The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-03-30 00:00:00

:Dural Countti express.

TUESDAY, MARCH is. WS.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
For the first time during :nany years Brid-
port is now engaged in an election conte:it when
all the conditions indicate a fair field for the
several candiditua. There are three gentlemen
wooing the constituency. Sir Charles Whetham,
a Bridport man who has son a position and
honour in London, and Mr. F. Norfolk, a
Loudon actuary, in the Conservative interest;
and Mr. P. Ralli, also of Loadon, a gentleman
of independent means, on Liberal principles. It
is too early, now, to judge of the issue. If
Bridport remains true to Liberalism Mr. Ralli
will have an easy victory, particuli:rly if both
Conservatives stand the po.l ; but, if local
lineage and association have full weight Sir
Charles may possibly be the winner, though it is
not to be concealed that the Conservatives have
a very hard battle to light successfully.
The Government Bill on thi subject of Agri-
cultural Holdings in Englan.l came under the
consideration of the Dorchester Farmers' Club
last Saturday evening, when, although the
measure was for the most part regarded as a
"step in the right direction," many shortcomings
were readily discovered, and i;the very temper-
ate review of its provisions nude by Mr. G. W.
Homer, the conclusion ITRE arrived at that
landlord interests have received paramount
consideration. The PermissiTe character of the
measure was opposed by Mr. Damen and Mr.
Howard. The former genticuum emphatically
condemned the principle. Either the provisions
of the Bill were good or bad; if good let them
apply universally; if bad, they ought not to be
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Boammii PITIT Ssimuoss, blonday.—Before the Mayor (Mr
E. Burnett) Mr It. Davis, and Mr JO. •regory.
Charlea Sayer, IS, labourer, of Fonlington, was brought up
on remand, charged with stialing firewood, the property of Mr
henry Groves, on the 15th inst.
P.C. Thard, on the previous evening, at 7.30, saw prisoner
and another lad creep throngs the fence to Mr Groves' field,
go to the heap ol firewood, anal Seger brought some out.
When be got into the road he saw whams, dropped the wood,
and no oil,

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A man in Mr Groves's etnpley deposed to frequently missing
wood. The value of that pivlced up was ad.
The) .d was now tearfuL de had been 'in trouble" four
times before.

He pleaded guilty to the charge, and asked the magistrates
to &spun ot it. He said he was a poor frierdless boy, who
had no mother. But it teems hi, father cannot do anything
with him. Lately he has been rat catching.
The Mayor told him he VMS old enough to know it was right
and bad to live honestly, and sentenced him to three months'
hard labour

CS, Ti COURT, Thursday.—Before Mr. Lefroy (judge).
—lie draw. T. Meade, Trinity-road, North quay,
Weymouth, corn and seed merchant. The proceedings in
this ease, " in liquidation," had previously come before the
Registear of the Court, the matter being now introduced
before the Judge. Mr. Howard, who appeared on behalf
of the opposing creditor, Mr. Charles Maggs, of Melksham,
bad given notice of an application in the cane, but, as
transpired from some observations by Mr. !Janne, who
represented the debtor, an affidavit essential in the case
had not been served. His Honour said the affidavit should
have been mute; a trustee had been appointed and the
estate hail been taken possession of. Mr. Howard replied
the assets slut not exceed .00, which would be swallowed
sit by the costs of his friend, lie added that &composition
of is in the pound was at first proposed, and this was
reluced to 4s.—three meetings taking place under the first
petition. All the creditors appeared friendly to the debtor,
but his (Mr. Howard's) friend's bill of costs amounted to
thl, which swallowed up all the estate. The question
involved in the case was whether a person could file a
second petition while another petition was before the
Court. He cited in point the case of Sidney v. Wiggins,
reported in the Law Times, and in which it was ruled there
could not be a second petition including debts which had
been the subject of the first petition. Mr. Registrar
Haalitt laid distinctly down that in his opinion it would
be most mischievous if no limitation were to be placed
upon the presentation of these petitions, and on the
ground of this mischievous tendency he reversed a judge-
ment involving the point. Mr. Howard submitted that
while the resolutions in the ease cited were properly regis-
tered those in the present case of Mead fell through. Mr.
Hamm replied that no resolution was passed in the present
case, and, in answer to the Judge, he explained another
meeting could not be called under the first petition,
because there was no time for that course. Mr. Howard
said that at the first meeting he expressed his adherence
to the offer of To. in the composition. His Honour said
the difficulty appeared to be why the proceedings under
the first petition were not gone with. Mr. lisnne replied
to the effect that that course was impracticable. His
Honour asked whether under the first petition there was
the otter of a composition. Mr. Hanne said decidedly not;
and he added that his only course was to come before the
Court with a second petition. lie cited from the Law
Journal !Reports the case Ez-park Jefery v. Hawes, in
which the Lords Justices laid down on January itith. 1871,
that "the proceedings will be deemed to be pending so
long as the Court can make any order thereunder." Mr.
Howard said no one would be prejudiced by delay; it was
, a very important matter. 'the Judge said he was inclined
to decide in Mr. llowanl's favour: but Mr. Hume pressed
for a poetponement and applied for costa. The case was
accordingly adjourned to the next Court for argument,
r Mr. Hanna& costs being granted.

The flee. G. DAVENPORT, vicar of St. Mark's, White-
chapel, said the society hail made so many grants lately
that they wanted 1:110,MM more tttttttt to keep themselves
straight Ile promseil to speak in reference to the east of
London of the 11.1114, .1 (1., Pisic, the shads of the poor,
and the churches of the pair. l)11 the first point lie sims
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erste.' that w lole it was necessary to have the gospel of
the hive of I luat in the ileart they also wanted remedial
measures if Philanthropy, making their people more com-
fortable in holy as well ;14 INClll.fittell in their souls. In
lira of the fieLal f personal cleanliness he mentioned
that some 111 tlicia lia,l neverl,ee,isince their
birth. and /me cotilil not sit by them witl t feeling lie
was very near to the Great Unwashed. Thn, benefit of
laths was therefore very great. Considering the state of
the houses of many of the poor he said lie did not wonder
that men went to the public-houses : he thought
if lie hail to live there, he should go himself. He
then spoke of the advantage of flower shows, the happi-
ness caused by a visit of Mrs. Cholstone to a hospital with
flowers, and his interest in various efforts to cheer up the
people of the district Police went through his garden
every hour of the night; and they had a b.uol, which
practised in his schoolroom, and he got them to play for
an hour and a half every Thursday to entertain the
people. All the inhabitants, even the children, bail such
a care-worn, hungering, sad-faced appearance that he was
glad to du anything to lighten their lives. He went on
to speak of the need of improved ilwelliugs for
the poor, but he said the Peabody, the Waterluw, and
other such buildings were no use, for they were too dot:
for the people ; why even one of his curates could not
afford to take three rooms in one of those model blocks of
buildings. Noticing that legislation was imminent on
the subject, he suggested to Mr. Hi iyer what they wanted was
a street from Ahlgate to Ithickwall, to let in air, and bring
men near their work. lie went. ,di to speak ,if his schools.
An industrial school NU doilig a good work, and in •
Sunday school savages attacked a female teacher,
who escaped, and then the woman who kept it was seriously
injured by thew. His day school the Roman Catholics in
the neighbourhood threatened to burn, and monthly the
lead wa,, stripped off the roof, the window sashes taken
, out, and the whole place well-nigh gutted. By the side of
: it a Jew ish orphanage was built that cost several thousand
, pounds, originated by • poor Jew who went about selling
1 slices of cucumber. Considering the difficulties of his
work, the rev. gentleman WKS wonderfully cheerful, Ile
I complained that the School Board behaved very badly to
them, and having unlimited money harraased them greatly,
He is making efforts to restore his church, and mentioned
that some Joie in the neighbourhood are on his committee
I , and help him greatly. ha conclusion he testified to the
, good work done by the agents of this society.
. I The Rev. A. JA)11INON, assistant secretary, compared
I Dorset to Arabia, likening it geograpically . and
, I Uhurch-Pastoral-AiiJically to that country's divisions
, I nto Petra, Deserts, and Felix. lie thanked them

very much for the support they gave to the society;
did every county help them proportionately they
would not be in such neeil of funds. LaAt year they got
special funds to the aruount of J.:10,1/1.111,aud by thow means
increased their grante to the number of KIT• To maintain
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these that wlditional sum must be cmilidieci.-alid there
were also al cases the committee bad accepted, but for
which they needed (finis, And if those were satisfied,
there were many other parishes requiring aid. The popu-
lation of England and Wales was increasing NOW a week.
He appealed to thein on three grounds. First, la-cause
the people the work was to he done amongst were those who
had the first claim on them, being their brothers
and sisters in so-called Chistian England. He pointed mit
the need of hotawto-house visitation, and showed
i how impossible it was one clergyman could do it and
his ordinary parochial work. An incumbent in one
district made some enquiries to ascertain the
religious knowledge of (the people in his district. One
woman asked if she knew Christ, said "Is he Adain •
know something about him I" A second nail she hail i
taken a few numbers of an illuminated life of Christ, and
Ifelt satisfies". A third said she had been so miserable in
this life she did not think she el bl he punished in the
next; and a man sail he didn't think God expected men
I to go to church often ; awl lie hail been • few tlilleS —once
I when christened, again when married, and he supposed
Ihe should go again when buried. But he found
lin that district a little negro boy, who was fully
conversant with the truths of the gs.pel,
which he had learnt in the mission school at Jamaica
This showed the need of work amongst our home heathen.
As a second reason for supporting this society he urged
because it had deepened the affections of the people ol
this country for the Protestant principles of our Reformed
church. Speaking of the progress of ritualism during the
last ten years, he rejoiced that the working classes had
not been affected by it. Through the work of this society
no less than WU churches and school-rooms licensed for
preaching had been provided. lie mentions,' as an argument
against disswtablishinent that in Sheffield • dissenting-
minister sold Canon Sale his chapel, because the peup.le
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who uoed to attend it had gone to the ouhurbe, an.ihe
must go to those who could pay pew rents. This, he said,
the clergy would have to du if the church were dis-
established and disendowed. Thirdly, he advocated
the claims of the society because of the great tilmsings
to immortal souls which hail reoulted from its efforts,
reforming whole .1 istricts, and converting many individuals
Ile instanced Gloucester docks as a place where a good
work had been done, quoting interesting cases, and con-
cluded with some facts respecting conversions, including
that of a Sheffield infidel cobbler, who threw a bucket of
water over the curate on first going to iwe hini. Sub-
sequently the luau listened to the arguments of the
minister, WWI converted, and now teaches in the Sun-
day school of the parish in which he formerly
taught infidelity. liesnarking on the great useful-
ness of lay agents in doing work for which a
clerfyivan is unsuited, he mentioned the C 340
of 'tom Sayers, the noted pugilist Hearing he was ill the
curate called, but he would not see him, saying he hated
persons. Then the Scripture reader called, hut Tom's
sister said she was sure be would not see him as he
did not the minister. So he went away, but he called
occasionally to ask how he was. At length Sayers
saw him passing the window, and asked who he was.
His sister told hint it was the Scripture rerder who
had called so often. On that Two allowed him to
go in, on which he read and prayed with him. Fre-
quently he called, and the poor loan became deeply
impressed. Ile got better, and for three weeks he was
missing, but the Scripture reader found that during the
time he had not returned to his former sinful associates.
Soon after his sister came hurriedly to the Scripture
reader, and asked him to go to her brother who she said
was dying. lie, of course, went, and entenng the dying
mans room he said " This is 0 faithful saying and worthy
uf all acceptation, that Christ Jmus cattle into the
.world
to save sinners, of which mu the chief." "No, nu,* said
Tom, 'of which / mu the chief," and then grasping his
visitor's hand, lie fell back, and died. In conclusion be
urged them all to assist the society more fully.
The meeting was closed with the doxology and bene-
diction.
The collection amounted to X3ii to.