The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-29 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

Boar Kurt PETTY Ramon. Tuesday.—Before the Mayor
(Mr. 11. Howell), Mr. E. Cog, Dr. hay, Mr. S. NV hetham.
awl Mr. C. Tucker.
samnelMorn, Whitchnrch, for leaving hie horse
awl waggon an unreasonable time in Alington, was fined
2s. GI. and costa, Rs. 64.
Sarah Guppy, an old offen.ler, for being drunk and
disorderly wall fined ss. and costs. los. 51. Allowed three
weoks for payment. in default 14 day's in/pries nruent.
Sarah Parrir v. James Spitler and Charlotte Spitler v.
rs'eos and Sarah Parriii.—Alter hearing a great deal of
contheting evidence on both sides, the Bench decided
that the eases ought not to have appeared before them,
and dismissed both cams.
John Wh;fe was brought up in cusAwly charged with •
breach of the peace by his wife Mary White. The wife
gave the defendant into custody, but did not now appear,
and on a reprimand from the Bench, the defendant was
/lista i s
James irliTrerii was brought up in custody tharged with
stoaliwt a watch, the property of Thoina.s Farnham. on
Sundae, 211th inst. Sentence/I to 11 day's impri•ainient.
The license of the Royal thk Inn, West-street, was
transferred from Thomas James Smith to James Boon :
and the license of the Bakers' Arms Inn from George
Ackerman to William Bugler.

SHERBOBNE
DEDREASTON OF TRADE —We regret to hear that it is
more than •probably that the silk factories, which give
employment to between RIO and 500 peroms, will sLortly
be closed. The workmen have been put on short time
for several works past.
Parnevrariox.—The teachers and scholars of the
National Schools, assisted by a few friends. took the
opportunity on Friday afternoon last of presenting Miss
M. L. Simon, mistress of the infant department, who is
leaving, with a gratifying present, consisting of a silver
teapot, six silver spoons, desert knife and fork, and a pair
of silver sumr tongs, as a token of their appreciation of
her services during the period she has been mrnnected with
theschool-. The gift wan presented by the Rev W. H.
rho took the -^ity !xp.ressing in eulo-
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._ •to recognise the bend of their Heavenly Father i
the erection of this buieling that he hots lietenetltoth eine 1 w‘ith
_them, anti discovered_ that they were members ot Lyon, who Pee ....• npp wAunity m
prayers and eranted to them the long cherished desire of tele 1' ni ... and were going drown to hear Mr Arch for gistic bonne the (refiner of regard which animated the
ne following i, a copy of the testimonial which
their hearts. the fird tinie. Going along I saw one tlf Joseph's givers. T
aecempanied i t :—Presented to Miss M . L. Simon by the
"The old lee ed
eling war the scene of much 4evoterleur Serfs w.,ekine at the sale rtf the road. " Hull sage
te whets end senates of the Sherborne Abbey Infante
in the Master's come ; the same earnest spirit still prevail.% I, "what net going to Ham Hill. .. Nur. 'dr." e Scheel and ether friends as • token of their affection and
and the need of spirited instruction is yet urgently felt, replieul with a erin. " How is that? I asked. " Well," regire, Msy 14th. 1577." At the same time the Vicar
and they desire to-day to re-censeente themede, to the .he replied, "If Igo down there I ellen spend at least Presented to MIAs Simon a silver pencil-case. bliss Simon
work to. which they have set their hands. Their hearts ~
4e., you know, , Y 1 ' - '
;It and if I remain here I shall earn ee no that makes feelingly ecknowleteed the gifts.
are fend with gratitude for the past history of this ; e sir, in m Picket." " 80-Wee " added OLD Fiefeener SocirrY.—The annual meeting of this
Sabbath school, and they rejoice to know money have I
peen to Mess elle day their stele were thither led. I the men, " I bine no Internees there " This came beim society ttek idace on Monday. The society has been
estaltlishal let years, and has paid to nrembers C 16,078.
"Shout.' they be sparcel to occupy the new building they I a lelentacute man, sir, ana I was a little surprised. I
During the past year it has dispensed to in sick and
pray that they may realise God's continual peso—nee, that I thought this WM intelligence in the right form, and
superannuation members £9l les. The roll was called at
His Holy Spirit may ever be with them, guiding and was an incontrovertible doctrine. I overtook my cern- the Town Hall kt half-put ten and, a procession having
directing their every theught panione, and teem we came to 3lotrombe Borough. The been formed. the club proceetted to the Abbey Church
"The school numbers art follows:—Scholars, (; teachers, obi brake hail got there first, and when I arrived at the where a sermon was preached by the vicar from part 01
Plaelipe Arms" I was in time to witness the emu. the reh ver-e of the Pith chapter of Proverbs. At the
"In closing thin brief account it may be stated that for
many years the British Schools hart been held i n the sa me 1 Pante haed• I 'l.'
rather think h I'll
didn know if Jo
t. But seph Arch conic by it' conclusion they paraded the principal streets, headed by
t . Nand of the 7th Dorset, and vnited " the 'Squire" at
herding, and in decirling to build the committee hat . I e ' he was there-Ihin the
the Co-tie then returning to the Dighy Hotel, where an
before them the increasing number of scholars in this : Joseph, gifted Joseph, a born orator, an effective
esoellent 'dinner was provide! by Mr. Binnie-Clark.
Institution, and the absolute necessity for more room. • reasoner, I could not help, sir, recalling the time when They sat down in good' numbers. Mr. Ream officiating
This has been well considered, and greatly increased spate he first began to attract attention. I heard him one for Mr. E. M. Kingtlon, the president of the year. The
will be provided, and it is felt that by improving the e‘wethmicinhe,i.nnowatrs,eindof,o,ttir years age, under an old pump Vicar, and Mr. T. Etek Mr. A. W'll tt M B Chandler.,
accommodation for both the Sabbath and British Sehoobe ). an.l his language, although • dining with the club. Musical harmony characterised
they are furthering the cause of both religious and moral '
training,thus benefiting the rising race and the connuunity that,,f an orator, was feeble. and he laboured with ' the proceedines. which, under the pendency of the Vice-
aubi.,,,,, ~,,ec,.. But now, sir, now chaneed! lie Chairman, Mr. Newport, were concluded at 8 o'clock
at large."
[Here follows the signatures of the pastor, superinten. lays down his 'loin but incontrovertible doctrine, and Preeh'elY
• firetemes were preached in the Abbey Church, on Sunday
dents, teachers, and building committee-1 challenges the werld. I was going to say, to -disprove ' by the vie or in eel of the curates Auguruentation Fund,
dr. Edward Hopkins, of Poole, who kindly prepared the ; hie etatemente ILeis an orator, anti he knows it; he and ell 194.11. was collected.
plans for the beetling% next presented Mr. John Kemp- is a clever loeieisn, and his heart seems to be in his ' Fine- —On Saturday morning a lire broke out on the
Welch with a handsome trowel with which to lay the stone. ve.tels. But that is enough about Jotreph.ti character. ,' farm of Mr. Miller, at ()borne. near Sherberne, and a
The trowel was of silver, with an ivory handle, and bore
the below ing leen-nth. : I next eaw that veritable enthusiast, -George Mitchell, ' straw stack, the produce of a 16 acre field, was destroyed.
" Presented te John Kemp-Welch, Eett., on the eccason who Keener to delleffit in the Irppellatini 11 " One The rick was ins hell near. the railway, and it is supposed
of his Laying the memorial stone of the new Congrei ee_ from the Plough. ' George appear, to be c • 'mark from a leo-Mg engine caught the rick. Some
ontent with .
men re speetlily on the , had
tonal Sundae Scheele, leele, May tend., 1577." his ready-made title; but .Totreph is an ambitions
!
i gainednear a
c weomplete held and be apot
ing favobuttheured b fire
a strong
Mr. John Kemp-Welch then formally Led the stone, on man, and I sin afraid nosy he is supported by Mr. i wintl, scen reduced the rick to eshee
which was inserihed : • Chamberlain and Mr. John Bright, both Nl.P.'s, he I CACTURE OF AN ESCAPED LUNATlC.—lntelligenee was
e congregational Sunday Schools_ —This memorial drone will not red satisfied until he, too, is an M.P. received here on Wednesday morning by the police of
was laid, to commemorate, the cent/try of the alteinme Mitchell receenised inc in an inetent, and, he being • the escape of a lunetic named Thomas Abbott, a native
chapel, by John Kemp-Wekh, Esq., May 22.1.1, Isere
sartienler friend, of mine or I of his I don't care of Spetishurv, from the Chem:duster Asylum. The same
The stone was laid in true workinanlike stele by Mr. I ' - . shout our oc ec . . utc Inge nen 1
Welch, who declared it " well and truly laid," anti having which, he advanced and gr;ve me a Inert' y grip 14 the 1 ?anthem. f 'Ik.PC II le 3 d tfied
i the man 111 Cheap-street and he was apprehended and
spoken of the peculiar Plew m ere it affirmed hi to conic to hand, and kindly asked how it fans' %with me and ,
taken to the dation, from whence he will be delivered
his native town on mph en occasion he addressed a few mine. l'here was, I secret ly t et-erred, a ,lark f roan over to the proper authorities.
suitable worde to those arceenittled, which were received on his countenance, and this I watt afterwards in- THE Union Friendly Society, better known as
with I•beer'. The hymn, "Christ is our corner-stone," formed by his feetetume, WM owing to the absence of Trieeday's club, had their anneal dinner and fete on
was then sung. and the Inv. Andrew Morton Brown, under the andlices of favourable weather.
L. L. le, of Cheltenham, • former partor of the ehureh, the AL e. 31r. le twee, of Newcastle, who hal at the lost Teee.ley
moment gent a telegram te say he cutule net attend ~..,e ' .
ri ineintoers met at the Town Hall ur. the mornin
delivered an earnest and prate-al whirrs., in which he e
ceneratulitte.l the pastor. (engine, church teacher-, and owing to a severe colde
.Furtiter tin, when I hail taken tine went to the Abbey Church, where a discourse
f,holark .tn that day. The remarke of Dr. Brown, who is inc seat in Gemetee slued harenche, I ren,lll,Mi
- many wee delivered by the Rev. F. M. ('hase, curate, and
a great favoorite in Pete, were well received. The Bete. ide actin:entrances and. a new tmime too, Mr. Jehti 1)e
afterward.. they paraded the town in procession,
diction having I leen pronounced,
and the hymn, "ti-u! Alto-eat, .4 "charity" renown. J'eel'il Arch also headed by the bawl of the 7th D.R.F. The pro-
Mese true Stin.lay School" Bung, a very interesting and eleven.' kindly after my health : and Pet then the cero-ittn preeented an imposing scene, totally outvieing
gratifying feature of the preceetlings followed. This was bands (3) struck lip and we mewled slowly through that 11 the ie. li 1 After '
ecee ne • ay. r payingtheir re.
the filling put the memorial settee of the Sunday scholars, Ilanehille. Tlie hill wag like a I -
the 1,1114.1101 to the
who from wlttlt to infant, al most tau sign exeeption •, , , . girl rto severe' usentlemen rtf the town and a visit to
rem 4n. lbw; ; stalls, beerhensee, emfectionary eetve ' e '
placer, something on the done, an.l theeef rue emtrihutions, ,: se . • the wtethy 'Squire of Sherbrene Cacele the
Is mente ref /Pelee/ were hese, and tdl the machine
together with the thenit-otieringe of friends present, ' " 7' men peeved-ea to the Park, kindly lent by Mr. MOT,
realised a handsome sum towards the building fund as etc., of mo-lern invention which go to make up the where on excellent dinner, inclutline green pew and
will he seen below fun of the fair. By and bye the meeting began in the new petatees, was provide,' under a spacious, maremee
Punctually at half-past five tea was provided in the "Frying I'an," ana my friend George pretty well
by Mr. Edwin Pramell, of the Black Horse Hael.
Girls Britieh Sehoolroont, where the table. were de, e'' ; dried up lemma hie recent actinaintanceo- Mr. .elbert Willtmet pro-riled anul woe supported by
ated with 'tome niee flowers. About :£lO persone partetk Mr. Murals:Ll. took the erheir," S., celled and intro- . •
of tea, anti a portion of this number had to he acceneue- duced the speakers. He hett his test Key. ttl tl it After
He erweeree the prerence or numen en t ler gen eine .
dated in the vestry. with the cat a nine tail, in Lis heed, and said he hart thinner the loyal and patriotic tent* were given and
The evening meeting was hell in the congregational given notice to several gentlemen of the county to come 1.0-feeble.' to, and after a few happy reruarks had been
Church, nailer the presidency of aldermen Martin to this meeting end give an ace out why they had made, the Members left the tent to watch, and, if in-
KemreWelch, and was largely attendee. The speakers allowed that implement of teeters, to le used on poor clino-1, to parthipate in, the numerous sports provided,
were acconartodeted on a roomy platform that met been soldieer, ash seil nin the Army en'! Navy. Only one During the afternoon races were run, and novel stone.
erected in front of the pulpit, and oaths Chairmen's table member of the county hail had the pluck to vote against
, picking matches eatne off.
were some designs of choice flowers which were emelt ad- ire usuage- all praise be to his n tete ! Ile would ass
mired. The choir and Sunday scholars, who ffiled the Meier Paget, if he were in the meeting, to COllle fora ard
spacious galleries, sang the hymn, •• Tailing on." with much end let him try it en his bark. Ilettter.) Such an , .
ANOTIIER DOMESTIC MYeThRY —suspicious
spirit, led by Mr. Titus Beckley on the organ. awe which implement wass a wandel an.l a disgrere to his country, DEATII OF A NIECE OF LORI) RIVERS.
the Rev. S. Wesley, of Poole, owned the meeting with and it should not he uteel much longer. Ile would, he COMEITTAL OP FOUR PERSONS FOR MURDER.
prayer, and another hymn. "We welcome our friends to cpatipned, rather have his country in a state of revolt.- Ow Saturday a protracted inquiry at Penge respecting
our service to-night," was song The chairman made • ten than have her in the wretcheelettnulition she was in the death of Harriet Staunton resulted in a verdict of
few opening remarks, and called men mr j. ep. Beckley, to-rley. There were men in Ileish, near Lannert, who were wilful murder against the four persons implicated, namely
the treasurer ttf the building fund of the new schools, to still working for from?, to Mr. per week on all average,and L 'Ms Staunton, the leo-band of the deceased, Patrick
make his financial emend This 'thew.' the amount sub- how were they ti bring up their chielem I He wanted to Se euntote his brother, Mee Petrick Staunton, and Alice
scribed and promised by member,' of the Congregation to see this system altered. He wanted to we the l'rince of Rho-lee her sister. It seems that the deceased WWI one
he £l,OOO, of which, however, £lOO was prontieed row Wales come down, an.l leek ever the Duchy of t;ornwall's of the three daughters of Mrs. Itichardeon, a sister of the
ditionelly earn ten other poisons subscribing £5O etch by estate, where he would hind houses a disgrace to civilize. lute Lan Borers. After her first husbands death Mee
the first of September. There were other subscriptions teen, and hovels intteititee by Inettenity that some gentle- Richardson, married the Reverend Mr. Butterfield. Of
amounting to Ell lee The amount rime-ited on the men would not deltic their horses in. Ile could only her three daughters, one married the late Earl of Wicklow
memorial stone was £124 119 s. Id.. and in achlitiutn to this cent/nee sontenewhin to a partial eclipse of the gun or another became Mrs. Cesehionca, while the third was
Mr. John Kemp-Welch, who bed the stone, had pro- the moon, for it was one of the darkeet spots of his SUIPI.Aed to be of week intellect, and at one time
noised £lOO, Mr. Martin Kemp-Welch, the chairman, £5O, eeentry for tyranny. Poor people's, children were not steps were taken to confine her in a lunatic asylum. In
and Mr. George Kemp-Welch and Mr. Jansen Keene e.lurated, but starved to death. Ile was sorry Mr. Cowen, the Jens of 14475 she was married without the reagent of
Welch Ear) each. These elms gave a total of £1,351 94. 1.1. the meetier tor Newcastle, was not present. hut he had her family, and against their wish, to Me Louis Staunton,
and the cost of the buildings was mem. Mr. Buckley pent a telegram to say he was h erre and could not attend, an auctioneer's clerk. She was then about thirty-four
said their great desire was to men the schools free of debt, bet he sympethised with their oh ect. A letter was years of age, amid hail some £2,500, to which she was
and as they were to be used for Britirth schools he appealed from the Prince of Wales to the t ffect that previous entitled in her own right, together with various reversions
to all friends nutted, the congregation to help being sleet engagements prevented his attendance. A post-cant from contingent open the death of her aunt, Lily Rivers. The
that result. Mr. John Kemp-Welch having affirmed the Mr. Glelstone said :—" lam inclined to think my atten- ready money, which was not an inconsiderable sum, Louis
meeting, the Rev. J• W. Sensom read an ably written dance woul.l qteeken the action of party spirit with Stamina appears, Ey his own admiesion, to have spent,
and interesting paper on Nonconformity in Bele, reference to the enlargement of the county euffrago- and and the reversions be also sold for what they would fetch.
especially in connection with Skinner-street Chapel, that might in this way reeve the progress of a cause which lln March. 1,76, the deceased gave birth to a son, and we
had teen prepared by the worthy Alderman, the Chairman em warmly desirous to promote." Letters haul also lees have the evidence of the nurse who then attended her
for the occasion. receivel from Mr. Weedy, M.P. Mr. Standield, M.P., that the unfortunate WOMAU led a very unhappy life.
The Paper was an able renew of the history of the Mr. charelertain, M.P., and Sir. Fawcett, 31. P., who She was not allowed to nurse her child, an 4 she wee, as
Nonconformist community in Poole since the Year 1777, regretted other engagements deterred them from attend- it now appears with very good_ cause, jealous of the
when Skinner.sereet chapel was first erected, up to the inc Hanidull. attentiens which her husband pad to Alice Rhode*, the
present date. ; Mr. HALLIDAY, from the Miners' Association, then spoke sister-in-law of his brother, Patrick Staunton. The
The reading of the Paper was received with applause, at length on the estahlishment ash dissetelownment of the opinion of the nurse lets considerable light upon the case.
The Rev. Dr. Bereave next spoke at genre length, and state Church, the franchise for the labourers, the national as she was prectically the net person who saw enough of
relatetl many amusing reminiscences connected with his reform generally, the rleccuted to hear testimony as to her general health
co-pastorate at Poole. ,' Mr. ARCM Called upon by Mr. Mitchell to address the and state of mind. Her account is that Mrs. Staunton
The Rev. W. Dessilall. of Wareham, addressed the ' meeting, said there was a tinee in the history of this was cleanly and temperate in her habite, that oho was
meeting, and spoke of the great serv-es and assistance Union, when the farmers of Sentersetshire began to week of mind and always crying, that she was hally
that had been rendered to Wareham in the past hy the Ise afraid of it; but to-day they are laughing at the treateel and neglected, and thee elle was "too much put
pastors and congregation of Skinner-nteeet chapel. iguoranee and unprincipled conduct of the working amen to be happy." Towards the end of P. 71, Louts
Mr. JAMES KEEP-WILCO. of Christehureh, followed in men. Had they teen true to their Union, instewl of Steenten took a small farm of twenty.one scree near
a happy strain, and was succeeded by the Rev. E Gerry, grumbling about their wages, they would have had 15a. • Cudhetn, in Kent, where his brother Patrick, who me •
8.A.., of Blendford. week, as many of them had in other counties. Because bentleape peinter, heti a cottage. Sem after, Mrs. Louis
After • speech ler Me LANEESYFR, of Leicester, an old ; they hed broken up their Union and haul peered into the Stella on w:thher chid war removed to Patrick Statintmes
Pooleiteswho ass :no-heal maimcondemned the intemperate: bends of their employers, they (the employers) must be house, and from that day forth, except on one or two
habits of the people of this country at the greatest ter to . great fools itelee.l if they gave them more than I Is, a week. occa,i-Ms, she was never again seen until her death.
Christian progress. Did they think a farmer was going to pay 15r. when he Meanwhile her husband was openly living with his
The Rev. J. W. SAMPSON, on behalf of himself and the coed get workmen for 10s. Five years ago the National brethees sister-in-law, Alice Ithodes. who passed in the
congregation. thanked Mr. J. KeteleWeleh. Dr. Grown, Agricultural 'Union was illtrOdU,ed into the county. neighbourhooa as his wife. Louis Staunton himself states
the Chairman, and his two brothers for their great kind- Within eight of Ham-Hill there were 2,0011 juineci it. that he separated from his wife by mutual coming), on
miens . They hail at that time 30,000 or 40,000 men at their back, account of her intemperate habits ; that it was by her
After • hymn the meeting closed with the Benediction, and yet now they steel ttutsitle and grumbled at the weak- own wish she went to live with hie brother ; that she was
which was pronounced by Dr. Brown. new, Was there a labonrer there who coulul say the Uni in aware of his guilty connection with Alice Rhodes and
A (enaction was made during the evening in aid of the had deserted him ? But they had neither pluck nor tacitly consented to it; and that she wee anxious, above
Building Fund. •
principle. Ile was not come there, as his friend Mr. all things, to avoid seeing anything of her own relations,
Mitffiell had said, to spend hie last 6,1., to raise them up; of whom she was terribly afraid, and whom she had never
hut he would spend his last breath, not his money, to forgiven for their attempts to confine her as a lunatic. On
advocate their interests if they wenn only b I
e men. Men the other hand, it is clear that Mrs. Butterfield made
at Yetminster, just outset° the borders of Somerset, 1 every attempt to discover her daughter ; that she set
were getting 2e. more a week than they were, end they had ! policemen to watch the neighbourhood to see if she were
come there that day wearing their Union irignia; where t there; and that she herself actually went down to
were the Somerset men's insignia / Where !—why in their ' Cudham an 4 was refined eamission.
bellies not their brains. (Cheers.) If they grumbled at • Patrick Staunton brought his brother's child up from
being underpaid, badly Immo-1, hadly fed, there was that Cutlhern to Guy's Hospital on Sunday morning the Bth of
tremendous powirrlat their bark, and if they joined the April last. It died there the same day, the death being
Union he gave them his word that not one nor two ascribed to inanition, and on Monday it was buried in •
thousand pounds should be spared to back their. up if they false name. On the Thursday 'teaming following, Louis
proved true to their principles. He knew the farmers Staunton and his sistersindaw took some humble lodgings
would not like him to talk like that; but became there to at Penee, telling Mrs. Chalkin, the landlady, that they
find fault with their own conauct, and to extend to them were wanted for a letly who was very unwell, and required
the right hand of fellowship to raise them. If they better medical attendance than could be got at Cudham.
thought he had come down there to pay their twopences The same evening the lady was brought in, accompanied
for them and to lead them about, they were mistaken '• he by Lees Staunton Patrick Staunton and his wife, and
wouldnt do it Ile once Imo( a better opinion of the Alice Rhodes. A doctor was sent for that night, but he
Sornereetehire men than he had to day. Ile could have was not elite to attend until the next morning. When he
wrdoned them for standing at a distance at the on-set, but came he found the patient in • serious condition. He
be could not for having turned their backs on them. It ordered that a skilled nurse should he called in, and that
was no use their biking to the fanner, the paean, or the food and stintallante should be liberally given. He called
'quire ; they had to look to themselves, and if they did not again at midday, and perceived at once that death warn
do their best to elevate themselves. they would forever - impending, awl when he came for the third time in the
remain where they were in their slavish condition. If evening the unfortunate woman was dead. The apparent
every county in Eegland had been as stolid as Senerset, ! respectability of the Stauntons, together with the
we should have been up to our knees in blood to-day fight- wsurences they gave him that the deceased had been pre
lag for the Turk—allied with a army whose soldiers viously attentled by another medical man, whom they
would not hesitate to run his bayonet into an innocents name I, allayed his supicious, and he wrote out a cert,ll.
harmless babe, and carry it into the street ttn the point of tate of death in the used form. Next by, however Mrs.
the sword. lithe Russians did oppress the Poles, be asked Casablanca tussle certain communications to him, the
them, haul not the Turk oppressed to a far greater extent consequence of which was that he withdrew his certificate,
the Christian Pe:tenter ! Two wrongs won't make one ' a Cerenere inquest was held, and a post mortern fettered,
right, anti the elan who asked why be weed not kill a ' The result of Dais inquiry was to show that the body was
Berman because he oppressed the Poles, might M well ask , terribly emaciated. Indeed, the medical men were
why he would not kill • Norman leceuse he robbed the unanimously of the opinion that death had been the result
labourers of their land. They had Russians in England. of leg-continued starvation, accelerated at last by the
They had Basheleasonke in England, and he could tell sudden removal from Cudham to Penee. Being pressed
them were to find them—in the Boards of Guardians and :by the Ceroner as to the time it would take to reduce •
in the workhouse masters. Don't talk about Russians; ; previously healthy woman to such a state, they
or Rsehillasouks ; there are the oppressors. The ' that it would be at least six weeks, and that it might be
tiomereetahire men, continued Joseph Arch in conclusion, I months, provided the deceased had small portions of food
bad had no tight between capital and labour; they had I given her from time to time sufficient to prolong life until
had only a few skirmishes. He did not attend Hamehill ; she sank altogether. They also stated facts showing that
last year, and he would tell them candidly that unless she was in a most horribly filthy and neglected condition.
they would act like men and form into affistrictthey would ' A. against the appearance thus deposed to, there is the
never see him down in their country again, for he would positive evidence of the Staunton's that until Monday the
never spend his life, never sacrifice his comforts to come deceased was in perfectly good health and spirits, that she
down to that reentry again, and to bring with him the was trestee as one of the family, and that she had no
authority of thousands of men and thousands of poundsat cause of complant If this be so, it is, as the Coroner
his back, to patch up their went fabric. If they would not observed, somewhat singular that within a week she
join in a district they must lie in the ditch. shout.' have been reduced to the lamentable condition in
Me Karel, of the Trades' Union Council, Tendon,. which she was found at the titne of her death. It has
followed with • short address on the advantages of Teaks also to be explained how it was that none .4 the neighbours
Unions, and Mr. MORGAN gave a long account of mile at Cu tham ever saw her, and that her own mother Mee.
managed charities. Butterfield, was refused an interview with her.
Afterwards other speakers tried their hand, but they Mr. Carter left two questions to the jury. He told
had the meeting nearly to themselves. During the pro. them that in the first place they had to consider whether
ceedings there were frequent interruptions. The hills death was the result fof
they
causes or due to starvation
were
prettily studded with groups of pleasure-seekers and neglect, and, 1 the letter, were then to oak
attired in holiday dross, and in the distance the effect was themselves who was responsible for such • state of things.
picturesque. Primarily, the blame would lie with the husband, whose
duty it presumably is to provide his wife with the ordinary
EITERNINEITEII NEWTON, neeesoaes and comforts suitable to her position in if.
At' however, Louis Staunton had partly divested himself
Ir to gratifying to the inhabitante to knew that an of this responsibility by sending his wife 'to live in his
alteration in the poetal arrsueements is, or will soon be, brother's been, the brother. Patrick Staunton, would
made as follows,—A bag will be made up for London share the liabillty with him, and it would equally be
and all parts at 9.30 a.m., and a town delivery at 3.40 shared by Mrs. Patrick Staunton, upon vrhom the charge
of the houttehold would naturally devolve It would also
tem. Them must prove a great boon to the general le for them to say whether Alice Rhodes, living, as she
public. was, with the deceased's husband, oognesant of her condi-
MelelleT last was quite a gay day here, being the tem, seeing her continually, asenting in her removal to
anniversary of the Sturmineter Branch of the Dorset penge, and more or less identified with the whole matter,
County Friendly Society. The members met, header( had taken a sufficient part in the ill-usage of the unhappy
by the Starminster Temperance Band, and proceeded WOIIII4II to ituplicat• herself in the criminal charge. Thus
toe hurch where an excellent sermon was preached directed, the inn., aiter_a deliberation of half an hour,
byS the Rev. R. Leterudes, the Rev. S. S. Keddle read- returnel a yerdnict
f:rallich is nrtually to th
loran deeigmiedly zedleet that the
illsd
mg the tweeters, this ttver the members joined! again 1
etar"eVation'aond persistent ill-treatment, and that ill four
in promotion parading the town and makingecalls at of the perecee, a„,,,,,,,,d_L0w....d piitziok 86.,.., Mn.
several plume A dinner was laid by Mr. Harris at Patrick Staunton, and Alice Iliedes—nremitasemsgehties bo her
the Swan Inn, where the members and many friends deem. The prisoners, enrrengereg
met at two cedoek Slad did ample justice to, the prod- the intelligence of the verdict NNW ihism

TM! FVTIVAL of the Friendly Society in this place
wee held on Whit-Monday. A tow of the members
assembled in the tonal place about ten o'clock and,
headed by the Milton Brass Bawl, marched to the
parish church where a very appropriat6 unnon was
preached ,by the Rev. G. Whynne, who took for his
text Colbarium. iii., 17: "And whatsoever ye do in
word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."
After the service the members went to the field were
dinner was provided, and were met by the honorary
members. After dinner the usual toasts WIN gone
through, and then the band led the way to Mr. R.
Fowler's, where they were supplied with plenty of
beer, Mr. Fowler not forgetting the teetotallers, for
there wee plenty of good coffee. The after part of the
day was spent in dancing, &c., which some of the rid
men and women seemed to enjoy as much as the
younger ones. The statement of the receipts and
expenditure shows that the number of members in
1877, wee 83, and honorary members, 7. The
funds of the society show the total per statement 1876,
of £1,169 Is. 55. ; which is an Increase of £l9 18e.

FRIENDLY Soctirrr FEAST. —This took place on I
Thursday last. The members, with their bows and I
poles, met at about nine, and after calling the names,
proceeded to Houghton, headed by the Sturminster
Brass Band. Returning from thence they went to
church; prayers were read by the Rector, and a
sermon from John x., 7-8, by Ikv. C. A. Old. After
this the procession reformed and marched to Hedge
Bud Farm, where refreshments were handed round
and a short stay was made. Dinner was laid in a
barn, and was partaken off by **boa 90 persons. At
the honorary membem table were :—M'. J. P. F.
Trench, chairman, Rev. C. A. Old, Lieut. 0.
Churchill, R.N., Messrs. J. anal W. Sprake, Mr. Wal-
ton, Mr. Ingramt Mr. Legg, and Mr. White. The usual
loyal and patriotic toasta were given. Lieut. 0.
Churchill responding for the navy, Mr. W. Speaks for
the Yeomanry, Rev. C. A. Old for Bishop and clergy,
Mr. Trench for Baron and Baroness Hambro, Mr.
Ingrain for "The Ladies." The "Chairman" finished
the list, and then cheers were given to Mr. Whiffen
for having provided so good a dinner. Next a move
was made to a field lent by Mr. Burtt, to see the
sports. Here they had • quarter of a mile race, 200
yards race, 100 yards race, for men over 40 year' old,
50 yards sack race, long jump, tug of war. 'f be sports
were under the care of Lieut. 0. Churchill, jtidge ;
Mr. French, starter; Messrs. Legg and White.
Several ladies and gentlemen were present as
spectators. Prizes LO the amount of £3 fis, were
earned. The tug of war was between total abstainers
and non -abstainers The first heat wee won by the
non-abstainers, the second by the abstainers, and
through some mistake or other, the deciding heat was
not pulled; this event warn the most interesting of the
whole. At six a return to the barn for tea, to which
170 sat down, the following ladies presiding Misses
Churchill (2), Misses Cotter (2), Miss Marsh, Mrs.
Gillingham*,
_Mrs. Burden, Ma. White, Mrs. Stock-
's's,Winter, Mrs. Timard, Misses Stuckless,
and Elford. The tea was free to members and their
wives, the costs for this and the wiz«, having been
subscribed by Baron Hambro, Lad Portman, Rev.
chumbill, Mr. Mawel-Pleydell, Messrs. Sask., and
Burtt. —lncorrit £lOOO.. 110, Eremites Sick pay,
£B5 4s. B.L • superannuation, £lB 19s. • deaths,
625 ; doekor, £ll 6s. Amount of funds now,
£1,01516.. 41d. ; April 30114 1876, £1,029 16s. 10d.—
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