The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

Soma romlitool to iho Parent Soobitior for 1865.

C a. d.
Church litedooery Socdety 472 0 4
web Pastoral Aid Seeledy 166 16 9
dab Cburvit bilasione Society Sil6 2
Colonial and Continental Chureh Seelety ... 40 I
London City Modes Seekity 71 15 0

£8913 4

duras matted to the Parent Societies for 1866.
Cborch Misekotary Society ... ... 533 15 10
%Krell Pastoral Lid Bosi•ty 199 17 10
Jews' &misty 99 10 5
citurcii Miriam* Soelety37llll

iis
Loudon City Mirk= Seciety 71 15 10
Array Seripture Readers Society ... 44 11 5

Mk 14 1

Boucot Farr? fithisons, Thursday.— Before
J. Ailing, llim. —Robert Elliot, labourer, *ell eberrod
with steal* a 'timothy of hay and straw, the
ef
his ruder, WUllara liprake.—Robert Pit mil:" n
William Wahl, porters, wpm also charged with reed,.
leg ths same with a guilty knowledge. —itaperiateedont
Ulbury Mated that on the Wednesday previous be saw a
wegyou sad lour hot sea, at the Guildhall, near the quay.
The wager's was lo•dad with maks et own sod on the
top wen a large bead brims
le of hay. and three are,
al Ora.
!soloed with • rope. The primmer Elliot bad charge
of the waggon. Robert Pitman woe on the top of the
*woo, and from his appals/soft whom keeled them
wpm something moos. Pita= threw the hay and straw
elf the waygeit, taking cete boodle himself and Watch
took the other ; they mat In the dirwetion of the bridge.
KUM mis striadiaiL mar the waive at the time. P.&
Heise weal after Watch and Pitman, and brought them
bast with the bay and straw is their porrodos. When
Elliot was taken into enak'dy he said he brought the
hay to feed the hones, and the straw war his owe.
Pitman 'tad Wash said thecae. nothing shoat the
C and
Zoircayitelseprittrd w ht it.rtid earter.v..4
G. give owe shilling for the bay and bad were M
Iced the *mob With mai, 1 Brine proved the
apprebeasioo of the prisoners Pitman and Watch, who
Mated they had the hay and straw from • emier, mid
paid for it, also that they were sot the only ones who
did so. The value of the bay was la 2d. or Se. Elliot
said the hay and straw together would be about le or
to. Id.; he let the other primasre ham it to load his
mai. Mr. Lidbary said 11ot had no oecosios to have
hay or straw with Mm, sa his mew famished him with
plenty of corn. Mr. laying observed that Elliot's
master had written, girths him t very good eitarmato,
stating bo have Peeteoaldenoe lihim airing sieves
yeate mod Its did not wish to prim the I
him, therefore be Would be diesherged."Tatotatl
Pitman would also be dismissed, and they ought to
soosider themselves very fortunate that Kr. Bp&ce did
not wiab to press the sharge.—John Me'Datald, bar-
ley no home and no oesepatioo, was 'barged with
begging. When taken into melody Sed. was found
upon Mai. Me was before the Wash • short Bras sines
upon • similiar .barge. P.C. Bartlett was coming
down Flighatrort the preroding 'mooing when he
detected him begging. Committal for ow. swath's
herd labour--PSIDAY 1 Before the Meyer (J. Thud,
Bag.), mid 1. ATM& Esq.—Thomas Asgard, wader
to W. Mendell!. Seq., of Fortnum, was *barged with
stealing • quantity of hap. He some inte Weymouth
ea Thursday with • waggon and hones, and took Into
the noble • larger grandly a hay than wee allowed
by his employer as seemeary for the horsee.—hargeant
Bribe sew this an took primmer into enstodu:g.
Howard appeared for prisoner.—The Mayor, lad
lag him. mid It wee • very empisioss ems, and if the
sergeant had waited • line Inger the one might have
been made sooplete.
LOCAL BOARD Or RIALTX. —A meeting was held
on Wedenday the Mayor (J. Timid, Zoo.) in the
chair. There were alio poesent, Sklorwon mintr
and Howard; Conollion Loos, Mama, W
Mann, Banntos, &ewe. Contains, aid Drew. The
only hansom before the Baud was to open tenders
for scavenging end waterier the town. For the Ant
mentioned work the hollowing were presented : —Mr.
C. Jody, for enveaging district No. 1 (Weymouth '
and tbei portion of Wilti Rees within the borough), '
at £llO per annum; distriot -No. 2 Wideman Revs
and RollP3lo, EEM, as the condition that either
petty should be at liberty to terminate the contran
on ring three months' notioe—lohd. SOIL Ur. Jr••
Knight, district No. I, /1311; No. 9, £294—toted,£ Mr. C. JoUifis, 4460 Nunn for the
whole borough. As it eppesied that sone of the
parties had not strictly oomplied with the terms of
the epeci6oetion, it wee deeded to refer the subject
to • committee. For tha watering, Mr. J. Weekley
1 Modered at £7 per month per man end horse ' • Mr.
I C. Jollifie, £6 10e. ; Mr. G. Elinor, £5 14e. ; Ms. N.
Bqibli, £6 10s. On the motion of Mr. Venn,
' wooded by Mr. Banton, Slider's Moder waa
accepted. The meeting then resolved into a ecen.
mitten to wonder Mr. Goodyear's claims in respect
of the Market Hone. A mann of the committee
to whom Um searsegieg tendon were referred was
hold at the Towh Clerk's Clio* on Thursday after.
noon, when Mr. Joety's tender, he haring agreed to
comply with the stipulations, won amoopted at £409
per annum. It is expected that a saving of £169
kill be anted. Coder the old system, the
soeveegieg net £699 ; subject to a dednetien of LW
for manure tad, redone( the cost to 064, but ban
£166 In ozone of Mr. Jetty's tender, who in oddities
will give id for the pine of land seed by him &sr
depreitbeg the manure, thus coning len by SIM than
be previous years.
Ihurwasoara MAarsiss' 80orzrr. —Tea seamen
belonging to the late barque Brasile* 278 teas
register, John May master, of Glasgow, wen on
Tuesday forwarded to their hoses by 21;. Doom,

110 U. igailit tor the
itillihroked thriaers' Society.
ti
The ritthols wad froth Huelva to Maw.,
loath with • barge o Her redder
was loth ere tAg Mizab,diareaditvlllll *ill the
b•ttlue allep Finley.* sf laird; elks, theater,
which vessel took the Britthilia 6tt Ut
hawser breaking when 300 miles .Of "xi ly,
• gal* of wind blowing at the time, the Men
Finlayson, though standing by for some time. was
obliged to &Medea her, first taking off the crew,
' Were lett portland on Monday. TM
tslsi 50 atiended .biifore Receiver of
roli R. U. soonest 164. aft Tflo"d1 and
'that the Britannia earrieceten hands, left
Toeiva_po 25th February, and all presided well up
to Oil 5119 f Marsh, when tie vessel wis in 42.48
N. beg, 14 VI A belie, sea limiting and the 'kip
under double reeled Wirth. TM lathe/ made •
heavy pitch into • sea, and rising again tbrlier the
stern heavily into the water, breaking bar rudder poet
in two. They then threw over the stern 15 fathoms
cable. with • hawser attached, for the pogroms of
guidlog the vessel until • temporary redder weld be
filet. The pumps were sounded. and it was found
that she not making roar Indies of wathr per heart
and laboariog and ethinleg derneadomily At 3p. tn.
11817 %le WWI of the derv) overtioprd he thee the
ship • cionthicied &Sig to until 7 p.m, On the
6th more cargo was thrown overboard, and the *earl
still making the same water, at 1 p.m. the Missal
topmast sod main top saltiest yard were sent down.
On the 76h, the gale still cautioning, all bands were
at the pumps, the barometer Ming 27.50. At 6 sat.
lore topsail blew away, and at soon the ship was
hove to ander aloes reefed math topsail. On the Bth,
at 8 a. m., the spare were .1 on leek to make •
terbtkitity redder, WA tie gale still blowing the
vessel Could not Mahe dal Olt*** and iii p.m. a
beery, sea ,thrtick the sh natio( the Margo and
throwing the read ou er Woodside, do the Oth
and 13th the gale still blew ind aff hir *are kept
either at the pthrth or e engaged in roiling wet)
overboard. At 2 p.m., ern the Lb, In'en to
latitude 47.46 N., longitude 12 W., the barque Ellen
Finleyenn, of Glasgow, Walker master, from Buenos
Ayres for Antwerp, came within bail and offered
asslstanth The Minas took the Britannia in tow
until Pp., when she 110111010 anmemplohl and was
compelled to let go. The Ellen if inistain laid by all
night, and at daybreak took the Britannia's captain
and crew on beard, they being oomplthely szlitheted.
They were landed at Portland on the 18th Wet The
lose of the ship alone is estimated at about £3,000.
The master and mate stele it would have been an
Impossibility to have saved the ship, as they and the
crew did everything in their power to keep Mr
afloat and they did 001 leave her until she had
become sotopletaly unmanageable and in • sinking
con4ltlobl the mew at the time being entirely Oil.
Wasted. Tbe motet wee so crippled the be was
compelled to bats assistance to get re board Ile Ellen
Finlayeon.
Wsynoorn Samosa' Boom. The animal
ttleetigg_was held on Wednewlsaovening, at the
:N Beth
ew el, the Mayor (J. Ti Req.), presiding.
In opening the proseediagsa yhe Mayor made • few
tundke in commendthoa of the siosnety. Mr. W.
RoMrte read the report, which set forth that "lb.
eonstitsition of the Weymouth Sailors' Society is sea
as to comprehend Christians of all denominations
holding the essential doctrines of the Pro-
testant faith. Its object is to "apply Means for tbS
moral improvement and spiritual Untruth& of see-
man thoneated with the port of Weymouth. la
harmony with its eonstitution and object the society
has been at wink during kid Pail peer." Some de-
tails were given as to the religious **Trims held
(whit* it seems are well attended), the reading raisin,
sod the library from which vessels belonging to
Weymouth are inipplled with • box of books each
for use whilst at em; an ippittl is made for eon.
tinned sympathy and support, and the ftroft dome
with the expression of an earnest hope that ibe
time may woo come when all seamen be-
longing to Weymouth shall be what some now
are, God•fearing men and missionaries of
the Cross to other ports and lards. He
also cleated the Onassis! sistetneet,
.which
duip it,. receipts for the past year had been
1 s. 4d., And the etpenditure (including a
balance clue to the treasurer of lts. hid.)
£23 6s. lid., leaving a Warms in hand of Ils.
The Rev. W. T. Mo'Contiok moved the adoption
of the report, and iti his "pith Mitered at length
into the subject of our sailors' mina bid hod to
meet them. Mr. G. B. Blith wooded the
resolution, and pointed oat that the misty
had bills to the amount of £l4 or £l5 to
pay, and their parse was all but empty.
He considered they should all feel it • privilege to be
called to help snob a society as this. It was • small
society, and its sphere was limited i bat nevertheless
II had done good, and if they *intimated to support it
there was no reason why it should not do con-
Adorably more. If they neglected to come forward
and meth it, they woald be allowing their fellow;
townsmen to go to leeward, and drive upon the rocks
of ignoranos and irreligion, when they had a good
stout hawser by which they meld bring than into •
safe roadthead—(applause). The Rev. L flirt pro-
posed "That this meeting, considering there are
peculiarities in the thematic and employment of sea-
men which give them special claims upon the
sympathy of the British public, eommeods the
Weymouth Bailors' Satiety to,getteral oonfldenoe and
support"— The Rev. A. Firkins Seconded the
rasolution.—The Rev. T. Wand also spoke in
advocacy of the resolution, and urged that the feeling
of patriotism should kindle • sentiment of sympathy
towards our mailors—The Rev. W. Lewis then pro.
posed `That the oaths madoommithe of the moiety
be requested to matinee their services during the
ensuing yes., end also that the thanks of the meeting
be presented to his Worship the Mayor for his kind.
uses in occupying the chair on this osomsloa.".—Mr.
W. B. Barrett supported the propothloth—The
obeirmen returned thanks. —The meeting Hon
Mood with singing the doxology, and the bomedio-
don being pronounced, a oolleotioss wee made at
Ike doors.