The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-02 00:00:00

So mtro etsb ire

YEOVIL. APPARENTLY AN UNROVEMED
CR/LRCM—Edward Prank Pritchard, assosanoe
agent and chiropodist of Yeovil, was charged before
the borough magistrates on Thursday will having
committed a forgery. The information was laid by
Israel Jetty, • shoemaker of the town, who bad in-
sured his life in the Albert and Times Insaranor
Office, but was prevailed upon by prisoner to ser-
render his policy and become an insurer in the
World Office, of which the defendant is the repre-
sentative. This Jest), -consented to do, and the
consideration given for the policy by the World
Office was £6 Is., forwarded by cheque made pay-
able to Pritchard (the prisoner) and. Jesty. The
latter, believing it was made payable to himself
alone, gave prisoner into custody, as he had found
out that prisoner had received the money. Re-
manded for a week, and bail accepted.
TZMPRRANCE Socirry.—The twentylut annual
demonstration of the Yeovil Temperance Rooiety
took place on Monday. A public tea was provided
in the Townhall, to which, about 200 sat down, s
number far short of what the committee anticipated.
The evening meeting commenced at seven, and the
chair was taken by the Rev. W. W. Robinson,
M.A. Incumbent of Christ Church, Chaim"
formerly connected with our town. Sir John fl.
Lethbridge. Bart, did not address the meeting as
reported by our Princes-street contemporary. Re
was certainly expected to have been present, but
the ow (citric baronet wrote no lass than four dine-
rent letters an the subject of his appearance--or
rather non-appearance—at the festival. lJnfortu-
nately his wife having sustained serious injuries to
her legs ; the precarious state of her health pre-
vented him,and beat length was compelled to inform
the committee that it would be impossible for him
to attend. In one of the oommunications, he-spoke
of the high price he set upon the temperance
movement, as being above the value of gold
and precious stones. A letter was also read
from the Hon. and Rev. E. P. Talbot, of Everereech,
regretting his inability to attend, but conveying his
warmest wishes for the moose of the meeting and
temperance in genera. Prayer having been offered,
and a portion of Scripture read, the Chairman remarked
that 22 years ago when he embraced the cause h's
could sot point to snob men, the writers of the letters,
as being adherents to the movement. He called upon
the Rev. Talbot Greaves, of Weymouth, who said he
was pleased to address them on the subject of the
temperance movement. Until within a recent period
the Church had stood aloof from the cause, neither
condemning or upholding it. He designated it as a
movement which had sprang from among the working
classes, and it was • mistake that they were not
seconded by Christian Ministers. He attributed the
partial failure of the temperance movement at the first
start Wits being in advance of Christian evangelization.
It was of utmost importance that they should all look
upon the tangerinee movement not as • substitute for
the Gospel, but as a "help meet for it." (Applause.)
If the Church did not avail itself of the movement it
could not turn round and lay the non-success of their
evangelizing efforts at the foot of the teetotallers.
Why did men stand aloof from the movement? Why
did not more Christian men and laymen, and more
especially the belies join in the adoption of
it We believed it arose from a want of
conviction, and it was necessary to remove mis-
apprehension, and induce them to bestow a thought
on the matter. He was sorry to see texts of Scripture
distorted to men's views. By • perverse ingenuity of
man even children sucked poison from their mother's
brollies. He alluded to the manufacture of tobecoofd
opium as illustrating his argument, as tO the misa -
priation of nature's products. Surely God did ot
intend to send a ourse in raising plants, but to mitigate
our sufferings, or to add a blessing to the human race.
The growth of barley for making of alcoholic beverages
was next condemned. Was there any person present
who would say that the evils resulting from a disuse of
alcohol were greater than the occasional abuse of it.
He considered it expedient and certain* lawful for
chridian men and chriatlan women to abstain from that
which the masses destructively abuse. Some persons
appeared to think that they must drink a little for
their health's sake. He was pleased to find that the
evidence of the medical men was becoming shaky as to
the use of stimulants, even in sickness. He quoted the
opinion of several doctors in supportof his statementthat
alcohol was not necessary for man's subsistence, and that
a total abstinence would contributeto increased morality
and happiness of the human race. He mentioned the
fad that the assurance societies took favourably on a
man being a teetotaller. Then the question was after
but—if aleoholie beverages were totally banished from
the face of this country, what would become of the
brewers and publioans, if by one fell swoop they were
deprived of their means of subsistence? He thought
they must be an unamountable rase and he felt for
them. It was scarcely credible, the large amount of
the common wealth annually went into their tills.
Was it right and fair that one portion of the community
should receive so large a sham of the wealth of the
country? Sixty millions and a half of money were
annually spent in drink, and referred to Newman
Hall's pamphlet. entitled "Stop the leak" as to what
benevolent objects could be effected if that large
amount could be diverted. He (the speaker) believed
that the liquor traffic blessed no one, not even the brewer
and publican. Then again came the question,what would
become of our revenue if the tax on spirituous I
wasremitted? Behind each argument there was a fallacy,
It was true they got*. large revenue, but how was
expended? Why in pauperising and punishing those
who had sunk through drink. (Applause.) What were
they to do for a remedy for this great social evil? Some
said moderation, but it was a great mistake. No man
after taking • Outs was the same man as be was before.
The effect lio*W sooner than we expect, and it is not
at all true to say that there was the same gratilloatien
In refusing the second glass as there was in the self-
denial of the first; the fumes of the first glass flew to I
the brain' and consequently the drinker was a different
person. He was of opinion that many a man who was
brought up for being drunk and disorderly, had less
drink in him than the magistrate who fined him.
(Great applause.) How was it? The poor man had
perhaps taken it on an empty stomach, and the Magis-
trate had been addicted to it all his life, and became
hardened upon it. (Great applause.) He exhorted
them to come forward, and help the movement, and
I daily look more to Him who suffered on Calvary's cross,
and who wasa pattern of self-denial and longauffering.
Our Saviour left his Father's glory, and became poor, .
that we through his poverty might become doh. (Ap-
plause.)---The Rev. W. VI. Robinson referred to the
great personages who were teetotallers, among whom
was the King of the Sandwich Islands, and the patriot
Garibaldi. (Applause.) He more especially referred to
General Havelock as a total abstainer, and maintained -
that, despite the opinions of many, this fact was peeled
beyond doubt, as he (the speaker) was supported by a
letter written to him By the gallant soldier% daughter,
who also was a total abatainer, though she had not
taken the pledge. Before attaining her majority skit
died, and A it appeared by one of our contemporaries,
like an aged and sincere chrietian. The testimony of
the late Dr. Wakley, coroner for Middlesex, and editor
of the'Lessect, was next adverted to. The Doctor was
surprised that while the legislature had placed restric-
tions on chemists as to the sale of poison, vendors of
gin were allowed to sell it without restriction. The gin
seller should be as responsible as that of the chemist
and druggist. He (the rev, gentleman) told the audience
of his haying written to the Bishop of Oxford, who, be
beard had remarked that be was priviledged to use the
good creatures of God. In his letter he said that
alcoholic drinks were not creatures of God. God sent
the grapes, man spoilt them to make wine. God sent
the barley, but man spoilt it by making malt. God
sent sugar, but man Abased it by making rum. God
sent apples, but man spoilt them by making eider; and
God sent pears, but man spoilt them by making perry.
(Applause.) The number of persons in this country
who met with a drunkard's grave, and he was sorry to
say a drunkard's hell, were dwelt upon, and souse hard
hits at the moderate drinker were indulged in. The
moderate drinkers were (he observed) on the same
railroad as the drunkard, but it must be admitted
that many moderate drinkers Mopped half-way. If
only one precious soul went into the terminus,
and was lost, was that not sufficient to cause an
Moderate drinkers to abstain? He referred to a tem-
perance advocate who came to Yeovil about twenty
years ago, named Crawford, who from being a blas-
phemer, infidel, end sabhath-breaker, became a tee-
totaler, and a good Chriatian. They also had one in
their town at the present period, who could speak as to
the benefits of temperance. Be alluded to the great
number of military men who were added to the cause,
and mentioned the Hon. Major Powys, brother to Lord
Lilford, as one who had recently joined it. (Applause.)
Addresses were then delivered by Mr. John Perry, Oen.
see.,) Mr. George Stone, and other gentlemen, bringing
theroceedin_p to a close about ten o'clock.
WINCANTON.—Tia MANCassTIR MORDIR.—
The wretched man, Taylor, the Manchester murderer,
is apparently labouring under a similar delusion to
that which saved the life of Clarke, who last year
murdered a tax collector at Newcastle-onMyne. He
has presented a petition to the Queen for pardon,
in which all the circumstances connected with the
death of Mr. Mellor are narrated, and he oonsidere
that the murder of that gentleman was quite justifi-
able. In fair., he lays that Mr. Pope in his defence
proceeded upon • wrong basis; that, instead of
arguing that he was insane, he should lune argued

that the murder was justifiable, and that if he had
done this the jury would have acquitted hits.
Taylor has not been paying attention to spirited
matters. On Sandal be attended Divine fervid*
along with the other prisoners, and an appropriate
sermon was preached by the chaplain. This was not
It ell congenial to Taylor's feelings, for he has
become prejudieed against the chaplain because that
fanctionary has told him in plain terms that there
is no hope of pardon for him. On Tuesday, a$
' Taylor's request. Mr. Thomas Wright, the prom
philanthropist, had an interview with him. He
Landed the petition which be had drawn up to him,
an gave it to the governor of the gaol.
No had done wrong, and said, voluntarily, that be
will l
nlrev. er state how the children came o their
Dot steknowiedge to Mr. Wright that
deaths. Mr, Wright bad consented to Itity
portion of the night with the culprit. Mrs. Taylor,
Taylor
lor w
t
after taking farewell of her wretched husband, has
eie to May with one of her relations in Bottereet:
HIGH HAM. The best living belonging to
Worcester College—viz., High Ham, value £683
—has become vafaut by thsidesth of the Rev. James
Bullock, M.A., who, whilst labouring under mental
ion' committed suicide by drowning in the
canal, not far from his residence. Previous to hem
appointed to the rectory the rev. gentleman had
ng
been fellow and bursar of Worcester College for
many years and was highly esteemed.
aberration,
TATY/FthN. Comricririow tog iree
CHALLINGZ CUP. —On Monday • spirited oompeti•
tion for the challenge Imp, presented by Captain
Poole, of the Bridgwater Corps, and Captain San-
ford, of the Tatintehi Corps, for annual competition
between the best marksmen of each ooryis,
_took place
on the Taunton practioggssrandli at Orchard Witham
The ranges were 400, MP, SM, and 600 yards, live
shots at each range. The pride WAS WWI IV the
Taunton Corps. The compatibles Woolf* to the
Taunton Corps were—Quarter-111"4jaillh. 81o•
combo, Sergeant Green, Privates( Carkw, Day,
Goals, and Spencer. The Bridgwater Isis eta,—
Privates T. and W. Danger, Corrals Harden ee,d
Nicholls, Privates Waddon and Mookiel. At the
400 yards' range the Taunton Corps mule 33 points ;
Bridgwater, 30 ; 600 yarda—Taunton, 28; *big-
water, 27; 560 yards--Taunton, 24; Bridgeable,
22; 600 yards -Tatmtou, 18 ; Bridgwater, 13. The
Taunton on wok by 11 pain* and the
cup was fory handed ever to them. The ehoot-
ing this year was considerably better than last, the
Bridgwater corps making 11 points more this year
than when they were previously the successful eons-
petitors for the cup.
CREW ICERNE.—PATA.L ALVIDINT. —On Wed-
nesday a navvy war proceeding along the line from
Crewkerne Station towards a place 10011 tray alp the
line, where be was employed making good- the
sidings. When about a mile from the station he
was horrified at disooveriog, lying acmes the mile,
the mutilated body of a comrade with. whom be had
been working with others on the prmous day- Tim
name of the -nas was John Dimond. He am a
married man, residing in Barn-street, Crawlers'.
The body was at one removed to his residence. An
inquest was held on Saturday, at the Red lan Inn,
before J. Wybrants, req., and a respectable jury, et
whom Mr. T. T. March was foreman. After hearing
the evidence, the jury returned an open verdist--the
deceased was found dead nion,the line, but how ha
came there there was no evMeo to show.
CHARD. —Calugur.—A match was played here
on Friday between the Chard club and Mr. laners
Barrington eleven. Mr. Long's were victorious in
one =nine with nineteen runs to spare, the
numbers being Chard: first innings 78, mooed 49..
Barrington one innings 146.
WEDMOBE.—A Hawsuer Hoar—Cu Tuesday
evening an interesting harvest home ineethig waraheld
on Clewer Hill, in the wish of Wedmore, wh over-
looks on the right the rich Wedmore, Cheddar, and
Wells Vale, and on the left the lovely valley eat elopes
of the Mendip Hills on the Axbridge end Crop. side.
The children of the district, during the affereseas tore
deeply interested with the Wedmore juvenile Mb and
drum band, and afterwards regaled with • goal -ter
A large tent was erected for the assembly in the et=
which, on amount of the numerous attendance,
useless. A waggon then become the platform, and
around it gathered many hundreds of pepole Mr. W.
Clark, of Cheddar, presided, sad after referring is the
great blessings of so glorious a harvest home AS that
realised in this neighbourhood, and the gratitude it
should produce, he made an apnea to the andieno on
the indisputable fad of the spiritual harvest heats so
certainly and speedily approaching all, as the Thema
locks of so msmy present corroborated and concleeed
by stating that this was indeed a reinsikable meistinr•-
remarkshkpt was for its deep and respelled attention--
remarkable, ulnae, few years since, within*. apealusee
recollection, as well as that of L this
neighbourhood was one of the strongest etlig sed
wretchedness in the county, so that had sash a
as the present been attempted =any who alltbetiZ
such a deep interest in the proceedings wadi hive lee..
foremost in pelting the promoters from tingsleas. The
speaker Mated that the present meet* seas ern of the
best evidences of the reality of the recent reveal= the
district. Mr. Clark was followed by He: &kat
.Taralliv
a working man, who for some time' peke= bent' em-
ployed as home missionary ; Mr. A. Callender, from
_
Leith ; Mr. Robert' Cleric, from Want; at
as mas'
Mons, a welling man, from Cheadle, *he eLdol
them of th ,e%say 13attles he had than, sad
Boone of dielpation'he bad eqpgefl Ii ibkeet the
change now realised in his heart, home, eirenzistanees,
and family, tine he bad been brought under the in-
fluence of Divine truth. This earnest teetimely pro-
duced • great effect on the whole audience, and the
shades of evening only compelled them to seposte, no
doubt long to remember the oenery, the truths beard,
and the deep social enjoyments of the day.
BATIL-Areamoussiox Or PASHIONABLIII3wroname.
—On Monday morning • fashiosable-dresied Man.
about 315y,ears of age, who gave his name as James
Frals, and a fine-looldng young woman, who said her
name was Mary Ann Greenalade, were brought np be
otudody before the Bath magistrates, abased with
havingoonspiral together in obtaining goods to a eon-
aiderable value from various tradesmen hi that city,
with intent to defraud them of the same.
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that on Monday the prisoners took furnished'slnga
at No. 19 In the Royal-circus, repasselase VAS
as man and wife, who had come from Seetbmit "Mk the
view of spending six mouths Is Bath. They daily
promenaded the most fashiemible erta of the why, mid
not only sueceedsdbtgnitheedeihom.ke.per,
but in obtaining goods doom:ideate' lie ems eaveral
of the leading tradesmen. On Friday they favoured
the shop of Mr. Aldermen JoUp, en-mayor ot Bath, in
Milsom-street, with a eall, and a silk dam silk shawl,
and skirt, value about R2O, were gent to thelbeus.
Mr. IL King, silk-mercer, et the same seat, wes
favoured to about the sane amount.' IserseTarner,
also of Mileondoost, we= ordered to mewls snit of
superfine clothes for Mr. Frale, and other tradesmen
met with similes commands. On Friday afternoon Mr.
Frals walked -tes shop et Mr. Bentley, watch-
maker, of Broad-street, and initaired the price of •
diamond-backed watch In tee window. He WM told
fifteen guineas, and le then insisected some others, con-
cluding by requesting two let& watches and a gentle-
man's gold repeater to be sent to No. 19, Circus, the
same evening, for approval, • Mr. Rentley took the
watches, together with three •*old chains, himself, and
mew the female prisoner, who said Usk elfilalA was
gone out to dinner, lot she though:lle had shown vary
good taste in the selection of the watch for bleed!. She
posed some trial remarks up= the chains, and ended
by rogueing Mr. Routley to leave the goods.and eall
In the morning, when he could receive the money
for those approved and take the others sway. Mr.
Houtley's property was of the vales of 160. After he
had left be did not fuel easy in his mind, but his
suspicions were allayed by the sopranos el • friend
whom he consulted, and who had been reared in turn
by the woman who keeps the lodgings, that he wooklbe
safe if it Were for a thousand pounds. Next morning,
by half-past six o'olook, however, Mr. Rowley was
roused from his be, and informed that his qwcmdain
customer and his' lady; taking with them the gold
watches and chains, had disappeared from that
lodgings on the envie= evening. Prompt steps were
taken for the detection of the swindlers. The polies
discovered that a lady, OA the privilege eightt had
accosted a workman in the Clint,., and, ' drawing •
carpet bag from under a mantle, had desired him to
convey it for her to the Tiverton Statien, sane two
miles from Bath, on the Bristol line. On their_way,
however, they came up with • geatlemin (Mr. Fine)
Ameinthig against some rails, and the lady and meleman,
!eseheaying, " Oh, is that pin?" fraireniesC and the
bag was handed to the gentleman by titivate, who
WAII dismissed by the lady with the pronim that the
:should see him again, and -inside Hum foe
his trouble. - The man left, brat, not his
treatment, watched the parties to the
He was thus enabled to give the due to the =toad
on Saturday Inspector •Gaineerthy and •
Barnett proceeded to Brunel:Sod, with tbeilid ce •
detective of the Bristol ems, trend the is prisoner
whom they found in the act of pawning one of the
Watches. At the station-house he took another watch
nal chain from his went-coat
.poeketb That is
another of them." The emu& - at first
said she was Fides wife) was sulesquattly apprehen-
ded, and from her the whole of the remainder of the
Property was obtained. The prisons= ware remanded
for s week.
BAAL-NOM ikoarroso.—Mr. Thomas Milled, a
native of Bath, now one of the Queen's bookbinders,
under the librarian at Windsor Castle, has discovered
a method of splitting bank notes or any other sheets ot
paper. By the courtesy of Mr. Gregory, at Bath-street,
' with whom Millard served his time as an ,mtprentlec,
specimens of the young men's ingenuity, eefisteldot of •
Sank of England note, a sheet of the Timm of the
Biastrated London Nese, of the Bath Jourisal, and of
the Daily Telegraph, each of which has been split
'cleanly and cleverly in two parts, without any rent or
tear, have been exhibited to many of our fellorcitions
during the past week. There can be Ito Weeks about
the matter, as we have now before us a ey of a leaf
of our journal completely split in two. :no open=
parts could well be printed on at the bresh. The
engravings are brought eat more clearly by the Mang.
*and when mounted on cardboard present a
ittiproved appearance. The diseovery is apo.ihisdby Mr.
Millard to practical use in print.moeiitlng, and in
repairing torn leaves of books, Which he can so skilfully
manage that the juuction of the new and old paper can
with difiloulty be distinguished. The mounting of old
prints upon paper is also so complete that the specimens
we have seen seem impressed upon the orlginill paper;
Unscrupulous' people would certainly tam this plan of
bank-note splitting to profitable become if they could
find it out, inasmuch as the halve' *meld be made naafi
, as the whole, the blank parts could be printed in imita-
tion of the original, and the water-mark would, of
aline be perfect. A oontemporary says that "Mr.
has devised • method of inaeufetnring
.74 that cannot be split, and bankers will,
ly, soon be compelled to make use of
Invention;" but the we undessiand is •
mistake. Mr. Millard. to prevent the difficulty which
might arise to the Bank of England from having their
watermark left on hank peoss of paper upon which
might be printed faciamiW of tha 496, fairds •

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