The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-21 00:00:00

DOROMISTMA.

Tie Stem Amuses. —Mr. Jutioe Hawkins wil
Irks as WISUIR Circuit at the nut Spring Assiut
Tim Douse Rectum% Lied. J. W. M.
Ilaoartney to be captain, viol Brevet-Major J. A.
Tbe, retirwl.
We are requested to state that the Hon. W. H. B.
Portman paired in favour of Mr. Gledstou a motion
respecting the Inquiry into the Irish Land Act, with
Lord Beery Scott eggnog.
Paosurion.—Mr. Judd, who hes been for several
booking-clerk at the South Western Railway
km been appointed stationmader at Maretoa,
in the room of Mr. Season, who has been super.
"Carreto Itmeriamonore " formed the subject of
• emmintrzc einuauy e Lut. h
.qtheßas:. R. R.Albietas re
t U.
Baptist
gentleman dad with the subject in an able and earned
manner, and was Hummel to by a large magregation.
Next Sunday evening's disoounie will be founded
00 "Christ's Milleunial Kingdom"
BALLWaT TWYIO RlTClllllll.—This traffic receipts el
rtlin retways la the United Kingdom forU. weak
weitsrarch 17, upan a mileage of 1.6,4.1, amount
te 4.2111, being equal to £6B 17s. per mile. For
the eovveop,uding week of lad year the receipts were
can 6.856. the !lumber of miles open 16,266. or £6B
pmlle.oo the !ollowing lines having termini in the
metropolis the increeec has been :—Loadon and South.
Western, £3.152; Great estern. £3.881.
Rem Pon CARDIL-013 TburednY the Act (45
Viii. cap. 2) was issued to authorL7l ins use of reply
=
cards.
_ Ills to be cited with the o.ttler FOM-calat
The highest rate for an inland post Odd is not
to exceed one halfpenny, and • reply post card not to
mond double the rate charged for an ordinary POPII I
card. The reply post card may be transmitted by the
person receiving it or a part thereof without further
=I. A reply post owl or part await transmitted
Mrthrar paymeet to be deemed • postal packet.
The Act has immediate operation.
TIM Cobden Club has iseuelanotherof their 'input-
entrphlets, relating to the meant Free and Fair
va maid. It is entitled "Popular Fallacies
regarding Trade and PonitoSes," Wing • trans's..
=las "Sophi=es " of Frederick
The work is by Mr Edward Robt. Pearce of the
Western Monk., and may fairly be coaddered to be
dOe of the beet of the minim No work, Mr. Pearce
considers, puts the principles of Free Trade more
forcibly, by means of the most homely illustrations,
than the "Sophisms' Roonomique " of Beetiat. The
homely illustrations are peculiarly apt, and being
reduced to one half their original else, and otherwise
adapted to
th
English readlog, are most acceptable, and
• le relief in e present controversy.
nem Miurnum.—A series of temperanoe
meetings have this week been held hen, the principal
at each meeting being En. Durant, of Lou.
speaker at
it will be remembered, maks with so much
mow at the Weymouth temperance mission, hold a
d'art time Mum The place selected for the first night
(Illoaday) wu the Primitive Methodist Chapel, which
plaice Is capable of holding some NO persona, and am
fated to mese. The chair was takes by the Rev. J.
Knipe, Prhaltive Methodist, the speakers being the
Clubman, Hu. J. Doddrell, and Mrs. Durnmit On
Tuesday evening, the Temperance Hall wee deo filied,
MD Rev. B. K. Albin presided, end addresses were
whited by hinjeu4 Mr. Henry Foot, W.C.T., Mr.
91did, and Mn. Durant. Many members of the
Dorchester" Lodge, LO.G.T., No. 905, attended,
wearier of the Order. The Bev. R. R.
whet am, over Wednesday evening's Olteeillge
which was at the Baptist mama, when Kr. G.
Clark., Mr. R. Blewett, sad Mrs. Dorset spoke. On
night the Rev. T. Heave
mesting in the Cengregational Schoolroom. oirer:
wee a crowded attendance. Among_the sputum were
the mamma. 55v. Clarke! the Town Miadonary,
and Km Durmast, On Friday eisht_the_meating was
In the Wt6jjse3 St3ll"t4tga welarorMUMtwent=
Mum, of and Mrs. Bandit were
spoome. The prance Hall was the place
ohmic Saturday night. and Mr. Child slded,
Addeseet seen given by Quarter
'basks. Mr. Blewett, Rev, W. L. iaylor
Ceitivehgethoditk 'sod Mn. Durrant. On Sunday
arn and Ovoids were held In the same
what hb. prodded. In the=
ciddeesswesagessee6 ViveVbrirrc.ll6l2dVßer.
Taylor, Mrs. Derrant, and the Rey. Albin-
isserty Meeks of the temperance party were
• accorded for the loan of the various Places of meeting
ourbg the week. As as 0116000111 of the mission we
may mote Bands of Hope we to be started in oconso.
Ow with the Coegregatioad and Be Churches.
(Tiled amathip are to be bid every Friday night In
oes Tem=rsollall In oonsecdom with the Blue
Babas . Darin tke mak ess_sly 500 bins
dbbass bats Saks% sad 150 grab Asdiudgood.

Tee Down Oman Samoa. Ooneare.-0a Thum
day afternoon at the Town Hall. was held the animal
meeting of this corapney. There was • very goodatieed. '
eons including the Von. Arcedeseca Sanctuary, who !
=1,113r. John Floyer biz H. B.
Bev. Canon 0 1. NM, Rev. F. J.
Hooks, Mr. G. W. Fay= Mr. R. Palmer, Rev. 0.
Othetway, Rev. T. &meal- Wright (headmaster), Rev.
A. A. Leonard, to. Mr. J. Flo Ta. =rod the odirP•
llon of the annual report, which was seeended by teL
: H. B. Middlefra, and was unsamoinle agreed to. The
reportstated there had homes immesh' the receipts
of £4697.. 44. over those of the year 1100. The batmen
In favour of the company amounted to MI6 3s. Td., of
which £lO6 13s. 64. was paid for siterations
for the Preparatory &hoot, leaving • beleaos
of £7 1. 14. towards the liquidation of the old
Council debt. The four rainog members of the
Council haying been unauiniously reamed, the Yea.
Archdeacon nancemen alluded in feeling terms to the
lamented death of Limos Bingham. by whose removal
the Cloonal hal, remarked the Von. Artedesoom, lost
one of its truest, noblest, and beet of friends. He
also ref sired to the death of Mr. G. J. Lackeys, to
whose memory he paid a high tribute, ea the same
time warmly eulogisieg his elate for advenai:ig the
best interests of the schooL—On the motion Mr.
IL B. Middleton, eseimgad by Mr. H. Palmer, the
Rev. C. L. Sanctuary, vicar of West Fordlngtoe, was
elected In place of one of the deceased me.nbsreA Mr.
G. J. W. Andrews (son of the late Mr. ii. J.
Andrews), being appointed to fill the other vacancy,
on the rootioa the Bev. Canon Nash, moonded by
Mr. J. Ana. The ptomaines Peened on with the
greatest unanimity.
Tun Pacroaraw. Assunaroa OoKrarr.—Tbis com-
pany, which is an organisation of immense magnitude
and numbers on its books more thao ooti-elOth of the
entire population of the United Kingdom, baa lamed
its third report. The Prudential cantos on • most
important work, and in the Industrial Branch
progress is something 1/00111/00S. The new anneal
premiums in this impartment for the lest year,
amount to £31,603, ass :,ring an aggregate revessioaary
sum a £Bl/01112 ; figures which had men exceeded by
only fire Bi doh companies, and the number of polkas
issued, 6,949, has imair been exceeded. To give our
rimers some idea of the vast Inman in the Lamina
Branch we might say that in the yew 1878 the number
of policies issued was 4,0110, whereas in 1861, the number
was 6,919. In the sure cram res pommel maim
amounted to £1,849,494, lasing se increase of no Ms
than £310,615, the largest Wawa ever recorded by
the company, and toe full premium income, as
stated In the venunlons report, Is £6,051,024 I
The cialmsv £639,752, ace £416,916 more than
In the preceding aesount. In proof of the extent of
" bosinees" deee we notice that the Goes of Prui
and other slaws for the year is somethlas=
£33,000. The noth malt of the 7/GeS transeatom
In the same branch, is an addition to the arairanos
fund of £402,915 which swells the fund to £1,791,042.
In the ordinary breech the surplus brought out is
£381,901. of which 100,000 will be distributed, the
reversionary bonus, 'acceding to age, miming from tato
60 per mat. The investigation Into the amounts of
this company is carried out under the superiateadence
of the president of the Institute of Actuaries so the
r issued is one to be thoroughly relied on.
We will merely add • fact showing the
promptitude with which all clam upon the
company are satisfied. In the Newcastle Deily
Jam= February 21st, INA, it is stated that " About
30 of the 111110CWILIWO Wain who lost their lives at
the terrible explosion at Triad= Grange were mood
with the Prudeatial Assurance Company, and the eam
£360 was paid on Saturday morning before all the
bodies were recovered," thr. Posook, is the super.
Mandan of this district and will give the fullest
iniormatioe of the objects and working of the
company.
A SAD CARL—At the Marshall, on Saturday, before
Colonel Bingham, a ticket-of-leave man timed
Augustus Galton, was brought up on remand discoid
with stealing • coat, at Atbeliminpton, the property of
Frederick Clarks, on March Ifird.—Supt. Gale stated
having received Information of the theft on the 6th
Inst. He circulated information throughout the
country, and pawner was brought to the tinperinten-
dent's office by P.C. Hems. Prisoner dolled the
charge, saying he bought the QM at Sanhamptea.
Later in the evening, he saw the prisoner in his oat,
suad be told him be had told an untruth in the &w—
-ho bad stolen the coat, for it was • wet night.—P.C.
Han= stationed at Waterborne Kingston, said
on the 9th he moire' informal= of the oboe
from Supt. Lavender. of Wareham, and also •
description of the miming coat. On Saturday be
went to the Greyhound Inn at Waterborne Kingston
and saw prismier in the kitchen. Ho had on a ooet
which answered the description of the one stolen. He
told prisoner this, and he said it was not stolen for be
bought it of a roan coming out of Southampton for
61. He than took hire in custody on suspicion.
Prisoner said "If you do it will be wrong, for it is my
own coat" He then took him to Wareham, and
from thence to Dorchester. Frederick Clark said
he reside i at Puddisto ern. On March 3rd he left
the overcoat in • stable, as be was in the habit
of doing. The stable was in the charge of
hie brother, who was carter to bb. Leathall, by
whom he (witness) WS/ also employed. The coat (pro-
duced) was his property. He knew nothing of the
prisoner.—Mr. Superintendent Gale said the prisoner
was brought ,o him on the 11th by P.C. kflaue
on the c of stealing a coat. H' s denied the
charge, alleging he had bought the coat at South-
ampton, and save six shillings for it. He gave the
name of Augustus Gideon. and said he beimped to
Mynah. Later in tbe evening be visited him, when
he said he was sorry he told him SD untruth about the
coat. He then cords red to having taken the coat as
It was • wet night. He said nobody would employ him,
and he did not know whet to do. He said he was very
marry for what lashed done. The ma. told the
irate prisoner was on • ticket of leave till January 21st
next, which would complete 10 years.—Prisoner was
then charged with stealing • shovel, the property
of George House, of Athelhamplon on thelOth
The prosecutor said on Monday the lab he mimed the
shovel (produced.) Hs Mt saw it some time before in
the fuel hones. He did not sai it again until this
morning, when he saw the policeman with it. The
shovel was worth 2s. 6d. Witness did not know the
prisoner—P.O. Hann* said at the time he apprehended
the prisoner for steeling the coat be found the shovel
(produced) in his powiession. He said it WM his own
shovel, and that he was hunting for work.—Another
charge of stealing a pair of leather reins, the
property of Mr. Robert Reseal, of Tolpoddlie, was
then Mos.—Richard Spicier, in the employ of the
prosecutor as • carter, said be bad charge of the
horses and hareems, and on Friday night, the 1014,
the reins were tied on to a waggon in the waggon'
house. On the f illowing morning be missed the r"
.a
They had been tied on to the waggon by a piece of
string which had bees cut. The reins (produced) were
the property of Mr. Kemal, and were worth Is. 64.
He knew nothing of the priermr.—P.C. Hann* proved
finding the prisoner at the Greyhound Inn, at Kingston,
offerlayr to all the reins (produced) to the landlord for
Is. He asked the primer where he got them, and he
rspll.dhebedplckedthemuPotttheroadas be was
coming out of Sandford. Witness took charge of the
reins as he believed they were stolen —Pr ismer repeated
his awake that be bad Oared up the reason the road.
Hs was committed for tried at the next Quarter Sessions
on all the Obsipl.--Galtou has served no Mee than 90
years of his life as • convict, and be now w sage he is
quite unable to get say employment, although be is
quite willing to work. His home is at De , and be
was formsrly in the Dolma Malta,