The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1866.

that be then wait to defendant and told him of the
state of the vehicle and asked him if the other things
needed were to be done, to which the defendant
answered "eel. make a thereat:it good Jebel it."—The
Jege said this was one of these met. in which the
mitlenee was so conflicting as to deft almost the ques-
tion of babilitico. The meet •quitable way, there-
fore. would be to divide the balance. and he should
Onetime strike Bla. off the plaintiff's claim, giving
judgment for Os. only.
BAIIVIOPTIL—Re Maud Charles Shepherd.—This
Coot had been tiaaderred (rem the court above.-11r.
Hill appeared for the petitioner. anti there was no
opposition.—The Bankrupt mid that he was a sawyer,
earning 4s. per day, and bad • w.f. and two children to
anmetn.—ilis Honour: Is de. • day all you paco
Bankrupt replied is the Honour, then
roar inenmn to about Ebil • year, and you have been
living at the rate of £lOO a year. What was the £9
worth of timber for, mentioned to the schedule'—Bank.
rept said that be at one time attempted to set up
timber gelling—His Honour said he observed also there
was EIO Set down for pork and cheese as owing to
Groves. —Bankrupt replied that he tried pork butcher.
leg last year, but it did not answer—Rio Honour
grantaid bankrupt's order of diaoharga.

Re Darrl.rri.—The beakrupt, formerly of Chickerell,
but at pnaent residing at Weymouth, carpenter and
refreshnient hnu.e keeper, cisme up for his final order.
He was supported by Hr. Hill and there was no oppo-
sition. A. • airpenter he had been in bosinesa 23
years, end had had sometimes one and unnetim a two
men working for him. Ile had had the refreshment
house but four or five months. He attributed his
bankruptcy to the felling oil of trade, high rents, and
having • large faculty to support. Ile had had eleven
children, the eldest of whom was now 23 years of age,
and the youngest 5. He was now working as a Jour-
neyns.in carpenter for 4e. • day. Sometimes got •
little more if he worked overtimo.—Order of dlschayge
grated.

▪ Re Rev. 11. C. GLASeng.—The bankrupt, who is
Chaplain on board 11. MS Si. George, came up for his
order of discharges-Ith was supported by Mr. Weston,
end otrposed by lie. lloward for Messrs Talbot, draper ;
Dennis draper; Coe, bootinaker ; Reynolds, wins mer-
chant ; Vint:met and Beck, seven of the creditors. The
ease mused considerable excitement, • large number of
trndesmen of the town being present during the examine-
tion. The bankrupt said that he pursed the Bankruptcy
Court in London on the 9th of January !mt. His
itoome was now £2OO sitar. He had been living
in • house in Weymouth sineo Christman hat,
at • rent of £25 • year, including rates and
taxes. His wife bad kept cue servant, but
occasionally an tram girl had been hired. Re had
received Elf 9 13s. 'l. sines the 9th February lut, end
he bad lint down t.LI 2s. 31. household expenses, which
had been paid away in small sums. The household
eapensee were paid by his wife. He bail nix children,
i.e of whom was at school, near London, for whom he
had to pay EIO per year. Two of the other children
went to Miss Ilummen's school. Her name was in his
schedule, bat he was not sure whether she heel been
paid anything or not. He owed £l6 to Mews
Revnolh for wine. That debt was contracted without
his knowledge, and he was not aware that such things
creme into hie house. He never went to shop to give
epic rs himself. Ile went off to his ship early in the
morning—by 7 o'clock or before, and he returned
home in the afternoon. When he failed before he
need 1:1,00U. That debt was contracted by his wife,
in the course of between three and four years, while
he was away with his ship. He owed 'O4 18s. for
grocery to Messrs. Aging. Among the items was 41
bottles of British wine. He did not know anything
I about Out being bed„ as he wasaway from Weymouth
ell day and only bad his tea and supper at home.
The only case of debt he knew of ass the bill of Mr.
Talbot. As soon as he knew of that be went there
to tell Mr. Talbot to give his wife no more credit.
Was informrd about Mr. Talbot's raiment by one of
that gentleman's choirs Did not tell Mr. Talbot
that he wondered thet he, as a tradesmen, should
stop his *redid or ask for a referenoe. He did not
knew what Mr. Talbot might consider saucy or int-
' pertinent, but Ire had no recollection of acting at • I
offensively towards that gentlemen either by word or
gesture. He owed lie. Alfred Dennis 1.21 odd for
drapery. Did not know that his wife contracted any
debt with Mr. Dennis.—Mr. Howard : Why for the
very coat on your back the cloth was obtained at
Mr. Dennis'. —Bankrupt said that he gave his wile
money to boy cloth, as he wanted a summer coat,
and he supposed his wife paid for the cloth. He did
not know where she obtained it for he never in.
inquired. It wits made up at borne by • woman—
he thought her name was Scott—by another coat.
WA, at home when the woman was paid for making it
up, but dirt not recollect how much her bill twee to.
The other items of Mr. Dennis'e bill were chiefly for
socks, cloth, ho.. for men's and ehildrens' drones.
The things purchased were chielly made up for the
children, and he believed were nearly all worn out.
Wes himself greatly surprised that so much clothes
should have been worn out in so abort a time. Had
111..ertAined that for drapery alone there wee owing,
since January last, £77 14s. 54. All this was con.
heard without his knowledge. About two months
ago he was arrested by Mr. Rowe for • bill of
£4O odd for millinery, which had also been contracted
since January. He was released from prison by the
creditor, who treated to his honour to pay the amount
at some future day, when it was in his power. This
Bern of £4O odd was not in his echedole.—His Honour
thought it ought to have been.--14r. Weston said that
the debtor, having released bankrupt of his own accord,
had no further control over the debt.—His honour:
He may have lost the power of enforcing payment, but
Ord does not necessarily get rid of the debt. However,
it is an omission that mae b. amended, as it veu not left
out of the schedule fraudulrntly. The amount owing
for grocery, bread, meet. lee, which might be termed
Loam expellees, wth 1:1003/e. AL, and all this was in.
depeneni of the £lO9 13.. 2d. he had given his wife for
hoe...keeping and other matters since January. He
owed a confectioner's bill of 14 , end WM indebted to
Mr. Cox £l4 odd for boots and shoes. Ile might have
load three or four pairs, but be did not get them himself
—they were obtained b) his wife. He did not think to
ask her if thee were paid for, as he supposed they were.
The rest of the amount was made up for his wife's and I
children's boots and shoes, and he believed they were all
nearly worn out. He had no idea that all them bills
were running ; he did not for a moment conceive that
there was anything like this extrathgethe on the part of
Ito wits—Mr. Howard: Why I perceive there are •
good wary silk cheeses in these aecounts. You must
have known that your wife was dressing most expel,
'lively. —Bankrupt : I never hod any particulars of Mr.
Rowe's bilL I have not examined the items of any of
them bills.—Mr. Howard: But when they were on your
wife's back you must have noticed that she was dressing
In • style far exceeding your means to support.—
Bankrupt I wu, es I have slresdy said, sway in my
ship during the day, and I n saw that my wife or
children were dreamed extraugantly.—Mr. Howard:
But you have been Min walkieg to church together on
r;Qediry when your wife has been wearing some of those
*Aides. Do you meth to say that when you look at
your wife you never notice whet she has on 7—Bankrupt
nnnnn noticed that she ever put on or wore any ex-
pensive articles of dress.—Mr. Howard: What do you
meth to say that having just escaped one great difficulty
—slier having bad to pass the bankruptcy court for •
thousand pounds, which you say wee all incurred through
your wife's extravagance, that you, • clergyman, allowed
your wife to run on without the slightest inquiry as to
her proceedings, and without the slightest notice as to
what she wee wearing or doing? The thing seems
incredible 1-13thkrupt : I users you the only bill that
I was cognisant of before my arrest by Mr. Rowe was
the bill of £l3 odd owing to Mr. Talbot. Examinetios
continued r He knew that his wife dealt at Mr. bun'
ton's for meet, but supposed that the bah were paid
monthly, or at least quarterly. Knew nothing of the
£l2 odd owing to Mr. Bolt for meats When he received
his trey Ire gave the greater part to his wife, and he
supposed that she regularly kept good all her payments.
But he never asked her the gumtree. He received his
pet monthly. His pay was EWA a year, bet LBO a year
wee set asirle to pay off his debts under his previous
bankruptcy. He hod therefore 005 left to support
himself and family. Out of this sum he paid £4O
year for mew on board his ship. This was • eompulsory
payment, and he had consequently but £167 for house-
keel ing purposes. He owed his green-grocer a 36. 10d.
He had drunk wine in his berme, but herring himself
paid a wine bill of £4, he supposed that that would
cover the expense for all the wine that had been had.
Sine, he had some bath from prison, he and hie wife
bed resided together. He had wide ethry inquiry with
respect to tire drapery and the various &Wide' of
weering apparel, and be found that nearly everything
was nthrly worn out. He did not know that after Mr.
rdbot senti n his amount that Hr.. Gleason transferred
her patronage to Mrs. Dennia. Ilia wife bad never said
to him, when they passed Mr. Decodes shop together,
" that is the shop I now patronise," nor words to that
effect. Ile now resided in a cottage at Wyke, for which
he was to pay • rent of £l3 • yeer. The furniture in
the house was hired.—Mr. John Angel Talbot ex-
amined, said that Mrs °lesson tame to his shop at
various times and incurred a debt of £l3 odd. In eon.
sequence of the reckless manner in which she made
purchases he thought it not right to allow her to go on
withont further inquiry and without receiving the sanc-
tion of her husband to give credit. He spoordiegly mot
in his bill, end also his senior young man to the Mr.
Guam. His young man went to the house early and
late—before raven o'clock in the morning, at all horns
In the day sod even late at night, but he was always
denied by the servant. At length, however,
Mr. Glitheon we. promiscuously seen, and
then he came to the shop and saw him.
Ile appeared greatly annoyed, and expressed his wonder
that he—Mr. Talbot—should wish him to give a refers
ence or stop his credit. Witness told him that he was
stranger to Weymouth, that his wife was making
percher,ee extravagantly, but that if he gave a satisfac-
tory reference he would give biro six months' credit.
Mr. Gleason. after some conversation, became more
mild in his demeanour, mid that he would pay the bill in
June, and witness told him he would wit till June for I
the money. fie, however, did not some in June to pay
the amount, nor had he sines token any notice of his
promise to pay.—Alfred Dennis, withere semen( men-
Inroad miter that of Mr. Talbot's wee aloud, said that
Mrs Clutha came and made large purchases of socks,
cloth. Si,,, for men's and boys' wearing appareL One
my while he was in his bedroom, Mr. and Mrs. (Ramon
passed the shop, and beard Mrs. Glasun say to her
husband, pointing to the shop, "that is the shop now
phonies," or "deal at," he did not recollect which.
Mr. Howard, in addreming the Court, said that this
was one of the streusel cues and we the moat nearly
approaching swindling that ever came before his notice.
Here was • was who passed the bankruptcy court only
loth January, coming down in the guise of a clergyman,
takes a house at a rent of £25 • year, walks about the
town with his wife, and sets up a style of living that he
wes wholly unable to support, and incurring debts with-
out the slightest pros ibility or probsbility of paying.
And now he came to this Court laid that be had un-
fortunately married a reckless sod extravagant wife,
who, notwithstanding his £2OO • year that he gave bor.
ninehail run up bitle In lam tha, to nearly
int. k7p
£250. And this, immediately lltouipibithaltt: period of
tb Or fur year, when she
ezeseding
CC flnotse of pwards of £l,OOO. And yet the bank.
runt to know nothing about whet was taking
piece, and did not take the trouble even to inquire.
Why` " had •Ywa, be must have WOO (mooch gores
on to was his ausphrine, upeeielly after the hewn he
had already been taught. He bed heard it said that
clergymen were the moth stupid, unbesieserelike men in
she world, and really if the bankrept was to be believed,
he must he pr•-•toi•••ti, so. But were it thus, which

one meat feel it diateult to believe, ha must not be
allowed to go on. Here he risme down to Weymouth,
and the tradesmen ham' respect to the profession to
which be belonged, trusted the wife on her reproartta-
ti.m that she was the wife of a clergyman, in holy
orders, end eha lain of If MS. the st. tlarea.
Why, heal they known the circurninanoes of
the cam, hal they known of the previous
bankruptcy and the c ,use of that benkruptoy,
they would not have given credit for a single
farthing. Ile considered the bankrupt, in his examina-
tion. had failed to prove the plea entered on his selredule.
He said that Le attributed his bankruptcy to an "insult.
eirot income to meet my emcees sty expenditiare." Hut
as a clergymen, knowing how matteru stood, he was
bound to use eec'm.orn"wy as IA live within his manta.
credi.ors hat no other feeling in the matter then
that they thought their ca:sx was • hard one, el 41 that
they considered it tl.eir duty to stay such a courli, bat
bankrupt should go to o,l•er pleats., and other tradesmen
be made victims as they themselves had been. They,
therefore, malted bin Honour to order that e5O a year be
set aside under the bankruptcy, so that the debta might
be cleared off in five yesis.—The Judge said that he did
out think it competent fore man to plea.' his wire's
extravagance—et leset, sec+. a pleat would not amount to
anything in law.-11r. West in fur the defence, said he
thought that Mr. Howard had been rather hard in some
of the. remark* that he bad made. The bankrupt was
from tenue during Vic greater part of the day, and Lis '
wife, knowing by ri cent experience. that they mind not
run on to execs., be would n•torally have omit lence in
his wife that she woult live within his means. Ile had
told the court that nothing could exceed the surprise he
felt when Le found out so large •n amount of debta had
been incurred. It wee a rule in law that no man ahoold
be allowed to take advantage of his own :ochre, Out he
thought the tradesmen of Weymouth bad be. n
guilty of great braes. Before they gave credit
to perfect strangers they ought. it was • duty
they owed to themselves, to rusk° inquiries who and
what those strangers were, and ascertain whether or not
they might to trust them. In-tead o( that, if •etranger
canoe to Weymouth, they pounced upon him like birds
of prey. TLey almost forced their cuatom upon him,
and, although they knew nothing about thein,they would
almost foree their goods upon them, whether they were
willing, or whether they were not, although perhaps one
in far better cinumstenees in their owo town they would
not trust with scarcely • halfpenny. Ho knew that
inch was the cue. Money or no money, their vast
object was to get the stranger as their eastomer. He
oonaidered that hie client ought to be greatly commis-
aerated rather than blamed. There was quite sulßoient
evidence before them to know that he had not • very
economical vile. Being thus naturally inclined, she
would easily be led into extravagant ',unthaws, •hen
goods were sheen her, and almost forced upon her, no
matter whether she had money or not. There was no '
pretence in saying that she ever uttered • single woad
to mislead these tradesmen—that she ever made too of
the sliebteat misrepresentation. She stated that she
was • clergyman's wife--the wife of the chaplain of a
ship belonging to H.II. Nary, and that was sufficient
the tradesmen wanted no money, all that they required
was that she would consent to receive the goods that
they thrust upon her. Mr. Howard had said that had
the tradesmen known that his client was bankrupt tee
months ago they would not have trusted him, but surely
it wan not bankrupt', oleos to go about the town and
proclaim the fact. They could easily have known the
fact—nothing was more simple than for them to have
looked into Stubbie or Peony's circular, to which most
of them subscribed. But they did not take thin trouble.
The fact was they were so accustomed to catch peiseas
that this seemed to be their principal aim, and if they
eomatirues burnt their own lingers they had no one but
themselves to blame. He considered that the bankrupt
deserved pity rather than blame. He said thet ho was
not aware that these unpaid hills had been run op with
the exception of one solitary draper's bill, where he hart
stopped farther credit; be beliend all was paid. and
really in the house there 'sewed to be nothing to •yraken
suapicioo. They kept but one solitary maid-servant,
with an occasional hel;er, and surely this was not ex-
travageet. With • family of six children, Mrs. Glasses
must also herself have worked almost like a slave. Mr.
Howard had a ked that his Honour should Set aside LSO
a year for the discharge of the debts under this bask-
ruptcy, but ho trusted that if each should be done, his
Honour would see tit to order that the payment should
not c outnence till the deduction from his salary under
the funnier bankruptcy should have expired.—His I
Honour: When will that WI-1111r. Howard: Not for
three 20 years, your Honour.—The Judge: Then he '
will be saddled for Irfa—Mr. Weston said the debte
were contracted without his elient'e knowledge, and that
at present, after he had paid his mess -which he was
oompelled to pay—he had only £I6O • year to live on.
There was an old proverb &boot the hot straw breaking
the camel's back, and if bankrupt warn pressed too hard, I
it would be utterly intoonihie to meet even his present
responsibilities. He had made no false representation,
—he had put forth no false pretences to obtain credit,
and he believed that through the whole of the matter
he had been more sinned again.t than sinning—The
Judge sail that he was wiling to do this—to give the
bankrupt time for reconsidering what be would do. He
would adjourn the ease till next court day, when judg-
ment would lie given. He would therefore edvise beak-
rept to try to arrange a settlement with hia creditors,
is if he did not, probahly the final or conditional order, '
whichever it might be, would be adverse to him.

1 Divisional. Pam Sz-ntons, Saturday, Oct. 13.
—Present: W. P. Okeden, Fat . J. J. Farquharson,
Esq., HMI. W. H. R. Porimsn, M.P., and C.
II am hr., Fem. Edward Cull; of Hilton, was charged
with &wanking Thomas house. .d the same place,
on the 4th October.—Mr. Atkinson, who •ppeared
for the complainant, after n.forrieg to a former con.
elution against the defendant for an assault under
somewhat similar circumstances to the preemt,
stated the case. —Complainant said : l am in
the employ of Baron liambro, and live at Hilton.
On the 4th October, aooording to the orders I had
received, I was picking down the hank of the hedge.
The dofendant came and punted his pitch fork
through the hedge, and tlioli violently struck me on
the hand with it. It was does wilfully. not by
accident. I gave him no provoagion. Defendant
upset none beehives, and the bees got loose and one
stung me. I have bad medical Achim my band
was swo:len and was qnite blesk.—Serpant Hill
sail: I ant stationed at Nlilborne. On the 4th Oct.
I WOO at Hilton'. I saw Cull' with • pitchfork in ,
his band. He struck the complainant a heavy blow ,
with it. I then told him to give over tbat sort of '
work, and secured the pitchfork.—Mr. Norris,
bailiff to Harm liarnhro, in reply to the Bench,
stated that defendant was on the Baron's land. He
struck several other blows with the fork which the
1 nun evaded.—William Cuff WOA than charged
with assiulting P.C. Bishop at the name time and
place.—Mr. Atkinson for the complainant. —The
, constable stated that after Sergeant Hill had taken
. the fork from the former defendant, be saw William
Cuff with a f..rk beating the hedge. He lemon.
steeled with him and defendant then struck him a
violent blow in the cheet.—P.C. Stone corroborated
this evidence, and said that he took Cuff off Bishop,
who had him under him.—After • short consultation,
the magistrates lined each of the defendants se. and
10s. costs; in default 14 days imprisonment.—
John Mullins was summoned at the instant), of
Arthur Drewe on • charge of assault De-
fendant pleaded previous provocation, It ap-
peared from the complainant's statement that the
two men are next-door neighbours, and had eon.
tinned goodlfriendsnp to within the last three months,
when a querrel commenoed between their wives.
"My wife," said complainant, "encased his wide,
and I accused she, and my wife accused he, and
his wife accused my wife." These unhappy diffe-
rences resulted in the two men becoming enemies,
and on the day in question, when they went to work,
after considerable provocation on the part of the
eimplainant, the assault complained of took place.
It appearing, however, even by the complainant's
own statement, that the defendant had received
great provocation. —The Beach decided to bind both
of them over to keep the peace for twelve months
in the soul of f. 5. Each to pay their own costs.
—Thomas Joy°e was charged with stealing • small
quantity of underwood the property of the Baron
timbre. and was fined 6d. and costa 4s. ed. ; in
default 7 dare' impriamment.—Thomas Button
and Ge.rge l'aul, were charged on the information
of Mr. Superintendent Watts, with allowing their
horses to stray in the parish of Pimperne, on the 7th
Oct., and were each lined 35., the mete being
reantted.

Logiroo Crry Minsiona.-00 Thursday hat two
public meetings in connection with the Filandford
Association of the London they Mission were held
in the Townhall. The afternoon meeting was pre-
sided over by Sir J. H. D'Obly, Bast, and in
addition to the deputation (the Rev. F. Tyrell) the
following gentlemen were on the platform : the Revs.
Canon Coamposys (rector of St. Panora.), Rev. J.
R. Quirk, and the Rev. B. Gray. The meeting
having been opened with prayer by the rector,
Canon Champoeys, in addressing the assembly, said
it was with populist pleasure that he stood up for
the first time in • country meeting iu aid of the
London City Mission. His oonnexin with their
esteemed vicar for one thing, and his own personal
acquaintance with the work, by having one of the
society's valuable agents working under his super.
intendence, induced him to speak on behalf of the
bloused work carried on by the London City Mission.
In his able address the rev, gentleman gave some
very strong reasons why the city missions should
have the hearty support of every Christian in town
and country. Primarily for the great spiritual re.
suits it was effecting under riod's blessing, and
seconderily for the oernicting, refining, and elevating
moral good wrought through its means by the same
Divine blessing. Each of the positions taken by
the speaker wore illustrated in • forcible and striking
manner. One or two of these are especially worthy
of nisei°. ; first, the society's work amongst the
sick—l,3oo visits were made in one year to sick
permits who all died, and were visited by the city
missionary only. Them, by for this agency, would
have gone down to the grave without a word of
Christian oonsoletion or hope breathed in their
dying ears, notwithstanding all he Christian energies
of all the religious denominations working in the
great metropolis. This one fact, said the rev.
gentleman, should enlist the support, and be •
sufficient argument why that support should be
given to the London City Mission hi every Christian,
who having experienced the preciousness of his own
soul, mast Mel feel the value of his fellow immortal&
Under the second head the rev. gentleman con-
trasted the violence shown during the Chartist
agitation—the Bristol and Staleybridge riots—with
the heroic endorse°e of the people under the cotton
famine, and the repodiation of violence by the
genuine working-men at the Hyde Park riots. Why
did not mere brute force burst forth in the latter in.
stances as in the former? He believed it to be
owing to the unconscious influence which the agents
of the London City Mission and Church Pastoral
Aid Society was silently exercising by their
quiet, earnest, daily work in the midst of
the teeming manses of our people in the
back street., mutts, lane., and alleys of the metro.
polio end populous towns. The rev. gentleman was
heartily cheered on resuming his seat.—Tbe Rev.
F. Tyrrell (the deputation) first alluded to an
opinion which he said was gaining ground in many
quarters that the London City Mission was working
itself oat, and that there would be in • few years no
need of its agency. He showed the fallacy of this
by entering into a full description of the frightful
moral depravity of the inhabitants of Loudon, giving
several striking instances of what had some under
bis own observation, and dwelt upon the fact that
during the past year seven persons died daily in ,
London who were visited by the agents of the society
only ; this fact would give them some idea of what
the state of London would be without the aid of the
City Missionary. Another result of last year's work
was that 1365 persons were led to join themselves to
the Christian church, and during the same period
the scriptures were read 600,000 times by their
agents to those who otherwise would have had no
knowledge of the word of truth. The rev, gentle-
man then gave • graphic desorption of • meeting at
which 750 thieves were gathered together, who were
addressed by • returned convict and other converted
thieves, the effect of which, it wits confidently
believed, was most salutary. The rev, gentleman
c3naluded by earnestly commending the claims of
the society on those present. On the preposition of
the Chairman, • vote of thanks to the speakers was
unanimoualy passed, and the meeting cloned by
singing the Doxology. The oollection amounted to
£9 Os. 7d.• -The evening meeting was presided over
by the Mayor, and was addrnse& by the Rey. B.
(fray, who in an eloquent speech &demoted the
claims of the society, chiefly dwelling upon the argu-
ment of Mr. Chanipneye, that it was the duty of
every ohristian to help the London City Missions.—
The Rev. F. Tyrrell gave • very iuterestiog account
of the visit of one of the missionaries to • low lodg-
ing house, the result of which was that not only was
the abargator of the wretched inmates improved, bet
the landlord became • truly converted character and
having ten houses of the same kind belonging to him
abodes of infamy, he, by the advice, of the missionary,
cleared them of their former tenants, and let them
to respectable married persona Tbe Chairman
having made • few remarks on the taloa of such an
association as the Lando° City Minion, the doTolog
was sung. The °enaction mounted to £2 3s. flid.

brother of the bride, gave her away, her father's
health, from two seizures some tune sines, not
being Equal to it. Mr. Ward (late Fielder), of
Saliebury, provided the " feast' in hie well-known
et>le, during which the baud of the Shaf,witairr
Ritles performed some pleasing piece& The lines of
the Rev. William Lisle Bowler, on leaving a place of
residence, in which he is alluding to Barton Hill,
where he lived, and which is described in A.lam's
History of Shaftesbury a 4 °woof the principal gent)e.
men's seats of the town : -

" If I could bid thee, pleasant shade, farewell
Without a sigh, within those circling basin'
ily suipling piime wan reared, and happiest hours,
Dead were I to tho symp‘thirs that swell
The human breast," ite.,
-

are. we imagine in some measure descriptive of the
feelings of the fair bride on lesving her childhood's
borne and dearly-loved father; het she tuts the beet
wishes that it has been fir a still more happy horns.
The children of the Infant School, also the alms-
men and almswornen, were considerately remembered
and handsomely regaled on the occasion.

erntral Nebo.

Tag Bank directors made no okanp in the rate of
discount on Thursday.
A FATAL fight took plass at thalami' of Calton-garden
Lawton, on Tuesday night. Two anistwur pugilists
fought fog fe • aide, and one of them as. no frighifully
injured that be expired shortly after his removal to
Charing Cross Hospital.
- -

Tun-All-Deland RIG Mash oommeneed on Wednes-
day at Clendeboy, the seat of Lord Da !feria. There was a
'et7 teens attendance. Tbe following is the result of
Um day'. ehooting :—l,OOO yards—Vleter, 217;
2,12. 1,100 yards—Major Leeob, Dublin, 53; WC°ld.
Water, 62.

Tail Hon. John 071bannamy, Prime Minieter of the
colony of Victorie, hes been visiting his native °pantry,
Tipperary, for the benefit of his health. Re left Ireland
27 years ago, when s young man, and, as he humorously
remarked, the fonds he corned out of at did not seriously
diminish its wealth.

Ten Gaul. 11 .—Th. director, of the Great
F.astern steamship remedy applied for permission to
place her in the Alfrwl dook at Birkenhead, but the
lequest has been reluctantly refused, the engineer
haying reported that the vessel, even without her
paddle-hairs, is too wide and too long to be safely
Lerthed there.

THZ delegates now in this country from the British
North A merioan Colonies were entertained on Thurelay
night at • banquet by the British North American da.
sochation. Mr. Kinnalrd, M.P.. was in the the chair
and one of the speakers was the Karl of Cannamon..
Most of the speakers were strongly in favour of the
Confederation of the North American colonies. The
Earl of Cimarron. however, declined to commit hit:tall
on the subject. lie promised that the matter should
bare the full and careful attention of the Government,
but further, nothing.
Tel PORIBMOUTH FORTIFICATIONS. —Takinl into
ronsideration Its very destructive result, of modern
artillery when applied against granite fortifications
fa-ed with iron, or Imving embrasures of that mete),
as developed by our own experiments at Shoeburyness,
and those at Fortress Monroe by the American govern-
ment, it has been decided by the engineers of the War
Department to alt.r the construction of the Spithead
forts from a combination of granite and iron to one
entirely of iron of the most Maio-ire character. Credit
is due to the authorities for th.ir prompt recognition
of these decisive trials.—Sfandard.
A FRENCH &HINZ OF ELECTORAL REFORM 101 l
EPOLILII D. —M. Emile de Girardin, in the Liberec, msg.
grata • new plan of electoral reform for Englisocl.
This, which i. called the "free vote," consists, in k v.
leg to each elector the liberty of voting for one single
candidate. The 6.58 members who in regular rotation
should have rearmed the greatest number of vote.
would be proclaimed members of the House of Com-
mons. This system would have the effect of creating
categories of ix.embers, some e'ected by millions, others
by hundreds of thousands, others by thousands of votes,
and the last by only hundreds.
FURRITT a IMPROVID CORKINO MACHINE. This
machine is °mistrusted for expeditiously and thoroughly
corking bottles of amid every kind, and ie especial),
adapted for bottling nines, ales, spirits, ke., au'
It Is so simple and well-arranged in its construction
that it may be altered to suit the height of the different
gismo! bottles. The two levers, hand ad foot, working,
at the same time, moderate the pressure no evenly that
there is no risk of breaking the botilesas in the ordinary
method. It is so easily worked that a person unac-
customed to bottling may by it. use bottle equal to the
most experienced bottler. Price of machine £2 2s.—
Sole inventor and proprietor, J. Purrett, Banwell,
Somerset. " Manufacturer of Parrett'. Improved Cider
Coloring."
REMARKABLE OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA 111 NORTH
Dmog.—A suddm and serious outbreak of cholera has
taken place at Zeal Monachorum, • few mi es from
Creditoo, which Is mid to be a well-drained and generally
healthy village. The wife of the schoolmaster was arst
seised, and ahead simnltaneoudy several other persons
were attacked, the dimes' In the earlb.r mate terminat-
ing fatally within a few hours. By Monday night, out
of • population of 180, 10 persons had died and 13 were
seriously ill. The outbreak is ascribed, rightly or
wrongly, to the fact that those persons who were erst
seised had recently returned from • town in the east of
the county, where the dames is prevalent. At
Briabion cholera continues unchecked. On Saturday
it was reported that during the week 51 persons had
been attacked, of whom 18 bad died. Several other
towns in the vicinity have suffered slightly, but not to
nearly the same extent. The south-wed of Devon, in-
cluding Plymouth and Devooport, has been entirely free
from cholera for more than • month pest, and only •
few boated eases have appeared In Cornwall.—
Western Morning News.

lir Iler Majeaty's command the Inland Revenue
Report Ton was laid before hob Houses of Parliament
iind published by the Qoeen's Printer. This Stale
Document condemns the Chimes prestige of coveriog
tea with powdered mineral colour when intended for ex-
port to Greet Britain ;and the "Times.," August 12th,
in reviewing the report likewise states this Chinese
costume( facing the leaf with minerals favours adultera-
tion and increases its price to the F.nglish commenter,
for it enables any old brown worthless leaves to be
disguised and sold as good tea. Horniman k Co., to
secure tea good, sheep and r liable in quelity, have for
nearly a quarter of a century helmeted their supply net
covered with colour. The preference given to the-e
favorite Teas arises not only from their extreme
cheapness. but olen from the unrivalled strength of the
black, and the delicate Savour of the green. Notice,
the pure green is • dark olive.--not plush. These
d-lictions and invigorating teas are secured in packets
signed Bornholm and Co., London, and sold only by
authorised agents to secure the public spinet soy
sporioua imitation.
A New Lore.—A new invention, called the needle
latch, or patent unpickable lock, has just been intro-
duced, which promises from its simplicity and moderate
cost to bring an apparently almost infallible protection
for desks, safes, kn., within the means of all. The fol-
lowing description of it is from the Engineer:— "Ills
simple in its construction, as it is composed of neither
more nor less than bled wires—cell them needle* if 7011
like--strung together on two stumps, attached to the
running bolt upon which they revolve, and they require
to be lifted by the key to • position to admit a their
being passed through certain holes in a plate of brass,
and thus passing carry the running bolt with them,
which carries the real bolt. The needles move obliquely
perpendicularly, laterally, and, in lead, In any direction;
hence difficulty in raising all the needles with an in-
Krument simultaneously to their required positions to
run through their own apertures, and escape the many
traps set for them in the shape of. number of holes
pierced nearly halfway through the fence plate of the
exact ids, to at the needles. In the more expensive
latches, as we have only been describing the cheapest
one, there are protectors and detectors."
SENTENCRO ON lONIA* SOLDtIRIA—At half-pea two
o'clock on Wednesday. the 92nd Highlanders, the Rird
Regiment, and the sth Dragoon Guards (the last regi.
ment being dismounted), were minded in full dress in
the Royal square, Royal Barracks, for the ()armee of
hearing read the sentences of ten men convicted by iii-
recent courts-martial. They formed three ai lee of •
square, Brigadier General it Menlo, C.R. commanding.
Brigade Major Knipe read the mutt-boot. Six of the
primnersbelonged to the sth Dragoon Guards, two to
the 24th Regiment, or,. to the 61st. and one to the 60 h
Rides. The sentence upon Private Patrick Beatinge,
James Wilson, and Martin Hogan, of the sth Dragoon
Guard., and Private Hamlett, of the 24th Regiment, is
imprisonment for life; Drummer 111'Coy, of the 61.1
Regiment, to 15 years' penal aereitude ; Private Thomas
Delsny, of the sth Dragoon Guards, to 10 years' penal
servitude; Private Odes, of the 00th Rifles, to 10 years,'
and Private* Lineh and Foley, sth Dragoon Guards,
and Malony, 24th Keiji:mot, to 6 years' imprisonment
The sentences having been read, the prisons-re were
removed to the military prima, arbour.hill, where they
were droned in the omelet clothe.. They were after-
wards conveyed to Moentjoy Convict Prime in the van,
which was escorted by a troop of the sth Dragoon
Guards.
ISTOSTANT TO VOYAGERS TO NEW TOIUL—Tho fol-
lowing letter will be read with interest by travellers to
New York :—To the National Steam Navigation Con-
pony, Limited. 158, Broadway, New York, Sept. 17,
1866. Oentlemen,—The following reaolutions were
antutio.ously pawed by the passengers on board the 8.8.
Scotland, on September 11th. I forward them on
my own responsibility to you, that you should know
in what estimation the passengers travelling with your
ship. bold those who summand them. Truly yours,
T. W. Jones.—"Reeolved,-1. That we tender our
sinceee thaeks to Captain William Hall, commander of
the 8.8. Scotland. of the National Steam Naviotion
Company, for his impartial attentions and undergo
courtesy to hi. paseengel s during the voy•ge from Liver-
pool to New York. Recilved,-2. That we tender our
thanks to the Officers under Captain Hall, for their
gentlemanly conduct towards the paseengers, and for so
efficiently carrying out the sanitary regulations of the
ship, whereby, uoder the blessing of Goi, all epidemical
diseases were averted from us. Resoles uor
thanks credos and are hereby teniered to the Surgeon
of said ship for his prompt end kindly atlentiirts to all
the passenger, me-ling his care—J. C. Miami, Chair-
man. Rev. T. W. Jones. Secretary."

DZATII TROY RinaoreoßlA.—"Strtr.A filmtusue
CURAIITUR."— At an ieiluest 11.1 d on the sth just.. et'
Brad well, Beek.. before Mr. Worley, theili.trict coroner,
on the body of Elisabeth Walter., aged Ave yams, and
who died of hytrophobie, evidence WWI given In yinotLe
a.meat incredible in a civilised country in the 19theentery.
A witness, Sarah Meekest', stated :—" I live at tired-
cell, end am the wife of Thomas Meekness. • farm .
labourer. I sit.: the decease child after it was bitten ;
by the dog, which was about nine weeks beck, and was I
...quested by the father of the child to ',ire her;
legne ,4 the liver if he dog, and he was to gst some 1
from the dog, which had been killed and busied. I
accordingly went to the house—it was either the dey
after the child wet bitten or the neat day. The mother
cut off a piers of the liver. weighing about an ounce or
an ounce and a half. I friasled it before the ere on a
fork for some minutes, till it was well cooked end dried
up. and then gave it to the child, with some bread. She
ate it freely. about two mouthfuls. and had 1.1110 warm
tea sifter it." The grandfather end parent. of the child
were anxious for the liter to be given, thinkiod it could
prevent the bits of the reed dog taking effect. as .
I
an uncle of the child hod ceramist flout hydros hobia
after being bitten, and hating taken some of the liver of
theorem'. dagoT he dog bad been in water htiehdbit bb".lnttu•tens 'P its stattd, the
ine days before
the liver was taken out.

YONlsaltil : RIOT AT YORIL —For the last
fortnight considerable excitement has prevailed in York,
in coneequence of • decision arrived at by the local magil-
trate. respecting • charge of felony preferred ageinst a
how& servant named Elizabeth Longburst. The
proomnitor was Captain Lowrie, the governor of York
Castle, who charged her with stealing • box. Much
indignation prevailed respecting the decision arrived at
by the magistrates, viz., 14 days' imprilionment, there
being a general belief that the girl did not intend to
steal the hos, whisk was of very little vales. A sub-
scription was opened on behalf of the girl, and • largo
rum was subscri&xl. The Home Sorretary was com-
municated with, though the Earquis of Townshend, and
on Tuesday evening, In eosuisqueowe of a hand-bill being
Maned, aa Mammas@ are of
47 wood . ed the
zurket-place to exppros their : doe on tile sable.t.

At taut 10,000 persons were preempt. Sher* aline
elett o'alock this igneasblage, heeded by a band, Ike.
marched to the eagle, when having giving vest to their
feelings by • seemesion of yells, they retuned to the
Market-place, where the band played the National
' Anthem, and most of the crowd dispersed. A large
number, howeier, proceeded to the residence of the
presiding magistrate, Mr. Alderman Evers, and 44 ones
attacked that geetlemsn'e residence. The whole oi the
front windows, consisting of plate glass, IWO gnashed
Into • thousind atoms, the front door was haltered inter
splinters, and the wand threatened to bent theresidesee
to the around. The police, however arrived on the
seine, and the vast mob them dispersed.

ORRAT WICITERN RAILWAY.—The direetore of this
comconrunyinal, ititoPPe.helwa.eee".p.aatntrator.", tabagoa:staaandsPti
driverial
in oonoection with the trains upon 'hairline. Apparatus
for an experimental train is being constrained under the
devotion of the inventor, Mr. C. Spagnolettl, the soma
panes telegraph engineer. Mr. Spagnoletti forms hie
oonnectiou with the eternise by means of free bars, in
substitution of the existing coupling chains, the ham
answering the double purpose of soupling skeins and
electrical connections, thus avoiding extra duty for the
employes, and dispensing with all fine And delicate
appliances liable to damage. The lan a,.,. Made ise
to yield to the movement. of the train when oscillat-
ing or turning server. A check is also placed npaa
the coupling of the carriage., and if not completely
performed, the new system give. nones of the fact
to the guard by the ringing of a bail In bi
van. Th. sipping= attaeha to isich impertinent ci
• carriage consists uf a handle inside and a red Me oat-
aide. The handle is secured from accidental turning by
&metallic pin attached by • chitin. A passenger wishing
to c ill the attention of the guard, stoat pull oat the ple
and turn the handle, and this operation will have the
effect of ringing all the bells in the train eentineweely,
while the disc outside will be timed into • polities
facing the guard and driver., so that they fan sea from
which compartment the alarm was given. The handle
when turned beoomee locked, and elan only be place" in
iis original pavilion by the guard, so that Any lIRDINNII,
aary use of or tampering with the apparatus will he
brought borne to the offender. By Mr. linagmlettre
system passengers can stommunieste with the guard sad
driver, and gouda sin communicate with each Maraud
the driver. Although the signal made by •
will be visible to the driver, it will only call tr=r-
i ion of the latter to something being wrong. The sou-
tral of the train will still remain with the guard, who
will stop it if required by striae the ordinary fiag or
lamp signals to the driver.
IMa. BRIGHT AT !ARGIL —The Tinto lap that Mr
Bright's speesh'ion'Masiday evening at Leeds was little
Inore than • repetition of his speech at Manchester, as
that was but • renewal of the arguments used on other
platforms. Mr. Bright's answer to this obvious criticism
is that the 'subject is the same, cad that, therefore, what
is said on it must he the same. This, he *ever, is a
fallacious reasoning, for the habitat of Reform is • large
one. When we say that Mr. Bright .as nothing new,
we mien that he due not sorry the dismission butler;
then the repetition of thaws stock commonplaces which
have been the property of every author fsom Preet and
Purges 0 Conner to the present "Redone Limgae."
We have now before us, it may be armed, all the
reasoning that is to be laid before the gatherings of
working men during the autumn Lod wish,. The
anomalies of the representation and the excessive limita-
tion of the present franchise will be paraded before them
111 the moat striking form, whether be tables of !statistics,
or by the companion between some small borough, which
may happen for • moment to emerge from its obscurity,
land Manchester or Leek. Mr. Lom will be held up
for the fiftieth time as the (rightful example of the
hatred towards working men which prevails in the
lime of Commons, and the oakum will be ones more
advised to have the extract from his speech framed
and glazed. Somebody or other will be denounced se
wicked, or babe, or malevolent, and the speaker will
resume his seat mid the usual sheers. The agitation
has now gone far enough for us to perceive its chareeter
and atrength. It has given im a better mune of
estimating the opinion of the country than we previnaly
possessed. it has shown that while the progress of
education and the sharp dismuntons of Parliament have
created • desire for the suffrage among the meatus-
chiiied clam, which ought not to be disregarded, there is
throughout the whole educated elan a cieterminatlea
that the political power shall not be transferred m mute
to the poor. Not half • doses Liberal members of
Parliament acknowledge the principle. of Mr. Beal's, and
we believe we are not wrong in saying that thenteaLlori y
of them be ready to accept • just and.
measure of Reform from whatever party it may cam
No demonstrations, however imposing, and no platform
eloquence, however vigorous., will make Parliament,
and the higher and middle class who support it, give
the power of the eouGArT into the hands of -the slaves
the Trades' Unions. Stich atrocities as reported Irma
Sheffield are but the extreme mu of a tyranny whkh
oat this very moment paralysing • large part of the
trade of the country. Every year sees these argosies,-
lions more powerful, more pitiless, and more anklet.
The middle Mena who have so Icing and so aumelially
governed, will not abdicate power to plus it in such
bands.

BOLInLall IKW LIFEBOAT. —The National Lifeboat
Institution baa just forwarded a new lifeboat aad trans
porting carries. to Burnham, near Bridgewater. The
lifeboat was benevol.atly contributed to the Institution
by tbe people of Cheltenham, and •as publicly exhibited
in that town on Wedelns:ley 1.4 the 10th inst. The
lifeboat, on its transporting earriege, drown by • fine
team of horses sod preceded by • band of music, was
drawn through the principal streets of Cheltenham. Tbe
beet was then named by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, and
afterwards launched into the Pittrille Lake, where
various evolutions were made with the boat to
tee the qualities of selftrighting and eelf.ejteting
water. The lifeboat is 32 feet long and 7 feet 4
inches wide, sad rows ton mire double banked.
The following ere earns of the remarkable
qualities of the boat :-1. Urea* lateral stability or re-
siatanee to upeettieg. 2. Speed against • heavy sea.
3. Facility for launching and taking the More. 4.
Immediate ~elf-disolarge of any water breaking lot,
her, II The important advantage of self-righting, it
tweet. 6. Strength. 7. Stowage room for • large
number of F....genres. The transporting carriage of Met
boot is also admirably adapted to its purpose. By Mt
ingenious contrivance, the boat, with its crew on board,
is launched off the carriage. With their oars in their
hands the crew are thus enabled to sheens headway
before the breakers have time to beet the beat broad•
gide on the beach. The healing up of the lifeboat on it.
carriage is accomplished with equal facility. All these
operations were conducted under the saperiehees
dense of Captain J. R. Ward, 1.N., the inspector"
of lifeboats of the Institution. The Burnham lifeboat
establishment will long remain • 11101311111talt of the
philanthropy of the people of Cheltenham, and although
eitueted far intend, the town will thus be directly, by it.
lifeboat, assisting in the great national work of •••104
the lives of shipwreeked sailors. This humane under-
taking has received at Burnham the estimable and sealant
support and cooperation of DT. Morris, and at Mellen-
ban, of the Be,, W. Hodgson, UI., Coat, Yonne. 11. o.:
and of other friends in the town,pertiemarly that of Mr.
W. Witchell„ the bookseller. The lifeboat is expected
to be publicly exhibited at Bembean on Thursday, the
bath instant. A free conveyance was readily 'Oen
toßurntbhe..lif
it .ct
hastsliphscerri..epby
thbeetwortgagn
iirle,amenindoe esmnd
Bristol and Reels. Beltway Companies. It aim, beadiest
that the Nataliel Lifebot Institution has 172 lifeboats
under its thane, and that during the prettiest year alone
the institution has contributed to the saving of 642
persons from d &rent wrecks. The nualser of lives
saved by the lifeboats of the institution, or by specal
exertions for which it hes granted rewards, Wow iie
formation, is 15,522, for which services 82 gold medal*,
763 silver models, and £22,842 in cash have been Kit eu
as rewards. Since its formation the emietv has es-
pended 1:149,906 on its lifeboat estoblishmeate, is ed-
oition to the rewards it has granted. We may Mese
that contribution. for the institution will be tlaatakfally
received by all London and Country 13mkers, by the
wend Honorary Secretaries of its different Itmu :hes,
and by Richard Lewis, Req., secretary of the institutioa,
Johowtmet, Adelphi, Loudon.
THe OUTS tan AT 81071111.D.—Tbe Mandan' says
that the trade: union outrage as Ethrilel I is one the
I responsibility of which. It feels assured, he re•pectsole
working claims of this wonky wtli it.ateetly sot te•
digneutly repudiate. An act more atrocious is not upon
record. The deadly and &uteri!), affair in %corn-der ,t
where life was morticed, was not mole bnital in its 'Atten-
tion. &mance in this ne•Lance it wog only through •-alt.
dent that the violence did not result in wirier. Ti,.
leaden of the trades' unions have dermunced nil sera
barbarities. Will they assist is bringing their antitots
under the scourge—the Limiest arel meet retrihnicey
matures of the tacT Until then, we can have small faite
in the meet handsome professions. The doctrine taught
in the Midlend is, at pretest, that force Is Yistill•b!o
and necessary when any particular view of pubic jaetit•
is to be maintained. When the Coastitution may le
blown up at a moment's notice, should • majority in
Parliament refuse to be corned, why not the I.umme
house of a saw grinder at Blatield 1 It is Mr. Bright
who reads the text, end recites the arm menee of the
I revolutionary hymn. Trades' unions represent a very
large amount of intelligence, providenee, and a bard end
cEntemibioe.nritfaabiyeaci..t.yre,unainasvalk:Liobltheteloat
jvilustaind.a.pm:!irior:nesqguer::;Ent
f.i.tnhhhieiy::re'tiw;voreent..,4l dhtb.:..urdhnlaosiiip.,:sostomulfly
tu,thpoherndlostp.b..totitheebaiiii...d.oft:hirs.:nwe y.turiothd.;tilthtll:4;:sr.whomi
jFivarbeewprettilgel:
jelmant:
examined. But is the story to matelot as old one,
rstBa:huhpegge.dresegaltebtelierni.ivechat,l":alnreetievesndreiaLca7iojeintrillitht.":entell:dn7W'tb:;:ehroyflitireesfottorhe,n,gtbieeitistris?iitai:Char:lhitni:todrt
the Miens responsible for the New Hereford-street
teondreliani. Reluetent as we must be, however, to
charge upon a great body, even the smallest fraction of
so execrable an oltrace, we must hope that the trades
unions executives will take into their serious oomidena-
tion the question how far they may make themselves
involuntarily responsible for mite which, if not annually
oone in their name, me supposed, by the illiterate Lod
the violent, to carry with them a part at haat of their
moral authority. The operatives of this country, upon
the whole, hme learned wisdom. Yot they here not
abandon. d the principle of coercing one another by
orgeniaation—the very worst and the moat misteldevons
purpose to which organisation of any kind metal he Puts
in this instance, which we have at present bef are n.,
what is the meaning of the affair? What but the ehet
of • secret society --a memo) to ensure the thraldom of
a tnle—a threat of constraint and repression, an enforce-
ment of arbitrary obligation and illegal damage? Why.
under this principle, is any men's labour his own? is
he free to work, to improve himeell, to estainand a
larger reward for his labour? Amore lly not. Woe
tmoalttiheih:alltrocerf:":pinpazn::isyiobtngacnilitaithtithitireiewei
il:bbiattonribithorubmusaftialfacentli.itti::"..eiesdst.a.uatirlif;chi:"'t:tin:ll.l:::tetrtu:Ti
they would put an end to all indemodent Moat hargaite
betweee employers and workmen, that they ahil at an
overwhelming oppression of the ledividnel working man
upon the very doorstep of eeeinineisin end that they me
in truth, therveriest enemies of the herd tasked an I
meritorious dans which they pretend to represent. navy
rob the workman of his market, sod they peeped, ids
ind•poodease.