The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-11 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1R69.

Pinion ARMOR has returned to Ragland after a tbree
ereele. successful toor in Ireland.
CHURCH PASTORAL AID Prorterr.—The anniversary
media' of thia moiety was bald oa Thursday, at St.
Jewel's Hall, the their being taken by the Reel of
Blisliesbory. There WY/ • good ettendsnee, and the
proceedings having been opened wdsh prayer, the chair.
man announced that the Archbishop of York and the
Bishops of London, Ripoe, and Peterborough, and
others, had expressed their regret at being unable to be
Z7t. The report was teen mad by the @sore-
the Rev. It. J. limo*, and it stated that
thi rewire during the past year had been
£51,545 19r. la while the expenditure was
£49,110 Ile Id. ; but this was expiated to be
greatly increased by the new grants which had been
made : and it asked that a sum of £50,000 should be
subocribed each year, in order that it might oontinue to
maintain its position. Greats were made to 574 locum-
beets, whose average population is 7,450 souls, the in-
come being £m per thnum ; 204 were without parson-
age house. During the put year le) grants had become
vacant, and 66 had been mule, 40 of these to places
never before aided, whom total population amounted to
251,530. Reference was made to the question of opening
the museums, he, on Sunday, the aspect of the work-
ing alum with respect to the qmstiou being considered
highly satisfactory. The report concluded by referring
with regret to the death of the late Bishop of Peter-
borough. The Rev. Mr. Ketuble, ef Bath, moved the
adoption of the report, considering it a very satisfactory
one. Hs me glad to see that the falling off in receipts
resulted from the least satiataclory item—that of
levities—elide the rtheipts from subecrietione had in-
creased. Some r, ference was made to the effect of the
Church Plurtities Act, and he said the elms number
of iocuoibeots ae compared with curates was • matter
of generate! stion. Mr. A. Mills, IL P., seconded, and
pressed upon the meeting the importance of ley help.
In rupportiog the resolution, the 1t,,. James Bardaley,
of Birmlocham, said the political state of Lancashire
was a phenomenon. It was strange that the most
populoui county of England should return, out of iu
thirty-three representatives, twenty-one who were
pledged to the support of the connection between
Church end State. The cause of it, he thought, was in
a great meisure the result of the operations of the
Pastoral Aid Society, whose grants bad effected so much
good in Liverpool, titackburri, he. If the working corn
of Lanowilsire had enimunducted themselves, it was very
much to be laid to the charge of their noble chairman—
(laughter.) The resolution was then earned, and
speeches having been delivered by the Rem. T. Winter
(Birmingham), T. H. Titcomb (Lambeth). and T.
Walters, and Mr. B. Shaw, the proceedings terminated
with the customary vote of thenks to the chairman.
HOLY rat:MOAT or LALMAIL —Balthus' is about
two mrles r'c
the South-Western line. Half-a-mile from the church,
q mite at the f urther extremity of the Tittle, a monastery
of the Order of Bt. Benedict is lodged In a small way,
till the Mother Abbey shall, one day or otter, be built.
The monks, nuns, and wooed and third order brethren
of the emigres scion met on Thursday, under the direc-
tion of ills ir mperior, the Reverend Jouph Leyouter
Lyne, called in religion Father Iguatius, The Bene-
dictine House at Lalehem haa the word "Monastery"
over the dour ; WOMB • blind window, painted dead
black and divided into imaginary penes by white sash-
lines, in • simply hideous (erasion of maiclebelimet
Other windows, which are "practicable" as they say in
the theatres, haring gratings like the gratings of
convent-windows in Spain and elsewhere; but these,
too, are all of • piece with the general seam, and, being
mere lath trellis-work, facing south, might seem a weak
and ineffectual substitute for jalousie Winds. A goners'
monnierhoese instability diameter ties the whole build-
ing, over and about which the sign of Redemption is
stuck with an indieeriminate frequenery not commend-
able. There is • bit of land at the luck of the house,
and a smell plot iii front cultivated as a garden, and a
few paces removed from one of the side-wells is a barn
that has been turned Into • ehapel and ledge. It we.,
in the chapel on Thursday that earetees„ with short
Intervals, were offered from early morning till a late
hour of the day. In the limits of an ordinary London
dining-room all the pomp and glitter of a Roman
Catholic cathedral were brought into focus; and all the
space that Wl.• not filled by the alters, and Sower-pots,
and tinselled toys of religion, wee crowded with devotees
and idle sight-seen. Outride the gate • farmer's cart
wontd mw and then be stopped; or a stout yeoman
mounted on a sturdy cob would draw rein and listen to
the bell-ringing and the chant. and organ music; or a
few villagers would collect in • body to discuss the for
and 'guest of "Puseytien ;" or the village children,
hemming troublmome, would be charged by the police-
man on guard. The yokels, the Peking and hawbucks,
of Lslehani—it hair • population of 637, according to the
lest census returns; and though it was here that the
famous Dr. Arnold lived and taught, before he took the
post of head-master at. Rugby, there is not a great deal
of scholarship in the plasm—grinned pretty freely as
they gathered in knots; and a class superior to them in
culture scarcely showed more inclination to reverence.
Very Low-Church entice—as the immortal F. Bayham
wield have said "the lowest of the low, ar"—had come
to me the "pantomime." is they eeoßugly celled it,
and were sareastio in their curiosity about the "gods"
that were to he carried in the supposed idolatrous
peoeeeeio.s.Don't let us imitate the peculiar aclire of
theme very queer "livangelista." Don't let us adopt
the vulgar notion that educated Roman Catbolics
"' worship" images. Above all, let us not forget that
most of the rel.giou. persons assembled at the Bene-
dictine convent were gentlemen and gentlewomen In
the highest human and truest ()bristles NINO of the
words. But we must yet confess that we find it
mosedinsly hard to avoid a little ridicule without •
great deal of hypocrisy, when speaking of the per-lie
of moth of monks Lateliam. If a
Vseldinerf the
High Maas had been intended, the profane
themes would have been porta*. The bare-foot little
bop with cropped bead., and bits of bodies comically
swathed in linen, prostrating themselves at the sound
of a muMnshell, or jerking about is if they were wire-
jointed, could impress no novice with any idea of
religion. There was increase enoegh to perfume West-
minster Abby; there were as many candles as would
have lit up St. Paul'.; there were as mush tin-foil and
Dutch metal as would have snaked for the production
of • fairy scene at the Alhambra. Blue being the 'plow
of the month, hi honour of the Virgin Mary, this whim
was predominant on the altars, and was prettily eon-
uptowns in the chaplets wage by the young ladies and
tittle children on the tops of their white veils. The
vestment. sported by Father Ignatius and the other
elerge— among whom, we believe, was Mr. Pilkingtoo,
of the Feltham lieformatory—were as gorgeous as can
well be imagined. The music was very good, • monk
with shaves clown and temples, and with only • thin
ring or hoop of brown hair roe his heed, playing the
organ with skill and expresethe. In this duty he wee
sometimes relieved by Ignatius himesif, the leading
ritualtees being mostly good eclusicians. Is his sermon,
or la one of his sermons, the Rev. Joseph Lyne preached
the doctrine of the Real Preemies in that all
must have felt to be very awful, and time some Gould
!madly have helped (eolith to be rather repulsie.. On
the whole, the weather somewhat marred Teuradey's
festival, though it was neimnally admitted to be
"capital weather for the cenetry." The mild sad
genial rain that fell prom like shot, in the agreeable
shame of the custom rry east triad that has eaareited ma
all to the marrow, wad a blasting to farmers; bet it
would have spoiled the owns and vednionta, and the
eighties em 'notarised banners, and tßibe aneryat the pro-
cessioe, had thie part of the day's plan been carried Into
effvot. Bottled sunshine, it Is tens, came towards the
end of the day; but at the than of our quitting the
scene all Intention of bearing the Bland fliwinunant up
and down the village had bus relinquieltad.—lblegrupd.

A 'swain of £lOO km loses offered by Government
for the discovery of the persos or pervious who
murdered the old woman Mrs. Morgan in Wales.
Tag Fenian Amnesty Committee in Dublin meows**
that they bays mint MO to Australia, to give Knee&
so the thirty-four political prisoners released there.
A NOVIXIXT is on foot in the county of Cork La
favour of having agriculture taught at taboo different
natimial schools in the country. Mr. Maguire, M.P.,
has intimated that he will do all in his power to pro-
mote the object. _

Tun Great Western Railway Company recently com-
pleted the oonversion of the whole of the Dothan'
division of its extensive system to the narrow wage.
During the past month the goods tragic inorsaiied to the
extent of £12,000 as compared with April, 1868—a
result materially attributable to the adorn:at, of gauge.

le lactated that Rear Admiral Astley Cooper Key.
C.R., now Director of Naval °Talons., will seamed
Rear Admiral Wellesley se supenotendent of the dock.
yard at Portsmouth, on the sppointment of the latter
to command in the West Indies and North America.
Tut Caws is Fassce.—The Salad Public a great
agricultural authority, writing of the state of the
country round Lyons, tells us that the weather has
cleared since the middle of last month. The rains,
which at this critical moment lower the temperature.
have not been very heavy. Ryes, on good soils, look
well in the ear, whilst wheat is, perhaps, rather ded•
(tient in vigour. A remark has been mule • ben the
letter remains ineetive in winter it often shoots up well
in the spring, and soon arrives At maturity. Thla, bow.
ever, was nos the ease last winter, se there were in.
Urea, of fine sunshine, during which the map was in
full activity. This circumstance him been the cause of
weaknese in certain plants, but they will recover their
strength if the weather continues favourable. Sprdig
sowings promise well, and potatoes are forward.
Ducar. TAX•7IOII.--A movement, having for its
object the collection of (sets and Agures on the intricate
question of Local Tsxation, has just been set on foot,
with every prospect of practical utility. Sir mwey
Lopes, M.P. for South Devon, is the chairmen of a
committee appointed to gather @videose and spread in.
formation on the eubject, those associated with him
being of all shades of politioal opinion. The Chambers
of Agriculture tbroughout the country have joined the
movement, which has no party object in view. A mass
of authentic information will by this means be collected
reference to the ill-understood subleet of local taxa-
tion, which will be available for nee when the time is
ripe for legislation on the matter.

THZ Court of Queen'. Bench on Thursday dieeturged
the rule obtained on behalf of Madame Rachel calling
upon lir. Haynes, her *elicitor, to answer affidavits
which charged him with defrauding her of large mom of
money, and with conspiring to procure her oonvictim at
the Old Bailey in order to shield himself. Master
Smith, to whom the amounts between the parties had
been referred for investigation, reported that the
charge that Mr. Haynes had received between £llO,OOO
and £30,000 from Medal:De Rachel, for which he bad
given no arm mut, was unfounded, u wan also the charge
of conspiracy.

DZSPEHATZ FIGHT WITH a BUZGLAIL—At the
Cl i rkenwell polioe-oourt, on Thursday, Joseph Baker,
win charged with oommitting • burglary at the house
of Mr. Pottier, Murray-street, Camden-town, and steal.
log some costs and studs, value £2, and also with
attempting to murder Ilr. Pottier. The prosecutor was
aroused at three o'clock In the morning by finding the
priuner standing by his bedside. He immediately
jumped out of bed, and • fiercer fight ensued. The
prisoner had an opal knife in his hand, with whisk
he inflicted • out an is& and • half long on the put-
meowed right hand. They straggled together for some
time, in the course of which prosecutor wrenched the
knife from prisoner's hand, and threw it away, and
then he managed to give the primmer on num •
threshing as to renter hint insensible. A constable
brought the burglar round by the dezterous use of oold
water ; but on appeerrog in oourt next morning he
seabed to be still suffering from the effect@ of the
threshing be received. Be obtained acoess to the
house by opening one of the bank windows, arid had
packed up some outs reedy for removal, when be win
tudusky enough to wake the owner. The prisoner, who
made no defence, was committed for truiL
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A Pa•eGasein the Globe amowaie in some MeISM
for the mania shish periodically set. in In this ooentry
for old pi:atm* etempa It emu that the children in
schools of Berlin and throughout North Germany make
great collections of old damps to remit to • Protestant
missionary in order to be sent to Mina, The Chinese,
says the writer, are fond of papering their rooms with
theme stamps, and tete mimarinaries sell them to the
people to redeem young children, especially girl., who
are afterwards baptised. In China the little girls are
often teested like puppies in England and thrown into
a river, in order to get rid of them. The miasionsriee
go and drag them out of the water, but naturally prefer
in the first instance to pay the pries which the Chinese
demand, ant gel permission to train these poor things
in the Christian religion. (Inc day lately a well-known
Berlin pastor resolved from the town of Halberstadt
alone neerly 60013 stamps, which the writer supposed
would bay at least • quarter of • little Chinese girL
This is • very pretty mienionary azieodolo, and doubtless
will give an toilettes to the childish eagerness for
collecting old portage stamps.
lisocatru Balßaimlll AT SlA.—The New York
papers reports • shocking narrative of barbarities
simmitted upon the erew of a .hip shish arrived in
that eort oa the 2ith alt. from LiverpooL The Richard
Robinson, the name of the chip, Is an American vessel,
built like a packet, and is owned by her impieties father,
now living in New York. She does a general business
in the transportation of freight, and sailed from
Queenstown on the 20ile or 22nd of Han*. Cassie
Robinson, the commander, belongs to Basica. The
chief mate, Hoffman, belongs to Williamsburg. The
captain and chief mate abandoned the ship the moment
that she reached port and escaped, leaving the vessel
in possession of the fourth officer lied • few band.,
mostly apprentices. The victims were a pare of the
Grew of 21, and were taken on fresh in Liverpool In
January lad.—The following are the names of the
principal victims, with • description of their injuries:—
Robert Al' Donald, aged 32 years, born in Scotland, bee
two front teeth knocked out by braes looneklee, holes
In his head from being kicked, and various cute and
bruises oa his body, infikeed with braes knuckles,
kicks, ha—James Brown, aired 32, bora in Maryland,
bee • bole in the head made with SD ale-handle, and
hie bands paralysed from being bung op to the
"gallows" by his wrists for three-quarters of an hour at
• time. He also has bruises on his body, sad a portioe
of hie hair torn out.—Chaii. H. Tuttle, aged 22, born
in Boston, has three rubes on the head, made by the
bram knuckle*, and • hole through the under lip,
inflicted with a pointed inetroment.—Doeald Kee,
aged 26, born in New York, tow his nom broken end
three cute on the head, inflicted with a piece of grating
while /tending at the wheaL —Edward Williams, aged
31_ born in Norway, has a wound on the right eye,
Inflicted with a piece of iron grating, hair pulled out,
braises in the face from being kisked, and other injuries
made with dabs, belaying pins, ks.—Biehard Rookie,
aged 22, born in Denewiek Prussia, lam braises on his
face from being 'deiced, and othera on his bask tuna°
with an as-handle ;also portions of his hair palled out.
—James Blundell, Aged 30, born in Manchester.
Basked, has his body horribly braised, and was bud
op, tumble to move, for 14 days. His hair has also bees
t.—Frederick Jeanie, used IS, bora et Ham-
Elti m
, has wounds inflicted with the Item knuckles,
and braises on nearly every part of the body, red was
prostrated for several days, unable to move.—The ease
I now undergoing Investigation by the New York
authorities.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY.—A pungent cmostioe of the Duke of
Somerset as to whether my mem were to be taken with
regard to lite performasse of the duties of certain dia.
allied predates, namely, the Bishops of Winchester.
Bath and Wells, SeMisery, and Easter and the Arch.
bishop of Canterbury having replied that meant had
been sr:looted to hews the famitions of these Churchmen
performed, it eras got from Earl Granville that Govern-
meet would brMg in a bill to remedy the Episcopal
difilealty in question.

TINSDAT.—The Militia Bill was read • third time.
A bill to abolish the property qualiAcetion of justices of
the pesos Ina reed a ant time.
Tsuaszur. -Eking Amenaion-day, the Home did
not Mt.

FRIDAY.—The Marquis of Salisbury opened an indict.
meat against the Ministry, oo the ground that Mr.
Bright had enanciated a special and dangerous policy
on the subject of land-tenure in Ireland, which
amounted to • distribution of the soil amongst the
tenantry. Citron( objection was made by Earl Gran-
ville, on the ground of the irregularity and
snap of the proceeding; and he protested against the
Government being made responsible for all that
happened in Ireland beakun they had made DO declara-
tion on the land question, and he intimated that Mr.
Bright Ind, yielding to his habits as • popular speaker,
for • moment forgotten the official reticence of • Mini.-
ter. Be should, indeed, hardly have liked to say that
of a colleague had not Mr. Bright told bins that he felt
be had made • mistake, and that he ought to have said.
"11 1 were speaking for myself I should say so and so."
The Earl of Carnarson pronounced the explanation un-
satisfactory, and urged that the holding back of the
Government was causing a reign of terror in Ireland,
and Lord Cairns was precise in a declaration that what
had occurred rendered a distinct enunciation of the
policy of the Government in this particular regard
more than ever necessary. To this the Earl of Kim-
berley rejoined that it was unreasonable that the
Government should be called on to declare themselves
on an imaginary poliq attributed to them. The Marquis
of Clthrioarde and Soil Grey were vehement against
the Ministry for not at once producing a full-grown
measure on the land question ; and the Lord Chancellor
earnestly protested against the raising of discussions
like the present, which were calculated to add to
the Ministerial difficulties in Ireland. Tie matter,
which did not ODSODIO the shape of a formal motion,
then dropped.