The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-12-19 00:00:00

ARTILLERY SUPPER AT PORTLAND.

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Litut. Audrewa, who wee married • abort time ago,
gave a nipper to his comrades In arms of the 4th D.V.A., at
the Portland Arms Hotel, in honour of the happy event.
The corps mustered at the Armoury Room, Eution,
and marched with Laud playing, greatly to the delight
of the inhabitants, to Fortune's Well, where the street.
. were ..I thronged with spectators, who passed the usual
compliments on this fine body of men. The corps thence pro
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meshed to the neighbourhood of the railway station, received
the carriage in which Lieut. Andrews and some Mends had
driven In from Weymouth, and escorted it to Hotel, more than
um; room of which was soon filled by the corps and band.
There ware present :—Lieut. Andrews, founder of the feast,
and chairman, Capt. Eliot (4th D.V.A.), Capt. Tixard
(sth D.R.V.), Lieut. Holland, (4th D.V.A), Limit. Arden,
(sth D. V.R.), Dr. McLean, Mr. W. B. Barrett, Mr. Hogarth,
fn.., Mr. Lt. Hogarth, Mr. Clumsy, Mr. T. B. Maddock, Beret.
glajof raillins (vice-chair), Maaterigianner Agnew, Sent. W.
Stone, J. A. Stone, J. Stone; Corporals W. Hind°, J. ticriven,
C. Comtism, W. Andrews, W. J. Pearce; and the band were
under the leadership of Band-master Jones, with bugle-major
Stone. The attendance of the corps was good, and, including
friends,lloll was the number of the party. Mr. Illudstnarsh
servial a capital hot supper, and in spite of the company being
rather tightly packed, the waiting, directed by Miss
Hindmarsb, was firit•rate.
Bef ire the business of toast-drinking WWI begun, Captain
ELIOT coined the opportunity for some private businrss of the
c ;roe, and at the conclusion mid there had only been seven
members who had not made themselves efficient, and of these
5 had left the island before they were able to go through the
necessary drillsoo that there are only two nondellieienta out of a
inueorroll of 105—(hear)--and ho congratulated the corps at
having such a large number of efficient members—(applause.)
Lieut. Anomnire sal he never found himself called upon
to perform the duties of chairman without thinking that the
lea, speaking there is at these gathcrinv, the better—(appiausc.)
But they ought not to pass over the usual toasts. 1,, girilir
"tile r. 14.10011," he 'solaced how much we must sympathise
with tier Majesty In her anxiety on account of the illuoss
of the Moos of Wales, and at • time, too, when Her
Majesty's own health is not eo good as we could wish—(loyally
drunk.)
Band: National Anthem.
ri„. V.. swiss, follueroll with "The Prise, awl Pyle.',.., a
Wales, and the rest of the Royal Fanny." It is very grant).
ing to see the reports of the Prince's health are of a satisfac-
tory nature; but we mono& but fool anxious, more espoclilly
as the Ramo disease was fatal to his father. Tao toast would
be recast:4 with heartfelt wishes for the recovery of His
Royal Highness, and deep sympathy for 11.11..11. the Princess
of Wales —Omar, hear).
Mod: tied blow the Prince of Wales:
Captsin Emot gave "TI,. Bishop and Clergy of the Estab-
lished Church, and ministers of °Om. dsuominations." Ile
sw crely regretted that there is no minister present with
die.. amuse lie could tiouplo the team, cud thought Ito great
pity that their acqualutancc with tho chaplaiii of the corps
should not extend beyond the parish church of PertJand—
(hear, hear, and applaiiic). If their chaplain were to be with
them a little oftener, and would grace their festive board with
lie presence, they would be all the better, and he none the
wore..—(renewed applause). He (Captain Eliot) would not
mind saying that he Would glee a pieee of advice to their
ctiaplaiii—that he should exchmige the breezy heights of Port-
land for those of Devonshire, or wherever they Might assciiible
.r emu,.l im was sure It would not do him any harm, but
might do him • great deal of good—(laughter and applause).
than.!: Selection from "The Creation."
The COMMAS in giving "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers,'
waid tim voluideurs are endued with that spirit mid pluck for
winch the British Soldier I 4 so jugly famed, and which has
carried hint over many • battlefield, lie was only sorry that
the Weymouth corp. Is not an artillery Corp., tor then we
sioulla have many more opportunities of Meeting than we
have now. Ile coupled with the toast the names of Master-
(limner Agnew for the Army, and Captain Tiara for the
Volantosrs.
ij Itri;ish Orenadicrs.
11.ter4Ionner Anal*/ responded briefly for the .triny.
Capt. Tizmo, iu rwspouding, said nearly all were volunteers
in the room, and therefore it would be out of place for him to
say much about them. Ile could nut let this opportunity
ma, without mugratulating the chairman oil the happy event
which had brought us together—(applai.c). He wished
Lieut. Andrew' every health and happinrui in his new relation
(applause), and, as be now many young volunteer' prescut, he
hoped they would foil.. el good an (Ample_ Ile wa.s ;cry
plva-id 1.. liner the rcp,rt of Captain Eliot that all but two of
the Portland Volunteer Artillery are efficient& ; there are a
great MALIy comp Miele that have only muster rolls on paper;
but the l'orUand Volunteers have • good roll of P. 15 men. He
wished the same would Ise said of all the rifle compaiii. that
I.aluiLt to tio4Adaninistrative battalion of Donet. Still ho must
sty the Dorset battalion lead no reason to be ashamixi, but
there was every Ma‘oli to be mewl of it, for at the autonln
manteuvres it was the only battalion represented in its
entirety, and 500 emu appeared on the field. There were
other battalions; but they were madeup ones, and the Dorset
Was the only our that formed a complete battalion in itself
(applause). He (Captain Timid) was very proud of having
taken part in the first autumn maihruvros, The Portland
Artillery knew something of tamp life, having been under
CMS., and he had nu doubt they enjoyed it much, and learnt
inany things connected with the drill that they would not
otherwise have learnt lie only regretted when at
Wooliner that the artillery volunteer' were loot utilised, tor
Ins thought it could have been done very well —(hear). It was
• glory... gathering, they worked very hard, and be enjoyed
It excessively. They went int* eamp on Saturday, but did not
get in till jug after dark, whew they found a law teat, pitched,

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bsillEremmlader they bad to pile& theeseelves. Of course
pipe coat witui ; only thine who curled food with
anything to eat, and be student...l from the pap,
whom repi:rter he saw at the end of the room 1771 c Tetegraial
that Janie men onion oil molibleori am over their bread imteso
of butter—(laughter). The fault tint night in the arrangements
that they ...old not get any water. But next day, Sutoloy,
, (knit... day, the Dorset battalion W 3.11 encamped on a
dooing grimed, and had a glorious view of the 15,000 men
%mood uuder anis, and when all their bands were pla) Mg,
and the men in puede order, it was. glorious CK,Callon indeed.
It was very fortunate that the second day of clump Wr.. Sunday,
"lot day, im they bad time to settle down. thi Tuesday
they want to Weaver's down, they were up at five o'clock, and
marched off at seven toe sheen light, and a sham fight in that
neighbooritoo I was no joke, foe the grocild wu covered with
high torsi with occasionally small 'Ps. They marched OfT
or 8 milts and hail a .k Inuinb, and the •011 i thing they gut for
dinner was two hot potatoes, and they cc: glad to take them
in their heeds, and peel the skin off, awl they ate them with
,00d ronsh—(laughter.) Then they were thrown out skir-
mishing amongst the furze fivc feet high, and Ise supposed It
haul not been disturbed furs long time, for there was a coml.
ilembie quantity of game there. A.l they Were going along, all
a sudden • cock pheasant appeared, and a man of has cons.
patty made a grasp at the bird, but just at that moment ho
slipped into • pit, cud all that was seen of him the next
munaunt was Ins boots In the air, his body hail disappeared.
The pheasant got sway and the volunteer only had a few
feathers for his troulole—(latothter.) On Weduesday was the
sham fight of Weaver's Down, and that Was no joke, he could
stand a little work and hard work too; but for that day he
had bellows to mend, and many of them had to stop now and
then and fetch their breath. They were sent three or four
miles across country, and each company had to find two cooks
who were sent off sOtOO five miles ahead, end they had to
hew the wood, light the fires, and drag the cooking utensils to
the place. The fighting men were sumarsed to drive the
enemy from a position, and had to advance in battalion
column, through heather up to their necks, and sometimes
they were up to their Wiese in water. lie had to support
another body, and the difficulty was to flud the men be was
• , support. One of the companies was lost altogether for
hreequarters of an hour, and they supposed they were Liken
prwitera (he was glad Use company was not No. CO but they
turned up again eel their comrades were gad to fled they
were nut tallies prisoners, but sere in very good loath. The
twist day was the lletrs Back day: The way the artillery
onoped up Into action, and the engineers came upend rapally
cut down all obetructionshe should never forgot, and ho hoped
that nest year they might have an opportuuity id going out
again. Us was quite certain that not only the l'ortiand
Artillery but the volunteers throughout England will never be
swung when called upon—(applause.)
Song, Dr. McLean; The Twine
The Doctor was encored, and responded, with a Ilighlool
ballad, "Newby Nido."
Captain Elam then gave the toast of the evening, the health
of their host Lieut.. Andreu—(losid cbsers) It had been mi I
that • man waken. foul of himself when he marries, or it he
does eel marry at all, and with the latter he (Captain Eliot)
cordially agreal—(hear.) If there wore two courses of fooling
open to any man, he was quite sure LicuL Andrews had
ch.en the least—ihear.) Ile wu only expreming the senti-
ments of all present in wishint most cordially licaolt,
happiness, and every blessing to Mr. and hire. George
Andrews. Ile waa glad to testify, especially to the siwtors,
the high qualities Mr. Andrews had shown he pusessod as an
°Meer of this corps ; he had been with the corps some years.
and during all the time he had shown what every Lacer of
solonteers ought to show, a high degree of diligence in at-
tentim to duty. AU the oMeers of the corps indoo,j,
had always attended to their duty, mil perhaps it in on
this account that theme" have nwp Aided so eilUngly tu the
calls male upon their time, for on the whole the members
have been punctual at their drills. Ile was glad to have the
opportunity of expressing their good wishes to Mr. and Mrs
O. Andrews • lug may they live together, ails! enjoy all the
hapioiness Almighty l'rovidenoe may sold then, In thin if.. Will
long may LicoL Andrew. continue to I. on utli 111 the
sorps—(epellause.)
Band : For he's • hearty good fellow,
Lieut. ANDIL6WI returned thanks. It had given him very
great pleasure to meet them, and he hopol they had enjoyed
themselves. It is now 6 years sines be had the jolt-swum of
holding a cemmission in the corps, and he hoped the good
feeling which had existed between them would C.lllhlllll so
lung es Iscisild that. commission. Ile was stroll that of Into he
had been rather lax In his attendance (Voice: That's usensalile
Sir, just now); but he did not intend to retire Into private life
—(applause.) Ile should have great pleasure in conveying to
his wife the kind *Lehis inquiet...id, and was sure that nlic,
so
well as Movie!, will ever take meat interest blithe 4th Dorset—
( ipplause.)
S ,114( : Sergt. Major CoLitss ; Ist the days we went gipsying.
Lis tit. ANDR6WIS also 0101140 with The bottom of the Deep
Blue lies." and then gave his " health of the Visitors."
Dr. llcLeas, in responding to the Lad, said be thought be
might ad& himself • volunteer, for he had served five years In
• enips in Scotland, and lee understood some-
what of the work of getting up a corps, for theirs
at Onst starting numbered only ton men Med three officers,
and au caned the skeleton corps, but when he left it Dozy
had raised it to over • hundred men. Ile thanked the earn.
pasty for Use UlLOOfff In which they had received the toast, and
said with the permission of the Chairman he would propose
at-ant before he sit down viz., the three generals, ••(lineral
Peace " which lie was glad to say we 11,4 a nation enjoyed ;
otieneral Plenty," this; be was sorry to add had not been so
fully enjoyed In the island as he could have wished, but he
thought thingswere beginning to pnwiter agaln ; and "General
Satisfaction" which Ito thought was very eonspicimus in the
company.
The enslaver called upon Bandsmen Butler to sing a sung)
Ile gave "Doodle de dum dee."
Capt. TiZARD then propop eel' "The health of the nonwsons-
misslousi odithrs," coupling with it the 1111110 of Sergeant-
Major Collins, whom he was glad to see in such good spirits
and enjoying such good health (for be hal IMO) him obliged
to use sticks, having what they called the gut), but he hoped
that he would not be troubled with that agaie,thil he thought
the song that tho sergeant-major had sung just beton' was
very duractuistic of himself —always jolly Ind free front care
and troubles, taking things as they caine—tdruuk wills
chars).
Sergeant-Major COLLINS, in responding, mid he hope,' that
Chptain Tisanes wish would come true to himself —for it had
often been painful to him when lying on hls bed with the gout
to hear the band strike off, and knowing that the corps eas
ont on piu-idc and he not there, and he was afraid he should
be übligel to rscuigis ea he could not hoar to belong to anything
unless iso Could do his work—(no, no). The Sersfeant•MaJ cc
efore sitting duan said, with the Chairman's penti,don, he
would call °pm Private E. hi. Slarwood to sing a song called
" The Woodbury 11111 Camp," composed he hiunnef on the
occasion of the 4th Dorset+ vu-it to that camp in 1870.
The song was sung with much spirit, and received with much

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cheering.
At this Juncture, being nearly half-put nine o'clock, the
Chairman vacated the ch Ur. anl the utlicars,tisitere and ut.sny
of tho corps retired.
But .ic malty stayed behind, Sainte',lier F. P. MIRWOOD rum
and -aid ha thought that they should not got on via) wed
fr the next half hour or se without a chainn to, he prepoicd
that Sergeant-Mafor Culling should take the chair.
Mr. Cowan having advanced to the head of the teile tool
taken the chug, the remainder of the evening was occupied
\Anti the xocial glass, onliveacd with song-i, Ate., /cc., and these
pleasures were continued until a late hour.

A CHARITY THAT DOES NOT BEG.
Most people have heard of Ashley down Orphanage, at
Bristol, and in any of Geoorge.liliil ler. This orphanage has
not a shilling of endowment ; it never appeald from any I
platform: never inserts an advert Lenient ; ht no
annual subscribers, patrons, vice-patrons, travelling
secretaries, or collectors; no anniversary dinners or
festivals; no array of ekiluent speakers; and cover
writes, or prints, or sends out an appeal for funds.
What is the r.suitl From a recent report we gather
that Mr. Mitll.-r has received since the beginning of his
enterprise £500,000. This sum has boon received with.
out any effort of the kind employed by our Bible and
missionary societies. It has been ezpsuded in the
building and maintenance of an orphan-houso and its
Inmates, in the support and maintenance of 150
missionaries, and the circulation of the Holy Scriptures
and religious trade, Frost the beginning of the enter-
prise 7.3,00 C children have been educated in the schools,
and very many thousegads educated in other rehools at
the expense of the orphanage. Since its origin, 61.000
Bibles, 85,000 Testaments, and 2'J,000.000 religious
books have been issued and distributed by its agency.
The erection of five orphan-houses, alone has co.t
£115,000, and in no owe was a single brick laid till
the money to pay for it was in hand. Mr. Mtiller
states in his report that he will require U 2,000 at Vast,
during the opening year, 64 in former years; but he
does not ask anybody to give, and yet lie seems sure of
receiving all ho wants. Specimens of the kind of con-
tributions he receives are as follows :—A legacy of
£5,000 from 'J A.; a legacy of £l,OOO front W.R. (of
whose name he has never heard); kith.) from 'A
Christian Gentleman;' £3OO from "A Noble Lady;"
'From Somertshire' 'l5 £2O notes ; and many off :rings
from former orphans of 2i. 61. each. G Jorge Mulct.,
according to every account I out gather, is a consistent,
agreeable and enlightened Christian. Ile bolongs to
The School of the Prophets," and, believing we are on
the eve of an unprecedented mundane crisis, he works
hard whilst the light lasts. Here is • no common
phenomenon in the history of charities. His solution
may or may not be refused. But its susses, is
undeniable. Ile allegro that ' faith and prayer' aro the
only moans ho employs. Assuredly ho employs none
other, and the fruits are so abundant and contiou
that the roots front which they rise and ripia drsurro
at least publicity.

A NOVEL MODE OF SETTLEMENT.
A breath of promise awe, in whioti the r4/e of
plaintiff was supported by the gentleman, and not as is
cuatemary, by the lily, was set down for hearing at
the Manchester assizi on Tuesday. The legituitto
eur;osity of the pub.ie was, howov.ir, titiappAitted.
Conosel interposed between the plaintiff and the jury;
explanations of a "little tiff" that hat happened were
tendered; the plaintiff said through his eounsul that he
should be "only too happy" to have the defendant as
his wile, and there was an mid of the case.

THE WHOLESALE INCENDIARY.
At the Central Cs-Lonna Court on Wednesday
Willimn Anthony, 21, r. blacksmith, was convicted of
arson. The prisoner was supposed to have caused no
fewer than 160 or 170 fires, for the sole purpose of
securing the reward given to the person who take the
earliest news to the engine and fire-e.esp3 stations. It
was stated that whereas the fires from uukuown caus. $
in the metropolis had for rem' tirni numborod 15 or 30
per month, thy had since the apprehension of the
prisoner dropped to thre,. lie was senteneed to twelve
years' penal aerviende.

FATAL FOLLY AND ATTEMPTED struirDE:.
Oa Sunday morninr, while the family w.ro at
church, • very lamentable occurrence Ii app lied at
Badby-house, near Daventry. N.irthatuoton,hir.., the
tomparary residenco of Mr. Wm. Candy. John Atkins,
the footman, IS years old, and Miry Ann Av,rY,
girl 16 ,oars old, 0113 of Vie maids, who had been tak-
ing luncheon together, wont into the servauts h all.
The two were on the mist friendly kriwi. A few
minutes after the butler heard them laughing in the
kitchen, their laughter being immediately followed by
the report of a gun. He ran into the kitchen, awl as
be entered the girl wee falling to the Sur, and the
footman, who W. 13 running round the table to catch
her, was Galling out' "Fee killed my darling! Pee
killed my darlin !" The butler, Tneinas K afe, went
to her and found that she was quite dead, the chargo
having entered the left breast. In the meantime Atkins
left the room and in • few minutes returned and throw
himself on the body of the girl, eulaimint, "I've
killed my darling love, and will dio with her." It was
then perceived that he had cut his own throat. A
guest In the hones bound up the tnroat until ins lical
assistance cluld bo obtained. On the preview day Mr.
Candy and Mr. Willis hail been out shooting, and the
charge had been inadvertently left in one of the barrels
of a breechloading double-barrelled gun. The gun had
been placed in the kitchen by • helper, who did not
know that it was loaded. The young man, who is not
dead, 'aye he was unaware of the gun being chattel:
Au inquest was held and a verdict of " Accidental
death" returned.

GAZETTE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1871.

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MURDEROUS OUTRAN! IN LIMERICK.
On Thersday evening. Mr. Young, the steward on
the Canldflold estate, in Limerick, was fired at while
sitting in his own house, near Pallaskenry. Mr. Young
InLY seated by the bre reading a newspaper, severa
members of his family being in the room, when a gun,
heavily charged with pellets, was discharged at bias
throngh the window. The newspaper was torn by the
Pellets, some of which lodged in the wall behind Mr.
Young; but the man escaped. The shot was fired
quite close tu whore he sat. The family were thrown ,
into • state of sztreme tremor; Mr. Young's wife
fainted. Alter recovering from the 'uprise and shook,
Mr. Young seised • gun, called upon his servants, and
ruled out to searob for ids sisatlant, but the aseassin
had decamped. The polies were apprised, and a base
taw is entagefil at present in scouring the neighbours
heal. A sir nig Co ling of disoontent exists on several
Ciliates in Liesieriek, and more than ono outrage has been
reported reoeotly.
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" BALTNrED HOUSES" IN LONDON.
A number of large houses in 2,inford-street (Black-
friars), Snowhill, Newin&ton, and other parts of Lon-
don, which for nearly half a century, have been allowed
to remain empty, and suffer edsto get into a ruinous
state. are popularly known as " haunted hewer." The
Property originally bolouged to a solicitor named Reed,
and ho determined not to lot any portion. Ile died
some five.and-twenty years ago, leaving, it is said,
strict injuirdions to bin widow to carry out the same
cowrie. Ills directions were obeyed, and at the death
of the widow the same iejunctions were given to the
daughter, until her death, which took plaoelsst Monday
rather suddenly. She resided in one of the houses Is
Staniford.streot, with one old woman ; and the resid•
cue.) of the "old wiser" could easily be recognised by
its dirty and dil,pidated appearance. Periodically the
two old women would make • visit to the other houses
in the street, the time chosen being generally evening.
With leathern in hand, they would go through the
different rooms of tho large ruinous buildings, and
these visits gave rise, no doubt, to the "ghost"
rumours that woro rife, and w.,re the cause of the
crowds assembling to 'Co the light gleatuiog from the
windows. Almost iniumiliately after the death became
known it appuars that parties claiming to be the heirs-
at-law a thu dedeased took possession of the house
where Ale resided, and among the strange rumours
that are all ,at in referencia to the subject is one, that
aim of money amounting to nearly £20,000. wee
found hoarded in different parts of the house, and
concealed in all manner of outold,hceway places. At
first it was ruwourim that the deceased had died with.
out tnaki.ur • will, but it has since been stated that
testamentary ilommunt has ban discovered. It will
perhaps be reeollected that a few years ago some per-
sons to.k foicible possession of one of the houses in
• S•ainford-street. amid set up some claim to the property'
but it was shown that they had no legal title, und they
! were forcibly ejected by order of a magistrate. Since
then the whole of the property has remained In the
, saute condition as before.

HORRIBLE MURDER IN LONDON.
For ton, past Collard, who was the stepson of
the fightiug man, Jeninty Walsh, has cohabited with a
young woman named Thomas at 49, Ash-street, New
Kent-road, London. He has supported himself and her
by bettaua on horsei, and by keeping • refreshment
booth at some of the races. Ho is said to have been
jealous ot ho; in oonsequenco of certain statements
made to him about 'mother betting man named John
Roberts, 25 years of age. He purchased • sword and
kept It in a oorner of his room, and often threatened
the Noting WOlllBll Thomas that something would be
certain to happen to her if evor he found her talking
to any other man, particularly Roberts. She however,
was in the habit of conversing not only with Roberts
, but other men. A few ni,;hts ago Roberts, who is •
powerfully built in iu, ',Aurae I from some rams and
wont to the house of W•lsh, at 49, Ash-street, its
entered Wilsh's room and thorn saw the young woman
Thomas and Walsh iketted at • table nom the fire-plum
upon which there was • leg of mutton. Roberts, it is
supposed, had believed that Walsh was in the country
at • racist-booth, and that the young woman was alone.
When he entered the room Walsh asked him what he
wanted, an! Roberts got into a great rage, walked over
t, the table, seical the leg of mutton, and threw it upon
the ground. Walsh then got up, sealed the sword,
which was lying in the corner, and attempted to no.
sheath it ; while Roborts, however, caught hold of it
(it is a large cava,ry sabre, two foot and a half in length),
and struck Walsh about the head with it several times,
ciying out as ho did so, "Why should you, you —,
have legi of mutton to eat, while others have to do
without meat." Walsh fell upon the ground from the
afticts of the blocs, and became insensible. Some of
the inmatom of the houso then mine into the room, and
dragged Robetti out of it. Walsh was placed upon a
bed, but neither the police nor • doctor were called in,
and it was only when tho unfortunate vistim of the
crime was found to be dying from the effects of the
sabre cats upon his head that somo persons oallod at the
Cartir-street Puliee.station. and toll Acting-Inspector
Keating at two it.ut on Wednesday morning that I
stretcher WAS wants tat 79, Avh•strook to take • man
who was guff ..,rdig from Moms to Guy's Hospital. The
polio,, acting tinier the orders of Inspector Davis,
went to Um boosts, said there discovered the wounded
WWI, who was taken to ths hospital whore he expired
from the ctioots of his woande. Roberti has escaped
for the present.

WHAT AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS WANT.
At • meeting of Agricultural Labourers, held at
Brampton Bryan. Herefordshire, Mr. 0, Dixon, M.P.,
in tho chair, the first speaker, attired to • cleanly
washed smockfrock, said the warns In the district (part
of North Hereford and South Shropshire) were Do, 10s,
or Ili per week, and the men wanted 15.. Be oombated
the idea that the farm labourer was batter off now than
20 years ago; if wages were higher, provisions were
higher also. Other speakers pointed out that out of the
10. per week Is had to go for rent, and where there
was a family it took 15a or 61 for bread, leaving only
3. or 4. for all the other neeeasaries for life. Flesh meat,
the men declared, they seldom if over taste, and one
man sail he haul only had 3 lb of butter in his house
for 12 menthe. The masterF, it was declared, did not as
a rule give their meo milk for their families. At present
tha cottages are all in the hands of the farmer, who
rents them to his labourer, and when a labourer leaven
his "jsb" he hi. ta le.ve his cottage also. The men
all argued strongly In favour of being allowed "a little
bit of land to keep a cow." One or two of the men had
: gricvsnces of anothrr character; earning 10. waweek,
and having • family to support, they had "to pay is
a-week to the Union to mop •rt their poor old parents,
which they di hit care to do if the poor oil folks got
the benefit cf it, bat they didn't." This, one man
declared, "we.. enough to mike a fellow give up alto-
gether, and not try to pay his way no more." Anather
wit" puzzled how begot on at all, and when he went
to bed at night he often wished he should wake up to
the morning in America, or somewhere, where • man
who liked to work hard could pay his way, and put
something up far a rainy day." In default of any lens
provernout at home, emigration seemed to be thought
the Lateral routedy,and letters were read from emigrants
who left the district • few years ago, and who are now
in comparatively prosperous circumstances. Having
heard the different speakers, the Chairman said he
could not help thinking it would be kind, generous,
jolt, and wies, on the part of the farmers and landlords,
it they were to take the coalition of the men into their
consideration an I try to improve it. lie thought they
had made out a strong rise for inereamt wages and for
suflieieut laud to keep • pig and a cow. He believed
the real cau.o of all their grievances was the feet that
there were too many of them upon the ground, and he
agreed with them that the great reum ty was emigra-
tion.