The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

WEDNRSDAY
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, Th. Chairman, (the Right Hop. lord Portntan,) lb
charging the Orand Joie, said he should not oectspy
much of the* time by referring to the Acts of Psrlia•
runt pained daring the put merion ; but there were
three or four which materially concerned the domestic
business of the county, and alluded to the 39th chapter
of the New Unice Mnemosyne Law' wherein provision
was made that all appeals before being brought into
this Court, or any other Court, should he heard before
the Assessment Committees, giving them thereby en
opportunity of tiorreeting any ,mistakes 4110 might be
made bolo& goihg to :my expensive process of appeal
At the same time it provided an easier mode of main.
taming the assessment, by giving the Assessment Com-
mittee* power to appear and maintain their own
decision. The same law required that the clerks of
Assessment Committees should, in the month of
Deeemter of every year, mend a copy of the totals of the
valuaton list of each parish to the Clerk of the Prue,
for the purpose of enabling the magistrates to correct
from time to time the county rate. They had beim
• employed for some fludi past in eudeavouriog to arrange
• besis for new county rate, but, in the nbsenee of that
information, could not make any progress until after the
fint return was made, which would be in December
next. It most, therefore be undentood, that it was
not from any voluntarily delay on their part that the
• rengetneet was nut completed, for they must wait
, mid il these returns were made, In order to • * how far
u don agreed olds Onion In the dile proper-thin to the
' amessments which were made. He hoped the Assess-
ment Committees in each union would, by their own in-
vestigation, assist the Comity Rate Committee in
arriving at a true conclusion. The magistriates had put
before them certaio questions which they woeld feel
obliged in being answered , list if in their judgment they
declined to do so, it would take enoe time and expense
for the magistrates to carry out the work of the Cbunty
Rare Committee. If the Assesament Committees gave
the Court the ktaistahros which they required there
would be no difficulty in the matter. Nis lordship
then alluded to chapta 47, in which, lie said, there wee
an Important Act with reference to the administration
of justice. It was called the Penal Servitude Act, and
contained a system which he bel oral his hon. friend on
his right, (Mr. Floyer,) as well the Lord-Lieutemort of
the eounty.had dune their beat to induce Parliament not
bagment to; but they had been ova r.rttleaand 'Mille enure
could no• do was to carry out the law; Ironton!. oldish
• they intght regeet its tereHey. The severity was to
this extent—no sentence of penal servitude could he
oven for a lees period then for five year', and if a man
was twice convicted the law did not allow • lee sen-
tcuoe than seven years. It might be that the terror of
• the last penal, y might have its effect upon the criminal
population. He hoped it might, but was not sanguine
of the result. They most not be aurpriaed to find that
the sentence, were more severe than they were acorn.
tomed to give in Dila Court ; but the la* required it,
and to the Inc they must submit. On looking at the
imprisonment however, hm opinion was that it Was
ear batter that k dominal should he sentenced to penal
servitude than for a long term of imprisonment,
and for this reaaon —that the former mode was much
more hopeful for his reformation; for when • man was
kept in prison for • long time he saw nothing but the
same place, the same walls, anal the same faro. ; end
thongh for good entsduct he might be removal from
one clam to another, yet he did not see his progrem in
the same way Is one sentenced to penal serViende did.
Bereattae tinder the latter system, aocerdiag td his ton-
duct he was removed from pee prison to another, acid
his pllnledient Meanie Hefter tee fighter by degrees,
unt ia
il At the end Cf a certain time he attained ticket-of-
leave and comparative liberty. He raw therefore during
his Progress hope before him. A criminal ender gen.
tenon of imprisonment could sot sae such progress, and
have such hopes, Meson he was confined for a long
period there. Therefore he (the ehairtmo) believed that
penal unitude,allhough it mishit* regretted oil amount
of Its long term, gave him bettet hope of refiirming the
crintinal in the way he had explained this' !f No was
sentenced to • (nog mmm-{omntncmL in gaol. He thought
it was also well to remember that the object of the
puniabsueut of all crime eras the reformation of the
criminal, and preventing other puties from teaching
their children to live by crime. 'The impediment to the
✓eform of criminals was of course nliort sentences,
which gave no oportunity of reformation, and no means
of alarming throe who would take warning by greeter
punishment. This feet seemed to have Ired some *eight
with Perilament Their duty.however, was to carry out
the law, severe as it might appear ; and he believed
eaperience would tell them that revere though it
might be, it tended to lessen crime by the &term it
created among the population. The nett Act car
chapter 75, called the Turnpike Continuance Act, but
the greeter ptri of which was the discontinuance of
tan:spikes In this Act there was an important low
vision that the same law should apply to turnpike
roads as applied to highways, and that no person should
employ • steam engine within • certain distance of a
turnpike road, subject to the same penalties which
under the law passed six months egos • Person was
liable if he placard a steam engine hear the highway,
The next Ant was one which would hardly aftcthit
county, b to elt which related the poisoning of for
the purpose of deatroyingtudmalm which was prohibited
' by Act of Parliament. Benno 114 was highly import-
ant to observe, because it applied tea question which all
men'. olio& had been directed to for a number of years
past, namely, the cunditio ui cottage property. By ,
the 114th section there was provision 'mode enabling
tenants for life, who had not the means of improvise
their property, to borrow money under certain con-
ditions, sod the power of borrowing was extruded to
borrowing for the purpose of budding pottage* It
might he useful to some partis to know that there
was such $ pdwer, in came they should desire to exercise
it, by which they had power of borrowing money, and
charging it upon the estate, therefore their saseesson
would have to pay their share of the debt. He then
celled solution to the 100th ehapter of the new High-
way Act, remarking that in that Act, there were two
sections to which he desired to tell attntidon. &epee ,
25 repealed the 74th of the Highways, which
exthonsed the surveyor or his deputy to im-
pound cattle straying on the highway. Tbat clause
had been repealed, and tire censeqhente Wee, that there
was now no Statute which authornied • Surveyor of
highways to take cattle found straying thereon. His
owl impression was, that although the surveyor had no
power by the statute, be bad power as owner of the
highways—be believed he might call him so—it be
found cattle on the hithway to impound theta. The
common laved peerage ad always been for the bay ward
who found settle treepassing to impound them, and
nOthing could deprive him of the power of taking cattle
en the highways, or any other way if found troppasaing.
Ilia own belief waa that the surveyor hart the common
law right to impound the same a. any other owner ;
and probably any individual seeing an offenor committed
against the law had a rigis to take means to pet an end
to that offense. This, however, was a matter which
required the decision of the jedgMe. He should be very
sorry to have it brought Up for appeal to this Court,
bemuse an appeal open wash an intricate gentian
could not be satisfactorily settled here; sad be
droved recommend magistrates, if rimy such nee atm
Wore them, when they might he disposed to convict,
to convict, and state a ease under the law, and
seed it to the judges at mow By that means they
would have • judgment which would be for the Meant
of the kingdom. At the last petty sessions at Blanelford
they had tech • sae which they hoped they would hare
been stile to eunict upon, bet it turned oat that they
c ,old not do so. The only other point in this Act was
ti e 47th section. This was one which, he must confess,
individually, he would rather not have seen, because be
sonsidered it was not unlikely to lead to considerably in.
ereemsd expenditure. Thisfsection gave the Highway
Board power of borrowing money. He liked szpensee
only to be Weaned when there was • chance of then
being paid ; bet when obs,rges were spread over a
number of years pulses wen apt to be realer about
them, and did not tale so memb easy as if the motley
was to be repaid earlier. This power was required in
comenquenes of large distriete of seentt7 where
hitherto the roads were grass roads, but penile
woos now desirous al Inaldng them inks stone reads,
and it wise felt to be a very great oppremien to

the inhabitant. of those districts to be called upon to
bear such so haaV7 speli.aa would be ineurrsd if
they were retiu.rett to sin% e:t ilo.o gnus road, into
atone roads. This power was given for the purpose of
counteracting that. He hoped this power would be
dealt with in • most tender manner, and Highway
Boards would be very discreet is sung such • bap
Power as they were visited with. His lordship Co.°
called the attention of the jury to leveret eases in the
oak ndar, after which he dismissed them to the discharge
of their duties.

NISI PINS COURT.
(Won the Bight Hon. Lord POSTMAN).
Cbtarboa and &Irwin Dicker, labourers, retro charged
.11b "u"liing, betting, wounding, and ill•trestang
George Ban with intent to do him tin-triune Willy
herrn at Milton Abbey, on the 6th July. Mr. fit.under,
promeutedi --The lery found the iirt-rttera guilty, and
th,-> were etch aentenced to fiire year. penal ten i.ude.
Levi Cobb, labourer, was indicted for obtaining a pair
of boot?, underlain. pretenoes, from %%Him li•rda'n.
at Warehane' on the sth Merteinher.--Mr. Saunders
prosaeuted.—Prisener was found guilty and sentenced
to 12 months' hard labour.
George Quarrell pleaded guilty to stealing • pair of
hoota, the property of Thomas Warren, at lindport, on
the lat ln.t, and seas sentenced to 4 month.' hard
labour.

James Crabb was charged with stealing beef, the
property of John Gillham, at Netherbury. —Mr. Collier
proaecuted, and Mr. Ffooks defended —Priaouer was
acquitted.
tiham (Hyde wan indicted for stealing a horse, the
property of Tom Young, at Sherborne. Ho was
further indicted sith stealing • net of harness, tlie
property of John Watera, of the same plane—Mr.
Saunders prosecuted.— Prhaoner having been found
guilty, and • former sonviarion bring pr. ed against
he was sentenced to seven furs' penal servitude.
The emmind charge was not gone lido.
George and Sarah Pearce were found gull' y of atesl•
ing money from the Trenton of Maria Adams, st Sher.
borne, on Monday, the 17th bluetit. Mr. Collins
prosecuted. The male pri.ner wee sentenced to five
months' and the female to sig months' hard labour.
Bridget Mills, laundress. was charged with stealing
from the person of Mary Ayres on., at Weymouth,
on the 2nd of Angleit.—Mr. Collins prosecuted,
and Mr. Ffnoks defecided.—Verdict Not Guilty.
Champners Hawker wan charged with stealing two
iron traps. valued at Ss., the property of (let:true
Frederick William Miles :oat Therncombe, pn the 14th
of Augutt.—Mr. W. Mots prosectited, and Mr. dollies
defended—His Lordship directed an acquittal.
Amato* Batten was charged with stealing • sheep
belonging to John Crumple?, at Lytebett MatraverL—
Mr. Fryer prosecuted, and Mr. Culling defended.
His loship directed an acquittal
George Roper, labourer, was charged with stealing •
p.ir of trousena, of the value of 10a, the property of
Henry Whiting, at Kant Lulworth; on the Bth of Sept.—
Acquitted
Batts logoggn.—William Whitfield, charged with
steeling 341bs. of butter, the property of Seth Seymour,
his master, at Hampreston, on Bth August—John
Pearce end Frederick Brown for keeping disorderly
house., in Fordingtoo.
Thin Court rose at • quarter past four.
Cams! Coma.
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(Before m. P.)
James Billing and Joseph Coady were charged with
stealing two sheep, at CtrO• Abbas, the property of
William Foot, on the 29th of fieptember.—Yr. Collins
prosecuted and Mr. ;rooks defended.—The jury found
both prisoneri guilty. —Billing having pleaded guilty to
• former sonvictiofi for falopy, wad Penttoneed to 15
months' hard labour.—Candy, who moulted a gorid
character, and also the recommendation of the jury,
was sentenced to sit weeks' hard labour.

Charles Long and _Charles Moak were indicted for
stealing four casks, the property of John Roger., at
Wirnborne, on the 24th September—Long wss found
guilty and sentenced to six months' bard Labour, bet
Monk wu acquitted.
Thomek JaMbiob, • cotton spinner, of Lancashire,
was found guilty of stealing a walking stick, the pro-
perty of John Jarvis, at Bridport.—One mouth's bard
labour.

Charles Gale, labourer, tiru convicted of stealing •
shirt, the property of Samuel Stud'. y, s.t Frome
Vanchureb, on the sth August.—Mr. Cutler proiecuted.
Si: months' hard labour.

John Bennett and Gideon Attwood, labourers, pleaded
guilty to stealing a purse and money from Samuel
Guppy, at Cann, near Shaftesbury.—Four months' hard
William laboar
Froodham, labourer, pleaded guilty to two
several indictments, charging him with stealing wearing
apparel belonging to John Farr and George Mundell, on
the 10th October, at Broadmayne. —Sentenced to two
months' bard labour in each cave. . .

Fanny Rice, twine spinner, rr Al charged with stealing
11'k from the perwm of Samuel Bartlett at Bridport.
Mr. CuSler pr,rectited.—Verdict, guilty.—Two month.'
hard labour. . .

Frederick llmbo, hawker, eras charged with stealing
various articles of dress belonging tu John Corbet, at
Wimborne, on the 31st August —Mr. Collins pro-
s .cuted ; Mr. Rooks defended.—The jury found the
priaon,r not guilty.
This terminated the business of the sessions shortly
before ate o'clock.

vittmotiTn. - thisigavii AfTitfXtr To
Commit. Susan!. —A n incident occurred on Tuesday
afternoon on board the Aquila, one of tbe Wry.
mouth and Channel Islands' boats, which caused
the greatest alarm and consternation to all on board.
It appears that amongst the passengers was a com•
mercial traveller, named Henry Augustus Cockerell,
a commercial belonging to a Bristol firm. The
Aqttila maunder tnetai gad Sall, going at the tate
of about 12 knots an hour, an only seven Miles off
the Bill of Portland, arisen Cockerell jumped from
the taftrail into the sea, with the intention to
' eommit suicide. No wooer was an alarm raised
, than Captain Falls directed the steamer to be
brought toe standstill, and • boat was lowered with
the greatest ease and promptitude. Although every
exertion was used to ramie the man, he was in his
pardons position for Dearly 10 minntes before he
could be reeettod, and when this welt accomplished
was In a meta eliminated condition. He ma •0011
after conveyed on board, and taitrully attended to.
It appears that the MAU endeavoared to commit
suicide whilst suffering from the effects of delirium
tremens, he having for • fortnight past been very
intemperate in his habits. A heavy sea was running
af the time, but the boat's crew behaved most nobly
is roaming a fellow•cre•ture from • watery grave,
and we ate glad to learn that the passengers on
board the Medi made S etibei4ription Pir 'hem in
ciider to Mark their appreciation of their heroic
conduct. On the arrival of the steamer into the
harbour, Cockerell was given into the custody of the
police for attempting to commit eelf-destruotion. and
on Wednesday was brought before B. Griffin, Esq.,
to answer the charge. He was bound over to keep
the peace, and his brothers, who bad been
telegraphed for the night previous, giving the re-
quired pledge, be wan handed over to their care.
The following letter appeeiva in Tilelredsty's Times
in reference to this subject :
" Sia,—An accident, to which I was MI eye-witness.
ocaurrel this afternoon on board the Weymouth and
Channel 'deeds Company's steamer Aquila, Captain
Folly, to which I am sure you will be glad to give
publicity, as affording an example of the rescue of •
life by smart and mansen•like measurea—The Aquila
left Jersey this morning, and Was, between two and
three reitick p,rrt., about eight miles off Portland,
rousing oboist 2 t 1 knots an how, ender steam and Nall,
with, fresh sea.—We wereat dinner, when there was&
ory of "Mon overboard." Rdshing instintly on deck, I
found the ship had been stopped by the paptain, and •
boat with three men already lowered.—The man over-
board, who had thrown hinnelf from the steamer's taff•
rail, could be distinctly seen 100 yards or more astern;
he appeared to be swimming. Once or twice I lost
eight of him, and believed all was over, hut it was only
to see him reappear, atruggling for the life which strew
momenta before he had himself nought to destroy.—The
steamer was during this time so skilfully hacked ante
accompany the boat sufficiently near to enable the cap-
tain from the superior height of the ship to direct her
prestos murk, and is leas theei ten minutes the man
was picked ispi there being,then • distanee of only
about 50 yards between the Aquila and her boat. He
proved to be a commercial traveller connected with a
Bristol Arm. From my own observation he was un-
doubtedly in a state of delirium when taken out of the
water. On the Aquila reaching Weymouth he was
party given is charge to the pace by Capt.
P attempt at self-destruction, the Packet Cam.
Tory properly
an
pany at the same time communicating with his am.
ployera—The gresiteat credit is due to the captain and
his crew for the admirable wiener in which they
ateompligted what is known he all nautical men to be In
such circumstances • moat difficult operation, and my.
self and the other missengers felt that a most convincing
proof had been given to us of the dependence to be
placed on those to whom we had committed our own
safety—l am, Sir, your obeditnt servant, .1. M. TIM
DALI., Weymouth, Oct. 18."

Inrewoincs.—The first "march out" this
mason of the rifle corps of this town took place on
Monday evening. The master toolt place at the King's
Statue, 44 responding to the roll-call The men
were under the command of Lieutenant Iletrd, end,
accompanied by their band, proceeded some distance on
the Dorchester roed, where they were put through
several mamenvros.
BOROUGH Session, Tuestisy.—Refore the Mayor
and R. Cotterell, Esq.
KIUtrIRG • DISORDIRLT RouaL —George Con Force,
landlord of the Royal Engineer beer house, was sum.
mooed by the police for keeping a dimrderly house.—
lit. Howard appeared for the defeece, but the Mayor
said the case would be adjourned until next week —Mr.
Howard said he should not have any objection to that
If it was not on account of his chief witness, a sailor in
the fleet, who would probably be absent by that time.—
Adjourned.
The oflcers of the Poole dl4rict of Odd Fellows,
have granted permission to the brethren of the Great
Featern Lodge to remove from their present lodge
room at the 'taxiway lan to the Coopers' Arms,
Maidenetreist. _ _

DITA KOLE OF THE 20171 COM PA N T OF ROYAL
EMOISURIL —On Tuesday afternoon, the 18th instant,
this detachment, •hich h.e been stationed at our
Barracks, having been engaged on the Government
works on the Rothe, left for the Curragh Camp,
Ireland. The men have been in the town for a con-
siderable time—almost two years- during which period
their general conduct bas been excellent; indeed, such
as to win the respect and admiration of all classes of
the townapeople, and their departure is not without
regret. The Foam gunboat steamed into the harbour
early in the morning, and daring the day the luggage
and baggage belonging to the company were stored on
board. The time appointed for their deptelnu waa four
o'clock, but before that hoer • large concourse of
persons assembled on the Quay. Of this coaeoures
not the least inconsiderable part was composed of
females, usismbled to take, probably in many instances,
• last farewell of the objects of Bleu affection. Shortly
before the hour awned the detachment, under the eons.
mend of Captain Sim, made its appearance, accompanied
by the band of the Beab Company of Royal Engineers,
who played en appropriate selection of mimic,
and on reaching the steamer the embarkation

commenced. After this had been accomplished ;
tie Foam endeavoured to Maim out of the harbour,
but Wm unable to do so, as the tide having inn out she
grounded. The soldiers disembarked for the purpose of
lightenieg her, but after lisle bad been done all attempts
to move the Foam proved futile, and it was not until
the &mistimes if a tug beat was obtained that she
floated, and was then towed out of the harbour whore
the soldiers were conveyed to her by means of bouts.
As the soldiers left the Quay they were greeted with
Lindy cheers from the spett ftons. After the Eitgineers
had re-emb•rkeel the Foam proceeded to Portland Rawls,
where the steamer Urgent was ii, readiness to convey
Shim to their derinction. We believe the :kith
Company will be replaced by the 17th, who will come
iron the camp.
Tlla PORTLAND RAILWAT.—Tho firtt passenger train
which bas I,.ti over this lint was a (treat *esters, ene, !
wWell on Frolo eveaingeonVeyed the Port'an.lartilery
nope, •Icout SO in number, from ltridport to Portland.
The jonsney from Weymouth to Portland was much
admired, and the time occupied in going id and fro, in.
cluddsx every stoppage, did not exceed half an hour.
A large number of persons witnessed the stiirsl of the
train at Portland with demonstration of weloonse.
The SWiVITOIUNIIF OF WITNOVTIL—Ia nferenee
to this subject, a writer in the Builder of October 8:11,
signing himself " Feirplay," lays :—" At the meeting
for the election of a Purveyor for the borough of Wey-
mouth end Veleoine Regis, last Wodninday,a local man
mat appointed to the office. There were thirty•two
appliustions ; but the teen council actually did not
open one—an unheard-of proceeding, which ought to
receive the greatest censure. They were bound in
coansion justice to have perused them soil selected the
most fit and proper person for the office. I ask, why
did they advertise for applications, when it was already
known who would he appointed? It appears that ino-t.
.4 the member. of the council are let by one men, and
iustead of the welfare of the town being cousidered, it is
party ppint."
fincearoßa AND TOWN COUNCILS.—Another writer
in the Budder of Oetoher 1551,, signing himself "Civil
Engineer," in reference to this subject, ways :—" I have
read the letter signed 'Fairplay' (in your last another)
on the yonthip of Weymouth, and the paltry,
inconsistent conduct of the town council. lam for.
tunately not one of the thirty•twa competitors for
advertised positive which had alrewly been pre-deter.
mined on ea to who should fill it. It now become a
disgrace( al farce of town and borough councils advertising
for the tried and proved *Milliee of educated, trained,
and effective men of business se engineers, yen,
and managers of ethrks, erlserein they are expected to
conduct Vcanelves as Reafieusen, and maintain •ppecr-
cotes as such on a pitiful stipend—for It cannot be
called pay or salary—which a journeyman London
mechanic would refuse. The highway surveyorabip of
the Croydon dietrict is a trample of these disgrareful
off. ru—in the last Builder. So is the I avenbam dia.
trier, in which the desidtant surveyor is to keep a
horse at Ail gain expense ((suppose on road-Rweepinp or
sawdust.) and for the munificebit aililend of ClOO ; and
lastly, the .Tyldesley with Shakerly district wishes to
secure an engineer, surveyor, and clerk, or what I should
call a Trinity man—three in one—for £l3O per annum.
Nothing but a severe hashing in the Builder can alter
this wretched state of affairs."

PORTLAND. —OIIATI7YINO TESTIMONIAL. —oo
Wednesday, the 12th inst., the officers of the Port-
land Convict Prison presented Mr. Richard Tattam,
who has for many years filled the offioe of infirmary
principal warder and compounder of that establish.
meat, with a very handsome case of dental
instruments, and a purse of ten guineas, as a mark
of their esteem and regard on his retirement
from the coutict service.

CORFE CASito.—Townhall. October 18.—
Before 0. W. rarrer, and John Johnson, &qrs.—
T. Game, cattle dealer, was summoned by Sergeant
Galpin for having left his horse and gig unattetided
for two hours, opposite the Ship Inn. On the offloer
requesting defendant to leave some One in charge be
was abuslvm—Pined lfl

CORFE IIfULLEN.—An accident Of • tery serious
nature befel a poor man named George Budden, on the
12th inst. lie wai attending • thrashing machine, ar.d
whilst in tle act of oiling the machinery hi. hand
became entangled, causing it to be so much injured
tut it is feared amputation will be necessary.
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LYTCHETT MINSTER.—At the Westminster
police-court on Thursday, a tall man, about 40 years
of age, who gave the name of Thomas Harris, was
charged open a warrant with having imposed upon
Mr. Fryer, a gentleman of fortune, in Chester.
street. Belgrave-square, a spurious character, by
which he was enahiled to enter his service at his
country house, at Lytchett Mineter—Peosecuter
I said : I appear here entirely on public grounds, with
the desire to break up a clique of persons who are
pursuing most disgraceful courses to gtt situations.
Early in September last I saw an advertisement in
I the paper; it was headed, "Indoor Servants," and
went on to My, "aingle.handed or otherwise. Age
130. Height, sft. 91n. Can ore*. lo last situation
three years and two months." Thinking that the
person described would suit me, I wrote to the
address given—" T. H.," 13, Little Queen-street,
Edgware-road, and he came to me. I engaged him,
provided his reference which he had given me was
satisfactory. Hie reference was, "Captain Charles
Willem, Lyster House, Brentwood, Essex." He
particularly told me how to spell the gentleman's
name, and I wrote to him at the address given, and
in a few slays I received an answer stating that
Thomas liarris hid lived with him the exact time
stated in the advertiaement—three year' and two
months—and was everything a man could desire in a
servant; was sober, honest, and had left of his
own award. Prisoner was hired in consequence of
this high character, and Name to my house on the
.lloraing Friday. and Colitinded with me nail the
blonde*, when I found out What he eras. I found
there was nothing laid for my dinner—no cloth, no
preparation. The prisoner was in a confused and
muddled state, perfectly bewildered; and did not
know what he was about. Ile was thoroughly in-
toxicated, and I told him that if be did not get out
of my house in 11.114 n-hour 1 would kick him out,
and he took me to my word and went. The circum-
stance of his being drunk so soon after be had come
to me wris so opposed to the character I had just
reoeived of him, that My suspicions were aroused,
and I determined to leave no etone cintofned until I
ascertained whether prisoner had hot entered Sty
service by means of a false character. I corres-
ponded with the head of the constabulary, at
Brentwood, Ewer, inquiring about Captain Writes,
and I reoeived in answer a communication I now
prodticei informing me that there was no Captain
Willem knovrn there, and no house of the name
mentioned as his residence.-11f. Seife I How do
you suppose the character was given.—Proillecutor
There is no doubt about the mode in which it wee
done: I have been informed by the chief constable
at Brentwood that the postmaster there received a
written slip of paper requiring letters addressed to
Captain Willem to be sent to 3, Southward-plasm,
Hyde Park. There he was introduced to the
master of the house, a gentleman who has lest to
me triety insistent:a (Ceplein Dyke). lie know.:
nothing of a Captain Wiffes, bet there is every
reason to believe that that. has beet collusion with
one of his servants, and that the Chatectm
emanated from that quarter.—Mr. Sells: Is that.
any further evidence . —Sergeant Huddy, of the B
division 1 took the prisoner last night at the ad
dress gives in Edgware-road, when he admitted
hie guilt. —Mr. Self. What did he say '—Witness:
He said he was very worry ; it was a false character
he had got, and he mast admit it, but he was very
sorry.—Prieoner : I am guilty. I had been a long
while out of • transition, and wanted to get another.
—Mr. Self.: And when you had got it you took
the greatest means in your powef to lose it. Your
conduct is very disgraceful, and this is • most
serious offence. 1 shall 6ne you £2O, and itt default
commit you for six months.
BLANDFORD. Locat BOARD. The usual
monthly meeting of the Local Board was held on
Wednesday, the 19th inst. There were present :
Mr. Durden (chairman), Messrs. T. Park, H. Fisher,
8. Davie, H. Abbott, J. Ball, T. H. Bennett, W.
Smith, J. Lindsay, R. Dyers, W. Groves, H. Gill,
and & Abbott. The minutes of the last meeting
having been read and signed, the following business
was transected : —The Highways' Committee re-
ported —" let The committee recommended that a
dwarf wall should be built from the south side of the
County Bridge, at the end of East-street, to the end
of the present wall, forming one side of the water-
course at the commencement of the new sewer; and
also that the mouth of the new sewer should Le
covered with iron. The surveyor estimated that the
cost of these works would be about £12.-2nd. The
cart used for the purpose of hauling materials, itc,
for the roads is so much out of order that the coin.
mitteedo not think it advisable to spend money in
repairing it, but recommend that a new cart should
be ordered, and that the old one should be
taken by the wheelwright in part payment
for it.-3rd. The committee has ascertained
that Lord Portman is willing to lease, for the
rzTotietethofea parthishajeard.i
I•344irt of the open space
recommend the Board to take it for a term, provided
his lordship will erect thereon such buildings as the
Board require, and lease it on moderate terms." It
was proposed by Mr. Park, seconded by Mr. Fisher,
and carried unanimously, that the dwarf wall, re-
ferred to in clause I of the report, be built at a coat
of £4 3e. It was also agreed that the latter part of
clause I he referred to the surveyor. Clause 2 was
unanimously adopted. It was then proposed, and
carried unanimously, that the chairman and sur-
veyor should see Lord Portman, and endeavour to
arrange the matter referred to in clause 3. The
Clerk reported that he had received the sanction of
the Secretary of State to the borrowing of the sum
of £l,ooo.—Proposed by Mr. Eyers, seconded by
Mr. Groves, and carried unanimously, that the
sewerage of Salisbury-street. White-cliff Millstreet,
Brysamonetreet, sad the Market-place, be postponed
for three montha—Propoisd by Mr. H. AL7I
, ,
seconded by Mr. Davis, and agreed to, that the I
question as to placing new lamps in Damory-lane
andiOak-street he referred to the lighting committee,
with power to erect such lamps as may be necessary.
—Ordered that an estimate for a general district
rate be prepared, and that the meeting be adjourned
for one week.
Discussion CUM.—Ths second meeting of this
clam was held on Monday, the 17th inst. The chair
was taken by Mr. Brosoombe, and there were about,
20 members present. The subject for discussion— '
" Was the execution of Charles 1. juandsble ?"
was suitably introduced by Mr. Furmage, who,
whilst condemning that act, at the same tinw gave
several striking instances of the tyrannical conduct
which provoked it. Several of the members present
having selected their views, a vote was taken,which
resulted in an equal number on sithee side, and the

Chairman then gave his ceding vote against the I
opinion of the gentleman who introduced the subjects
SODDirt DISTIL—It is with extreme regret we
have to announce the sudden death of Mr. John '
Wiltshire, second son of Mrs. Wiltshire, of Bland.
ford, which melancholy event took place on Saturday,
the 15th instant. As we are informed the young
in Viltaliire.
.hmai.dn,ownwasthhoilei vaibonhg:o.....irthadnhecislyundecoalyern,
waprfaairnuoeiudetr riding with
of hi, nile
bleeding. His uncle advised him to get off his
horse and hold his bead back, which he dia, but
directly afterwards called his uncle to him, and
:said
ha was dying. This was indeed the case, for within
a few winut,w he ceased to breath. lie wee afoul
17 years of age.
TillerflaNre SOCTILIT. —A leetnre in connection wit'i
the ebove so -Mir was delivered by Mr. Booth. ag nt of
the West of Erielland Temperance League, in the Town-
bell, on Thursday evelibig, the 13th inst. duldect.:
" Young men and women; their po.ition. response
bilities, and duties." The chair was token by Mr.
Barnett, who in a few brief but appropriate orotenmes
ilitroduced the lecturer. Mr. Wroth aimmencod his
eubje.t by taying he supposed the shortness of
.the
audience wan mainly due to the preference bring green
to things of • worldly or rather worthless character,
I than to those things which tended to our morel mid
spiritual welfare. lie took it as • fitir specimen of the
morals of the people ; but such was a nottcedile feet,
wherever he went he always found people more
.hiely
to rush to vanity fair than to social, mural, or religtour
gatherings, and should therefore have been agreeably
surprieed not to have found it so in Woodford. If the
Illendford temperance committee wanted to get • good
audience for him that night, they ought to have
announced him to be • very extraordinary man, who
was suing to dy round the room, swallow himself,
or some equMly absurd and iiripmathle ihisocon ; but by
announcing the plain, simple, honest truth, they could
never get such audience.' as when them things of •
more worldly nature were brought before them. The
temperance movement was ealculiited to elevate the
morals of the Norio, to give to men and women holy
and godly aspirations. It was • well known fact that
drink, the cause of that great cameo( our couotry—
drankenneas—would never make any person a prayerful,
thoughtful, God-fearing, and God-serving being ; and
observed at to be the princital cause of ctime, destitu-
tion, and iruniotality, and consequently one of the
sreateat barriers to things heavenly ; being in itself
altogether useless, worthlem, sad dangerous, it bshovid
every right minded individual, especially young men
and women, to me their utmost exertions for its
tanoval, Tbe young men •nd women of our country
occupied • central position. Old age was fast paming
away, leaving the traditions and imtitntions of their
forefathers to our care and keeping, and it is our duty
to receive them and use them as the advance:tient of
civilization shall demand, so that when we hand them
down to the coud •g generation, they shall be all the
better for having been in our possession. It is our
duty to look well into them, to •thinine, sift, and
purify these, trr that as little of the dross as possib:e
,hall pass int, their bands, and we shall surely be held
real...dale in that great day of lodgment if ee fail to
do our duty. It is a.tonishing, the It letterer said, to see
how rervily people psy for that which la really no good
they will barter with • honest tradesman fur &length uf
t him to
imi tl
ileei b e:lriogihs its
ri reo
roche duce
t •
spend• ahteFu
Louse,
iatb:thaely:dtieou:re die e:mi dar article
have done,
they ought to have piid the honest trailer, never for
once thinking to heat down the publican. A quart of
berm is aispenee, and the customer pays the money
without troubling to think whether the article ie worth
the money or Dot. He never tries to gi t a 4itaart of
sixpenny for fourpence The lecturer also strongly
denounced the use of tobacco, and toad the per-on who
smoked was on the high road to drink. Irlui.psee you
were to start on a journey, and you entered .41 • road
you knew nothing of, tior wl ere it 1.4 to, and after
travelling setvral miles you were toil I that the mad you
were on was smoke reel 'you would begin to inquire
where it leads to, aid are told that it 'a., to dna,
and drink lids to drunkennes4, and drunkenneni to
grime" mi-try, pee, r•y, homy ; nod finally ends in
lunatic asylum., wurlihouses. gaols, and the g•Iloss on
this earth, and hell with all its turn, nre hereafter.
Would you not pause Th• lector, r rilvised
all, especially minntera and teactsrl cf our Lord Jesus
Christ, to beware, hut hr Voir example they cause a
weak brother to fall. lie 4111 eiteal oil imitative that
came un.!er his o•n obiervarips, nh Bradford, in York-
shire. A 'smug man in Heat town, th•t heal been a
drunlmrd, si.med the plielge, and subsequei.t.y became
converted to Ood, anlatorcu-olit er loci bads prorlai mod
his conversion, and the Buena. by whieli he WAi con•
verted, in soul etirtirg and treaty Linguae and acid
that Led he ne,t 13,ert g M.-kit:thee liv ehoold never
have known God. The siiiiii•ter and &Neon' of the
chapel, not being Jet intallers, did not admire his cone
version being attributed to principles they theme 'lies
bad not adopted ; and, afterecteral moven...Mons with
him, induced him to break his pledge, and • very short
t ma alter he foiled himself in gaol, having decamped
with a woman of disreputable character, leaving his
wife and children chargeable to the parish ;
shortly Cher he died, and prematurely filled
a drunkard's pee ; tort the catalogues of tin and
crime did not end here, for at another time the
chapel keeper was found drunk in the Tetley, bet.. en the
services, having taken the sacramental wine. And other
enormities happened, till at hint the tunnater himself
became a bankrupt for a vast amount of money, the
poor people of his congregation having entrusted their
title savinp to his keeping; he had spent their all, and
wan a bankrupt and by his actions and example was
tht egue• of an incalculable amount of sin and suffering.
Alcohol *4l • poisem everybody knew, iind of that class
termed narcotic. !Tow sill poisons do not affict alike ;
for instance, strychnine •ffeetn the spirts ; oil of tobacco
the regions of the heart; bid alcohol, attacks the
brain ; and if all peisons were plated on • levy!, and
each was enabled to proclaim its own destructive
merits, alcohol would rise, towering above them all, and
say, mo the boldest said most dangerous of all; you
attack the diffei int miner parted the body, but I attack
the brain, the gent el meson, the pure gift of God,
whereby man bath all things Pared under hi, command,
and sways the ruling sceptre over all thing. in God's
magnigerent creation ; and yet, although I succeed in
dethroning remen, and am the most subtle end
dangerous, I am allowed the greatest freedom ; while
you are placed in compirative bondege, and •re sold
in • few shore with the greeted motion. I no mane-
fectored by authority, and men are licensed by a
Cleriallan Government in wholesale numbers to sell rue
for consumption to the emomunity at large. I am
maned in She breeds of the ministers of religion, aid
inttodackl Id.them iuto the sanctuary ; end I also
succeed In filling the penal settlements, and supply
victims for public execittion on the pllovrs ; the drink-
ing customs of our country, the lecturer said, were
like a great black hall that impeded the eon* ci the
Messiah's kingdom. The speaker concluded his able
address with an energetic appeal to all to mem
forward and sign the pledge, and spoke of the objections
ruined by some as to refu-ing to sign. People said they
did not like te be bound, they did not like the pledge;
MAG.:id had pledged himself, and signed it with Ifisblood,
that whomsoever believe nit Him should not perish but
have everlasting life. He also had set His now in
the cloud as a token end a pledge. Igo one meld deny
that teetotalism was on the right side ; and that by sign-
ing the pledge they were doing right, end if doing right
why ashamed to write it down. Previous to the
lecture a party of young men and women sang several
pieces in a praiseworthy manner, they having walked
Isom Inane on purpose to listen to Mr. Booth, their
father in teetotalism, having signet the idelge after
one of lite lectures ten years ago. After a cordial rote
of thanks, *pressed with hopes that at no very d nt•n
period to hear lir. Peoth again, the Chairman pro-
nounced the Bele-diction, ehiettcloeed the meeting

EH A FTEABU It T. Covert ('n Morwlsy,
October 17th.—Before K Everett, Kot., judge.--There
were 50 original plaint. entered, and one joilgteent
60111111101114 Tile moat interesting were the following s--
Bpranklin r. Domoney.—Claim CIO for an assault.—
Mr. Chitty appeared forth. Vaintiff, and Sir. Atkinson
for the defendant.—ln this ease • jury eta •uminotied,
but previotia to its cominv on, Mr A tkiistm applied for
on adjournment on seconnt of the Ulm a. of his client.
This the Court granted, the rota of the day to be
decided by Lb Honor on the day nf hi ming.
Annett r. Harding.—Claim El 0.. 4.1. (or reaping
Mr. Chitty •ppearad for the defenilmt, who is • large
farmer residing in the neighbourhood.— It appeared from
the evidence ..f the plitiniiff that he went to work for
Mr. Harding on the Atli of Atioat. fulmar If and his
eompanidna were to have 10e. Cr acre for it. first 50
acres, and 9, per acre for the other fifty, •nd two gallons
of beer per day, and also sopper beer. In consegicenee
of not receiving the latter, he and hit comp•nidis left
theft work. end Mr. 11•01ing refused to pay them. Did
not agree to help finish the wbule of the writk. When
he went on about 20 arta Wee init.—Defendant stated
that he did I.tre 411,04 • Ulu rive. he moon why he had
not paid the sum agre, d upon was because the own.
*inflict and his eouipanleni• h ft t e work licfore it was
eump!eted. The ution.iiy to bn leaped arm only
mentioned to the Brat lot of men employed. The men
were all told the same 1.1101., but the plaintiff cud his
companion. were not prevent when the fint agreement
was made, and 20 acne Were reaped before they oom•
maimed. The work was not properly finisheth--Hia
Honor ruled that as no special agreement was mode
with the plaintiff to ata7 until the whole of the work
wa• finiahed, the objection of the defendant would not
stand. The defendant then stated that the work was
not properly fini•hed,sed called a Mr. Harrington, who,
uhopsiewejtehre bYch:rnedeesby.°sutaritingngtotliparot7bet=nutich'tyref'tniblye ttthlie
men in waste was nearly equal to the worth of their
wagra.—Hts Honor imuvediately stopped the in.. a.'
gave judgment for the plaintiff, to be paid forthwith.
Payee v. Harding.—Claim Li its, Bd.—The portico.
lan of this mule were similar to the last, and without
going into it the same decision was given.—His Donor,
however, eddreteiel the cemPhanante, cautioned them
against leaving the service of their employera in future,
remarking that if Mr. Harding could Inner proved that
he bad agreed with theni to work for hho till the whole
of the wheat was cut, they would not have been entithd
to their ...gee

Robert Flower T. Ambrose Kendall.—Claim
£26 130. 64. for hauling timber.—Mr. Atkinson appeared
forth. plaintiff,asid Mr. Chitty foe the defendant.—Mr.
Atkins.° briefly opened the use, and the following
evidence was then given :—Plaintiff stated that be wea
a farmer, and that he ow the defendant at the
Abbey Arms Hot. 1, Shaftesbury, and agreed with
him to haul • quantity of timber from Knolls to the
Sculley Station of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway,
foe which be was to be paid at the rate of 3d. per foot.
The messuremest., to be siren by the station master at
the serially elation, to he binding on both pat ie. Ile
did the work, moil the ittstion ni.ter broiled as the
several measurements as taken by Mr. Freemantle, the
asset employ 4 by the emzipaay.—The eeveeel items
were them e ,lied over, and in answer to Mr. Chitty,
plaintiff dated that • Mr. Brocknay was In the room
when the agrement was made. There was • quantity
of firewood hauled, he could not say the slam quest ty,
but it filled two timber marrieps arid a dung pelt; be
had lumped that at along five tons. When he had
don* part of the work, he received on account 215 In
an, which redeced his claim to £ll6 16e. 6d.—By Mr.
Chitty: No written agieement was made Mr.
Kendall did not complain, when be handed Mtn Ike bill,
that it was an overcharge. Noit er Sir. Re, dell nor
Mr. Kingsbury presented • cheque to i.ho. Did not
measure the timb,r himself, se it was weed between
them that the measurement was to be left to the nail-
ay antlaritias.—By Mr. Alkineon! Requested Mr.

Kendall to hue it measured before he hauled It, hut he
drelitied. Met the defendant en 3 another gentleman
niter he had finished the work, when he anti pininnir
could have the railway measure...nit, he which Is (de-
fendant)
' was going to a-II it.—Jaitnea Emblem. station.
master at Sculley stxtion, stand that he raceved the
serious measurement, handtd into Curl., frill the
timber. measurer emanliq ed by the e enpanv Fr, e-
onseitle. The fire W`Oft wenn:lnel 2 tons 19 cot. Mr.
Kendall had peel the currier, by 1-31 on the nn, emu-
meets given in.—John Sinner, enrter for Mr. Flower,
proved homing the defendant •.y to hie luster lieu
they must have the railway tnensun mint.— In answer
to the I,laiuut, defendant state, that in Cie 1000 eanin poles
*were included the oak t mine tors. The finannend only
weighed three tons inst. ad of Ave—Mr. Atkinson
We will mike that Jelluetien, saieh give. 120 heteet
of LI for that item.—Defeleinat tinees nil that he
offered the plaintiff a cheque for the ao unit he 04e.1
Lion on the 17t1s Septembsr. which he refused to serett,
soul since then he hail offeneel to snamet the en.: es
arbitration.—liv Mr. Atkinson: Tie cheque woo Maori
by Mr. W. L Kingsbny on tine 17th 8,14,104 r. be
total he owed the plaintiff was, for carting round
timber, £l2 10..; three lons firewood. ; and 41 luck
of hewn t•mber, £l3 14.; mskneq •Itogetio r.. 126
of this he bad paid on account 1.15. having a leasnee
of 1:11 Atkinson: You say you owe 1.11 ;
how then tame you to give a cheque fee 112 13..1!
Because 1 did not want a piece of work nanonne
.Igrecd to take Mr. Freemant'e'• measurement, •nd goc
it from Mr. Emblem, and heel paid • a art of the r• jenny
carriage on it, but not the whole. The oik timber wan
anelunled in tine 1000 feet. His lion or r. nisrk•nl thst
that eon! 1 not be, inasmuch an the change sue for
hauling 11100 feet of ash, end not ink timber. Is ap-
pearing that there were six oak tr. on inelnided in the
charge for 1000 fort sent to soother paray, hie
Honor directed that the amount of their cartage.
13s. 61., should be decluetect, and gave judgment.
for the plaintiff for £l2 14a., besties thee
•mount paid into mud, £l2 15.., meking altogeth.
£25 125., which, with the money advanced, gave the
plaintiff £4O 124, on whieh his Honor decided thee
costa were to be taxed,
Sunman r. Mayo—Claim £3 for low avastained he
nonetelivery of an heifer, which pl•antiff said he haat
pnrchared.—Mr. Chitty smeared for the plaintiff. and
Mr. Atkinson for the defendant.—Tbe plaintlf
Oat on tine 15th September he saw Mr. M•vo at a
publiehonae at Compton Abbas. He asked him if her
would buy an heifer which he had pnrchased at Ring-
wood, and ultimately plaintiff agreed to give him at the.
rate of 10.. per score for it, and banded him 24. 6.1. me
earnest money. On the following Monde', he sent for
the bullock, and an he refused to let him have it he
went himself the next day, when the defendant said hen
had 'sold it, In consequence of not having the heifer
he had disappointed his customers, end lie Minuted hie
Ices at about C 3 or £4.—By Mr. Atkinson : Could sot
swear that tie heifer was defendent's father'.. It was•
on land which the defendant paid the rates on. De-
fendant's father raid to him on the Tueeday that he
should not let it go at 10a. per wore, bet if he eh, ashy
give 41.1 for it, and pay the moneydireetly, be should
have it. Plaintiff was not drunk when be was at tb•
puldiet.ouse. 141,1 DOi pay the 2a. Cd for drink.—Wm.
Baockway, of Compton, said he went into the public-
heaps "promiscuonaly" on the day named, and heard
fanner John Mayo offer Berridge DO heifer. They
agreed as to prior, sad Mayo gave bin. 24. 61, as earnest
money to bind the bargain. Defendant said he bought
the heifer at Ringwood fain—Mr. Atkinson having
replied OD the was, in which be sail it was a question
entirely of damages, his Honor gave judgment for the
amount claimed an 15 days.—A few other plaints IMMO
I on for hearing, but they were totally devoid of ambits
I interest.

SHROTON.-11n. ENTIWTAIMIENT.
very pleasant two hours' amusement was furnished by,
I Oda gentleman to the members and friends of ther
Shroton Literary and Musical Institution on Monday
the 17th inst. We regretted to see a slight falling off
in the number of visitors, but hope as this is wily the
first of the course, the attendance will improve. Hoverer
favourite pieces were played by the instilot. hand
previous to the commencement of the lecture. The
subject chwen hy the lecturer w•s "The iron Times r.
The Good Old Darr." In introducing hie subject the
lecturer requested his audience to consider therwelves.
as • jury to try the merits of the ease. He then referred
to tome of the peculiarities of the "Good Old Dayr,""
such as the way in which members were returned to.
Parliament, wl.en thine who could bid highest for votes.
were the suceessful candidates. As • proof that it was-
places and not persona who returned representatives in.
those days the lecturer stated that he was travelling ina
Kent with an old gentleman, who on the way pointa
to a tree, which he informed him formerly returned two.
members. In those days there wee no middle
The gallery at the opera house instead of being as new
filled by the respectable tradesmen was taken tip•
with livery, and certainly presented the most impos-
ing scene in the house. being tilled with gold lace and
corked hats. Au illustrative of the peculiar style of mu.io
then in vogue, Mr. Penn. wing one composed by Dr.
Orme : "Blow, blow thou wintry winds." The.
peculiarity of which sal that several notes were tied
tor tine, and that produced what was then considered
melody. The intemperanee of the higher classes in
those days wail then commented on by the lecturer in
very satirical terms ; but the good fellowehip which
then prevailed contrasted very favourably with the
money-getting and iron age in which we live. The
songs then in vogue had agood old-faaltioned nationality
about them and musical amateurs not being on
plentiful as them,
music Wha not, as now,.
a science understood by the many. In those days a,
pure unsullied descent from some noted family was con-
sidered a thing to boast of, now we barfly cared to-
inquire who was our grandfathers, or even if we had,
one. This feeling was not confined in those
risya to the lord or the :squire, but it was,
the highest ambition of the tenantty on the eatates to
hand down to their posterity • name for uprightness
and fair dealing. In these fast day. when houses were-
built to sell, and not to stand, this was considered •
foolish notion. The winner in which Christmas was
kept in the "Good old days" -as Gies it,ntrasted with
the present matter-of fact way in which it was observed.
Very little attention was now paid to the Christmas
chimes by which formerly I his festival was usheved in. In
those days spades' were called spades, and beer was as t
only called beer but was real beer, mad* of nsWI and
bops; it would be • diffloult thing to say what it wan
made of now. The advantages and disadvantages ad
rail•ay and coach travelling were then alluded to in,.
very humouroome and witty manner, and also the idyls
of dress and deportment of the young men of the present
day, who must have an eye-glass dangling in front ce
Vitra, their hands in their pockets, and • short pipe ha
their mouths, whose conversation showed no enthusiasm,
and who generally pronounced their wools with • lisp.
The lecturer, who illustrated his subject by various
song., concluded his satirical, amusing, and well-
arranged lecture with paying a high compliment to the
volunteer movement, and the power of the Press, the
last of which be said as. somewhat different to being
troubled by the prem-gang—now we were tormented
with the gang eonnected with the Prem. Ilre. Penns
ably resided attbepiasto.fsete. Thanks to thirleetarer
and The National Anthem" concluded thy sallow
tale moot.