The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-09 00:00:00

PRIMITIVE METHODIST DISTRICT MEETINGS.

Lb. Primitive Methodists of the London District meeting
bare been holding meetings in Weymouth this week and
last, preparatory to the meetinpi of Conference.
On Thursday • sermon was preached at the new chapel
toy the Ray. J. Ashworth, of Northampton.
There were about 4 officials and 26 circuit delegates with
6 candidates for the ministry, who visited Weymouth at
this district meeting. The Primitive Methodists are much
more numerous in the North of England than in the
South
.

—On-Friday morning two young ministers, the Revs W.
Hind= and C. Spooner, preached trial sermons at the St.
Leonard's-road chapeL
The district chapel committee met at nine o'clock at the
Bethel, the Rev. J. Philip' chairman, and the Rev. W. H.
Allen secretary.
The Rev. J. Toutron, secretary of the district, presented
• report of the number of chapels in the district He said
that nine new chapels had been built during the past year,
at • oast of DOH 13s 7d. towards which £3,131 bad been
raised. The District Building Committee had given its
sanction for the erection of 11 other chapels, sad 4 schools,
at an estimated cost of £16,500. The number of chapels
in the district, exclusive of the nine mentioned, is Ilk and
the original cost of them was £113,903 13.., and the
present i;49.396 : the present value being £116,179' the
amount paid oft during the year was £1,718 175., and the
income for the year £10,0114 ii,; the "out-go being
£9131 lOs. ftd. The number of sittinp provided was
47,370. All the chapels were in a flourish' state, and
no Cabe of necessity was laid before the meeting for pre'
imitation to Conference. .

The 'AZ he-r 7 Frendly Society then met, when two
young men were admitted on trial, and six others into
full membership.
The Rev. J. Hurd was recommended for superannuation,
having travelled fiff years.
On Friday afternoon the delegates visited Portland, and
through the kindness of the Governor. Mr. G. Milton,
want overt. the Convict Establishment

On Friday evening a Temperance meeting was held in
the National Schoolroom. and isaa fairly well attendsd,
not only by the Primitive Methodist brethren but by
teetotalers of the town generally. The Primitives were
also holding religious meetings elsewhere in the town.
Mr. EOM of Peterbourogb, Presided, and iii his
introductory speech asked if Christians do not earnestly
attack the monster evil of drunkeness, who was there Mat
could? (Hear).
Mr. Gone, of Ilchester, in the course of an amusing
speech, defended the practice of wilting children to sign
the pledge in Rands of Hope, because they knew what
they were about, they knew, as • country boy he met mid,
that when father did not drink, it meant more bacon and
plum pudding." (Laughter).
'Me Rev. W. H. ALL.II3, said no one started drinking with
the object of getting drunk ; but it was as difficult to stop
as for a carter to stop, when driving fast down bill. Cir-
cumstances and occasions which should lead a man to be
sober are, by the drinking customs of society, made
oocaeiona of drunkeness, and convicts in our prisons have
confessed that they could not commit burglaries and other
crimes without being primed by Intoxicating drink. He
delivered an eloquent speech, and was followed by several
other speakers, the result being a very inspiring meeting.

SEMZROZ7IIf3.
kXTRAORDINART LOCAL.DIVORCI Burr.

There are few in this county who did or, -1;;;;;
Andrews.B3l Rimpton, near Shoehorns, and who will
not 'be interested in • cam heard In the Probate, Divorce.
and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. It
was the suit of Stratton • Stratton and Rose and came be-
fore Sir James Hannan, at Westminster. It waa a petition
presented by Mr. James Stratton, a gentleman of large
property residing at Chilcombe, near Winchester, for dis-
solution of his marriage with the respondent, on the
of adultery with the co-respondent, Mr. FrederickWkl
cone Rosa, also a gentleman of large property and fanner
at Pinsleton, a few miles from Winchester. The re-
spondent. Susannah Andrews, was the daughter of the
late Henry Genge Andrews, of Rimpton, Somerset also •
gentleman of large landed ProssrtY : and the co-respond-
ant Ross, was the brother-tn-law of the respondent. be
baying married her Oster, Gertrudge Andrews, who died
in the year IV2, and it was alleged that during the at.
tendance on her sister an improper affection sprang up be-
tween the respondent end co-respondent The respondent
and corespondent denied the allegations in the petition.
Mr. James Stratton said he was the petitioner in the
case, and was married to the respondent, then Susannah
Andrews, at Rimpton, Somersetshire. She had two
brothers and one sister. Gertrude Andrews eventually
married Mr. Frederick M. Ross, the no-respondent, from
the petitioner's hobs at Chilcombs. They lived happily
for some time, the two sisters keeping up the intimacy
with greatest affection. In 1872 Mrs. Rose was taken un-
well, and his sister was in constant attendance upon her.
Mrs. Ross died, sad then she (the respondent)
incoasolable, and some thee alter the funeral be Zitl7d s-
mot:ultra** with the respondent on her attention to her
brother-in-law, Mr. Ross, the corespondent She said
there was nothing in her attentions but what was detail
and kind ; but be (vriMm) told her. if she did not moder-
ate her attention on Mr. Rose the people would be taking
about her. She said she did not care, that nothing on
earth should induce her to neglect the husband of her de-
ceased sister, and if he did not like it he or she could go.
He did all that was possible to induce her to give up her
ever-attention to Mr. Rest hut without effect. After that
reeeendent took sway possible opportunity of increasing
her MillenMen ea Ur. Rom, and WY then a constant visitor
to the ridden's of the op-respond ett ,tet Pingieton. She
and to tab sassy OPPOrtUnit, of walking with
be co.r.sposdiss in secluded pEaces, and altogether he
coeted her attentions to him hiWy objectionable.
Invariably insisted on bidding Mc koss good night.'
idaus, end he had known her to be in tears when she was
not able to do so. For three years be nad endured the
vented agony on account of the conduct of his wife, who
at one time thought laboured under s sentemental =d-
ean He was bound to say that in all the wocssdJng, of
which he had boon to oomphiln the advances came Iron,
his wife; he had never semi Mr. Rose pa the slightest
attention to his wife- Separation wok awe
tatimea *To, 60 She .PreseOt Proc••4/11, 7,W0 futi-
'most