The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-26 00:00:00

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DORCHTIBTER.—Tsn RIDS rot £5O 111011 Lox-
DOW TO PL T WOUTII.—A few days ago it was announced
that Mr. Frederick Pengelley, cab proprietor of Ply-
month,had undertaken to ride from London to Plymouth
In forty-eight hours, and that some heavy bets were
depending on the accomplishment of the feat. The
borne with which Mr. Pengelley undertook the to-k is
• common hack, and is named "Fanny Grey," bmmg
formerly the property of Menem. Ward and Hex. Mr.
Peugelley left Plymoutb on Wednesday morning by the
nine o'clock train. and proceeded from Exeter by the
South-Western line to London, whereby he saved for
his mare, on his arrival in town, somewhat about five
miles from his place of starting. At the time fixed,
two officers of the 73rd Regiment, stationed at Raglan
Barracks, Devunport, proceeded with him, posting all
the way, to see that he properly performed the journey.
The mere was hooded, and the rider carried with him all
the oeeeesszies to teaks the proper
" refresher." for
the animal. So that there shoal not be the slightest
chance of foul play, one of the conditions was that NI r.
Pengelley was to call at every post-office on his way
down, for a letter, and that lie was not to be compelled
to wait more than three minutes for each note. Oil leav-
ing London, he made for Surrey, thence across SA.-
bury plain, taking Dorchester in his way, where he hail
• warm bath. lie reached Salisbury, which is about
half way, in twenty hours. Having refreshed himself
at Dorchester. he next went to Exeter, where lie had
another wenn bath, and be left the "ancient city" iit
twenty minutes to nine on Saturday morning, an iving
at Prince Town at five o'clock. He reached Itaghoi
ilarracbs at a quarter past eleven, having finished the
whole distance in forty-seven hours and a quarter. tie
wins about 2450, the betting Wine twenty to one against
him. The mare was drenched with gruel two or thee
timed' on the road, and when the refused this Ole one
fed on eat rot tops. Mr. Pengelley experienced rough
weather; he was wet through before leaving London ;
and near Havitree, Exeter, there was a heavy fall of
snow, which, it was feared, would considerably imnielmi
his progre.a. At Exeter, the officers who had po.t d
with him, gave the nuttier up as lost, but, notw it li -
standing this, lie was met at Moretonliampetead and
Prince Town by others, who paid him every &dant i .
On the arrival of Mr. Pengelley in Plymouth, • large
number of people had assembled in the principal
thorongWares to meet him, and the man and immure
seemed to be quite fresh. In the evening Mr. Pengeliey
was feuded by the cabmen. On Tuesday the grey mule
_
was at work g
as usual, and apparently in as nod mmmii,.
lion as ever she was. Man and horse had only four
hours rest on the road.

£ 15. D.

75 18 6
7 1 41

bfi 19 101

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Mr. PENNY, in seconding the proposition. said that
although this was a day of small and feeble things, the
Society was not one which turned its back upon its
members. They were all combined to help each other,
and to serve each other. (Applause.) They were joined
hand in hand —united for one common purpose —to
serve themselves, and to help all therm who co-operated
with them. (A ppla)
du better, not on i• " "
He thought they could nut
--opt ...in report, but also to do
all they could to get Miters to join their Society.
Although their number was few at I reseht, there were
many who would be glad to join them when they sliv
that the Society was
prospering. Some, no doubt, were
kept hack beCAUSAI of the prophecy that they would not
succeed ; but if the prophets themselves were the dogs,
the dogs
themselves, he thought, would very WWI come
to them. (Laughter and applause.)
The proposition was unanimously adopted.
Mr. EDWARDS IMAL Inored that the treasurer be in-
structed to pay the dividends and bonus the first week
after the next quarterly meeting ; by this means they
would have the money to work with. Their motto was
that of the riflemen—" advance, not defiance." They did
not set up in Opposition to any one, their object was
simply to Assist themselves.
The resolution having been seconded, was carried
unanimously, as was • resolution to the effect that
their stock-in-trade and fixtures be insured.
The SeengrAtor said he was very glad to see • few
Wire present, and he had now a propositioa to leaks
which he hoped would meet with their approbation,
which WAS, that at their next qusrterly meeting they
should also hold a tea meeting with it. By that means
they would get more ladies ; and they could not
eo-operative without them unless the ladies
Caine to the stores it would be of little use their seep-
int • shoo. The proprietors of that room lied kindly
granted them the MC of it for their meetings, and lie
propesed also, that whatever the proceeds exceeded the
expenditure far the tea the amount should be handed
over to them fur their k'inileese.
The CHAIRMAN said: According to his opinion, the
notion of carrying on • co-operative society without
the co-operation of the ladies was a very foolish one.
He therefore would second the proposition, which, on
being 'tut to the meeting, was carried unanimously.
The SECR).TART then reed an interesting account of
a similar meeting that had been held at Halifax.
, Votes of thanks to the officers for the efficient manner
in which they had discharged their duties were then
proposed and carried.
1, 'lime CHAIRMAN said he considered that co-operative
socities could help the cause of temperance, since, if an
intemperate spendthrift should find that his co-opera-
I tire neighboui's pounds were gaining interest, and a
bonus of 6 per cent, per quarter, he might also be in-
duced to try and make Ms crown • pound. It hail been
said that co-operative societies would, as far as they
might succeed, ruin the private shopkeeper. He should
be sorry if one class of his neighbours should ruin the
others, but he thought that if these societies lessened
the call on private traders for one kind of goods, they
would increase it for others. The store of • working-
man's society would he in goods of what might be called
the lower, though the must necessary kinds, and if the
state of the working man could be bettered lo bonus
and interest, he could live better, as the world would
call it, and deal with the private tradesman for gouda
belonging to • higher state of comfort.
Mr. SHERKEN then rose, and said that he was sure
that every one present would not like this ineetiaig to
separate without expressing their warm thanks to the
Rev. W. !lames for taking the chair on the present °c-
ession, and for the readiness which he had shown on all
04.4.111i01111 to help on this usoveinent in any way lie
could. Mr. Sherren then appealed to the members to
ehow by their own conduct that they did not deserve
the sneers which sometimes were indulged in, when any
project wan started by working men for their own
benefit, and reminded them of Sir Robert Peel's memo-
rable advice to working men—to take their own affairs
in their own hands, for depend on it self-help slier all
is the best kind of help. Only let working into help
themselves and families, as theyhailin times past helped
the landlord, and then there would be many wore com-
fortable homes than at present.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. Voss, and
carried with acclamation.

W M OUTH. —Po ilex. —The only police case
before the burough magistrates on Tuesday was
that of a tramp, who gave his name as II dawn
Tosser, and who had been taken into custody by
one of the policemen on the charge of drunkenuem
and not being able to give a satisfactory account of
himself. On his way to the station-house he dropped
an electro silver-plated fork and spoon, and Supt.
lailbury consequently asked for the prisoner to be
remanded till Friday, as he had heard that he bad
been begging at several places, and thu probability
was that the owner of the articles might be found.
The remand asked for was granted.
Peoseeeries riot lieet--Ileeiet re Peon.
Theophilus Parsons Pugh, formerly an apprentice to
Mr. Sherren, of St. Mary's-street, and consequently
well known in Weymouth, was in August last prose-
cuted by the Attorney-General of Queensland, for
having, as the printer and publisher of the Brisbane
Courier, Queensland, "unlawfully, wickedly, mali-
ciously, and seditiously printed and published a
certain false, scandalous, wicked, seditious, and
malicious libel of, and concerning the Legislative
Council, in Parliament assembled, and thereby en.
deavouring to bring it into contempt." The
1 greatest interest in the case--which is the first of
I, such a nature ever tried in the colonies—was mani-
fested by the citisens of Brisbane. During tho
whole of the trial the lower part of the court—the
galleries being closed as unsafe—was densely filled
with an attentive audience. Mr. Justice Lutwych,
presided, and the Attorney-General, assisted by Mr.
Bratnabine, conducted the prosecution. and Messrs.
Jones and Carey, appeared for the defence. The
portions of the article appearing in the Courier that
were deemed seditious are as follows :—"The Legis-
lative Council of Qacrousland has at last acquired
celebrity, though not exactly of that kind which
good and wise men could desire to attain. It never
had the confidence of the public, and the only
sensible thing which has originated in that house
was the adoption of the resolutions declaring that
its constitution ought to he trained on :in elective
basis. Certainly, nothing could show more strongly
the necessity for making the members of that body
distinctly responsible to the people, than the conduct .
of nominees of the Clown, from first to last, in refer.
to the Supreme Court Bill. They began by refusing
to receive a petition, most respectfully worded
from the inhabitants of Brisbane, upon the frivolous
and false pretext that they were incompetent to
deal with any measure by which the Judge s positon
might be affected. Having insulted the people,
their next step is to insult the Crown, and violate
, thu royal prerogative by striking out of the bill
those provisions relating to the Judge's precedence
which had been introduced by the responsible
ministers of the Crown in this colony, in order to
cai ry out the instructions received from the
Secretary of State. They next offer a deliberate
and elaborate insult to the Queen's Judge. They
place on record their condemnation of the conduct
of Mr. Justice Lutwych, as being calculated seriously
to impair confidence in the administration ofjustice ;
they listen placidly, without inter nmtion or reproof,
to a toul traducer of his moral character; they
inetiace him with an address from the legislature to
the Crown, praying for his removal; and ostenta-
tiously make provisions for emergencies that may
arise front his sudden death—a consuuunation, no
doubt, devoutly to be wished for by the majority
of the Council. Finally, as far in them lies—they
deprive him, form time, of his seat on the beech, by
providing that his ministerial counuisaion, which
we all know the Judge will never surrender, shall
be cancelled. It is a lamentable thing that men aho
are placed in the posieion of legislators should have
degraded themselves and disgraced the colony by
the language which was held during the debates on
the Supreme Court Bill, and on the resolutions pro-
by Mr. Fitz. The 'foul blot', of the session of
ral"t ,will be blotted out of recollection by the still
fouler blot of lbfil. It is now proved that men who
are destitute of gentlemanly feelings,—who lack
common christian charity, who have an utter dis-
regard for truth, who have not the slightest
acquaintance with the firstprinciples of justice, and
who betray the most 'crass' ignorance (as Lord
Brougham would say,) on all matters connected with
the history and constitution of their (country,—may
yet figure among our senators. The sixth resolution
agreed to by the Legislative Council afiirms that
Mr. Lutwyche did not impugn that the legality of
the constitution of the Queensland Parliament till
after the close of the first session, and when a bill
which bad been drawn by himselt. and which
secured to him certain advantages, had not been
adopted. Two distinct faleshoods are here ailirmed
to be truth. And yet the Legislative Council, in its
brazen mendacity, professed to describe the contents
of an instrument which none of its members have
ever seen, and reviles the Judge for following a line
of conduct into which nothing but a Bosnian
density of intellect, could possibly have betrayed
him." The case was argued at great length on both
sides, and the Judge summed up iu a lucid manner,
at the conclusion of which the jury retired for a
few minutes, and returned into court with a verdict
of "not guilty." As soon as the words were uttered
by the foreman, a hearty cheer burst forth (ruin the
spectators, and the applause ems with difficulty sup-
pressed by his Honor, who reminded those assembled
that they were in a court of justice, and that such
conduct was unseemly. On leaving the court, Mr.
Pugh was warmly cheered, aud congratulated by
his friends, and on reaching the street, he was,
"chaired" to the Sovereign lintel. The greatest
excitement prevailed in thi town throughout the
eight; fireworks were discharged, and bonfire'
burnt in the streets and eleswhere, just as on the
occasion of some public holiday. Thus ceded the
first "State l'rial" which has ever been placed on
record in the colonies.
PORTLAND.— el. Cita rer..—We, some
months since, called attention to the ill-adapted site
of the little, low, ugly building known as Bethel
Chapel, and pointed out the desirability of reinoviiig
it to a site far better adapted for it, between the
Breakwater Hotel and the Breakwater. Wu are
glad to find that the hint has been acted upon.
Cap. Cox being desirous to obtain a piece of ground
for coal stores, obtained a;aito at the place we named,
on condition that he should erect a room over them
for a place of worship for sailors, at a certain reut
per annum. We uuderstand that the room will be
a commodious one, and that Captain !thinning, Her
Majesty's lieutenant of the Island, has promised to
give the* new flag.
Sr. Joui's PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND THE SAL•
11,11URY DIOCESAN PRIZE SCHEME. —On Friday
week, an interesting meeting was held in the
Schoolroom, when the certificates and prizes awarded
by the Salisbury Diocesan Prize Scheme were pre-
sented to the fort,uuate owners. On the platform