The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-04-15 00:00:00

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DOIICHESTER.—Couirrx Cony, April Bth.
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The monthly sitting of tWeeurt watheld stocky
before K Everett, Faq.--rr Iqpea reit hem the Net
that 64 plaints had been ' and. 14 isfignient
summonses, most of which settlaideilt of court,
and the remainder were the ordinary character,
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except the cause of in.- Mee& in which the
plaintiff (who is the wi4ow of G. Meech, late keeper
and woodman at Yellowham Wood) sought to recover
£29, the balance of £3O deposited by her in the
bands of the wife of her son William for safe custody.
Of this she received .£l, and sought to recover the
balance. For the defence it was contended that the
money was a gift to his son and his wife. The
evidence, however, went to prove the contrary, and
his Honor gave judgment for £29, and full costs, to
to be paid on the 26th inst.
ALL Sculls' CHURCH. —One of the most imposing
and solemn services it has been our privelege to witness,
took place at, All &infs. Much on Thursday
evening liglajdierk.tlie_Lor&Biebilii Orthe Diocese
administeied-tne sacred rite of Confirmation to 43
females"! Ant _17!....vaa1e eandidatap„; - .The .sacred 1
edifice WILS find '-te . averflOwinfr,. nimbi not being
able to _AM*. admittance. Divine Service com-
menced at 7 o'clock, the whole of which was con.
ducted ia sank mummer, that if any went to 'neer :
or laugh, we feet pomaded they left with far
different feelltir. Prefere were read by the Rev.
J. P. ri lta4l4son, and the anthem, which was
excellently lea, was taken from the 63rd chapter
of Isaiah_ t, tile Miseltunon of prayers for the
evening service., the Bishop ascended the pulpit
and deliver effectioaate and earnest addrewi to
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those whir nramenteitl.— .---
themselves as candidathalor.ths,
holy rite..4l* mid he had come that night to per-
form are snemelof energy from his Master, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Through Him and Him alone could
they have those seven-fold gifts of the Holy Spirit,
which were 14.1ksititte . wards against the various
temptations Isiver44.-rinthanter in their
chriatian life. ere went certain privileges which
the meteibpsiqf glietit's church enjoyed, anit to which
they, iS frie&thf•sisf. tdiit ohne& might lay claim,
but theseltieftsi. WO Speak, fenced around, and
before thbk)ploth,Priseented for Confirmation, it was
first required that they should bare arrived at years of
discretiestrthesend, that they should be examined
by theitafirthAtitheir knowledge on religious
matters, I. was the minister's duty to present
only theetool, )tnets,and tinderstood the funda-
mental Aoltialeter of thi. L'hristian. faith. But more
than this uared--not only must they under-
stand the : of Christ, but they must have
heart k! nti as well as head knowledge; they
arta,
must inthe root of the matter within them. A
true keithriedge of their, ewe ' unworthiness, and
sinfulness, and of God's mercy in Christ be them,
must be, aha : tedlueueing bathe of their desire to
devote themselves to Pod in .that holy service; a
steady fixed purpose to live to the Glory of God.
And if it weredwked how was the minister to know
this? be irould answer, by their consistent life and
conversation—for no man could read the heart, only
God could do that; but if-their life and conversation
was consistent, sad an earnest desire evinced to be
confirmed in all good resolutions, then the minister ,
was allowed to present them. But there was another
guard —the Bishop himself was required to have a
public profession from the candidates of their inten-
tion to perfdrnorthe vows, made for them in their
baptism. Yen, my dear children, have this night,
I trust, come-thus prepared, and you now call God
to witneenbefore your elder brethren and sisters in
Christ; Olftt- you renounce the Devil and all his
works, „theeinfal lusts of the flesh, and with earnest
prayer and humble .dependence on God, determine
liencetbfailfdlib walk in His laws and aimmand-
mentkitif theththlthion orbit' fordstdpii address,
he p • eff With the Conflrmatioh Service as used
in the Wolk, &ftair which a suitable hymn taken
from ir "-'ll CAristian Year, was chanted by the
eroik.
choir.,,
.' bpp then seconded the pulpit, and
preach aan emu and impressive sermon, taking for
his text.4he..42th -chapter of the Epistle to the
Hebrew fl And ll verses. Holiness (said
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the p Inns& bikthe chief aim of a Christian,
for without it, according to the text, "No man shall
see U 104,41 Think not 'that this is easily attained.
The enemies to it are numerous and powerful, and
it is only .by earnest and prayerful seeking that we
can ever become holy. _ Christ will come again to
require of us anNfeidaifflflievi ire have teed, or
abused, callifitineefilpi. - 'Ansf Wei kithir4ritlable hood
that nuffMar . lare We Pro Poring. .bx seeking that
hohneagoitathicti the text speaks, to west -Him f Do
we follessofter `WRNS t ''' The neat point lb be On:
sidereeti dr I,lAkEitnes tri' 14401days:1? Only.
by the TriWof Osid..,-...htsur sannet-be' holy et hie
own power. ji.n4suitially, remittal 'my et% au
grace of WirahsUelle.Spirine-kmaisity,thalthatise
are exposed to temptation. This leads us, thirdly,
to meditate qn lhe danger there is of losing our ro-
ligiourrifintioni , And the text refers ne,to the
case of MEM as a warning, "Lest there be a profane
persory_eallikon"elie forene Morsej,of meat ,sold
his biz‘Bfirtf"'"lllNOt -Will ha fot"th tb rednaidir
what Er 0v0ti0p.5.,10,..045t; and J
believe i was in ving, respect to things present
rather than to the fable% And: in not this the
one great sin to which we arq se .prone? Bran
allowed his senses to dictatinto biro instead of his
duty. Houut twentieth thare-ef-presesth geode and
too little of fetufe
.breseing. But oh! how much
by far does the futons good in store fur the Chris-
tian outweigh,thepresalit good of this world. By
baptism :this birthright is given taus, and it is
quite our own fault if we ever lose it. He did not
mean to say that we should never fall. When we
knelt down in prayer each night we should have
many sins to ask •Gorrs forgiveness of, but still, if
faithful and sincess, we should ultimately triumph
over temptation:" -The` last point was—the possi-
bility of our lasing, and never recovering this bless-
ing. It wait much to he feared that not only did
many irialcora ehipwrock ef.isith and a good consci-
ence, bsiAkey wunton putting off day after day,and
year after year,serions thoughts about their sods' esi-•
ration • aeminclie themselves that When they had
more siitalele. time and greater opportunity, they
would repent‘ , Bus sisal though finhad known p
few thar' . % Air' i ' bbd Of dthth-the ilinnet liad
repentedlitthr herded to God, yet laf the greater num-
ber whetAtinput'off their eternal intereete, it was to
be feared they had ginned away their day of grace.
The thth'o'l,Cairea was a warning to all, and the words
of the ~fel hymn they bad just sung, forcibly
expresses eur weakness, and wherein consists our
strengthi-- - -
"Fetei he. strong, oar hearts how frail
A4lpinte4 to own Thee to the death."
The rethesadsprelate concluded his discourse by an
earnestkldettint
_tit*: to the newly-initiated to follow
up the, .',49.11 they bad that night solemnly
made, by a consistent life, and especially urged upon
them nap?, emy-.f them helps to theirsouls'
salvatioqo4j' his mercy had provided, con-
cluding the service with suitable.praTers, and im-
ploring the Dipiplibisthing.i ' ••
S. PETER'S Cnuncs.—On Wednesday the Lord
Bishop of.the Diocese administered the sacred rite
of confirmittion et the above church. Prayers were
read by 1.46 Rev. James Fisher (in the unavoidable
absence 4 the rector through ill health.) The right
reverend prolate addressed in the %mat affectionate
and earnest neiiittoqh-4.001 taics,nkho presented
themselv Aci ag, . arny forcibly
impr e r of their new
Plsition,_ , 4141i,91iitiOXFjirt, idAll7lll4 pions reso-
lutions Os that day made, and to perform the
vows uttersci by them before their' Maker and the
cougregaWar-here asecnabled.--By permission of the
Bishop, • daughter of Mrs. Bnnsley Sheridan was
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among the recipients.of the holy rite,
CoNsecuarioa.—The new chapel belonging to the
Dorset Ursula_ licapital was consecrated by the Lord
Bishop of the Diocese on Wednesday, the 9th init.
There we/Midriff& Atenthuscei of thelclergy aid laity
of the district.
Agricultural, as well as other docters, differ ; and
occasio , , their differences ars so great as to be
altoget incapable of reconcilement. The other
day g th
eebi,congratulated everybody on e
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prospedfAkdireehundanoe which the present aspect
of the amp* held oat; but the Mark Lane Express,
anothinr, wad. -authority,, blights the hopes which
Mr. Month, thapirtst by -informing us that if the
weathefstlea't get better we Sr. likely to be ins bad
way indeed: l'he Marb Lane organ mays :—" The
continuance of rainy weather during niost of the
. past week matmially affects our cereal prospects.
A very consideratithquantity of spring corn, chiefly
barley and oath, rentals tenenWai ,and without a
speedy —Waage most either be very pate or
not plan rinksprtphas • fility9o4 I
changed fle, In malty 'places
rank, w ,thnlntdirofnising.". n the Fordington '
Field th ringlpil root that appears thriving is couch
grass.
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' .is eo ' s.lourident in the ploughed land
that shots the weather henceforth prove ever so
fine, th4h4tlet cannot pbssibly be got in till uncom-
monly Isle. • -
CARRIAGE SMASHED.— One of the many results of
carelessnOct °dupl Only called accidents, happened
on Madly last in Welt 'High Street, where a horse
and cartiage_klneging to Troyte Bullock Esq. of
Frome Clothe, tried the strength, of a lamp post,
coverinithetriound' With the- 'ragmen* not of the
post, britOtheltantiage. The,borsestarted from the
door of noillit.llobic, where it had been left waiting
withouta
~ "au, ht.
Moifirg ,'A ap, BIE AARED. —On Wednesday,
April 9i ketiest,'-.1-rorchester, was blocked up
by ann es4lisoni similar carelessness. A fly
from . . 117El'otn"vies waiting at the Great
Westers. Station without a driver, when
laez,
the bo - , and, on going at a furious pace
thronghilmatketheet, came in contact with )r.,
Nuttinge waggon, leaving two of its wheels, and
dashing Alward. completely over a costermongers'
donkey and cart, came to a. period:- The horns and
donkey Roc from the &brie--; iiiit the meter
monger, ith Venkff, !MOO; ton, er• t•o•t de-
partedvrt
no in pegirt In pieces.
DORM . TER CORPS. The annual course of
eines fifint__Wal ,2,
_sited 14
.the nierabers of this
corps on thlt 31* Matdqiithef -Oh " samsPorioofoi w°
are glad tp find that a great improvement hare-bsitt
made durgiheniSg4gar .04 ont of the enrolled
members fired- -'
/the different dawn,
and of these re - ' n t id, 27 'the 2nd....and
32 entered the first 'ciao ;AC • 1011, risak • IMO= -19
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were entitled to fire at different ranges from 600 up
to 900 yards; those sourin..7 points and upwards,
with 20 rounds, being ffeinguated "Marksmen" mad
entitled to wear a badge. The following obtained
thug distinction, viz-. Capenin Kindersley ; Colour-
Xergeant =Gregory, 'Sergeants Hother and Cross;
jOorporale Meant and Chick; privates Hodges, T,
'Homer, J. T.• Ensor, Warren, Joseph Homer.
:Rogers, Hawkinv, Walter Pouncy, and Curtis.
•Privitte Hodge* stands at the head of the list as
"The Beat Shot" in the corps. Corporal Allan
Mears, of this corps, is about to proceed. to the
school of muskotry at Hythe, to undergo a course of
instruction.