The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

HUNESTE AUDA X

ADDRESS.

IT becomes again our pleasing duty to acknow-
ledge with fitting gratitude the kind continuance
of public favour and support generously accorded
to the Dorset ('otility Express. On entering
upon the year 1860, we are able to look back to
1855—which saw our advent into the world of
journalism—with feelings of peculiar satisfaction.
The causes which at that time rendered the
Express a necessity, and the cireunistammi of en-
couragement which surrounded the undertaking,
have lost nothing of their force during the lapse
of time, but, on the contrary, have led by
degrees to the successful establishment of a paper
of admitted utility, and one every way accept-
able to the tastes of a large portion of the ititei-
ligent public of this locality.

Thu mischievous vagaries snd tillfounded pre-
teusious of our nearest contemporary, and the
ludicrous ambition of our Sherborue friend—
claiming to satisfy by his own efforts the wants
of all and every part of Dorsetahire, besides
taking under his protecting wing large slices of
territory in three or four adjoining counties—had
a great share, as our readers know, in inviting
the Express into the field; and even these incen-
tives to action have in no way diminished since
the day on which we first set out in our pros-
perous career. We still see the Chronicle, with
it. affectation of purity aua elegance, as vulgar
and illiterate as before, with a stretch of con-
science unparalleled, as evidenced in the mon-
strous puff of the so-called periodical increase of

its circulation to "another ten thousand." The
daring recklessness of such extravagant assertions
is itself the best posaible commentary upon the
actual condition of a paper which finds itself
reduced to the necessity of such miserable and
desperate shifts. Then, the Journal, professing
to be a fearless exponent of the interests of the
people—but which has nevertheless stedfastly
adhered to its propensity for propitiating the
favours of the great—remains true to this moment
to these latent instincts, and is as utterly bereft
of the principle of independence as though it
were the paid organ, working for hire, of a small
section of the local aristocracy. Now we, iu the
pleasing task of alluding to our "substantial
successes," are, happily, under no sort of obliga-
tion to acknowledge with profound and humble
gratitude that sort of special salve or 4• sugar"
recognized in "a kindliness of tone from many
"influential quarters."
Wo, of course, duly estimate the legitimate
encouragement given to our humble labours by
the upper classes, and we are happy in being
able to secure a large share of that kind of sup-
port ; but our duty and fidelity towards the
great middle and industrial community is at the
sante time in no danger of being compromised by
the flattery and pay of those who move in a
higher sphere. And this position of ours is one
which we an look upon with holiest pride, more
especially as neither of our contemporaries just
referred to can boast of an unimpeachable claim
to the same advantages.
t3oine years' experience have confirmed the
wisdom of the policy of independence and spirit,

which it was designed from the first should -mark.

the existence of thu Donwt County Express; and
we are thankful that these principles have been

appreciated, as also the careful and zealous dis-
charge of our duties. No greater stimulus could
be afforded us in the steady pursuit of a career
of public usefulness, and nothing shall be want-
ing on our part to preserve to us the good opi-
nion and the liberal support so generously ex-
tended to us by our fellows.
May the year that has just dawned upon us
be a happy one for all our friends and cotuljutois,
and may they long live, in prosperity and happi-
ness, to receive these annual congratulations and
good wishes, which our relations impose upon us
as one of our most pleasing duties!

THE death of Lord Macaulay, leaving his last
and greatest work an an unfinished monument
of his genius, will be received with regret in all
parts of the world where the English language
is spoken, or English oratory and literature are
understood. He died suddenly on Wednesday
last from disease of the heart, from which he had
I been long suffering; but his health bad latterly
experienewl so much amendment that this
sudden termination of his brilliant career was
not anticipated by his friends. He was only 51)
years of age, and AA he has died unmarried, the
title which he had earned so well has expired
with him.

The approaching meeting of the Congress is
likely to be considerably influenced by the recent
pamphlet on "The Pope and the Congress,"
which has caused an immense sensation in all
parts of Europe. The Pope is said to have
informed the French Ambassador in Rome that
in consequence of its publication the departure
of Cardinal Antonelli has been suspended; while
the Papal Nuncio in Paris has intimated to
Count Walewski that it is impossible for the
Pope to send a representative to the Congress
if an authentic denial be not given to the rumour
that the pamphlet had an official origin and
expressed the sentiments of the French Ministry.
The Governments of Austria, Naples, and
Spain have since declared that they will not

send Plenopitentiaries to the Congress if the
Pope be not represented ; and the Russian
Ambassador is said to have informed Count
Walewski that as the pamphlet, irrespective
of the religious question with which Russia does
not intend to interfere, contains principles
opposed to that respect for authority on which
the Russian Government is founded, it is the
intention of Russia to oppose in the Congress
the programme which it embodies. It was
reported in Paris on Thursday that the Nuncio
had demanded his passports, but there is reason
to believe that the rumour was premature, and
that the Nuncio has no intention at present of
quitting Paris. The latest news states that the
Council of Ministers has resolved on not giving
any official denial to the pamphlet, on the
ground that as it has not been mentioned in
the Moniteur, the only official organ of the
Government, it cannot be considered an affair
to be noticed by foreign Powers in their diplo-
matic relations with France.

The Times a few days ago published a convers-
ation which has recently taken place on the I
relations of France am! England between a
Frenchman and an Englishman, who are under- '
stood to have been the Emperor and Mr.
Cobden. In the course of this conversation,
"the Frenchman" is described as having cha-
racterised the invasion panic in England as
"actual folly," and as having reminded his
auditor that the Emperor co-opeiated with
England in the Mediterranean, in spite of the
Assembly; that he again united himself with her
in the Crimea ; that when the Indian rebellion
broke out he offered a passage for her troops,
although he had then his opportunity if lie had
been minded to invade our shores; and that on
every occasion when etforta were made to detach
him from the English alliance by proposals
inconsistent with English principles, he steadily
refused complicity in any such policy or plans.
With regard to the increase of the French navy, ,
he is represented to have said that the applica-
tion of steam to the purposes of naval warfare
had compelled the Government of France, like
that of England, wholly to re organise her naval
force, and that it will take 10 years more to
bring the French navy up to the point of
efficiency determined upon under Louis Phillippe,
a Sovereign who was not accused of any hostile
plans against England. On the subject of war
"the Frenchman" is described as having ex-
pressed his belief that the late Tory Govenunent
wished to range England on the aide of Austria
in the recent struggle in Italy, and that the
present movement in favour of putting the
country in an efficient state of defence originated
in a party maineuvre. It cannot he said, be
denied that there still exists in both countries a
remnant of rancour and rivalry ; but at the same
time there are "material interests on the one
side and liberal ideas on the other, which tend
incessantly to draw the two countries closer to
each other ;" and he emphatically declared that
"a war with England could bring to France
no advantage, material or moral."

DORCHESTER PITCHED I'oRN MARKET, Saturday.
—Thu supply of wheat at market to-ilay was mode-
rate, samples in good condition (which were warts:),
realized the extreme rates of last week, others could
nut be placed except at a reduction. Barley and
eats unaltered.

SEASiINAIII.E Ilissavotr.xcE.—Dur modem will be
glad to learn that the poor of Dorchester and the
surrounding neighbourhood have been most kindly
laid liberally cared for by those amiong us who are
known to be blamed with the :I/tfaill d tieing good.
We do not thud: it necessary to point out partirttlar
individuals who have had the gratification of per-
forming acts of private charity, nor to catalogue the
many useful articles thus dispcusetL Such a list as
this, we are happy to say, must necessarily be very
incomplete indeed, and ill that ease injustice would
appear to be done to many whose names el lil be
omitted Crum the list. Knowing as we du that there
are many among us who love unostentatious charity,
and seeing that this is a oonflttion uf true believe-
bailee, we feel that we shall last consult the wishes
of these excellent persons by abstaining (ruin para-
ding before the eyes of the public the number of
pounds of beef soffit a one gave to his lailieurees, the
number of dinners this one supplied to his poor
neighbours, the weight of coals that one furnished
to cheer the humble dwelling of his less fortunate
fellow creatures. Thu recipients of all these bene-
fits may be reckoned by many hundreds in this lo-
cality ; and the good fame of the "cheerful giver"
is better attested by grateful hearts than by obsequi-
ous and often intrusive scribes in public journals,
who seize upon these occasions as fitting opportuni-
ties to acknowledge their personal part:eitty or de-
pendence.
CHRISTMAS TILF.E AT THE TRINITY INFANT
SCllthil.. —One of these popuhir and amusing exhibi-
tions was given on Thursday last. under the auspices
of the rector, the UM James Fisher. The tree, a
tall fir, was lighted with gas, and being hung with a
large number of useful and ornamental articles of
various kinds, presented a remarkably pretty ap-
pearance. The object of the display was to raise
funds by the sale of these articles to be applied
towards liquidating the debt remaining upon the
building, and it is pr.-smuts' that the result must be
regarded as very successful—seeing that a sum of
more than .440 was collected in this manner, not-
withstanding that the attendance was, owing proba-
bly to the unfavourable state of the weather, some-
what limited.

HUTCHINS' HISTORY OF Dmoirr.—This valuable
work, especially in a local point of view, is being re-
printed with addit. by Messrs. Shipp and Hail-
son. Circulars soliciting subscribers were issued
some little time since, and we arc now wad to see
Irons the published list that more than 5,000 guineas
have been subscribed owing to the fact that nearly
the whole of one of the volumes' of the large paper
edition having been burnt during the time it was
printing, the complete copies are now very scarce,
and as a consequence realise in the book market, all
but fabulous prices. This high market value of a
complete copy of the large paper edition is not likely
to be much &Keeled by the proposed reprint, how-
ever judiciously the publishers may "interfere" with
the "original text," or however the historical value
of the work may be enhanced by their additions.
We believe there are not more thsui thirty complete
copies of the best edit known to be extant ; and
therefore scarcity alone will maintain the high figure
hitherto realized. However, the value of the smaller
two-Volume edition must necessarily be much lessened
should Messrs. Shipp and llorlson's reprint be but
slightly and judiciously abridged from the original,
and have those valuable additions which science and
history have developed in this county during the
last fifty years. Antiquarian and geological research
bra more or less occupied the atteation of Mr. Shipp,
for a very long period, and few persons possess a
more richly-stored private intewuni than lie dom.
These twin pursuits must have an important bearing
on the successful execution of the undertaking, and
we therefore look forward with well-grounded hope
to the promised work adding considerably to the hue
torical intermit of our county. The moderate suns at
which Messrs. Shipp and Hudson propose to supply
the work, will place it within the reach of moat per.
sous awarous of possessing the Mart history of the
. .

county iii which ihey liver
itIVEKNIIIKNT FULL SUPPLY GP Mites.— The
Secretary of War, Mr. Sidney lle: bert, has ad-
dressed a circular to the Lord-Lieutenants of coun-
ties, announcing that, on the Ist of January, he
would grant to the Volunteer Corps an inblitionid
supply of Enfield rifles, to the extent of fifty per
cent., thereby raising the amount of the entire issue
to the full strength of the various corps.
BATII AND WEST 01, ENGLAND SOUII:TY. We
see by the last notice of the preceediums of the Coun-
cil of this society that the Arta and "Manufacturing
Department will be continued. Thu exhibition is to
be held here in the week beginning the 4th of June
next, and we trust Ont the gathering will be one of
as complete KILT...AII all WM that last year at
ILiru-
staple. it behoves the eJunties of Dorset, Wilts.
and liaida to by energetic in their movements, and
to show that not only are they tepid to the other
parts of the West of England in agricultural produce,
but also that in works requiring skill and taste they
are uut behind their neighbours. We believe and
hope, for the honour of the district into which the
society is now coming, that the large towns will
show that they are not behind their age. Dorches-
ter, Weymouth, Southampton, Bridpurt, Devistei,
nl'll'6. Salisbury. and Sherburne, are all towns more '
or less celebrated in the district where the society
exhibits, and we doubt not all of these will contain
manufactureni and tradesmen public-spirited enough
to assert and maintain the character of their respective
km-eddies, and show that, in the protection aml ap-
preciation of works requiring artistic skill an.l taste
in their production, they are not behind the other
parts of the West of England.
Some few weeks back. Mr. Thomas Davis Bayly,
of Ilerringstone House, Dorsetabire, a magistrate for
that county, applied to the Brighton Bench for a
summons against Mr. Frederick Orlando Thompson,
of 15, North Audley-street, London, for assaulting
him at and near the Brighton railway terminus.
There was sonic difficulty in serving the summons,
in consequence of which it had been twice renewed,
and on the last occasion made returnable on Wed-
nesday week, when the defendant made his appear-
mice, supported by Mr. Lamb. Mr. Harrison, solici•

tor, of London, attended on behalf of Mr. Bayly.—
Complainant stated his case at some length. On the
ISth October be was going by the eleven o'clock train
to London, and had arrived at the terminus a guar.
ter of an hour Wore tune. Whilst looking in a shop
window in the Queen's-road, Mr. Thompson came
, up to him and said, "Don't you think you are a
pretty scoundrel !" and, after making use of other
offensive epithets, put his face most impudently at ,
Mr. Bayly. A crowd collected, and Mr. Bayly
asked some respectable people to take notice how he
was treated. Defendant followed Mr. Bayly into
the superintendent's office, where he recommenced
I his abuse, and also intruded himself into the same
railway carriage in which the complainant had taken
his beat. From the expressions the defen-
dant made use of Mr. Bayly was afraid he would
do him some bodily harm. Mr. lamb cross.exa-
uiineil the complainant, endeavouring to show that
the summons would not have been taken out had
not a Bill in Chancery been filed against complain-
ant—The Bench, however, considering that Mr.
Ilayly's applying for the summons three weeks after
the occurrence was explained by that gentleman being
lag unable to COMO to Brighton before. They thought
, that a slight assault and a gross insult had been cuin-
mitted, and fined the defendant 40s. and costs, and
to be bound over in his own recognixances of £2OO to
keep the peace for 12 months.
WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. - Captain
I)isney Roebuck and a body of military amateurs are
making exertions in this quarter of the country to
turn their talents to account in raising a fund for
the benefit of the survivors of this wreck. Already
they have perfumed, with much Mat, at South-
ampton; and they intend giving performances in
our Townhall, when "Our Wife," "Delicate
around," and "John Dobbs," are announced for
performance.
I.lisimatioN OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL SAILORs
FROM DORCHESTER CASTLE.—On Tuesday those of
the crew of Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, 20
in number, who were remitted to Dorchester Gaol
for three months' punibliment awarded by Court
Martial, but graciously abridged to one month, were
I liberated. The conduct of the men, it apptars, has
I been exemplary in the extreme. A considerable
crowd assembled to witness their departure, and, as
the train moved off, loud cheers were repeatedly
exchanged.