The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-30 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30. 1870,

Mr. Weston applied for Mr. James Weight, of The
Fox, Portland. This was withdrawn, and new notices
are to be given.
Mr. Howard applied for kir: Charles Thorne, Royal
Oak, Portland. ~.aat year this house was held by Miss
Gibbs, who being under notice) to quit from Mr. Groves,
the owner, said she did not want • renewaL Adjourned
for proof of notion.
Mr. Howard applied for Mr. Ambroise White, The
'Greyhound, Portland. He said it was his own property,
and ens leased to • most respectable firm of brew, rs.
Unfortunately provision w.ot not made for earrying oii
the business, and last par the hones was shut up.
Great depreciation of the property htid occurred and he
hoped the Bench would tale the application into their
favourable consideration. Mr. Symonds objected that
the notice did not set forth how the house had been
occupied for the lad three years. The Bench thought
the notion WY good. The application was adjourned to
prove the rating.
Notice was given for an appliostion for "The Live
and Let Live," Portland, but there was no appearance.
audit seemed th 4 on the previou. day at %Vey nom,
applicant had iccurted penalties to the amount of C 230.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.
An impudent career of mendacity was exposed on
Thursday last, at the Shire),ll, when two nriddle.aged
persons, named Henry H. IV/teeter and Caroling
Whaler, husband and wife, were charged before H.
Williams, Esq., and E. W. Williams, E-q., with at.
tempting to obtain °int-Bible contributioNs by false pre-
tences. Mr. Giles Symonds prosecuted, and Mr. M. C.
Weston appeared on prisoner. behalf.
Captain Amen Brown, Cl id Constable of Dorset
and hum sec. of the Mendioity Society was present.
Mr. Synion,!s said prisoners were taken into custody
upon a wan ant for attempting to obtain charitab'e eon-
tt‘buti••ns by false pretenc,s. Ile would asked how.
ev.or, to withdraw the chArge from the female defend.nt,
upon the ground that she, being the wife of the man-
-although he should h.• in • position to prove thst he
had repoliated h. r 111 hi. elf-- was assumed lobe actini
under her husband's i. fluence—if such he was—and
sl•,o, perhaps, out of consideration for her. The charge,
therefore, would be confined to the man alone. It was
Pr .(erred under the Act 5 i:eo. IV., a. 83, p. 4, com-
monly called the Vagrant Act. He thought in the
cora.se of this inquiry he should lay before them certain
circumstanoes winch would startle everybody, especially
at the way in which the trade ei begging otter hoped.
tions seemed to be earned on. Very recently Mr. and
Mrs. Wheeler. who had resided in this immediate
neighbourhood for In months or two years, in theaters.,
of their speculations, lighted npon the name of the wife
I of Mr. Shipley, of Twyford Moors, Winchester, and
wrote a begging btter to her. It w. dated July 16th,
sod contained what purported to be a lii.tory of the
condition of the defendant and his wife, and represented
what great benefit Mrs. Wheeler obtain. d from drink-
nig the water, of Nottington Spa. Posaibly Not tington
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Spa waters were very good, blithe (the learned ',lsom” )
thouoht it would appear in the c ,urse of the inquiry
that Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler prefesrod them with a little
dash of spirirs—(laughter). Mr. Shipley knowing
Colonel Steward, of Nottington, one of the *aunty
not..iatrates, wrote to ask him who and what were the
Wheelers. The result was that Mr. Shipley wrote •
letter in reply to Mrs. Wheeler, the pollee authorities
were informed when it would be posted, they of course
knew when it would be delivered to defendant in the
ordinary way, and a warrant for the apprehension of
the Wheelers was executed at the moment of the de-
livery of the letter to the wife, in the presence of the
husband, and when, therefore, in law, the letter was in
the pos,ession of the defendant himself. In that way
he should connect Wheeler with the letter to which
Mr. Shipley's was an answer. A great many documents
would be produced, many copies of begging letters
would be shown, word for word alike, addressed to all
aorta of people in different parts of the country, and
singularly alike in this particular, not one bore a date,
and no doubt that was left to be put in on the date of

poating. This he suggeitod was the case with the letter
writt. n to Mrs. Shipley.
Mr. Weston said Mr. Symonds must prove the hand-
writing .1 the letter.
Mr. Williams said it was unnecessary.
Mr. Weston urged that unless it were done the letters
could not be read.
Mr. Coombs (the magistrates' clerk): Mr. Symonds
can open hi• can" in any way he likes, and read what
documents he likes, but they will ant be evidenoe until
, they are provad.
Mr. Weston insisted that Mr. Symonds i•hould not
make any observations he waa not prepared to prnve.
, Mr. Symonds said that was • startling propesition to
him ; he should like to hear some autiedity for it.
Mr. Will, tuts said Mr. Symonds could read any letter
he liked.
, Mr. Symorpla said be did not ears at all whether or
riot he proved the letter to be in the defendant', hand
, writing, lie said this—if he found a letterwrittin ti a
particular person, and it produced& certain result, which
, reached the hands of the persons or person from whom
the letter was supposed to emanate in the first in.
; stance, it was evidence that such person reeognided the
ori.inal act, whether done by his own hand or not.
That was a proposition of law noboly could dispute
successfully. He proceeded to read the letter :
" July 16,1570.
Dear Madim.--Pray forgive me (the invalid wife • poor
author) venturing to tell you my trouble.. I will not Intrude
' many infinite.. My husband, of whom
yrni may have heard
through hi. work•• 'The Harmony ..f the Bible,' 'Life
and historical Day. of Wilberforce' (the philanthropist),
'Chronology of the Scripture..' Hebrew, and tither works, was
for many parr affficted with • 'most dirtreseling intent"l
malady, fm the relief of which he at last underwent several
revere- surgical operations. The malady was subdued- -
lie does not look much worse, said MI. :it monde,
slanc.ng at the da fendant—a well-dressed man, appear-
ing to be in perfect health.
But his nervous system Isso terribly shattered that he has never
since been equal to touch mental labour. This affliction --a
heavy 111. followed by the destruction by tire .1 several
MS.S.. which had coat hint years of ttnl, and an outlay
of nearly ‘3oolt. their preparation -minced us from • psentl n
of comfort to Imo of great j.ri.aiion and trial beyond all wants
to describe. Added to thore troubles I have been iminfolly
Afflicted 1.,r la" years with a mai sly . . . . the
thin' at( ~k. It at,o, of the mo.t distressing character-in.
teurithrl by my old ever.prerent enetnie., chronic ri ruination
and In, art diwar., -redwing me to a moat deplorable 'tab u of
weakness, to, often the care with fragile constitutions of my
age. My life war it. a *tate tIIII slid flow, a. it were, for
upwar 'sof Ii long month... one day giving cheering hope. that
the ntalatly had Worn a turn for the better, the next found me
pnnt rated by the reslouble !efforts of the deteare to dmin away
the 13.4 stork f life. nil the ieotal remedie. foiled. At tart
we 1.11A11,11 to herr that like sufferer. had derived great benefit
fnmi the use of the chalyhmte rater. of Nottingten Spa near
h re. I had little faith In them my.elf, hut my !dear good
husband was wool anxiour that 1 shouldtry them. lie brought
nie down, and I am mot thankful to as God has bled the
The,waters, change of air, aml quietude, are proving
most eft-at:btu., soul I feel sure that, if I can only continue
the,,. for a fen weeks longer I shall be rertore.l to health,
lint how to do this, even for one week longer, I know not.
thris Mr. tee ann FAIIAIWeen. The Sew...rare n work
which Itnatglit in a little I. over, our hooks are add, mill indeed
rice. atonable thing (tiothitiz not excepted) i.rted with of
late in ordt r to rube fun 'for sick and other pt.-sing needs,
and now we INAlly Imre not C.. left While in true faith we
still tryst In the Lord to help INK has occurred to sic to a-rite
to you .1 %shore kinsine". 7W heart I have been told, le:Hering
y.. 0 will tett be angry with me for letting you know of toy very
painful position : and 1141./ I e. me tonic most painful part of
my letter, venturing to ark the of a little timely ••44.-
•llee I Well know, from experience in bygone dayr, blow
neis are the calls up .n our IMP.w. I cannot, therefore,
ask Atm for a gift. but If you will kindly help too by a small
loin, I 'hall halved he your grateful debtor, and hi the course
of • omple of montho or ot will iiiii usably repay out .1 the
pnicettl. of the sal" ut NOM! MSS. mv husband it preparing.
A few pound. would he such a teem, towards tiling,., along
till then, enabling me to iv on with these valuable waters, and
, those ~,,,, rirhinenta which I n.tw than ever need, to build
up niy strength. Partlon me saying "a tow polindg." I
merely state my need. Any small sum your Id d heart may
mugged sill much cheer toe, also my husband. He is, in men
.111.1Yllee of at much Miles% and troubles, WI • very low nervous
state at linnet We hare beet. marri.l 21 years, very happy,
but MI ..ftlio.e year. have had aielnew. In the house In one form
or another and many deaths.
"A very electing story," said Mr. Symonds, "If
true; perhaps we shall hear of the doctors and the
dee, he
° I know how great • liberty I am taking In asking even for
a loan. lii.. indeed, most painful to me: pray forgir e me.
All OUT relation% are de d; most of our personal !need.
abnati ; and the few still in this country, though they have
good he .rts, have no means to hell us again, or 1 would not
tett have presumed to trouble you with my sor-
rows. But for my long aad illness, we should have
lawn very nonfortably settled in Sydney, New Moth Wale.
mono IS month. ago. An lad eAleire friend of my hiPban I liar
gnu nit there, and most kindly 'Sere to receive us, and a ill
still do so whenever 1 WIZA be able to say toy state of health will
allow .$f ms taking the ntyaige. My hosheiera duties would be
t.tetist his Mend in ntird.tnary and literary labour.. The offer
is truly • .Is-treble ene, and I shall lie s,, thankful to the Lord If
we are permitted to ensbrue it. With every apology for thl.
long letter. I hest to remain, dear m ttlam, 111 all Christian
docerity, your. very faithfully, Cumming Waimea.
Mr., V. heeler
Nuttingion Spa House
Dorchester, Dermot.
This being a moet anxious time. I truat you will kindly
enI.IPIC me adding that the kind favour of &reply will be mat
welcome.
I be., to enelmse one of the Nottington Spa card',, In ease you
shoultrat any time know similar sufferers willing to try the
water The essential point is pereveraoce in the use of them.
There I. HO boulat about their efficacy.
P.A. I have • mot interesting little book entitled "The Day
of Small Things by A. Shipley; 5101 right In susexeing you
are the auth"eem a it?
In this letter, proceeded Mr. Symonds, a series of ill-
nesses were alleged, which was one of the pretences—
to us. the common phrase, the smarties bad for a very
long time b.-en "in the enjoyment of very bad health."
Thv dr.ft+ of letter, found, which were very carefully
wermied, extended hack as far as 1868—these spoke of
the intention of the Wheelers to go to Sydney—they
had been going for years past, but had health occurred
which prevented them carrjing out their intention, and
that was the ground of appeal, lie supposed they
would hear that during the two years the Wheelers had
been at Nottingtoo Spa—or rather having their letters
directed there, but intercepted at Dorchester and sent
on to them at Weymouth—there bad been medical
attendance. Then there was a special appeal to the
feelings the temporary pen work failed, time books were
all sold, and every other available thing ?ailed with,
" clothing Lot excepted." He should prose by Supt.
Hare that at the time of their arrest, there was a very
large enantitv of clothier( in their rooms; so that, up
to the 16th July at all events, it was not all parted
with. That was one of the pretences. Then the le,
went on to •iy that "thy really had not dye shillings
left," but it woul I appear from documents found it,
their pos,ession that at various times they received
maul/ and considerable sums of money. A lirt was
found of applications " sent from Nuttington Spa,
cotomeneing June '22nd, 1868;' another Mat was marked
"from Totten, 24th August, to February, 186$, about
going to 5.," which he should ask thew to interpret as
Meabing Sydney— the place the 'Wheelers had been
going to an long. In J une last letters were baited, just
before sailing fur Sjdney. enclosing a vase mat es •
token of gratitude. In Noveniber, DOI, • great num•
, her of three Piet, apoeared to have been sent. Another
book pve a list of letters ferwarded from 24th November
to Ihreember 2ftn, w,tli the mite "Sat" attached,
which be shon'd ask them to take as meaning that a ~,at

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accompanied tio.w. tiousethiog ilk* (Whose was sbown by
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necessities. So that in 180/7 the Sydney voyage wag;
projected, but "the enjoyment of bed health" had pre- I
vented it up to the present. Amongst the books the I
Wheelers had were some very vsluable ones for carry-
ing on • trarlei of this description. Here was • hat of ,
subscribers to • charitable institution, which was no I
doubt valuable in showing who were the soft-hearted
people. Thin there was • Clergy list—they might be
, supposed to have hearts not of stone. Next • directory
I of Dorset, Hants, and Wilts— no doubt Mr. Shipley's
none would be found there. [This was the case.] Also
" Watford'. County Families," which, of course, con.
tsined the names of the wealthy people of the country.
Probsbly Mr. Shipley's name was there. [This was
so, and this lesion which it appeared was turned down.]
Then there were two scr•p books, containing the
autographs of many distinguished persons—the Arch-
bishops and Bishop., the late Lord Palmerston and
oilier notable persons, which. if sold, would pro-
bably almost pay their peonage to Sydney. The
manuscripts food were allot one character—all beg-
for; letter.. Thu in,tesd of the statement as to the
ylothj..g icing all goon bcing true, there was avery large
rpi.ntity left, and he should submit that false pretence
was sufficrioit for a conetotiou, Something would he said
abut 'lie Nottingtoo Spa waters pos.ibly. lie diit not
doubt that water from the Sp. had t een brought to their
lorgings, but as to its being drunk that he should doubt,
unless in ...injunction with spirits, for it seemed from
bills that were found, the Wheelers had consumed
large quantities since they had been in Weymouth. On
first going there it seemed they lodged at • Temperance
hotel. and subsequently at Hadipole. In conclusion
Mr. Symonds intimated the nature of the evidence he
should produce.
Mr. Con wsy Mordeuat Shipley was the first witness.
He lived at Teryford Moors, near Winchester. The
letter read by Mr. Symonds was blinded to him, and
he identified it as the one received by Mrs. Shipley.
The envelooe was destroy, d wh..n the letter was opened.
his suspicion was aroused by the date being in ink of •
different colour from the body lif the lett.q. A clip of
p.per was enclosed wilting if The Day of Srusll Things"
was written by her, Um Shitdey. 'The envy' le pro traced
containing a letter was his writing, lie addressed it
to Mr. Wheeler by request, and told the
police when it was posted, lia opened the letter and
sod the enclosure was his reply to Mr. Wheeler, and
was to the effect that he was not in the habit of send-
ing money to persons who were perfect strangers, but
if he weuld lore ard satisfactory references be would
take his (Wheeler's) case into consideration.
Cress-examirred : He did not make any mark on the
liter he rtceivetl, and could not swear that produced
was the seine.
Re-ezeurrned : Hal no doubt it was the same from
the appearance of the date, the contents, and the slip of
paper enclosed.
The letters were.now.given in evidence.
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Supt. Ha,e said thatwou the 19th inst. he went to
ltsdipole to apprehend the prisoner and hie wife.
lie found prisoner in his lodgings sitting at hie
breakfast. The women wag at the door with the
letter produced in her hand .bout to open it. He
took vonsetcon of the letter and told the prisoners
he hail a warrant for their apprehension on the
charge of attempting to obtain money by beg-
gill; letters. They both appeared very indignant.
The woman went into a bedroom and the female he had
with him followed her. Witness afterwards heard the
sound of the tearing uf papers. tie followed her and
found her in the act of tearing up paper. He collected
the pieces and remained at tne house till she got ready
for leaving. He took them both into custody and also
took pouession of the boxes and books, amongst them,
" The Popular Harmony of the Bible," " rim Slave's
Champion," and several manuscripts. He found a book
list of names and addresses (appended to these were
various memorandums suchen "Eri," eta). Also a diary
and • great quantity of men's and womena clothing of
a superior quality and worth, he should say, about £5O.
Besides clothing he found a great number of pawn
tickets, the greater poi lion of which were in the name
of Ann tiymouds. They were for clothing and silver,
and the sums varied (those referred were from small
items such as 4s. to LI 10s.) They were in • cash box
belonging to the prison r's wife. The pawnshops were
in Dorchester, Southampton, London, and other places.
He found a packet of bills, amongst them one from
llomioy and another from Pidgeori and Sou. Several
of the bills were unpaid.--Cross-examined: The whole
of the books which he found were now produced. A
book of telegraphic forms was amongst the articles
found. De could not 6.y that the letters torn up were
in the handwriting of the woman—he bad never seen
it. One of the constable's wives—Mrs. itoper—went
with him to the Wheelers' lodgings.
Mrs. Susan Gill, wife of Mr. George Gil:, residing at
Badipole Spa, said the prisoner had lodged at her house
for nix months, leaving last Deanuter twelvemonth.
His wife lived with him. They occupied two roctua—
upstairs and downstairs. When they first arrived they
said they came from London. Prisoner said he wrote
for the Timts.

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Mr. Weston reminded Mr. Symonde that the present
ebargs was writing a letter uu 16th July.
The Chairman remarked that Mr. symorids wanted
to prove that the prisoner had adopted • systew of
belong from beginning to end. It was a question of
eharant. r.

Mr. Symonds intimated that he wu content for the
c se to rut on the narrow Issue ot that letter, and
°Hared no .orther evidence.

Mr. Weston thought be should be able to satisfy
their worships that the pri-oner heil done no offence in
this matter, when they looked at the case atop by
step. Accounting for the directories foiled in the
possession of his client, the learned advocaie submitted
teat Mr. Wheeler was the editor of the " Vieeyard
Ilasezine"—• monthly publication, and he had certsdu
books in order to seed round and collect aubsuiptions.
In consiection with this magazine he wrote to numerous
parties, and that would commit for his scrap bo .k coc.
tinting the autographs of distinguished men. Tied was
surely no crime. and was but what many other persons
would du. Mr. Wheeler also had an agency office in
London, and this agency bustueu would account
fur the long list of persons with whom he had
been in correspondence, and from whom be had
received the various sums if money placed egain.4
their balms. Mr. IWheel,r was the author of the
Popular Ffietory of the Bible, histoi ic illy and
chrouologically arranged," and also " Memoirs
of Wriberforce ;" both of these were him own
works—hence the mats of numerous letters and ad-
&meet which their worehips now had before them.
Then it must be remembered that unless at could be
proved that the first letter produeed was the identical
one ieccir,il by Mr. Shipley, the case meat fall to the
ground. Its. crud that money bad been solicited to
enable Mr. Wheeler to continue the drinking of the
Nottingtou Spa restore. Now she had been in the
habit of drinking these tutees for a considerable length
of time, and the last account showed as due arrears to
the amount of 30s. This he submitted as one reason
for writing the letters • there was no false statement
there. in the nest pL:ce Mr. Symonds lied rested his
oe.e on the disposing of the clothes and the proof
afforded by the pawn tickets. These tickets were made
out in the name of A. Symonds, who was the laudisdy
of the house in which the prisoners lodged. And what
he (Mr. Weston) would ask, could be more natural than
the course pursued in this reepeet 7 There was, be
considered, an end to all the alleged false pretence—be
had stated the sum soil substance of everything against
the parties. Mr. Vi'eston then referred to the Act of
Parliunerit on which the cum for the moseoution was
eubmitting that it had refereueu to people who
w,iit about b. ggiug trom dour to door.
To Chairmau Ion; according to the portion which
you have read.

Mr. Weston, observing that be would go a little
further, read seversl other extracts from the Act.
The Chairman : I know the Act of Parliament.
M. Weston still insideal that the alleged false ple.
truism had not been aublisbed, and called upon the
ptusecutiou to prove that the Spa water* had not been
made use of.

Mr. tiyin-o—ticis answered that it wax not for him to
prove a negative, and observed that perhape Mr. Wes-
ton could prove the drinking of the water.
fiztracts from the letters referring to this point were
reed, and then Mr. Weston urged that it would have
been very easy for the prosecution to have proved that
tee prisoner had taken no waters of the kind, then
them would have been established • clear CIAO of false
pretence.

Mr. Syuionds replied he had stated in his opening that
the watr.r wee taken to the parties.
Mr. IV ostou aatouitteal that his statement as to there
being no Raise pretence on the ground in ycestion was
but confirmed.

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The maigstrates deliberated in private for about 15
minutes, and on the court being re-opened the Chair-
man, addressing Henry Wheeler, said they bad given
the case their best consideration in order to see whether
they could find any lumina by which tneyeould establish
his innocence in this matter, as resettled the sending
of begging lett,ra with false pretences. They had no
doubt, looking at the whole eiteumstaneea of the case,
that the offence was proved against him, and they cm.
victed him of it. They had determined to punish him
an severely as the law would allow. They could not
shut their eyes to the maid of correspondence before
them, and such conduct as be hid h en guilty of broke
down all feelings of charity, and prevented people from
giving to thou) 'kings which were laudable and good.
The sentence of the court was that he be kept in the
House of Correction to hail labour for three months.
Wheeler seemed indifferent to the sentence, but his
wife abed • few tears. He raised her white veil, kissed
her ',vend times, and after a little earnest talk, took
an affectionate farewell oh her.

Mr. symonds then stated, as the case wee over, that
it bad been undertaken on public grounds. The prisoner
wss well known, bin name being recorded on the books
of VA) Mendiaity Society. lie h.id been carrying on the
trade for pretty nearly ten years. The police were
in the poi...lion of loads of letters, all of the same
description, and telling the same story, word fur word.
He himself (Mr. Symonds) bad received a letter of
inquit v on the subject. fie meutioned also that amongst
the articles found in the prisoner's possession was •
letter addressed to the clergyman of Nottington, bear-
ing the Mansfield postmark, about which there might
be • further inquiry.

We understand that since Monday a letter has been
reoeived for Mr. Wheeler °outdoing a cheque for
Th.• wed. r will of mum: be informed of the obarrater
of the party thus intended to be relieved.

...or etearin;:the artifices to 1
The following letters fort
proofs that th. •
rewhni.clin..t.heo:vVihouelyer:ator:rertseating
for
.121 th Aijugu4 ellilor j.inir
repreientations were true :
f; De*ryourMeteireellilybliet:ll nresilerist.°lseU mlo;:m- oatclul thank'delayol acknowledging it akw days, h,• i letter. I lays
to foruard to you my husband-,,Ong to hays been able
by raspiest to a ',lethal friend in -
be able to interest some of .. ..mon.als and papers, sent
behalf.- they hese Mk. l• ..lehlhlllii —who hoped he might
in the abscoelof ti. -al lequainialioes Ilii MY husland's
perusal three I -pin this posi, leen retuniet; therefore,
Liz to mak- Aci tc.. .1416, &C., &C., I cncl..e for your
11l in e ..o.ters from friends, two ..f whom kindly helped
up nur po,,,eim money 12..4 year, and again aided ine
...MAW &tell here. I lee.' a stranger to Mill Ilasselfook
ee,-then.forc, eery naturally el:Wheel! ...Me eilbilelllilioll of
my statements. My hinlamil's papery and letter. were wmt
her ; &MI ill return she sery acnerously sent no iliel, which,
with the other help, enabled me to g.l On with the Chalybeate
waters, LX., for a couple of inontits ; and had it not been for
the attaek of rheumatic fever. I believe I should have been
strong enough to have undertaken the voya,m at the end of
June. However, by God's help. I now hope to gain health
daily, and to get off about the end of September at the la tat.
Most sincerely, dear madam, I thank you for your kind promise
4. little ti,„ee hdp to hell) no al,iii4 till then. We sill repay
m son as possible atter our arrival in Sydney. May I ask
you to le so good as to return to me the enclosed letkro, when
rvad, in the addressed ens elope I send, WI to believe rue, your*
moot irrateltilly, CAleuss Viumat, Nottingten bps, nom
Durehteter.

0 My right arm and hand are very much crippled again to-day
I have irreat ditlieuity in writing, and am in very great pain.
You will, therefore, kinegy eXcUm) this poor letter "

This is • letter trying the piteens dodge • second
time :

"October :Mb, IW.

Dear Madame—lt Is due to you as our most generous,
kind-hearted, true friend, and an abiding sense of everdiving
gratitude within my heart togas me to let you know that the
continued had wate of my health has kept us In England. I
did hopo—aye, from the bottom of my heart hoped —that by
this time you wonlil have heard thit we were in Sydney. The
Ion; erpleting postponement of our desires has been to my
ItIr•Imod slid iny..eif most painful. I must leave you to
imagine the bittivilen id our sorrow at being so long denied
realisin: the bright primped. open tout there. It would take
a very long day to tell you all I have suffered. You will liut
have forgotten the nature of my illness— . . .
-In my ume, however, of the namet die tree/ring character—
Intensified by a malady it old Mangling (chronic rheumatism
and its almost invariable attendant, heart disease), making it
positively glaugeroua to my life to take the voyage. My life
was hi • state of ebb and flow, as it were, for months again
after I wrote toyou, one day giving cheering hopes that the
mai lily had taken a turn fir the better, the neat found me
prostrated by the re.doublnl effort. of the discinic to drain
sway oty lift* Na however, lam most thankful to say that
that i.art Ili my suffering hagg comood Great welding.ou it left,
hot I ant Ijail) getting stronger. You will easily underatand
bow liemassary It liar been that one wi weak--a bad sailor and
suffering from boot disease- Mould be fortified to undertake
• long, perhaps tempoduous, voyage, and to endure the
variable climatal, cap.:laity the tropical heat through which
we shall pasa. I tiled many remedies. Not one proved so
efficacious as the chalvheate waters of Nottingt.•ll spa. I not
only drank them but bathed the lower part if the laxly aevend
times • day with the Spa cold aster. The latter, I think, did
the most tnsitL I mention this in case you should at non time
know similar ',Writers willing to try theme watera An men
nal point in perseverance In the use of them. There is no
d.oibt about their ollemcy. I enclose one of the cards. It has
heen a time tf uneoggilUogi trial ; but y.. 0 will, I ant sure,
rejoice with me that the voyage money is atilt way— untouched.
A little help from Sydney, and a little earned hy my hinband
at copying and making translations, have enabled us to almost
menage. I bee-anal,. unfortuliaMly for my needs,
we have beell forced to owe • few poundal here.
However, I will not say more or. this point. God knows
that my heart is fully Nensible of how great • debt
I gratitude is. and always will he, due to you. We are your
deliteirs in • double sense. One thing I may, rerimpa, be
Pardoned fir Mentioning. It it thi*—the nature of my illness
destroyed m much underclothing, linen, that I havg, had
to eschew*, over-glothing for a supply. If, therefore, yon have
any either to spare It will be very acceptable &oil ma ly
valuable to me, as I shall not have • single shilling at lawn,
to devote to bu)ing new. I tun 110 bare that in some things I
have scarcely a *lngle change. [Anything sent In rail would
safely it addressed, like • letter, to me.] The object of
lily Inter n, however, to assure you that I have nit forgotten
your (71iristian imopathy and the valuable help you gave in
the hour of my mildiat need, and when I am In a distant land
the reinenitinsoce of your KiNotilll,w leo MC will nit fade. We
are most anxious to *all, and shall (DN.) .0 in the neat dap,
which •.lls about the 30th of November. flitter though the
cup has been, scare cheered by the near •pproech of brighter
and happier days—indeed, all along we have traced the loving
hand of our all-directing God, resting in Him we have felt sure
that, in His own gond time and way, all will work together for
gota My husband begs to add his expreodmis Marty
gratitude to mbar, Ile has • work nearly ready for the prom
It will be printed In Sydney, and he Minn.+ Me to say that a
copy shall be sent to you. Praying that God's richest blesaing
may be youre, a d comir.ending you In my prayers to our dear
Saviour, believe me to remain, with much Christian love and
gratitude, your. moat sincerely, C•ROLINI

" Letters from this district having been frespiently bug I
chuM be OW to know if you get this. If not asking too much
may I beg the favour of • line? I still take the Spa waters ;
but for change (which is often restorttive) have removed a
mile nearer the .ca, so that my present address is-1, York
Villas, Raclipolc, mar Weymouth."

Here's au acknowle4gment of • "valuable gift" :
" My Lady,-11 Is indeed most good of you to respond so
kindly I could not expect—lndeed. I had no right to think
that my letter would have brought such a satiable gift_
such a timely treasure to enable use to purchase the several
articles of under clothing I no much need. I thank God for
raising me up so good a friend, and I feel truly grateful to
you—So does my husband; but I assure you, my lady, that
this expression but pmrly comer. what I really feel. Trust-
ing you will enjoy health, happilleM, and every other blessing
our good Cold can bestow, beliete me, my oo,y, over yours
most gratefully."

This is to explain the deferred voyage to Sydney :
'July 7, 1870.
"Dear Sir.- From the day I last wrote to you I have cherished
a with that ivy neat letter might be from Sydney, to tell of
brighter prosisects : especially to assure you that dee, and
abiding gratitude filled my heart (and ever will) for all your
kitidnenii to me anti mine. I should have been there 18 months
ago; but for some wise purpose the Great Disposer has allied
otherwise. While in London. ameging for our departure, my
beloved wife, then in delicate health, was suddenly prostrated
with an Meese which quite precluded the p .1 sailing.
You will readily imagine my feelings at this sad disappointment.
All that nub° promising In a moment dashing into perplexity
—dark uncertainty. I hoped the postimnement would he merely
lon a seek or so; ails! it has been painfully protracted. You
will gather my meaning. Iler mslaily was one . . .
in its moot terrible form; for months her very life seemed
to flow from her. leaving her in • deplorable state of
weakness. Iler sufferings, intensified by her old ever present
enemies—chronic rheumatism, and its attendsnt heart disease
[three limn she hashed rheumatic fever). The usual remedies
failed. At last I chanced to hear that sialliat 14LIfferel, had ta•Ca
greatly benefited by the waters tif N.,ifington Spa, near here.
To let her try these I saw that, after having paid so much for
other medical reme ileg, the cost would drain to the last shilling
the lit .le reserved fund I had outside the passage m..ney. But
what will not one do to save those dear to them, especially for
• beloved sufferer: wife? So I brought I or down, and now,
after a long persevering use of the waters, I am truly thankful
to say Gal has blessed the with change of air and
quietude, are proving most efficacious. Indeed I feel sure if I
can manage to let her continue these great blessings a little
I. diger she will be able to leave England for our distant h..[ZIO
by the middle or end of next month. The past has been • time
of sad trial. Ido indeed know what the 'winter of the heart'
means, and of the purse too. I have been married 18 year.—
very Minn.-16 years, in one form or the other, I have had
sickness In the house. Enough to pull and keep one down ;and
you know literary men d' not earn much fur ' a rainy day'
especially fur so many of them. lint with health brighter
times await us in Sydney. It is absolutely neemsa.y that my
wife should be str..mpy built up for the voyage, for she us had
sailor, and a relapse on the voyage may be fatal. I hove not
the simile to let her contieue this. great advantages without
breaking the passage money, or ti:e help of some friss! heart.
For her to disnititinue these blessings now will delay our
departure ; to bre sk the voyage money will be to J.mpardise
11,,' (inure good which awaits us— indeed all will be lost, for
shall not be able to tuaas it up again. My own efforts and
these of giusl friends (and you are one of them) will have been
futile. I have anxious do's and aleepleas nights on this point,
especially as I have managed thus far without touching a penny
of the passage money. Personal friends (I hare but few) are
tat poor to help nit further. They have dose • little ; they
have mostly large families. We have no relations living. In
my dilemma I venture to write to you. You have always been
most kid, and I feel sore you will not be angry with me for
telling you how lam situated. My &nand) for the safety if the
voyage money forces use to seek a friend. Atol 111.1 Y I Come to
that pert of my letter which pains me exceedingly to write.
So many and heavy have been the calls for sick-needs ' and
attending expenses that at this moment I have not 55. left
outside the passage money. After your former kindness I ran.
tot ask you again to help by • gift : and I lUD deeply, painfully
sensible the Warty lam taking In asking you to lend me a
few pounds hi enable me to keep that fund intact; hut If you
will do ses and kindly trust to my hot ttttt r to repay the sane out
01 the first stipend I shall take ill HydlICV I shall be most thank-
ful - CS •1' £lO will enable me to keep dist mooev on which all
future so moth depends untouched ; give my dear wife a few
extra nourishment+ she now, mon: than ever, needs to pick up
her strength for the voyage, and let her continue • little
longer the great advantages she is deriving here, to facilitate
her niatoration to health anti our speedy departure to a mere
prosperoso sphere. I have ventured to state my stood , but a
smaller, any sum your goal heart may prompt you to lets I me
will be most valuable help, for I am Just at that point when the
timely help of • friend is all, with God's blessing, that is needed
to ensure sunshine for the future; hut whatever the sum I
will faithfully repay, and as, Gal helping nic, irlie proof of my
integrity and of the sincerity of my gratitude for your kleincess
to me. I cannot, I feel, offer any sufficient apology—kindly
let my need plead for me on this p int. May Gal bless you
alld those dem to you with good health, and both here and
hereafter reward you tar more adequately than all my poor
theugh sincere expressions of gratitude can do. —Believe me,
dear Sir, ever your faithful and grateful servant, Hamar
%Vegeta'. Addrem--York Villa, Italipole, near Weymouth,
Dorset. Pray forgive the request of an early hue.

Again about to sail for Sydney :
"June 19th, 1868.
" Dear Madant..-I had cherished a fond hope that you would
not have heanl from me again till after I had reached Sydnev,
and then of cur wife antral, our pr.orpects, and the deep abiding
sense of gratitude which fills our hearts for all your kindness to
no. I intended to have gone out in the Kent last March with a
clergyman's son, who was going to the same place; but Hod
willed otherwise. So true it is that • man prupoen and God
disposes,' or as St. James mays, ' Ye know not what shall be on
the morrow. For mow swim marpose our Heavenly Father wills
that His children shall wait His time. We must therefore say,
with our dear Saviour, 'Not my will but Thine be done.' At
the very time I was In London arranging for our departure, and
full of hope, bitoyant and cheerful,..my poor dear wife, who had
told you .4 her delicate state, WM suddenly taken worm with a
peculiar Illness, which quite precluded the possibility of our
sailing as proposed. The distressing character of her relapse
she only can state. I may merely hint that after • long seas .rs
of anxiety and great debility it resulted in a weakness, which
at last compelled her to remain continuslly in a recumbent
position, unable to sit up or he removed. In that state, with
a certainty of suffering front eta sicknem and boisterous
weather, it would here been most cruel to have taken her to
sea; indeed I feel sure, humanly speaking, that had I done so
I shoold have left her on the voyage, and that would have
broken my heart. Do not think, dear madam, that I doubt
either the ',own. ,r the love of our gracious nod. No. I have
had boi man. prtmfa tif both to do so; Indeed I believe that I
could fill a volume with instances of His merciful dealings with
us, the perusal of which would serve to cheer up many • poor
detstsinding and despairing s..ul. Still, milady on her behalf.
!added to the painful disippointruent respecting our leaving
England was no light trial. I cannot express the depth of my
anguish. All my brightest hopes seemed dadi.xl in • moment
into an sitter chi.c of the darkest despair. One trouble
appeared so to call on another. Faith In God's providence alone
kept use up.
' Why restless, why cast down my soul?
Trust Gml. who will employ
His aid for thee. an 4 Chang, there sighs
To thankful hymns of Joy,'

-
And en I have found IL I am now 'thankful' and full of ' Joy.'
11i). beloved wifois better, gaining streng. b daily, and we are
looking to mil not later than the end of:July. In the mean-
time I am going to let her try the benefit ,4 the waters here
(Notting-ton Bpa.) They have been no very highly recotrended
In her came, and, an we shall embark at Plvmouth, this place
will he on our way thither. Painful aa it has all been, it was
most fortunate that I heard of my wife's sad change of health
the da) before -only the day before was to have engaged
our berths and psid the passage money. Had I paid the money
it would hate been !oat That money 1., therefore, sale, but
nearly every shilling I had over is goon-gone for expense.
attending her illness, so much, as you will imagine, was needed
to support her slally-exhausting strength. As we cannot sail
till the end of July, how to manage for the next few weeks
without touching the passage money greatly dilitramel me. If
I take from that I may not be able to make it up again ; he-
side. I icgard it as sacred-not to be Pinched except for the
voYalfe, for that and only that purpose it was received. I must
therefore, still ' rest in the Lord' to send mg help. Ile has
.line as before In answer to my ',ravers, and the same faith
guides tun now in writing to you, feeling sure that you, ao in.
sallial•le a friend, will not be angry *lto me for telling you
how lam situated. I Cannot, after on much generosity, ask
you to give', but if you will add tothe largetiewi of voUr kind-
lioofics that of trusting to honour to return out of the fir,/
luonv:, I take in Sydney any small loan you may 13e no Komi as
to make tue, to mrry Me over the next few weeks my prayer
will have been answered -my mini easy- I shell be happy, and,
nem" I add, moat grateful. I will faithfully repay, if God spares
my 1f,,. Distance shall not lessen mv honesty or the proofs of
my gratitude. Jen or £lO will be sutlicient ; hu. the nun must
he left to your kindness. And now, my most kind benefactress -
for such, indeed, you are --although It's not at all probable we
shall ever in this world he permitted personally to tell you
how much we love you for your goodness to u 5 ; yet let in. as.
I.....urey.yr.oumthatandvoLwillbel cr,eareberwilai
tooth% tthhorogignhetsa.
irraceand t
for
ynouur.
that our common father-a gracious God-may keep ),3u in all
safety, bless you with all good, spiritual and temporal; the
Jou. Saviour give you an abundance 01 Ills limb- Spirit to
oonfort and supwrt you while travelling down the vale, and
the htethainan los:sdd of
IllsY:
te.tiunenirrevelroriloo.oicereissawhiapresej°rl::::noseehltct.oh
TbikatC'Thal"b•nreerillgtaithhiteriniekronori"-eu'wiinun
I II:n ;hi; 'arne4ll. Wammin..PmYer
u f d
your ni-nt 'rat.cful servant In bmpritoot
em

This is the vale mat trick :
" Dear 11.assn.-13Ince closing my letter of last evening, in
which I said I would write a line the day before sailing for
Sy•lncy. I have Mashed the accompanying little vaseanat,
which I intended to send then as • sligl.t tokeu of my gratitude,
but. fearing that in the hurry of departure it may be forgotten.
I send it now. Pray forztvc me asking you to accept it just as
a little eomethiug to tell jou that the heart of the worker Is
gratefully Mire fur Umbras* receive& Wheu at the other

' ends of the earth ' I .hall often think of you, and all that you
have no kindly, yo gehefousit, done to aid, and thereby angst.
In restoring to me any present better state of health. which I
attribute (under (lod's blessing) to the waters of Nottinfron
Rpa. My husband is also very grateful, and hesrUly joint me
In the prajer that God may give you health and every other
blessing. In all Christian sincerity I shall ever remeln, dear
madam, your truly grateful 'errant. CALOUNI 'NUMMI& 1,
York -villas', Radlpole, near Weymonth.
" P. 1.—1 hope the little mat rill reach von uninjured,
though I fear It mar get crushed in the pout. bag ; perhaps not
beyond being pulled into -hape again. If not ukiog too great
• favour I should be glad of just a line to tell me that It has
retched you, and that you du altidly excuse nay gratitude
taking this little slut* form.°

found to eendeet their bonus improperly, the ptivilege
would be taken away from them.
Mr. Ayii„g wgg opposed to granting any more licenoes.
Mr. Drew bad much pleasure in supporting the
Mayor's decision. He vu a free trader in every sense
of the word, the days of monopoly were over, and be
would give hie reason for advocating that any respeet-
nide person sbould have a licence, so lung as no fault
eaa found with the emy in which he conducted his
house. He lied lived for oil years in the 11111111.1 of
Guermey where every third or fourth shop sold spirits
....1 wine, and where on could have a good glass of
brand and 'sour for .peony—and he had not seen more
than 10 or 12 drunken persons during the whole of
that time, and they were stranger', who bad indulged
a little too much on account of the cheapness of
Mr. ayling and Mr. Talbot subsequently left the
Bench.
WATERLOO man.
Mr. Weston nest applied for the Waterloo Stores,
Walpee—tred. The premises had been built by Mr.
Penny, of Belvidere. There was no house between the
Burden Tap and the Park Tavern on the Hadipole road.
There was no oppositoon, and he would thank the
Bench to decide in favour of this application.
Mr. Penny said the premises competed of a large atore,
kitchen, and sitting room on the ground flour, and .ix
large bed-rooms above, besides an underground cellar.
Should the licence be granted he would do away with
the shop.
Upon this understanding the licence vu grantel,

about the size of his bar sinsiont.
easily oome in that 'pa's. heed to tail; t;74
them cloaer than that in the '2girues.
Mr. Weleford urged thet Hereford-stn.( :44
plane for ezonrsionists, and there It Al
1.4
the license.
Granted.

_ _
LAMB AND "'LAG.
Hr. Titian! applied 1,,r Bra. Grace peeed
Lamb and Flag. Bra. B ,ard'a hu ,s band died Via
ago, and 'dorm then then atie hat euppeet,,,i
very „ireckshlT. The house was i.ituated at ths /
of Gonygar•lane. bear tie large building
veiled into industrial d•elliogs for tlie wort '-
Hrs. Board said the bourn had eight r,";;;..:4.,
four stories high. She had four childre., kim
huahand had been a cook on board the chmt,e,
boats.
Granted.