The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-03 00:00:00

Voroet Countg Exprm.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1R75.

valedictory address
ilmdstocic

" Be sure the hand most daring there,
Has wiped away a tear."
So this effusion was but the natural expression
of affectionate regard. Colonel Mansel has
gone, and the immediate question is, who shall
be his successor ? There was reason to fear
that several of the field officers would leave the
regiment at the same time, some of the company
officers would in that case have gone too, and
then the ranks would have thinned, or, at any
rate, have been changed. But, we are glad to
say, there is hope that Lieut -Colonel Steward
will accept the position vacated by Colonel
Mansel. During the last days of the camp he
received flattering requisitions from the company
officers and (nun the non-coma. asking him to
take the command, and it is hoped he will
consent. An experienced army officer and a
country gentleman, Colonel Steward is eminently
suited for the position; there is no doubt but
that the present officers and men would rally
round him, and ho would save a fine battalion
from disintegration. No doubt the command-
ing of a volunteer regiment requires natural
tact and judgment. The ties which associate
men with it are much weaker than those con-
necting men with line regiments, land the habits
of our free English life in its modern develop-
ments are $o opposed to soldierly restraint, that
a good deal of consideration needs to be shown
men who join the ranks from simple patriotism,
and are unaccustomed to the peremptory com-
mands of anybody. But much valuable
soldiering can be done, both in the lino and
amongst volunteers, without the hectoring and
severity which sixty years ago "in the old
Duke's time," were considered essential to
discipline. Modern philiudrophy and enlighten-
ment have substituted kindness for repression
in prisons and lunatic asylums bet in the
service, although the lash has been laid aside,
there is displayed too often the old spirit of
unlimited dominance, crushing out every spark
THE BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS IN A of liberty, and inciting to endless desertions
FREEMASI INS' LODCF.. and bad conduct. At times there is great
'The Baroness, Ibiniett Coutte on Thimulay evenins wisdom in not seeing ; and if army officers
formally presented three chair., for the Master an
Warilenn, to the Buniett-Coutta lodge. The Baroness manifested more often that obliviousness in
and other ladies attended. lodge win. not, of course, petty matters which employers everywhere
fawned "in form, but a couple of hymns were sung, and must to get along pleasantly, we believe the
addressm given. service would be more attractive to young men
A MONEY LENDING-SWINDLEIL and fewer punishments and desertions mar its
At ('ark amtizen I.n Saturday. Nieholian White, alias .
Bevan and carrying on business in London M,i
an • money fair fame. th volunteers, of course, there is
lender, was ...titennal to two years' imprinonment, the increased need for gentle treatment; they can
extreme penalty, for conspiracy to defraud. The prisoner
en ver be expected to pay unreasoning obedience,
advertinel loanis without security. But the intending
borrower wen "Nigel to pay four guinean preliminary but with a little leading they will do anything
expenses. then to insure his life with 3 COMIPS3Y Orme and go anywhere. The Dorset battalion has
which prisoner received bait the premium), and finally hitherto been singularly well managed, and we
called on to remit from five to twenty pounds to defray
the cost of ascertaining his solvency and that of his hope that tinder the new roitne there will be
sureties. Prisoner having been engaged in the swindle the same loyal feeling pervading all ranks, and
for seven yearn, is supposed to have amansed a large
that the present reputation of the regiment will
fortune.
be perpetuated and enhanced.
WRFA.W OF A VESSEL AND LOSS OF THIRTY-
EIGHT LIVEA. Out of the " Plimsoll incident " comes the
The steamier African, from the lope, arrived in Madeira temporary Bill of the Government to protect
On Monday, having on hoard live men who had been seaman till Oct., 1876. Mr. Plimsoll has in
eared front the wreck of the ship Stuart Hahnemann,
from Boinley for Liverpool. The tai-staways lived for truth proved himself stronger than the Govern.
thirteen days after the vessel went down on six co-we Blunt. They abandoned their Shipping Bill.
nuts, • monkey, and two living tish they caught. The
Mr. Plimsoll's had been allowed to
captain of the vessel, Alfred Van Nonlen, his wife, three drop, out (it
and thirty -three of the crew perished, in all thirty- respect for the Ministerial measure. What has
sight persons. happened since I In the first place the press
generally concurred in declaring that the cabinet
COMMITTAL OF MR. JOSEPH ARCH'S SON
FOR THEFT. had fallen into its first serious blunder, and that
At the Warrington police-court on Friday, Joseph Arch, one of a kind which the public does not
jun. (son of Mr. Joneph Arch. president of the Lalsmrers
met. Mr. Disraeli'. keenness of vision failed
Agricultural Union), anti a man named John Sheldon, ,
were committed for trial on a charge of stealing ten gold lum. He thought the whole matter would slide.
watches, value at 1:1:10. Arch was • porter at the But Englishmen are fond of their sailors—more
Warrington station of the London and North-Western
Railway Company, awl inten•epted the parcel containing fond perhaps, of the jack tar than of the great
the watches in transit f Bolton to Coventry. Sheldon shipowner; and Mr. Plimsoll's exhibition of
was a fellow I.siget with Arch, and the evidence went to frenzy opened everyone's eyes to the fact that
show the latter haul been instigated by him to commit
the theft. the seaman was to go unprotected for a twelve-
month. This could not be, and the Government
coNDEMNED TO DEATH. have met the matter by acknowledging its mis-
Mark Fiddler, ill. npinner, was sentenced to death, at
Ole Lancaster allPli2CA on Tuesday, for murdering his wife take, and drawing a short special Bill to give
o
at Preston, n bone the oth. Ile had coal...wed the crime, large powers for a twelvemonth to surveyors to be
attributing it "all to drink." appointed by the Board of Trade, their duty
etas) volt TWO MONTHS' COURTINM. being to stop questionable ships. Mr. Plimsoll's
At the Cork assixen on Tuesday £1,150 damages were. Bill is also revived, but Will ilot, we believe, be
awarded t.,Kate Isabella Crave, daughter of Colones
(leaven, a staff officer of pensioners, for breach of promise persevered with. Whatever is finally done this
of marriage. The defendant was Mr. Jonas Oliver Morrie amnion for the temporary protection of seamen
• gentleman of large fortune in the county, who has just
majonty. The engagement was made in we should recommend "ship knackers," and all
attained his
IK't on a fortni,h Ca acquaintance. and two months. concerned with them to give up their calling, for
the mind of England—and not only of England
A CoRPSE ON FIRE AT A WAKE.
At Birkenhead, on Friday night, a party had assembled for continental countries have caught the spirit
in the houns of an Iridonan named Watteau, to share in aof the agitation—is absolutely made up for a
drunken wot,i, over the Imily it( a girl who had died a day om
•
Of tWO trefur... The coffin containing the (*rpm was placed
•• clete reform of the system which admits of
• bed The . w,, in devoted mse thelves to tirinkltz sen ing rotten ships to sea. The underwriters
sad crying in the ..It3ra,teristie Hibernian style. Ligh ' alone ought so to combine as to make legia-
ensiles were plareallear the body in the customary man-
ner. In the midst of the ghastly carousal an old woman lation on the subject and the enforcement of the
a lighted candle, which she wentu to have been law easy.
fror Sel
r:iak to hold. This fell into the coffin and ignited
the shroud, and the linen in which the corpie wan encaaed. Slowly it becomes known that Parliament can
The watcher's were "too far gone" to do anything nave carry to a completion very little more legislative
change the key if their crying. The screams attracted work this session. The Rivers Pollution Bill,
the notice of a tam-table. who. g gin rival,. found
the Led „it which the ~„11,,, w„i. to the
wes on nee. Them notwithstanding the Premier's laudation of sani-
was not much in the apartment to Inint.:trul the constable tation, has ti be sacrificed. What besides?
anoti :111:ii,.1 Ow terror.. of the women liv extinguishing There is much to do in Committee of supply;
the fire. The watchers were incapable of rendering the
there and is the Indian Budget to come ; then
alightrct awistanee.
there are the Judicature Amendment and Land
THE SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR. I Transfer Bills, both laden heavily with notes and
The Seyyi.l left Paris on Tuesday for his home in Fast
Africa. Inc cost of his entertainment 11' the French ' nta, about which the
amen ne Government must
Government is about /ten: our bill ET,Finn. He has begin to despair though they are not decided.
behaved I ' -elf like au ascetic, never touching a drop of I 'rho Agricultural Holdings Bill ha* at length
wine, neithersilliming smoking in bin ',renewe. Attending pained throne" _ committee, amidst cheers of
one of the theatres, he w ankeil between the arts to go
behind the SeCIIOS to see the airy nymphs.TheSey id, after • relief, but nobody cares much for it; and there.
reflecting a fen lisolisosts, wilted whether Burs/Peons who ' is not the happiest feeling about the way the
went there liked know it. NO. people to he was tlod '
thong!, th,.y I,o.lAnent ,ie-i„ is, ,j,„ did so, liminess of the session had been managed, now
generally talk of having been there. "Then, rejoined timid the end is nigh.
the Servid. "I wuil itot has,• it said that during my visit I
to Eurore I did a thing which I should le mere to have
j The South-Eastern Railway shareholders have
known. The ladle. appear is. have been igeoraut of the i irtreed to pay any money not exceeding £20,000
anniire cbaracter. for 15 or I letters have daily been towards the preliminary expenses of the Channel
addressed to hint, which, if placed before him nith their T scheme. It is understood that the
ri,,TrAise.iitifnAuintitsgra,,,,,),te;;,sryeuld not have given him •
London, Chatham, and Dover directors will
I recommend a similar grant. So there is some
THE CLAINIANT AT DARTMOOR.
A wsitir in the Kr gives some gossip a•mut the I prospect of the project being commenced in
Tiebbinte Claimant, whom he has reeently seen In i earliest, after English and French engineers
DarUwlor prison. The dietary and the healful rxercises ! been
planning,
experimenting, and arguing
el that place have reduced the Clainsan "
t'n weight to the : " .
snedest pensirtioe id fourteen stone Ilin occupation is rtnont It tor years If ever this tunnel should
taihwing. The authoritie" will not allow vinitorn to go
where lie happens b. be employed: nor Will they permit I
, wesiniplished it will produce an inuneuse
the warners tit point him out 'should ntrancers by accident cireet lon the co iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii between England
come int. hie prmenee. His eondoct is so g0..1 that it is and the Continent. It will be curious too in one
net ittipaoltable lie may earn his ticket-of-leave in less than I respect. As the Isthmus of Suez made Africa
tea years. time.
an island, so this railway will make England and
Scotland cease to be an island. But England
and France it may be said, will still be separated
by the Channel. Just so but it will be joined
by the Channel tunnel. 'This tunnel will be on
the bed of the oceoir—that is, on land ; the
tunnel itself will be made of brick—which is
burnt clay—that is baked earth or laud, and in
fact land will be united to land by land.
The electors of Hartlepool have come to the
conclusi tttt that one Kenealy is enough at a
time, and have forborne to indict a second upon
of the of Commons and

WEYIIILL FAIR.
This fair was held on Friday. and about 40,000 sheep
were penned, meetly ewes. Buyers were few, and sellers
asked extremely high price% checking Moines,. The roudi•
tion of the sheep WM very inferior. One seller ilispomd
of 200 ewes at ill., another of 100 at 55, while a third
obtained I. A lot of superior wether sheep made 04s.
and 21)n wether lambs brought 41k Ewes made froin 355.
up to 10s. awl lambs 2.10. to 41k There was a large supply
of cattle, but a dull trade.

COLONEL BAKEIVS TRIAL
TIM DAY.
The trial of Colonel Baker for an assault upon Miss
Dickinson in a railw sr carriage co ttttt mimed this morning
at Croydon. before Mr. .1114im, Brett.
Colonel Baker appeared. accompanied by Sir Thomas
Steele.
Mr. Serjmint Parry and Mr. Poland ronducted the
prosecution: Mr. Seriegint Tiallant in,. Mr. Hawkins. Q.C..
and Mr. !Alley were eounwl for Colonel linker: and Mr.
Wilmot Robinson watched the ..a.se for the South
Western Railway 'ompany.
Miss Dickinson repeated with great clearness her former
evidence.

4 o'cLacit.
Mies Dickinson is undergoing crosweaaminalion by Mr.
Hawkins. She is still faithful to her former evidence.
fl tYetuelL
Several witnesses gave evidence the same as already
published.
The case for the prowcution closed.
f1.Y.5

Mr. Hawking hailno witnewmc to call in defence. Me
could not deny that Colonel !hiker hail taken unwarrant-
able libertice, but contended that rape was not contem-
plated.

'WHY PIP ISEOCTE Tllll RITUAL! sr;
Archdeacon Denim-Hi, writing to the Dail!, Telegraph,
asks thix quextion, and sayx—' Smuggling them to get rid
here and there of some arte of ritual which in the
utmoxt they can expect—they will not get rid of one
partiele of the gloctrine which the ritual xvinholigea ; on
the contrary. this will. in the coom. tupracd, be necessarily
taught or repeatedly than before. If getting rid of
inch clergy ix aimed at, he xayx, very well, lout "A great
deal of the ritual will remain for the nest incumbent. and
all the doctrine."

iLibi

lilt is said that the Duke of Buckinsham intends appoint-
lig a Bengal cis ilian as his private secretary.
A porpoise, over Dille feet long, has been added to I
Brighton aquarium.
—jEer majmay • ill hold s Council at tisborne on Thurs. 1
day, August Atli.
It is 'mop. to 3.1.4.1imati.• the canary in • v ild state
In England, booth climate and food helm: favourable to
the prolort.
The Duchess"( Leeds "0., on Tuesday elected is megaber
of the Stapleton' Sch.,' hind.
At Warwick, on Tuesda), Jeremiah Corker). aged 20,
wag hung for the murder of a Binuinghani policeman, lie
bad confessed.
The Appeal Court id' Aix, has ronsictc'da judo sensed
mougard, of
.Tagascost Tribunal, of accepting bribes, and

yan . -
has sentenced him tot tlve e. suspension.
A Sheffield carter, wh., put a re.l.hot cinder under la
nuire's tail. " to niake it draw,- has been sentenced to two

the fong-suffering —..e ttouse
the country. Two hundred and fifty-nine
electors of Hartlepool were alone found to

INTERNATIONAL NUITICIPAL BANQUET-
NOTES OF THE WEEK, The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London entertained the
mayors and chiefs of the municipalities of the lar,:e cities
The Donn Battalion of Rifle Volunteers is the t(leihfithoefZuronopithmit
is,t.a baThe ripittetic.t
without a commanding officer. After 16 )ears' were of the Wile magnificent character as those made for
service Colonel Mansel has relinquished his
connection with the regiment, making his Itzdom
alrandoootrchheres,dteistrit:Lguymisheed guests. Mans wore official
r, and chains. The guests included the Mayors of
valedictory address as the camp was raised at Rees, Poole. Shaftesbury and
Burton Bradstock. During that period the Weytuouth, and the Town Clerks of Dorchnester, and 'ger:
mmotiuntilipalill'ialFlri;ita&e"(Tiati2l.ererlii'easre an international
Pto at at'
Dorset battalion has been one of the strongest
Alexandra Palace on Saturday, in the evening a reception
in the kingdom, it has seen more service than
moat volunteer regimenta—taking part in three St. Pours.
at the Mansion house, and on Sunday • special service at
autumn nutmeuvres and a dozen local camps,
for drill and soldier-like appearance has won
high encomiums from the Commander-in-Chief
of the British army, officers of the line, and
inspectors on every occasion, and for internal
harmony was surely one of the happiest regie
menta enrolled. At the inspection this year the
muster was 500 rank and tile, a number few
regiinents at Aldershot can show, and in regard
to proficiency Colonel Hankey described them
as "the best volunteer regiment he had ever
seen." Colonel Mansel can well say he leaves
the battalion in an efficient state, and it is
largely owing to his kindness of heart and con-
stant consideration for the regiment that have
kept around hint so zealous a body of officers,
non-commissioned officers, and mon. There
was scarcely a man in the battalion but what he
knew by name, and lie always had a pleasant
word for each one wherever he might be met.
The warmest interest was taken by hint in the
men, and an a regiment they were proud of him.
When the words of parting were spoken there
was a good deal of natural emotion displayed
throughout the ranks, for they loved him. It
was an affecting moment; but, as the old song
tells us of the army,