The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1866.

EXETER BAIO7.IIIIPTOT 00ORT.
BY—(Bdare Mr. Goodedonee I irDeewsl,
gluons BeIgIVPICT.
Be Joirg.Tootra
josni.dia gloto...thmilit onotioooorfor, lid..ol.l.4opHorebealisrs.zi
dieshTeh
....
_mt. w„,,,,,.
.g= for the estate; Mr.
ne.esio for Nowa bankals, and other
tore • Mr. Coombs for the petitioning creditors
ith. greellors of Kr. Topp), and Kr. Clarke (of Exeter)
r rbr b.,•,,,pa.—The Itlities in this ease, it may be
....bared, are returned by the bankrupts. follows:
Owing ,0 unsecared credibly. it 8,282 ; to orediton to
b. is foil, 1196 ; to creditors holding security,
gsl 2 ; liability on amount of the Arm of and
Bow, £l,lBo—tot4l, £4040. Th. &mete are—Debts,
SI,SII ; debts doe to the Inn of Baker and Born,
£663 ; familiar* and cheek I. trade, A 262 ,• property in
the hands el creditors, ATLs—tetel, 113,150. DOM* ,ey
LIMO At the WI meetlag tke at was ordered
by the Hoeirt, at the mooed of the to Ile a
deficieney aceosat This has hem douse I and the
*Metal amigos* reed the following ritrb so the amount
so filed 1--••da abstract of the dellehnoty account Sled
by the beaskrept shows total rotessiodon on Wee bold,
and valuations made by the bankrupt, sines F
1862--the date of Ma Baker's thialit--einoonturgriti
£4,000 Its. 7d. His defieleaey at that time le staled
to have been MI 18e. ; hie house and trade •i pomp I
dada, the period over which the aroment eltends-to be
POn fO. 911., mid his keen, £224 6a ; thee slowing •
clean at the time of his beabepley amonsting to
852 66- iIL The defies.y of the Sr.. of Hiker and
Fusco aroolusted to £1,412 its. 71. Sines
then interest has been .4 upon the over-
drawn banking aceocet, amounting to
2643 3e. 34., so that the defialeney at the time of the
gptcy, on amount of that Sr.., &mounts to
'l, 18s. 104. This, added to the deteisemy on Ka
r's eeparate moonot-81.852 6s. 2d.—make • 1044
keit of ELM ile., which accounts for the whole of
r
the daShes., shown in the steamboat of aeseeala The
amount of Baker sod Boson delteleasy show,—
total read* from eemodasious, im,derhig about eigitg
rare, ever whisk the nertnerskip extmilW., Nam.
is Mut As. The sayeaess, he., amemsted to
91,977 3e. Id.. leagziirbaleas• la fa of trade of
41,aut 4,. 104. the Hr. Baker
drew lEL the %wawa, ena age
Humor drew £1,177 tia. I bad delis were wrldea off
amounting to ifs. ed.; aad lira Baker's trues* is
believed lio hays remised Ala 7s. ohm Hr. Baker's
death. The anseemt thus drawn frees the bossiness and
the had debts entowit to AM Oa. It,
1f1,412 Its. 74. ie WM at met walls. This aosobtat
is *mailed from me of the bankrupt's books. The
amount of the bankrupt's own met* is takes from his
books, and shows la seedy every ems the amount of the ,
sale or valuation, and the acemeniedas medial by tie 1
bankrupt therms. Large it.. if money appear to have
pasted threes h the beakrept's bands, Width. sommission
received by Wss In army iseteases seem to have bees
very mak sad, as the shafted of the amount *helm
quite Inadequate to meet his large trade and household ,
a peens. lo the amount of Om beekrept's own de.
Blaney in letweery, 1362, be debit' himself with the
amount.s drawn by him from the Sr.. from 1864 to 1662,
iris., £1,177 17a. 44.; also with 1140, the voles of his
htroiture, before entering the partnership I and £26 ifie.
Moiety of value at Antares paid for oat of the Sr.., He
bassi:treat for £1,916 13a 44., the estimated mount of '
his house sod peresoal expenses during that time. This '
&ewe a delleteocy of 665118.., which is to a (resit ex.
tent combed by Ida having paid sines February, 1882—
or still owlet --debts amounting to nu go• 611., villa
were inferred prior to that dais. The ammuste of the
bankrupt's trade end household expenses are thistly
emptied from the statement and estimate. The ac-
emote generally, so tar as they have been obtained from
the books, has been earefolly prepared.
In almost to the Oomeilmicemer, the read amigos'
said he had received £157 Ti. 74. in &btu under SIO ;
and Ilr. Heston staled that he had roodved 431161 ils. Bd.
only a day or two ago from the sale of the heakrapt's
stook.

Mr. Symonds rid be appeared for several greater,
who bad a/ready proved, and also for Items. William,
who sow sought be prove foe £742 11s. 104.
11r. Clarke said that before the bank proof saw ad-
mitted, It would be neesserry that the bankrupt should
he examined with referense to tit* transfer of a certain
balanee oo esperate essoent ems a delleinser on
the &corset of Baker and User.

At the saggestios el Mr. Clarke, tie exantioatiow of
the Ilth September before the Rwriatrar wen reed over.
It related ipelly to the beakrept's dealings with
Mows. Williams sad Co., prior sad salweseent to Kr.
Biker's death.

Bankrapt, mashed by Mr. Symoods, mid :—I saw
Into partnership with Mr. Baker in 1652, but did not 1
native any of tie prooseds of tho badness until 1854,
An amount was opened with Meson. WMisma and Co's
/tank, and some monies were paid into the bank on
account of the partnership 1. 1864. Prim to 1864 Mr.
t akar draw the cheques in his own cisme. We serried
on business together mill February 24th, 1802, when
Mr. Riker died. At that time there was ramey in the
bank to the reedit of the partnership, in ionsermenos
of the proceeds of sales held before Mr. Baker's death
not having been paid to the owners. At Mr. Baker'. i
death I opened a now amount, in my own Ilia, having I
resolved to awry on tire fetidness on my own amount.
Tbe acemut wag opened, but the Misoant of Baker and
tutor was onotinusd in the John name. I sontinued to
pay in and draw out monies on that joint
ascount. That 11/1111 kept on for the purpose I
of keeping the accounts separate from my own amounts. I
I considered at that time—and so stated I believe—that
Bohm and Dasor's estate was parte:4ly solvent,
oolleatad some of the outstanding assets of Baker and
Fosor, and mid sum et them into the bask. There
are some partnership simile still °animals( to the
amount of shoat £3638.64. Thermosets Lod is sem. I
Pest Matament of the monies I have remind on &secant of
the assets of the firm of Biker and &nor slue Mr.
Baker's death. The amount there stand —/2,884
—is correct. I paid that stun away to parties to whom I
the firm was indebted. I believe I paid • part, if not
the whole of it, into the bank. I thew oa the amount of
Baker and Ensor for all the liabilities due by the Ina
of Baker and 811/60f. I drew an Baker and Folor's amount
in favour of Mru.Bakerinaatlelpatinnofb,, share of I
the ultimate surplus. I did only., into the hank all the
monies received an amount of Baker and Rum, but I I
paid soma of their debts without pugs' it through the
bank. I masa give any detailed amount of those pay-
ment,. but I do not masider It amounted to more than
MOO or £2OO. The nett profits of the badness°, Baker
mid Timor from 1854 to 111811 amounted to about £172 to,
be divisable between them; but we drew 1360 a year.
The amount however was not made up Intl the spring
of Wu year; and until then I did not know what our
pinata had been. Under ths date.lllth September.
1862, in the amount there Is an entry of an
amount of 628 114. ed. rewired on aroma{ of
the finn of Baker and &nor. That amount
was paid into the bank, being included in the sum of
£173 tit. 8,1. paid In at that grow On the 30th Jung I
received £5B 12s. 64., width was also remind on the
foist sconnt, and that was also paid lido the beak.
Then was a mintier of my ',editors at Dorchester an
Saturday, the blab May. Mr. W. Mmfiedd and Mr. IL
Nutting ism of the essentrin of Mr. Topp) attended
that meeting se creditors. There was a debt due by me
to Mr. Tope's executors on asecont of a sale which I
had bold for them. Mr. Nutting oomplaioed of that
balance not having been paid, but I tad not stated on
the previous Tuesday to bin that the tussock why I bail
not settled the amount wu that Mr. Winfield had not
settled with me. I had told him an WM* weeks before.
Mr. Manifold at that meeting did not know what his
debt was exactly, as there were some sales in which we
had been connected unsettled. I ban now retained
him as a creditor for El fa In April last I held a sale
for Mr. *infield, and the proceeds realised the amount
of 21.339 Ile 61. That amount has been Pitted. Mr.
Manfield had been • purchaser at urinal sales which I
held, and in settling the amount I debited him with the
various amounts of tba purchases which he bad made at
Shoes diffsnmt mtge. Upon that statement there was a
balsas, of £8512.. du to me, after debiting myself
with the 1,1,229 17s. 6d. neared at Mr. Ilanfleld's
sale. On the 7th of May Mk I held sootbor mi. for
Yr. Mangold, and the premeds amounted to
£1,834 its. 64. In the settlement of that sale somout
took reedit for tbe 185 13e. doe ton.. on the previous
amount, and tr. Manifold is debited with some my.
smite I made on his amount for throlisoeo stub by MU
at other mles. The balance was £5 b. 6d due to him ;
and that amount. I believe I paid hint on the 19th May
In sash. There line entry of that in any sash book.
I didn't keep a wish book. There were other formats
due to Mr. Manleld on amount of the Dorchester reel
C Inman. Mr. Manila* wag the acting partner of that
Company, and that was the reason I could not say for
what amount be was a creditor on the 26th of May. '
I swear that that 162.. 64. was not paid to Itt. Mari-
gold after the 16th May; but it wed after I bad written
tho beak saying I mast trust to the lesieney of my
creditors to carry an n.y buiaiss. Mr. Mandold pur-
chased a waggon at Mr. Danning's sale few £7. rbare
furnished an amount of the sal.; bet it contains no
entry of that waggon became it did not belong to Mr.
Dunning, bat warn one put into the sale by another party.
My father is • creditor for £152 16s. for armories for
the nos of myself and fast!,. His debt was
£38911. 6d., and I have • set of of Ctil 15,.54., bay-
ing £152 16a. due. In the account I have *barged my
father 230 lb. due to the late firm of Baker sod Raw,
and that amount was paid to the book to Baker sad
Bssor's account in February lain by • cheque on my owe
account. The amount wa• made up since the meeting
of creditors. The prelim of my betimes have been
about £4.090 for form years, or CLOS a year. In the
first Oritement I Sled I pat down my household =pen.
titan at CM • year ; and in nay deleiacy thermal I
ban added CIO • year for wages paid to demselic awns*
£25 a year for medical expenses, sad £l5O • year clothing
to. self and family. Mr. Curiae, my medical men, is •
"nromor for £ll5, hat his account =toads over • period
of several years. But I paid in the roar yeses inutile
to 1866 ananato to several physieithe and for medicine.
Trust Iris 11111 • year, sad! paid 680 a "li for
rent sad other sureness foe a bone repn.ltory. have om regular eminent I paid from to £3O
a year for aomminciatim of stock eamia. to ales, and
for anis of my own moth. Lead Mahout E 5 an e l the neighbourhood of Dorchester. SometimW ae
I paid fee the boo of my aestomors' stook. thaw, seamed
£156 • year for travelling einem Is attendieg ethos and
markete gad collaciag namiss, the prooseda of sales.
The mossy wu not amorally paid at the thus of the
sales. I only charge If per met co the peossola of
my fortnightly sales, amounting in the fear peon to
5164,000 odd. I have taken radii for Ti. ed. or 1 por
pm. for 'sponges on account of these fortnightly whoa,
so that my nett commies'= was about per oval
'There has entry of £3O • year lois on 'Mai r.,01,...d
for fortaithtly sales. I have no aserant of that. When
Mock was not met in, I purchased to keep up the omen
at the isle In order that my regular outomen noels
mot Ira disappoints& I had no capital of my own when I
commenced business ; and at the time of Mr. Raker's
death I had liabilities ainostatiag nlB. I didn't kaow
It antil I came to the Court. or that lowed ea
Tim aesoant was not made up, and I thought I wee
&Mg • good basniess. The premeds of me sale sashimi
me Ie meet the previous me, as the amount.
were liot solicited for some time after. The last drift
0. tie beak ma the seem. of Biker sad Beer
Was In August, ISO ; and attune' it sow
that the sweat wee overdrawn to the extent
:fnia6" 000, I was sot then aware of it. I have beam
prose* by the bask to sloes the 40001/21. bet have
Sever told the beak prior to 1833 that I bed asp 7111100
to doubt the same, of Baker and RIMOf was not
SWIM until the aosonate were ocenineseed to be mode
pp what lbe star a/ sihre was. I &fat know the

Gael Illida al the Ina until this year ; but I fhaddhb
=dSkit them would km a de/dewy. andll hider*
ot S. the beak. IVldie the sesoents wire ban
made out, I might ham Said Mr. AMITOWII that I mead
not my what %e dale of the amount mis until Mr.
Pewee had eompletad it. 'rb• money that his been
paid into my prints banking arecoant shim July, Ified,
arms hos premeds Cl mho Ito, the money I hare
received in ti• lIIMIrei 01 MT lousiness. The commisnion
rettimi.,
an my forte dis wie 1‘ per sent. The soin-
mission I ardi is not 5 per mot.,
eseept on farai e opal comesiseirm I
boss timein4 I Not WO would, amine.), pot
emit.

lizanthsed by Mr. Weetoa A deed of partuership
wu prepared when I joined Mr. Baker. I bare not
mon it since I aligned It. It was prepared in
1859 by Kern. Manliold end Andrews. The Mauer-
ship lea to lam for le Ten years ,• sinew then we have
pee on without a deed. After Baker's death, I sold as
•J. T. Mawr. late Baker and Bum." I :term gave
the:hankers any authority to truster the balsam in the
beak to. my credit In
_part liquified of the anicaust dee
S. the healths Os Baker sdieies amount. At the
U.. of my eying Mr. Paola auto for CIAO as 9th
Nay led, I ball abaft et,wo ,• bat before the aeons
was preeented t had redwood my balsam to
This mite the ea... .f Mr. Andrew's clerk In Mee beak
Me* to me sad oaring to lend me £3OO ea IaVIE d TV4O•I, order to suable me to mee
amps. eitimee was dihienenred, and shortly Etter-
wards I wrote the ketro of 18th May, MatimlLlet
trust to the lealstury of my meditate. Boos
I had a noble, from the hankers that they bed tune-
rs:reed my hawse to Baker awl Beeer's essomust. OS
whist' 01.200 was Ass du. The treader was made
without my nspeeet or eanetioa, end aphid my wishes.
I did not know the setae of my ebthestaarms verg
reeently. I never made • thorough investigation of NO7
seeotinte till the dialempur ot my shower. lbem4
from my lather that thtlimakere had altered to take 0110,
• year rot Iwo years to uidate my moiety of the part.
lthrbitift &Unary. I eew that the bankers wore
tertalm joint usoant with large thaw of interest.
was making out the thastuta, and while he
was doing or Ilea matters stood se they were with the
beakers. I mouldet come le rosy sethemest with the
vet of Mr. Beier ante the mute ta with
*Met and out what the nate prate of Baker
and • beetmeee were all swe promme 7-ar When
Mr. Puree hal inlaid the essotiale. I*. seer obliged
to =As Nl* P•feheeere Fey hetet, the goods are re.
moved, so that I am now tubbed tb settle with my a.-
ad ogee. I used not to thin a yeeition to square
up with my eneleursn immediately ea aompleting • mia,
In coesequsa.. of time reqaired to idlest the weeonate.
11••• beis loing • my Way business, and have
sot properly 10ek,4 after my ecesants. I was eisaied
to the Town Council when I made a deelaration
In November, 1864, to the effect that I we.
worth sem atter paying my debts, whisk I be-
lieved 1 wee this. I bad hems aged at that
time by the bank to get oe with the lelloteta I
don't believe the bulk asked me to them the Wanes
due from Baker and Sum. There was a policy of
assumee on my life for £5OO. The premium became du
In Angst last. I had so mosey to pay Ito:Ad my hiker
rid it. Ile is willing to give up Sb. pother ow teeing
repaid the premium widish he bas advanced. I have tee
shares in the Antelope Hotel Oonspeay. I uthed for
the eompany, and they pre me ten therm. Then has
been £BO paid on them. TIN fishing rod was aot gives
up having for 30 years to my father who
gave it me, and I thought it
creditors weld eat
require such a trials( family relle. It was is
She bathe at the time of the gals I sold my
gun before Chridanes lath I bought it eight yam
ago, and it was nearly warn out when I sold it. I had
two hones in the beginning of the year. Ose was mid
in Jannery, and the ether at the eels. I never had
three hones at the time. I made • return to the
seemed taa thamissionors for two house sad • pea&
The pony was sold lest year. I had the two hpresi end
pony for twelve months, but not in this year. I had the
greylsoentle—one of them died aad the other belongs.]
to Major Barak sed eras returned. I occasionally
went out ecausing. I dos% know the total ansoaat
which 1b.,, toothed on amorust of athe and not paid
over.
Mr. Welton : Should you be surmised to bur that it
mounts to £3,118 18a. 10d.1
Kr. Clarke: Most of that amount is far Pelee held
1866.

imamate

Mr. Weston: So mace the worm.
Mr. Clarke iglie Horror will Jodie of that. Nearly
mow is on swami of a mile for Kr Peal, who kept •
shame, which the bankrupt gave bin, in his peeked for
• mouth without presenting it to the bank.
Examined by 14. Clark., The amounts dating and
Eimer were kept by Kr. Baker and myselk and
kept SO immodestly that it had taken an seariestaat
120 attendances to prepare them. Kr. Paul was
a creditor for CIAO on • alp amonnt. In April
I gave him • oblique for £l,OOO, sad a second
for £403. On the 9th Ma Y Mr. Pool came to me
th to settle e iteammt. I was about to draw • cheque
for the belanea bet he said, "draw for whols.Cl,Boo."
I said I had given him cheques for £1,600 •
month before. He mid " hare are tlasse
cheques," taking them out of hie posket and
they were then destroyed, aad I give Met • ellallse
for the whole amount. At the time he drew that
cheque I had • balance ail the bpair of over E 2,000 on
my separate asemint. On the lfte of May that h
whir* I drew came bask tb ; and.oaT:
22nd May I had • letter from the beak seethes that
they bad tranderred the Wants on my sop
samunt to meet the deficit's., on the amount of 7
and Boson I never authorised that transfer in any
way. Most of the amounts doe to greeter. op amorist
of mien as. for sales held this year and the latter end
.1 1866 The reason they have net been paid is Masao
mere pule of the smonnts *ere Mill outstanding • and
berms they had set been applied ter. The Tiorily
nof my iredito ars favourably disposed tow • use,
sad many are willing to amid am Until recently I
believed myself to be • solvent man; bat I have now
found out that I have been doing buelnees at too lew •
rate to be remunerative. If my below' on my aspirate
mount had cot been transferred, as I stated. I believe
I should have been ambled to p on. My
+Mob I gave to Mr. Paul was dishonOured. itc=
lark traastarrsd Ova £1.500 whie was staing to is,
coedit to the joint account o Bakst and I{7IDT in the
mass week that the failure of Overland and Gamey took
*N. My friends were willing to solstice, bet money
ems seam. Nobody vas preadng me, sad Kr.
Peal expressed his willingaess to wait for
the greater portion of his mosey. The cattle
tgueseriously affected my
bore:lts during. the
year, es the regnlaticas tad my
having any sales at my repository. My it:: offered
be September to bey my furniture at the valuation
el a person thorn the Court might appoint ;
but the ekhough my wife and
seine of my family wank:dbl. On the day it was
adeeetird for sale they sent to me, to ask what my
friends were prepaM to give; bet my wife had
then been removed and I dial% ears about their
tabby it at • valuation Kam.

so. =I

Herseamined by 11r. ymonds Moray was mann in
the soestry ismerslly at the time of Overand and
Heron's failure. I was not cosoostad with Overond
and Harm in any way. but their suspension elected
credit throughout the country. At and pro.
Moss to the Rase of drawing the cheque for £l,BllO I
knew there was a balance ci £2,030 dm to the bank
on smouct of Baker and Ryer.
By IL,. Weston: Kr. rearm attended generally in the
eveniup to make up the Yemen of Raker and Room.
Ho bee charged for 188 sttendasees. These nue not for
whole days.
This concluded the evident*, and
Kr. Clarke. who appeared for ateditors am well as the
bankrupt, then objected to the proof for £742 lls. 104.
tendered on behalf of the bank.. He contended (hat
Resars. Willlansa had no right to transfer the £1,600,
which on the 21et Kay was standiog to Kr. Rnsor's
ems& on his separate amount, to the joint amount of
Raker and Robe for the purpose of meeting the 42.300
which, including interest, appeared to be thee di. Rom
the joint firm.
Mr. Symonds warn heard In supping oi the hank prooL
He reviewed the deange of the joint fires with the bank.
and the eirearnatenees oonneeted with Um al
the venerate riIIOODO by Kr. Robe, at the of .
Baker. That account was opened for the bankrupt's
personal oreveniesea, in order that he milibi keep the
assonnts of the partnership distinet front theft of the
new firm. Kr. Ryer asersed to have been vein eirehil
to draw an the joint asootleos to, Orerrr!hial (bet bold
ocsãbly be erammed fit as a partnership liability, and
after the areaqaktot that he had nude, he did not say
this be WU to be much blamed for that. But Yr.
Rotor must have known—and if he did not, he ought
to have known—whether the whole inn wee tolvent at
the time be made that agreement. Here was the fast,
that at Kr. Baker's death the,, wee a credit bakes, at
the bank, which Hr. Rotor subesimest6ll aellbeted into
a debit Wye% sad boobs los segleeted to ekes up
the assomet for years, 'her being repeatedly Melted to
do so, were they sew to be told that the bankers had no
right to bke the away which beepesol to be
In their beads as imbibe amount to and the
della/Any which the Unkempt bad onmirsd / It
seemed to him that it wee stably like • mum
a private aseeent, and Weber aesount at
rersa2c, mid he shield be very mush sorprieed
So beer thee • banker could hem no right to take a
email balmy hest stash • Cortos's private besent to
beet a deleien.y which alight yid on his bade asessest.
He therefore suhenitted that in law sad oeseises mods
the hankers were Settled la barbering the Wyss Is
the way they had dose. That yens had bees takes on
his advise, well supported; sod oh that advise the beak
wore prepared to stand. He tendered the proof for
the purpose of rade( the gee:Mos, and If the 84
woos powered to fight the goalies be wee itOrIPO4I46.
When they appeared Were the Registrar at the Arse
MB4Kr. Hughes for Kr. Clarke hod mestiessd a
OO:0-1arto v. Cribb, 11, Derain% ROpOrk p. 340
which he sassed was essiest the hub, having re.
Lured to that ems he .(11r. Symonds) entkely differed
frees hint Is Its eoestrubbis.
His Honour seussted that, es Mr. Symonds desired
the ease finished 'being, this ember should be
allowed to stead over for his mosideratien to be further
argued at the dividend mailing if neesseary. In the
isseatlire, the proof might be admitted se • claim
This costae was agreed to; and
Kr. liperissis Men proceeded to address hie Royer
es the gumbos of the bankrupt's discharge. Be mid
if ever bore Was IMO Mike cognized the misses ye.
,sideestiss of the court, it was this non They had the
be.la own admimiou that be commenced business
est—Wiries amount not oely without capital, but with
am aelnall Indebiednene of over 11100.
Benkrupt : I was sot aware of It at the time.
Mr. ilyntosda : The bankrupt had said that be wee
awave. 11, het that mold hardly be admitted as en
exams, nemesis b was his duty bbe Aware of it ; and
he had so bylaw to co to Me bank and repsae,iteo
fsioB • Milt 01 Natio irs be misting which he did not
kaow to be • feet
The CoutoliaarsorOr said these were obeervatioss which would apply te the gambles et dim:huge. Had Yr,
=faoa7 to make b the 11010‘11* Or re
Seneing his lab ezassieslika
Kr. Amos& sea be bed ook
Hamm Poi • slinsilar quo*. te the gellettor foe
the ambasse. sod
ler. Westin said be did not chime is
assoasie. bus he should hey* be .sumfe—o• the
lugt.s Mamie 'ben VISO darr4OreiOlo 'i.e Or air'
web already os the lib.
ins Hower s You esaao‘ dhMwlshieri Sest_Ovim
man to those eredikes to who.. proofs you mos
and that cannot be mimed into to-day. yogi'
abbot to any proof set already on the file.

Mr. Weston said he should have to more to reduce
the proof of the petitioning ezeditoss--tly executors of
Mr, Tony,
The Masi Agdgnee : The petitioning creditors bare
not proved.
14. Weston: A similar objection will apply to
proof witieb /dr. Coombe now seeks to prove.
Th. Commiadoner •* Very well, then • that is a
getiagi Ala must be entered into ; and I adioarn
emu until tomorrow morning.
• Mk. Symonds said it would be impossible for him to
Attend on MI6 morrow ; would his Honour name some
Otber dg.
His Honour: The oar is adjourned, and I sae hoer
nothing further about it until to-morrow. An order for
adjournment must be drawn up, and put on the Ale by
the solicitor to the estate.
Itsumir.

Adjoarmil sesoedingly.

Ouse mooted.
Kr. Weston objected to tbe proof tendered by Mr.
Mynas& (for Mr. Coombe, solicitor) for £471 du Id.
so far so en Hein of El Ts. was consumed ; the Item was.
be said, smell, but the principle immired it it attested
the baakrupt's estate to lb. mined of Eagles.
. . . . . .

- to this siLse the bankrupt bad boon ---
sploysd to asil
soammiuts for Mr. Coombe ; sod sow of poles were
Ed=for Kr. Maelleld. In settling for these the
set off • tart of • debt, whieh be owed Kr.
and the El 7a. not oast in cash. That being
se, he meteeded that Kr. ()emote hide right of adieu
clot Mr. Manfield, sad that his proof aminst Kr.
to be reduced by that mount.
There some same la the books which clearly
showed that en mistioneer had on right to ileoeive any-
thing but melt in peyeee.t for goods sold by hue for Ms
e:tapal sod at the parch me was dill liable.
socesinte kad been mttled in the way be had
staled; isod of course it would bee great saving to the
meals iffibey meld be 606 eel of.
Mr. Clarke differed from Weston in believing that it
would bt say advent.", to the estate, seeing that if, as
in this isetapoe, the prod' was restated, and Kr. Coombe
rimmed ageinst Mr. Manliold, ths latter would
ham • right of proof on the banbntpk's estate
discussion ensued on the point, and
His Honour intiroated that be bed no doubt (het
whatever the liability of the purehmer, the auctiosoor
IMAM Unedited Waned with reeseriag the money, was
ales Immo to his principeL
It via stated that Kr. Coombe was only the re-
*giver for the property on which the poles sold by the
bankrupt grew ; and • question mem whether the proof
was formally cermet, 111 r. Coombe mmertog as the
=al. Belatedly it wee speed that the proof
stand over for the present
The Conirolasioner enquired whether either Mr.
Illymoode or lin Weston had say farther muskies to put
to the baskrupt, or any opposition to make to his
passilLlest ezansinet .
Mr. de maid the saeotus ts *ere meatiefeestory
00 hit ad, although vary logenimely emended. But
he wee not lea position to impugn them; and be had no
fit.
er quirstioes to put to Kr. Ifesor.
Weston desired to sok • few questions; and in
alegit to (hr learned geodisnien the bankrupt staled
that be had gime up all his property. No goods were
removed from his boom to Morgan's. The wine he had
waii sold at the sale. He had given up everything to
hiss enditors.
Mr. Symonds then addressed the court In opposition
to the bar krupt's being granted his order of ditcher's.
ofreybmitted that the emend of the bankrupt, sod the
aids in whiehis liabilities bad been Onetraated, wet,
wish es to disqualify him from asking at his Honour's
Windom Immediate diesharin from his liabilities. They
had it proved that the bankrupt commenced business on
his own amount without asphalt end with es indebted-
'lea of INOO; and his Honour amid also remember the
eireumetanoss under which the separate account was
=el at the bank, and the representedons that were
with respect to the meets of the joint estate
7'-ait they were rufficient at Meat tomes. the liabilities
of that firm. There wee credit balance of £l,lOO at
the hank when Kr. Baker died, but by August len that
was swivelled Into • debt balsam of AOOO by Mr.
Ewer ; and the bank eould'et get him to close the
amend. And when the amount of Baker and bum
was at bet made up it showed • large deficiency. Mr.
gnu then ought not to have mails those representa-
tions.

The Commiedoner t You ban not proved that be did
make them.
Yr. Symonds laid the bankrupt admitted be had said
he believed the ameta would be sufficient to meet the
liabilities. Mr. Beam for four years, he contended, had
been cameos on his business in a rack and reckless
manner; and it wm no excuse for him to my that be
didn't know, until his amounts were made op thifyear,
Ad his position really vu. Ile ridiculed the idea of
Ormond and Gamey'. failure having affected the
biekrapt la any way; and with reward to the oat*
plague, be observed that the receipts at his fortnightly
mks had incramed from £57,000 and SEA 900 to
18113 sad 18511. to £67,000 in 1865, so that the business
dose was really greater In 1865 than fa either of the
preview years. Ms molts during the four years
amounted to £4,090, or an avenge of something like
£1,909. year; but spied that he had set trade expenses
8:1,2818, and household expanse. £1,777, making • total
of £&d66, This showed as emcee rf expenditure ever
Mame of about £l,OOO is the four years ; but he
believed the trade and boesthold expiates had been
extravaiputtly estimated; and that the bankrupt, who
had in the last amount increased the return of Ms bows-
bold expences from MOO to £4BO. year, had bees living
extravagantly, and expendbig more than he was justiged
In doing. Referring to the item on the deficiency
amount of 130 a year, km on cattle purchased to "ell at
his lorteightly sales. Yr. Symonds argued that the
bankrupt had no right to buy Mock to bring to his maim
to enter into sompetition with his customers' stook, and
that be committed a fraud wired the Forties who had
antrneted him with stock to sell. Three were hie reale=
tamers, and not ash. had mid the butchers who attended
his miss. And as he had no tapital of his owe, tbe bank-
rupt had employed the swop of other, to pnrchass this
stock thereby speoulating with money wbish did not
belone to him, where the gsin, If any, be would receive
biome, but the loss, if lose there were, would fall on
his ',editors This was a most unjustifiable proceeding
on his park especially as he went beyond the mope of
leglithate trade, In =king these pumbsain. The
bankrupt bad mid that up to the time the amount,
were made up he believed himself solvent; but he (Kr.
Byoura4s) thought that was hardly the ease • and even
if it were so Mit bankrupt had no right to 'favourable
conahleratioa oaeeosnt of his weskit I. the middle
of thy, at all ments, he kiwi, his position- aed they
found that after be bad written to the bank virtually
proelaimine his insolvent', he made • payment to Kr
ithrilleld at 86k 61,settling • large amount with him.
That be submitted was a fraudulent prelmente.—Kr.
armor : Kr. Idandeld wee giving sae orders for mother
sale when I settled the spoocot with Mut.
Tim ()earthiest* mid the bankrupt was courting
Pita Intrinuie whim that pagnmset Ira. made. But men
R it *ere • fraudulent preference he could sot punish
the bankrupt for that, it not helot one of the offence.'
esunterstad on the Bankrupt', AM If It were • indult=
protonic= the estate meld true Kr. thalleld for the
amount.
Yr. Bytom& =a twin that It wet not an Wines
smelled in the 15811' section; but he submitted that it
wee a matter for his Rancour's coosideratioo when eon.
editing the bankrupt'. conduit le aentindlog his
argument, he oontended that to seethes., if he son-
dusted his business properly could not, from the nature
at. that budnee, become bankrupt, and that the
banirupt had bees guilty of gross neglect and wilful
mlantanetemmt.
Kr. Wigton followed, sod contended that the batik.
rapt, if he has adhered to the rake on whim he held
his sales -that the f= stork and tooth were 60 to lold
for on delivery-ea mat sum now charged for trade
expesees and Interest on overdrawn amounts would
have been eared, asd tba time which he had spent in
soliciting the deb= might well bah been devoted to
looking into Ids Othents in keeping three homes,
gmellotiods, hs sod spending £018)a-year, he MA
Mem, be subositted guilty of extravagant living
And in penguins stook with other people's mosey
he had metre/led debit without temonable or
probable espestation of being able to prep them
"le commuted busiest* With a lisielemy of 1:800, and
ended with liablitdos of 14,00 th fie also argued the the
bankrupt was net instilled in baying stook from lime to
time, whets he "Mad he an king gtO • Year by them
purchases He asked his Honour to suspend the bank-
rupt's discharge without protection, or to =WA some
soudition to it.

Kr. Clarke nen addremed his notion for We. laser.
Is aild the boa:l'o44g we attributable to three games
—two being the immediate taupe, end the third wee
more irdirebt, bttt the Liana of which was more
genial The drat num was the male , and
the reatrictione whin were pet on Itreele of
rattle. Kr. Symonds had gland that the reoeduEs
a the reoceitory
ons :nil:
I: were gnaw hi INV shop kid
bat tbe reatrieeherrn
now Into arsUria ha ea, leak sad
It was %agars the reeelpte of Vied tbat were
anted so oesaiderably. The banlmiroVs emorniseloo
on the ravine 01 1166 were about ono. and be might
therefore well tionsidei that be was in a prosperous eon.
&Lon. Lad rrith this Mama, and having • tunas of
aloe Andre* and a sickly wife, im was intllloa It
spending WV a year. As to any fraud having been
aommitted by the bankrupt in buying stook to sapid)
bit fortnichtly sales it was prepostatnue ; and he was
lu-anoted It .it • prat* with andlireser.. The nook
kftlit is order that the sale might 11, well sdpplied,
and that parties who alestdad hoof • dhieila. to buy
Iglit a°4 .diall'oclotilf sad rnmareently d.l4from coming Id MO Web find neigh be lock on tbore
salsa os the *hole, that. were pin. at than The
nest snag of the bankrupay was the illegal and us.
warranted transfer, u he submitted, by the bank, of the
61,500 front Kr. ilasor's private amount to the &sawn
of Baker and Eimer, whin happened to be on debit.
The third and moat important cense was the ware-
munerative seals at whi& the bankrapt aerial on his
madam bet In doing width he lied followed •
ei*which was In nannies lu Kr. Baker's time.
Yrato, had made nothing but boas us reamer bi-
lious to the bank, bemuse be in Km culla
that the mate of the joint sane were seilleiest to mon
the liabtlitba,; and as to the other obargeo he denied
there ins any endearss to chow that tbellenkrupt bad
been 'silky as resklas end estravegast living, or that
he bed aostraned ay of hie dale withein ressosshis
or Praha& omPeolettoo 01 belngalale te pay limn.
Kr. Welke only oPPosed on bsb.f et Mr. pun, who
had no right to oemplain ; and a for the bask lips
Chart would have bard lathing of Nair opposition, he
wabmitted, if the bankrupt had guistlysmulemd le the
transfer of that E 1,500. The whole
orediton, with one or two exoeplibms, were faiLS
disposed towards him; and the bankrupt still
the antidotes of • Urge number of hL onsioniers.
Mr. Wenn mid he applied for sever.l creditors
besides Yr. Paull; list admitted that the others had
not intimated him tooppee
Kr. Symms& rips in the slammed bona Kw
insinuation that the bank ovoid 110 i NM, opposed V the
bankrupt had itolaYired With th beak lio tom* a
tit
Oomoknimar said Yr. Clarke did sot herds ,
that there was any orroledron Porlasend : be bad meetly
am that the bank would on have opposed if no quer
Von aloud the transfer of the mossy frosp one aesonst
ill anther v 4 hose Mad Re thought Mr. 'epees&
InisoLart=iosr• lbe polish
mune to sosaller rigest.
;—o-a r into Churl mid : !rem the dell
"AO7 and frees We way is the
makrepi earned on his business, he was not surprised
that theft *add hare bees • eireenoes ocoosigon to
Nor tooktoPft hselog hie lea mad

baring hi. disobeys. But be (the' Judger weld
only respond or reline as order of diedutriplanlese be
wee saddled albruatively that a bankrupt bad imusesitind
one of the °Reser needled In the 11111611 sallies of
the Baniouptey del, 1161. The 4mositioo that was
misruled on that section in this amen was that the
bankrupt had committed some of she cdenees enures-
mted in the drat oaragraph—that he had carried on
trade by ruses of tatitious capita Now. looking at
the Ware of benkrupt's beeiness, he (the Censiniesioster)
eeleld mot led dust he had serried cie bedew" es UM-
ibuue autial. Ni. wag sot a buiesee penally speak.
en el htlitall and sally ; sad be *ay
Weald emu aside for hie fartaightlY sake,
sad this Auk was brotighi to sell again immediately.
ID that there wail an immediate return, and the money
came 'seek probably sees Wombs was oiled on to pey.
bed he did not lank there was en, trout is the hank'
nut's baying cattle. If he bought stock for the purpose
of attracting thethusers to his Wee there was no freed
in lik so way ; and there was no real resace to doubt
abet the bankrupt had said in that partieslar.
next objection against the bankrupt wee that be had
60.0+044 debts without reasonable or probable
eapeetetion of being able to pay them. Looking, how-
ever, at the great extent of 1,1111111400 which be earded
on, and to the Miter sireurestanoe of the sue, be siskl
sot And that is the affirmative. Oe his Owe beans=
aseunt Care Silo large balsam at the busk down to
the lime of iddleinkruptey Of waist a few days of it,
—and he might have believed he was able to meet hie '
liabilities liedl lifter the time when all the ruled:lei had
been done. fie (the Commissioner) could see no Inolina-
lien the bankrupt's part to contract debts after be
WU &WWI of his position : be might have bad £3OO
from the bilitk after but he &refined it. The third
Owlet wee that dm brinkruptcy bad bees brought about
by unjustifiable estraugancis of living. Now what was
the extesuganse of living? dr. Baser had spent .C6OO
a year. Look again at his business. The extent of his
fortnightly sales in the course of four years was £164,000:
mod buides that amount be did other beeleme, and had
tbe mine period *Ad property to the Noma of
£30a,000, making s total amount of £401,000. Now if
11, bad cleared I per cent an that thm he would have
hid . right to speed EfiCIO a year, an amount which
his gonour amid sot say we. more that, • man in
bankrupt's elation, mad with hie numerous family,
onibt to have spent. A pareentege of lOa ould not
he considered remunerative, bet the bankrupt thought
he made more. if be had dewed one per coot. be
would not have had to sone to tbici court.
On the whole case he thought the bankruptcy was
wholly attributable to the nowise and inthrodent way in
whisk tke business we. serried on. There was, how-
ever, ensue excuse for the bankrupt in the fact that he
permed • syMem vhioh be found established. He went
Into partnership with dr. Baker, who was WO old
mectitimer, who wee supposed to have made a good
thing In his bedew. But as the result had sheen, be
had perpetuated a very led system, for that system had
led to his ruin and his appearance in the bankruptcy
work True, it might be said the bankrupt should have
acted differently, aid that be ought to have found out
before what an unwise system he uss pureeing. But be
(the Gommiesither) did not at there to popish& roan for
want of pruderies ; ited while lie might and ought to have
looked more minutely into hi. account. • but it shoal
notfbe forgotten that his time was much' occupied in hie
outdoor occupation% and Thu prevented him from
looking Into his drain at & time when, for his Own
Internet, and a proper sanduet of his Waimea he ought
so bare dorm Something had been said about hi. (the
bankrupt) going oat coursing and SAWS but the
very extent of the hardness which he did, showed that
he could not have had mull time for idle pursuit. He
(the Commissioner) confessed he was sorry for Mr.
Paall,beteertsluly there had not bees in his case any
freed on the part of the bankrupt- Me- Plum kept two
shoguns whico the bankrupt had given him for a mouth
—cheques which, if presented alithe UM they were
given, waeld have been paid, al there wee plenty of
money at the bank to eover them. He sboold haws
bine glad if he sada have helped Yr. Paull,
and he Auld hare dons so if be felt that ould
=have affixed any condition to the ban=
. But it was not beoanse he felt com
for • ereditor—nor because the bankrupt bad carried on
bruins:is con a bed system—that would justify him in
strainingthe law Or in importing into the NW any
aireumatermes of that kind when be us to look at the
qustios *bather tiny of the offences enumerated in the
Ifillb section had been Committed. And unless be could
(fed aMmuttively that the of those offences bad been com-
mitted, be had no right or power to affix a condition to
the bankrupt'sdischerge. He could not so find in this
sane, and he should therefore allow the bankrupt to pus
his last munimition and have his order of discharge,

WEYMOUTH.

Tun salary of Mr. Lee, relieving officer for tie
in-pariebse of Weymouth IJoion, hi. hesa raised
from £9O to £lOO. Mr. Z. White, rehiring dhow
for the out-distriot, is appoiated Inepeotor of
Nuiasooto for this. parisbie, at. saba7 of £lO per
alum&

Swam Wannuoe.—Tbo Baud of Trade
annowtoe that the Royal Society has undertaken the
ditties hitherto performed by the meteorological
department of the Board of Trade. The storm-
warainp are declared to be in effect aseleon and
they are to be die' mafioso& bat the weather reports
are to be pubbebed es wool.

BT. MART'S BURIAL 0111.017ND.—T6 graveyard
attached to Bt. lifa-7's Church hes this week been
planted with cypress trees, presented by W. Mint,
Req., who raised them from seeds brought front
[Preece or Glentmay. The trees, what of larger
sise, will add mach to the appertain of the plate
by the ebeerful hue of their *verve= foliage.

trritamsrlos.—A lecture was thrived
on Wednesday amnia( lath by the Rm. Bird—
'object, "A Word to the Wise." The chair wee
taken by Mr. E. H. Oakley, of the Wilts and Dorset
Bank The attendance was not so on moms es the
eminence of the lecture deserved. The rev. gentle- '
man treated his subject in a meet admirable manner,
say. much 'Milken= to those who had the
fortune to listen to him. A bonny vote of
wes awarded to him at the conclusion.
lloimab or oaantAirs.—The "green bnok" for
the half year ended II Wareham, 1866, bee been
head. Tbe amber ofpeop.ve relieved in the half-
year wee—la-door 9.) females, 00 ; obil-
dren under lilt 811 ; vagrants, ifs; total, 361. Out-
door ! melee, 315; fesealse, 682 ; children under 16,
483; total, 1498. Avenge con per bead olio-dos,
wpm; Is. 11d. In Abbotibury the baleen; in
&roar of ties parish is 145 Os. Md. • Bincembe,
Ed 17e. Md.; 13roadwey, £36 4s. lßaieklend
Ripen, £lO h, 716.; Macre% b.lnna. etininsto
£271.. 71r1. ; Fleet, ditto, 116 4A ; Langton Hamm,
I. layout et, £6 lii. 10.; lleloombe Regis, ditto.
£216 6d. bid.; Geminglco, ditto, 16. 74d.;
Overmigns, ditto, 14s. 1 1 ; Porteebani, ditto,
fdl In 81 I Portland, nreinet, £lBO 13e. lit; Pox-
wall, in &Tr of,
_l6 18a &I. • Preston, in ditto,
Lde lo 18 flodipc44l, ageless, £147 19e. lid. ;
Dewey,' n vour of, .fts le. Sid.; Weymouth, ditto,
&I £36 7a . ; Wyk' Regis, ditto, £64 16e. 7d.
The summary of union expenditure for the half year
elands tbue:—oounty ratesa692 ; polio@ rates,
£23610, ed.; oolleotors' salaries or poundage, £124
9..; pay stations, £3 I& ; expenses ender "Naisencon
Removal AMA" £7 10a ; mum: charges, £4042
16e. 710 ; tots!, £5107 2e. OialTbe principal items
in the lest bead "oommon a.," are Wades of
offieen, £426; mainterume of mince in asylum.
£758. 91.; in-door relief, £524 16e. Hid.; out-door
ditto, £2371 Is. 71d. Dietary tablee sad • list of
lunatics in asylum, complete the book. Of the latter
Ma there are forty-two no* oherleable to nut mien,
of vbiob two-sevenths &gang to lielcombe Regia
Comm Pry,', Bmmowa, Friday. —Before
Bwafildd, leq. mid Haler Wood.—Cbarles Bond was
brought up under must &Veit! his family °hereo-
n& to the Men—Ur. Elam for the gemdians,
sad nand that the &Merl were denransed to
pressed* all meti eases a,=, and the lannies
wee perhaps Ins man he had
ever hoard of- nand ebr nes the grand-
mother of mimeses three Makes. He had for some
time past niglested kis family. leaving thonn for • week
without any mem if support. He lift home LA nun.
day, and provided no feed for the °halm. He was In
the habit of earning fees twelve to Mese shfiliage a
weak. 01aesb. had beeseleboard the atilt:l7e he
bad mosived 911., mad Id ha:A to
reedy& if. said last he
in a few minelon, ban be bad not been Mk dm. She
(witness) sad her busbaad had bees beeping the &UM.
sines ; bat she we unable to meinteln than any longer,
sad they were gads the saion.—Th• master of the
make haring to the nemessay widens% the
=wee sea to • month's hard labour.—
mothers, eargem, of Portland, sae someweed
far 'Jades to pay- tell whim demmedeaL —The in.
.elalnant, Andrew- Niobium, Blend that on Benday
.fondant poiseesd through the Portia" Pony Brit*
%tolaigjettoodatpor Oa= %Met:Mtn not
-pad twelve. The defense was dust the reel
wee
=s three minutes to twelve, and to corroborate
the statement he ealled Yr. Carruthers' @errant, who
swore that it wished two minute. end • half to twelve.
sad the reflector refused to show his wake te defendant.
—Mr. Swallield mid it was • awe involving so nice •
point that tin Boma did not feel Justified in eanriMing.
—The summons WIN %tram% diensimel.—Levi
Commie of Mama wan eameamed for soMmeMe to
earry weights and males when selling breed. —Defendant
forgetfulness, and was lined de. mid amts.—
Wyk, Regis. in winommied for being
on lend belmeging to Grorecotley in wenn of moles.
—On the 10th, Mr. No being on the "air la
Wyk§ Regis, beard mine bink, end saw them
abase • riaWt into • hobilap H. vendered shoat Norm
iime, end then savr both mid • boy la a hon. The
bile Was slough to en 18-iielloo emk, eaa be
peed the boy oat by the leg. On • promnos meadow
las had ma defendant there with Men NM flve dop.
—Defendant said be wee not there for the purpose of
astehing rabbite.—Nr. Money said be did not wish to
prim the charge, as the boy was fatherless, sad with •
ratios the ease was disable's& the defendant
sot to offend spin. The moaning Miner
of suenemes relative to arrears of poor-rate.

Thum Dorruoo Museum, who bad Wm am
!Id from Pordmid Prima • few days linos usage •
lal aim, was osommyod ho th,s prism on hi-
metHs was k•••• 4 tb• Immise
lotloly bird, moorhed by hes marbmi from
Gm's& Time of yeiwoky.

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11ARTINSTOWN.

Mazoirwrowir FAIL —Under this bead • motes-
priory, who doff be nameless, publishes an article
almost as astounding as that which related to the
exhibition and sale of animals which he called
"wither-ewes" at Dorchester fair. lie sets out by
lamenting the abloom of cattle, and that may pore
sibly supply ler with the reason for his introducing
into his amine of afartinetown fair such an ono.
mous variety of "bulls.' The object of the
production appear, to he to ot up" Poundbury and
(tutees. faire for milted sheep," and thereby to pot
down Martinstown fair, although pre-eminently the
rest annual fair of the district; hut we do not
believe our agriculturists will he found such "culls"
as to be taken in by a peroel of gratuitous falsehoods
snob as those on which our oentemporary founds big
"little Path" And in Deering, we Ahead first like
to know what are galled shop, and who culls them
Perham. our contemporary they Mona himself, but that
ism* good room for this endeavour to cull *there It
is asserted that there is • "gradual falling off in
the interest attending to this fair," which is utterly
untrue, am any falling off in the attendant,' this yew
could only be athrilioted to the abloom of cattle,
owing to the cattle plague restrictions. But as a
commentary on thew allegations, we need only cite
tint neat aenterthe which shows that there was no
falling off after all—" The weather wee unpropthom
in the morning, still a large number of moons
trudged through the thiok toad sod mire." This, it
is added, was mainly to attend the " pleasure fair,"
which it is asserted was thistly moaned bo the
lane and beerhouses I Now to our certain knowledge
there exists but one each place in all Martinstown •
yet our contemporary cloches all this barefased
mendacity by adding that 'they were very
numerous ." and as if suddenly pallid op by the
mess of contradictions into which be had plunged,
be attempts to get out of this by further amerting
that "private cottages" were tamed into temporary
booms, at which rustics imbibed potations if not
very excellent quality." Altogether astonished at
this attempt to malign and annihilate poor Martins.
town, sad well swam that at fairs and markets even
"tents" most be provided, let alone "cottage.." for
the purpose of 'implying refreshments, we have
made inquiry into the Mote and And that literally
there wairlonly one cottage ore at one end of the
village in addition to the sohthry public-house at the
other end of the pleas on this occasion? We can
only imagine that ethos oar oostemporary lee= so
familiar with the bad quality of the potations, he
most have been indulging to as to so more tli"a
dbrile atMartinstown fair t which we really hope
will not he discontinued, at all events on the ground
of statements which are only worthy of being
characterised in the language of Shakopee,—

"Them lumen, like the father that begot them.
Grommet mountain, open, palpable."
We trust we need warmly add after the exposure
and oontradiotion of such tniantatsmects that ao far
how them being anything like "the usual somas of
intempetanoe and exam obarmitaristio of ths .vent"
this unvelially quiet, respectable, and wall.emoducted
fair, this Year, passed off with' even mom than its
accustomed credit and orderiinera

even better the.. the are( night, alms of the argots
\arias more ocestidesuse. like Lavine ead Miss
13eesie Walkers admirably ached their parts main,
very mach to the gratification of the nudism:ie.
Mr. Loggin less again very moceesful as Samson
Burr, and represented the chariot', with, if posit.
ble, even more effect than the night before, while
Mr. A. H. Hood was very iainent as Stephen
fisaites, and Mr. 3. T. Stephens ao Augustus Barr.
Mr. Charles, Tucker well seprealated in • humtl
bluff mann,' the elmitactar of Captain Oakum, and
irrird Duple/ arlmjuldy &boosted that of
Sinoo iv Smirk, the other character... before being
well represented. Capt. Edwards then sang very
beautifully "Lire is • river," and being warmly
enonred, sang very sweetly " Dublin Bay," both of
which were of comma warmly applauded. After
this followed the fame by Mena. Brongb aid Halli-
day of "The Area Belle, with the following out
- -

Walker Cha,ka
lira. Croaker

ei J. Edward..
Miss Berwieyfaltera

—.—.--. ... ...
Penelope... ... ... .... T. - —Miss Lavine.
" Tbe Area Belle," the joint production of Messrs.
William ikons'% and A. Halliday, was Arse predated at
the Adolph' Theatre, London. about three year's sines.
Toole and Bedford have made it lemons, and it is •
very lively and quick relining fnree. For the benefit of
the few who may not know its construction we may sae
that Penelope (Mime Levine), has two followers
Critchen, In Cie pollee (Me. A. R. Good), and Tomer,
in the grenadiers (Mr. T. A. Good), while Walker
Chalks, • milkman (Mr. J. ddwards), moires to the
hand and heart of Penelope, bet he is not smart enough
for her. By an norertrinate serickst, that of the re
!novel of • well known gianel from • window, the two,
Pitcher and Tenor, meet in the kitchen at the mane
time, bet, being cupboard lovers, smear their
diflaremors when slipper is spoken of. Benue this
ante Mot Croaker, "the mimes" (Miss B. Walters), is
supposed to he at the theatre, but returns earlier
than etpeeted. Of mune imehision reigns Is the
kitchen, and Tomer is osishod into a onboard by
Penelope, while Pitcher Is threat into a topper.
Mrs. Croaker aosissivis the Mks of aomossming mashies
that mein% lights the tapper are, and turas on the
water to the copper. Maher, not lilting his quarter, as
being too rearm and too damp, erawls out eecilmerved
and Was under the table, over which • long cloth bad
been thrown for sepose. Now emir the highly laugh-
able side of the fano. Psnelorm. who Is r.n. 6 of
Pitcher having left the copper, is herriswi at seethe
the copper • light and steaming. BIN Saba with the
stick and b.ings out • hankerehlet, thee a bat, and
galling or . Tamer, gives it as bir opinion that Maher
has 16sm. boiled alive in Cie rapper. film says
the creenot new live without Tamer, and Maims
him to dy with bee. Piteher suddenly coming forth
enveloped. 'beat fashion, in the table-eloth, forbid.
the banes. Re keep, up the deseption for • short
period, until Me. Croaker is Egan beard coming, awl
both in proprie personal rush to the area steps with a
view to ammo, bet are atopped by Walker Chalks at
the area steps and brought beak. Both disown Penelope,
and the tern of Walker Chalks now comes, Penelope
declares hire to be "a trump," and coffers him her hand
and heart.

This faros was a most laughable one, and was
admirably acted. Mien Lavine, as Penelope, was
most amusing, and kept the audience in coutinual
laughter; the way in which she managed about the
pepper boa being put op in the window as a danger
signal, and again when she found Tosser and Mother
together in the kitchen, wee very good. The distress
she was in at ending, am else thought, endue was left
of Pitcher in the furore when the took out his bat
and rag, sad afterwards her terror when be appeared
from under the table, as hi ghost, as she imagined,
was most admirably weed, and the was throughout
the piece much admired for her spirited style of
playing. Miss Beanie Walters was met pleasing in
her part, and represented very well kicked a woman
who did'ut care to go to the theatre, when as ebe
thought BIN could not get the orders, as she was in
a humour to stop at home and be disagreeable, and
then, vs soon es she received them, proftesed to hat •
been certain all along they would conk, though she
had just ordered the drawing room fire to be lit.
And her anger on her return at not been ablate got
in was very well done, and exceedingly annuing.
Mr. George Edwards, as Walker Chalk., was very
good, be "did" his part very well, throwing him-
self into the spirit of it thoroughly, and with • mil
deal of dry humour. Him appearance with the milk
cons, and his manners thqsrout the part were very
laughable. Mr. F. W. as Tomer. the soldier,
and Mr. A. H. Good, as Pi the policeman the
rival lovers,and the principal characters in the pies,
were admirable, the way to which they quarrelled
with each other at flret, and afterward, sat down
together to sapper with Penelope, being capitally
done. Theseus which Mr. A. H. Good, as Pitcher,
then Nang. " Constantinople " was very well, sung,
and loudly applauded. Afterwards the Nome where
poor Pitcher was in the funnies, wee mad laugh-
able, and the climax of the piece was reached when
he upset the table, and with the cloth around
him represented the ghost. His taking up the
maim and eating it elf the bone awed
some roars of laughter, mid for • ghost
be seemed mod uncommonly hungry. When be
pat the base down and Tomer enemeseced gawks
at it there was again a pest bunt of 'slighter. As
there was also when the mistrese put Is an
and both of them endeavoured to eh k, only
they were prevented by Walker Chalks. They both
of behaved most cruelly to pow Penelope by
refiring to have anything to do with her when her
metres' gave her the molt, and it was fortunate for
her she had bet devoted "levier" Walker Chalks,
to fall task on. After this fares, Lipkin dwards
spia come forward and e.g very powerfully "My
thoestors were Unglidunse, and , of course,
▪ in • very enthudastio simmer, e pve the
comic song "Fr.. and Dry," and requested 16
endives to join in the thong, which they did in •
most spiked manner. During the evades Mr. T.
Houma announced that as so many oesdd
not get admission that night, it hsi hese deter.
mined to give • third performance on the following 1
evening.

The third'performanoe, took tams on Thundiay
night, and notwithutonding the aborts= erf the
uottos, there was • great d.d he tickets, and
when night came the Hall wan crammed quite an
mach, if not more, dim
:this night previous. On Oh
moan= ell ',lastest' is maidens WON
liberally provided with by W. Hennseil,llm.,
and • kr Tio number availed tinnselves of his very
handsome offer. The programni. was assged from
the Ohs two eight% and thrs. farms wars portents&
The lirst was "Pow Pillieiddy," with Moe suns 'har-
eems as before. Min Loins, as Sarah Bbeat, was
very clever indeed, the way is which thu described
"he tuned up spin," alluding to the &et husband,
being inimitable and asniang great laughter, as also
did that pert at the end, where Filliooddy regents
her to KAM him, when the pretends to TIM • pis
into him f whisk is a part of the Marano ebe bee to
Cienm), though cement Ms does not Mo ire ck h,
annicial way of krtking at the audience while
ing to do it, being most admirably d 0...
E. El °unwell was spin very somenfid
an
pilliooddy, and the other charainere were well num
saand, Mies Beene Walters, an before, making •
most engaging Mrs. Pilliooddy. Captain Edwards
then mug "The iip on Fire" without mu* •Pfun•
I did!,, completely thoullinq his bannes, andbeV
?Cvery "firmly a mg the
H thee hussy bride " mast exquiiitely.
This was followed by a faros, by Stirling Ooyne, not
previously acted here, "Urgent Private a&in," is
width Mr. T. Houssoll was announced to appear,
and great expectation' wen raised in consequence,
1 he had oftm been asked formerly to ad some pert in
the theatricals hen, but though willies to help the
thestrksh to the utmost is ow other way, ash
deem declined toe* Cast. Zdivards, for the Sot
, time this seasen, was also announced to take part in
the toting. The cast was as fellows s

Dentate. DMA. H. 11. HammU.
Major pluicissit
Mr. orne ... H. 8. Edwards.
°l;a:abaw ~ A. Maa/sy.
Mn. Dentate' boils Itimbeerie Walters.
lira. Polkiegborne . . & C. Hendry.
Icily Volum (with song, Xis Lavine.
The moans is a titling room at niOt on tb• Ann lose
In tbe apartments of Mr. Deatatim Deter. Elaby Waking
(Wet Lavine) Is dimovered nibble( the steal sheathed
Wire of Done, who Is • dmitist, end has Mimed the
I Rige Volunteers. Mr. Hotta (Hr. H. & Hoensel) and
Deese min $5220. W 41424) MIMI 2000 alter,
Insost his Miring in active part with tie
itlua she Irving it, sad Dotie Neagh he bad, be
said, j the IA Dorset Ride Volunteer, berme ohs
admired it.. uniform) objecting to it. Ha howerer
?ewes"a ewer logo without delay to the main guard,
and report himself to Major Peibingliorne or the oMaer
20 duty, and dew some demur does in. Mama little
time that • Meek is heard at the doer, and Mrs.
Polkingtsormaall. C. Geedry) eaten apologising
for bar late and Worming Mo.. Dotes QM barhastand and ham had • teariblia quern!, so ohs
had come to het home and taken the bborly I. appeket
hoe trustee to some them in ase her, tailing him
1 abs wasted to comma him on "• urgent private
sad that the thee dm mama wee flea. Ws. Delis has
uo objestiou, red resenenemis her friend le se and lie
demi in her berbeess WU bar trustee somas, whisk she
goat to do. La. boas then
_ande she bad (enables to
I Fire him lie bodilylibleh lie always eureka with
bun whim 10 US • Digit irwstd, and able hie arelmalla.
&ad Mks • good little wife, as elm is. remise then te Lim
herself as dui bad mot Bally to bed sad thlska. It ereete
ba.ru.lidstulbsrupail that Della will be latisered
by bar &Manikin to his Inds wants. Sally luonslisisly
Ott re-enters and ending bar raker=
the light oat thinks Me has Arose to bed, so fetter •
cold dash ma other Maeda it supper, also some wine
and says it Jae heibells Immo hit oppoiainsel thee
shall be so may. Nem* • corestippinkte is playa
desideellt out of tune outside whieb 85117 .11. kis "emu.
eopeau," &ad she lets Jos ha, baying int pei 00 bar
iniutrem' basest sad &awl ea the dowel know
the is a servant bat thinks hes • young left
living with an old gaardien. Joe Jumbabe
(Mr. Heamell) then abet with • e
and having admired bar been* meld' l:ra
ar tilit="es
the bonnet and 21/201* Wbainbe ••?0,10 waa,,jUtt
as when he mem My_ tips doe a thus,
Ja• remarks dm has a &Miens waist for a end
tbsy temtbor. tachr roing lows to
rapper, when many 1.1.f0 the boar, mid
gem out to them.. Boon ohm jt, mem
• battered mad-died hat, and Jae aremeabi l• '
Is emery ream lb appears OA Dr4iai tduzi
Ms wife wanted ID got via id Mai Mtaie
posted
am raison, so had 042060111•••• to Mora home
on" Urgent Omit again, " to dad out what it was,
and ia do 4 K. though bib saw lit wide entar.a deb whit

*pother man, he ran after it and had It stopped, Sadist
thee that the lady was set hie wife, and being
Mora by the mall for hie peins. lodim also his eltako,and
being obliged to take, his bettered hat which he found
there instead. Alters bit Doti@ goes Into another room
and Joe, after peeping in to see if hewn. there, audio;
all quiet conies in again, intending to leave the home,
when before he can do se DoMe roasters, Joe
than ints in the may chair and pets • dressing
gown over him for concealment, bet motorisation Dome
sit, down on the chair, and poor Joe is immediately
discovered_ ; ss an excuse for being there he prsteacte
he has • bad tooth sobs, and, meing outaide that Doti'
wu • dentist, caw In to have his toot out, Dots.there-
.lrtnsPar'dys blias s! cub
hi.
s instrument.ont aidie now,
"'nueh t:ot.lha:'.i.dit7c:d' •
down on the chair; he, however, Ammar. up •It• end
trieti to get off, and acknowledge. he came net .
f...je who. when be... her, was dreg-el in
Mrs. Dottie bonnet and .6.0, he &el not know her
name. This makes Dotts jealous, sad Joe is told he
shall quit by the window. Dotte then forme him
armies' the window and in ate struggle Joe pest'.,
geranium pot from tile window sill, which falls into the
street, they bear a trash and, groan, and JON os look-
ing out, rye, "there, youv'e gone RIO tees it.
shoved that bug geranium pot over on a man'. head, mid
killed him. He's nisi en the Sava as Sat as • pan-
cake." Thum alters siatte7, as Dotta says—flaws the
harrowing diessriptioa—it • shocking besiege. ; hut we
roust keop_it quiet." Joe :"We, you mean you."
Does. we, —we. You know your's en soma.
plies is the drowned died—l priabedyon and you pushed
the not on the ellicerttliate rasa e head. Is the
eye of the law —and teas an eye which never wisks—
you're • guilty party—we row in the same boat, eitti
we don't take core, we shall hang on the same rope."
Joe: "Well, se I don't care for that sort of an aflame,.
I think I'd better go." He attempts to, bet Dolts pre-
vents blot, and denims him to go into another room toil
keep quiet. Joe says he has had so supper yet, so
Date gives it to him, and be carry* it into the other
room. Mrs. Polkinghorne than comes in, being unable
to rest on amount of the notes Dons is of course '.r.
pulsed to see her, and asks her what she is doing there,
She aye she expects • male blend to meet her. Dolts,
thinking therefore this was the lady Am tame to tie,
calls him in. He enters eating • base el the desk, mod
Hotta immediately lin& the two don't knew each other,
so gets frantic and wants to know whirr his wife is.
After this, Major PolkingherneZ. Edwerdisjappeare
and weal@ to bow where his yd. who as sow as she
hood hien coming congealed it, boric* firmed
her to the bewee, whites he thieks is Dotes dots& so
demands satisfaction for his wounded honour, sod
taking two revolvers from his bit, offers one to
Dottie, who decidedly object' to taking it, and whew
the Major says they sea have six shots anises, toys aside
"one will do ter me.' la the midst of the struggle
Polkinglierne 0011111111 Wand istarposse
the two. Joe sow esters with a bottle Is his bead,
half drunk, and goads on the Major, bat Mra Dote
coming is jest then 4i:slab's matters and •Ite. iii
right, being followed shortly after by Mr. &phew I Hr.
A. Manley). with Dolts' 'halm under his eras. He
dates he should have come earlier but • floweraot fibs
ono which Dotty shoved out of the window) fell on hire,
though thanks to wearing the shako he was only donned
for a time. Sally now enters with the jug of beer, Red
Dotes fieding that she is the person Joe came to see,
recommends the two to merry., which Sally says she is
quite agreeable to if Joe is wining. Joe doesn't seem
to see is exestly, ea be lode she,. only a servant, hoe.
ever, he map' be supposes it's his fate, end that be can't
help hissed, so agrees

Mr. H. E. Houma acted Dentate. Dolts the
dentist and volunteer, in • very efficient and amusing
manner, and considering the long part of Pilliooddy
be had just acted, in winch he bad to be on the nip
nearly the whole of the pima, be mud have Md.
hard work of it that sight; great credit is therdono
dee to him for the clever way in whin he onesiod
both ports. Mile Bede Walton, as his wife, well
sustained bar part in her meal plating meaner.
Mr. T. Reunion, Si ice Jumbling, was a thoroagh•
SUOMI from lint to lest, and great as the expipetatime
of his representing the character were, be mimed
them completely. The dron contortion In made,
sad the woy in whioh be danced about during
Levis.'. leftism se also the way in which he danced
the polka with her afterwards, were inimitable. The
scene, too, in which he wee caught is the
house by Dolts, and made to at down in
the chair by him, Dods standing over him
with his instruments, and threatening to take
out his lIS sobers, es be sidled them, was most
thoroughly grotesque, and afterwards when he &p-
-rated as If half drunk be again acted very well
loaded. In short, throughout his part he kept the
boom perfectly screaming with laughter, and we
heartily hope that now, having ones taken part in
the theatriorls in such an extremely brilliant mid
socosesful manner, he will kindly oblige and gratify
the inh•bitante of Bridport cm many future exesions
in a similar way. The different expressions of hie
face throughout the part were • perfect Moody. !till
Lavine,whe sated pnorripelly with him, did be, pert
admirably, the song and the dance after being does
with great spirit and effect Capt. Edwards rendered
very well indeed him part of the infuriated major,
frightening poor Dottie into lite nearly when be held
oat the revolver to him. Mrs. Polkingborne wee
represented very cleverly, and in • quiet, easy
meaner, by Mr. E. C. Guadry. We think be
acted it the bast of his various characters.
Mr llauley's pert of Mr. liagebaw wee • very
abort one, but wee elffeiently rendered. After die
came seebber Sung by 01111/16 dw..* "Iloes swell
ham," delight/Tilly anemia being encored be gave
the mirk-comic song,:"lob is'orthera drawback,"
the chorus at his regnant being taken up by the
audience. We hardly know in which style of sous
we like hinebest, he being'm thoroughly rod in all.
Ris voice is sucti'atpoworfal one, 7et so.sweet, nay
note being bermironea The Bndport people have
certainly bad • great treat in hearing the venom
wings he has sang! at the Han during the week.
The entertainments concluded with the laseloable
faros of "Th. Area Belle," characters some as before,
which was given with Leven more spirit, if possible
than the night before. Pitcher's song yr. again
well sung and very spiritedly too, the &one at his
request being taken up heartily by the indigoes.
The whole of the entertainments have pored off
in 'a most brilliantly suominful manner this week.
there never having been formerly • room for ouch
large audiences, and the result menet fail to be
gratifying to thee* gentlenna amateure'who bay.
worked so hard for the igratificemen et the public,
who are ender a deep obligation to then for thsi—
ardene exertions in so good • mem, that of ha=.
to pay of the debt se the bedding, We
imagine a good round ens We been realised on the
three nights. In addition to those gentlemse who
have performed, Mr.o.Moraley, an one of the bum
=imagers. and Mr. W. Hoensell, aid some at A*
prompters, have reedited minable sorties., and leek
but certainly no. Leak the Iseenbers ol the Bad.
port Amateur Moaned Society, who elainly onmpoesd
the orchestra, and who gave their esrviose gratekoo•l7,
have aostribeted very materially by their •dnirsble
playing of various overtures, quadrilles, ho., to the
snood= of the entertainments. Before the &Gallia*,
separated, Oapit Edwards warmly thanked them for
their attendee" and also the Amateur Mimics
Society for their services.

Ii rosolusion we would my a bw words as ti the
lady performers Mine Lavine, as we have before
obeserved, was sot aew to a Bridport audience having
performed here on errand previews owissions. abs
this the. fully sumnined her repatetiou as a very
dewy, owitrew in all her tearmuser's eopeolally in ths-
furmo, reProstuting a maid servant to the his with
• greet deal of spirit awl humour, which frequilailY
warded the audience with leemehter, and dm 005-
dared very mace by her great &Wily to the moose
of the sus plasm; yet withal she periorni.i soh
part with *be greatest proSlthere not bees' w.
slightest Wpreasob to soy low or vulgar in !MDT
reudedug el either of bee alMeastmes Una
Bessie theme she pWli great satiefaction, represent.
log the different obareoters sh. undertook in • vary
pleasing and heinoted inawees Ws hops therefor*
to have the phonon of wing both it them perform
Imre on many future occesiens