The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-10 00:00:00

LORCHESTEB.

THY DOBCHISTEZ ANTELOPI HOTEL COMPANY
(LIMITZD )—in the Vice-Chancellor's Court on
Friday, before Sir R. Maline in re the Duro es-
ter Antelope Hotel Company, a compulsory
winding-up order was made. Mr. Goodge was
appointed provisional liquidator.

Ma. 882110ANI PAIIIRCI.I..—Mr. R. B. Sheridan
N. P., has srued his farewell addfel. to the electors of
liorehester, and the hon. gentleman has gracefully
performed • task neceesarilyeasoeiated with same degree
of sadness. th name gm tha high matilleation bish
being the chosen mproventative of the intalliger.t.
honourable, mil indapeadent electors of the ancient
borough of Drirohestrr sfforded him, asserts Most
during his sixteen years of aervico he voted in
moot strrat'y scmirding to his conscienoe, and, with a
clear consciense and most a irdial god wishes, mys
farewell to those who bade him welarme awl gam. bin
their votes, and those whn ennsciantiousiv withheld
them. In oonclusron he says that be stall retain the
deepest interest in the prow rity and proress of our
moot, t.,wn, and that ho hope to be rememt ered with
scab desree of esteem and regard as may be fairly
claimed by every can who bra falthfully performed his
duty la the position of Unit confided to him.

BUICIDI AT THE COORTT LUNATIC AAT LTV.
Oa Tuesday, as inquest wag held b-fore H. bock,
E.g., deputy coroner, at the County Lunatic
A'olom, touching the death of an inmate name I
William .1-akaou. It eeerned„ that on the

prey' .us day, Jackson being very noisy and threatening
to 1...j0re anyone he came neer, he was shut in his bed-
room joot after breakfast. He was visited by an att-no
dant about every half hour, and bad bis dieser at half.
post teal., when he was in bed, and seemed much
c Omer. At three o'clock he was in bad, •ppatently
sleeping, but at half-past four he was found to
horn harued himself, being suspended from the
window shutter by one of the sheets of his bed. He
wee quite dead. Dr. Spites gave evidenee ihat the
deceased had shown tbe least symptoms of an
inteniion to injure birneelf. The jury returnel a
verelhot of "Buitude while of unsound mod,"

DIVISIONAL Pm ir Suwon, Satarday.—Prasest :
0011. Steward (obai,mon), mid it. Pcares, 0. Worry, H.
Witham., and Cam 8> ke4, k 'qrs.

au.d &tapping at Port /and Pair. —John Joseph
Kind was viarged with gambling on the high•se at
! Portland on Friday, the 6th inst.—P.C. Robert Harvey
stated that on Friday aft-moon he was on duty at
i Portland. He saw defendant with a board standing in
the street. He 'had three playing can its n his hand,
and there was another man at outing by him, who laid a
,two..hjiljag pies, on the board. Wheh toey observed
' him they both went away. He followed, and took
daenr.ant into custody, when he said "You were just
in time, for I wag last about to leave off "—This
'video« was corroborated by • lad, who said thtt he
new the defendant wits 2a 6d. from one man end 35.
from another. They were betting on some earls,
'lbis was before the constable came.—The defendant
denied having Plays/ with the earls for money with
any perepoo whatever, but sail he was merely "mitt thing
by.taoders into divers trick. by which • snooessfal
game might be ansured.”—Puperantwodent Underwood
said Log had been sentenced to seven days' Imprison.
mint for a snailse offenoe tante', months aro —Ootered
to go to triton for 14 days bard labour. &war I Butter
was charg-d with using said, at Portland on tit. ...me
dee, end betting on horses.—P.C. Best staled that from
information he reesived be apprehended the prisoner
who on his way to the station dropped three card;
whieh he now prods's& On searching him he found
Ult. 91. —ln defence Harper said that re went to a
public house to have a pint of beer when be new a "psi
of his" plating with cords. He asked them to le•ee off
and at last they came to words and be (defen-
dant) snatched the cards from him and ma& off
with them, when he was taken into custody. He
denied having had any earls in his pneesesion
previous to that. Sentenced to seven days' hard
taboo?.
Stealing Aare at Esirrehot —John Ingram was slurred
with stealing • small qoaatity of growing forge valued
at Si., the property of ar. J. Frampton on the 2nd Oct
Prietecutor stated that he saw defendant go into the
forte leaks, when he remained for about 15 or 20
minutes, when he same out with the faros, about 60or
10 lb+, tied op. He toll him he should summon hint,
• n defendant said it was the drat time he had done
.0, to which he replied, "You dells say that when
you are ofteght "—Defendant said that he been out of
work for some little time and had a wife and two
ehildrow. He wept to look to. *ow. work when be area
...tails by the rain and took the term in enter to
make • fire whereby to dry hinuelf.— Fined 2.. 64.
or to go to prison for • week—The money vas paid.
woe.
Claim for 84 pay on At Caws, Friendly Society.
itotwrt as old mg.n. who had bcnn • member
of the society for 39 years, applied to the bench to
recover sick pay at the rate of fis. a week from the
lat. June l's', emordiog to the rules of Up.", club, he
hoeing been unable to work sines that time. He
produeed • medleal oartilleatri from the society's medical
°Hoer, which stated that Winstr was unfit for work,
and wee entitled to the sick benefit given be the society.
Wilma, Paid that he came no&r toy the Ist of last
Jane. The weekly sum allowed by the society during
sickaess was 6.1. for the first six months. When he
applied for pay, however, he was allowed bet 3., a week
which waa continued for the lint quarter. He did not
know but that the society Wended to make good the
balance of the proper weekly allowance, is., daring the
Pert gamier, bat when tLe wood quarter commenced
&ad be receiv'ed only 31. as before be demurred to wept
it and now brought the cam before the magis-
trates.—A wig of the sorietfo rules was here
produced, which stated that the allowance for
Oarless was to be Sc. • week for the dist six
months and that In the event of say dispute arising
betwixt any members of the society, or any alteration
appearing desirable, the case was to be sahwitted to one
or more justices —The amiety's steward (sr. Guppy)
app-ared, and atated that owing to the low state of their
food. they found that they woold not beable to continua
the lull weedily alio enure for tient nesa,and, oonsequen y,
I. the beginning of October they convened a meeting
of tit. members, end it was agreed that they should
pay 3e. • week untd tne society's fund, were in • more
protperou state. He was cisfident that their present
capital would not admit of retina the fail emount
weekly. He likewise stated that Winn', had been Peen
at work daring the time that he eleimed the loci.ety's
benefit, but this Winger positively denied.—The Bench
insidered that in wonting the 3i. for the drst gamier
Winner had is some emaatun scrutinised in the
saci.ty's agreement. bat by his refusing to swept it
durng the soceeeding quarter, he bed provel his no-
williogneas to wee to any 'heretical in the society's
payments at the same time, the members of the
sashay had oo right to make any devotion from the
prescribed rulea without en entire end they
ordered that Winter be paid Vie full monomial de. a week,
Its. the ocinmeneemista of Allowed (leerier op to SU
moss Sum

WEYMOUTH.

SHITPING - The wind veered round tot' e Northw•ed,
et
the etld of hut woo, •nd the 00l ion he'lln to wive,
• e.,41 o,t cdming dli I..tatd.y, .id day or two
the lurbour 1606 i y ff IL.

TEI LAU EtterioN.—le explanation of
the small shearer polled by Kr. Wonders on Muni.,
..elt• ft stay be mentioned that gentlem•n was
no,ninaLed without bin knowledge, and th•t his own
indoeeoe wait rather used to prevent die friends voting
for his electioe. -

THRL rtsx."—Tt wi'l be 'remembered that
Baraes, one of the p rtners of the di•hone t firm who
o"ttnel by false preteno s 23 tons of potatoes from Wr
Tigard, pi,.sdedl,tyndwireiflhiid d t the amnions
At the Cw-ntr.l Criminal Court on nun lay, he was
browsht un for judgrnen:, an I .Ithough be had given
inform tlo•• .0 the police re.pectifig other frauds be
was ae.•tenced to nine mwrithi Imprisonment with hard
Ishoar. &Owes ins fortun to in comparison with one
of hii sccaropll set, wlio had tno years.

. - -
Tile FIFTH or Nor SSSSS was obserked here with the
used disoley of 11,e-balls, squibs, crackers, eta. A
large eroad a...ambled on the Esplanade, in the hope
' f •-"init • display of fireworks mean from the yacht
" Northombrte," belonging too. Stephenson, Rm., but
their hopes were rlimppointed, and ihe Prountsot
aoniversary psamed off quietly, altar the burning of on
40110 of Guy Fawkes on to• sands. The police were on
the siert against accident ; bet none occurred.
Ten Voiles roe COMITY NIMBUS in the Keloombe
Reg. Pillies distriet. the third lermist in Dorset, num-
ber 598, mug the gdilifione,hy the Now Roform Act are
its file.: —Abh Asbury, '; ffinoornbe, 1; Brotdwey,
chick.mt, 6; Fleet. 1 ; Oouin,too I,• P.lhston end
Sutton, 6: Radipols, 13; Upwel, ; Wyhe aegis, 24.
11 The new electors are not likely, however. yet &chile to
eninll the i pri 'I ge of their neighbours in the par-
, lieuxintery bor.:tt:gin, at there is no sign of the present
' arrangement, to return the present members without
opposition, being altered.
Toll PULPIT ASP THS ELIsTrOSIL—On Bundoy
morning last the Bee. H. 8. Ashton, when preachiog
Iren.dm.
ithheefoitcox " to nt
w$
insozfere:eethta, the circunlanese lOl5,
,
the piewnt time, After dwelling on the meaning nod
fors. of the Apostl's injuneticyn sad on tbe I:tromps.
t bility of love towards the Fetter—the Christian's
first duty—with lore of the •orld, the pr. aches. went
tat t speak of various Means by *Mob the love .4 to
void may he destroyed. Among the moire specified
wee that of working for the good of others The
Christian should eherish the convict on th•t he is not
his own; he should lay himself oat for 45 crud °tethers.
he should seek to dad some sphere in which he mar
labour for t`e instruction of the ignorant, for the relief
of the poor, frr the rsniag of the (Oleo, and for the
good of his country. The notion has long
prevailed that poi Oral life is • sphere Jill°
which the Chn•ttan most fierily enter. The
consequence has been that politiesi and munieipel
gatters have tun often been left in the hands
of men having little in common with the prin-
ciples of Christl•nitv. It is high tine tbst this idea was
abandon, d, and tint Christen men entered into this es
well as other depto talent. of public life, carrying with
them the principles and the spirit of Christ, and seeking
to give a higher tone !oft!! trims.etions In the political
world. Let no one, tLeredore, with a false spirituality,
soy of Christian men who try religiously to perkier. thew
date to their onni.try, "Ito. worldly they are I" I.et
us have done With all such notions They are worldly.
In effect, who abstain from them duties, who s'int
thems-Ives op In they own narrow ninths, and who thus
cherish in their souls in-tead of the elorions spirit of
Chri.tl city, the spirit of pure selfishness, which is the
true spirit of the world.
URSA? 019C4L Tema.—The weather was delieiously
Ane on Thursday morning last, and great a/umbers
assembled on the esplanade opposite the King's Statue,
where the exeellant band of the 151st rect., numbs, lug
about 40 etrers4. Played • ohoiee selection of muss,
under the able conduct of their talented band rammer,
A!bert Green. The following wee the pros
gramme :

March,— ....... " Indian."
Overture "Peados'," Weber.
Quadrille, . "Soob.h " F•u•t.
PWurri, .. .."Orpblas •us, Eutere m," . Oen's den
altz,
ieere.
" Ildelnualda,J
Duedo Plumy.
Gallop, - )(Luker," Roedeberk.
Ale .. . ........ . .. "Aeon 1).-4," ,
Troop,
"listhleen illavowneen," Km&
ow-minding, as wine!, with the netional anthem The
gratilloetion experienoed bp the eudienoe was very great,
everything tionibanint to mai ple•scirable thil °pin-
kie couevirt. It is anwiunoeil th•t tole excellent band
will perform at the attrition Hotel on Thursday. The
following programme is announced :

Quick atop, . Festal." .
Overture,
oph. Qu idri le,
Selection, .Le Chev.,
rtl deu..... -
"Veitalr d' am. ore , Donizettl.
Waits, . Marguerite. F 0 alfrey.
Aria, .ftebert, t !.tin oeatale,. Meyertteer.
0a10p,.... ..
'''''''''
. opal Authem. Faust.
mul

We hops to be favoured with a submission of fine
tnnmdays. to enjoy tits treat so kindly provided by the
galling 1L0.L.1.
Tog FONZIAL of the late O. Arden Esq., took piece
on bonder morning last. Having lU.d •o prominent
• position in the town for so large a number of yran,
there was natural' & numerous asiwniblage in the
neighbourhood of his resideno• in Si. Mary instreet, at
the appointed boor. About • quarter.past woven,
the mournful sortdge proosedod in this order :

Plumed
Mourtung coach, containing the too OMNI Of the deemed, It
Derentsh, Eqq. , and Major Farquhar...ea
Mourning coach, cont.liting lb. How. T. 0r.... kin. J
Addi.on, B. Q. F.IIOI. E.q., awl Dr. Moorhead.
Two Bergeant..-st•Msoe.
The Msyor's carriage, wlh the Mat or, J. Ayling, E q., and E.
Dayly, Leq., neagi.tratas. and F. C. Small, Esq.,
Trion Clerk.

Carder. with W. TabotlV,-sancl R. Cothwell,
Superinieodent I.l.lburr, sod the Borough Pollee.
Private Cirriage with Mourn Andrew. and Barrett.
Private Carriage, with Mr. R. N. 'ward.

Is large crowd accompanied the procasion in the Bra/t-
-ater Bri tee. Arrived at the cemetery, the Rev. Talbot
Graves performed Is solemn rites. A crown of flowers
was plead on the bead of the eons, sad a ero.s of white
ehysanthemisma and other Bowen at the foot. Toe
funeral arran.ements wore entrusted to our townsman,
Ur. R. Reynolds.
Laing of Ult. R. 8. AitHVOw.—A lecture was
delivers.' on Wednesday eirenag at the Literary and
Scientific Institution by the Rev. R.. S. Aaron, on
"Savories.°la, the Italian Reformer." The night was
very stormy, .D 4 the attendance comparatively small ;
bob those who faced the weather had a riot greet. It
is impossible to condones a lecture of boob research and
sontaining so large and elaborate • chain of feat-, whi's
doing justice to the language and style in which it wee
esprased ; but we must be contdnt with placlog 00f
readers in the okra, and time, and introducing to them
the man. Mr. Ashton aid Florence, under the man&
ant pa!ronage of its chief magi.trate, Lorenz, de
Medici, became towards the clue of the 15th century
the very centre of the art-world, nor was it mach lees
famous in • literary point of view. Though not a
maritime cite, it bad its ship. and traders. Florentine
merchants travelled to all parts of the world, and were
to be met with on the hake of the Tgria and in the
monasteries of the Clyde. Florentine bankers carried
on operations in all the principal ernes of Europe, and
It was a Florentine citizen, Amerign Vespucci, who
followed in the wake of Columbus, sod sus fortunate or
sopping enough to perpetuate his name in that by which
the vast continents of the New World have ever now
been known. Florence and other cities of Italy bed
atteined no amid' degree of civilisation, and the bar.
batiste of the middle ales bad almost eatirely di..,-
par-d. In this respect Italy contrasted strangely with
fortohmer
tphaertseffoelculirope
of the
War. of
h otd
the
de
Bono red
...t
.recoandveour
get it nwpeirentoobwioige:ldleatofasehrnd
ica thßeiurtwtheca Ftloorebantly W
ines
were losing the vigour of early times, and heoomiug
every day more tickle and pl.-sure-loving, and as they
tat dna to greater material prosperity, so they become
more corrupt. The Romish Church, in the persons of
its dignitariee and servants, was In • worse !ondition
than the people. A modern writer says "Never was
there more saarstition, idols!ry falsehood, cruelty,
lust. more hypocrisy among prie.ta, more of irreligion
among the people. thiut just before the Refonuatioo.
The Church, amidst all the pomp of her worship, and
all her ponctiliownees on ritual service., was ;totting
more and more intlel in heart." In 1452, Jerome
fuvorurola WM born at Ferrara, and early showed an
inelioatacia for the monastic life al alter some time
joined the Dominican convent at Bologna. It was the
deep conviction of the prevailing turruptini of society
that iodated him to look towards the monastery as •
yame and place of sal oy, and if he was mistaken, be
woo so in oommon with nearly all the God-fearing of
thee times. In 1483. then 30 yeas old, he was soot tin
Itteeoe• so be professor of Disinitf le the convent of
St. Made.; bat, hie plashing powers not being equal
to the esigencies of • large city, he was removed to •
smaller sphere, but in 1490 be returned to St.
and there oontinned till the day of his death. In his
Brat sermon he set forth the following propositions:
"1.1. The Church of God most be renewed, and that in
our time.; 2nd. That all Daly would he nailed by God's
wrath; 3rd. That .11 the things predicted would speedily
come to pea" Again and again did he reiterate the
deelarttion that there most be a Itsformation in the
Cherish, and that soon direful ills would corn. upon
Italy in punishment of br many sins. At first
OUtioskY Prompted the gay Florentines to go and bear
the strutter who, by his acknowledged piety, and by
the simplicity of his garb and general appearance, stood
In such striking contrast to the majority of preachers
In that degenerate age. But curiosity soon gave
place to admiration. The immense cathedral Gould
not contain the °rotas who Soaked together when.
evert Bavocarola was to appear In the pulpit.
Lorenso de Medial died in April 1492, and events
brought Elavoiisarola 1,1 still grater notoriety and
opened up to him • earlier fraught with danger, and
which be woall have dome well not to have entered.
Pietro di Maki, who was now become bad of the
State, had none of the tine tat and abilities of his pre-
decessor. And when Charles VIIL, King of France,
crated the Alps in the direction of Naples, to which
kingdom he pretended to have souse claim, Pietro,
though the Florentines bad made a league with the
Popo, the King of Naples, and other States for opposing
the F•eurdi army. made an affeentent with Charles
that that army should be allow. d unopposed to pug
through the Tuscan &eta. The Florentine, rate, ovor.
turned the Government, and compelled Pietro and all
his family to leave the territory. All eyes were turned
to Bavonarola, who advieed that a groat popular council
should be entrusted with ta administration of affairs,
and he Mead undertook to frame • eonsotrt.aitaiirhtitohutonh:.
At length be prop ad that Jenks Chlorirs
be King of the FlofrfttineL It we. •ooepted with loud
Jtonel."Wel•ullaCuitta"l6:4.l,"ldesad :ter Erir:lazunwas.resoerhaeillumet:olrey" °jai's"'
a
ever. In conaequeoce ; rater and fasting became as
common as feasting and debauchery had formal, been
and the whole aped of the city was changed..
Ilaeonarola gave his attention to three subjects in
particular —general education, singing, and the arts id
printing and salaam Previous to his time it had
been ins'omary for the papa to unite in singing hymns
In tbo mass servisso- of As sitar* ; this good old

ematons be Pirgiveld, and himself composed several
hymns, which Wred silo popular a rs and as besought
to c op, t net the eeil tendency of the must wl •G"IP
no much in wog la. To tits rising generetion he directed
hi. ell, f satrati to, and snesweded In nett ig roond him
19,000 children, stilly belonging I. the wet
lemillee, and formed them into • sort of Invenil., police
ts ee•reh for work. of art and objtts de hum
which might be supposed to have an injorioas in-
limos upon the weeds of the people, and
deo to 'ebate young women dressed In too gaudy or
tmseostly tippers'. The deinor.lising tiPt tremor.. were
all de-tenye I, by fire. Bat till's despitic ont•se awnkened
opposition, the city b•c•me isided into two parties, the
" wearers" or podiums of Wevonarita, and the
meee Tb. rleried party. whims vier•
kept down, joined with she latter, end they had recourse
to the Pops. the infamous Lentunti Bore., eei
ascended the papal throne under the title of
aletender VI, and who Bret tried to coneiliate
Saroonrola by offering him a cardinal's hot But the
preacher deolsred he wanted no hat hot that of the
martyr, reddened with his blood. He was eseom•
muninated. sod, se he reeta-ded Alessnrler as fled of
the ChUreh, he was sileocled. An °ideal by It. woe
proposed by • Francieenn monk in oppoettion. to
Eayousrnla bet alter delays, it came to coking.
Hie enemies Inereeeed io numbers and fury,
broke open the cony-nt of fit Work's. an I seised
sayonarole. The tr mpg rescued him ; bat took
him to prison, alter whi :h be milerwent the
mockery of a trial. and eras sentenced to death.
On Lb. 23 d of May a great pile was ermted
in the great steam on the to of widish was plased a
se•ff li with. gibbet in the -ha, •of cross enl there
with two friends, ho was hong and then burnt. As
they were hug led forth from the Pailialtent.hoisee,
the Archbis'icop addreasing 84•00•rol• odd. "I eat you
off from t'm "harsh mil tan!, aad the ehnrch trig ne
oboist." "Prom the chetah trinmpl sot? No." said
Earonarnhi, "That is not 'll your p0w...." Bath partiev,
Romani-fa and Protestants claim him 44 their owe ;
and both parties mil be said to have **ponies him.
Mr. Ashton conclods4, after adroitii-ig B..ooarolie
fails.. ea to real permanent result., " without ptiewut-
ins him as more! to be followed in er.eters
end eieit, we will thank Oil for the story of gush alt-
and will enshrine Jerome Barons ola In our eleusoey ad
One Of dime who had it in their heart to be the saviours
of the y cosntry." The lecture, whiels was replete
•ith p ewe. of the insonen and custom' of the lima..
sod cant indict an immeno amount of mat er of which.
with the mut, at our dpiposal, WO Cie gm. DO id-a, WY
warmly applauded, and • cordial vote of thanks wag
get. to the rev. leeturer, on the proposition of the
...notary, MG & &dile
0 OMIT ?MT Rotatova, Friday.—Befase R.. B.
Swelled. Reg_ H. if. Eli it Ran nod Melo. sw•Meht.
Drunk at F.Preleted Fair.— Whom Negates wee
biennia op for being drunk ant riotous at PortLn I. on
the fair-day.—P.C. H. Cooper deposed that he was on
duty last 'debt at Portland Fsir, and saw prisoner in
the street at Chesil drunk, and gmbering mobs of people
by prytending is Gooier'. Witness spoke to him, and,
as he wanted to Gest, apprehended hint. On starchier
him he fount three cantle on him, bat bed no Proof of
• tl.int them, although ho hit had many complaints
of enrd-sharping there--Fined s,—PrieNser hut no
cash; but wanted to go with tho coonstable to Pi resod
to get the money! or to leave his coat as security.
Retained in custody.
Card-sharpie, al tAt Pair.—lldirard Harsher was
brought up fir gambling. at the anmeAs'etve ; bet, as the
witnesses Is.d not arrived, Mr. Supt. Underwood applied
fir a remand to Drreheater to-morrow, which was
granted.
' The ease of FalAer against tie Snu.—On walk's
and Frederick Warden, .4 Porland, who wer • charged
I on Tuesiay by thi-ir father with stealing 19 sovereigns
four PIO note. nod watch and chain, belonging to him,
being brought up, Mr. R. Look, of Dombe.ter. who
talTarireedthlinar °""b4airnirrtecamdioi:•4ldthe addressing the
cwash
sot slid that the young men were not guilty, and he
hciord to withdraw the ease.—Mr. R. N. liswani hop-d
Mr. Lock would add that coil 'nen 1. f t thee art w thout
55t515 upon their character. Their charaom r previously
had been very
goad, without a single reproach.—Mr.
Lock haul no ohleetion to my that, and he hoped the
feted, quarrel would noon be made un.—They were then
di.chiageil.— Mr. Boomed mid no the young men were
die d, there could be no objeetion to tier having
what we': taken from them.—Mr. Coombe, megistratee
el-rk ; Was it ilentitiod on the father's mosey ? —Supt.
Underwood mot there wu a smash foam-I.—Mr. Coombs
said ihsy cod not here that —Mr. How -rd dli not
prow for tbe w.tch, —Mr. Coombs intimated that the.*
Wele some fees to pay. and Mr. Lock said he would pay
soy feca—The young men were then discharged.