The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-17 00:00:00

DORCIHEITER.

Coptsln 1110uvr Herrin sogo..td that the dinner
should take place in tow Cettisioek Hunt. Hs knew the
Mongrel idea was that it should bs 1101. i in Dorchester
which woe not in the 0 itti.tock Hunt. It would be ,nost
inoonvvolsat for .00ei of the NI mbar% especially those
from Crawkierne. Yeovil. and the west end of the °snaky.
He vompied ft should be held at the White Horse. Yeldan
Newton.
Kr. MIDDLETON said Capta:n It Man oonld not say
we& not in the bunt. as the boundary ran

The Right Rey. the L Bishop of Salisbury on the
9th inst. lieeneed the Rey. Walter Clement Ketchley
to the Curacy of Corte Cube, Dorset.
Mosomo INSTALLATION. —At a largely-attended
roosting of the Maisons of Dorset, bald on Thursday,
Mr. R. N. Howard (Mayor of Weymouth) was
installed by the Rev. W. M. Meath, P.G.M. of
Dorset, as Deputy-Provincial Grand Mark Muster of
Dorset, the ceremony Wag attended, amongst others,
by the P.G.W. of Dorset.
s CONING STNOD,—Raral Deonea7 of W hi tchurch,
4th portion.—The Bar. G. H. Wynne, Vicar of Whit.
church, and the Rev. W. Chambers, lies:tor of Bland-
ford St. Mary, have been elected members of the
Mangan Synod, In place of the Rey. A. Clerk, who
has left the Mouses, and the Hon. and RAT. P.
Willoughby, who has resigned in consequence of absence
cm the Continent.—Rnral Deanery of Bridport let
portion.—Mr. A. Spicer, of Alexandra-terra." Dor-
&ester, has been elected • synodsmah in place of Mr.
H. H. Polohlt, who has left the diocese,

Tee VIZ. ARCHDIACON SAJCSUART AND SHZ
Arriatierion BILL.—At • meeting of the Lower
House of Convocation on Thursday it was resolved
that the bishops be requested to oppose the Affirms-
lion Bill. An runendmeot was moved to the affect
that the bishops should watch the progress of the bill
through Parliament with • view to preventing its
being enacted with retrospective force —Archdeacon
Sanctuary preferred an affirmation to an oath. The
A.ffir nation Bill waa the logical consequence of
Catholic emsrocipatiou, which he bald to be right. As
regarded osths, there had been • tendency of late M
diminish them At his ordination he had taken three
°moths, which he believed were non reduced to two. Ha
held that the teaching of the New Testament warned
us mallet • multiplicity of onthe.—Ultimately the
amendment was rejected by 66 to 11, and the original
resolution carried.
311111711011 AT nil TIMPZIAIIOI HALL.—On Sunday
afternoon • service of song, entitled the "Gospel
Triumphant," was given in the above hall by the
Primitive Methodist choir and friends. The Rev. 11.
Portnall gave the connective readings. The attend-
&ace was very go od. On Tuesday evening, at sir
o'clock, the quarterly tea meeting wee held, when a
goodly number partook of the repast, after which
an entertainment, consisting of recitations and singing,
intervened with good lively speeches on Gospel
Temperance and the Bins Motion Movement, were
delivered. Great credit is due to Mr. C. Greening and
the mambas of the Band of Hope, also to Miss Rea
and Kr. Martin, for the proficiency attained in the
monks, singing, and recitations, &a The meeting
wee presided over by Mr. C. Greeting, who very abl
carried y
out the duties devolving upon him. His
earnestness in the cause appeared to be as intense as
ever, and his remarks were certainly pointed
and goo]. The programme was as follows :
Recitation, "Affrighted Toper," Mies Patey ;
recitation "Soima's Entreaty," Mies R. Matey;
=from Seakey's selection, by the following :
Jenkins, Whittey, Bieber, and Wills, with
harmonium accompaniment toy Roes Clark; speech
by Mr. Foot (short and good); recitation, "Th.
Little Life Guard," Miss M. Matthew.. recitation,
"God Bless our Band of Hop.," MingA;Mst,thewe
recitation, "Death of the Drunkard's Wife, Mies
Jenkins ; recitatiou, " Som.body's Child," Miss
Whittey ; recitation, "To My Mother," Miss Patsy;
rewlinr by the Chairman • recitation "Dip Your
Roll in Your Own Pot," Miss Whittey ; hymn,
" The Agitation is Begun," Mr. Greening (big
drum). Mr. Clark (o3noertia), Misr Read (piano),
Mr. Martin (harmonium); speech by Mr. Borden
(who touched upon the good resulting from total
abstinence, Lni the improvements effected in Dor-
chester alone. He rejoiced in the good already &mom-
plished, and h led for • brighter day in store) ;
reading by the Chairman ; recitation, " Doctor's
Mistake," Mies Peter : speech, Mr. Davis, who in his
humorous and effective manner, thoroughly interested
all present. He touched chiefly upon home and home
Mamma and the need of keeping drink out of the
bone ; speech by Mr. Clark. who was delighted at the
victories achieved, and prayed that they would not
only enlist under the temperance banner, but also
nada the blood-stained banner of the cross of Christ.
The recitations were enlivened by selections of Hoyle's
hymns, which were well rendered. It was proposed.
at the conclusion of the [coeliac to endeavour to call
together secretariea or representatives from all the
Halide of Hope and Temperances Societies in the town,
with a view to hold a mast demonstration on Blank
Holiday nest. The benediction, by Mr. Barden,
cloned the meeting.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULIURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1883,

'Y No. 14.

It is nodose telling us what we caul I do with the money
whsn we have not g d it.
Mr. \Titan rose Xi order: Here was • gentleman
(Mr. Whitt& x) wh had spoken six or seven tina. • and
others who hal not spoken ono o. ile mu.t rosily
submit to the chairman he was not in order. (Ileor,
hear.)
Mr. Mask Hoyeoe said as he understood it, £2OOOO
had been already spent in the construction of the .01.1 Ii
alone; it would tisk.. £67,300 to complete the li' e—that
would make 07,300. tie suppoaed this 00.000 in
addition to the original estimated cost of the line wan
rendered nuesmary in oonsequenoe of the opposition
they met with some time ago?
The Castors% : That Is 150. NO One CM expect a
contractor to come in and finish this work for the
original money. lie has to bring all his plant down.
No man living would do it.
Mr. Magneto : I may as well tell you our old ti
tractors have been asked to carry nut the contract
on thus terms and declined. Mr. Manfield also
reminded them that they bad met great opposition,
and in consequence hal to go to l'arharnaut for
second bill, and he said that the Great Western Coin.
pany, probably anticipating a heavy mineral traffic,
had stipulated that they should lay down a heavier
rail than was intended. All these things increased the
original estimate.
Mr. Bonn remarked that between the price
accepted by the old contractors and the highest tender
there was a difference of 50 per cant.
Mr. blattrizto : 300 per cont.
Mr. Huatitr : Therefore, if they tendered for
ii many thouunds one of the ether p.heas was about
double the am mut.
Mr. Matt/ILIA) : Treble the amount.
Mr. Livai said they must nit be surprised,
then, that they were only too glad to give up the 13.,n.
tract, an] get out of it. lie certainly thoualat that
the c ontract now entered into by Aesarr. Green and
Burielgh was • very advantageous on 3 to the c anpany,
and the beat they cool I get. He must remiud them
that fire per cent. divideod meant that tneir shares
would be worth £l2O for every £lOO.
Mr. Citaktu : Chen that get. rid of the iota that
had the ready money been forthcoming they would
' have carried out the contract.
The CaalltllaN replied they hal an exceedingly
favourahle om:ract as they thou,ht, bu: seen 'oppos-
ing the ready money hal been forthcoming, it MAI
exceed:ngly doubtful if they c .uhl gi iii aad iii it for
the same n fir. But t ley wren,t in the position of
going into the market with molly in hand, but were
going haw the market un ler serious dies Ivutages.
Chair "articl,a," all he might term it, hal been in the
market so big, that Oven it they did nut smell offen-
sively they hal been liowa up on. If it was tie fault
of anybo ly it was the fau'ot of somehody up at Dor-
chester—but he was not going to throw swore' at any.
body now. the question was ghoul 1 they shan't
something tangiole or throw over altoge.her Wh.t they
hal already expended in time an I in m may. 11,
believed the chance was a very fair one, an I the share-
holders w odd do well to accept it. (Hear, hoar.)
Mr. WILL 9 wished to know ab out the price th con-
tractors w .ul I sell the all aes. It so HU .4 to him lie
would have to sell them at stout half.
TOID CHAtaltta : That is • matter entirely for the
oon..raccora to c mender, n it for us.
Ur. Cote It he caa get a full price so much the
better for him.
Mr, BUILt1011: I aha'l be very well pleased if I
can. (Laurhter.)
Mr. Wnerrair said he did not think there was
anyone there but who wished to forward the cowls..
tion of the line. The question was as to the best way
to do it, aal how bast to ensure the shareholde-a some
return for the in may already invested. It certainly
seemed to him they hal not male the best bargain
they might have done.
The enednuak said something wassail jult now (he
did not think it could be meant off entively) ab but
swallowistr mine, up in expenses. Now he coed
assure them none of the Money had been swallowed
epic expenses.
WaLgts would like to inform the meeting of
the great responsibility that the direct we had taken
upon their shoulders. In the first pia" when the bill
was brought to Parliarnsot the directors took the
rerpinalbility en.irely on themselves, an wade them-
selves responsible for the deposit money t, the amount
of some thousanda, and if it ha I not programed they
would have been personally liable, and, in fact, they
were liable for ewe portion of it now. He
could tell them condi Ily that the directors hail
not netted one farthing oht of it. They apeeared
to have an ilea that the direct ire hal been receiving
large remunerati in, in various ways, but he wanted to
disabuse their minds of that. Not only hove they not
netted one sovereign out of it, but were not even
having their expenses paid.
The CitalliMilt: They will pay it by-an I-bye