The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-26 00:00:00

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- ?urea Douai? POO GAOL --Sestielit :
Benjamin Ohan_troion, obtaining Walsh by fabe
Pentowes It Weymouth ; Jolla Bement, stealing
wearing apparel at %I•lbury ; Charles Lovell and
Robert lisA stealing two hams at Blau lbw& —Hard
Leh me: John Howditeb, damating underwood at
TimemeamiSe, 3 months ; iehard Oldy, leaving family
shamsebm .t Weymou h, 14 lay.; ..sorge lliis
'misbehaviour at .landford. 7 day.; Jane smith, mi.
behaviour at Cerue Union, 7 days; Simnel ti ouch,
peach ng at ode Mullen, 1 mouth; John Rollos,
poachlng Lytobet ttatravere, 7 day.; tlary Ann
stealing salt pork at Eltalbridge, 10 days
Jamie Moores, stash* coat at Ilekomba kiwis, 2
;months. —fasormonationf Mazy Italian* drank, km,
St Fardiagice, Tel.

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DORCIFIINTIOL
ALL fiewsra—Celisetleas were made la this *hurt%
en Sunder. the i7th lash, ia aid of the funds of th•
Detest County Hospital, whoa newly 13 was subscribed.

DONlalirria 00alif MAIM, Saturday. —lnspeetor's
return, Wheat, 40s. i 74. per quarter; barley 34e. to
Os. Average,: Wheat, if.. M. barley, 40s. Rd.
Literati& —Dr, Moorhead, of Weymotb, delivered •
lecture on "'The eye," at th 4 weekly meetixill in non
Diction with the .ryllo.utg tisociation last Friday.
There was • numerous alcs. Mr. J. Lobiruson's
choir gave • selection of music.
Acciulirr.-00 Saturday night, as a well-known
bone-dealer, named Burden, was riding home hoes
Martinstown fair, when passing along the new read
by the side of Mr. Wellspring's same yard, he was
tkro.ll from his bone, and sustained severe oouttoloos
about the head. Hs was taken to the panel Oessity
Hospitsl.

ST. Prlllles WITIIRSDAT ivuixeSIVIVICIL —The
regular attendan s st the weekly service on %% ednesday
ezenx= in r.t. Peter's Church, were invited last
y evening to contribute to the expense*
incurred in lighting the church on those occasions, and
the oollection amounted to Ll 3— a sum affording ample
proof of the high esteem in which the week-eveniag
service is held.

Biro. Roninr.—On Friday afternoon • robbery took
place et the skop of Mr. greengrocer, .llgh Kest-
.reel A oash box, containing about El 2 in money, •
Pole of glov, a, and sundry papers, wis left on *desk
no.: the counter, and in the course co the aftenumn it
was missed. It is believed o have been taken bye
easterner, during the temporary absence of Mrs. Paul
from the shop, and suspicion points to one pe son, but
whe:er or not it is correct remains to be seen. In
the eantirne this robbery should act as • caution to
shopkeepers.

Iscrrora To • Rive—After some little tiduble
Angelo Manley. chimney sweep. was apprehend's' on
Monday inorbing, under s warrant granted on the
information of Supt. POnnOY, charging him with con-
duct calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, in going
about the town on licaday, the 18th, carrying a loaf
on the top of a polls He was brought up before the
Mayor, J. Halpin, and M. Jeremiah, &sin. and Mr.
Oox, pork butcher on being sent for, spoke to prisoner
using threats to him, and saying "be =ISM buzine-s"
because he would not sell him meat and other provisions
at about half their value. Prisoner said he meant no
harm. He was called on to find sureties for his good
behaviour for six months —himself in EIO, and two in
£lO each. In default he wet oommitted to prison,

01%Mtn Or • RONA, Carnous Cadigt..—Some
time ego, • plot of ground extending from High Wed-
street 10 the front to Prinoca•street in the mar was
purchased with • view to erecting a church for the
accommodation of perms. in this town end neighbour-
hood professing the Ronda Catholic faith, and •
achool-room in which to educate their ehildren.
The latter has Leidy been completed, and.
pending the building of • Roman Catholic chapel.
having • front elevation In High Westeatreet, and
which it ia antiotpated will be begun in the enatilid
spring, this schoolroom hat been Steed for temporary
aid as a *impel, and the opening Berrien wee held last
Thursday. The building Is • plus Gothic; structure.
31.1 feet by 16 feet, and 15 feet In height. Is
is milled to the rafters, and • portion of the roof
trusses, shish ars stained, are exposed to view. The
room stands north and moth. It is lighted by three
poilited windows—one at ma end, remitting of three
hoed light*, sod a third on the east side of two lights.
The mingle deer le eitosted on the del side. A tern-
votary dna has been erected at the north end, and
the ammeter's is itivided from the body of the room by
• dallied altar rail. The Our cloth is a mosaic pattern,
with the sewed monogram, "1.R.5.," Is the centre.
On the super-altar this stood sic lighted candles,
will. several vase* of autumn flowers. The rersdne I.
deoorded with mroll-eork, and rising from the midd.e
of the altar 1.. /gore of Chrid on the arose. On th-
reat side there was • reined lower altar, over which we.
• representation of the Virgin and Mild, the holy
inotoer we. ring mean. Before her two candies sere
burning, and the altar was decorated with Sonic". The
clap-1 is named Rep••• Martyrs, or, Our Lady of the
Martyrs. The priocipal ofilciant on this measles was
the Right Reverend D. Vaughan, Biehop of Pia mouth,
and o undo to B. J. Weld, Seq., if Lulworth Castle,
and hew.. maisted by the Rev. J. A. Charles (Wey•
month), the Rev. It. Dobbins& (Bridport). the Row.
Richsed Meager (Poole), the Rev. J Sabha (Spettia-
bury), ti • Rev. J. H. Coory (Dolworth MAO. the Rev.
W. Walsh (Lyme Regis), and the Rev. G. Poole (Port-
land). The Moir amended of persons from varion.
places, and Miss Bull, of Weymouth, presided at the
harmonium. The servies ommencied by singing the
Veal Creator Spiritus, which was followed by the 111180,
aneconoloded with the Ti Deem In the course of
the mad the Bishop of Plymouth addressed the
eon regatioo, alter the manner of • sermon,
though in landirge more tensely and pommel.
He expedited his thankfillnesa at the beginning of •
mission hate, sod proceeded to justify Catholicism
There was but one God, and therefore there could be
but me faith, one baptism, and one @burgh. He referr d
to the heresies which arose in the early @burets, nod to
the many sects whirls imist in this mostly, and sell
that the Catholic Church alone bee one faith, and alone
recognises the divinity and the humanity of Christ in
equal proportion,. He modified the sialtatioo of the
Virgin Mary as the mother of God, refering to 'lrises
birth, the mar lags at Cana, and the ernoilleion. and

poinimg out that all grace came to us by humanity
through the holy mother. Believing that God in Chnst
became a little ehild,and was ho-n of the Virgin Mary ell
the other articles of the Cathollsfai wets sky to wept.
Ancierd these he specially indrastod the reel premium
of (3.rist under the torn of !peed end wins in the
euchari.t. Tben he reterred to AL Paul's statement
to crucifying Or flesh, lest haring preached to others he
ehoolt himself become • castaway, and exhorted Its
hearers to show forth their religion to ths world by
exemplary lives. Finally he adverted to the abolition
of the emblem of the cross from the @hitches of Dor-
chester upwards of 200 years ago, and the martyrdom
of Father Huth Green. of Chideosk, in this town in the
yew 1612, sines when no man ha. been celebrated
bare. and kid how thankful they ought to be
at this revivaL The Si hop granted an inditlgenoe of
40 days to air present, and at the sloes of the service
•Ve his Icnedictioo. Ths ritual of tits service was
very plain, but ths devotion of the congregation was
peculiarly impressive. Hitherto the Roman Catholis
of this town and neighbourhood bare had no plass of
worship nearer than Wersoath. The chapel was
sni
Be.lir. Gregory, builder, of Dorebseter, sad
the whole of the works have been carried ost to the
eatisfaction of those interested in the Matter. There
will not, we understand, be any regularly appointed
Priest for Dorobeater prior to the eompletion of the
chunk, but the duties will be diesharged by the Rev.
John A. Charles, of Weymouth, and semis will be
held on alternate Sundays at 9 a.m. The following
particulars respecting the death of Faber arson are
from the second volume of Dr. Challoner's "Memorials
of Missionary Primer" :—The Rev. Mr. Green melded
at Chichook, the seat of Led; Arundel (now in
of Charles Weld, Esq). In the reign of o=Bsra
proclamation was issued ordering all priests to kaki the
nation by • Perkin day. Dr. Green did not boar of this
proclamation until the time allowed to priests for leafing
the kikdom bad elapsed. When he mune to Lyme
Regis, intending to pass over to France, be waa soeosted
on the Cobb at Lyrae by an °Meer who wasted to know
his nark sod bus,ness. Mr. Green freely told him that
he was a priest and was leaving in obediense to the
King's late crommand. But it was too Men Hs was
taken pr•oner and committed to Dorohester gaol. After
remaining there for live month., be was tried and
cesdemned to die, barfly for being a priest. He andhred
at Dorohester on Friday, 19th of Await. 1612. in the
1/7th year of his so, He wee basted, dnwn, sad
quartered.

BMUS SosooL.—The annual public examination of
this exc. 11-nt unsectarlan school, took place last
Thnsaloy evening, under the presidency of Dr. K.
Kemp•Weleh. After • few praliminaty remarks from
the Cbalrttlan, tha childish song an " Evening Song" tit
• veil egesieable manner. An examination in Swirdurs
by Mr. Wise followed, and the boys manifested an in-
telligent knowledge of the Ismail events reeorded in
Holy Writ. A r.citation, "Th. old Man in the wood,"
was given by Thrum Payne. Reading and spelling was
the next muse, and gratifying prodeleoey wan dis-
plsyeel. Then there name soother I,eitations "The
C arnelepn," by Jaeob Northam. A school song,
" Iteynrad the r:ver," by the whole of the boys was thee
given, after which Mr. Wise questioned them to test
their acquaintance with the geography of England
especially, and of the whole world in its salient points.
The result, were meet illtidactory. P. Res.@ then re-
cited "The boa, man," and it was followed by •
pretty melody, 'The song of the " English
history was the neat subject, and the anawere
given were generally acevrae. A recitation. "The
pan and the needle," by James Spiess, followed. Mr.
Holmes then elassined th. boys In mental arithmetic,
and their oelerity and aorrectness were very gratifying.
" Home" wee the °maladies song. Specimens of
drawing nod penmanship were then passed round the
room for the inspection of the andienoe. The general
reeulte of the examination were eminently calculated to
afford satisfaction to both the parents of the pupils and
the eapporters of the aehool, while they exhibit much
paineaking and ability for educating on the part of the
muter, Mr. Bunting. This sehool is ortodiseted on the
Purely 'thinker, principle. Well, voluntaryism is •
very eteellent thing, but we feat that one of the melte
In this ease is that Lbe ututisr—whose work shows him

to be excellently qualified —is bat poorly remounted.
We don't see that the seeeptanos of State aid would
In any way detract from the character of the
sotool, and it would not alter in the least the rosins of
Ito teaching, but government inspection would give it a
status it now has not, and the help to Its fonds thus
obtained would doubtless prove very acceptable. Bet
if the school can do without it, it the ma.ter see you
.ppreciato his services, by giving Lim the ed.iitiontl sum
so obtalued. We don t know lir, Basting personally,
or his eircumstaness, but we do know something tithe
arduous asters tithe sehoolm niter's work, and that, as
a rule, it the present Uwe, they arson und ripeld elus.
If the great ltujority of the.. had devoted themselves
to the mechanital site they would be now receiving
double their present salaries, while their I.hour would
be free from the nervosa incitement and wearinue
ineidental to school teaching. But all this by the we.
After the examination, the chairman expressed his
gratillution at the meow In which the boys had
„quitted shanseless, and Proceeded to make some
putrid Attentions on the rf e leution. He
obierx d tha although tins school bit at preen, no
eoolierstion with the Bade, no one could bo ignorant of
the fact that schools generally were likely to come
odor Gorernment inspeoti inasmuch a. those gentle.
anon who had so long held out suing Nate aid, had
now ilabl thinking that under ell the eirounistaaree
it sac expedient to seaspt Mate easistanos I. the =steer
of eduamon. it ear no bunion,. of his, and he could
not tell what were the •iews of the supporters of that
g.iloont on the eobject. But he wish, dto °tures th•t
It seemet 1., is. e remind opinion, ant the feeling .4
the o.,vernrunt, judging frout the system now in opera
tn. that it the masses of our poeole were tenth.
ruling, writing, and • little arithmetic, that would be
the attainment of .11 tbst was umme.ry. He we
scqn tad with • school which had b-en under Govern
most sop •rintoodenos for ill rot.% and hie lamagion
wee that if the secular teaching imparted was of that
limited aberrancy it would heel very little aisles;
tea* instrutios is waning. writing, sad arithmetic

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WM sat education at aIL Toe might jest u well give
a ebild • spade and • pair of shearn and tell hint be
wee • pile..,; or • hammer and saw, sad tell him he
was • earpenter. They weld give him the tools, but
that valid not nuke him • worknian. The mere
teaching a child reading, writing, and arithmetio
not edesation„ it was simply civil., him tool. which be
might to be trained how to use. Education was • matter
mush wider sad deeper than many people seemed to
imagine. If it was isterpreted to mean only the se.
quisition of a Ihtle keowledge, it was not worthy the
name of education, and no edsoetion was useful anima
it entbmoed moral training. He referred to the ehartatter
of the upper Mao, the middle alas., and one or two of
the higher strata of the working claws and had they
showed that something more than reading, writing, awl
a little enamor hit was required in orcirr that the
rising generation may grow up • moral nation and
• people nigh as they desired this country to ottnt•in.
The disclosures of the tail and gambling showed it to
were many "blult.legs" amongst the upper Glut:
amongst the metcantilr and commercial oomutnnity they
now what terrible mistakes awl follies, nay, worse than
follies, were omumitted : and the working-Glasses were
rat from Perfect, as recent revelations in erillneetion
with tattles usurps had all too wily shown. The
fact was that reliance on secular education was trusting
to • broken reed, It was no me to disguise the fact.
and why should they do it! Them mull he no true,
no solid ednealino—nothing worthy of the mune of
teduletion, unless it was breed on religion—(am awe).
Tuiere was but one book whose teaching could guide
them aright—the Bible; if that be neglected, though
your secular Washing be of the best, it will be tireless
to train up your children wieldy and well --(applause).
ta coleeletsioe he referred at length to the Government
system of inspeatio• as now conducted, skillfully
oz r sing its weak points. The Rev. J. Pon, eunisitor
of the Congregational church, read the annual report.
foss Which we 'sleet the following pounnabl:
"Tour committee trusts that the wort of the British
ekn,l is done for God and In the chit of Christ find they
would look unto the prosperity sot swam • hick continues
to attend at, as a cheering token of His favours and bleaung.
The attendance of the scholars during the put ymr has been
well lustained. The -vont number of boys on the books Is
IN the average atiendsoos Is 7& Thews numbers have been
sliseird by many mass In which familia in connecti o with
the robot hare removed from the two in the courts of the
year; and also by the fact that an unusual numbee of boys in
the Ira class at the beginning of the year were of so age to
lease the school, and eaters, they did upon swim life. The
situatlona taken by those boys have been such u to mime
credit on thenmel and Ono to show the general admen, in
which the school is laid. emus are mempletyed lii hatourabis
trades, no. is in an Mies under Govemnsent In our town, one
(the chairmen of this meeting will be interlined to hear) Is
" at our wont,. hospital, and another has obtained a
✓oirde2i tuation with. much regretted physician In Dorchester.
Let us hope that an Lbws boys may rim up to thank their
parents, and to Mem God in time and eternity for the training
and Instruction which they received at the Dorchester
British School. The committee see happy to express their
unabated conn.lenoe In Mr. Hunting's qualigaidlome as • 'ember
of youth. They rejoice In the habits of order which be ha.
succeeded In establishing to the wheel, and in the bier moral
tone and Christian principle which he has sought, not without
sUCOGOn. to Infuse lota all its dames. They see died that he In
himself encouraged In his work, and congratulate the file di
and supporter. of the inetitution on the reputation which ha.
been duervelly earned for It by his ability and faithfulnens—a
reputotion which promises most happily for Its increasing
promperiev. The commiMee avail them sive. of this opportunity
of commending site. this rood wan to the continued, sod If
poeseble, more hurty support of It. friends. They would
ontre.t you not to mi.n your effort., but rather to abound
nmre and more in such practical rympathy and co-operation.
u will by the Musing of God promote the eM homy of an
institution, the usefuhista of which has been so abundantly
proved by now no many years of tried service. Help le not,
little required in the natter of Pound% •hilldliP. • d Penes,
and the conemittee are eery dutrous to Mimes the number
of subs:Mery As was suggested In • former report, some
who cannot glee largely may be able to contribute lie, Of
It dd. per annum, al't many &middle makes • muckis." We
feel severed that in *muting once more to the kind Ilberelley
of our many warm h tried friends, we shall not do so in vain.
tad " mtty Ow betty of the Lord our God be upon um, and
may be esteb ish the work of our hands."
Matthew Devenish, $ sq., • warm friend to the 'shoo',
read the Rowenal statement, and intimated that li,
principal inducement to support the school watt the
moral training there given as well as umber iestruction.
The sobacrictione for the past year amounted to
£32 lila. 61., and there was due to the Trueurer
£3 12a. 94., a vim 15 was bawd to clear off that eveninr.
The prouediage won burned to a don: by singing the
national anthem.