The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

STUDLAND.

Tem Lan Warcics ore Pootn. —We copy with
an ordiaer* Idaho= the following from he reign.
mouth Gazette :

"Our reedits will scarcely mid to be reminded of.
calamity +oleo tight or nice w.vle.. ago. happened of
Poole harbour. insole :us th• destruction of inset 'hips
and the lam of • large nuenlre of lives. Among the
cawing which went down on that Wed Sunday orning
in F. binary were two beiongiog to this port—th•
KtiseiterA and Bliss, both the propert• of Mr. O. P.
vr.a, ens manned bye'... nearly all of whom either
ri shied to, or were nonteeted by family tie* with
Taigoteonth. Of those who periehrd In the Nitta the
bodies of two were rreonseed and brought hither for
internist t, namely—W. N. Bryant not J. C. Buddall,
master and mate of that ill.fand Tem! ; while of those
who formed the or.. of the Illtsaiwf it two w•ra saved,
and the bcrly 01 a third—Ellaa klentilled
and burled at Poole. eines then nothing ham transpired
to bring ihe dhetter bake* the rabbit iniad, but the
In sal. down head at one fell swoop is a thing not to
be readily forgotten hl a spuds ptipnlastow lib ours.
During the pest week another teenbento of that tielamity
baa been brought to liabt in the recovery ni tbe body of
Captain Feemb, of the Elisaliset, who* me niched
up on Wednesday last within • short dstanas of the
soot where the vessel wen wrseked, and in a state of
prwerwation which amid hardily hays been expected
considering Om time it bad loin experd to the action of
the water. Bat what renders the circumstance note-
worthy—apart trout the enelapsholy sati.faetio* it affords
to the frienZa of tiled's-wed deaden to know that hi
remains have received the rites of arl.teto
the exceeding humanity evinced by those asion whole
devolved the eowineting the last and oßare for a
stranger. indeed so disinterested and generous does
the conduct of these concerned in that matter appear,
am to Mims the highest honour on the state of society
in which they move, while it raises a glow of noble
Pride to have the privilege of °Wining them as fellow-
oonntrymen. Of thereon.. nature at the arraingement
men. by the widow for the intenneat of her hwhand's
reaming we ate Ignorant; bet we may warns that, cdr-
ennucaseed assts.* the benvolesee which prompted the
anticipatory dlewsdres tame have been aa acceptable to
her at they were hounoursble to the promoter.. Nor
can we bliftor convey an idea of the bighaentled sem,
of duty edtertained by them than by the pabliewitan of
the two tailwind* Niters Whisk Mts. French received,
announcing in berms at ones &bare and wpm:elate all
that had been dose to meet the eatergetsay 1

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"Dorsetehire Constabulary 01lea, Warekaml,
April 14th, 1866.
" Hrs. Fronek,—l received your letter this morning,
and have sines been over to Suatiland aod esec to the
interment of your husband, sail& took plass this after-
noon. He had • very goad eaSe, with raised lid and
futsihere. He was carried to his grave br Um oomt-
sasrd of tbe Stedlead etabee, sod was follower' by Mr.
Alexander W. Lockhern (a gentleman living at Stud-
land), the °Meer in sharp 4 the Coastguard sod
myself. I believe Mr. lesektuan will pay the satire
expense of the calla, am there le only the parochial see
allowed by the meaty ; but this wee a very nisi cm,. I
think you will boar from Mr. Lockbam in the mares of
a day or two, sad wi I mend you the watch ha, after.
wards by rill. I thiok be hae behaved extremely kind
in ibis car ; he took the bearers to his hoses idler the
loom al, and move them IN-treatment, Ad. I shell be glad
to give son soy information yoe may rectors at any
1t.... Tour truly, "T. Beim, Supt."
"81a4lan4, Warsban. Saturday Ilmertings
Mrs, Freseb.—Dear Madase,—Whee wei yesterday
found that no Muted of the bus Csptsin Presets mese
up by the trains, we prepared for Lis burial to-day at
3 ...look, so ham to give the last 'home, but your Letter
to Mr. Rides sailed this for es. I have sow Met re.
tarots I from seeing him dereently sad earefolly buried,
and I can ensure you that the greatest sympathy and
respect WWI .hows by all (dames in our small village.
The olloen of the coastguard, with all the men who
could be spired from duty, attended with many of their
wives and daughters' many of my labourers and their
families were ales timere. The undertaker had ensnared
• east good arningem-nt In esee your Mends shield
mese down, trid I ordered all to be serried out is a like
meaner in your absence, and if you will allow no to show
our sympathy with you is year troubles in this way. I
shall be ready to meet the aseeemary expenses so that
there shall be no mil upon you The watch which of
e”orre is useless, but which you may like to am .gin,
will be sent off on Tuesday nest la small parcel by the
South Western Railway. Too had better Mature if it
he not delivered in • few days.
From the loot of the grave, aa necked up, I *oak's*
before me the hay and aseburage from ...hi ki your
hasband's vessel dragged her onshore, and the shoal on
which she Anally drove and broke up—Dow all looking
bright and smooth. I felt • doubl. interest in this
funeral, for I wail on the shore all day of that fatal
Sudsy, seeing the deetrastiou before ma, yet tumble to
help; and, I ham felt it a duty, and I might almost say a
• pleasant, to pay this last Ake of resume to your Mks
hamband, as • alight toles of the deep sympathy! could
Dot bat MAL
"I do not know of what deaominatioa of °twistable
you are, but very deeply were the glorious, words of our
Ohara of Ragland burial services felt this day. May
that God who is specially the God of the widow and
fatherless comfort you in your present sorrow, and bring
700 at last to meet the soul of your hasba;wl in that
ntoeeod land where there is no parting and ao more
sonow Is the sincere and earliest prayer of yours
aina.rwYr ALEX. M. Istuurein.
(Churehwarden. r

"P.d.-13hould you think of muting up some day, if
you mill let mit know. few days Wore. (will do all
I ma to make ths jouroey from Wareham easy for
yos ; for moue too lades from the sadilloa."

Mr. Alexander M. Lookham, of Eitadland,. is
1 the eon of Mr. Lookhant. • largo firmer regsdulj
near Weymouth. and is a tensat fanner residing
at
a unit kind-hearted moo, sad hie wits
mom kind woman; he his no labourers
working on his farm at eight or nine &Minis. per
1 week, but always give them good wage!, and their
mammary wants are always attended to. Mr.
Henry Garland. of Wott Farm, near Wiltaalli,
taarried his sister. Thwe are no eight or nine
ghillies per week men on his fans lather. Hare,
also, the nesseinry wants of the labourers are always
attended. And in now of sickness, tbseis employers
are to be found by the bedsides of the stiderees, and
on the Sabliath meriting are to be seen wending
their way to the villein schools. to assist In the
iastinotina of the children of the taboo/lag Mains&
Weald that this, although it doss moor in Gore*
were the min is oar agrWUsrsl &Ariel* leased of

FUNggeL OF THg LAM _ HENRY CHARLES

STU KT, ESQ.

The late 'Noire of °nichtll, wham bappinein arose
in • grist measure from doing cod to Mum around
biro, and wbo by his consideratessms as • landlord,
public spirit m • country gestieman, prudent* and
enlightenment as a patriot, asd geaerous regard for
the poor, endeared himself to the whole county, was
buried in the presence, and amid the pranged
frimgiviL of
friendship and largd
t.emenumtableonof (ho..his eetates,who ani°d
74otordaVi
(Mooday) afternoon, in the bseatifid Audi of More
Oritohill, which a few years Wok, be, with his
amiable wife—Lady Clarlott• Sturt--eatirsily re.
beat, at an expense of mosiderahly more than
£lO,OOO. Although it was arranged that the funeral
should be ae private • ones. might be—at the desire
we believe, of the lamented 'squire himself—in
nooordame with which no invitations were issued to
the tenantry, a large Dumber of them, together with
farmers upon other eMetee in the meaty,
animated by love for Moo, whose cheery
voice, glowing onentemmee, and upright form had
been pleasingly familiar to them in days that are
past, and whom freak geod-huntour, and chivalrous
honour and veracity had woo their adatiratioo, at-
tended to pay their last sad tribete of respect on
this sorrowful oonasion. Neither were there lacking
representatives of that poorer elsao—the agricultural
labourers—wham Goodin°. the Late Mr. ihart se
greatly ameliorated, and ell • bright example to
landlords, which many happily in this most, have
followed. The beautiful go* around the mansioe
was dotted with groups clad in decent mourning.
many of whom were evidently labourers, having a
lively sense of the greet debt of obligation they owe
to him wbo is now no moo Some years ago the
lit. Mr. Stull mid, "it has beim my gratification to
say that I found myself surrounded by miserable
hovels, and that I shall Leave somforatig• colleges
built of brick and stone," and his desire has hem
amply fulfilled. Of his chenille*. as • landlord,
we may recall the fact that on the mosaics°
of his tenantry promoting him with a portraii
of himself in 1849, Mr. John Harvey, M Huns
worth farm, who prended. stated that he and
hi. anosmors had rented under the Start family for
no lees a period Mau 142 years. and the vice-chair
man spoke to • Maur* of 117 year. by his family,
and mentioned three others who bad held lands
M be Starts for similar periods. Mr. Homer, a
relative of the above-mentioned Mr. Harvey, now
occupies Hemsworth farm, and be with Mr. Ford,
of Riuditon, another old tenant, ware pall-bearers
to-day, as representatives of the tenantry. The
church, which stands • short distance from the
mansion, was draped in blsok cloth, and on the two
past Sundays the sermons En-embed there have had
reference to the death of Mr. 81ur1, The funeral
knell commenced at half•psat twelve, arid an hour
after the mournful procession left the halL Mews's.
Wetland and Son, of Winibonm, were the wider-
takers., and the whole of the ermines:lmm
were conducted with propriety and order. The
cloth was made by Mr. liabgood, of Wimborne.
It somistrd of a shell, enokeed in a leaden *An,
sad an outer sebetaatial case of oak, mewed with
black etotit, and having massive black furniture of •
vervolain descriptioe, and a breastplate engraved
is follows