The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-16 00:00:00

! Along Conutg Expren.
TUESDAY, MAY 18,

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Dr. Kenosly h-es -a; le-nWth. found "an honest
paper." But, only, as he says, after the
laborious toil of years. The paper honoured, or
otherwise, with the Ex-Q.C.'s special favour
is The Hastings °bargee, a very ably-edited
emanation from the South coast, and its especial
claim to the marked approval of the proprietor
of the " rod of Moses seems to be that a few
days ago it reported a speech of the learned
doctor's, delivered' at a Musk-hall in Hastings,
to the extent of "six long columns." We
congratulate the author of "poems and media-
tions ;" but we cannot congratulate the Editor
of the Observer upon the distinction he has won;
less can we congratulate the patient readers of
this highly-favoured print upon the dose they
have been called upon to swallow.

"The plague of one's life," is a thoughtless
and a somewhat vulgar term too often applied
to domestic servant& "A want of
ment" would, we fancy, mare nearlyilielnciriZ
the obverse of the medal. Modern education
has more often unfitted mistresses for the
management of servants, than servants for the
discharge of their duties in that state of life to
which they may have been called. The young
housewife (I) tinkles on the piano, and expects
Sarah Jane to bring up the dinner to the minute
and cooked to perfection. If she finds her want
of acquaintance with Boyer somewhat remote,
the lady laments the necessity which calls for
the existence of such drawbacks to a serene
happiness ; and probably finds refuge in another
tinkle, a scold, or a burst of tears. Evidently
forgetful that the exercise of a little domestic
supervision on her_part would have obviated all
unpleasantness. We are not, however, going to
pursue this phase of the subject, but we would
desire to bring before the notices of both mis-
tresses and maids, masters and men, a means
by which the one can, with their support, do an
immense deal to relieve the necessities and
troubles of the latter—of a class whose lives
have fallen in less pleasant pastures. We refer
to the General Domestic Servants' Benevolent
Institution, which was established "to relieve
honest and industrious domestic servants of
both lOUS who have been rendered incapable of
active duty by unavoidable misfortunes and the
advance of age, by granting its members annual
pensions," &c. The society is pursuing a pro-
vokingly successful career, and the work it is
doing is most admirable. The report of the
Committee states that the income in all branches
has increased, and there is great cause to
hope for a continuation of such a favourable
state of affairs. The working expenses have been
kept down to the lowest possible point, so that,
after paying £1,064 1.2 e. 6d. in pensions and
temporary relief, they have purchased £430
worth of East India Railway stock, making a
total of £17,893 lre. invested in the names of
the trustee. of the institution, and leaving a
balance in the hands of the treasurer of £241
after the election of nine additional pensioners,
making a total of 77. During the year seven
pensioners, whose ages varied from 56 to 89,
had died. It is under the patronage of the
Queen and other members of the Royal Family.

Funeral reform is a subject that is demanding
fresh attention every day. The absurd burlesque
of grief, as represented by our modern para-
phernalia, brought into requisition upon the
burial of a person is enough, were not its sur-
roundings of so solemn a character, to excite
ridicule; as it is, it can only create a feeling of
sadness. A procession of some six or eight
utter strangers to the man who has passed away,
arrayed in dingy cloaks, bearing superannuated
policemen's staffs. A ricketty hearse driven by
a still more ricketty coachman. Two or three
old coaches, groaning as if mourning for the
dead. Horses that evidently ought to have
gone to their own last home—at the kennels.
And " foUowers" in cotton-silk hat-bands look-
ing upon it dolsomely as a most inconvenient and
tiresome call upon them. These are the con-
comitants of an every-day funeral in England,
which, if we are to believe the utterances of the
clergyman over the poor remains, should par-
take of an exactly opposite character. We are
glad to find the Salisbury Diocesan Synod
has taken the matter up, and a Committee
have made a number of recommendations,
of which the following is an abstract :
"With regard to mourning apparel, they recom-
mend that long flowing hatbands, scarves, and
cloaks be altogether disused, but that plain
hatbands of crape or cloth be retained; and
these, as well as mourning apparel in general,
they consider the mourner should provide for
himself. This is recommended (1) as a more
decided proof of sympathy, (2) to save expense
at a time when the demands upon the family
are often neccessarily heavy. And here they
would discourage the old custom of giving away
complimentary mourning at the time of the
funeral. They strongly urge the clergy to
decline all such gifts. A clause to this effect
appears in a circular letter on the general
subject of Funeral Reform from clergy to their
parishioners in the deanery of Marlborough.
Thus any odium that an individual clergyman
might incur from refusing such gifts while Ins
brethren accepted them would be avoided. And
in general they recommend that the apparel of
mourners be simple, plain, and expensive. But
in making these suggestions, the Committee
would guard themselves against the imputation
of deprecating the proper use of mourning
apparel, which they desire may ever be worn
as a token of sympathy and loving sorrow."
Surely, with this no one can quarrel.

Thi monthl_y inspection of the ard 1).11.V. will take
plaoe next Thursday evening by Captain Mount
Batten.

inum.so of 2a. Bd. in the S has been declared in
the liquidation of W. Darch, ooal and hay merchant,
of this town. .

--pleased to record that the foot-and-mouth
disease has ceased to exist in this county. There were
15,000 oases a few months ago.
a Se. has been handed Over to the Trinity Church
bull Uns fund committee as the proceeds of the late
entert&lnments by the "Dorset Blackbirds."
TATTOO. —ln future the hour for tattoo throghout all
the year at stations and garrisons at home is to be ten
o'clock p.m. This change will be very generally
approved, and may be considered another step towards
the popularisation of the army. —Army and Navy
Cimette. _

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TRI Dorset Battalion of Rifle Vollinteers will
encamp this year at Preston, near Weymouth. But
they cannot do this without expense, and all who are
willing to maist, will do well to send their contribu-
tions early to Quartermaster Newman, South-street,
Dorchester, the lion. sec.
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BiNKRUPTCY CAS& —Th. only MAW that came
before Judge Lefroy at the County Court,on Thursday,
was the bankruptcy cam of Jas. Davis, miller, of
Spettisbury. Mr. Brennand, of Blandford, appeared
for the estate. The liabilities were stated to be about
1;2,000, and the asset, moraething under £4OO. A bill
of We on the effects for am held by Mr. MsAerel
had been impeached, and it was ordered that Mr.
Mackerel come in with the rest of the creditors. The
bankrupt wail allowed to paiw his last examination
and the question of an allowance was adjourned.
Comma, To me Donner Comm' Pmeon.—
ffssWoots Alfred Pitman, housebreaking at Wyke
Bova—Hard Labour • George Thomas, stealing
cooked meat, dz., at •Lytchet Minster, 3 calendar
months; Edward Pope, vagrancy at Dorchester, 1
calendar month; William Sale and Alfred Dimmock,
vagrancy at Wimborne, 21 days; Benjamin Cherrett,
vagrancy at Charlton Marshall and Peter Owen,
vagrancy at Buckland Newton, 14 days.
e Waarnan.—The Mowing Is our metwirokmical
report:-

Lowing
D. Noon. Point at Wind. Etats 01 Wagner.
MEW.
Nay • I • I
M I Fine
9 60 33 Phis
10 60 66 NI lino
11 I 64 W NZ Woe, cloudy
12 I 69 32 INC tiro
. 60 11 NE Flat
64 • 52 ' 42 NWk NE Fine, cloudy

PRIMITIVI itirrncourr CHAPIL —Oll Sunday two
sermons were preached by the Rev. Charles Smilia, of
London, 3onnexional Secretary, to good congrogatson&
In the morning the rev. gentleman founded an
eloquent discourse on Romans v., 20, "But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound." His theme
was the super-abounding grace of God, sad the
triumphs of Divine grace as displayed in the Men-
tion of the world by Jesus Christ, and in its ultimate
conquest to him in inane conversion and program in
the Divine life, in the resurrection from the dead and
exaltation to heaven. In the evening Mr. Smith
delivered a most impressive and practical dinners"
from Proverbs iv., 7, "Wisdom is the principal
thing." His theme was the prnanisence and
sahu
entoaity of religion over spasms of philosophy sad
and in its adaptation to man's piarica moral,
and intellectual nature. In the afternoon die v. J.
HarriElnon. Baptist minister. preached from
IL' la' Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion."
The services were well sustained, and • &GP ill,'
pression produced. On Tuesday evening a public
meeting was held when addresses were given by several
delegates to the London District Heeling
_at We/.
ma& The chair was able filled bir Mr. J.
. tr-
if...woo& of Louden, and kr. a Ross, of London,
Rev. C. Spenser, of Reading, and the Rev. G.
Windrlns, GI Leaden. Mly suMained the intend of
the metliqu and liasft mit to Dorchester will 1011, be
rememproisuterefo do: ease: ninherateawiscoming from the
all Ow au-vim. viers good at

Ws WOULD draw the attention of all lovers of the
beauties of nature, whether floricultural or horticul-
tural, to an advertisement appearing in our columns,
in which persons interested In the formation of a
horticultural society, are invited to attend • meeting
to be held this month. Surely we ought not to be
outdone by smaller towns.
San D. R. V. —The first of the out-door drills of this
corps took place on Thursday evening, when the
corps mustered to the creditable number of nearly 60,
under the command of Capt. Hodges and sublieu-
tenant Williams. The band under headmaster
Wellspring also turned out and played vsa7 nicely
marching almost as well as the veterans
The corps WM put through a sharp
in the Militia Barrack.equare by the captain. The
following
_promotions have just keen announced :
Sergeant T. Crain, to be quarter-niestersergeant, vice
Newman; Sergeant Durdm to be colour-sergeant;
Corporals T. Rogers and G. Mntford to be sergeants;
Privates C. Persona, J. Esoott, H A. Hogg, and J.
Dart to be corporals ; and Privates R. Stayner and J.
Griy to be lance-oorporala
Dtrunox ON TER VDTS OF CINSININ ON Mamma.
—The following members voted on Thursday for the
motion of Sir Henry James. 'That, having regard to
the declarations made by her Her Majesty's Ministers
during the progrese of the Royal Titles Act through
Parliament, this House is of opinion that the proclam-
ation issued by virtue of that Aet does not make
adequate providen for restraining and preventing the
use of the title of Empress in relation to the internal
affain of her Majesty's dominions other than India"
—Hon. E. Ashley, A. C. Barclay, K Edwards, Sir.
H. James,. Dr. Lush, S. Morley, Hon. W. H.
Portman, P. Rani. The following voted against the
motion :—Major Allen, V. I. Benett.Stanford, W.
E. Brymer, Hon. Captain E. Dishy, John Floyer,
Hon. Captain A Hood. F. Johnstone, IL N.
Neville-Grenville, Major R. Picot, Lord H. F.
Thynno, Sis H. Drummond Wolff.
Pz.trfotat —Among the petitions which have been
presented to the Imperial Parliament during the week
have been the following :—Against Sir H. James's
motion expressing censure upon the conduct of Her
Majesty's Government by Mr. Paget, from Wells;
in favour of the Bills for closing publichouses doting
the whole of Sunday by Mr. Paget, from Good
Templar. of Wells ; against the Bill to consolidate and
amend the laws relating to the valuation of property
for the purpose of rates and taxes by Capt. Hood from
the Chard and Bridgewater Boards of Guardians; by
Capt. Digby, from the clerical and lay members of the
Salisbury Synod, for certain alterations in the Educa-
tion Act. The Bishop of Salisbury presented petitions
from Bradford Peverell to remove the injustice with
which rates for education press upon the subscribers to
voluntary schools, also from Bradford Peverell. that
none but ordained ministers be permitted to officiate
In churchyards. And expressive of confidence in Her
Majesty's Government and praying the House to
reject the vote of censure of Sir Henry James, by Mr.
V. K V. Lee. from Ilminiter.