of Ito firm of Horns and B ritet . who were succesafol
saved lb* veinal. If be had not Liilen in with her at • regaining Moping Forest for toe public, will lie
this UOlll she must must 111000 have g Ini to the bottom. ii
'Weymouth during this 'Fmk t • c •Ilea evi•lebee
but by his .kill and care the ship was saved.
re ting the pending trial. Mr. Wallis Nato h• is
A steamer c.w.o.' up, an I after some degree of difficulty
di:tern-lined to sacrifice every gheh t • ...rry
took the vowel in tow, but elle would not do it for lees
this question to an lieu. and even threaten. to
than 4224, which the captain agreed to pay. ,
this the captain bed to pay • c •o.iler able aura for —property.
extra service', and paid altogether about £5O out of
[Locket. He brought her with bee car,zo ot coals into
Weymouth Harbour, and he now claimed salvage.—
Mr. Luck said be quite admitted the salvage, and be
thought it would really come to • question as to the
value of the ship not the cargo that was saved, and
the ainGunt of services rendered. He could not, how-
ever, quite agree it was • derelict, because the cap-
tain afttt he gut to Swanage went out sod tried to save
her. lie wisted to aimplify matters as much as posei-
ble.—iiis 11••nour enquire I what was the cargo, and
Mr. *lower] replied 147 tons •dr good household coal,
worth a El a too.—Hie Honour queationed if it would
fetch that—Mr. Howard : I am payitg 21.. at in. and
I am not taken in ae • coke. (Lau,ghter.)—His
Honour remarked it depended on UM quality of the
coal.—Aa to the value of the ship, Mr. flossed said
she wee insured in the sum of £450, and he was satis-
fied from the respectability a the people c snow:Led
with the derelict, that she was rattier under-Insured
than over. Taking everything together they salved
kWh worth of property. 11e produced the °lb.:tat
deposition of the master of the ship showing the vassal
was Mewed for I:4:4.—After • siLcutsiun on the legal
poiote eft or case, an arrangement was come to between
the parties, and his lioaour entered ju 14ment for
the plaintiff to receive a third of the net proceed* of
the sale of the vessel and cargo, an 1 E2O for the
steamer.

To tAs Editor.

•
Lest Sir,—A report has been freely circulated in
Use town by sums ill-dimpsuid pains or persone that
pecuniary assistance hem been ren4lred us by out
respected tuember, Henry Edwards, Feq., so as to .
suable U 4 to carry on the aciisu now pea ling as to
It. t tern ridire bstween Sir Frederic J thnet ins '
vcrsus Wallis an I ludge, It woull base been wiser
if the urigivat,r of this rep trt hal considered what
ellsct men informal on woul I hare ou ttte gen•tral
public. If mien hut as a hoax it has Idle I. If
intended to inj ire our cause or tI2O gent euau whom
the whole to so deeply r•spects, we feel c.rtsiu the
insertion ot this let 'sr will amme lists!, eralkste any
false impressions from the =tads of all rightthinking
persona. We h••• taco in London a week no this
businsas, mid s tlemaly declare that we base not seen,
or heard anything ul H. Edwards, Esq., the senior
member for Weymouth, during our stay there, neither
have we sinus our return. We baits not at any time
solicliel hslp from biol. When at Weymouth Its
was int-ruled the petition when was preparing for
' preeeLt.44lol2 to the U use of C lumen. would Out
be given t him to prtment, as we were 0X1110404 of ta
engender any between lita cdleagus and him-
self. Ws feel we have • hard matt sr lie hand, dealing
with one C.l wealthy, but are fortiliel by knowing
that we are conteuilitiria • tight cause, and supported
by the good wishes of the in ij trity of nor fellow
townsmen, and the sympathy of the coon:), at I true.
Haring secure! the able *et ~,, .. of Messrs. Horne
and itirkett, woo n n itily t .ught the Ep,ting Forest
case, and bithistit it to • stuaniesful i.eu.t, we trust
each will be the resuit i.e this action. tier LUUttO is
G.l defend the right.---Youra faithfully,
WALLIS A s
2, Newberrytterrace, Weym tuth.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

A. eery lerge meeting wee held iu the Armeely
Rooms at the Burden elueel on 'Tuesday levee-
ing, an a mneetion with the Weymouth branch
of the Clutch of England Temperauce Society.
The Key. Canon Stephenaen preeided, bud aumeg
them me the platform with him were the lily. Cele...
Jambe, of Ports's, Mr. Wiles, barristereat-lew, Rees.
J. H. Scott, Kennedy, Owen Meuse', and Churchill,
Celooel Marshall, Ur. Lush, Mr. Tbissltun, itc.
After singing the hymn " Work, for the eight ii
evening," the hey. J. H. Score ..ffered up prayer.
Tbe Clialanall, in opening the meeting, said he was
eery auxems that It should not be prolonged to • late
hour, as be knew some of their Lionel' had to catch •
train, and he dmared for them to heat as much on
peeeible bolero they left. lie locked upon the taking
of the pledges a. uot the least impis taut part of th .re
meetings, and he hoped they weuel letv• e •reat many
of their trimods coinnag forwaid to j is Linus. I here
were *owe who were oeuverted, MAYO half cenvertee,
and others who uad not quite al ••I0 up their mini..
but were willing to be iuetructed, and it was this
letter clam to particular that be oeed to a itircee. lie
awe liked to 'peen sometimes to thoee who were cee-
verted, mid he prayed (led would bless them. Ile
liked to help make a convert, and he di I like
&Moreno" if °Plutons expreme I et their meetin.s,
rather than they should be hum-druin and euintereet-
tug. He did uut kn .w of any 'matinee which were
su eatieusiaetie ea the temperate, meetings, al. I he
hoped at the clime they would I,•re friemds coming
forward to join them, and to • h .w that the quakere
had couvieced them, and that they were willing to
take the pledge. Their, was the tem.ch .1 Eneland
Temperance Society, and they hal two kneed of
pledgee—they could pledge t hem.' v. as t t al e b 'teener.
and they could pledge themseleee a. w.,tkerA in the
cause. The latter body was not t.i be de-plee I by
than; he liked it, and he advoeetei, wheteever be
ceuld, the j icing of this moderate secti 0,, as he
wanted to get everybody intereete I in the gri at work.
It was Beet interest that they caute.l at the preset.t
time, and he said to them—" Friends, it y..ni can't
awe the whole way with no, cone as far se you can."
He generally found before long that 'bode oho j 'Wed
the moderate section soon become enchanted with the
thing, ant that they tedd not et ,p *hurt of bec wing
total abetainera (Appiauee.) lie woluomril the
soldiers there that night. (Aeplause.) They beauti-
bee the room—(laughter)—and it oho .ed fleet t-toper-
ance was growing in tee army. (.tpplause.)
letemper wee h ed been one .1 tee *deice.' g.eatest
fees. but he hoped the dey wee comiee when
intemperance would be the excepti is aed temperance
the rule in the army. (Appieuw.) lie wee
to awe officere there that 'debt ..n the pletf • in, men
who occupied imp .rtaut incite .ne in the a.tuy, aid
he did n•,t knew of ally c i.e where to.. euldier
deserted his offieer, sue he beiseve,l if the officere led
in the great work it wool.' not ~, ion, before the
men would follow. (Appla.p.e.) led wa, plemed to
me the Cool Tempi.. there that evening, and to
find that they were willing to come f erward and help
in the work. They did not always agree, but he
thought their presence shovel that they were
desirous f working aide by !ids with the Culled' of
Eastland I emp. rano. Society, lie del thank lied
that the work was progressing, not so rapi ily
time., perhaps, a. they decked, but still it w t. going
•head. 'rim rev gentleman, list mo:usion, a'iude.l to
• circular he he.l receive.] been the Ugh.. .By of
Cambridge, setting forth that the . dee ,ct, fer prayer
was that the ceescieuce might be ewakene.l t, a a 13. e of
duty, especially as regards drinking on the L rd • Day,
sad said that was just what he felt to he it, all
important, awl he prayed that God woule great that
the Christian men of thee country, and that the Chris.
Ban men of that Useiversity may be awakened to the
Importance of the cause. (lewd applause.)
Mr. Witila then • eireseed the meeting. lie :nee.,
rather an eloquent discourse in ^Weeding the canoe,
quotations being censtanely hare Inc" I, but hit sp., ch
lust some of It. effect through the voice befog dropped
at time., when his sentences were almoet ineudible.
The learue I barrister is • surnewla it ohs-it but *vie:-
looking gentleman, and he appeared en the platform
attired in a brown velvet C.hit and • white melee at.
He comneenoed by apoleglaine for c 'wing 210 intl 5 to
speak to them on the subject, *bee it could be so well
rivouited by the chairman an-i the, ar mod bini,
but he came there on the lu•itatioa 11 the trearuer,
aud he remiudel the me tan that" Elegised expided
every man to do hieduty." He esked teen. weobelonge I
to an ahetieenw society to hol.l up their hand., aed
thee request having been c enplied with, the speaker
...premed • hope that at the end of the tueetieg the
obeirame would was these whi wielied to j I. else
society to heel up their handle an I th it then tb y
would es* • great increaae. Th meatier' were
callwi fee instructi en to be imparts i and to lee spree
abroad; they were called tt assist the Ceuich itt
Eeglattel Temperaeo• Society, and t awakeu the
pitelic voice, which was Eegland's meet ueigety law.
Conquer they woule, hut they mu.t first e 'wand. It
was net the battle that would Cr 'Mu o,:,ut the .
congratulated them ou having tho tight man
in the right place as cheirman, and said he never felt
at home at those ineetiegs unless he had either the
vicar or the rector of the pariah on hie right hand.
He was glad to see their paetor among thein, mei he
urged the flock to follow their paetor. They eh 'old
telly round their pastor, and eh eir that the moist
so ,ble emotion of their heart, Christen ey.neathy.
was with the Canrch Enelene Tem;wran, S Welty.
Without sympathy there cut be ne htppineet in tee
netien, and it was Christiae quip .thy whieli bale
them j an the society, *led d wit et Lilo: t o ill tor
it. Another resew why they shill -u,.p rt the
eeciety was that the queen Mal at 1110 heed of the
movement, ant was ever rosily to give • le lying hazel
in all matters whieh were for the good of bee sub) cu.
Her Majesty was, not only • permit to British
,trons, but a model to erowne I heal.. ( topics, )
If they desire I teed she eh mel be vict iri -us over
fereide interns how much 111.111 1110111 it
th she eheuld be victorioue in that het 1., which she
won wagieg erifek. I w I, ...id GI. drink
.1,1 the per et i 311 en I it .0i all oneortant,
therefore. that they shame' feller titer tea .eu in this
great undertaking. S .mesael the team trance 0.11110
Wail • woman's cause, and if that were se then it mu-t
be a e.es• ago, for 1 tot la I 113itre I the one to
the other. Women ruled the de.tin es of the nati .e,
and it bad pleased G ti mike VI, in th • t net. e of
man's etrengeet em 'lion. and City ,n ! •:I what
they were themselvee. The op alter then went on to
allude to the terrilee prependties of w t .eink
tI exam, atel sell that a friend tel I 1.1 ii that the
majority of the caws in his c tort were those of chair.
of ,Irunkennew egainet women- How terrible it would be
to find that their mothers or their. sietare were tiring way
to this vice, and he believed if women did, the great.
no'. of England se a nation would 1.013 b., on tee
wane Ile divided the imam into three eectiens—
tee erunkerel, the thee/stoned eronkarel, an I the men
not takes meal or g t , bed with it 13ketg
int ticatiee 4.ie10. and he Wet 'twee the et..., which
he said almost made nue Auk, when he 111 eight of
It, of a clergyman, • man highly gated, ut leek
m re upon hinvell than he could c etene wss,h in a
multitalieous pansf,. Beeeles Ii .ving a litre,. pared%
te 1,e,1e after, he uoderto .k the rash-cede,. of his
church and to collect in the subwriptione Tee labeler
peeved too much for him, and he said I 1331-11. tate a
littlo. stimulant to help me, and I fro. I ,hell be
atee to overcome it." He (the el, eke.) errel him not
t An .0, but be mei he woold only take a little. The
Ii et year he teok • little, the next pole' ha to de noch,
• , he third Tear the gilled man wit-, hail he p ,wer
of pr, tithing God's wor I died in an modem. After
elle deg to Noah, whom fill wet duet hie fir. 9. wee
a v eyare and then drinking of the wit,. M.. We :e
ror.e'dled be reminding his hearers that f he work of
I the Church of England Temperance Sod .er wae not
one.- ler the present but fee eternity, ni ly r man
out for God, and he urged them to rally reeled the
chairman and to j 'in the Society by lakilig the
pledee.
I Coney Jews said he wee very glad to irar that
' ineeti. woe • united one of the thr e tee.pereuee
I moo menu In the town, lie had doe I on pletforme
I with people, who but ter thio movement would never
have been known to him, and be felt very thankful
I for having made their acquaintance lie would rp-ak
to them that night se • bard.workieg tewn clergy.
I men, se one to whom the work in • very large parish
beet been committed, and one to whom experleocil
I bad taught those oonclusione whieh he had arrived at.
I He spoke of drink as • weed, and side it eeemed to
liourWb on all soils. If they went into the poorest
neighbenrhood where the people ha I little t t spend is
luxuries, they would there find the greatest cumber of
publichowse. They always found tbst drnekenness
'doted to • greater extent at places which were
remote from public opinion. He ha.l travelled in
India, arid knew .1 cases where e otif g mon were
unable to keep from the vec of drink, leicauee they
were removed from public opinion. le America, at • ~
place wbieh won ell the railway, ant where
public oploion could not chide the young, be .w them I
drioking and playing billiards on a Sunday, and he I
warned hls hearers not to send their eon. abroad into I
remote colonies. He knew of a young man who was I
addicted to Mak, and his Moods mot lam to tho

worm plies they c .1111—to Ammo. Whilst there he
tatn°4 "nt 131 lig rden for dearkenome. but
• friend t.kint: pity •oi him, bad him to be ft mat.
There be became eff.4l a druhkard that other acme.
saotation 1,1 to 1.. .1 t for
.04 b^ grew
worse n, .1 w• es ~ a... 1 1.4 they mad his peas um ant
✓ent him boo, v.. Eng.... 1 The veil was • • ciol
on an th.• op ak, ••• u el tot... ru•tnin 4 frnmda
drinkt...: to:.tii r to c.dearate their ni-rein:, • d ^aid
at I •nee..l. the•ar•es were mese. of •11' vok tloo.",•
lie Lad th. n at • homer and at ended o in.n is hi.
le.• file es, on I wit .in two hours of h • 'I" 'lb eb •
aroma. wi h wham h • live-1, and another OM) who eras
tbe h•nule. to. t • dri..king. When the nodertaker
cause with the colha be had to put I, through the
widow, hec me. th • wotnen were dead drunk, an lb.
o vald not get Info the haute,. The revering:lemon also
deprecat ..1 tte custom .4 doing busing" over drink,
and remarkel t tat he lute. • mut who mid he c .uld
out .1. hie l.u.in e. ex, .v.• in a public•boum. hot who
&ker.'. de hem um. cci ab Woof., and I tand that his
lin•ingtie Mermaid CO. curteacP. H. ask'd
beater. if thee 'ref • • 'are of the fiat .t the eg..to
of the railer .7 cowbird-. w.-re in the be it of me, ling
the r. preeentativm of the Mg drum over the sherry
bottle for the purpose of .1 ing busbies+ with them,
and • aid the .1i octets did lot know of the
they were making erre'clied throtteli the practice, hut
h.., a. one who ba 1 work .11.• a Guidon parish, could
ten them of the conetituti• as that were undermined
through it. They h• I a •111... tow vele each other to
perf...m. and ti.,e compelled a eelf-e.crifi..- which,
p ..hane, they did tot at brat C • template. Am hi.
friend who bad preceded hio, remarked. total
ohm:sere were the men who j0:n..1 the moderate
aeeti..., end he considers 1 nothing c have been
%O'er than Om deci.l to start the ...wilt, on the
thle basis In order that all might help in the cause.
Told was Pugh:lent to vindicate their tight aa • wild y.
titer alluding to echmillellows of hi. and men at
Ostird wit.) bad c mete an early grave through giving
way to th temptatl in he said the remedy was to
begin it the by snakier their n 14111.01
a...tabbies. He often found that the pub+. Ire
dellritel that their children Mould belong to Lg.., Rot.
oi Hope. Why wim that? Beam.' they mere in
Im inset and did not know howls get at of it. They
were temente, were fathers, and did not want their
••bil.lren to come Into the same trade ir t • come inn
ten. t .n. and I, thee. (ore 1.41 to t'•...• pree.ht.
• Fele, foll ,o •he t nblican• i Ho ...e.l hie
c diversion t. • vitae merit .• v, oh ..tipplie.l a Pend -
-nl,rand Ori.nt haat. on sta. I. h• e. a a pa-winger
for flee -In w eh.. tii • li. c4r•, it W:.5 b ;
h, his clmmi.. doe, d hat WWI bud ed.o. At ,
last he .0.1 c• I water en 1 ik.,l d • . that he
hal been a w•kler drink•-r en AOC . ( Alb If
tire.ent • °old fly my to .10 the •••in • he w.•
sure they weull not r.grot it He 611 red they wall
adinnwei,.. ch. pow. r •I awn, a. • on tbri•.• If they
to le it a. •tich, •...1 net •• • li•s ersge. Alec remark-
ing that the weed of .ntadap ran..- enooureged other
weeds, immorality, /tn. t • grow with It, he 0.11 he
di I net ko.lir of any mom not t which our.
to the symp .thy ..f the public tl, a the t 111.ArAlle•
movement. It we. • movement ble-eel try 1.1..1.
and he urge 1 al to take part in the battle.
He ahn •1•1 nt ha e lak,n gip the Ile•veinci•• a. he bad,
had he not found that thPre was no evil .o eat we
intemperance, aol now oh ble..ed ae the tern( er•
mice work. Spoiling of Sii.olev Ii cigar, the rev.
gentleman aai i• w • inovemeht which the working
clahnis thetn..le, wee 'tipper and for whtrb
th y were miring legielatt n. .• ,elerring to • in. et-
ing in In c 11.11, where the 1.4. an fia gm,
whoe., death they all en • stated that the
Welsh Sotolay I toeing 11.1 i • s In ought f rwar•l by
th • workb g m. n. the rev. gentleman anionic led •
Ina and elorpient add', s. by raying they gni- ht lir.t
thiv kit • glacridee tv beg to nhetainp.", hut they
woold s.c n .corn the w .r.l eacrlti et., and wool 1 Lod em,
greater the • ...rifi • • lb. ni .re happy they would be.
The Citainute then thanke.l the epeakers for the
sterling addresse, they had delivered, wad sat t he
would not do a• Mr. Wil le ha g
those inten ling to j •in the society to hold up their
haute, but be tired them with prayer for strength
to put their IMO+ to tho th • temper•vm•
pledge. To y a .nt.d hell.. ....I when he looked at
that gr..egt gute• log he hop It I•e•O pr. wont did meant.
go forth ee Ido what thy • onl 1 W. mouth anti.
the neighhon.hoo I f.m the great reu.e. H h.med
that 0..1 W 031.1 ae lb ..• .m ,e which wer • dark now.
bright through tempe,:ce taking the phce ..1
int,m,erange. end flo th • pi ....a of um/online...
that Solplay would b.t kept th. Lori'o day, mot
ti. .1 her we long they w .al.l hay Sunday in

;;ii otolotiv W.t.th ii*lin:. on I tho unsling
cloo ti with tho bluoliog I,ein pr..uunwoof.