The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-23 00:00:00

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Wroxransr.—llubire. Mr. (:. H. Hood.
Jab,. GOl.ri, of Ilershia, wsi char:: sl by Mr. It 01... rt,
)f.ir,lnsetib reliesi,e4 officer of the riwanago Wadi If erstott
:list:let, with ile,:keting to suili ort his fstnify. —lle WU
SeIkICISCA to one hionth's Istr.l Isouur.

CoVSTV COra7, %Vedne+day.—llefore Mr. I'. K Lefroy.
Gad/11141 V. Sufftl4. IP:stone /iniimie Common. (balm
4s. LI. for damagm sumsl by deltiyitt the deliv,ry of
901 sheep at horeheater ittarket, intended for Mr. T. -.
Wednesday's sale. Mr. T. Traver,, Poole, for pl MIMIC, who
mid.; at Worgato ; Mr. Italiau far the Connally. It an.
Inure." that 1.11.1 41 the sheep had I,rokal Its kg. and the
Company admitt.sl its liability for Mist, and laid the nioney
lino court. Mr. Trace.a said that only 'tins of the shoe,. were
sold In tonsequenav of being late for the market. Mr. liainel
said Mr. 1/arland had liceu desinal by the auction. er to. I
by the earner train. Ills llonotir thought plaintiff ran the
nutter too fine, and ought tis hoes when adtantam, of the
earlier train ; there was not sufficient to tia the cotoi.any with
liabilits for The delay. Judgment for defendant.
Creek v. iteoliotl. -C10t,,. ale for rent. Plaintiff said the
actual debt was clo, but he had for,nven defendant half.
Deteiniant, in an inipUdelit tonc, nail it no, no account at ail,
anti it woo Wrung in every shape and Innit. Ili, I lomfur told
hint it was a proper amnia allll urden:d him to pay So. a
month.

T,e3t We. J. C....erat. Mr Lacey junr., app•arcil for
defendant, and produced a molical certificate. Defendant
ha,l no mean.. Plaintiff liaal he believed Mr. Coaxerat wa.: at
lkiuniemouth. but he kept chatethig about. I li. wife had a
very good illtrOlOC, he had imanisod to pay t. in March,
and paid that about Midinummr be Olinda he selhog none,
Pr"P,rtY worth :that .02,000.. -Mr. bar,y nail Mr:.
boascrat had an Income of LIvO. hot that mai aettled
upon heraelf. and she had not yet received her
dividend. A,: reganled the property. that was in Chanceu,
but defendant expected abortly the matter wolf he tattle I. -
The Judge aaked if Mr. I.lllWy tothtti.ka to a,o the ES
laid. !Ir. lacvy Aabi he could hardly do that but lie auth
give Mr. l'oeacrat ii. midendand that h.., ttubit dos., beton:next
Court The bailiff nail there didn't some much the matter
With defendant when he it, reel the ammiping-- he sic; jog
sitting 4.111 to ir th,tionr :ma plaintiff hat better
have the order re.lue,l to a npoith, which he azrecil to:

1/A111.U4:11 Volt I,II'ItISONMENT:

Chad,. Ilanty r. nmee. Ge,,,... -Jury MAW. This Was
an et.tion fur damages laid at 1::ei for false imprisminent.
Mr. It. N. Howard for plaintiff. Mr. W. li. Atkinson for
defendant. The following jury were sworn : -NI r. P.
Litliguiv (fireman), Mr. Thomas Feet, Mr. 11. .1. Poole.
Mr. 11. J: 'sp., anti Mr. Samuel J. Smith. Mr. llowanl
having in-Wily "retied the ease t•alle.l the pl•tintitf-t harles
Hardy, who ,ael he was 52 years old and had lived at
Wareham all his life. He was inarrital, and had a wife
and fear cluihlren, the youngest 13. His wife Was in
service and tante home every night. Had never been
befere the magistrates in all his life : neither had his wife
or aity of his children. lie worked for !his first !easter 21
years and the last ore he worked for seven year., sine°
then Lad worked for I . self. In August mat lass neaired
a 6.4 for Mrs. Game, and charged her i deed a;
o'clock he took it holsig. 'Dare was a woman named
Best in the shop, and his and Mrs. littnie were Miele:: high
words. Mr+. Rest left Use shop. and Mrs. Came paid him
the Id ; she °petted a drawer lout there Was nit looney
there,. and she took ou n t a old purse and shook 11 out of
it. lie took dm money, and she put Use -ourste again into
her pocket. She was nu exalted state, and lie was glad
to get away (ruin haw. Ile went home, and took
a pair of lousts to Mr. Glinunds, in Northettreet, and was
taut 3s. there. Ile had untidier money ill his pocket, anti
that he gave up t s the police. Mrs. Game mid something
about some slippers. Ile came down in " The
and stayed there aliout a quarter of an hour. Ile wen:, to
the litree Tuns anti had a glass of beer ; and while there
Moores, the policeman. beckoned him out. saying 3lra.
Game wrested to ace him. He finiahoul the beer, and wen
to her. Went into the shop ; and asked, " Mrs. “.ttne
what's Up i" She accused a man named Bartlett of taking
her purse first She then called w insess "a rogue anti a
thief," and oathhe had taken her money. The policeman
asked what she was going toile, anti she replied "0 ! take
him in charge," Ile mol, " Come on, polieetuan, I sum..
I must . then.' Bartlett had told hue Mrs. tiatne lirst
aectiutctu He Wag AO willing ,name to go ' he 'new:
hadn Om lie 't . : sunithg, ;void,e tie W d en% a
m followed, tfraid. rs.
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name nod calks' nim all sorts of unities. Mr.
I lame went int. the Station tim, allil Sehl lie Wi.iii 4 give
Idtuitititt a teiventign if he weuld return the Monter. Ile
told him lot didn't lelieve he hal lost any 1111 l tie).- He had
accused peeple before -met said witnething about asst
! hew having been found somewhere. Game laid I 'l of
' luis wife and took her awe). ; and told the polite tel kuep
witness in charge till Monday 1111 l ruing. Ile was locked
up till Sunday mornitt.... at balf•past 11, when Mr. Willeox
rattle ill. and he was liberated. The money was found
tattler a curtain. This was the lirst charge that had ever
I been made against him.-- Mr. Atkinast• mit' Mr. flame
informed Mr. Willem( that the 1111 l twy Ismi been felled
ler the Item threslethl.--Witnesi 555,1 lie Lot Lute
injured in his I•usint•s-: hy I's:, vil•4l jut, Mr: Ittenlar, at
the "fisp," leol not done itti.thilig with I . Aillee, lie
had not the work lie used to have, lie got . uerveas
1 that lie collide% sit still to do Isis work-he litel lieu or
I been in such a mess its all his life. Ile no or stole the
1 nuoncY, nor did he know of tow terse:* who hail put it
I back.- Cross-examined : Ile left Itlnt. (ante's shop directly
he was paid the Id. Mrs. lianie said she wantusl him to
do something to a slipper • hut she never went into another
room ; she was going to the so but he said lie xl'olll.llll do
, the work that night, and she replied. " Never mind I'll
send it down On Monday itiorning."-By His Honour:
There was only id. in the istir,e--:a; nom saw onything
elite in it. lie 11,..0r Wei Me lit the shop alone : Mrs.
Game was there all that time. Mr.. Best left before lie
did.-Ily Mr. Atkinson : Ili+ steck•in-tratle ettioisted of
a number of lasts ; they were worth it psal Idt, to him.
Sometimes lie earned Is. and :et. atlas'. Had earned Ins. lid.
a week during the past live or oil weeks; but didn't average
J:1 a week. Dare say he could sole a pair of !sots gelid
enough for I ' (Mr. Atkinson) to wear-la laugh). Never
SAW the punw she lost : it vouldin't be the one he luni the Id
out of because it had nothing else in it. Ile told Atm
Game in the presence of the tmlieeman that lie never saw
' the purse or her money. Iltel no other money in his
pocket, and lie gave the 3s. to the polio omen who searched
him. llet was released after letlifita t 11, tiot bad led
been so well shwa --timelier oil:sotto cr otlia wise. It
made him lad fur two or three days. Ile went to Mr.
Howard the wine week at Weymouth. The reason he
had waited diem the elst August was that Mr. Haman'
had forgotten it. Ile debited 1:2111 fur affecting his char-
acter. Ile used to work for Mr. Marthallsay butt hada%
hail any from I . since.--11e-exantinnl : hi. ......II not
mention anyone in particular who had stepped their work,
but his work had fallen off. If Mts. Game leol it purse
with money in it Ise Ile% Cr saw it. -Mrs. Hardy mid she
' had been merried .2.1 years and had held her situatien for
12 Years- for the last three coustantly. (Mr. Atkinson
said he hail no imputation to make against the w 1111 l an,
whom lie had knewn a n 1111 l law of years and ale ays as a
respectable person). -On the Satunki;• night in question
all her children were in it 11 o'clee":. I ler husland bad
not been the sante titan sines: ; it had effected his mind.
His werk haul fallen off, an.l Isis being Im.keti nit on Anal
a charge Lel affected her situation. She had not been
discharged • • led if this ease liedn't mule she wou hld ave
beete-Ity Mr. Atkinson : Would rather luau is givea CO
than lier husband sl Id havebeen locked tip. Mrs. TeaNley
had intimated to her that if she encouraged dishonesty
she must leave her service. Her sells Were Ma Itilt
between four and five on the Sanday toot-nine. Had never
seen any purse, note+ or cheque, Mowing (iiMrs,
Catme.-Sainuel Bait had known Hardy 30 years or more.
On the loth August was at Mrs, Gainest's shop and hearth
her declare that Hardy hail stolen her pur.. Plaint:Wl:ad
not been like the pante dinee. Had nmg with hint seine
years anti since the ease he had always seemed "in it staid. '
lie looln't rung so well, ape! .011't 11l il Id hid ehalic.N. -
• Joseph Itoont, the et:tut:4lde, esol liartiy Mailed the
charge when aecustol lty Mrs. (tame. Ile was searched in
the usual to:tuner, and sleet Is. was found upon him.-
Charles Manly, plaintiff** eldest an, was called heti
denied even baying seen any pun .. or putting it under-
neath the weathenboard of defendant's shop door. Saw
his father at the election, svid Mrs. Edes was present. -
Mr. Atkinson sululmsed the int.y for the defence, and
called Mrs. I aroline 141111 e. Slue Reid that on the Pith
August. she wad in her shop and saw Hardy. who came
with a boot. A woman was there. Asked' lime ninth the
job win and he said id. Never looked in the drawer
liecatase she never phweil money there, altogether she had
1:1 la 1011. loose in the purse Insides two news an.l it
cheque. She anitl to Manly " I wan% you to do something
to one of my Awes,- mei was about to teat e die :.ls tit • het
didn't do to' lid she didn't think it right to leave hilti there.
Inintelliately she got to the kitchen the bell rang, and she
found Bartlett at the shop 'tinning over the door. Ile had
come to ret•kon--he worked for them. When she came to
lay him she missed the purse ; and could taut think
what hemline of it until she saw the boot Hardy
had brought. Never acenowl Bartlett and never
toll anybody, that he had taken it. When
he Mile with the policeman she said Manly had
taken the purse but lie denied it, saying lie bad seen her
lint it in her pocket again. Tobi x,..re to take him into
custwly, lint afterwards promised to give I tartly CI if lie
would say where the purse was. When she took tiewn
the shutter on Sunday 111111111111 l chic belie' the purse
teenwory Ow weather board. There was risen to put a
'tilde tinduF it, betstiso it 11,4 lams tried. In the morn-
lag. the sat:: Hardy s srin 0111•14(41 her Aid.. ''‘'..t .4.
elented : There In a thew to the shop, and otie tO the 4ront
door. [Mr. Ileward suggested whether it watild have
linen possible for anyone to have gone out of the (runt
doer mei popped the purse untie- the Anita. .r.l No olle
find.' see the purse (nett looking over the counter. She
never mimed it until slue tame to pay Bartlett; aid gh
it was just after laying Hardy, she didn't remember
where the poise was put, or what she said. It was not
usual to have so leech money in her pocket, but she had
ouly just come front Castle t 'arey. Nine years a.o they
:01 it moth box containing VG: the Um was found
Lift UM netea sf.F.', money never were traced. The note;
went stopped. :Mae fenicwheeed Ladling tbe lama: on the
counter ; Hardy was standing there, :aid nes hell at
Wanda eLmnied. Slit' offered lom a sovereign. [And, said
Mr. Howard, the IMAM wad kneel. and Lhorehy lie hist a
sore,igwi All the Money Wen foiled towssitt a shilling,
Manly said he " shouldn't own what lie had nut done."
Hardy
_bad clone little repairs for them for several years.
--By Mr. Atkinson : At the thee chic gave hint into Cad-
tudy she believed he had taken the 'Hine, and did new.-
By his Honour: Bartlett wad at the doer, which wax a
th; uesy open. She was sure she haul not put the purse
wpTer 0,,, my& herself.---By Mr. Atkinson : She never
ioi,w the purse niM; theltins et h.s.s lost tint il it was found
mid" the door.--My. Ileward ;mid be se., iistgrumod
that It was found behind the curtain of Ow alien door
, whilloW, asel letlhal Mr. Wilton (ia-Mayor) %Ist sajil
' Mrs, Game toll I ' the purse was found tinder the
wind-sill of the door. Nothing was said about the witolow.
-Mr. Game sail if Hardy limi not lumen locked tip he
believed lie should net er have had the looney again. Ile
saw young Hardy in front of his hoesie on the Stintlay
morning almut a Oaarter ta Sit. --(cross exatatintsl : Ile had
n)., k, aiodi;:h the shop titter that mentieg himself.-
Mt 4'f/oriels '441 was ....11s1, and odd she SaW Hatay,
ion., i,etween situ antis:Oen ktantling .41 tie' ,i.le
'of the way ; she au:swank iaw his fatter. are told 7tirS.
Game Si It- ilte jury were then addressed pro, and tan.
by Mr. Atitineen mod Mr. Howard, wid His Honour also
summed up. Iledid not think trent the evidence that duels
C probable cause had been made mit that would iustify
a prudent_ penen In having the defendant bake I up.
NO doubt Mrs. (him meant to do what was right, but mat

her hurry and being frightened at lodwt the money she Dodson, Me!combo Regis; William Butt, Maiden-street,
had oiled itimisely in giving Hardy into ewtody. But Melee:ll6e ltegit. On the chairman calling each name he
:dw tbe hell resg onsilile for her acts. It was not, asked if any gentleman would propose the candidate ; but
ho.veveri, a rase by heavy, hat suli,lantial damages, and no ono annwertvl until he canie to the name of Mr. E
it witalil be for the jury VI i-ay whai;ilaunigiat theethought Fisiks, when Mr. Rowland Thomas nail he would
the plaintid reasonably entitled to. Atter a quartermf- nominate Mr. Fooka ; but he thou:flat it better
nn-hours delilstrati ..... the jury gave a verdict for .i.:Mt to go through all the namts first. The Chairman
which would carry e..sts. Ilio rase created a good deal of finished the lint. and no other person w.te prop mist,
interest awl the Court was dewily crowded. when Mr. Rowland Thoman proposed Mr. B. Foolt4, Mr.
W. // 10;oson v. MT/ -,i /: .,, ,--jury eese.—elaini W. Eliot seconded, and it was unanimously carried.-31r.
1:51 for professional service, during t lo• late election. The 1:oohs in scut for, and informed of his wipointment. and
SAIIIC jury—with the exeeption Of Mr. I.ithgow (who was Lc returned thanks to the Guanbans.—in the cilium, of
~edeit by Mr. llobio) watt empanelled. 31ir. the 11111,tiag. the 1 hairman stated that, having heard the
Atkinson mii,i In witi to receive Ito guigvsas down and reports cuiverning Mr. 11. Fooks, the farmer collector
511 guineas at the clo,c, if the Wareham tdeetion with ro:ts he ...Mel at the iini,e of their clerk. Mr. R. Hare, awl
out of pocket, and if succosnful the 511 guineas wet to lo wvyiired. 11, then found that the whole of the einitri-
iiiiiilded. Mr. Westin, wile nineared for defendant, legion orders had been paid up.
called Dr. Emniens. Mr. Beer, Mr. Deer, junr., and Mr.
1-44!;:.ch:at7eTtrLiti;11...1„)"ehrirWTI:Ei ti'l:htr3ll;;;:a-E3veuCTla-:!1 41)e"ntiareWr"I'mf ri;;e4l7:icialCYlL'e'::ut.tai'nbUirni'o4
It-c, all of wham swore that Om agreement was Cleat
(11:::,1-Iti..,;:lt arint:sr:::::ity
jtioLl,l:ty
ilicittinit:t
tlii:yre*.iiNulro.lfell..l:l.,:i.lllit,:a:orlioili,,:f.,kiiiir,
att:l:l,e;
illlii::, ~t.etrltp:,:;:inarr.i 7.: I,,,ltlittsilutlii,,atet., ItriiaT 7,,,,,,,i :1,...0r1ii:.,:, t.r2iliiilel
brlge ns,m. Ali - entertainment" now-a-days . ins to
taig..n.;:ilLiez.ttiloviitin.iftlttle...isitrroe;t. ohioie.„.
n.t.liLg,leeleinl..;,e,:sa:rat,urou
Pum sr.:swam, satunlay.- nefore Mr. .1. 11. Caleratt aid
lr en. ii ti 'tag tili(;r3nl: h3:11.1i ittwuo.anf othu e ilVuil'ilenneee,idaai. I itailitey °in' larpnre, i
al ri N. hood.
r.,... cp., ~ awl -. vintad at queer times, not having the ,
In
1!1::::•/,/Lo III:. z.r..,,,blatroc..lo.ll.zr;ileunc..
usT.',d' yha, gehla'r:ii." tftlirictlai:lizaevii,,il.ll.l7
e: r i t na.tain holes satinage-tuaker before hint, awl an i
family:alto',il::;:sfloati.‘:.tialt.ieebdil,:utllh ' cbita::,lrt;:bcil:r3::%ititiv'liot!:lie-odl'l:atol:l7:tillie.oltee Zte'lJlKl.,tf'lllo
uilinu"4":,"::nril,T hcliZt.telliPi.iniutterrillt.'te4,o
wl,cootaugof htt
heowlwtolY
iii7iitirlieel%'ViT,;,ll.‘virlitlitestirtirellund '.14:1;04.r 3llierrlitielvile fo"ll.l.oornecdh
Trasonr. - Ittfore Xtr. B. H. Bond and Mr. N. Pond.
with a homy see ton from Artentits %Yard, after which •
:::71:ThA:4:::::"'"Innas ialrl .7'.:it ,011L,:ni:clivi.:" u"i'''clthlY„l7llt,t,4l.duilitt-ht:Ptili7'tiiirrttaei): Bro. Bartlett wing "The Teinpeq of the Heart" !
Ses:.i..lin. ' htlt Mr. Bartlett will do well t • c 'mine himself t°
. . . . .

-.a. • e amine ----
instrusuental music, and flat attempt to ding.
Mr. l. J. Brown read very well. anal with
g., s•I rePreseal...ltioss of the ali:aleet-" Rabin 11i1rs Visit
to the Railway, a selestiou not so worn oat as some we
freimeatly hear. Messrs. I:rocker, If arsballsay. at
I Dem.!' sa:ig "Tile R cl 1;ro.-• Knight " with as much spirit
I anal effect as if the.; hat been inspired lay patter instead
! of the cry,t a water of which the table hail a talentiful
alip111::. Sister War.ry very sweetly anal pleasiugly.,Tsen
' Gentle Spriat.:, was mach applauded. I Ile
lteveller's ''lair,,,' W*4 given with gaud effeet, it was well
harmonised, anal good thee was ketat. Sister Elbourne
awl Bra. J. Brawn slog a duet with at least fear merits ;
the wools were sensible, toe pronunciation clear, the
singing geel, ant the piece was short. Bro,
real.. (Isla)' piece, "The Fanner 's Blunder," exciting a
laugh : a young sailor spiritedly repeated "The I.ips that
m teuela I.iaor shall mover Tiiuclt Mine; and altlaisugh he
was not ma the emgr.assame at all, ?Ave an en.'-'re Nov,
111,, h.,ir then with much spirit gave "Spec.t it I Inward."
After the laden-al, the choir sweetly sang "We never
will tfrink any more ;" of coarm their resolve did Ind
apply ts the clear tap saapplieil from
give a .011 g. anil irhemi hi. a;om,ls that failure of inferior
eingee,—jn,tisthmet l.r.,,,uncaatnin of the words, we shall
ho :ahlu to tell what he simmgm. Rn,,. T. Tarvcr,'ras'a
a spe iela of an " iri.la Fiddler" at an "hi Fattier Mathew 's
a,,.1 sumo.' ; anil then Messrs. 'rocker,
M arsinallsay, aul IMaela sang "Lordly Gallants." in good
anindeal style. Sister Abbott, and Bros. Real art D.
'
nk Easy,
otital recited's
ister ita
.rre4r °let Ir:ely.t4 uPrin f:iti,ur of *t
oa '
sweetly eang ll'itai
nKteoli
Kiss
mother, kiss your darling," anal even When interrunted
lay a note fell, restinied her singing with much
Jessie:we of mind. She Was inamenseiv ateolanded, anal
foal there been time, the anilienee wont! have ianiAted
the encore they askart for. rho next ehaints was at very
spirited .me, "The Battle (IT.- eSeeedisagly weU rendered.
It was now ten Oeloi•k, and s ono of the well-wislaera to
the P.M: peonle left ; but the following selections still
remained to iii. gone tlmmitalis:
last It is: of 8 mer Warry.
....Dart lhalvet (Part:2l_llos. It J. Brown.
Song •• f.ty Frieze! John "...
n God ease the Itueen."
We linT.,e our reiiiiilitr friends will net tell let., a Dun-
dreary rewliog of an old Koverio, and net as if "I'tinc-
tuality is the thief of time !
Tile l'aunt Item hil.LErTnliSliir.--Sinee Mr. R. Walker
pe'.li.liedl iii., sissitsifestoe* respactiiut tits: agate of the Poor
Rate ae,omit4 Air Iteght, ni.p.t of our local
politivisto* e.me:iderably cxerrioul to know 51-hat
gritted Ide had for such extrminliaary statements When
• the aa a•att stole% eloped iteeliashl re:mit in Cie resignation of
an obi r,o,s...ted inhabitant Ilk. Mr. 11. Foislss sslsil Ins
m fo sitni
salaslis.a:. liells ,a,Lig
ill.,
a ,l
i
held for years, the astimi.l ..... nit *alai curiosity treni
; very greatly inereaased. Mr. 11. leaks has so long leen
a tinlaiie servant that Isis age and iervire miglat well he
as elated a. oulliiermt reassas for his retaremetat from the
rares of a troublesome anal thankless, though rem-utters-
tire anal influential .'ti.-•. Se long has the taaine of looks
Isma a lemsehel.l word in Weymouth, so 010rOURIIly
resisstell ant the family, that it Iteenied R matter if coarse
that the rollertornliip ~huul.l be tlex;regl by a son who Isas
l,i'ola leamewliat similar office. Mr. E. looks Ice, we
I arei.tiven to lei...taint so efficiently performed tho
j atones of colleetor of as-wawil taxes, all IO lie highly tota-
-1 Om mite.l by his superiors fur finishing the collection
tame orintlad. earlier than it was ever conuiletol before.
But at this joint Mr. M'aiker step. in, aunt tedilishes •
statement of an adtintatiling eaten; with reference to tho
hate collector, anal it cannot be concealed that loamy at
live::: who think with Mr. Walker, anal Mir. Walker hit:l-
-se!, conceived themselva•s justified in expecting that
under the circumstanced tihe candidature of Mr. K Foolca
wotalil net he pneee.l. Wlay Mr. R. Fueks, who is a most
restiectahle young man, I .tefer on seesstant of his
father's resignation, is not clearly etatetl, and it :ia'ist lie
very clnuly &toted billets' haute Mr. Walker's friends
can expes•t it to have any influence en the minds of tlie
rastetsiyens It is, no aimed, rather surprising to find that
so little amino 'nay siapear to be made, that oven the
WWII. **hereditary in the family have teen lased with
ranneet to the office ; hut Mr. Walker no doubt
knew the nat7ire of his ease, his lower or
otherwi ie with respect to the charge., and he ought
ta hay.s known what comesmenre he might legitimately
prolialily have expectol. What were Mae real roe.
N.. sic seeing exactly to kmaw. The statmumit
0. Mr. Walker as I. the resignation Inas appear:al es nor
collo:mil, tool laa, not 'wen denied, them's, Mr, Walker
affitinetly stated that Mr. If. " Pe.igiest rather
than 'meet the a-hark:is" TL 1.6.(6 raf th,..e charges Mr.
Walk, r has very .:•:1.6 40.1 atraightforwarAly emus
11111116.3, lioWl4
i he has, anal tan aloatht. 5 err properly,
kept fiera alio Jim the proofs id tliose
isistlihrt Tony have 111,1 :frit is not
tmo, yet, without :et investigation of the rage, no
olio eosoleinis another. li. i,.
1112.1 C i if Enzli .1i law
that "a man is pr.:mined to le: innorent till. lie is found
guilty," nipl it is not for as to jilelre lll.'reasons svhmii'h
Mr. 11. leeks tweGir a retirement to lat.
harass of is we:tri•entie wareh. Anal if the ettau.. wet
I,•tt proved tree in all the severity in wiliel, AU. Vt talker I
state, them. then time voung man wanal.l nave limit in
the least affected. Mr. Walker, ai.,,.orsiing to hiss own
atmeara to Imes lost' tient Mr. 11, Kaiaks a
ramieu that lie vmethkrt4ent, anal nil the other hand to I
juno iar--115;.t ho voitalal hat lama' the charges. If
flea . v. a. 1,14 Sather element in the aulderstaniling. such
4as (lie harialiwi %amender if all pretensions to tip, olliam
Is' all Mr. looks's relations as well as lay himself, it is
Mn Walker to state the fart Was there, or was
there not: If net, Mr. Wialker will prolaaldy abide lay Ilia
bargain, whether he now considers the terms cool or
bel. The (Martians of the Weymouth I7nion, espeeialle
the 3leleenabe Regis WIPP. who certainly might kisow
very much about the whole ea.se, have not a moment
entvrtssitled the bless of suds aim that we have
so,:,:esteil, for they not only e 1.4 AG. K looks but did I
am in mach a manner :la tu be m effect an nverwhelnaing
vote of caantial, lea 111 it,, s•canag mall. No other candidate,
In ethers who a.spired to the situation,
vail3 soon tanal.eied, so that whatever otab.iders ;
may think or doubt, the decision of the C,aisia.
dians WWI very pnanetinceal. A clarious nu the
list of candiilates is that all the report oi Weymouth
except our OWII should have tin 'teas it ivorth their while
1,. go seeking such s. •,Luemen ; taut of this a woril is
enough-every (Jw te hid taste. The nonours of political
inainense lama liaised up with the situatien. we niay
te.fate leave with one sentence of comment- If so touch
,Polmtiem,l Influence is att.:v.ll.l to the 'Mire, anal if a eurtain
party influence has obtained it, why alial not the other
party wleet their candidate, rally tetanal him, get Tip a
gravel memorial for him. anal, use all their energy on his
belaalf : If it he that (110 assistant oversocr can exert
induenee for the political party to which he belongs,
certainly we inay will, nolatilletwit look to Mr. Walker to
expose mirh 4loiligs with an energy and skill equal to Unit
he latest have Ineil if lie has been alale to sulost:uatiatu his
eltarges. .tnother rettuark still. It has le-en mild toot
Mr. Walker ewes it to the ratepayers to makes.lale
matter public. New, if any nitepayor mu>,
imyers have aletatitol Mr. Walker, ev aodiskial him in his
lake! "mm while \fi'. Walton ii.. bean at work, cannot
fairly demand, simply for the gratification of euriositY
that Mr. Walker sheath! give them the resulta of his work..
It is rather a surprising thing if Mr. Walker, for
A time a resident amongst us, has hit atidin, am's:a-Might
he 1.4...1(41`.'4'.
Kt-dement:: woal.l prove kiln. why, LC those' Who I 'has
lie is s I, gave him • testiumnir.l, aa if tkey W,,uat to"
"tail elsnit it," let thatti uokAldisai, in his.
ins, as the price of having Gash' on-Waits Meanujee the
matter .terel• tdas.:'Mr. Walker has boon nt work the ',sot k that Work has boort u eort.alat ainderstandi,ng svith
tau mite odlect4r. and a view eolleytnr has been apipmatol
lay a unaninious vote. If the tanderstanilin,z has not I
of them has isia:le a Nei bargain, let ham
nt'oignclly a. hu' ia,,. If emther of them It, 'art
ri
that a letter leader than, might be fonttrawide4g, at's ' Itathe
give up meddling 55 hdro he Maw do harm, '

homANINAI A,NII
Lectures were delivered last week at the various non-
conformist chapels and St. Marv.il National Sehool-
mom. on " Itomanisin awl Itittudisin," by Mr. T. G.
neon.., in connection with the Protestant Educational
Invtitute. The first was on Monday, at Gloncester.street
chapel, the Rev. K Bolton in the chair, en 'What la
1: ~,,, anima What is Ritualism r
Tuesday night the place was Rank 011410,
Pnlijeet " Plausible Pretensions of ksoinuism and
Ititaalisin." The Rev. W. Lewis weir h. the chair, al
delivered n very effective intostuotory &pow),
The ',ecru ugit tint. teasaxial with Ids address. In it..
coarse, he said that, as to the visibility of the Itoninnish
ebnrch, which it hail insisted on as no of the ur“.k„
of
the Uhristlim church, that church had been only in
vf,dhlo in the fire:, of Smithfield, in the perp.. 4141,4 in it
everywhere perpetruted, and in the uttempt,v ekeistautly
made to put down the liberty of tlç. Otos. and liberty
everywhere. Rut the Prot, tt.4o. vdmrcli before the
lteformation was „v,...yrrirore, In the valleys of
Piedniont, and i.t, usiffier Places. 0,1111.re...0il within Um iron riAm, Somanistln, lint whenever it escaped frontlint I armm, it floorished again. The Roman church
claimed to Im the oldest church, an.l they hail established
a Tract Society in London, and their agents distribute,'
tracts, reels at Pr ite,tant ineetin4s, to prove this. Rut
the Prot...dant religion, a Balm e.nnielin.b....l of two
word, pe, for; and fe,fes, a witness, and Prom..twatz,r.
i-. a witnes.ing for the truth. IL I. true that,
na
arose ahem 300 ye on ago ; let the hoed:, (I' d,,a.
wit prove the novelty of the thin 4, ter taw; was terin that only arose lately. 3,1 tht tkiiet exists...l for
ace. An Irish Serildure • tiAnat where lgs religion
w„„ before laithcr, tel•lttet )our emmsnuits, whe
was your far; 11„haleit 'nag WtOttst r Pretest:UO.6lll re
LI
a rt,ltssia. lean Which the rust and dirt of Rotuanhon has
been sr...tired off, the tine gold hasv.lwsyu U X Doubt!
there are ton, of thousands of Romanist, far more re.spoct-
able than their rolusion. No one can have read Thomas
Konipis's Imitation of Chriat, without feeling that he w. it
a trio ('hrlitusn. lint
not because their church, hut in spite of it, Ohl as
there was a rigl,teoia I.:thiiit'era"Soini:a:earenflg..);Yiwltklinsh.
distimnii.heil scholars
tket the •
Ibutian church,
eons
trslirYlti
wlea"entil4'l4;4‘vtlitteu abTsve t.Y,l;enahl
the rank'. of
show they were good theologians.
to hold some ibmtrines "r truth bTrue, Pm ry
ut lri
h.dits them to to Isitmy them, like Jud; as
~.• ike t
'?'°'" It onlY
tes
(I. Master, and then sells Hite pr eltinnto hat
anisiu
maims unity and throws she Tac thir
matt'leireh
eof Protestant. e
There inn,- is. a unity in the belief of falmilrolif
in the [Lo, ; but them di heantifol kaamionY
in the mu...mutat between the evatigUlleot "tame:lens of
faith. the Thirty-little %nick.; Wentilikiindor t‘infossion if Faith, and whet,. ii;Asue eNtorta implicit obedience
from Int iimsidictv ; Tait it is adult uniforniilY r.ih'r than
; hors is the unity of the d,ad in ,the
churchyard. Itoutt, fametity hoyalon, u
...teemed mints. We believe that every believer '4: r I
saint ; hut in the Romanist church no one can be is unless he has worked at least two miracles beim." 1w,t.,".;
and two after. Their austerities were v^,l_-;
,-,„„"Th,Av
and ..tie of them had to have the whti, *1.4.-"`"' "MI
hand, lost he should die unds.r the torture. FancL a
ltoinanist saint on trips eve of altil-muldie

, lecturer exhibited the cat-o'-nine-tails, the iron
i whips, with rowels to lacerate the &oh. What
t characters sonic of them were ! A g the Pone aim
, excomin 'cated our Queen Elisabeth. who absolved her
subjects from their allegiance, who iiiessel the Spanish
. Armada, and sped it on to the conquest of I.:le:hunt ! If
such are Rome $ saints what must her .11111,rr let She
clahus apostolicity? and he would not deny it : but be
believed they derived it only from that. apostle, the
tmitor, Judas Iscariot. Contrasting Reines projensi„ni
to apostolicity with the difference betweea her
doctrines and those of the apostles, he argued
that the church was not apostilical, but apostatiod.
Una° claimed to be infalliide ; but his doctrine seas
ffireely contested' by different Roinimists. sonic contend.
ing that infallibility was in the Pope when he molts es
cathedra, others that it was in the tiencral Connell. others
that it was when the judgment of the Por and the
Council agreed. But it was not till July. Psi°, that the
dogma of Infallibility was settlol and pr !gated.
ROM now claims that there were 214 infallible ropes,
not one of WIIOIII knew he was infallible. Aml it required
5i5J fallible bishops end cardinals to be summoned to
settle the question of their infallibility. After examining
the pretensions of Rome to miracles, the lecturer con-
tinued to say that Roumnism is now only advancing in
' England WA America. The principal means of 'lowish
conversion is by the Ritualist conspiracy, about 500 or so
clergymen of the Church of England and about 400
members of our aristocracy, have gone over to Rome.
Men who would be absolute nobodies if they had not
rumivoil emoluments from the Church of England. have
joined in this conspiracy. Tlmugh an advancing system.
It is a doomed system. and bye and by the cry shall be
heard " Rejoice over her, ye holy Apostles and Prophets,'
and when the judgments of Goil shall strike down this
anoetacy, they shall tall, not only upon the seat of the
beast, but upon those who have his mark in their fore-
heads. Rome shall perish. "Write that in blood she has
ehol, and may Gisl hasten the day ! --(applause).
In conclusion Mr. owes' than ked the pastor:and officers
of the Baptist ehurch fir kindly lending their Odra at
oh -

i —Th-711ev. W. LEWIS added it few words, awl the meeting
separated, • collection being made at the door,.
The lecture on Wednesday evening at the Wesleyan
chapel, Midden-street, the Rey. C. Cleurehill. in the .hair,
Wa..4 on "The Blessings of the Glorious itefonnation." The
Lecturer said we had inherited the Ides.ings of this
glorious Reformation without cost, or labour, or suffer-
ing to ourselves', though with el great mire they were
even at no less 'set than the life-
decry and vilify the Refortuntion, and denounce it as
nice. It of
winfaaoslrl7co7onfeiitehne forl'eltio. telule"ll:ilse'tstr'enadn'lltitl;iallsskts to
decry
a "Deformed . " end he proiseed to consider the
Important questiou, "What has the Reformation 'tone
for Resisted I'' His find reply to this question wax -it
gave the people au open Bible. flefore the RA:forma-
tif Land
thinezeanuy."fainty
read the Ililde, and it was evidence of the crone to be
ain could.;.,i:4li" fr;'lgt I it'vha.s Julie
eri let:if' Ito*
found in liesefistsion of a Beide. The Cleunla of Rune
was jealous lest mankind should drink at the fountaiu.
and read tho atory of Creation, l'rovidenee, and
Redemption as Gol himself had told it; and she acted
Ilk, a showman, who, when about to exhibit his own
inventions, carefully shuts mit Vie light of heaven,
that they might gime all the better in an artificial
light. The Reformation taught the people to celebrate
public worship iii a language they understood—their
own mother tongue. ite&.oll and en ',UK'. MI
well as Beriptere, plainly conleinn the &loutish enstotu
of conducting public worship in an milkmen' tongue:
and Latin is an unknown temple to, nine-tenths of
'Loutish devotees. The Church of Rome, however,
continues the practice of conducting. her public prayer,
mid services in Latin, although it is an ims-7ntitural,
unedifying, and irrational mode. The Reformation
restored the holy rest of the Lord's Day n hich popery hate
taken away, RIM degrmlel, and made a MUM holiday, no.
It is yet in Romish countries, where tile theatre. are opens.
and bultdights. horse-racing. and ";her uneusemistr
profane and desecrate the Sabbath. The reformation.
suletituted spiritual an'l scriptural w.eship for the super-
stitious and i'loktrous rites awl es-tummies of liimitintstu..
rh,r. Reformation lin sisimel aoew tiat "list is a Spirit_.
and they that worship Him mu .t worship Him in spirit
and in truth ;" it instructed the ',pie that nothing really
profitable to the soul eau Ise derivel tem the niece
externals and circumstantial', of reli,ou ; but that it is
the i 111 l er grace MO satiellll,3adt that enriches the soul ;
and that most simple .114111.1 be the exterual forms and
cemnionies of Divine e"rship at, all t' .24, that God and
His works, not Mall and Lis work/up:dip, might till the
eye awl the heart of the (71wistit.s. The Reformation
alsdished the Cmifessional systesi of 'tome, and ',esti-
teetel every Mall toaster in his ,svn house, controller of
his own family, the ding-tor of is owe affairs. By the
Satanic inventiou if .turieular e onfession, the Vhorch of
Rome out into the hands of her priests a treneendotts
power, auu II l Most 41,,M.:13,11. r111:41M. fly this means the
Church of Rome put. every one of her menders io the
p.,wer of the priest, for by ..,ying open the secrets of all
Meets to the priest, it mates hien intimately acquainted
with the private affairs of families, and the master of all.
The Reformation emanei.atedi the tueople (non the galling.
yoke of a tyrannical, rapacious. awl licentious priesthee,t.
The keystone of Popsy is pries ,craft. Romanion in &
sysbeut of religion in'ent.l by priests, propagabod by-
prenteraft, for the exaltation of api ie,tly caste. In the.
liontieli system the 'nest meets the Romanist at every
pent. The 'priest is the director, controller, ~.tenetor, ant
ecclesiastical nurse if the Romanist from D., ~,edie to his.
grave. Romanist, makes goals of the Priests and slaves or
the people. T 1.., Reformation greatly diee li ll ished the,
number ~f tho priests ; ~ur forefathers rejected their
atitherity, and emancipated themselves from their
thntklem, and" enipelltd them to disgorge their illgotteta
iph., la 11.1.• a...paired by (owe and fraud from the
people. .11., Retormation do.truyed the monasteries and
nunneries, which were enti-ehristiati sod pernicious insti-
tutions, semi it diaper:6d the idle drones, the monks and
nuns. The g eltien veil of romance 1t... "seen too ,neeeaa-
fully drawn ever the deformities of these institutions.
lb., ivr-wsairleil walls and broken arches stand to this
day a iena oniental proof 0; ihe c.eruic.ionsof Christianity
its the, dark eniddle ages, span( the reign of *we:Aisle super-
stition and itionorahty in England. Further. the Reim--
heaths, overthrew the Papal Summitry, the peslmtal
upon which the huge eldtleflald of Popery stands,
It aho promoted the eshdiishinent of Hos-
pitals, Infirmaries, and inurnerrable other philan-
thropic institutions llea wisdom of the Refor-
mation WM to be ssen in its discrimination
between the preeimis well the vile ; it kept the
;mod and charetayt. lhatitutimis which then existed.
'Monasteries wee; Maittoyed humor they were w.t ..4.
useless Mit te:jorions ; yet husepitals mid all really umfult
foundatheas were retained, hut the Reformation eerily.
puma bed Uw growth of charitable institutions, attl there
• scarcely a town of any size in England that .res not.
1,..,...,5es some of their. supported by voluntars .aontribia-
Tlei Reformat 1111 l improved the temponste,nditient
ad ',elle. As. the Christian religion eoutaios in.
i the first principles of everytiong beneficial Ca,mankind, both for the present life auvl for the life which
is to conic : and as the Itefonnati, le was simply a restora-
tion of those principles which had been comiybol by
ta
Popery ; so, where the mineiples of the Refortuation
are adopted, and &deg; upon, the temporal v.-lodation of .
mankind is inierc}ed, and the great blessin.,,s of liberty
and civilisatitu follow in its train as inatts-4, of ,•ounse. Ins
' the esti.trAtion of all competent judged, Ene;latul hag
be.,g. m a higher state of reltavot., intellectual,,
moral, and nownercial improvehusit since the Reformer
tint, than in any former period of her history. The
Reformation procured fee our country the Pope's
curses ; but God has decleirel that the tense causeless,
shall not come, ne,gi the Pope's curses lave proved
impotent for eed against our country. "she Reformation
also gave Ebehinel a noble army .if it-irtyrs. The soil of
En&l.• v.rsd, hie been stained with fl"., ierossl of humble& of
es...martyrs of Jesus, who were cruelly tortierml soil hund
in ashes at the stake for prciessing the pure, gospel ate%
testifying against the stsd-elestneying alonainatlme. of
l'opery. In conclusion the Lecturer sad ; How theta
should we regard the Reformation h bd. With ardent
and heartfelt gratitude to Alneiv.lay God for Lis :meat
mercy in eivaucipating our c.aottcv from the thraldom.
and domination of Rome. 'led. With himiblomal sincere-
repentance for our netrnal utifaitlifoluem in aiding.
abetting, .tistoinie,r mid propageent.; the ungestb
doctrines awl pot'....y of Romanist,,, iit our army and navy,,
in our prisons .aill -workhouses alel wheels. ;MI With a
solemn reedution, in dependeme upon the Divine bless-
ing, to struggle with mealier ral, and tubbier: and
earnestness than hithcrtiebefore oa behalf of Protestant.
truth and a-aiest fteauish error. While Innate' of Dud's,
*. udfless ii, 1.14, lest, we should retinue:so that, we ham
difti:.'j' to florform in the present. Po sedenui facts the
P-Jivielenre of Gebl teaches us th,..s 'truth exalteth •
nati,n," and that to encourage llipery is teencourage the
enemy of G.sh and man —OViVaniseJ
Mr. Owen* lectuno,on Thursday evening,. at the
Na h
National seh,„,,rj, Melt...rule It4gi.s, MI -Auricular
Confession so-,* Priestly Moelolion. There was •
numerets :saeliebre. slid the ct.it• tva., taken by the Rectors
It', "..,'. etre:arcs. M•A•
eke l'itsinse to mid as hiA mm.."-. 011 the subject of tido
evening's lecture tone to well-kiewn it woad be unneees-
Wiry for lime to occupy mewl, ,4 their shoe: Mit th he- is
would ens - that '''f ail the various machinations of their
!Inn{ enemy, of all thevarious de.ices which the Rite:W.oth
‘,„„,...,,,,a. eptpq ing in this Iwo' Mr the subversion of the.
l`rotostant faith, he knew at tomer fraught with danger
as that of the confeitsional, and for thin reason—that it
fell even e thini stsone current ..1 human feeling in the
'Malt of inoeLlet MUMS, alla Wne. na evil with which no
ta,v end.' ..pe. There was a oeselag held last Tuesday 'a,the ',.-c of the English I %snit rlllon is ht. jinn,. I
~..• ,ndon, when Dr. Puma made a speech, the merle et of.
Which lie might express in a few worth. It was aaininst
U..' bill brought into Parliament by the an.liwahap of
Vanterbery ia opposition, to the Ritualistic le..doniumees
new carried on in this cutintn.. They tle.a maintainint
thst they were it very powerful holy, as,,t (Cr. Plumy west
on to say if his lathy was a pestilence la this laud it was
mie which did not seize tiler ail anwilUng people. Ink that lay the great 'hanger of eh.. Ritualistic tuoveumnt—
here especially lay the 10.4 .:anger of the confessional lie was glad to heat ;ie. ftsc.l* stsmk of this Whig as is pestilence, and he (hr. Groove) fully agreed, with hem in
the idea that i this thing was a pestitents it was one
WhiCh did kvallitliZe upon an unwilling potpie. lie Wit.
t
afrait'.. :sign many instances there was a emit d',..46.-
o,..prral '0 anlong.t youN ;. people who adopted thr
4 Stein the confessional wlits, having their mewls pre-
pared. walked straight Into this. deep. inismable and miry
ptt, which had been prc,r:.set for their unwise; (set. If
there was one featun. .f Ritualism Isom than another
which they as Pejtratants were boun'i to oppor it was.
that of the ~ufossional, and he shfol.l be girl if Mr.
Owen 's
kt; re that night would hate the eths-t of
..naloOttri throw the whole weight of their influence-
fwemeing to subvert that blessed, pure, and glorious.
tire into the balance against a system which wain
alfidein of Divine truth which was restoeml to onr Church
and nation at the time of the Reformation.
The LEC'Te: REk devotola long time ton earefal exposure-
of the evils of the confessiorutl.
On Friday night the leetuns Was 14 lingee Chtllel, and;
the meeting was presisital over l'y the Ilea U • 1.."3.
We cannot devote ;say mere 'space to these lecifire6 ',I "or
present nunilaax AY we may probably be expectat CO give,
IMIJM to Sigiiip; MICS., next week.