The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-08 00:00:00

Bonet Conti! Exiatoo.

TIMIDLY, AUGUST 8, 187&

NOTE OF THE WEEK.

Unlike one's material offspring, which require
to be born before they can be named, the
offspring of the brain must be named before it
is born, and a well-chosed name conduces
materially to its safe and prosperous entrance
into life ; and if a good name in man and woman
be the very jewel of their souls, assuredly a
well-chosen name is essential to the success of
a new periodical. Who could believe that if
our great, good-natured popular satirist had
come forward as the London Charivari it would
have taken public opinion by storm, as it did
when it invited the listening world to give ear
to the familiar voice of Punch? Who can doubt
that the wisdom and far-sightedness of John
Walter in abandoning its original title, the
Universal Register, has contributed in no small
degree to the world-wide influence and reputa-
tion which the Times now enjoys

BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS FOR
THE QUARTER.
The Registrar General has just issued his quarterly
return relative to the number of persons who have
been, during the past quarter, what an American
contemporary calls "hatched, matched and die-
patched." The quarter ends June 30; and during the
three months "the natural" as the registrar designates
It. increase of population was 125,268, mon persons
having quitted this world of ours. 117,760 persons
committed matrimony. May they be happy! And
altogether nearly 34 millions of people, at present,
exist in the United Kingdom.
The population is increasing faster than usual by
the excess of births over deaths, and by the decrease
of emigration. Marriages in the winter quarter that
ended in March were at the average rate; the low
rate in the agricultural being counterbalanced by the
higher rate in the manufacturing counties. The
births in the spring quarter that ended in June
exceeded the average, and the IMPS', though partly
due to the amendment of the Act which now enforces
on, is probably not wholly due to that came.
registration,
ham been healthy; the mortality is below
the average of the season, and below the average of
the year. Matelot in some places of a bad form, was
a prevailincepidemic. Money is cheap; the price of
coal has failen • wheat is rather dearer than n was;
the price of potatoes is much higher than it was last
year; mutton is still dearer than usual, and Its price
considerably exceeds the price of beef.
we regret to say, seems hardly to have
done its duty in the way of adding to the population.
Our county was the lowest of all oily showing a
birth-rate of a little over 29 to the thousand, whereas
up in Durham they could manage 46. This must be
looked to.
Wheat showed a rise 2a. 2d. compared with the
previous quarter, and the mean price of potatoes was
471. 6d. per ton more. Beef was slightly cheaper and
mutton slightly dearer.
From 70 to 75 pauperism has steadily declined but
It is not nice to know that we relieve 670,000 weekly.
During the quarter nearly 46,000 emigrants left our
shores which is a considerably lower number than in
aurprevions corresponding quarter since 1862.
The weather was distinguished by the usual
itisliLul.z..ariations of the English climate, cold pre-
=he =-rate has been lower than in correspond-
ing quarters for the last ten years, North Wake show-
ing the highest Out of the 126 thousand and odd
deaths 28 thousand were those of infants under a
twelvemonth.
Of the 126,212 deaths from all causes in the quarter,
3,145 were referred to measles, 3,233 to scarlet fever,
2,938 to whooping-cough, 2,338 to fever, 1,898 to
diarrhcra, 627 to diphtheria, and 501 to small-pox.

7111 HIAL7H Or OUR WATZRINO FLACKS.
We give the Registrar's remarks on this subject in
their enterity.
The estimated population of 46 of the
.principal
English and Welsh seaside and inland w laces
In the middle of 1876 slightly exceeds a million of
persons. The annual death-rate among this popula-
tion averaged 181 per 1,000, against 18* and 180
In the two preceding corresponding quarters. This
rate was 11 per 1,000 lower than the average rate
during the quarter in the small towns and country
parishes which constitute what are called the rural
districts. The registration districts and sub-districts
taken to represent these watering piazze contain an
estimated population ranging from 4,199 and 4,210 in
Bognor and Lyme Regis_ , to 54,551 and 112,888 in Bath
and in Brighton with Hove. The lowest death-rates
in these 46 watering places during the three months
ending June last were :—Deal and Weimer 109,
Malvern 11'5, Lowestoft 124, Margate 131, and
Weston-super-Mare L 3.5. The death rates exceeding
23 per 1,000 were .—Bangor 241, Ilfracombe 231,
231, Blackpool d Fleetwood 241, Tenby
114111 g, tye an
25 l 0, and Bangor 32.5.
The death-rate from the seven principal zymotic
diseases averaged 1* per 1,000 in these 46 watering
places. No death from any of these seven diseases was
registered during the quarter in Deal and Widmer
Littlehampton, or Lyme Regis ; whereas these disease;
caused an annual rate of 3-0 per 1,000 in Harrogate,
31 in Clifton, 3'2 in Tenby, 35 in Southport 41 in
Ramsgate, 51 in Dartmouth, and 9.6 in Bognor. The
high zymotic death-rate in 13=2ote was principally
due to mean's, scarlet fever and whooping cough ; in
Bognor to whooping cough; in Dartmouth to measles;
In Tenby to scarlet fever and fever; in Southport to
small-pox; in Clifton to scarlet fever; and in
Harrogate to measles. The vital importance of
health reputation to watering places, and the special
risks to which they are exposed by the importation of
cases of infectious disease in eo many of our most
popular watering can only be regretted as
evidence of a shortsighted sanitary policy, which is a
constant source of danger to their own interests, as
well as to the health of their clients. Watering places,
in the matter of sewage, water supply, and other
essentials of sanitary organisation. should endeavour
to make themselves models for other urban sanitary
districts. This, in many instances, can scarcely yet
be said to be the case, although the average sanitary
condition of English watering places, judged by their
mortality statistics during the three months ending
June, may be pronounced to be satisfactory.
DoRBETSHIII2.
The following are the returns for Dorset, and the
neighbouring counties for the Quarter.
P Manley& Birth& Deaths.
Dorsetabire ..orsirer AS 1308 823
Wiltshire .. 244067 308 1977 1083
Devonshire .. 808102 1010 4666 3189
Cornwall . 1.68366 472 2088
Bomerestihire .. 482652 704 4102 2162
We now give the various districts of Dorsetshire.
Districts. Acres. Population. Illarrisgsa Births. Deaths.
Shaftesbury 36493 13137 19 114 611
Bturmisiner 37934 10081 17 70 60
Blandlord .. 67271 14634 18 97 50
Wintborrie 811191 17323 19 122 76
Poole . 24562 14734 27 144 146
Wareham .. 90306 17216 23 129 74
Weymouth . 34174 31216 40 216 116
Dorchwiter .116117 18044 36 186 137
Sherbome .. 40018 131161 9 78 61
Beamineter .. 63764 13111 30 106 50
Bridport 33187 16732 36 129 67
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ILINARICS ON 71111 WIATNIZIL

Till April 9th, the weather was warm, and the
average daily excess of the mean temperatures of these
im days love their average was 51e degrees. on
the 10th of April, a very severe cold periociset in and
snow fell generally over the country north of latitude
51 degrees; on the 11th, it fell still more generally,
and there were falls of snow in Cornwall and Devon-
shire, and at Guernsey. In all the Northern distlicte
It fell in great quantities, in Scotland
telegraphic
communications were interrupted, and on
east
coast, there was a vary severe storm and isle of wind.
At Leicester snow fell very hearlly snd n the midet
of the snowstorm there were bah thunder and
lightning. London was visited by • succendon of
ibowstormsaad in the afternoon there were vivid
grim of Ming and loud thunder. On the la,k
tin. weather was very severe, there warn a bitterly on
wind, accompanied by constant storms of sleet and
hail, and this unusually severe weather was ex -
perimoed in all directions, a great quantity of snow
len and all trill& between London and the North
was ffreatl7 delayed, in
rein l in some =the depth of the
snow wait [e ches to 514
whoOlith;iniarl4thc:pfaiApeiLexpirkared.the severest sagroolertstorm
number
the
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taco wur• thrown gown. aad ti,iereTraphio
1/..n7 we.24"d mm'Y
localities, traffic
and in some
altogether some snow drift. were errreat
and mow fell everywhere. Garden trees and srube
were broken down by the weight of the accumulated
mow.

WESLSTAN SCHOOL ANNITZESARY.—On Monday the
children attending the Wesleyan Sunday School had
their annual "outing," the owner of Frampton Park,
Mr. R. B. Sheridan, having thrown open his magnifi-
cent grounds for the purpose. They started about
11.30 to the number of leo or 170 children, with 25
teachers and a number of friends; in 11 large con-
veyancer kindly lent by Messrs. Wright and Son, R.
Davis and Son, J. Topp, C. Parsons, Style, James,
and Co., Crocker, Fenner, and Co., Clifford, T.
Bennett, J. H. Groves, R. Hill, and J. Pope. Cake
for the tea was provided by Mr. J. Seymour, and
provisions by Messrs. Wright and Son. All got off
safely, there was great delight among the little ones-
the weather was glorious, and we hope they will return
safe and sound.
COMMITS!) TO THE DORSET COUNTY PRISON.—
Sestiom : Alfred Caddy and Alfred Barrett, stealing
a watch and brooches, Mc., at Weymouth. -Hard
Labour : James Wheeler, assaulting police at Wey-
mouth, 6 calendar months; James Morris, ditto at
Weymouth, 3 calendar months; Elias Dibben,
damaging trees at Sutton Waldron, 1 calendar month;
Thomas Stockley, embezzlement at Swaaage, 14 days;
Matthew Dowling, vagrancy at Wimbome, 14 days.
DISPUTS ABOUT A HRIPER.—The only case of
interest which came before Judge Lefroy at the
County Court on Thursday, was a curious dispute
about a heifer. A jury was empanelled. The plaintiff
was Mr. William Cross, farmer, of Minterne, for
whom Mr. G. J. Andrews appeared, and the deka-
dent Mr. Alfred T. Hodges, a farmer, of Batcombe,
who Mr. R N. Howard, of Weymouth, represented.
The claim was for £l7, amount of damages sustained
by defendant wrongfully taking plaintiff's heifer.
On or about the 23rd of May last a two-year-old
heifer belonging to Mr. Hodges was lost from
Whiteway-hill. the loss being made known to the
police, and an advertisement was inserted in the
Airborne Journal to the same effect. On the 11th of
June Mr. Hodges' dairyman (George Baker), went to
Mr. Cross's farm at Minterne, and took a heifer home
which he believed belonged to his matter. But the
heifer evidently didn't relish its new quarters, and
next day walked home to Minterne again unattended.
So convinced was Mr. Hodges's dairyman that the
heifer was his master's that he with another servant
went again to Minterne and re-took the heifer. But
they were too positive about the matter, as there
were marks on the said animal by which Mr. Cross
could identify it as his. This led to the present action.
Mr. Andrews in opening the case hinted that defen-
dant had consulted some "cunning lady," which led
him to think the animal was his. Mr. Howard
replied that this wise woman had been dead for a
twelvemonth, but this only brought the retort from
Mr. Andrews that that didn't matter much, for
defendant had consulted his learned friend, Mr.
Howard, which was about the same thing. £l2 was
put
aa an
m the value of the heifer, and £5 was claimed for
ea, d the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for
the £l7, or the beast to be returned in satisfaction.
DORCHSTUR HORTICULTURAL BOCIITY.—We draw
the attention of our readers to the grand exhibition of
flowers fruit and vegetables to be held on Wednesday,
tha23rdlnconnecUonwlththlsbocxstY. It will take
place in Colliton Park, and over 100 guineas will be
given in prizes. It should, and there is every
reason to expect it will be, a real " Doichester
success." The Great Western Railway Company
have kindly consented to run an excursion train from
Bath and Bristol to Dorchester on the show day, and
they will also issue first and ascend clam tickets from
Weymouth to Dorchester at dingle fares. The South
I Western Railway Company have likewise consented
I to issue cheap tickets from all stations during the day.
The splendid band of the 31st has been engaged.—Sec
Add.
BOROUGH POLICIL (yesterday) Monday. - Before Mr.
Alderman Gilpin and Mr. M. Devenish.
There were only two cases for hearing, in both of
which the police asked for a remand.
A lad named Benjamin Miami; was charged with
burglary and also with an attempt.—P.C. Carter on
Sunday morning about one o'clock am., was on duty
In Pease-lane, when his attention was called by Mrs.
Matthews to the state of her house. Upon that he
went in and found the prisoner in the passage with
nothing but his shirt on. Asked what he did there he
made no answer. On an examination of the house it
was found five panes of glass had been removed from
the back window. They had been taken out, not
broken. Two of the panes and three pieces were
found with a knife concealed in a shuts. A piece of
lead from the casement the prisoner had twisted round
the button hole of his shirt. He lodges next door. He
did not seem "right" the constable said, and when at
the station lay down and beat himself about nd
holloaecl. [The prisoner's face bore some severe
bruises as evidence of this.] When charged he said
he knew nothing about it and if he had a knife he
would stab the lot of them. -Mrs. Ann Matthews,
the mother of the prosecutrii, was sleeping over the
mom, from the window of which the gime was taken,
and heard the window broken between twelve and
one, and she also heard some one in an adjoining yard
and then a door opened and some one walking over
head. She got a light and on going outside found the
pi-boner laid down close to the young men's bedroom
, door. He was in his night shirt and had his arm over
I his head. She pulled off his arm and said "Charley
what's the matter" as she thought it was a lodger of
that name. The prisoner did not reply. She dis-
covered by his shirt that it was not &lodger, and then
looked into their room, and saw both of them
in bed. She caught hold of a lodger named Job
Randall and awoke him telling him there was a
man in the house, and Randall came out, and she
spoke to the man on the floor saying, " John ! is that
you, my son?" He looked up and said "What busi-
ness have you in my bedroom'" She told him he
was in her house, and he replied "I sun in Mrs.
Vincent's." She ensured him he was not, and he said
"I went into Mrs. Vincent's house and went to bed,
and don't know no more." He was ultimately taken
into custody. Whilst the policeman and witness were
examining the house prisoner lay still on the floor.—
P.C. Carter re-called, said that Randall was left in
charge of Hisoock, in order to prevent his escaping. -
Prisoner said he "mind" on to bed very well;
he had a "drop of drink.' —lire. Vincent was called,
and said defendant was a very good and well-behaved
boy. On Saturday evening he came home about 11.10
p.m., and went straight to bed. There was nothing
the matter with him, or anything strange in his
manner. He had lived with her nearly two years. -
John Randall said he could see nothing strange in
prisoner's manner. He asked him how he came there,
and he did not answer. --Prisoner said he knew
nothing about the affair, and recollected nothing until
he found himself in the police cell, and asking the
policeman what he was there for. —Mrs. Vincent could
not give any explanation is to how the prisoner got
out of the house—all the doors were locked.—Mrs.
Matthews did not think he came for to steal any-
thing, and nothing was missing; all the money was
taken upstairs.—Mr. F. Taylor, jour., for who prisoner
had worked between four and five years. gave him •
very good character for honesty and sobriety, but be
was rather eccentric in his manner. He thought he
would do this thing and be perfectly unconscious of
it; he believed he had been • teetotaller some time.
He had known him sit on his bench for half-an-hour,
and when spoken to he had appeared not to have
known but that he was at his work.—Mr. Devenis' h
said personally he felt very much obliged to Mr.
Taylor for his evidence, as he had thrown some light
on the matter, and would help them in coming to a
right conclusion.—The Chairman aaid they bed care-
fully considered the cam, and although he had been
charged with Attempted burglary they could not think
he intended stealing anything. They thought there
was some doubt about the cam, and as he had received
a good character, they would give him the benefit of
it, and dismiss the case. The Chairman gave him
some excellent advice, and was sorry to hear from his
own statement that be had joined a teetotal society
and again broken the pledge, which seemed to have
been the cause of this.
Bombardier Milne, of the artillery, was tire with
forging the name of Lieut. B. F. SS.,) to a
railway warrant, to obtain a ticket from the London
and South-Western Railway to London, on the 25th
July.—The cam was remanded till Tuesday (this day)
at four o'clock.

Sr. JOHN'S &Prigs Cusriu-- -On Sunday, July 30th,
an excellent sermon was preached in the above chapel in
the morning by Mr. .1. Davis from Proverbs 'rill, 17. In
the afternoon and evening the children in conneetion
with the Sunday school recited dialogues and scripture
eope
pieces.aa,l6 considering the short time the school has
(only since Easter in the present year), the
children-44 In number—acquitted themselves in a most
creditable manner. Great praise is due to Mr. Guy, the
superintendent, and the other teachers. At each service
the chapel was crowded. At the close of the services •
collection was made, which amounted te 3s. Aid. On
the following Wednesday. at half-past two, the thildren
assembled in a field adjoining the chapel, and enjoyed
themselves in various amusements till half-past four,
when • sumptuous tea was provided, to which they did
ample justice. At half-past five the teachers with their
friends, amoanting to nearly 50, sat down to a public tea;
they then joined the children and distributed prises, each
child receiving • small present, The adults amused them-
selves in playing cricket, football, tc. About half-pest
eight they were called together and sang several of their
school pieces; and the party dispersed to their different
homes.