The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-14 00:00:00

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Tbo price of gas has been rived to 4e. 101 per 1,000
feet in Salisbury.
The medical °Meer for Salisbury reports that the r.te
of mortality has been 2.7 per 1,000 for the past quarter,
or about 10 per 1.000 per annum.
A TARIM GOILID iv • BOLL —On Friday • serious
asetient occurred to Mr. William Parrott, of Whitetail
Farm, near Mere. He alighted front hie hone, and
proomded to the bartoa to Inspect the cove, when a
bull nulled at him at a furious rate, knocked him down,
broke two of his riba, and gored hita very much 'boat
the body. He is programing favourably.
CHARON OF Anott. - k farmer's wife, named Mary
Sims Woodman, wife of Robert Woodman wee *barged
with wiifully setting Sr. to • rick of beak, value £4O,
the property of the creditors of her husband. Mr.
Payne, of the firm of Dunn and Payne, of Promo, pro-
secuted on behalf of the pollee, sad Mr. Cedar, barris-
ter, defended. The evidence mas to the effect that the
prisoner was ISM near the rick, end that it was on Sr.
shoddy afterwards. It was totally *mourned. The
prisoner was camosaitted for trial at the seises, but
admitted le ball.

fLOWIN SHOW AT WILTON.— Ws under.
stand that It is intended to have a children's show of
spring flowers towards the end of February or beginning
of March, 1874 Bach dowers am hyacinths, primulas,
talus, northerner, mothers, ka, in pots, may be ex-
hibited. All sompethors must be composted with eels
OT other of the Wilton *shoots.
CHARON Or BIOANT.—Tb• Tre•bridge politheonet
bag been the Hoene of what no doubt be tioruadered
• ease of some Interest. A gestismanly looking man
sealed Roderick Francis Archibald Farquharson, who
stated that he formerly belonged to the Seth loot, was
brought up, charged with having Intermarried with
All.. Broths Henrietta Visor Benett, at Hackney
March, ha September, 1871, his first wile, Jessie
Farquharson, being alive. The prisoner, It seems, has
been living at North Bradley, Wilts, In furnished
lodging., with Jessie and four children and his mother,
but latterly, having got into the county overt, the cir-
cumstance risme to the notice of the mite in London,
and her mother came to Trowbridge and gave the pd.
goner into custody. The two wives met before the
MagisCrsta, Mann .1. P. Stanoonth and Thomas Clark,
whoa the charge warn board, and the woad marriage
proved. Indeed, it is not yet known whether a third
wife fa not coming Into the field, a report of the
marriage of • "Captain Archibald Farqnhanea, of the
24. h Foot," with • Miss Beckley, at Bk George's,
Hanover-square, in 1859, having been put in. l'ime
primer says he obtained a divorce to that case; but
the pollee are investigating it.
The Davis.. Urban Sanitary Authority he. *WNW
Dr. Caries as Medical Ofliesr of Health forth, borough,
at • eatery ol £36 15e. per annum. Yr. W. Hayward
was at the same Sims sleeted Investor of Nuisances at
• salary of £35 per annum.

The sum of £10,930 9s. ld, ersa received in the last
financial year as "parental oontributlons for mantra-
WO, of children."
Parinoerroli PRISON lIIDINTST.—Tb• Alutual Report
of the lloward Association °obtains brief entraora from
recent letter" or determents mashed by the Associatioc.
At Ooldbath Fields Priam about 35 different occupa-
tions were oarried on. 50 prisoners were tailoring 50
shoemaking, 30u carpenters, 23 as fakir", 19 as male,
10 as bricklayers, 19 aa palutors, 6 es gardeners, and
so on. They pay prisoner' employed In trades • small
peroentage (about 6 per lent) of the vale" of their
week. At Salford (Manchester) Prlaon, each prisoner
earns £6 15r. per annum on an average • or, reckoning
M work for e pal, £8 15s. sash. Matereakiog propoa-
derates—but linsey., Uokinp, rugs, shirts, sallooes,
slippers Ac., outer largely into the operations cerrled
on. Re-ooramittals are comparatively very few- For
this gaol he Home &wrote:7 hao authorised that hoary
weaving, heavy matting, work at certain platting
machines, and at oakum boating may ho substituted,
instead a the crank or troad•beel for the penal labour
required for this first three months of Imprlammoot by
the Prison Ail. At Durham Priem, among the arthritis
manufactured by tiro prisoners this year are 7,450 Fordo
of towelling, sheets, osavas, and impel, 79 tons ofao
and oakum 762 cork fenders, 4,300 mats, _
drawers, skirts, aprons, k 4., and a large numb;.of
shoe,and stocking. Ac. Cash received for goods about
£5,000 At Dovactim bo3aol, the prisoners do • large
amount of work. haut a large part of the
prison, doing also the sing, slating, gas-fitting, Ac,
and In a very strong and solid manner. Lam tramps
give this prison' a wide berth.' At Wakefield Prison
there Is • bags mat manufactory, with steam power,
a splendid smithand forge shop In full activity, and
many rueful trades At Redford Gaol, during tie 30
years of Mr. Roberta's governorship, about 03,000
cub, for prison labour, hao been paid to the county
treasurer. At York Castle raarble.working Is •
meals/My. At DoreheMor (Mr. J. V. D. Laurance),
£134 cash for grinding corn. The Dormice Prbons
(for muteness el Ave yams and upwards). Under the
energetic chief direction of Major IL F. Da Cane those
(11) prisons are the seems of a vast amount of useful
and varied industrial labour, making docks. fresh-
water', bosildine, amlth•work, brickmaldng,
outing, ko. (upward. of 31 Monett kinde of industry .
A beautiful church at Port.lsod has been wholly but t
by oonvlots, most of whom bad to be taught their work
DA rho, wont on. Thom are some first-rate governors
aid caters among these prisons, but there are also
sone grave deloola, espeolelly a grievous want of Mamie
ficstion and reparation. All rz.oonvlct (committed for
a fird offence of steeling a few shillicas) 4," Wm 744,
co his discharge " Rotor* I entorod Conva
Prison 1 knew colliers of burglary, now I oould sadly
break into any house In Londan ; and I know the .hops
where to obtain the nettle' tools for the purpose—all
of which I learnt horn Hier prisoners." AlPortland
Oonviot Prison, for instance, In 1873, there have been
committed one murder and one attempted murder by
pets. I.lofll. This is the fault of tko congregate system,
not of the officials, for Portland has a meet efficient
governor, chaplain, and other officers. Murders are
almo.t impossible in prisons on the "operate 'Totem, as
In must of the county gaols. Said the Governor of
Rockall' Gaol to Mr. Tone* lately, 'Our prisoners are
all separated, at all them" Ream they are never a
hatthey nom tool thonsshoo a power.' Moralsou sad physical osabigioa ire thus both
inks provottod by avocados."

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SIMI 111111011 AT UTE
The Nam et Bea mid Wells_ (Lord Hervey), in ids
openies Michips, thee deem lbed ClurieVa *hank and her
work :—Whet" or Load headed His %web He did
not carry her of with Him to beeves, and lie did not
set her is a wiltiereees, lar from the wand and out of
the reeds of men. He planted her right in the midst
of the bin world —touching the world sad the men La
it on every side—ln all, bat her Inner life, Intermingled
with and loterpenetrated by the men of the world, the
lestantious of the world, the things of the world. She
henolf, Latently in her spiritual life, yet earthy,
eadhee. and earthly in her cite-oil organisation, has •
dose relatioe to the world without- reed I add, mer-
le( that abel. the o,lurch of the Lord Jestas
that abs Ins a work to do rri.i a duty to perform for
the beceit cf that world? She has the tecret of hew
to oshn troubles cod heal wounds, and dry up the ii ode
of te•rs which are over rife in this world of do and
sorrow. She haa the kindly spirit, the &callow, watoh-
ful eye, the upeprieglag funetne of active goodwill,
shiob seeks ens all the minders, all the dluoniforts, all
the Winne iocrident to tbia mortal his, for the exprias
purpose of relieving or removing them. There Is not
• want not a sorrow Of Duff •rInA humanity but what th•
Church fee!' it to be her calling to minister to. Ka
would leaven all society, all government, all °owners%
all retinae, all literature with the principles of truth,
benevolenee, mercy, j ankle, fairness, parity ; with
rITIWOOOO tat God and ills 1101, Word. She WOUII even
shift and adjust tire machinery of her OWD organisation
(as far such. lawfuliy may) so 'shut to adapt it to the
shifting tied chasers oondition of human society,
ID petition, in knowledge, in wealth, and in civilization.
Ttio Bishop of OXFORD read • paper on" The Church's
duty in record to strike' and labour." He thinks it
rather hard that he should be called an "Epireopal
scoundrel," and aceneed of crimes which "the M 111.11114
Cale•dar cannot Neal," merely because he does not
see his way to interprets between • farmer and his men
when they happen to (parrot about wages. And he
gives several obri.an reasons why the clergy ha better
Lot attempt to arbitrate in these disputes—ln the first
boon,. they have cot the ten tisite knowkdire
text, bemires neither farmers nor leblrirera Lave cos.
tented to abide by their decision ; and, thirdly, Inceuart
loterferenca of this kind does not it. within the proper
literalism of the Church. Bishop Mackarness bolds that
In such • case a strict impartiality is the clergyman's
wisest, Indeed his only, course. The business of the
Church, he say., is not to help agricultural labourers to
better wages, or farmers to larger profits, but to remln4
each die that their duties to one another are net
banded by • mere ip,stion of ea much wines
fur to moth work, lie said—l Into. no
smell pert of the present antagonism between labour
and capital, of which we hear so much, to personal
estrangement between man arid man. I have seen the
imotractor for • great work pan through groups of hie
'abetment with no greetieg on hie part, with no other
salutation on theirs, than s scowl. I have hurl mon
addressed In the field end in the farmyard with a want
of works, which sets the command to ' houottr all
at nought, Lod tallies the exhortation to • love
the brotherhood' an unmeaning phue. This want of
respcetfal Ointment in too often an Indication of more
substantial neglect. The rick laboarer is not visited,
the worn-out servant Is left to fade away without
sympathy or oars On the other hand, the labourer has
little owe for his employer's intend., and will not bed!:
himself at the most mations adds is his behalf. It la •
complaint on all sides that work le lees honestly and
lees thoroughly don • thee of yore—'bat it is lees easy
to find a trustworthy workman who takes a pride in
the result of his labour or his skill. This state of
things must needs be made worse by the preach.
log of the new gospel of diseontent. For it
denirs the truth of the Christian doctrine
of mutual dependence and reciprocal obligation. U.
advonted the earnest use by the clergy of their
moral and spiritual Influence, saying the chrgy must
address themselves to their work in atm field with a
determination to get at the hearts of the people round
about them; we want warmer sympathise—personal
dunks pressed home closer tench man's °ono:risco., the
duties of ush aka in sodety urged with Apodolio
plainness in these latter days.
CANON GINDLINTOWN said he solemnly declared that
the man he should fear most to mist at the lest greet dsy
' wes the poor laboerer, who, perhaps, if be had exert:llTel
his minirtry more faithfully and more fwarkedy in
denouncing sestal sboms, might have been spared a
life of misery and penury and a pauper's grave. The
Rev. Canoe Girdleenoe's vigorous oratory crested •
muted notation, and he was greeted by a burst of
applause on resuming his seat.
ELM. Nets= said wife investments for small owns of
money were much wanted by labourer,. He also
reeoremeeded co-operative stone in villages and small
Widmann which would enable cottager, to keep • pig
or two, and afterwards • pow.
The niswiedorn of partisanship on either side in labour
disputes was generally recognised. In closing the
intruder',
Tbe Right Rev. Pannitirt said he red-deed that the
Shonadon had brought out so prondently the drop
sympathy of the Goners with the labouring dames,
and the sanest desire of its members not ouly he
rain them morally end spiritually, but also to give
the labourers every thanes of rising In the soda/ aisle—
(daun).
The Rev. W. CADXIX read a paper on "Lay Holm*
—men and wemeo—the work they at prevent do and
might do for the Church of Christ at home and abroad."
Ley help was in entire aceordanee with the spirit and
principles of the Church of Ragland—that pure end
reformed branch of Christ's visible Church which he
trusted would berg continue to 1/0 established in this
lapd—Csthollo and Protestant.

Rev. 11. t. NIRXL.L-d-c-sOribed the organlaition In
big parish. Tbe different branches into which his lay
Isr leen were dirtied were as follows :-Ist, the shoir ;
2nd, the Confraternity of the Bloused Barmareect (" no,
no," loud sheering and kissing), whose work was to
assist in maintaining frcluont micloratiota cf the Holy
Boob. net, and In every way to rustsin the dignity of
Chit holy runament ; 3r4, an association for Ishii,
weary prayer; 4,h. Sunday school teachers; fith.
parochial visitors—% holy require to Mime emirs of
dletresa, beteg I.lt free to do it is they liked ; 11, •
gorld a men, wankel and unmarried, hooded toroth*,
to live a holy life in the we'll; Ith, a penny bank ;
8.. b, mothers' m^etiegs ; Pb, a temperance screlety ;
10th a pirochisl len4ing library, the promoters wlArdt
also left periodiesla from door to door, ant were about
to issue a pareAlal magosine then th,re were •
moiety for promoting church Authors and aura
descrationa, a guild of boys and a rani of glris, and
almsgiving society, mid a society for bome and foreign
missions. AU throe were communicants, and num-
bered 106 mea and 126 women.

The Rev. 8. J. Pm—Lir; said ss to women they
wantei something more than disjoint visitors. LA
them not be frirbtened • be wee not going to use the
word sisterhood (laughter, enplanes, tad Um"). It Vie •
great bugbear, be knew' but they could oall Its vow,
or by any name thry liked—(hear hear) fie had the
ocurage to say be believed in vows—(laughter, hisses,
cheers) He stood up for the liberty of women—
(laucbter). Why should they dictate to women
(laughter). He believed • woman at • certain age had
as much right to tairn the vows of ollbsey—......(loud
laughter, applawa, and hisses). Why not I—(reaswed
laughter). Let Om ladles 'settle tint for themselves
(mush laughter). [Jr thought that every psrbh which
numbered thomeads should have parochial sister-
bood—(" no, no''). Those who be'onged to the sister-
hood need not neoesesrily take vows—(laughter cad
"no"), but they should give their life to the work.
Then with retard to the other question. Ito believed
that what they wanted, and what they must hew., was
a female missionary syststes—(hrear, hear, and "no no").
r. Dxsimorr, the Arelidesoon of Taniitoo began by
suppoeing • osaii in whish lay help was required in oon•
sequence of the rarochial clergyman's curate being re-
moved by the Bishop. It soon became apparent that
the Areltdeseon was referring to proceeding' which bad
smearred in his own pariah, and the greeted pordbisa
uproar MM.
The Qumran appealed to the meeting, but for
some time Gadd not make his voles heard above the din
of mingled lames and sheer". • clergyman shouted In
the dindn'shing maim "Why bring discord tiro the
i r The question recited the storm. The
lrlorieN eIOOG was peeing backwards and forwards on the
platform, with • broad smile on his fees, evidently
sejoying this seam, and, stepping to the front, be cried
out, "I will go no." Aactker volley of hisses and
moans greeted the Yen. Arehdmison's announeement of
his determination, above which were heard suede,
cotes of "Wm • bad ease," "Turn him out," to. At
length a brief lull took piles, and the speaker resumed.
"There are," he said, "in that man's puish certain
observanoes"—(mors uproar, and cries of "Queidlon,"
"Obey the law," Am) The speaker' resuming, said :
There are in that man's parish certain observanoes
about whiob he doe' not agree with his diocesan—
(re: ewed uproar, with loud cries of " Qdestion,"
" Order," and "Obey the Lel.
Ito CHAtilliA• : I cannot help saying that I think
what the arehdearsoe is saying is not to the point (load
applause), and it is not In very good tests, or In very
good feeling (prolonged applause, and some expressions
of dissent) Still, lam ready to listen to him, and I
do ask you earnestly to do the sam•—(applause).
Arolidemaa Dineen : There was no Intention in my
mind either of violating good taste or anything elm—
(Mee of "It la violated,' and renewed confusion). I
was only saying there are °attain classes of C. 84611 in
whieh the neeseeity for ley help is beeomina impera-
tive, Immense there Is no power of having ordained bot
Th("Ob," "Order," and prolonged hissing aid apt:: .
The clergy mare Is bound to do certain things;
be bound to do I—(a vole. : "Obey the law, laughter,
and applause.) He Is bound to do them Wogs in his
pariah.He Is hound to administer the seereaseut of
baptism; he Is bound to hear sposteesion—(erise
"o, no," "Shame." gad as outburst of Wring tar
loader than any before).
, The Channel (appealing to the stedleno): Pray be
in order, please—(cootinued uprose, sad lend arise of
"Shim* on you ').
Arehdes•on DENISON :Ii you saanot Hates to truth,
I ma sorry for you—(laughter and prolonged ocean.
Mon). The Aretnie.ooo smiling at the fleet of his
words upon the audisesui, repeated them st the top of
his voice, "If you mad Ilstea to truth, I am very
sorry for you"—(more uproar, daring which a large
number of the Arehrieseon's friends rose and sheered
him lustily, waving their hate and handkoroblefs at the
adesg. Some one sailed out, "It'. not truth," sad
this was the signal for 'nether prolonged outburst of
1 Mama aid sheers. The chairmen rang the bell to In-
died* that the eimaker had only three minutes left.
Areedeason Deentem (warmly): It Is
guile possible
to communicate evmthlng I have to say by melee Of
the press, and I will do Ii; and whether you listen to
me or tea, I don't oars three straws.
The Yen. Arehdearson then retired to his seat amidst
• great upriser and confusion.
The Bishop of Nal.ooll (the Right Rev. Dr. tinter)
said It, the COlOOlOll half trio parishes were formed by
laymen taking upon themselves to enmesh the °owl,
sod hall the churches at tir: present moment were
k..pt In 'mart., by the help of laymen. He beard
everything about sisterhood thirty years ago, and
women were doing as marsh good Pen without peculiar
dreases—(oheers aid biome). IS we. not neery for
their safety nor to inerease their ineuenoe that
women should be obliged Sc wear a partieular drew—
(cheery).
Alderman Bann; of llisuotiester, thought it was •
west, of time and power and energy when a edergemma
mole houee-tc-honee vlsitatlea—(isagliar). Womme
could do the work gate us „effewilvely as emus sad sie
parish priest., He also thought ea order of by
Diuser."Wzgimaaelight bstheyelabilabsdliked .theThattladreli bora held
rsol