I am a member of a family long established in Dorsetshire, and my name is DEWDNEY. I was born at Bridport in 1810, and am consequently fifty-five years of age. The business in which I have been engaged all my life is that of a builder, and I have carried out many important contracts in various parts of the county. I have also speculated in house property, and have erected a large number of dwellings for the labouring classes, in the neighbourhood of my native town, which I have let at low rents, and which must be regarded as thoroughly substantial and satisfactory investments. The result has been, that I am now in a position to offer them to purchasers, and I have, therefore, determined to clear my books at once, and to sacrifice profit
