The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-16 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL.

A quarterly meeting of the Caen 11 was h^l4 on
Wed...day morning bo, pre+ent : The Mayor (Jae. Milledgo,
F.-4.), Councillors Thema., Wel..f,d, Eliot, Roberts, J.
Inlet, Hobert-eon, Webb, and Commute. with F. C. SteZ•tail.
1,1 , Town Clerk, Teo Mayer tr.liaol he had a very gratyjsihg
statement to make. Oa the day of election Its
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Mayor, he told them that he wan soiry to enter office
Miro the funds of the Corporation appeared to be
in such an unpronthinz state, but he amid endea-
vour to we bin bent exertions Olt the Council might be
extricated from their difficultlyn. They had had that writ of
elega hanging over them, and expected to be obliged to sell
their property. But they bad sin= got up a memorial to the
Lords of lI.M. Treasury, oohing for permisnion to raise money
on mortgage of their property. That memorial had burn
received, and ha wan pleasisl to say, not only received, but
acceded te, and they hot now a proltent f nxving their
property. They had now the auction of the Treasury to rake
money on mortgage, and by that 111e2113 he hoped they would
be extricated from the difficulties by which they had beau
surroundisL .

The Tors cum said there was one ex,wption to the cebts
which they were in thi way permitted to raise money to pay
off—this was a debt owing to the executors of the Late
treasurer, Mr. Bower.
The M4VOR said Mr. Bower was owed about £l,OOO, and the
Treasury would not recognise that. But he hoped, as honest
mei, they would be .Me t tind some plan whereby the execu-
tors of Mr. Bower could be paid.
The let.er from the Treasury Chambers •as than read,
whereby the lairds of the Treasury, having had before them
the memorial of the Weymouth Town Council. sanctimed the
raising on mortgage, a sum not cxeeedina £7tllo)—(tha corn
mentioned in the memorial was 4.800)l—to defray certain lia-
bilities, the amount to be repaid within 39 years, and on con-
dition that their I. n•dsbips be informed in each year of the
amount investNi for the repayment of the lan. ' ' •

The Tow, Ci.pge CXIOI.IIIICd vurmue arte,htem tete which
meet he made before A full statem.eut were heft bef.ereta
Cuuncil.

PORTLAND.

LictL lioaan.—There aro already IS nominations to
fill ho vc,ral neat+ at the Board.

Sat, birth owl half Mint numbor of d•a,thi waro
reeorded daring the first three months of the year;
Three died from fever.

WESLEYAN FOREIGN Mlssiows.--Sormons in aid of
these missions were preached on Sunday last, in the
Weekyle Chapel, Fortune's Well, by the Rev. Jame'
Doherty, of Hastines. There were very full congrega-
tions ; but the collections amounted only to about
r•tbcr less than last year. This tesnit is no doubt
*wing to the depreselon of trade.
'Dos A.-cinema. -0. Weduesday morelog, as Mr„
Thresher's 'bus was conveying to the station an emigrant
and his luggage, the off hint wheel gave way at the
asletree, and the 'bus was brought to a sadden atop
near Mr. White'. wine and ale stores. Being light,
however, the body only fell partly over, and routed on
tl,O sxletrze. The emigrant asved his train, and the
w.e quickly removed out of tho road.
DECIAION OF Tan GRANT TRUSTEES, AS TO BLANKETS
AND 00AL. —The Trustees of 11. M. Grant, sug-
gest that a Goal and blanket club be formed during
the seminar months, and tho poor be invited to nab-
scribe, upon the understanding that they shall racial,.
avid...tomes In proportion to their subscriptions. Such •
Tory will seriously hesitate another year, to give soy
large amount in • gratuitous distribution of Goole.
EASTON POND. —Tbe committee appointed thoroughly
to teat the nowt had a trench dug on the south side to
asc-rtain if the pond polluted the sprier/. No leak
could be discoverei, and the committee desisted; but
on t'le ot'ier side it is urged that the pond water is now
t doe the level of the leak, and that the same insects
continue to I>, found in the water of the spring. Some
parties express a determination to have the pond
altogether done away with, and the placa filled up.
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, FORTUNE'S WELL.
—Eff ots were renewed at the Wetting of last week by tho
Primitive Methodists of Portland, to lessen the debt on their
new chapel, which forms no great an ornament to Fortune's
Well. Sennees were preachel on Sunday by the Rev. D.
Kendall, of Weymouth, the Rev. W. Sidebettorn, of Portland,
and the Rev. J. Maynard,RlbleChi hal= minister,
of Portland.
The chapel w. crowded. On Monday evening was delivered
the excellent historical lecture, byJ. Drew, Kg., on Lady "Jane
Grey, her life and what it teaches." The collections after the
sermonand lecture added about £2l a to the I mat On Tuesday •
bazaar was held in the sch.v.lreoin, when a millibar of articles
were offerel for sale, the stalls being attended by Mrs Carter,
sen., Mrs Samom, 111, 'tattoo, Miss Read, Mrs Kendall. and
Mi. Comben. A walking doll WM shown by Mrs Way, and
Miss White exhibited a ship beautifully sculptured out of
Portland stone by her brother; alai a coral tree more than a
yard high, which grew ofl the guest of the Cape Colony. Mrs
Carter, Jun., kept a capital refreshment stall. There WV, •
ip,sl attendance at the bazaar, acid the proceeds realised about
10s, which ls expected to lee Increased. The debt on the
chapel is over £9OO, but it was built in anticipation of better
I times.

LECTURE By Ma. Deews—An eloquent 'endure on
" Lady Jane Grey, her life, and what it teaches," wu
given by J. Drew, Esq., on Monday evening. Her
execution was sketohed in the following masterly
manner :—Jane had retired to mat early, leaving
directions to be awakened at 6 o'clock. During
tho first part of the night we are told by her
attendant, she slept soundly, a placid smile played
around her lips, lighting up her face with • holy
radiance. • heavenly calm. It was her last sleep
on earth; but she was hippy and she smiled the sweet
smile of innocence. Whet bright deems called up that
joyou 4 look on the eve of death? We shall never know.
Wu she greeting her htisband on that happier shore
where sorrow and sadness give place to ecstatic joys?
or we, she listening to same brightmyed seraph singing
to her departed soul " Sister mishit, come away?"
rewards mere • few tears tremble' like orient pearls
on her eyelids, and forced themselves down her cheeks.
Whet dread vision could disturb a mind as holy and
calm. Jane became restless and uttered • low plaintive
moan. Her attendant touched her hind; she rose
instantly, and hastily brushing aside her tears,
prepared 1., her toilet or Grain. bar Joan
Gsgo then entered her apartment, and Jane intimated
she was ready. Taking up her prayer back, she held
oat her tiny hand to the old knight. who in canning ts-
wards her, give way to tears. "Grieve not, said
Jane, "for me; see the sun is breaking through the
gloom, • sure den that heaven will not desert me in
any hoer of peril. No, Sir John, it is not seemly for
burs to be seen in your eyes whilst mine are dry. I
gm going to join my husband, leaving • world of care
and anxiety fur A world of eternal bliss end jay
excliinging c crown of martyrdom for a crown of
T ; I pray you lead on." At that
weiii..nt the Towir bell commenced tolling. The
party now sot forward; as they approached the scaffold
they were interrupted by a detachment of warders
bearing • litter upon which was stretched • human
2it • i,,onedd wheitrh
cishleeorsi:s.
form cov...zel with a cloth deeply
Jam, treruble,l; her lips rivaxed,
.blanehed, and wringing her awls in the agony of her
soul she exclaimed "My poor, poor husband? Surely
I might have been spared such • trial as this." She
then ascended the steps of the scaffold, when after •
short pause, as if to shut the world entirely from her
thouglitA, she addresse I the spectators, asking them to
hear witne,,s that she died • true Christian woman,
that she looked to be saved through the merit, of
Christ alone: She then added "And now, good
people, I pray you hslp me in this hour of death
with your prayers,' and kneeled down she asked the
permission of Feekenham to repeat a Pules. To this
the confessor esunted, when amid a silence breathless
and deathlike, and only broken by the sobs of the
tioetelaitrtro. Jane repeated in • cairn, clear voice that
comforting Psalinn commencing "Hive mercy upon me,
omy God." When she had finished, she rose took off
her gloves and her ruff, and gave them to her attendant,
Elizabeth Tinley, and to the deputydleutenant of the
Tower, Sir Thomas Brydges, she gave the prayer book,
and a few trinkets. Jane than prepared to norebe,
when the headsman offered to asst her' but she put
him ntly aside, and with her own hands she tied the
over her eyes. The executioner whose futures
were hidden by a bleak mask, then knelt at her feet,
impieeing her forgiveness for the oMoe he had to per.
form. She whispered • few words of pity and pardon
in his ear and begged him to 'lmpel& her quickly.
Then kneeling before the block, she felt for it with her
waiatretshed bands. and when she had found it she
, laid her noble bead down, saying "Into thine blade,.
0 Lora, I eesseteed me spirit^ As this prayer died
apes her lips,th, &ata fell, eisd with lb the Wishes.
bad Mat war won a mows.

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