The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

A WARNING TO SERVANT MAIDS:

A certain young woman in service did dwell;
The place Wolverhampton, a true tale to tell.
She was !tending. one Sunday, her master's door ;
When lo I and behold a young workman mum by.

Ho seemed a respectable sort of young man,
Going after his beer as he canted • can.
fie said unto her, "Why art thou stickin sharer
She answered, " To get just a breath °Wash air."
So after some talking and chaffing about,
She invited him in whilst her master was out.
How many there is as will open the door
To them as they never set eyes on before
Down they went to the kitchen together straightway;
And he for himself had got so much to say,
That, to his persuasion inclining her ear,
She filled up his can with her master's own beer.
Thereafter he kissed her, which she did retire;
And he swore what was hia'n should also be her'n.
Whereupon he prevailed of her desk to get hold,
Containing two pound half a sovereign in gold.
lie asked her to lend It; she answered him, "No?"
To which he remarked, "You'll be forced to do so."
Then her money he boned and her salts-bottle too;
' Which having accomplished, he bade her adieu.
Upon the next Tuesday she met him agate,
And exedshim to give back her property in vain.
He told her 'twu spent; she would see line more:
No doubt he'd served others the same way before.
So thinking it wisest to make • clean breast,
On her master's return the girl went and confessed :
He, miming his German pipe, found, to his grief,
The um* had been likewise purloined by the thief.
Him, being detected, they had up to Court,
Of her, as a witness, the lawyers made sport:
As alio was required to appear ',ain't the rogue
With whom she was foolish enough to collages.
Now all you young women whose masters is out,
Don't lot in the first young man hanging about,
For fear it should bring you to shame and disgrace,
And lose you your money, and likewise your
_pint
PUNCH.

A GILEAT SWALLOW.—The Yocum of. Native!
siilniscutolryar,
r.has in
About aadloannth acelarouists:iboion
.conie ••
strictor in that establishment took a fancy to his own
blanket, and swallowed it entire, eo that the adminis-
tration, considering the chattel to be beyond recovery,
put it to the profit PIO loss account. But, lo I twenty-
sin days later, what should the keeper Ind one
morning in the boa's cage, but the identical blanket,
this time under the form of a great roll, a yard and a
half in length, and about fifteen inches in circumference!
The said roll has been placed in the Museum to he
preserved as it is; we are happy to stow, the boa in
"as well as can be expected" 03r this remarkable per-
formance.

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work,
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DR KAHN ON MARRIAGE. A Brim
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SIXTH) OP THIS CILISIATID MCAT'S" on the
ociwahispreiound(rstmesil: 08:m-
Plates, Ica Is now ready.
search and somendul practice, isle enable *eery oat to
understand the strainers and tanager of the OPEIDI
concerned in the fulfilment of the Physical
of the Married; and the consequences Millie( from ex.
cruel; to prevent unneoessary misapprebeasion hos
unfounded fears, and to indicate, when lime leen are
well founded, the means of speedy relief. The Work
1 is not crowded with the teehalealities el ord=os:pe
' %Pima' took., nor does it preemie the
which thane:feriae' the so-called " perdu eerie ea
Lb. subject.
Price One Shilling, fins terve*. fer A erf ht 0 esehod
snrelope for 20 Stamp.; either trail the Puldieher, Ji
A ums, 30, Wrzeiek Len* ; or, Iron the Anther's
address, 17, lielleyetreetiAkeleileivetarnio e,;ireiz
wbari be awl* mama dime *
Mao.

the public to enter upon the duties of life with a
thorough knowledge of their tr.vle or profta,ion
And after the teacher's education is comple tea, their
salaries are augmented at the public expense, with
grants np to 420 in the 14130 of tvoinen,and £3O in the
ease of men, aexmling to certificate, whether it be
of first, second, or third class.
Mr. Senior, one of the commissioners, has so
graphically described the practied operations of this
epees's, that we cannot do better than givu his own
words. Ile says:—" It is a system of the highest
pressure. A girl of thirteen, in many cases of the
humblest birth, is apprenticed for fire years to a
certificated mistresa. At tho end of each year she
is examined by the inspector, and it she passes, re-
ceives a payment rising from £lO to £2o—a larger
sum than she or her parents ever saw before, equal,
perhaps, to all her father's wages for six months,
To enable her to devote her whole time to working
for it, she is spored every domestic service. In her
father's family she is a little goddess, raised as far
above them as an Irish Cotter's son is when he
quits the cabin to enter the seminary. At eighteen
she competes for a Queen's scholarship, and if she
obtains one, receives tuition, board, 'edging, wash-
ing, and medical attendance from the college, and
a small sum for personal expenses, and pocket
money, subject, however, like the pupil teacher's
pay, to the result of the annual examinations. This
may last one, two, or throe years, at the end of
which site obtains one of eleven different kinds of
certificates, all depending on success at the examina-
tions, wbidi, according to its class, entitles her, OH
her appointment to a school, to a salary, partly sup-
plied by the Government, and partly from the
school, amounting, when lowest, to £2O a year, and
a house. For seven years, therefore, her mind is
in a state of constant tension, alio goes through
struggle after struggle, in each of which defeat is
ruinous."

The nature of these examinations is illustrated by
the following questions :—" I. Describe the chief
points of difference between the firet Prayer Book
of Edward VI. and that now in use.-2. Name the
principal events in the lives of Ridley, Grinds',
Abbot, Tillotson.-3. Give soma account of St. ,
Alban, !Paulinos, Bede, Analent, and Thomas I
Becket —4. Name the chief teachers of the Chris-
tiaa Church in the first two centuries, and give some I
account of their life and writings.-5. What I
heresies were most prevalent in the early ages of the I
church? Name some of the writers by whom they
were refuted.-6. Name the moat illustrious
martyrs of the first four centuries, and describe the I
death of Ignatius or Polycarp.-7. What points in I
the character of the early Christians appear to have
produced most effect upon the heathen ?-8. Give '
some amount of the first four Councils.-9. Name
the principal events in the history of our church
under the dynasty of the Stuarts, with dates.-10.
Name the chief prelates and ecclesiastical writers in
the reign of Elizabeth ; and give some account of I
one of them.-11. Who were employed in the
preFiration of the !Thirty-nine Articles, and in the
revision of the Prayer Book, in the reign of Edward
VI. and Elizabeth? Now we have no objection to I
any ono being able to answer these or any other I
question in any of the walks of science or literature;
but why make it • use qua son that such questions
and answers should be got by hwirt, as showing that '
a girl is fit to teach the children of the poorer classes
the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic?
Yet the literary functions of the class of teachers
educated at the expense of the public purse are con-
fined to this 'ample teak. The children of the poor
who attend our free-schoola seldom continue after
they are eleven years yearn of age; and, AS a rule,
they da not continue so long. What can such
children by terssibility have to do with Auslem,
or Grindal, Thomas k Becket, Paulinum, or the pre-
lates who refuted the heresies of the early Church?
Than, our teachers have certificates of merit accord-
ing to proficiency in any two classes of attainments.
One will arrive at ao great a proficiency in drawing
and algebra as to receive it firet-elass certificate,
which entitles him to what we may term a
Government pension of .E3O a year, above that
which he derives from the school, so long as he re-
maius a schoolmaster. A second will get a second
class certificate for French and mathematics, which I
entitles hint to a £2O pension; and a third may got I
only a third-clasi certificate, worth £lO a year
Government pension, for Greek and music. Thus,
according to the old system, the sons and doughters
of the humblest classes are trained at the expense of
the tax-payers of the country for from 6 to 9 years,
receiving an education above that of the middle
classes—the great tax-paying public, and receiving a
reward of from £lO to .C3O a year from Government
ever afterwards, because they have learned French,
or drawing, music, &a, and what for? To torch
the children in our union houses and national
schools the simple rudiments of education.
We know it has been said that it is desirable to
give a general training totho minds of the educators,
even if there be no scope for employing all the in-
formation communicated during that training in the
COUI'BO of their after life. This is all very well so far
as it goes; but it should be remembered that the
mind is not strengthened by the accumulation of
lout-of-the-way facts for an occasional examination—.
facts not taught for the sato of knowledge, but for
the sake of showing off knowlodge—facta which are
forgotten as soon as they have served their
mementary purpose.
(To be continued.)

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, SaISRItIET,
Oct. 5. —There was a large attendance at market
to-day, and the general tone of the trade was firm,
with an expectation of higher prices ere long.
There was a good show of samples, and an average
amount of business was transacted at the
extreme rates of last week for wheat, and an advance
of Is to 24 on barley. Oats and tare' fully as
dear.

SIRRERS. BAKER AND Esson's REPOSITORY SALK,
Saturday, Oct. s.—This sale was, as usual, well
supplied with an excellent show of fat beef as well
as mutton. The butchers were not very anxious
buyers, so a portion of the stock returned unsold ;
but considering tho large number on offer we can
but reports good sale at full prices for beast. We
have seldom seen so many really good sheep, for
%hie!' the bidding* were spirited, and a general
clearance was effected.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES ADULT EDUCATION SOCIETY.
—On Thursday last, the second thy of tho meeting
of the Southern Counties Adult Education Society
in Dorchester, J. F. Hodges, gwi., Mayor, gave a
sumptuous dejeunir to the Comtuitto of Council at
his house. There was a largo number present to
partake of the bounteous and unlooked-for en'Asr-
thinment.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY 01 GREAT BRIT•IN.—
The first two Jacob Bell Memorial Scholarships,
value £3O a year each, with free laboratory instruc-
tion, have been awarded by the council to Thomas
Pm'. H. Tolbort, son of Mn. Homey, and pupil of
Mr. Frond, chemist, Dorchester; and William A.
Tilden, pupil of Mr. AUchin, chemist, Banusbury-
road.

Tows !CoyNem Mearrin.- -A meeting of the
Council was held on Monday. The members present
were, the Mayor; Aldermen Mantiehl and Tapp;
councillors Bennett, Bishop, Ensor, Frond, Lock,
A ld ridge and Mason. The business of the Council,
which WM wholly of an unimportant character, was
',paddy disposed of. On the member. resolving
themselves into a Board of Health, a somewhat
lem,,thened discussion arose on an application being
made by Alderman Tapp, for the connection of a
private drain from his premises with the main drain.
Leave was given, and it was understood that notice
! would be placed on the paper at the next inecting
for the Slaking of a shaft in Greyhound yard for
flushing the drain. Aim application was Dale for
' drainage and water supply to Napier's Alma-houses.
'rum li.,ard p:uased a resolution to supply the water
for ris. a year, and to allow the drainage on the same
terms as that granted to the County 11°,1,431: The
Surveyor reported the coat of the street paving that
had been executed during the present year: Bell
Streit, 91 yards long from High East Street, £29
17s. 7,1. ; from Ihinigate Street to Wollaston Field,
149 yards long, £4O 17s. ld. ; Church Street, 153
yards long, cost, !including the alteration in the road
:it the junction in High East Street and the con.
vtrnction of the gulley for the surface of water, £4l
2v. 2,1., making a total of £154 14s. 7,1. • the aver-
.e cat of these 522 lineal yards was is. lid. per
ard, which, with the:cost of crossing., made the MU
named. The cost according to last year's contract
I,rices would have been lOs 4d. per lineal yard,
ehich, with the additional cost for cravings, woulo
oiive amounted to £276 102. 7d., as against £154
14s. 7,1.
DORCUESTICR AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The
,iainual ploughing snatch of this asociation was held
,n Thursday last, by the kind permission of Mr. W.
H. Duninan, 0/1 Troytowu farm. Fortunately the
weather was favourable for the operations, and ,
..here was • large number of agrieulturiata present,
! seemed to take great interest therein. Thirty ,
,hree piously, were on the ground, and the compcti
' lion commenced shortly after 9 o'clock. The prizesl
were awarded as follows :—Fur ploughing with two
horses without a driver, gib) Henry Davis, servant I
to Mr. T. U. Waders, Waboroomboi to Edward

Randall, cervant to Mr. J. 11. Phelps, Monekton
los. to Smuuel llowring servant to Mr. Samuel
Forliimton.-1,W1; under 17 rare of age,
ploughing with two horses withouta driver, kl
to Charles Puckett, sertant to Mr. J. A. Smith,
Bradfm,l ; Ito Robert Richarls, servant to Mr.
1:. %..nge, Wa 4A-son ; lOc. to t !harks Elliott, servant
to Mr. John A. l'ope, Sutton Foilitx.—For plough-
ing with two oxen withouta driver, ,C 2 to Frederick
Knight, servant to Mr. Henry Mayo, Cokers Frome;
Z 1 to Arthur Loveless, servant to Mr. T. A. Homer,
Tolpuddle.—Ploughing with throe or tour oxen, with
a driver, £2 to William Davis, servant to Messrs.
'Liana W. Symonds, Alilhorne ; LI to George
servant to Mr. Henry Mayo, Coker' Promo. The
judges were—Mr. Groves, of eruxton ; Mr. It.
Damon, of Ferdington ; and Mr. Henry Best. of
Mulish. In their opinion, as tuleoil' it was the
opinion of all present that the ploughing, upon the
whole, was remarkably good. Among the lads en-
gaged in the competition was one little (chow about
11 years of age, who would have ploughed uncom-
monly well, had ho been a little stronger to turn
the lull. As it was, the novelty of so young a plough-
man attracted much notice.
COMYITTXD TO MI DORCHISTIR GAOL. SCI.
81014 I : I,ltttliew Bown, stealing money at Wins-
borne ; Ri, hard Lidden and William Taylor, cutting
and won:l,lmq at Portland.—flasal Labour : George
Noake and William Ellard, the younger, vag,aney
at Sherhorne, 6 weeks; Charles Reeves, vagrancy
at Sherborne, 14 clays; William Golding, idle ap-
prentice at Bridport, 1 calendar mouth; Thomas
Barebash, vagrancy at Askerswell, 1 calendar
month; Angustino Ames, robbing garden at Bland-
ford, 1 calendar mouth; George Wright, vagrancy
at Weymouth, 1 calendar mouth; Alfred l'itman,
vagrancy at Weymouth, 6 weeks; luaac Go:,
poaching at Milton Abbas, 1 calendar month; John
Cox, poaching at Milton Abbas, 2 calendar months.
Imprisonment : George Tubb, drunk at Dorchester,
7 days.

WEYMOUTH. Bortounii Pottct. -- Alfred
Palmas was on Friday last placed before the Mayor,
charged with having a quantity of keys in his pos.
session fcr an unlawful pm pose.—Mr. Bolt's appren-
tice said that one night last week ho locked up his
master's cart-house, and took the keys to his master's
house. Next morning ho went there apin, and
found the door still locked, but the prisoner's dog
was there, awl some one had evidently unlocked the
door to put the dog in.—P.C. Harvey said ho took
the prisoner into custody in consequence of having
heard that he had • number of keys in his possession.
On searching him he found ten keys, such as would
unlock padlocks and other door locks. One of the
keys would fit Mr. Bolt's cart-house. Another key
would unlock Mr. Bennis's premises, from whence
corn had been stolen. Ho knew the prisoner was •
very bad character. —Mr. Bolt said that about five
or six weeks ago he lost a dog chain from the cart-
house. He made • "(us." about it, and he after-
wards saw it again in its place. lle could not tell
how it Came there, am the door was kept locked.
lie had often had padlocks stolen from the door.
The neighbours complained that the prisoner and
others put dogs in there on Saturday nights, and
kept them there for poaching with on Sunday.—
Defendant was committed under the Vagrancy Act
for six week's hard labour. —Joks Wriihi was
also charged with Yagrancy.—Supt. Lidbury said
that on the previous luorning he received a complaint
that a person answering defendant's description had
been about the town begging for two or three days.
He ordered his men to bring him in if they saw him
begging. When brought to the station, defendant
admitted to him that he had lived by begging and in
gaol at different places for the last 15 years, previous
to which ho bad had eight years' penal servitude.
Prisoner said he hail not worked for many years.
—Ho WDA committed for a month's iniprismunent.
---James Robert., a seaman, was lined 54., and
costs, for being drunk and loitering in the streets at
two o'clock in the morning.

Mimioxsur A NNIVILRSILRY.—The annual sermons
in commotion with the Weymouth branch of the
Wesleyan Missionary Society, were preached at the
Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday last, by the Rev. G.
Osborne, D. D., one of the general secretaries, in the
morning, and by the Rev. J. Mount, superintendent
of the Portland circuit, in the evening. The con-
gregations showed plainly that a more commodious
chapel was greatly needed.
A TREAT FOR TUN INUABITANTB OF DORSET-
attic Itlondin, the hero of Niagara, the celebrated
robe
,thuicer is coming to Weymouth on Monday
next, the 14th inst., when he will perform his most
extraordinary feats on the rope on which he crossed
the Niagara Falls. Bellield Park, in the Immediate
neighbourhood of the town, and commanding
extensive and magnificent views, has been the spot
selected for the entertainment. It is announced
that Blondin will ascend the rope precisely at three
o'clock. A military band will be in attendance,
and as the South Western and Great. Western
Railways will run cheap trains on that day for the
"Benefit of the Million," we have no doubt a large
number of visitors from all parts will be present.
RIFLE CORPS.—WO understand that efforts are
being made to form a second company to our ride
corps. At the review, last week, 25 of the We),
month corps were drafted off to make up the corn.
plement of other companies. Some few additional
members, however, will be required for the forma-
tion of the sioond Weymouth company, a portion of
which it is expected will be procured from Upwey
and Broadwey.
Bullet:011 REOHSTRATION.—J. E. Ifoldsworth,
Esq., revised the borough list a parliamentary
voters at the Guildhall on Wednesday. Mr. Tizard
represented Gm liberal interest, and Mr. Stegall
and Mr. liars the conservatives. The proceedings,
which were devoid of interest, did not occupy the
revising barrister more than a couple of hours.
WEYMOUTH E.UPLE BAND.—Tho account of the
expenses for equipping the members of the Wey-
mouth rifle and town band has been published. It
appears that the contributions received by the trea-
surer amount to £213 9e., of which sum £lO2 19s. 10d.
has been expended in musical instruments, £B3 13e.
in clothing, £lO for room and fittings, and sundries
£l7 3.5. IL, leaving a balsam of X 1 13e. in the
hands of the treasurer.

PORTLAND.—Tnit Lanz AFFRAY na-rwsize
TRa MILITARY AND CIYILI•NS. —Corporal Richard
Luldon, and Prioare William Taylor, of the 49th
Regimeet, formerly stationed at the Verne, were
charged with assaulting Thomas Galpin, with intent
to do him grievous bodily harm.—Mr. Weston pro-
secuted, and Mr. Symonds defended the prisoners
.
The prosecutor said he was • labourer residing at Port.
land. On Tuesday,loth September lash he was at the
New Hotel at Chiswell,in company with John Percy,
John Bishop, and a man named Gay. They left
about half-past 6 o'clock. He wert up the road
about 100 yards with Bishop and Percy. He did
not speak to any one that he knew of. When he
was opposite Selway's shop he saw Nome soldiers
coming along, but he did not speak to them, nor did
they speak to him. He WM knocked down, and the
next thing that he recollected was being brought out
of the hotel. Since that time he had been very ill
from the injuries he had received on the head, and
was under the doctor's care three weeks. He st sot
to work again last Monday. He had no recollection
how he received his injuries. He had had no dispnto
with any one that evening. Had lived at Portland
four years—Dinah, wife of William Selway, said
she kept • small shop at Chievrell, not more than 100
yards from the New Inn. On Tuesday the 10th
September, about half-past 6 o'clock, she PaW
Thomas Galpin close to her door, talking to Bishop
and Percy. Some soldiers came along, and without
speaking to the three mon standing there, struck
them. Among the soldiers were the two prisoners,
hidden and Taylor. hidden had a square staff in
his hand, about eighteen inches square, something
like the leg of a chair. Taylor had an iron staff
about eighteen inches long. They were all armed
either with wooden or iron staves. She saw Liddon
first strike Galpin on the side of the head, and
Taylor then bit him on the back of the head with
an iron, and knocked him dowu. The irons and
staves were similar to those producid. When
' Callan fell, he went on a wall. One of the soldiers
pulled him off, and Taylor struck him again on the
heath She saw Percy struck, and she believed that
Bishop was also struck, as she saw blood flow from
him.—Cress-examined : She heard the soldiers say
something among themselves, but they did not speak
to Galpin, nor Galpin to them. They were there
fighting, she should think, for five minutes. She sup.
posed the men scuffled in their own defines), as there
was • scuffle, but Galpin and the others had no
chance with the soldiers. She had seen hidden
before; he e as at her shop on the previous day.—
George Bishop said ho was working at Portland. Ile
was at the New Hotel with Galpin and Percy on the
Ithli September. They were there all day, and left
about half past six. When they were in the street,
beside Mrs. Solway's shop, some soldiers came
along, end Ito saw Taylor strike Galpin with a Owe
of wood or iron. lie was also struck down by the
soldiers. -- Cross-exat ll i ll The soldiers were
dressed in tunics aatl belts. The soldiers spoke first
to l'ercy, but he did net know what was said. As
soon as the words were spoken they were knocked
down. Ile could not say whether Percy answered
them, lie was himself knocked down senseless.
Several persons came out of their houses just
afterwards, lie was himself struck two or three
blows by the sitlier• He was, he believed, the
second man knocked down. Percy was the first
man struck down. The irons and bludgeons
produced were similar to those used. There
were many of them lying about on the ground
at the works on the Verne. He and Galpin
wore slips—Percy had on a monkey jacket. Could
swear to Tesler being one of the men who struck
Galpin. —Joseph IVaters, bricklayer, said on the
evenini of the day in question he was walking past
selway a shop, and met Galpin, Bishop, and
Percy. Ho had not passed them more than six
or seven yards when several soldiers came along.
Taylor was one of them, and he saw him strike
Gaipin on the bead with an iron similar to
the irons produced. Galpin fell on a low stone
wall, and one of the soldiers pulled him off,
and Taylor gave him another blow with
the iron. The irons were used to pin the snare'
on the works together. All the soldiers present
were armed with either iron bolus or staves,
Afterwards more *Adders came and also more Mei.
hank sad tin soldiers WU, &trim from ike 1.14

I John Hyatt corroborated the evidence given by the
last viliie'S,
slren when haenwdasindiodwedn.thalite hweenstawandLitooddkonbiantritokro
Liddon then dropped his staff—a square piece of wood
' like the leg of a chair, and they closed en each other
and fell together in the ditch. Could swear to bAI,
prisoners. lied not seen theua before that time. II
told the consteble that one of the assailant" was •
corporal and wore • inedal.—Pulioe-constabla Siulth
was then sworn. He said ho was on duty at
.Fortuee's
Well on the evening in question. Ito was going up the
hill and net some soldiers going dowo. He afterwards
turned and followed them. He then saw them being
dispersed by some civilians with stones and other oats.
Wes. As they were going down be saw in the hands
of one of the soldiers an iron bolt, partly hid in the
aleefe of his coat. and ho called Sergeant Hitch's
attention to it. When they were being driven back
by the civilians, he heard Taylor say. " I hit the
b once," and also "I had to suffer from some of
the once before." He afterwards went up to
barracks with Sergeant Hitch. The men were drawn
In rank, and both he and Sergeant Hitch identified
did
lnoort.
knowT h w
The otherho afterwardspr n rs wte s
Identified, not t h
dt HoSer-
geant Hitch said that Portland was in his district, and
he was on duty_ there. Ho was there on the peening
te
in
onromme question.2t9he rl3o:46o.ldieWlTsr soldiers
e° came PPwi downplr
prisoners
nßei
sr° an
thedei
were
direction
awl e
amongn
the number. They marched down two deep.
He saw one of tlic;in with • short staff In his
heed, and • spike through the end of it. Afti r they had
divided,
down to
some went
,corner e theoprosapoeiteand
wSmune
aulnu
othttery
In consequence of what lie WM he followed thew, and
when lie gut opposite St. John's Church he saw the
soldiers running and the civilians followieg them. Ho
directed the civilians to go back. Stones were
being thrown by both parties. When the
soldiers passed him they made no complaint. Ile
beard Taylor say " I gave the b— the first blow.
I suffered for time b-- before." He afterwards
went to the barracks and identified Taylor.
The other prisoner was not with the ethers then, lie
afterwards indentified the other prisoner as being one
of the party that passed him with the rest The
witness Walters also identified Taylor. Sergeant
Hitch also produced the clothes worn by Galpin, Bishop,
and l'ercy on the evening in question. They had been
saturated with blood.—The Bench said they should
send the case for trial at the Quarter Seesinns.
Time ABSAULT on Peiter.—l'he two soldiers, Taylor
and Llidon, charged with assaulting Galvin, were
separately chanted with assaulting John Percy at the
same time at ChiswelL The evidence oily of Percy
was taken, as that of the other witnesses would
be the same as in the former case. Complainant said
that one of the soldiers came up to him and said some-
thing, he did not now know what it was, and smiled in
his face, and before he could reply some half-a-dozen
struck him on the head with their staffs and iron bolts,
and knocked him down. He fell insensible, and on
coming to himself found all the peeple gone.—The
prisoners were committed for trial on this charge also.
TUE RAILROAD.—A valued correspondent who,
we believe, is powered of as correct information on
the subject as any one says, in reference to the
paragraph which appeared in this journal a fortnight
since, respecting the proposed railway to Portland:
"Unless you, Mr. Editor, have received your infor-
mation from a mums unknown to mo, I doubt the
correctness of it. In the year 1659 a civil engineer,
who is at present in India, surveyed the line, or
rather the proposed lino I should have said, and
plans were drawn and printed. Laurent routes
were suggested—some of which it would have been
impossible to carry into effect. One route, which
was suggested bye gentleintui in the neighbourhood,
and which the engineer alluded to admitted was
decidedly the hest, involved the constraction of two
bridges, one tunnel of between a quarter and half-
aunile, and the piling of about one mile of the
Chiswell beach, and the estimate for the completion
of the work was £55,000, including the expenses of
obtaining the Act of Parliament. And probably, as
is generally the case is all matters of this description,
at least £3OOO in addition to the sum named would
be required. Now oven supposing this sum of
£60,000 conll be raised, how is it possible, after
deducting the working expenses, the shareholders
would receive a fair amount of interest for their
money? At the time mentioned, 1b59, a com-
mittee was formed, of which Captain Maiming, of
Portland Castle, was appointed chairman, and two 1
meetings were held in Weymouth, but without any
pat-Scuba* malts ; and I have heard Captain Manning
often remark, that unless the matter were taken up 1
by Government, in his opinion the affair was hope.
km. I may add, as relates to the inhabitants of
Portland, they do nut take the alights:it interest in
the proposed work. 1 have conversed with all this
leading atone merchanta, and I do not imagine they
would ho inclined to contribute any same worth
naming, from the fact that they have not the
slightest idea that the projected line would pay.
Since 1559, no ono, so far all I am aware, has beard
anything about the Portland rail Nay till the
24th August last, when two gentlemen—civil '
engineers—waited upon Captain Manning for his
opinion on the subject. I believe the subject was
gone into in all the most important details. On the
19th September Captain Manning received a letter
from a gentleman in London, wishing to know his
opinions in reference to the proposed Portland 1
railway, and, I believe from other parties also, but
beyond this I am not aware that any steps have
been taken. There can be no doubt but a railway
from Portland to Weymouth would prove a splendid
working, properly constructed, but the difficulty is
how to obtain the necessary sum required, when
there is no prospect of receiving a fair interest for
the money advanced."

CHARMINST ER.— Thomas Sammy* was
charged before the County Bench, at Dorchester, on
Saturday last, under the Highway Act, with riding on
the shafts of a waggon drawn by two horses, without
reins.—The case was proved by Police-constable
Thomas Orchard, who said he spoke to defendant
who appeared the worse rjiquor. The defendant
denied being drunk, and r. .'Williams said the
magistrates knew the difference between "drunk,"
and " in drink," but the distinction was not great.
Tile defendant was fined to., including coats.
PORTISHAM.—ProbabIy owing to the want of
a policeman, (there being no station at this place, al-
though the inhabitants are not exempt from tho
County Rates, of which the constabulary account is
no small item,) the peaceful quietude of the village
is frequently disturb.d by what is termed "open-air
preaching," sometimes by men of no education,
which of itself would be dangerous to the lower
orders and those of weak intellect, to say nothing of
the disturbance of a mob of boys who stand for a
time with their mouths open, and then beat a riotous
retreat. We have frequently taken a note of these
sermons (if we may use the term) which, if printed
would make • column of thegreatest nonsense imagin-
able, being a mass of tautology and error, with the
Queen's English clipped in such a manner as might be
reasonably expected. If any of our readers should be
weak enough to believe in the doctrine held out by the
uneducated, we would refer such to the 12th and 13th
chapters of tie first book of Kings, which tell us, that
the wickeduess of Jeroiciun waseaused by his snaking
priests of the lowest of the people, which led Israel
teem : —"A fter this thing Jeroboam returned not from
his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the
people, priests of the high plaice whosoever would,
he consecrated him; and he became one of the priests
of the high places. And this thing becalms sin unto
the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to
destroy it from off the face of the earth." Thus we
find that sound college education is advisable before
any man attempts to take the reins of religion —"for
do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles ?"
In the absence of the police, why do not the parish
authorities pat their own shoulders to the wheel,
and try the use of the Mocks to prevent his oratorio.'
and mob-collecting nuisance.
ABBOTSBURY.—Dming the pant week there
have beeneome tine calm days, and our fishermen have
been enabled to try their nets a little; the catch was
not large, but a grant variety of useful fish, such as
cod, soles, whiting, mackerel, mullets, he., have
been taken. Several tons have been taken to the
railways for the London market, where the price is
good, especially for end.
WEST KNIGHTON. —On Monday last Elizabeth
a married woman residing at Black-hill, iii
the parish of West Knighton, was charged before J.
P. Hodges, Esq.. Mayor of Dorchratar, and J.
Ensor, Eng., with stealing a parcel containing
ribbon, blond, calico, and velvet, from the Three
Manners Inn on the previous Saturday. From the
evidence it appeared Mr. lkiscomlxi, draper, at Dor-
chester, received an order from Mrs. Winyard, of
Melcombe House, to forward the goods in question.
They were accordingly measured off and done up into
a parcel and forwarded to the Three Mariners
for delivery to Drake the carrier between Dorchester
and liardput-lane, to be conveyed to its destination.
The parcel was delivered to the carrier, who took
it into the tap-room and placed it on the table. The
prisoner was present at the time with a man, not
her husband. Drake left the room for two or three
minutes, and when lie returned the parties and the
parcel was gone. Information was given to the
police, and two of the constables were sent in porsuit
of them. P.C. Cousins went to prisoner's house
and told her he was come for "that parcel." She
asked, "what parcel?" and he told her the parcel she
stole from the Three Mariners. She said she did
not steal it ; she took it in mistake, and intended to
take it back, but she hail opened it aiel destroyed
the wrapper.. Mr.. Wanton appeared for the defence,
and under has advice the prisoner pleaded k,milty,
and she was sentenced to one month's imprison-
meht with hard labour.

MAIDEN NEWTON.—Cuitions CUARQL —A
labourer on the Great Western Railway, named
Georye Neal, WWI summoned before the Dorchester
Petty Sessions uu Saturday for luiving at the parish
of Maiden Newton attempted to take game without
a license, by wing a certain instrument, to
a trap, for the purpose of taking game.—Mr.
Andrews appeared fur the defendant. --From the
statements of Thomas Burrows, gamekeeper to Mr.
Sha-idan, and John Burge, a woodman in that
gentleman's employ, it appeared that a trap wse
found set in a hare run in the railway fence, on their
employer's manor, and that Berge was directed to
watch it. About 2.5 minutes before 7 on Saturday
niorniug he saw defendant and another going down
the line in the direction of Frampton, where they
were working, from Maiden Newton, and when
they maw opposite the trap they stopped, and
defendant, seeing the trap was sprung, wont and
re-set it. Witness then made his appearance and
took the trap away. On examining it, he found
some hare's fur and blood on the Usp. It was
what is comatooly called a Imedipr trap, sad about a

twolvenionth ago the keeper sat it In a wood
near
where it was now found, fur the purpose of catchier
ea* but some one stole it.—Mr. Andrews set
an iDgelliOLIE defence, and said it so hapneneg
nhenstny game was in the way, an 1141467:
seemed compelled to have a finger in it. Lana week
a hare ran across the review ground at maiden
Castle, and the Lord Lieutenant, or at all events by
staff were in fall chase of it. Now there was no
proof Rid defendant placed the trap where it was
found ; it was quite certain Is hare bad nein
minght in it during the night the defendant did not
have it, and the probability was that while walking
along the railway ho, seeing the trap was sprang,
re-set it as ninny other men might do' simply Non
want of thought.—The magistrates did not look
upon tho matter in the light Mr. Andrews had
placed it, but fined defendant 10s. and costs.
STUB MINSTER.—TEDEPLanrea SOCIICTY. —on
Tuesday and Wednesday, the friends of temper-
ance in this place, had the pleasure of again listening
to the weil-knovrn and much respected founder 07
this riciety, w. it. SelwaY, Etal, of London.
On Tuesday this gentleman's addrne
was chiefly designed for the instruction of the child-
-1 ran of the Band of Hope, who by attention and de,
mcanonr, manifesteil the intermit they felt in the.
speaker's remarks, and we have no doubt they wets-
-
eqoally pleased with his well-told anecdotes. The
lecture on Wednesday was listened to by a Imre
audience, the new hall being completely filled. 6
the opium of his remarks the speaker reviewed the
progress of tho temperance cause during the Lista
years, and the promise of good which the future nn.
folded. One great thing said the speaker,they had
accomplished—if they had not made Toototahant
Faskionabk they had at any rate made droakennues
Unfashionable; and when we consider that not a 100
I yearn ago,even among the higher classes, shifters was
I not allowed to leave the table until they had emptied
I their three bottles, we must agree with the lecturer
that a great improvement has taken place.
BLANDFORD.—BAND or Hors.—Two hiter-
-1
eating meetings of the juvenile members of the
above noeiety took place in the Townhall en Thursday
and Friday evenings last.--After singing their
1 temperance melodies they were addreesed by Mr. A.
Robinson, and Mr. B. Manion. We understand
that some effective steps will be taken by the shove
gentlemen to carry out the promise so long hold OUS
to the children regarding a demonstration slid tea,
which has not taken
_place owing to want of funds
and some active friends to take an interest in the
matter.
Suocrrinci.—A match took place on Thursday last
between eight "marksmen" and eight "Bret-dais"
men belonging to the BLuulforil Ride Corps. The
former were victorious.
TiorrerraLnim.—The Rev. H. Gals, rector of Tre-
borough, near Taunton, delivered two highly
interesting lectures at the Townhall on Thursday
and Friday evenings—the first on the general
drinking customs as related politics, religion, and
I morals; and the second on the Maine-law question.
There was a numerous and attentive audience on
both occasions, who seemed heartily to enjoy the
lecturer's remarks, and who awarded him with fre-
quent rounds of &pulses.. Thia is the drat time, we
believe, the rev. gentleman has lectured in this town.
APPLE STICALINO.—A navvy, named Augustus
Apnea, was on Thursday last, sentenced by J. J.
Farquharson, and G. P. Miinsel Faqrs. to one
month's imprisonont with hard labour, at Dor-
chester, for stealing apples from the orchard of
, Messrs King and Johns, of Nutford.
SPE'rIISBURY.—We stated last week that the
nuns, who for many years past have resided here,
had picked up their Niggage and had gone off with
their servants to a nunnery in Devonshire. We
copy the following additional 'Articular' from a
Devonshire contemporary. On Wednesday morning
the village of Abbotakerswell, near Newton Abbot,
received an addition to its population by the arrival,
at about 11 o'clock, of 38 nuns, belonging to the
order of the Canonesess of Si. Augustine. They
originally live in Belgium,but left at the time of the
French Revolution, and mine to England and resided
at Amesbury, in Wiltshire, for about seven years.
They then bought an estate at Spettiebury, near
Blandford, About 60 years ainoe. Last year they
purchased the estate occupied by C. J. Braine, Esq.,
called Abbotsloigh, where an extensive and imposing
building has bean erected, commanding one of the
finotabetiZtaitenafal viewsofwhfchin he neighbourhood,wtaslaidontholoththe
of
August, 1860, the architect being Mr. Joseph
Hanson, of Clifton. The building was gaily deco-
rated for the occasion with flags, flowers, and ever-
greens, in honour of the nuns' arrival. They were
received by the Rev. W. Vaughan, the 'Roman
Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, and other clergy of his
church.

WIMBORNE. —On Friday siennight, Join
Andrews, a native of Sittingbourne, Kent, was
sentenced by J. T. Basket, Esq.,and Capt. Coventry,
to one months' hard labonr at Dor-
chester, for stooling a joint of mutton from a
miller's wagon, on the Toole and Blandford turn-
pike road. It appeared that John Cherrott, the
carter, was returning over Code Castle hills with his
wagon to Poole, when on turning round he saw the
prisoner running acmes the heat with the cloth and
meat. Three men went in pursuit, but he was too
fleet of toot for them, although be dropped the meat.
The police were informed of the circumstances and
be WaS apprehended.
TOLPUDDLE.—CIIIIILTY To • Hoes,. John
House was on Saturday summoned before the county
magistrates at Dorchester on the charge of cruelty to
A horse, by working it while in an unfit state.—
Charles Foster, a police constable, said that he saw
a horse in harness, grazing by the side of the Piddle-
town turnpike road, with a large more on the shoul-
der, and the matter running down over the housing.
strap to the knee. He went to the Itop of the
hill and watched it, when the defendant came along
with a wagon and one horse. He hooked the home
by the side of the road on to the wagon to draw it
up the hill. He then spoke to the defendant about
it, and he said that the sore was caused by the ring
of the housing strap rubbing off the skin. —B-dmdant
said Mr. Hammett his master, was in court—Mr.
Hammett then came forward, and said the horns had
not been worked for sometime before that day, nor
had it been worked since. That day be expected a
heavy load, and he had the horse harnessed to help
it up the hilL —Defendant said it did not hurt the
horse as it could not feel the sore.—Mr.
Because the poor dumb animal could not speak, I
suppose you thought it had no feeling. You will be
fined 40a., and costa—The money was paid by Mr.
Hammett.

WINTERBORNE.—On the 2nd inst. a beautiful
specimen of the pied pheasant was shot by W.
Manfield, jun.' F.aq., on his father's estate at
Winterborse. We hear that Mr. Manfield has left
some of the same colour, in order to keep up the
breed of these beautiful birds.
FARNHAM. —NVuo was nr FAULT? The
attention of the magistrates at Cranborne was ea
Thursday last I called to decide a disputed ease
between Mrs. Sarah Morgan, who lives near the
village of Farnham, and /lariat Brown, William.
Mandford, and Thomas Raymond. The com-
plainant stated that on the evening of the 10th ult.
she was walking on the highway to Farnham, when
she met about 40 persons, who closed upon her, emu*
of them trod on her heels, while others pushed her
against the hedge near Mr. Ilumby's garden wall,
and otherwise annoyed her. The three defendants
were of the number' and -‘while the two farmer
obstructed her the latter defendant used very in-
sulting language to her, and called!har "Crazy
She was waisted by amen named John . &mutt,
but had been subjected to their annoyance for some
time.—lier asaisiant did give her much help in her
present appeal, as he said ho told her it was not
a proper place for her to be in, surrounded by harvest
people who were just returning from their harvest
home, and had been having some beer.—Mrs.
Morgan had a stick, and Brown held one end while
she had the other. He made Brown let go.—ln
their defence the prisoners said that Mrs. Morgan
was the first aggreseor •' and that ens struck Brown
and Illandford without provocation. The evidence
being thus conflicting, the Bench could not come to
a diseision, and ultimately dismissed the case.—
Supt. Baynton suramened Job Ilaskell, of Wood-
Lamle, for using his hone while in an unfit state.
The information should have been laid against de-
fendant's son, but 'Luken, sear., to avoid further
Pruouudiutei, paid the oasts and promised that the
horse should not be used until it was well.
MARSH WOOD. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Thii society held its third meeting on Thursday, and
was well attended. The ploughing took place in
two fields in the occupation of Mr. Legg and Mr.
Reece. The work was pretty well executed, but
there was not so many competitors as on previous
years. A burs party of gentlemen dined together,
presided over by J. T. Bullen Esq. The usual
toasts were given ' and responded to. "The
success of the Society" was given from the
chair and heartily responded to, and the meeting
was characterized by the greatest harmony and good
feeling.
YEOVlL.—Accinver TO AN ENOIWIL—An acci-
dent Sappened here on Wednesday to an engine be-
longing to the Bristol and Exeter line, which was
likely to have been attended with its total destruc-
tion, in consequence of it. running off the lins
through sonic mismanagement of the points. We
are, however, glad to say the engine was soon
righted, and is now at work as usual.
SALISBURY.—A PERILOUS ASCIINT.-02
Thursday last James Matthews, a carpenter, in the
employ of Mr. F. It. Fisher, budder, per-
formed the adventurous feat of asoeuiling the summit
of the cathedral spire for the vulpine of senertaining
what repairs and painting were neoesetry to be done.
He thee got astride the vane, which he turned
reund ; after which be mounted the iron cram above
the vane, and waving his cap to the spectators, etood
upon the her at that giddy height perfectly up.
right—a feat which the renowned Blondin himself
might possibly hesitate to attempt. The meant of
the spire, it may be mentioned, is accomplished out-
bv mesas of small iron handlee securely fixed to
the masonry. Its height is about 400 feet, or about
35 feet higher than St. Paul's.

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