The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-02-16 00:00:00

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STEEPLECHASING ON AS H•HEDNE3DA T.

To the Editor.
8111.—The Doke of Beau(Ort is a n•ble sportonan,
and k•eps he hospit•liiy in a prin, ell et7le• He ie
Popular, Si 1 oan permnally testify , with prier and
peesmst ; but them ii• time for all thing., end
moderation is • virtue whieb milt b I MINOS emu Ite
Badminton. I think daring Lent the a tutu:tows livery
of to liedisiston hunt •hould Si. tent in tho eiterie,
sad stseplochaniur confined t, the ilsitstip n of chore! •
which oil bt by accomplished as well 00 foot as on
bone. 1 hie is • season wbiah assertion churchmen
might spend in some degree of rat rsmont- 'in reading
.01 prayer, and in exsosining their own iron telecom, in
b•weiling their manifold offences, ii takiny a serinue
' view cif the immoral and 'corrupt state of mink •1.
ineforlior compound householders, and the rres avid
iodeperideset electors of vie-thous old Englana, and in
mediteting sad striving to improve the °enclitic.% of our
p,mr agriaulturid labourers in the West, many of whoa-,
in consequenos of the wet woetber. ens not employed
on some of the small farms, and who home not tested
the esvour of meat for weeks part. Thin is • season
when the rich, who live deliciously, should deny their
appetites, keep • slender table, and punish their
imamate by striving to "lea.. off with an appetite."
Let them Fes alms in abundance, and freq cent their
tsarists churches daily, and refrain es mush tot possible
from all mariner of stimulating merealises—Astave the
theatres empty, make this churches full, and eoPPort
liberally our publia hospitals Sir William MI les, if I
sem correctly infornsted, repremniad himself when • in the
House of Commons as being a "Christian Isgia !sitar"
Let him now, in the far-advanced evening of a well-
spent life, dare to rebuke, in the spirit of loviug ,kinde
Pen. his noble osiebbour. and tell bim that stiu•Ple-
abasing on Ash•Weekesday forms no part el the
teaching of the Church of England, and is offensive It's •
large portion of prolmaing Christians in Wilte„Dorse t,
sod Somerietahire.-1 am, air, your obreliecit orrlaat.
A SOMPEROYMItIIIeIIi MSGIETELTE.

Somtrotusbtre.
Tar Rey. W. Martin flurenyban. •r ef
Rornersetebtre. was r eeelred Into tbe Lath ,lic o urob
last week by Fatter Kande. el the Oratory.— Weekly

Reggster.
ELZCTION EIPIXIM. —Mr. Freeman's
expenses are returned at £657 191., and Mr. Tagart's at
£BO3 14.. The agents' fees were only g 145 in one ease
and £l7O in the other. Maws. tirrille.Grenville end
Paget r.turo their joint espouses at £3234 les„of whit&
£lB9O was paid to profesnional ageots and rummers-
THE petition against the retorts of Mr. Barclay, the
Liberal member for Taunton has been withdrawn, on,
the grounds that the petitioners are advised by their
agent, who has investigated the evidence forwarded to
him, that it is of such • nature as would not authorise
, ham in reesenroesding them to proseedlerith the petition.
Toe petition against Mr. Serpent Cos, the Conserva-
tive member, will be proceeded with.
BATES AND Wr? OF ENGLUND SOCIITY.— The
council of this society having expressed • desire 11 at
, the meeting fee 1869 should be held at Taenton, • publie
nteet.ne was held on Thursday, under the presidency
of the bailiffs of the borough. Miami. °banning and
Posterior, to entertain the proposition, and form • com-
mittee for the purpose of °Deforming with the require-
ment, of the seescia *on- Th• meeting was adjourned
until the 2nd of Mush, to afford tine for the oommittee
to exert themselves to caw nte required sum —EIBOO,
littheeriptione to the 'motto, of £4OO w ra announced.
Ca•s- Urania.— • Yeovil pe oineimer as y i he
entered a house at Miehaelenarria,t. and on di•covering
that there was some slight defect In the webs he
resolved not to burn any pm for the whole of the
quarter. This he adhered to, and &hint the whole of
that period he never lighted the guonos• Very eft:castle,
however, to his surprise' the coU.otor m the company
presented to him a bill for upwards of 20.10 feet of sae,
consumed between Miehaelmea cud Christmg I, although
he was able to furnish the meet abundant evirdsnee that
he had never used the gas, and that the mete' wee in
exactly the same stale as when he took pomersion of the
honer. It is to be feared that Yeovil jaunt the only
plass where thievirt of gas =lean ocean,. —Builder.
Want filorzaan ELUTION EITILNItn.—The foible •
ing ars abstracts of the expenses of William Henry
Powell Gruel Langton, Peg— M.P., and the Hon. Arthur
Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, M.P., both
returned for the Western Division of the eminty ot
Somerretunoppoeed, viz. :—Mr. langton—Advertising.
£75 9.. 6.1.• i printing, £43 95.; agents' charges mot
es pen.es sin solicitor's retainer fees and excesses,
£226 0.. Id.; ringers. £9; messengers. postlag bills,
Ac 1.13 Os. ; committes-room share, £2 12.. 6d,; ditto
clerk and manager ditto, £.5 Is; returning odleer's
moiety, £42 184. 31.; making • total of £428 2e. ed.
Hen Captain Hood's—Advertising, £BB 1.24.; printing,.
£l4 14.. 6.1.; agenta' charges and espenms sod solicitor's
retainer fees and exponent, L'277 17a. 103.; ringers, £9;
miscellaneous, £3 10. 64.; personal ezpenser, Is.;
committe and rooms, £5 4s. 61.; ditto clerk, LB fro;
returning officer's moiety, £42 18.. 31. • making • total
of E 402 7a. 71. and for both E 930 9.. ld.

Tall HI:MOONS Or TAUNTON COUNTY OrtUlT.
Marriage Feast-Morley, a baker, at Taunton, soot
the defendant, Cornish, readied at Rowberton, for
El 2s. 34., the expenses of a marriage feast, when the
following laughable colloqny took place. Defendant
I don't owe the money. My wife ordered the breakfaat
berme I wag married to her.-Jodge /launder,: But
you are liable. It's a very cheap marriage least, and /
should have thought you would have been very glad to
pay it.-. Defendant What have Ito do with it 1-His
Honour I should have thought you Leiden to do with it
-(laaghter).-Defendant Shan't pay it -go to gaol-
Inmewed legghter). Can't do It-won't do it-His
Honour : The law is that every man who takes a wife
takes all the debts she bring, him, and you as. not an
ezmption to the general rule. You must pay dm. •
month.-Defendant That's a pretty thing-go to
I aol-(mush laaghter).—"Moren is gage.^ke.-The
. •-- • • -Oaqf the ni relierry in haste, and meet at leisure. Ta• pd.*
is a gardener, lately residing at Bishop's Hull. He is
polarised of eorudderable personal attractions, and was
about to be married to the daughter of. wealthy farmer
of Hillfteranoe. The harpy thy was lied, wben Miss
Bsgp, the daughter of an extensive cattle dealer, well
known in Bristol market, fell in love with the hand-
some gardener, and consisted to elope with him,finding
the necessary means for that purpose. In Landes they
were married, and alter miming the night with her, he
basely deserted her, leaving her no alternative hot to
return to her father. Sines then she bad remind
three letters from her husband, couched In endearing
terms, and plenty of " mosses' for knees. The lathe,
now mod the defendant for eight weeks' board imid
lodging for his daughter, at Ba. per week, the total suns
being Et IS.. The plea of' infancy" was set up' bat
just as some eurione disclosures were about to be made,
the 4efeoda2t's father consented to pay this amount
claimed.