The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-04 00:00:00

K EYNSTON.

FASHIONABLE Ni•RKIAGZ. —This village Wl* the
some of a joyous gathering on Tuesday last, the
occasion being the marriage of Lieutenant McCheane,
S. M., to Charlotte Eliza, eldest daughter of the Rev.
.T. H. Austen, of Ensbury, and rector of the pariah.
The bridal party, in three carriages, with postilions
decorated with wadding favours, arrived at the
church shortly after eleven o'clock. The lovely and
accomplished bride was conducted to the altar by
her father, and the service soon after commenced.
The officiating ministers were the Rev. E. Daniel.
vicar of Kineon, and the Rev. A. Smith, rector of
Rushton. The bridal hymn, commencing—" The
voice that breathed o'er Eden," from Hymns
Ancient and Modern, was very nicely sung by the
village choir, trained by the bride, Mrs. A. Smith
kindly officiating at the organ, and the chancel WAS
prettily ornamented for the occasion by the bride's
luster assisted by &event young people of the village.
The bride, who has endeared herself to the villagers
by her cheerful and kind attention to the poor, was
attired in • rich dress of white corded silk, trimmed
with white Wan, her head dress being • hand-
some veil of Honiton laoe, ornamented with
orange Noisome and flowers. The bridesmaids
were Miss Foynder, Miss Torkington, Miss Ella
Smith, and Mum Ellen Austen. They were dressed in
white tarlatan, two with rose-colour trimmings and
two with blue trimmings. Among thecompany were
the Rev. J. H. Austen and Mrs. Austen, Mr.
MeCluane, len., and Mrr. tdoamaze, G. Mears, ER.
and Mrs. Mean, Major Dad Mrs. Portman, Rev.
H. Good, Rev. A. Smith, Mn. A. Smith, Rev. E.
Daniell, Rev. F. Hopkins (incumbent of Holden.
burst), Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Torkingtnn, Mr. Wilkin-
son, Mr. H. Austen, Mr. Arthur Smith, Mr. G.
Austen. Mr. J. Torkington, iza., &a. At the con.
elusion of the service the company returned to the
rectory. After a sumptuous dejeaner at the rectory
the happy pair drove off to Wimborne station for
London, en route for Scotland, amid the expression
of hearty good wishes of all present, and • shower
of slippers for "good luck." in addition to the
ornamentation of the church, the villagers testified
their good wishes by the erection of a triumphal arch
near the rectory, bearing a suitable motto. A varied
and valuable collection of presents was given to the
bride by her hymn and relations, consisting of
jewellery, plate, dressing and travelling cases, and
other articles, which no doubt will often be • source
of pleasure and grateful remembrance in after years.

PIDDLETRENTFIIDS.
I...Mi.—About three o'clock on Thursday morning.
the inhabitant...lof this village were at M the cry of
" fire" raised by the domeati. at the vicarage. It acemed that
• quantity of clothes had been left in the laundry, which is
mer the COACiIiIt,LINU and at ibie, to dry : they had ignited, and
the room was in • blaze. The h0n,.., hi the stable waa released,
but the !lowing of the laundry and all the woodwork about it,
with the clothes, Wa• daKtruyed, together with a phaton and
harnms in the coachoune.
!ACTUAL—The quarterly meeting of the Wealeyans
al., held on Monday, Ihteember V, in a room kindly lent by
Mr. sant ways. There were present at the moniing meeting the
Rms. J. Ilugill, If. Varky, and J. Meadmore, and Mr. J.
%Meru, loud preacher. • In the afternoon they were Joined by
the stewards from the various places in the circuit. At five
o'clock a public tea waa poo bled in the chapel, which was par-
taken off by seventy-three pentons. In the evening, at amen
o'clock, a lecture was, animunced,and, the chapel W... &ell filled.
The Rev. J. 111 ugill took the chair. A hymn
having been sung, prayer was offered by the key.
J. Meadmore. The Chairman then introduced the
lecturer. the Rev. B. Varley, who gave a most int...meting and
itot rut:tit e address on "The three Hebrew youths in Babylon.'
At theouteet, the rev. gentleman indicated mow of the loading
chant:L.64o...f the remarkable race to which the Vire
youths belonged, beginning with Abraham and tracing their
history to the time of the Babylonish capitivity. Then followed
&graphic description of the city of Babylon, and the drown-
stances of the captive race. 'the history of the elevation of
Shadrack, Meaheeh, and AibenillOgO ass next given, with their
whale and daring, the singularity of their puoishment, thew
confidence In God, the Billie* aatonialunent and alarmon seeing
four walking In the mhlst id the fire and the form"( the fourth
that of the lion of God, their dehreranne, the effect pr duced
on the King's mind, dec. In conclusion the lecturer forcibly
exhorted hI. hearers te faithfulmsts to God and Ms church.
The collection in aid of the circuit fundsamountel t,n £20... 2d.
A vote of thanks was pawed to the lecturer and to the chairman.

GODM A N STONE.
AOCIDEST. Tlturmiay istst • man named Charles
Mullett, in the employ of Mr. Sytnes, of Nether Conir. was
thrashing in • barn with wine othuni when the strur on which
he wu standing gave way, and he fell to the ground, striking
his left anti on the points of a fork, which entering, euterely
lacerated the flesh. He wu taken to the Dorset County
Hospital, where he is doing as well as can be expected.