The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-31 00:00:00

COMM COURT.—On the garnishee summons, Warren
Loeb, heard at the last Court, when his Honour
made an order on the defendant for payinout, on the
ground of the deed of usignmeut set up being invalid,
we hear that Uotiee of appeal has been given, awl the
soundneas of the decision will be tested by the judges
of the Court of Queen'. Bench.
WISTHILN RAILWAW.—Somo important •ttera-
dons are made in the Great West !rn trains for
November. The train leaving Weymouth at 6 20 p.m
and Dorchester 6.40, bi discotinned, so is also the
train leaving DurchLater for Weynr•uth at 7 40 p.m.
A short train leaves We) mouth at 3.0 p.m and arrives
at Dorchester at 320 where it stone, For the other
alteration, we must refer our readers to the time table
In another column.
FORDINGTON CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCILTY lifstitam.
—At the monthly Church Missionary meeting, held in
the Fordington Schoolroom, on Friday evening, the
Vicar, in the absence of his eon the 11)v. H, C. G.
Motile, through severe cold, conducted the whole of the
proceedings. After the usual hymn, Scripture, and
prayer, he gave an address, which contained the follow-
ing very interesting and Important particulars :
Estrada trout Ed. 0, E. Fume's letter, 10th Soviet—

Wedueoday.
Great heat-41 In shaded doorway —i.e. nearly " blood
heat " on the theromotor.

Last Sunday week 1 road in church, after afternoon °spot°.
lion, a paper setting forth that though we had long felt the
want of • chapel, yet that the lack of • site, and then the
Society's wish that we should econinnize, had delayed its erec-
tion. Then 1 mentioned the Cambridge fond, and what Mr.
Bickereteth's people had given me, and what Mr. Pope so
kindly added lest year; the whole amounting now to about
730 dols. (about BIB). Mr. El win's friends had added 100 dole.
more. Then I mentioned that • chapel of moderate size, merely
floored and covered in, with some small entrance buildings,
would coat at least 800 dots. I had written (I said) to my
friends to ask help. But I was sure the Christians themselves
would like to bear • hand, if only to show • seme of what the
English Church had done for them. And I proposed that out
of some SO dollars in the offertory chest they should give 50
towards the church. The men and women (I said) might con-
salt together separately and let me know on the Saturday.
The women's answer came through Adelaide on Thuraday.
However they were all, with one accord, very glad to vote the
50 ,dollars, but not content with that, they desired further
out of their great poverty (as it is in many cases);
to contribute seven or eight dollars more. (364 or 37.).
Not one person was left out, and in somo lases the
gifts were peculiarly interesting. Alsiln, Priscilla, and their
son Joseph, made up one dollar. Joseph is a tailor's seinen
lice, and receives no Wages. But he has lately received front
his employers—as a gratuity, called winc-inottry—tH cash,
about 104. Ile had spent none of it upon himself, and when
he heard of the proposal to subscribe, he was gial to give his
101. The whole business was not • little encoring to ma. I
mourn greatly at fleabane° of spiritual views in ail or nearly
all of them, whether of sin, or the Saviour, or duty. But 1
do not think that this voluutary gift can be wholly without
the working of the Holy Spirit.

PIPACTICAL R11311;141 LN MADUILLICLIL—From Roy. Mr. Toy,
London Mtwilonary, dotal about a your
Th• capital city is rapidly changing front wood to Wont.
New laws—a great improvement printed and distri-
buted through the country. Trial by ordool utterly abolished.
Polygamy rapidly deorcallng. Tho idols have ceased to exist.
Sunday tdrierved as a thy of rest through the kingdom. No
marksits bald on that day,no taking in of cargoes by foreignahips.
The eapital on Sundays momenta a mane of calm and quiet that
perhaps cannot be equalled in any town of the *IMO sme in the
world. Intoxicating drinks are forbidden by law throughout
lowans, and their sale on the coasts as for no possible
discouraged. Though obliged by trersiy orr'th Majtand to allow
of their Importation into the country by the traders paying in
kind 10 per cent- customs dues, yeo the run thus fullial to
the Queen the claws in charge are cousoubuded to empty udo
(Mien. . ,

Throe thousand Mthometans in DIMIVOCUI are dedroui to
become Christians, and hold regular prayer meetings to beseech
the Lord Jesus Christ to send them light.
Tua }foremast in Pllll/I—(ritata, Oct. 5.) A letter from
a Dr. Chaplin.
A sect in Persia, the Metawely, are the most bigetted of
the Maliiimetarvi ; will not oat andi drink with Christaans ;
break any vessel belonging to them from which a Christian
hag drunk ; wrap their clothes round them when they pass a
Christian ; remove • Christian book if new them with a pair
id tongs. About 32 years ago some thoughtful memhers of
the net, of good position, began to enquire the maw'., of this
e induct. They procured from some Christians an Arabic
Sew Testament. After studying it, they were convinced it
was the word of God, and embraced its ductrin.. But did
not (at And) renounce belief in Mehemet Lb • prophet. Their
doctrine spread. In the course of • few years 200,000 persons
professed it. It was called Bab el Huk (Door of Truth). A
persecution rose. 90,000 of the doctrine were clam, end the
foundar—llehesth Allah—took refuge with a few at Bagdad
(in Turkey). He still had so much influence that the Persian
Government requested the Turks to send him further off. lie
was removed to one place, and then to another, not named : a
fortress-Wm, within the walls of which he and his followers
are restricted. Here in the spring of the year Dr. Chaplin
visited them. He could not see Lteherah Allah himself, who
keeps retired ; but saw his son, about 32 beari old, a reusark •
thin and intelligent man. He seemed pleased to bOO the
Englishman; but said little about the origin of the sect till
primed to do it for the hdormation of people in England. Ile
talked for two hours, shewed • clew &cilia dutance with the
whole Bible, and even with the history of religion in Europe
to the Reformation, Ise. On one point he win indistinct ;
namely, his father's 0111014 to be • prophet. It Is sald by
some intelligent members of the sect that they hold him to
be the angel mentioned in Rev. xviii.. I. Thu main doctrines
of the sect were found to be-1. That Christ is the Soli if God
sad the Saviour of the world—l. That he died and ruse again.
& *at Justallcation is by faith in him.-4. That the new
birth is =canary to salvation. and good works necessary as an
evidence of That the Holy Spirit operating on the
heart produces this new birth. They have no priests, nor
baptism. They believe that Christ will return, but spiritually.
Bekeinah Allah is said to have arrived at his belief solely by
study of the Scriptures. It, is believed that he has 70,000 or
00,000 followers—secretly—in Persia. When persecuted they
they do not resist. They are ready to die for their faith.
TUVllail CHAPLIN, M.D.
The Rev. C. M. Gordon, of the Church Missionary
Society will be in a few weeks (DV.). passing
through Persia, on • visit to Mr. Bruce, our missionary, who
has been labouring there with some great encouragement.
Cogratatanour.—The Bishop of Salisbury arrived at
Dorchester on Tuesday afternoon on his tour of tion-
firumtion. The service was held in the Holy Trinity
Church, when there were a large number of young
people to be confirmed, and a numerous congregation.
The clergy present were :—The Rev. H. Everett (Rector
of the parish), Rev. B. W. Pears, Rev. IL Monte, Rev.
IL C. G. Monte, Rev. B. L. Watson, Rev. C. J. Bird,
Mews R. T. Meeks., Rev, F, J. Jones, Rev. A. 11.
null (Como). At the °posing of 1120 ooroioo, taro*
hymns were sung, invoking the aid of the Holy Spirit.
The Rev. H. Everett having read the opening sentences
of the confirmation offioe, the Bishop briefly addresed
the candidates on the unspeakable importance of the
question to be put to them and their answer to it. Ho
said no doubt • large majority of them were baptised
In their infancy, by no motion of their own, but when
by others promises, prayers, and faith they were made
members of Christ and children of Gad. But while
they were thus brought to Christ by other., the bless-
ing was given to themselves, "so certainly and tin.
doubtedly that we know quite for certain that had it
pleased God to take you away thou u little baptised
children, before you were old enough to commit any
sins of your own—we know quite for certain that you
would have gone at ones to the arms of your Father's
love, saved for 0000 from the dangers and temptations
of the world, and made to inherit at once that king lore
of which you had just been made tho heirs." That
was a great comfort te Caristian fathers and mothers
when Galled on to part with their children. Bat they
lived because God designed they should grow up to
render Him faithful service. They had come to say for
themselves they intended to keep the vows made for
them whoa they were too little to do it for themselves.
When they said " I do" to the question he was about
to pat, they meant the whole of that great vow taken
for them long ago—that they would renounce the devil
ant all his woeks. with all the vain pomp and glory of
the world, and all the carnal desires of the flesh, that
they believed the artioles of the Christian faith as
written in the Apostle's creed, and were resolved by
God's grace to keep His commandments and walk in
the same all the days of their lives. And God grant
that the answer of their line might also be the answer
of their hearts. His Lordship then asked "Do ye here,
In the presence of God, and of this congregation, renew
the 10100211 promise and vow that was made in your
name at your baptism: ratifying and confirming the
same in your own persons, and acknowledging your.
selves bound to believe and to do all those things which
your Godfathers and Godmothers then undertook for
you and the candidates each and all responded "I do."
'rho prayers following were then said, after which the
candidates, half-a-dosen or more at a time, knelt at
the Communion rail, and he put his hands on their
heads, taking two at • time, and offered the prayer
prescribed. His Lordship then amended the pulpit and
&admitted those he had confirmed. Whereas before
they bad been but &Rarer', they were now men and
women in the sight of God and of His church. Their
Christian life consisted of two pages—the first beginning
at their baptisms, and ending with their confirmation.
What good had oonlirinstion done? If they were in
serious earnestness, the Holy Smut would be richly
with them in that great ordinance, and Gad would for-
give them their sins. But before the day wa, out they
must kneel down in secret and confess all the sine they
knew of to God if they would have the pardoning
, blessing of their confirmation as fully as they desired.
He also urged them to the bravery and affectionate love
of confessing to their parcels, The sooond page of
their life wu now begun. They would be tried through
and throogb, and no strength of their own could be
trusted—they must have the help of the Almighty
Spirited God if they would keep that second page clean
, and pare. lie affutionstely urged them to continu-
' ance In earnestness and peradvezanoe in all things that
are good and holy. lie took it for granted all prayed
to God every morning and evening: indeed, it would
be shocking, dreadful, if any did not do so; and he
warned them against what he feared—nay, knew to be
not unoommon—that those who thus prayed allowed
themselves to get irsto all sorts of temptations and
readily yielded. Bet prayer was to help and atrengthen
their own wills and efforts. Then be pointed out that
oonlirmation was the gateway to the Holy Communion,
&wording to the good order of the church. Tu.* weld
not do without the Communion. Eve long in their
respective parishes their clergymen would invite them
to the Communion, but it was not only he spethiug to
them, it was Christ saying to them almost in terms
"My child, do this in remembrance of Me." Ho knew
there were diffloalttes in their way, saddest amongst
them being the fact that Sunday after Sunday those
who were older than themselves turned away and loft
the church when the Communion wail about to be
celebrated; To parents he said their example was either
' the greatest help or the greatest hindrance to their
' ehilaren in the Christian life. He prayed God that the
newlyeonfirmed might continue earnest and faithful
throughout their lives, that when at last they met on
the lodgment day they might all enter into eternal bliss.
A hymn was sung, and the service completed, closing
with tbe blessing by the Bishop. A kinder or more
earnest address could not have been given, saving the
Implication as to oubaptised little children. But
the old bogey about " infants la hell a span long" is
atrocious. Pa young persons were confirmed on this
occasion.

&MOM! Pirrir Steno% Monday. Before the
Ilayor(T. Bennett, Esq.), and J. Bishop, rig.
4 Jam Pnatams and Hamm Fooaa were summoned for assault-
ing William Wass, at the George Inn.
liomplakant mid he drove the mail cut from Portland to
Dorchester. On 10tb October he was in the George ion LW'
room between 10 and 11 p.m., when, without spsekluil, rook.
drunk him, and said "U I was man enough, let mu go out-
side, and he would take It out of me." Went back, when Pa-
nda( asked him if be bad got • summons, and he would not
tell him. In about tan miuntes be went towards the stable,
whoa Pltaield panned him in the purge end on F'dianS lito
the yard he found Pitaeld stripped to light. said
" COMO on, I'm man enough for you" midst:ark his. severul
time,. Complainant went Away. lie afterwanl4 saw Pitileid
to the bedroom they both occupied. Pitaeld who was ostler,
owed him • "spline :" because two months ago he hail cow-
tned that he had not properly attended to the mail cart
nie. Fouks was • labourer, and had nothing to do at the
George. lie never provoked or touched either of theta
looks and his mother were at the G.r.,rzo ,three months ago,
and they found fault with something be said, no rooks owed
him a "spline."
John Sibley, driver ol the mail met from, Lyme Right to Dor-
chester, Who wee psomelviireve evidence. 'beefing tIlaM bet"
Ibire bad blslß /mingle.