The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-12-19 00:00:00

ISPAY, DECEMBER,.

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tiluded by stating that he had been Omitted by anonymous
let ters becaese he had not interfered in • quarrel not
his own and whilst expressinghis determination not to
b., stopped from expressing the sentiments of his ruled,
either by speaking or writing, he said he would not be
drawn into a c ntroverty for the sake of pleasing other&
The Ca %restart then gave "The Mayor and Corpora.
tine of Blandord,” which was very warmly received.
W. C. Ftsertan, Bel., (Mayor) ;darned thanks. He
said thee its the object ~f the society was to promote
the welfare of the labourer, and as a large number
of that class resided in the town, the Corporation could
not but feel great interest in the success of the society..
- Ffetrested that the encouragement given by the soctety
to the labouring class would be appreciated by tlqsui,
end wished the scuiety all prosperity.l,.. ....'.
' The health of the Committee WllllLihtft Kieftri the 1
Cetatillists, end 'acktrowlell;ed by MY !Ma_ . . .grgt!L
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seal with the valuable Misietamiatiof *lit, fielepteariti
and their indefatigable Ueretery, tif. Bee, theduti
ha tto perform was Comparatively, light, He WAS i Id'
theY hadeavotired to giee'satisiterion to all putt •
lab ewers as well an einployerar . (Cheers:, ' I
The thistatics, in proppelpg, the, 1/eltb of the
sectetary, remarked that. no ,cienity, could go on yell
without a good manager. ' All that Be bed to ray •4mot
the eemetary was that he was a e`sturiser." Haught r.)
It he wrote to yyu ,ad you did not spoa give in angler
be would either write again or Come 'binned, and &till;
events he was sure to seamed. ' (Dodd dheers.l ,
Mr. J. B. his said he was vent greitil obliged to the
company for the honour they bad conferred upon him io
'chinking his health. He believed lie had now completed
ble . Mau apprenticeships to the Society, hiving been a
nected with it. 21 years. lie had just signed for anot er
seven, and he hoped, shotild his life be spared, by ,
punctuality, and attention to their intermits to r ve
at the end of that time the same kind seknowTedgei nt
9( his services. His dirty was to aot and not to s k.
Sometimes; he had the privilege of scribbling a V to
them, end he heartily thirnked them Pr their k min
"The healths of the Judges" Woe.seit wileitir u.
responded to by Mr. Joan litvefletre He said
greatest rtifficnlty in awarding prembeaut wan for tb
given for cottages and ganitarrs, and for broadoist so
ing sod drill sowing, utility could sot keep so well it
the mind the perfection' of each, as if they saw th at
all together. Before Mr. Eloper sat down he ourtai l 3
rrae in hopes he would have said ibritettiltig abottt s
Malt.tax. fie trusted the whole ,of -their mem
would not flag in their endeavour; aa regarded tl4t
question, and though he feared that the Cattle Place
must engross a great deal of the attention of the legis.
lature daring the nest seances, yet he trusted soon
roe the question again mooted. (Hear, hear.) lie
should also have been Pleased to have heard Lord
Osborne give his views on John Crone. (Hear, hes )
Thoagb wages were lower in Dorsetshire than in so e
parts, he was sure that their labourers were .better
than in many parts. He certainly thought that t e
DaZ Telegraph and the Moodie el frineese-411 .
Bar it ; "No, no, not the ./3/coniforvi •Aapweeseet
Telegraet.)—Mr. Mitchell: The Daily Telegraph a
Blondftrel Teleorasi had been a little too herd in the
censures, tie could "ay from his own personal kno .
ledge of Mr. Park aed tir..Olyun, whom he knew s
guardians, that kinder men did not exist,(hear, hear,) anll
they deserved the sympathy of their brother magiatra
for the unjust oomments whieh had been made on the
decMtitexe. He sinoerely trusted that no one In fkint
would reweive a reward for 'permitting • felony.
The CiIAIBMAN the)] save " The health of thl
Treasurer M the Sdoiety,., 'which ras acknowledged ',..b
Mr. THllititossi, 4 the Provincial Bank of England.
Mr. howls proposed "The ladies," and said to on
lady in partioalar they were under great obligation
He therefore ooapled with the toast the health of
Parsnah,snion.
The worthy CHAIRMAN acknowledged.the toast, an
then proposed "The health of the Vice-chairmen fo
the day " (Cheers.)
Mr. W. FOOICISS said he wae quite Imre the toast
glide uncalled ter, as their duties had been 'aci 'HO
under the management of the excellent chairman, kis
. was only too proud to think that the feuds of thsi
society were given to honest labourers, and was very
sorry to find that there were parties in this country,
and in that town, who aulamilted on behalf of a thief,
He believed that, take one Oleg with another, their
lahourmi wem paid as well ea any in the rest of eh '
World. They might all to pity in Moller. Mr
Fookes then &lidded to the ationymons letter
which bad appeared in the minces on Cross*
ease, and said, We, as honest ferment, are no
ashamed of our names, why thouli they be.' He the
nude some observations, which Lord Osborne oonasdere
as applying to lira, an to Whish he replied, by statino
that it had not been US Intention at all to say anything,
about the cue of John Cross, but as they wished tol
have his opinion, he would give it, and if he ,age
into a mess se Mr. rookies had intimated,' he hce,lg
get out of it. He thought every one unearned was
.ore or lead to blank,. Ills wished with eil his heart
that the magistrates had taken the prosecutor aside—se
he believed he should have done had he been
on the Bench—and represented to him that this
was the man's fleet offence, that having suit
a good character from his master and • certificate from
the Blandford Society, it was reasonable to eitykost 9140
the man bad some pressure eth hit Mind at the tiate.end
that the ends of justice would be satisfied by giving him
a severe reprimand, and • chance of retrieving the 1
character he had lost. That was his opinion, but to
giving it he would not reflect cia the decision of the 1
magistrates who tried the case. The question of wages '
was an qpen question, and one en which he had often
written, bathe would defy Mr. rooks." or any one else
to show that in anything he had 'written in the public
prints he had not putt his name or such initials as every
.one been by who'll the letters were written. (Hear,
bear.) Ninth respect to *ages in this countyi they woes
I adt so low as in mine others. He was very glad Mr.
I *pokes was of the same opinion as himself, that the
, labourers ought to be paid in money. He certainly did
wit blame fermrra for offering men as pert of their
wages the wheat which was at their ewndoom, bud *hid,
no doubt was of great advantage to them in many eases,
but he did blame them when they compelled their men
to exempt their wages in that way. His lordship, after
again expressing his regret that the prosecution
of Crone was pressed, whereby he had beeome
In object of commisseration, Bald that they bad
been on the eve of another case which would
have been fir Worse than John Cross'e, but bappili it
was stopped. He then remarked that the rule of wages,
most fellow the rale elsewhere; wages had risen In
other pert; amid they knew as well as he did that the
able.bodied young men were seeking employment wens
hey' Wert best paid: 'Willi respetti to tut wake he
(sotml4 dot see that the labourer gained much advantalke,
It. If he made more money be had to 'work longer
' or it, and if he made nine days • week instead of six,
anti if his menhir wages were es. per week and be MO
made up the differeeee in wages as between the sin and.
the uine day; be eould see no other differettee 'than
that he had a little more money. His lordship oon-
dsided by remarking that he wished to give offeece to
mine, and that there would be this advantage by the
new Bill that farmers would have the chance of getting
men frees a larger area.
Mir rpolge explained that he never &soused Lord
osbarner dl - Writing
.encinyrodits letters, or one word
"bout Jobe Cross. The subject then dropped, add the
worthy chairman vacated nts - sear. TIP after pro-
(seeding' were conducted under the chairinanship of /dr.
Mitchell.
Mr. Byers provided an excellent quadrille band, and
some good songs were sung by Mr. Listie.

SP.l7llBrWir.
1091 h. gkeittrtit —flesigniter ' Was Osd
before the .Blandford. Bench •Age, Batarday; Isith
stealing two fowl's, value .46. ErcL,ilis property of Mr.
E. Melmoth, landleid of the Drax Arnie Inn, Spettis-
Wary. He pleaded ndt,ghiltr.—Olvietiit°ll on t4le
previods.landay morning when he *as reedits& the
fowls, missed two. Oa ezamivation he found foot
marks in his garden, and also some feathers The
latter he traced across two Heidi The fowje roosted
in ;a. mitomer.houle. Het emit for PC. Popei who
covered over the footmarks, and then went across
two fields into a lane which led to the road, and
traced feathers all the way to the house where the
prisoner lodged. He then obtained a search warrant,
and on going to the room rented by the defendant
he found a quantity of feathers. When he came
I down stairs be maw the defendant looking through a
hedge towards the hotted. When he saw witness he
mane forward, ,and in rep* to his questiod as to
whit he *aided said he suspected he bad stolen tiro
fowls belonging to Mx. Melmoth. The defendant
replied he knew nothing about them. He then said
You have feathers on your coat and vest now.'
'Witness then want again into the hones, and found
injthe npetair room the entrails and bones of fowls
b&ning in the fire. P.C. aunt corroborated Pope's
statement, and added that on dompairiog the boobs
worn by the defendsuit with the foot marks in the
garden they corresponded exactly. One of the boots
had the tip off, and in consequence one of the nails
penetrated deeper than the others. In consequence
of the defendant stating that the feathers on his
coat were from a pillow they examined both it and
the bed, but thotigh they found pheisante and
partridges Seatiaere they found tone like those on his
cook—The defendant elected to be tried by the
Bench, am* was.sentecided to one month's imprison.
mink. te Chairman (W. P. Okeden, Esq.) stating
that the sentende *ea acre lenient in consequence of
the foidis not being stolen out of a building looked up.

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. ' si.. WINTHRBORNE CLENSTORT.
iIOWL erigf.ttrtt.-37ifliam Arnold, a Labouring lad
,li Itit outplay et Sir. Roper, of Clenstone, was charged
beton the filandford•Beneh on Saturday with stealing
a fowl, value 2a, the property of his employer.—De-
reorient pleaded guilty. His employer, with the
Lestest kindness, requested the Bench to forgive tr.,?
ea prisoner, it was his first offence, and he had wor ,
on the term from the time he -was able to work. H.
remarked that the receivers were worse than those attiei
stole.—On the understonding that Arnold was to pay
the worth of the fowl and costs, he was diicharged with
s kindly warning froralbo chairman.
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WINTERBOSNE ItINGSTON.
- - DIATH OF A Clital By litillined.—de Monday, an
.bequest was held by W. 11. Atkinson Esq., coroner, on
111) .body of Faisabeth Besant, aged two years. It
from the evidence that on Saturday WOrling
.pared from
the parents of the deceased hearing;
"etrotams, went into the bedroom, and found that the
!Shill had pulled a lighted candle upon her, which WMI
bi don the waahstand,.and set her bed-gown no Rte.
Age month and thigh were slightly ' burnt, but he
leeri tie eon•equeeces were anticipated at the time. Mr.
eat teat for, but the child died on Sunday
' tiro O'clock. The jury returned., thew
ohlid died Urrough.injnriess by laming.
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BRITTON AGRICUIATII,B,AL SOCIETY.
The Bruton Agricothural 84mietVe

Show was held on Thursday. ___TblrO_waa a

tendance, which may, be *routed for by this
the last show for the 'e'esitiOn in %is district
was a large show of fat cattle though other stook OM
very poi:illy represented. The number of shiipl
hibited was also small, but in pigs there wean,
competition. The judges were Mr. Card, UtiCr
Ferris, From e ; Mr. CiFdsrejl, atioArtoas: mot
R. Layer, KingsrestesaBngfaiffban4,,The hatn
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To the breeder and Othibit or of the bleClPia at
age, £2, Mr. Jame; Gifford, Nort t Cidlirarp..toal
. To the breeder and ealdbator. of, the Neff„,/
,oeediag two years old, £3, peels,
Shepton Mallet. Extra prize: M,
rnended, the Hon. and Rev. E. P. 4i. T 34.,.,
Aidereey bull. '
I- The beat dairy's:sow and lissr• altering, (Vita
not to exceed one year old), CS,' Mr. .T,anted
second, el 103., Mr. James Gird'
To the breeder end anthibitor. et the tolm•iir
beifeni in calf &roil in mill!, hot *milieu*.

old, £3, Mr. Jsmes Gifford. - r ~,r, ~..,7 en
To tpe brat pair of stock heifers, ....t...4
years old, 14, Mr. 4aauts Gifford ; leousdri ~ .
Herrington, North Brewhain. .il4-1:44400
firgh cominendadoacolf e4ilite4 erklim.
row, bi M. lObtrie, WiOteeiHill;
To the °whet of the lArgst Drtn4lite 4 Ave*
Zeal, pacer:id, 'EI, Mr:-C. 8010. '
tha imemirieitT;-ir 1
Tu the oworm_beis_gr_thrt broader, A
Aver lambs, 22, Mi.
The last boar, ET, 'Mr. J. !dim!, nonst,74lAr ' Irao ds
bil
lfts., hb.:T. Witte, Birth:ins, '; ..- •. r.,,,
The best sow, wittiyounghrbi farr low '
Bonham, kkonitotr; etwelnklOa., Mc' r a
EMI. Highly onnmendetly fdr. James st
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FAT OATFLL .
The best fat now, ri, iir. Mtn Bartlett, Qalhatnpto t, i,
second, e 2, efr. Eli HeibPoW EtabridEn.
The beet fat heifer, £3,• Mr. Davis, Winter's Hi ;
wooed, LI, Mr. doltish Benjriffeld, Gillingham. . .
The best,fat pig, £l, Mr: -Craddock, IVinoentoi ;
seared, Meal's. Coward, Milton Clevedon. ,
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To the labourer of good eharsete44 ei
greatest Wernher of. years In su ir
aotelice,. El 10s.; ...Yob& Wriltripro., .yestrii' '
'soothe, with Mr... Alfred and his Orodetessme t
Shepton Montague. ..- .''' '
To the labourer who lam worked in like manner ts.
neat greatest nturilter,of yoarA, 21, Claarles Hillard,
years In the koluti10). of' Ilk. Charles Phippen and ,hjs
predecessor, at Coombe rare), Bruton. ,
To the labourer of good ammeter, under the sic
21 years, who hss continued the longest period ira,l
more service, (Cl ICh.,) William Day, 13 years and I&
months in the employ of Mr. John Harding, We
Farm. ,
To the labourer who has worked in like manner.
next greatest number of years, El, William jenitin
10 'etre in the employ of Mr. James Gifford, N
Cs db ury. . , • 1
To the female household servant who' has lived the
greatest number. of years in misoession in the same
servieci, 21 10s., Rhoda Clifford, 13 yearit and 10 mouths
In the employ of Kr. .Tohn Hirding, Wad ion Earnt...
To the feipale.houirehold aervant who has lived in like
manner the next great at number of bears, 21, Ems,"
Garhind, B.years in the employ of Mr. T. 0. Bennett,
Britton. ,
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To the shepherd who has reared in the last ewe the
greate4 Proportioruite number of lambs airing on the
first of May last) from a flock of not less than one
hundred ores, El ifs., James Clark, sLepherd to Mr.
William Cary, of itedlyncbt baring reared 262 lambs
from 100 ewes.
To the shepherd who has reared the next greatest
number, EL, William Ingram. shepherd to Mr. Charles
Welsh, of Greenscorobe Farm, Drutonf for havlog
reared 352 lambs from 965 ewes.

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was held at the Wellington Irni. About 70 gentle-
men eat down, under the. presidency Of Ralph
Neville Grenville, Esq., M.P. We also nnticed.:—
GoL 'Usher, Capt. Thelwall, Dr. Higgentham, H.
lyne, Sicl., bon. sec. i Z. White, -Esq., and J.
ash, Esq., the umpires i Messrs. S. Pope, Herring.'
1, C. Welsh, IL. Belcher, 'C. Ravage j. •Lockyer,
Marden, W. Palmer,. ls..Seneett„:3. Welch, R.
AaGeld, W. Cary. I. Gifford, T., Gifford, D.
.trthur, Bavagel—Phippek ;GI. Bill, J. Neal; ii.
Bartlett, Ac.
—Tile dual having- begnrloved end dessert
laid, the Cistetastew gave- "The Queeen," and
"The Prince of Wales *id the rest of the Royal
family," which having been enthtisiastisally received
with mnsicil bonDurs,
The Ciiiiiitteri, after some humonrousremarlts on
the old Eoglish custom of receiving the toast of
"the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops and
Clergy," with the well-known glee, the burden of
which was, " With a jolly full battle let each man
be armed," said that 'although they did not look mo
high as to inoldde the Archbishop in the toast, yet
they did not regard hitt with less respeot than did
thei_tigefitthers._ _Aa_thatt,les Af ithieti be spells
was so associated in. his memory with the toast of
"the Bishop and Clergy," he should much like to
bear it if any gentleman wenlii so favour thffirlitln-
pany assembled. The toast of which be was then
, speaking was one which he honed never to gbil
. omitted. He abwhoped he should never agitia epe
such an omission, on similar occasions, as the ombsion
i of a gentleman in 'black at the table to aniwer to Wei
l' haat. As to the clergy at large, they all !thew hoW-,
ready they were to open their purses for the relief
of their poorer parishioners. The charities /of the
e lergy of their country beat the charities of any other
Ickes of men within it. He really wished that one
iof their number had paid them the compliment of
,being there that evening. He had beard from a
'friend that the Bishop of the diocese was gone to
tiighbridge to attend the meeting of the magistrates
relative to the Cattle Plague, and he hopild that
they would at that meeting come to some decision
is to what could best be done. He gave them" The
health of the Bishop and Clergy."
Mr. J. Wang:responded, and

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I /jtv.r4nntni,fat next gave them '" The health
WO YUnlifffavy," and of cease he includ
t'lda• oluntoent,"—thear, hear,l—and if it were
hot_for his own blushes he would give them the
Yeomanry. But, being colonel of the Yeomanry he
tould not well do 80. lApplause.)
Colonel Uplifß Welty responded for the dtfiny.
Captain TnaLwata responded for the Volonbeern:
be strength of the force wits qoite large enough if,
they wotild only keep up in their drill The
numbers of the battalion which included the Bruton.
Corps bad suffered diminution of 26. They must
riOti betwaver, apppme for a moment that the colon.
tear spirit hid fallen oft Those 26 who had fallen
off were mere "paper ,men, whose pawed had been on
the roll and tut wit. an. The numbers of efficienta.
-I-those who bad iindeavonred to. make thenuelves,,
siquainted with ' their drill—had ineteited
, Therefore the effeetiiie-streagth of she battalion was.
''-far greater than last year. Heins* quite sure that
the members of the Bruton corps then present would
. khow that they had got as excellent and worthy it
&tan for their captain as they could possibly have.
The corps would now go en and flourish. They had
been for the last three or four years without a captain,
add they bad held together wonderfully, consider..
'Mgt Add-lie waists° quite sure that Captain royal"
would have A good NA of Men to begin with, and
tlast they would henceforth increaes in :umbers and
efficiency. (Cheers.)
Mr. Cann returned thanks for the compliment
they had done the Yeomanry, . Ho mold only 111 Y,
that they were quite ready titoin,the Volunteers in
an p Moirement for the 'ff nce of our ommtry,„
(Hear, hear. .
Captain Orin, on being „fondly called on, kid it
was rather early for him to respond on behalf of a
service with which be had been so recently connected,
but he joined at, the invitation of the corps. He
felt that Men who for several iyeata, under adverse
circumstahnita, 'without the assistance_ of officers, had
so well held together were deserving of all praise ;
at all events, the little'. serif*. kliCalkitlcl he to them
would be heartily reodered. fl bad aceepted.
office on the tufsmnption that the gentlemen who
invited him Would stand by him. tfrefir, hear.)
Captain Hyatt proposed- "z. health of tta
, members of Parliament /kr 'East . Somerset."(
(Cheers.)
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The tosetrflaping been eatbusimiltAt theettrbd,
The CaAiltitell, in response, snit lie begged Nave'
to return them hie meat idnoettt, *ohs for the
-honour they had chine him at hia friend in rlAttlt.. '
jug their healtha 'lle 'only' regretted that he wow
there on that-Weigel 'lngle-blinded to Morn thanke
,for the Vl*. Bitt:he li,.pW.. that 'his gallant col.
,league (Major Paget) would shortly he there and he.
would then return thanks in a proper manner. He,
leftsa at present at Idighliridge but had intended to be
-Willi them that evening, expecting to arrive by tun,
nWhich he (Mr. Grenville) had just learned art'.
thaltan•honr ago. tie amid only hope that be
,would soon be there. He boned to endorse every-
,thing that his friend, Captain-Dyne, bad said in re-
Nect to his gallant opponent. He' migtit say that to
Ntothe oonnty of &menet he felt was a great 1
but be also mast may that to be unanimously
\Miff the county of dotnirset was a tench '
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did hennuritoihs cause be scl.
...e cameo could not hits bad .a hitter{
~: Shay.* time bad be wished that that
ripenod op to advtxtotAr eftodior aims. 1
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