The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

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On Thursday last the Weymouth corps were in- Ihe broke off the rho. In the month of December lost!
spectra for the first time by Lieut.-Colonel Slanael, . when at the Cutter Motel lie I.lliiieell it id defetelaiit,
the commanding Officer of the Dorsetshire Battalion ' and the latter told liiiiiitlice,liiitaidthbelter tire, ittthunioutotitVt.
of Ride Volunteers. The corps assembled, at the :
1 of the tingle, at the King's statue at four ,' 'gilt alliatiioi.etleieow• .1.47 Brel piring it. suit g'aaranteed that 1
o'clock, and beaded by their drum aiol life bandgave kiin the pipe '
marched four deep to Crocker's field, at Ilailipole. i trtili'rewpairtstiji ai not
few exceed
ila y s asf4t.erwlaireds lie said the pipe '
i could not be done in Weymouth, and he must send it to
Shortly after entering the ground, Lieuteuant.Colonel jedee, ee,i i,., lie said lie had taken it to repair at a
Memel arrived, and the Company were put through very low figure, he asked liiiii to pay its postage in a
the manual awl platoon exercises, and file tiring with letter toi London, which he agreed to do. lie had asked
blank cartridges, which they performed with great i defendant for the pipe since, and lie said it was I. a' in
precision. The whole Company then wheeled into
line. and marched by in so i its tnansit to London, and lie refused to make any vim-
b.di,isi ~,, s and i pensation for its loos, although he lied acknowledged . CHAN lit ntNE.
s that he was morally bound to make amine compeseation,
set ; and afterwards adjourned, and retire! in ~
skirmishing order. They then took ground to the hat w said he as not legally bound to do so ; and hence
.
Sum CLAR Muni. —I 'a i' Tioi4 to Yon icci Sununu,.
—An Inquest washeldon Wednesday last at the Fkur-
right, and afterwards else.! in efla fumed three cis. fur the pipe in the first instance ; it was a 110. this action.—Defentlant denied that plaintiff gave I .
delis Inn, before H. T. Johns, Esq., coroner, on the
sides of a square, when the gallant coligiel addressed I pipe. and lie bated bbn down is. MI. After he hail , body of a boy named John I liven, aged 15, who was
them. Ile expressed the great pleasure it atlonled : awoke,' it wane ~,,, mks, lie told him one night while at 1
I found dead in Beveridge Park at haltpast ""C the
him of visiting them that day. lie assured them the Cutter Hotel, where they often met, that his mane
irevious evening by Challis Kcbby, Sir Charles
that he was highly gratified at what be had wit- , had broken it while cleaning it. He showed him
tth I
thiamine's game keeper. It appears the ileeeased
nestled. He was well aware, lie said, of the great pipe, and he suggested that. he should have t.in,
al 'biiriiniken was put to mind some horses front getting into
difficulties and hindrances this conipany hail ex- with at siliti.,er.tandrislietlialti. ast.is
d recowital:i not afford stsiwing corn, and was seen by his father at 7—an
perienced from its very comoiencement ; and we
out at
thatll's.4" tor it, end he (defendant) told him that hour before he was found running about playing.
must not point the linger of disgrace at any
lit must be *sent to London, and as they were old Ikeeased was provided with a sack to sit upon, and
particular government or individual, yet, hail they
(newts, if he liked he would take the liiM, upon which he was found laying quite dead. A
beenproperly treated they would have bail their and send it to London for him —that if it cost food •olottem examinati was ordered by the Coroner,
anus much earlier. The corps deserved the highest wiere than to. he (defendant) would paY
, tis,' ant the inquest was adjourned till the following day.
credit. They had thown that spirit of patriotism i"
difference as the pipe was ""h"tlf of I°l°' and Mr. Vann, one of the surgeons of the district, gave.
which enabled them to overcome all difficulties and that if it did not collie to ss. plaintiff should have the
evidence that he opened the body, found all the
attain their present state of efficeney. It often benefit of it. Plaintiff agreed to this, and also to pay
organs liellthy, but the heart was empty of blood,
occurred that such Innilrances as lie had referred to the
postage up to LUlltdonitr lei packed h tliim,; yi:edienea
which he accounted for by " Spasms of the heart,"
gave rise to many petty jealousies and piccadilloes, letter.asart:aitililre
r-li‘td. saitmeo et. a letter ;drift 'Militia; °cautioned, an he Kahl, by violent retching, the
and caused nine') ill-feeling, but he was prowl to say !
atitiat lie' ad iailt a pile., alrld' directing him what was ti deceased having been seen trying to smoke tobacco,
that nothing of that discription prevailed in this
he done to it. A few days afterwards lie received a which, it may be conjectured, produced the sickness.
corps. I lenentlly speaking, he might observe the letter f Mr. Ilendwich stating that he had received —The Jury returned a verdict of "Died by the
time would possibly mane when the volunteers would the letter if advice. bit not the pipe, and from visitation of GA.
be called upon to light fir their country. We had subw,„„„t letters which had 1,,,ed between hi,,, end _ _
no mw, however, from 1:10,1100 to I 40,11410 volunteers, the post-office authorities Ile had ascertained that the
and the existence of such a body led him to the pipe had been lost in its transit to London or in
conviction that at this moment there was no existing London, and that he could recover no compen,at.
danger. If, however, this army of volunteers had f Covernment for the loss. He told Mr. Williams
not been enrolled, we should have been in imminent of the circumstance, and said lie was willing to
danger of an invasion, without being prepared makPd Tetliatc"liiiew"Wa•atsilnorrilrll tliTeenliiisst,,,
do
es
so,
to resist it. Referring to the recent letter of the n'lLegrir
mint legally.
Mr. WilliaYnts wanted Ilk. for
Emperor Napoleon to Count Persigncy, the gallant ''
the Ilent i•f the b:oken pipe, and he told him that was
('loud said he balked upon it as an indirect more than it was worth. He refu-ed to give him
attempt to induce the volunteers of England to that sum, and Mr. Williams than insinuated that he
disarm ; but he would exhort them, by no tuean; had not sent the pipe, and he then told him that as
ever to place themselves in any such extremity• lie had vilified his character he would not pay Min
110 applauded the coinfemy and every patriot who anything unless compelled to do PO—lle was at liberty
took up arms in defence of his country, the pro- to bring the caw into court, and then lie (defendant)
fessiou of arms being one of an honourable character. would have an opportunity of vindicating his character.
Hu was gratified to observe the perseverance and —Defendaint calledo. IMh
r.
Carey
recollected Plt.',
t,iiii,labster.. at
determination of the members of this corps, which
WeaYenauttto''twhe post-'offiecerti, be transtniitol tr., London.riiig
be doubted not would lead them on to increased
alfeli told bitn it contained a Meerselmain pipe, and
efficiency. With regard to target practice, be urged asked liini to weigh it, to ascertain what the postage
the company to resolutely follow out the instruc- would be. He had also another letter. He told
tions that would be given them, and though con- defendant he was to put the letter into the box outside,
siderable irksomeness and drudgery would haVe to but he would take the parcel containing the pipe as it
be encountered, yet by perseverance they Would was too large to go into the box. Both the
attain to a great degree of skill, and one of them packet and the letter were transmitted to London.
would be equal to three or four of the enemy. He A few days afterwards defendant came to the post-office
trusted they would over display the same indomitable Viv:artidthe fzedknet...cie, ft I. taai,iti,iiii g the pipe
it lir litatn‘lie been
courage which hail hitherto characterized the corps,
Ml:tti.; do, "and be *advised liiiii(is tO write whet
the Post-
and they would speedily become perfect. lie ex-
master-general.— Defendant said this case was of great
pressed his unqualified approval of the company's
iiiivirtance to him, as lie very frequently transmitted
drill, which could hardly have been improved, and articles through
o this post -office, and he wished to know
lie should now recommend their excellent captain to whether a person taking in articles to rep:tir would be
allow them to comnmtice practising with the target. liable, in law, to make good the article if it were lost in
Ile felt proud of being the commanding officer of its transmission through the post.office to London. —His
such a Maly of men as he now saw before him ; but Honor nail lau doubt Mr. Rolls would like to have that
he hoped that in such a town as Weynoitith the Point decided. 1.11,1 so would a great many other trades-
number would be greatly increased, if nit doubted, !nen in Weybintith, Tei.tti,....Jw.,int..,:ibeofcatryagt.tretlt.
and that the present company was but the nucleus itilniiriiirtiaill:-..rein othei: q before him. The plaintiff and
of a formidable corps. l'he town was in such a
defendant lied toll two different statements, and it was
position that its volunteers might in case "fan in- to be regretted that neither of the mimics bad called
%Aston have the honour of tiring the first any one who was present at the (utter Hotel when the
shot in defence of their country. Ile should conversation about the pipe is the first instance took
be proud to head them ini such an emergency. place. In the absence of any such witness lie had to
Adverting to the instructions of their drill sergeant, ilec.de ou the probability of the correctness of the two
he remarked that the company's evolutions either in statementA, and he was inclined to the side of
marching in sulxlivisions iir in sections, and wheeling defendant, as pelatinuti,tl Liael,ha,eilisiietltiedd leitLe...kzidewtoof tie
were very creditable; and the platoon exercise was pipe I
i hieing sent
If he made a bargain with pay
also excellent. lie urgml great assiduity in target
(lie
to repair it for re,., what business had lie to
practice, and said that General Hay, one of the best agree to pay the postage. Now in this case three tl,ings
shots in England, after a holiday, always needed to lied 1,,,n preyed first, that the pipe hail been posted ;
go through the minittim of firing practice. He ex- ~eowriy, that it had been lost in its transmissi ~,, to
Kissed a hope that at the next Wimbledon nateting, London, or after it hiel reached London ; and thirdly,
they might hear of one of the Weymouth volunteers that such loss could not be attributed to any negligence
carrying off the Queen's prize. Again expressing the on the part of defendant. He must, therefore, give a
gratification it hail afforded him to witness their verdict for ilefeniliminit am--; ...tordeuitigly.-4,lletiteililailete:) I e:
oements that evening, lie bade the corps" Fare- ilcitoulbeelltrroln'i away iiii; tilii:Sse tr;ivianlii'c is
vale..
i.
well." Hearty cheers were then given for the gallant
HiMour: Espenses will follow as a twitter Of course.—
colonel, who, in acknowledging the compliment, ex-
Defendant : Anil Mr. Read. you must be paid too -you
pressed a hope that should he over have the honour -cannot afford to lose your time for nothing. Read: Well,
to command the corps in the field of battle, he should 15,,, very much obliged to your ilunour.—J edge: You
prove that he merited their confidence and esteem. need not thank me.
The corps then marched to Broadway, where they ()Liven r. Davis. —This was an action for the
halted, and piled arms her the church wall, to par- recovery of RI as. &1., M.ing the balance of an account.
take of refreshments. Having remained here a short Mr. Howard appeared for the plaintiff. Defendant
time, the members again fell in, and were marching admitted the debt, and an order for payment was made
homeward. when, on arriving opposite the lodge gate "i 1:1 tier 1"°"°'• .s wall an action to recover pos-
right-wheel," and they speedily found themselv
of Jlrs. Balaton, of Corfu Hill, the order was given to .
DISIENT r. Ci.x.—Thi
siert, sail El ifs. for rent due. Mr. I loward appeared
es
" ter plaintiff. Possession was ordered i ~,, nediately, and
drawn up oi n the lawn n front of Mrs. Ralston's the payment of the suns due' at 10... a month.
house. Ilere they were plentifully regaled _
with good old English fare, after which
they formed running matches for prizes
in various sums of 1 ~,,,, ey, and enf,aoeil in various
other afficletic sports. As the shadres of es- ' g
began to dawn, the company again fell in, and
returned by Mrs. Balaton'. plantat' , and through
the picturesque village of Ibulipole, arriving in Wey-
mouth about 10 o'clock. when they were dismissed.

To the Editor of the Dorset County EspresB and
Agricultural Gazette.

Dorchester, August 10th, I'GO.

SIR,—Tho way to ascertain the quantity of water
wanted for a cattle yard will be to take the number
of mouths that drink there upon an average, and the
number of days during one year. then allow six
gallons per day for each head of stock. This having
been done, and the number of gallons required for
the year's consumption being known, the next thing
will be how to obtain this given quantity. My plan
is a simple one, as follows :—Take an alumna, or
any hook that will give you the average fall of rain in
inches, then calculate the number of superficial Melia;
that will be required to catch sufficient rain to give
the number of gallons you require, bring those inches
into squares, and then you will know how much of
the roofing of the farm buildings will be required ;
and this can be calculated so near as to be within a
few feet, and will effect a considerable saving in the
quantity of shuting. The size of the tank must be
the next convideration ; it must be large enough to
bold nine months' consumption, and if it is larger
than this, so much the better. It may be built of
stone or brick, as may be most convenient; if of
stone, it should be three feet thick at the bottom
and reduced to two feet thick at the top; six feet
in height will be as much as many farm buildings
will allow. A Hour may be placed on the top fur a
granary or store-room, which will exclude the air
and keep the water fresh and cool. The inside must
have a thin coat of cement, the thinner the better.
A pipe should be placed half-an-inch from the
bottom, so as to be a foot or mere under ground,
which must be connected with the bottom of the
drinking trough, which must also be one foot under
ground, so that the pipe may be quite out of the
way of frost, which, in most plans of this kind, will
burst the pipe; but that which I recommend has
been working four years without once failing. A
ball-cock must terminate the pipe in the trough,
also under water, working inversely to the common
way ; and as only one plumber in about five
thoitamd knows how to make a ball-cock work under
water, I shall be happy to give my plan to any of
of your readers who may apply by letter for the
same.

Now, Sir, the entire cost of the plan will be, for a
large farm about £4O, say—
Building tank
St cement, sand, and lime
t4liut log
11-eock and pipe
Drinking trough
Roofing, kn.

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On Sunday lmt the corps attended Divine service
at St. Mary's church. At half-past ten o'clock the
members formed at the King's Statue, and marched
down St. TI as-street. preceded by the drum and
life band, to the Townhall, where they were joined
li)' the Mayer and Corporation, who accompanied
them to church, where an appropriate sermon was
preached by the Rev. Talbot Oreaces, the vicar.
After church, the corps accompanied the Mayor and
Corporation back to the Townhall, and afterwards
marched up St. Mary's-street, headed by the drum
' and fife band to the King's Satute, where the memn.
hers were dismissed.

This estimate will depend, inn measure, on the
cost of materials. but these throughout our own
county will not vary much.
Now really, Mr. Editor, when this trifling outlay
of capital is compared with the profit arising from a
constant supply of water without pumping, it must
be admitted that it should be universally adopted.
I remain, Sir,
Yours respectfully.
PROFITABLE AGRICULTURE.

[My Letter, No XXVII, will be on "The pre-
sent value of wool; a few reasons for its being so
dear; and why the high price is likely to con-
tinue.")