The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-07-13 00:00:00

AFTER
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The„iteeclionfilt.ieVirlal t hi. jary not a.:l
awl Plymouth Chord' Iris uee ioted him it al.wy of
.V3),Oan a yriir, an I passed a rite .4 e dire confidence i.ll
I•
. The Nonconformist ministers of I..aalon are ;a:•l.inic
il it me 1111 l rial to Mr. Heecher expr•s.ing their
in his innocenec. They say that tiny have watctiml the
aragress 4if the trial with the grave-t waxier(' as •
"it:letting the most s.tcreil intenist4 of ti.' Chereh of
Christ throughout the world,- int.l they and
heartily thank A •lity I :oil that they are enahlal thus
to put on record an eXpres.ion of judgment and feelin: so
entirely favourable to the Cowl,: ta character of Cc :r
honoured linither. The memorial IA 0.411,,1 i.y I Pr.
!Ivory Alton, .tlexainler Ititleigh,
Parker. and other ni,senting 11l ',ter, lie. Pari.er.
as preliminary ti list, ha done what many
would wit like to ilin-he has read all the et 'dew, ;
iii the c so., ;mil on Sunday week, at Vie City Temple,
("Hoeing the Anierhian example. he preached .1
an the " great trial," ...initialed it
declaring Ord Mr. ileeeher WA,
Then he Prop.ne.l a telegram stroll,' oint to
Mr. Beecher (rota the eon-ire-gal 1111 l I 'tills'.) in. fraternal
greetings to the pastor and colign*gatiiiii iif • iv•
l'honik, :ma assining Mr. Beeeher et ',low:
and love, and thanking his nolde i.e 111.1.1.1i1:4
Iti 4ea.lfahtly in the time lof hi: gnat alllii.ll it, Ile
a,k.,1 all the congregation t express tlwir appro.:l ii the
message by standing. The whole audience i CI •
inessagii was crust Id, :nal a inenaage has liven rvtnrat.,l
" Ite.i.l the 12Ith Psalm." We are not surpri.eil t iwor
that the proposed letter of riiiilidenre has to a 'list tiil
of opinion ao 1111 l g the Nonconformists, iii.t that the Itev.
Edward White. of Kentish Town, ha: ',oldish...l apron•st
against it, in which he is supported liy the Noiiwialhrini4
newspaper.

CONFESSioNS OF AN 1 NIPOSTOII.
ADVENTUSF.S IN tiAltettiStEß AND NORTH
The Reporter, issued by the Charity Organist:4km
Society, 'oubliettes a letter addressed to Mr. C.
Turner, the organising secretary, whose inotitines have
shown that the statements which it contains are stile
stantially accurate, by G. A. Brine, an inmate if the
Sherlstrne Work) ec. lie is now 13 years of age, and
has made a livelihood as a mandiuvint during the greater
part of his life. Ile writes • gosl band, anol is a man id'
considerable attainmenti.. In the l'oer-law Report on
Vagrancy, issued in the year ls4o. a list of fourteen con-
victions. between the year. Is:11 and lxl7, will he founil
registered against him. Ile has confes•ed to having been
in gaol more than het times. In his letter he says:' I
have found that the 'bereavement lurk' is a lucrative
one (i.e.) the pretended loss of a wife, leaving toe with •
young and helpless family to support. I practised the
following scheme for the first tinge in Manchester
obtained three children, two girls and a boy, between the
ages of five and ten years, .of their parent, at at eentnion
• padding ken (lodging house) in Ilhkeley-street, (new
Carter-street) for three shillings, to 'stand pad' with me
from seven arlock until 12 p.m. on a Saturday. I ageasl
to give the children plenty to eat before starting, and some
pence for thensselves when we returned ; u, after the
children had been well washed and clean pinafores put on
them. Anil had been plentifully regaled with bread and
butter and tea, and I had taught them their lesion (which
was a very short one), and I hail pros Wel a placard to
place on their breasts, with the won(' miotherless' written
In large letters upon it, we sallied forth on our expedition,
and took up our position at tone of the entrances to Sli tide-
hill Merket, and there stool pad I e., stood with the
children by time, and Ilia not speak utile. I Wa4 spoken to.
I hail frequently to answer question's a. to 110,4. 10112 the
wife haul been dead, de. but WA, not otherwise interterred
with. In five lemrs I bail snore than 31), given me in
silver and copper. I should think I drank at least a
shilling's worth if rum during the time: besides 'buying
some cakes. Abe., for the children, and giving them four-
pence each for themselves I had 11 S 4. odd fir myself.
At another time I tried the saline game at Sunderland
with two children, (girls), hut unit of them was too old for
me. I should think Otte was between eleven and twelse,
and in the midst oft) performance she hicame refractory.
and I gave her a slight slap on the shoulder a 4 a correc-
tion, lout this inflamed her Irish bliss' to fury. She called
me regue rascal, impostor. &e. She said her father was
dea.l, and that I hail 'mid her mother half-a-crown for her-
self and sister for the evening, and that her :outlier sea,
getting drunk with the money. This was about nine
o'clock. when I was taking y fast; and I was com-
pelled to 'pitch. the crack ' (discontinue the game) and to
make tracks the same evening towards Durham, with only
seven or eight shillings, which I fully expected to hese
thubled. awl perhaps trebled. Another lurk I tried was
the cripples, at Holywell Flintslaire, S.W., where there
is • famous epring called St. Winifred', Well. Tradition
says that the saint was los:headed ton is hill above the
spring, where Sir Winifreirs Church now stands, and that
the head, after decapitation, rolled to the bottom of the
hill awl where it stopped the well sprung up. 1:c this ;44
it may, many people, it is said, have derived great
benefit trona the water by drinking it and from
bathing in it, It is sail to he infallible in relief of
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica. dtc. So I took it into my
head to simulate rheumatism for a thole sui one day
said to the woman who wait with Ine, 'Let us go and
see what we Call doi at Iluolywell.' At this time we
were at Rhyl. She consented. fuel eter metering our
plans, the next day we started to Modywell, where
we took • small furnished risen upstair in at loaek
room at a cuhibler's for 3, a week. We told them
we were come frotu the West of Englanol for the
: benefit of the releloratel waters, 24 we were lo oth sutler.
ing from rheumatic pains :eel had been advised hi try
whether the Hornig would .1., its any gsei. Se. having
paid a week's rent in advance, the DIM:. day we coin.
mencel operations. We 11.431 t 1%/Iliet ellt the 11.1111e4 and
residences of the most benevoolent persons, and sueeeedeul
beyond iour expectations. The
.following 'wonting we
bathed at the spring. A man l 4 kept there ts attend
males, and • female attends females. I went there sup-
on two sticks, but I subsequently got as crutch. I
pretellae.l hi be much worse than may w if,, (:) She .as
atfiietssl in the anti.; lin the legs. We centime,' this
game for a few days, and then lailies value to s e us at
our lodgings, anol never leaving withoitt a ilimati.itt,
days we got as much as los, a day, hesiilles wine, porter,
mutton, cake, de.. and Looks to reel. I eaniel titi4
game fur five week, living ou the fat of the land, till one
unfortunate day I sent my wife for a half-pint rem,
which so exhilwcsacd us that we got another ; after wide,'
1" tml on having a ilancetiogether in the room, which
throuill sr operatious and )21111.4,12,11.tht &WS part if
the planter id the ceiling . terneath us, en the table
where the c•lhbler and his wife were at tea. It W 34 an old
rleketty house, awl the 111211 V. 1.! use ILitentarll, that,
hewing the rumpus overhead. lie and his wife had gum.
up-stairs awl seeli Us üb,utcing tok.tli,r for a .littrter 01 an
hour before the ceiling fell. When I got obownstairs I
found the 1410111 half tell of the neighbours, to whom the
cobbler sod hitt wife hail given the intelligence about
the dancing cripples. This, together with the row
about the damaged ceiling tit was a large piece of
plaster; I should think it Wat 4 14 er :)it feet in circum-
ference), mete we resole,: to 'hook. it at mice, for the
news had spread like wildfire. There are many 'lurks '
which I have not now the time or space to dwell upon;
neither have I time or opportunity just now to say much
about pseudo doctors; but another week, sir, if you please
to forward nie another stamped envelope, I will as Si)'
best for your information. P.S.—There are litany retuarks
I should like to make respecting vagrancy, itepoqoas,
the motive power must la stopped before the machinery
can he brought Via standetilL Pemle whe indiscrimin-
ately give alms are far its to Maine than the recipients.
Until the. truth be widely known awl acted upon, mete
dieity will dounsh. net, and this don,', is the greiste4,
obstacle that impedes your progres,, although. I Ailaiitat
say, not all 11141111.111111.th1e 20e.*

An elderly couple went into a pawnbroker', shop in Wal-
sall. a low do. .40, tO IMY a wedding ring to min thern
together in the hands of holy matrimony. The intended
bride elated that her akTe was /4 yeara and that iihehaul
waited /5 ruin tor her intended.hwilmail (who had recently
buried his late wife). hie ago being hfi Yearn