The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-23 00:00:00

THE AGAPEMGNE AGAIN.

The present residence of the Rev. L. Price and his
Aga none. n Friday week Mr.
t,,,C.h rbluest Nf'oerrr.ib,%ou,.
i„dy has again been visited by one of the members of
hue Veafl tot ml Inniade of " The Abode of Love,"
Le w is Price, request-
' • an interview with him ; but from the annoyance
ti giitlifli.iil bee received lie had proviiinslv directed
that no person from that estkldialiiiient slioultl he
admitted into his appartments, but they were to be
referred to his solicitor. On the door being opened Mr.
Verriour placed, intentionally, one foot between it and
the durn. doubtless to prevent its being closed, and if
refused ailinissiou to endeavour forcibly to enter' th,
house. Mr. Priee's landlord having, however, onened
the door, and recognising him, requested lie would
remove hi, foot, at the same time giving • gentle
pressure of the door towanls the durns, and at once
informed him of the incructions he lia-1 received from
Mr. Price. Mr. Verrioor then said that " Its erriuil
wax a peaceful one, Out it was of the wont serious
cona-ipienee to Mr. Price. as also to himself only, that
he wee unprotected, cacue openly, and not in diaguise
(although wrappedup in•greatonatandtravellingahawl),

that there was no plot to disturb the pear* or quiet,-
ness of Mr. and Mrs. Price, that be was quite alone,
that he desired not, nor would have, any interv.cw.
cold rsarmight tioet:i,ot.triit,,:lociruto.u,lllpildimma :re. to
:fur r
Th.lvat, as :I•JaiiFie,tr. an.thr of tits:ia:s(ghll,:,:yesf
done, but Mr. P. reiterated his determination to hold no
• interview with any of those persons whom (for efficient
'Alison.) he had left --and mark ! tins. fart was will
km own at the Agapcmcme. Upon inforiniug Mr.
V. rriour of this lie detained the landlord on the outside
of the premises fur some time, evidently to try, in the
entime, to attract the attention of Mrs. l'., and &pion
:,:c1 again rept-din,: he only wished to see Mr. Pnce.
si d hal no wish wir would he see or speak to Mrs. P.
At last he was left, nut within half-a.minute after, this
truthful Agspemonite was detected bolding •clandestine
• onveraat on or p.ating to Mrs. Price through her
lroom w udow. Let the public judge tit the principles
of the followers of "The Beloved," when one, who has
publicly acknowledged himself to be a Princite, could
thus act. The landlord immediately followed, told him
of his disgraceful conduct, accompanied hint to the
George Hotel, to which lie had driven in a phaeton.
belonging to "The Beloved ;" took the opportunity of
publicly exposing him to every person passing, and
soon had tie gratification of seeing him rapidly driving
out of the town. There is not the least blame
attributable to Mrs. Price, who is very comfortable at
her present residence.
: W ELLI GTON. Railway Collision.—On Thurs-
day a serious collision between two trains took place
at a very short distance from the Wellingt.4l
Station. It appears that during the night a goods
train had proceeded towards Taunton, and when
about half-way between that town and Wellington
two of the carriages ran off the rails, blocking up
the line. The morning up-trains were dispatched
on the down line, and every precaution taken to
prevent accident; nevertheless, at about nine o'clock
a.m. a goods train having been despatched and gone
almitt a quarter of a mile, another train Was seen
approaching in an opposite direction, and within a
few minutes the two met ; and although the speed
of either did not exceed three tuiles an hour, the
concussion was so great that serious injury was done
to both engini a. The drivers aud stoker* jumped
id their respective engines before the trains met,
and with the exception of a slight sprain of the
Wide sustained by one of the stokers, not the
slightest personal injury was caused.
BATH. —Strike of Carpenters. —On Saturday week
the operative carpenters and joiners intimated to
their respective employers their intention not to re•
sume wmic until their demand for an increase in
wagta shall be complied with. A month since they
forwarded to their employers a memorial asking for
an increase of 6d. per day from October 13, urging as
their reasons the high price of food, and the lowness
of their wages compared with thou given in every
other town in England. They further require that
they shall all leave work at 4 on Saturdays; that for
overtime they be ;mid at the rate of a quarter of a
day for every two hours; and that they shall be paid
6.1. per .lay extia for work done three miles from
Bath. The employers replied on the 6th of October,
that they would give 2s. per week beyond the pre-
sent wages from March next "to all deserving men,"
and 4d. per. day for work executed at four miles, and
6d. at 12 miles from Bath. These concessions the
operatives declined to accept, and invited their mu•
tire to meet a deputation from their body on the II tli
inst. The delay .4 the masters in replying to the
memorial, and their refusal to meet the deputation.
have met with strong and universal condemnation
ainoug the men. There are in Bath about 250 car-
penters and joiners, of whom 140 are members of
the Nottingham Branch of the Carpenters' and
Joiners' Association of Great Britain. This branch
num era upwards of 2,000 members, and is con-
sequently wealthy. It will allow the turn-outs Its.
per week as long as the strike shall last. Nut a
dozen men are expected to re, imu work.