The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-05 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF £l2 AT THE GROVE SCHOOL.

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About eight o'clock on Tuesday tit-truinz, Mr.
Ingram, master of the Prism Officers' children's
school at the Grove, placed ten 'overtime and four
half-smereigne in his de•ik in the schoolroom, it,fore
he left the building. When he returned about nine
o'clock, the money wag missing. It is stated that the
dealt was locked before the master left, but ass found
unl cked on his return, an.l that there were no marks
of the lock having been timpered with. During the
ma.ter's absence a party of seven convicts in charge of
a i officer, and called "the cleand.g pattv," had been
In the schoolroom, to prep tre it for the day. Imme
stely on the money bein/ missed, information was
given, the police were advised. the psis niers searched,
an I all the spots where the cleaning party had been.
were examined ; but for some time nothing was found,
and suspici .04 began to wander. However, about
noon, a row of earth closets at the bachelors' quarters
were overh mled, and the money was found wrapped
up in a rag. and st,terl to be concealed under a roof. It
is stated that one of the prisoners in the cleft iing
port, bad been a bulgier, and in fact his fame in that
line was such that he is spoken of as one of the
grea'esst burglars in England, and some smipicions have
fallen on him. It is also hinted that the officer
usually in charge of the cleaning party always "trio i"
the desk-lid to see if it was locked, and that this
action sugglioted to the convict his own " tiling.' the
desk on the first chance.

SERE REGIS.
To the Editor.

you kindly give me space in your
columns to inform those who are interested in the
Lord's work, that the work at Sere Regis is still going
on with unabated zeal and interest. The Saturday
night meetings ate still holding on it. way, and I see
that pledgee ore taken nearly every week, and the best
of it is that nobody is breaking the pledge. The seven
o'clock prayer meeting on Sunday morning is still well
attended, and has loot none of its spirit or fire in which
it began. I peeped into the 3.30 p.m. meeting on Sun.
day and found a good attendance, and after sled, g
the hymn in Sankey's, "Let there be Light," Mr.
Clarke engaged in prayer. and then spoke en the words
"Let there be Light.' which caused errmd impression.
Alter another hymn, a young man spoke, who decided
for the Lord on the sth of November, so that the
children, at Bere Rorie, are not long before they are
able to talk for the Master, and this young convert's
speech was a type of what all speeches in fellowship
meetieg ought to be—very few words—for it is not the
ability to speak which we look for at such meetings,
but the fearless testimony, either of men, women,
young, or obi, that they are not ashamed to con'eas
Christ In the evening I went and heard the Rev.
Mr. Rosa (Congregatiiiiial Minist.r) preach, amid all
th fervent end 'pathetic appeals and earnest
entrea.iee to sinners to come t, cerise that I ever
heard, this wag from Mr. Ross on Sunday night last.
This is the sort ~f preaching the world want. to-day,
not wri much preaching to people's 'wink, but more
to the hearts —not a Gospel of words, but of spirit
and power. The example of the two minister, at
Here Regis, viz., the Independent and Wesleyan,
is such as I have not seen I efore in the county.
They are not afraid to head the procession on &Saturday
night with a baud ni noble hearted iten to sing
through the place to their Blue Ribbon Meeting,
and work in loving harmony with each other. I
next went to see whit the eight o'clock meeting
was like. I fund the people assembling in large
numbers and good Brother Swires. from Kingston,
wee in fell swing with the singing. I esrnerly
asked God to Nees the meeting. The Lonl is
moving this village womb dully. Mr. Clarke
told them the Lord had another wave of bless-
ing for Bore Regis, but he did not know whether
it would come over Black-hill or Woodbury-hill;
but he knew it would come over the hills of glory, for
God had promised, if he proved Him, he will open the
windows of heaven, and pour oat such a blessing as
there shall be scarcely room enough to contain it. My
advice to Bore Regis is to go forward and storm the
devil's strongholds with prayer, and with the Sword of
the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Woodbury-
hill, Rye-hill, and Bucket-hill are to be attacked dur-
ing the winter with this kind of ordnance. The Lord
blue Ben Begis.—Yeurs brelh

Otimmx.