The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1866.

ing the sailor from his dangerous position ; having no
oars, however, be was unable to approsch. bun, and
the yawl having drifted near the Annie Momoe,
lyiag at anchor above bridge. Attwooll called to
some persons to go on board her, and assist the
sailor, which they did, end the man was rescued
from his dangerous situation. The Thrifty then
drifted op to the side of the Quay and arounded,
Attwooll being assisted from off. her by a policemen
who WY on shore. The captain, of 0001110, easily
moved himself by means of the boat. A dog wbi
accompanied him at the time of the aCeident was miss-
ing for • abort time, bnt returned in the course of the
day. The Cestom•linum officer had gone on deck
about five, and found the moorings all secure ; he
wes fortunately awake when the vessel broke loam.
1 or most probably both himself and the crew wonld
I have been drowned. The affair created greet excite-
ment, and brought crowds to the water•side during
the day. In the course of Thursday night the
vessel was Rot into an upright position, and on
being cleared of the water the body of the missing
man was found in the sleeping cabin The poor
fellow was in the act of putting on his trousers
when the vessel filled and cat off all possibility of
escape. The jury returned a Verdict of "Accidental
Death" and on the suggestion of the Forman, Mr.
W. J. Plowman, the fees of the jury were banded to
the widow of the deceased. It was the intention of
the captain to have buried deceased at the cemetery,
but npon the arrival of another bmther,,on Saturday
afternoon, it was decided to carry the remains to
Jersey. This was effected by the Cygnus steamer on
Monday morning.

.817DDIN DIATIL—OrI Wednesday morning him.
Pitman, sohnolinistresa, of Lytehett %%travel's. wto
found deed, sitting in Wirehair. She was upwards eta
75501 of age and bad hese in a bed sate health for
some time past, and yet lived quite alone. his sup-
posed she was seized on the preceding evening, b.ot
was unable to call assistance, and thus the entire
night passed eCO the sad diicovery was made.

of Sept. Watts, for his apprehension on u chirp of
a.sault en the eonstalde, and for in-ing threstrning
l'ng".ge•—Thonl.4 Button, was flied in hp absence,
40.. Including costa, or in default, one mouths' beelvwel•
went with hatd labour, for having on the 17th Oet-ber
left two horses and a cart unattended in Salisbury-street.
for the specs of two hours sad a half, and in the Mocks
near the hack of Purtinois Arno. tor three hour.. The
ease was fully proved by P.O

BLANDFORD FARMERS' CLUB.
ACHICULTOILiL STATISTICAL
Out Batarday last • leitere on the objections to and
advantaus of Agricultural Statioice ••••_fii•e° barn.°
the memhers of the Bludford Ferment' Club, by Mr.
Henry BOON of the Vale of Avon Fanners' Club.
Among those present we noticed Mr. 11. Fool. (chair-
man); Mews: G. Leek, William.. HiligiOn, G. Lock,
W. It. Watts, J. Caine.. G. Caine., Lewis (Ash), J.
Mitchell, itswlins, James Harding, Roper, elllnte,
jun., Rawlins, Richards, legram (13broton), H. Synionde,
H. K. Thurston, C. Honedile, Its The CHAIRMAN
brief', introduced the lecturer,
Bowt observed that the question be was to bring
before them bad ehgaged the attention of the I. ei•lature,
and was one of great importance to the community in
general but espenially to them as tenant farm. re. lie
was in favour of agricultural sweeties, and wished to
place his views before th'•rn not dos maticedly, but by con-
sidering some of the objection% made against their collet'.
tion, and the advantages which he believed would arise
from such returns. Fine—lt had been objected by
some that the way in which such statistics weme to be
collected wu inquisitorial and an unfair interference
with their beelines". He did not, however. agree with
thi. view of the matter. It had never been propose I
that anythimig like individual occupation shoul4 be used
as the basis for each returns ; on the contrary they were
to include the Powersl form, in each parish or union.
It was not to the interest of the legielatare to interfere
with any man's property. With regard to the property
and income tax care was taken of time intereste
those who made the returns, and he believed that the
Interests of the farmer would not be interfered with.
The nett objeetion waa that by ouch returns the 'acid's-
tore and their landlords would know too much. At
the present time, as tenant farmers, they were! mbouriug
under what he considered a very unfair taxation with
regard to one of the principal articles which they pro-
dneed, but he believed if agricultural statistic. were
collected It would tend to relieve them of that moot
unjust tax—the malt tax, lithe, articles, such as coal,
iron, •alt and timber, of which returns were made, had
been relieved either wholly or partially of taxation.
With regard to the objection that if such returns were
made landlords would know too much, and be inelieed to
take an unfair advantage, he wan of opinion that it wan
• myth. The question of rent depeided more on tie
the tenant than the landlord. If they find, as had been
often the cue, that when a term wee to let, ferment
were so eager to obtain it as to give • higher rent than
the previous tenant, and that one outbid the other,
could thew wonder that landlords took advantage of it?
Ile believed ferment themolve, were to blame in this
matter, and that having complete and ieli•bl statistics
coileet;d, would In • great unwire check this un arhole-
some comeetSion• The opponent, of agricultural
Widistics urged that in case of a short Crop of corn in
this country, an unfair advantage would be given to the
mereentile interest and ti speculators, who, knowing
exactly what amount of 00/11 WA4 in the country, would
Import largely, and this deprive the home grower of
lin fair share in higher price.. He believed that this
was also a fallacy and that they suffered more In the
n sped by not having regular returns than from any.
thing sloe. Previous to the autumn it was customary
for the leading London papers to have article.
on the prospec's of time coining haremet. Such
article', he believed, were written with the very
beat intentiona, but it often happened that the anticipe-
tious put forth were not warranted by the result. If
aoeurate returns were made the tenant farmer would
not be liable to those sodden ch•nges which he bad now
to contend with, but would get hi, legitimate. price fir
ids corn tbroughnut the year. He will remembered
that in the year 1/347 afar of 'amine wa. general. It
was Raid that the crou were very defective, and in con-
sequence of the cry„ speculators bought largely and
imported great gunwale, into the country. But what
Will the result. It was found that there woo a great
lied more corn in time country than was celculeted upon.
and tin farmer thus suffered through the wholeeile im-
tortation of corn by an erroneoin macula/ ion. If there
Ind h en accurate returns made this fear of famine
would not have been felt, and the farmer woull have
got • fair prior for hi. wheat. He c widerel that to
complete such statistics they must include settle as
well as corn, and indeed • return of the former was
probably of greater value to them than that of corn.
(inc of the first advantages of a return of corn would
be that it would have the effect of equelising prices
throughout the year. This be considered was very
important. One of the greateet drawbacks to the far-
mer was that he could not have an immediate return for
the capital he sank. Time farmer who could RE mrd to
wait, held over with the hope of making better prices,
but he of lent means was obliged ta thrash din ctly,
however low the ',rice of corn might be. Capital woe a
great thing in the market at the cement day, by which
he meant that capital was a short commodity, and to
have that capital soon returned would be of great
advantage, especially at the present time when
more capital would be required than formerly. Hence
they ought to do all they could to moats ptiees
as near level as possible throughout the year. With
regard to 'little they were planed in • very different
podtion to that of former year+. Now that so lareti•
nember of cattle were brought from abroad, an importa-
tion which it would be it:Tashie to stop, their own
stock Able exposed to various diseases, and it became
them to take every precaution, wipecially as regarded
thu fearful disess the riuderpied. Na doubt they felt,
with many others, what a help at such a time cattle
ineurance societiee would have been to them, but it
uremia societies for cattle wrote never become general
if they, se tenant fanner., n tuned to give such inform'.
tion as would enable gentl men who made the subject
of insurance their peculiar etudy, 'o base their calcula-
tions upon. He was afraid they would find that disease
in cattle would continue, and though it was proved that
the former calculation on which cattle insurances socie-
ties wen, formed was fallacious he believe I, when by
agricultural st•tisties true returns were mole, cattle, Se
well as ahnost everything else, would be insured. If
such insurance societies were formed the amount insured
would have to be reckoned 101 one of the regular outgoiegs
of the farm, and would have to be conei len d es a
necesury pert of the outlay when a new tenancy
commenced.
Mr. Bose concluded • very interesting and practical
lecture. of %%blob the above is only • brief outline, by
remarking that he had werodered the question in a
oemeathat selli,h form. Ile had endeaeoured to show
that they,,ue agrioulturista,would be benefitted by having
returns made. Ile hal not put before them what the
public/ at large might feel in the matter, but if it was
utisfactorily shown that the collecting of such statistics
would be a cite) go.) to the country at large, he would
ray let us give up our pr. joalieca and our opposition for
the welfare of all. He believed that nothing would be
wanting on their parts,as tenant farrneraif it was shown
that the collection of agricultural statistics was not
made against them as a class, but that such collection
would be not only for their good, but for the benefit of
the public: at large.
The worthy CHAIRMAN having invited discussion 00
the subject,
Ur. J. Uermight, said he had listened with very great
pleasure to the interesting lecture by Mr. Bone, whom
he most heertily thanked for coming AMARA thein. He
entirely shoved with the remarks which had fallen from
that gentleman. No doubt some present would re-
member the time when their late member, Mr. KCr
Seymer. came among them with a huge roll of papers
under him arm, and the storm and outcry rammed
against what he brougbt forward, no that he was
compelled to hide his papers under the table. Hut
great changes had occurred once that time, and
thou questions which were then looked upon
with didavour were now the &Wiwi of eartent
consideration. He believed with Ur. Bone that it would
be of great benefit. not only to the farmers as a clans.
lout to the community at large, If agricultural etatiatios
were collected, and he fully coincided with him in his
ri marks respecting tenancy, that it was the fault of the
tenant farmers themselves that landlords &eked such
high rents. No sooner did a notice appear in the news-
papers that a farm was to let, but, before one mold
hardly turn round, you would find 40 or 5U farmers
almost riding the one over the other, and bidding for it the
one &pins' the other—(lsiughter).—fie thought if they
studied their interests as tenant farmers they would chew
lege eagernesi to compete the one stalest the other io
their bidding+ of farms; and he also believed that the
view taken of the subject by the lecturer was • correct
One.
Ur. 0. Freiterno very cordially endorsed the remarks
made be Ur. Bone. He had never felt that opposition
to the collection of agricultural watiatice as scene of hie
brother farmers bad. His greatest objection was to the
inquisitorial part of it, and be believed if a satiafac.
tory °heap was mane in the outiecting them aunties,
mach • prejudice upeinst theni would cease. Fie did
not, however, think they would get that advantage
from baying theu statistics collected as regarded the
employment of capital which Ms friend Mr. Bone
thought would be the case. With regard to the ques-
tion no to the landlord knowing too mash of their
imminent if theme statistics were made, he fully agreed
with the lecturer, that as the landlord became conver-
gent with their difficulties, and the mete to which the
tenant was put before be brought his produce to
market, the more inclined would he be to relieve
them, and he also believed that the only way to get
the legislature to assist them was by making those
returns which would place their grievances before them
in • fair and truthful manner.
Ur. H. RICHARDS mid he regretted not baying been
present to beer the filet part of the lecture. One remark
nude by Ur Bone he quite earned with, namely, that
land was a marketeble commodity, and if tenants would
so compete against each other as they had done of late
yew., what could they expect but that landlords would
raise the renta of tbeir farms. He, however, was of
opinion that by every change of twangy the landlord'
was heavily taxed. There were some landlords who ap-
peared to think that by frequent changes in letting they
'moused their capita by increased rental, but he
questioned if such was the ease, for they should re-
member that on every change of tenancy they were called
upon to expend money in alterations and improvements,
and he therefore believed that thou landlord+ who were
content wits a moderate rent, and had tenants who did
justice to their land, were the beet off—(sheers).
then referred to the lecturer's remarks as to
the Yalu of statistical returns with regard to capital,
and said that under any change the monied man must
have the advantage, and so he ought. It used to be
thought sufßaient if • fernier made three rents out of
his farm, but at the present day, in ceresequence of his
outlay being so great, be ought so make five rent,. The
rent was now but a mere item in the wet of ortning on
• farm. Landlord, and others reed of farmers sell tet •
lot of sheep at a high price, and they coaclude that sash
• man is making money feat, but it was all a bugbear ;
they forgot what it cost to bring thou sheep into the
market. His friends knew that • sovereign wee um,
times bought foe hear). With regard to
egricultund statistics, he had no objection whatever to
making the return, and in proof of it he had voluuterll
(for he could not be compelled) wilt in his return.
Mr. RAWLINS expressed his entire approval of
tural statistics. He believed it would be better for the l
tenant fai mere and for the community at large et they
were c al loci amiL
Yr. Hemine expressed his gratification with the ewe
way in which the subject bad been brought bee I
them, and be believed that his lesture and the remark'

which it had slid ted would have doe weight on others
In a higher position than theureelvea. He wits fully
COIIT,OCed thin if they, as • class, wanted relief flora
any burden, the only way for them to obtain that relief
I was br showing by atatisties their grievance,.
The CHAIIIMANI then red a resolution prepares' by
Mr. Hine, to the ffect that in the opinion of the club,
reliable and accurate agricultural ststis t wouhl isot
only condone to the interests of agriculturists as a class,
but to the community in general.
Mr. C. Herent.te, at the earnest siolioltation of
several members, then made • few remarks on the sub.
, jinn. He said that not being connected eith agriculture
he must view the question CM the broad gri.unds—
whether it would be to the advantage of the public in
general for agricultural statistics to he collected Mr.
Bone's remarks were politically c irreet when lie said
that to obtain relief from any tax which was felt to be
, • harden. statistics mint be collected, showing the
Injurious iffeiLta at the tax. With regard to any of the
great measures which had been brought forward as to
texation, neither Mr. Gladstone nor Mr. Cobden weld
have gained their object hail they not had full and ootn•
pieta statistical information on the question. Mr. Hone
had certainly hit the nail on the head when be said that
neither from their landlords cull they expect relief in
the shape of reduced rim.., nor from the legislature
removing taxes in which they felt were an unjust
burden without they supplied to them the beat infor-
niation they could.
The Cit•lam se having ioquired if any other gen-
tleman hal anything further to say on the subject, and
no reply being riven, said that so far as he was eon.
corned be had led those objections to the furnishing
agricultural statistics that *owe had. His objection
they would gather by the wa) he read the reeolu.iiin
soil the stress ho laid on the word reliable. If every
fanner woold teaks his return, then he believed coast.
rierable good would be achieved, bat whilst only abut
five or six in that neighbourhood were furnished be
considered them positively injurious.
Mr. BONE having expressed him agree•ble surprise
that in • club whose members represented the agricul-
tural interests of a large district such unanimity in
favour of agricultural statiaties tososedel, remarked that
in this, as well as in other things, it was beet that
the truth should be known --(sheer.).
Mr. IlircnaLy in moving the resolution which hat
been read by the chairman, said he hoped that those
who were not in favour of it would hold up their
hands against it. as they wished to have • full ex•
prea.ion of opinion on the subject.
The resolution having been seconded, was pat to the
vote and carried, several of the members feMaleinl
neutral.

Mr. Lewin (of Ash) said that though he declined
voting either way. he wee decideilv opposed to tilling
up the returns for corn ke. He eonsidered they were
very objecticnable. and he never had nor never would
fill them up. If they would only send proper papers,
the same as those sent for stock, he would have no
objection to them.
On the motion of Mr. Symonds, seconded by Mr.
Ingram, a cordial vote of thanks was awsrded to the
lecturer, who, in acknowledging the same, said he
belayed termer's (lib, had done, and were dung, • vast
.mount of good eh n they became more fulls developed.
Ile was pleased to find that agriculrural statietice, which
in times pact were a bone of contention, were beginning
to be reo.ived with favour.

The CH•I RM AII haying personally thanked the
I. Muter for his kindness, invited those present to favour
13. m with their company at the annual dinner on the
14th November.

WINTERBORNE WHITCHURCII.

CO•OPERATIVIL Socirrv.—lit lately occurred to
several working men in this parish that they might
a. well profit by the experience of others, and they
decided upon establishing a co-operative store of
their own. A small capital was subscribed, • room
Sued up for the requirements of a shop, and towards
the early part of June business commenced. in
September—three months after—stock was taken,
and • balance-sheet made, which gave results far
exceeding the expecta.ioo of it, 25 shareholders, for,
after the pavment of every dclit, including £22
Os. 34. for fixed stock, also commission, rent, aol
maintaining the original value of the stock-in-trade, a
dividend of Is. in the pound was banded covet to the
purchasing members, or, in other words, £3 Il•
upon .C7l, the amount of their purchases. The
t ceipts were £l3'2 Is. 44., or treble the value of the
original aubeanbed capital. At the end of the second
quarter there is every reason to believe this sum will
be nearly doubled.

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accommodation, and contribute to increase the comfort
of himself and his family. Tour omr-itisttee feel con•
fluent that the sntocribeni wilt cordially eanclion the
p iymeet of £lO. which your committee have bed much
ph noire in pri sentieg to lir, lie• el, as frolic c ttttt pen.
satins for the additional expense to which he has been
&objected, by hi. removal to another house during the
pi...greed of these alee a ions. The inereemli es pehditrers
her the year occasioned by the new buildings boo more
than (whooshed the ordinary receipt', together with the
glue to the Treae.n.er of
b,re"TC24,l6.lv2ebenf:lddn:Sli,blewyal:hdirinelfryaecoblErpl :sono"an In; e
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convinced that this important institution will not fail to
receive a oohtinued hearty support from their fellow.
townsmen. up-Molly at a time which demands not only
• well cultivated intellect, but • character moulded by
the precepts of morality and religion. The eta:oasts
show the total receipts to have been £578 17s. 144.,
including lislanee in hand from Lest year. of 178 Oe.
and grant from Committee of Council on E Nestle*.
£1:10 9.. 24. 'rho total expenditure boa been
EGG 10.., of which till la 44. was for new buildings.
The they. J. Bruises then rose and said it was not
without • struggle he tut evening yielded to the request
of thrOommittee to propose the first resolution that night
He felt old ago on him after a long life spent in thrill
ureic* of God, and though willing as ever to assist, he
had not the ability he formerly had to do so. With
regard to the examination be would soy nothing, but
would confine himself to the province essiittw`d to him,
which was to move that the report now read be adopted,
and the same be printed and circulated among the sub-
scr.bera The report spoke fcr itself, and he felt tumble
to anything to add to its imps:elapse, it was well
worthy lobe circulated among the subscribers. It sue.
geeted mine thoughts to his mind, on widish he would
in a few words. It opentd with a rewoncuendetion
of the school by the committee, of which he load himself
b. en a inembsr II or 12 years. The committee ems a
highly respectable on.; those commune( it were well.
known to moot if them, and had been selected from
eve or yin different denominations in the town; their
opinions might diff. r on some points, bat they worked
together in harmony, and they were so well agreed upon
meet matters that a discussion upon any subject seldom
mime toe Vote, Which he thought argued in favour of
the institution. The school, he considered, had much
benefited by the committee's meeting regularly to
attend to it, all the tuernhers of the eorninittee feeling •
deep intereot in everything that concerned the school.
The report alluded to the number who had left the
mimed during the past year, and had been there pre.
rived for baffetting with the world Who could
melonlate the amount of goo.: which had been done
through that school, both to the scholars who had Passed
through it, and through them to the community at large?
The school had increased in public e-tiroation, and they
found that persons in the town, and numbers in the
neighbourhood as well appreciated it. merits, the present
managers therefore had no fear that its Point arid, would
decline, and at any rate they would do their best to
prevent it. H. 11 's Inapector had given the school • very
high, character. His position enabled him to be • good
Judge, and the report he bad given therefore mu.'
intense them considerably, mid by that It appear.d
that this school was bettet than others, indeed was
one of the best in this and the adjoining counties. From
what he himself had read the other day. he believed there
we-e only one or two as good. The master (Mr. Beard)
bad alway. been supported by the committee, and he dal
not remert.ber any neceesery thing lie asked being refused;
the inapector had done him honour by writing on his certi-
Geste the same words mentioned in the report By the
financial statement they would see what he (the master)
received, and when a man exerted liMptelf to the ut.noat
to call forth the abilities of the ble in so succeseful •
manner, as he had, and to fit them for their station in
life, be thought he ought to he well paid and believed
therefore no one would begrudge him the CIO which
the committee had presented to him—(hear, hear). The
&moisten% teachers and the monitors had also w th the
muter superintending contributed to advanee the school
to the eminence it had attained. The st•tintica weee
eery satisfactory and indicated great core and order in
the management of the school day after day. Reference
was made in the report to the library; ha thought the
books would do • good deal of good, he had read many
of those books himself. and they were well deserving the
attention of the boys, and the reading of the lives of
eminent men which were in the library might induce
them to try and t mutate thou lives. In the statistical
statement it was menti .ned that 200 of the boys read
the Ruble, and that wu an important fact, aid showed
many of them were so far advanced as to read the
Scriptures daily which were able to make them wise
unto salvation; no one therefore could say it was a God-
lees school, become they did not teach the boys anY
particular creed ; they tried to teach them the general
principles of Christianity and morality. If schools like
this were planted throughout the towns and villages of
the kingdom, how much better society would be then at
present. He hoped the time was nut far distant when all
would consider it their duty to put forth their beet
energies in promoting the education of the young—
(aPil.l.7l rletzer seconded the resolution.
Mr. WALTER STSPHINS moved the appointment of
the committee of management for the ensuing year.
Mr. TBOMPSoII STIPRZWI4. seconded it. and in doing
so alluded to the gymnastic apparatus erected in the
playground • few years ago, which he said the mothers
objected to at find. on the ground that it wore nut the
bus' clothes, but he believed they did not ohject so
much now, and he would suggest they had biter pay a
tailor's bill than a doctor's. He bad lately been mach
surprises, at the elate of the ladders which *ere meant
for the bore to um with their hands but they had used
them so much with their legs that the rungs were now
nearly worn out, and would have to bare •placed, and
he honed that when they were they would go up in
future by their hands.
Mr. W. Cohrol moved the next resolution, that Mr.
S. W. Whetham be the treasurer and Mr. J. P.
Elbmhens the secretary for the ensuing year:
The Rev. R. grivlne seconded it. and in doing so re-
marked that he coold not say enough for the master of
that institution. No one could doly appreciate the
immenee labour he must have gone through who had
not been a little versed himself in tuition. The most
efficient arrangements had been made, each pupil
teacher under the master had his own separate depart-
nont •nd they all knew • person could rudy one subject
by itself better than many together; the resnL they had
seen that night. He had neon been sore delighted
thea he had that evening, the answers in arithmetic
were most praiseworthy; the boys had not been exa-
mined very extensively in algebra but lee supposed they
hot not learnt it very long. The examination had f
surpassel what lie bud expected and he Gould not suffi•
ciently eulogies the master for haring brought the boys
to such an advanced state.
Rev. IL L. CARPINTICI moved a vote of thanks to the
Mayor, which Mr. 8. Srgrages seconded end it was
carried by acclamation, and Mr. J. P. STIPHISI having
made a few remark., the MATOIt retutned thanks.
The boys then sang "God save the Queen," and the
meeting separated.