The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-15 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

ST. VICTIM'S CHURCII.-011 Hmpitai :Unday £6 Is. wu
collected at St. Peter's Church Grove); £6 was shwa
to the Weymouth Royal Hospital, and one guinea to the
Weymouth and Dorset County Royal Rye Infirmary.
CUIUOTS ACCIDEN-r.—Early this week Mr. Vale, school.
master on board H.M.S. Boscawen, was cleaning • paired
kid gloves with paraffin, and thoughtlessly held them too
near the fire, when the oil caugtt the flames and burnt
one hand in • very painful manner.
CRICKET.—WrymotaA Vi•ilor. v. H.M.S. Bodeawea.—On
Saturday a Weymouth Visitors' team played an eleven
from the Boscawen, and best them by two runa.—The
Portland Cricket Club handled the bat against the Way.
mouth Visitors on Monday, and won with five wicket. to
Tile choir of Reston Wesleyan Chapel on Bank Holi-
day set off by the 9.30 a.m, train for Upwey, wt ere they
had A capital day's pleasure Being accompanied by
friends the party numbered 60. They found enough
pleasure in that pretty village to detain them till the last
train.
The band boys of the Hoscswen had a pic-nic at
I.lpwey on Thursday last They left Portland by the
1..10 p.m., and as they did not take their instruments, of
which they had enough at the general pic-nic on Lodmoor
about a month ago, they enjoyed themselves+ more freely.
They were accompanied by the Rev. W. Dearden,
. .

Removal. ow Coxvicni.—On Friday last a party of
invatld convicts, about 12 in number, were removed to
Woking. Not being so far gone in ill-health as to make
it necessary for the medical officer to go with them, they I
were in charge of Principal Infirmary Warder Anderson.
—On Wednesday 90 convicts, the majority grey-dreseed
but among whom were two blue went off in
charge of four officers to London. The mass of them
were chained together, as usual, by the arms, but there
did not seem to be any very bad characters requiring leg
irons. The blue-dressed men have but • short time to
serve and may be trusted not to run away if they have a
dozen chancre.
THE RECEIrTS AT THE BAZAAR for St. John's Church
enlargement and restoration amounted to CLIS, and, the
expenses being about 1.115, the friends expect to make •
net torofit of £llO. This result must be extremely
grouping to all those who worked so hard and with such
a th and taste for e labour of love. Among the
ladies' names that of Mrs. YRestraiall was inserted in our
last ia mistake for "Mr., Rad e." This we particu-
larly regret, as Mr. and Mrs. yffe took a very active
part from the first; Mrs. Radclyffe, with Mrs.
presided at one of the refreshment stalls, and ILL
Radclyffe's services were most valuable in the storm of
Thursday morning, for he stayed up in all that frightful
weather and with the assistance of others secured the tent
from being blown down.
FAREWELL OF THE REV. W. W. SHERILEN.—On Sunday
last Mr. &wren, who has been pastor of the Chad]
Congregational chapel over nine yeses, preached his fare-
well-sermon. Before singing the last hymn, the reverend
gentleman referred to • report, which had been spread,
that he was leaving on account of his salary not Laving
been raised. This Mr. Marren contradicted; be Was
thankful to say they had paid him over and above what
they had promised, and that in each year. The text was
from the words "Finally, brethren, farewell," 2 Coe.
Mil., 11.
LOCAL BOARD MEETING.
Thursday: Prows. Messrs. E. Pearce, B. Stone, 11.
Otter, Joseph Hodder, J. P. Scriven, R. Pearce, 11. 0.
Mabey, T. Gibbs, E. Cemben, C. Mitchell, G. E. Andrews,
and B. Scriven.
LIGHTING WESTON AND SOUTHWELL
The only tender received for supplying 11 lamp-poets,
de., for Weston and Southwell, was that of Me. It, coy,„
at Ell 104. —Ur. J. P. Sateen pr_oposed, Mr. B. Striven
seconded, and it was carried—" That the question of
lighting Weston and Southwell with oil be adjourned for
a month.
PEOPOSE.D WILL AT WESTON.
The inhabitants of Weston memorialised the Board to
sink a well there • but on the motion of Mr. J. Scurvy(
seconded by Mr. K PEARCE. it WY resolved to adjourn the
question till the first meeting in January, and in tht
meantime to write to the "Woods and Forests
Commissioners, for leave to sink • well on the common
land.
DRAINAGE.
The letter from the Local Government Board relative to
progress in drainage was read, and various works were
ordered to be got on with.
The CLERK was to reply to the letter of the Local
Government Board.

wank au ma'.
The Cuing was requested to write to the commissioners
of Woods and Forests, claiming the spring at Calverwell.
on behalf of the inhabitants.
The SUILVZTOR was instructed to attend to the water
supply at West Weir.

WIN/RIM
WALTZ& PARSONS AND lAMB HANZIPORD, AI&CISOTS
ci this school, both appear on th• Cl"' =Mt°
INutd Irl the Salisbury MOW'S& Board Ot Ed for
=ll such an excellent examination in Religions know-
er which they are entitled to money and books, as
formerly given by the society, together with • gratuity of
.13 for Ur. White their master. This is the third time
(vis- each time he has been preeisnted), that the former has
gained this distinction.

WIT LIILWORSIR. _ washy of shoyhesPerl. wee; •
_, in olden ania, measured their cloth with the ntie
THE SCHOOL.—Thllrliday, August 3rd. wim • deiT og now they eoleM measure their geocle with the ,olusteW
much rejoictng in East Isilworth, being the school east min could chew a mew "mean og to -
of the
Netienet
"eel' The
°meg:rand friends al th° than Ws. Ile Misted himself ules
school came out most liberally in donations, among the &emir ag being to it 793 7 ihi•
whom we must noticoenr..., Kr. R. L. Rindersley, gee the list week hem „waved en Godziopt.
Clete ; Rev. N. Girl& Mrs. gradapj East owiduct and orgawaitios rowed with
.entre;
Lulworth Vicarage te. Burton ; lari• a more anariasood men. They were drolla4Tialts.
Boum combo. Tba Wooi braes heed was hi their maw was more popular than wee. ses
&Madams. and beaded tit, school &Mr's. mambos

the, had hem
ondeyercstedtinbuiaana.t he
antimz3ber3s.cdforetresuntobettlir. John Tory, INrstwoest..,,,... Thelma, of the kick in her side. Prisoner was abusing his wife. I AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR HAMPSHIRE,
pen of not teal than too wethers and askin_g her for his money, and accusing her of being
led
___lbmatericasedieelteg wwihelawhiane totad'put the. m into the fiewlud, was not awarded, as there were not the requisite number drunk. She wan not drunk, but prisoner was the worse
Mr for li Our last report recorded one af the moot adverse seed
times ever remembered, especinlly for wheat ; in COMM-
belier"'d of tbe irral..malllinefoughtUll el .or entries-thren The prise Gwen were purchased by quor. -Emma Csmrage, a young, woman living in the quence large breadths intended for autumn sowing of
tive be. th„ replar2,L
...her', when tbe Mat nt htia Edward Sims. of Pitcomhe Farm, Cattle Cary, at gas. per next bonne to prisoner's, said prisoner cline home about wheat have been seeded with Lent corn We have there-
sep.•••••• -fro. the reserve to follow the
(bleth.ank.rd
.Mrn. Cave
pyrieuesoldwohreis
awarded
lambs to ttokellwiraGrallof eight on Saturday night, and he was the worse for drink. fore, to. note a small acreage of wheat for •
the Present
itsiaimdawbuttngththe policeman
ineieostrh.d been drawn
_, iii sadly wanted, the fight-
refirthe liar wisenci=ty the toady tramp of
.the E. Fisher) at the Crown Hotel ordinary, and which wit; ;Bennett She heard prisoner harvest, which lip to the blooming time looked very Tin-
e. things at his wife, and went in about three promising, felt is now, owing to the hot, forcing weather
fate unapt irdi ba) mes up to the relief the Jambez attended by about 60 farmers, under the presidency of nuarte
leg re
army as it co for your Uncle. (Loud Mr. Henry Fookes. • ra-m'an hour afterwards and found her on the floor experienced in the months of lone and duly,
to raise her up, hut she 'screamed
Conn's' Rem Swings, Saturday.-Before the Hon, from thmethrr pain She
ehetrir sedide Peeved, and the yield hoth on the hill and vale farms is
'' claw; e Vanier:oaf inaka„..et ivem
Her father pat a chair for the likely to be gnat mon all well cultivated land, and should
teee
nawa a 'd by the kindnesn of the gentlemen W. 11. B. Portman, M.P., Mr. If. S. Bower, and Mr. IL woman, and prisoner pulled her into it by her neck and the present splendid weather continue through the har-
ped can y Baton" wu t 0( the daY's Proceeding". F. Yeatman. ' ' hair, &ad the areangernen
(to gee to them • toast and in Greve grarasey,
w_.
cress
render
of
in her presence_ prisoner said he vest we shall obtain a full average crop of wheat her
~• Blandford, i hoped he should hear the hell toll for his wife before acre of fine quality, and weieht of grain equal to some of
birehilLis...a?brie r:Opoubwiermhiaz° I::min..oThitea,
htsuswa4 t..1,M pleaded guilty to 'tr.:paisley ing on Mr. k Hand's farm at Sunday morning, and he would not mind being hung for the best seasons like la.oi, ino, and 1071.
the Tarrant Hinton, and taking six eabba -Ile was I it, and rather than the children should go to his wife's Ti barley seed time was abio late, and the land
dome "' kto Proi 77eperhub, that of Captain plifill-' ordered to Pay 10a, which included the damage, fine, and father's house to live he would cut their throata-In e 'really worked unkindly. A large acreage hag. how.
t to
&Assn hers ano e short time ago a friend meta
I answer to
.prisoner witnean said his wife had not idlest over, been sown but the promise of either quantity or
a'a,..erinia gt When e them at their banquet the George Loader WU summoned for baring been found , away her tisne.wah_hersr.-:W illiam Courage, father of the quality of grain is not good upon the whole, for rin thin,
(Much a7k-e.l. biro l°,Pae- they will come to support lying in the road betwenSpettlsberynd (;ian esa 11l James left her three children in dry soils usually, termed barley land. the weather having
kunil_hl ha seade was I holm' -
to usey had done to. Itlea,„. I Marshall, drunk.-He had been lately convicted, and was his house whist she went to Bournemouth on Saturday. 1,,,, severely hot, the grain will be thin and coarse;
Lars " -lir wla. haPforY he's • l°lll good fellow:1 tie now fined .£1 includjng c,oste. after prism,'" and his wife rains home he took their still On deep. dry loamy land some magnifieent crops are
• voice " - t I reminded him of another I Fraudse yiliaea, a s _
. tourpaine, was summoned for : children in to them and advised them to put them to bed, to he seen, likely to yield a heavy crop of good !uniting
help
,thein.hlangrrathaealjed upon to euPPort Captain I manning Thomas Pike, at Stourpaine, on the 7th of . The woman was on the moms I, and her husband as by barley. This crop must be considered something under
1 August-Mr. Atkinson appeared for complainant, who her aide cursing her. Ile went in again afterwards, and an average,
"' Y Do heater and he had the pleasure
That Wai at - rc„,ittee organised to forward hm stated that as he left his work on the evening of August found prisoner kneeling on his wife. Ile saw him knock Oats may he considered the worst of the cereal crops,
7th defendant came up to him and challenged him to fight her head against the wall several times. Prisoner and con iderably under an average produce.
0fThe,.....!...-'.a °6-Ardret-sirasTesl-iglit contrast between then and
happy and cheerful. but there or toss for a sovereign' He refused. and words pared, threatened to strike him, hut did not do so.-in reply to Bean; peas, and vetches-particular) the latter -are
e'----liere eVer"" w"altbough they felt certain of and defendant threaten•ed to strike him H
tsineceßelilachre;:silut7.slidthhee had lived in his present house over the average produce. Some few instances of blight
iler.,.. eommittee °ow' • I A imsociated with most ant) held up • stick and said if defendant sgcSecellaligiallane. prisoner came to live there jll4 have oecured in spring beans, but the winter variety are
in 'a "then au an anzwua Ile generally seemed to would hit him with it. Defendant struck him a violent alter, He had not seen any men about the house, and he generally well podded. The early peas, which are now
rtrathac coulitenance3' Tait nervous state. (Laughter.) blow on the forehead and he struck defendant on the I had *noticed nothing improper about the wife. Ile had all harvested, will furnish excellent fodder-an important
„,„,-„eseu .0 ia • Wllließ
ad
wen
weigbr.d down with shoulder with the stick, and closed_ with him and held not Been her drunk.--Mr. 11. Smyth, surgeon, said item this year; whilst hay is scarce and dear.
sive,- --wad . their tables b
genial hosPitalitY had li'm till he promised that if he let hini go he would not prosecutrix came to his surgery on Monday morning and The hay crop Which was this year anticipated with
strike him again. Ile released defendant. who struck I asked him to give her a certificate that she had been ill- more than usual 'anxiety on account of the obi crop being
ni..-bsts-ailai.n"-anthadatadeadv they bad not n much of of that
bins violently in the side and filo six or seven times, and 1 inset by her husband. lie took her into his consulting used op is found to be very light on the meadow and
nrt 14 I.t.i! tousiali Y was to be seen, t
he was still sufferin.g
.from the effects.-Williant Tapper I room, and she showed him two bruises on her left MIMI. •- ' ''
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%.rverris' -.--iirowedt.-
_Afterwards there w‘csis,i_ a little
-nt's evidence.-Charles '' dor, • •''• ' s.
..ea' 0.."' .°,,Dr.. ;tier enjoyed. thenaseiv_ es, . neers NMI.. e_orm. berated.
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IfeiC kb might have arisen out
tiechter.) •-atecd re now. (Loud hear hears.) And
Itati a e
"I a .2 ..ithaut hedtation that be believed every elector
he
t a' • .ptain Digt,' ft It they had selected a
who sow-- ld do honour to the county and hly
Ocean '
Pa ' tere,ta of his coastituenta. (Cheers). Ho

_ comE amen.. flenbw,
F.lisalie-th—Jeani, Elisabeth Ballam, thooro 'Jeans, and
Elisabeth Read were all called for the defence. but they
merely proved that complainant struck defendant across
the neck with • stick—a fact that was admitted by the
other side.—Defendant wu fined XI, including coats.
Morita. Cojr, of Tariiint Keynston, was summoned for
. .

trespassing in search of game on lan in the occupation of
Mr. George Halpin, at Tarrant Keynston, on the 20th of
July.—Mr. Atkinson appeared for defendant. —On the
25th of July. Mark illf ord, gamekeeper to Mr. J. .1.
Farquharson, &XVI • wire set in Mr. Calpin's oats, and
beard defendant as to two other men with whom he was
hoeing turnips in the same field that he knocked down a
big hare the previous day. Ile 'marked down the wire,
and set a lad named Charles Hopkins to watch it. Next
morning about eight o'clock defendant went to the wire,
and Hopkins found it set again and took defendant to the
keeper, house. Defendant threatened to beat his (the
Ilad's) brains out the first dark night he got him out, if he
was hung for it.—Defendant was fined 10s., including
costs, for the trespass, and bound over in £lO to keep the
peace for 12 months for using the threats.
William Geary Ward, fanner, of !Hendren! St Mary,
was summoned,tr assaulting Merritt Best, parish clerk
.of Bland ford St. sry, on July 25th. —M r. Tanner appeared
I for complainant ; Mr. Atkinson for defendant—Complain-
ant stated that on July 21st defendant's pigs got into his
: garden and destroyed three rows of peas, a row of lettuce,
I and other crops. The pigs had been there before. In the
, evening he went to defendants house to complain, and
I saw Mrs. Ward, who told him defendant was in the pea
field, but he did not ge to bin' there. He didn't see defen-
i dant tall the Stith, on the evening of which day ho went
into Blandfstrd to Mr. Daniell's to get some medicine for
his wife. On the way beck he met defendant, aad asked
him what recompense he was to have for the damage done
in his garden, by his pigs Defendant told him to fence
against them and do his hest to seek recompense, and
abused him, and called him a rogue, scamp, and hypocrite,
and then took him by the throat and threw him down in
the toed, and knelt on him and said, "There, what do you
think of that" He was never shook so much in his life.
He did not give defendant the least provocation—cross.
examined by Mr. Atkinson; Defendant did not tell him
to come to him the next morning as he could not stop to
talk to him then. Ile did not Orike defendant till after
he put him ou 'the ground, but while he was kneeling on
him he did strike defendant with his stick.—Henry
Matcharn, blacksmith, of Charlton, said complainant
struck defendant with his stick fire, and defendant only
used enough force to put him down in the road and take i BOURNBMOIITH.
. away his stick.—Cross-examined by Mr. Tanner: It was , ',stormier, New Itsitway.—On Tuesday evening at
I between 10 and 11 at night. and be was standing clam by, influential public meeting was held in the Town Hall on
—A cram-summons was then heard.—Mr. Ward said consider a proposition to make • new line of railway from
defendant came to him and complained about his Pigs Bournemouth to West Moors with the view of expediting
having damaged his crops, and he asked him if he WU the railway communication to and from the metropolis.
sure the pigs were his, as there were plenty of others in Mr. C. J. Ilankinson occupied the chair, and was sup-
the neighbourhood lie put his hand towards defendant, ported on the platform by Messrs. J. Cutler, C. C.
I and told him to go home, and coins to him the next morn- Creek% Hussey, and Poulton, C. K, of London. Through-
, ing and he would pay him for any damage his pigs had out the discussion the want of appreciation by the
I done. Defendant struck him with his stick three times, ' existing companies of the requirements of the place was
once on the ear, and he then pushed him down in the road . much commented upon and the general feeling was that
and with one knee each side of him twisted the stick out . some means must be adopted by which London may be
.of his hands. He did not use any more force than WAS I reached in 21 instead of 31 hours, the time at present
th necessary to take away e stick from defendant—Mr. I occupied by the fastest train. Mr. Foulton, i'.E., of
Atkinson said he did not ask for • conviction for the 1 London, informed the meeting that the proposed new
assault on Mr. Ward, and the only reason for taking out [ line could be constructed at a cost of from 1.50,000 to
the cross-summons was that Mr. Ward might give 1 £60.000. Ile also hinted at the formation of a new
1 evidence.—The Bench dismissed each summons as they Company; but said he was not prepared at present to go
considered there were faults on both sides. I fully into that matter. The following resolutions were
John llopkins, of Charlton Marshall, was summinoned unanimously agreed to:—" That a more speedy coul-
ter refusing to support his mother, Mary Hopkins, an old munication by railway between Bournemouth and
woman of 81, who is chargeable to the Blandford Union. . London and vice versa is of great importance, and that
—Mr. Stickland, relieving officer, proved the liability, for this purpose it is desirable that a line he made from
The defendant's mother had received relief for some years, Bournemouth to West Moors."—That • committee of Hi
. but it was discontinued a little while since, because the be appointed with power to add to their number in order
1
guardians considered defendant ought to keep her. On to carry out this object.—" That the following committee:
the sth of August she again became chargeable, and she Messrs. liankinson, Briggs, Burton, Brock, Cox, Creeke,
is at present receiving 2s. nil and a loaf weekly. The Mate, Cutlet, McWilliam, Sharp, Fore, Burt, Lane,
witness said defendant owned the house he lived in Rogers, Rebbeck, Robson, and Dr. Toinson, and that it
' besides three cottages, and was a grocer and rented a be an instruction to the Committee to press the iiii•
I dairy of 11 cows.—Defendant pleaded inability to pay.— portance of improved communication upon the existing
I Ile was ordered to contribute 3a. a week. companies."
George Hayman/, labourer, of Durweston, was summoned COV NTT COURT—The hi-monthly sitting of this court
by Mary Williams, of Stourpaine, for arrears of &bastardy I was held in the Town Ilall on Saturday, before Mr. T. E.
order.—The order was Is. la. a week, and defendant has P. Lefroy, judge.
not paid anything. He was sent to gaol for a month two Upwards of 90 plaints were issued, the majority of
months since, and unless he pays everything due by the which were disposed of by the Registrar. Of those
I 2lrd of September he will be again committed for • I which came before his honour the following are the most
j month. I interesting :-
1 Mr. Tow Nesbitt, photographer, Blandford. was MISR. ‘ Pact v. Morris—This was a case involving the hire of a
mooed for refusing to comply with an enter of the ; boat. It appeared that defendant had agreed to pay
: magistrates to have his child vaccinated.—Mr. Walter j plaintiff 15s. per week for the hire of a boat, but that on,
Lance, the vaccination officer, said be had received a I being applied to at the end of a fortnight for two weeks'
medical certificate that the child was not in • fit state to . hire he declined to pay, alleging that the boat was unsea-
he vaccinated at present, and the Bench adjourned the I worthy and of no use to Inni. The present action was,
I ease till the 23rd of September. therefore, for :10s., the two weeks' hire.—Mr. Druitt, jun.,
I Frederick Riggs, painter, of Blandford, WSW similarly• for plaintiff, and Mr. Morris conducted his own case.—
summoned.—ln this case also Mr. Lance had received • Plaintiff was sworn and said be was the owner of the boat
medical certificate, and the case was adjourned likewise, hired by defendant, who had her from the 7th to the 22nd
Mr. H. J. L. Brown, draper, of Blandford, was similarly of June at 15e, per week. Witness never had any cons-
summoned.—As on the previous occasion, defendant plaint from Mr. Morris of the boat being unseaworthy
raised scientific and statistical objections to vaccination, I until the 30Ui of June, when he received a letter from
and said he had suffered from it himself. He should him, in which he said the boat was stated to be unlit for
never have his child vaccinated, but should do his best by burning, and, instead of paying the hire owing, claimed
refusing to do so and by agitation to get the law repealed. compensation. —Plaintiff WAS questioned at some length
—Th. Bench inflicted • flue of £l—Defendant: What is by defendant with the view of proving the boat to have
the alternative I—The Clerk: A distress.- Defendant: I been in • leaky state—Richard Hughes, a waternian, was
am afraid I shall trouble you to do it. called by defendant, and swore that he found the boat so
--...... leaky that when rowing some people from Bournemouth
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each about as large as a five-shilling piece, and -a
scratch
on the right silo of her neck. where the said her husband
bad taken hold of her. She complained of her left
breast and her hip, and said she thought one of her ribs
was broken. He did not examine her fur.her and when
he called on her yesterday she said she found her rib was
. . not broken, an do' -

salc_b Ibe ted .th *family v. name was as liar
vs' Ms's.% household words and he was the son of
is thorwg_.a.i.,,,an whom they all respected and loved,
weslthY.77,„`"„ ar,ouoter of eve' ything useful and
tEeinly to his own county but to the
a good landlord and a firm friend
ia the extreme. May Captain Digby live
Ind ht they find him in the House for a good
Issi 081_,m4 'Band and guests joined in giving' Foe
reasY , ood fellow " with tremendous vigour),
his 00.1 st. M.P., In reply thanked the company
COW" :la a the other county members for the
bearUll. uhoi they had received the toast" and
*awe that his parliamentary and military
es him to accept their kind invitation
dune, "lecaisa.. Upon many occasions he had formed
gel tate 4 keel present at their dinner' the more
resolull; „, near his home, but this had been
e-fer,Ul,6r,„ts.-M4'in iy of which he could avail himself.
tb. •r" -.'eold saying that after a storm came • calm
Met "I- ths appearance of the county after the
aad rettlidY
e last winter gave every evidence in
°66'2"114 :ie.-teeth. lie had ?lOW seen it looking better
orilvincrebesu.- fti el, realising the ancient adage of peace
aad ',testy. If there bad been any ill-feeling excited by
weal contest he trusted it had ay
ago passed by. (A
- II gone past.) Whilst on his legs they
yoke 8 fancy be was going to make • political
14 brit be would net trouble them upon that OCCISiOU
it. Ile was certain they would rather he did not.
fbear, bear)-and therefore he would only thy be trusted
die ...ores which bad been passed during the Session,
Dow rapidly drawing to • close, had been, to their think-
,se maul and beneficial. (Cheers.) He had now to
the toast of "Mucous to Forestry and more
mectslli of Court St. Austin." He believed the Ancient
order o(Foresters to be one of the oldest friendly societies,
if aot the oldest, in existence ; and its long life
ormed incontestibly that it was grounded on •
god basis, and that it was financially and commercially
prosperous. It had struck him in driving through Cerne
that day that the Foresters had used their axes very freely
and had taken a lesson from the Corporation of Dorchester,
who were about to cut down those obnoxious trees of which
they had heard so much about-llaughter). He would con.
diode by railing upon them to give three hearty cheers for
the toast he had proposed, coupled with the names of two
townsmen of theirs, and good neighbours of his, Mr.
Northover sad Mr. Stroud. He would also include the
medical officer sad trustees, calling for • special cheer for
Dr. McEnerf -fThis toast met with the heartiest of
reception")
The jovial secretary of the lodge, Mr. STROUD, elicited
obesity cheer when he responde& He thanked the chair-
man for the very kind manner in which he had proposed
MEM to the Order, and also for coupling his name with
the toast. Their court, be modestly said, was only a small
one in comparison with others, but at the same time he
was very pleased to say it was in a prosperous condition.
Dant( the past year they had had very little sickness'
and on the &map two new members had joined at each
court meeting which took pleas once a month. At their
last anniversary they had fel members and they now
numbered lel --(cheers). They, however, only hail three
hon. members to aupport thew, but bethought it was the
duty of every ratepayer, who was in a position to do no. to
help a society like that, seeing that it was a means of pro.
aiding for sickness and death, awl alleviating the want,
of the widow and the orphan-(hear. hear). They had
had a successful year during the past year, and he hoped
they would all pull together and render the court a still
greater success than it bad been ID past years. His
brother Northover would tell them as to the Treasury--
(cheers).
Mr. NORTH/MR, the hon. treasurer, who was also
received with cheers, after expressing his thanks for his
reception ,ail ,m behalf of the members of the Court, he
Wii Sure they could not be too thankful when they looked
round, and saw the number of gentlemen who had come
to stitmort them from all parts of the country. With
regard to the A.0.F., the Order was :composed of 491,196
financial members, with the very advantageous addition
of 19,521 hon. members, whilst their capital amounted to
11.911,3t1e. Looking at those figures they must see the
:eddy could not help being • SUCCESS. With regard to
Court St. Austin, he could only as they commenced with
Is members, he was sorry to tell them there were only
two left out of that number, lie himself was one of the
first to take the office of Treasurer. Six y_ears ago they
had £173 in the bank • in 74 they had =7, and now at
the present time they had over nom (Great applause.,
As the medical officer, Dr. Ideliszav, responded, an
remarked he had always received the greatest kindness
from all the incrubers of the Court; they were always
islulgent, and never gave him more trouble than was
oresaary. (Cheers.)
L. lltw.iis and Mr. CLARIEL responded as trustee"
sad
Mr. Una Steosot, of Sidling, then gave "The
Visitors mid the Ladies," calling upon Mr. William Pimp
aid Mr. Hew Mayo to acknowledge the compliment
mid to the latter This having been nicely done,
The Ike W. Pope, of Godwanstos, proposed the toast of
the "The Lord Lieutenant and Magistrates." It was an old
*quint that poraet 100 years behintida?d, but to
' refer t- what b-
oe .

_ dI,l er to be
examined. Tho
!praises were not severe, anti the scratch had now dis-
appeared.—Cross-examined by prisoner: lie hatt no doubt,
the bruises were Call/led by kicks.—ln defence prisoner said
I his wife behaved very badly whilst he was living in Poole.
lie always gave her all his money on Saturdays and she
. would never give him a penny during the week. She was
in the habit of going to publiebouses with sailors and
other uses, and had even hrought them to his house and
fetched beer for theta. She had ran him into debt about
.g. 50 and he knew nothing of it till he was sued in the
county court and had his goods seised. Since he had
lived at Parkstene she had neglected the children, and he
, had conic home and found her tipsy. Ile had a little beer
I 011 Saturday night, and he may have struck his wife, hut
. he did not believe he kicked her or used her half so bad
as the witnesses had said.—The Mayor said the Bench
felt determined to endeavour to put a stop to these wife-
boating cases, as they came so frequently before them,
and they must bet more severe. Prisoner would be
son-
t,enced to one calendar month's hard labour, and be bound
over to keep the peace for six months from the expiration
I of that time. An opinion was expressed from the Bench
I that if prisoner had been sent for trial at the quarter
I sessions he would have had six months' hard labour and
a whipping.
Thomas Denning was summoned for absenting himself
from the service of Mr. Wi11,,, lrlxcy, blacksmith, to
whom he was apprenticed ; tp.. damages were claimed
under the new act—Mr. Reginald Aldridge ap: I for
plaintiff. —The particulars of the MAC were as folio.. :
; In 1873 defendant was apprenticed to plaintiff for seven
years. In August last year the business was sold to Mr.
Frederick Cox, and defendant then absented himself (rein
his work for some days. lie was served with • summons,
and then returned to his work on Mr. Cox agreeing to pay
him another shilling a week. On the let of this month
the business was resold by Mr. Cox to plaintiff's son, and
defendant left on the following day and refused to return.
The indenture wat produced and showed that defendant
was apprenticed to plaintiff only.—The Bench were of
opinion that when Mr. COS paid defendant the extra
shilling a week a fresh agreement was entered into, and
they were unanimous in dismissing the case.

.
pasture land (excepting irrigated meadows). The weather
has, however, been unusually fine throughout the season,
and the bulk of the crop is the best in quality secured
for many years, but must be prononneed much under an
average produced. Field hay is not much under an ave-
nge crop, the clover seeds having been remarkably
thick. The clover hay ----

crop is a full average. in
those cases where rye grass was in admixture. Many
fanners are 4:florin", the practice of mixing rye grass
with the bread clover for hay, as both are never fit to cut
together. The dry, hot Season has in most cases reduced
the second crop of clover no much that there will not be
half a crop.
The prospect for mange! and Swedish turnips is very
poor; the former has not shown so uneven a plant for
many years, and owing to the cold, back wary spring they
have suffered -la from wire worm and grub, and Imth
the above root crops must prove much under the average
produce. There is tune, however, for common turnips,
and whole the seed has vegetated since the late showers
they may yet prove a fair crop.
Potatoes are not so ch planted in field culture as in
former years they, however, look very grass and free
from disease, the early sorts of which are now being dug.
Although the tubers are not largo they yield a fair average
quantity, of good quality, except in a few cases where the
tubers have made a partial ascend growth.
The price of store sheep, which commenced very high,
has somewhat declined, consequent upon the bad prospect
for root crops and the failure of grass on the pastures,
many of which are completely bare, and the sheep cannot
be fed for the butcher without resorting to cake or corn
feeding.
The case is very much the same with fattening cattle,
and very largo numbers are being sent off to market in a
half-fat state, which at present has slightly affected the
value, but in the future it must tend to keep prices of fat
animals at a high figure.
August 9. JOSEPH Mx:xi:limy Southampton.

--
-date that he would just ...c• to • tare 7f. _et had
of late. One calf:zit little band—he alluded to
thlro'ximanry—had achieved great things at Wimbledon,
and hail outdistanced every other corps. They must
have had good horses, or they would never have done it.
Therefore they must take it the Dorsetsire horses were
good Then, again, be took up his paper, and he saw reports
ci sgricvituod meetings held here and there and be read
that the judges were for the most part Dorset men , which
showed him they knew something of stock. Again, ho
loud the man who had done more than any other, for
what sal at present the fashionable animal—the short-
horn—wet a Dorcet man. Ile had come in first with
Queen Mary ,overriding all prejudice and taking his fences
lii a wonderful style. (Cheers.) Let them look 'wain at
their dleen. At Hereford he saw one of the best awn he
*set ear in his life and it came from Dorset and from the
fare of Mr Chapman Saunders. (Hear, hear). Their
gallant chairman in this hot weather might exclaim
what us earth are we to eat and then perhaps he
would find on big table some cold Lamb and that
44 bulb would come from Dorset. So that it was not
frse they were a century behind. (Hear, hear.) Dorset
'CM bat and foremost, at all events in getting rid of a
out of about the most objectionable fellows that existed,
getting what they could by frightening women and
caddie:l, aad then going to the public house and spending
It. They would not become Foresters or do anything for
either their present or future livelihood, and were only
lc:Nevin,: of contempt. Therefore again he repeated they
were late century behind hand. ((jheers.) After • few
over words the rev, gentleman proposed the toast
which was cordially received and responded to by Mr.
Bridges.
Mr. 11E111 tit proposed" Kindred Societies" and "The
Freo having been sinsilarly complimented the party
'dimmed for the
NORSK lUCINU _ . .

SUDDEN DEATIL—An inquest was held before Mr. W.
11. Atkinson on Friday, on the body of George Forder,
who died the previous day. The jury, Mr. Henry Allen,
foreman, haring viewed the body, heard evidence of
which the following is • summary :—George Forder,
psdener at Mr. Burtes went to work as usual on Thurs-
day morning, but complained to the groom, J. Penny, of
feeling ill, and said be should go home and have some
brandy be returned home, and had some brandy in •
cep of tea, but feeling no lietter tried to lie down but
could not rest; be got up and shortly after fell on the
floor speechless, and died in a few minutes, The jiii7
returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God ;
they gave their fees to the widow. The deceased has left
five children, four unable to earn anything.

CROSS-EXAMINATION AS A FINE ART.
(Front Mt Irtitinintr.)
Amongst the many questions which the second inquest
upon the death of Mr. -Bravo has brought into prominence
not the least interesting is the vexed problem of the
proper limits of cross-examination. The Bravo case is, as
was that of Elisabeth Canning and that of Eliza Penning,
one on which an ordinary las man, untrained in the rules
of evidence, and only too ready to allow the daily papers
to fashion his judgment for him, is almost certain to form a
strong prejudice one way or the other. At the moment
at which these words are written the verdict has not been
returned, and we, consequently, are not justified in
assuming that any question which has been put during
the course of the inquiry has, or has not, been unneces-
sary if considered by the light let upon it by the ultimate
result. It is, indeed, impossible for meet people to tell
whether a question is or is not justifiable unless they
know the actual facts of the case, and are able to judge
the question with reference to them. During the whole
course of the present inquiry, there has been in the minds
of many people a notion that what are technically known
as "the limits of cross-examination" have been !ery
grossly exceeded. Mere definitely it has been suggested
that Dlr. George Lewis, who appeared to represent the
friends of Mr. Bravo, has used his position as an advocate
to inflict "needless torture" upon such eminently respect-
able witnesses as Mrs. Bravo, Mrs. Cox, and Dr. Gully,
and to wickedly rake up against them private matters
which had nothing whatever to de with the question at
issue. The heart best knows its own bitterness. There
are very few people to whom cross-examination is with-
out its terrors, and it is not stall unnatural that consider-
able sympathy should be felt, if not perhaps for a physician
who has abused his position to betray a female patient,
yet, at any rate, for a lady who has been sufficiently un-
fortunate to fall into such hands. From this point of
view, the manner in which Mr. George Lewis has con-
ducted the case has been subjected to considerable ani-
madversion. Sir Henry James protested against it as
"monstrous :" and Mr. Serjeant Parry, on behalf of his
misrepresented client, roundly declares! that it amounted
to "moral torture." The learned gentleman who appeared
for Mrs. tAsx denounced it as "terrorism," and expressed
his regret that Mr. Lewis could not adopt a more
"pleasant" demeanour. To this Ur. Lewis very reason-
ably retorted that he was not there to make things
pleasant, but that, ou tho contrary, it was his object to
make himself as disagreeable as he could. To this one of
the learned counsel thought fit to reply, not toridein rerbitt
but by way of innuendo, that Mr. Lewis, being only an
attorney, could not he expected to know how to behave
himself, a remark which was fortified by some Parthian
allusion to the conventional sum of fis. Rd. Sneers of this
kind are cheap enough. (In the Northern Circuit, country
farmers make a point of looking in at the Town Hall during
assizes to hear the counsel "jolly" one another—a diversion
which amuses them much as cock-tighting or badger-baiting
might. During the course of the recent inquiry there
has been a very great deal of "jollying," but upon the
whole Mr. Lewis has not had by any lU6IIIIB the worst of
the conflict. "Needless torture," and "terrorism," and
" exquisite agony," are very tine phrases, but the simple
fact of the case is that a witness who does not come into
Court with clean hands must expect to be roughly
treated. . . . .

ciwanage the water was coming in in fast that
after getting about a mile from the pier be w-is obliged to
return, meanwhile baling out the water and rowing
alternately.—ln cross-examination by Mr. Druitt witness
said he hail taken the boat from Poole to Bourne and
from Bonnie to Pools. Ho could find no other hole except
at the plug.-31r. Druitt called Mr. IVagg,solleitor's clerk,
who proved having used the boat both before and after
this transaction and found her perfectly seaworthy. -His
Honour commented on the fact of defendant having kept
the boat a whole fortnight without making any complaint,
and said all the mischief must have been done by defen-
slant's own carelessness in uot looking after the plug-hole.
Verdict for the amount claimed.
IMITORTANT TO !MUSS AGENTS AND •CCTIONESOIL
Ucteitson Snitlowt v. AIM. &etym.—The plaintiffs
in this rase rent an unfurnished hon. in Beano iiiii t
Terrace, which they furnished and sub-let as a furnished
residence. Their agents in Bournemouth. Messrs.
Hankinson MO Lane, let this house in May, 1575, to a
Mr. Wheeler as a furnished lodging-house. During his
tenancy Mr. Wheeler had given a bill of sale on several
articles of furniture which he had brought into the house
to James Stevens, the defendant, WI agent for a Mr.
Butler, of Southampton. Mr. Stevens found it necessary
to proceed under the powers contained in the bill of sale,
and seised • number of articles in the house, which were
placed in a van and removed. Among these were some
goods belonging to the house—to wit, two mattresses, a
walnut occasional table, two plated toast racks, a tea urn,
ke. These were sold by Messrs. Curtis and Son, auc-
tioneers, at the instance of defendant, notwithstanding
a notice served upon him by Messrs. Hankinson and Lane
that the goods had been illegally removed, and were the
property of Messrs. Ilewitson and Milner. Hence the
present proceedings to recover .1;12 55., the value of the
articles so removed and disposed of.-- Mr. Trevanion ap-
' for plaintiffs, and Mr. J. Druitt, ippr., for &feu!
. _

MII4 Caine off without accident, and with the following
results.
Ti. lloax• Sraags of Five tininess for horses. Heats.
Over eight nights of hurdles. About three-quarters of
I (*etch weights. Second horse, one guinea. Six
hvss comid te.
Mr. samway's 'athleun •.• 2
Mr. Tearsley's Dickey a Jesse • ''o
Mr. T. I:illingham's F.uclid... ". "' ;
Mr. William's Mary Ann ... "" Mr. Addison's Dairymaid ... •.• ' • -5
• Dairymaid ran second in the secon.d heat, but was
ahiicd Owing to to having ran the wrong side of the post.
The race was very interesting.
THE PO‘T STAKES of Four Guineas for ponies under 11
bands. Heats. About half-a-mile. Catch weights.
Second pony, one guinea. Five ponies competed.
Mr. Bicknell', /stoke "' • I
Mr. Rewland's Butterfly ..._ '• ' 2
Mr. It. Gillingham's Flying Dutchman._ 0
Mr. T. Gillingham's Li We Charlie ... •• • 0
Ye&nlrys Dickey's Jesse 0
Tim PONT STAKES of Three Guineas, for ponies not over
13 lands. Heats. About half-a-mile. Catch weights.
Second pony one guinea. 7 Pollia eemP°t°4l'
Mr. Rose s Unknown •••
Mr. Ward's Tvsy_ . ..•
Mr. N. Symonds Telegraph_ ••• ••• "'
Mr. Tolemaris Tickle-Me-GentlY ••• •••
Gillinghalie Little Charley •••
Mr. Bricknell's
A match for • guinea • side ssraslthen run between Mr.
Sasuway's pony and Mr. Rowland a Butterfly, the lotto
winning easily.
ice in se FOR II uN-rxits. —Two.and• a-half guineas. Over
bail, and hurdles. Three times or more should the
indge consider it necessary. Second horse half-a-guinea.
ri.e horse competed.
Mr. Ward's ( ardinal... • • •• • • •
Mr. Parry's Mrs. Bowdaile...• •• • '• • -
Mr. Gillingham's Euclid ... ••• ''' • .•re
nit. Williams's Mary Ann ... ..• ••• '• •
W °
hlr. Seaways's ----- • °
We Meld not help noticing the clever way in whichb ard's Cantina' cleared the high Jum_P •
STAKEs FOR BEATZN ADVIAt surce-
quarteri of a mile. Second pony 10s-
Mr. Tokinan's Tickle-Me-GentlY•• • ••• Mr. IL Syniondis Telegraph _ ;,;• -
Kr. Pouting acted as starter, and. Mr. Bannton as
iwlte• The dill Proceeding' terminated very pleasantly.
an everyone seemed satisfied.
The following
_rograname was performed by the band :
gukk itep, " When I ani far away from Home," R.
nil ; blow march," Norma," Bellini valse. "
. Smith: quick step, "Belle Matione's Reply,' R. Smiow th
luarth. "The Festival," It. Smith; quadrille. " The
Belle of the Vete," E. Marie ; schottische„ "Myra. it:
Smitki Pong.. a. "Sweet Fteinembestinio.
Ile Daisy Dell," Tylir schettaneheN
PM" w. Seaman ; polka. ' kloretth" owma
°eater Dance ; schottische, " Oxford. f. Kelly " Savs the Queen:.

Ana sir. J. Druith
=
rte.d—Mr. F.. L Lane, of the iinn of Hankinson and
Lane, proved that they were agents for the plaintiffs, and
that goods corresponding with those in question were
miming from the house ; also that he had personally
served • notice on Mr. Curtis, junr., previous to the sale,
informing him of their illegal removal, and demanding
their restitution—Mr. J. Chapman, clerk to the same
firm, swore that be was a lodger with Mr. Wheeler, the
tenant of the house in question, and that on the night in
question, in consequence of what he perceived was about
to take place, he went for Mr. Hankinson and to the
office and fetched an inventory of the furniture in the
house belonging to plaintiffs. Mr. Stevens asked him if
several articles were Wheeler's or plaintiffs, but the plated
goods were removed without his knowledge. Some of
the other goods contained In the summons he, however,
at the time believed to belong to Wheeler, and let them
go—Mr. Hankinson, being sworn, said he went to No. 2,
Beaumont Terrace about nine o'clock on the night in
question and saw Mr. Stevens, to whom he gave a written
notice that the house was let as • furnished residence,
and warning bins at his peril not to remove
anything belonging to his (Mr. Ilankinson's) clients.—The
defendant, Mr. James Stevens of the firm of Stevens and
Company, auctioneers, house and estate agents, deposed
that he held a bill of sale on behalf of Mr. Francis Butler,
of Southampton, on certain goods belonging to Mr.
Wheeler under which he found it necessary to proceed.
He did not touch anything until Mr. Hankinson arrived
and then only in the presence of Mr. Chapman, clerk to
Messrs. Hiuthinson and lane. He did not see the notice
served on Messrs. Curtis, but was informed of the nature
of it by Mr. Curtis, junr. Remembered Mr. Lane telling
him in Messrs. Curtis's sale rooms on the day of the sale
that "you are selling gods the property of Messrs.
Hewitson and Millner. "tiny commenced removing the
, goods about 10 o'clock and finished about one. With the
exception of the plated goods which were handed him
personally by Wheeler, witness believed Mr. Chapman
saw every article go out of the house.—Andrew Collins,
porter, was called for the defence and said he was put in
Crion by Mr. Stevens between five and six o clock.
commenced removing after Mr. Ilankinson went
away about halt-past nine o'clock. Mr. Stevens had an
Inventory of the goods belonging to Mr. Wheeler and Mr.
Chapman one of those belonging to the house. Witness
did not hear any remarks pass between Mr. Stevens and
Mr. Chapman duriugithe removal. With the exception of
the plated goods, nothing was removed without Mr.
Chapman's knowledge.—Mr. Druitt, junr., stated for the
defence and Mr. Trevanion was about to reply, when his
Honour stopped hint and said he (his Honour) had no
I doubt shout the matter and was surprised at Mr. Stevens
who was himself an auctioneer not knowing better. A
mistake had been made, lit it was afterwards rectified
by the notice previous to sale, lie considered a prim,'
fseis case had been made out and gave judgment for the
plaintiffs for the amount claimed.

The general principles by which cross-exatnination Is
regulated are sufficiently clear, and the ordeal is, as a
m i
rule, by no means so terrible as tis commonly supposed
to be. With a truthful witness—and the majority of
witnesses in nisi press cases are truthful in the main—the
only thing to be done is to test his memory by taking him
over his story again, and to endeavour, if possible, to
elicit from him facts in favour of the other side. Counsel
always make it a point—as it mere matter of policy—to
deal courteously with a witness who is obviously devoid
of bias. On the other hand, it ruse be clear, front his
manner, that the witness is not telling the truth; or a
'barrister linty i
know front positive instructions n his
brief that the evidence which is being given is false.
Perjury, unfortunately, is a far commoner offence than
might he supposed, and it is more especially comtuen in
criminal and quasi-criminal cases. When a barrister
knows that he has really good reason for believing that a
witness is lying it is mere matter of personal discretion
how he shall deal with him. No general rule can be laid
down for all cases, UHL 118 a matter of practice, what is
sometimes called the license of counsel is sufficiently
kept in check by the obvious reflection that a needlessly
severe, or—as it is called at the bar—a "rowdy" cross.
examination, defeats its own purpose, and simply
prejudices the jury. The common notion that barristers
go out of their way to bully witnesses, partly out of that
mere wautonness which makes boys spin cockchafers and
stone frogs, and partly because brow-beating a witness
gives them a reputation with solicitors, is altogether
unfounded. The object of a barrister is to win his case,
and, as a matter of fact, witnesses only too often escape
questions which .eight to be put to them from a fear lest
the judge or the jury should be irritated by any
approach to needless or vexatious cross-questioning. A.
gentleman, who signs himself "C. II.," has written
to the Tinws to point out that, front his own
point of view, the question which the Bantam jury
had to settle was bow the antimony which caused Mr.
Bravo's death got into his stomach, and that no light
whatever is let upon this fact by needlessly dragging into
light the private relations of Mrs. Brave and Dr. Gully.
All that can be said in answer to this extraordinary point
of view is that it is one in which apparently both Dr.
Gully and Mrs. Bravo shared, for each of them objected
more than once to questions which they were pleased to
consider "irrelevant," and which they no doubt regarded
as "cruel." As a matter of fact, it must be obvious to
anyone that a witness who—to put the matter plainly—
does not come into Court with clean hand, is hardly in a
position to object that questions which go directly to his
personal character are "not relevant" to the issue before
the Court. . . . .

There is great diversity of talent at the bar—greater
perhaps than in any other profession. Cross-examination
is an art, and very few men are masters of it. The best
crossexaminers, as a rule, are those whose cross-examina-
tion is not reported in the daily papers. It is easy
enough to roar and shout at • man, and to ask him
whether he is aware that be is upon his oath, and whether
four years ago he was not convicted for embezzlement.
The Old Bailey style of cross-examination is essentially
inartistic. Perhaps the best cross-examiners at the bar
are to lie found among the ranks of the leading Parliamen-
tary counsel. There is something almost marvellous in
the adroitness with which these gentlemen—apparently
in the course of a perfectly friendly conversation--will
make a witness admit that ha knows nothing of the
merits of the scheme before the House that he has a
direct pecuniary interest in the matter, one way or the
other that he has had a long talk over the evidence he is
going to give; and that the whole subject is one with
which he has practically no acquaintance whatever. AU
this a good Parliamentary barrister will get out of • wit-
ness in a few minutes, without any needless raising of his
voice, flourishing of his arm, or reminder to the patient
that he is "upon his solemn oath." Next to Parliamen-
tary counsel in tact and adroitness, come the great
leaders in mercantile cases at nisi pries. It i., for
instance—and we suggest instances which have never yet
occurred—a positive treat to hear a skilled advocate, such
as Mr. Benjamin or Mr. Butt, cross-examining such •
witness as Mr. Bmniwell the engineer, or Mr. De Zoete of
the Stock Exchange. In such a case, the contest of wits
and the manner in which it is conducted differ as much
from an Old Bailey brow-beating as a fencing bout
between two accomplished oa4il res irn rates differs from one
of those brutal frays in which half-a-dozen drunken
navigators kick a seventh to death. At the same time,
there can lie no doubt that cros,examination is • power
which is liable to abuse, and that the unlimited licence
which the English liar enjoys would be distinctly dan-
gerous were it not that the judges are perfectly well able
to keep the bar in order. When the Court is weak, cross.
examination is always liable to be abused. Fortunately,
it is very seldom t at the Court is too weak for the
advocates who practise before it. Young barristers are
apt to boast of the nianuer in which they have " hustled"
judges—much as young country squires boast of the fences
they leap and of the number of tiottles they can drink.
Practically, however, the English bench—a term in
which we may include even the county court
judges and the police magistrates —is perfectly
well able to protect the witnesses who may be called
before it. Even if this were not so, the common sense of
juries, and their love of fair play, is a sufficient check
upon any serious abuse of the privileges of counsel. It
does not follow because a question is unpleasant, that it
aught not to be put. Dr. Gully's sensitive feelings do
equal honour to his head and to his heart. But a man
who, by his own admission, has done awkward things,
must expect to be asked awkward questions; and after
all, Mr. Lewis—as he very aptly observed—had no
instructions in his brief to make things pleasant all

ILANDFORD.
"nifi Cot:tr.—The only matter that occupied the ,
atte•ation of Judge Lifter at 1,4 usul Bank n°1111:
ttiog. of this Court. wm the adjourned case of Hese
•'ito.oa This wa a dispute between solicitor and
coml. and the action was brought at the last Court by
the latter to recover the awn of £l4 from the former.
Atkinsoo then put in a bill of costs as a set-off, and
kie case was adjourned till to-day to ham them taxed.
kr. John., the Registra,. now reported that the bill of
coda amounted to £3l 3e., and from this he had taxed
£f 1924. Mr. Atkinson said this would have a
Mance due to him of IL ad.. and he regulated the Jud_lP
diantiia the cam and he would not LA fur cogta His
"Motu, caves vtiict for defendant. without .Costa. _
tnzinel. Soul USD CAITI.I MARKET. —Aoont Amu
zotßexcelizt
2ellty were pe:anlitlanutiZeir Fie
arket ld
I,___We'hutdal, but the ea Auat 867
mak warn very poor.
sat woo not a lam of farmers and dealers.
a good trade was dome la at ths following
raotatioa.:—Kwea 3k. to filla • w 40a. to filla •
305- to 415. The Corporation of Illaildford Okra(
uoik Prises toe Quo best peas of kasha weaken. sad
Rad the jiidiczetrz kr. Charles Flow"; Prawn
tofto: lit.. Cox Demotes ; lad kr. Owe ..
Meador& The Mee of £4 Is. for tbe beet
of act lees thee 111 lambs was awarded to Kr.
Mord one. Abner ; mad the prise 01 a b. tee &Nailer

EUrs'S COCOA. —GRATEFUL AND CON METING. --" By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the
operations of digestion and.nutntion, and by a careful ap-
plication of the fine properies of welbsclected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our
:breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which. may SAVO US many heavy
doctors' bills. it is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up unti
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready
to attack wherever there iv a weak point We may escape
many • fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure Wood and a properly nourished frame."—Cisil Service
Gamete.
ADULTERATION Atm—Since the passing of the Adulter
ation of Food's Act, the public Analytical Chemists in
rntrY, have analysed Johnson,
Johnson parts Co' o
sf thePu e T4eitn
and have in every ease proved
theta to be perfectly pure. These pure Teas can lie strongly
recommended, to those who desire good wholesome Tea,
for their purity, great strength and delicious flavour. For
tat of Agents see advertisement.