The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

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SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE
GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.

The annual meeting in furtherance of the ebjecta
of the above society was held at the Townhall,
Dorchester, on Thursday afternoon and evening.
John Floyer, Eaq., took the chair in the afternoon,
supported by the -Lord Bishop of Cape Town, the
Revs. C. H. Huxtable, Diocesan Secretary, James
Fisher, F. Watson, J. P. F. Davidson, and other
gentlemen, and there were also present the Rev.
Morton Colson, Captain and Mrs. Smith, the Rev.
Reginald Smith and family, of Stafford; the Rev.
J. -Pugh, J. F. Hodges, Esq., dtc., An. The meet-
ing was opened with prayer by the Rev. James
Fisher.
The CHAIRMAN said that he had much pleasure in
congratulating them on the present prosperous state
of the society whose interests and claims they had
met that day to advance, and he felt sure that the
statements they would have the pleasure to listen
to from the right rev, prelate on his left hand,
would fully support his views. He should confine
his remarks to the peculiar manner in which the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel carried on
its operations, and Why it especially claimed the
support of Englishmen, It was the aim of the
society to establish in those parts where our country-
men had gone as emigrants, a regular ministry of
the Chinch of England—they aid not at first preach
the gospel to the heathen, but believing that the
heathen could only be brought to • knowledge of
the truth by the influence of our own countrymen
located among them, the society endeavoured in the
first place to bring them tinder the influences of
those troths they had listened to in their own land,
but were there deprived of. The Chairman then
alluded to the discouraging events which had trans-
pired, particularly alluding to the failure, for the
present, of the mission to Central Africa, and the
opposition shown by the natives of some parts of
India to the cause of Christianity. Vet amidst
these diacouragements there was great cause for !
ettitude. In the South Peninsula of India, in the '
Pacific., -Patina, and Singapore, they had been very
successful As regarded also the financial position
•:sil the nos:4aq, there was much means for oongratala- ,
tion. in the year HMO the yearly income of the
society was but £B,llOO, and since that time it had
been multiplied eight times. This might be eon-
aidered a large sum, but it was very inadequate for
the great work they were engaged in. Referring to
the question which has been so much discussed of
late, as to the severance of the colonies from the
mother country, the Chairman expressed his opinion
that the time must soon come when that would have
to be settled, and be fully believed that it was only
by giving our colonists the blessings and adventages
of the services of the chinch, carried oat under the
sanction and by the agents of this Society, that we
amid. be able to retain those colonies under our
sway. There were some in this country (he would
not say the greater part, for he believed it was only
a minor portion) who contended that our immense
colonial possessions were a source of weakness to us.
/co doebt great changes had taken place both in the
internal state of many of these colonies, and in their
relation to us. The alteration of the navigation
laws had also materially affected these relations, and
it required a policy of great forbearance and gym-
ipathy on the part of England, so that the bond
between the mother country and its dependencies
should not be severed, and he knew of no bond so
strong as the bond of a common christian faith. By
showing our desire for the spiritual interests of oar
fellow-countrymen in the colonies, *e were using
the best means to preserve intact the whole of the
British Empire. (Cheers.) 'This reciprocal feeling
bad been shown by the liberality of many in Africa
and other parts, on behalf of our distressed country-
men in the north. He thought that had we con-
sidered our obligation to advance the Muse of reli-
gion in those parts which had come under our rule
in years gone by, we should not have had cause to
lament those desolating warn by which so many of
our brave generals and soldiers had perished. As
far as we recognised our duty as members of the
earistian church to spread abroad the truths of our
holy religion, so far we might rest assured a
blessing would be granted. It had been only-during
the last fifteen years that the Church of England
had awakened to a sense of her duty in this respect;
' but being once aroused she had put forth those
energies by which she was peculiarly endowed, and
the result had been God had signally blessed her
efforts. One further remark he would make as re-
garded our colonial possessions, and then call upon
his friend, the Bishop of Cape Town, to address
them. When a colony was first formed, it required
the fostering care and support of the mother country
as well in religious as in temporal matters.
This was shown in their missionary operations. For
a long time the missionaries in the Cape had to de-
pend for their support entirely on the grant of the
Propagation Society, but now they were enabled to
support their own ministers, and greatly assisted in
furthering the extension of Christianity among the
heathen. Re would now call on the Lord Bishop
of Cape Town to address them. (Cheers.)
The !Minot. of CAPE Tows said that in meetings
of this kind he thought it best for each speaker to con-
tine his remarks to that particular sphere of labour he
had been engaged in. He most heartily concurred in
the very excellent remarks made by their respected
'chairman. Whatever might be the opinion of specu-
lators as to the future of our colonial dependencies,
one thing was certain, that the interest we had taken
in their moral and religious welfare during the last
few years had borne good results, as was shown by the
interest taken by the colonists in the mother country.
and the sympathy evinced by them in the sufferings
endured in India, and also by our countrymen in the
North. If we wished to retain under our rule those
vast dependencies we must not shut our eyes to the
truth that as we assisted in giving them the blessings
of education, and extended the cause of the ohris-
tian religion among them, we laid the foundation of •
lasting union ; and on the other hand, so far as we de- !
parted from fulfilling those obligations, so far should
we be the means of alienating them from us. His
fordable then proceeded to explain, by the aid of a
map, the various tribes in Africa, and gave • very in-
teresting sketch of the difficulties and dangers the mis-
sionaries had to endure in that country. The inhabi-
tants might be divided into five classes, and at the
present time the Propagation Society had eatechists,
eohoolmasters, and regularly ordained ministers to all
but one of these. When he went there he saw
that to do any Rood our own people must be first
attended to, and having only about £350 allowed by
the Society, he came home and spent six mouths in
England endeavouring to stir up the Church on behalf
of their poor brethren. In the course of the first eight
Tears of his sojourn there, there was only one teacher
in every 200 miles, but he was. happy to say through
the liberality of several devoted friends to the Church
of England he had in his diocese upwards of 100 clergy-
men, 60 catechists, and 100 schoolmssters. They
must not, however, conclude that nothing had pre-
slowly been done. While the Church of England
had been standing still other religions bodies had
been actively at work, foremost amongst which
were the American Missionaries. At the pre-
sent time he was glad to say that the
churches in his own diocese maintained their own
ministers, and were all, as far as they could, anxious
to assist in planting churches in those parts adjacent
to them. Besides those races he had mentioned, there
were about a million Mahoinedans, who were brought
from the island of Java by the Dutch, and reduced to
slavery. When England sat her slaves free, these
people were also liberated, and they speedily began to
disseminate their doctrines' among the n itive popula-
tion. To counteract this he had established a school
where young men were instructed with the especial
view of combating their errors, and the mission had
been eminently successful. The great drawbaok was
the want of funds for the erection of churches and
schoolhouses, for without the people had a place suit-
able for public worship, they did not feel that reverence
which was requisite. As a proof that the native popu-
lation—the Hottentots—were desirous of instruction.he
might mention that there were 30,000 in his own dio-
cese, many of whom employed and paid those who
had received some instruction to teach them. A mis-
sion had likewise been oommenced among our late
enemies, the Caffres, by means of native teachers, the
education of whom bad been hitherto supported by a
grant from Government,obtained through the influence
of Sir George Grey, who, when appointed as Governor
of the Cape, said that it was of no use endeavouring to
subjugate these people by force of arms, the only way
would be to civilise them, and thus make them obedi-
ent and dutiful subjects, and he (the Bishop) had no
doubt that if this plan had been adopted previously the
three millions the Caffre waroost this country might have
been saved. The grant he had referred to would cease
this year, and he appealed to them whether the mission
which had been commenced should be kept up or
allowed to fail for want of funds. As • further proof
that the natives were anxious to receive instruction, he
might also state that the great chief of the Basutoos had
sent several of his sons to the college of St. Augustine,
and no gentleman in this country would have the least
cause for declining to associate with them. They were
very gentlemanly, intelligent, and studious young men;
one of them intended to become a missionary, and the
others were being trained for honourable professions.
His lordship then referred to the state of Natal, and
especially to the Zaloos, who, he said, were in a most
feeble condition, and looked up to England for protec-
tion. Chattawyah was the recognised chief of
Natal, and when our Government made overtures of
peace, and wished to establish • treaty of commerce
with him, he, through the instigation of the priests,
treated the consul with insult, and commenced ads of
hostility. The only way, said his lordship, to keep
these tribes in check is to send missionaries among
them, for they look up to • missionary with respect,
and it often happens that one tribe will not attack
another that has • missionary among them. Passing
on to notice the state of Central Africa, where the
slave trade existed, he referred to the mission of
Livingstone, and to the lamented Bishop Mackenzie
who, when on their way to found a colony in the heart
of Central Africa, as • means of stopping the iniquitous
slave trade, met a party of slaves bound together and
driven towards the coast. As there had arisen some
misunderstanding in this country respecting the con-
duet of Livingstone and the Bishop in this matter, he
considered it right that the truth should be known,
end he appealed to them whether they would not have
done the same as these good men did—loose the bands
of the slave, and let the oppressed go free. (Cheers.)
This unfortunate affair had for a time hindered the
work of. civilizatien and evangelization in that unhappy
country. The worth of • slave was from Is. to Is. 6d.,
of they sold the slaves for cloth and other articles
about
of °°m'insee"' . would be the aim of the colony
to be eateonshed in that country to show the
chiefs that if they woold but cultivate cotton—the
American
want of whioh Wean mush felt during this unhappy
war—they would
obtain • higher prize for

it than for their fellow-men sold as slaves, and thus a
great blow would be struck at the root of this accursed
' traffic, and in the course of time it would ceale alto-
gether. Though through the death of Bishop Mac-
kenzie a eheck was given to that enterprise, yet
he was happy to state that three yotling men
had offered themselves one of them the
son of a rich English squire, and notwithstanding
the hardships they would have to endure, they
were energetically preparing for the work. The
next point he wished to call their attention to was the
claims of the Training College established in his diocese
to fit and prepare native teachers for the work of the
ministry, for it must be apparent to all that as their
operations were extended it would be impossible to
procure sufficient teachers and ministers from England;
and indeed, native teachers, well trained, would be far
best. Ho had 50 of the sons and daughters of the prin.-
ciptd men of the Cape at his college, for they considered
It right to educate females ae *ell as males; so that
the young men should have no occasion to seek wives
among the heathen. These young people were taught
reading, writing, arithmetic, useful trades and indeed,
eve*.thieg neoessary to fit them for the Work they
WoUld be called to, and as he said befole, the College
had been maintained up to the present time by a grant
from Government obtained by Sir George Grey for the
civilization of Africa. That grant ceased this year, and
he appealed to them whether this institution should
fail for want of funds. He had already obtained the
promise of half of these young people being provided
for,—the cost was about L'l6 a year for five years—and
he trusted there were some present Who wOtild engage to
bear the expense of a child,,,half-a-thild,br the tenth of a
child. (Laughter.) His lordship then referred to the
state of Madagascar, and gave a very interesting
*mount of that island. The Church of England had
never established a missionary settlement there, but
Christianity had been introduced into that country by
other denominations, and during the reign oi the King
Radaminah, who was in favour of Europeans, it
flourished, but upon his Queen ascending the throne
she became • violent persecutor of the Christians, and
her deeds of blood and cruelty were • dark page in the
history of that people. The present king, her son,
was, however, most friendly disposed to Missionaries
and he (the bishop) understood that at those places
where some of the cruel deeds, perpetrated by order of
the Queen, had been committed, churches were about
to be erected, and it was now intended to tend out
several ministers of the Church of England, in answer
to. request from the King. For this purptite a com-
mittee had been formed in Eqgland, of which the Arch-
bishma of Canterbury end York, and the Bishop of
Armagh were the head, to carry out this undertaking,
by raising I slim of money for this especial purpose.
For these objects he oarnestly pleaded, and trusted that
a liberal and hearty response would be made. After
some remarks as to the duty of Christians in Eugland
to support the missionary cause, his lordship concluded
his interesting and excellent speech.
The Rev. C. 11. HUETABLE then rose and rave I very
interesting amount of the general Operations of the
society, and in the &lune of his able address, noticed
pleasing instances of the success of the society in India,
(tonere he was sometime engaged as a missionary),
North America, the West India Islands, Australia,
New Zealand, and other parts of the world, fully con•
firming the remarks made by the previous speakers, of
the necessity of first providing the means of grace for
our own people settled in foreign lands, before making
known the truth to the heathen by whom they were
surrounded. The effects of such a proceeding had been
that from those who had thus heen taught, missionaries
had gone forth and a Vast ainorint of money raised to
carry on this geed work, Success had, by the blessing
of God attended their efforts, and from that word
"enemas" might be drawn some practical lessons. God
bids us pray that his kingdom May corne, but what ire
we doing to extend it? Do we come year after year to
such meetings as this with the same amount as our con-
tribution to this cause!, and after giving that, rest our-
selves content Without thinking any more of the
matter; or are we stirred up to greater diligence and
interest in this work? We must not rest satisfied with
what we have done, but must endeavour to the utmost
of our power to aid this cause. The rev, gentleman
concluded his observations by thanking his lordship for
the very interesting address he had given them.
Votes of thanks to the Bishop and to j. Floyer, Esq.
were then moved and carried, and the Meeting sepa-
rated, after his lordship had pronounced the benedic-
tion,

The evening meeting took place at helf‘past teven.
The chair being taken by B. C. Skinner, Esq., and after
prayers for the Divine blessing, the Rev. L. Watson
rose, and grieve a detailed statement of what had been
done on behalf of the society in the town, from which
it appeared that the sum of £3l 4s. 63.. was collected
during the past year in the parish of All Saints,
£2o3s. Id in St. Peters, and £l3 6s. 9d. in Holy Trinity
parish, making a total of nearly £7O. He did not con-
sider this was so large a sum as ought to have been
collected, and he pressed upon those present to
endeavour to make up the £lOO, which a speaker at their
last meeting said ought to be raised yearly in Dorches-
ter.

The CHAIRMAN then made softie eicellent remarks on
the duty of Christians in England to spread abroad a
knowledge of the doctrines of the Christian religion,mid
commended the especial claims of the society to their
earnest consideration and support. The meeting was
afterwards addressed by the Rev. A. I:lnstable and the
Bishop of Cape Town, both of whom enlarged upon the
topics they had treated upon in the afternoon, his
lordship giving a very touching account of the death of
the late Bishop Mackenzie, whose lest words he trusted
they all would be enabled to use when they .were called
to die.—" In am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels, nor ptindipalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor, height, nor depth, nor
any other creature shall be able to separate us from the
love of God which is Christ Jesus Our Lord."
At the conclusion of his lordship's speech 11, vote of
thanks to hint was moved by F. Leek, ksq., seconded
by the Rev. A. Barnes, and carried unanimously. A
vote of thanks to the Chairinan wee also psssed, and the
meeting separated. The collections amounted to
£l2 Is, 4d.

WEYMOUTH. —POLICE. —Daniel Gribble, Alfred
Watch, and Charles Pitman, were on Tuesday
charged with playing at "pitch and toss" on the
North Quay on Sunday week. P.C. Bowring taid
that about half-past eleven in the forenoon of the
day in question he sae/ the defendants, in com-
pany of several other boys, playing at pitch and
toss. He *etched them some time; when they
canght sight of him they ran away. One of the
magistrates asked witness why he had not brought
the case before the Bench before! Witness replied
that he was not able to find out the name of one of
the defendants in time to summon them on the pre-
vious Tuesday.—Superintendent Lidbury said the
case was reported to him at the time. The de-
fendants denied being engaged at "pitch and toes"
at the time stated, and a man named Squib was
called, who said Pitman was in his house from ten
o'clock on Sunday week till one.—The Bench
thought there might probably be some Mistake in
the parties seen by the polfeerean, and dismissed
the pummons.--telitabeth Watch, the mother of
one of the defendants in the former case, was then
charged with using foul and abusive language
towards P.C. Bowriug. —lt appeared that Bowring
was in High-street, on Thursday, when he met
' Alfred Watch, and asked his name. The boy told
him, and asked why he wanted to know. Bowring
told him he intended to sammon him for playing at
"pitch and toss" on the N irth Quay, on the pre,.
vious Sunday. Shortly afterwards
,he saw the de-
fendant,. when she abused him, and said the charge
against her son was net true. She then went away
and returned A second time, when she called him a
"d— false-swearing fellow," and made use of
much abusive language. Defendant asked witness
where she saw him on the second occasion? Wit-
new replied, "near the King's Arms."—Defendant :
"Didn't I find you in the King's Arms drinking?
and didn't I ax you what you wanted with my son,
the same as any other mother would have done?
and didn't you come to our house tintossicated'
and got my husband to turn me out; and
wasn't I in the streets all night with nothing
but my chemise and flannel petticoat on ?" and
she lonrst into a flood of team—P.C. Harvey
was called to prove the charge, but the hearts of the
magistrates being melted by the sympathetic
pleadings of the defendant, the summons was dis-
missed, on her promising to bridle her unruly
member for the future. -- Henry Tools, a petty
officer, belonging to H.M.S. Colossus, was sum-
moned for inciting a sailor to resist the police.
Superintendent Lidbury said that defendant had
since expressed his contrition for what had occurred,
and on hearing that he bore a good character on
board, he would not press the charge. The case was
accordingly dismissed on the defendant paying
7s. 6d. costs.

COUNTY PETTY SESEIONS, Tnesday.—Before Captain
Manning, and It. F. Eliot, Esq.—Edward Cleat was
charged with an assault on John Butcher. The com-
plainant said : I reside st Wylie Regis with my father.
On Friday last, the 7th November, I was coming
from the Victoria Lodge, Portland, to Wylie, about a
quarter of A mile from Portland. I met the defendant
driving a donkey cart ; it contained apples. I said to
the defendant "I shall have an apple" and took one.
I had previously sold apples 'or him at Portland, and
he told his boy if I wanted an apple I could have one.
Another boy attempted to take off his strap to strike me,
and Iran away. Cleal attempted to stop me. I" bobbed"
under his arm and ran a few yards farther on the beach.
Defendant followed me, and I stopped and offered his, the
apple, holding it backwards. I cannot say whether he
took the apple out of my hand, or not; but he imme.
diatelv kicked me in the right thigh, and my leg fell from
under me. I called out that my leg was broken.
Defendant said " Your leg broke I" and went on. I
have not seen him since till now. A butcher's cart
came along, and the man picked me up. Susan Butcher,
sister to the complainant, corroborated his evidence.
She said she saw the defendant kick her brother in the
thigh, when he fell, and called out that his leg WAS
broken. As defendant was leaving she said to him,
" You have broken his leg, you had better stay and
help him.' Defendant replied, "I haven't hurt him,
and went on.—The defendant called Henry Cleal, who
said he was present at the time. When his brother
ran after him to take away the apple, two or three
yards before he got to him the complainant fell down
and said, " 0 dear, I have hurt say leg," His brother
never touched him, but went and picked up the apple
and walked away. He was not oharged at that time
with breaking his lag.—John Butcher, a boy nine
years old, was called, but was not examined, AS he did
not appear to know the nature of an oath. When the
clerk asked him if he knew where he would go if he
told a lie, he immediately replied, " Nowhere."—Com-
plainant's sister was re-called, and she, in reply to •
question from the Bench said she was quite positive of
seeing the defendant kick her brother, and that that
kick caused him to fall. The complainant was at
once conveyed to the infirmary at Weymouth.—Capt.
Manning, in delivering the sentence of the court,
characterised the assault as a most unjustifiable one,
even if the boy did steal the apple, while his conduct,
after the leg was broken, in leaving him where he fell,
was most hard-hearted and erneL As for the witness
defendant had called, the Bench could not place in his
evidence any confidence, and their unanimous decision
was that Cleal be imprisoned for two months, with hard

labour.—John Legg, labourer, of IDfpWey, SihiS Charged
by the relieving othcer for deserting his Wife and child,
and leaving them chargeable to the parish since the 7th
October last. —Sentenced to sii weeks' imprisonment,
With hard labour.

CONCERT—An amateur concert was given at the
Lecture Hall of the Literary Society, on Monday
evening, in honour of H. 11.11. the Prince of Wales
attaining his majority, for the benefit of the
Widows and Orphans Fund of the Foresters' Court,
holding its meetings there. There was a goodly
number present, and the whole affair passed off re'
markably well. Several of the songs Were
rapturously and deservedly etitoted, slid all seemed
thoroughly delighted with the entertainment. That
the Foresters embraced the opportmity of affording
an evening's amusement to the inhabitanta, and at
the same time promoting the benevolent object in
view, shows that the °Moore of thli court are the
right men in the right place, and the hest advice we
Can giYe to other societies of a like nature is, to
follow the example placed before them.
MRS. GRUNDY'S RETURN Honts AND HER DIS-
APPOINTMENT. —Deer Mauster Headhitter. Zir—
I he cum'd back agin, and a purty grant things be in,
now Ibe cum'd, an gone only a vortuit. Spoas as
how I'd bin two or dree munts, how 'ud things a
gone on, I wonder I 'achal't minded to leave Bath
an soon; nor thud I,adn't it bin ver dree or your
dthings as I wanted to set to rites. You can't
dthink how I yeel'd when I readed the letters tent
Iby l's kind frenz. I cudnt eat, nor zleep, nor do
nothing 'ardly. And then I seed in your paupper
as how the Corperashun was goin to gee a dinner to
the barmy and nauvvy ofvizers, the pasisuns, an I
doant know who all. Well sez Ito I's zolf, when I
red that ear, here be a purty kittle o' viah to bile;
iv'en doant look out, it'll all bile over into the vire.
They beant had no dinner ver so long, noati on'em
wont know how to tel about it. I must goo an put
'en in the way, ver iv 1 doant they'll never git on.
its my beleef that startin rite be half the battle.
Iv you starts rite at foot, Maybe you'll goo rite, like
Clockwork. You zee, Zir, it aline gowns to las how
the Toffee never start. rite, An when 'em prozeeds
on tong prenniiittea, them can't rive at a rite con-
klooshun. So sea I, iv I only gits 'en to start rite
—ver you zee, I bears no maths agin 'em—maybe
they'll beat Lord Mare's zhow all to vita. I'd lend
'en my vainly coach ver the mare, an there be plenty
o'donkeys as can be hir'd ver the Common Coanzell.
None on 'em, preps, have ever tatted on a animal's
back avore, an 'en mite vall off an hart 'enzelves.
Donkeys, zed I, ud be much more mud; ver if the
brooteashud happen to lift 'ens heels a bit, when they
onmd to kno* who they'd got a carryin, it oodn't
he likely they'd breek any boring, and ud avord
much imminent to the spectaters. Zome on 'em
have already larnt to "jump jim cro," and then
'em ud lam to dthrow zummerzaults an tumblin, zo
as to be vitted to take up the zircuss biziness an amn
an honnest penny that are way, now zhugar be so
onplentifull. Betides all this, after 'en 'ad bin a
tumblin a bit, them ud pretent the appearance o'
nights in the olden times as we zee in tower o'
Lunnun, where they be cloathed in mail armer. The
Only difverens ud be, our common counzell's mail
twiner ud be mud; bat this tid be all the better.
They'd saav sweepin the streets, an that ud be gum-
ma; and then the rattpairs ml laff so harty,
twod preYent 'em havin indigeatshun, and zo 'em
Woodn't want a dokter. This ud be zum compen-
zashun for payin high rants ver nothin being done.
Then after all that ad bin a goin on in
the streets all day, the lords o' the cre_ashun
as 'en zumtimes calls 'enzelves ud asemble round the
banketing tauble, and there 'on ml preps stick till
dree or your o'clock in the mornin. You zee, zir,
when these " Lords" gita together a drinkin an a
hollerin, they doant think nothin about ther poor
wives as be at'ome, an so I set agin, I have it. I'll
gee'un a treat tom I'll throw open my vainly Man-
shun and gee'en all a hinvitishun, and no sooner
had all these thoughts currid into I's mind, than I
orders my boxes to be all packt, an off I cums. An
now, only dthink o' my diaapintment when I rived.
The mean-1 was a goin, zir, to any zummut that
oodn't prapa be conzidered ladylike and so I'll zup-
press it—but you zhould only a zeen I, when I heard
o' the town counzell's gooina on. I blnsht vor zhanm
o' my nativ town. Here, set I, they stuck up that
monnyment o' George's to pertend as how 'en was
loyell ; but 'tis quite evident to I, 'twaa no loyalty
at all. "Pwas only a make-believe because he mund
here an spent 'it money. Iv the Prince o' Wales
ud bin here theyd a mend all manlier o' pretenites ;
but no* he bainit here, them thinks is nubdy 'll no
nothin about it, and so the zhabby counzellmen has
resolved as how they wont spend a varden. Talk o'
loyalty, vorsooth ! I doan't bleeve theest find a bit
o' loyal blood in 'ens mins, iv theest bleeded 'en
ever-zo-much. An then dthink, zir, o' ther drawin
in ther horns about thick there banket arter they
had made Bitch a orashun about 'ea by tellin
the reprtera to put it in the pauppers, an after
the zo ra an zalers, An paasuns, had ran eaded it,
ordered new cloatha ver the oecathun, an rote out
their speeches to lam by hart! Who'd ever a bleeird
people did hair ackted like that, an petiole, tool as
calls 'entelves the heed o' the town What's the
ynse o' my certain home now, I'd like to know!
A ptirty expenze they've put I too ver nothin at all,
and I spas as how they wont even have the good
manners to pologize fort! Well, never mind, I can
avord. it, I be happy to any ; an if I haunt up sides
of 'en yet, my naum haunt Mrs. Grundy; vor now I
be cuu3d, I means to stop. Bye the by, mauster
headhitter, I a bin to zee Zir Voyer. He be makin
zum progreshun wad his barber wall, but, by jingo,
what a lot o' timber he have got there d Whete,did
'en git it, 1 wonder'? Was it contrachted vor! or
Wall it iupplied by zum member o' the Corpraahun,
contrary to law? This aught to be inquird into a
bit. Then there be another dthing I'd like to know.
I'd like to know what that greement was bout what
was aignd in Lowman's house, as Monster Cox an
another tradesman in St. Mary's-street was witness
to, between Zir Voyer an them chaps as took the
fast contrackt ? Does the Corpraabon know what
'twas? Did Cot know What ha was witness to?
Bvery thing open an above boord, Zir. be my
motto, and I dthink the Corprashun Blind zee it.
But iv they did, they udn't pr-spa be noble to read
it, ver they zim to I to be purty nigh as blind as
bats. Iv they 'adul bid they'd a teed the lots o'
mud as a' bib el laying bout the streets ver the last
yew wicks. Its disgrausful. I virmly bleeve there
haunt sitch another town in Inglan where the streets
he an vile and vilthy. One 'ad dthink as how Zir
Voyer was in the reseept of a good roan zum as a
annuel premium vrom the Lannon hlackin mar-
clients, ver it be a mighty vine dthing ver they.
Iv they geed 'en a hundred a yeer I zhudn't dthink
they'd be much out o' pyckut. But I vinds, Zir, as
I must now konalood, an so, bleeve me, your verry
amble sarvint; Mrs. Gat/snY. P.S.—The Duchess
Birchetnwell wishes I any ythi'd better not put her
letter in this wick as what the zed last wick be now
out o' dant.

PORTLAND.—Tnit PRINCE oir WALE.—On
Monday evening a dinner was held at the Royal
Portland Arms' Hotel, in honour of His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales attaining his majo-
rity. Nearly the whole of the principal inhabitants
of the Island were present, and Capt. Manning,
Her Majesty's Lieutenant of the Royal manor of
Portland, and resident magistrate, presided, and
proposed the Health of the Queeni the Health of
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and other
loyal and patriotic toasts, prefacing them with most
appropriate remarks. "The Health of the Chair-
man," and local toasts were given, and the evening
was spent in a most harmonious and convivial
manner.

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GAS WORKS. —A piece of land has been pur-
chased near the Victoria Lodge Inn, for the
erecting of gas works. The boon to the inhabitants
by the works being carried out will be great, and
we have no doubt will be duly appreciated by
them.

PIDDLEHINTON. —Flux.—On Saturday night
a rick containing about 60 loada of straw, and
worth about £3O, the property of Mr. James Love-
lace, was set tire to. The property was insured in
the Royal Farmers' Insurance Society's Office.
ST URM MUER MARSHALL. —Acc IDENT.
On the 7th instant, George Oxford, a labourer in
the employ of Mr. Small, whilst endeavouring to
pull a stick out of the garden, it broke, and
the poor fellow slipping, unfortunately broke his
leg.
BERE REGIS. —GREAT SENBATION.—The inhabi-
tants of Bere Regis were highly gratified on seeing
the Middleton Family enter ,their village with a
splendid band of music on Monday. They are perfor-
ming here nightly to crowded audiences. A pleasing
Opera was first performed by the Automatons, after
which • *election from Norma given by the band of
the Brothers Middleton, followed by the most popular
songs of the day. The amusement terminated with the
" Fairy Groupe," introduced by Old Tungrinning-
roughenough.
WHlTECHORCH.—Considerable excitement has
been created in this village for sometime past, owing to
the circumstance of an uncouth looking fellow lurking
about the village and neighbourhood, dressed, as some
say, in a coat of many colours. At some places he acts
as dumb, at others he gives utterance to threats and
curses if he is not the recipient of charity, and from his
unseemly conduct, many have been the conjectures of
the "natives." Some say that he is a Spaniard, others
positively assert that lie is a person deranged, while
others have rose the report that he is a " wild man,"
and on Tuesday evening, following up the excitemeht of
such a report, some person disguised himself with •
mask, and opened the door of Mr. Joseph Kingsbury's
house. His daughter was in the passage, and on seeing
him she fvll down in a fit, and is not yet fully recovered
from the effects of the same. The police have been
making every effort to find out the party that did it, but
have failed as yet. We trust that he will, however,
soon be publicly exposed.

WAREEIAbL —Parrs' SrastoNs. Tnesday.—Before
0. W. Farrar and John Slowlan, Eaqrs., and the Rev.
&.W. Garland.

WINPRITEL—Jeremiah Reader, yeoman, was sum-
moned by Superintendent Eelea, hr having deficient
weights in hie dairy. It will be recollected that the
case was adjourned from the previous court. at the
request of the defendant, who said that he could pro-
duce his dairywoinan who would prove that Superin-
tendent Eeles had previously passed the weights as being
correct. He did not, however, produce his dairy-
woman today, as be said she was too nervous to attend
to give evidence. Saperintendent &lea said that had
she attended, he should be able to have proved, from
her own his, that on a prior occasion when he visited
Mr. Reader's dairy, be cautioned Mr. Reader about
using those weights, and that he did not pus them

U correct. One of the magistrates asked the Superin-
tendent why lie did not summon defendant in the first
instance instead of cautioning him? Superintendent
Boles replied that he thought there was a probability
that defendant might not have known the weights had
been deficien, and lie had no deaire to take advantage
of him. When he went there, however, the second
time, and still found the defloient weights, he thought
there could be no excuse for him, and he accordingly
took out a summons against him. The Bench fined the
defendant 20s. and costs. Defendant asked for a copy
of the depositions in order to enable him to lay a cop
plaint ageinst Supt. Roles to the dilief Constable.
Superintendent &ilea replied that if defendant intended
to lodge a complaint against hint, he should court the
fullest inquiry.
LANGTON MATRAVERS. George Harding, George
Clark, Bonnenuel Bower, William Squib; arid Lot
Corbin, *ere suilintoned by Superintendent Eden for
being drunk and riotous on the jut of November.
' They all pleaded guilty, and were severally fined in a
non trial penalty and costs.
BERM REGIS.—Jobri Gibbs, and William Curtis
were brought up in custody, charged with stealing be-
tween seven and eight pounds of bacon and other
articles, the property of Jane Lawrence, of Bore Regis.
The prisoners belong to a clam a men who go
about the country calling themselves navvies.
They took lodgings for the night at the house of prose-
nutria, and they had not been long upstairs before she
heard them in her bedroom. She sent for the police;
and on his arrival they weut into her bedroom when
she missed the bacon. On the policeman going into
the room occupied by the prisoners, lie found the bacon
tinder the bolster of the bed, and a pair of Scissors and
some letters in the pockets of one of them. They
pleaded guilty, and were both sentenced to 3 months'
hard !Oman—Martel Payne was summoned by Jane
Haggett, both of Bore Begin, to show cause why an
affiliation ordertshould not be made against him towards
support of a young responsibility with which she had
become possessed. An order of is. 6d. per week and
costs was made.

WIMBOHNK —Tux PRINCE or WaLm's BIRTH.
DAY.—At an early hour on Monday morning the
inhabitants of Wimborne *ere aroused by the ring,
ingot the Minster bells, in honour of the Prince'
birthday. It was generally understood that all
business would be suspended for the day, bills to
that effect having been issued on Saturday, but it
was evident that a struggle was going on with many,
between loyality and gain. We were glad to see
that loyalty prevailed with the majority, still there
were many who opened their shops, and others,
although they did not take down the shutters, kept
their doors open, and carried on business as usual.
Altogether the town wore more the appearance of
mourning than rejoicing. It was very much like
when some old and respected townsman is buried
and his brother townsmen wish to show their
respect by partly closing their places of business, so
that the respect they show for the dead may not
affect the pocketa of the living. Towards four o'clock,
however, the rifle band and many of the members,
assembled in the Square, under the command of
Captain Biddle, and, headed by their baud proceeded
to Canford, and in the evening partook of an excel-
lent dinner, provided by host Laing, of the King's
Head HoteL A very pleasant evening was spent,
all seeming to enjoy themselves to their hearts' con.
tent. .
SMASHING Wisnows.—On Monday evening three
tramps, named John Newman, Elizabeth Newman,
and a girl named Aymor, were taken into custody
for smashing a window belonging to Mr. Hibbs,
cabinetmaker. They stated that they had nothing
to eat, and did not know where to get a lodging.
They likewise went into a shop at Longham and
asked for a loaf and some cheese, but as soon as they
received it they began to eat, and walked out of the
shop without paying for it. The shopkeeper did
not give them in charge of the police, as he thought
they were in need.
POOLE.—Ebscrtos or MAYOR. —Mr. George
Belben has been elected Mayor for the ensu-
ing gaily, and Mr. John Vitt Gritch, Sheriff. Messrs:
Wanhill and Steel were re-elected Alderrden, and
Mr. Pearce trio. Mr. R. Slade.

OUR NINE DAYS' NITISANCL—PooIe fair is ROW
over, to the evident satisfaction of the inhabitants
of the market-place, and of the shopkeepers of the
town generally. It is a matter of aatoniahment to
see the extensive patronage conferred by the poorer
classes on their old friend, Ewer's Royal Pavilion,
the place being literally crammed every night. It
is, no doubt, one of the reasons why such a small
quantity of current coin of the realm is just now
circulating, and of which the tradesmen complain of
in no Very satisfactory tercss.
The iinfavddroble state of the we#ther op Tuesday,
the 2nd inst., prevented tlis Poole Rifle dorps
from bringing tho match (for a purse of sovereigns,
which was subscribed for by the representatives and
some of the leading members of the town) to a
close. It was therefore agreed to decide the contest
on some future occasion. Sergeant Sloper made
some extraordinary shots, striking consecutively, at
a distance of about 150 yards, four four-inch plates,
and with a fifth shot he smashed the rim of a plate
which had been left on a post, thereby occasioning
prolonged cheering from the spectators.—On Thurs-
day Morning last the above Corps again assembled at
the butts, Lifliput, to contest for a silver ctip, of the
value of £lO, given by the merchants of the town
of Poole, and a Hay rifle, given by Thomas Goa,
Esq., late lieutenant of the corps. The Hay rifle
was won by Sergeant Aldridge, who made a wore
of 32 marks, the nearest to it being 23 marks, which
was made by Private Blanchard. The ranges were
700 and 800 yards, seven shots at each range.—The
merobant'a cup was then &sot for, at the distance of
200 and 400 yards, five rounds at each range.
Private Squibb carried off the prise with 27 marks,
Corporal Green making 28. The weather on both
days was much against good shooting, add there
were but few spectators present.