The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-04-03 00:00:00

PORT SANITARY ENQUIRY.

GOSSIP OF TIER TIMES._

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The stupid wilfulness of our Ikrotian Admiralty has
received a tremendour exposure by the publication of
the well-written 4rockore "How they do things at the
; Admiralty." One extract is F. condemnatory that I
wonder that even Mr. Ward Hunt himself cannot see
the force of it, and for very shame retrace bin steps
before the country rises with a contemptuous shout :
"The same extraordinary influence at the Admiralty
which induced the Board to ignore the evidence and
advice of the Medical Director-ileneral and the leading
officials prevailed en the First Lord immediately after the
Session to appoint a committee to advise their Loriships
of the Admiralty as to the nio,t desirable site for a cnllece
for naval cadets, with hotrod iOng so palpable and evidently
Dartasootk, that the committee moist have had
great difficulty in avoiding a path no plainly laid out for
them to travel in. But they, too, although evidently inv.
pressed and tied in their judgment by the instructions,
state in their report • The climate is a maiot 011,. The
IMMO rain-fall is -11.5.; inches., which is greater than that
14 soy other soothgeest site vi.ited. Rain fell on lir/ dogs
1575. It war not so invigorating for young lads
destined to a rem life as might be desired."
Nothing, surely, could be inure decisive from a com-
aittee tied by instructions, :viol the only esti:motion
I can think if for the First Isual's obstinacy is that
lie has been I. devoted to country life that he thinks
the abundant rain, which brings on the green crops of
Devonshire WI fast, and leads to such a numerous stink
of calves in that fertile but relaxing county, would be
equally good for the scions of the aristocracy, who are,
under the oft-repeated showers it, Mount Boon, to
"grow op like calves of the stall.- It if, almost too
much to hope that Weymouth, whore landowners
cling too clowly to their land, will got the naval
I college; but that Dartnpaith is the very worst place is
to clear that i crisps the college in ty be built in the
I I-tie of Wight.

Mr. Raldwyn Fleming, inspector for the Local Govern-
ment Ward, held an enquiry on Tuesday last at the
Council Clvimber respecting the constitution, ter. , I,f the
Port Sanitary Authority, the power+ of which would have
expired on the previous day, but had been prolonged until
September. The proposal was that a provisional order
should he issuisl constituting the Joiot Board Permanent
Authority. Weymouth Urban had me ~,,, rialised for
larger reprenentation, on the ground of pidtion, of their
large rateable value, and of their poput.ition.
The (elbowing " ianitary authorities' were thus repre-
sente.l:—Wrynonith Urban. by Mr. F. I. Stegall, town
clerk; Portland Urban. by Mr. R. N, Reward, the clerk :
Weymouth Rural, by Mr. It. B. Williford. Among those
present were also Mr. (Auntie (Mayor of Weymouth).
Alderman Thomas (guardian of the poor), Mr. J. C. Lano
(Portland Urban), Mr. l'itt, Mr. Hinkle (Portland). Mr.
Flew, Mr. W. Attwooll, Mr. It. Walker. Mr. F. C. Arden
clerk to the Vey th magistrates), Mows. Stone, 1;1..
(Portland), and the clerk to the Port Sanitary Authority
'itoelf, Mr. Petty Hooper.
Mr. Futons,: stated the object of the enquiry, mini/r-
-ing that Weymouth Urban Sanitary Authority 11. live,
Portland Urban Sanitary Authority three, and Weymouth
Rural Sanitary Authority two members. Re propro•eil to
hear their statements in the above order.
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"Blown up and disabled- nmst be the description
of what happened to the great fireship at the last
'tamed meeting. With a ritlessness that mains; Mr.
Walker nothing if he is not finding fault, lie attacked
another colleetion "f rates. lam careful not to say
o collector ;" Mr. Walker has said to me and toothera
o believe jams, Taylor to be an honest man,- I anti
WWI to show everybody (airplay ; though it Certainly
did seem, inasmuch as the late Mr. Tayll,r collected
the rates, that to charge irregularities tin the collection
was to charge them on the collector ; but let that pass
until Mr. Walker has had time to say whom he did
charge. Well ! the charge was made that there were
irregularities, and the investigation was referred to
Mr. Walker and Mr. Naugle. Now, I am bound to
withdraw what I gave Mr. Walker credit for last
week—the capacity of Hume for ace tints he certainly
has not, for when he biund he could not get all the
material he wanted he retired, leaving the matter to
an accomplished professional accountant, who " holds
himself capable of deducing results from any quantity
of raw material put into his hands.- Yet Mr. Walker
professes to believe that the whole is a party thing
from beginning to end. I cannot but feel that if any
party has cause to find fault with Mr. Walker it ia hut
own. Wether lie conl,l get on without the counter-
foils or met, his duty to his party, if to no one else,
was to stand by the investigation, to watch it through
every imge, and to either sign the report or make one
of his own. But Mr. Walker might have been
frightened, like Frankenstein, at the monster f his
own creati,tn ; the immense pile of In, that hail to
be gone through might have terrified any ordinary
man, hut I venture to say they would not have been
shirked by Mr. Hume. While Mr. Walker had shut
himself up in weak inaction, of course the friends of
Mr. Taylor—or, if Mr. Walker prefers it, of "the
system--were actively engaged in vindication, and
very proverb, too : they would have done leas
than their duty hail they neglected this ; in
fact, considering that a dead man's honour, and the
feelings tit bin family, were isincernol, everybody must
approve their generous efforts. If it were "the
system they were fighting for, then Mr. Walker
should, in-common sense, ha ve known they won't' strain
every nerve. I prefer to take the more generous view,
awl heartily to thank th.m, awl especially Mr. Wella.
ford. for his most careful, elaborate, and convincing
defence ; hut not fir his scathing remarks, anti on
calm reflection he seems to have ti ght he was wrong
in part of what he said ; certainly the attack on Mr.
Walker as a minister ilhi not help any to a just issue.
But Mr. Welsfonl probably remembered the advice of
the sergeant at the Gibraltar council .1 war —" live
it 'em redhot," the shot went into the magazine. and
the stout ship Walker blew up. Unfortunately I have
heard such won, before at Local Boards and else-
where, but if Mr. Walker does not bitterly regret
them. awl if they Is not ruin his usefulness for a long
time, I shall be surprised. In fact, if he has not Runk
albszethen it was owing to Mr. Dennis, who towel the
disabled hull out ~f the fire. One more defiance Mr.
Walker hurled at Mr. Welsford, after the latter had
atsd,sgisol. and it appears even more unjustifiable than
the first "If he had been 'with me under certain cir-
cumstances he would not have got off so easily.- NOW,
what does this mean ? Mr. Walker's outburst if
passbot might in time be (-maimed, espotially as he teal
Boards are not always chits- in their words : but his
last remark is either un.English or puerile. The whole
affair scents to prove that Mr. Walker is not always to
be dependel upon a leather: his frequent appeaLsto
the Government Boa n 1 most be a perfect nuisance to
them, anti, as to his "calhitigupon them' to do WI he
wishes, I wonder if he ever read in Shakespeare :
" GI( anbwcr I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
"Hobintr.: Why, so ran I, or so van, any man:

Mr. STIII6OALL had only to reiterate svhat he had stated.
The district comprising the borough of Weymouth repre-
sented the rateable value of 1:411i, more than double,
and nearly three times as notch as the next I liAtrict,
Portland, the rateable value of which had been j 1 WI,
though s.iiie addition hat been recently made, riti.ing it
to Xis.7lll) orld.
Mr. HOWARD asked for the exact figures.
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Mr. STIF.“6.1L1,0116111101 it na. 111.011 that ground that
the Corporation of Weymouth thought they ought to have
a larger her of repre4entatives on the Port Sanitary
Board. There was another point upon the election of
chairman. it might so happen that five would vote ou one
side, and live on the other. and so thing', conic to a ilead
lock. At any rate there should he an odd number on the
Boordiand he urged the majority should In. representatives
for Weymouth.
Mr. HOWARD first challenged the Town Clerk's figures.
and asked whether there was any resolution passed by the
Local Board of Weymouth with reference to this enquiry.
Or so to Say iliacontrlt with the former arran cement.
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said it was within the jurisdiction of the
Local Government Board to onler this enquiry, they .IDI
institute it; and he WSW not called on v. answer that
question ; it Ws. not neceseary. A. a matter of fat an
application had been made by the Corporation of Wey-
mouth.
Mr. HOW MD Wished lii. enquiry OR the 4
notes. lie was perfectly aware what bail taken place,
because he was. member of the Corporation.
Mr. Fuse inn then began to read the memorial from
Weymouth Corporation.
Mr. HOWARn. on behalf of Portland, pointed out that
the borough of Weymouth is made up from four paribes,
the whole of Melcombe Regis parish, the whole of Wey-
mouth, and parts of Wyke Regis and Ralipole parishes;
the Board of Guardians also elected two of their number
to represent the remainin4 portion of the, two Lot
parishes, and when Mr. Stegzall stated £1,471 as the
rateable value of Weymouth for the purpose of the Port
Sanitary Authority he challenged those figures. The
totals were r—Mekombe Regis, AW.,45: Parish of Wey-
mouth, 4;(1,154 ; whole of wyke Regis, gilt ti7s • while of
ItadiPele. e:7.71E. If these figures were reckoned, it would
be found that the Town Clerk had reckoned the whole of
the rateable value of such parishes, though they were not
all within the borough.
The Town CLERK said he took the figures from the rate
book ; that was his authority.
Mr. Hew ARO said that wa indifferent to him ; the Town
Clerk had taken more than the proportionate share of the
two parishes insble the borough.
Mr. Fizeilm Yon mean to say you know the rateable
value of the borough better than the Town Clerk.
Mr. HOWARD Said the proportions given were inaccurate,
taking them as parish eon,,, parish, as they were now
arcee"rate-book was produced, showing the value .04,000
swIA

—Mr. HOwano urged that for this enquiry the proper
basis was the valuation for the county rate.
After some conversation,
Mr. HOWARD went on to urge that the only ground
Weymouth had wao that of money value and popuLtion ;
but if that theory of representation were carried out, how
many representatives ought Birmingham to have in
Parliament, as proportioned ti %Vermouth ! He protested
against a theory by which Portland might as well be
nobodies. The rateable value of Portland was about
and the inhabitants going on for 9.000.
The Mavoa: Do you include the convicts r (Laughter.)
Mr. HOWARD : So, in IS7I 11.130 inhabitants were
returned.
Mr. WrIDFORD showed that 1.50 g convicts were included
and 1159 in barraeka
Yr. HOWARD went on that the populations at the last
owes= ware—llislcombe Iteria, 7.66 ; Wevroouth proper.
3,551; Radipole, 1,154 ; Wyke Regis, 2,145. The two
lad went oskr pertly in the borough; but giving it the

benefit of the whole 11.458. and adding Portland would *into in general, and they have certainly not been
oaks it 13,589. dividing the game by 10 representatives. behind-hand in going for their object. Baffled at an :
there were something over 2000 population to each, so election, they believed the return,, were altered by
that Portland ought to bare four members. They were " erica emus.," and, with all the pluek and deter.
however, satisfied with three, as it wood. He then went
rnination of Portlanilers, they carried the matter t 1
into acreage, and as Portland hes 3,555 acre, ; Mokombe
Regis, 1,518 ; Weymouth. 50: Rarlipole, I.ftel ; ahout 300 the Courts. Through long yearn the come dragged
In the borough ; and Wyke, 2(562, or SUO within the itself, until any leas determined than the Vigilance
borough ; total, 4,5.35 :ores. Poetland wet entitled to five Committee would have sickened, and at last, in spite
members instead of three. of Queen's comma', they achieved their point, and
Mr. WILLSFORD asked if Portland Beach was included established the right of their man to his meat But it
In the acreage. (Laughter.) shows how abominably perverted is our mystem tor
u n advanta y
, Mr. 110wARD: No, it ia not inelooled inin-hiding the ratthe Bing. l out Fonenth law. that the other eble were enitble Ito hill
I have given yo age Ifack-
; SCOUT. (More laughter.) Portlanol• was sole Port them at lay' until actually the term of oolfiee for wh:ch
1 Sanitary Authority for many ) ears, and cost the other , they fought hall expired. But, by a curious alteration
I parishes nothing. ! of law, which slightly lessened the injuetice in this
IMr. FLEMING : Your points are that upon rateable case, a short time was left over and beyond the term,
value, population, and acreage, Y.O are entitled to more : and for that short time Mr. It. J. Andrews site. Such
1 representation? a [scandalous delay and actual denial of poutiee makes
ale HoWARD: Yea and Weymouth less; but we are : us woks whether the found:Wong of English liberty are
quite eatistied as it is. Th. at to situation, Mr.
HoWard +aid Portland wes moreen than doubly Interested. I rappel. I always unden al toml that agna Charts
The whole of the great Portland Roads belonged to , eat. —to none will we deny, to none will we sell, to
Portland. and not to Weymouth, only a small portion of none will we delay, justice. And such word's commend
the water ehown (pointing to the !nap) was under Wry- themgelvee to every sense '4 right. Yet every promlee
mouth jurkeiction. Portland's interests were moot vital. of Magna Chartft liaa been practically broken in the
and it ought to have more representation than Weymouth Portland Qu9 Warrfoilo ease. Justice hae been denied,
on that ground- for Mr. Andrews afterwards declared to be the
Mr. Hnorra : Portlawl is in the port of Weymouth.
Mr. Bowman said yes, for Custom-boom purp.es ; but successful candidate, was prevented front takinis his -
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as to that. the "port of Weemouth" extended front St. neat during hie term ; Midi, hoe been in oet olisgmotingly
Alban'. Head to Lyme Regis, except that they had a delayed by the facility fee repeated appeal.. : and
little Custom-house at Briolport. althowth no one him been bribed, yet pistice luta only
been got by a root expenditure of money, and I limit
A bye-diseuesion followed on this point.
Mr. FLEMING, going over the points urged by Portland know what to call that, if I may not say that justice
Me Rowan. repeated his reinark that Po give represen.
ban been sold. If our sym m
tent
no
law is toloe anything ,
1 Wiens according to what was paid. awl population,
lon,t;
,o.
eerin for, as Al
lawyer' e Peathe's other
palaces upon fools taitel
shoulders,it him
would throw all the representmons into the power of large
g ' ' "
cities, and was opposed to the theory of repreaentation in st
this kingdom, it ought to be made compulmory that Pitch questions be
Mr. FLEMING drily remarked: I do not think see can go settled by a few onlinary men. The Vigilance Coon-
into expooithoe of political prineiplet in thts enquiry. mittee are, 11 wever, jubilant at their cocci-so. and the
Mr. 110wARD: But it is upon those points mtly Wer• figurea read by Mr. lit-arc :at the alippOf. no to what
mouth haa any diem. We thutend we are entitled to he considers the perverted vote.. Neelil to prov that
more. comee were amply ustified. I am net Locoing
Me Ft EMI NO : Yet you say you are content th go on as the
to plimitt blith thowe figures j , for, be tie twine: very -dry
you are.
; Mr. Howaan : Well, yes, the ton men are not nice- for the public to read. they reveal son-h a long eeriest
; worked ; day after day their meetings are literally of chargee that I shall not take the remponeibility.
nothing. My experience has tanelot me that truth generally lion'
Thin lonmeht up Mr. TiloM tit, who briskly replied that ~,,,, ewhere between two parties ; it may loe more witlo
; they had had very important mattes t aneiously to one side than the other ; but it sebloni liappene that
. consider. „ one side is entirely right, awl the other entirely
Mr. 110wARD: Hut POI have gone on very thinfertafily wrong. The Vigilance Committhe ant hi danger of
nd Direly.
As to the evenness oof the numbere. Mr. llowano urg.el being exerting, raid they might certainty have Shown
there was nothing in it. Let the %Wu" for the time I ohmic More Consider:tam than to keep the repm tors till
have the ra-ting vete, or the di:groan of the Portlawl half p:Pt eleven, to report their moemeliee an:l then to
Imeal B ord. (I.toighter from the Wey ~,,,,, ill si.le), let them walk home hew miles at noiilni •lit :; '3iO..t. a
Mr. flow ARID : Well now, why ia that laugh ! I can only north wind.
say that Portland has shown a In-cur example tiout it 1111 l e
of 'Wey th lately. (Laughter froin the Portland
side).
Mr. WEINFoRn for " Weymouth Rural," pointeel the
difficulties owing Go the time and iti.le of electi on being
different in the various sanitary authorities. Was the
matter within the scope of the enquire 1
Mr. FLEMiNG : No, but it is well worth thinking about.
Tilt lIIMUNCI CARP
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Mr. PF.I.LV Mona, cleric to the Pert Sanitary, called
attention to a letter which he presumed the commissioner
haul no authority to deal with.
The Comoussiosea saiol the powers they wanted would
require the notablishment of a quarantine ground.
Mr. 110oPER stated that a rate of Llool lerted last May
by the Port Sanitary, was thus paid :—Weymonth, £Ol,
on rateable value £41,570; Portland, .115, An rateable value
£18,70e ; Rural, £l4, on rateable value £10,312. That was
the only rate levied.
' Mr. WELSFORD asked about the limits of the juris-
diction.
Mr. HOWARD impressed upon the Commissinner that
Portland considered its simple question of might against
right.
Mr. Firem then thanked the gentlemen for their
attendance anil information, and pronounced the enquiry
Homed.
Thew inspectors report to the Local Government Board,
whe afterwards communicate their will.

The at. in a teapot about the 'Nils on the Bench
baa been alhiyed by 3 grayefid yielding. The side
seats have been replaced for the sake of public meet.
tinge only, and not to allow any ontstler who cannot
write after his name " to sit on the Bench. I
can't help wondering why the want %cannot discovered
long before, for the rests have been removed years
ego. A hint was thrown out that it was because of
the reporters having a place to themselves, "at the
expense of the public." • But the Press area large part
of the public, and if there is any jerdon.y remaining,
I don't care if the Bench put us back where we were
before, and where we valid hear a good deal better
than now. It WM to give more room to the solicitors
and their clerks that we were reinovcsl; at the came
time I thank the Mayor for effecting the removal in an
gentlemanly AWL pleasant a way.

The Local Board have appoint .1 an officer to hasten
the children into the sclesds rlt what if they refuse
to receive them? A child .4 nine, innqcuntlooking
enough to steal a heart, and frank enough to tell all he
lid, has been repeatedly expelled from Holy Trinity
school, as utterly bad, and now they won't receive
him back. They are not singular in such a res•dee,
for we hear that even Board schools refuse boys .4 this
kind. Who is to look after them. They are driven to
prey on society unless the police apprehend them, and
then they must be branded as thieves or he taken care
of. The system of industrial schools needs great
extension.

DISCESS.

PORTLAND.
Rao. (.11ARLF-4 Him. delivered a temperance lecture
on Thiir4day evening, at Maiden Well richoolnintii.
Mr. J. romben tin& the chair.

Tim Parniostsn NEW DAV Sews-mg. —Mr. Jolt
Lynbant's tender for the Wesleyan lay selernls at
Easton has been atxxptea, the amonnt being t:fffiik
A TEMPERANCE Mkkron; was held on Friday at
Wah-ham, addressea by the Rev. It. Hawkey, Messrs.
R. Stone, W. Maffett, and It. Comben. At the
shoe they formed a Band of Hope..
Par-skvraotiv. On Tnesday night the sergeants of
the 3lst regiment presentea Sergeant W, Deanlen
with a handsome electro-platea tea service, on his j
leaving the regiment to join the staff of the 2nd•
Royal Cheshire Militia. &meat Dearaen left on I
Weanesthy morning for Macclesfield.
Dkarit AT Sm. --The ship Wanganui, with ;0 end-
grants .4 all Gasses for New Zealand, put into the
Haas gat Satunlay afternoon, having the holy of the
cook, who Ical thol of congestion of the lungs, kg.
Dr. McLean enquired into the Case and certifirni, and
David Eraser's c .rime was linried in the cemetery, the
captain and some officers following. Fraser was 271
' years of age.
Mr. R. J. ANDREWS'S TERM oF Offlee.--Throtrnh a
misconception, our corrnsrnmdent has written else-
where that Mr. I:. J. Andrews's original term was
entirely absorbed during the law procetslings. This is
so far incorrect that Mr. R. .1. Andrews has another
year to sit. The Mr. Andrews, who seeks. re- des-ti mu
now is Mr. G. E. Andrews, of the Vinery, Fortune's
Well.
ABoIiTTTE MEETING or TIIE LOCAL Roam.— The
Board were rndlea together for b.inesg on Tbursilay
night ; but some members objected that Mr. .1. C.

Lanni had no power to calf the meeting, Air. B.
Scriven. elected returning officer being, they said, the
proper chairman. There Wa-4 much diAwlewim, and
saltintAtely it was decided to adj..urn the meeting for
the.. 4 pinion of ti r. "toward. the clerk.. .

IooTssAIL Mann. —The Portland' and Warrior
teams had their return struggle on Thnrolay last.
The teams were more evenly matched thou on the
last occasion, and the Warriors kept the ball 1110Vi11.4
three-,marters of an hour before Portland kicked a
goaL In the next three-quarters of an hour nothing
WM done' and the Portland won by one gaol to
nothing. A looker-on finds fault with to I much
limiting of the ball.
A NEW SCHOONEW. Satnclay there was
launched from the building yard of Mr. Robert Lee,
at Kingston-by-Sea, a very fines dessner, classed A.l,
13 years, 117 tons re-dote,. She was built to the order
of Captain Henry Hodder ansl Mr. Renjamin Scriven,
ship-owners of Portland, Dontet, and is intended for
the general trade. Her dimensions are • -length, 13ft. :
breadth, 21ft. :!" depth, 10ft. tills. As she left the
ways she was named the Annie by Miss Annie Gray,
amidst a very large concourse of people. Who gave
three cheers for the owner and builder. She is !
, supposed to be the strongest vessel ever set afloat in ,
the port of Shoreham, and for workmanship never
was equalled by any other builder in this port. She
is to he commanded by Capt. Henry Hodder, late if
the f Isimsera, Weymouth.---Sses, Thai!, POSi.
DEATH A Wantsce.—Mr.- IL N. Hewers!,
coroner for the Island, held an inquest on Saturday
last at the tons it 011 the bssly of
William O'Donnell, a civil guard, who sliest in the
lefirmary on the previous day, at the age of ra Ile
was admitted into the Infirmary on the 13th of
January, for disease of the liver, and was attended by
Dr. Askham, as medical officer. When deceasea
wished he ,'mild go home, and come lack into
Hospital whenever he liked, as he found it snore com-
fortable than his own quarters. Ile 'slid go home, and
on the 13th came back and naked to Iso admitted, as
he could get more attendance than he should have at
home. Dr. Askham consented to his Icing re-
admitted, and be remained ttntil isis death. Every
attention and kindness were shown. and he seemed
particularly grateful: his wife and children, and any
officers that he wanted to see visited bins in the
Infirmwy. Before going into the service he had
served 24 years in the army, and in the Prison service
he hal spent 20 years, and WAS just to be pensioned
off, when he ,lied.—The jury returned a verdict that
deceased died from natural Misses, slisease of the liver
being the cause of death. The funeral if Civil Guard
O'Donnell took place on M,snslay, the body being
conveyed from the Infif mary to the Roman Catholic
Chapel. The procession wa.4 headed by the prisnsn
officers* I.3'l,l,ldwing the Deal March iii Saul, and -10
Prison sdUlcers, with 11 men of the 314 regitnetst. The
service at the chapel havieg been performed the Jr.
cession went Or 'ugh the Quarries to the East %Veit.,
where the gime was. Sergeant O'Donnell hat spent
17 years in India.

HOW A CONVICT BECAME A CLERGYMAN
The following is copied from the " Life of Ti as
Wright, the Prison Philanthropist :"—" A loan who had
been undergoing penal sera itade at Portland repaired to
Manchester with a ticket-of-kave awl is letter from the
chaplain to Thomas Wright The latter got hint employ-
ment as a scavenger, and, as the result of a narrow
watching of his conduct, found him to be exemplary. lie
now closed the scavenger to be promoted to a mender of
roads, and obtained admission for hint itito the late
Canon Stowelrs Sunday and nizht sehonls, in both of
which he became a teacher. The poor man worked hard,
and showed so great a capacity for learning, that Canon
Stowell,, interest in bin, was strongly exciteL Canon
Stowell was made areuainte.Lwith his antecedents; never-
theless he made art. tugionents for ' reading' with him,
and in due time the Portland convict who bad been
favoured with a ticket of leave, and purified by humble
service as a Manchester scavenger, was ovlaingl as a
ckrgytuan. '