The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON
RITUALISM.

The Commission upon the Ritual of the Church of
England have agreed upon the following report :

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"To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,—
"Your Majesty having been gracioualy pleased to
issue a Commission reciting that `differencee of practice
have arisen from varying interpretations put upon the
rubrics, orders, and directions for regulating the course
and oonduct of public worship, the administrations of
the sacraments, and other services contained in the Rook
of Common Prayer according to the use of the United
Church of England and Ireland, and more especially
with reference to the ornaments used in the churches
and chapels of the said United Church and the vest-
ments worn !by the miniaters thereof at the time of
their ministration'—and that 'it is expedient that a
full and impartial inquiry should be made into the
matters aforesaid with the view of explaining or amend-
ing the said rubrics, orders, and directions, so as to
secure general uniformity of practice in such matters
as may be deemed essential—and enjoining your Com-
missioners 'to make diligent inquiry into all and every
the matters aforesaid, and to report thereupon from
time to time as to' then; 'or any ten or more or them,
'may appear to be most expedient, having regard not
only to the said rubrics, orders, and directions contained
in the said Book of Common Prayer, but also to any
other laws or customs relating to the matters afore-
said, with power to suggest any alterations, improve-
ments, or amendmenta with respect to such matters,
or any of them, as' they, 'or any ten or more or them,
'may think fit to recommend.'
"We, your Majesty's commissioners, have, in
amordanoevrith the terms of your Majesty's Commiseion,
directed our first attention to the question of the vest.
manta worn by the ministers of the said United Church
at the time of their ministration, and especially to
those the use of which has lately been introduced into
certain churches.

" We find that while these vestments are reprded by
some witnesses as irrmbolloal of doctrine, and by others
as a distinctive vesture whereby they desire to do
honour to the Holy Communion as the highest act of
Christian worship, they are by none regarded se
essential, and they give a pave offence to many.
"We are of opinion that it is expedient to restrain in
the public service of the United Church of England and
Ireland all variations in respect of vesture from that
which has long been the established wage of the said
United church, and we think that this maybe best secured
by providing aggrieved parishioners with en easy and
effectual process for complaint and redress.
"We are not yet prepared to recommend to your
Majesty the best mode of giving effect to these con-
clusions, with a view at once to occurs the objects
proposed and to promote the peace of the Church; but
we -have thought it our duty in a matter to which
peat interest is attached not to delay the communica-
tion to your Majesty of the results at which we have
already arrived.
"We have placed in the appendix the evidence of the
witnesses examined before us, the documents referred
to in the evidence produced before the Commissioners,
the cases laid before us, which were submitted to
eminent counsel on either side of the queetion, together
with the opinions thereupon ; also the report on the
subject made by the committee of the Lower House of
the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, and
the resolutions pared by the Upper as well as the
Lower House of that Convocation, and the resolutions
lowed by the Convocation of the Province of York.
"All which we humbly beg leave to submit to
your Majesty.
"19 Aug. MT."
The following postscripts are appended :
"We agree to the main proposition contained in this
report, and have therefore signed it, upon the under-
standing that it doss not exclude the consideration of
cams, in which the authority of the bishop and the
rights of the parishioners and congregations are care-
fay guarded.
"ROBLIT J. Panatella".
"A. J. H. BiIIgSPOILD HOPE.
"In nein& this report, I think it right to express
my conviction that any power to 'restrain' the 'varia-
tions in respect of vesture,' to which the report refers,
ought to be limited to oases in which 'grave offence'
is likely to be given by introducing such 'vesture' into
churches against the mind of the people ; and aunt.
state that by 'aggrieved parishioners' I understand to
be meant those who, being toes . dembers and
communicants of the Church of d, have a
reasonable ground for complaint and
"Tullius W. PIM."

BOUNDARL c9gyultioy : VISINTANT 0011.

MISBIOACKS APPOINTBD.
Sonril-Wirrrun DISTII3T. —(2 auledistricts, 39
Subiliatriet A, comprising boroarhe of
Chippenhern, Oriekda`e Doviess, Mainterbory,
Marlborough, Salsbury, Westbury, Wilton, arldnort,
Dorchester, Lyme Regis, Poole, Shaftesbury, Ware-
ham Woyinouth and lleicousbe Regis, Bath, Bad,.
senat„ Freese, Tauoion, and Wells. County to bo
divided, Sernersetehiro (22 inquiries). Mr. W. 8.
Colonel Hander,
seb.Di„triot fr, nernprieing boroughs of Barnstable,
B.otor, Ilvertms, stehburroe, Dartmouth, Boohoo,
Plymouth, Dernnport, Teetotal*, Bodrnin, Beiston,
Launceston, Liakeerd, Peorhyn, and Falmouth. St.
Ives. and Truro. County to be divided, Devonshire
gesitletvles). Major Da Cano, t.S., Mr. John
4

gaunt inns.

DIR. WAIIIIVJ Wag 'lasted member for the University
of Dublin on Tuned .y, without opponition.

DIATH OP FIKIVISSOII FARADAT.—This dietinguished
geotleman expired on S.turday at hie residenoe near
Hampton Coml.
Tag BOlld of Trade returns for July were published
last evening. and show • total clattered value of exports
for the month of £15,552,000. against £12,957,000 for
tlt. corresponding month of 1856.
Tilt Aberdeen Herald has the following advertise-
meet:—" If the person who tab (it is ooneluded by
mixtoke) the white welerproof soot, belonging to Mr.
Pitt Taylor, on Tuesday lent, will apply at tba barna&
he can have the peg it used to berg upon, as it is of
no further nes to the owner r

A Doe BITTEN Br AC Armn.—At Ids hill, last
week, a dog (belonging to Mr. Pankharet, gamekeeper),
confined in • kennel, was beard howlingvery furiously.
Mr. Pankhurst proceeded to awiertisin the cause, when
he observed a abort distanoe from the dog a large adler,
in the sot of making a spring at the dog's head. He
killed it, cud on 'Meg to the dog found that it had been
bitten in the face. He then opened the adder and took
some of the fat and robbed over the place. The dog's
head was soon swollen twice its natural ; but it is
now getting quite well again.
FOOLHARDINTRIL —lir. Bowker, a member of the
Canoe Club, has crossed in his canoe, the Octoroon.
from Amble...sae, a village seven miles north of
Boulogne, to Dover. After having put on boned two
bottles of wine and • can if bisenite, Mr. Docker
peddled out of Anibleteuse at 647 a.m., and came in
view of the Roglish coast, after running 'some 14 miles
west of Cape Gristles, having bet sight of land only
about a quarter of an hour. About 10 miles from his
destinaeion be was bailed by the Muth-Eastern stunt
packet, the captain of which yowl pointed oat the
route, Mr. Bowker having unfortunately Met his chart
and found his compass would not act. He saw during
his voyage several ehoals of Porpoises, one of these
monsters rising within a few feet of the bow of the
boat. He reached Dover at 644 pm., after paddling
(with the emseption of 30 minutes lest) about 11 hours,
his arrival causing no little excitement among the
Promenaders on the beech. The Octoroon is 1611. long,
23in. wide, and Bin, deep, unquestionably the smallest
boat which has ever crossed the Channel. The weather
was fine; but the sea not without surf in souse places.
Wind, S.& W.
A TIAVALOAS HlRO.—ltolhert Christie died at Alboa,
on Sunday, at the age of 98. At the early age of 13 he
engaged with Captain M'Farlene, of the Caledonia, as
cabin boy, but left that ship and joined another belong-
log to Greinock. He had not been long on board of
her, however, when the "press gang" made its appear-
ance there, and he, along with several of his shipmates.
was f °rood on board his Majesty's ship Bloodhound,
where be remained ander training for some time, after
which he was sent on board the nian-ofiwar fahlp Sao
Joseph, and fought so board of her at St. Domingo, for
which he received • silver clasp. After this he we,
transmitted to the Superb. and fought with Admiral
Nelson at Copenhagen, and in several other engage-
ments, including the renowned battle of Trafalgar, where
the "mighty Nelson" fell He was engaged also at the
battle of Algiers. The last battle he took part in was
Naurino, when the ambled fleets of Britain and Russia
destroyed the Turkish fleet. Altogether he was en-
gaged in nearly 40 battles and skirmlehms, and, strange
to say, in all theme eonfliets he never received • wound.
After peace was reetued Mr. Christie was, in 1820, die.
charged with • pension of £2O per annum, which he re-
ceived up to his death.
A FRAIL Cure—The other morning there entered
Whitehaven harbour a small craft of a somewhat en.
traordinary character, her "crew" being composed of
one solitary individual. The ertft in question wee, in
fact. an Indian bark mime, which had been built—or, to
speak more correctly, souped out— by the bands of
Indians on the Nabawuka, • tributary of the Ottawa,
North America. The Cagh.na•Wengh.--for such is
the name she bears—is 15 feet long, 3; feet across the
beam. and 15 inches deep. Her weight is tautly 401bs.
avoirdupois, and she is of remarkable buoyancy. She
was scooped out of the bark of one tree, and not • nail
has been used in her construction. The gentleman who
mans the frail craft is Mr. F. Poole, known no the
North American Pioneer, and Is • member of the
Thames Canoe Club. Sitting in the prow of the canoe
with the peddle to his right, he propels his beautiful
little craft along with considerable speed. He is now
on • cruise between Liverpool and Glasgow, visiting on
his way every place of interest near the &UAL At night,
in true Indian fashion, the adventurons voyager sleeps
in his canoe, the canopy of the sky being his only cover.
ing.—Dmitaigton Times.

STIANGS CASS OF POISOSING ST POTITOHNIIII.—
An inquest has been held at Sande:hind on the body of
Michael Pardon, a wharf labourer, aged thirty years,
who it was muspected had died from poison. On Thurs-
day night he and his mother had some capper of tea and
bread, and a grandchild had milk. During the night
the neighbours in the same house beard deceased
screaming with pain. The serums lasted for more then
half en hour, and the neighbours went into the room
and found deceased in bed, and in great agony. Hs
was attended to, and some time after he earns round
sufficiently to thank his friends and to smoke • pipe of
tobaroo. Pie was then left, but early next morning, on
the neighbours going In again, the men was found to be
writhing in great agony. and Mr. Evora the parish
semen, was sent for. Before his arrival the man was
dead. Deeeased'e mother and the child were also vu
111, with the same symptoms, but by (prompt Atlantis'
they were brought round. When the post-mortem of
the body was to have been made, the neighbours
deemed were unwilling to permit it, and it was only by
• strong guard of police that the medieal officer was
permitted to examine the body. Mr. Evans stated at
the inquest that the man had died from the administra-
tion of strychnine. The deceased's mother was ex.
amined, and stated there but been no ouarrelling, nor
was there any rth or vermin poison in the house. She
felt ill alter taking tea. She wag unable to state how
the poison had been administered to demented, nor weld
any of the neighbours who were called as witnesses
throw any light on the matter. The jury returned •
verdict that deceased died from poison, but how
administered there was no evidence to show.
SALISBURT AND DORSZT JUNCTION BATIMAY.—The
half-yearly goners' meeting of shareholders was held
on Tuesday,aftemoon, at the onion, No. 2,Westminater.
chambers, Mr. Matthew Henry Marsh, MA', in the
chair. The report stated that the results of the work-
ing of the line from the 20th December, when it was
rammed for public traffic, to the 30th June, were—
Passengers traffic, £1.721 9s. 74.; goods, he.'
£1,777 17s —22,899 61. 74.; which, after deducting
working expenses, at 46 per cent., E 1,304 146.; and
I government duty, £4l 8c.—1.34624., left net receipts
amounting to £1,553 4s. 74.; and after debenture
' interest, rent *huge., he., amounting to £1,539 4s. 5..,
there was• balance of £l4 Oa 24. Although the result
thus shown bad not realised the expectations of the
directors, stil, considering the sawn of the year when
the line was opened, the difficulty and delays which
always Knee in diverting from its old chamois • lose
established traffic, and bearing in mind that during the
whole of this period there had been no station at the
junction with the South/Ample:l end Dorchester line
et Weal Moors, the unsatisfactory resell appeared to
be fully mounted for. The station at West MOON
wee opened on the lot of this month, and the direelors
believed that it was in contemplation to work the
Ringwood and Christchurch trains up to this station.
This would give considerable accommodation to the
public, and ensure increased receipts for the company.
The Cthirman moved the adoption of the report with.
out making any comments upon IL Mr. Fulton, ad,
seconded the motion, and it was agreed to nem. dis.
The Chairman, in reply to • shareholder, said their
bad been no negotiations with the London and South
Western with • view to the ultimate purchase of the
railway by tint company. Be considered the line was
working sathlacterily and he saw no reason why they
should not before long get as much traffic as the Salis-
bury and Yeovil. The Secretary (Mr. G. W. Horn),
In answer toe question, said that they had applied to
the London and South Western to run Sunday trains
over the line, but as most of the railways connected
with the system had discontinued those traith in con-
sequence of the !unsatisfactory returns which had
remelted from their working, the application of the
company weld not be entertained. A vote of
thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the
promiedinge terminated.
To. BISHOP OP OZToRD ON SUNDAY SCHOOL/I.—A
conference on Sunday schools has been held in the Isle
of Wight, at which the Bishop of Oxford presided. At
the close of the discussion the bishop made • speech, in
which he said Sunday was as much • day of rest for
children as for grown-up persona, and it WU • mistaken
idea to make children, whom God had made volatile,
who could not be still for a moment, because it wee not
their nature, who were always dropping off to sleep on
the benches they eat upon, because they needed sleep,
and would begin to whisper and laugh, just as the bee
needed to bus when he dew about—it wee • mistake to
make children whom God bad made in this way, to net
them on • hard bench, and to make horrid fueset them
when they began to bees, or to knock them on the heed
when they went to sleep. In his experienceß,leg:7
school taachen failed very much on the
system." That was the beginning and end of all their
teaching. and marvellously unfruitful teaching it would
be for men, women, or children. They could not expect
the elder children to continue attending • Sunday
school were all the little one of the perish were being
taught. The rook never frequented the same ground
with the starling, who we. • busy talkative gentleman,
while the rook was • quiet sort of a fellow, and
therefore, when the tailing came Dew, the rook looked
at him with • peculiar auk of the eye and then dew
away. In the Name way the 14 year.' old pupil dew
away from the little volatile things who Sat doting upon
the hard benches. As to thus younger 0•01. no one
who was at all acquainted with children would expect
to get any real knowledge into them. No doubt a greet
deal might be done in showing kindness to these little
ones, whose parents did not tail them to eherth—at ail
events they might be kept away from the uhool,
where they played at chach-farthing and made dirt
pies. Ate Sunday school everything should be dose
to make the children happy. Of mune there should be
some colouring of Christianity and religious teaching
about it, but particularly the little things should be
taught toeing, for which they were always ready. The
Washers ought to be • great deal ahead of the scholars
If they would teach them anything of the Church
system. If the Washers only bad • general foggy
impression about the church, and that was frequently
the can, neurally with persons who were continually
talking about "our beloved church," nothing awful
would be done. It was not by dreary dull teaching,
not by seeding a man round to knock the onildren's
heads when they fell asleep, that they would do good,
but by waking Sunday schools the opportunity of show-
ing • kindly interwt In the little CMOs sent there, and
then by the leavening principle of the love of Christ they
would make their schools not wearisome to the little
ones, nor melees to the older ones, but would make
them Instruments for touching their hearts, and thus
would get • great deal of truth into the narrow-necked
mouth of the bottle, until, by God's graft, they weld
11l as full as It could bear.

HOBBS-ITM • WHOLSSOICS Din. —The Roy. Nome
Musgrove. ILL, in • work jest pobadt.d. actitha
"Nooks sod °omen of Old Prom," Is goose as lb.
'ablest ot lemee-lieek u a wisoloome sad satailloon dkik

It is prejudices alone, be thinks, which has so lone ins
terposed es an obstacle to ix .vent the use of horse A eh
ise an ertiele of food; • prejn3loe loud on ignorance.
Ducks, swine, and other foul feeders will "delve into
and voraciously devour bla It mud and excrement," and
yet are amounted delicious fool and re.lim high prices."
(We should, however, doubt the raise ad the ft :roar
of pigs fed on the two irides of diet 11. mentions.)
Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps feast on dead bodies, but
see none the less esteemed. The horse is sumac the
cleanest and disintiest of all feeders, and yet his flash
has been tabooed. He computes the number of homes
in Prance fit for the service of man. as ennui, noun,'.
ing meat to be at least 150,000, and each horse to yield
an average of 400 "prime" and "inferior" joints of
neat. It is no answer to this to in; that we should have
the flesh of old and worn-oat horses palmed off on us
for our roast and boiled, whieh even if they
could be masticated and swallowed would yield not •
grain of nourishment: "for, whst venerable old cow,
.1 15 or 16 years, who had borne a dozen calves and
supplied misty thousands of gallons of milk, and drawn
earls or ploughs, would yield meat any better than that
of an old horse r And SC'. Musgrave not only give,
us • complete history of hippophagy from the earliest to
the present times, bet be dined himself on the very
dainties which be so strongly recommends to his
countrymen. And he is clearly • man who can dine;
who understands the ins and oats of every joint, the
nooks and corners of every flavour, the peculiarities of
every sauce, including that "optimums condisamilion
foestra" He revels in • description of the Masher's
shop, and the enormous placard of canvas across his
house front, "Prime Horse Steaks. lowjarra pre's.
Horse Soup. 10 centimes le plat." He saw the steaks,
and describe, their colour; he saw the viscera, "the
Innards," including the liver "on • huge tray, as
'lnd as • 8141' of porphyry, without • speck or pins
hole." He solemnly made up his mind to dine on
defunct horse the next day, and hire is his bill of fare:—

"Gray soup; bourn'; dux eerottex
&echoed (Beloved shape).
Steak with triad
A-1.. srl.b onros"=elre, de.
Fllet-rotl, larded. Salad. with horse ell.
(Me whole being dive& dd atonal'

The gravy soup "wag incomparably the best he ever
tasted folds life; these was a pint and a quarter of it,
and he left not a spoonfuL Clear, deep-amber coloured,
and without a particle of grease. The bouilli was iden-
tical with that leen at English tables, not the wre abed
=put mortunss resembling pound. of stewed doormat
usual in Primes." As for the sausage, lir. If. ap-
proached it with caution ; but his caution melted into
irztuonr4 atria ou
wo tof ralien noshees cutz Into tzelevec aaodg ia.11::: he
iek
'teak cut from the ribs, and stewed tenderly with
vegetables, and judged to be very savoury; while the
filet was the very aim, of the undercut of the sirloin.
Whether both these delicacies disappeared in Odo
before the vigorous experimenteliet we are not in.
formed. But the salad seems to have been moss
dptivating, and the toile de decal admirable both for
Mete and colour. A bottk of "Medd claret blended
its bouquet genially enough with these novel solids;"
then parse toffee and • chaste; the whole banquet
agreeably occupying a full hour, and costing a pound.
As Mr. Musgrave passed homeward, he "felt all that deep
satisfaction which any right-minded man experiences
whoa, after dispassionate dentin) and a solemn deter-
minstion to deliver an unbiased and righteous judgmeat
upon all the evidence adduced, he hop elicited the whole
truth, and reached &conviction wbieh no argumente ean
shake."