The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

FRENCH POLICY.

The Emperor of the French well knows how
to feel the pulse of his public. He can gauge
with equal facility the vanity of his people, the
conceit of his army, and the pride of his clergy.
He can administer to each and to all the due
quantity—neither in stint nor in excess—of the
pabulum which they love and upon which they
thrive, to their own satisfaction and to his
renown and glory. Among the writers who
share the Imperial confidence—so far as the
Emperor is willing to allow his desires and in-
tentions to be made known—is M. de la
Gudronniere, the editor of a new semi-official
journal, La France. The object of the con-
ductor of this paper is in exact harmony with
the object and aim of the third Napoleon's life
—the security of the Imperial dynasty. To this
writer, therefore, we naturally look for what is
in the mind of the Emperor, nor do we look in
vain. He is evidently preparing Europe to
understand that everything must be accommo-
dated to the greatness of France. "Whatever
may happen," he says, "France will always be
France, in presence of the empire of Germany,
as of the kiudom of Italy, she will always
remain with her military virtues, her intel-
lectual greatness, her inexhaustable resources.
But it is clear that these powerful unities, in
constituting them so near to her, would alter
,all the conditions of her history, of her alliances,
r'tif her policy in Europe, and, to remain what
she is and what she always has been, she would
necessarily have to adopt others. We must go
further, and acknowledge that so radical a modi-
fication of oar relations with the European
equilibrium would not allow of the territorial
limits which the treaties of 1815 destroyed.
With an Italian kingdom of 30,000,000 of men
on the southern frontier; with a German
empire of 40,000,000 on our eastern frontier;
while our northern frontier open, has scarcely
any defence but French patriotism, France
would not be in safety. Surrounded on all sides
by neighbours almost as powerful as herself, she
would be at the mercy of their gratitude or their
sympathy. Such a situation would be unaccept-
able for a people which has always acted on its
liberty of action, and which has owed the greatness
of its influence to that independence of its policy."
The plea here put forth is that neighbouring
Pow era must unnaturally be kept down to save
the relative superiority of France. Nations
must be doomed to disunion, discord, and their
concomitant weakness, that France may be
strong. The dominant power of France is to be
the law of Europe. Europe, southern Europe
especially, is required to renounce advantages
that may arouse French jealously. Germany
must remain split into small states, Italy must
not aspire to unity, else France would take
umbrage. France cannot allow other nations to
progress, so as to diminish the height of her
dominant attitude. Really, one scarcely knows
which most to admire, the modesty or the inso-
lence of the writer! But these are not simply
the views of a newspaper editor. They are the
developments of the Imperial policy. In the
unworthy transaction of the annexation of
Savoy and Nice, the French Emperor avowed
and acted upon them. And with regard to the
question which is now agitating Italy, Le
Gu4ronniere informs us most explicitly that for
every advance of Italy in power France must
have some equivalent for her security. France
cannot withdraw her troops from Rome unless
Victor Emmanuel is willing to give up another
slice to France of some other portion of his
dominions. France must still maintain her
relative superiority. We are now told, too,
that Savoy and Nice were not the only idea for
which Napoleon sent his army into Italy. One
idea was to unmake Austria, the other was to
establish an Italian federation. La France
boldly admits that "Italian unity was never in
the contemplation of the Imperial policy when
it lent its arms to expel Austria." Family
aggrandisement and additional territory was the
mainspring of his voluntary sacrifice. The
Emperor may, by his policy, gratify the vanity
of his people, but out of his kingdom nobody
believes him, nobody can trust him.

DORCHESTER PITCEILD CORN MARKET,
Saturday, September 20.—The supply of samples
was liberal, and the attendance about an average,
but business was exceedingly dull, and very little
wheat changed hands, prices being nominally
unaltered. There was a little retail business doing
in the way of seed corn and tares at about late
rates.

MR. T. &MOIL'S REPOSITORY SALE, Saturday, Sept.
20.—The supply of the best quality beef was short;
all other kinds large. Business was brisk at 12s.
per score for the prime ones. The supply of mutton
was very large and of prime quality, sad prices ranged
from 7d. to Bd. per lb. The competition throughout
was so great, and the attendance so numerous, that
almost every article offered was sold.

COMMITTZD TO 1118 DORCHUTERGAOL.—Se4BI47I4 :
Simon Warren. abominable crime with a sheep at
Symondsbury.—Hard Labour: Stephen Neisou,
vagrancy at Swyre, 14 days; Patrick Luckham,
vagrancy at Weymouth, 1 calendar month;
Augustus W. Cook, drunk at Wimborne, 2 calendar
months; Eliza Gill, vagrancy at Weymouth, 1
calendar month ; Edward Caines, breaking windows
at Corfe Castle, 3 weeks; George Stickley, leaving
family chargeable at Chaldon Herring, 14 days;
Henry Phillips, vagrancy at Hillfield, 7 days ; George
Harris, assault at Chalbnry, 2 calendar months;
John Johnson, misbehaviour at Beaminster Union, 2
calendar months; William Coombs, assault on his
wife at Poole, 3 calendar months; William
Ellis, stealing hen's egg at Frome Whitfield, 7
days.

E:ONIFIRMATION. —The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
will administer the sacred rite of confirmation at
the following places during the ensuing week :
Wednesday, Sept. 24 Burton Bradatock, at 11.
Bradpole, at 3.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Friday, Sept. 26 ..... Symondabury, at 11.
Whitchurch Canonicorum,at 3
Saturday, Sept. 27
BRITIBEI AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The 21st
report of the Dorsetabire Bible Society Auxiliaries
is just circulated. The following amounts appear
to have been collected from the different auxiliaries
during the past year, viz. :—Dorchester, £150;
Weymouth, £195; Blandford, ,£142 15e. 10d. ;
Beaminster, £4 7s. id.; Bridport, £3O; Genie,
£29 7s. lid. ; Lyme, £lO 175.; Poole, £53; Shaf-
tesbury, £99 lls. 2d. ; Hindon, £l2 12s. 10d. ;
Sherborne, £5O; Stalbridge, Henstridge, and Mil-
borne Pat, £36 Swanage, Wank's:4 £ls ;

Wimborne, £267 3s. lid.; Bournemouth, £lB lie. 7d.
—total, £1,554 7s. 4d.
Calcium —On Friday baste match was played in
Kingston Park between 11 gentlemen selected by It.
P. Fetherstonliatigh, Esq., and 11 members of the Dor-
chester(Town) Cricket Club, which resulted in favour
of the former. The ground was in excellent trim,
and the weather was propitious. Mr. Fetherston-
haugh's eleven commenced batting to the bowling of
Peers and Parsons. Sir lvor, Mr. Stewart, and the
veteran Ellis, particularly distinguished themselves.
Dorohester followed, against the terrific and unerring
bowling of Mr. Schreiber, but notn ithstanding,
Parsons in the second innings made a fine leg hit for
4, and finally retired with a score of 13; Thomas
(not out) with judicious play, added 19 to the second
score; end Longman, with steady play, succeeded
in scoring 9. Ellis inlthe second innings made, in
excellent style, a score of 15. Sir Ivor's wicket
keeping was "perfection ;" nor must we omit to
mention that the fielding on both sides was first-
rate. Mr. Yeareley, of the Antelope Hotel, pro-
vided on the ground, in his usual style of excellence,
a bountiful cold collation. The following is the
score

MR. FETHERSTONRAURII'S ELEVEN.
First Innings. Second Innings.
Schreiber, b Peers
Fetherstonbsugh, c& b Persons 5 e Baker, b Peen .
Stewert, b Peers
Sir Ivor °seek b Peers
Capt. Kindel sley,oTruell,b Peers 1 b Penny
Weld, b Peers
Ellis, c Truell, b Parsons
Elliott. c Thomas, b Peers .... 4 o Longman, b Peers
Phillips, not out 6 run out
Read (absent)
Byes
Leg byes a
Wldes
No ball

Total
DORCHESTER..
First Innings. gecend Inninp.
Longman, b Schreiber
Pence., c and b Stewart
Truell, c Sir Ivor, b Schreiber 0 b Schreiber
Peers, b Rehm' or 1 b Schreiber
Allen, b Schreiber
Lock, b Stewart
Thomas, not out
Halter, et Sir Ivor, b Stewart .. 0 It Sir Ivor
Penn), st Sir Ivor, b Stewart .. 5 c Elliott, b Schreiber 0
Bishop (absent)
Bye!.
Leg byes
Wide.
Total

Total

FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Monday an in-q-u'es-t..w;isv
held at the County Hospital, before Giles Symonds,
Esq., on the body of James Smith, bricklayer, a
native of Weymouth, aged 73. It appeared from
the evidence tliat the deceased, on Saturday last,
was at work at the Lunatic Asylam, Charminster.
The scaffold on which he was employed was outside
the wall that was being built, and it having that
afternoon been raised about four feet above the
scaffold inside the wall, when the 4 o'clock bell
for leaving work was rung, he jumped through& hole
left for a window upon the inner scaffolding, as
that was the nearest way down. The scaffolding
was proved to have been perfectly secure, but it
being quite unloaded at the time, and he jumping
in about thecentre of the plank, it gave a spring, and
he was thrown backwards through the window to
the ground. lie was picked up and conveyed to
the County Hospital, but he never rallied, and died
about half an hour after admission to that institu-
tion. After his death it was ascertained that the
whole of the right aide was knocked in and his ribs
broken. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
Death."

IRISH SOCISTY. —On Sunday last sermons were
preached by the Rev. H. H. Dombrain, M.A.,
incumbent of St. George's, Deal, in behalf of the
Society for promoting the Scriptural Education and
Religious Instruction of the Irish Roman Catholics,
chiefly through the medium of their own language.
The rev, gentleman officiated in the morning at
Holy Trinity Church, in the afternoon at East
Fordington Church, and in the evening at Christ
Church, West Fordington. On Monday the annual
public meeting took place at the Townball.
Pow& —John Charles Legg was on Monday
brought up on remand, charged with stealing nine
onions, of the value of 2d. On Thursday, he was em-
ployed by Mr. Parsons of the Canteen to take
some onions from the cellar to the pavement to spread
out to dry. While performing the work he got very
drunk. There was a barrel of beer on tap, but no
one saw him drink any. It might have been
the smell of the beer bat rels, or of the onions, that
intoxicated him. That he was not intoxicated with
pleasure is certain, for he was very abusive. After
finishing his job he was incapable of putting on his
coat, and the party who assisted him fancying the
coat was very heavy, looked into his pockets and
saw the onions. Even this would have been looked
over had he learned the adage that "a still tongue
is significant of wisdom. As it was he was given
into custody, and had remained in dumnoe vile till
the present time.—The Bench, considering that he
had been five days in custody already, dismissed the
case with a caution.

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS, Saturday, September
20.—Before H. Williams and G. Troyte Bullock,
E4KDDLISTOWN. —Elizabeth Churchill, a girl about
10 years of age, waa charged by P.C. Orchard with
stealing four turnips, the property of Joseph
Saunders. The constable said that Mr. Saunders
bad complained to him of loving his turnips, and
accordingly he watched the field, and about 7 o'clock
in the evening saw the defendant go into the field
and pull up four turnips. The girl's father was
present, and said the turnip-field was adjoining his
house. He and his wife had cautioned the children
not to take the turnips, bat the girl had seen some
of the boys make wheels of them, and therefore she
went for these turnips to do the same.—Ordered to
pay the cost of summons.
WiNTERSORN E, —Francis H. Lambert WAS charged
by Thomas Hicks, a keeper in the employ of Mr.
Middleton, with trespass in search of game.—Mr.
Weston appeared for the defendant. —The complain-
ant said that he was in a cover about 250 yards
from where he heard the report of a gun, end that
he directly got into the turnpike road and proceeded
towards the spot. On going thither he saw some
smoke issuing through the opening into the road,
and the defendant was on the wood side of the
gate opening into the road. When he first
saw him he was two yards from the gate.
He went up to him and they talked together
about the matter, and defendant said he
did not think he was doing any harm. He was
cross-examined at considerable length, but his evi-
dence was not shaken.—Mr. Weston then addressed
the Bench for the defence, and called Mr. William
Garland, who was about 30 or 40 yards from Mr.
Lambert at the time, who, it appeared, occupied
land nearly opposite. He said that the defendant
was shooting rabbits running into his land. He
could not see Mr. Middleton's gate, but while he
was standing where he did he sometimes saw Mr.
Lambert's head "pop out," which he could not see
if he were on the wood side of the gate.—The
Bench thought the balance of the evidence WM on
the side of the keeper, and fined the defendant in
the sum of 20s and costs.

TOLLER Foam:mum. Joseph Hiseock and
Walter Reach were summoned by Walter
Grey for poaching. The complainant, a
keeper iu the employ of Lord Wynford, said that
on Sunday morning, the 14th September, about 12
o'clock, on coming up to the gate entering Cord Wyn-
ford's ground, Reach pointed to something before
them,and said something, and went on, and Hiecock
stooped down and set up a wire. He went up to
him, and not only took up that wire, but found
several wires on him which be took away. His-
cock said this was his first offence, and he hoped
the Bench would be mercifuL He was going to
some land which was in his occupation, and the
field where this wire was set was adjoining. The
complainant said the tenants of Lord Wynford had
the right to catch rabbits on their own land, but
not on the land in the occupation of others. Reach
pleaded guilty of being with Hiscock before he set
up the wire, and the Bench fined both defendants
in the sum of 20e. each, including costs.
Faoms Wtirrriami.—William Ellis was sum-
moned by Edward Harris, a farmer, for stealing a
hen's egg from the nest in the rick barton. The
defendant was the dairyman, and had several times
been caught stealing the eggs, but complainant was
loath to prosecute till he was really obliged for his
own protection. The defendant was committed for
seven days' harClabonr. He pleaded, but in vain,
to be punished with a fine instead of imprison-
ment.

UPWEY.—CRICKET. —A match of cricket WU
played on Tuesday between eleven of the members
of the Upwey Club and eleven members of the
Fleet Club. The result of the contest was that
Upwey were the victors by nine wickets. We
may remark that the bowling of Groves and Dominy
was uncommonly good. The following is the
score :

FLEET.
First Inninp. Second Innings.
11. Bebop, 11 Groves
G. Carter, b Dominy
W. Bartlett, b Groves 0 c and b Groves .... . 1
Parton, b Groves
H. Mowlam, b Groves
G. Tyrrell, b Dominy
W. tiellsomy, b Groves
G. Dominy, b Molloy
J. Symes, a Miller, b Domlny .. 0 b Donde',
Toogood, c Bowditch, b Dontlny 0 b Groves
W. Aswell, not out 0 b Groves I
Be • 1 Byes
Wide. lt Wu

21 T0ta1.... 53
rr PWEY.
First Innings. Second Innings.
J. Bowditch, c Dotalny
E. Spencer, e Bartlett
J. Townsend, c Terrell
J. Stone, e Toogood
T. Derniny, b Parton
F. Miller, b Patton
B. Groves, b Bartlett
G. Mills, c Terrell .. . ...
& Emery, c Parton, b Bartlei. t
E. Edmunds, 1.b.w., b Bartlett
I'. Bowditch, not out
.Byes

'PBX SMALL-PDX TN SHIRP.—At I Council held at
Whitehall, September 18, it was ordered (after reciting
the provisions of an Act on the subject) that" it shall
not be lawful for any purpose to remove any sheep or
lambi infeeiod with or labour* %tido, the gimp poi,

from the ports and places following, or any or either
of them, that is to say, Bristol, Liverpool, in the county
of Lancaster; Birkenhead, in. the county of Cheater;
and Holyhesd, in the county, of Anglesea."—At the
same Council it was further ordered (after enumerating
the sn to eteralrelmaroivsehesaniyn ilts and Berke in which
disease prevails) that " it shell not he lawful for any
sheep
any or either of the parishesof Stanton lambs to or
anstna Bernard.Srufarordiu,
Avebury, Aldbourne, and Hampetead Norris, or to
drive or conduct icy sheep or lambs through or by
way of such parishes or any or either of them, unless
the person so removing, driving, or conducting such
sheep or lambs shall first have obtained &certificate, in
writing, signed by some person who may have been
authorised by two or more justices of the said counties
noez the
driving,rssection of
otti or condof Wilts or Berko respectively, to seise sheep or lambs
Infected w ith or labouring under the said disorders,
tidv
conducting
saidma y
take Act,
placeth
without
oruet-
mdanger of spreading the said disease."—The Devizes
Gazette of Friday stays—On Saturday evening rumours
were rife concerning a number of separate outbreaks,
and on Monday morning we heard that Professor
Garage° (who is still exerting himself is this neighbour-
hood) was on his way into Berkshire. He was, how-
ever, soon stopped on his road to inspect the flock of
Mr. Isaac Dark, at Avebury, where two cases of con-
fluent smell-pox in the early stage had exhibited them-
selves. One of the affected sheep had, it appeared,
been seen ailing as far back as Tuesday, the 9th inst..
but had not been separated until the day previous
to Mr. Gaingee's visit. There is, therefore, great
reason to fear that the disease will spread among Mr.
Dark's flock (which oonsists of between 300 and 400),
although every care is now being taken to carry
out the system of separation which has proved so
beneficial in the ease of Mr. Gidding's flock at Horton.—
It will be remembered that Mr. Church had sold 100
lambs at Haley fair • but disease his flock was not
recognised until a fortnight after this, though it appears
that the shepherd had observed a lamb ailing on his
return from the fair. These 100 lambs of Mr. Church's,
had been purchased by Mr. Hulbert, of Langley Farm,
Berks ; and Mr. Hulbert, unfortunately, not knowing
the symptoms of smallpox, suffered several animals to
die unheeded amongst his flock of between 300 and 400
lambs. The destruction'which ensued may therefore be
well imagined. Professor Gamgee on his visit to
Langley Farm on Tuesday, saw 12 cases, and many more
were separated immediately afterwards.—The Wiltshire
Independent of Thursday states that up to that time
only three fresh flocks have been added to the fist of
those infected by smallpox—those of Mr. Lilac Dark,
of A vebury ; Mr. John Simpkins, of Stanton; and Mr.
William Hulbert, of Langley, in the county of Berks.
These have been rumours of others, but the above three,
making, with those previously. reported, nine in the
whole, are the only ones of which reliable information
as to the presence of the disease has been received.
BLANDFORD.—A very seriousaccident occurred
on Wednesday to Mr. Thomas Shittler, brewer and
maltster, of Haaelbury Bryan. Between the hours
of ten and eleven o'clock the unfortunate gentleman
was returning home in his gig, and when near France
Farm, his horse commenced kicking, and beat the
splash board of his gig to pieces, at the same time
breaking both Mr. Shittler'a legs. He was imme-
diately taken to Mr. C. H. Flower's house. Mears.
K 0. Spooner and Son, surgeons, of Blandford,
were quickly in attendance, and he was so far
recovered from the shock as to be able to be removed
to his home the next day.
SHROTON.—Smtious ACCIDENT. —On Monday
as some labourers were employed feeding a thrashing
machine on Mr. Ingram's farm, a poor woman,
named Augusta Brownsea, engaged in cutting the
bonds and casting the sheaves of oats to a man
feeding the machine, missed her balance, and fell
through the trap door into the drum of the machine,
thereby smashing one of her legs to pieces.
Fortunately the feeding man had the presence of mind
to snatch hold of her, otherwise she would have been
drawn through and crushed to pieces. Medical
assistance- was immediately sent for, and on the
arrival of E. 0. Spooner, Esq., the medical officer
of the parish, amputation was found necessary. The
poor woman lies in a very precarious condition, and
during the operation suffered extreme pain. To add
to the .misfortune her husband is unable to work
through an aocident which befel him a few days
previous. We trust that thoee who have the means
will liberally contribute to assist them in their
distress, as they have a family of six little children.
BUCKLAND RIPERS.—On Wednesdays rick,
containing from 50 to 60 tons of hay, belonging to
Mr. Basoombe, at Patton farm, caught fire through
over-heating. A messenger was immediately sent to
Weymouth for the borough fire engine. The Town
Council were sitting at the time, and as Mr. Laver
had not paid anything for employing the engine at
his fire some time before, a question arose whether
it should be sent. It was,however,thought desirable
to send it, as there might be other property in the
immediate vicinity of the rick, but Superintendent
Lidbury was instructed to get • guarantee from Mr.
Bascombe for the payment of the expenses. On the
arrival of the engine to the scene of conflagration
Mr. Baacombe immediately gave the required guar-
antee, and the engine was set to work, fortunately
in time to confine the fire to the rick where it bad
broken out, although there was acorn rick within a
yard of it. Had the fire broken out in the night-
time, or even had the engine been much later in its
arrival, the probability is that some 9 or 10 corn
and hay ricks and the farm buildings would have
been consumed.

WAREEIAM.—On Monday Charles Wilcox,
Esq., was unanimously elected Mayor of the borough
for the ensuing year, by the Corporation assembled
at the Townhall, and was immediately afterwards
proclaimed on the Cross. At the close of the cere-
mony the officials repaired to the Black Bear Hotel,
and partook of an excellent breakfast.
By a late Act of Parliament Boards of Guardians
of Poor-law 'Unions are precluded from payment of
any claim or demand unless sent in within a certain
period from the date, without application to the
Poor-law Board in London for a special order
authorising the"payment ; and they have no power
to issue such order after the expiration of a year.
This Act of Parliament has occasioned much incon-
venience and trouble to Boards of Guardians, their
acting officers, as well aa the Poor-law Board, but
all inconvenience and risk of loss to the parties
themselves may be avoided by claims being sent in
at the proper time.
MAIDEN NEWION. —MX ARCHDEACONRY 07
DORSET. —We learn that the Hon. and Rev. W. H.
Scott, rector of Maiden Newton, and the Bishop's
chaplain, who had just accepted this offioe, resigned
by the Prebendary Huxtable, rector of Sutton
Waldron, has since declined the appointment and
requested the Bishop to nominate some other clergy-
man to it. Mr. Scott, after an examination of the
responsibilities of the office, was of opinion that his
age and the state of his health would render him
unequal to the discharge of the duties.
BRIDPORT.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has
nominated the Rev. A. Broadley, vicar of Bradpole,
to the Prebend of Winterborne Earls.

BRISTOL Tug LocaL Smssurso Cass.
Charles Shook and his wife, charged with issuing
counterfeit coin, have been again remanded. A
man named Charles Pointing, who lately resided
in Bristol, bad been apprehended at Sherborne on
a charge of uttering counterfeit coin, and has con-
fessed that he received the coin from a man in
Bristol. The officers of this city have certainly dis-
played great activity and ingenuity in substantia-
ting the charge against Shock. Mr. Inspector Bell
originated the plan by which the guilty parties
might be detected, and several of the subordinate
officers have followed up the scheme with praise-
worthy zeal and discretion. Detectives Perrott
and Floyd, with the assistance of a third officer,
apprehended the Shocks, and Detectives Clarke
and Hughes discovered a variety of coining tools at
the workshop of the male prisoner at Baptist
Mills, situated about • mile and a half from his
residence.

Corresponbettrt.