The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-10-18 00:00:00

E, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1870.

CantMILITARY
MR. CARDWELL ON
ORGANIZ tTION.
ski:tient; at Osferi
"r.
Carda'" addreued
I'l3 Genavig ef „ed to the ones-
ted outbreak
on Friday night loot. re e_
Fiance and Prussia,
pec
and its unparallelCl wr:srulLts,tabrasahl tbst our potation
WSJ one of entire neutralitlt
hive
theWe
power to beshoeld. it 'ley
opportunity arises, when we
soreise it, and in the
°seta
be
prompt
be careful not ready
la
°officious Interfororme
'noontime to by an/
toadd fuel to tho flornis which It. oil desire
a i osi.ree.stoexecizttining.
gulch. Three months ago nstbing h
..
Interest for most assemblages of En
myself weenthengenntleido ,
question of no itary organisatio I
n.
in curri°g "I'amiluccec4e4 in
Pat, It', g'
not altogether, souse measures
which I thought useful on the plot)
u your know, without difficulty Opposition. roe,
seue:
.par...allnutntry
no qlestion excites, and
In-
terest. And this is what we have this
to
regret that in former times the o h
tliktione of the
pendulum have been se violent that public opinion so
always been in the extreme one way or the other. It
has not been the fault of any port:ot,s pony 10rp.7./.
particular time. After the own, tit at t Waterloo
to./ to
tar pressureoo.lipelled Cl
the overnwn i I odt•re4l
abandon war taxation. Ourestsblishinents were coed
to a low level, and a sew system els, intullttr;r...,io'l
Then, after a long Interval, came the Crimean
with Its ruff, rings and experiences but no Sooner Wee
it do ad than again there was a p,pular pressure
enl the new tizatirm was again ; our new
establiahments were reduced without anything being
no
'Witted is their place. Tien came the Indian
Mutiny, with the same results. Now, what we ought
to endeavour to obtain is thiv —a system which will
secure the dignity of the country alainst Pulite per-
pettishly recurring, which shall be oonsistent with bound
economy iu time of jailor., and give us security against
depression in time of war—(ormer& ) A quvstion more
dab, ult, • question mew, vitsl, it la possibie to conceive.
lam sure you are all too ju.t and too wise not to
believe that th..t ha. elect.ti the attention of
everybody also engages the thoughts of those who are
most responsible in the matter. Moreover, at the pre scut
time I am cue you will ice it wou'd not be right for me
to • ay, and you .ill ri eive that any proposal which, in
consequence of the evsn.s now matures we may deem
It neoessory to make, must be recommouded to the
8 iverei,m by collective authoi ills of her responsible
advisers, and by Chem proneuncixi to the deliberate
decision of Parliament. But I wish in the mean•
time to ask in what ipilit ought we to treat the
su,ject. Ought we to speak as if the present was •
moment of immediate and great danger to this country?
ougot we to to like thou described in Scripture who
fice when no man pursoeth. That, it appears to me, is
• course which would add nothing to our dignity or
security. It is precisely becalm iii, not a period of
immediate in-totality to ourselves that it is one we may
profitably employ in deciding on the course which we
ought to pursue. It most be obvious to every one that
if it were a period of immediate danger all that we
could do would be to make the most of the Mesas at
our hands, Lord Carnet-von had doubted whether there
WU one aegis regiment of Militia that was armed with
breech-loaders. If the noble Bid had 'plaited he would
have found from a return published that more than
53,000 brawl-loaders have been distributed to the
Militia.. He might also have ascertained that arrange-
ments for arming the Volunteers were about to be
made. The next thing the noble lord said was
that there was a most ingenious and able device,
the Monorieff gun, and that we had not • single
gun of that kind in store. Now, one of the
first things I did when I Citoa into office was
to give Captain Moncrieff an appointment at Wool-
wheli Arsenal, and from that time to the present he
be, been engaged in the manufacture of Moucrieff goo.
carriages, and there is no reason why we should not
have thmi in greater numbers, bat that he is anxious
we should 4,0 the result of fresh improvements in their
manufacture. There is one ether polite on which I
now desire to make • few remarks is detail—that is
the question of the number of mem, between it has been
said that when the present Government came into
MU° they largely reduced the number of men, and
' thim reversed their policy. Now, what have we actu-
ally done in this respect In two years the toad re•
doction of men was 23,1;54 but of this number only
24,667 were combatants. With regard te these 22,637
men it has been said that the Government dismissed
old and experienced soldiers, and soon after took in
young and biesperienced recruits. Now, besides the
voile'', reductions in colonial and other regimen% the
number disniiseed included men who had completed
their servioe, men of 18 yeareservier,unfit t 'go abroad,
men of bail chsracter, ince who would not reenlist,
men whom it was not desirable hi re-engage, and inva-
lids. We found that the Indian depola cost • large sum
of money which won charged to this country, and that
It was necessary to redeem the expenses of thou depiita,
and these two circumstances, the reluotion of colonial
troops and of the Indian dei 4.4, gave • diminution of
7,508 men, leaving £15.172 as that which may be
regarded is the virtual reduction in the number of coin'
batant soldiers. The question was whether you were to
have tl e benefit of this reduction, and 1 contend that
it wenn be impossible, in justice, to withholl that
benefit from the British taxpayer. You would now,
whips, like to know how reuniting hu been going on
Dina) Parliament rose, and I am happy to be able to tell
you that, although we began our recruiting without •
bounty, 10,929 recruits have joined thy army within
nips weeks —(hear, hear). In reference to this question
of the withdrawal of troops float the colonies, a perso-
nal fried, though not • political supporter of mine—
d* O. Adderley, has said
"Every soldier withdrawn from Canada bas been replaced
by ten Canadian soldiers, which, In an Impecial pontl of riser,
mow. ilecuplinw the British strength for the defeitoo of the
whole Empire, and not, as these gentlemen slew it, starving
not the eonneellon and annotiocing surrender. In New
, Zealand the ern certainty that one part of the nation would
no longer fight the quamas if another hr.,ught peace LO all,
and not disruption, as hon. gentlemen predicted"
I contend, then, that in pursuing the course whieh
we have adopted we have done that which was wise
and right, and I feel smeared our pulley will meek with
your approval—(hear). There is another point on which
, I wish to say • word. A great many criticisms are
made on the question of military stores. To my pre-
, deoesair in office belongs the credit of introducing a
plan by which greater responsibility is exercised in the
administration of these stores. The principle is not to
he .p op large stored in time of peace of artistic, which
are likely to deterioriste in the keeping, and the
policy is, In my judgment, a wise one, for thousands
of cartridges have been obliged to be destroyed bemuse
they were consiiered to have been spoilt by overkeep-
lag. A noble friend expressed a hope a abort time
ago that the Press would hammer away until the War
Department had prepared a (templets system of army
organisation. With all my heart. I have • great re-
spect for the Press, and I can usury my noble friend
that I am as desirous ash. can he that the result of
our present experience may be • measure propertied by
the Government, adopted by the Parliament, and ap-
proved by the people, which will have the effect of
preventing undignified panics in time of peace, which
will be consistent with due **enemy, and which will
give us security in times of entergency—(eheen). The
right hon. gentleman then briefly referred to the Irish
Land Bill, the Education Bill, and to some of the other
measures of the past Session. He expressed a hope
that the blessings of might before l lee beg
restored to the two frieniter neighbouring States which
were at present suffering from the horrors of war sod
coarandel by saying that our gracious &venlig; was
rooted in the deepest affections of the nation, end that
In any measure which could enhance the dignity of her
reign or tend to increase the domestic happiness of the
asiamben of her !loyal House, she might eonadently
rely on the devotion of a loyal and united people—
(cheers).

A aim Corn Exchange to oost £5,00 is b.ing eroded
at Rochester.

lA. UN) French fortresses on the Belem frontier are
wain prow-Alone to view of esinge.
Tan quentity of anmsnufsetured taboos° imported
into the United Kingdom last yew amounted to
52,5138,58J1b.

A WOMAN was sentenced to 12 months' Imprisonment
at the Quarter Sessions of Listowel. County Kerry, for
dashing a jug full of boiling water into the face of the
subsiheriff when ho came so execute an hatters,
A noble lady, asking a Prussian soldier, who had
assorted French prisoners to Berlin, whet iurpresSen
the Turco* had made on him, he replied, They have
made none at all on me, but we have on them."
The following advertisemint appears in a Leedom
newspaper with refereece to a plot of ground in South
London: "This eligible plot of land to be let on long
building lease, or to be sold ; equally suited for a
church or tatters."
THZ magistrate, of Galway hare declined to hear
the charge profered against the ceptain of an American
vessel, accused of firing a revolver fat crew, who, ha
says, were mutinous. Tt.ey held that they had no
jurisdiction to try the case.

nom numerous the Jews are in Prussia w• onr:onsly
instanced befora Mots on the sth. This being their
annual day of prayer Lod humiliation, no less than
1,174 privates and non-oominissioned °Blears amembled
to improvise a eervice in the open air.
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--
Victor iiooo has published an address to the natioa.
Owa may judge of it. easeatially mattes' spirit by the
following specimen: Boson, draw thy sword I Lillr,
take up thy musket Bordeaux, take up thy gun I
!Woollies, sing thy song and be terrible l"

is the usual soubriquet for Lostis,
which is the third of the five Christian names of the
wino. Imperial, and the one by which !leis designated
in his family circle. The Prince we, named Napoleon-
Eugene-Louls-Jean-Joseph,—Notes and Queries.
THU well-known banter, Servadio,who made so mach
money by timely speculations in house property on the
removal of the cipttal to Florence, has likewise gone to
Nome, not improbably with the Intention of doing
good Ntroke of business in the new capita —Ufer from
Pomace.
SUDDIN DZ•7II.—A startling and painful incident
rieourvel on Friday afternoon at a conference of minis-
ters and laymen held in the Liverpool Townehnll, for
the purpose of furthering the " Hospital Sunday"
movement in that town. 'fits Nev. T. C. 00Wall, in-
eumbent of 81. Chrysostom's, Everton, was speaking in
support of a motion in favour of special Sunday spike-
tions, when he fell backwards in an spopleptio fit, and
expired before he could be removed into an adjoining
room. A most solemn impression was produeed by the
event, and the Mayor at once adjourned the meeting.
Mr. Cowan was about 90 years of ace. fie Is said to
have been subject to angina pechris, and he bad been
cautioned by his medical advisers againsteuitement and
fatigue.

MURDEROUS CARIELIMISSISS.--On Sunday afternoon
between one and two, • melancholy *sourness happeeed
at Ipaerioh, by which a young woman was testae-
tancoualy shot. Eliza Spurgeon, about 20, wait at the
house of Wetter Chambers (the two being engaged), in
St. Helen's, Ittswioh. Toe lowly had just done dinner,
when Chandb rs, who is • member of the Ipswich Rifle
Corps, took up his rift) to do something to it. The
young woman Spurgeon uksd him bow be deed it, and
be prooesded to show her. Unfortunately the ride
was loaded and went off. The ballet hit the young
woman behind the left e•r, worrying away that put of
her head, and soatterng her brains about Net wall of
the room. Chambers immediately ran for 'medical oid,
and burgeons were SOuR in attendanos, bat old, to see
theoorpu of the hapless yousg woman.. Chemben hid
been corntrotiall for prizes on he peovtono day son.
oration with h Inert,

EX IiCI7TION Or MARGARET WATER-4.
Margaret the "baby farmer," whose
has excited Vi
soite n.CIAO
WAS e10,111t0,1
011 TUCIAIIy morning at nine o'clock within the walls of
arillucli public attention,
prison. The culprit, it will be re
m •
Hoo:emb,r.
jonr
wrulan eoe
iasmas for the wilful murder of an illegitimnvieted upon ono out of six Mulets
sto child
two months old,
cution being that sho and her sister, who was triod
the allegation on the part of the pro,c-
with her and acquitted of the capital charge, tad
ioitiated • rag
•
ular system of murder by professing to
"adopt" newly-born children upon the pique nt of a
small sum of money, their reald,ject bring
id
of the children as speedily as possible. to got r
On Monday night the prisoner reqursted to be
allowed to write • statement of her Gore. which she
desired to, be publiehed after her death. She was
engaged a oonsiderable time in doing so. She declared
that " before she 010 e I her eyes in this wo•ld' shu
considered it right to silto the truth. She then stated
that her difficulties Were first created by °entreating •
, loan, for which she had to pay exorbitant intered; sad
t ,at when the resorted to baby-farming she thought she
should he ahle to gain enough to support herself. She
said she pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false
pretences. and admitted that she had laid down '• the
I dead bodier of fire infants," but she declared that they
I all died of oonvol-ions or diarrh,es, and the first that
I she so "had down" was In March last. She arid
that if she had not given the children proper food it
was an error at judgment, and declared most
positively that she never gave the children any food
that was sour. She said that she thought it WAS
very bard that she should ho blamed for the deaths of
the ehildren who died in the workhouse so long of tor-
ward,, and with regard to keeping the children Mem,
she said that she sornetrine• paid as much as tem shill•
legs a week for waahing, besides the writhing that WAS
due at botne. She sail that the employed Ms.
Rowland to wet nurse bsby Cowen" several days
Itlere be was discovered, ant he did not die until be
bad been away from her for • fortnight, and she coo.
sidered it very hard that she should be made respo -.-
I bible for his death. She add s'ie perfect', undercoat
I why this ease had been " up," and aim considered
' the pirenta of illegitimate childreu who wanted to got
rid of them by any MA were more to blame aiau
persons like hereelf. If there were no ?went' of this
elass there would be no " baby farmer. These were
the material pointer in her statement, and she again
snorted that she never intended to destroy the
lives of the children.
During Monday night the convict slept about two
hours, but reetlesaly,'and shortly after 7o'clock on Teo e
day morning she rose and dressed herself. Prerently
afterwards the chaplain visited her in the cell and
remained with her until the last. The execution was
fixed for 9 o'clock, and Mr. Under-Sherriff Abbett,
accompanied by Mr. E. C. Donor, one of the visieing
Justices of the prison. was in attendance to see it carried
Into effect. Outside the walls of the gaol there was no
public demonstration of any kind. As early as 8 o'clock,
an hoar before the execution, • few mores of people had
collected in front of the entrance, and still more by 9;
but they could hardly be called • crowd, and Were
never unruly or indeooonms at any thus. The morning
was fine, and the sun shone brightly. As the clock
struck 9 the prison bell began to to and presently
afterwards the convict left her *ell, attended by the
chaplain, and WY ethorted te the scaffold, wh.ch hel
been erected in • yard of the prison. She appeared
quite collected and composed. 02 arriving at the
entrance to the matron's apartments, through which
she had to pus, she was cinfronted by the execution, r,
and eddy submitted herself to the process of pinion.
ing, in which she even aided. That over, sho r, rimed
her progress, att, ndoi by the chaplain, Mr. Under-
Sheriff Abbott, the governor (Mr. Keene). and other
officers of the primer, to the foot of the sesffo',l, which
the hid to ascend by a short ladder. There a warder
was about to ambit her in mounting the steps, but a'.°
declined the proffered help, and went up unaided. She
we. now left aloe w.th the chaplain and °Recut' in. r,
• but her courage never forged( her for a moment. With-
out the slightest reeistsnee of ariy kind she allowed
herself to be placed upon the drop and underwent the
last part of th • process of pinioning. While the C2CCi.
cutioner was adjusting the white csp and the rider) she
uttered a most fervent and touching extenipersry
prayer for forgivoess, and with the words still 0,00
her lips the bolt was drawn, and she soon ceased to live.
Then, in accordance with the contour introduced since
the Act for conducting executions in private, a black
flag was exhibit° I from the roof of the prison entrance
to indicate to the outer worll that the sentence had
been carried into effect. The body, after hanging t'io
meal time, was removed, and hating afterwards been
made the subj. et of an innee'st in conformity with the
new law, was buried towards evening within the pr.,-
canal.. of tho prison.
The convict was a wi low, and shout 31 years of a..;e,
slim in figure. and • little below the average height.
Her features as aeon on her trial were rignler and sonic.
what pleasing in expression, though now mush changed
by the effects of grief, awl she was • woman far above
the average of her class in Intelligence. To the last
she protested Ler inneeenro if any intention to commit
murder, though she admitted she bad Len guilty of
deceit and falseliDAL

A correspondent writes •.—" At nine o'calork
struck I beard a bell begin to toll, and we all
took off our hats, while • warder went op to the
door with an open book. Almost in • moment &clergy-
man, • mile tall man—looking taller in his black robe—
stepped out. By his left hand walked, a little but
strongly-built woman, over whom he stooped as he read
what I suppose was her own burial service in her ear.
At her left walked Caleraft, holding her firmly by the
arm. Her arms were strapped behind her with • Irotial
leather bolt, and bar hair was neatly but plainly
emoted. I Gould noise. be- face. It took about
minute to walk to the scaffold. At the foot of the
steps stood two warders who offered to help her up.
She turned round, and with her shoulders motioned
them off. Then I saw her face. Me was • plain woman
—slmorit ugly—with a sinister cast of features, and lur
face was ghastly—pale and spotted with great red
patches from watching and weeping, But there was
something really—l could almost say—majestic in the
way in which she shook off the warders and walked up
the black stairs step by step as firmly and steadiir as
If she were taking part in soma great pageant. When
on the scaffold she faced the wrong way, and at • rim
from a warder turned round and faced us. We were
all silent and uncovered. I heard one man near me
praying; another, • strong man, staggered for •
moment. I felt sick and giddy, and had but an
Indistinct notion of what was going on. Calends
was on one side of her, the chaplain on ths other,
and in a moment Calcraft had drawn • white
cotton nightcap over her brows, and half down lk.r
face. Some one told me afterwards that lie pinioued
her feet. At this moment the poor soul bean to pray
In a perfectly firm and audible voice; and as she was
praying Calaraft produced • large strong rope, noosed
It, and as tenderly as he oould, slipped it round her
neck. She held her head aside to wrist him, and eon.
tinned to pray. It seemed to me that the sight had
lasted for hours. Then the cap was drawn down quite
over her face. This was horrible. Her features were
still visible in ghastly outline, and we could see het lips
moving. Then the rope was fastened above—very skit-
fully fastened. The chaplain grasped her hand,
Cderaft grasped her hand, and she was left alone upon
the drop, still praying firmly, earnestly, and audibly.
She must have stood thus some ten seconds, when I
saw the Govereer move his hand. Oaleraft, who was
now below, turned some infernal wisseli, and the whole
scaffold seemed to fall to piecirs. The wretched woman
fell, and, I fancy, died instantly, as I heard a slight
jerk, which must have been from the dislocation of the
peek. The scaffold, as now arranged, formed &palisade,
over which we saw her head and shoulders. Behind
It was Br. Waren pulling her legs. Tue body seemed
to me to struggle, but that may only have been the
swaying of the rope. As far as physioial pain goes, I
am convinced she suffered nothing."

Folic Royal Engineers have vhrited Lowestoft for
the purpose of aseertalltiog the peculiarities of the
°oast, and whether it is desirable to crest fortiloatioas
there.

Tan Prinoe of Wake laid the foundation stone rt an
infirmary at Edinburgh on Thursday. His Royal
Highness was accompanied by the Princes. The site
and building will coat over £1C0,030.
IT is resolved by the Heresy Dock Board to apply to
Parliament for power to improve the existing approaebea
to the Liverpool landing stages, and to the ferries on
the Cheshire side of the river, at an estimated cost of
E 91,000.
It is stated that • munifieent offer has been made by
the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the
Duke of Devonshire, to build for the University a
physical laboratory. The want of such a laboratory has
long been felt.
Newbury hiring fair was held on Thursday. Farmers
found no difficult in meeting with the number of
servants they required, and, as • general rule, the wag, •
sought were rather lead than last. Agriculturists from
Hants, Oxfordahire, Middlesex, Surrey, Hertfordshire,
and other murales made numerous engagements with
carters and shepherds for their respective farm.
A Paerrow. RIBUCI. First Pedestrian (they've
lost their we?): "Look her.' this must be east menet
It? theee's the...chancel window." High church Priest
(" turning up" suddenly out of the vestry: " I beg
your pardon, gentlemen, but I can't allow my church
to bs used fora secular purpose: you'll find an unoon.
merited weathercock on the barn yonder I"—patimA.
On and after the lit of November, the French postage
stamp bearing the Ratperor's head, with which all
Raglishmen travelling abroad have been familiar for so
mazy years, will no loader be and:opted at the poet
oftloes in any part of France. From that dote there
will be new shame', on which will be • figure of the
Itcpeblio, with the old legged, "Liberty, Equality,and
Fraternity," engraved beneath.
A liax•lux °Seer tells the following aneeclote,
vouching for its truth in every detail. One dark tight
• shot is fired by a sentisel of the outpost &min: In-
stantly they are all on the alert, thinking the French
intend a surprise. The either in comornand comes
rushing on, and questions the sentinel who had fired
the shot: " What made you shoot r" A Frenehmao waajaet going to steal inhere on all fours, and so I
shot at M. 0.- "Did you challenge him; and what did
he say?" " could only macron 'Oaf, Qui.' and so I
fired at him" The ground we. elcsely searched; the
patrol walked up and down, and at last (ho " oui, mai"
m
is warn found. He VOA laid hold of with a shout of
telampb, lifted on high, talon to the Camp, and there
eaten up as • delicsioes morsel. The • oul, oul"-myer
was a fine fat hog.
THI COITAOIOOB DIBILULIM ACT.—A paid rigout of
the opponeets of the Contagious Disease" Acts, named John Marshall, was summoned at the Plymouth Guild-
hall, on Thursday, for having resisted two ofile.es of
the metropolitan polies in the executioe of their duty,
and for inciting Sarah Mack, a woman of ill-tsins, to
mist going to the Royal Albert HospitaL Mr. lake prosecuted prosecuted ea behalf of the Admiralty. rite
woman warn to eastody of the polies, when she was met
by marshal. who told her not to go, sad threatened to
• knock the police down." Up to that (line the
woo. had gone ea quietly, but she now resistod. and
the defendant was takes in charge by order of In-
spector Aanisa The magistrates considered the min
proved, aad referring to their decision in the see. of
Mrs. King, who was fined ES on • similar charge about
two months sines, that to future the power of im prima-
ment would be intersect in all "ugh oases, sent Marshall
to prism for one month without the option of paging
a fine. Marshall is employed by the oleensaste it the
Coategione Disowns Ael elan /god ht &Mb% I IN*