The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-28 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1858

NONESTE AUDAX.

ACCOUNTS from Berlin inform us that the Knro
of Femora on Sunday last signed the ordon-
nem* whieli definitively settles the question of
the Government. This ordonnance will not be
published until the return of the Paixoe of
Panama from Warsaw, but it is already known
that His MAJESTY has virtually abdicated the
crown, though he retains the title of King; and
that the PRINCE of PRUSSIA Will in future
exercise the Royal Power under the title of
Prince Regent. In the present state of His
MAJESTY'S health it is considered not improbable
that the Prinoe Regent will succeed to the Crown
at no distant period. In the mean time the
present arrangement will bring his son PRINCE
FREDERICK WILLIAM, the husband of our Fam-
ous Rovax, a step nearer to the throne.
The Hon. FREDERICK BRUCE, brother of the
Earl of Eton", arrived at the Foreign Office on
Saturday with the Treaty of Tient-sin, and pro-
ceeded immediately to Balmoral to submit it to
Her MAJESTY and the Earl of DERBY. By the
same mail M. DUCHESNE DE BELLECOURT and
Dr. BRADLY arrived at Marseilles, the former
bearing the treaty with France, and the latter
the treaty with the United States. The
Moniteur, in announcing the arrival of the
French treaty, confirms in its main features the
summary given in our last number. It states
that it secures to the commerce and missionaries
of the allies a free access to the heart of the
Celestial Empire, that the barriers which for
ages kept in a state of isolation from the rest of
the world a territory peopled with nearly
300,000,000 of inhabitants are definitively thrown
down, and that China cannot for the future
withdraw herself from the advanee of civilisation.
All the important ports on the coast of China,
and even the great internal means of communica-
tion, are henceforth to be open to our shipping
and our commerce. The Viceroy of Canton will
cease to be the compulsory intermediary of our
communications; and the representatives of
France and England will treat directly with the
Cabinet of Pekin, and for that purpose, will have
a right to reside in that capital. The merchants
of both nations will now enjoy the right of pur-
chasing merchandise at the very place of produc-
tion, without any intermediate agents, and the I
revision of tho tariffs will place the Customs
duties in harmony with the variations in price. I
Merchandise will no longer be liable to the
arbitrary charges which the provincial mandarins
have heretofore levied on it during its passage,
as the Government will publish a uniform transit
duty, and revise the tonnage dues. The Chinese
Government have engaged to pay to France a
sum of 15 millions of francs by way of indemnity
for the losses inflicted on French merchants, and
for the expenses occasioned by the war. The
Moniteur adds that these important results have I
been obtained with such a small military force,
in consequence of the good understanding so
happily maintained between the French and
English Governments, by the bravery of which
the seamen of the two countries have again given
fresh proofs.

IN these piping times of partridge shooting,
expanding lungs, fresh air, and exercise, political
subjects have very few attractions for the public
at large. Yet fitful efforts are almost of neces-
sity made, from time to time, by that unhappy
class of politicians who never know such a thing
as a six month's recess, and who must feed on
politics or die of inanition. Their lot is a hard
one—and at this moment harder than ever.
Almost in vain the most laboured efforts are
made to shake the public out of that torpor and
indifference too plainly manifested in regard to
these topics. India and China are exhausted.
The modified Government of our great depen-
dency has been fully explained, and worked out
in every direction to the utmost attainable
limits of that subject. The constitution of the
new Board has been freely canvassed, and the
fusion of the old with the new materials, upon
the most captivating and feasible basis, has, in
the main, silenced objection, if it have failed to
call up any violently-expressed or sanguine
expectations of 1111000 M. The neck of the rebel-
lion may fairly be said to be broken, and the
gallant Sir COLIN CAMPBELL is alone reposing
with his concentrated forces until the earliest
favourable turn in the weather permits him to
throw himself, with the most crushing effect,
upon the still burning embers of this bloody
insurrection. The treaty with China appears to
be altogether a very satisfactory affair; and the
journals, having during the last three weeks
eagerly devoured every instalment of the con-
ditions of peace as they sucaessively leaked out,
have left little room for complaint as to the tar-
diness or the paucity of these details. It seems
clear that the compact must be attended with
immeasurable advantages to China itself, as well
as to the world at large; trade and commerce
must be greatly benefited; and of course the
greatest trading nation in the world must derive
proportionate share of that growing commercial
prosperity which it has had so important a hand
in establishing. Then we corns to the question
of Reform ; and here it is that the ingenuity of
public) writers has been sorely taxed. Will the
Tory Cabinet really bring hi a Reform Bill 1
Undoubtedly they are pledged to "take the
subject into consideration." Some people think
Reform at the hands of Lord Dauer is all
Inoonshine ; others think he will du something
by way of a bid for the prolongation of the sweets
of °Met Then what are the probable provisions
of this coming Reform Bill I Here everybody
is oonfesmelly at see i yet the various and random
surmises on this bead are not a little curious,
That the tangible material. of a real Reform
Bill shill not he wanting, some Journalists have,
from the dearth of more legitimate employment,
actually usurped the office of the legislator and
produced entire bills, out and dried, which they
I have proaulituil, without any outialdaratiou—iu

every sense, of the word—as a valuable gift to
the Premier. The Premier is looked forward to
—by those who seem to be thinking of the
matter at all—as the only man, singular to say,
likely to do anything in the way of Reform.
Lord JOH; RUSSELL is henceforth, according to
them, to devote himself exclusively to the arts
and sciences; and as for Lord PALMERSTON, his
frequent and closeted interviews with the En-
PIIROR of the FRENCH are held to be decisive in-
dioations of the destruction of British statesman-
ship and patriotism, as we were wont to regard
these high and distinguished qualities in this
famous foreign Secretary and most popular
Prime Minister of his day. Turning to
Some of Lord DIRBY'S satellites—such as MX.
HENLEY and Mr. NZWDZOATR, it M amusing to
observe how strangely these gentlemen now take
upon them to prate about progreu." But they
scarcely seem to realise the moaning of the
word; to them it is something like the winds of
heaven—they know not whence it oometh nor
whither it goeth ; and these gentlemen of the
Tory school meet upon this subect "like men
who had forgot to speak." Such is the barren
state of English polities at this tranquil epoch of
our history; and when any ono assumes to speak
with extraordinary sagacity and foresight as to
what is actually looming in the future with
regard to Reform, he may be safely met with
Byron's truthful and emphatic ejaculation—upon
a still higher subject—
" All that we know is, nothing can be known."

DOROURVIR PITORID CORN MARIZT, Saturday.
—There IVY a good supply of wheat at market to
day, which met a slow sale at a reduction of from
is. to Sis. per quarter, farmers being unwilling
sellers at preeent prices. Barley was plentiful, but
the quality not being prime, =Haters were not die.
posed to give the prima asked, oonaequently but
little business was dons. Oata maintained literate&

The revision of the list of voters for the oounty
took place at the Shirehall on Saturday !oat, before
J. E. lioldsworth, Esq., and for the borough at the
Townhall, in the afternoon of the same day, before E.
Pratt, Esq. The business was altogether of a mere
formal nature, and nothing of the the slightest public
interest 000urred.

Dcauerr MThrm.—This regiment was reviewed
on Wednesday last by the Inspootor-General of
Militia, Colonel Douglas, who is understood to have
expressed himself as pleased with the soldierlike
bet4ring of the men, and the general progress they
have made in their military exercises. We are
happy to add that the conduct of the regiment in
billet has been good, and such as to meet the ex•
press approbation of the inspecting officer.

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Raw BOROUGH POLICE FORCE. —This newly or•
ganized force was sworn in on Wednesday last, and
consists of a sergeant and four constables, with one
superintendent—that active and vigilant officer, Mr.
ThOIRAII Pommy.
MONEY ORDEREL—On the let of October money
order ornate will be opened at Iwerne Minster and
Shillingstone.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—It ap-
pears the directors of this company have appointed
Mr. R. Beach as superintendent at Southampton, the
continued ill-health of Mr. J. Watkins having com-
pelled him to resign the office. Mr. Beach has for a
long time been the deputy-superintendent, and con-
sequently his promotion has given much satisfaction.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. —On Thursday
evening the anniversary meeting of the auxiliary of
the London Missionary Society was held in the Town.
hail. There was a tolerably numerous attendance,
and the Rev. J. Miller occupied the chair. After
prayer had been offered up, the Chairman, in a few
observations, introduced the Rev. J. Whitehouse (the
deputation from the parent society), who detailed
many interesting facts connected with the progress
of this society in India, where he had for many years
laboured. He severely denounced the manner in
which the East India Company had acted with re-
gard to the spiritual welfare of the inhabitants of
India, declaring that much harm had thereby
been done. Several other gentlemen addressed the
meeting, and after singing the doxology the meeting
separated. A collection in aid of the society was
made at the door amounting to £2 3a. 6d.

VISIT OF THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND
AGRICULTURAL SOCISTY.—The Deputation from the
Bath and West of England Agricultural Society,
consisting of William Moody, Esq., M. P. for Somer-
set, Moysey, Esq., George Bullock, Eaq., East
Coker, Jonathan Gray, Esq., Widdicombe, Feq.,
Pitman, Esq., King, Esq., Mettle, Esq.,
and John Gray, Esq., arrived here on Friday last by
the Great Western Railway half-past 10 train, and
proceeded to the Townhall, where they were
received by Mr. Ensor, the late Mayor (in the
absence of the present Mayor), Mr. Hodges, Mr.
Galpin, Mr. H. Deveniah, and other members of the
Council, with their Town Clerk, Mr. Symonds;
G. Wood, Esq., E. Pope, Esq., J. Harding, Esq., W.
Dunning, Esq., and J. S. Homer, Esq., as members
of the Dorchester Agricultural Society, and their
Secretary, Mr. Andrews. After partaking of some
refreshment the parties left in carriages provided
to take them to the different sites deemed eligible
for the show yard. The sites visited were those
selected on the occasion of the once anticipated visit
of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. These
were the fields belonging to Captain Darner, near
Macke' Turnpike Gate, a field on Burton Farm, in
the occupation of Mr. Callum, apiece of land on Sam-
ford Farm, in the occupation of Mr. S. T. Harding,
just beyond the Fordington Moor Turnpike Gate,
and that part of the Fordington Moor which lies on
the right hand of the London Turnpike Road,
ending beyond Gray's Bridge. The parties returned
to the Townhall about two o'clock, p.m., when the
plans of the several localities provided for the Royal
Agricultural Society were produced and discussed,
and the late Mayor, Mr. Ensor, signed the guaran-
tee for the .6900 required by the Bath and West of
England Agricultural Society. They then adjourned
to the large room in the Hall, where was provided
a most excellent dafiltier. The ex-Mayor presided,
and was supported on his right by Mr. Moody, M. P.,
and on his left by Mr. Widdicombe, the director of
the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society.
Mr. Moody, on "Success to the Bath and West of
England Agricultural Society" being drunk, returned
thanks in a neat and effective speech, expressing the
gratification he felt at the deputation with himself
being received in so kind and handsome a manner, and
concluded by stating that he should feel it his duty
to recommend the Bath and West of England Agri-
cultural Society to fix the locality for their meet-
ing for 1860 at Dorchester. Various toasts and
sentiments were enunciated, expressive, on the one
hand, of the desire of the Town Council of Dor-
chester and the agriculturists of Dorset to receive the
Society in 1860 at Dorchester; and, on the part of the
deputation of the Bath and West of England Society,
to revisit the locality where they had been so cor-
dially and liberally received. The deputation left
by the 5.20 p.m. train for their various destinations,
but it was understood they were all to meet the
Council of the Bath and West of England Agricul.
torsi Society at Taunton on Saturday.
THE DORCHESTER CRICKET CLUB.—This Club,
which is visibly growing in numbers and importance
from year to year—owing, no doubt, to the excellent
management and friendly spirit conspicious in all
the movements of the respectable members of whom
It is composed—brought Its campaign to a close, for
the season, on Thursday last. The termination of
the "Cricketers' Sion" was fitly marked with
propriety and good taste—and with what is equally
valuable in this cold, bleak world, the unreserved
exchange of mutual kindness and good fellowship.
It was determined to do honour to the bat and ball
in a contest by two picked elevens, which in con-
sequence of the unfavourable state of the weather
during the morning, was played, in the best possible
spirit, in the afternoon—Mr. Taylor of the 'Plume
and Feathers" inn (himself the genius of hilarity
and good humour) providing everything needful for
the proper 'ostentation of the inward man. In the
evening the members repaired to the "Green
Dragon," where an excellent supper was provided for
them, replete with the best of everything, and served
in that unostentatious and effective manner for which
the worthy host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Longman,
have long been favourably known. The party, who
were joined by a few friends, numbered altogether
about 33, and sat down under the &you'd presidency
of Mr. Thomas Bennett, supported- by some of the
most respectable tradesmen in the town. It is need-
less to say that with all these accessories to • really
pleasurable entertainment a most agreeable evening
was acknowledged to have been spent by all. A
grateful little episode marked the oomaion with
peculiar interest—the presentation on the part of the
Club of a handsome silver tea pot to Mr. and Mrs.
Hayward, of High East Street, as an acknowledg-
ment of Mr. Hayward's liberality in granting the
gratuitous use of his beautifullyeituated and well.
adapted field for praotios in the manly game. With
regard to the numerical strength of the Club, we be.
hove it now number, about 100 members and its
financial condition is equally satisfactory—a useful
and available balanoe standing over towards the ex.
pauses of the next season.

Bonouou YNTST lilllllllo/111, Monday, Sept. 97.
(114sfor• W. Manila Id, Lici„ Mayor, J. Modgoa, And J.
Humor, Ulm)—oru owtrinp woo sunimoned by
Henry Jima Boworing for an small on JOMIMII
flowering, a child of proseeutor, Tisli ease, adjourned
from Mond', lut, woo brought forward to•day and die.
missed, •1011 party paying him own 00111,--JuAtt
Smear, unman, of Illwange, vu brought up in euitody
for being drunk and (Worded, on Sunday evening aboul
V o' ' eloak and am ailed 9.. and 9., 114, emporium, or sla
bums in ha stooks, Allowed a week to pay.
Tug turd, ilolieltor, of Way.
mouth, sppoared bolo,. tho Benet. to support an 'prin.
eation for the rauswal of the liana to the Mariners'
Inn, whioli had been refuaird by the Moyne al tho
last lioenalug day. It Appeared that Mr. Tisawl was
ohs of tho Weevil of the how, and lb. Mayer elated

that complaints having been made by the inhabtlante
and the police as to the wanner in which the house. was
habitually conducted, he thought it his duty still to
refuse the application of the same party—Smith ; and
his Worship added, that the lessees of the Mariners' Inn
could not complain of the deprivation of a spirit license
to thie particular house, under all the circumstances of
the ease, particularly when it was recollected that
several beer-houses belonging to the same firm in this
borough, which presented i striking contrast to the
Mariners—having been concluded in a daunt, orderly,
and satisfactory manner—had found their claims readior
recognised, and received spirit licenses at the last
licensing meeting.
COUNTY Harz, Saturday, 25th of September.—
(Before H. Frampton and P. B. Sheridan, Bses.)—
Janes Miller, a labourer, of Broadway, was brought up
in custody °barged with assaulting and beating Ids
muter, Mr. Thomas Walter Hitt, a yeoman at Broad-
way. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant
met the complainant about 8 o'clock on Friday night,
the 24th of September, and demanded his harvest fee,
and on complainant telling him he would be paid in
proper time, the defendant knocked him down three
times and threatened to kill him. The assault was not
denied. Fitted CI, including costs, and to enter into his
own recognisant* in £lO, and one surety in £lO to keep
the peace for three calendar monthe.--Richerd Stone,
a labourer, of Wyk, itegia, was charger' with being
drunk and disorderly, andbroaking seven panes of glue.
Fined Is. for being drunk, and 4e. Bd. for the damage to
the window. -- lionday.—(Before the Rev. J. A.
Templer,) —Joshua Saunikri, of Yeovil, was brought up
In custody of P.O. Farthing, of the Yeovil Pollee,
charged by Captain and Adjutant Smith with absenting
himself from the training of the Dorset Militia, Fined
£2, and RI le. Bd, caste, and in default eoffunittud to
21 days' hard labour.

COUNTY POLIO!. COURT, Sh[reboil, Tuesday, Septens.
hr 214.—(Before H. William and fl. N. Middleton,
Esqrs.) John Sriektand, Jomplt Norris, and Thomas
Muiford were brought up on remand, the former with
stealing • quantity of lead from the Rio. J. A. Templer,
of Plddletown, and the two latter with morivjpg the
load knowing ft to have been stolen. Mr. Wigton
defended Mutford. Superintendent Everitt, of the
county pollee, on being sworn, deposed that on Friday,
the 10th of September, from information he received re.
spitting some lead which had been stolen from Mr.
Templer, he went to Mutford'i house in Fordington.
Mutford MU not at home when the superintendent
went, but after a short time Mutford OM. home. The
superintendent asked him If he had bought any lead
from the prisoner Norris. He said he had, and sent it
all to London with the eximption of one Mode, which he
produeed. Supt. Everitt asked Mutford If he had made
any entries in his book. He said he had, and produced
the book, He then took a copy of the entries of lead
bought from Norris, which were as follows t—July 271 h,
281bs. ; July 29th, 56Ibs. t July 31st, 291 be. ; August
4th, 281bs. ; August 12th, 28Ibs. ; August 14th, 28Ibs. ;
August 18th, 5431b0. • August 19th, 28Ibs. ; August 20th,
281bn. ; August 26th MN. Land September 3rd, 28Ibe,
I making a total of 4211 be. The pieoss which Mutford
I bought September 3rd he now produced. He said to
Mutford he must have known that the plies' were
I stolen, he answered "I did think so, and I asked
Norris several times but he (Norris) said that a re.
1 speakable man of Piddletown sold it to him and he did
not wish to expose him." Superintendent Everitt had
since been to London and recovered from the stores of
Cohen and Co. the pieces which he now produced,
weighing 2 cwt. 15 lb. He received seven other pieces
from that firm' weiging 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 161 b., making
total in all of 4 owt. 211 b. On Tuesday he took Mut-
ford into custody and charged him with having received
the lead knowing it to be stolen, but lie said he did not
know it was stolen, and had given Norris the full value
of the lead, 16s. per cwt. P.C. Softly, of Piddletown,
said that on the 10th of September he received intima-
tion from Mr. Templer that he had lost twenty-eix piece'
of lead from his premises. Froin information Softly re.
11 calved he went to Stiokland and charged him with bay-
stolen the lead. Stickland said he knew nothing at all
' about it. Softly took him into custody, and on the road
to Dorchester Stickland said '1 sold three bits about •
1 month back, and two bits about three weeks ago to
Norri.. I said to Norris what shall we do if these bits
' are missed. Norris said 'Never you trouble about
them, I will put them all right.'" Softly then brought
Stickland to the lookup, and in company with Sergeant
Vickery, went to Norris' house and charged him with
receiving the lead knowing it to be stolen. He denied
all knowledge of it. Softly then searched the house,
but found nothing. He then went to Mutford's house
and asked him if he had bought any lead. He said he
had only bought a few bits, and told the policeman he
might search his house. Softly then left Mutford and
brought Norris to the lookup. He then went and got
Stickland and showed Norris to him, and asked him if
that was the man he gold the lead to. He said it was,
and that he had sold it to him at 2s. a pieoe. Norris
aaid "Did I know the lead was stolen." Stickland
said " Yes." Norris said "Itis no use telling lies
about it; I did buy the lead and sold it all to Mutford."
Softly then went down to Mutford's house and told him
what Norris had said. He denied it at first, but after
some time he said that he did buy the lead and had cent
it all to London. He then gave Softly the directions
where he had sent the lead, and Softly gave them to
Superintendent Everitt. Sergeant Vickery of the
county police, corroborated the last witness, and said
that Mutford told him that he had sent the lead to
London for 18e., and had lost some money by it. Henry
Frampton, gardener to the Rev. J. A. Templer, deposed
to seeing the prisoners Stiokland and Norris in inc
carpenter's shop where the lead was stolen from. Stick-
land was working for Mr. Templer, but Norris had no
business there. Superintendent Everitt said that he
went to London to Cohen and Co., and found the lead
done up in • barrel. He marked the lead in the pre-
sence of Mr. Cohen. He did not find any more then,
but he had since received seven of the missing pieces be
rail. The Rev. J. Ackland Templer deposed to missing
the lead now produced from Ins premises about three
weeks ago, and as the lead had all been oast in one
mould, made especially for the purpose, he could posi-
tively swear to the lead produced as his property. The
prisoner Stickland was working for him, and lead
access to his premises. Mr. Henry Cohen, of Great
Dover-street, London, after having been sworn after
the Jewish custom, said that he had received lead from
Mutford at different times, and that he received the
lead in question from him by rail. Committed to
Sessions. Mutford was admitted to bail in two aureties
of £25 each, and himself in £OO ; and bail was also ac-
cepted for the other two in sureties of £lO, and £2O
each. Hodinot was brought up charged with
atealing • stook of a wheel. Mr. Weston prosecuted and
Mr. George Andrews defended. Samuel William Bullen,
carpenter, of Tolpuddle, said that prisoner came to his
house on Wednesday the Bth of September, and told
him Mr. James Davis, of Affpuddlo, wanted the stook
of a wheel that he had of him seine time ago. Witness
told prisoner that he was not aware Ito owed one to Mr.
Davis. Prisoner said he was sure he did, and that a
man named White was waiting for it and would take it
in his wagon. Witness then gave prisoner a stook. P.C.
Softly, of Piddletown, said that he searched prisoner's
house and found the stook of a wheel which Mr. Sullen
identified as his property. The magistrates dismissed
the ease, but said that Hodinot might be again taken up
if additional evidence could be obtained.

COMMITTED TO DORCVESTER GAOL.—Senio7.B : Maria
Hussey, atealing money, /so., at Burstook.—Hard
Labour: Job Long, vagrancy at Hinton Martell, 1
calendar month; Wm. Smith, assault on police at
Blanclforcl, 1 °slender mouth.