The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

Vorsetshtrt.

Tbe Bishop of Salisbury has hcenard the Rev.
Goole Boew, clerk. &A., to the curacy of
flittou.

GREAT WRETERN it•itw•Y.—There being DO
Sitarlawnin Cb• tramline thin railway for the month
of May. tbe April time tables will remain in foroe.

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COMMITTRD TO TER DOERR? COUNTY GAOL.
Seurioßs I Benjamin Adams, attempting to strangle
himself at Wareham. —MOM Latour William
Brown, vairty tt tattoo Waldron, 2 months;
Thome* Martin, vagrancy at Sutton Waldron, 6
weeks , Elizabeth Cbritchard, stealing a skirt
at Srmondsbury, 2 months. hoprioopsumai :
Reuben Chpietopber and Ann Reaff, drunk, &a, at
Blaodford, 1 month; Elisabeth Coombs, breach of
the pito. at Fordington. 7 days.
DORSET Gotrt4•b0•11011•II. A ssoct ApoN.—tbe
ipring meetings ot this assciatisti on iss4-.1 held at
Dorchester, on .Triesilsy Mid We, Inesday last. The
opening will neli nt the Congregational Church, South-
itreot, co Tuesday evening, when there was a good
attendance of ministers and delegates from various
parts of the (aunty, and members of the Dorchester
oougregation. The Rev, J. Fox presided. In opening
the proceedings he heartily vs-loomed to Dorchester the
ministers and delegates of the Congregatioo.l Churches
of Dorset, and expressed a hope that the meetings
might be productive of good to them all : he
also offered a few remarks on tlin eteellence
of their practice on such neclsions of arranging for
the delivery of addretwei eitlistaiory and vindicatory of
Congregational principles. The Rev. J. Keynes, .4
Wiwborne, delivered an address on "Co ggggg ationalism"
as promotive of Catholicity—a spirit of love for all,
and of liberality toaards thaw who are partakers of
like precious faith with themselves. He deilt very
ably with his theme from • religious point of riot.
The Its,. G. Hinds of :iwanwee, fellowed with •
written address op "Our Independency." He dealt
more especially with its political aspects, and his
treatment of this delicate subject was by no
meinn judicious or sound, insomuch that several
of the subsequent speakers expressed their dis-
approval of some of his remark:. The Rev. T. Neese.
of Beaminster, then gave • thoughtful genial address
on "Our internal life." As Congregational chandler
they had no MOON of eilatence sot that Negotten in
their churches by ths rffeetual working of God's Spirit
ind truth : they bed no state aid to fa 4 back upon when
legitimate tupptat failol—no indentation (nod among
themselves to meet emergencies, and eve', the aid given to
poorer churches was dependent on the liber•lty those
churches manifested themselves. But this, which some
eonsidered to be the ereskoess of their system, he con-
sidered to beds strength. The true index of internal
life in their churches was spiritual prosperity,
and • common disposition to work. Such internal
life was a Divine gift, and was to be obtaineal
for the asking of God. The 11--v. B. Gray, of
Blaniford' gave a short.address on "Our work, and our
workers," In which he incileated that it was • solemn
dety incumbent on every one who had obtained gram
to make known the Saviour to others accosting to Lis
ability. The Rev. R. T. Vomit, of pools, ma4a a few
remarks touching the work of the associition in I ,orset.
He said that aid was gin en in Oft4o.llor sixteen instances.
to the amount of I:2M • year. and he speeded to the
meeting to increase that coinparitively small sum.
lieversl hymns were sung in the course of the meeting,
and Mies E. Barter, the organist of the chapel,
presided with good taste at the exeellent instra.
meet with which the chapel is provided. A
oollection was made at the cicw. On Wedeeedey
morning there was a prayer meeting at
and ot half-pant nine the ministers and delegates
assembled for the despatch of bailees., after
which there was a public dinner. In the
afternoon there was • conference of minister, and
desoone, and a pifolle tea it five o'closk. The asioelio
Hon sermon was preached in the evening by the
, Rey. J. Lockwood, LA., on "Christian to. not sacra-
mental, bet spiritual and practical ;" followed by
I the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, to which Christians
I of all denominations were invited.