The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-08-07 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.

extract from a letter was read from Mr. 3.0. morel's. r.c. H. Barter On Saturday last, about I p.m., I was on
euggesting that the Board may probably obtain some duty at Fortune's Well, Portland, and went to prosecutor's
seater upon submitting plane of the reservoir, pipes, chop, its coneequence of information received, saw Mr.
valves, street hydrants, &c., and /Mewing exactly what Royal, the male primmer, a female, and several venom
the Weird proposse doing, to Cr tenet Poiley. It was re- Iseside. Prosecutor Said I give this man into custody for
solved that the Committee recommend the Board to stealing wa,ches, I took out some sovereigns and put it
build a reservoir capable of holding from 31/0,000 to on the counter to count them when the female took the
500.000 gallons, on a piece of land near St. George's sovereigns out of my hand, and put them in her pocket.
Church, for the purpose of nupplying West in with water, I found it would not do to search kiln there, and told him
and that Mr. Andre.; he instructed to prepare a plan of I should take him to the staeion, when he reignited, P. 77.
the reservoir. Sc., showing the pipes, valves, street Snelling came, aria bail to aid. also two or three more
e'en-mita es-, that may be required and that the lerk beside', to pot the han.leuffs on, bemuse prisoner was.. ry
he instructed to foryrard the plan with a letter explaining violent knocking about the things, and hurt witneo
to Colonel Pssley what wait required." hand. Crosoexamineil Toek the sovereigns out of the
The Cl:Ain:On sail it had been propored to take from prisoner s left hand picket. Prisoner had hoien drinking
10 to II days of the engine to perm, the water required. but wee not mat drunk. When at the station he broke
That would take £lO out of the Adniiralty vote, and the the trap door tbroogh which they put in the food. Re-
SIS the Board would pay for it would not be paid hack I examined : Ile knew very well what he was about—By
into that fund, hut to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Symonas When given into custoly, he denied
Member', continually got op to pare down the estimates, having taken any of the watches, an.l 1411.1---.. Search me,
no that the Ailmiralty authorities did not wish to go into and see whether I have anythin or not." The prisoner
the matter. However, as it was thought possible that Emma Ltry took his clothes. The female prisoner asked
the Board might get a eupply after Putting in writing " (7h ! what had be tine
what they wanted, the Board had better do so. The Merit William Friths:a returned to the station between
name why the Committee recommended a reservoir or four and five, and found the male prisoner locked up in
e.jen to be built near St. George's church Was that it one of the cella He wsi very excited and violent, and
could he utilised for any other purpose; from that place when quieted down sail—" What am I here forl I have
they could supply Southwell and other parts of the ' done nothing." Witness cantioned him and told him he
Wand. ' was charged with stealing five gold and two silver watches.
Mr. F.. Conan' said it was evident they were not Ile replied—" You can't charge me with stealing; it is
going to get any water this summer. only an attempt; they did nit find any watches on me."
Mr. Orem did not believe they ever would, going on Afterwards the two feniele prisoners were brought in by
like this. A neighbour told him that a few days ago he P.C. Snelling, cautioned them, and told them they were
drove down mute cows, and pumped sour water, lint the changed with being in company of, and assisting. She
rows would not drink what was there; and he was replied that she knew nothing about it, the man had got his
obliged to drive them to another place. watches. Wayland said she knew nothing about it, the
The CHAIRMAN wan in favour of taking the initiatory min had got his watches. Wayland mil she knew nothing
its p. by relpiesting Mr. Andrewv to draw tl.e titan. They shout it, and she Phould not give her name or have any-
PIiOUM reqiiire a plan for tbe building, and it could be thing to my. Yesterday afternoon witness was at the
bent to Col. Paeley, and get hack again when reqnired. police elation with Supt. Batty, when Weyland, who had
Mr. E. Connee, %Ye are paying money over awl over come into the meonom to aek the Superintendent to
again for plane. I hope that if we have to pay any mire write a letter, volentarily !stated that she wee got into
50...! for plans, we shall really have the work done. trouble through .ither pimple, she had not Bern them till
People are fairly Munk out in some parts of Underhill, and Saturilny, when ..lie met them at the Clif ten lintel, Port-
we pay more money ler plans than tor sonic work. Mr. land, and they gaveher a glass of beer, to help them carry
'..mben instanced the drain and Pediment tank in Cheeit the thing..
NMI remarked that fir some of the most important work Wayland: It is false'. I over ,abl such a thing.
in the island, nothing had been done but to get plans. Ile , Sergt. relthain mintinuol that Um Superintendent
tight thy were to advertise for tenderu ler the work. &dein 41 her not to have the letter written till she had eon
The CHAIRMAN remarked that when they had plans, the suited her -elicitor, W1411..111 her she might write any where
It gird would have smile idea of the rest. for a good character if she Mel one ; but she said she did
Mr. E. PeAticg proposed, Mr. J SCRIVEN seconded, not want to do so, for people would know it.
awl it was unanimously agreed, that the report be Mr. Hamm contended that there was not an atom of
adopted, evidence connecting the women with the offence.
Mr. Eliot thought there was evidence sufficient to com-
mit the women for trial.
Mr. Menne then said it wnill.l be utter folly for him to
attempt to resist a conviction. The prisoner was a
foreigner, and did this in a fit of ni id drunkenness.
Mr. Symonds raid that a hawker's license had been
found on prisoner granted at Sunderland in May,
renewed in Glasgow, and at Edinburgh, but not counter-
signed for Der.set
Mr. Menne confirmed to ask the Bench to deal with the
CASO summarily, au this was a lint refer, se.
Mr. Howard resisted. The summary jurisdiction of the
magistrates was not intended to meet such a case as this,
Ana it MAP only owing to the expertness of the prosecutor
that the prisoner WM ...aught Mr. Symonds who had been
looking at a hawker's license found on the prieoner
remarked that Mime the man had been in Dublin ; he
therefore took rather a wide range in peddling.
Prisoner was then charged, and complained of his hand
having been injured in the muffle, to which Mr. Symonds
replied that if a person resists when taken into custody,
he cannot complain if he gets hurt
He waticommittol for trial.
Mr. lianne naked that the property found on prisoner
might lie given to the woman.
Mr. Howard on the other hand, asked that the property
might not be given up yet, as the police wanted to make

DEPOSITI,O STONE.

The Surveyor's report spoke of certain works that the
men had been engaged on, and mentioned that orders bad
been received from Lieutenant Moore, ILK, to remove
stone from the land in Verne-street, and not to use the
land ag.in.
The CHAIRMAN did not know whether the Board thought !
it necessary to get permission to crack the stone there, for '
it WIIS not of the best quality. As to the order. h.. thought
the Board had peruibwion before. and believed the
interference VIM only on accolint of some fussy sergeant
or corporal, be did not believe he was sent by the officer.
Mr. E. corm", thought the permission given before was
only for a r ted quantity.
The mattes dropped.
EASTON POND.
The surveyor having reported the cleaning-out of this
pond, the( liaißllANeaplained how it vouidone. All agreed
it was a matter of importance, hut when the committee
were cwlled together, only himself and the surveyor came.
lie enquired and ascertained that the cost would be about
12 or ; saw farmer Hodder and ascertained that he
could not do the work, and he did not think farmer Ward
could, they being so busy; saw hia own father, who asked
12, but, a. it Ents important to be done, agreed to do it for
thirty shillings the pond was cleared just in time to catch
the rain, and now they had a gorid pond of water.
The explanation seemed to be satisfactory to all.

LEAVING CARTS IS THE ROAD.
The Surveyor called attention to the number of carts
and waggons left in the road, often all night.
Mr. Crocker mentioned that Captain Hammond had
complained of waggons being left, sometimes for a week
together.
Mr. K romityp said they might as well have the yowl;
since it had been tilled up, the place was occupied with
waggons, which were a still greater nuisance.
Mr. It. OTTER suggested that if they were left over a
certain time, they should all he put up to auction.
(Laughter.)
Mr. K. PF.ARCF. agreed they were a great eyesore in
Kaston-sunare.
Another member suggested removal by dynamite.—
(Renewed laughter.)
The I HAIRMAN was for a milder eourse--summoning the
offenders, and this was agreed to. Ile :41mo spoke of some
of the waggons driving over the footpath; arid this is not
to he allowed.
The CRAIRMAN also considered the Purveyor should pre-
pare, either every week or every month, a schedule of the
horse hire for, as it was mairtged at present, even if any
member wishe4 to look out for the interest of the rate-
payers, it isa. almost impossible to check it.
The Board agreed.

enquiries.
Mr. Symonds intimated that the charge was not one of
atealing money. Mr. Howard did not oppose the money
being given up, only the stock.
The magbitrates directed that Levy's money should be
given to the wife, anti that found on Wayland to her.
There arm a scene in Court, the young woman weeping
and hanging on the male prisoner, who entreated the
magistrate to let him oitor to dbipose of the case there,
t anti h i
I never. never .lo t again.
I The party appeared to have laconic cairn when they
i Went up to D.,reheiter by the :1 ni tfain, a tall Policeman
of the ty taking charge of the fn an. They were
, d, ing their le,t in the railway carriage to contort the
priaoner with refreshments.

PRESTON.
SUNDAY SCIIIGOL TEACHERS' GATHERING.
The usual half-yearly meeting of the members of the
Wernonth Branch of the Church of England Sunday
School Institute was held at Preston on Monday last.
Service began at 3:51: the prayers were read by the
vicar. the Rev. Sir T. 11. B. Baker, Bart., and Mr. Felton,
the Rev. J. Addison awl Stephenson waling the lessons.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. E. F. Trotnian,
vicar of Wimhorne. The little church wan quite filled
with Sunday Sark I teachers, of whom there at have
been upwards of 250 present. representatives being there
from each of the panshes that belong to the Union, vie.,
Warmwell, Osmingtnn, Preston, Upway. Buckland,
Broadway, Chickerell. Wyke, St. Fiter'a and St. John's
Portland, Trinity and St. John's, Weymouth. After the
service tea was provided on the vicarage lawn, and after
tea a model lesson was given by Mr. Heald upon the
Epistle of James, awl the latter part of rhapter I -"The
Pill of not bridling the tongue" being his subject. —After
the lesson, a paper was read by Mr. B. If. Eliot. and a
discussion ensued thereon. Him address was on—" How
hest to secure and retain our elder ncholus." Ile begin
by remarking that not many years ago it was thought
next to impossible to do this, awl the young men and
woman almost invariable left the Sunday School at the
age of IS. The late Bishopof Oxford hal drawn attention
to their nuldect sonic nine or ten years ago, and haul said
that '• It was one of the greatest probleren of the day how
this in to lie accomplished." Mr. Eliot then proceeded to
say that the first requisite was to secure the right Teacher,
one deeply imbued with the luveof Christ, and who would
exercise friendly sympathy with these young men or
women. He suggested that the place for such a Bible
clam should be apart from the ordinary Sunday School,
and the mode of teaching such a, was suited for men ea
distinct from boys. As to the subject matter of teaching,
we must not offer them dry morality, a mere list of duties,
nor only the ext Trials and limbs of religion, but the Lord
Jesus Christ in all His fullness and completenesn, in His
atoning love, in His risen IvAver, in His boundlessi
sympathy, a living and lovins. personal Saviour. Ile
spoke then of the importance awl necessity of prayer,
that these clan-.en should be ea many prayer unions.
What a powerful Ilona of union prayer ever was, and,
lastly, lie rorennnenile4 that oven after these men and
women ha.l left its lamer anise shiein he kept up with
them by letter. Ile showed the value and importance of
inch an ienoenee, begged his fellow teachers never to
f"rgvt that whatever accessory ineth.lB for attracting and
int-resting the young men might be tried, still that to
',peak of the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, and
ta exalt the Lord and Saviour in all their teaching, and all
their Bible leivions must ever be the inMn and chief
attraction. The great magnetic power and influence to
draw men to God is the lord Jesus Christ —The Proceed-
ing tenitinatssl with a vet, of thanks to Mr. Heald and
Sir Tolled Baker, who announced this world prolably be
the last time that he would be present at one of these
gatherings as chairman.

The Inspector reported several nuisances, and a letter
wa, read from Mewl, Steggall awl hoper, of Wey-
mouth, on behalf of Mrs. Eli. Mitchell, of Manama,
respecting a nukance from premises adjoining.
It was resolved that a committee should inspect the
premises and report
RENT OF THE OFFICE AND BOARD-ROOM.
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On the passing of the MIK a dkrusston mamma tv= to the
rent of the Boardeomm for which some of the lloard
objected to pay £lO • year.
Mr. Crocker explained that nothing was paid for taxes,
chafing, or gas.
No action ar(Re out of the dkeussion respecting the
office, and eventually all the bilk were pawed.

THE ROBBERY OF SEVEN WATCHES.
Before Mr. George E. Eliot, sitting at County Petty
Sessions on Tuesday morning.
loads Les% a young man. Emma Rlusöelk Lcry, who
said she was his wife, and Elizabeth Wayland, a middle-
aged person, were brought or, the former for stealing seven
watches from the shop of Mr. Itoyal Fortune's Well, and
the feivales for ailing and sooisting.—Mr. Bonne defended.
Mr. lioward, who prosecuted, said that Mr. Royal on
Saturday afternoon was m his shop, when he heard amen
coming alone the road crying fish, mid went out to speak
to him. When he came back, he found the prisoner
inside his shop, with a bag of brushes, which he offered
tor sale, but Mr. Royal refused ti buy, and the man then
left the shop. Mr. Boysi on looking round, Psiv that some
of the things which he had in the window had been
rem. veil, among them a her of watches, the pegs on
which they were bring being entrity. He ran after the
prisoner, who was wanting down the street, told hold of
him and said "Yon have taken away some of my watches."
A .
Ile denied having done so, nil said 'I will come back and
show you." When they went dock to the shop, prisoner
with his sboolder pushed back the sliding sash of the
window mud threw slot of things ler • glass shelf and
amongst them were five of the watches lost. The police
were fetched, and the man given in charge. Mr. Royal
still found that two of the watelies were missing, and the
women, alio were in company w ith the prisoner were
brought bark, and n the ma was searched;: Nit the two
missing watches were afterward+ f lin the window.
A. to the proof of awartavit, Mr. Howard went on to
show that the hare fact of taking theoe watches from
their pegs wan sufficient larceny. The other prisoner's
were acting in concert, 8,12,1 he should ask the !tench to
send the whole of them to take their trial elsewhere.
The following evidence was then taken:
Mr. Joseph Harris Royal: I am • watchmaker and
keep • jeweller's shop at Portland. On Saturday after-
noon, about 4 o'clock, I was in my -bop at work, and saw
several people looking into my shop window. In that
window I had several watches and other articles of
jewellery hung upon pegs. Between them things and the
window was a sliding sash. Amongst the people looking
In I saw Elizabeth Wayland, the female prisoner. Besides
her were some other women and men ; but I could not
Identify any one in particular. I observed the female
prisoner there, over ten minutes. I went to the front door
from my bench, and saw a fish cart • few yards off, went
across to the cart and looked at the fish. Did not buy any,
and returned to my shop. When I returned, the male
prisoner was inside my shop, resting his right hand against
the upright bar of the sliding sash, and he was looking
into the window his left hand hanging by his side, and
in his left baud I though I saw something shining. In his
right hand he had also a carpet Inc. and he asked rue to
buy smite brushes. I said—No, •• thank yen," when he
e.sked rue again—to buy platebrushes. and different
brushes . • but I still said " No," and he left the shop, and
went into the street. Immediately. I looked into soy
window, and lAVI • number of pegs empty of watches,
though I had just before seen the watches there. I then
ran out after the prisoner, who was going down the street,
the female prisoners being about lsyds. lower down, as if
waiting. I overtook him and put my hand on his
shoulder, and charged him with stealing the watches.
lie denied having done so, and said—" I will come back
and show you." I replied—" Yes, you will," and he came
bark into the shop, put his left shoulder against the
upright bar of the glass sash, forced it open, and com-
mence.' throwing some things from his left hand trouser
pocket into the window, amongst them I could
swear I saw one watch. There was nothing before I
strngeled with him and afterwards I saw five watches,
which he must have thrown there. Those live watches
were out of the seven I missed. After he had finished
throwing he said "Search me, and see if I have anything
of yours," and he pulled off his coat and waistcoat, threw
open his shirt and gave his collar to his wife, who had
followed him. My lads had fetched • policeman, and I
gave the prisoner into custody for stealing the watches.
The prisoner WWI very obstreperous in the shop. and I had
a difficulty in bolding him, he trying to wrest himself
away from me. After he hail gone away with the police
I found that seven watches had been removed. and I could
only find five below. The full value of the seven watches
removed WAR £42 Ss. Not finding the other two, he went
to the police station, and twist that two others were
missing, value £5 les. and Di 6s. P.C. Snelling and
then took a horse and trap and followed the two female
prisoners, whom we overtook about half-way between
Portland and the Ferry-bridge. and brought them back to
the police station, where they were searched, but the
other watches were not found. I afterwards further
searched the shop and found the other two watches
behind • case in the window, they having fallen further
forward than the other five, and slipped down edgeways
behind the cases. He gave all the seven watches to the
police.
Five gold and two silver watches were then produced
by Sergeant Feltham ; a keflette watch had the Oa"
broken.
Witness continued that it was quits impossible the
watches could have fallen from the pegs to the place
when they were found, as there was a shelf of OW
between. When the policeman apprehended the male
prisoner. the fe-nale prisoner said " What has he done r
This was after I had charged the man with the robbery.
The male prisonee was very violent, knocked five clocks
down, and and he would not be taken into custody, it
took five men to handcuff him.
By Mr. HYMN: I first saw Emma E. Levy when we had
her husband back to the shop. When I went out to the
street. I only stayed shout two minutes; the fish cart was
at the nest house but one. I had seen Wayland looking
into the window for five or ten minutes. When loves-
took the male prisoner he was close to the door, walking
fast. The 4iding sash was shut when I left the shop. I
can't see from inside the shop the peps where the watches
were hung, without opening the sash. Prisoner pressed
ins to buy the brushes, he did RO three or four times. The
sash which he pushed open is shout four feet wide: the
window is about Ptin. wide. Prisoner stood with his face
toward um, and his back to the window. Did not make
say examination of the window before I followed the
prisoner; but I could see it as I p.sed, and the watches
were missing. All the sash is clear elm& Before I went
out I looked at the window, and can swear that the
watcher; were not there then, except the two watches
found behind the trinket oases, which watches I could not
see. The glass shelf, which was between where the
watches hung and the place where they were found, tilled
up nearly all the space, and what space there was, was
behind. Saw the female prisoner Wayland looking into
the window for ten minutes, and she had not left the
window when I went to the fish cart. When I saw some-
thing shining in the prisoner's left hand that aroused my
suspicion.
By Mr. Howard : I do not know what became of Way-
land when I wised the male prisoner; but the prisoner
Elisabeth Levy followed the man back to e shop.
Mr. lellot asked if prisoner attempted to conceal his loft
hand, arad Yr. Royal said the man put his left hind, with
what min shining in it, into his trousers' pocket, and it '
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wait eat et that pocket that afterwsrds he took the Minis WHIITCKURCH FLOCK.
which be %MOW into She window. Tha annual dispersion of the celebrated Whiteeburch
chola mod., who hoop. th. prince Amt.; Inn, . rams, with which the name of Mr. Henry Tooke. has been
Little Gaseweetreet. Melcornbe Regis, said the three ' no long and succemfully associated, took place on grid.,
SlEewe together to his house on Wednesday or bat under the hands of that and courteous
lerA Jima Levy asked to use the rooms. sod auctioneer. Mr. J. T. Minor, . The weather
ewe siggloggeosa end two bedrooms, tank was most auspicious, and there was soak ea amemblage of
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down is bred in all its purity and excellence. The coin- number of cops and glasses the property of Charles
pany were afterwards entertained at a luncheon, Mr. R. nooks, of the Rose and Crown Inn, Sherborne.—She
ETers, of the Crown Hotel, Blandford, being entrusted pleaded guilty and being unable to pay the fine, and the
with the catering arrangements, which were of the mort damages, 15s. fit, was committed for seven days' hard
satisfactory charocter. The repast, which wax laid in • labour.
barn, tazitefully adorned for the occasion, included every
possible delicacy, there being an abundant supply of - 7LILBORNR PORT.
salmon and other dainties, whilst champagne and other
liqueurs were provided in the greatest profusion. Mr. J. •
SCHOOL TRFAT.—On Monday last the scholars
.1. Fariptharson prrsided, and amongst the company *ere belonging to the Congregational Sunday School had
Lord Alington, Hon. W. H. B. Portman, M.P.. General their annual treat. About 2.15 a procession was
Parke, Mr. P. Hamlin", Rev. It. B. Kennard Rey. 11. (1. formed at the school-room, and headerl by the Her.
Wynn, Rev. T. H. Hitt-ie. Mr. J. C. Mansettleydell, Mr. eington brass band, proceeded to a field kindly lent by
1'..1. Parke, Rev. A. G. Littlewood, Mr. J. Codringtons Mr. Charlee Welch, of Cannon Court Farm. On
Mr. E. Farquharson, Mr. Coate (Hammon), Mr. J.
Forrester. Mr. T. C. Saunders, Mr. G. W. Homer, Mr. H. entering the field cricket, rounder., football, &c.,
Mayo, Mr. 11. Duke. Mr. H. Diblien, Mr. Lea. Mr. made rapid signs of working, while swings swung to
Rossiter. Mr. F... 0. Richards, Mr. J. Chick, Mr. R. Fowler, and fro in earnest to the entire satisfaction of the
Mr. J. FAwier Me E. Baunton, Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. R. smaller portion of the party. The gentler sex passed
Fookes Mr. diV. Hull, Mr. Cave, Mr. T. Dowden. Mr. E. their leasure time pleaeantly, indulging in the "French
Lock. Mr. J. BUR. Mr. J. Crane, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Keynes touch" until the announcement of tea had the effect
Mr. Pope, Mr. Lewis, Mr. D inman, Mr. Cox-Bartlett, of dispersing them. After the needful (which was
Mr. Packard, Mr. Fifett, Mr. V. B. Watts, Mr. Senior gc. fully appreciated) the games were again heartily
name (two-tooth), one being withdrawn, let at Site, the
Annexed is the average of the prime :—The first nine s ..
entered into, the band keeping up a lively strain, until'
at length the "reigning luminary" began to fade,
average, and the second lot let at eggs. The 24 sold ,
averaged leigs. The four-tooths averaged admit flies 1 when the little folks were again called together, and,
Three six-tooths let for ealts., and the average of nine , headed by the music, made their way to Mr. Welch's
sold was nearly ilipt and old sheep averaged 9ss. Total residence, where, after thanking him for him kindness,
proceed' of ram sale and letting (Whitechurch flock) they' '
.0•03 15s ticl., and of ewes £llll .in. The 15 rams from the
Clenston flock averaged 12141., and the ewes £.l Is. fid. '
each. Total proceeds of rams £196 'Ts., and ewes I
„at) Ts. 64. This shows as the total proceeds of the day's
business £1,930.
Amongst the nurchaxers were Her Majesty the Queen,
the Prince of Willeo, Viscount Portman, Lord Alinizton,
Colonel Hussey. Lord Moreton, Mr. Hanihro, Mr. Speke
(lonians), Mr. Newman (Simixex), Mr B-el (Hants), Mr.
John Ford, And most of the leading Southdown breeders
in the county.

COMPTON VALENCE.
THE usual annual meeting of the friends of the Church
Missionary Society in this parish and neighlwurhoial took
place on Tumidity, the 2lth. The barn in which the
assembly takes place is not only lent by the fanner, Mr.
.1. Chick, but de wed, swept, and prepared with his sanc-
tion by the labourers, who cheerf oily aml heartily join in
the proceeding. There was On this fleet-ion a large
assembly of the people if the p krish and of friends from
neighbouring parishes. At the appointed hour the chair
was taken by Mr. Robert Williams, of Bridehead House.
After a hymn had been sung and the meeting had been
opened with prayer by the Rev. It. C. Marriott, the rector
of West Compton, the Chairman called upon the rector
of Compton Valence to reed the report of the village
association, the purport of which was to show that the
amount transmitted to the parent society from this village
association in the year Mkt was Lill 15s. iii. The Chair-
man then addressed the meeting, giving a most interesting
summary of the work of the Church Missionary Society
during the year, compiled, as he said, chiefly from its
published records and intelligencers. Ile began with
Japan, in which country there is at the present nine se
marvellous a movement of the public mind towanls the
Christian faith amongst the Mll'lollB of the Japanese
themselves; and alluded also to the visit of one of the
society's missionaries to the Amos, who are the remnants
of the aboriginal inhal.itants of that country, and who
welcomed the missionary and the glad tidings of which he
was the bearer. Passing e estward from Japan he just
touched upon the work in India and Ceylon, and deplor-
ing that there should have been any hindrance to the
nieces., of the work, and most especially that the greatest
of all the recent °Wades to its progress should have been
raised by the 13ishopa themselves in those British action-
dencies He justly characterised the claimn recently put
forward by the Bishops of India and Ceylon assembled at
Calcutta in the " Resolutions" published by them as un-
reasonable, unscriptural, and untenable, and the
" Memorandum" on those "Resolutions' adopted by the
Committee of the Church Missionary Society so a model
of faithful Protestant principle and sound common sense.
Passing the society's work in review from India westward,
in hs'ast Africa, West Africa, Palestine, Turkey, North-
West America, Bntish Columbia, China, and New Zea-
land, he completed his most admirable conspectus of the
society's work during the year throughout the round
world, and then called mien the Venerable S. Hobbs,
Arcluleacon of the Mauritius, to address the meeting.
The Archdeacon commenced by stating that he had lately
received acconnts f his son-in-law, Mr. Makindrell,
who is a missionary in Japan, which not only corroborate
Lb., statements which the chairman had made, as com-
piled from the published accounts if the society, but are
even more full at promise and hope. Mr. Moundrell had
tie-min:wed the present state of the Japanese nation with
that of Madagasrar bet ore the Government of that island
declared itself in favour of Chriatianity, a coniparivei
which he was aide to make, having laboured for a c in-
aiderable time as a missionary there. Indeed, that he
(the archdeacmi) could state of Madagascar from personal
observation, having visited it in his offikial capacity as
local secretary of the i 'Much Missimetry Society. In that
islant there had been a most powerful and extensive in-
fluence prodiiced by the preaching of the missionaries,
whilst the Gevernment was yet hostile; but when the
rulers declared in favour of the truth many thousands of
the people came forward and expressed c invictions which
they had prey' lv held, but concealed, and publicly
arovre.l themselves Christians. In Japan at the present
time there is a similar effect produced on the public mind ;
and if the Government should declare itself more decidedly
in favour of Christianity multitudes of the people would
1* encouraged to make an open profession of convictions
which they now fear to avow. The archdeacon proceeded
to institute a most interesting comp krison between the
religious condition of the island of Mauritius at the time
when he first became acquainted with it and at the
priaskent time, shewing a very decided and gratifying
progreas..partieularly amongst the emigrant labourers
from India. His own labours had been chiefly amongst
the Tamil people there, and he trusted with some con-
siderable bleseing from God, although he could not reckon
up as many alnits actually lkaptised by him as some other
missionaries to the Indians were able to li,. The arch-
deacon Ras succemlel by the Rev. J. Pickford, vicar of
Toiler Fratruin nun Wynford, who gratified the meeting
with some account of that part of 1114 own work its the
nub ion field in which Ike hal hen associated with, or had
t k the archdeacon and his brother. The Rector
of Coinpton Vallenee then requested leave to make an
explanation respecting a bunt of general interest. The
chairman, knowing that there is a monthly missionary
meeting in the parish, had. apparently supposed that the
people were ac.mainted with the diflicultiea which had
arisen in cenaequence of the action of the Bishops in
India and Ceylon, but the rector was of opinion that it
was a subjeet entirely new to the people if the parish
Although he was acquainted with the sad fact that Aoille
of these Bishops were endeavouring to desseminate
doctrines which are not the dortritkes of the Church of
England, and to Introilikee a diacipline which is not the
discipline of the Church of England, he had not apoken of
it to the people of the parish fee two reasons—first, that
it is extvemely painful to any truly Protestant clergyman
to exertsoa any opini•.n in opposition to that of any Bishop
in his church, and that, therefore, he would abstain from
doing so except in respectful remonstranre with such
Bishop hiniself, or at a clear call of duty, or with reason-
able hope of removing the evil ; secondly, that in the
monthly meetings in the parish the original purpose ban
been constantly kept in view—namely, the spiritual
refreahment resulting from the review of the success
which thol is granting to all those who are faithfully
preaching His gospel, and its real progress, notwithstand-
ing all oppositien, of every kind. With respect to the
archdeacon's modest atatement that ethers hall made and
(unitised more disciples than he, the Rector thought that
this fact might be lu some degree accounted for when it
wan known that, as there was a rongregation of English
coloniata without a chaplain in the archdeacon's district,
he had ministered to them for a long time as well as to
the Tamil people; and also that, as there was a congrega-
tion of French colonists in the district in a similar condi-
tion, he had ministered to them also, having acquired the
French language on puniose that he might be able to do
so. Three verses of another hymn were then sung, and
the Archdeacon pronounced the benediction. The collec-
tion, including £5, given with his U.:11 munificence by
the chairman, a guinea sent by the Lady Emily Williams,
who was unable to attend, and El lila, sent by a gentle-
man with a request that his name should not be men-
tioned, amounted to £l2 54.

parted.

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