The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

THE PERMISSIVE BILL OF ENGLAND

AND IRELAND.

A very interesting leeturo was delivered on this
subject in the hall of the institution on Wednesday
evening, by the Rev. S. Annear. The attendance
was very limited at the commencement of the even-
ing. but subsequently the room was well filled. The
proceedings were commenced by the singing of a
temperance melody, after which the chairman in-
troduced the lecturer in a few preliminary observa-
tions.

The Rev. S. ANNEAR, in the course of his lecture,
said he intended that evening to confine himself to
the Permissive Bill of England and Ireland, but
before dealing with the subject be would read some
statistical returns in reference to the temperance
came. He then read some statistics,showing the vast
amount of vice and misery produced in this country
by the use of alcoholic liquors, and said that his suc-
cess that night depended in a great measure upon
the degree of conviction which those statements
produced. He was aware that there were occasions
when such facts would load to the most beneficial
results, and his object was to produce great statis-
tical facts, and to argue upon those points. It had
been said by the opponents of the temperance Cause
that their arguments were the same thing over and
over again, and that they made use of all sorts of
insulting things to the brewers and publicans. This
he denied, they deemed such a course beneath their
notice, and unworthy of the great cause of temper-
ance. The teetotallers wished all the publicans and
all the brewers in the town and neighbourhood were
present at their meetings, and he would engage to
direct their attention for hours, and be would
engage to guarantee to say that not one word should
, be uttered that could in any way be insulting to
them. What the temperance men could not do in a
fair way they would not do by unfair means. The
lecturer traced the sources of crime, vine, and I
misery, which he contended was owing to the drink-
ing traffic in the country, and asked if there WM a
good man who believed all these things, and yet
would keep aloof from helping the cause' and yet
there were many men with these facts before them,
who would not believe them. If good men saw the
evils which the drinking customs produced, then it
was their duty to endeavour to crush the evil; and
until that VIM done the temperance men would en-
deavour to maintain the fight they had commenced.
Nothing but ignorance would keep such men from
their side; lie did not mean ignorant in wisdom and
learning—they might be burning and shining lights
—yet they were ignorant if they could not see the
evils which drink was doing. Lord Shaftesbury
had said that nine-tenths of the pauperism and
nine-tenths of the vice and misery of the people
were caused by intoxication, while the Rev. Mr.
Hagre, the chaplain of the Birmingham Workhouse
said that out of every hundred of the inmates,
ninety-nine traced the cause of their degradatjon to
drink. Judge Coleridge, no mean authority, had
said that there was scarcely a crime which came
before him that did not owe its origin.to strong drink.
The lecturer then quoted numerous other eminent
authorities, concluding with & conversation which he
had recently had with the Governor of the Plymouth
Gaol, and that gentleman had told him (the lecturer)
that he had 60 men under his care, and that he had
conversed with them as to the cause of the crime which
made them come to prison, and the result was, that
there were only three cases out 60 which did not owe
their origin to the effects of intoxicating liquors. With
such alarming facts before them, it was useless for
their opponents to say that the teetotallers exaggerated
the state of affairs. It had been said by some, that the
drinking traffic, in good hands, was not only a good
thing, but a blessing to society. Could this be the case.
when nine-tenths of the misery of our population was
caused by the traffic? and in order to prove that this
was so, he would not bring witnesses from the teeto-
tallers ranks, because, of course, no one would believe
them, but from the police courts, and from the legis-
lative of the country. The Government was fully
aware that the drinking traffic was a great evil, and
they regarded it as such, and had passed law after law
in order to prevent the mischief caused by the sale of
intoxicating liquors. If • person wished to be a shop-
keeper, say butcher, he could commence bounces and
sell any tillhg he wished, and the police would not
interfere with him ; but Ifs man wished to be &publican
he would want two men bond for him, in order to show
that be was an honest man. The legislature had gone
on making laws for upwards of 200 years, so as to pre-
vent the traffic in drink from being an evil, but it was
all to no purpose, they had not sin:seeded, and conld not
succeed under the present laws for the sale of alcoholic
liquors. Not long since Mr. Bentley, an able school
inspector, was appointed to collect statistics, and to
enquire into the causes of social misery throughout the
land. He applied himself to the task, and gathered
information upon the subject, and after about • year's
careful investigation 'hi the matter, he arrived at the
following result: " I find that the traffic in drink is
successfully combatting against every thing for good."
It had been said what have our ministers, our institu-
tions, and our leading libraries been doing all this time?
He did not say that all their institutions had been doing
nothing to check the evil of intemperance. God forbid !
for if it had not been for such men and such societies
the state of the country would have indeed been
deplorable. And why this failure on the part of the
Government? Had not all the wisdom of the country
been brought to hear upon the subject? It was
because they had dealt with the stream instead of going
to the river head. The evil was not to be found in the
publican, the man who sold the liquor, but in the thing
sold as alcohol, that which maddened the brain, and
made a man who partook of its fiend; and who,
instead of loving and protecting his wife, felled her to
the ground, and oft-times stained his hands with her
blood. It was through the neglect of this fact that the
legislature had failed for the past 300 years. Now
what WAS the course which the Permissive Bill would
suggest? What the supporters of that measure simply
wanted • was this—to say to the Government of the
country, "You have tried to control this evil for
, 200 to 300 years, and you cannnt, and we
suggest that you should destroy the evil." There was
not a man in the world who believed that the evil
could be controlled unless the evil itself was done away
with, How should they begin to destroy this evil
that was the rub. In the first place he deemed that
the publican had aright to have such a business ; it was
• privilege granted to him, and it was his right to
Bell intoxicating drinks. The privilege was not
allowed for the good of himself, bettor the convenience
of the publie. It was a well-known fact that there
were 150,000 men in the Iquor trade, end it was asked
if the triode was done away with, what would they do
for a livelihood ? If publicans would not believe the
position of affairs, was it the fault of Permissive men,
if they told them that their trade was doomed, and
that they were to make arrangements to obtain an 1
honest living. After remarking on the power which '
the magistrates at present had for granting public-
house licenses, the lecturer proceeded to say that the
Permissive Bill men proposed that the legislature
should pass a law transferring the law from the magis-
trates to the people, so that when two-thirds of the
population decided that no more public-houses were
needed, the magistrates could not have power to grant
licenses. The case rested with the people, if they
wanted publichouses let them have them, but if they
were not wanted, then they would not have them.
The Perndssive Bill would be law, and the people
were ready for the change. on an average 18 omit of 20
having expressed themselves in favour of the BilL
Had not the Bill fast been gaining ground, and the
people were returning members to Parliament, Town
Council, and all local officers who were in favour of the
Permissive Bill? They were obtaining a high position,
and Lord Brougham had expressed his sympathy with
the movement, and was one of the vice-presidents of
the Alliance Society. They were gaining ground, and
the day would soon come when pnbliohonses would be
swept away; but than it was said that the people must
have such houses. The Permissive Bill did not propose
to shut up publichoures, they would remain open, and
sell everything excepting alcoholic liquors. The oourse
proposed by the Bill was that the Government should
appoint an agent whose duty it would be to sell
alcohol for necessary purposes, but that he was to have
no interest in the liquors sold. The publican was in-
fluenced by the sale of his liquors, and of course he
wanted to obtain as much profit as possible. Now the
Permissive Bill proposed that the agent appointed
should have no interest in the liquors he sold, and a
person who wanted to have such must leave his name,
and this quantity he wanted, and then he could have it.
The loottirer concluded by roillerking tbet public

opinion was coming over very east to their side, and
he thought the day was not tar distant when the Per-
missive Bill woul I heroine law.

The lecturer was li4ened to with marked attentioo.
and the audience signified their approval of the lec-
turer's views and sentiments by frequent burst of
applause.

CREWKERNE: —On Sunday sermons were
preached in aid of the Trish Church Missions, to
the Roman Catholics, at the parish church—in the
morning by the Rev. J. B. *Tyson, mate of
'Crewkerne, and in the evening by the Rev. J. 8.
Stubbs, A.M..—and on both occasions a liberal
amount was collected. A meeting was also held on
Monday, having the same object in view, when the
Rev. Beauchamp Stanners, incumbent of
Woodbury Sa!torten, attended as a deputation, and
earnestly pleaded the claims that the Irish Church
Missions Society had upon all denominations of
Christians. The meeting was well attended.
CRICKET Maireu.—The Exeter and Crewlierne
Cricket Clabsplayed a match on Monday last, on the
ground of the latter club, when the gentlemen of
Exeter Puffered a signal defeat, the Somerset gentle-
men beating their opponents in one innings, having
run up a score of 132, whilst the Exeter dub only
made 83 in two innings. On the Crewkerne side
Mr. H. Allen made a capital score, making 28 and
not out, whilst Mr. C. G. Eters made 23, but was
brought to grief by being cleverly caught out by Mr.
Seabrook, and Mr. Tobb was making some good
play when a well delivered ball from Mr. Parke
scattered his wickets. Exeter then went in, but the
bowling of Mr. Lang caused them so much trouble
that they could make no way against his balls, and it
was in a great measure through Mr. Lang that the
Crewkerne eleven owed their victory. Mr. Parke
in his first innings scored 18, but on his handling
the willow the second time, he was caught out with
four runs for his share. Mr. Truscott scored ailt
and not out in the first innings, but in the second
scored 20.

DIINSTER.—TayIor, who was executed at Kirk.
dale on Saturday, was the only son of a Somerset.
shire tender, living at Dunster, and was born on
the 3rd May, 1824. He was at first apprenticed to
a shoemaker but, his health failing, he subsequently
was employed as a schoolmaster, and commercial
clerk and traveller. In 1849 he married his first
wife, by whom he had four children, three of whom
were murdered under such mysterious circumstances
in Manchester. His first wife died in 1868. In
December, 1859, Taylor was tried at Exeter for
attempting to procure abortion in a young girl
whom he had seduced, and who was his wife's
nurse in her last illness. He was acquitted on this
charge, and in 1861 he married his second wife,
the daughter of a respectable farmer, named Giles,
residing at Hatherleigh. Not long after his mar-
riage, and when residing at Bideford, Taylor forged
his father-in-law's name to an acceptance of £2O,
and the exposure and disgrace of this transaction
ultimately caused his removal to Manchester, where
he commenced business as a provision dealer in
Strangeways. Mr. Mellor, an estate agent, was
the agent for the Strangeways shop. On the
19th January in the present year a boiler explosion
occurred on the premises, and one of Taylor*
children was killed by the accident. rrom this
moment Taylor seemed to regard Mellor ss the
murderer of his child, and Mellor's refusal to iph's
any compensation for the accident, and his &no,
quent distraint upon Taylor for rent, excited • thirst
for revenge in the misguided man's breast. which
was appeased only with the life of Mellor. Taylor's
influence over his wife was so great that she appears
to have been a complete and willing tool in his
hands from the first to the lard of the atrocities in
which they were engaged. In the first instance the
three surviving children by Taylor's first wife were
destroyed, as is now supposed by the administra-
tion of chloroform, and then Taylor and his wile
went to the office of Mellor, where the unfortunate
agent was assailed by Taylor with a large butter
knife, and killed upon the spot, seven or eight
wounds having been inflicted in the vital parts, and
the heart being cut right through. By the direc-
tion of Mr. Justice Wilde the deaths of the Taylor
children were not eqtered into at the recent assizes,
Mellor's murder alone forming the subject of in-
vestigation. The jury, taking a merciful view of
the wife's part in the affair, acquitted her, but found
the husband guilty of murder. From his first com-
mittal by the magistrates to the assize trial, and
after his condemnation, Taylor persistently refused
to throw any light upon the mode in which the
children had been destroyed; and when the death
of Mellor was alluded to he justified the part which
he had taken, declaring that Mellor was, in fact, the
murderer of his child, and that, had he an oppor-
tunity, he would do the same thing over again.
Neither the expostulations and arguments of the
chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Appleton, nor the kindly
and affectionate words of Mr. Wright, the prison
philanthropist, availed to soften the asperity of
Taylor's demeanour, or to bring him to view in at
suitable manner the awful responsibilities of hie
position. After his condemnation it was his ex-
press desire that his Wife should remain in Liverpool
until after the execution, but her friends strongly
advised her to go at once back with them, and tiltr-
mately she consented to do so. The parting acene
between Taylor and his wife was a most painful and
exciting one, and after she left until the day before
his death Taylor wrote to her almost daily. The
following is his last letter to his wife, written
on the morning of his execution
"Sept. 13.—Saturday, now seven o'clock.

"My loving and beloved Wife-1 rose this morning
in peace and quiet. I feel truly peaceful, and have ne
fear of death. I feel as calm as though all was in its own
course. I have not one nerve of my whole system in
the least state of excitement. I feel truly pleased with
your letter of yesterday; it was • source of comfort to
me. May Clod give you grace to carry out your good
resolutions to the end of time. Time with your dear
and affectionate husband will soon be no longer. I
meet my fate with • calm reaignation. I can say,
by the grace of God, 'Thy will be done.' I rose this
morning about half-past five; dressed and washed, then
opened my Bible, and read the 94th Psalm. I opened
the book, and that psalm at the first opening caught
my eye. I read it twice; it gave me comfort. Do you
read it? it is most appropriate for us; and than after I
read it I got on my knees and opened out my whole
Paul to Clod for assistance for this hard day's work, and
I took you, my dear, dear creature, in the arms of
faith and prayer, with me to the throne of grace. I
felt much pleasure in praying for you. God loves you.
Do continue to pray to Him yourself. His ear is at all
times open to your prayers. He will hear you and
bless you, and Be will conduct you to heaven to join
with me and our lovely family. Oh! my dear Pat,
the team did flow profusely while I was praying for
you. lam happy about you, because you feel able to
reconcile yourself with your dear parents. May God
bless them with all the blessings of this life, and when
they have done with earth may they gather up their
feet and die in peace. And oh my dear Pat, may
Clod make you a blessing to the whole family. May
you be their pride, and lead them in the path of peace
and virtue. You, my dear, have seen a little of tie
world; you have hod a short experience of life, but
never one has had 'More, or heavier trials to bear
than you. Ours has been one continued trial since we
began life. Had it not been for that feeling which God
had implanted in our hearts, sorrow must have over-
whelmed us. lam pleased that you and Harriet (his
sister) have begun to love each other. You know, my
dear, that she is • good creature. She will do you
good. You will feel happy in her company. You Will
be able to keep up a correspondence which will be •
consolation to both of you. I have sent her • look of
my hair, by the same post, and I herewith enclose Ton
another lock. I had sent you one before. Mr. Wright
is here. He has told me he will look after those things
for you. and see you get all right. Ido love him. • He
is a truly good man. His motives are good. It is not
curiosity or gain that ceases him to mingle in the
manner that he does with the suffering and afflicted
Part of mankind. I believe it to be a work appointed
him byhis Lord and master, for he is so peculiarly eligible
for such a work of faith and labour of love. Godli-
ness is profitable to all things. May you feel it so, my
dear wife, through life. May God be your guide
through life, your comfort and consolation in death, is
my earnest prayer. I feel no reluctance in leaving the
world. I can leave you in the sire of my Heavenly
Father; He will sire for you. I earnestly prayed for
you, and I feel assured that we shall soon meet in
heaven. I must now draw to a close, and leave all
the world to you. I have nothing of a wordly nature to
say unto you that I can charge fly memory with just
now. I leave all with you, and may your own disci*.
tion direct your thoughts, and words, and actions in
this world aright They have this moment placed my
breakfast on the table —bread and butter and cocoa—my
last breakfast The sun has risen bright, and
pouring forth its rays on nature. But will not also
the sun of righteousness shine on our dark minds and
illuminate them, and show you, my dear, as well as
Inc. all that may exist there, that is not in conformity
with the will of God. And may we both be enabled
to root oat all that may be in our evil nature, that will
prevent us enjoying the pleasure of heaven to its
greatest extent. I now commit you to the care and
protection of our God and Father. May He guide you
through life and be with you in death, and conduct
you safely to that place which He bath prepared for all
those who love Him. I herewith enclose you the letter
you bad from London ; also five post stamp' that I have
left of the eleven you sent me. What can! more say? You
think my letter short if! do not fill up all my space.
But what I say further must be of • spiritual nature.
I see you now with the eye of my mind, in deep, deep
sorrow, and a torrent oT tears flow down those lovely
cheeks. Would that I could only wipe them for you.
but that is beyond my power. Fear not. God will—
yes. He has promised that he will—dry your tears. I
feel it. He has unbounded love, unbounded COTO-
panion, unbounded mercy. Oh the contemplation of
such a friend. Such. • God is good. It is a comfort.
May His grace be with you, and His Spirit, His
comforting Spirit, rest upon you, through time to all
eternity, is the prayer of your loving and affectionate
husband. Now, my dear wife, farewell, farewell, fare-
well, to the end of time. Bet may we meet where fare-
well will he • sound unknown. Give my love to . • •
May God bless you all with His free grace, give you
all spiritual and eternal blessings, that all may make
one happy family in Heaven. Again I bid you all fare-
well, and remain, with all love, my very dear and affec-
tionate wife, your loving and affectionate husband.
"W, R. TAYLOR."

WESTON-SUPER-MARE.—pr Sansucoss,
Moo-
day.—John Kinston was summoned by Police-Sergeant
Ross for furious driving, on the 13th instant, at Weston-
super-Mare. 'Mr. Joseph Strinsfield, surgeon, proved
the case. Their worships, after censuring the defen-
dant, fined him 10s. and 4s. 6d. costs, or, in default, to
so to gaol for 21 days.—W RBI= Taylor, of the White
Lion beerhouse, was summoned, upon the information
of bfr: William T. It. Knapp, inspector to the R°
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cruelly heaningand ill-6reatit 4 a dog on the Bth instant.
It anima red dhad the defend, .nt, on the day iii question,
inflicted e"orti_ .and lir .nishu.ent to a dog, the owner
of *hie ismel 'dee be few A, and left the animal for
dead, at, dby arder of tb magistrate who issued the
summon lit was defile:lye d the same day. The Bench,
after he. ring tdm whom of the evidence, remarked that
it case ter, diagreeefr I case, an.l lined the defendant
Ws., and c."4"4-4. 6d ~ in default of payment to be
Minden ad fe„r two inontlin Mr. Rinnlake thanked
ming forward, and stated that he
couteme lated iishin: a society in Weston for the
preventi in a Or' ,elty to animak—Joseph Fear, of
Lympedu .me,yes ' .uonnoned by Bober& Petheram, of the
mine Ph me, for • an assault. From the evidence adduced
it MMei 7ea to be a love-making affair. The Bench
advised Awe no Aim to go out of court and shake hands,
which ale/ 45 I—Walter White appeared in answer to
• antr snow* or threatening the life of William Fisher,
whet idisr b e was in bodily fear. Their worships after
gon gitiao the case fined the defendant 15., and 7s. 64.
cosi A.

lIIKIDGWATER. —GRAMMAR SCHOOL. —The lists
i4sat published for the Oxford local examinations
hA took place in June last, and we find that the
I esiiggwater Grammar School, though sending up
• ally three candidates out of seventy-eight, yet
griened one•third of the honours at Exeter local
mantra. Front the tables it appears that J. H.
Ikeversecige passed in Latin, Greek, French, m athe-
neatics and drawing, also in the rudiments of faith
mind religion; Burton West, in Latin, Greek, mathe•
erratic.% and drawing, also in the rudiments of faith
:and religion; and Philip Thompson, in Latin,
mathematics, and drawing. •
FIrOME.—BIBMINGHeiI THIEVIS wSOMERSET-
:SHIM —OR the evening of Sunday,the 24th August,
: a robbery of a very cool and daring character was
,committed on the premises of Mr. Henry Hourston,
lan extensive cloth manufacturer at this place, and
Iproperty—consisting chiefly of jewellery and money
• —to the value of nearly £lOO, carried away.
;Though every effort was made by the local
It was only last week that any definite clue to the
7 robbery was obtained. Information was received
Iby Superintendent Deggan, of Frome, from the
'Detective Department at Birmingham, and on
:Saturday week Mr. Deggan, accompanied by Mr.
' Hourston. jun., proceeded to Birmingham, and at
ithe police court there, on Monday morning, Mr.
Ildourston picked out, from among thirteen others, a
iman whom he recognised as being one of two he had
men near his father's gate, when the family were
leaving the house on the evening of Sunday the
24th altinna The stipendiary magistrate at Birming-
ham, en the application of Mr. Deggan, remanded
the maa Identified, as well as Another man partially
recognised by Mr. Hourston, and who bad also been
apprehended at Birmingham. to Frome, where on
Tuesday, the 9th, they were remanded for a week.
On Tuesday last the prisoners, who gave the names
of John Carr Barber and Henry Wilkins, were
brought up at the Frome police court, charged with
,breaking and entering the house of Mr. Hourston
-on the 24th ult.—Mr. Dunn, solicitor, of Frome,
appeared to prosecute; and Mr. Bertram, of Promo.
and Mr. Francis, of Birmingham, appeared to defend
fheprieoners. —The evidence presented was, on the
Wiredie, remarkable for its clearness and the ability i
with which it had been completed.—Mr. Bertram
tree. Ito obtain the discharge of Barber on the ground
of defective identity, but the Bench decided on
ceemmittia. g both prisoners for trial at the next
pewter 'mons. Strange to Pay Wilkins has been
• identified as a man who formerly lived at Radstock,
near Fromm. The case has created great excitement
in the neighbourhood.
BRlfittd,.. SYMPATHY WITH GARIBALDI. —We
understated that, it is proposed to send out very shortly
to Garibaldi, to the care of the surgeon who is gone to
attend bra, a box of linen and other articles, which
may be useful or convenient in the prison chamber of
the wounded hero. Such a mark of sympathy from
those who esteem and admire the devoted patriot cannot
fail to be not only acceptable but soothing to his feelings
in his adversity. We are permitted to state that
eoatributiowe of money or appropriate articles for the
purpose may be sent to the Mayoress, 7, Litfield Place,
Clifton, or to Miss Carpenter, Red Lodge House,
Bristol. . _ _

IMPORTANT Sm ARMING CASE —At the Polies Court
on Monday, Charles and Margaret Shock were charged
with having in their possession several parcels of
counterfeit coin. Mr. Deno was for the defence. The
case as shadowed forth, though not legally proved, went
to show that defendants had been supplying counter-
feit coin to smashers in various parts of the country. It
seems that Mr. Inspector Bell received information
which led him to believe that some persons were
despatching parcels of counterfeit coin from Bristol, and
pot Detectives Perrott and Floyd upon the qui vive.
801110 time since a girl named Ann Johnson, defendants'
servant, brought two parcels to Mr. Wall's office in
High-street. The external wrappers were brown paper,
carefully sealed and tied, and the string also sealed.
These were directed to Saunders, of Swansea, and
Charles Pointing, of Martock. They were taken to the
police-station. ond upon being opened were found to
contain counterfeit coin—one counterfeit half-crowns
1a.., b.+. ...wane Ocoee, and the other counterfeit
shillings. The parcels were, however, allowed to pro-
ceed to their destinations, but the police at these places
were apprised of the circumstance, and, wehear, have suc-
ceeded in apprehending the persons implicated there.
Subsequently the girl brought two other similar parcels
to the railway office, and these were allowed to proceed
to their destination at Exeter (where a man connected
therewith is, we hear, in custody,) and to Ashford, in
Kent, from which no tidings have as yet been received.
The girl Johnson was called, and stated that two of the
parcels were given her by the male prisoner in the
female prisoner's presence, and the other two by the
female prisoner in the male's absence. The two police-
men searched the prisoners' house in Great George-
street, and there found sonic of the papers in which his
parcels had been sent and which had been returned to
him, and also an order for further coin. The letter,
not very intelligible to the uninitiated, was to the
following effect: It was from Charles P. to his dear
friend, who was thanked for something Le had already
sent, and asked to send some more, including some
"reds." In the male prisoner's pocket was a letter
containing stamps, with directions to send to Charles
Denaham, Plymouth, in West Quarter, Exeter. Mr.
Williams suggested the defendants should be remanded
to communicate with the Mint authorities, to know if
they would authorise the defendants being conveyed
elsewhere, or the defendants in custody elsewhere being
brought here. Mr. Brice thought this a case for further
Inquiry. Defendants were remanded, (Since the
above was written, we have been informed that the
man e( whom no tidings had been received from
Ashford, in Kent, has been apprehended, with a
parcel in his possession, and is now in custody.)
Pro Etc. At an early hour on Tuesday
morning a party, oolnposed of the elite of Trinity
district, St. Phillip and Jacob, started for a pic-nio
to that romantic and delightful spot known as Sharp-
ness Point, on the Earl of Berkeley's estate. They
were conveyed in breaks drawn by four grays, and
after a charming drive of three hours arrived at their
destination. All seemed determined to
"Lay their cares aside
And bid some hours in calm enjoyment glide,"
and, judging from the happy looks of those present,
we may conclude they thoroughly succeeded. The party,
thirty-three in number, partook of a cold collation
under the shelter of the trees, which, with such a
pleasant company, fine weather, and surrounded by
each lovely scenery, they could not fail to enjoy.
After luncheon they dispersed in various directions
through the grounds, which are beautifully laid out,
and they found that
" Many a slimmer flower was there.
And many a shade that love might share."

They aasembled again to partake of tea, and then, after
another ramble, prepared for departure, and arrived
home highly delighted with their day's recreation. Among
the party were Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (through whose
exertions it was formed, and whose excellent catering
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and management gave general satisfaction), Mr. and
Mn. W. %mill, Mr. Milner and family, Mr. Garton,
Mr. man, Mr. Colman and family. Mr. Toplis, Mr.
Lewis, Mr. WillinUlS, Mr. Parsley, Mr. and Mrs Over-
buy, kn., ke.
A QUAKER'S WEDDING. The Friends' Meeting-
house, Itosemiu7-street. Bristol, was on Wednesday
morning denaely crowded by • 4large number of those
connected with the society, and other spectators, to
witness the nuptials of Miss Henrietta Jane fry, second
daughter of Mr, Jsoeph Fry, of the extensive firm of
Messrs. Pry and Sons, of Bristol, and Mr. William
Whitwell, of Stockton-on-Tees, eon of Mr. William
Whitwell, of Kendal. The bride wore a dress of white
corded silk, with Mlle shawl, veil of the same material,
and tulle bonnet. She was attired by six bridesmaids,
comprising the following ladies Miss Fry and Miss
Caroline Fry, of Cotham; Miss Whitwell, of Kendal ;
Min Pease, of Banbury; Miss Clay, and Miss Wilson.
They wore white grenadine dresses, with blue silk
sashes, white grenadine shawls edged with blue silks,
and white raphane and tulle bonnets. The service was
commenced with prayer, sifter which Mr. W. Tanner
gave a short address relative to the solemn occasion
on which they were met together. Mrs. Elisabeth
Charlton nett offered up a fervent prayer on behalf of
those who were about to take a prominent part in the
present service. The usual declaration was
then made by the bridegroom in the following
terms "Friends, I take this my friend,
Henrietta Jane Fry, to be my wife. Premilliall,
by Divine assistance, to be unto her a loving and faith-
ful husband until it shall please the Lord by death to
separate us." This was repeated by the bride. The
marriage certificate having beam read by the clerk of the
meeting, it was then signed by the bride, bridegroom,
and the parents of both parties, after which it was
left to be signed by anyone in the meeting.house who
felt disposed to do so, and the numerous party
returned in carriages to the residence of the bride, to
partake of the wedding breakfast. There were no
'leeches afterthe breakfast, but Dr. Ash gave a short
address, concludindwith • prayer for God's blessing on
the newly-married pair. At a later hour in the day
.ad Mrs. Whitreell left for the Continent.
WHINGTON. Vocusxm FESTIVAL. On
Wednesday the first annivermy of the 27th Somerset.
shire Volunteer Rifle Corps was held at Wrington and
Langford. The festival was an extremely interesting
one, and akin to the one held at the formation of the
Corp., twelvemonths since. The corps included about
80 members from Wrington, Newton, Congresbury,
&Dwell, and Axbridge, and upwards of 60 of these
mustered at Wrington in the morning, including every- ,
one of the commissioned officers. The corps was I
paraded and drilled in the village, in the presence of
many interested spectators, and at noon arms were
piled at the church gate (opposite the house in which
the philospher Locke was born), and the Volunteers
ettended service in Writ:eon church, the curate of
which is the esteemed chaplain of the corps, the Rev.
W. B. de Moleyns. The rev, the chaplain officiated.
The musical serviees were efficiently rendered, the
excellent church choir being strengthened upon the
occasion by some friends of Lieutenant Sweet, tbe hon.
surgeon of the corm and by several Volunteers with
good voices Mr. Thompson, who presided at the
organ with his characteristic ability, played, as the
inaugural voluntary, the air Thematique, by Pleyel ;
the service was Jackson in F.; the Psalm of the day,
the 89th, was chanted Loves in C., to the 37th verse,
14 Ittnidn7 in P. *am to the end, The mltlmm wm

"Thine, 0 Lord, is the greatness" (Kent). At the
conclusion of the service Mr. Thompson gave the Gloria
in Excelsrs, from /dosser:. 12th Mass. The Kenner,
a very desirabld one was preached by the Rev. de
Moleyna from the 21411 verse of the 4th chapter of the
let Book of Kiegs " JUIIIIII. and Israel dwelt sanely
everyman tinder his own vine and under his fig tree,
from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solumaii."
Shortly after the conclusion of the service the corps
marched to L ingfurd,and upon arriving there proceeded
to the residence of Mr. Baker, who came out to
welcome them. They were then drawn up, and
addressed by Captain Newman, who asked them to
express their 11.4118 d of Mr. Baker's liberality in giving
them • shed to drill in. by giving him three hearty
cheers. Three enthueiastic cheers having been given
the gallant captain called for three cheers for Mr. an.l
Mrs. Price. • lady and gentlemen that day married,
Mrs. Price being Mr. Baker's daughter. Mr. Price was
recognised by the riflemen as • brother in arms, and
they cheered merrily. Mr. Baker acknowledged the
compliment that had been paid to himself, and members
of his family. The Riflemen were thou marched into
their drill shed 'hard by." Here they were addressed
by the captain, wino communicated to them the
substance of • regimental order about to be issued, and
addressed a few plain words to all ranks relative to
theirdutier. He urged upon them to attend the squad
company preliminary and tuwiketry drills, and to keen
up their target practice. Let them study to be really
" effectives." Government was about to give Volun-
teers considerable assistance, namely, El for every
effective. 10s. for every man who was up ten a certain
mark in target practice, and it,. for every man who lived
five miles from head quarters. This would supply
them with uniforms free of expense, and would go a
good way towards defraying other expenses. Those of
them who bad no time, means, or inclination to fulfil
the duties of effective Volunteers he recommended to
resign. The field-day proper took place afterwards on
Havyatt's Green, about a mile from Langford. The
corps having marched on the ground, they were
inspected by Captain Thelwali, adjutant of the 3rd
battalion. They were then put through the company
drill by Captain Newman, marched past, went through
the manual and platoon exercises, and went thronah
variety of other evolutions, including wheeling, taking
up ground in echellon Ire., and concluded with file and
volley firing. Considering there has not been much
drilling of the corps lately, in fact little or none since
they acquitted themselves so well at the Dordham
Down Review, the company acquitted themselves
admirably upon this occasion. The officers of the
corps present were Cantain Newman, Lieut. Edwards,
Quartermaster and 'Lieut. Hamlin, Ensign Coathup,
the chaplain the Rev. W. B. Maligns, Lieutenant
Sweet, and the surgeon. Among the company, and a
goodly number were present, the keen breeze notwith-
standing, we noticed General Parker, Mr. W. H.
Harford, Barley Wood; the Rev. T. Halawell and
family, Cowslip Green; Mr. H. J. Addington, Laogford
Court; Captain and Mrs. Veiny, Blagdon •' Captain
Richards and family, Longford House; the Rev. Mr.
Bayley and party. Neilser ; Mr. Biggs and party,
Backwell Hill ; Mr. Simmons, Langford; Mr. H. F.
Emery, and family, Banwell ; Mr. and Mrs. Mills,
Langford; Mr. Woolfres and family; Wrington •, Mrs.
W. H. Harford, Kingsweslon ; Mr. and Mrs. Groves,
Burrington ' • Mr. Fry, N‘ indoirrabe ; Mr. T. Castle,
Branwell. In the evening the corps dined together
in the drill shed (a lofty, well fitted up, and spacious
building, consigned to the use of the corm; by Mr.
Baker). A cold collation was well served by Host
Barnard, of the Langford Inn, and a member of the
corps. Captain Newman presided, and the evening's
proceedings passed off harmoniously.