The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1861.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

If words have any meaning, the Conservatives
at Weymouth have seen the error of their ways.
They have left the old paths of extravagance and
folly, and have turned their steps in the direc-
tion of the most rigid economy. This was the
burdeu of Alderman Devenish's song on Satur-
day in proposing, Mr. Hare as a fit and proper
person to occupy the seat of chief magistrate of
the borough for the ensuing year, and the newly-
elected Mayor, we are told, was greatly ap-
plauded when he briefly marked out the course
he proposed to pursue. With regard to the choice
of the Town Council we have no hesitation in
saying it was the best they could have made
under the circumstances, and if the chief magis-
trate were left to his own unbiassed judgment, we
should entertain some hopes that he would carry
out some useful financial reforms; but, unfortu-
nately, we have seen for the last two or three
years that the Mayor of Weymouth is a mere
cipher, and unless Mr. Hare possesses a greater
amount of moral courage than many suppose he
can lay claim to, we fear that those who antici-
pate any great improvement in the management
of the affairs of the town will be doomed to dis-
appointment. The fact that the Conservative
party have driven out the Liberals at no incon-
siderable oost to themselves, shows that they are
either exceedingly eeltdenying for the good of
the borough, or that there are some ulterior
objects in view which they would be unable to
carry out were the Liberals amongst them. We
trust that they are not casting • wistful glance
at the Corporation property.
Mr. Whalley, the IL P. for Peterborough, has
thrown some new light on the power possessed
by the Roman Catholic members in the House
of Commons, and the reasons for the passing of
some of the recent measures that now grace our
Statute Books. U we are to believe Mr. Whal-
ley, the Popo, who but for French bayonets would
be driven by his subjects out of Rome, is al/
powerful in this country—more powerful thau
the Queen of England. At the Orangemen's
festival held last week at Hull, Mr. Whalley at- ,
tributed the erasure from the Prayer Book of
the state services, and especially of that for the
6th of November, to the unworthy partiality for
the Roman Catholics. Better still, he continues,
—"that feelings of the Roman Catholics might
not be hurt, Parliament had even made it penal
for parties to sell fireworks to persona under •
certain age." We are quite sure the country
will be greatly obliged to Mr. Whalley for this
valuable bit of information. Hitherto the popu-
lar opinion has been that the public safety was
intended; it never once entered their imagina-
tion that the sale of dangerous combustibles was
restricted to bribe the Roman Catholics. Accor-
ding to Mr. Whalley's idea it is quite evident
that he considers the "roughs," who roll
lighted tar barrels through the streets, and
endanger the public safety by firing combustibles
there, are thoroughly true Protestants and
loyal supporters of (our constitution. By-and-
by we shall have some honourable If. P. rise in
his place in the Howe of Commons, and move
for leave to bring in a bill to legalise bull-baiting
and cock-fighting on the ground that they had
simply been prohibited to bribe the Puritans.
The Rev. Mr. Hatch has again been before the
law courts. It will be remembered that this
gentlemen was convicted for an indecent assault;
but he was fortunate enough, by having recourse
to expensive proceedings, subsequently to gain a
reversal of the sentence, by imputing perjury to
his accuser, and establishing it in • court of law.
Somewhat flushed by his victory, he forth* hi
commenced proceedings against his attorneys—
Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, for having neglected
his interests, and thereby occasioned his con-
viction and punishment. This he succeeded in
establishing sufficiently for the jury before whom
the case was tried, to give a verdict in his favour
with 4& damages—a sum that would not of
itself carry costs unless certified by the judge.
The Lord Chief Baron refused to certify, and
Mr. Hatch was left in the unpleasant predica-
ment of having to pay for his own legal cam-
paign. His counsel, Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C.,
moved for a rule last term, calling upon the de-
fendants, on the second day of the present term,
to show cause why the plaintiff should not re-
ceive oasts pursuant togas Statute 16th and 16th
Victoria, cap. 64, sea 9, on the ground that
there were sufficient causes for bringing the
action in the Court of &chequer. Mr. Serjeant
Shoe, Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Pollock, the de-
fendants' counsel, were then heard against the
rule, and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Garth having
replied, the full court decided that the question
of certifying for oats was a matter left to the

discretion of the judge presiding at the trial,
and declined to disturb the decision of the Lord
Chief Baron, who had cow° to the conclusion
while the facts elicited at the trial were fresh
Upon his wind. We have no doubt that Mr.
Hatch was very ill used in the tint instance by
the swearing of false witnesses—a fate which
others besides himself have unfortunately been
called to suffer; but he ought to have remem-
bered that although innocent lie had acted most
indiscreetly, and that if his punishment was
greater than his offence, his conduct was suffi-
cient to fully justify the course which his soli-
citors had taken.

Borne of our daily contemporaries have
published the circular of Messrs. Neill,
Brothers, & Co., of New York, issued on the
20th ult. It would appear that these gentlemen
have taken much pains to arrive at the correct
state of affairs in that country, more especially
with regard to the cotton question. They con-
firm the fact that the South, as well as the North,
is resolute in its determination to seal up the
cotton crop, and that not a bale of it will be per-
mitted to leave the plantations daring the con-
tinuance of the war. They consider that both
parties possess resources for carrying on the
contest, and that the war itself will be waged to
the bitter end; that, in fact, it may last for
years. Entertaining these opinions, they urge
that the most strenuous exertions should be
made to increase the cultivation of cotton in
India and other parts of the world. The perfect
stagnation of the American cotton trade is well
illustrated by the fact, that while at the present
time last year 634,000 bales had been shipped,
or were in promos of shipment, this season they
cannot find that 1,000 bales have been exported.

It is becoming daily more apparent, that
throughout the Northern States of America there
is arising a feeling of hostility towards this
country of the most dangerous character. En-
glishmen are regarded as odious, who should be
treated, mown as the civil war is over, as enemies;
while on the other side of the Atlantic they have
been in several instances plared under arrest
without, so far am Das yet been brought to light,
there being any well grounded reason even of
suspicion against them. Some time since two
British subjects, Mr. Patrick and Mr. Rahming,
were subject to arbitrary arrest, whereupon Lord
Lyons, the accredited British Minister at Wash-
ington, addressed a note to that Government to
the effect that the practice was directly opposed
to the maxim of the constitution of the United
States, "That no person shall be deprived of
li!,, liberty, or property, without due process of
law." To this Mr. Seward wrote a lengthy reply,
stating that the British Government would hardly
expect that the President would accept their
explanation of the constitution of the United
States, and that he must be allowed therefore to
be governed by their own national law, which,
while it enabled him to exercise his great trust
with complete success, received the sanction of
the highest authorities of that country, and was
sustained by the general consent of the people
for whom alone that constitution was established.
Mr. Seward contends that the President of the
Republic has the right of suspending the writ of
habeas corpus whenever he deems it right and ne-
Zaszwcessary do so. The writ of habeas corpus, as
il known, was devised as a protection
against the illegal tyranny of the Executive, and
amounts to this, that when • person has been
arrested and incarcerated by his Government, he
shall have the power and the right at once to
bring his case before an ordinary court of law,
and to ask there for an immediate judgment
whether his detention be legal or illegal. From
the very essence of the matter, therefore, it is
evident that to give the power of suspending the
Habeas Corpus Act to the Executive, is to place
in the chugs of the wolf the last safeguard of
the lamb. If Mr. Seward is right, all that we
can say is, the Washington Government is one of
the most despotic that ever existed.
The Faris press somewhat differ in their in.
terpretation of the Convention just entered into
between England, France, and Spain, for direct,
and, if necessary, forcible interference in thel
affairs of Mexico, in the event of their just '
claims upon the Mexican treasury not being
promptly cancelled ; but the general facts are
given by aIL It would be very interesting to
know at this moment what are the amounts
claimed by tho allies. The English demands are
very heavy it is well known, those of the bond-
holders alone being considerable, and towards
whom the Mexican government has been dis-
graceful in the extreme, after the many and
serious sacrifices they have from time to time
consented to make, in order to relieve the
Government from the pressure of accumulated
debts. From the year 1837 to 1860, the amount
of the sacrifices they commuted to make reached
no less than the sum of £11,887,644.
The first fruits of the new Indian enterprise
the production of cotton, have arrived at Liver-
pool. On Tuesday five large ships were reported
as having arrived from Bombay, with an aggre-
gate of 25,461 balm of cotton on board. The
quantity of East India cotton now reported at
sea is 136,694 balsa against 55,812 for the cor-
responding period of last year. This is good
news for Lancashire, for England, and for India;
and at the same time it is calculated to make
the Americans pause in their present struggle,
land inquire whether it is likely to land them.

The Fishmongers' Company dined together on
Saturday. The representatives of the Northern
States dined with the Lord Mayor, while the
plenipotentiaries of the South made their ap-
pearance at Fishmongers' Hall Some doubts
were recently cast on their having escaped the
blockade, but those doubts are now resolved in
the most effectual of all ways—by their appear-
ance at a festive board in this country. The
speech of Mr. Yancey ii an important one, as
being the first official manifesto from that body.
The bon. gentleman evidently displays conside-
rable diplomatic tact. He sinks the Slave
Question, and puts prominently forward the
principle of Free Trade. Speaking of the Con-
federate States, he says:—

" They occupy • territory as large as England, France,
Spain, and ustria together—they are ten millions in
number—they are airily producers of important raw
materiels, and buyers of every species, of all kinds of
manufactured goods. Their pursuits, soil, climate, and
prodsction are totally different from the,, of the
North. They think it their interest he hey where they
clan bay cheapest, and to sell where they can sell
dearest. In all this the North differs, foto cage, from
them, and now makes war upon as to enforce this
supremacy of their mistakes ideas and selfish interests
(hear, hear, and cheers). In defence of their liberties
and sovereign independence the Confederate states and
people are united and resolute. They are invaded by •
power numbering ),000,00O;2 yet for eight months has
li. Confederate government successfully resisted—aye,
repelled—that invasion along a military frontier of
1000 miles. Though out of by blockade from all foreign
trade, their internal resources have been adequate to
the equipment and maintenance in the field of an army
of over 250,000 troops. Can all this be, and yet these
6,000,000 of whites be divided? The idea is pre-
posterous."
Es is evidently resolved to avoid the bluster
and bullying which have characterised the North,
and is willing to wait till the Great Powers of
Europe shall find it convenient to recognise the
independence of the country he has come to
represent. For the hastening of such a period,
—and corns it undoubtedly must, sooner or
later,—the hon. gentleman seems eminently cal-
culated to promote.

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN Maizsr, Saturday,
Nov. 9.—We had a large attendance of buyers, but
farmers were Lusily at home wheat
sowing. The general tone the
etride was improved,
and all kinds of grain were the tarn dearer. Millers
were hungry, and consequently *err purchasers; the
from hand-to-mouth plan has been lately generally
adopted. Malting barley scarce, and the only
articles on offer were grinding qualities.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE M. COOKEL—The re-
mains of Mrs. Coombs, relict of the late T. Coombs,
Fag., solicitor, were on Friday afternoon interred at
the Cemetery. The shopkeepers, out of respect
and esteem to the deceased, closed their establish-
ment'.

Cousorrun To THR Doacusurza GAOL. —Hard
Labour : Margaret Brown, stealing from the person
at Portland, 6 calendar months; Emma Wills,
stealing a gown, de., at Upwey, 3 calendar month,;
George Wright, stealing brass bowl at Blandford,
I:calendar month; Daniel Kerley, leaving service
at Broadwinsor, 1 calendar mouth; Robert Stevens,
stealing fence at Litton Cheney, 14 days; Joseph
Candy, stealing fence at Okeford Fitspaine, 1
calendar month; Jonathan Fudge, poaching at Slur-
minder Newton, I calendar month; Charles Legg.
leaving family chargeable at Frome Vanchurch,
21 days; James Hearty and John Read, assault on
police at Portland, 1 calendar month ; Thomas Biles,
assault on police at Bratlpole, 2 calendar months •
Walter Flitchett, vagrancy at Dorchester. 1 calends;
month; George Wright, vagrancy at Evershot, 3
calendar months; John White, misbehaviour at
Wimborne Union, 14 days.—/isprisonssear : George
King, assault at Lyme Regis, 14 day.; Thomas
Swatheridge, drunk, he., at Rampieham, 7 days •
Job Legg, assault at Powerstock, 1 oahadi;
month.

Totem COUNCIL.—A quarterly meeting of the
Council was held on Saturday last. The members
preseut were : J. F. Hodges, Fag., Mayor ; A Ider•
mail lanliell ; and Councillors Galpin, Devenish,
Bonnett,Stanton, Bishop, Ensor, Mason, Frond, Lock,
and Aldridge. —The first business iif the day, after
the minutes of the last meeting had been read,wns the
election"( Mayor. J. ENSOIt, Esq., rose to propose that
Mr. John Galiiin ho elected Mayor of the borough
for the ensuing year.—Mr. Bnotor said that Mr.
G aline was the senior Toe n Councilman, and that from
his business-like habits, his great attention to the
business of the Council, and hut knowledge of the
state of affairs of the borough, they could not fix
upon a more eligible person, and he bad conse-
quently great pleasure in seconding the nomination.
There being 110 other proposition before the Council,
Mr. HOUGKIS declared Mr. Galpin duly elected, and
congratulated that gentleman upon his elevation to
the office of chief magistrate of the borough.—Mr.
GALPIN thanked the Council for the honour they
had conferred upon him. He thought they might
have found swine other member of the Council better
qualified for the office than himself, but as their
choice had fallen upon him, be would endeavour to
fulfil the ditties of the office to the best of his ability.
—Mr. Humor said that before they proceeded with
the next business before them, be begged to propose
a vote of thanks to the late Mayor, for the very effi-
cient manner, irrespective of sects and parties, in
which he had upheld the dignity of his office during
the put year. He believed he had been actuated
only by one motive—that of serving the interests of
the town to the utmost of his power.—Mr. DzyZNISH
said be had great pleasure in seconding the proposi-
tion, and it was carried unanimously.—The late
MAYOR scarcely knew bow to efficiently thank them
for their kindness ; not only on that occasion, but on
all former occasions they had cheerfully rendered
their support in assisting him to carry out the
duties devolving upon hins.—On the motion of Mr.
&mon, Mr. Alderman Tapp was elected deputy.
mayor, and the several committees for carrying out
the beeper of the borough having been appointed.
the members resolved themselves into • meeting of
the Local Board of Health.— Mr. Jowerr presented
his report, in which he referred to the desirability
of draining the Townball and market house, in con-
sequence of the private drainage with which it most
be connected being now carried out.— The work was
ordered to be peoreeded with under the direction of
the Mayor.—The Iniseccroa of NUISANC/0, in pre-
eenting his report, called the attention of the Board
to a large number of almost incredible nuisances
still existing,—one of which was in Shirehall-lanra,
where no less than 46 persons were compelled to we
one privy.—The usual orders were made. —Mr.
PEARCE presented a list of defaulters in the non-
payment of rates, amounting to .C 4 4s. Ild.—The
CLERK was surprised that there were not more, con-
sidering that the return was for the whole year.—
Some of the members remarked that in some in-
stances where these rates had not been paid, the
parties occupying were the owners of the property.
It appeared, however, qn an explanation being
given, that the premises alluded to were mortgaged
to nearly or quite their full value, the parties in
each nature were excused. —At the previous meet-
ing an order was made for the drainage of some
houses in Grove Buildings, in the occupation of
Messrs. Gale, Cake, and Mackay, in consequence of
the junction with the main drain being about to be
opened.—Mr. Weston to-day attended to explain
to the Board that any drainage for theme houses was
unnecessary and uncalled for, and to ask the Board
to postpone any further steps in the matter. He
attributed the bringing of the este originally before
the Board to the officiousness of a builder who was
in want of a job.—The Board, after some discussion,
postponed the consideration of the question till
their next meeting, Mr. Weston promising that he
would be in attendance on that occasion.—The
meeting then adjourned.
ALL SAINT'S CHURCH. —OO Sunday last two ear-
mons were preached in the above church, on behalf
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts; that in the morning by the Rev. W.
P. Ward, H. A., rector of Compton Valiance, and
that in the afternoon by the Rev. A. Greeley Barker,
M.A., in the unavoidable absence, through sudden
illness, of the appointed preacher, the Iteir. Dawson ,
Darner. Mr. Ward took for his text the 23rd verse
of the 10th chapter of St. Luke—" Blessed are the
eyes that see the things that ye see." In the course
of his remarks the rev, gentleman said that the words
of tbetext were addressed privately to the disciples of
the Saviour—not to the world,but to thou who were
the companions of Christ. Who then were these
who were so highly favoured? They were poor
despised fishermen, men of no repute with the
learned; and to these the Saviour said " that many
prophets and righteous men had desired to see the
things they saw, and had not seen them." The things
spoken of were those of which our Lord said "I
thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth,
becausethonhast hid thesethinvi fromthe wise and
prudent, and hut revealed them unto babes." The
simplicity of the truths of the Gospel were above the
comprehension of the learned and great ones of the
earth. The self-righteous Pharisee could not stoop
to know them, and the sceptical Saddeccee set them
at nought. But what were these things which the
followers of Christ were permitted to see? They
were the fulfilment of prophecy in the person and
work of Christ, promised to Abraham, to Seth, to
Enoch, and other holy men, and desired and longed
to be beheld by them. The holy men
of old received a goodly heritage through faith, but
did not enjoy what they longed for, which was re-
served for the disciples of the Saviour, and all his
followers. To them was reserved to see his glorious
works—healing the sick, giving eyesight to the
blind, raising the dead, and to hear the glorious
Gospel proclaimed by Him to the poor. When one
asked " Can any good come out of Nazareth I"—the
answer was "Come and see." These men to whom
the words of the text were addressed, not only saw
what Christ did himself, but also the effects of the
power he gave to others, when he sent seventy forth
to preachand to heal the diseases of the people. And
when these rejoiced at the power given them, then
the Lord answered, "I saw Satan as lightning fall
from Heaven, but in this rejoice not that the devils
are subject to you in my name, but rejoice that your
names are written in heaven." The rev, gentleman
then proceeded to notice the applicability of his
subject to thou he addressed. They were, if they
rightly received the great truths preached in that
sacred and beautiful temple, also blessed; and in
many respects they enjoyed even higher privileges
than the apostles for throughout the length of
highly favoured England, the blessed truths of the
Gospel were proclaimed, and in peace and quietness
they could worship the God of their forefathers. But
whale their privileges were great—so also were their
responsibilities To them, as members of the Church
of England, was committed the great work of spread-
lug the Gospel, wherever the English rule was ack-
nowledged. In connection with their church had
been organised various societies for the spiritual
welfare of the people—schools for the education of
poor children in the holy principles of religion ; home
missions for the benefit of those who in their large
towns would otherwise be left destitute of the means
of grace ; and the societyion behalf of whose claims
, they were met together, employed regular ordained
ministers to preach the Gospel to those of their ovra
countrymen who had left their native land and were now
living in foreignclimee. But theirefforts did net stop
here,but by theagents theyemployed, they sought to
bring to the knowledge of the truth the millions who
in India, China, and other parte of the world, were
now living iu heathenish idolatry. The rev, gentle-
man concluded an earnest and affectionate discourse,
by showing that the greatest blessedness was in
communicating to others those holy privileges we
ourselves enjoyed, and commended the claims of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parte, as an object both for their prayers and their
alms.—The sermon in the afternoon, preached by
the Rev. A. G. Barker, was compiled by the gentle-
man, who, through illness, was not able toe pre-
sent, and the subject was taken from the 6th verse
of the 53rd F salm—" 0 that the salvation of Israel
were come out of Zion."—This ITU the heartfelt
desire of the Ring of Israel on behalf of his people.
Most probably the psalm KY written when the
spirit of rebellion was rife in the land,—
when there were within disseusions, and the
people had to • great extent neglected the
services of God. In the text there were two
distinct petitions—for the salvation of Israel, and
that that salvation might proceed from Zion. The
royal psalmist knew that from Zion—the church of
the living God —salvation could only be received by
those living in the other parts of the land. That
from Zion both temporal and spiritual blessings must
flow, and he therefore prays, "Oh that the salva-
tion of Israel were come out of Zion."
.This was the

erre °fall Christi= missions. The wish expressed
iii the text should
.be the heartfelt desire of all
• - •

Christians living in this land—that out of our own
Zion the glorious truths of the Gospel should be diffused
throughout the world. There was • striking analogy
between the case of those mentioned in the text and
that of our own church. Many of our countryman
were living in other lands, and might be likened to
Israel separated from Zion. They seldom heard the
Word of Life, except from the lips of some travel-
ling missionary, and it was especially for their
benefit that this society was established, so that the
heathen, among whom they lived, might, by their
good example, -be induced to embrace the Gospel.—
Doth of the services were well attended, and upwards
of £lO was collected during the day.
FUNZALL SEKVICK.— On Wednesday the remains
of Pharaoh Hutchings, late one of the choristers of
All Saints Church, were interred in the cemetery,
the funeral service being read by the curate,
the Rev. J. P. F. Davidson. The choristers, habited
in their surplices, accompanied the funeral, and
chanted the 39tb Psalm. Altogether the occasion
was one which will be long remembered, especially
by the young people who were present.
TJPWEY.—AN lINORATUUL LODOI3I. Entgla
Wale was charged before H. Williams, sq., on
Saturday, with stealing two skirts, a dress and a
scarf, the property of Harriet Thorns—The prose-
cutrix said that she was a widow. The prisoner,
whom she knew, came to her on Saturday and asked
her to let her stop there. She stayed until Monday
morning, and then asked witness, as she was going
to work, to lend her her dress. Witness went to
work, and on returning at one o'clock, one of her
children informed her that prisoner had zone away
with sows of her things. the looked aloe, and

missed two skirts, a dress, and a scarf from her bed-
room. The value was ss.—Ann Volkin said she
managed the shop kept by Mr. Parmiter. The pri-
roner came to the shop on Monday, and pledged •
skirt for Is. She gave the name of Mary Wills.
Was quite sure that prisoner was the seine person.
Dewlau produced two skirts, a items, mut a
scarf. lie had the white skirt and the scarf from
the prisoner. She was wearing them at the time.
The dress be had from Mary Wills, of Dorchester,
and the other from the pawnbrokers to whom it had
been pledged. —The prisoner pleaded guilty, and
was mentenced to three months' hard labour.
WEYMOUTII.--Towe Cot:sm.—Saturday lest
was the quarterly meeting of the Council. It WE
also the Jay appoiuted by law. for the late Mayor to
scr,esauxesi:tiairnthre.vrohionwnsetohu,ersuithui.efrniiirntfiegoc,onenrigenvtoiolirtahreolaarth, nopdsmveeeoftitnhhgise.
Aldermen and Town Council-mon of the borough •
splendid breakfast at the Royal Hotel, after which
they formed a procession to the Townhall, wearing
their robes of office, and beaded by the Sergeants-at-
mace, also robed andwearing their cocked-hats. These
hats, we were informed by a gentleman who was
standing on the promenade looking at the procession
as it passed majestically along, had been the
property of the Corporation somewhere shout a
century, and that they had been turned and cleaned
and new trimmed an innumerable number of times.
Of course we cannot vouch for the accuracy of our
informant's remarks, but this we can vouch for, that
the sereeant's hats have become extremely shabby,
reflecting the greatest disgrace on the Corporatim.
They arc certainly relics of antiquity, and as the
Corporation is midiy in want of funds, we would
&drums some member of the Council to move a pro-
position at an early meeting to the effect that the
hate should be sold to the authorities of the British
Museum, and that new hate, more in accordance
with the tastes and fashion of the times, should be
purchased with • portion of the proceeds. On I
arri wing at the Hall we found the following member*
of the Corporation present :--Alderman Prows*, the
Mayor; Aldermen Deveniab, Ayliug, Welsferd,
Bower • Councillors Thompson, Milledge, Thomas,
Luce, Harper, Ayles, Framptoa, Rowland Thomas,
Upjohn, Drew, Beasaut, Maunders, Coacher, Hibbs,
H. Devenish, and Hare. —The CLERK having read
the minutes of the previous meeting, ALDERMAN
DEVINISH rue, and said ph...lug Lank devolved
upon him of proposing a gentleman to fill the elites
of chief magistrate of the borough for the ensuing
year. When he came home last night it gave him
great pleasur e to fiud that the subject had been
canvassed by many of the members of the Town
Council, and that the gentleman he was about to
trpoise for Cho office met with their satire approval.
.2eflaad long been before the public, had successfully
contested the ward which he represented on several
occasions, and three times had been returned at the
head of the poll, thereby showing the estimation in
which he was held by his fellow-townsmen. He had
had some conversation with that gentleman that
morning, and he might briefly state what was the
course he intended to follow up during his term of
office, should he be elected. The policy be would
adopt would be the carrying out, in every depart-
ment, the must judicious economy—be might say,
rigorous economy. (Hear, hear.) He was well
qualified for the duties, and was perfectly at home
with the general accounts, and he was satisfied that
if they would render hen their assistance, he would
fill the office of chief magistrate of the borough with
credit to himself and honour to the town. He had
great pleasure in proposing Mr. Councillor Rare as
Mayor for the ensuing year. (Applause.)—Mr. W.
Tneass was quite sure that from the way in which
the proposition had been received, the nomination
was an acceptable one to the gentlemen present.
After the remarks of Mr. Alderman Devenish, he
had very little to say, further than that he per-
fectly agreed with the worthy Alderman that there
was no man in the Council hotter qualified for the
office of chief magistrate of the borough for the
ensuing year than Mr. Hare. He had had the
pleasure of witnessing the regularity with which that
gentleman attended the meetings of the Council,
his business habits, and his endeavouis to promote
the welfare of the town, and he had therefore great
pleasure in seconding the nomination. They had
had many good nieu to serve the office of chief
magistrate—good mein in the right place, and be
believed Mr. Hare would act with the same economy
as they bad done, and that he would carry on the
business of the Council pleasantly. —Mr. Hare having
been duly installed in his offices, Mayor, said that as
they had been oe kind as to elect him their chief
magistrate, he hoped that he should so perform the
duties of his office, that at the expiration of the term
for which be was chosen they would not regret the
confidence they had reposed in him. Mr. Alderman
Devenish, in his nomination of him, had foreshadowed
to some extent the line of policy he intended to
pursue, and he might add that it appeared to him
most desirable that the several committees should be
called together as early as possible, so that they
might go into the whole of the accounts of the
Corporation. He also proposed that they should
take the necessary steps for getting in the whole of
the Corporation accounts for the paying off their
debts. They would then see in what position they
stood, and be able to shape their course accordingly
fur the benefit of the borough. He hoped that if
this course met their approbation, they would
support him. lt gave him great pleasure to meet
them under better auspices than his predecessor met
them on his election. Last year they had • very
, bad harvest, but this year they had • good harvest,
I and he trusted that as • consequence the sufferings
of the poor would be very meal mitigated. He
spin thanked them for their confidence in electing
lEM to that proud position, and assured them, that he I
would do his best to fulfil the duties of the offiee to
their satisfaction. • (Cheers.) Mr. bffixamias aid
that twelve months siren, it was his pleasing duty
to second the nomination of Alderman Proems for the
office of Mayor. That gentleman's services he
thought ought not now to be forgotten. He had
therefore very great pleasure in proposing the
thanks of the Corporation to Alderman Prow's), for
the efficient manner in which he had discharged the
duties of his office—Mr. Thompson, in briefly
seconding the proposition, remarked that the late
Mayor had on all occasions been accessible to all
parties. —The resolution having been carried
unanimously, the ex-Mayor stated that he had done
his duty to the best of his ability, and he had now
to thank them for having, on all occasions, given him
their beet support. On no occasion had he brought
forward • measure, but they had supported him and
carried it out for the good of the town. He could
say that he had ever done his best for the good of
Weymouth, and so long as he resided among them
nothing should be wanting on his part to do all in
his power to promote the good of the borough. Ho
hoped they would still go on as prosperous as they
now were. Some other business of minor impor-
tance having been transacted, the Mayor gave the
members of the Council • general invitation to
partake of luncheon at his house—an invitation
which the greater portion of the members acespted.
Tea HOLY LAND.—The Rev, R. S. Ashton, pastor
of the lodependent Church in St. Nicholas Street,
delivered an ioteresting and instructive lecture on
Thursday evening last. The subject was," Up and
down in the Holy Land," and was the first of • series
of six, announced for the current winter months.
The rev. gentleman commenced his lecture by re-
marking that we had all of us from our childhood
up and down e Holy Land— a land noted
El:let:th
mountains audits valleys—with the patriarchs
and prophets of old, and with Jeans in his travels
from place to place preaching and doing good. He
supposed his audience to have arrived within • mile
or two of Tyre, and pitched their tuts for the night.
They had been too Lite by several centuries in ar-
riving here, otherwise from that height they would
have looked upon the walls, the patios roofs, the
warehouses, the workshops and the spacious harbours
of Tyre—have been greeted with the city's ham
the rattle of the chariot wheel, and the anvil of the
artisan, and have sun the seas whitened with the
sails of her ships; but no one now surveying the
solitary scene bp tibet could imagine that
such • sight as that deemthed could ever have been
there beheld. Now there was but a little clump of
miserable houses adjoining the peninsula, and what
looked like dark rocks rising out of the waves. These
were very convenient for the fishermen, who here
spread their nets in order to be dried. These are
not rocks; they were the stones of Tyre tumbled
into the sea by her successive destroyers, and thus
was fulfilled the prophecy—" I will make thee like ,
the top of • rock; thou shalt be • plain to spread ,
nets upon." He now would take them into the land ,
of
viejwuthdeaed—estrlattli owtetr.batnotglouririousvedantherid mucylit—sd
coveted
land. Having glanced at the extent and general
features of the country, and remarking that the
valley of the Jordan was the most remarkable in the
world as it was 1300 feet below the level of the sea,
he glanced at Acre and the bold headland of Carmel.
Descending the southern slope they arrived at the
" Cana of Galilee," bulls was not the Cana of old,
for its houses had become desolate. The nest little
town of Nazareth where Christ lived for nearly
thirty years was next visited. It undoubtedly was
• mall and insignificant village at that time, as
Joisephus nowhere mentioned it. Climbing the sum-
mit of the mountains in its neighbourhood the eye
beheld some of the most delightful scenery in the
world. In the far north, behind a desert sea of
mountains, rises Hermoo—nearer and more eastward
is the dome of Tabor—the waters of Galilee on the
one hand, and the woody heights which border the
'gam of Acre on the other. On the west is Mount
Carmel, and below it the valley of Eadraelott, so
celebrated for its extent, fertility, and its historic
renown as the battle-field of Palestine. &curia
was next noticed, and the character of its inhabi-
tants described. _ There was a small number of
_ _ _ _

Samaritans, about 140 souls, who kept a; their an
Mout form of religion to the present day. The town
of Sheehan was about four miles distant. Here it
was that Jesus talked to the woman who came to
draw water at Jamb's-well. Travelling eastward
the Jordan was reached. Unlike other great rivers,
it had no town or village on its beaks. ltssrring to
the spot where, aooording to thip tradition of the
Roguish church, the bowsaws passed over on the
dividing of the webers, the lecturer alluded to
the custom of the Jews bathing here during
passion week, and the businewhke manner in which
the par image commenced and ended, the white
bathing draw being preserved for the bathers'

pare

above.

thrs•

sw•d•

winding sheet, as it was supposed they reeeired maw
kind of sanctity by being wetted with the water of
the Jordan. The stream was very rapid at this spot,
; and often the lathers were carried dart the stream
and were drowned; nor was any effort ever made by
the Turkish soldiers to save them. Such was thar
indifference and cartilages', with regard to human
life, that oloked upon the moose with the
greatest Indifference. Mount Ephraim—the burial
place of the prophets, and one of the holy cities of
the flahometlam on that account, was nest visited.
Near to it wag the valley of Zabel, whence the
grapes were obtained that cased the Jews to murmur
while in the wilderness. Passing onward we arrived
at Bethlehem—the birthpbsee of Christ—a place
ever dear to Christians, and over which ;bagels sang
"Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, pod
will towards men." Then was the oommateement of
man's redemption. tinder the church its grotto where
tradition mays Christ was born. The general aped
of at Jerusalem the present time was ambulated to
disappoint traveller/L. flit was in a most dilapidated
condition, it being the esetous sot to repair the
houses. Not being any longer tenable, many of the
them were deserted and tumbling down. With
regard to the surrounding weary, in the spring it
was beautiful, but in the =MIDST eat Mamma the
land was parched up. Cultivation was madly seg.
lected, owing to the insecure slate at the miumitty.
Many nations had longed for it, sod awn War 49
least one 'salon—France—Mikis Axed es it Oen',
ing look. At one time the city was atooldioer
populous. At the siege of Jerusalem the Roma*,
took or slew OIXLOOO men, wenten, and children,
but at the present time the number was small. The-
ra. gentleman (concluded a lecture which had bees.
ably bandied, by stating if whet he had gad that
night, should induce anyone to pay grimier atten-
tion to the Word of God, he would be muchiplessed.
The subject of his lecture was illustrated by pastier
of the several places alluded to is the course of his
remarks. The nest lecture will be "en the Pope,
and how he rules his Roman sebjeets."
DINNalt TO TM WITTIIOOIII VOMITUS& Rms..—
pMwresaeougniterinazt lasEdt
itdfrid"arseunr—n,difie
solatr'ThthyttAesvollemerYshabberytlitteerl=ll nmone,
an'rhaybe
other Repeaters was, Ina Wagstaff thinks Las how
i'd send a raped of al as took pales sea, hut,
as bow I tweet mach a a skoller, bet I ther't as bow,
i youths rites eit'tyos'il no Row to pet it la:
Wed, SOT, tle ittula, min on 'es did, giv'd • Gras'
diner st Crowns Hotta ,
an' a on ern wog invitted.
epees they 'ail 'ad no diner at ems
as ye see they anal avers twos tint
by lief a'our, an gaged anselas site &MI to
tabbel store cheer wog Putt as it. 'An 'em Mick
up • Bobberry ovary 'floe as 'sir we. ow 'em 'He'd
stW Vother, they thampt on th Wake es it all inset to
sOit an into vire withal Me Wet says I I. Myself
that's • good Beginnise easy 'ow. Now ger I shan't
talk op rar Papper by alit' nothhe 'boat ther's etia,
may at 'ow was as Lcet her plate tee them a tryst
to es a bit o' pm You no, ger se 'ear ear rektor
is they's Chaplin, bud i ban% Lan: hew 'lie, bat sum'
ow or 'tether they girl be ate go toy two; i "spas he
speaks two plane vor em, A so us 'ad di' sae master
fisher, uppway, Lasted wee tiler .hap'. US blow%
y• think as 'ow they sarv'd he? after supper, or dime,
or wet Baer 'twos, wile be woe a min swabs, we.
o' they pikt up a napkin an drowd on rite astp bang
at is 'ed I an' eall'd an Holey to 1 • an sed
as how 'im was a king richer, an den ol
or gin busted rite out • laffn ready to split.
ins verre sides nog °learn offered DO Isolloday,
an so it u'kur'd to I as 'ow them then.
It • flu rata joak. The Chasms" then,
gird the tweet o' the queen an' thew
they hollad ol on 'MD Jag like raid, 'sit an 'ad
brokt out o' bedlam. Aterads curled the royal bonier,
and the tweet o' the bishop sad Maw, co' the disase.
Muster fisher retuned thaks an tad as 'ow bate= in
old times us'd to be perakeeted, but be didn't sio afore
to nit a perskewahun for krishanity had seal down
to the preuent di. He gid tin ma espial rubs. He
toold urn as how it beeum'd they as well as other people
to do y dthing clemently an' in order; an as how
it ea • ungraidins ski, to thro' • sleighs at is bed wen
he was a returnin &hanks, an as ow It Mite as Wall
• ben left undone as done. i doantno as wether they
woe drunk or wether they hadn't no sense, but the
remmark o' the rev. Gentleman 41401 aim to hay no
more 'feat than if he'd bin • saki* to • deer peat.
But to mend the natter wan o' de vellenteare mum
duren the again • song call'd "the parish clash." It
wes won o' the most imolai and vilthyset o' seep you
beard in all ye. bore da's. I &eat no wit the
pawn thowt, but be matted in 'is chars very
he'd
furtabel like, an i Onset ovary monument bed a got
up, and wakt out. Their woe any vivo toasts giv'd el
nite, and the 'math was the Navvy ad Armey. they
putted the navvy lust, as sap'n prows. ita' suatbaidy
els, i &link vrom podia, 't &beaks. The prises
for Tyrol 'bootie wos then giv'd and attends the last
tweet, witch wog the vital donee volleatears. 01 the
camera 'torrid dthanka, an the cap's ad as how he'd •
lila to a got • pits.; upon witch we. is, the rivals
sung a pan-any, I thinks they cells it, • the wog
aoll'd " down in the sdrand," turn'd it into "0 tat
i'd • prise." Bet i vorgotted one thing. I see by
my moats as how they giv'd another tweet
a'ternds, an' that wes the 'angry Members. Muster
xinimons, the magjistrait, 'turned thanks, an' they
eal'd be "Old Granvether." Zo yet age, they was
Terry 'spedul to nutsly. I dthink, ear, as 'ow eve giv'd
per °every dthiag as was wuth menaimin. Thar
speeches was vary wishey wasbey an' ye nd'at like to
pia'an layer pepper, iv i cid sin. An' now sir, i mas
anklude. Vale sum new pens • papas to rite We-
ar roofer*, hat sassiow they wont go nicely.
two, sum ()Vie wards be'ant spel'd over an silos, bet
hope yell pat they all strait, au' should yen evvea want
another repport, and i Be there, i'll mend an.—yu
umbel sarvint, wort Si WAS THAI. PAL i 'apt I.
say as 'ow sum ov the respechteble peahen " hook% it,"
as sum ones card it, but tether's did'iit go til 2 or 3
clock nix mania a DO thanks to am vrom the Traitors
as on never giv'd they so much as • Behar elapse/a. I
did at ear as ow any Got into the stashes Hess, an'
peeps that was Los the place Need idow the mare was
Their. Pope nor the 'miner ov our native lead an' the
Glory of the yoUentairs there beast mammy scram
like they at Weymouth, wen they gees into pablik, vet
ov ol the dlaser peals lever mad thile was to my mind
wen ev the meet diagrasaullert
GALS.—A violent storm of lightateg. thunder,
and hail, accompanied by a strong wind, 'sited this
town on Saturday ...vesting, and confinad till
Sunday morning. The lightsimiewaarfejery avid and
thethunder reverberated with noise. Tbe
sea raged and foamed with great violence, but we
have not heard of any damage being done.
PORTLAND. POCK= Piceuta. Marareet
Brown, on remand, was brought before H. Williams
Esq.' Majoi-Gmieral Miens', and Capt. Meaning,
on Saturday, charged with picking the pocket
of John Robert Pearos.—The prosecutor said be
lived at Portland. On the sth of November, about
half-past nine o'clock, he was at a "Cheap Jack"
stand, when prisoner came and put her hand in his
pocket, and took out his purse containing • ball.
sovereign and two lad-crown pieces. Hi said to
her "Yon have my money," and shessid site had nob
lie told herb. would tiro her in charge. Next
morning he and a policeman went dews to
where he stood the night before, iied found asperse
and a half-crown. There was no sae by but the
woman at the time he had his pooket_pinked.-191402'
were round but none near him. He had zie COB.
munioation with her, and
said he was called by the prosecutor about 9.40 pas.
on the sth November to the prisoner. Pascoe se-
ccumedher of picking his pocket ofa perms and mosey.
Prisoner said site had not got it, but that a mam
before gave her half a sovereign, and then gave her
is. 64.' and the prosecutor gave her sixpence. He
took her into oestody. Haifa crown, tweskillings„
three sixpences, and 2id in coppers, were Ilemad on
her. He found the parse next day and hall'a sawn
near it—about IS yards from where the stall was.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Was sistanald to
six month's hard (labour.

ABBOTSBURY. Tux GaAs During the
whole of Saturday night the wind was terrific, and
although it was worse than his been known for
long time, very little damage was done at ma mar
Chis pis** ;—not so on land, for the gardam were is
some parts much damaged. Buildings Mood tbs
gale uninjured, with the exemption of a few tiles and
chimney pots
BLANDFORD. —The annual meeting and show
ofthatclome•kept Society the BLinciford Partner's Club
we hoar, to be held on Weslnsedaiy the 10th inst.,
and is expected to be • very moosesfaj as*, upwards
of 100 competitors having already emend far the
prisse given. After the elbow the nmeabsre and
friends of the society will dine together at lie Crown
Hotel, and we ham no doubt the worthy Isadlord,
Mr. R. Eye*, will give as usual, ma eatiehie-
Men to those who honour him with a vimit. The
following lath, list of prizes, for which entries ma
be made np to the last day by application to W. M.
Atkinson, Esq. :-
1. Sweepstake of S. for the best ela 'Wirer
aro Southdown lambs, teed and fed by the eabibiter.
2. The like for the best improved lisimmsbare.
3. The lite for the best pair of ruslaxabs, pu Ihross
mithdown, bred and fed as above.
4. The like for the beet improved Ilampelizet end
ith the Sock.
5. A Sweepstake of Is. each, for the best yearling
r.
_. Sew-
beifor.

Soutbdown, b
4 The like

8. iweepetake of k. seek tee the beet twayear-elill
titer.
7. Sweepstake at to. seek to, the bed we soh whirr
tree years of so.
8. Sweepsfake of fa W. auk far the bass Wray*
44 roots. -

ii.-iter-e-e-p-stalm of 2a. 64. web, Ice the Weirs bese
minium turnip roots.
10. The like for the beet twelve 11111111•1 Wllll4 roots.
11. Sweepstake el !mead', for the beet yeast/Aylmer.
12. The like forth. beet two-year-aid steer.
13. The like for the best Gob over 13 and ender 141
heeds high.
14. Sweepstake of is. each, for the bed is Moot&
Gym improved Hampshire.
BIANDPOILD nat.—This kis, held am Friday,
wee well Weeded ' • indeed, we never remember he
have soon so tarp a gathering. Sheep, ad whisk
there wua fair supply. went °Qat hiih pekoes. Harm
met with a dull male, the supply being OHM than en
average. Good prime were OTIS for cheese of Ari-
-1 rate quality, but infenor wee
STALBRIDOE.-1401141133,11titi1d proximo,
the day fixed upon for holding the masa ammetiag
of the Btaibrl4, Agricultural Sashay. The chair
will be taken be H. G. Stork, leq.,