The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

THE DORSET tOMITY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1866.

indulging in the" luxury of grief," whilst all
the other lesser ci -a were found to join in
the yelping chorus. This is the merest
surmise indeed t for, with one exception,
when certain remarks found the' • way into
the leading columns of the leading journal
itself, the Queen, although she hal made very
visible efforts to overcome her reluctance to
mingle: in public life, and has even done
violence to the manifest poignancy of her
feelings on more occasions than one, in order
to appease the metropolitan clamour, has
' simply done all she could, but meanwhile
maintained a dignified silence on the subject
of the silly ontcry that has been mimed.
And now that, favoured by is fine a Novem-
ber day is the son ever shone upon Her
Majesty has passed for three miles in one
direction through the narrow streets of Wol-
verhampton, returning by another route
through the lowest abodes of the labov-ing
Irish with plenty of grees--evergreens—hut
not one spark of Feniariam—to be seen;
now that Sir John Morris, Wolverhampton's
mayor, kneeling at her feet, has received the
accolade" from Lord Derby's sword and
risen up a knight; and finally, that the part-
ing from the black country has been COM-
memorated by the word "souvenir" in
diamonds presented to Princess Christian,
like Ophelies significant token "I pray you,
love, remember, London lees consolation
in all this, and seeks to inspire the souls of
her West-end tradesmen with the expectation
of a good time coining for them in turn.
And it is coming, if they will only just be
quiet and wait. We noticed only last week
that the Queen had repaired to visit the prce
gt,of George Gilbert Scott's Eleanor
which is to form the most enduring of
all the monuments erected to "the silent
father of our kings to be"—the Tennysonian
ascription with which Wolverhampton so
profusely greeted the occasion of Friday.
Well,let London be prepared when that "good
time" comes in reality,to salute with phrases
no less grateful to a grieving Queen, the
memory of her loss, in seeking immortalise
her lost one's fame; and let donere learn
to appreciate the value of that Royal coun-
tenance which they have pouribly found
withdrawn only or mainly in consequence of
the ribaldry of scribes to whom they bow in
subjection. The fashion cf running dos n
the Queen hasicertainly greatly died out,
and London may from Wolverhunpton learn
to tio-n over a new leaf.

IL—WHITHIa 872P1111311 alb SAILED—
this cold weather—from Cape Hatteras in a
fishing craft, or has taken passage in the
Bremen steamer with the pure certainty of
being nabbed next Wednesday when she
calls at Southampton—two thousand
pounds set upon his head, a thousand to the
man that gives the information, and a
thousand to him who makes the actual
arnica,: presents no slight chance of his
rapture being effected should he really
venture to set foot in Ireland. Perhaps,
however, Stephens may never return to
Ireland; more likely than not, he is only
done with America ; and, although he was nob
altogether well received in Paris when there
last, we should rather incline to expect thst
he would turn up on the Boulevards as
before. The Emperor will hardly like him
fora guest; but that is precisely where the
extradition treaty fails; • political offender
may indeed be warned to leave France, but
commit well be surrendered; whilst we our-
selves continue to harbour such men as
Victor Hugo and Joseph Muzini, our
country is known to be the noted refuge of ,
men of strong views from all nations. Mean- '
while the portly, burly James Stephen,
whom the Hue and Ory revels in describing
as tender-eyed, but not like Leah, for he has
a knowing habit of blinking and closing one
eyes. he speaks, is not tman to be hid
within a nutshell, 1101' is he likely of himself
to suffer his light to be put under a bushel.
He will turn up so newhere. Events are
only waiting this, it would seem, in Ireland.
Scarcely an inhabitant of that blessed sod
but believes he may have the pleasure of
having his throat cut, or that of cutting his
neighbour's, before Christmas Day. Not •
penny is left in the savings' banks. There
never was Much in them, or any of Ike others
—but the run within the last three weeks
has cleared them all out. Even persons of
position are besieging the government
offima for the appointment of fuards of
soldiers to protect their domiciles, their
property, or their persons. Some are going
the length sif removing into garrison towns
that they may sleep under military pro-
tection. The worst of it all is that the
repeated seizures of men, money, arms,
ammunition, and accoutrements, which are
made almost daily, in the most distant
quarters of the kingdom, Thibliti to-day,
Cork to-morrow, Limerick and Belfast or
Drogheda by turns, leave no doubt of the
reality that instigates all these apprehensions.
Stephens, in America, asked but two or three
thousand pounds to enable him to commence
the war in Ireland before this year was out.
The supply seemed ludicrously inadequate to
his purpose, and the More so that so far as
known to us—he didn't even get it—but if
not, whence are all these Birnungliam rifles
and well finished sword bayonets, whence
those hundred-weights of ball cartridge so
alarmingly imported into Ireland as "hard
ware P" The fact is that we know nothing
about the matter t we know not the means or
resources, and we can only faintly guess at
the ramifications of this Fenian conspiracy,
from twos and threes of the American con-
federates dispersed under the very eyes of the
police all about the country, or from the open
return of those who had absconded, walking
with measured tread after Irish funerals, or
moving in large bodies, four abreast, under
the moonlight to the music of an accordion
playing some popular air. The secretiveness
of the Brotherhood constitutes, in our
estimation, its extreme danger; and if the
two thousand pounds laid upon the head of
Stephens, were paid to-morrow, it would not
represent, perhaps, a tenth of the expense to
which that dexterous, however contemptible,
individual has put the country. There are the
breech-loading rifles (1,250) supplied on
Saturday to the Dublin constabulary; the
troop ships taking over regiment after
regiment of the line, the 28th for Dublin, the
82nd for Queenstown, and the 89th for
Belfast; not to mention the detachments of
marines, the gunboats, dispatch vessels, and
the Hector ironclad, all departed for Ireland;
for other regiments, both infantry and
cavalry, are on the move from Aldershot in
the same direction—the 66th, the 71t
Highlanders, the 3rd Hussars and 17th
Lancers, together with a considerable force
of the Royaf Artillery, and several companies
of Royal Engineers. If the Irish Jack Cade
and his army of shop boyscan withstand all
this, it will be surprising ; but who in the
world knows whether or not be is adroitly
creating a diversion in order to enable the
threat to be carried out, of INVADING CANADA
Oh Tait icaf

llL—Dsmourniariows may have their. danger
but they its after all nothing to oonspiraome.
They mean something open and above board
they ;
they cannot help saying, "Here we are," like
other Cluistmae characters, and they certainly
ought to say what it is they want and would
be at. There it is, however, wherein, with all
this show of honesty and o they are dis-
honest and disingeutiona. Milt be una,ined
that these were hard terms to apply to 200.000
men of the trades of London, whose messublage
in Lord Ranelsees park will be matter ot biotin
by the time thee. lines meet the eye of the reader.
Bat what would be the neasenty of monster
meetings and demonstrations at all, if their
appeal were no! taken to the show of force quite
se mush ea to the show of reason. On the
highest authority we are told that "saultisusise
may undoubtedly "do evil," and we are enjoined
"not to follow" them for any each purpose.

How many of the men of London may remember
th 4 injunction, and how few of them may deem
the proceedings of Monday fraught with es il,
we cannot &Feet ti 3 gnaw BCt the recollection
of the Hyde Park Hots, invests the movements
of 90 Alan, men through the streets of the g.siat
Metropolls with no small cause for uneasiness and
alarm. The men or "trades" or whatever else they
may cell themselves, doubtless rejard the can
-
aim, as they have done elsewhere, as a mere
holiday. But they logy be attended by a rabble
for whom they are responsible, inasmuch as the
unwonted assemblage and marmite/ling of so
many men In procession, on the plea of gravaoce,
and of inequality of political right& is just that sort
sal occasion of which, as se know from he expe-
rience of Hyde Park, the evil-disposed will
try to take advantage. Of this fast the
leaders of the London movement have so far
shown themselves sensible that they have endea-
voured, of themselves, to provide against disorder ;
and even parleyed with the authoritiee in
the expectation that they vrould go the length of
favounng them with something like en escort.
The Government, however, cannot be supposed
to be always at the beck of every mere session
of the community, however numerous, that inay
choose to get up an overwhelming demonstrs ,
tion eith which the ordinary arrangements rut
the presereation of the publitl pesos are inade-
quate to Cope. What might be the consequence
if they were 1 A precedent would actually be
established whereby the authorities might next
feel obliged to form the escort to that detathi
went of the League, told ott next February, for
the purpose a hooting, hustling, or intimidat-
ing the membereof the Legislature in paring
to and from their places in Parliament I No;
since it is perfectly certain that yesterday's
demonstration had the reverse of disorderly
intentions—the legitimate course was exactly
that pursued of leaving them to take care of
themel tee, and throwing the responsibility on
their leaders.

wide& was only heard of, not sees, the magistrate
, gave Ma order to:discharge the woman, and call the
heat ease.
nit 410NAL Pierrr Sums*, Saturday.— The
magistrates premed win H. William*, raq• (chair-
man). C. Paine, Seq., it. Thornkm, Eaq., and Lieut.
co/ Steward. .

Vrsncia Hut.pm. brought up, on remand, charged
With larceny, —James Daniels, who resides at Procne
WhOeld, asp« ed that on tim algid of Saturday,
the 24th nit., about half.est twelve' be beard •
oohs whilst in bed, and Jterwuda beard the neigh-
bour nest door knock at the wall. From this he
bad suspicion that there wee some one in the house,
and went down stairs. He fousd his front door
half way open, sod on looking round sew the prisoner
endeavounng to unfasten his wash-bones door.
Prosecutor secured the man (who threatened to stab
him or fire the hoots if be Vrerb not released) till •
constable arrived. When searched, five towels were
found upon him, and two of them were identified by
Daniels at his property, and valued at 2.—P.
A rney spoke to taking Hine into monody, and
finding the towels he prodaded in hie Poemenon.
—Another ohne against him was for etheliog one
of the towels found upon him from DanieVe neigh-
bour, Amelia flayler, which was banging at her back
door the previous day. —Primers bad neither ques-
tion to put, nor daises to oder and wished the
magistrates to settle the rhea —He was committed
for three Stoutbsi Wird liboir «A &aria
John tlreen and limes Steele were summoned for
poaching, at Pranipton, on the 24th November.
George White, woodman to R. B. Sheridan,
on Saturday„
.aboilt three p.m. law the twq
fondants on hind in the °nod-paid:Li of Mr. W. Watts,
who rent, of Mr. Sheridan. They had • basket with
them, containing, rabbit and some poaching Mts.
Witness took a ferret from a bole, when defendants
told him they had liberty to ferret and catch rabbits
when they thought proper. Mr. Sheridan's keeper,
John garrovte, stated that Mr. Watts had liberty to
ferret rsbbite for three mouths, but he bad not
given defendants' any liberty to catch rabbits.—They
admitted being there, and were fined 10a each,
including meta
John Hansford and James Steele (the latter one of
the defendante in the former oese),weresummoned for
emoulting Thomas Burrows, under keeper to R. B.
Sheridan, Req., on Sunday evening, the 26th ult.
Mr. Weston for complainant, who stated that he WM
returning home shoat balf.peet ten on the night in
question, when be sew the defendant+. under • tree.
John Bamford accosted him and sold, "You shall
have it now." Burrows replied, "If you insult ma
1 shall summons you," upon which Handord streak
him in the chest, and Steele caught him by the lop,
and he fell with great fort" on hie head to the ground,
which rendered lam insensible. He never struck
either of them.—Handord said be had no witnesses,
and Steele stated that Barrows snook him first.—lt
was very dear to the Bench that the issoult, • most
unprovoked one, arose out of the oars the day before.
They were fined 20e. each, inoludidg costa.
Levi Riggs, Jun., and Albert Riggs, were
mooed for trespassing in pursuitofrabbitaon Sunday,
November 11. —Levi Riggs failed to appear, in
cionesquence, it was said, of his leaving home prior
to the service of the gammons by the constable.
William Wills, the complainant, sew the lade
In a
_piste of fern, belonging to Mr. Saunders,
at Madan. Both boys had disks, Mined a
rabbit, arid pursued it.—Mr. Sounder* did not wisk
to press the charge, and the mei was dismissed.
John Fry, labourer, was summosed for stealing •
quantity of turnips, the property of Mr. Symonds,
of Combs Farm, Litton Cheney, November 21.
The was was proved_ by P.C. Bridle. —Dasodant
mid he had been to Bridport for some medicine for
him sick father, and be took • few to pat iii some
soup, Es be did not think it was any darm.—Be WS/
mulcted in the mitigated penalty of 4d. and meta
John Trivia, was summoned for being drunk and
incapable at Portesharn on Wednesday, the 21st
Novembsr—Defendant wee incapacitated from at-
tending by • bed back.—P.C. Foster found him
in a ditch very drunk.—Fined ss. and meta His
wife paid the fine, and jorozdisid to pay the caste in
• fortnight, which was
NW Day, a little boy, was summoned by Mr.
Watt., of Upwey, for ill using • cow. The magi'.
tratee were of opinion that the offence did not come
under the Act, and it was distniaehl, the Bench
thinking complainant might obtain redress in the
County Court.

!mark of • British School education. But, where.,
they had 'his merit, they gave variety to the evening's
'doings and Owed not • few of the leadience. A read
-
log lesson was then °endured by Mr. Helmet. The
pieoes selected were singolarly difficult, and it was not
without rine hesitater rot a few mistakes
that the boy. read them ; Mr. Holmes, however,
ex jarred hietaelf well ideated with their
, reading as well as they had done Ruh
sad we think it iedietted thej bad eery trir 1771
readers Recitation 'flow'. my boy," and rag " Thai
beautiful stron." Mr. Wive examined in geotTarlf
and the knowledge they exhibited of England erpeessl y
(not forgetting their own county, whir sometimes
happens), and the British poresions, with the leading
features of the four quarter* of the world, wet highly
creditable. 11. citation " The orphan boy, " and
song " I love the merry sunshine The boys were
then examined in &tenth History by Mr. Beals, who
elicited from them the dales of the reigns of the several
sovereigns, the Pritteited trite in their oharactar, and
the special eerie fr *air their reign. were remark.
able, in not • single instance, we believe, failing to get
a proper answer. Recitation "From India." Mr.
' Holmes then examined in mental arithmetic, not
, oppressing them over much with his questions, and be
was try promptly and correctly answered for the most
, Part. The song, ' flume where the wild lowers grow,"
completed the examination. There re one notable,
very important, and pleasing feature rant this
examination—it was redacted by strangers, and
without the slightest collusion with the rater an to the
line to be taken, • wane, we venture to say, as sensual
as is eminent. The system of public school agar.
Dationi Elsa led to a large amount of " cramming" which
is deplorable in whatever respect it is regarded, and
therefore we ate glad to learn its entire &brace from
the Dorchester British fiehool, and we believe the educe-
lib imputed there is quite r genuine se is the anneal
erannatirl.
The Rev. B. Mamas Chen feed the report of the
cormittee, whir he characterised al most witisfactory.
A few years back the school err In a low rate, but sor
Mir were CH bre on the schodl Meister, rid the daily
average atitindanee ens NO. This bad been Its state for
the pad two yeas; sobs thrght that rimed to be
aboutlite normal goodition.
IL Dramas, Req., read the financial report for 1966.
whish showed • deficit of shoat £B, though be explained
that it was brought forward from the previous year,
and he aspersed a hope that it might be liquidated by
the clime of the present Galenical year
The CHADLINAII then distributed prier of books which
bad been tarnished by the Committee as an encourage'
most to the beat boys of the arbor The Hollowing is
the list :—Tor punctuality and good conduct- Thomas
Payne, Jacob Northam, Alphonse Wolff, Fred. Keats,
James Symms and Mein Crook. For general
leer —Henry Parse, Samuel Walthridge, Toni
Walter Watts, Henry Harding, William Greening,
Walter Welch, John Titling, Alfred Pounoy, John
Teethe, Thomas Wallis, flora Dunkley, Robert Hibbe,
Thomas Coatea, Frank Green, John Hillary, Fred.
Thresher, James Beer, Jolt. King, Charles Crook,
Joseph Legg, and William Banks.
During the distribution of prime to the boys before'
mentioned, a number of drawings etecated by the
pupils were pasesd round for the inspection of the
audience. Several of them were excellent, and all dis-
played a fair amount of ability. We understand that
about 90 of the boys are taught drawing, and if a
WIWI of Art were established in Dorchester—which we
hope may soon be the case— doubtless the parents of
many of them would be willing to pay the small sum
charged for instruction by the specially qualified matter
at each an institution.
The Catzamis then called upon G. J. Wood, Req.,
to address the meeting.
G. J. WOOD. Foci., said : I am quite unable to make
• speech, but I am glad of the opportunity of express-
lag my unabated effacement to the cater of education,
and 'serial, education as it is tarried on under
the British School system. So far as I have been
able to inquire into the question of Mode of teaching,
I do consider that the method adopted In British
Schools Ii the very beet spawn yet drier,
(hear, her). It roomplishes the most in the least
time; it gives the boys the larger amount of
instruction, and has the effect of developing the mental
factltieri in • shorter time than has ever been dope by
any other scherne—(aWare). There are times when
one is brought to consider what are the most important
°bier& of pursuit in this life them which,
lopon
reflection, will give the greatest satisfaction and will
venture to say that those who are the friends of educe'
lion—and particularly of education as it is conducted in
our British Schools--whera they are brought to those
serious occasions will never regret that they have
devoted much energy to such • care as ebb.. The
knowledge which principally concerns the soul is of
sour the most important to be imparted, but next to
that to bar the err renege, by which a boy
is taught to reason correctly, is, I think, of the
greaten importers, rears he thus learns the
laws of Nature which are the laws qf God—laws
whichl if not contained in SeriPtur• leo from and
are in roordanee with it (applause). Reference
hoe been made to the defter of a very der
friend, and a friend of education—Mr. Tun, who was
resent on the last 000ssioo of your renal examination.
We little though thee that we should lose him to roe
end I would simply draw from this arra:rare thdi
lemon that we should all—and there are very few of us
who have not received some warning or another—" work
while it is oiled to-day, for the night Oometh when no
man can work." Let us more woefully consider what
are the objects best worthy of our attention as the
Various duties of this life come before us, and whets
ofir judgments bare approved them, let us pursue
those objects With the appropriate care and energy
they deserve—(applause). Sabeequrtly, Mr. Wood
drew attention to one pleasant result of the labours of
the late Mr. Iles. He said: The school at Orley, the
neighbourhood in which Mr. Tice lived, wee very mar
Indebted to him, and while he lived be look good care
that it should not went for pecuniary assistance, but be
was net a friend of endowments et any kind—except,
indeed, mental endowments—sod there was no snfileient
sum left for the conducting of the school, although
there was • certain sum left by another person applicable
,to the came of education at %ploy. It creed consider-
able rionesen to the truster to look forward to the pros-
pect of the Drool which had been so well pondered for
many years suffering In any degree. The subject was
rooted in the parish, and, for the aroaragement at and
as an example totes friends of this school, I mention
that the former pupils of Nopley 'Athol, now grown up
to men and women, met together when they knew
the circumstances of the case, and resolved that the
school should never want for any pecuniary aid it might
require—Hood applause)—and no the quer= wa
rely and pleasingly settled—(applear).
The Rev. J. Fox then stidreerd the meeting. He
expressed his gratification at the result of the ex-
emanation, and went on to speak of the importance of
good rustic& and he exhorted the boys to use it well.
Touring the purpose of ersoation, he
,qeoled with
approving remarks, a parer from Locke 's "Beer on
the Hume underataading," to this offset: "It is not
the trine= of education in respect of knowledge, as I
think, to perfect ihs know in all or any one of the
satires, bat to give the wind each freedom and dere
sition, and habit, as may rale him to attain any
part of knowledge be may apply himself to, or stand is
need of, in the future entree of his life." He then rola,
of the futility of mere intellectual education without
heart culture, sad quote WWI remarks mad* by ral
Welter Soott fit a similar elfin* Being satisfied that
education wag being eindueted on right Principles red
with snores at that school, be hearWy wished it con-
tinued and Megessing prosperity- (applause.)
The premien made • few concluding remarks.. _ -

;.Cied—lllsve-7.1;;Qe•so" was then =Mg: the audience
joining in the loyal anthem, and the promedinp were
brought to a dam

y 11.14053,
pu;,..h.there....
fore, taking
It▪ Laid be E 3,588.
Mr. Bidder objected altogirthr to the question of
profits being considered at all. woe only • question
as te the lose of right of the oornmorra
thikewepr°u°lt7rpetelP:rw"sytailanw:coniutidhisideririebe ng the matter,
s o lair 11. e Sheriff thought it warailar qw.
what prate the commoners w
two of then rights.
A roimidersble disecteeion ensued on this point, Mr.
Bidder contending that the question of profit. *Gold not
oeeibi
by the
thto. s ose t.deprildrm
qtarMr. 6.11 in. unstinted to say that there was • third
enteion"Ougined-ht toThehehebeaerdig'
i la. lr Mu on whisk
Point, as ;warded the remain ng .
however, deeded that the
there WM no stone, but yet over which the inhabitants
had the right of herbage, and also am • pleas to throw
the rubble obtained from the quarries. FOS. Oil they
claimed .‘1459. He then proceeded to call his witnesees.
Willie.. Pearce stated he would be 67 next February.
He had lived at Portland ell his life, and bed taken an
active part in parish business. He was Chairman of
the Committee of Commoners, and • stone agent for
*boot ten.yeare and waisted his brother-in-law for iris
years. Was pretty well acquainted with the different
qualities of stone. Could tell the difference between
rock and free-atone.
The witness was about to detail the privilege of the
conisnoriers, when the Crown solicitor thought it en-
atesesaryi and read the grant, which stated that they
had • hitift to quarry stone on payment of a royalty of
Is. per ton, renerienue of whir went to the pariah.
But the Crown had the right of quarrying them with.
out paying any royalty. The Mires said the inhabit.
sate had rap the right of resins for tbelt earn use free
of royalty.
The Sheriff ruled that the triremes might Or
evidence as to what the rights were prior to the mill.g
of the grant.
The witness proceeded to ray that the eommonere,
inhabitants, or parishioner. of Portland had a right to
quarryletone from the oommonable land• without the
leave ot license of inure, on • payment of ls. 4 fOO.
It had been • right as long ari he could remember, and
he believed it was handed down to them by their fore-
fathers, sad they wished to hand it down to teen
children.
The Sheriff Newer mind the children. They will
tale care of themaelvea
Wither continued that them was no reserktion.
The inhabitant. could take as mar a. they pleased, Of
ga they could. The Crown mould also take airy stone
they required without paying royalty. It • meal wished
to build a bore be bed a right to tabs the iihinge of
the rote free from any part of the error e. Be
could ale. take the 1111111Af for the our 1
The witheiget in etinuation gegaveevidenes7l-
the
quality of the base bed end roach is the 5-aeres, and
espreasecl his belief that it raid be worked at a profit.
The market pries of roar wad generally 10s. a too, and
bre bed 90a —Mr. Bidder said he err needy to admit
those values—The •itness, in arossexamination, maid
he was distinguished front the other Parer r
William Fearer of Feeton.—Mr. : They call
him "Lord Ifivere- --(laughter). —Mr. Bidder said he
Mas not before aware be had the honour of addressing
• member of the aristoeracy--(lrghter).—Wituess pro-
ceeded to say that during the strike the 5-aeres was not
worked generally, because the Bill land was more
profitable in the summer.
Henry Otter said be had minded at Portland all his
Ste (56 yrs.), and had always been regard in quarrying.
Had examined the trial pits: the stone there was base
bed and roar. The bee* bed sold at 10s, a ton at the
nit', mouth; it would oost N. or 100. • yard to remove
the rubble, and making and squaring was fa. a too.
Routh was nearly as profitable to the quarrier as block.
It was easier to remove the 30 feet of rubble 0 fla the
knee bed than open new ground.
Joespb Hodder rabid that he was a contractor, and
carried large quantities of sloes from the gruirries to the
railroad.—[ A disonrion here took plates between the
legal gentlemen so SO the Worry of this wither'
testimony, and it terminated in his not being miestiored
further.]
The Court then adjourned till tea the following day.
&TIMM%
The inquiry was resumed at ten °Week this morning.
William name, recalled, said This ace age of the
parish lands was about 020, of whisk Ooverament had
already bought 405 agree, end was treating for 17
additional acres, the subject of the present inquiry.
He wee premed, in ororexamination, to tell the automat
et royalties paid, but be persisted he could not tell
*seedy, mad suggested it might be got better from the
person who resolved the money.
Charlie Hinds amid, be had worked the quarry nearly
forty years, and was well acquainted with the land about
to be taken. Had exassibied the trial pits sunk, and
found whit and base beds. The erre was of very good
quality, similar to that in private quarries aear. Rad
never seen any land opened without aseettrag with base
bed. The cost of excavating and oaring the nibble
from lend not previously worked, wee i.e. Ojd per isubie
yard. Where the whit bed had been excavated, and
the rabble thrown back, be would remove the rubble
for 100. a yard. Had seen blocks from 90 tor to half
a-ton. A ton would be sold for 20a The .tens was
y sold at the pit. Should my there were some
thousands of tons of roach in the rubble, on the
lands. There were now 17 cranes standing in parish
street. The pasture land wee worth from 50e. to CI an
sere, for rectal. Far so mush as IS • year Fr are,
for pasture land at Weston. Within tims last 40 years,
land had advanced 100 per cent in Portland, and was
rill advancing. Crest benefits would be lost by every
inhabitant through government trine the lead, first,
the royalty In the atone at Pd. a ton ; second, the user
lug of the land to the poor-rate—each 1000 LOO4 drone
raised from pariah laud unarmed at £9O, whtrit would be
lost, and the villa of the Board of Onardians, would
pries the heavier on the other lead. Oreesexatained
There was no quarry at work is the five-sers pier now
Did mot know how long it was sire it had been worked.
Had iron 440 or fd..) sheep, on the pasture land at •
time—for • day or two. If they worked the Seer,. the
rubble would have to be shot over the cliff, bait • mile
off, the carting of which would be worth 41. or Clad a
yard. The land was from 70 to 100 yards wide. 17 be
were working the 5 acre piese now, had no doubt he
could get Ilia a lon for the irons at the pit's mouth.
Did not know anybody who had does it except some
year, ago during • strike. There was 3 or 4 strata of
tint, amounting to 14 or 2 feet, before getting to the
bus bed. Between the whit sad base bed., there was
or S festal intermediate strata, resisting of lint, and
other store, and the eon or removing it would be ls. 6d.
• cubic yard: In No. 1 pit there wee nearly 5 feet of
bans bed. At wars quarry, the average thickness of
, rubble want or 6 feet. Mkt out know the enact runlet
realised by the fhl. a ton royalty ce stone from the pada
land.; believed about 1.160 per senses. Ito-examiaed
Should only throw over the cliff rah rubble as be had
not spar for on his land.
Bartholomew Combse said be had bees • quarryman
about 15 years. Worked in the five-acre piste when be
was 12 years old with his father, to very good quality
of bre bed, which wee mold at 15s. • lion at the pit's
mouth, and could be sold at that price now, •
quarrier working in the pariah lead for • aterebeat
would get 4.. or sa, • day, according to the quality at
the done. 10s. • too was allowed in all quarries for
arptaring the roar said removing the rubble. U all
the perish quarries ware taken, did not think they weld
get this samiterirnotot, be. a toe. In case of a strike,
or • man's being of work it was a greet adverse*
So be able to go the parr quarries. Orose-examined:
Had never availed themselves of the parish quarries
since the great strike. Did not know anybody now
getting 15s, a tea for roes at the pit's mouth, bat
paid from 14a. to its. himself wheabuilding the
sober at Fortune's Well, endears for earrings. Nose
was now sold at ISt • ton at the independent quarry—
the beet atone in the island.

Franca Williaso—Dyntood, surveyor, of the firm of
Dymond and Sons, Exeter, said he had had emaiderable
experience in settling chime for oompeneatioo from
public companies and especially from the War Ofece.
Had carefully inapecta the five aerie of quarry land in
question, aosompanied et two men named Miksbal and
Satrap—the former was now ill of • fever, and the
latter had met with a serious amideet, hectoring owl
of his lam. In trial pits Nos. 1,2, aad 3, the average
depth of block stone wee Xt. 10in., and of roach M.
Bin.; pits 4 to 9, block 4f1., reatdi lift din.; pits 9 and
10, block Bit., roach if I. Bin_ In the Ire-sore pima
estimated there was 61,687 toes of block does, and
31,521 tons of ken tor roach. The rearketail• quantities
of each would be one third leer than the gross antramt,
vie., 41,078 tons of block, and 21,014 kin of roach.
The royalty of 94. • ton would amotust an the whole
to £2,328. Considered tea years • fair period for
working out the Mone, end, dechasting 4 pra
mot. gave the present raise of the royalty,
21879. The soutpesealloo for the eamocisere'
privilege if 1 working the atone and gstti
• living by it he intimated aa follows :-41.078
Moak, as 3Us., would realise £4i,019; and 21,014 toes of
roach, at Bd. 18,406—total, £4483. {'he whole
expenses attending the working a that queen ty at stone
be calculated at £37.593, vit, Per shifting 280,361 yards
of rubble, at 104., 211,681 ; mu= iind making 41,078
of tons block. at 55., 210,289 ; and incidentals,
at £8.861; royalty, at Is., £2.063; squaring and
making 21,014 tom a raneels, at 3a., £6,152 ; earriage
and incidentals, at 35., 13,, 152 ; royalty, at lA.,
£1,06L CatescrusoUy Mere woekl be lat • net
profit of £11,963. That sem earned in ten
=would be worth in present money 23,588.
citing Miami on capita, any £4,000 at 5
per es It., or 1300 per annum for tea years, worth is
peewit mosey, 21,540, left sob. paid to the eamintosen
on this bead, 22,018. The Ila. lz. Sp. of land Rader
which ao state existed, he vaned at sag. Therds"
his total 'mistake' for the claimants wee £4,775. Draw
examined: £8613 represented the heample of the
land. Was not aware that all the ishabitante were
entitled to the right of herbage. 17selerstoo4 they
could build upon the lend. Had takes the pries of the
stone to be what the merchant woad get at the qual
The price 20a a ton beguiled all the shames that mead.
made on the stone in the lased. Had nee got Into details
when fixing the imideetale at Is. • los. The met el
diverting the highway would seem into the sharps of
104 a yard for removing the rubble. The shifting and
walling up of the rakish, would also be Included in the
, 104. per Gobi* yard. Wee told wham he made this
estimate be would ham to dial with enarseous stones
Mr. Nadir said, it was the rood siesta tea_pesse be
ever beard of Cromilllll6lllllllo.l 00111thIlled : 31 germs-
meat did not require the lead, be had so reams to
sußadmoseg. thop..44oo4lkl=kaaga:
orbs
ezwieweresiered iticiteapiethatralia.
Baexansised : Believed it was in 1861 the War 011ie
lirst gave motile they should requlre the had.
Mr. Peabild, earveyor, of IHetrest. Loudon,
add Is bad examined the trial pile is the Ing=see,
and be agreed with Mr. Dyesood's aldose,
to the value of the stain If £5O anawe were parfaits
the pasture land it would be fair sompeseaties.
Mr. Bidder stated that be would 00111111114 to pay £5O
an aere for the pasture land.
Mr. Collins replied be was willing to take • verdkil tot
£1175 ae I_3ompessalion for that lasiL
Mr. Bidder agreed, ciousequally Sb. has was
aitrowed to lb. value of tbs commons' rights on 16.
cl•t!r7 - _

Mr:PenKdd areesexasdaed : Had waked (parries ia
Serrey, some at Reigate, and ID at Gabbs*. Of id.
own knowledp be mild net tell whether la. a Ina mold
I. realised far the atone is Portland pariah lands; hie
adoulatioas wen based on skaaataats sole to Ida by
alma.
Mr. Now B. Oriainnay, warreyer, of Weraresth.
mid be bed lad Goias experiusee is quarrying ekes sad
In sibs slaw track pearaily. Had baba days tb• trial
pill not Allot up by rabble tang. Agreed with PIL

Dymond as to 11lie nett quantaries deem to be eb..
seined. There woes little whit-bed in the Wideetreet
quarries and a large quantity of baie.bed, which ap-
peare d to him to I* of eery good quality.
Oroweeisioined : For three months past bad b.n
quarrying, and for a long time previously had boon en-
gaged For Mr. Waetoo, merchant, sad knew aboat
she oder at wise and quarrying. The large atouu,
monkanti were emornopere, and could go to the wish
lands If they liked. Mr. Weston was DOW waking
peri.h land in Wide street, adjoining a private work*
of lie Amounted for it not being generally resorted so
11 the great aspens* attendieg tie commeneement a,
working..

Benjamin' Name mild be gra+ enepinyed out the tram-
way, bad men a good deal of claiming iind km. a
mone from • brick ilelnible4 —The hure heel atone on
the paiiib land from Verne-atroet to Widevmem was
of very good quality—none better in the Want cm..
examined Was with Steward and 00., mereimats, for
20 years. A marketable Mona averaged 11 too i.
weight. The base bed in tee parish lead waa fr mom A
So lir. thieli. If there was mach rabble it would
not pa lo Work boa" bed anima It averaged three feet
thl .

elosed the ogee for the elaimanta.
Mr. Bidder then opened the ere for the Crown. he
said be warn lostrected on behalf of the War Ogee that
the estimate' by the akimante" witremese of the amount
of compennedon which ought to be awarded were made
fallaciously and under a misepprthessios, gad met
from the cereametencie of the depth at 'bleb g. 0,,
ley, the greet quantity of rabble overlyiag wed ebe
000segnenll peat exposes of removing it, width *sem
be enhanced by the serroweem of the strip of leet, k
could not be worked Ma groat, and, coseequently, tees
for teeing away a worthless right, the eompenation
origin to be but • tribe. He sailed
John Code, mg., who Mated that be hod bees the
resident epnineer directing the construction of No_
land breakwater for 17 rearm Red superintended the
quarrying of from 160,000 to 200,600 tone of market-
ibis Purdand atone. for Government works. Red ex.
iunined every ono of the trial pits on the 5-acire piece.
Did sot observe soy whit bed. Pound the etacie mono
than usually disjointed. Prom the the thinsess at the
eg.,ee sushi, and the shaking it had reeeived, he wee
afraid very little would some up to the steodard of 11
ton block& Pleee No. loe the phut of the Beene be
produced, contained, amording to his estimation 16.600
tons of block and reek ; piece No. 2, 29,100 bee ; sott
piers. No. 3,6,570 toed total. 52.470 toes of book
roach. The prat of woehiog No. I would be £366 te. 94.
No. 2 mold not to worked except M a laes, arid Oa No.
3 there would be • profit of 061 13a. 14.• total gain
£647 19s. 11d. Witness inhibited diagrams shoeing
, the depth of rabble and various strata at Acme le the
trial pith Tbe met at bllding • wall to Male the
rubble in plain ovoid let be iseluded in the 10d. a cubic
yard noritiosed by elnimeatet witnesses as tbe prke
for shifting rubble. 104. • red was • proper prim for
removing nibble • short &dense, bat from the hod in
question it would have to be led about half.emila, and
tree that they moat pot on as additional Id. year yard.
The met of building a retaining wall would depend on
the oaten of the stone. Did not *Ben the &urea ail
a whole could be worked at • prodi ; men wield prefer
working ether land. The qncirrier's profit on the por-
tico which he thaw* 'night be remunerative would
only twi a fraction of the 6d 11 100 at whieh Jo estimated
the total gain. Cromoriunined : Was still engineer for
the breakwater. Quarried half's-million tons at stone
by free labour, and the rest by fooriota Watched the
work narrowly to amertain the differenee-lesterme
free and eonviet labour. Pound that it took fin
convicts to do the work performed by two
free men. The keel stone specimen, (me from the trial
pits) was at very indifferent quality. nee wee bed in
the perks laid, bat far too inferior to beast soy see.
Was not prepared to say whether thankless or was no
any whit bed in the land: did not gee say. Re-examieed
Had *god his antienates on free labour solely. By tl•
Court The Crown bad • right to quarry for 'tom in
the parish bade without yin, any royalty.
Caplan Tyler, of the MOl5l Rogio.era, in dorm of
the Government war* at Ponilnad, said be bed greet
practical knowledge of the quarries in the ithod. Had
examined the ow pits, mad belived the timothy el
whit bed to the fre-eare oboe was very incomiderthle.
There were large bleeke of imp end meth is the rubble
which greatly Increased the eon of removal it.
Believed the profit of working the quarry lend in
question would be lees than Mr. Cootie had eetiniated.
Croce-esamined : Had been two years in Poetised.
'The quarrying be had experieneed was deo, by cocricts.
Understood some people in Portland made large profits
by stone quarrying. Giladated £3OO for diverting the
road, le. 2d. • yard for removing the rubble, Is. for
getting through the flinty strata, rod S.. 6d. for Igsering
the bass bed. Hie aspartame was that all bus bad Ina
ander linty bees.
Henry Beggett, of Weymouth, said be was selector
, of stone for the Goverement, gave le. 6d. a ten to'
, Steward and Co. for better hart than the epeenneo pro-
' dared. Had ewe the stone in trial pita Noe 5 aiid 6 ; it
wee not rood. The lees bed in those pets was very much
shattere& mad he should say it was not worth alisneg.
eromexamined : Never beard of kerf being weed out of
Portland till the last 10 yen*. Had used it for outside
building himself, and gave ts. &I. a ton for it in the
quarries, It Mood aa well ea base bed. Had WOW sold
kart for bow bed, but had sold It for roach. Roach
was from L. to IS.. • ton. The base bed magnum
proclaimed wee DOI SS good aa that got from the Govern.
went "maggot" bed. There could not be a ton of hem
bed got from;themits be saw, bat that quality of hue
bed wee worth IN. • ton it one geoid sell it et that
price. He-examined: In the ease he mentioned of
selling keel for rome he WS/ not restricted to supplying
nosh.

—Mr.- Bidder then srldressed the jar* behalf of lbw
Crown. He thinned that the claim for the privilege it
quarrying me 14 wee of land and the royalty on tbr
..on. obtehted, which au Friday mormated to if 4,317,
had that day hien redamed to 93,927, and he thought
eves that sent if salted for the fee simple of snob • 71
of land, would have startled any jury. But they
not to roseider the vales olaaythlng like the he Untie,
but the 91 royalty on the doom, if they were of *mon
II would ever become payable, and lb. value of the
eommooer's mirth's to work the pod* load with •
royalty of li. • km on the Mose ithieed of 2.. as
at private quarries. Bat the War Mai did solg=
to deal with them is ea illtheral spirit 7lse tom
-
maser's right to the 9d. royalty and the privilege of
• gnat soder the Chows, and dariag
'arra the Crown, arid Go t had the
ridb to eels"? as wath It Qs, pleasveri without any
royalty. Therefore, be might have argued the Crown
could take the whole of tee stone fret of paymaa,
and also bed power to mesa* its grant Bat be
wished the jury to dismiss those eirentmetenees from
their minds, and be only referred to them to show the
Crown had no desire to stood on strict legal tight in
this mutter, or take any sodas advastege of the Com-
meson. He treated it as though the othimsfls bed II
right lathe 9d. royalty in porpothity, and there we. nu
r sit of the CTOWD to work UN those. Bel rembrdiss
itsnthatlighshssonine.Øat the evidence of the
00111 Own without@ showed their chin to ter
bsosa on entirely fellatio's assumption. But be felt
bound to pat Wore them the eve of gest/eines
eminent and esperieneed in this matter, and Yr. Oodo
told them the prods in working the 5-asers
piths would sot be move than 6d. a ton, and so ma& you'll
he likely to embark tem aspital. employ his time, and so to
the expense of l9a. 6d. • ton with all the orestispechse
and risks attending web • ImMasee to make • peelt of
6d. to be divided between and
querriet while there were 190n3inreberer lead net oh-
'rotted with rubble from with& he 'add get Mose at •
prolit of de. or Is. • ton. Mr. Dymond and Mr. Penfold
bad no pm. Veal knowledge of Poetised querrying,and Yrs
Dymond told them that when be made • statement
about 10d, thins the prim for removing rubble, including
the blasting, making Walnuts wells, and iv
else, he spoke entirely on information he hadeneei dtti.
for the parpoes• of4this ease. But meording to the
011111111111t1 own &owls& they would only set ammo for
stone at the pit's mouth white would met them in the
526,102 I although they had sot seleulated any-
thingtor constructing the nessesary roteinisg walls end
various Mbar expenses. Portlier the value of this Ilse-
acre piece for quarrying was shows by the hot that for
the lead 90 year, nobody of all the sporionsen had
thought it worth while to work the land, esorpt for •
solitary 40 tons which Wt. Combos and his.. got out
daring • great strike. But, though it was dearly thews
bat ti. right was • hams right, be inlaid my let •r•
jury • mordiet for the puns( had for the mum
simper:pen, and for the other, as Goversment did
sot wish to deal at all harshly, give them MOO an
sore, making for the whole • sompenestion sum el
1:1125.

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ML Collins adciressod the sury for the darner
The Crown bad brought intruded WitOIMIN Slily to
speak to the stole of the quarries. Fie heti • great
romper for Captain T7ler u a. eagineer, bid when
1.• mitresathe botrm d • marry. he ventend
of out h He ady wondered rim the Agars
the molar produced he did sot say—set way
that the oressosere rights von worthier bid that
samthingth" (lb.
elaimiator italig"gawhtayngbsttronst°thernil" thtsveragasithint
whir to ezersise word result In rob a great
IW. lifted* the erne whir Captain Tyke, with
his engineering and Grommet =mirror deemed
to be remary, Ita marred So ry there wore very
few queries but whet would eatail • reniderable low.
Kr. Orde word aid lee him eamere his Senna
Only me persea was called meanneeted with thou
Goverment, sad be bought kart at de. dd. • toe sad
sold it tor roar, vales trees to. to la., apes whir he
would only remark that is showed renbents ametiree
valved the kelt equal to the roar rem. His
learned Head rid why did not the ormener
work this had lase eed of grog to tbe 111 T
The answer was Mara Ilse at... *bey get
at the Bill weld be runerateli at the pier
does by, sad the perisittli wee •km armee my.
Bet he had row. this very lend bed bra metal sag
at • pert of Is. per ton en the sane rimed at the pit'a
murk. Ele,had showa by Mr. Oriskray, who lived in
the tom, sad was wel arrinted with tie
that forms outlay of 108. per sure for
end be remred, wed the elozzot at whirl rhea
rid word rearm • headsom The maiden
now paid were £lllOO • yew, vi rowed the value it
other parish lands, aid now ray 11711011111 ramerd.
wiso sour say bur that to to. year. Use V tbe Orem
weal as measpalsiss Hadar lbw &Herm parries
r they seemed iodised to do the 0111111101111116 maid or
Bad it bghlj prolltable to gel out the bees bed, roods.
and IcK of rush he bed shown lien MIS as shun-
EMI reVsy
TheM -Bheriff briefly put the Mae beton Ur
The hall we. erred for hall-an-hour. end=
Court rewaniag, mt. Willett LMr 'I
. / L_
announced that their award wee Amu Ter
land sad RIS7b, ypeed 0p.., tor the 7080••=7
r 7,7711.
The Court rose shortly atter owes