The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

—should we now number 150,000, equipped TII6 Js' Soctirry.—The annual sermons in
and practised in the rifle, for the security and support of the feuds for the I ropagation of the
t,
honour of the country 1 Feminine tleepel ain
influence has ing the Jews were preached on Sunday
largely assisted the movement whenever the Tntnty Church. by the
iJ.n aatlsllsll church,
volunteers have appeared in public. In
Fordington, by the live. 'H. Moule.d at the1
In the after-
numerous instances, the fair daughters of noon at West Stafford, I, the Rev. Reginald Smith.
England have stepped beyond their natural re- and in the eveniug at Neirtinstown, by the Rev. C.
servo, and in a graceful address, presented to J. Bird. Oil Monday evening the annual public
corps or a battalion, a silver bugle or a silken meeting „f the Dorchester Branch Asceiation was
banner, to testify their &glow of the sacrifices I held at the Townliall, rdieu tho chair was taken by
made by the chivalrous youth and manhood of 1 the Bev. J. Fisher. The Rev. T. F. Bassett, the
the country in defence of their hearths and I Association Secretary, was, we regret to say, owing
homes. But, to enable them to contribute still Ito ill health, unable to ho present. The proceed-
further to its success, it is now proposed to i ings were about commencing when we went to
establish a camp and club-house, together with PreaL
Bernie RIFLE NIATCII. —The return rifle match
extensive practice ground, to be presented as a
between ten of the Bridport, and ten of the Dor-
national gift by the ladies of the United Kingdom
cheater Rifle Volunteers took place at the Dor-
t° the volunteers. Numerous names have been
cheater rifle range. Maiden Castle, on Thursday
given as patrons, and it is said that when the list of last. The morning was by no means promising,
patronesses appears, we shall find, as promoters but toward' noon tho weather began to clear up,
of the scherue, seine of the noblest and most dis- although the wind at times blew in strong gusts
tinguished of the female aristocracy. The rapidity from the west. The conditions were the same as at
with which the majority of our riflemen have mu- Bridport on the previous week, namely, five rounds
tered their elementary difficulties in drill, and the each at the respective distances of 200, 300, 500,
skilfulnesss with which they handle the rifle is and 600 yards. The proceedings were commenced
deserving of all praise ; still there are defects to 1.1., Dort:lie-der firing at the truget at 200 yards.
be remedied, desires to be fulfilled, want. to be The shooting was something remarkable, as they
scored 84i pointar
insole
only one miss,. a
bOafwthese,
supplied. Effective as they may be, hitherto ;
they have menu:tiered in comparatively small Sueraprnryateloilliteogemadetwfoourbucleinstreeyseasr: I
a centres eayned
and exclusive circles. To remedy existing
&two outers. Two bull's eyes were also obtained by
defects, nothing would be more advantageous, Corporal Meant, and l'rivates Hogg and Saunders
in a military point of view, than for the various I obtained one each. Bridport at the same distance
regiments or companies to act together with the ' obtained but 58. They made 8 misses, and Private
regular troops, and to enter the lists and attend W. Bryant was the only one who obtained a bull'e
target practice, stimulated by the real spirit of eye. At 300 yanle Bridport obtained a majority of
emulation. To enable the volunteers to achieve 1 point, scoring 49, while Dorchester scored but 48.
this, and to occasionally brigade with the line, Of these. Sergeant Homer, who was the highest on
It has been suggested that there should be the hat On either aide, scored a centre, a bull's
camp and a club house for their especial use at eye, and three outers. At 500 yards Dorchester
Aldershot. The club house, it is proposed to regained their laurels, scoring 38, while Bridport
build with 1,000 separate chambers, with library, f:ditebawtere36.BerThe three
Homer, Corporal on the
rpo
Dorchester
hot, cold, and swimming bathe, and butts for Private Hedge:, who each obtained 5 points. Capt.
rifle practice, with ranges up to 1,200 yard& Templer and Private Hounsell, for Bridport, ob-
Thither our volunteers might repair for one, tamed 6 each. At 600 yards Dorchester headed
two, or three days, or more, as opportunity and their opponents by 9 points. Sergeant Homer oh'
other circumstances may permit, and thus enable tarried the highest score during the day—namely, 29
those, who hay., their heart really in the work, , points, and Captain Templer the next highest, 24
to habituate themselves to those practices and points—half of which were obtained at the longest two
submit to that discipline which they would ranges. The most kindly feeling was exhibited by
have to experience in an actual campaign. both parties, and the Dorchester rifles were highly
The fifth Congress of the Social Science Asso- complimented by their rivals for their ezesflent
shooting both at the shortest and longed ranges.
elation is now holding its meetings in Dublin.
Between the shooting the Dorchester Rifles enter'
Lord Brougham, on takiug the chair on Wednes-
Mined their Bridport brethren to an excellent mild
day, passed through the whole range of subjects cella:ion in the booth on the ground. It was, as
to be dealt with, and pointed out how greatly usual, served up by Mr. Dunn, of the Junction
the association had already contributed to the Hotel, and reflected great credit to his taste and
passing of social measures through Parliament. judgment. The following is the score :
Among these, not the least, were the Bankruptcy DORCHLSTZR.
Law, the Consolidation of the Criminal Law, and 200 ids. 300 yd.. 50074 w 600 yds. Tot-
the Repeal of the Paper Duty. The subject of Cwt. Klndanday 11211-6 eille-3 11151-4 ooeio-1 10
agriculture was graphically dealt with. The ewe- tr,:arore 1211111-4 03-8 10012111 01100111-3
10
popular notion is, that agriculturists are, gene- corporal mean - 11133-9 Inn-5 lien-5 01111-4 23
nllly speaking, the most reluctant to approve „ Chick - 21210-8 01111-1 11011-4 01011-3 17
changes, because they are the slowest to believe ill= 1177 : 2 I.loo—l 18
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in their expediency ; and when we recollect how Hogg - - 12121-7 02111-5 11010-3 11111-4 19
the majority fought against the repeal of the R^lfers - - - 21313-10 02211-6 01021-3 10101-3 et
Saunders 211t3-9 10210-1 10111-4 00010-1 is
Corn Laws, and how tenaciously they still cling
to antiquated Toryism, we are compelled to
aimit that this notion is not altogether chimeri-
cal. But progress is the order of the day, and
if the agriculturists are not going ahead quite so
fast as some of their neighbours, still they are
moving in the right direction. His Lordship
reviewed the changes which have recently taken
place in the economy and management of their
estates by the owners of property, and paid a
just tribute of praise to the exertions they have
made in building and supporting schools, and
improving the dwellings of the poor, at a time
when, in many cases, they have been forced to
have recourse to loans to drain their lands and
improve their farm buildings. But he demands
more from the owners of property than even
this He demands that the same wholesome
restraints, of late years imposed upon the im-
proper employment of labour in other branches.
should be extended to agricultural labourers and
their children. This is a subject that has fre-
quently been mooted of late at our agricultural
meetings and farmers' clubs. With the improved
modes of culture, we require an improved class
of labourers, to work the machines necessary for
the most profitable tillage of the soil. Is it
not a frequent complaint that the personal at-
tendance of the master is essential to a proper
discharge of apparently the most simple duties?
The master must be the head and the eye. the
men ranking only as human machines, or as a
kind of higher cattle. Where are the men
amongst the drudging sons of the soil who are
fitted, for instance, to judge of harrowing opera-
tions? Almost the best man on a farm is non-
plussed, or else bungles, if in the same field where
lauds alternate as light and heavy, or where
streaks of these intersect each other irregularly,
ho be required to give the amount of harrowing
what is necessary, and no more. All error on
the one side is loss, on the other extravagance.
What if such men as we have instanced are put
to the solution of questions of greater nicety Is
it proper to be content with so low
a position of the noblest force of agriculture, a
force which from a certain stage, and after direc-
tion given, might and would, if educated up to
his work, develope itself. As instancing the
progress made amongst the artisan classes in
manufacturing districts, his lordship quoted a
statement published by Mr. Tidd Pratt, that 200
co-operative associations had been created
within the last 12 months, all enrolled under
the Friendly Society Act; and within the last
three weeks the late strikes at Caine have given
rise to the establishment of a shed, with 700
looms, upon the co-operative plan. This is not
the work of ignorant men; and if the system
render their employment throughout the year
more certain and increase their remuneration—
both probable results—it will, by lessening the
pressure of poverty throughout the manufac-
turing districts, remove one of the most fertile
sources of misery and crime.
There have been several important railway
meetings this week. At the Great Western;
the proposed dividend, at the rate of 21 per cent.
per annum, was agreed to. The traffic has
produced £7,871 less than last year, while the
expenditure shows an excess of £29,227, making
an adverse difference in the net receipts of
£37,098. The decrease in the revenue is attribu-
table to the severe weather in the early part of
the year, the subseqvient depression in trade,
and the competition of the South-Western for
the Exeter traffic. The augmentation in the
working expenses has arisen, as on other lines,
from the injury to the permanent way and stock
caused by the severity of the winter, and from
increased mileage. The expenditure on
capital account in the paat half-year
was £183,272. The mixed guago from
Reading to London and Brentford will
be ready for narrow gauge trains before the end
of the present mouth. The report of the Great
Northern states that £56,961 has been disbursed
on capital account in the past six months, of which
£5,000 is towards the subscription to the Gersten
and Liverpool line, £8,082 has been applied to
paying off mortgages. The gross receipts were
£650,798, against £659,000 in the same period
of 1860, the decrease being ascribed to the failure
of last year's harvest and the general contraction
of the commerce of the country. The Working
expenses have been augmented by the inclemency
of the winter. The available balance is £90,093,
against £109,087 in 1860, out of h hich a dividend
is recommended at the rate of 31 per cent, per
annum. At a meeting of the London and
South-Western a distribution was ordered at
the rate of 4 per cent, per annum out of the
disposable surplus of £144,762. The total
receipts in the past half-year were £527,213.,
showing an increase of £51,142 earned over 1501
additional miles of line. The augmentation in
the net revenue was £11,825. The traffic has
been affected by exceptional circumstances during
the past half-year, but 13 now steadily increasing.
The maintenance of the permanent way, as in
other cases, has proved an expensive charge.
The road, however, has been kept in good
working order.
The splendid weather and the inactivity of
business caused a very thin attendance in the
City on Saturday. The tone of dealing at the
Stock Exchange was, nevertheless, favourable,
" and though but few purchases were effected,
Consols fractionally advanced, while several
other descriptions of securities, including a few
of the best railway shares, further recovered, and
left off with firmness. The accounts from most
parts of the country are satisfactory for the
harvest, and since so much now depends upon
the season the chieir influence will be exercised
by the degrees of variableness that may in this
respect be encountered. Consols opened at 90}
to 90i for money, and closed at 901 to On
Thursday the Bank rate of discount was reduced
per cent.

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SS 49 38 21 164
A match was afterwards shot between Captain-Com-
mandant Templer and Sergeant Homer, 5 rounds at
600, when the former scored 6 and the latter only
3. There was also • sweepstakes of Is. each, 3
rounds at 500 yards, for which there were 21
entries. and after several ties the first prize was
won by Sergeant-Major Tucker and the second by
Ensign Loggin. Another sweep, one shot at 500
yards, with 16 entries, was won with a centre by
Sergeant Homer.
FRLONIMIB APIA 12 LT.—On Saturday last Richarl
Tompkins was brought before H. Williams and
E. W. Williams, &qrs., charged with assaulting
Elizabeth Cheney, aged eight years, with intent.
Samuel Swaffield, the step-father of the child, keeps
• beer shop at Puncknowle, and the prisoner lodged
at his house. The mom in which the landlord's
three step-daughters, aged respectively 13, S. and 6
years, slept, communicated with the prisoner's room.
About midnight of the 26th April, Swaffield heard
the girls scream out, and on 'going to their room
they told him that prisoner had been into their bed,
and that on their crying out, he ran away into his
own room. The prisoner denied being there, but
the girls were removed from the room. Some days
after. Elizabeth, the child aged 8 years. was unable
to walk, and a surgeon was sent for; and from what
transpired. the prisoner was taken into custody.
He ()tiered to pay the doctor's bill for the child.
This of course was indignantly rejected. On the
the prisoner being examined by the surgeon, it was
found that i.e bad for some time post had a disease.
The magistrates committed him for trial at the
assizes. . .

As OLD AcqU•IXTANCIL—It will be recollected
that at the Dorset Summer Aniseed 1860, Timothy
Thomas Wooster, was sentenced to 8 months' hard
labour for stealing .f 1 10s., the property of John
Collins, of Stinsford, gardener. 'There were other
charges against him, which were not gone into. At
the Somerset assizes held last week at Wells, he
was again planed at the bar—this time for uttering
a forged cheque with intent to defraud George Cross,
at Stamford Arundel. Mr. T. W. Saunders con-
ducted the prosecution, and Mr. Prideaux the
defence.—The prosecutor is a butcher and innkeeper
living at Beambridge, near Wellington. On the
31st of May the prisoner came to prosecutor's house
and had supper end went to bed. His account next
morning was 125. 6d. The prosecutor went to
Wellington, and in consequence of some inquiries
made there, be returned home, and found the
prisoner gone. He followed, and having found
Wooster, presented him with his bill and asked for
payment. He tendered a cheque for £l7 Si. 6d.,
which be had shown at the house the previous
night, and which was proved to be a forgery.—The
learned Judge haring summed up, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty. The former conviction for felony
at Dorchester was proved, and the prisoner was
sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with
hard labour.

atlaring

Da. MARE AND nis LITTLE MEN. —We omitted
to mention in our last that this talented company
gave several of their concerts in this town on Satur-
day and Monday week, and as nasal drew together
crowded audiences, who testified their appreciation
of the talent of the " little men" by loud and fre-
quent plaudits. Through the kindness of the Rev.
J. Fisher, rector of Holy Trinity, nearly 500
children belonging to the National and Infant
Schools were afforded an opportunity of attending
one of the concerts. Some children from the
school at Godmanstone also were present, as well as
several from the Dorchester British school, making
in all about 700 children, who seemed highly de-
lighted with the treat afforded them.
At the Borough Petty Sessions, held on Monday,
Aug. 19, before the Slayer and R. Davis, and J. Ensor,
Esqrs.,Eanu f.tieas was charged by William Oar.
land with using language towards him calculated to
create a breach of the peace. —Complainant said that
ho lived in Holliway•row and defendant lived opposite
him. On Wednesday night last, between 10 and
11 o'clock, witness was editing in his house, when Le
heard defendant call to him at his door. He went
out and defendant called him • rogue and a false
swearer, and wanted to fight him. Witness did not
I speak a word, and defendant wanted to fight him for
that. This continued ten minutes or a quarter of an
hour, and defendant then went away.—Defendant
was bound over in his iwn recognisance* to keep the
peace for three months.— -Odherine Harvey was
charged by P.C. Hurden with lying in the street,
opposite the Swan Inn, asleep and drunk, early on
Sunday morning.— Defendant said she lodged at the
Swan, and the landlord turned her out.—Fined 55.,
to be paid in a week.—Thornas Rigs/4, landlord
of the Bull's Head, Fordington, appeared to receive
the decision of the Bench on the charge of having
violated the terms of his license by keeping his
house open for the sale of liquor after the limited
time on the 28th July.—The Mayor said that the
Bench had well considered the case lAD*, last Mon-
day, and it seemed almost incredible to them that
parties should remain in defendant's house for two
hours without having anything to drink. There was
however, some discrepancy between the statements
of the police constable and another witness, which
were sufficient to create a doubt in the magistrates'
minds, and the Bench was disposed to give defendant
the benefit of that doubt. At the same time they
wished him to caution defendant to be careful as to
his future conduct, as by oon.inuing this course he
ran a very groat risk of havinK his license refused
at the neat licensing mooting. Persons who wanted
liquor after 12 o'clock at night, were of no good
either to a publican or to themselves, and it was
always better in the long run to conduct business in
a legitimate and proper manner. In the present
instance the summons would be dismissed.

DORCHESTIR PITCHED CORN MARKZT, Saturday,
Aug. 17.—Never since this market opened (and we
have not once missed doing our duty by personally
attending) have we seen so few people, and so dull a
trade. In tact, there seemed to be nothing doing,
and to force sales of any article, lower prices must
have resulted. The weather has been very bad;
some temples of new wheat which were shown
were sadly blighted, and unless immediate fine
weather comes, the harvest will be no better than
last year.