The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-03-25 00:00:00

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" (heat the joy whoa Christians mesa
01, dotal. fehoeship bow sweet I
When. their theme of praise the sam.,
They exalt Jebovales assee."

Prayer was -awed by the Rev. W. ALUM
I. opening the meeting lb. OWA/111AN, • few
remarks, referred to his long stay In Dackester, and the
est" hamy circantatanass In which be had found himself
placed during all his stay amongst them. In a few
months, he said, he would complete tb• teeth year of his
ministry amongst them; no inoonelderable part of onMs
111., and forming mune than the half of his ministerial
life. Thom had been nothing bat goodwill and sYminally
between them, and not a little effort had been put forth
In the shape of Christian service, sad although they had
no startling statistics tot record, he thought they had moth
reason for thankful... and hope fog the future The
pester exhorted all to be dilisent, and to offer themselves
awsw to God, n the hone that richer blaming, would be
granted la the future.
At the aloes of his remarks, Mr. NUTS, In the name of
the teachers and friends of the congregation, presented an
address and • parse of twelve gulaeu to Mr. Charles
Penney, who has sustained the office of superintendent of
the Sunday school for 34 year,, and who now retires from
that aloe, to be succeeded by Mr. W. Lockett.
" March IA 1979.
"Dear Mr. Pouncy,—As the beechen and friends et the
Sunday School, we thankfully avail ourselves of the op-
portunity which your notinintent from the office of
superintendent offers, of conveying to you our heartfelt
appreciation of your long and faithful urvice in the
school. It has been your rare privilege and honour to he
usociatad with the school—Ant as a scholar, then as •
' teacher, and for the last 94 years as • superintendent
We cannot but express our gratitude to God for all the
grace which has been boogied upon you, and fur the
good service which you have been enabled to render
through thus long yura to the children of the school;
sad our sincere prayer is that the recollection of the years
thus nobly spent may he to you in all future days •
scarce of deepest consolation and is,; and, although you
Sr. no longer formally committed with an in the school,
still we shall always continue to think of you aa one a
ourselves, and shall hope to reckon on_your kind aid and
sympathy in all our future work. Together 'with the
eddies., we beg your utopian*s of a puree of 11 guinea.,
as a slight practical token of our appreciation of your
I work amottemt na to which the friends hays very cor-
, &ally and thankfully oontributed.--81gned, on behalf of
the teachers and friends of the Church and congregation.
Thomas Nun (pastor). Mammy DIVIINISII (deacon), J.
F. Hessen lareretar A Wu. Locum (superintendent)."
Mr. PouNcr grate( elly acknowledged the kind gift of
the friends, and felt he was quite unworthy of such a
mark of respect. Ile spoke of -his long oonnection nub
the school, and commended it anew to the interest and
sympathy of ths Couch.
&Gab. and able addresses followed by the Revs. W.
Allen. W. Lyd, and J. S. Butcher, which were suitably
relieved by several anthems by the choir. The meeting
closed at Mae o'clock. and was felt to be ono of the most
Interesting and profitable of the &Aaiun ay meatus, of
the church.

CHRISTIANITY AND MIISLIMISM IN INDIA.
(re Os &titer of ass Dorset Connie leopre..o
81,—May I ask your permission to nevem • slight In
accuracy whike occurs in the report of m v lemurs as India,
kindly published by you last week I Your report makes
me to my :—"Tbe ilieslim faith la vastly spreedieg Iv
while eftrintaaity is going beck, became wear, the band
conquerors. Are we to regret this I In Africa some of
the misdated's can hairy be sorry for the spread of
because with Christianity goes • Good ardent
spirits. while Mnalimisen coats out drnakenness cad
I was really comomieg three religious and not two, and I
believe that what I said was moth as follows—the above
report is of core • much condensed—" In comparing
Hinduism and Illtislimism I said that the great tact
brought out by the last census was the vest increase in
the number of Hindu converts to Mnalimism. fad I
pointed out that it meant the casting out of idolatry,
11th, and drunkenness. and the Waterlog of inn people in
• high degree. I nest spoke of the oomperatively station-
• (banditti's of Christianity in India, attributing its
powerlemsees in this main to the feet that it was regarded
with extreme suspicion as being tic, religion of the
songoesor. • front which the Muslim religion
Is now free. IM.....enigtested that however much we
might regret this state of things, yet, assuming my state.
meats to be true, ought we to regret the progress of
Knalbalana I And I mentioned as ow consolatory thought,
that our miessonaries. in Africa and elsewhere, when
brought Into oceititot with nations converted to
Ignelladen.lepeak of their freedom from the vice of drank.
MONK sad leiment the dileranos in this respect between
their own and Muslim converts.
Apologias'g for troubling You in this matter,
I canna, you obedient Servant,
B. Rows Piratic
WARXWiLL.
Lieu= Thing' 'flung—There is at present great
depression In the ',Wish timber trade, and thie
enullneed by the fact that at • recent ens by auction of
Mullah oak at Captain Poster's, at Warinwell, out of 51
lota *laud may four small lots were mold.
POOLR.
Larrout.—The Rev. J. Jackson Wray, of London,
delivered an interesting lecture in the Wesleyan
=on Tuesday evening, the subject being " John
.." Mr. J. Waller, of Bournemouth, presided
over • numerous attendance. The went in
aid of the building fund of the new rerleydalts Chapel.
Rowtwo CLus.—The annual meeting of this club
was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday evening, Mr.
H. A. Lawton in the chair. The Treasurer's report
showed • balanoe in hand of LI (la Mr. G. B.
Aldridge was re-elected president, and Mr. C. W.
Lite was elected uoPigu, in
_place of Mr. H. Lawton,
who declined re-election. Mr. T. B. White resigned
the office of secretary, and Mr. Joseph Hoskins wag
„want" as hisonarneMOC. with Mr. C. White ae his
aiMstent. Rests. H. A. Lawton, F. B. Whit*, I/.
Mine, jun. W. Yerbary, J. C. Charlton. F. Street.
3. Foster, W. H. Curtis, and T. H. Trot/nen were
elected as the committee.
Prriv Sameim Ithiedity.—lkfore the Mayor (Mr. W.
N. Western) and Illeirn U. J. Stone,). B. Duren, G. H.
Gnat', F. Villas. sad L J. Conway.
Unisel Goldiar, labourer, of /Limn, was summoned for
sinciting Amok! Bolt, stoker, of Puola on Sunday, tic,
9th inst —Defendant did not appear. —Complainnt said
he sad some companion were welting fling the rosd
near the OrembOPper bletboes St Parkstone, on Sunday
k, when defendant end three others attacked them
without any provocation. Defendant knocked him Into
the ditch, and when he got up defendant struck him
again.—Joh• Cole said be saw defendant strike complain.
ant b'e the aide of the heed, told him he most be • coward
al-rhaa a bay like that. Ind defendant then sparred off
at W. Defendant was under the Waage of drink.—
jut" Du, mid he and the complaisant were both
knocked into the ditch. Defendant said something about
some women, but he did nos know wink he ineeni —The
Benoit imposed a fins of Ilk If. and costa
P ow wammkt, of Bowling Oreen-alley, wee wassonsd
by Yr. Job& lintcbiags,....AwdriMmt Isareatior of Nuieseem,
for deeseltieshee in Hill-dm% ea the 14th WA —The
Teen Clerk (Mr. H. W. Dicidnaen) m he id wee awry to
say than 01101111 were cm the lama" but he did not
prme the charge against defendant, as be believed she
acted in 4enraboa —The Bench imposed • fine of is. J.
sad ree~ the cysts but the Meyer stated if these
cases increased the Sees would increase In prePortles and
the nets would be esdereed.
Chariot /1191 w. • ceepleter„ of Parkshorae, was seinommeed
for ema. to render eselelanos to the contractor In
ein vash.—The Yawn Clerk
slowed that the Asellgent fes,ectcr of Ntdeasese
gave delmodest maim he epos ; but he neglected
to do so.—Defendent mid one wash was common to three
houses. and he gave his lemilard moths* of the laspeakes
order. There was • eartlandi of ashes bei to a
neighbour over the vault, and he Wan ttgehoeld
remove that or even the vault for ne•Zw..Thi, Bake
I.7=judgment for a week.
114"0111111111/11. inakm Haag. G•eive Lys andiCiaries
Motel, her Is, ci il.aoat were alninnoonog for wilfully
d Wain. the 7 of Mr. Rohm
hams 41gliag &INV Veelltilli at at Perk-
moo. „ Me lantemi.
wassesled. kaa hilS Pyramid • law

rtiott of Mrs Bury's estate, and as he wa4 about to
build mansions withisark," sy• trees were very valuable.
-P.O. Holloway, on Sun lay, the And, eras watching the
Brankeome estate and esw df•ndantirbanishiriz-zquimis
from tree takes Drifmadants mit off the tops of those young
belly bet sites and sessval young fir trees and then banished
' another squirrel. There were others there he ooald not
identify. Lots of 11,1 s went there every Sunday and
"banlishod" squirrel., or ;stayed at pitch and Wis.-Defen-
dants admitted tnro•lng Ar eines awl stones at the
squirrels, but said they did not cut (ho trees -Mr.
D cklnaan said his client bad no wi.h to press the nreteut
charge, but lithe dames,' continued he should oak for a
lever. ponalty.-The Mayor qued demo i int, 5.. ord
• anis 7a. 61. each, and cautioned them that ill future th. y
should be rep terse..
aseert Mutt, tit' POOlll and Wimborne agent el Mar.
Gress and Marsh, p bush, ri, of Bah. surroudere I to biii
charged with embezzling his employers' mom its. foldiff IDA
hie hooka, and obt doing g0..1a under fal • met -
Acting under the advise of his solicitor (Mr. R Aldridge)
prisoner now pleaded guilty to the charge of 'nabs:element,
and to enable the magistrates to deal with the eiv •
lIUM [wily. the tins solicitor (Mr. UT. Trevanion)
withdrew the charge. of falsidcation of books and film
pretences-It was abated that the prisoner's defalcations
amounted to about LIM, and the Snack sentenced him to
the.. months' hard labour. the Mayor remarking that if
he had been mint for trial he would probably have load
Ave years' ponal servitude.
TA0•1144 R airman, baker, was summoned for assaulting
Adelllllll Drama and her son, Jesse Gritten, on the 12th
Inel-Kr. F. Travers appeared for tomplahasztt. -Tug
Bench di/misted the case.
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user, of With- itzwit, better
known as "Durham" ilibo, was summoned for awed!.
tog liederick llioorodeld on the 16m isist.—Compl•lnant
"at" 'lit on Sunda., evening he was standing near Mr.
Norton'. shop with sane other young man sad saw three
or four biLlm run awsy from defendant's house. Drfes-
dant ends Naval Reserve 111411 came out of the bones and
accused them of throwing stoma. Told defisodant be had
better go on, sod not makr • disturbance c,f • &today
evening, and defendant then ran hir bead .gesnstbtsniouth,
sod nearly kuocked him dawn. Defendant waged some-
one else to light hina, lie had been insulted balm* by
the same defendant. —Thom s Seaford corroborated,—
D.ifendsot admitted the sea It. and said he was very
sorry. Ho had been continually annoyed by Volga
knollsing at be door end throwing peas at his windows,
and be thou Mt pl•intiff had bees doing this. Ile had
previously caught p'aintiff's companions throwing peas
at his naighbora's shadow/. —The Death Road defondalt
fie. mil meta