The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

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DORCPIANTaIt, WEYNOVTII, AND eta= LABOUR.
Assoirtarnix. -- The anniveraary of
ena
what has been termed Mr. Porcher'a Society—that
raleaan licing ',minima, and bin adopted son-in-
b'''y secretary -was held at Dorchester, on
Tuesday, in the abeenee of both these gentlemen ;
one, Mr. Porchcr, having been forbidden by his
medieoholemers the excitement Of public speaking.
ther being at the of Musketry at Hythe,
the o
mislaying himself for Ow duties of Captain of the
~cheater Volunteers. The show of vegetables was
Lim' out (41 tables in the market-house, and a finer
&play we have seldom seen. The chief competition
wai in potatoes, which we were glad to tind seer)
urge and of excellent quality - - we may speak
dew' ively on this latter point, for it is a rule of
, petition that a sample of every lot should be
boiled and we saw one lot marked "disqualified.
Da Ladled!" The carrots, parsnips, onions, cab-
bage. peas, broad and French beans, and beet
were 'each well represented, but there was no
competition for the prizes offered for honey. We
sice the awards for the produce exhibited :
the best twenty ('or onions, Charles Way,
Tapundle, 54, ; next best, Ellis House, Tincleton,
; nest ditto, George Spicer, Tolpudille, 25.6t1.
For
the best twenty-four underground onions. Levi
Remelt, Stinsford. 51. ; nest beat, George Derrick,
Milborne. 41. ; next ditto, James Squibb, Stinsford,
2, 6,1. _ For the best dozen of earruts, Sarah Warren,
Tincleton. se. ; next best, William Ricketts, Stine
ford, 4s. ; neat ditto, Hobert Spicer, Tolpuddle.
a. 6,1. —For tile best dozen of parsnips. Charles
Way, Tolpeoldle, 51. ; next best, Emanuel Cross,
Tolpeditle, 4s. ; nezidlitte, James Squibb, Stinsford,
2,. 6,1. For the best half dozen beetroot, John
Baker, Isingbredy, ss. ; next best, William Symonds,
guidon-I 4e—For the best three dozen of French
wise, Levi Russell. Stansford, ss. ; next best,
WiflilDi I'. Ito r, Lesolredy, 4a. ; next ditto, John
paeny, blinterue, 2*. lid.- -For the best three
webers, Joliv Chamberlain, Stinsford, Si. ;
oat best, H ichard Spicer, Tolpuildle, 4s. ;
wet ditto, John Paully, Minterne, ns. 6.1.
—For the beet three red cabbages, Levi Russell.
Shuford, ss.—For the best three savoys, John
esker. Lon*Abredy, 5. ; next best. John Pauily,
Nintenie, ; next ditto, Charles Way, Tolpudille,
6d.—Vor the best dozen of turnips, Stephen
Leech :a Tolptuldle, ss. ; next best, Charles Way,
Telpaldle, 2s. 641.—F0r the best plate of peas in
their pa, William Symonds, Stinsford, 5..; next
st,pben Loveless, Tolpuddle, 44.—Foe the
be se plate of broad beans in their pods, Levi Russell,
Shuford, ss. ; next best, John Pettily, Minterne.
-, next ditto, James Squibb, Stinsford, 21. 6d.—
Ts the cottager producing the hest half-peck of
let, potatoes, George Stiekland, Milborne. 5s ; next
-test, James Squibb, Stinsford, 4c—To the cottager
goilacing _ the best half-peek of kidney pototoes.
William Ricketts, Stinsford, ss. ; next best, Samuel
Winiar, Stratton, 4s.—To the labourer's wife or
welly who shall exhibit the best specimen of bread,
biked at home, without reference to the Sower (the
two best), Fanny House, Bingham's 111elcombe, Ann
Baker, Longbredy. :is. each; two next beet, Edith
Reid, Stafford, Mary Riggs, Bingham's Melcombe,
4v. seek ; two next ditto, Susan Truces., Stafford,
Elisabeth Rendall, Stslh.rd, 2.e. 6d. each. The
anneal meeting wan held at two o'clock in the
Toenhall, %Inch was entirely tilled by a mixed
coneany of the local clergy and gentry, with their
ladies. and the representatives of the cottager*.
The Rev. Talbot Baker and the Rev. C. A. Bingham
addressed the meeting, the National hymn was then
mg, ...a the labourers were called up to receive
Oki:certificates. The money prizes, were distributed
after the annual meeting.
Smiled,. v.-- The prayer for fair weather was
offered up in slitrhorne Church on Sunday week,
and • sermon reached by the Vicar having refer-
Mee to the anticipated defective harvest. The
preacher called en the fanners to pray, and to sub-
scribe next Suialoy to a collection which is to be
mode for ame Church Society, observing that it had
been said, of all classes the least given to liberality
were the agriculturists; but whether this were so
or mt. let it be said no longer.
On Tuesday last a hawker, named Georg Heeki*.
better known as "Shaftesbury George." was ex-
ozoised before W. N. Allfonl and J. F. Falwaimer.
on a charge of drunkenness and riotous eon•
deet ilea the White Hone beer-house, on Green-
hill, v the night of Saturday week, for which
offence . was tined in the slim of 5a.. and se. casts,
a week .ag allowed for payment. At the same
time a :el- from Milborne Port, named John
Hallett, ~., charged with being "drunk and
incapable- le • the Black Horse Inn, on Sunday
evening. and i. 9 tined Si. and 4s. costa, to be paid
within six days, ,r, in default, to be placed in the
leukemia hours.
BlUDrokT.—On Monthly at noon, &goodly muster
of the rifles, under I.ieut. Edwards and Cornet F.
W. Gnadry, mumbled in I ront of Sergeant-Ilajor
C,oppock's residence, and preceded by the hand,
escorted him to the railway station, followed by 1
hundieds of the townspeople of all ranks to '
vite.em his departure, as a Garibaldian Volun-
teer. Precious to the train starting, See-
Funt-Major Coppock cordially shook hands with
eeery one of the corps, and some private friends,
when he left amid the deafening cheers of the
assembled multitude. The esteem in which Sergtant-
Major l'oppock was held, was folly apparent by the
manner in which the softer feelings of our nature
were called forth on this occasion, more tears being
evidently shed on this occasion than are often
witnessed on more solemn gatherings. A dinner
had been given to him on the Friday previous, when
he was presented with a handsome rifle, the gallant
Sergunt.Major observing, in the course of his reply,
that they might depend on the eourenir thus placed
in his hands being worthily employed, and he hoped
to live to return among them, wheu the sun of free-
dom had dispelled the darkness of injustice and
despotism in Italy.
\Venue:Tn.—On Monday week as Dr. Coucher
was proceeding do%vii St. Thomas-street in Ins
chaise, a small chill, apparently about six years of
age, with a baby in its arms, ran under the horse.
Dr. Coucher, with great presence of mind, pulled
the animal in so suddenly as to throw it on its
haunches before the wheels had passed sufficiently
forward to pass over the children, who, fortunately
were pulled out from between the horse's legs without
receiving the least injury. The loss to Dr. Coucher
is considerable, as the shafts of Ina carriage were
broken, and the harness, which was nearly new,
had to be cut in several places to release the animal.
TOTAL A lISTINENCe SoCIETY.—The annual tea
meeting of this society was:held on the 30th ult.
The report of the operations for the year evinced
that some energy and effort had been pot forth to
promote the interests of this oinunendable society.
The treasurer's balancesheet was also satisfactory,
and showed that a considerable sum had been a:-
expended in propagating teetotal pnnciplee in the
town. We understand that the society intends dis-
tribut ng • qualitity of temperance literature, and it
is hoped that liberol assistance will be accorded them
in this hopeful attempt in some degree to stein the
torrent of drunkenness.
Szsues's Koseiiisii-ifouses.—On Wednesday a
'winsomely attended meeting of seamen's boarding.
house keepers of the port of London, was held at the
Hoop awl Grapes public-house. in Itateliff highway,
for the purpose of adopting mtasures to protect them-
selves from the c mipetition if unpriumpled persons
called "Loot she' k and " hammock snatchers ;"
to remove, as far as possible, the stigma attached to
the exercise of their calling ; and to impress on the
Board of Trade the uecessity of granting licenses to
boanling-house keepers, with certain privileges and
conditions attached A deputatioy from Liverpool
was introduced, who expressed their approval of the
objects which the meeting hail in view, and said that
%resolution, of which the following is a copy, had
Leen unanimously agreed to at • meeting of the sea-
nien's boanling-house keepers of that port : "That
for the purpose of protecting seamen from imposition
hy unpn neipled hunting-Louse keepers, and securing
for them some uniform scale of charges, as also
for elevating our social position, this meeting deems
it desirable that licenses should be granted to board-
ing-house keepers upon such basis and terms as shall
he determined upon by the proper authorities." The
meeting, after sonic discussion, agreed to • similar
resolution. It was determined to seek and obtain
the cooperation of boarding-house keepers in the
other seaports of the United Kingdom, to ask for an
interview with the l'resident of the Board of Trade,
and to adopt other nieasures for carrying out the
objects of the meeting. A vote of thanks to the
chairman terminated the business of the evening.

TOWN COUNCIL.

A meeting of the corporation was held on Monday ;
present— the Mayor. Aldermen Eliot, Welsford,
berenish, Ayling, and Prowee ; Councillors Howard,
John lizard, H. Demuth, l'othecary, Hare, Joseph
Tward, Coalmine, Hibbs, Drew, Thompson, Milledge,
and Pitman.
The seal of the Council was affixed to two
tu°,lPges of £lOO each, on the pier rates, to Mr.
Cutrner and Mr. Crofts, contractors, for raising
ballast.

A letter was read from Mr. Payne, pier contractor,
stating that, as the Council walled, he would attend
their meeting if they paid his expenses.—Another
communication from him stated he would be
neoessitated immoliately to take compulsory stePs,
if the balance due to him was not paid.
Mr. HARZ proposal and Mr. THOMPSON seconded,
"That the Toe n Council reply to Mr. Payne,
intimating that they intended letting the tolls and
rates of the pier with as little delay as possible, and
then they hoped to be able to pay the amount due
to h im." Carried .
The Secretary of the Weymouth and Channel
Islands Steam Packet Company communicated to
the Council that the directors were not justified in
making the proposed compronise of an annual
Payment for the steamers' being allowed to land
passengers at the customs house instead of at the
Pier.

After a long, and of course, desultory coaversation,
the subject was referred to the Harbour Committee,
to which wee temporarily added MONTS. Hare,
Howard, and J. Desenish. Mr. J. Drew WM elected
a member of the committee in the room of Mr.
Declaim, demised.

'

The Council then resolved theinselvvi into a
meeting of the Local Buratto!' Health, and transacted
the necessary business.
Pcrry Mk:4mos:4, Monday.—Before W. Symonds,
Esq.— Rliqrd L a oc4 was charged with being drunk
and incapable. —Fined .is. and costa —Rotcrt Cur
was fined 5.1. and costa fur being drunk and making
use of had language.
POKTLAND. An accident occurred on Monday
week on the incline leading to the Breakwater.
It aiipears that six empty wagons were sent up the
upper Incline, but that the loading stage was sutli•
caent only for six in length. The front wagon was
taken off; when the hind wagon drew the others
backward, over the stop-block, down the incline,
and ran into some wagons on the second platform,
which were smashed, breaking the drum, and falling
into the valley below. Fortunately no lives were
lost.

STURMINSTER NEWTON.— On Saturday week the
members of Rills Corps received their dreas and
equipments, and we cannot but say that they looked
perfection itself. Great credit is due to the con-
tractor, Mr. Young, tailor and draper, of this town,
who succeeded, without one exception, in imparting
a military appearance and exactness of tit nut to be
surpassed. At 6 o'clock the bugle called them to
parade, when, after a little preliminary business,
they marched to the mansion at IL. It. Harvey, Esq.,
Hinton St. Mary, who, with his accustomed
liberality, right well entertain.' them.
FIMPL—We are s,,iry to record the destruction by
fire of a fine rick of bay, roughly valued at about
£lOO, the property of Mr. John Tulip, and we
ialieve uninsured. We hear the cause of its taking
lire was on account of its being put together rather
too green, and the rick having fallen a little on one
side at first, continued to do so until it came to the
ground when it immediately ignited.
BLallovoun.—The line weather is hurrying the
farmers in this neighbourhood to house their crops
as soon as possible. I%'e have litard of two or three
on the most forward farms having finished ; but, we
fear corn ricked during the part week will come out
in bail condition. The farmers generally have wisely
hoped in the future and delayed cutting, and as the
crops were backward, we have not heard of any
ilainageil corn in our neighbourhood. All reports
concur in stating that both wheat anal larley are
heavy, anal promise a bountiful yield. The
nod crops are generally better than usual,
And as the Hy has wit been so busy this
year as on many previous ones, the expense of re-
sowing has not been incurred.

H xi:mous HberOßY ILLUSTRATED. —A gentle-
man by the name of Weeks has been delivering a
aeries of lectures at the Assembly lbeinis after the
Apocalyptic order, illustrated by &pictorial diagram
called the "Prophetic Stream of Life," in which the
world's history in relation to Christ is traced from
before time was to the millenial age when the New
Jerusalem allegorized by Bunyan is to terminate the
old and new dispensations. Three devices at the
top of the diagram are intended to represent God
from Everlasting. the Church chosen in Christ before
time, and the Creation iif the heavens and earth.
Bible record is then divided into the ages from
Adam to Abraham, from Abraham to Christ, the
present interval to the second coming of Christ to
the Jews, then the niilleinum, and the events inime-
diately succeeding it, followed by the new heavens
and the new earth. Of course the unfathomable is
duly fathomed, apparent contradictions easily
reconciled, dates nicely fitted together, and the end
of all things told to a minute. In fact, the crooked
is imule straight, and by a kind ef presto theology
the infinite past and the infinite future, the
nations that have been, and the nations that
will be, are viewed rapidly in review before the
winds of the astonished audience, and there is now
no noire mystery. The prophetic visions of l)aniel
and the revelations of John are the inexhaustible
sources, as usual, from which are drawn the materials
for this " free thinking ;" and though the alienation
of the Jews and their ultimate recovery are made
necessary parts of the great religious drama sought
to be developed, yet, the mystenous foreshailowings
of Daniel and John are in the depths of their
mysteries more inviting to the religious "diver"
than those more simple portions of scripture which
"a wayfaring man, though *fool, cannot err therein."
We believe this prophetic dream of life was originally
designed by Sir Edward Denny, an eccentric religious
hamlet, and continued from the commencement of
the millenium to the time when the New Jerusalem
is to rejoice the hearts of Gist's people. The
audiences have been small hitherto.

PATRIARCHAL WEDDING. - George Elliott, a
noted bee hunter of this place, rejoicing in the
matured age of 72, was married on Tuesday last,
to a lady "tat, fair. and over forty."
Ilirux CO - The Elcho letter was not wanted
to prove that the volunteer movement would he in•
complete without the energy and muscle of the
artizan ; but it would be well if the same writer
would suggest some plan by which the artizan should
be paid for those sacrifices of time which he is
obliged to make that be nyty become an efficient
soldier. The artizan may be educated to the level
of his better positioned comrades, but no education
can supply the cash difference or pay him for that
time which be must necessarily devote to the learn•
ins of his duty. Men and families are beginning to
experience the truth of what we have adverted to,
and unless there is • remedy provided, we much
fear the volunteer movement must lose a class-
element all but essential to its success.

PARTRIDGE Simon No. --The Ist of September
was a "no day" in this neighbourhood. The birds
are few and not strong, therefore the delay occasioned
by the uncleared farms and the getting in the har-
vest will not only secure better sport, but make the I
few birds more of a sufficient supply for the season.
If there had not been a good stock left last season
the few young birds of this season would have
scarcely afforded what is ordinarily called partridge
shooting.
WESLEYAN TEA MELTING. —Tbe Sunday School
children had a tea provided for them in Mr.
Bennett's held on Monday week. The number of
children taught in this adi.sil every Sunday
appears to be large. Several excellent practical
addresses were delivered in the chapel, by local
ministers, after the tea. The ‘Vesleyan cause in this
' place has not made much progress for many years
paat, but now there appears to be more of religious
life in the body, and the daily prayer meetings are
largely attended by the working dames, and all de.
partnienta of religious labour are characterised by
more undoubted evidence of suocess. If it is tnie
that • permanent minister is appointed to this place.
there is every prospect of the cause opening a more
influential position among the religious cause in the
town than it has hitherto done.

Evraislior.• -Haymaking was completed last week.
In this district, hundreds of acres have been cut for
three weeks or a month past, but owing to the
continued wet weather, the hay has not been suffi-
ciently dry for carrying till the present time. We
need hardly say that it is greatly deteriorated in
value from what it would have been, had favourable
haymAing weather occurred at the proper time.
WAHRIIIAII. Our volunteers commenced ball
firing on Thursday week. The butt is situate on a
piece of ground which is admirable in all respects.
There can, by no possibility, be any fear of the rifle.
men annoying their neighbours by the report of the
rifles, or placing any one's life in jeopardy by a stray
bullet. A inure secluded spot could scarcely be found
in the backwoods of America., or d inn in the swamps
of North Carolina. The range is excellent—almost
any distance can be made available. The best shots
at Present at 1110 yards, with five rounds to each
mau, were—let day,

Corporal Ell Won
Sergeant I irew
Priecte Spicer

10 points
9 „

The 2nd day, with 5 rounds at 100 yards, and 5
rounds, 150 and 200 yards, showed the following
result :

Corporal Elliadon
Sergeant Drew

16 points
13 „

The 3rd day's practice with same number of rounds
and distance as on the second day, were as follows:
Sergeant Drew ... .. 16 points
Private Beer 11 „
Corporal Elijsdon 10 „
Since the third day's practice, Corporal Brooks
and Private Bridle, with the same number of rounds,
have each made respectively lb and 17 points. We
think that their painstaking instructor cannot hut
be pleased with the efficieucy of his pupils. The
whole company, officers anti men, have been actively
engaged during the past week in various held evo-
lutions, preparatory to the grand review which is
shortly to take place at Dorchester.
Y rnrisistak. On Friday week a meeting was held
at the Temperance Hotel, Yetininster, when a lecture
was delivered by Mr. Collier, from London. About
100 i,ions were present—a large number, consider-
ing the size of the village. The chair was taken by
Mr. Hunt, of Sherborne. The lecturer entirely
rivetted the attention 'of his audience for about an
hour and a half, as he passed from grave to Kay,
from lively to severe," and at the conclusion received
a hearty vote of thanks from his bearers.