The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

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DORCHIBTEIL—Au. El•rwes' Clavecv--°°
Thursday last • meeting of the parishioners was
held is the vestry-room of the above choral,
to rounder the desirability of
a
as evening service on Sundays. Thsir,..r?
Pro.or took the chair, sad there were also prevent :
—Maw". F. look, J. Slade, J. Frond, G. Green-
ing, J. Benant, G. Drake, lb Parinitiv W.
Manley, J. Andrews, J. Robinson. V. bOinilileep,
and J. Barrett.—The Chairman ssid, that being es•
eeedingly anxious to commence a Sunday evening
service, he had had conversation with several of
the parishioners, who, coinciding with his vitamin.
diced him to request the cburehwardens to cell •
meeting to consider the subject. He was perealidsd
that the holding of such a service would be attended
with much good. Many could then attend who
could not the forepart of the day. At the mme
time, while advocating an evening service, he did
not intend to give up that held in the afternoon, bet
to shorten it as much as possible, and have full
choral service in the evening. The first question
for the CallitiEg to donde wee as to the desirability
of having an evening service, and in the next place
ea to the lighting up and warming of the churn.
To meet the extra yearly expenses he proposed that
collections should be made at all the three *writes
twice a-year, when he would fain hopermougb would
be raised to pay for lighting, &c.—Aftse some con-
versation on the matter the meeting decided that
evening service should 130 held.—The genii= Of
the expense of fitting, for ins was then gone into,
the Chairmen expressing • lope that such • design
would be chosen as would harmonise with the in-
ternal adornment of the church, and be a matter
for congratulation in after-years. He wished to go
band-in-band with his parishioners in everything,
and trusted that be and they would be able to work
harmoniously together. Though he WM willing to
give his services, they could not exposit that Mr.
Robinson could attend an extra service without in-
creasing his salary, and this and all other expenses
be proposed should be mst by voluntary contribu-
Moss, and not be paid out of the rata—Mr. Lock
mid that be estimated the amount required for fitting
lip the church for gas would be about VA.—Several
gentlemen said they thought it would be more.
Mr. Frond hoped that they would study economy,
sad have the fittings both plain and good.—The
Chairman said ha must supreme his wand hops
that they would have not only the ben, but the
most suitable for the church, and with this view he
wauld bead the subscriptions with £lo.—Several
gentlemen expressed their thanks to the Chairman
for his liberality, and thole present gave in their
names for various sums, which, added to the chair-
man's, amounted to about £4O. A committee to
co/lsot subscriptions, consisting of the church-
wardens and Messrs. Lock and Slade, was thee ow-
pointed, and the meeting separated.
Tns MALT Tax.—Ths following is • copy of the
petitioa, relative to the abolition of the Malt Tax'
to be presented to the House of Commons during 1
tbs ensuing eemion :—" The petition of the under- I
signed members of the Dorchester Fannon' Club
sad others, owners and occupiers of land in the
town and neighbourhood of Dorchester, in the
county of Dorset,—That your petitimiers are
deeply impressed with the conviction that all taxes
and duties levied by legislative enactment on the
staple produce of this country, either in its natural
or man, factored state, operate injuriously on it,
production, and press down the springs of industry.
That the enormous tax levied on malt obstructs the
free use of one of the most valuable kinds of corn
for which the climate and soil of England are par-
ticularly adapted. That as melt liquor is rather to
be considered as • commonly used beverage of the
poor than as • luxury of the rich, the tax cannot be
retained on the plea of its being a tax on one of the
luxuries; of life, and therefore is unequal in its opera-
tions, as it fans almost entirely on the labouring
eleames, they being the largest consumers of beer.
That the reuse of temperance would be better served
by the remiasion than by the retention of the tax,
as the labouring man is prevented by it from
brewing his own beer at home, and therefore resorts
to the beerhosse to procure it amidst many tempta-
tions. That your petitioners are aware of the large
amount by which the national revenue would be
reduced by the abolition of the malt tax, yet they
entertain a conviction of the resources of the Cover
meet in providing for the repeal of it. Your peti-
tioners tWsfore humbly pray your honourable house
to repeal the tax. And your petitioners will ever
My, ac."