The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-22 00:00:00

WARRRAtIi.

Covent Count', Tue,day.—lkifore Mr. Lefroy, fudge.
After the lid of undefended caw, Itsul been heard by the
Registrar, Mr. F. Filliter, and orders made therein
according to the circ stances it( each case, hi, Honour
proceeded to try the disputed ea.,, of which there wi:re
live or si The tulvii^ate, who attended were Mr. Thomas
Lk B. RAWIiII6, of Wimborne, solicitor, and son of the
Registrar of the Wituborne County Court, Mr. U. J.
Ltrey, of Wareham, solicitor, and Mr. H. Trevanion, of
soiieitiw. —The only case of any interest was that of
Stunt., V. ribart. Mr. limey, for plaintiff, owner and
occupier of the Tregou Hill Estate, and Mr. Ilitwiins, fur
defendant, representing the tiriu of Hopkins and Co., a
milk comp my in London. Plaintiff sued defendant for a
quantity of milk soul to him from Trefon Hill, and sent
up by mils ay front the Wareham station to tiwn. This
case illiAClOnell the mode of milk dealing in town, and
after an able display by the respective advocate, and the
hearing of three witnesses on each side, the lodge ordered
the amount of plaintiff's claim with costs, td he paid
forthwith.—Soute judgment summonses were afterwards
uf by hi, Honour, and orders of commitment
male therein, subject to suspension of warrants in cue of
compliance with orders before a certain date.
wlicsoiurs.

PirnSmitoms, Friday.—liciore Ur Parke (chairman) ainl
a lull bench ot ma.gistrates.
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Mr. Tanner applied on behalf of the Lien:eters of the Wien.
borne C ern Eschstigc for • renewal of the Hoene* to perform
stage plays for one year.—The Res. C. J. Glyn asked the
deputy chief constable If he had any complaint to make as to
the manner in which (be placc had been conducted during the
poet year. Mr. Hamm I replied he had not. The magis-
tratos granterl the appliettion, the Rev. O. (Ilya diaseating.
Although the lioense hal boon m force the Whole of last year
the Witco had not beim used for theatrical performance.* but
very few tinted. mostly by amateurs.
Culif• Dne.f.feb. of Wintboreee, was summoned by the deputy
chief c instable for havin.f been drueek in the town on Sunday
evening—P.C. Adams proved tho olfonce, awl the defendant,
who was convicted 1.1 • similar ,drenec on the lot f october
list, WA/ ILI 'l2'), WI ISi e allow:Ind. a fortnight to pco.
Gle.r.fe of Holt. eat Gewje Shiner. 111 the same
pier., were swum need by Thomas Smith, gamekeeper, at
flaunts, for trespassing in seardt of game at Itunsley ott Sun-
day, the 30th ult. The defendants pheade I guilty, and were
Ale I 20" iaelahni F.ottt. PAW.

Charles Sherry 1.1.4 suinen•one I by 11,.1J unln
Wren. gatockeuper, Cassfonl Mansr. fr trelpll4.li,l4.ln iwaXel
of gamic la Cud. onl 5j Y.
ult.—The .Icfstulatat did s.l deny the odenco, no.lwas !Wed
I.)s and Ss c .4ls.
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&say 1,,,,re an I Frederick Gamy, a youag man 5,,,t
wom,M. Wore summoned for having been guilty of indecent
behaviour in the Wedeyan Chapel, on Sunday evening tan
The offence was proved by Yr Samuel N.spen Thomas, who,
however, did not wish to press the cam. —The Quitman
wanted the defendants, and Anal them Is vol L, ants tlte soots
be each. —Paid:
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rau;fret. Lho,preaton, v. William Rose , Corte Mullen,
(or an assault on the 7th Inst.—ln this case a young woman

mined to have been the mum d the matter, UTBaker being
the meetideney at the time; but Mr ROW liot liuc
irmivetcd the aniiiilainant'4 bead as he ought to have dime,
was orderud tei lay Zel and dd coat., which he did not
ref u= 1.. d...

01."1 I'llHliell DEFENCE
ASslti 'I AT lON t 'RIFE CASTLE.
on eveiiing t!..• I tarJe
i'eot:. in. ounection w to I laurel' Defenes
tin WAS bel. I lb.! Nit. evil S at ' t'sst les
The Itev. l. Itaicies, rector Os (Orje, whi in tlie ehair.
There w.r.• present Is int Eblon, Mr. Bond, brother-s :sloe
' of Lord El.lOll. Rev. Mr. Taylor 404 Roy. Mt. Smith,
curates, Mr. Kent 011 ivor nt Corf..). and Mr. Johnson
(ex-Mayor). In the audience wtre the Rev. T. Neave. of
Dorchester awl W. Main, %ore,;iit. al Minister of
I Cork. The room wasquite tilled.
I In introducing the lecturer, the CHAIRMAN said that lie
would occuny a few minutes in explaining the occasion of
the lecture that evening. Two lectures he Said having
I been delivered in Cede on the Disestablishosent and
! Disendowtaeut of the Church, he thought that it was
necessary to mixt, the statements which had been made
and which they as Churchmen regarded as untrue. Ile
himself had not heard the lectures ; but be understood
they were very aide and well spoken, and therefore they
meant to answer them to-night. Ile whuittal there were
blots in the Church, but as to the protarty belonging to
the State, if that were the case he would give it up
to-morrow, but they believed that it was property given
to the Church under the trusteeship of the State, and
therefore that it was not national property. Ile said they
wanted the truth and to hear both sides. If, said the
Chairman, people will only wear green spectacles they
will see everything green, and they wanted to put on
white spectacles to night and see everything white. The
Chairman at the close of his remarks, introduced
1/r. Thornton front London, one of the chief representa-
tives of the Church Ilefenee Association—the presence of
such a lecturer indicating the force of the position to be
assailed. The lecturer said that he was not there IA the
representative of religious e mtroversy. "I am here to lay
before Churchmen reasous for their standing by their
Church. I want truth on either side and I believe there
is an inuuence preponderance on our side. Our eontre-
versy is represented as between Churchmen and Noucon-
forrui,e,,, It is nothing of the kind. Our controversy is
with those who are seeking the Disestailishment and
Disendownient of the Church. The question is not
whether we shall pick out a religion, but whether we shall
put an end to One which has existed for LOW years. What
I'. the Estaldishment I It does n mean that any body is
to let compelled t • accept it. It was compulsi 1111 l but it
hiss failed, TI.. Establishment means that there must be
an accreilitcl teacher. Some say that is wrong ; that the
State should not interfere with religions matters : it has to
to simply is ith the !Kitties of men." Here the lecturerrefer-
red to the bearing of the 01i1Testament, and admitted that
no a:influent could be derived front the 01.1 Testament in
favour of a State Church. A. to the New Testament, he
affirmed that the was not whether llia Na'
Testament enjoined total WI institution, lea whether it
forbad it. Ile affirmed that it did not f.whid it The
lecturer denied that the Cherch derivesi its power front
the State. The State establishes the Church because the
Church ha* agreed to it. In explanation of Christ'.
words, " My Kingdom is not of this world,- he said that
the meening was simply that Ilia power was not a worldly
derived power. At this part of the lecture the speaker
gave • lon* historical sketch of the establishment of
Christianity in our island, referring to the supposed intro.
duction of it by Paul or some of the early Christians, and
ultimately it* establishment by Augustine. As to the
present establishment, the people of England, sai.l the
lecturer, recognise it as in the place of the Church of
Rome. Henry VIII. established the Church. It is the
d'hurch of Rome cleansed like Naallll4ll uf his leprosy, lea
the Church of England, the same community. The
lecturer next proceeded to deal with the question of En-
dowment Ile said the t 'laird. of England is not the only
endowed church; all churches an; endowesl more or less.
Let tie see the nature of endowment. It is the possession
of money. What is the origin of these endowments /
Some say given by the State. We ask for the Arts of
Parliament. No it ,y was given by the State, with
certain exceptions, which were specified. Here the history
of religions houses was traced, and the supposed growth
of endowments to the Church, the theory espoused being
that of the voluntary nature of the gifts. Then tan lauds
that were confiscated by henry VIII. were referred to,
and the possession of it by the nobles. Being thus pri•
vately given for Holy ('burgh and Almighty Cod, I don't
think, said the lecturer, it ought to be taken away and
devoted to other purposes. The endowinenta were not
inteieled /or those who iliSSOOtail, but for the Church,
and to be kept by the Church. We don't think that three
endowments ought to be alienated. Those who gave
theta, said the lecturer, would never have given them had
they thought that they would not have hoot, devoted to
the object for which they were *ivrn. The texture was
brought to a close with the notice of what were called
fallacies; as for example that the Church of Es' mlasel is
Stat • male. In reference to the Prayer liodk, he sa'..l we
have said them are the prayers we want, and the State
has agreed to them. That It is an Act of Parliament
I IILUNIR. It i4llot lila why Aetof Parli intent, t lie Parliament
simply ratifies the decisions of the Church, maintained
the lecturer. The next fallacy was in affirming that the
cbtrgy were state officers. Lastly,trefereitee wa- made to
dissension. to which it was replied a divergence of opinion
wad necessary. I sh .ul.l I.e sorry, s.ii.l the speaker, if
there was a deal icor ty. 'there was a vast amount
of brotherly slirsity -.I vast agreement amongst all the
sehool4. 'rho Church W. 411411,0 thrown I. wk a eegtney if
it were disestablishel, As a nation I pray we may never
cease to profess I dui faulty.
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The lectur cul,ut nearly two hour in slelivcry. and
NV:L.4 perfectly free Irons any kind of uswbristian Vossper
or harsh and vituperative epithetS. It was calm and
fair. whstever may he thought of the force or weight of
its aralthlents.

the only recognised power of the Church is th,. All her laws are made for her, and eiiact.,l 1,.5t.,y 1'41%0.- . .....'
an.l as a Church site in utterly impotent, awl 4...._,..-"t. on Parliament, ar..l became lie believe i the i'her,.l;`‘,7l:d
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....irteously Iddeite.l to. and lieirtii) nontiot..4.
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mootiti.d to a clone, u:hich wa.. by tin.' Lilo., Vi.ry mar ht le
remarking. that it wax mu.'), t., the credit of the ta,,,,entl;.
noun that they had kept tip (lie interent of the audienre to so late an hour; there had been hard bittiii4 on IA sides, and he hoped they would part gun.! friend A
.. vote of thanks to the lecturer brought the uteenu; A
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clone, which was adiniralily conducted the temper of tote
disputants being thoroughly fair and Christian. Sothine
but good can come of such a discunsion.