The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-07 00:00:00

DOROHESTIR.
Me. Fount or has paired in favour of Mr. Glad-
'fora,' New Roles of Procedure, with Lord Henry

Thymus ea mtel.
MUNICIPAL temos.—Them hel.ttr na mateat, the
Firw of November pausal off very quietly, all the four
retiring councilor.* I* dog tn.-elected. During t.nt. Jay
the belle of St. Peter's r.tne merry real,, and In the
evening the 11,,rehoWar Mi itary Bin I, uroier tho
leader..hip of Mr. .1. Luc .s. played, it interval., melec.
(lone of mode it the r.•-nlected member.' re dler cat..
Tat detutzrn. —The Wiot-r t.adzes fw the County
of Dorset will c .mint nee at WI, cheWerun Waffles lay
next. There are eight prie mei, from Donut for
trial, charwl eat ( flier :—Fhoon Para me, burglary;
Wiliam Harke, fel,ttiotpdy din; (two chine'):
William Pawn*, arem ; Satuuel 111ree awl Alfrul
Hill, are .n ; Annie Warn.n. coneeelnunt birth;
tonrge 11,bart., burglary ; Janne Hoek*); Gillinghaul.

forgery.
CoLLOCTIone 'OR Tile DOME? COUNT, lIOfIYITAL.
-The following a blitionel Sunday coined .n. have
been received : -II dme, £2 18s._ ,• Wyke Regis. £1 ;
Dere Heels, ea 54. ; Wareham, 13.8 ; Sy,lling, CI 1.. ;
Portesharn, £1 5.. ; Bereivey, 21.; Mee 'tube,
15e. II.; Nlapaow,ltr, el 4'.; Stroke Wske, 18e 4i.;
tiervre, £5 54. 74.; Shroten, 15e. 4'. ; Freeing ion,
£1 o. 41.; Ilecklanel Newton (11iptiat chap le 16;.;
AS puddle and Tenerepteidle, kV 6.. ; Moreton, £4 4..;
Milberne St. An how, re, 1.. ; Cone Castle (C tegr.
wahine' Chspel). Cl 44. 51. ; Gedmarudone, £2 Us.;
Nether Cern., 1.1 54,
TUB 1/14TRE9sell II VaRaINaTIN.-in answer to
appesls fee hip. male by Mr. E. .1. Dey and the
Vicar of I' rimn t ,n, in lehslf ef the poor people wh
were inundated, the (elbowing sercriptions have
been rec.ive 1 in addition to ths £2 given by 1. ea
Alington :-Mrs. llerlosrt William', I:1 ; Mrs. John
Galpin, 10.. ; a lady (per 'Mr* H. William.), 2.. tid.
The money ha. been applied for tba purchase .d
sa *I, for the relief of the distreseed. Mee E. As
Gralpin, 10..; the Hon. elm Ashley, £l. An
Anonymous Frien I has given £5 towards buying in re
coals.
ticreetem-The first meet of the eeseon of the
Cat Week riconels to k place here tooter favourable
auspices on Tuts lay to ,roit,„:. when a large her of
the supp re of hunt nabled a. the Barra, ks
welcome the new in etre, Teed Guilt .r.l, on hi. first
ar......dce;teth
gthatehhereitongd.a.
,Terhye Lc:taw:l,o.favor. The
hounds, as usual, fist drew the plant steers at Brad-
ford, but we learn that the day's ap .rt hantly turned
out as favourable aso old have been wiehrel.
TIER MAY,IIIALTT. -It is rumoulo 1 that the ch 'ice
of no, M... will fall .11,,n Mr 5"
fill this office for the ensuing ye .r, if he can be pre-
vailed Upon I. accept it. eltbererh comi..r.tively but
• young member of the C tdikwation, every confidence
Is felt that he would libch the duties of the office
In • manner which Trottel alike be a credit to himself
as well as the Inrotorb.
PARISI ENTInatISMENT.-A very enjoyable enter-
tainment was given lathe East Fordinetenschodroom
on Tuesday eveninz last, when there was a crewied
attendance. The Vicar (Rev. A. A. Leonard) pre-
sided. Excellent songs were sung by NUN; Blanche
Smite, Miss K. Williams, Mr. G. Sargent, ant the
glide of the Band of Hope, Miss 13-isle Campbell,
accompanying on the piano. Recitations were also
given lay Mrs. H. Everett, Rev. C. L. Sanctuary, and
Mr. Jameson. Mr. Nerman kindly gave the use of
the piano, and Mr. C. J. Foster lent !One beautiful
flowers and plants to adorn the platform. At the close,
the Vicar on behalf of the audience gave • hearty vote
of thanks to the performers.
BIELTI*I tan FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETE. -••• The
quarterly meeting of this society was held at the
Town Hall on Tuesday evenina, but the attendance
was somewhat limited. The Rev. T. W. Knipe, rector
of St. Peter's, occupied the chair, supported by the
Rev. K W. Cellinson (Woo !afoul), Rev. T. Neava
(Congregati .nal), Rey. W. Alien (Weslevan), and the
Rev. W. Parkes (deputation).- The Chairman said
although be should have preferred some one else
taking the chair, he was always Jelled, whether as
chairman or in any other capacity, to stand on the
platform in connection with this great sciety, whom
field was the whole world, and which was doing a great
work on a cant and gigantic scale. Ile noticed that
the Bishop of Durham, speaking at • Bible Society
meeting at Gateshead the other day, mentioned that
the issues of the Sent tures, in whole or in pert, from
this society easeanted to 10,003 copies every working
day .4 the year. The rev. gentleman then went on to
speak .4 the country about which the deputation had
been announced to speak.-Rev. W. Parkes then
addressed the meeting. Referring to the ignorance of
the people of this country with respect to Mexico, he
said he supposed the teases was that our Empire was
so lax 'e we could not learn all we ought about our
dependencies. In Mexico there were 32 or 33 State*
some of which were two or three time. as large as
England. It was very extensive ant rich in
all sorts of naturist resources, and its varying
climate was such that the inhabitants could
grow all the product' en of the world there.
Yet, with tall i a wealth, with all its protect' nue
Mexico had been in many respects a very miserable
country from about the time of queen Elizebeth to the
present, and whatever a ba I gevernmeut and a ha I
church could do to keep the country in a miserable
condition had been dente In England the pr erre-s ~f
this country since the days of Elie &teeth hal been such
as, he supposed, had never been known in the hi.tory
of the world b4ore, and, he I clieved, the open
Bible, although perhaps it had not 1.)..en the cause ..f
this wealth, had done • great deal t maks England
so different fr ,m Mexico. For 3.10 years that c ,uutry
had been in the hand.; .4 Spain and under the
domination of the Rotnar Cath,lic ('birch. In the
early part of thin century she threw off the y .ke
Spain, and then c ame the questien EA to the PI ,rt of
Government that should replace it. The twe parties
in the State drugged on until 1857, when
the Liberal party gained the victory. the Church of
Barite was uut down, and reled ma liberty was pro-
claimed thronghout the land. Re ferrinz to the
remark of the Chairman that 10,000 copies of the Scrip-
tures were issued every day by the society, be said their
presses did n ta xist only in Lend an. but in all the
capitals of Eur .I*, in Chita, India, Australis, anal
New Zealand. Ile went en to speak of the work of
colporteum, and reforr .d to the attempts made
to prevent the distributi U of the Scriptures.
He also spoke of the establishment of the Church
of Jena in blexic ~ an I to its pre grew. There
were now 10 c ingrezati ,ns in the different cities of
Mexico, there wore throe orphan school., twelve day
schools, and 14 or 15 regularly ordained presbyters,
and colleges where students were being prepare 1 for
the ministry. The rev, gentleman gave some other
interesting details of the work of the society in
Mexico. The meeting terminated in the usual
manner. The collection, inclu ling • cheque for £5
from Mr. Robert William*, amounted to £6
WI:RATAN Foaxice Nineteen. -The annual sermons
and meeting in connectien with the above were hell at
the Wesleyau Chapel, in this town, on Sunday and
Monday. On the first mentioned day the Rev. E.
Doddrell preached stirring sermons to large congrega-
tions, morning and evening, teking for hie text in the
morning John xvii, v. 23, and Corinthians xli, v. 4. 5,
and 6 ; and in the evening founded his discourse upon
Romans I, v. 16, " I am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ."-On Monday evening the annual meeting was
held in the Chapel, but owing doubtless to the inclem.
Macy of the weather, and other meetings in the town, the
attendance was not so large as it might otherwbe have
been. Val ions portions of the edifice were drape -I in
Meek, in consequence of the recent death of hire
Harr* of Fordington, she having ear many
years been • member of the Wesleyan conies'.
lon-The Rev. W. Allen, former pastor, occupied
the chair, end was supported by the Rev. J.
Hartle, Rev. E. Doddrell, Rev. T. Nears (Comma-
gational), Rev. H. Portaall (Primitive Methodist),
Rev. R. Raw (the deputation from the Parent Society),
and Mr. G. Crocker, aen.-The Chairman, in the
course of • few opening retr.arks, said that this anni-
versary reminded them, or ought to remind them, of
the flight of time, for it was • twelvementh since they
held their lard missionary meeting. Referring to the
death of Mrs. Harris, the speaker said the drapery
on the table and behind him reminded them that
someone had passed away, and it was his privilege to
be present at the death of their departed mister. They
were here on behalf of this Missionary Society, and
they represented that night the largest Mis-
sionary Society in the world. They had here
* returned missionary from Jamaica to address
them, to tell them of POMO of his experiences
of missionary work, he having been some 20 year. •
missionary in that country. After sp.aking of his
own experience as a missionary in Western Africa,
and, upon the present flnan.ial condition of the
society, the Chairman called upon the Rev. E.
Doddrell to road the report. -The Rev I:. Dod'rell
then read a somewhat lengthy report, from which it
appears that the financial year began with a deficieney
of £38,000. and the committee appealed to the
connexion for an advance of five per cent, on the
annual income. That advance has not yet been
realised, bot.t.lll there bas been some int-ream in the
receipts both at home and abroad. The total income
of the society f,r the past year amounted to
4351,797 14s. 7.1. ; the t tel expenditure to
I:185,064 8.. 61., leaving a deficiency of E 33,3416 13.. lid.
In the Bath distrlet, to which this ercuit
contributed, £1,720 17s. 21. had been collected.
out of which £1,614 12.. had been remitted
to the general treasurer. The Dorchester circuit con-
tributed £lO7 25 made up be the following sumo :-
Dorchester, £lB6e. 41. ; Piddletranthide, Cl lla. 9.1.;
Came Abbas, El Is. 54. •, Charmiaster. £1 Is. ;
Maiden Newton, El 15s. lid.; Martinstown,
El 12a. Id,; Brewlmayne, Is. 4d.; Stratton, ,E 2 sa.
Tincleton, 7a, 61,; Hyaline, El Be. dd.; Bete
£3 3s. 31.; MilbornO, Cl 154. 7.1.; Bete Heath,
ti 17s. :t 1. ; Tolpuldie, £2 15* 61.; Abbey Milton,
L/ 5.. 51.; eVhitechurch, in 12.. 21.; Kinzston,
£l2 Ils. 84. • Dewliab. 19e. ; Juvenile Asa ,cia-
lion, Dorchester, £l3 10s. 21 ; and Juvenile offerings
from the above named places, L'l7 rld• j making a
total of £lO7 Is., which was handed over to the society,
after deducting EG 55. GI. for expenses. A general
mammary of the miseio under Oa direction of the
Missionary Committee, shows that there are 542
circuits, 2,469 chapels anal other preaching Places, 549
niteliOnluiee, 2,275 other paid agents. 7,868 unpaid
agents, 89,341 church members, 17,983 on trial for
church membership, 97,7 U wholes", and 3 printing
establishment.. In concluding the report the rev.
gentleman said the committee desired to make
mention of the loss sustained by this auxiliary in the
death of Mr. John Turner, for several years the faith-
ful and devoted district treasurer, who passed
peacefully to his rest on the 7th of October
!mt.-Rev. T. Neave in addressing a few remarks on
behalf of the society, said they should not be set *able
In this great and glorious work by philosophers and
men of science, but should sn on in the faith of the
grand apostle that "we are all one blood." If he were
not getting old anal grey, he believed he should go
abroad and be a missionary himself, and preach the
Wang to the heathen. He wished the society God-
speed in the mission work. Spanking of the home-
coming Of the troops from Egypt the rev, gentleman
said ear generals, officers, non-commissioned officers,
and men. were • grand set of fellows, and had done
glorious service, but he could not help wishing that
their snergles could be turned into other channels for
he didn't like liehting. (Hear. bear.) Rev. Robert
Raw, a returned missionary from Jamaica, said he
had not been in the country Mr. Allen toiled in, but
he would tell/them a few things about the country in
which be had worked, and he hoped what he would
ley to thou would intermit them. In cadge
that We beams might have semi Idou el Um