The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1866.

extinguish the flames. If an ambitions
warrior were to invade our shores, we should
form ourselves immediately into armies of
volunteers, to oppose his aggression. Simi-
larly ought we to act in the present instance,
when a foe more deadly than war itself is
attacking us on every side. When the
cholera visited this country in NIS, no
fewer than A3,20:3 persona succumbed to its
ravage'. If our past experience will net
allow us to keep away this fell disease, it has
taught us the necessity and also the method
of mitigating the evil. Sisters of mercy there
always are, willing and ready to take their
part in the battle, nor, happily are there ever
wanting helpers of the opposite sex. But
what the country needs, besides these parti-
cular means of aid, is a general setting of
shoulders to the wheel on the part of all who
are really able to work, not in money-giving
merely, but in the devotion of time and per
sons] attention. To do the majority of the
local authorities justice, they are leaving no
stone unturned. Parliament has evinced its
readiness to do anything that is required,
and has put additional remedial powers into
the hands of the local boards throughout the
kingdom, besides strengthening the autho-
rity of the central Government in sanitary
matters. In places where no boards exist I
the guardians of the poor are empowered to
adopt whatever measures are deemed neces-
sary. It must not be imagined that because
no immediate danger is apprehended in any
locality, there is no need of activity. It
would be strange indeed if the disease was to
confine itself to the seaports. The insidious-
ness of Asiatic cholera is proverbial, and like
the thief in the night, the disease comes with
little or no warning. Nor should we congra-
tulate ourselves on the fact of the summer
being well over. If the disease comes to us
in warm weather, it may linger far on into
the winter. It is no respecter of seasons or
of countries; and although undoubtedly
originally emanating from the East, it can
make itself as much at home amid the snows
of Russia as in the warm plains and polluted
i
cities of Aeia. In itself it may be n many
respects mysterious. Even now medical men
are in doubt as to its infectiousness, while
the remedies they apply are as wide as the
poles asunder. While Dr. Kennedy, perhaps
from actual experience, is an advocate for
purgatives, Dr. Edgcome pins his faith
exclusively to astringents. What, however,
there is no mystery about is, that cholera
and impurity become in a time of epidemic
convertible terms, and our duty clearly and
plainly is to remove immediately all predis
posing causes wherever they may be found
to exist. This latter is what the local boards
throughout the kingdom have now to do, and
the offence will be unpardonable if in so
grave a crisis they fail to prosecute their
task. In places where the disease is already
raging, a word of advice will not be thrown
away upon those who feel disposed to rush
away from the scene of danger rather than
remain and help. Such individuals are not
far removed from cowards, and deserve the
fate of deserters from the army. The
prompting@ of charity and the actual aid ren-
dered by benevolence, in person as well as
puree, are the best disinfectants—the best
safeguards against the attacks of the enemy;
and those will stand the best chance who
courageously and disinterestedly face him.
Let the example of the Emperor and
Empress of the French at the hospitals of
Paris last year be imitated; and let us re-
member that moral courage of this nature is
a much higher virtue than that self-
preservation which, if it is the first, is not
the greatest law of nature.

eiolea and places are to be provided for the sick poor
being "boot proper lodginglar accommodation, or
lodged WI room occupied by %ore than one family,'
or being on board any ship or vessel. flans are to
be Provided for dead bodies and for the reception of
dead bodies during the time required for pad-modem
ezeininatiou. In the third part of the act provision
is Ins& as to the inspection of lodgimpliousee. Any
person with an infectious disorder esposing himself,
or any person causing such ezposure, to be fined f2O;
anal all lodgings used to in. dwiofecard More let
again, under the same penslty. There are other
smeltery regulations to he enforced, and special
modifications as W Ireland. 3'he present Public
Health Act inquires to be known. Additional
powers an conferred on parishes and individuate to
Prow,* the public he'll of the metropolis else-
where.

Commtrrun To TEI Domes Comer,
Hard Labour : Jamu Turner, poaching at Ash-
more, 4 months; George White assault at Child
Okeford, 6 weeks; James Engliu;d, assault at Brid-
pdrt, 7 days; William Stone, amault at Bridport, 14
days; John Pitman, poaching at Portisham. 2
mouth.; Simeon Perris, stealing a knife at Gaudio
Marsh, 1 month; Solomon Hallett and George
Follett, stealing liar at Briclport, 3 months; Margaret
Davis. stealing a knife, &c , at Million..., I month.
heio isos of. al I llohert Wi3Pagn ./
Vauighain, Chariot :It WI .n. T lh OA 1.,
Richard Fraser, ICIOI2IIII COili na, o
li truer.
Charles Potenton, Jsi,ivaW &rm. lanes Stott% Henry
Simpson, William Evans, John Harrison.
Richardson, and Gworge Ralph, disolulitnce of the
, lawful commands of their captain and refusing to go
to sea in a British ship canal the Greatliam Hall, at
, Portland, 14 days.

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Tug CHOLERA •NE THE CATTLE PLAOOL—The
following form of prayer, prepared by the Archbishop
of Canterbury was read immediately after the third
collect in the morning and evening services in all
churches and chapels last Sunday and is to be so
read whenever Divine service is celebrated during
the prevalence of the cholera and of cattle plague in
this coentry, instead of the prayer now used for
relief of the plague etistiog among cattle, and for
Protecting against the cholera
"0 Almighty God and Merciful Father. our only
refuge in the time of need, we approach Thee under •
deep sense of our sinfulness, and in awe of Thy jade-
aleatd which are abroad in the pestilence that has now
reached oar shores. We desire to humble ourselves
under Thy mighty bend, confessing our iniquities
which here justly provoked Thy wrath against us. We
acknowledge with shame and sorrow that we have show.t
ourselves unthankful for Thy mercies; we have followed
our own will rather than Thy holy law, and have not in
our prosperity, honoured Thee as the author and giver
of it all. Take from us we beseech Thee, all hardness
of heart and unbelief, all neglect of thine ordinances
and contempt cf Thy Word. Correct us, 0 Lord, but
not in thine anger, and withdraw from us, in thine
own good time, the scourge with which Thou had
visited us. Give tie an heart to comfort and succour all
who are stricken by it; Incline us to aid in ministering
to their emits and swomging their eufferinga
"And in the pressmen of this great mortality may we
all be reminded that In the midst of life we are in death.
Give us ems to turn from our evil ways, and seek the
Lord our Harbor, while He may be found, with hearty
repentance and tree faith ; so shall we is quietness and
confidence serail Thy holy will, and be ready, shoeldeet
, Thou call us, to yield up our souls to Thee, 0
1 gracious Father, in the blessed hope of everlasting life,
through the toediatioe, and for the merits of Thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
"0 Lord God Almighty, whose are the cattle on a
thousand hills, and in whose bend is the breath of
every living thing, look down, we beseech The*, in
compassion upon Thy servante whom Thou bast visited
with in grevions murrian among our herds and flocks.
We acknowledge our transgressions. *Mob worthily
deserve Thy chastisement, and our sin is ever before
us; and in humb'e penitence we come to seek thy Aid.
Buy, we pray Thee, this plague, by Thy word of power.
and- save that
.provision which Thou Mast, in Thy good.
ness, granted for Our sustenance ; so shall we offer unto
Thee the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for the,,
Thy acts of providence over us through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Ames."

Citiceer. —A match was played on Kingston Park
ground, on Saturday Iset,between the Kingston Park
Club and the Pompadoure, which ended in the latter
being beaten in one innings. They played remark-
ably well, considering how much they were out of
practice, but although defeated they enjoyed the
match very much. Their exeellent band was on the
ground, and delighted the visitors, of whom their
was a good sprinkling of lathed. The following was
the score—

111.—A LETTER laid before the Provincial
Grand Lodge of Dorset has had the effect of de-
molishing any future possibdity of Freemasonry
exhibiting its strength or taking rank and status
as a public institution within the province.
Though not exactly after the manner of "my
lord dook," in the farce of "High Life below
Stairs," Mammal! in Dorset has retired into pri-
vate life in taking up a public house; and all
through some little newspaper paragraph, evi-
dently, as the letter alluded to observes, "not
emanating from Masonic authority," inadver-
tently employing the long word "demonstration'
to designate the annuli provincial gathering.
Oddfellows, Foresters, Sheptierds et /toe genus
inane, are prone to "demonstrations," hence
Freemasonry ought to avoid them with an

"Odi prolanum reigns, et arm)."

And this is extremely well and highly dignified,
for, after all, we feel sure there was no gentleman in
the modest procession of last Wednesday who
cared particularly about facing the crowd on his
way to church and back. But then Freemasonry
after all depends upon public approbation for the
breath of its existence. It is true it is a secret
society- the only one legalised in Great Britain
—but it is only exempted from the illegality of
all other bodies bound by secret oath', and ties,
and symbols, and pass-words, in consequence of
its public usefulness and respectability. The
question is, how is this status to be maintained,
save by means of its public appearances, call them
"demonstrations" or what you will I And the
verdict must be that the more you curtail the
open and above-board manifestations of the order
the more you foster the absurd prejudices
that affect and injure next after religion one of
the purest and holiest alliances amongst men.
The press of the province happened to be power-
fully represented at the moment when the
curtain lecture regarding the unlucky phrase of
some local pacer was read them, otherwise we
should not have felt deputed to hazard these
observations. We dislike these processions las
much as any one, but there is a possibility of
carrying a piece of pique against a little news-
paper paragraph too far, and with great de-
ference to those great Masonic Authorities who
are "not outside" the pale, the Constitu-
tions of the Grand Lodge of England do away
with the slightest necessity for pawing formal
resolutions against processions, and against
going to church, by giving the Grand Master of
the Province all power of regulating the
meetings and procedure of the Grand Lodge for
the time being. This very Constitution was in
fact brought forward on Wednesday—but ignoreida
There seems however to be a growing desire to
discipline the lodges of Dorset, a /a martinet,
and to erect a sort of imperium in imperio by
excluding ordinary members of the craft—not
from sitting—but from speaking or voting
unless after having passed the chairs of Master
or Warden, so of course no others will ever I
more darken the Grand Lodge doors. And this
alone, so unlike the liberality of everitnic;ther
Grand Lodge, must fast reduce that of land
if enforced there, not to speak of the Provincial
Lodge of Dorset, to a nullity. Thus whilst
the rights of brotherhood are so broadly
extended as we have seen at recent "demon-
strations" both in Devon and Somerset, we very
much fear the knell of freemasonry in Dorset
may be said to be rung.

Ns. gssot's Armies.

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The Maven said the next business was to consider
the report of the Committee of the whole Council on
Lb. several questions between Mr. J. T. Knew and
the Council, and his refusal to pay tolls in respect
of certsin articles sold by him in his Repoeitory, and
also as to the forfeiture of the leasehold interest in
such premises, consequent on a breach of the con•
dation, of the lease by which the mine was held
under the Council.
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l',•ws CLoug I cad th.• tcport as follows

" I Coimusittee 14re lied reported to that
notivith tinding the nt entseed into Is Caere
11r, .1. T. En-rit and the rouncl Mr. En.r lois refused
to I.IV asi• tolls It reaped of cm-ton articles soil in his
Repository yard, which would he liable to the payment
of toll if offered for este in the public streets. Thene
proceedinga on Mr. Ensues part are altoaether insion-
shitent iu the opinion of thie Committee with the letter
and spirit of the arrangement referred to. It has &leo
I come to the knowledge of the Committee that Vr. Ensue
has made an is ignmeet in the nature of • mortgage of
the leasehold interest he holds coder the Council in his
Reieeitory yard, without obtaining the previous lie. n.e
of the Council, and. as a cinsequenes, such intere.t km
become I,e-felted for a breach of the conditinns of the
leme and a right of re-entry has accrued to the Council.
In POMO eases, perhaps, a right of re-entry for forfeiture
would not have been insieted upon. but, in the present
sass the Committee cannot but feel that Mr. Emor's
bearing towards the Council has not been that which
might reasor ably have been expected from him as •
member of the body, and that the claim made hy him to
set op in effect a market of his own in his Repository
yard, It one which eannot be submitted to, and which
must inevitably involve the town a. eel' as himself in
expensive litigation. These eoneiderations appear to the
Committee to justify the Council in insisting on their
'Viet legal rights against Mr. Eater, and the
more especially as he again denies his liability
to 147 tolls, notwithstanding the arrangement and
agreement come to between him sad the Council on the
subject and the subsequent payment of them. Although
the Committee entertain the opinion which has just
been eepreseed, they would nevertheless regret the
taking of to injerione • step towards Mr. Rorer as •
re-entry on hie Repository yard for a forfeiture, if it
could posaibly be avoided. With that feeling they de-
sire to suggest to the Council that on • binding agree-
went being entered into by all necessary partici. against
the ow of the ground as • sale place on fair and market
days for the future, and the settlement of the present
open account for tolls between Mr. Bogor and the
Council and their late leoiee, Mr. Pouncy, the forfeiture
incurred may be waived and the license nine pro fent
panted.
In answer to Mr. COMIC, the Tows CLICK stated
that eta committee meeting held in December, 1864 e
which Mr. J. T. &sew attended, after inonsidermg
the toll question in all its bearings, it was resolved
to recommend to the Council that if Mr. &mor
amount for the usual and customary tolls for things
offered for soda in the repository ground, he be
allowed to continue the Wes there, and that sug-
gestion was adopted at the Council meeting in
January, 1865.
Mr. Coins oinked if there was gni agreement to
that effect signed between Mr. 11/Of and the
! Council.
' The TOWN CLICK said, No; Mr. Bow merely
assented to the terms in the Council.
Mr. Deviticouf said the report of the committee
, now presented, on entirely coincided with his own
views, that he begged to propose its adoption.
Mr. BISHOP sesooded the motion.
Mr. Cones said he thought before they decided
upon the matter, it would be well for them to con-
. eider the two parts of the rep irt separately. First,
! the refusal to pay tolls. He imagined they had some
! means of enforcing them.
! The Town CLERK :An action at law, poseibly.
Mr. Crams said it seemed to him rather on hear-
ing the report that the committee thought they had
got the whip in their own beads. Mr. Eosor had
refused to pay, therefore they said they would make
him forfeit his lease. He did not think they would
like to act ill that way individually. So doing
would male the repository field quite useless to him.
Mr. ViRSON did not approve of extreme measures,
but there were conditions upon which the loses was
held, and, by • breach of them, it was forfeited ;
therefore, he did not see what other they could do
than take possession. But he should wish to be
! guided by the judgment of the Council.
Mr. LOCK said there were two quite distinct
questions so far as the forfeiture of the
lease was concerned. He took it that
Mr. Engior had no more to do with it personally than
he (Mr. Lock) had, for it appeared by the next
notice on the agenda, that Mr. &nor was about to
make an assignment for the benefit of his creditors,
and therefore so far as the Cauncil was concerned
the question was between them and the ns
representing Mr. Encore creditors. He herrd
that the lease was not forfeited, and certainly the
notice he referred to by Mr. Andreae implied that
to be the case, while it indicated that there had been
• dealing with the lease by agrienrnent, which,
strictly speaking, would be • forfeiture. But he
understood that the Town Clerk and another person
obtained some information at the meeting of Mr.
Ensor's creditors on that subject, and, of course, it
would have to be proved that the lease was forfeited
by assignment before they could act upon it, and,
therefore, he thought for the present they had better
defer any public dismission of the subject, and refer
it to a committee again.
The M•von ; Do you put that as an iunandment
Mr. Bisnor Are you speaking of the next
question on the paper, or the one before the meeting?
Mr. LOCK said of course he referred to the question
before them. They must bear in mind that the
matter came before • rather small committee, and
there was a division.
Mr. CEIRM asked the Town Clerk if it was
customary to act so strictly as was proposed in this
case, after allnwing things to be gold and then
granting a lease.
The Tows Cumg said application was made by
Tapp's solicitors to assign to Mr. Ensor.
Mr. Curing said it was actually sold to Mr. Ensor
before Mr. Tapp applied for license.
. . .

Mr. VERSO-21r silla the whole Committee except
Mr. Andrews expressed themselves in favour of the
forfeiture of the lease.

Alderman G•LPIK inquired of the Town Council
whether the adoption of the report would not in.
voice the carrying out by the Council of the forfei-
ture of the lease, except Mr. Ensor complied with
the conditions stated.

Mr. Manor I certainly did not mooed the
adgtion of the report with that new.
The hiAvon : No doubt that 111/11 the intention of
the committee.

Mr. GaLrui hoped the Council would pause before
adopting the report. He took an active part in the
matter at the first, and incurred considerable ill.
feeling about it. He premed the question till they
Mf had • decision from r. Eosor and an arrangement
as to admitting tLe right of the Council to tolls, and
eventually a compromise was made, and the arninge-
ment had gone on from that time to the present.
Now, by an accident, or an oversight, the forfeiture
of the lease was said to have occurred; but would it
be right or just of them t i take advantage of it, to
say from this time forth no more sales shall be
allowed on that ground? He went-with them as to
the enforoement of the tolls, but, after Mr. &Nor
had erected proper buildings, and made the ground
suitable for cattle sales, he thought it would be
stepping • little beyond what he would call the
bounds of jusUce to my such sales should be totally
prohibited. fie advised the reference of the case to
• oommittee, that the whole bearings of the subject
might be considered, the necessary evidence be ob.
tamed, and the question be looked at calmly, and
irrespective of alt that had paused, and thought by such
means the justice of the case might be arrived at,
without proceeding to the extreme point indicated
in the report now before them.
Mr. Davainsu : Have you decided in your own
mind that it is correct for Mr. Euler, in defiance of
the charter of the town to hold sales in defiance of
the town If Mr. &war has • right to do so,
anybody who can rent half an acre of lend may do
the same. It seems to me that is the very pole-
star of our position.
Mr. Bxxxerr : Is the lease really forfeited or not?
The Tows Cuut• : You ask my opinion, and I
do not hesitate to say that it is; but, I do not think
you are bound to insist upon the forfeiture if in the
exercise of your discretion you are disposed to do
otherwise.
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Mr. F;OrD said it appeared to him if the pro-
perty was forfeited they bad nothing to do but to
take possession. Afterwards there could be no
objection on the part of the Council to making
any arraugemenni with Mr. Eo•or for the benefit
of his creditors.
Mr. BISHOP thought they had been anticipating •
discussion whioh would probably arise on the wit
matter for consideration. He seconded the proposi-
tion with a view to bringing out the whole circum-
stances of the case, and facihating such an arrange-
ment as should be just and equitable in the interests
of Mr. Ensor, his creditors, and the town. lf they
came to consider the question whether the ground
should be taken absolutely for the person who had
purchased it, he for one could not be • party to each
an_ act.

Mr. G•LPIN said he oonaidered the adoption of
the report would bind them to do so.
Mr. BISHOP asked whether it would not be the
safest course to receive the report and then refer the
whole matter to • small committee who would
endeavour to arive at • just and equitable arrange-
ment as between man and man and bring the matter
before • future meeting of the council.
Mr. COWIE said if they adopted the report the
next thing they had to deal with, and arising out oir
it, would be the application to assign.
Mr. FROOD said it seemed to him they bad first to
deal with the forfeiture. If that was • fact, they
had nothing to do but accept is.
The MAYOR: It IS admitted to be a fact.
Mr. G•LI'IN thought there was some misunder-
standing as to the report, and he asked Mr. Symonds
if it. &liaise would Dot bind the waned to
insist on ere forfeiters unless the special imaditicas
laid down were complied with.
The TOWN eclair said he thought so.
Mr. ANDRIIIB said he thought the CouiniiMes
had laboured under • mhe.ppeah.• in this way,
that they 'apposed Mr. FAIION denied their
right of toll, but that was not so. R4s she hot was
this. Mr. &nor bad sales at his Repository of
agrioultural implements; • rake might be sold for
9d. and upon that a tall of 1;c1. was demanded ; then