The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

CHURCH SINGING. —No. IL

To the Editor of the Dorset Cousty Express and!
A gricultur al Gazette.

Slit, —la my last communication I called attention
to the apparent indifference manifested by the
gregations in the parish churches of Dorchester, to
the duty of joining in the singing portion if the
service, which, as I than stated, was probably to
be attributed to a want of knowledge of chunk
psalmody, and to the quickness the tunes me Aimee'
invariably sung by the choirs. To find fault without
suggesting a scheme for improvement, is, to my,
mind, worse by far than leaving the matter entirely
alone, and therefore with your kind permission, I
now proceed to offer a few remarks, which if they
have no other merit, may draw attention to the
subject, and, I humbly hope, tend to the furtherance
of an object which every sincere churchman mist
earnestly desire. In the first place, I take it kr
granted that the opinion ezpreesed by Mr. Hullsh
was a correct one, namely, that every one who
could speak, could also take one of the parts ia
singing. The authority I here referred to is espe-
cially deserving of credit, as among all professional
teachers no one was more sucomefid in instructing
congregations in ringing. Taking his opinion there.
fore as the basis of my argument, I maintain that
the greater part, if not the whole of the worshippers,
might join with the choir in the singing portions of
the service. AU that is required is—let, a desire se
to join; 2nd, The formation of elseses, widest
regard to position, ihe., for instruction; and 3rdl7,
The appointment of a suitable teacher, sad the
hearty co-operation of all—clergy, choir, and
During the winter evenings especially, aural;
time might be spared for this object, and I would
ask how could it be more profitably spent than ia
joining in such a course of instruction? I have no
doubt that the Town Council would willingly allow
the use of the Hall for such purpose. How differed
would the service of our church be if all hertily
joined in it, and the sound of united praise was
heard from one end to the other, instead of being
confined, as is too often the case now, to one pert
alone of the sacred edifice. The great end mad
object of Christian psalmody should be to give peels
to Almighty God, and therefore all, to the best of
their pewer, should with gratitude and joy join in
it. These few suggestions I commend to the serious
consideration of the members of the churehei in
Dorchester, and trust they will call forth a writable
response. Thanking you for the space allowed for
insertion, I remain, yours, Am,
, A/CHURCHMAN.

THE OPENING OF TAN 'INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.

The follewieg are the words (by the Poet Laureate)
to be snag to Professor Bennett's music ei the open*
of the International Behibitioe, on Thursday, Bey
Ist:

" Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet,
In this wide hall with earth's Invention. stored,
And praise th invisible universal Lord.
Who tete once more in peace the notions meet,
Where Science, Art, and Labour Lave outpour
Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet.
0, silent father of our Kings to be,
'donned In this golden hour of jubilee,
For this, tor all, we weep our thanks to thee !
The world-compelling plan was thine,
And, to! the long laborious miles
Of Palace; lo ! the giant aisles,
Rich in model and design;
Harvest-tool and husbandry;
Loom and wheel and mighety,
Secrete of the sullen mina,
Steel and gold, and corn sod wine,
Fabric rough or Fairy Ans,
Sunny tokens of the lane,
Polar marvels, and a feast
Of wonder, out of West and East,
And shapes and hues if Part divine!
All sof beauty, all of me,
That one tab planet ma predates,
Brought from under every star,
Blown from over every male,
And mixt, as life is listed, with pain,
The worts of peace with works of war.
0 ye, the wise who think, the wise who
From growing commerce loose her beta=
Aud let the Bar white-winged peacemaker fly
To Immy harem under all the sky,
And mix the mason and the golden beers,
Till each man find hb own in all nen's
And all roes work la noble b
Breaking their mailed fiesta and armed tomes,
And ruling by obeying nature's powers,
And paneling all the fruity of peace, and crown'd
with 01l her Soirees."
Tea OPENING OP THE lerralcArlOg.lt wfitallott.
—This institution will be opened on
The commissioner' are sparing no efforts to make the
opening oeremony as grand a yet:table as has ever bee,
celebrated in England—grander even, and more widely
public, than that traditional pageant the coronation ef
George IV. The Royal personages who are to be
present on this occasion—The Crown Prince of Prussia,
Prisms Oscar of Sweden, and the Duke of Cambridge,
will leave Suchingham Palace in state, each attended by
his own suite, in state carriages, and aosompanied by
escorts of Cavalry. Nearly 200 Mayors of the 'arisen
great provincial towns have intimated their inanities
of assisting at the ceremony. All Her Majesty's
Ministers, the Commissioners for 1861, Commissioners
for 1862, and the Special Commissioners for the
opening will, of course, appear in official uniforms.
On Tuesday a handsome and valuable testimonial,
consisting of an illuminated address, eontained in
beautiful casket, was presented to the Bac. Dr.
RaSes, for upward" of fifty years the pastor of the St.
George's street Independent Chapel, at Liverpool. The
meeting at whisk the presentation ,took place was
presided over by the Mayor of Liverpool, and mooned
the speakers were Mr J. C. Ewart. 11. P., one of the
borough members, and Mr. John Laird, M.P. for Birkea-
head.

TWO Moss BRUTAL 11171111/1.11 A horrible murder
has been monmitted at Onthill Farm, near Kedditeb,
about two miles from Tamworth. On the farm is
question, which is tenanted by a Mr. Edge, there Wile
two servants—George Gardener, aged 21, and Sarah
Kil aged 24. Gardener seems to have bores an
Indifferent reputation, while Kirby, on the *cutlery,
had an excellent character, and was at the same time
vary good-looking. Gardener, it appears, made love IS
her last summer, but, instead of meeting witll
eneouragentent, his advances were repabed• Ka,
however, persevered, and at last the roan WOMIIII ar•
plained to her muter with reaped to his if.. .dep.".
importunities. His by. having been daepised it
into hate, and on Wednesday, after his master h—s-gagil
for market, Garientar entered the leaek kitchen where
the girl was mulling, and naked her to fetch the gu ea
he wanted to shoot setae rooks The poor ehtl,
peotiag nothing, as she had frequently gives him the
ga before, brought the weapon, and proceeded min
her work. Gardener took the persuasion eap eir
nipple, and Pricked the latter pith spin *casks eare
that tlis gun would no) miss ire. Stand* Walla his
violin] he then tooka deliberate stn, and the shot apek
effect in the spine just below the neck, and the girl fan
back dead. Gardiner next attempted to shoal Miss
Dawis, the, housekeeper of Mr. Edge, but fortaaatelY ih•
hid herself, and he was baffled is his design, and after
some time he left the farm, having previously ransacked
a desk for plunder, without,howevor, Luting more than
6d. and a few postage stampa. He WM sabaquentll
traced by the police to Stradfeed-on-Avoe, where be
had taken a ticket for Oxford. He was eventually
apprehended at Honeybourne station, ow the Journey to
Oxford, on the night on which this mime was sow
mitted. In addition to the foregoing deed of blood "
have a report of another from Liverpool equally revolt-
ing. On Monday evening a tailor named Finnigan
literally kicked his wife to death; end at the inqach
Wednesday the coroner's jury returned a verdht
wilful murder against this brute in human form. En
wife, it appeers, was addicted to drink, end whea mho
was murdered she was under the inithenee of liquor,
but of worse this hot con‘titutes neither FellialieD
nor excuse for the crime of the husband.

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April 29,192.