The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-19 00:00:00

REVIEW oF TH inrE
CORN TRADE. et uottntl
A quieter tone has teen the characteristie feature. of TUESDAY, NAY IS. IS7I.
tke heat trade. mid in the absence of bootless, prwes
• aahibited signs of weak lies.. but sa the prospect of
harvest bps become much less defined owing to
th▪ e
cold weAlier. it is doubtful whether a reduction would
he permanent.
The quanta,. of wheat now ,n passage to the lTnitecl
is about one million, three hundred, and forty•
seri, thousand quarters against one million. five hundred
and ten thmistind quarters at this time last year.
The present stock of wheat in London is larger than
that hell last year. but thin increase does not compensate
for the deticiencv in the supply afloat
The sesson tieing shout over, there is scarcely any
.leuneelfar malting barley. Grinding parcels have linen
in fair request on former terms.
sound oats have been purchase' to moderate
extant at late rates.
Inferior corn hasi been dull and drEsiping.
'gait° has been quiet at about previous currencie.s.
For Issns not much inquiry, market has Itowever been
firm and prirea have been well maintaitpuL
IN., steely in value with a moderate inquiry.
Flour unaltered.

LATEST NEWS.

MARK LANE.-THIR DAY.

Scarcely any business was transacted in wheat, and last
wcrk's prices were barely supported. Barley was neg-
krusi. Sound oats were firm, but inferior were drooping.
Maine, Beans, and Peas quiet at late rates. Dour dull

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—THIS DAY.
About 3,500 heat.. including 900 foreign. Trade dull,
at twopence decline. Inferior. Is. /44. to F. Od. : prime.
NI. to S+. 10.1. About 25,000 sheep. Market inactive,
and prices irregular. Inferior, In. ILI. term. 0.1.:
2.1. to Ou 61. LoMbs dull at 7s. Od. to 7%. ta Calves
sold at 43. Otl. to so. Ittl. Pigs, Is. Ikb to ss. 0,4 per slh.

MONEY MARKET.—This DAY.
I)i4count demand moderato. Throe montbi
charged H.

Ural intanea. no had glassed through carious part of
P
the establishment, and had come to where the hottest n before this adios Ina brought-- By Mr. Howard:
possession
or demanded the pepper-corn rent About 3eew
work was being carried on. After watching for some ago xold all the MAW property except this house-in
It
Uwe, she asked one of the men what they drank when would be hard to turn the old woman out,
they were at such hut work, and he fetched • bucket con- Samuel Smith, of Lci,:h,
lived at (inns Wes Wooten 13 years,
tainmg what appeared to be lime water, but which the man sod filled various parish offices. He spoke to going with the
described was only oatmeal and water asking her (theother Imtl.h otiteero I.' take losersil,t, of
weaker) to taste of it. Her informant also iWdesl that
all the 'nen she saw there were teetotallers. and that
to her such stale claims a. the )'roseot.
cowthh:iylhdthstiad:ltaalbubadvri,:beetery weihnllreebyemdrinkPolouyedoing"aththiiii6seoaci.wtm:t.ah,!wanh.hiscitheelite'r.Y.tin Honour Intimate I that thua far
eti:".ew4a.:6l7lll7:f:s:joef
of'..dtff:dee
through drinking rum() which was the favourite beverage
engaged in similar work but had come to an early death e property it was two house'.; could go from one to
know,, the
called Samuel Jessica., who said ever since he had
In these large manufactories. She had also witnessed a I
n, ttheereothver b
sod y.urt t
cii ahefirtipshtalinarsrepaX.
sflia4lithetisl
been told of similar things in the large iron and other mother's death he had paid theyud rent of Is. a rear to 'squire
factories. To prove that intemperance was • hindrance
to home comforts she deacribed the difference in the Millet. Ile produced receipts. Was present when the parish
dwellings of these men, who to her knowledge were earn- hofficere.
hweerehlt.tdi thertmous:r.
Warren mid tah-a4
wouteid,„,,ne
ewitt.,ht.thkee
in g from from LS to .L 0 a week. She had seen tbe houses poe..,stson ; but his mother never gave up possession, as tar aa
tr,
ssheediTterauedfrom.uthenttwiti.dis anciwtignind,inga thorongi.
of both,and whilst that°, the drunkard was simply a hoVelt he knew -she mid she should sus 1.0 ve up -Mr. in sewer
Judge,tp.rwhialld he understood between L2O and CIO was
°,l' the tsetWslier w•• • verY comfortabbi, cos,' Cottage. time uninhobitable. -1147 ITir.rifgfoinhard' c'ttair': At the' wearibkhice7lntethehe
instaY cases the ProPertr of the oCerildersh nicely remembered his grandfather, Nathaniel Janos, he .i.vs
ernished. and the wives of these men who were teeto- understood It was his grandfather's nroterty.-on this Mr.
tellers, had told her that they had been able since their Howard suggested that John Jesus 'had no power to make
husbands had signed the pledge to put money in the the deed under which the palish claimed the property, but His
savings' banks. The lecturer then dwelt on the good Honour odd it WAS too absurd. -During his father's lifetime he
which was being effected by the various temperance gave him up poseession of sert of the premises -Ile hal paid
societies, and in advocating their claims on the sympathy . rates and tore and repaired since his mother's death.
and support of all clench trusted the day was not far George i•aucti, of (Awcil, an •sil man going in 73, used In
distant when the ranee would have the support of those Glanvilles Wootton and remember.] this property rol years,
who were now scepticaL She argued that drink did not
create' strength, flesh, or mussels ; that it was a brain•
when Nat. Jean. lived there, and two WWWWII before him. It
• consist.] "two little hobby cottages,- under nue roof.
which was After Nat. the pnunises w
poison was a fact none could deny, and were oecupied by John Jeans* and his
supported by reports of eminent medlcal men, based on '
experiments which they had made from time to time. In I its Honour emphatically expressed his opinion that the
support of her argument that they were not conducive to deedl ass gs,_:_od and that the cede of the defend:nits was per.
health she stated that she hail sorer tasted • drop of $ '°-!7
au• : hen he was 14 years of age the two house were
s.
alcoholic drinks in her life. She was now 61) years of ap, treated monies, a. John did en, net., owner after the
and although she had worked hard, labouring for the , death
$4 his father.
cause
issfuntle
streuthpeersanwcecnspoen he,dinouwvetrhaetx
t.Perniacpanc:,teas $ By the Judge: Snow these premises Whell they were
y
was one important step to true religion, and told an $ rennirol b the narkh. were they n, .„)oil to Ike doe% he°, es they
interesting anecdote of a sailer who came into
.her were-Haughtcr)
Temperance hall,
Is 1-wslwt• cuie eventhrohestawg I Mr Howard trompLsined that up to the ard "(January last
that be was off to Naples next morning, and as wou the property was treated as In two distinct occupant/mu and
be able to get nothing but rutu on beard he heal been faring , two houses.
in a cargo of bitter ale (!) indisitting the number of (leen . His Honour sail they were only one set a prenilses, but
he had taken by running any number of times round his i defendants had chosen ks occupy them as two.
Angers. But he said he was not tipsy in his head, only in Mr. Howserl urgel Jonathan items we the original owner,
his knees ! He had seen a light in the h• 11, and thinking and let In his son John. He maintained that the parish officers
it was a chapel, he had strulled in with the intention of $ had no power to enter Into any such contract as was set up by
having a nap, Mrs- Potion remonstrated with him on the , the deed of PILL Ile went on to notice that the parish officers
sin of getting drunk and then coining in to desecrate the , bad done Dishing till the last two or three years to make them'
house of his Creator by sleeping off its effects, but ths : selves owners since the year 1016, excepting the farce of
sailor still persistel he was only tipsy in his knees. She tali:pat poseession In 1a57, which he argued was altogether
kindly allowed hitti to remain, remarking Hist : .
presently a gentkman would deliver • lecture, and is Honour said he held It seas unnecessary; sod that the
expressing a hope that his remarks would do him good_ $ old woman asesnted to the Imperfect taking of poweswion.
Among the persons who afterwards came were six sailors sir. Howard said he WWI prepared to prose by witneene that
from the woe vessel. The gentleman Mrs. Potion , the. Premises were two tenement..
expected could not 001130 that evening, and she addressed $ ills Honour mid be would admit Hwy were occupied as two
the large audience (for the hall was crowded every ovens te'sw"its 0. the "ides.n of the 1.,e hooks
tog) herself, directing her remarks especially to the sailors, _,Jok. Jew_ of the e d.e.fendents,sald he occupied part of
.eying she had heard they were going • voyage in the we PeuPer' • one vo.wS us we kwusa.ll°°r Swls hsdt%suSeduerwess,..
morning, and urging them to sign the h%sseid over. li.e ennne.r run one room under and
doubt they had each a Bible in their tecldtgeers, which had Both tenements had separate fmnt doors about a lug apart.
There no door of c sumunication between the house,
beeu given them perhaps' by a fond mother or a loving
sister pre.vious to theirleaving home, but which had been tostsel uhsoteeele.yl„.w.wOuttuseesgs ush antrusgess. s•udThheuv:rostudkessift:
belilll'"/° by Webb carelessly turned over is.„ the,_ butte!, , house ; Ids father pald him for it. Heard nothing about this
but never opened ; were they to sign to we Mugge. ,ut how zitpniterty till long time alter his mother died.
their sober moments Mey might In indnced to peroae by unou sham is h.,. „thus suid he should
At the chide two of the six signed, as did the 14•11 WWI give It UWE
avowed he was only tips' in the knees, aterinS t 3 Jonathan Hounsell, of Manville Wootton, had known the
Mrs. Potton a aovereign she would tell him wrio remarry over i.e yars, and It had always been treated as two
told her that his Moths/ given him • Bible • houses After the 1b.57 vestry which he attended he went to
explained what had been said by her, gave bins vomit Mr. Jeanie and told her tbe parish otters were coming totake
advice, and s few tracts, and bade hiru enol-bye. • possession awl advised her to look the door. Understood she
throe had to suffer much persecution on board ship, and disputed tbe sight of the with to take posecesion.
Us two who first signed broke their pledge, but "teetotal Ily Mr. Weston : She always told him she cousidenal it did
Jack," as be was afterwards called, did not In not beloug to the parish She told him this about 7 years ago.
his sober moments he was led to think of his Nobody ever llced li. the premises easiest John James and his
poor mother and his home. He " fished out the Bible wife and faintly.
she had given hint, and read from it. Ile became deeply Mr. Winton In reply said the parish could not take peones
affected, prayed, and on the wide ocean, far away front Lon under the deed till the death .4 John Jean., which was In
home and, friends he found pardon and peace! That lai7, since when 20 yeani had not expired, and therefore adverse
Saviour who had died for all, Jack found had died for him. p ow:estop could not be set up. As to the construction of the
He was afterwards known on board as "Praying Jacks deed, he univi trust we implied.
end was more buffeted about than before by the captain, Mr. Howard mentioned that a magistrate of the division was
Honour suggested on Ins
mate, and crew, till on their homeward voyage one day • sh Clerk th
In favour of the defendants
Inreply to this Mr. Weston said
dead calm act in, followed by a dense fog and storm, and _ e p owe k, ) ked edvieed the dereedeme
the captain was unable to discover their whereabouts'. He to.). ono Se eme•
t.
men.t sI .t as rather shard went aloft and found to his horror that they were near • nut
dangerous coast; he immediately descended, and when
•, llnd.
ethi the premiss on paying t 40. at the present claimants sh.ould be allowed by the parish
within speaking distance he shouted out for " Praying to
Jack," and exclaimed that if he had never prayed before ~11rivardWestsi.i.1,1„ undertook to represent the Judge's opinion to
he legit pray now, for in floe minutes it would he heaven w`
Judgment was adjourned to the next court
qp lie,ll fQf 104 Vessel Uld all on a Word ! So saying he fell
free, the 04,04 1., tyie dees4 epphreetly a corpse, Jerk Re lien's jok honk, of Hllltle,kls, bautriut hr.
‘flfto,s;rodrd,r, iii behalf
tble,halof....,,titrustee.„l
ts);,(114.
,kWrup,.
er.),, oakod for
as vary much alarnied hilt ',Dived. Cho captain
meow oared, and as soon as able he debilities) lark: Vdtg
Cod shall be my (led ! for had it not been fur yogi. pray i" ith the £4, lie he.' skeewshel Crevl,
my vassal and all the lives entrusted to my core would ur e". "li the bankrupt objected that the
!maws was ma has jug beell
..51ou in tint, Mr.
have bees lost- That esltheis wee led t° try` Ps' 'lowest sail he- was glad Mr Crawl apPeared fig the
socution ceased, and the vessel reached onto In safety.
bankrupt, and as he ()Ir. llowordiustuld not find the bankrupt
This was plainly traceable to temperance. Mho described
he asked for an order for auladituted weeks - Crawford rid
a visit front the sailor on his return to thank her for her
It must be done hy motion "(which lititiee was given. -Mr.
kindness to him ; and that man, who cause into the hall
Howard urged mole was not requlrsl for sulistittikA /wt., ice.
with the avowed intention of sleeping off the effects of ash. could any Mow go before the Registrar. -sir. Crawford
bitter ale, was lied to sign the pledge, and turned out to lie sail bee. willing to accept service of a notice for • inotitm
• thorough useful and respectable sueniber of society. She f, the bankrupt's committal for the next court. -Mr. Howard
related this in proof that tiod was on their Aida and that meld he WAlltwi a general order for substituted genic. -After
although their efforts had met with much opposition from emollient his llonour declined to snake the order applied for
the advocates of strong drinks. the temPersnoe cause must on uo: ground insufficient notice.
win. In concluding she urged her audience to let those
60,0110 who annually go down to a drunkard's grave, and
the ninny thouaands of poor half-starved, half nakoh little
children of our targets/wins speak to then'. t outsider these,
had say if it is not your duty as suen and women, as
Clristiang, living in a Chnstum land, to some forward,
and join those wlio are dove so touch to lint a stop to the
greatest runic of our coun ; and she appealed earnestly
to all who hail not signed do sy that night -A vote of
thanks was tendered to the lecturess, and in acknowledg-
ing also asked them to show in a substantial manner, by
signing the plolgo book, that they appreciated her efforts
and her lecture. Iduring the evetung Mrs. Potion sang
several temperance melodies, being ably eceonsielnied on
the pianoforte by Miss Jody, of Dorchester.
Docarr lorry Sirssioss, raturday.-Before Mr. K L
hinderaley and Mr. K Nance.
Benjamin slow, of Wakehana, Cortland, was charged with a
breach of the pmee.
Loss Stone, his *lle ssid that on April Di the delendant
woe hosue dripat alioui 11 p an , maned and swore, threatened
the life et their c r.M, and struck her in the face with his
Sat She wahsl In the licighhqes onc of whons went for •
litheness, but he 1040 not at home. Site 'hued upstairs all
night with the chlldretit 400 i 4 Wwol-111 reinalued with him
downstairs to prevent los going to them. She we afraid of
her life and that of the ohildren.
In defence, Stone sald he never struck the ohildren hi his
life or his wife; he might hoe lift.) behestsi splint her when
drunk.

WEYMOUTH COUNTY COURT.—S.agrftuAr.
Before Mr. T. E. P. LErsor. Judge.

. _
Graria v. Dikt. --Claim of 112 by a butcher (1 Portland.
against a contract.r, for a rick of hay.—Mr. llowanl ap-
peared for complainant, Mr. George for defendant.— Mr.
Dike disputed the authority of his servant, Symonds, to
buy the tick, and Mr. George pleaded the Statute of
Frauds, the liaitu being for the sale of goods over tla.
Mr. Howard Ith4rew. Mr.' I ierayiO applied for 'oats;C
hut the .1 yolt) said he ought it to !MVO tholll, it was
the fault o Mr. Dike's own agent, in exceeding his
authority.

.11 %DEN 401.11 N.

Mr. Ilooper aaked leave to take out a judgment sum-
mons out of the juriadirtion of the Court. —Messrs.
irynold• agaitvit lholen. The matalment wai due a fort-
night ago.—Leave wee granted.
11iT!.AP1.6.1061 .

11'....ft of Elaglaad Nut Company v. CAapompl. —Execution
against Chapman, a potato merchant, had been granted
last court day, and the Sack Company levi.l on a richt.
—Mr. ll.sper for a tts,riut of Cos ent Garden, pleaded •
bill of sale--Mr. 'lowan( opposed and surged that the
yarht WV wit islentileil in die it sale, also thet the
bill was given fig a otelAt, awl not for any definite solidi-
deration. The 101 l wail put in, and the yacht was not
incltided in the words of the introduction, though it was
In the schedule, eller° it was mentioned, with all Its
atureA, dm., at length. The introduction to the bill
stated all the property, &C., at, or belonging to Mr.
Chapman's premises, and his stores on the
in'
; hut
Mr. Howard ury,ed that the yacht wasnot " in' the store,
butt Boating at 30111 C ,11111tAIKIC OUtible. 110 W COIII.I they
identify the yacht I—Mr. Hooper said they could not put
a yacht " in" the store • she was just outeisle. —Mr.
Howard said he himself hid a yacht kept in store during
the winter; how could they tell which was the yacht
meant, supposing twc,were outside —Mr. Hooper ; By
the itteasurentents.—Mr. Howard : Supposing there were
two of the seine size t lie contended that by the Statute
of Frauds, this deed was soul, It W.li true it was mei*.
toted ; but every care must be taken to prevent fraud hy
Usese i.ill f sale. here the bailiff actually got possession
and then they were at once stopped by this bill of sale.
An authority of great weight mud these bills should not
only he registered publicly, butt he also hoped to see the
time when they would Is. teglsteresi in the local County
Court The bills should lie Snout partieuhu• in all their
details, for frauds are often committed by persons being
Inverted with the appearance of property, and thmi being
able to take the benefit of credit, and then when they had
incurred other debts, Use recent creditors were deprived
of their rights by a previous bill of sale. Chapman had
incurred a lot of small debts, but not sufficient to make
him a bankrupt, and Usen the holder of the bill of sale
came shown and took es erything. lie pressed the objec•
tion that the property Wsi stated to be "iii" Use store.
His Hower was rather inclined to task', the view tjat the
yacht was 'about" the prcinisaa—Mi...Hokard asked the
Judge to view the place, on that be rui t judge of the
distance at which the yacht was from Use stores. She
was iu fact lying in the public harbour, with a road
between.—Mr. Hooper said "Ye-u; she was at the defen-
dant's wharf.—The plan of Weymouth Harbour, belong-
ing to the Council, wee referred to, and the bailiff pointed
out that she was lying, when seized, at her moorings at
the Pile Pier.—The "store was some distance up the liar-
bour.—His Honour after conference with Registrar, did
not think the description would mislead.—Mr. Howard
then asked his Honour to allow his costs. —Mr. Hooper
objected that it would be an extraordinary thing to allow
costs, when the decision had been against the
_person who
applied for them. —Mr. Howard urged that His Honour
had a general power as to costa, and the circumstances
warranted their being given on both sides.—The Judge
said the ditSeulty as caused by an embiguity. which
ought nut to bate egisted. In the bill of sale, lie gave
troth parties costs out of the estate.
p.. 4411 v. Wattle. —Claim for £3 be, Defendant
pleaded the Statute of Limitations, also a set-off.—Mr.
Weston appeared for.plaintilf, Ur. Howard for defen-
dant —Adjourned to give time fa settlement, and settled
out of Court . . .

bantam:ad to. month'. bard labour.
Boaocoal rout., Fridays—Before the Mayor (Mr G. J. G.
_

7..—Stark.—Claini for 191. 5.1. for tithes of land.
Complainant said he was landlord, and paid the tithe, the
tenant, Stark, having goneaway and left the tithes unpaid.
—Defendant said the complainant was not his landlord at ,
all; but complainant said he Rai Mint owner with his
brother.—Defendant said he tendered the money to New-
man and Appleby, of Fareham; but they would not take
It, because he would not pay the money due by Bowilitch.
, Complainant had paid the money. and the Judge said he
mwit be paid again.—Ordered to be paid half forthwith,
, and the remainder in a fortnight.
Rawilel( v. Ifolganke —Mr. Weston for plaintiff. tlaini
for shop goods, defendant disputed the amount, and paid
in 95. sd.—Defendant maid be held the rmeipt, and pro-
duced au account signed with a name, which Mrs. Ittoandell
dell au—lse:le madge
'ore lailn7led up. In
answer to the Judge, Mrs. andell denied
know
the
914 was not no/ terrs.han2writ..lng.
signature Was that other daughter; nor did she now who
Imale out the bill produced.—TheJudge Apiarently theY
me in this happy position, that some person in the night.
I they don't know who. Inakes ola their billi—ammhter).—
The daughter being in Northamptonshire, the only
; evidence is to the signature was that of defendant, who
' swore the daughter had signed the receipt. —ease with-
, drawn. costa sllowv.l to defendant.
Moths Wallis v Mr. IVetsford for complainant,
gr. Deward for defendant.—Qii Mr. Welsfonrs applica.
Win, the witnesses were (micro ou crt.
! tof ou Mr.
Williford introduced tue Cr.nd said Wallis ICU a baker.
! and his son tivik Gut Mead for Idni to customers, ai1.,W14
them Mrs. Davis. The amounts *eye entesed In "bread
books," and were to be paid in the shop ; but the word
I w paid," without a name, was put in her bread book
against several amounts which had not been rec,i, evl, awlI it Was believed that Mrs. Davis's servant,name.l Mary Jane
I had received the money from her, had kept the nor,
alert bed put' paid" in the hook. In consequence of the
ehaage aguir.st Missy Jane, Mr. Ilowani had threatened an
' action for slander.—Ohark,Wallia, baker and shopkeeper,
at Radipole laid lie wasaasirte.l by his daughter and wife's
sister. He kept his accounts in small books, and made
thew mil every Saturday evening. Its Nun.] the book on
his desk. and seeinr( the wont " paid " he thought it was
Paid. and entered it acconlingly. Mr. lloward
that the hook had been signed paid," awl afterwards "A
Wallis," after the other (disputed) " paids " 4.1 been
written:— Witnea 4 continued that klary Jean, Mrs Devi. 4
servant veal *ant for, and he told her that she had not
paid huu. The words "ria4l" were not his writing. The
Wit time Mary Jane paid his wife ; but lie never heard of
her raying before in his shop. Mary Jane said" I paid
co; all in turn .• " hut be hail never received any money of
er on that book. She iaid sLe could not recollect whom
ptid that week ; hut she thought it wax " Teddy."
This Teddy denied ; but Mary Jane replied that it was
Teddy" and lift thi shop. lli wife spoke of Wane tin.
pleasantness as to three previous account', and in ono,
klary Jane said eke had paid the money. Ile sent to see
Mrs. Davis ; but /Me was ill, and Mary Jane sail she could
not find the bills, and he gave it up. At the same
time his wife referred to something about taking a
place of cake met some parliament The boys are from
15 to M. Ile told Mrs. Davis he had no doubt about
her giving out the money; but alio always had Mina
excuse for not going directly. Mrs. Davis also spoke Aisali
10elag some thing*, two pocket handkerchiefs, awl two
'diapper towels.—Cro,s-examined : His 40415, of various
aee,lielped in the The line drawn oil the book
produced shows that the money ~z-sz-s raid, the various
Items were also struck off in the ledger. This was unite
week or two after.—The Judge asked for an authorised
right entry of "Paid,' and Mr. Welaford admitted there
wars • few; but in nearly all the name and data were
given.— Some specimens were shown and the Judge con.
sidered the writings of the word "Paid" imputed to Mary
Jane, were like the writing of the Walliasea—Witness
Ra 4 re-examined, and said one item, received by his wife,
was not struck out. Hatt dealt, with Mrs. Davis for many