The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-12-01 00:00:00

WEYIIOUTIL

Tag " Ngw Wry= Granga."—The rite of this
ga,den, so esergetirally advocated in a certain (putter,
been sold for building purposes, and preparations
are now in full progress to erect some houses thereat
I TBefraorcirt.—A very pretty btue presoak in the
shape of an electro silver breakfast cruet stand, worked
In basket pattern, wu given to Mr. G. F. Wadsworth,
of Redipole Farm, 'sat week. A graceful not. which
accompanied, intimated that it came /rem the "Cement
Bora" ills young gentlemen of Miss tiparshatt's
' audisay, and was Intended to seknowledge his kindness
It Rreeting them the use of his field for their panes of
' cricket during the past summer.
Oua CoItaIIVATIVS lIIMBIK AT HOML --C. liambro,
Fil, ALP.. and Mrs. Ilambro, were received on their
return to Stilton Abbey, the seat of Baron Hambro,
with a hearty welcome. The braes band met them at
the lever lolite gate, and there was also a lugs weed
who ebriesed loudly and long as the carriage drove sip. The
horses were immediately taken from the shafts, and a
party of labourers attashed themselves thereto, tad
dragged the party in triumph for about a mile through
the park to the bestait"l Abbey. Tba young squire, who
alici.d by this demonstration of attachment,
sceaiiabilyeLFwesdine. hT4helbaabellskCol eo
for
uthreie wirre not silen
l aaeiP"t'd
andt,
and the maws, Hiltoc, and tideland ringers vied with
HA other la giving retoesdiag peek.

Fox Hannah —A very large field met Mr. Had-
elyffe's hounds at the Weymouth Raeeesoune on
Thursday afternoon, and many of the gay and fashionable
who were not Nimrod' proeeeded in oarriagea to the
rendeavoux while a large number of pedestrians'
augmented the 0000011111. The hounds threw off in
Horae-olose Cope*, and proceeded next to draw Two
mile Copse, nearer to the Dorch-ster road. Charley
was not at home, and the party trotted on to Littlemore
and afterwards to Osborne plantation. and on the
latter being drawn, they soared away an 'outmod-out
staunch old vixen, who immediately made her point for
Rioptead, and alter a rattles rood run over plenty of
sprioging tart for from twenty minutes to half-an
hour. as hot as the nap could go, the hounds pulled her
down in the open, on the other side towards Lulworth,
but, cart ate to relate, they declined to break her up.
Another fox was started and, alter, a cheek, was driven
from Chilton Heath to Holworth cliffs but alter this
line run, pug was leek The Weymouth party now
began to think of home, and left the gallant pack to
draw on to their kennels at Hyde.

I —THE INSTROMINITAL CONCSIT weekly given by the
noble baud of the 5 lst H.O. LI. drew to the Burden
Hotel Assembly Rooms on Thursday afternoon a very
fashionable assembly, probably the most numerous that
has met Mdo, re to hem the performances of this band
In Weymouth. The ante-rooms and passages leading to
the Assembly Boom were really crowded, and the per I
Nevem*, afforded great pleasure. Mr. A. Smith
conducted with hie accustomed musical feeling, ably
emended by the rank and file. The programme for
Thursday neat, at the Royal Hotel, Is as below :
Quick Step "l•oltd. Long AV."
overture "Gusts.. Auber
Qoadrille "
Selection Frievano e Comas." Tamg pin
"L Pe* nu: Clercs"
. _

VAN*
Introduction and Aria CuJus arum, "Statist Mater" Roeint
lep nll Corn tutu" Durand de Gnu.

CotICIST AT THII LITIMANT INSTITUTION. A
selection of vocal and instrumental music was per.
(comet on Wednesday lest, at the Lecture-room. The
opening march. the 'Rage of London." by Mr. G.
Jones, was brilliantly given, and served to put the
audience in • state of expectancy for something good.
A lady amateur named Miss Fudge, sang "Gently
breathe," and one or two other pretty songs, for whieh
she was rewarded by the applause of the audienee, and
more than one enema Miss Creech, who is well
known to Weymouth, was also very suecessful in
obtaining approbation, her duet.. with Mr. G. Jones
being perhaps the happiest of her efforts. T hey
were " When a little ferns we keep," and the celebrated
"Singing lesson." Mr. Jones himself excited great
merriment by the humour with which he accompanied
his singing, and Mr. W. R. P. Jeffery was laughably
comic in "Presents to the Queen." end " The babes in
the wood," for whisk he bad assumed the dress of •
countryman. Mr. Jeffery received • warm wore. We
must not peas by the pianoforte playing of Mr. G.
Bartlett, or the cornet solo of Mr. G. Jones, whit*
each were very favourably received. The performaucee
of the full band were spirited. The programme closed with
"God bless our Sailor Prince," sung by the company, and
to which they had determined to draw some of the warm
which is always felt for anything connected
with the British navy. Judging from the loudness
of the applause, and the frequency of the ere:ere. the
majority, at least, of the audience must have considered
the concert a decided success, and the most critical
must not be severe on amateur., who had so laid them-
selves out to supply entertaicment for two pleasant
hours.

,-10017 TE— ANIRICAN MISSIONARY 80CIITY.—A sermon
was, on Wednesday evening last, preached at St. John's
church for this satiety by the Rev. J. 11. Ballard,
M. A., Association Secretary. In the course of his
appeal the preacher stated that the mission had It.
origin in the self-denying labours of the late Captain
Allen Gardiner, who is the year 1850 went out
at the head of n missionary band to Tierra del Fuego
with the object of introducing the gospel among the
neglected savages of those islands. Through unforeeeen
calamities, the sod result of this attempt was the de tth
of the whole party from hunger. Thus, humanly
speaking, the effort was • failure, but God's ways ere
not os our ways, and the seed thus sown dying has
produced fruit, for from this small commencement hes
sprung a work which Ras already widely extended in the
vast oontinent of South America. The populnAou of
the continent woe estimated at about 21,000,0(0, of
whom about 5,0i4.000 were • borigines (for the moat
part heathen), 15,0)0,01.0 of Spanish and Portuguese
descent, and the remainder settlers of various nation.
elitiee—thousands of them Kaglish speaking, who had
gathered together at the great seaports, centres of
mining 'work, and in the sheep-farming sountry on the
River Plate, kc. The society was carrying on a three.
fold work-1. Missionary, among the Fuegians. Pata-
gonian& and Aramaean Indium of South Chili. 2.
Ministerial, planting tbe means of grace among the
Baglishapeaking people at ritven stations. 3. Bible
and tract distribution. Funds were greatly needed.
The preacher urged the obligation of the Church to
carry out the Lord's command, "Go ye into all the
world and preach the Gospel to every creature." This
was the only society undertaking such a work for the
whole of South America, exeept the small territory
k town u Guiana, and as such had a claim on the friends
of miasions for their prayers, gym{ &thy, and contribu-
tions. The collection amounted to 1:4 10e.
. _ _ .

A LECTUILI was given at the Infant's soltoolroom,
Holcombe Regis, on Monday evening, by! the Rev.
A. Davidson, curate of St Mary's, on "The Artisans
of India." The lecture was specially intended for I
working men, for whom • capital library and reeding.
room are here maintained, under the hon. secretaryship
of Mr. Sidney Miltedge. There was but a smell at.
tendance of artisans at first ; but they dropped in as
their hours for labour terminated, and there was a very
pleasing number of their wives and families present, as
well as some ladies ~ho seemed equally interested in
the occasion. The reverend gentleman did not weary
his audience with a lecture girt about with forms, but
delivered it in a free and spontaneous manner.
characteristic of one who has seen with his
own eye. that of which he speaks. He brought us
almost face to face with the Indian blacksmith,
dexterously jerking his strange bellows, formed of the
skin of a goat, and working labonrionely in • fearfully
hot climate before • roasting fire, and yet, in spite of all
the rudeness of his applianoes,produeing beautiful work,
and besting the English workman in the long run by his
preservuee while tte Englishmen was away, perhaps
drank. Even them, were wages are worth so much
more than in our eountry,the native blacksmiths on the
Government works will earn £lO • month. The
carpenter, though despised by Europeans for his baoit of
working in pairs even with the handsaw and plane (one
man pulling and the other unstring the same tool) and
his generally slow style of procedure, manages to turn
out fine work, and not to exhaust himself, while
producing the beet remits in the end. The
builders set up the frame-work of their houses
before the bricks, rearing a menthe structure of
teak, into which the bricks are afterwards
let. And yet these houses last very long,
when well 'done, on semourit of the endurance of the
teak. Mortar is very scarce there, and when for the
sake of cheapness the houses are plastered with the
black mud of the country, the,white ants tunnel in it
and bring , it down about the peoples' ears. Another
foe of the houses is the crow, which abounds there, and
who is constantly turning over the loosely lald tiles
either to conceal the food he Ins stclen or to search for
what he has hidden before. A hones is often built,
even two or three @thrice high, entirely of mud, by
making a board mould into which the earth la east,
moistened, and trodden lowa by the women's feet, till
it is beaten into the proper shape for the walla, and
thus houses last a long time, when built of the white
earth, which the ants do netlike. The weaver proceeds
In the rudest manner, not weaving more than
10 or 12 yards at a time, because he keeps
his cloth stretched straight only instead of winding
it on a roller, and thus he has to set
thousands of threads for every dozen yards. Yet he
weaves the most beautiful Cashmere shawls, and works
in borders of GOWN.* in from a dozen to twenty different
shaded of colour with incredible skill. But he cannot
weave broadcloth, and will not believe it is done in
England, but has a theory that it is woven in Arabia,
by men with horses' heads. The tailor follows his
pattern erectly, having no idea of alterations, but will
put • patch in a new harrnent if you give him • patched
pattern to make it by. These men, though doing • fele
day's work and with the mut beautiful stitehing, yet
urn next to nothing, even in town, where Europeans
have raised the price, getting only 6d. per day without
food. The watherman, for there are no laundresses in
India, soaks the clothes • abort time in cold water, and
then in the river swings it round his head,
and beats it on a rook with great violenoe, to
beat out the dirt The consequence is that
the linen gets worn out almost immistely, being fall
of holes after washing, and when appealed to the
wulterman only sewers that it Is the custom of the
country, and if you ask him to wash it well, he will
only beat It the more. The labourer, who was mentioned
though not an artisan because there is no better term
to describe him, is a very lase fellow, only condescending
to spoon upon a little earth into the baskets of the
women, who do all the hardest work. They carry the
earth in baskets on their heads, balancing themselves
without touching them, by perfect uprightness of walk,
which greatly improves their figure. The baskets soon
wear oat, and there is an immense demand for them,
so one contractor tried to get them to use wheel.
Darrow', but they carried them also on that.
heeds I The men cheat dreadfully, as an instants*
of which Mr. Davidson told no that once, having
• piece of ground to clear of small trees at ee much for
• lot of root', they split up the roots, into five or six
each, in order to charge more and when he said they
must @barge by the holes the treeseame out of, they dug
five holes anvils for every hole from which they took a
tree. Yet they are eminently • religious people, and
the first quarter or half an hour • day is always devoted
to worshipping their idols, besides which they offer
many prayers daring the day, and the Mekoromedans
five times, always stopping at prayer time, whatever
they are about. The drink shops Introduced by the
English have bees great cursee, for they cannot resist
the temptation, although they say they Irish there were
no publie•boues. The lecturer thought that English
workmen felt the same, end believed that, although some
of them would net sign the pledge, or help the
movement in any way let it be understood
that the temptation could be removed, and they would I
be only too glad for their wives' and families' sake, to
have it taken out or their way. The lecturer was mush ,
applauded, and, on the propositthu of J. hfilledge, Req., 1
• cordial vote of thanks WM accorded to the rev.
gentlemen by seelamation.
Boaouem Parr! Bealuoits, Tareday.—Before J.
Alban, gig.
Williams Peach, labourer, of Terrace Curt, was sum.
moned by William George Hounsell, for assaulting him
on the 16th, end damaging his het to the amount of
de. He was also summoned jointly with William,
plasterer,by William Power,of Newetrut,for an assault
on the same date. Neither parties appeared, and the
simmomem Were dismissed.
Fourteen poor permits were summoned for nettle',
meet of poor rates' and a number appeared, but the
eases were adjourned until to-day (Tuesday).
COUNTY P.M Elseatora, Friday.—Before H. C.
(Sudden, Esq. H. R. Susilleld, Req.,R. if. Eliot, Esq.,
and Major fiw;ffield.
Love ere, lore my dog.—The adjourned eau of
Thomas Pranks, of Portland, suinanned for using
threats of violence towards Willem White, butcher, of
Portland, on Oct. 14, was prefaced by • dispute shout
the wets of the hat adjournment—Mr. Tigard for Mr.
Franks, urged that the rode of the day were to be pad
by Mr. White; but Mr. Howard contended that they
Win to be mete in the eame.—The Seca derided that

the CI Bs, 6d,, eosta ef the adjournment, were to be
paid first by Mr. White, as it was for his ow:mutants".
—Before the ease was heard the witnares were
ordered to leave the court—Mr. Howard explained that
Mr. Franks's dog one day *hawked Kr. White, who
defended himself with a fork he had in his hand, and
perhaps gave the animal a oat. Defendant became
very violent at thlc and used such language that
Mr. White was n bodily fear of him. The reason why
the uses was not gone into before was that Mr. White,
I and the resident magistrate of the island, to whom he
applied, hoped that it might be settled, as it vu
different came from where a man by the action of
another man himself is put in fear. !Defendant's dog
was not nuissled, and if that dog were to attack Mr.
White, (the latter would defend himself. and
Franks bad made use of such threats as to what he
would do If White hurt the dog, as to pet Mr. White
in bodily fear,—William White .id he was going
along the Drove-road, Portland, October 14, with •
potato° fork In his hand. When he was about a
hundred yards from Mr. Franks's, • large Newfound.
land dog kept by Mr. Franks, flew down the street
to meet him, and sprang at his Doe ; but witness
stopped Link with the po.athe firk anddefended himself.
He then walkeduptoir. Fraks, midi:Aid he did not think
the dog would By at him again, but Franks repliei that
If he caught him al ice without anything in his hands :
he would set the ilsg at him, and afterwards brought
him out and threatened to dose, and from those threats
he went in bodily fear. He did not say so out of makes,
for he had been friendly with Mr. Fmk:, ever since;
and apart from the dog he was not afraid of him ; but
he feared to meet him with the dog.—Mr. Tilsrd add
that was an end of the case, if White was not draid of
I the man ; but Mr. Howard contended that one person
might not be afraid of another alone, and yet jeer him
if he had a sixdoarralled revolver. —The Bench did not
consider the oases alike —Mr. Tigard said if Mr.
Howard's idea was correct Any man who kept &clot or
• pistol might be hound over to keep the peace.—Mr.
Howard instanced the ease of • person whose
dog went off in pursuit of game, where the
owner would have to answer for a trespass in pursuit.—
The Bench sail Mr. White, if he was afraid of the
animal, must summon Mr. Franks for keeping • ferocious
dog ; the man had sworn that they been good friends
since—Mr. Howard said it was well known settled law
that when a man swears be is living in danger cf his
life, you can only controvert that on the ground of
settled mallow—Mr. Mud urged that the Bench must
ledge whether he really was in such danger. Look at
Mr. White, was be in dread of his life?—(laughter)
The Bench could not entertain the summons ;at the
same time they thought the dog ought to be muzzled.—
Mr. Tigard applied for costs ; but these were refused.
Amotber Deg Can.—Joseph Walbridge, a boy, was
summoned by William Fancy, of Weston, for ill-suing
his dog, by which it died.—Mr. Howard appeared for
defendant —Compleinant said on November 4, my boy
was at Weston with the sheep. During the day the
dog had his leg broken, and now the deg is dead.—Mr.
Howard: /Moises, peace to his eabee—(laughter). Com-
plainant: Cannot tell it'svalue. Would not have sold
itto anybody for all note. It was adog that never bit the
sheep, and always stayed with the boy. The dog was
a good dog, and! don't know how to replace him.—A
little boy whose chin was just above the dock, and said
he was seven years old, had been out keeping the sheep,
and was called to prove the defendant's breaking the
dog's shoulder; but Mr. Goodden said it was impossible
to prove the case, audit was dismissed.