The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-10-18 00:00:00

Bersttsbirt.

Doacuarnm—WOßElNG M. lIIIIITTI7IIOI4
The first of the winter series of lectures for the basset of
this institution VIM delivered on Mosday, by the Rev. L
yeddlood, rector of Bincombaetua•Breed way on " As
Ascent of Mont Blanc.* The chair was takes by B. B.
shwidoo, Elsa, M.P., who stated to a very 15
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that be was not doing more thaa his dutyT
pr▪
odding over the meeting that evening, sub. was •
member of the inditation, sod had been so far many
pore. He felt proud in having to do with workbag
seep, fed would be always willies to nein in the woe k
arriedlial by •sems the issitintioo. Ha adverted ,
to the tit poem+ of the iustitation, nearing how
• few lam mee together is • moll room to
haat sal other by reading, he., sad telling thaw
selves etembees 01 lb. Minna lenferovn•••6 801•41% •
name which it retained esti' its members ineffend is 1
number be such se eldest that it became 'desolately
oesearary to have • Urge reading end dem rams, mei
this name ins then cheepd to the Weston, Mem%
Initiates. Ile pointed oral Hog se the stembers liv
messed to stunber,additiosal expense was she ineereall,
and the °Men el Sir testa:es was twalcid—irst, to
ad the oomese Is earrng ea their valualla
and eitcondly, to Mined those members who
After &Ruing to ihs varied of the leder*, be
non the Rev. E. Headland to sostmenes his address.
The lectern is dg so, obsertrai that he felt arose I
pleasure In hieing to do with workbag mem, beteg idea
sulfa seeking chegyease. In alluding to the
before them, so wont of Mont Blanc, he mid pee*
bow lived in • hafflling sp. There were two Made '
of traveling—ems who loeoged about Is kill time, sad
the ether, the real treveller, whom object was to
lamas his store of knowledge: The taste for mountain
climbing was petebtlx deglielt, and ray =like the
limeades., who was afraid to risk their lime. He
believed that stoestain Amain isensaed the
el limbs end isemie, and was the mans el
cos Mance in sane of difficulties. He pots a "hart
higotlea screausi of Chamomile, • serene plebs,
so dined as amened of Hs edural %enhances. The
place was Not hears to English travellers a es t tury ago,
but a sheet thee *me a swell Anna was halt the..
and coneestaial by the Bishop of Wischeeter, and at
which ha the (speaker) officiated in July, 1851). After
deseelletag the lessiall al meentede wisarry, be abided to
the peeffie at Alpine climbing, satin that ia so doing
the Orden seassibehrere Med together le mingle AL,
se Min ahead sae whisk *as ellen the ease, he
sea aresseeed from i prise fax. Besides this there
were avalansiss. large masts' of new and lee. whine
frespeatly deoses•d frost the mosanis k,p, and wire
of seeb ass sad strength se soeselissee to envy rooks
sad fermis before theft, &ad, ant esdreq.a,
burden villsest ass reari be the
of crowing large Ilaseres ia the ise •
The lecturer this pin a mon
account of his owe assist is Jelly, 1851.
He osatel
that the pasty consisted of 93 puuoos. including guides
aid paters. Maas sloshed themsives with P•ff 01
pavan& and suitable Alpine append, a start sae made
from Chamosnix, and having reached the Grand Maas
the eight as. named there. The next morning they
proceeded on their journey until they was to the I
Grand Plateau, where one of the peaty attempted to
tas a photographie view, but win unable to do SO on
accalunt of the channels Masa freers. After escouster.
ing Many difficultied, the summit of the mountain wag
reached, where the odd was so intim' that the party
were almost chilled. The lecturer then deraibed the
descent, and their safe arrival in the village of
Chamosnix.— A vets of thank@ wee paned to the Bev.
Z. Headland for his instructive lecture. The Bev, O.
Bingham proposed • vote of *asks to the &airman,
who tunably resposiled, and Madly left as the table •
Alpine dock —a Swim milk•peil, a number of fens, end
S very large album, containing pictured of Alpine
nessere, for those persons who wished to inspect them.
A Hanneown Gire—R. B. Sheridan, Leo' M.P.,
ha presented the Working Melee Institute with •
donates for 1:5.
Ronstoo Lomat& —A t the fatiretall, on Tuesday,
before G. T. Bullock, Esq., William Woodham,
labourer, was charged with dishes wearing apparel
from George Menden. Prosecutor is a labourer,
residing at Broadmityne, and prissier was a fellow
lodger. Os Monday Looming Muoden went to work,
Imam retainer in bed, and deo a suit of clothe. is the
same room. On his return he found they bad bees
stolen, and prisoner missing. A Man named Benlsmin
Bowditeh was at the Royal Yeoman publieshouse,
Grinetone, about ll e'doek, when primmer came then
and offered to sell hint • jacket, waistcoat, and 'tar of
trousers, and Bowditch parchered the jacket of hire fire
se. and a quart of beer. Another person, earned Jonas
Hunniond, bought the wageost for 2a. 3d. Information
having Men given to the pane, prisoner was
dud bloptruttendeot Underwood at the peart.a%
In question. He was then wearing the trousers. The
coat the officer naffed from Bowditch, and the waist-
oat from Hammond —Presenter identified the elodas
as being his, and prissier WM committed for trial at the
ensuing simions He wes further charged with stealing
weans' apparel from John Par, another lodger, con-
sisting of • coat, waistcoat, a par of trousers, three
Imadkerchiefr, and • par of braced. At the tiros he wee
apprehended he was wearing the waistcoat and bracer,
and the other portion of the clothes he had in • handle
by his side.—Prisooer was deo committed on this
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DI-1:01111•11:3AlllatILTDIOT811 POLIOL— Joseph White,
oarter, wee brought up in custody charged before
Major Sykes and E. Pearce, Eel" at the Shirehall, on
Wednesday, with being drunk micimeasilting the police
in the execution of their daty.—P C. Hann said that
on the day previous, whilst on duty in the parish of
liddlehinton, he saw prisoner drunk on • load of coals
in a wagon dravni by two horses. He had no reins to
guide them with. On his seeing witness be attempted
to get down, but was so drunk that he fall. As be was
quite unable to take ears of the bone., witness tried to
get bin home, when, in return. prisoner struck him
with a whip over his head and few —Prisoner said the
officer used more violence than was necessary towards
41, including costs, and allowed a fort-
night for payment, or in default one month's hard
labour.
Tire Dom= Rums VOLUM= Danz Inereouroaa'
ftgoornta.—The prises offered by Captain Farrar for
competition by the drill instructors of she Dorset
battalion of Erik Volunteers, being unable to be shot
for at the recent County A•eociation shooting, it was
arranged that the men should Ire for them at their own
ransom on Thursday, and the following is the
result. The wind at various places varied very much;
at Dorchester it almost Mee • hurricane across the line
or fire, whilst at Wareham, we understand. it was calm.
The ranges were at 200 and 600 yards, with five rounds
at each range. The !hat prise, £7 was won by Drill-
instructor Anketell, and the second, £3, by Drill-
laseructor James.
100 ids. 800 yds.
5-10
• 14 15-29
- 13 4-17
• 13 10—U
- 10 7-17
- 9 10-19
- 8 4-12
- 13 6-19
• 13 7-20
- 8 2-10
- 15 9-24

leallimut (Widow%) •
Saheb- (Wareham) •
Lem (Dereherder) •
Rossi, (Poole) • •
Lag (Weymouth) -
Satchel( (Wimborae) •
Parser (Sherhorse) •
Intspatriek (Blend(ord) •
Stroud (Shaftesbury) •
Bryan (13iIl1n4ham) -
James (Ste'bridge) •

WZYIIOUTH.—LonOOO CITY Mtartosa —The
emeal meting on behalf of this society sae hold
ou Wednesday evening, the 12th tusk, at St Miry'.
National Soltoolruom. There was a numerous
ottoodame, which was presided over by the Rev.
Talbot Grooves. The tresemr, IL lliot, ffsq.,
read the annual report of the Weymouth mid Port-
land brooch of this Aseinistion, whirl showed that
the receipts mounted to £6B 3s. lid., sod, after
payment of ndry bills, £II3 7s. 9d. had been
remitted to the parent moiety. In alluding to the
work of the society, be mid that about two or three
rasa ago, when at London be soompsnisd am of
missionanes on his tour, and thus was Nubia to ase
what a some took his was, and be could not help
feeling that 1111 yet be hod bit erperieneed very little
of the toostraiaing love of Christ. Me remarked
that the missionaries had not only to contosid with
physical ditloulties, but the moral contagion around.
After adverting to the constitution of the society, he
proceeded to say that any moiety which could mod
forth 400 men to do the work of Christ mild not

fail to command the love and support of every true '
Cbrietian.no matter to whatever party or &mouldier.
Ilea be belonged to. There was hardly any oboe
amospet the looms population of London that we.
not visited by the eents of thie society. After a
flew further retnarks, the deputation, the Rev. F.
Tyrrell, B. A.., Association Sanitary, we. introduced
to the moieties, who themoseoed his seldom by
allisling to the rapid increase of population in
London, shout half • million every year, which fact
some persons thought iediceted that there-wee an
eienteet of boi?e for that piths, beater the old popn•
lathes must the off in time, and this large addition,
from all parts of the eeeniory, could not belp im•
prowl% what were Litt behind. He, however, was
zrhor:syti that he could not give any information
'we of that oomfortobie view. He adverted
to myths* in the west part of Laudon, which • short
tints moos was °lily • common, but now crowded
with honest and teeming with temple, and
the incumbent of the paid" had 'stew
that in • single year 1,100 &milieu
remounting 5,000 people, had bees added to hi.
parish. The spiritual state of these wee pointed out,
the ileputatioa remarkiag that, so far ea epirithd
grecs was concerned, they might as well have settled
down in an African desert. Although they had im-
proved in their moral coedition, their spiritual state
was very bad, for if there were so ministers, sad no
visitors, bow could they upset mach religion, and
there wee no religious observeoce of the Sabbath.
A consislerable portion of this population was
navvies, and they were not • people very particular
in their habits, but they bad ermined aitmembenent
at the irreligious state of things. They remarked
that they were never in snob a heathen plain in afl
their live.; and one of them said, in the place where
b. clatth used to is. a parson every week,
but be had not seen ace for seven months ethos be
bad been there. He mid that se doubt in mores of
time *heroism and chapels would be built, and
ministers obtained; but what we. to become of the
people's souls in the ineeation Should they allow
thins to go down to sanity, and perish? Should
shay not try end aava thee.? Happily in that place
Mien was • oity missionary, whu had been inutile.
algagai, under the Providence of God, in effecting
great good. After Bernath immerses of ibis, the
rev gildsman detailed a most ineeressing narrative
of tie• oonVersion of • faintly of (Mies In the
7 or use plam alluded to there was • gips,
apment, and 40 or 60 fewilliea settled there
n• misehmary wise well reashed by
every 106 r•
them that he sirigisated servers* is the mom on
Simdays. They were wed attended, mid ib• IgiPke
conducted themselves in • most decorous meaner.
•Aolloegat these be found elPel woman. who
attended the service Sunday after Sti.7...Asy. always
listening with the utmost attention, And frequityr
ken were to be seen
trickling' dow2 I
cheek& The raiosiooory spoke to ler, sod As