The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

ALDERHOLT.

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On Friday the children of St. James's wheel
were kindly treated to • day's festivity by the hce-
pitable owner of Alderholt Park—G. Churchill,
Esq. About 70 or Si) walked in procession to the
Park, where they were met by the Squire, his lady,
and family, who appeared highly pleased with their
clean and healthy appearance. Various youthful
games were then indulged in, and afterwards •
bountiful supply of tea and plum cake was given
them, to which they did full justice, and again
resorted to enjoy the sports of cricket, singing, &c.
Before separating each child had • glass of wine. A
large party of the clergy and gentry of the neigh-
bourhood were present, and all appeared highly
delighted with the day's proceedings.

TRIAL FOR IdURDZIL—At the Anises, held on Friday
last at Chehusford, before Mr. Justice Wightman,
.Vartha Speacer Wearer was charged with the wilful
murder of • child, named John Leibson, at Danbury, by
strangling him with a shawl. The particulars et the
ease have already appeared. The jury, after being
absent two hours, returned a verdict of Gully, and the
learned judge passed sentence of death upon the un-
happy woman in the usual manner.
EXTRAORDINARY CARE or lione-5:4 Arent NO. —On
Tuesday last considerable sensation was created in
Wrexham, by a report that four persons were in
custody upon a charge of attempting to remove a body
from • grave in the church burial ground. On inquiry
the report proved correct, sad as the following par-
ticulars will show, the charge (as far at least as three
of the prisoners are concerned) was one of the most
disgraceful that has ever been brought before the
borough bench. The names of the prisoners were,
Mary Barry, Cornelius Quin, Hobert Manning, and
William Manning. The first named prisoner, from her
behaviour in the box, and from the statement of those
who knew her, wes apparently suffering from some
mental derangement. Tie poor woman (a widow) was
under the delusion that her deceased son could not
rest in an English burial ground, and wished to remove
him to one in Ireland, to lay him, as she expressed it,
"by his father's ride." The Dime men, for some
pecuniary remuneration, had undertaken to assist her,
and had it not been that they were disturbed by a
person passing the ground at the time, there is no
doubt but that they would have been successful in
completing their disgraceful engagement. Ou
Wednesday last the four prisoner's were brought before
the Mayor (John Clark, Eaq.), when • witness stated
that he was passing the grave-yard about 2 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, when he heard • oohs within.
Shortly after he saw some men come over the wall, and
walk in direction of the town. He was suspicious of
their movements, and informed the police. On return-
ing to the burial ground a grave was found about
half open. The coffin was not removed. When the
female prisoner was taken into custody, • rope, an iron
chisel, and a lair box were found in her possession.
The prisoners, with the exception of Quin, admitted the
charge, and as Quin had been sworn to by a witness,
they wets fully convicted. Mary Harry was committed
for three months, Quin for two, and the Manning' for
one niontli.—Maxchester Examiaer.
CANINE SAOACITY.—On Monday, a lady, while going
from Peterhead to Meethill, had accidently dropped
her reticule. containing jewellery and other articles, on
the turnpike road. The dog, sitting at the gate of
Millend, his custom always in the afternoon, observed
it, end saw no person in charge of it, had gone to the
spot and brought it home in his mouth. Finding no
admission to the house at Millend on Lis return with
the reticule, be carefully concealed it among the grass
within the enclosure neat the house, but immediately
on his master coming home, he ran to the spot, snatched
the reticule, and laid itat lii feet. His maateriestently
opened it, and, from the initials engraved on the
jewellery, discovered the real owner of the property,
who has the dog to thank for being the means of saving
and faithfully restoring it.—PeferAtod

DREADFUL MURDER,
On Friday afternoon, between I and 2 o'clock, a
frightful and evidently premediated murder was
committed at New Barns, a hamlet within the parish
of Tuwu Malting, Kent. About 17 years since a
farm labourer named John Atkins married at
Brenchley, in that county, a very respectable young
woman, the daughter of a sawyer named Walker,
living with her parents at Mile Oak. The husband
shortly after the marriage behaved very strangely,
and was exceedingly jealous of his wife, but without
the slightest cause. They moved about from place
to place solely in consequence of the jealousy of
.the
husband; and some three or four months since
they came to reside in one of three cottages on
the estate of Mr. James Graham, New Barns,
Atkins being employed on the estate of that gentle-
man. Here the husband appears to have behaved
most brutally, from time to time, to his unfortunate
wife. His fellow workmen, knowing his foible,
were constantly in the habit of what is familiarly
termed " chatfiing" Atkins, who would go home and
beat his wife and turn her out of doors. Mrs.
Atkins was the mother of 13 children, of whom
only three are surviving. She was confined with
her last child about nine or ten weeks since, but,
fortunately, the infant did not live. On Friday
afternoon Atkins was in his cottage conversing with
his wile tlogialootir. He seemed in a j,.eular
U. 1,041, osid ia>fullypiucheal his wife's check, with
the observation, •• You know you have! You are a
bad woman." The neighbour tweet into her owu
house ad upstairs to dress; at the same time their
youngest child, a girl, was upstairs putting on her
ehoew Hearing her mother scream out, the child
ran down, when she saw her father holding his wife
by one hand, and in the other brandishing a pocket-
knife. The girl at once ran to the neighbour's house
and called for assistance, but could not
get in, the door being fastened. The un-
fortunate woman was next seen to rush from her
house to the door of the neighbour, to which she
clung. She was bleeding profusely from the throat.
The brutal husband followed her and dragged her
from the door. In the meantime Mrs. Smith, the
neighbour, a woman nearly 70 years of age, being
much frightened, came out of her cottage, with the
evident intention of going to Mrs. Atkins'aasistaneo,
ttehrrreaerteedued
but the husband brandished the knife in her face,
isitemservAetkni ia
her inkhseesraleawashyortif
distance
down down
°the lane, and managed to scramble through
a gap in the hedge into a field opposite the cottages,
closely pursued by the husband. Here the parties
were seen by a little boy struggling together, and
here the fearful crime was consummated. Atkins
then, leaving the unfortunate woman in the field,
returned to his cottage, took his wife's clap, and
went to the door of • Mrs. Ridley's cottage, where
be endeavoured to wipe up the blood. 'bribes went
indoors locking the door after him. The alarm, how-
ever, had been given, and the house was closely watob-
ed. On the arrival of Mr. Fope, he went to the house
and found the murderer busily cleaning the blood
from the floor. He was taken into custody and
subseasiently committed for trial at the Maidstone
next week for wilful murder. His un-
fortunate victim was found to have been severely
cut on the left side of the throat. She was quite
dead.

INAUGURATION OF THE WATT'S
MEM oRIA L STATUE.
This event took place in the Western perk,
Southampton, on Wednesday. The name of Er.
Watts will live so I itg as there are Christians to
admire purity of lat•;..uage blended with the loftiest
aspirations after lie, things, and his "Divine
Hymns and Songs for children have been, are
dill, and, no doubt, t. ver will remain favourites with
the rising race. It ....as fitting, therefore, that his
native town (Sout!,ampton) should have BUM
memento of the illu.ti ions sweet singer and accom-
plished scholar. Ind, vtl it appearsaomewliat strange
that this tribute to his worth was not long two
thought of. From a vontemporary we extract the .
fallowing account of the interesting proceedings of
the Inauguration of tit, Watt's Memorial Statue:—
The monument is ti, • work of Mr. It. C. Lucas,
the sculptor' who executed the statue of Dr. Johnson, I
at Lichfield, and the im,ie figure of Sir Richard Colt
Hsare in the north traiimpt of Salisbury Cathedral. !
Tee whole monument is rather over 19 feet high,
having a base of fift. I;in square, standing upon •
slightly elevated mound. The statue itself is about '
eight feet high, and is formed of white Sicilian marble.
! The figure is bold' and well executed, and the face is
I perfect, recalling at once the best portraits of the
doctor. The pedestal is of polished gray Aberdeen
granite; and three of its sides are adorned with
sculptures in low relief, formed of white marble. The
subject in the front is Dr. Watts. as • teacher of the
young, surrounded by a group of lovely children, who
are repeating to Win their first lessons, and under which
is inscribed the following words :
"He gave to lisping infancy Be earliest and purest lessons."
—Another, on one side, represent* him as a philoeopher,
with the following quotation from Dr. Johnson, in his
life of Dr. Watts, inscribed lieneath—
"He taught the art of reasoning and the science of the star.;"
while • third, on the other side, represents him as a
youthful poet, with upturned look, under which is
placed the following appropriate line from one of his
own hymns :
"To heaven I lift sty waiting eyes."
--On the back is • marble tablet, with the following
inscription, from the pen of Mr. John Buller, sen :
A.D. 1801.
Erected by voluntary contributions.
IN blitliorr or Di. Issue Warn, S.D.,
A native of Southampton.
Bern 1474; Died 1748.
An example of the talents of a large and liberal mind a holly
devoted to the promotion of piety, virtue, and literature.
A nune honoured for his 'scrod hymns wherever the English
language extends.
Evecially the friend of children and of youth, for whose
host welfare he laboured well and wisely, without thought of
fame or gain.
"From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arts.;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through ev'r) land by eter7 tongue."—Wsrra.
On the whole the monument is a work of which
Southampton may justly be proud. It has been erected
Is, a committee of townsmen with voluntary contri-
butions.
At two o'clock the streets leading from the platform
at the water's edge to the Western Park were lined
with spectators. Flags were displayed on the famous
Old Bar-gate, and others flaunted from the top windows
of many of the houses and from lines stretched
across the High-street. Shortly after two o'clock
• procession left the platform in the following order :
Band of the end Hants Volunteer Rifles.
The Officers and Corps of Royal Engineers, by pet-shales of
Colonel Sir H. James, I.e.
The Gentlemen of the Ordnance Survey, Clvll Department.
ma The United Chuita of the Town, four abreast.
Sunday School Teachers, of all Denominations, four abreast
Town Crier. Flag.
Mace Bearer. Silver Oar. Mace Bearer.
The Recorder. The Worshipful the Mayor, H. Coles, Esq. The
Sheriff. The Alderman and Town Council of Use Borough.
Others of the Corporation.
Magistrates of On Borough and Neighbourhood.
The Clergy and Ministers of Religion.
The Contractor for the °nude The Contractor for erecting
Pedeatal. the Work.
The Sculptor, R. C. Lucas, Esq.
The Rt Hon. the 1 The Rev. H.
Tb• Rev. Adk In' 1 Earl of Shattesbury,_ I Cooper,m.A
yhe Honorary Secretariss. The Treasurer
The Members of the Committee, four abreast.
The subscribers to the Memorial, four abreast.
The Board of Guardians.
The Committee of the Polytechnic Institution.
The Committee of the Atheneum.
When the procession reached the Western Park
which we understand is hereafter to be indled the Watt's
Park—the Engineers were drawn up in line, and Lord
Shaftssibury, the Mayor, the clergy, and members of the
committee were ushered on to the platform. Large
galleries had been erected for the accommodation of
numerous ladies and 4entkuten who occupied them, and
the park was filled with thousands of people, while the
streets through which the procession passed were
crowded, and the windows and housetops were all emu.

pied.
On arrival at the ground, Dr. Watt's hymn, " From
all that dwell below the skier," was sung by a full
orchestra, numbering some 200 or 300, composed of the
united church and chapel choirs of the town.
The Mayor explained the object of the meeting, and
introduced Lord Shaftesbury, who had so generously
accepted the invitation of the committee to preside at
the inauguration of the noble statue which had been
erected to their great townsman.
His Lordship then directed the sailors to uncover the
monument. The thin veil which concealed the greater
pert of the figure wan then withdrawn, and three hearty
cheers burst from the crowd.
The Earl of Shaftesbury said that be saw by the pro.
gramme that he was expected to deliver that for which
he was not prepared. What he should say to them
would not be worthy of the occasion. He was glad,
however, that the committee had invited him as a
stranger to take part in this interesting ceremony, as
by so doing they indicated the catholic spirit in which
this statue bed been erected, and in which he hoped it
would be regarded. They claimed Southampton as
the birthplace of the great and good Dr. Watts,
but they also knew and admitted that his name and his
services belonged to the country at large. (Hear, bear.)
And they had judged rightly. The works of Isaac
Watts were the inheritance of the whole British race,
and who descended from that race. (Applause.) There
was not • land now, and there never would, where the
English language was spoken, in which, when they per.
formed any act of devotion, and eat down to an open
Bible, they did not call in the aid of the worka—the
psalms, aud hymns, aLd spiritual songs—of that great
man whose statue they were now met to inaugurate.
(Applause.) The erection a that statue was • proud
and a noble effort. No oration, however studied and
Laboured, could do honour to the memory of such • man;
bat if lie wished to collect panegryics of him his (Lord
Shaftesbury) would go into all the cottages of the town
into the ragged achools.and to the death-beds of expiring
saints, and there catch the last faint whisper of dying
Christians, and those should be his tributes. (Applause.)
The noble Earl referred to the statue which was
about to be inaugurated in another town to the memory
of John Bunyan, and drew a beautiful picture of the
two men, Bunyan and Watts—the one in bonds, im-
prisonments, and persecutions, but full of faith and joy,
writing • work which gave assurance and consolation to
thousands and millions of the human race, ever having
kept hill eye on Him who is invisible; and the other
puling his days in peace and comfort, producing his
great and luscious works to enrich:and benefit the world.
John Bunyan, in the)order and wisdom of Providence,
was intended to show its power of faith and resignation
in suffering; and Isaac Watts, full of faith in the
Saviour, equally to show its power in the preservation
of the Christian character amidst affluence amid luxury,
writing for the benefit of his raoe with the mine energy
and ucceasing vigour u though every line was necessary to
provide him the means of living in this world.
The erection of monuments as mere works of art was
idle; but their object should be that they might keep
good examples before their Or*, and reproduce their
good deeds In their own conduct. In tis spirit the

men and women of Bouthatnpton might leek upon a
statue which would not only be an ornament to their
town, but would be a great and lotting benefit to its in-
habitanta And, when their lisping children should
ask them, "What meaneth this statue r they might
toll them that it was a resemblance of • great and
good man, who from his earliest to his Latest years
thought only of Hod and of him senice. Here then anus
their earthly pattern and example. Let this be the
model for their imitation, and he believed that if they
would do as Isaac Watts did, and improve the grace of
God as he did, tilt), would all bear on the great day of
account what be had no doubt their former townunen
had already doin—" Well done' good and faithful
servant enter thoa into the joy of thy Lord." The
noble Earl retired amid much applause.
The thoir then sang Dr. Watts's patriotic realm,
"Shine, mighty Got, on Britain shine," alter which
the Rev. Mark Cooper, M.A., Rector of St. Mary's,
offered the dedicatory prayer.
At the conclusion if the noble Earl's speech, the
Rev. Thomas Adkins, en behalf of the Committee, in
the unavoidable absence of the President, the Lad
Bishop of Rochester, headed over the statue as • free
gift to the Mayor, Corporation, and the town of South-
ampton. The rev, gentleman, in the course of a load
and interesting speech, paid a fitting tribute to the
memory of Dr. Watts, and pointed out the lemons of
perseverance, virtue, and godliness in his chameter, IS
an example to all, and especially to the young of the
present day.
The Mayor responded on behalf of the town, and Mid
he was sure all would be grateful for what theyhailtha
day received.
The magnificent "Hallelujah Chorus" was next mai
by the choir, accompanied by the bend.
Mr. William Lankemter, the honorary seeestary, pre-
sented Lord Shaftesbury with an elegantly bound
edith is of Dr. Watts's " Psalms and Hymns," stating
that it was a casket containing gems and jewels si
unspeakable value.
His Lordship having replied, the choir sang, be the
tune of the Old Hundredth, " Praise God, froth mhos
all blessings flow."
The Rev. Thomas Adkins pronounced thebenediedimen
and the procession having reformed, returned to the
Audit-house.
At five o'clock the Earl of Shaftesbury, who bad a•-
cepted the Mayor's invitation, dined with his Worship at
his residence at Woolston, and addremedthe children of
the Ragged School, who were hospitably matertainaml by
the Mayor on his laws, and individnally
their. with a copy of Watt's "Divine =pear es

bilidren."
At swan o'clock a numerously attended soiree took
place at the VieterMrooms under the of Lb.
Mayor. Suitable addresses were 'Tired y Mr.
Joseph Payee, Assietant-Judge of the
Sessions; Middlissa
Mr. tlrimwade, the Mayor 01 Iptwidt
normal other gentlemen: Two pries poems were reed,
and performances of road sewed mane varied the pro-
ceedings, which appropriately slowed the iabereetiai
ceremony of the day.

We read in the Tinses:—"Sometbing like an approa.
ideation to the mediaeval mysteries was adected
em
Suaday night by the performance of a sacred armee, *
the presence of Cardinal Wiseman, who* tale,
farahrhed the substages of the plot. The
room in the Whittington Clubhouse, where the
performance took place, was crowded to such an extant
that the martyrdom of the primitive Christians,
represented on the stage, way *Wool rivalled by the
sufferings of the modern devotes*, who pampered at
every pore. As the play was somewhat of the heaviest,
and the amateurs who acted in it were *of remarkable
for histrionic proficiency, the jealous protestamt mood
not be seriously alarmed at this ettempt of the gun*
of Rome to attack him on his dramatic side. The
proceeds of the representation are to be devoted. we
understand, to the support of catholic schools, and the
members of the audience represented, no doubt, a
hearty adherence to a cause rasher than a mania*
expectation of amusement."
WORE INCINDIABY FIR= ar 01F0111111111113.-011
Sunday, two fires occurred within a few hours of each
other, in tro hay ricks at the Rectory Farm. Frineford,
the property of the Rev. H. J. De Salle, the rector of
I that parish. The exertions of the labourers empleyed
i on the farm and other persons on the premises, pre-
vented the progress of The llamas, and the damage wag
but trifling. It is said that the fit* fire was eansod ley
I lightning, and that the emend originated from the first.
It is, however, believed that betb fins were wilfully
caused.