The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-09 00:00:00

POSTLAID.

Lowarrrn.-06 Tuesday, the 2 al itet. , Mr. R .beit
Ilitsbeh Wed at Use advonowl age of 07 years and 11
mutts& The deserted we. highly re.pocord.
Tim FlAurr, consisting of the fiortkomberland,
501 t... Achille., Aeincourt. and Neptuo• arrived in
the Roads on Iloaday'reeniug about 10. It Is tie
certain bow long the Wito will reinalo bee, but there
ts some hope tb.t their stay will b. until Chriatmas.
A IMES, on board the UM, named amar, woo
appreoended on Weloseday for br.aoh of leave. He
It memo, allowed at Weymouth to go ...bore f r
• oei teat time, and did not tors up st the sz 'Arm'
of his leave. Ths yacht proceeded to lb
and there bad to remain for ea it of her striver.
A men belonging to • ketch io the Roe icovel
overhead on Wednesday, with the ihtsition, it io
, believed, of going aebore. After be was in the water
be soon tot bogged, and we. picked up by • boot eel
landed. It is esld be also will bare to appear before
the oa‘istraisi.
AOOIDUITS. —There be. been quite a chapter oh
' academie s Portland durinot the poet week,—no
lem than seven. The rent ogees. caste are U.. of
14,. Rolph Hinds who has • leg broken, and William
who bag been admitted to too Comity Hoopital
with • broken kneecap. Mr. Hinds Is under the kind
care of Du Drake.

FORMATION OF A BRANCH OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE
SOCIETY.
A moat inaccesedul meeting, the object of which was
to lona • beench of ttia Church of England Tail potence
Society in Portlaod, ea hod at the Soldiers'
institute on hlondsy tirade', on ler the proelleney
of Colonel Curdy. of the Cheshire Itslimeor. Torino
was a vary for •thealmos, and the ;roma dee
througnout wer• Meet enthusiastic. 'Dm ciuirto to,
who is over ready to help in any cod work. eras
supported by those two worthy adecnetse if tena-
porancr—he Rev. Ca roti St rphoneou ant Mr. George
Eliot, and there were also on tbre Platform the Rey.
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▪ .). . tit. n.lgbbourhoo.l of hand.
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.rtsis promodinge were opened by an singing of tlhymn th.
w"hiiice:cu‘beitheßi.i:riMing,
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Peeler.
Tim tbs. addressed the motley. and
said they ha m-t together that evening to form •
branch of the C surety of England Tem per nice Society,
• moiety wbiou wee a very large and influential one.
It was represented in London and Manchester, wile,
the bead °entree were and in .very diocese thus am
a Diocesan Amociatiok He was rather surprised t
think Mat Portland had not • branch alros.ly, but be
wa• placed to boar that it would have one MI MS tie
left the leland. The Queea was the patron of the
society, and the Bishops, most of whom wer.
6h-stainers, were supporter, of it. The acioity was
established a few yoare ago, and nearly every tom
now had its breach, and he honed Um one about to b,
started in Portland would be as successful as the
"there bad Mee, and would do much good. (Ap-
plause.)
Mr. Etioe, after remarking that there were several
sorsidaes or bodies fighting agdost to. terrible evil of
intemperate*, gooks of lb. means • lopte.i in other
countries to put down drunkeousas. In America they
had a very decided way of stopping tho evil, and ther
wan by a law °Wed the 'Main liquor law." In
Roads orly on* drinkiug shop wm allowed io a town,
and the tenant was not allowed to have any interest
in the business. In one of our a ilonies—in Canada—
along the whole Rue of the Grand Trunk Railway the
directors had refused to allow the sale ,4 istolicating
drinks. In Madagascar they had • law 'IRA inn mod
• fine on any ono who made intoxic.ting drinks In
our own teed men of groat influence were trying to
put down the evil, and one of the foremat ea., per-
haps, the Duke of Westminster, who, when • best
shop fell into band, refused ti allow it to be continued
me • publicboino. At • tempmenoe meeting io W. -
mouth he beard a moo, who ha I berm at the head of •
great many imploya, gay that if they tsok away the
drink he would back the English artisan or labourer
against any in the:world. They hoard • greet talk
about the trade of England being cut out by the
foreigners, and h. did not hesitate to say that the
drinkirg habit, of the artisans were the cause of it.
This same speaker told his hooters that it
was almost impornible to get hind, to
do the work that required a great amount of gess
on the fir it throe day, of the week. After • refer-
ence to hie visits to the lunatic asylum,
which Mr. Eliot said wore tome of the eaddest &lain
he had to perform, he remarked Mat Dr. Andrew Clark
alleged that two-thirds of atoms., e cii . 111611. IWO
were confine' in asylums, went there either through
their own drinking habite or the* of their parent.
before th rm. It wim • very terrible sight to winnow
those wretched mople with their minds goes., and
thsar frames shattered. *flay had therefore much
Proof why they should .tart • branch of the society in
Portland. The amociatioa nibs g.••ted on whet ryas
called ties dual bade There wore marry • elates
whine, wool I not admit into their ranks this. who
were nt teetotallers, but the Church of Ir.r.glen I
Cosoperanos 8 nlet, invited all j do together to
put dowu the eviL It was quits poesible for •
person to join the agilely, and throw • lot of
sathusimm into the work without hie being as
abstainer. The moiety did not stop there, hut made
use of the only weaposi which could, he conten led,
secure them sums's, sad which wee the weapon ol
prayer. He mesquite sore that if th• w. tic were not
earthed on in • disponi:lams on • higher strength than
their own, they could ti“t make any inroad against
this terrible evil. Mr. Eliot oonclu led by asking
them to J du the branch, and help in the good work.
Mr. Wllllllll, whr mid be warn a working man
then delivered a most spirits.] address, causing his
hearers to frequently give way to roars of hingidsr.
li. said he @Mud not have been there hail he not
been • teetotaller, and he had been one for 23 years,
and did not feel any the worm for It. At the first
meeting he attended his noightriur told him he would
aign II he would. Hs cemented, and thy hott
joined the society, but he hail no more idea oiling
so when he adored the room than be had of dimly:
with the Queen. Toth did not want to look abroad
to see the Weary the drink was noosing, when they
could see it in England. Everyone in England w••
affected by it ; if they took the child i•
ought to have some property, which, hut for the
drink, it would have ; there were some who °ruin
Ii have homes of their own, and would hay
thorn but for the drink, and there were other. wh,
would not have to pay the taxes they h ed were it not
for the drink. This life was to • certain extent what
the people made it, notwithstanding all the peopl-
said &boat bad those. Some homes were wretched
and miserable through the drink, and he advised
those of his fair hearers who were thinking of gang
In for • home of their own to determine that the
lips which touched the drink should not tomb theirs.
The teetotal mother wasted to see hoe ohildron
clothed, fed, and educated, and had mat out her 1),,y.,
•Orl he was nee of them, to show the drunkard, the
evil of their way. After giving instances of the good
work that wee tidos dons, he concluded by speak-
ing in terms of the greatest satisfaction at always
seeing Ins clergy, and amorally the quire of the
parish, at gatherings of that kind.
• Where is my wandering by to-night?" was then
sung by Mrs. Moorhead and Mlle Carpenter Ina very
pleasing manner, the eguileoes4olaing in the chorus
and
Cason SUPERS.° :f followed with one of hi' Waal
earnest addresses. He mil he had Retested to his
friend who had Jost set down with delight, and felt
coming after him that he wee almost extieguisbad.
lLaughter.) He hoped if he could not out some tire
a hie address his friend had kindled • fl ito. in their
beasts. Whoa he stood eide by gide with friend, like
him be felt that they wanted men In Dorset to work
like him in the great cause. They all, it was mil,
knew the evil. of intemperance, but he maintained
that they did not. He could not believe that
Englishmen did know the evil, for if they did he did
not know what he eould say about the English
bravery, an I the English character of those who
could look on and do so little. He thought the adven-
tap of meetings of that met was to open their eyes,
but he was afraid all those present were of one mind.
He always felt • ditfloulty a • meting of that sort,
for there was no one to invert ; they were all ni-
gr•rtod already. There war • great deal to be dons
yst. It wea quite time that the archbishops, tlshops,
and the clergy were taking their place in the yr iat
movement, audit we. quite right they shoold. (Hem
hem.) Pr .are he we. very much altsid of the
work, but now he was • drool worker in the cause.
He always felt • good deal of patience with those
who did not think with him, for he felt that although
they were not quits ready for the work, yet they
would some day come to the front. Referring to the
Sun lay Closing Q notion, be said they were lowing
for It. (Applause,) There was • canvas • me little
time ago. and their views on that oomelon were very
distinctly In favour of it, sad if they were anaiou. to
have a quiet Sunday, it owned to him to he • great
hardship to be debarred from it. He hoped they
would keep the question before them, for he believer]
It would do • great deal of good. Go where they
liked be believed they would be told that Sunday
drinking did mom harm than all the other drinking
Put together. Hs read the other day that the brewers
had been petitioning the authorities as to their diffis
culties, an I sot forth that Sunday closing would have
• danordieing effect upon the people, and be had
bowl it theta' that the Sunday closing in Soaked
had led to • greet deal of secret drinking. Were not,
he
asks]. the Sootchmen the best judge. loth. matter!
Mr. G'adeton• wan • very popular man in Midlothian,
but if he bad told his constituents that he wang ring
to °mem Barley closing in Smtlaad he would toot
bare bad the lead chasm of being returned to
Parliament. No man would. The Sootoli hal made
up their mind' on the matter for they koew the evils
arieleg from the drinking. He thought they should
have • voice Thee it was proposed to r
booms in their midst. In the crements la eyetooth,
or squares in Londe°. the °mule' of pubiloho one
would not he tolerated, but if the brewers chute to
open houses in back streets they were allowed to do
co. He did not mean to say anyone would have •
license, but in his own parish be kae rt of • cam where
a Warne bad been granted hr a bones in • back
street, which would not have been if it
had been for • hones in the front. He
never want past the boas without feeling larlig.
met, fooling it was • trap for the pier people Wirt
did their bast to keep out of the drink, It. am glad
to be present that evening, and he wished the apostle/
had tome larger and the roan crowded, but he
believed raise they Id& they 'mold not say they had •
spent • doll evening. HA hoed there were many I
molds. aid Mks* he thaueil of the.soadisse

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maia hi, usable, but with the Stelae, with
them they wcul . li. ."?..., in. Coltq't.r.. e. It w.„4
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plate.. The Be, If c',11.0.•&.' cc. cildlai by et.tie,
at yy,,, Re,. Mr. M ia. WOUI•1 •..1 ha Cu.! ytr. &woo. as secretary anti trea•uter t.I t'ee ae,i br .steli.
Ti Clittl +MAN atsde • few 00'101t ..b ..... tome
..w.,...,„ . hops that is I 1 lISIOf • blatft, ta,j
would riot lotiet to .tort a Reol ot II .1...,
l'lse proollettiuge euseal cub the ple ,
bpOo. "To the work, to the work,,. me • nearly, 4
blvd."