The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-21 00:00:00

—Tbe—singing of a hymn, and the benediction by the Rev.
C. Cumbers, brought the meeting toe clone

HOME FOR Lrrns BOYS.
A crowded public meeting wee held at the Town Hall on
Thariday evening last. in behalf of the excellent institu-
tion for providing tomes for, and training in habit. of
industry and religion. little boys. The Mayor (A. Pope,
Beg.) peal led. accompenied by the *worsen and the
Revs T. Knipe end W. C. °shore., with Yr. G. J. G.
Gregory. and =Amy other principal inhabitant', were fore-
most in the meeting. °mitres" to the custom of some
towns, where a quaner of an hour's grace is allowed, the
mew log commenced with starting punctuality, and
perhaps this argues well for the teaching of the little boys,
who will be the more likely to succeed in life when they
are sure not to be—" Always ten minutes too late.'
The Lava introduced the subject to • crowded
audience. explaining that the instituuon Wight the little
boys whom it had rescued, gate them trades, and mud"
them out into the world able to get their livelihood
honestly. Not only so, it looked after the "old be) 6,"
But like all other institution', it needs increased support,
and this wee the object of the meeting to-night
The Rev. Dr. Bacon argued against any foaling that
we have little tionoern with whet is not in our locality.
There lain the world • multitede of slii,sorrow.ond want,
end this institution is • most merciful and humans one all
ii. kind, d, foe it provides homes for the homeless, education
or
d Bible teaching that they may not
V.ll further into sin. la IBA while other homes !Meted
for the deetitute. from most of them little boys under tea
I yam of age were excluded, although hundreds of such are
found in London and other Minorities sad town,.A home
wee nest opened at Totmehain, in so .depoor•l and
13 boys were received; but in Ned the site was oanini,d
at the village of Horton Kirby, near Ferninghairo, Kent, on
an estate 0111 rues, and now ten homes haat been built,
KKK the Princess of Kelm laying the foundatiou •tone.
the Lori Archbishop of Osubery, the Bishop of
gooyeetsr. p.,1 others, being premed at the awoke, for the
(Waite was balio:ved b 7 prayer.
Of the brilliant ant. inluentlal Ilalluablag• • large
dissolving view was shown. we way bare. say once for
all that these views were ertfsVa and otahl wry well
managed by Kr. Charles at the laillerf:. were "Mid, jail/
attractive, not only to numerous chldren pre..."ille but SW
to adult&

The boys are admitted if they eta ran Woos, the home:
being modally for the 111t4 mien and Lb. tan families
wosMit 'soh of 30 boys. with a Christian man and woman
at the heed and unfitly one or two el ler by.. 0. appren-
tkes. and the families and b 00...... distinct. but all at
governed °oder the rules of tim general colony. of whic.h
they form part.
A gee picture of tlis Uri of Blsaftrebury was above ; be
plidintbropie work as Lord Linder, and first was
awed alone in such work as to Ws ard_ ,w • but others have
w last iwao including the Queas
Givivaguideey, view of tea liaor. • aawa blow*"
lavitatios was -ex to an W soma and IWO an...
.4 work ; eval7al7 is s.vlg day. 000 inmuctian sad
mutiny me ww.,ii_a la. As tin four,
glows of WIN • view 01 the

rimed. re I Pi sin, where service I. conducted out
a =lei.. ins viiieeere being alloavd to eland there IS
the evening. Ttsa service is pertly Iltoargiesi. envy e being
sometimes Id by ministers of thy C., arch of lienzlsod and
800,0•4 MOS by tb•id of other Pr.geetaat iiewouslaistiona to
which the cursoultute belong, sad ner..r het he ablrresed
Son d.-10 it Sal earnest worshippers 1.1•11 at the reining-
bun Rom,

Trout ant h irk views a the central office followed, aol
we learnt the h iys 4,.. t &nicht to ma i age toe imama mil
pump the w :tor. At the Bradford schools (picture Mown)
education fa carefully attended to, the lads Ming all Loll.
timers, und-r a eerdllcated isseistants, and ;mini
taachera Yearly there is a Gav-rninent inspection, and
they pars • good •Xalniaati .u. The Wile hors are tencht
on the Kinder Garton itysteur, and pictures of toe.. er.
very intereeting. Ii win from Bradford th.t. money was
sent to boild ts..l 'pre roch•rd. SlotehOtifolt to on`de larae
ourinUliea P.eohnisries to be bought were paid lur
through in I.,ft by Mr. Moore, of Cumborlend, and the
Counter. of Hitland opened them. In the library more
books are wanted, but the reading room has periodical.:
the reerest on morn amusing games. Views if them rooms
were shown, as also of the boys weiSizt and making up
parcels in the grocery stores, wee in the laundry,
printing in their °film which Mr. alt .r of the new
especially examined. and thence had • bay to London.
Other views were of the bore sewing, mending eina•,..
*
carpentering. shoemaking ((root which the Prince of
Wales ordered • pair of boors, and at his remmendatioe.
Prince Condi no also), .n ,kin* tnelr own clothes in the
tail ki•S' shop, and their braid to the baker's. sphere St alll
quartern loaves were turned out last year. They hay, un-
limited bread, meet four times a week, and pudding on
the other da)s. A swimming match was the subject of •
view and pleased much.
The curlew homed have names, as "Millbury House,"
founded from money of the President, Robert Hsilisury,
• I•o. ; "4.1 riet Resting Plarc," from • book written by the
minister of Hire Wort chapel, Islington. Dr. Wright,
whose people raised enough to build the boost; "Children's
C wage," pod for by subacriptiona of children, who are
she to 610 much in cool works, seeing they houtit •
oneenary ship, and when years after, she was loot, built
another and fitto.ll her out. leery Ivy has • wholesome
but not Incurious matins.% ti hinsealr, sod the dormitory
wee shoes, also the Ad ire breakfast, and
the Infirmary which is generally empty, there being little
sicknms, and only four d in IS ream and ono, the
Infirmary, has been °mantel while • hotam was being
furnished and repaired. A brass bend keeps them lively,
the ado cornet player being only mien, and the best
mastelmie at present have been drafted off to the regloteu-
tal bands. Sometimes the lend are taken into the
country, when the inhabitants are asked to lodge
them, and at Hyde, the members of the Young Men's
Oliristian Assomstion kept them es their guesta from
Friday to Tuesday. These subjects furpianot views,
and they were followed by • picture of the Summer
when are sterninstions, prises, and athletic
sports, and the boys, who work hard and play hard,
geoerally beat the visitors' team at the tug of war.
At times old Anis woe down with great delight to the
old home at Yarningh•on, and we lodged at • small
charge (they WV invited every Whit-Monday), prises are
given to loose who have rowed out of the H one and have
• good character. Bret *medal, then money sums, till they
are plsom on tho roll of honour, which affords them great
pleasure, for then they my no one can sosert they mat
the Home for what they get. As to the results, there has
been • goodly harveet. dB lade have goes oat, and nearly
LH have conducted theosseivei satiefactorily. He showed
portrait, of Ws. as • footman, mi 'rites's, and • clerk, and
urged that it is • matter even of economy to mews such
an institution as this, • duty ani ptivdege for the sake of
little boys, and for the sake of society. A collection
would be made for the support of so Chriatlike • work,
and he reminded them that the Lord .1.-stis said—" lens.
I much Si ye bare done it unto one of the least of these, ye
hams done it 41.1, lie."

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The are. T. gnirt, remarking that the lecturer*. name
was Bergner, suspectisi he came of one of those French
Families. to one of whom he himself belonged, and who
fled to Ragland from the persecution. If so, hie mime
meant • "slumber I," and no doubt he would take duo
We of the tenths of Christ's flick. They came under the
impression that one from Ferninghern was c 'mini ti
week, but be had taken them to Farniugham. People are
very food of reading touching tales and crying over
sorrows that never occurred; but to-night we bare heard
of those who have been resound from the wretched dens of
misery in Loudon, end taught the meaning, by happy
experience, of the word home.
Rev. W. C. 011101Uti had been very much delighted to
hoer and ore the Wonted result of this philanthropic work
for boys which had been going on for 50 year', but which
had not been established without a mertyr—Captain 0'
Bryan, who eta toil the first institution of the kind at
Hackney, under the patronage of the present Q 41.11111.
Some of those boys were went to the Cape, and got into
the bends of the B tern and • Times article on the subject
was the death or Captain 0' Bryan.
Rev. Dr. Smyrna moved a Yobs of thanks to the
lisros, who ecknowledged the vote. He had Wog very
happy to be pre..nt and give bin countenance 1164 Otnyor of
this town to this institution. Oue little thing seemed to
beve escaped their notice, they had beard a great deal
about little boy., and he wished to hear as much about
little girls. (Hear, and applause.) For little girls under
10 • bon. is much needed ; • great deal of dist ens would
be avoided by such institutions. Only a few days ago he
reed of • little boy who watched his opportunity, and
took money. He said he was sent in by • bigger ; but
being under 10 years of ego, be caul I not be sent to no
industrial school, and bed to return to the 'greets ; but
for such the home at Farninghem was the very thing.
(Ariplaum.)
The meeting was closed with the Beneviiction.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRIGADE DEPOT.
The new barracks were occupied on Wednesday, the
Nigel, marching up from Weymouth. It will be re-
membered that on the 7th • fatigue party of 2 non-txim.
miesioned officers and 99 rank end file, amain to prepare
the barracks for the reception of the body. The latter
started, having breakfasted at Weymouth, about half-
past nine or ten, and a-rived at Dorchester about half-
poet twelve. finding everything In excellent oriLr, the
dinners having been prepared in the separate compa-
nies rooms. The fatigue party had already been
equipping the barracks, so that the heavy work was
done before the main body arrived, and in all proba-
bility they would be able to start immediately on the
usual routine. Colonel Henning, CAI., is. 4 is
well-known, in command of the brigade subdistrict.,
Major Dani II is second in command, and the other
officers include Captain Bevan, Captain ?deist, Cap-.
Cavanagh acting adjutant, (Capt. O. J. Bradford is
on leave, being under orders for India), Lieut. Beatty,
Lieut. Pain, Lieut. Woodward. There are 1.1
uun-commisaloorid officers, 2 drummers, and 124 rank
and file, with wives and fomilie.. Among the N.C.O.'s
are Sergeant-M.ijor llcKie, Q.-M..Serireant John
Lair I, ordetly room clerk Dawson, P. M. Sergeant
Wilson, CoL-Sergeants Robinson, Gray, Ritchie, and
Bartlett, Sergeant* Denning, Alison (officers' mess
caterer), :tad Cooper. The total strength 1. 147.

FUNERAL OF MR. R. DAMEN.
The rrinsi, ~f the late Mr. R. Damen were
Interred at the Dorchester cemetery about 11,1011
on Thursday last The corpse had, an usual, been
taken to the church on the previous evening, and on
Thursday morning a solemn requiem mass was said by
the 1t.,. J. A. Matthews, de vermon being preached
by the Rev. Father Poole. Mr. Vom, of Friona'.
street, wee the undertaker, and the following were in
the mourning-coaches :—Mes.ra„ J..hn, It., and If. A.
Damen, sons of dammed ; Mr. El,wood (Bridport),
Mr It, Shepherd, Mr. W. A. Tucker, Mr. Hopkina
(WeytnouLh), and Mr. K. ninon. It was intended
that the funeral should be strictly private; but a few
friends from Weymouth and elsewhere followed the
remains to the grave. The shell enclosed a polished
elm collie with black furniture, an oaken cress was at
the top, the inscription on the breastplate being—
Robert Dentin, Dial Oct. 1.2, 1879, aged 65 years."
At the foot of the coffin was " It.L P." On the coffin
were two large crosses, one of camellias and other
flowers, the monad of white jessamine and ferns. One
f these was &domes' with the choicest flowers from
Covent Garden, and had been sent by a friend. The
Rev. Father Pools read the service at the grave.