The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-07 00:00:00

To Wm Ilatitr.

Door Sir,—Ky attention hii. been called to a most
extraordinary otatement meta mid in your Last wee/ea
Telegrwas," to the afoot, that • striped glass window
has been pieced in Portlaad Pariah Own.* the
subject being "d Goo.ge and dr wagon." I think
you will agree with or, Met • Moron window, 8 Mot
high, and wide in proportion, Minn up with • sp.nied
repreomtation in *Wood glow,
_ot urn& encouater
brim.. the saint at tingliiod and that spitilre
binor•inig fubukise miweetor tat great dragon, La
momioniaal an &Mane Si muck of • curiosity, In
.aM, as toe great is. impost himself; and, Monitore,
It is—being &axiom to save yourrell raid your readers
the dissopoiatimut 4 paying the bankable visit to
Portland kw the mks oi seeing were dee* ate mkt—
! writ* t sok you to ourreet Lb. natation.
There is, Mcleod, • maws amount of truth in it,
Lammed' ad there is at the bottom Me window •
small instialdos Moot four tames La diannor con.
taia/d4( " di. George and the dragoo,'—tho church
Wag doiloated to at. Gongs, this we. Mooned in
Me window as being not inappropriate ; the principal
aubjou of the window is, howevot,—thaa which, I
think, Mere could out be • bener--the gnat g
fact of 'the Crucifixion," this occupies tbe aunt
~antral spoor; and four Wier principal 1001001 from the
111.4 Christ are (Whammed in th• sides. l may add,
that Um window is a nary Mogul ully ersoutal work
of art, second to none this ado the whitey of Wrest ;
and it Is a vary noble awing to in. Mural, —ail tee
mon valuable from the quiet umenotruous way in
which it has been "dam. Ay only regret is, that it
has beta placed in • church where the same benalui
system mkt (though in the one ol Mho chinch all
such rights wen I Anted when dm building was
remated more than 90 yews ap) as is your own horn-
like structur• called at. klarfs asiLskumbe
itegis—
ubs.. the pews or bought, sad mid, or signally In for
=the Christian nava* of Portland and Meloombe
utterly unmindful al tho warning and
of dim who stoke clamed the temple, thus = 1
what ought to be tisk Rome of Prayer into • home
of merchandise. May, where one mends(' how,
hada this wretchedsyssisto, the awn wraith, parish.
. loners, in a spirit of cursed pride and e.lBahnmm, buy
up an the best and Mist plane Is tkit
robbing the pour o erf their mmen low rights' inthi;
Pa bela outum, and driviag them int the out-of-Um
way plami and draughty oorttora—dad most sit..
away from the Mom altogether-4s le nut too much
to apply to them the snooper unwiring' which hew
applied to the deplore of the Murcia in the olden
Unita, and to say, that they make whoa ought to be •
church into " • des of thieves."
Asking you to bay, tir kindness to publish this in
your Deli, may aid, to pubbas it socks, or
uot am, yours very Mild ul. y,
.1. Amon uo &Lima,
bonne of Portiand.

Wan e/LCIL.
Oa Nrw 1 t sAs's DAT • um waii pa,vided ia tit*
Wealoyaa ...about-m.la. Le all sae .I,f p. pi. vv., 6()
=got al& thifiwtasately the Isla 1.4 brandy
the Amon sad maims, prfoloSig Nag id

' 'h. • I 011 t-• Ii •• 14 I. 9.1 • 111 p r
, .1 •I ~ . g .1
b „ d f a ha. • .1
.I*Lharealt.., the tat . which th—nrell iondnen.
of %tr. and &Inv :rock r, be. baa.me an aanual treat.
much morrow wan manifested on aoodnet of the
unavothble &berms t Mr. Crocker, thrnarh siakivse.
but in place ram ably 8116,1 by Mr. Cnicknr,
Dorcheavr. Air.r tame addromes were given b. the
toy. W D.nabain (Entkly.a Isnt late)Ml and Mr.
Crocker. Various hymns &a., vie. so g by I.
oh,dr, and at the Mose of ths .ueeti ug a car!
with a inti abio iort Maori vial an. an o ao4e
(the usual gift of Kr. F Karshallsay) was
given to sack person. On Friday another to•a
IVY ev.. to MI who were usable to attend on the
Wedpeedel. Mr. Cracker, son- neap took the
chair, and the Rev. W. Allen. of borollester, gave a
upteadil addrom. Oa the whole eb• result wadi very
sati.factor4.6ldioairti so many woes disapprintsd in
Use And

POOLS.
burn or ran RACOLDIa'S Yana& —Mr. Jahn
Collins, father of Mr. Arthur John Hammond
Collins, (4
_C., Recorder of the Borough of Poole, died
hi.Todd's°. at Parlodate on Wedosday night, it
the rips old age of 73 The deceased was formerly an
officer In the Gmetguard 'orrice. sod sss in receipt of
• pension. He was one of the Sub-Co umissionere of
Notre for the Port of Poole at the tun., of his death.
Parr' Session. Thunday.—Before the Mayor Mr. W.
N. Western> sod leers. W 11 Duda. and J. B. Bursa
J. opt Emma. a butcher of Pools was summoned for
being drank and disorderly in the Market Place, on the
Nth of Deoember. —Since the date of the offence defen-
dant has gone into business at Swan ige, and his mother
appeared for him and pleaded guilty to the charge.—The
magistrates in/Lmed a fine of gs. and 0004.

LOWCIFLIZT.
"Clictaisn Ohrletain-day.
• church not fe.r from Poole, s marriage was solemnised
under some difficulties, owing to the stupid behaviour
of the bridegroom. The man had fortified him-elf
with "Wier • =portions quantity of " Dutch
courage," to face the ordeal, but the clergyman did
▪ t consider it nsossmry to °hien to the performance
of the serrice. As it proceeded, however the bri
groom's conduot h that the rev geodensul h
14 rroconstrate w ' Who, he told the 113•0 to
repeat after him 4'4 take then
—, as illy Hall LIN silly follow ;modeled in
Oh yi •.ke thee. Mantic,* nal the
ci roman pert stopp-d the 'terrine and
',tired to the vs 10 bridal party thus found
thomml wee is • 4••••• pr•sil• MS •ot. awl
probably the int de ha I something to siy in
the matter ; at al the bridegroom. now sud icily
restored to pedlar. coo. sly, followed the cleriyui
into the vestry. onsile so apology, and promised to
conduct turned( properly if be would cootome the
service. The rev. gentleman, wit., good 'lselin) te
well known, consented, sod the rest of the wedding
service was gone throu„h "without • hitah."—i's
Nava