The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-13 00:00:00

WEYMOU CH.

JOCISILS ODDriLLOWIL—The " United Juvenile"
lodge of Oldießows have jest made up their Wane,-
sheet for the year. They eocomenead with a Wane*
In hand in the sick and funeral fond, of .£7 17s. lOd.,
and in the maeage.nent of El 8.. 611., and the total
receipts were £2O as. 51d , and EV 10.. Rd.; £3 14e. was
paid to sick members, and Including a doetor's bill of
Et 190., the management expenses wire £75.. 31. The
balance* now in hand are—elek and funeral,
£1611,. 511.. and management, .E 2 41. 114. They
commenced the year with 19 members, and now have
39. The ooromittee are caoloposed of members from
the three adult lodges in the town, and the ofaosirs
sleeted on Wednesday night were :—Preiddent P.O.
Richard Goiania°, V.P., P.O. Bonbon Proves ;
'sanitary, P.O. Warren Lake.
L•NDUaI 011 • &Urn/RICK= PARTY.—The screw
steamer Ormasby, of Cerdifr, from Cardiff to Constar,
tinople, with coals, 9.3 ton, register, eorounterad
heavy gales and high sow from leariog a gale in the
Bay of Biscay on Saturday. On Sunday foreno.m, the
gale moderated, and the ship sprung • leak, and all
bands went to the pumps. After wing all exertions,
they found the water gained rapidly, and at 10 a.m.. on
Monday they abandoned her In • diking o.indition,
teithig to the two lifeboats, 11 in one, and Id in the
other. Toe matey steamer Alethia, ()apt H. Peirell,
West Hartlepool, from Nioolaieff to Niewdiep, took the
ewer (aka aid ten 01011 ar the port lifeboat, and the
captain and 15 men got on board a screw steamer,
supposed to be the Nycopher, for London. The Alethea
brought her party onto Portland Roads, and they rowed
np Weymouth Harbour in their On lifeboat, and
landed at the Sailor's Home, where tboy remained that
hhatt. The chief (Aker, Mr. John Coundon, and the
grew, desire to *wpm' their warm thank, to the
eepteln, racers, and crew of the Alethea, by whom
they were treated with every kinduesa on board. The
first party did not see the ship founder, but she was
nearly full when they left.

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TEM CONTAGIOUS DISRASBB ACT.
A meeting of mem wan held at the Auction read. en
pfidey eveding last, urreer the auspices of the NaUoual
Amoolation for the Repeal of the above Aets. The
weatlitr was very unfavuurahle, and the United prayer
meeting held at the same time drew off very many
earnest thinkers from being present, still, there was a
very fair, and theidally orderly attendance. After
ti,etting any one else to preside, Mr. Mutts, the
deputatiqn, took the their, and besought earnest attention.
hr. Ji.re&miaow delivered • very salmi, worded
and eloquent address, which hushed all dissentient' (and
there were one or two ia the room) and prosured him
a most attentive hearing. Ile was desirous of fair and calm dissuasion, and said that—ocarina, him his views
wet. wrong, and he would eeeee speak on that aide
again. A kind of mock modesty said Ibis question is so
disagreeable that it is almost impossible to approach it.
Bt • proper oaudderation would bring about a better
s'atu of morality then before. There must be differeeeee
of opinion, for even in talking about Trehborne, wo tied
it, annt et lurpouihio to agree, and Naturo bac given us
IL ear u each silo that we may listen to both shies,
awl a mouth in the, ountr,, that we may pronounce an
impartial jodgnacut, wilLcut leaning to sitter side.
Some oonsidered this subj3ot in the light of • Joke, but
he believed more from thought/eeriness than bad-hearted-
:muse;
knowseltd it rrhuelzaro uour this: rimoauys eon:: df
ell, eves the
prince of darkness was once an angel of light, and vs
oogkt to maiden whether these Acts would tend to
reclaim Pao women or to sink them lower still. So
early as the time of Constantine measures were taken
sgamse a ttertait vireo, sad "St." Louis of Frame also
tried to supprauit; battiest as it was repressed imblittl/e
olandedlllol7 Istrooood, mod okhoogh Wows lob 'II

anobanddinhpweriomvoolontonhowediLt7BautisB.l4drkr"eir tayelftftwalits etr.tbn:ftiglar.bl74:entivue.i7r:
soldiers and sailors to sin without &Leger. If it ogre
sin
said that these women were found as a oonacquenee
; reading Bunytan's Pilgrim'. Progress In • proper state
imatobst
jembryt.o4if.i:e,lo,,r,:ttli,jAitt.inin,.r,rapsarirnondvolrsznint
j„eiluols:t:l7oor,huit",,,lredur:itittlittyyob:owoae
inurerereaim e
ar
uoiall
on lite march, for an offit i to write on in &lemma .„„/
ele-ire so many comoa, ions of sin fur his sinners
Un Or the Acts the polio. hart tie
rower of charging women on their own itaritioc—a
very dangereue power, although they were the rad
I.creons to whem he would itinerate such powers, and
Le had reason to believe that in IMMO roses the poor
women, who are at least no worse than the men
in am.,?t with them, are under such dread of tne
pollee that they pay • nightly toll to theice—sharne4
Some people otjeet to ladies moving In this quewdon ;
but if It Is not • woman's question, whose is it?
Would they have these ladies 101 l in their carriages
nursing poodles, or would they have them trying to do
some good to these poor women ?—(hear.) Thank God,
slime the agitation of this question, a great improve-
ment lied taken place in the conduct of ladies towards
their fallen sisters, for whereas b2fore ladies would visit
almoet any place, and not fear catching fever, yet would
not go to a tallen sister, now they were using efforts for
their reelemstion and general good. We may not
oaribelf7 Lc: I themr
nolbadfu'a
mb,y,yfeopwsah hral results,otatvu
40:1 tof
tie
evreteqhwfuee 6tui I.
and attempted
tinotwart onietdahldlb —4l'o rd )—b by
7best
theih "uost
noble.
intention of trying to rescue their fallen sisters—(mar.)
Now all the Rescue societies are dead against these
:lota, for they find that they brutalise the women more
than ever. It is raid that ti.e women who perpetrated
such horrible crimes under the late Commune in France
were those who load been Una to hcer:ble examinations
similar to those on ,er those act., Whether that is
tloo or not, Mr. d.ifinson said one result of simile,
laws in Franco ho had seeh—v.;;aro girls start.
hog from their own bonus, their ni.ithes packed
up by thole own mothers, to go to I) j ,n, Lyons,
or otter towns to ply this drea Bat trade, sad
after somo years conic back to their own plum, to
be thought great thatches and be married. Then it was
said this la • question for the doctors—that the doM
were to get rid of di/eau. If so, how was it that in
Faris, 1,000 beds are occupied for a hospital, and
disuses are stamped more into the nation than out?
The consequenom of sin cannot be so got rid of, for
" where guilt is, sorrow shall answer it," " whatever
we do wrong, there is a poise to be paid for It "—(mar,
hoer). If we cannot afford to keep soldier. and sailors
to be married like other men we don't deserve to have
them at ell—(hear). Another ohj otion is that urged
by the late John Stuart Mill—that these Ards interfere
with tie liberty of the anloj ot. Even the lowest
woman is still a aubj oat, and these Acta so interfere
with them as almost to prevent their leaving their
unheppy fives and b:Arg reclaimed. The experience of
the Rescue Societies proves this ; all these groat life.
boats are against the Ache - (i. 321 We must try to do
without our soldiers tome months in the year or at lout
place no impediatent In the "14 of their marriage, and
we must cultivate a lui.:her moral tone. Oue thing has
already d.sappeared from society; it is no longer the
(*shim for a Man to b most, of hiving deceived • woman,
society is getting butt, r, and if we try to stamp out
loosening from clouversation the moment we hear it, if
we try to keep one another in the right path, we shall
do touch more to prevent the spread of those evils
amongst us than thime Acts, for it I hatter to get at the
moue, then to try to stab° a' the ti!. ot—(applause).
Tee Caen:man sail Sir. J,litmon's address had been
a very earnest and mealy one. When • policemen
accused • Man of a crime, he at•tes what the charge
be has to bring evidence, and it the cue goes for trig,
the man has the privilege of a jury. The smitten*
given against him must be astern to, and not hearsay,
and his trial is not an invisitory but an accusatory
protease. But when • petiomnau swears that he has
meson to believe a woman is guilty of s eirtaln vice,
she is called upon to prow.. her innounca, the burden of
proof Ilea upon her. Now policemen ought not to
have these unlimited discretionary powers put into
their heads —(applause). Very few of these women are
brought before • magierate, because there is what Ls
celled • "voluntary submissioo," and if ever there was
a devioe of the devil, this is one. He read the
"voluntary salon salon'. form, which he stated appeared
• very simple thing, but was false in its wording. The
so-oalled "medical examination" wee a most brutalire
lug thing. But it was sold this was for the protection
of "innocent wives and children." That meant that •
sinful husband and father oniht to be protected front
the emerrienoes of his eiu—in fiat that the present
generatiou may lai safely immoral that future posterity
int,' be physical y sound. lf those were contagions
dleasse., why w-ro not ell ex imined for preventlou of
their spread, and equally restrained if guilt;? He
exposed the remark of the Royal Commissioners with
reference to this point, • remark we deellne to qdone.
. In oonolusicia he iovited ad 'roues on the other eels or
question,, and promised a fair haaring and courteous
reply—(applause).
A person in the body of tho room said if women
were healthy 111,14 wouli rot be diseased,
A gentl.ni in raked whether any evil consepionose
had been foetid to aria front the action ef the polio",
whether moral women had been accused?
It was also asked what r. unite was proposed for the
mom and navy ? No on., (lead defend the Atite'lln
their entirety; but bow would the opponents of the
Ants deal with the question ot the army ?
Mr. A. Dimeel said some gintleamn had steered
clear of the Bina upoot of the q iotico, which was of
infinite importance. He re d on the highest
authority that our bleaaed Lord said to the sinning
woman —"GO and sin to more" That saying of the
Lord would apply rgyadiy to the strong young man.
llowsver o!joatilnabla the quostiou might seem, he
thought every Christian inan.llllolll.ltttnl forward and
say what he thought of thist.aboininahm Acta, and that
we ought to brin,t all the power we oould to bear
upon the Government to Inoue@ their repos: -(applause),
Mr. Coures replied that he c...nsidered the moral
await of this qiiestion the highest, and that ao eutition
▪ justify these Acts. The command was to abstain
from this vice, and any human elloattlitlat that counts-
'lanced it must end in ondtaiou end corruption. Lst
thous cure the vomitus by all means, but with their
reforms,' n in vi w, ad voluntary hoispit ale have been
started for tel. end. As to the et opal whether
Innocent women had bun br,tuht under the Acts, in
1011, 16 WOO], n were brought losfere the magistrates
at Southamptoi, and four were dismissed, and ought,
nesfer to have been brought baron them. In 1869, one
surgeon raid four virtuous armee had been brought
to be examined. S 1 here was proof of virtuous women
being falsely amused. Then the expend* of the systtm
should lot noticed. It coat 4),000 for about 2200, women
or £lB or .Cl 9 each.

A resolution coodemnatory of as Aots wu passed, by
• m. j rity only oci person holdiug up his hand tA
opposaloo.
A vote of thanks to the Cluirmist oonoladed the
proockliugs.

The Ettiper..r of iktrutany bad just conferred km 11. Ih•llinger,
of (ho tot % ertlty of )funich. aol the of the toot
elthis of thv Aliti•UltnUnolitalic luvveluent, the Onlur
et the Rt..l Eagle, wound clam
The Philadelphia l'ublie Ledler gi‘es o accouut of thu
ehatopion ottember 4 bocieties," ho ho.eht. h. 432 t0r.4..„1.
and is th‘ 431.0t4dia1l of 1,4 Apts.
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HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

thittistock Lionods—Tuerday (this day). Fox and
Hounds, Cattistock ; Friday, Look--at 10.45.
Mast Dor.et Hooods—Wednristlay, Houghton Wood;
Saturday, B:uhhatoptaz --at it.
Mr. Radelyffo's Hounds—Tuesday (this day), Morse.
oombe, tear Illandford ; Thursday, Watieson Ridge--
at 1L
illaskmoor Vale ilounda—Taesday (this day), Mideast
Poland ; Thorrday, Weathill-gate ; Friday, Ming's Stag,
Pti'h•m—,t