The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

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BLANDFORD.

CRICERT Crmix—The members of the Blandford
Cricket Glut, wonnd up the season's programme in •
very pleasing and happy manner on Thursday even•
ing, by a convivial gathering at the Crown Rotel.
The ohsir was tnlzen by the captain of the club, W.
T. E. re rcY, Esti., to whose active exertions th e success
club is in a gi.--at measure to he attributed. The
main object of tl'e meeting was, however, to present
a testimonal tr. Mr. G. Lock, as an acknowledg-
ment of hi l• -.eness in placing his held at the
dispoaal of a. ,Itb for their games and matches.
The cloth tteii g removed, and the usual loyal toasts
given and responded to, the chairman, in a few
suitable remarks, proposed the health of Mr. Lock,
at the same time presenting him with a handsome
silver salver, suhscribed for by the members. Mr.
Lock, in acknowledging the gift, etpressed the
warmest appreciation of the kindness of his friends.
Whatever he had done they were most heartily
welcome to, and he should be pleased, an long as he
rented the piece of land where they had their games,
to see them use it, for they were, at all times' most
welcome. We trust that the success which has
attended the first year of this newly-organised club
will be continued, and that next year we may have
to congratulate its members on many matches nobly
woo.

ILONDON CITY 2418910NN. —On Tuesday two public
meetings were held in the Town Hall, on behalf of the
London City Minions. The afternoon meeting was pro-
dded over by G. P. ?dermal. Elm., and there were al .0
present, the Rev. F. Tyrrell, the deout.tion, the Rev.
J. It. Quirk, Rev. E. L. Steward, Rev. C. D. J.
Wickham, sir John and Lady D'Oyly, Col. Todd and
party, and a goodly number of friends to the mission
0411/10. The meeting was opened with prayer by th.,
Rev. J. R Quirk, rafter whiah the worthy chairman
iutroduced Mr. l'yrre I, the deputation. He hal for
many plate felt great interest in .the London City
Mission, ant he considern d that the heroes who patiently
and untiringly sought to promote the salvation of the
tense manses of the metropolis were worthy of all
lantireort and areietance. He briefly noted come of the
diffienlties with which the city miesionaries have to
ouneand, and proceeded to remark that the
.Blandford Association hail eontribn ed £64 16s: td.
towarde the funds of the sorriety. He utend all to
endeavour not only to maintain hilt to add to their
present contributione.—The Rev. F. Tyrrell said that
the London City Miseion wen engaged in ditomminating
religious truth anion nit • million of our fellow-suldeets,
who, bet for its agency, would be left entirely destitute
of the knowledge of salvation. What was to be done to
meet this evil? No doubt greet efforts had been made,
foiring the past few years eepecially, to ameliorate the
temporal and moral condition of them people, and to
evangelise the messes. But it WRY important to inquire
whether the means used, the efforts put forth, were of
the right kind, whether in tact satisfactory resuits
could be expected through them. If they Molt churches
and chapels merely they would waste that power on
behalf of those wretched outcasts which they sought to
employ in their behalf. They could not be reached by
thoms means. You must have an agency to go among
them, to search them out, to speek kindly to them, sod
to read God's Word to them; aod this agency is impeded
by the London City Mission. The rev. gentleman pre-
sented some deplorable facts relative to the condition of
the inhabitatta of ti_e streets in the vicinity of White-
eross-street, and especially Golden..lane. In conclusion,
he gave a general outline of the work of the society. They
had 394 missionaries, who during the year bad paid .
2,018,581 visits, 246,467 of which were to the sick and
eying; 6 024 copies of the Scriptures had been da-
tributed besides 3,385,938 religious tract.; they had
1,313 commttnioants, and had reclaimed 1,140 drunkard*,
and 420 outaaata. Thin was the work of the
the society on whose behalf he pleaded, and he trusted
that they would be more interested in this good work.
The Chairman, in proposing a vote ef thanks to Mr.
Tyrrell. remarked that it was the aim of the founders
of the society to raise the number of their missionaries
to 400; they had sncoeeded in employing nearly that
number, but the population had since doubled, so that
instead of 400 they needed 800. The vote cf thanks
having bees soknoWledired, the meeting concluded by
singing the doxology.—The evening meeting was held at
eight o'clock, when the chair mu taken by the Rev.
1.16. Quirk, who in the course of his opening remarkt
alluded to the desire expressed to raise enough to sere
port one miesionery in London, and as there were
several streets in London bearing the mane of "Bland-
ford," be would suggest that they took them under
their especial patronage, and raised £7O to support the
missionary in London.—The Rev. F. Tyrrel then ad-
dressed tins assembly particularly alluding to the efforts
that are being made to promote Romanism in the me-
tropolis, arri detailing interesting facts relative to the
Work done by the City Mission.

Cot/NTT Comer, Out. 9th.—Before F. Everett, EN.,
judge. There was a large number of original Plaint'
entered, besides adjourned cases and several judgment
summonses. The following only are worthy of make t-Lt
E. Hoge v. G. Fanner.—Claim £lB.. 9d,, halts quarter's
rent of cottage situated at Blandford.—Plaintiff stated
that in February, 1865, she let defendant have a housli
at £ll 10t. per year, the rent to be paid quarterly. It
was a written agreement, • ropy of which Was handedto
his Honour. but was prononnoed by him to Mirthless,
not being stamped. Be also remarked on the way It
MU drawn up, and mid if people would persist in making
such, without the moisten°, Of a professional man they
must abide the oonseqttenoee.—Delendant admitted the
terms of the tgreenient —Plaintiff stated that ou the
Nth March, two dap% after quarter day, defendant left
the house, after being in it for a month. He paid •
month's rent, and said be supposed he must keep it on
for the quarter, at the same time telling her if sheeted 4
to get another tenant. She told him if she got one to
snit her she would let him have the house. About eis
weeks afterwards, between March and June, she wrote
to the defendant, to the effect that she had got another
tenant, and he gave up the house ithout tte tth. Hie !
Honour said it appeared that, by muttsl agreetll.nt, the
defendant left the home on the understanding that he
was to pay for another quarter, bet that, if complainant
suineeded in getting another tenant, she was to let the
houae. She got another tenant when the quaver was
half expired, and oharged the defendant one-half the
rent, and the other tenant the other half.—Detendant
said he fully admitted the terms of the agreement and
the arrangement made, but he should like to ask the
plaintiff whether she did not keep the haute vacant to
suit a party who was lodging with hen --This plaintiff
denied.—The defendant said there was a quantity of
dung left in the garden, and he had stocked the ground,
so that he considered that, with the amount he had paid
into smart (£1 fully paid the amount claimed.—His
Honour advised the plaintiff to be satisfied with this,
and gave a verdict tot. the defendant without costs.—
Joseph Candy v. Henry House.—This was an action to
recover possession of a house, and ES 15e. balance for
rent. Mr. Atkinson appeared for the plaintiff, who
stated that the defendant was his nephew, and that he
let him the house at £5 per year. There was £8 15s.
due. He gave him notice to leave at Christmas. Since
that notice had expired he had asked him when he was
going to leave, to which he replied when he could get
another house, and expressed • wish to go on again.
On that occasion defendant gave hint a eovereign.
Plaintiff told hint be wished him to leave and Ma
sent paid up. He could let hint go on such terma.
March be again saw the defendant in a field,
on the next day said to him, "Henry, if
ain't pay Inc the whole of the rent due you
ist leave," but agreed if he would pay all up
would forgive him a quarter's rent.—Defendant said
he bad paid altogether £lO las. 6d. He received
aotice to leave at Christmas, but when the plaintiff
came to him he gave him • sovereign, and plaintiff told
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MILPLAISH A GRICIII/rtreat SHOW. —We understand
that there tell be no show of stock in connection with
tiles Alelpieiatt Agricultural Society this year, in L008e-
,.1 the "c. tile plague," thouah happily, it iiss
not tnude its appearance in this neighbourhood. The
prizes for mote, ploughing, and long Bervitudr, will be
awarded as usual.

THE revision of the burgess lidt took place on
Monday. The proceedingt excited but Ii tie interest.
There were 4 Liberdl objections, all of which woe sus-
tained ; 1 Constrvetive objecti .u, sudtdined likewise.
19 Liberal claims were iimde, 2 of which were with-
drawn as being on the list and not objeeted to 9 others
were withdraWn, end 15 allowed. 1. Couset"tive claim
Ives made, but it was withdrawn u being on the list and
not objected to.
A MONSTER VEGETABLE MARROW.-Skill in the cub
tivation of this spathes of gourd and t*.e warm weather
have enabled Mr glade, butcher, of rowerstock, to
produce an enorinots globillarshoped stegetdhle marrow
—one uteastiring six feet taro and a half Mate in cirouut-
ference, cod weighing one hundred pound., This rd.
nurkable marrow Indy be seen at the Shop if Mr.
Hauteur), butcher, Ea-t.street. We are told that Mr.
Hansford had another marrow, reedy ad large as this
one, now growing in his garden.
FROIT of all deacriptionA has been abundant and One
tide season. The other day we saw in a gentleman's
garden in this town, several pear treed literally borne
down by the weight of the frui, upon them • dingle pears
plucked theme-from irb. eich, and some were
still heavier. In another garden, lswionging to one of
our townsmen' we saw bedutiful clusters of grapes, of
both the blackaul white varietied, growing on vines in
the open air, which were curly—if not quite—as large
as those cultivsted in the hot-housed.
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THE HEALTH OF BRIDPORT. Whilst complaints
have been made by all the papers of the unhealthiness
the minty at large, this town has been unu•ually
healthy during the peat quarter, the deaths havinr been
only 32 in a district of between 8,000 and 9.000 in-
hahitante, or leas than 16 per thousand per annum.
The meat healthy districts in Bgland have PC acely a
lower death rate. Measles have broken out, and a few
deal hs have oeourred from them. Nearly all the deaths
of loot quarter were those of young children or old
people. Two eases of fever occurred at Nofth Mills,
quite out of the tosen, and one of scarlatina at Pymore,
still further from the town.
Tile FAIR on Wednesday WEI'S very poorly attended.
There were about 8 tons of Dorset cheese pitched, and
prices ranged from 28, to 375. per oat.; Somerset
cheese, of which there was about lg tons, realimid from
65a. to 755. per cwt. There was a very small show of
etoolc, and trade was very ioactive for store cattle.
Barreuers fetched from 20 to £l2, and heifers with
(Alyea aoout 2115 or £l6. Fat beasts from 12a. to 13,
per score, nod sheen from 8 to 9d. per lb. There was
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A COUsiderable number of pigs, and pr'
ices were not quite
so high as at the late fairs. Idany were sold, still a
clearance was net effected. Thee was about the usual
number of horses, but they were a dull sale. The
customer, complement of shows and shooting galleries
adorned the town.

BaNlCaurrox.-91aphen Ackerman, a bankrupt, late
landlord of the Qrose Aeys Inn, •iouth.street, Bridport,
came tip befotte Judge Everett, at hit last dourt; t pass
his la 4 examination, and apply for the order for his
discharge. He was supported by Mr. Day, and un-
opposed. The accounts showed liahilitie. to creditors
unsecured £2BB 9s. Id., and assets about £4l. He said
he commenoed business in 1842, when he hod about
£2OO. He then took a public-house, the Cro-s /Cis,
which he had occupied since until six weeks ago
last Monday. It was a licensed house. His house wa."
furnished, and his goods were sold by auction, under
distress, in June last, and realized about £lOO. He had
given bills, one to Mr. John Lodge, a brother-in-law at
Shaftesbury, to whom he owed nearly £5O for borrowed
money and boots and shoes. Those bills had been paid
away, and, not being met, the holders of them sued
him and sold his goods. There was no rent due. It
appeared that the bill given to Mr, Lo lee was not
entered In the bankrupt's schedule, and his Honour said
he should not pass him until it was. The came was ad-
journed until next court day, for the entry on the
schedule of the debtor and Creditor azaacints for the past
six months.

Jurtais Enaatt had an untlittally Small another of
plaints to adjudicate upon at our last County Court.
Mr. :atom Ta.bor sued the Great Western Railway
Goittpany for reparation for the loss of • parrot, valued
£l, from a cage when en mute from London to Brid-
port, and damage to the amount of 5.. to two cages.
Plaintiff could not say whether the loss and injury took
place between the time the property left the company's
terminus here and his receiving it at the Bull Hotel,
and the cage was adjourned for the attendance of e Mr.
Nathan, who "booked" the same in London. —Charlm
Hart v. John Swain: This was a dispute as to a bill for
bread. Mr. F. W. Guudry for plaintiff, and Mr. Man-
ley for defendant. The claim was for bread said to have
been delivered at defendant's house from July to Sep-
tember, 1881. Mre. Swain said that in the early part
0.1861 her husband bernutle insolvent, And wits Alva
three months going throligh the °Art, during which
time she did niit rettiembet heeler anything of Mr.
Hart; she paid melt for all she had From July to
Soetember, 1661, she had nothing of Mr. Hart but
*hat she paid for. In September, 1864, she paid plain-
tiff £4 for goon had at the shop at the Harbour on a
bill of £1.065. 91., and knew nothing then of this bill of
1861 being owing for £2 Sc. 6d. for goods had at the
shop in the town. That bill was not delivered until
September 1861, and she ceased dealing with him in
consequence of its being so. Cross-examined m Warner
(a boy called to prove the delivery,) left no bread be-
tween July and September, 1861; she had bread at that
time from Mr. Perham and two others, His Honour
gave a verdict for the amount paid into mutt 1.1 lha
and defendant's expenses were allowed felr both
days. E. Hounsell t,. W. Whitel Mr. Manley for
plaintiff, Mr. F W. Gundry for defendant. There
were two chiding, one fore cull amount of £2 12s. Ted.
was withdrawn, the other claim was for 3s. Od.,
balance of account for rent of premises °coupled by the
defendant at ten guineas per year from June, 1862, to
Oct9ber, 1864; the rent payable w.ekly. The case was
adjourned till nest court day for the production or the
agreement, as his Honour said he could not gb on With-
out it.

Y 01720) littelf ClllitattAN ifeaoettrlos.—The annual
meeting hi o.linection with the above society, took place
in the Townhall, on Thursday afternoon, when about
130 members and friends sat done to tea. In the
evening a puGlia meeting was held, over which the
Rev. W. O. Templer presided. After singing and
prayer, the rev. chairman said it gave hire great pleasure
ti) b .Ploseet on that occasion, and related a little of
his hutthry in gonnection with the association. Fie then
urged young men not to be ashamed of Christ, and
pointed out some of thedangers of the age to which they
are erpoAnd ; amongst Others, he named pride of in-
tellect as being a snare to eh ioh a large number of young
men fall a prey. He oterily believed that we should
never havirheard of Colorise, and Millais et that echool,
if men had not turned away froth the simplicity of the
truth, He advised them to beware of tryisig to make
the Bible
,bend to their preconceived opinions. The
Bible, he said, is to be the standard of our views. He
congratulated the satiety upon its suoe3si, Mid urged
them to stand firm by their principles.—The Rev. T. C.
Koch, in a lively and humorous manner. addressed the
meeting omthe 'lmportance of studying the Scriptures."
A paper on "The Bible," written by Mr. Salisbury for
the occasion was read, the object of which was to 'rove
the genuineness, authenticity, and inspiration of the
Scripture& The Bey. Kr. Moulton after referring to the
very Catholio spirit manifested by the chairmen, gave
an excellent address on "Christian thefulneme" and
pointed out the various modet by which young men may
do good to those around theta, The Rev. Mr. Seale
gave an able address on "Decision of Character."
Everything in nature, he remarked, bed a character of
its own, Which of itself had not the power to alter or
qualify. This was not so in regard to intelligent being;
they had the power to depart from the law Of God, In
order to decision of character all should be wShlgroanded
on the principles of the Bible, for unless they had a
heart knowledge of the Seriptures they were simply
the creature, of wircemstinces. The Bible ought to be
the centre from which all truth was viewed. This
was beautifully illustrated by referring to the planetary
system, the motions of which appear to us confused
and contradictory, from the fact that we do not see
them from the centre; if we could take a position on
the sun, we should see that order, regularity, and hare'
mony pervade the whole. Mr. G. Westlake read •
perm On "True Substitution," from "The sayings of a
ll&ing," by Miss Biokereteth, which was listened to with
great attention. The chairman said that the admie-
rable selection read by Mr. Westlake was the key note
of the whole thing; it was invposeib e for bins (the
chairman) to hate them, or for them to hate him if they
loved Christ. He expressed himself highly pleased
with the arrangement of the evening, the whole of
which he remarked was in character with the society.
The Evening hymn was then sung, and the meet'ng was
closed by the chaiiman pronouncing the Benediction.
We should observe that a number of anthems were sang
in an admirable manner by a choir, tinder the leader.
'hip of Mr. Stone, sen., with Mr. Stone, jun. Feet.
ding at the harmonium.
Bosorma Porn; October 10.—Before the Mayor
(H. E. llounsell, Esq.), and R. Tucker, Esq.—Bessie
Coiling, aged 10 years, was charged with stealing a piece of
, bacon from Mr. Guppy, grocer, East-street—Yrosecutor
said his suspicions were aroused respectiog the prisoner,
who had been in the habit of coining to his shop, and in
consequence, whenever she came in he served her and
sent lier out as soon as he could. She came about ten
o'clock on Saturday evening, the 7th inst. ; there were
four other people in the shop. He served her with
soine cheese; no bacon. She left, and immediately
after he missed about 11b. and a-half of bacon, which be
hod seen shortly before close to where she was standing.
He went after the prisoner at once, overtook her, and
asked for the bacon which she had taken from the
counter. She pr- ' it and gave it up to him. He
olioeman, and
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pardon, and hoped he would nut take or.sseediugs.
, Lee than now said be knew nothing ahout the
matter, and his daughter raid abs found the bag in
the knife arid the silver spoons in the field,
also be til.. Her father knew nothing about it.
. they were committed for trial at the eeasions, but
admitted to bail. —MONDAY.—Before B. P.
Onridry and W. Helmut!, &qrs. —Robbing an
' Irmalbyer .! A lad named Alfred Poole was charged
' with atesling money belonging to his muter, Mr.
! Brinson. It appeared that the lad had been in the
eniploy of prosecutor, who is a potter at Beaminster,
for about two years. Mr. Brinson bad lately lost
,money from a bureau in his sitting-room. On
Wednesday, Mrs. Brinimn counted the money, and
in the evening missed 101. The boy was charged
with the theft, and at length admitted it. He was
then given into the custody of P.C. King, to whom
he said he had stolen money four times before.
Prosecutor recommended the lad to mercy. Prisoner
• pleaded guilty. and was sentenced to one month's
'bird !show. --Petty Theft: :!iamuel Ellis was
charged with stealing a rope from a cart-house, on
Wooth farm, belonging to John Poi" EAlo of
Symendsbury, on the previous SAturday. A halter
was left cm the shafts Of a waggon. P.C. Wills,
about half-past two o'clock on Sdturday morning.
saw prisoner examine the premises, and finally put
the halter in his pocket, and walk away. The con-
stable apprehended him. Prisoner pleaded guilty,
and, having been oonvicted of stealing hurdles last
February, he was sentenced to two months' hard
labour.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.