The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-03-18 00:00:00

Dorsetsbirt.

PUBLIC BILL-SH ACT, 1872.
The lellowlei is • eopy the reply from the Loma
Government Board, to resuletions pained at • meeting
held In Dorehester on the 21st February, 1873. In
reformat to the Appointment el Nimes of Haab
ander tbio provision. of the above Ad :
Lod Government Board. Whlmhed. w.
tubliercla.lll73.
Lord,-1 on directed by the Local Government Beard to
sakareriedp Me nee* al your LordaWs ismer of the Med
ulUas.limmeittleig mike of resolution pond st • Neter-
ease hal it Ms pevisee deg, of tie Obeilman sad other
ilmehise fi 1111111mq Authorities 01 the County of Dorset.

Is Marmot to the Appointment of OSmunafUsoflb. mike
the provider et the Public Smith Aet„ 1172.
lam Mmielled to Mate that the Board eating, amour in the
repriellilatleme of the Cooderenem, as to Um baportaase of
6
ailalasa Inspectors of Liman 90111"gramenl to the qessllma of appointing Port, Law
Meths! OMeene to set es MAW Olken of Heath withia
Mir Marie* I ain divested to .to that to. Board
ham bid the subject under Mak emaderatlon generally in
Morena to eineller proposal% sad that they have arrived at
lb. ooneludon Mat it would, =ISM under eery escoptioeal
circumstance., be undeeirehle to coming epeopg medical
Moan of Health within the Jinialectioo of me Sanitary
Authority.
Undor the Beard'. General Order of the Ilth of November
Mat, It le the *my of Ms Medical Oficer of Health to comities
for the bafemendon of the Sanitary Authority sad of the Load
Goverment Board, quarterly and ennusi return. of the Sick-
ness and Mertallty within the Jurladicalon for which he acts.
It le evident Qat the practical nine of them returns will be
much , online they are la many reepocte c'nePariv
Ma Thep elhemeld, In regard to alarm Nod mortality.=
fla the allary Bbirtet m a what. wlllt ether Sanitary d
and the eliesmilamme mad chimed pepelstion of the &threat
lora/alai In the Dietriot with ems seisaher. It le Goo impormat
thtt the mum tram each Nets Waft Mould hoofs complete
taarnStafe at to be readily emismahhe with the Return.
fondant tram Olistr altrielL m appears therelore to the
Bourd that if • Bealliery Dietriet %Me subillvidted among
la *a woos..,ProPallek Saab actiog for • part
aaly d Crests% the objects ahem esterred to would not
be Miami Illempror, the Bald think, MG under the
theWalel,h."Lanae 01lfteCthe a difilculty with rapid
dailies numbing to the
Medkal Oiler et Maillh, am imams% addeint tat baaa
Authceity on y SIIy oa those alaaatalt
the aim of the whets AWN% sash as the provleloa of
bovital amommedmialt ot Mims for dianftection.
Under Was dresmidanses mod with • view of measles of
eland 01l wr% with adadmis remuneration, the Board ham
very gmerslly rossesseaded Um appointment of )(Mittel
Oflkers of Health ter lame
_sad combined area% and OAS
believe that is UM 101611110 a the services of mmiloal
pratellGoaere wood quellikatiose for the oleo%
adgbl 0. bad mob an arrangement
The Board bass hisrevor, In compliance with the request
matained la time imehaloll passed at the conference re-temv
*demi the but they are Mill et *Maim that the
appolalseent id Olken ot Health for lame aroma la pro-
llosahla tosol.i of Mirka Medical Olken to not in
last tadarldiwilLls their own district. Al the mom Gam the
, Bard emnal apron their opinion with respect to soca
appeleimems In my parti :War Sanitary Midst, until pro-
Is Mr prescribed for.. have Men eubmittwl
r_ellimi ler approval, peursuant to the requiremeate of
Wiz paid a, of the 11th of November, UNA
• I leave this boom, lobs, My Lord,
Your Lordoisip obedient Servant,
JOBS T. 1111111 alt Secretary.
To the Lord Idgby, Muttons% Germ Alga% DOmelo
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DOROHISTIB.
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81.. PrWI CHI7IOI. —oollorlions vice sada al
tbla Aura aa easily lass kw the oxpauses of Ugh Una,
Le.. for the snake aod Zl2 Os. 31. woos.

Ammons Poamerena—Thmegit the Madame of Me
Rev. I. W, Peery, LA., Me @emanate of Quirt
" Program," LOP., how* °Maimed grotollons me of
Pmer'i Reboot-room ia the Orerhoundierd, for
holdieg their mooting", whicil will take plain every
fourth Thuileley, et Devon o'elook Is the evening. The
inst meeting will be held on Thursday next, when
portion and guordians ors Invited I, attend and obtain
information.
WIAIIIIII —The following is our menorolognal
report:

F 1.1. t Wind thata of Weather
MZ
—7— —7— --
Marla 40 31 W Rain sod hail
II 46 ai NW Rain, cloudy
11 40 17. N Plea
13 33 It NNW Me
14 40 $1 sox Will and mow
16 40 1111 NI Cloudy. rain
16 /6 II SU it NS Rain
80100011 PRITT timeton, Monday.—Belcone the
Mayor (Yr. (3. J. G. Gregory), Mr. Hodges, sad Kr.
R. Davis.
A girl of ill.fsme named Ana Gm& was fined 10t,
and, in default, 14 days' imprisonmeas, for indicant
eondaet near this artillery barracks.
Williams &tear, of Bouninster, was charged with
stealing • oust belonging to Henry Hopkins, of Wait
Knighton.
Prosseotor erse at Dorchester heir on Feb. 14, and
west to the Nem Inn, where there woo climelog, in
which he took part, as did the prisons/. Some fighting
took plan, Is chink prisoner wes oonoerned, and then
he naWaso hls net, awl did not sea It again till last
Saturday when he ,net pawner wearing h as the road
near Whltoorshe. P.O. Pomeroy apprehended primater
at the Phi:eats Inn, when he said at first he was not at
Dorchester fair, then that be bought tin °oat at Ware
ham. On the trey to the dation he and it was ths
same not that came from the Nen he, but he didn't
steal It: there was • fight, he loot his jaoket, and nine
woman gave him that on.. which he put on and wore
sway.
A young woman came forward and said she gave the
coat to prisoner.
Mr. Seaton& .aid she might say thit at gaunt'
Eleesioes, but sin must be nation% or she would prove
herself tha thief and prisoner the missive,.
Sin said sin WY oily going- to tell jut, hew it
happened.
Primmer wished the inagiatrates t 3 settle the cam.
Rapt Coward maid princess was a Garter, but anther
ho nor his father were blind; mid the latter was at
the fair with bine ribbons in his fiat.

Mr. Symonds said " the blue ribbons" didn't matter.
Prisoner said he lost hi. 000 omit, and this 000 WM
given him instend ; and he kept it till it should be
inqnirsd for.
Tits Meyer said pi/Siloam bet told several Maim : if
he bad alsrays told his last to., they ml4ht hare
taken a different viol, of the 0.01. Untamed to 100111
days' imprisonment.
His father said ha wiabed hid never FM the fair.
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Kr. Symonds: If you'd all kept from the publie
hoses, it woulde's here happened.
COUNIT PAtTT EIesSIOSI, Seturday.—Befor• Mr. &
Pear. and Mr. G. Worry
A lad of 12, named Norris Grentosme up on remand
@hatred with stealing italf.a-dasen eggs, belonging to
Kr Gale, of Higher Kingoombe.
The eggs were taken to a shop In the village, by the
attainr of prisoner. P.C. Hutchings appranded the
lad, and he said olietioned him in the prawn« of hie
father and mother. Before th., bad got 100 yard.
from the hones, the lad admitted steel/op the ens.
Yrs. Grego dented that the omistable otutioaed the
boy. The lad's hither said the mum
Mr. Williams asked if it wuneeneury to oaution the
lwrir. Westin said no, it well 111 coestiou of enktenee.
When oohed to plead, Yr. Weston said for bies "not
guilty."
In reply to defendant's attorney, Mr. Petro@ said they
believed the ooixasable's statement. -

Th. lad was osatlossad aa to his titian conduct, and
was adored to bs liaprtsoaad for one day and reosiro
ale strokes with tb• birch rod.

lo so affiliation case Martha Toms, of Porte*ham v.
Alfred Wooisford, it seemed the young man had nail
Is. 6J. • week since the birth of the child twit autumn,
and by 000ftnt so order for tlist auscrent was now made,
the defendant to pay outs, Kr. Howard was for
apolioant, and Mr. Briton& for defendaat
Before Mr. 11. Williams, Kr. 11. L. Kinds:lday, sod
G. Wary.
Teo boys named JOAR Brad and Maria Rolls, of
Piddlobintos, were summoned for assaulting Charles
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Bymond4 for complainant, sod Mr. Weston
for deleudante.

M. Bymonde steted the natant of the ammult, ead
said thet complalesni several yeas ago misoonduoted
Mama, and wee sent for fire years to the Reformetory
hohool. Having served • portion of hie time la accord-
aloe with the regulations he went to Yr. Loreiace's
last October, in whom wrens, he bed been ewer it...,
and had cmineted himself in every way well.
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°mobilo...it said thst be was in the sol7Vl4)i of Mr.
James Loveime,of Paddlehintonearbere be bad bees for
Boron months. On ttie evening of 'Carob 4th ho weal
going from the boo.. Is the stable across the road,whisa
defondants oame down the road, and Reed said
" What are yon op to tonight?" Wittiest mid
be did not koow, 'skald " Whet.,, you up to ? "
He swore and said " foe giving you • downright good
hiding." On Oast Rod threw down hie bag, and began
giving trauma • good hiding—knooking him shout;
mad Rolls Game and helped him, striking hlm in the
face which gave dim • bleak opt. Between tam they
knocked him down into the yard, mad Read was coming
In no give him some merit of it when Master 1.0•116011
ammo and got him away, and barred the door.
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Crom-earstnined : Witoilog to the mill Head woeld
not have to pees Kr. Lovelace's ' • he would get to it
sooner. Rend buds Ittg in his hand. Did not oak him
If be see up for u battle, or cell him a drunkard, or
strike him grit. ma an hoar Liter a youth named
itiehards told Mm Read wanted to me him; he answered
if he did he most ovule to him. Did not mond hards
for Bead. When wit:tees was going out again to do his
horse. Read must up and waned to NM him again.
Kr. Lovelace then Glom out t ) me none of than—fur
there were a lot there—fell on him ai he went to the
stable. Had got into a little trouble.
What WU that for ?—Am I bound to toll?
hfr. Simonds : Yes; telL

Complainant : Tor stealing ISs. horn Yr. Yeenley.
By Kr. Symonds Wa, mut to • Reformatory
eohool for by. years, end was there ustrly four.
The poor WI cried at having t 3 reveal his fcrmer mis-
moduct.

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A girl crowed Aikhf ord. who saw the Assault, oorro•
borato4

Walter Lo;elace alto corroborated.

Mr James 11111.01109 said ramplaiUant was is his em-
ploy sa groom, and had bait since eth August. Took him
from the Reformatory. Daring tha.. time his character
bed bees very good, aad had no) beard the least on,-
plaint from any oes.• Had foand him truthful.
Mr. Weston said as he was instructed the ease was
jest the reverse from whit had ban stated. Then
had been some little annoyance' previously. Read had
Woo working for Mr. Mayo wine yews, and be had two
characters for him. As he was mooing Mr. Lovelae.'s
wmplainent asked him If he was up for • battle, said
bad language, and atm* Road, when • aunt owned.
Thonforo defendant was the aggrieved party. Read
went hook awoond time beauseHlohards told him be
waisted him. As to Rolls he was Instructed he took no
part In the affair. Referring to in. credibility of the
patio., ha sald Road was of unblemished oharestor
whilst Lodge had been seat to • Reformatory for deo
yews.
Mr. Williams interposed. He thought it a highly
haportaat for the good welfare of everybody that per-
sons should bo encouraged whea they owns tout of •
Reformatory to gaiu an lamest livelihood, sad lot the
put la• paid, that he warn unwilling to boor anything
said ageing* a yoath on that unmet. The kindest
thing was to forgot the past, and encourage • led to go Os doing
Mr. *est= egad Henry Richards, who said Lodge
ant him to Read to say he had had two chaps on him,
Lit him in.. up and awe be ow to ow.
A erowenramoo John laid,, Charles Ladps was
nest taken, mid Read gave his wake at the stair as
follows: —He worked for Mr. C. H. Mayo. Pasoksgr.puti
Mr. Lovelanoe's Lodi* said " Ho
"Will." Lodge asked ",s yes tip to • bails r H.
said you cidiid as.. drunkard the alba sight
"So you are" he said, sad gave witness • bloody nose
Then tis hit him. Mr. Lovelace. son puked WV
down. Afterwards Ritbiards told hat Ledge eastod
his, mad ho went ap.
Gawks Rolls sorroborated.
XL Smoak wits replying est WWII of lado, view
Ihmtlia"Prod Ma sad aid the, ha ma& sp ask
soma

Tim %mob dismissed the smioad mammals, sad Goo-
R.. 4 and Rolls on ii.. first, Aida( them 10r.
evil sad mots. As to the Reformatory Mr. Williams
mikl Goo gem wits &mord ug to Ito.
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Frond Groat and Welter Dowell were summoned for
treeomodne on lead le the oecropetion of Mr. Welbr.dge
at Toter, on the 12th February. Tray had two dogs
with them and earned outcast, but no Rona
Def,ndeat's admitted being there, Dowell explaining
that he " went 'arose tho field for a alto. I mat to his
home," Green accompanying him. Green vehemently
datoed that the doge beloo,ted to hint.
Thin Bomb fined them 10s. arab and costa.
Alia &rims. of Mallen Newton. wan charged on
remand with twenties open the deek of Mr. Brown,
the National School Master. end steeling some pens
and nails. The boy is twelve yoke' old, end has before
been obarged with theft, oommituad in a duthar um.
ner ; the mass however have broken down for want of
evidenoa Mr. Giles Symonda prosecuted on behalf of
the &hod Truisms. Supplementing his evident/0k On.
Saturday imt, Mr. &bon mad there were a few nails
in the desk similar to those prodseed by Sergeant
Stillman. On the lith March there were some new
buildings erring me, end he "believed" he saw prisoner
Unite. When be discovered the robbery h. found
Gomm foot-saarka P.S. Stillman added that an seareh-
leg prisoner he found some nails and • few =Whim,
dottier to others. is Mr. Brown's desk.

Kr. Coombe dace! thck -a-a; ;Wrens, could be put
upon the nada or the peas
The Sergeant mid after apprehending priseamr he
went to his brother at Yr. White's, taking with hint •
Pen and holder. The boy took it, examined it, sad
read the name UPOli i•.
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gimsbeth Writer, 'the school charwoman, whilst
Gleaming the sehoolroom saw Sadiron by the door, He
remarked that she had pinty ot dust, and shortly eller
eoqulred Ushe had nearly done. She told him she
had finished and was about to look the door, sod he
hail better run along home He turned round, and she
saw no more of him; but, where she was .lauding, the
semen near the !school door prorented her from saying
U be yent eel or not.

Albert Salves the prisoner's brother, said Alia told
blot he pieked up the pea and holder predated by the
pollee sargesat, by the mobool door.
Yr. Coombs said ho stlll didn't see say 'videos*
tosablog it.. pea or sena. Prisoaer might, however,
be vanished for damaging the desk.
Kr. Elyatooda aladsted it. 'oakum of the IlVidiDOL
The Bina were of Yr. Cwerabs's optaloa, aad after
siverely sLnaolatw Use mots, gave prboner
a stern caution. and
DOSOILISTAId faitYllft. CLUB.

The annual Electing oat diluter of this slab took
plane bet Thursday shersees, at the Mlng's Arms
hotel, Dosohester. TEO bElliElel Meeting we mare
Important than usual. for tht Pr... Went (Mr. J. G.
Homer, of Kartinstegen), had intimated that In 00111•11-
queue of indiff out health ho should relined& that
°Moe. Ho woe praised to 000linue in it another year,
but would not tronmot; and, alter sousidorabie proteing,
Mr. If. Oulu, of Watoncio, who has 101 l been Via.-
Presideat, oat sleeted Chairman, and Mr. G. W.
Homer of Atrolhthapton, woo Mimeo for Irks Chair.
mut TM Won. Tretsuror (Mr. Chapman fliandon),
and the Hoe. lieorstory (Mr. G. J. Andrews) were ?s-
-olaced. A vat* of thanks was passed to Om eaters
for Ito past year, sad. spookl vote to the retiring
?reeldost, who raid be should continue ta kart the
interest of the Mob as math at hurt as ever, and eve
It all the support he scold. The dinner took pkoe at
fur o'clock Mr. G. J. Homer presiding, with Mr. If.
Osage In the vistrobsir ; mid there wore ormont The
Mayor of Dorchester(Mr. G. J. G. Grogory), Mr.
Alderman J. 0 tlpin, Mr. Ouicelllor J. F. Hodges, Dr.
Aldridge, lAsut. J. F. Hodges, Mr. R. Dimon, Kr. G.
J. Andrews (Co.. sec.), Mr. I'. C. Bounden (h.u. tot '-
curer), Mr. A. Pops, Kr. Gouge Symonds, Mr. H. Popo,
Mr. Lush, Kr. L. Look, Mr. H. W. Hawkins, Mr. ft.
Hunt. Mr. P. Pewee (sesiataat sevrotary).
Whoa dessert was placed on the table, the Quint/At
proposed the loyal and patriotic toast,; Quarter. mas.
1.. GEEGII responding for the porn tory, and Lieut.
Hotatitt for the ,oluaturs.

—Mr. J. F. HODGES proposed tbe Bishop aed clergy
and ministers of ell denosolostioue He boped the
toast wouli always be exteptable because it embodied
tbe fe-liug of this country for emaciating religion with
011 )0? undertakinge

Dr. ALDRIDGE propoted the Lod-Lieutenant and
the magietraoy. in laudatory terms
The Vios.Csataxas gime The heath of the
Comity Members," hoping for wetly years to come
the toasty would be as well represeetea as at premed.
Yr. Annum proposed the health of "Colonel
Slut, M.P.," in a humorous speech. He remerked
the gallant calmed kisdams of heart, sod him readi-
ness et all time. to do what he weld for the Mho.
hither of the borough.
The PRZSIDIXT gate "Th. health of the Mayor end
Corporation of Dorchester, cordially acknowledginir
their idiots to promote the convenience of the ogri.
Guitarists of the distriet for conducting their ruiner
The Mona returned thanks and reared them the
Coeoration recognised the importa.nr of providing
good sod suflicient itheoramodaiion for the kirionitarists
who ettend Doreheeter (sirs and inerk..ts. Within the
lest few year. they bed etheted • large and ecramodions
Corn Pachrige, and bad now under oridderation the
subject of • bett,r fair 11.1 d, Two mites were proposed,
but there was • differ's°e of opinion in the town as to
WIMP would be best for the interest of the town.
Whichever wee decided on the Couneil inteeded to
erect there good and substantial balleings and per.
reanent ions and they hoped to make Darethister
what it should be—the greet central market of this
large sgrioalturel district. In regard to the vexed
labour question he thought it would POD fiad Its
proper level. As • rule be believed the agricultural
labourers were very well paid, and would have been
retool but for Itinerant scrators. He did not object
to Trade Unions conducted on proper prinoiples, but
he thought it wrong that they should say all men
ehoold be pill the rine wages and theta venni Dams
should not do more than • certain quantity of work
though he ware this and would like to do it. If.
worehip propred the health of the Proddeut in ado.
gistr terms—(itheen).
Mr. Hosea returned thanksand rid that on retiring
Ire'. the Presideacy he left the club la • II ourishing etre
both as to moans and members, while the attendears
et the meetings had been larger than daring the last
avers then in thy prosodies Doe dope he had held the
°Mee. He referred to the lectures delivered,
fatly rinmendieg Mr. Howard's and ratite Mt%
advaneed not rimy their own interest bat that of the
tommunity at large. In regard to various matters the
opinions of the olub had been followed by ra•ny outside.
The "abject of the hiring fair wee reidered several
esseions ago end was thought one of Um greatest sale-
these imaginable sod that it ought to be dose away
with. That object had been partly accomplished, for
this year there bed been greater unanimity amongst
the fanners on the subject then ever before, and there
were very few hiring" indeed offered at tke fair. If ,
another year the ferment would determine not to hire. 1
single man at the fair, it mut err to an sailL They
mould do without the felt, and bad • better opportunity
of getting men (by adverthing) wallah]e far their
work. As to the farming interest, at present
they had got a very uphill game toartht. As
• club they had endeavoured to improve allure,
but their efforts in that direction bed been somewhat
retarded be endow. impoilinesta There we" the
advance of 24 to 30 per cont. in labour ; 100 per rat
increase in the
„pries of souls, wuioh would stop in a
great meagre the extension of them power to seri.
esalture; while in tradesmen's bills everything wee
dearer. Then they had had two or three trying
morn, to contend ogoiost. At the sante time he was
not disposed to look only on the clerk std.; both.
anticip•ted • readjustment would follow, and that the
landlords would have to bear part of the incrothed
burden.

--The eitaismax proved " fictomes to the neighbor-
ing Formers' Clubs, partkularly mentioning the
Winfrith Club whioh be rid hod greatly improved the
agriculture of the (tirade'.
Mr. Chapman Scutum= responded.
Mr. Danes was •Iso celled on, and said he had bees
• member of the Winfrith (hob for shout a quarter of
a century, though be more esperally lid allied him.
self with the Doroheater Club. He renewed with the
Preellent that agriculture eras at pressed sum what
uoder a olond, bet he hoped that to am Mr. Gladotone's
oxpreation they should me mom of the "aver streak"
than they had of let& That they had lately rather retro-
graded la various scatters was shown by the agricultural
statisties lately Weed. As ooeseered with 1871 there
wore in 11372 something like 105,000 acres more in
fellow, or an 1110t81141 of 20 per tent, of land prodadm
nothing; and he attributed it to the wet season and
the lemur question. But this was n startling foot
taken Into sonnectioa with the importations of corn.
When free trade was oommenced, the tern Imported
amounted to only about 2,000,000 quarters annually,
ten or twelve years ago it reached 5,000,000, while it
was now 10,000,000, so that every mead person in the
omatry was fed with foreign aura. He did not think
that satisfactory; and this err the bmportatlos,, would
Probably roach 12,000,000. That oecadoited the taking
of • great deal of capital out of the couutry. In
Irelaod up to 1845 when the potatoes failed, the peorls
of that mune, +ere chiefly fed upon potatoes, but now
Ireland with two-thirds the population It thee had,
'reports wheat in greater proportion, showing that
sore wheaten bread is consumed. But while he
regarded tees enormous importations of uora m
serious, the statisties preeented • latie "silver streak"
In reference to the titmouse of cattle. There ere
tether over 200.000 more bead of settle in Indeed and
Wales than in the previous ye • , or as increase of
about 5 per cent, aol there were more sheep too.
The ohief income) in the settle wee In those from 1 to
3 year. of age, showing that agriculturists had turned
their attention to breeding more than hthurto. Sheep
had Increased 800,000, latish 'bowel an &demon of
*bout 3 per cent. As to rtock this wee • movement in
Me right direction, rti gale promise for the future.
In regard to the labour question he thought there was
no protract of their being any leak of men to oultivate
the land. In oonehudon he proposed the health 01 lir.
B. Gang., the Vies.Prodient—(applauw).
Mr. 011101 Masked them for OM oompliamet, and
erPrirmed hia regret that they had rotted hira as
President. As they had doae so he bespoke their
assistanos in parrying on the business of the rub. He
felt that Farmers' Clubs Were imperatively neeesery I.
tbe present day, and deserving the support of the
public.
Mr. ON01.3181M31111)11 Weer proposed the health of
the Honorary floorstery, Mr. G. J. Andrews, and the
toast was drtusk with hearty Mowing.
Mr. ANDILIWS mid It had always been his earned,
endeavour to promote the wilfulness of the club Is
every possible way I. his power. Referring to the
criticism to which its proceedings were subj-ot, he
thought that a sign of its vitality and that the subjects
they dealt with brought out important truths. They
emammeed the semi= with • paper by their emellent
Marmot (Mr. J. Home) on a moat appropriate sob-
jest —The Prospects of Prating. Be proved that to
stook a farm Dow would cost £7,500 where it could ham
bre dons for £5,000 20 rem ago, or an berme* of 50
pee met And the reasons he gam were clear enough
I. any unprejudiced person—the greed hewers of
dream among stook, more In the led 30755:5 than
In the two presediag osaturies—drought, sod other
dillicultiee of the seemas. Thee followed Mr. Howard,
and who. be saw the programme—" The Farmer's
Position, and the Labourer's Capital,' he scareely knew
what to leper, het he liatomad to It with mush plea-
sure aid Mewed ; sad he Mooed Mr. Howard was
9 site right when lab seid that teme to maw mess premed

ssanaleitly on the ha& K. (Mr. Andrew.) wanted to
know-he never had been able to find out, why laud
should be ezelealvely toned; he could not eee at all
why lend should hear all the harden of the turnpike
roods now shout to be thrown upon tio Higher.,
Boards to to kept to repair buena, high ramie, as be
bed the honour of saying before in the room below, by
the Motu= of Wizeboth were to be meinteined at toe
joint elopers of the laud an pommel chats: and 100
years after 'begin the leib °usury) in the 'vier of Oman
god bis wile-and that was shoot the best sort of part u, r.
alp in this world *Unit WY ennfortable-(lenglit-r) I
Philip and Mary-it au pawned by ontute tirit
the maintaining of good roads between maik,t town
and market town hag contributed greatly to the
advensement of trade, tbe increase of wealth, and the
value of land, end au to the case end comfort of the
subjects-that WAS a clause tonna 200 roars ago, end
In that stele of society it was ordered that the harden
should be horns equally by personal nod lauded pro-
perty-(hear, hear). Why then in °common fairness,
geeing the Opal= strides made In commerce between
that time sod the present, and the vast amount of
capital seiouniulated I. this emustry by trade anoe that
period, should not personal property now oontii-
bate to the highways es the land does ?-
(applause). Think, for insbuiou, of the number of
rehieles employed now upon the hi:Jiver' se cionspare4
with 200 year. IWO. Though be had no distinct recol-
lection of the fest--ilaughter)-be ventured to say
whore there was one then there were 500 now, se be
had no doubt the returns of tares would prove. Aied
a. the roads wore not so much for increasing the va.ne
of the land as for the mentors and cionvenbiecie of the
subjects, he could not see why in commas boaesty
personel property !Mould not' in some way contrib..,
to their repair--(oser, bear). Lately the Maiden
Newton trust with nearly 10 miles of road had been
thrown into the highway distrio=-90 to Dorchester, 5
Caine,ts some to Bricipart, sod the rest to Sherborne.
Wu it fair the lead should have to keep up those roscls
seeing the tumbrels= people who now used vebio:eii
for their comfort and 0012VISISIDOOS upom them?-
(applies.). After that Me Whittle lectured on the
Increase of Disease amongst rattle. He showed that
In 1865 the sonntre paid for imported anima's some-
=dog like £6,500,000, bet in 1868 £9,500.000 odd only,
or a decrees* of 44,000,000. Mr. Dameo had told them
of the ingress, of cattle b.dereen 1811 and 1872 and of
the large quantity of lead that bed gone out of cola-
vatioo. Now it occurred to him (hr Andrews) that
the extent of land lying fallow oil in Some moots",
ocisuloaed by the high prism of meat, and farms=
lading it to be more to their advantage to grew
wet= than corn sispeelally on poor lined where
they were °Wiled to lay out a very tares sum of
mousey, sad liben have only a very shady prospect of
gettlag any return-(hoer, bear). He see very fond
a dirmieg, though he knew nothing at all about it, end
se he redo by • *se of laud oeculonally, and taw
Moses and rabbi= of one sort and umber, and, when
• sod was kicked off, bow little there Wag under-
neath, it was marvellous to him how crops were grown
at ell on =eh poor soils, and it wee evideort it could not
be dose without an iseineou outlay. Thee the quince
arose as to whether the return made was reasonable et
set. They knew what the last two or three seasons
werre--ead whet they might have loan ; and why
should farmers be twitted that they did not farm
0 high " enough-did not spend enough money In
manures and an forth! Why should they ley out their
money any more than other people in other branches
of trade unless they had a good prospect of a fair
return 1-(heer, hear). Everybody mold give advise to
farmers, and they were obliged to listen : if farmer.
were to go to other traders and tell them whet to do,
they wend probably be told they were fools and bad
better mind their own buidnees-(lseehter); sod if
harmers treated their gratuitous advieers in the
same way it would not be surprising. but
they were such • good-tempered clan of men that they
took It all patiently and uncomplaining. In carrying
on their business farmers were guided by ootemon sense
like peop:• in other beataoeses. After Mr. Whittle,
his (Mr. Andrews's) partner, Mr. Alfred Pope, gave
• lecture and he oertainly thought him • very bold
man when he undertook the subjeit of "The High
Pries of Mest"-(lainghter). He (hr. Pope) took that
view of the matter, which was altogether antagonistic
to the opinions of the prodnaers-(lenghter). It wee
like the buyer and seller of a razir. The seller averred
the ranee was • beauty ; pot it Rader yeas pillow whey
you go to bed, =id you'll get op in the morning clean
shaved 1-(laughter): while the buyer rays the razor is
bad. rye tried it with a great deal of soap and the
hottest of water, have scraped at my fur till the skin
is pretty nearly rabbet off, but not • hair is shaven,
and the nice don't suit me-(laughter). That illus-
trated the difference between buyer and seller. He
gave Mt. Pops credit for • great amount of what
lawyers did not generally possess-mods= eaturepes-
(Lasibber) ; at the same time he thought Mr. Pope held
his owe as well as is could be done in the position be
oceepied-(hrear, bear). But there was nothing like
dissuasion, and to the ieterestiog subjects that had
been brought forward be attribuied the good attend-
ances during the seesion. But he must say that he
thought the primness! loiterers-Mr. Homer end Mr.
Whittle -got a little the better of the lawyer., for they
both ended with definite proposae. Mr. Horner gave
as the remelt of a long life of keen observation that
what (=mere wanted was more unity, and that when
they desired to carry objects favourable to their
views they should support the people who
would stud by them without reference to
persons or polides-(hear, heart Kr. Whitt'e advised
that efforts should be made to got the Government to
appoint • Minister of Agriculture, and to carry out the
resolution of the club on that togasion be understood
that Mr. Homer, Mr. Genes, sad Mr. Howard =trete
go in prootadon to the Board of Trade, taking Mr.
Stork M.P.. and Kr. Edwards, M.P. with them and
' Basting upon their wiehse being tarried oat-(lan'ghter
and applause). Those were the practical asecinshros
of Mr. Homer and Mr. Whlttie, white the
lawyers talked a good deal about what ought
,to be done, but Like lawyers generally, never
' sot about doing anything without being paid for
it -(lautibler). lie thanked than for the oomplimset
they bad paid him, and la hoped that as long as the
Doorbell= Farmers' Club exated-which he trusted ,
would be at lust for 20 years to some-he should have !
the hoarier of being its seorelary-(applause).
Mr. AZDZIWS proposed the health of the Hon.
Treasurer, Kr. Chapman Beneders.
Kr. 840111D11111 replying staled that the beleau in
bead we. £2B 184. 7e. as &pied £9O Ils. Id. last year.
He said all the work of the iamb was deoi by the hon.
seeretary. He adverted to the wide publicity given
to the proomidings of the club, and the importune, of
the club. He hooked ILI' the Chamber of Agriesiture,
whose cocalderetio• be thought should be directed to
the Edueation Act, the Tamest Bight Bill, the question
of tame Feuer ha. The ianstotim gave the health of "Mr. Howard "As
one of Use leaguers of the out seadon, and the moo-
plimeet wee askeowledged in a genial speech.
The health of Mr. Alfred Pope," another of the
=Mures, followed, and that gentleman responding
aided that he purposely selected a subject cm •hich
he knew the majority would be opposed to him.
"The health of Mr. Hodges" who gave the inaugural
ketone when the elab started was drunk, and soknow-
hoed.
" The town and trade of Dorchester" to which Mr.
IL Pope, frespeo:led ; The " banking interest," coupled
with Mr. log, 'The Press" and other toasts followed,
and • pleasant evening was sprat.