The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Catcurr.—A match wee played on Tuesday be-
tween the Weymouth Club and the Dorset County
School in Mr. Wadsworth's field. The Weymouth
Club was too strong for their opponents, having
beaten them in one innings. First innings, D.,rset
County School, 12; second innings, 21—total 3.1
First innings, Weymouth Club, 108. The howling
of Messrs. °reeves and Parker was much admired,
as also was the long-stopping of Mr. Hanne.

Os Tueeday ni,ht come person entered the dwelling-
house of Dr. Smith, Green-gelds, and atole a gold watah
and chain, and about flO iu money. Dr. Smith, firer.
ins • nide*, got up, and saw the fellow who bad entered
the premien, but returning to his room to put on some
articles r f wearing apparel, tlia thief had an opportunity
which he readily embraced. of esaaping. The police
wore immediately communicated with. bat they halm
been unsuccessful in the pursuit of the burglar.

New BATUMI] RICOULATIO/111.—A conaiduable
discussion has been indulged in lately with regard
to • reform in the British praetios of bathing. and
Llandudno in Wales, his led the way coder IS."
muter of the beach,„ Mr. Hu!lei in beginning a
new system. The rules are :-0 Tint no bathing in
the nude by either sex be tolerated anywhere within
the view of the public. That there shall be. as now,
portions of the public beach set apart on which
either sex may bathe separately. That there shall be
• Dort of sea parade, on which both sexes may meet
and practise the art of swimming under sui!able
regubitions and proper instruction. That complete
and decent clothing shall invariably be worn by every
person who bathes in public." Dresses from Bunts
have been imported, and are let out on hire.

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Boeotian Parry SLNSIONS, Wednesday. —Before
W. Prows. and R. Griffin, Esqrs—Jamas Kirby,
landlord of the Tivoli Gardens, was charged by
Sergi. Harvey with being drunk and riotous at two
a.m., in Higbotreet, and assaulting him in the exe-
cution of bis duty by shaking his fists in his faro.
Fined 10a Audi:meth, which was paid.—•-•—THOBADAY.
—Before the Mayor.— Enoch Ireland was charged by
P.C. Short with being drunk and riotous in Park-
street, at one a.m.—Fined ss. and costa, which was
paid. —A Wed Williams HIIA charge by P.C. English
with coming drunk to the police station, obstructing
him, and refusing to go away.—Fined ss. and costs.
—Thomas Willis, • commercial traveller, was
charged by John Collins, the second boots at the
Golden Lion, with indolently assaulting him at the
Golden Lion, on the 11 th inst. He was also charg,4l
by Hoary Burdock, the first boots at the Golden
Lion, with indecently assaulting him also, on the
same day. The evidence was unlit for publication.
—The prisoner was committed to take his trial at
the sessions on both charges.—Fathar.—Before
the Mayor —Henry Spencer was charged with being
drunk and breaking • lone of gismo at the Boot
putilio-housit—Gtorge Gulliver, the landlord, said
the prisoner had been lodging at his house for some
little time past, and • little before 12 o'clock last
night he was very drunk and abusive, and went out
~f ,b i house. While lie was gone someone Wit the
tap e om door, and he consequently broke • p ne of
glass in the tap-room window.—As defendant was •
very "01d friend" of the police. be was hued 401.,
and 3e, damage, or two mouths' imprisonment.
Committed.—tiaralt Russell, another familiar foie at
'the police court, was charged by I'. C. Bartlett with
sleeping in the Boot Inn stable, having no visible
means of subsistence nor place of abode. She was
committed under the Vagrant Act for three months.
AN ADDITIONAL CFIORCH IOR ST. M•RY'S PARISH.
—The Rev. Talbot °reeves, rector of St. Merfe,
Melcombe Regis, convened • meeting of the parish•
loners on the 7th inst., to consider the beet means of
meeting the spiritual wants of the increasing pope.
latiou around the railway station and the backwater.
The rector pointed out that between the two lain
censuses the increase of the population of blelcombe
Regis has been about one thousand, and almost the '
whole of it at the edge of the Backwater and round
the railway station, which is farthest from the
parish church, and is also far removed from Sr.
John's Church. Again. the Wesleyan Chapel is
1 about to be removed to the other end of the town,
so that the only places along the edge of the Back-
water will be the small chapel at the back of the
National School and the new chapel in Gloucester.
street. Therefore it is very plain that, looking
simply at the spiritual wants of the people, and
, losing eight of any desire we may have to see those
wants supplied through the channel of the perish
church, there is • great and growing want of spin.
teal provision for the people. The character of the
population springing up round the railway station,
which consists to • large extent of persons
connected with the railways, such as clerks,
engineers, firemen, km., an intelligent body of
men, many of whom will be exceedingly
thankful to have regular services which they might
attend. Ido not, said the rector, think that the
present accommodation of free sittings in the three
churches, meets their case. My own I opression h
that ultimately a large number of seat. will be taken'
by them in the new church at a small rent. Besides
this we all know that in the summer season the poor
are really swept out of the churches, the seats pro-
vided for the poor being occupied by visitors. Then
arises the question what we should do to meet this
want for the people. The Bishop hes been urging
me again and spin for several years to take some
steps to meet this neoessity, and I can swore you,
my not having done so has arisen fomi being sensible
of the difficulty of knowing what was the best and
wisest course to be adopted. I believe if we were in
possession of an available site near the railway
SilltlOD for the sr,otion of • new church, the need is
so obvious that we should be able to obtain the
money for the building. I think whatever the site
may oust, it most be in • situation where it could be
not only for the benefit of the poor, but where it
would be adapted to the various classes of society. I
believe, moreover, such • church answers, beat. So
far as I am as are, a church simply for the poor com-
paratively seldom is found to answer. I believe it is
the ordinance of God that the rich and the poor
should meet together in His house; a church for •
particular class does not ultimately succeed. Then
supposing we are agreed on this point, the procuring
of a site must occupy some time, and after the site
has been procured. 1 suppose it will take a couple of
years to collect the money and erect the church, and 1
am unwilling to let so long • time elapse without any
provision for the spiritual wants of the people. I
wish to propos to you a plan that appears to mo
tolerably likely to meet the difficulty. The
trustees of the Middle School have very kindly
offered the free use for a year of their large
room, which is a very handsome and spacious
one, as you all knew, and wdlseat about 300 persons,
The next point will be that of the minister. After
long inquiry, I have met with a clergyman, the Rev.
W. C. McCormick, whom I may confidently recom-
mend to you. He received his title for holy orders
from Mr. Gregory, now rector of Bonchorcb, and
was subsequently curate to Mr. Cooken, of Birming-
ham, when he had charge of a district of 7,000, and
succeeded in gathering together large congregations
in a sob° il.roorzt Since then be has labout-ed
at Sunderland, as one of the missionaries of the
Missions to Seamen's Society, so that he has had
considerable experience ansoomit a sesfanng popula-
tion. His testimonials, which are of the highest
tbaracter, lead me to believe that be is a thoroughly
good visitor, of attractive and amiable disposition,
and likely to win his way among the people, for I
need not say that the swam of • work of this kind
lout depend sot merely upon the preaching, but
even more upon the house-to-house visibsti in of the
Per'Ple- I may here mention that Mr. McCormick
wooll emus to us for £l4o a-year--• lower stipend
Ithan we could otherwise obtain a man of so much
experience for, because the Seamen's Missions offer
to give him £25 a-year for any little work be oen do
In looking after the missions of Portland. I think
h could do that very will, without in the least