The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-10 00:00:00

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THI3 REAL CHARACTER OF THE LIBERATION
SOCIETY.

At rtirtdedidal iheeting ot the Church institu•
tido heki the other day, one of its leading members,
Mk. William Jones, thus alluded to the proceedings
of those democratio Dissenters:—

"They were all aware, no doubt, that in the year
1844, aeveral of the leading members of the different
denominations of dissenters in this country had
formed themselves into • society, which they at first
styled the British Anti-State Church Associatiou.
Their views at starting were moderate, the questions
raised by them were simply thbSe of elitltdh rate', ,
end !Abets of & nature touching, as they Said; the
isonsmenees of nonconformists. Shortly afterwards
they enlarged the basis their operations undnr &
hew nettle, an thtsy. styled therfisel*es the 9 &let,"
for the Ifiberatioti of Religion froth Staie Patronage
and Control. They were a numerous and influential
body of men, combining some of the master minds
among dissenters. They deemed that they had
gained their majority m May Lest, and, as is
customary in other cases, they met to celebrate :
their coming of age, at a conference held at: the
Freemasons' Ball, London. On that occasion they
spoke threateningly and confidently as to their success
in finally overthrowing the Established Churen of
thie 0;N/dotty. The Heir. Mr. (kinder, e Mandhester,
said there, ' We have lived 21 yearn: we have passed
through our boyhood, and feel our puke and tell us
whether it is weakly; and feel, if you like; our
thews and muscles, Mid tell us if there are any
symptoms that oar youth has been of such h Charititer
that wit hive id Maraukkl now wherewith to do tile
*ork of 'Jur full age ?' That work of full age being
the total destruction of the Established Church in
this csountry, and the confiscation of its property for
secular purposes to the State. In the report of their

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..st congress held in L'fradon in s.
stated, 'We are not then, to be staggered or
frightened from our purpoae by any bugbear of
words. We are not setting ourselves, we are told,
to pull down the Church. In the first place ihis in
the terms of it is a lie"--not a very clerical, and
certainly not a parliamentary expression. "ti •by
the °Mirth is Meant the dhurdli Feitanlisament, the
charge is true. We shrink not from it—we avow it
—we glory in it ; nor do we object to the terms.
Pulling down is an apostolical phrase." Though
this society was as varied in opinions as it was in
faces. consisting as it did of men °fall denominations,
and disagreeing as they did upon points of doctrine
and discipline, yet they were all unanimous in their
. wicks on the Church. They avdwedly and
unitedly joined iti the attacks; and to isontident •
*ate they of their Ultimate suttees, -.that some time
ago there appeared in their organ, the Libimator, an
article, which stated that Burke, in his "Peerage," ,
iWirited that the last of the Plantageneta kept • •
"pike" somewhere in Cornwall; he, the writer,
hoped to see the last of the his ops, ere long, as
usefully emploied. It seemed, however, that thee
gentlemen had one difficulty to encounter that they
did not exactly know how to overcome. Church-
rates, tithes, and other Church property they
seemed to think they could soon dispose of; but
Mr. Mill, the giant of the It, and a man of great
talents, in his tract on " What is the Separation of
Church and State r after disposing of every other
available property of the Church, says, " There
remains now only the Chureh edifices to dispose of;
and we shall have completed our task. With the
exception of the cathedrals, which perhaps might
be kept up for other public ,purposes than
ecclesiastical, we think they might be fairly made
over in perpetuity to the inhabitants of the pariah
in which each may be situate, to be sold, rented, or
given, as thC.ratepavere may determine. The work
would then be completed." The objects thus
briefly enumerated are those wowed and, openly
held by the Liberation Society."
CHARMOUTH.

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CONTIRMATION.—The Right Rev. Dr. Hamilton the
Lord &shop of SOW:tory held a Confirmation in our
parish chuich, on Tue,day afternoon, at 3 p.m. The
candidates for the sacred rite were 16 girls, and 13 boys
sof Charmouth, and • nonfner of both sexes from
I Wooton. large number of the friends of the Candi-
dates and othert, assembled at the charch to witness
:Abe interesting service which was most impressively
conducted. - Prayers were said by the Rev. R. IL
Breton. The Let.,ons were read by the Rev. F. Lewis,
of Wooten. The Bishop addressed the candidates,
both before, and after the imposition of hands. The
musical part of the service was extremely well www-
ductel by the organirft, Mr. W. B. Stoics, M.C.F. who
was ably seconded by the choir.
CRICILET.,--Mrs. Stewart gave bey annual Michaelmas
treat to the members and friends of the Juvenile
'Ciicket Club on Friday last being Mich,elmas Daju
Host Holly set forth an excellent spread in the cricket
tent which had been erected on the orirket ground for
the purpose. Foremost among the good things MO the
dish of the season —roasted geese. At two o'clock the
young people were called from ti.eir gains to pattake,
when they fell ti in most gallant style—the knives
and forks rattling upon the plit.:es most musically. The
geese and plum puddings having been disposed of the
bow. E. kt. 13retori gave several toasts, "The Queen"
being loyally the first. In proposing the health of Mrs.
l'fitewset, he reworked her kindness and liberality in
providing for them so most bountiful a dinner. The
goang people responded enthusiastically. He gave last
"The Juvenile Cricket Club" in • very humerous
speech. Mr. Board returned thanks on behalf of the
lads. One of the boys gave the health of the Rev.
Entsidetit very heartily. Mr. Morcem who occupied
the vine-chair gave the health of Mrs. Breton end the
proweet. The lade sow returned to their gene,
wlis Co be tls " /dad ftn Peolizi:.

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A TICIP:NT HISTORY OF CHAFMOIITH. —I am very
moot) üblig_d to '' Cancanus" for the handsome way in
which he was good enough to speak of my report of the
" tette," and (Or his courteous correction of an
error arisleg from hss•e, and trust ng too much to
memory I tußy be allowed to add that a newspaper
correspondent writes at al a 'vantage since he has no
opportunity of correcting hie " proef " Whatever
mistakes 'ars mini-., must nesds spriest, ail least mis-
t .lu-s in fact, which are I take it rather oat of etlifOrfal
ken. With regard to the birthplace of Judge Jefferys,
I tillers he w s horn at the Minor 'fence of Catherston
lowestou for the e reasons—the Monuments in the
Church of Whiteehurch prove that the Jeffery family
held that Manor Efouse in the early part of the seven-
te.mth century. Then there is a very stro-g traditon
that the Julge was horn there, and which has given
rise to the numerous stories of his ghost y re-appear-
ance, so rife in the neighbourhood. As the voice of
tradition is correot in some other local matters of
hist rio interest, it seems safe to attach some impor-
tance to it in tin.; As an incident conneoted with tl is,
I may mention that there was a tree whieh used to
stami on the cite of the present church at Cather ton,
, from which trdition says some of bin fictims were
t.uspended. r shell be, happy if anything I may have
Oaanallit written, should ea 4 a more erudite pen to
thy up the matter.—A COHIESPONDENT.