The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-16 00:00:00

COYfirON

PORTRAIT.

. MARKET.
there his been a yell
- at ateimly pric.es.
are an speculatuit

Ordinary:
117!I.; fourth+, ftfe. ; fib
Firsts, —; seconds, 1525.
900 firkins in the market

geormils. 14.; thi!dg.
; . Mild
1244. There were

of wheat very email,

I IORCITESTER.
eamples being noutly in
of the ineewant rain. Afl
qr. higher than hat v
wan Sip. 70. Rather
being la per imperial qr.
Mgrs. 4 bushels ma(le
of 37c. 9.1.1.
NORW !CH.—Toole
:COTT NG II A.ll —"
about last rlaturday.,
READlNG.—Businepu,
damp qualities, whiLh
a ; eecondary sere •
nrIRMINSTER. -.

in e-nsequence
qualities Is. per imperial
\en the official average
,ply of barley, the best
than last week, when
17.. Gd., or all average

at Saturilay'm primp.
ruled quiet at

hri..k far all
lg. to 2... per qr. more
• change.
, dull.

DONCASTER.—Late
DORCHFSTF.II..-1m
which sold at Llr to at
making £lst.. 1.23 15s. :
£l4 15s. to £18; fat tab
sheep, ewes realising
wethers 4%4. to 7Th..
Wimborne on Friday, I.
£lB, fat beef 14s. to 15s.
I.od. per lb.
NORWlCH.—Businem
rates were about maintain
N(YFTINGTIAM.—The
tranaactions effected being r
change.

were fully maintained
•nf fat beivta,
and cahles

£7 to I:15 ;
to £5. Small supply of
gm per head, awl
r rates prevailed at
ealveA fetching tl2 to
and mutton Sid. to
quiet, but previous
was (inlet, the
without gm/table

THE ItF.V. A.
Writ of attachment
be formally pretiared
arrammmenti wjll he
ing at the ificara_m, Hatt,.
into mintfcly, for contempt
that the clocing of `it. Jam
to arrangementa of the
not ',wimple of the Itimhop
Rot officiate, haying
Saturday night

'AND ItITUNLIfiIf.
he Bev. A. Tooth, twill
according to rreeent
him t..-MnITONV morn.
when he will he taken
' It is annonneed

wam Amor( mg
churchwarlena awl
Mr. Crouch aid
' at 10 °Cock

COLONEL MANS]

To Mt
Sir,—The mat of Colonel
--st Bishop's half-length
ley inserting this note in tl
fir n/Ftfre 11 the p
its on was " Romething
on 3 ,01r obellient

I' life-ie4 portrait
wanes+. FOY. Pur me
i.oque •if your paper,
.tation, you Mtnte that
e 400," awl believe me,

STFPFIWN PEA RCE,

F 4, (hleell Anne..treet,
ISth January,

OR A REALITY?

SPII2I T 1 r A LIM- A SH
T. ri.

Sir,- Your correspoteletay :F. .1. Theibal.l. has
beaten a retreat, and leaf pteterred the safer and
awier course of explanati..n to that ..f defence In my
former letter I replied to h assertion, which he haft
repeated is his letter of date 5. Spirititalism- is
convistent with the teaching of riplaire, and, indasl,
canntial to its full indent* ding and etinfirmation.
I endeavoured to shew that if rapture contain, la full
revelation • 4:• MN mind tor 4 man's future. as we
believe it does. " Spirifnal tit is itnneeewary and
aboard. and its abettor+ are flit Cr deluded fanatics or
wilful inflect...re. It will ,e't, 1 easy to escape either
alternative, foul the int Oh . our emyespowlent has
not even stains...l as mud; . ,refer to um paition
wonld wean to indicate that eels the weight •.f the
abjection. tin Ow face ..1 i i is nothing leo than
slipup' to insist ,e+ Spiritual -t manifestations as a
ground either of ladieving in t future state, or the
existetie. of disembodied si 'ri. s. These questions,
inevitably, inlet be inattaa I+ rely of divine revel* ,
thin, and if Go I les .leela ills will concerning
them. as we know lie ha , diet is the need of
SPiritaal ism Spiriteal ism cc only be salmis...able on
die gram' "1 the absenee of v lation. otherwise it it,
a huge impaition find 'rand. nd if V.l.
for a moment imagine. th, fliristianity it to lie
'mei by Spirittialism, ICty his credulity, and
slistinetly asture him that it, is sine fitted to beget
the growest saapepftition and the coarsest hatidelity.
Christianity stlatelx in fleet! 1.4 no +each all, and its
friends may well pray that it 'may be saved front such
aupperters aa Spiritnalists. 1 it its own Ilegt witness
and each site as Spiritualist, would bring to it can
alone tarnish its fair proparaioes and featurts. In
profewing to rebut inateria him Medi:aid and his
fraternity lee.aue the most material of materialistt.
for they plainly dellarf. that If dew they have material
evidence of spirits they catntit believe in their
tesistenee. And the feet that ,Co.l has wowed met a
lappy future for the good is vaot evidence etanigh for
them Who impt receive in rnidition raps on tablet,
kickitag about of rhaira, and el,enas derashmal dining
warty when the spirit.. become the sisters, and when
they have well eaten gradually dioutolve awfseig knows
where, and earns not to empaire Ala..! for pact
humanity, and Spiritualists among the rest! My
candid advice he. your 11 Irrt•SlStillient is, that he had
better 'satisfy himself with the pimp* title off 'hristian,
fan] wave the unworthy addition of " Spiritnaliat,"
which neither reflects credit ,Ou hit comtuou tents. nor
/aim intelligence. And when be invites the attention
'bpi you- waders ts, the Spiritualistie publications,
wherein they may satisfy themselves 01 the trust-
worthinen and validity of the elaima of the system,
we would, in the meantime fold before they dant 4.1
Investing their money. remind them of certain met in
the Acts ..I the .tptedles who, when they had lenniel
of the castigation, a hi, It certain vagabond Jews, who
-were sonists, revived from an " evil spirit' a-ho
acknowledged the claims .4 Paul awl Je.11,4, hut
knew not them, but leaped on them, and prevailed
against theta so that they fled wit tbat house nakel
and wounded. "sought h wits twather and
fawned them before all me, and they countert the
price of them and ftmn.l ;• 'pieces of silver. -Acta
kt, 13 -IS Will F, .1 aaslenotightoconault
the pasaage since he proteaseu faith in revelation, an.l
I assure him that if he will follow their example and
burn hie boolut, and let us know the of hie
eacrifice, lie will .10 more to further the cause 44
Christianity than by his tuanSin scan ptiona of
lapiritnalism as meeting the doubts and anxietiat of
weligtons enquirers who, while they cannot fin.l emu-
fort ha the +lear and authoritative declaration of
revelation Papecting the unseen, can yet profess to
find relief in the course and degrading alynnlitie.
Spiritualism 4rrulv, aS ways Thomas Carlyle. " the
world is an old woman, an.i mistakea any gilt farthing
tor a gohl coin : whereby, being often cheated, she
evil henceforth trust nothon t.,t the tonstnon
And this. sir, is the melancholy paw to whielf F. .1,
Theakahl and the Spiritnaliatic coed-any are relneval;
they '.t trust the sufficiency .4 :v. elation
which defeanda the eontidence of our reason. ~11.11 faith
an'! ii' pc, hut insists on materialistic manifestation+
which. if they were ea en credible, wont.l reduce
Christianity to auething worse than the lamest
pifeanian. and would inevitably +lift:last all rational
numb, and drive them into bl.ank atheism. Tin...bald,
insteal of helping forwaid Christianity it inevitably
throwing the most serious impediments in its way,
wad. if his opini.ms wee* likely to prevail, of which
klavre is not the least likelihood. Chi istianity as a
pure spirited system wotal.l be supplantod by a
system more heathen than heathenism. and asisialated
with the ioa ..st and it ,st degrading laspswts of super
within and idolatry. In waying geo+l-I,ye to year
correspondent I eof only eX pfeS4 the wish that he
may lied wampatiee he hi. tint., and talents more
worthy of x u: e: an ! more fruitful of good to
Ins ftllow enntares

1044

their

. . fifiy
'fil;olxilkl he

3 mu, lc,.
' ' Pk' nEnt•Loc,4.-

Durcheger, Jaan.kry 12. 11477.

X ,
_ steady Xs
Mud
" B ,
fiTTh,,, CsOn.
- ; thirds,
coRW
_sull'i
ha/condition
dry quali
week, when t
lar,:er supply
Tr. more ••
0294
slow, last a
The demand
terms.
ppp. letvever
made ls.
without
Trade was
.TTLE.
te4itas we
T 'suptdt
'1 per bead, heifers
larceners
ve.. CI to
Sim t lar
cows Sad
per store,
, whs
mai
dirm.priuml
i
cea
TOOT .
1 mod tt he
to-day, and
served on
Hatehaln.
tempt 14 r,ourt.
Tames, flatcham,
vicar and et
e,p's action.
been inhibted
'
trorraV nice
I S
ittor.
I Nfansel
ii.e.t. i 2110 ,ts
next
tati..n,
r k
.
,
iv ii...h.,lnare,
I
1.
ti 'or.
F.
, ern.
hatof. .
h merti.ln, ...
. 5, . Spiritualism
ting If ' to, and, insi
ele dins; and entifinuat
utt . "ptnre contains us
to. h 4 man's future. as
mai "ls unneeemary
sire it r debuled fanatic,
I .1. I easy to escal re eil
th mar eomvisanktd
sis .refer to my posit
int eels the weight of
41,1 is nothins; less t
tuttl .4 manifestations s
•, in future sta:e. um
I Nu 'ri . 'rheum quest!,
ms, II rely of divine res
A si Xis will eonceru
ha , list im the need
,rn . I only Iv swhitissald.
of s lotion. otherscisc i
mt. nd if F.. 1, 11ie..1
th 'bristianitv is to
1 I his credulity,
; it is alone htted to Is
an e coarsest. infidel
. .