The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-02 00:00:00

POOLE.

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CHURCH WHISIONAILY SOCIETY.-Th. first annual
meeting of the St. Paul's Association of the Church
Missionary Society was held on Tuesday evening, sad
was the most successful gathering of the kind we hive
ever been privileged to attend. The handsome and
spacious new Sunday schools in Globe-lane were crowded,
and there must have been quite 500 persons present- The
Rev. J. A. Lawson, Rector of St. James's occupied the
chair, and, having real a Psalm and offered prayer, he
made • abort introductory speech, in which he expressed
the pleasure he felt in presiding on that occasion. H.
then called upon Mr. Obadiah Punch, a native of °terra
Leone, Western Africa, to address the meeting. This
coloured gentleman speaks the English tongue almost
euenUy, and wee listened to with great attention
throughout his interesting speech. The son of • reloaded
slave he was educated at one of the Collages of the Church
Missionary Society, and is now about to labour among his
fellow-countrymen. The speaker gave illustrations of
the good done by Missionaries in breaking down the
horrid superstitions of the natives, and related several
anecdotes to show the dangers to which Missionaries
were exposed from the prevalence of wild beasts and
reptiles. Much good, he said, had been done by the
various religious societies : but, ln his district, more
especially by the Church Missionary Society.—That
philanthropic nobleman, the Earl of Kintore, who has
paid many visits to Poole, next delivered • brief but
stirring address, urging upon the audience that although
charity began at home it did not end there. -The Rev.
J. L. Williams, Vicar of Loneliest, made an impressive
speech. He was of opinion that if ever the world was to
be Christianised it must be done by raising up native
agencies—The Rev. F. Pocock, Vicar of St. Paul's, who
baa been a Missionary in Western Africa, was the re-
maining speaker. In • happy address he begged the
audience to do what they mold for the Society whose
claims had been advocated that night. —During the
evening Moody and Sankey's hymns were sung, and the
meeting was closed by singing the doxology.- Collections
were made at the doom, and, no doubt, a large sum was
realised, as many of the leading inhabitants of the town
were present. Mr. Pocock is a rely hard-working gentle-
man, who has endeared himself to his congregation, and
we congratulate him on the success that has attended his
efforts on behalf of the Society under which he formerly
served. _

--60-1-6 OP GUAILDIANS, Thurs.:lg.—Present klusn J.
Hayman. R. Slade, G. Curtis, E. C. Oakley, J. W. Buck-
ley, E. R. Elliott, J. W. Luff, W. Mentos, R. C. King,
and J. Rawlins (elected guardians). and Messrs. G. 11,
Gulch and T. Slade, jun., (esePcios). This heosel
the first meeting of the new Board, Mr. Elliott prop
and Mr. Curtis seconded, the re-election of Mr. Hayman
as chairman. The proposition was put by Mr. R. Slade,
who occupied the chair for the time being, and carried
unanimously. Mr. T. W. Green was also re-elected vice-
chairman by the unanimous vote of the Guardians. The
ez-Okioi present having voted for the reelection of the
chairman, Mr. Oakley objected to their votes, and the
objection was ordered to be entered in the minutes of the
meeting. The various committee having been re-appointed,
Mr. Hayman took the chair, and briefly returned thanks
for the honour again conferred upon him. The past year,
he said, had been an eventful one, and such a one as he
hoped he should see again while he was connected
with the Board: but he was sure that the motives of the
Guardians had been honest and pure ones, and that 'their
desire had been to save the pockets of the ratepayers. He
thanked them all for their valuable assistance in carrying
on the business of the Board, which he hoped had been
done te the satisfaction of all. The Clerk said no com-
munication on the ex-officio question had been received
from the Local Government Board since the last meeting.
A letter from the Lead Government Board was read, in
which the attention of the Guardians was called to some
new regulations, issued by the Lords Commissioners to
the Admiralty, relative to the reception of boys over 15
on board training ships from unions. These regulations
did not affect the Board, as there are no boys in the house
over 15 out of employ. An invitation to the Board to
send representatives to • sanitary conference shortly to be
held in -London had been received, and Mr. Luff said he
should be in London at the time, and would attend. This
was the only business before the Board, with the exception
of relief.

Perrr Sesstoxa, Thursday.—Before Yr. W. Pearce
(chairman), and Marra. F. T. Rogers, C. J. Stone, W. Li.
Duzdale, J. B. Duren, and G. H. (hitch.
DISTURBING • num.

Marisa Waits and Campbell Pisaley, two little boys, of
Poole, were summoned by the Key. J. J. Higgins, the
priest at the Roman Catholic Church on the Quay, for
throwing stones into the church and at hie dwelling.house
on Sunday evening hit—hr. Higgins asked for the cue
to be adjourned, to enable him to summon • boy who was
with the defendants to give evidence. The boy was net
present to-day, u his parents objected to his buns a
witness. He did not know that these boys were the
worst, but he had been disturbed so much that he had
determined to make an example of some one, his
object being not to punish the defend/late, but to put a
stop to the annoyance to which he had been subjected.
On Baiter Sunday evening three boYs, but he could not
say the defendants were among them, came in and out of
the church during the service, and • stone was thrown
Into the church, and others against the door. When his
clerk went to close the church door stones were also
thrown at him, and afterwards he found • hue of stones
on the doorstep of his dwelling-house. —The defendants
said Curt* the boy who Mr. /limns wished to summon
to give sviosnoe against them, threw stones at them,
when they went into the church.—The prosecutor con-
sented to withdraw his application for an adjournment.
I and the Chairman haring suitably admonied the &den-
dente they were discharged, a hone being expressed that
I their parents would give then, a dogging.
I Jai* Mistimed. aged 20, • shinwriitht. of Pools, warn
summoned by Belay Hariand, • young woman of
living in Blue Boar-lane, Poole, to show canon itc.—Mr.
Trevanion appeared for applicantand Mr. Travers watched
the owe on behalf of the defendant's parente —The defen-
dant did not appear, and It wee stated that he was away
at eft. Bench made an order for payment of b. per
week for 13 years, together with Mak and daa dd. for the
confinement
TRAMIEL Or 110111111111.
The license of the Globe lan was tranderred from
William limes to Henry Hines' that of the Brewers'
Arms from Porton to OW. NMI" ; sad that of
the Duke of W from James Semler, to Robert
Benndera.
aniaPtMonday.—Before the Mayor (Mr. IF. (*Tint
reN. T. Rogers.
.11 lira Pant, a young man tisrelhailwith Poole and
Young's diorama, but wise described himself as a
mach in • :.°;.=mathabargcatdaw2ll
drank in
so Sunday sight ..w w smarted by the I
Police. gave gis name a Obetroperotut to the eon-
stable, end any other was locked nyi.-3tie
prisoner, whaTrfuistreters the magistrates, was geed
and costa.
Pim Smoak TburedaL —Same Ow Mayor (Mr. F,
String), and Mews. Ir. T. Rogers, W. Pearce, and C. 3.
Stone. _

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POOR MUM.
A rata for the quarter of la la the A wee ed for the
parish of St. Jeans, after Mae friend', dist bssw.sthe
reagiensen sail Ns. Ifrogiotoo. tie olirtt ovorosor. It
mem that potroWia ot Ile totems to like Oormisse.

but then. el was rwrearkad er. it ineindthe
watch-rale, lighting-rate. and everything ehe. Med ther. seemed to think IL Id. out of the t• was too much for the
Council to receive. —ln answer to • question as to whet
the rates were Yowl ago. Mr. Houliston said when he ill* took office a dozen years ago they lanowaild to 131. 114,
in the
,c toe the year bat now they were Nor Rs in tbe g,
rae emit.e.l £1,274, and this es' .ClOO tut,
• rate of the same amount would have realized Le ye"
ago showing a satisfactory increase in the rateable rails
ti. town. —Mr. Stone tried to show the decrease in the rates was due in some measure to items being three„
the nut districts. —ln • friendly banter that followeg
between the Liberals and Conservatives Alderman Items
reminded Councillor Stone, amidst some laughter, thee
the let of November had not arrived vet.
A half-yearly rate of 34. dd. in the t was preaeeted
slimed by the Smelt. —Mr. Graves saki this was an ,aci.,,TZe
ofM.h. the .0 upon the last rate, but we believe the
foe the half-year before that was as high as the zr.
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A similar rate for the same period was nixed fr.
Parkstone—Mr. Allen said this warn an increase of sa
the hut the rates had been as high as 7s. in the 4.
The Bench sanctioned the appointment of Mr. Buns
accountant. as sasistant-overseer for Bantwunbe 4,1;
salary of SIO per annuro.