The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-30 00:00:00

cousrr PSITY SESSIONS.

Saturday: Before the Hen. W. H. B. Portman,
ALP., %Ir. .1..1. Farquharson, Mr. J. O. Atansel-
Pleydell, General Deane, and Colonel Uredale
Gkodou.

fhl7was-- the day for returning jury lists, and the
overseers of the several parishes attended.
Walter Cooper, a young luau, was chart by
Thomas Lane, gamekeeper to Mr J. J. Farou rem,
with damaging uuderwood in the parish of' Tarrant
Launceston, on Sunday, the 7th of September.
Defendant pleaded guilty, and the gamekeeper deposed
dthnefepnridannctipanlnddatuageuther7asvutiti, the n
he feunct:. _ The benchandhedby
unposed a line of &1., &I. the damage, and Is. costs.
William Lambert, of l'imperne, was charged by
P.C. Dowling with keeping a dog without a license.—
Defendant pleaded guilty. He was a shepherd, and
had not claimed exetuption as required by the Act.—
The case was dismissed, to allow the defendant time
to claim exemption.
George Vince, fishmonger, of Blandford, was charged
by the ts4ice with drunkenness in the parish .4 Bland.
lord St. Mary. on the 2nd Seigeruber.—Defendant
pleaded guilty, and W fined El and 80. Bd. costs,
in default one month's imprisonment, this being his
second offence within twelve month*.
Ann Christopher, an old offender, was charged on
two separate charges .4 drunkenness, on the 13th .d
August and 19th of September. —Defendant pleaded
guilty.—P.C. Churchill proved the charges—.A long
it of convictions as put in, and the Bench impos
a fine of 10s. and 8.1. fid. costs for the first offertce,
and RI fine and Bs. 64. costs for the second offence.
Allowed till next justice meeting to pay. In default
one month's imprisonment.
George Hall, chimney sweep, Blandford, and
Charlotte Hall. his wife, were charged with threaten-,
mug to do grievous bodily harm to Eliza Painter,
wife of Frank Painter.—Mrs. Painter deposed she was
in danger of her life by the constant threats of Ilall
and his wife towards her.—Mr. Atkinson defended,
and urged that the case would he met by the defen-
dants being bound over to keep the peace.—This was
accordingly done, Hall and his wife being bound ..ver
in the sum of 1:3 to keep the peace for six calendar
months.

111,01111.
Tilt IVesleyan District Meeting was held here last
Tuesday fur the towns from Bath to Weymouth. the
setseal gaolers and stewieth siva ding.

THS lalth anniversary of the opening of the Wee.
leyan Chapel took plaoeon the 23rd September. and was
above the average .4 such meetings, on account of the
grant of Colonel flambe, of a plot of land to add to
and ilium's., the frontage of the builiding, and
measured oif that day by the steward, Mr. Player,
also the attendance of two sona of the rector, who are
each clergymen in Hants and Dorset, but with the
chairman (Mr. U. Barnett), had their birth and boy-
hood times; in thi. village, to which reference was
made ; also that the family .4 the rector were shortly
leaving Stickland. A public ti,a, SVINI held, to which
a good company attended, and Mr. R. Llford, the
secretary, in reading In, report, sheered that but a
small balance WJLA due. The Rev. T. Reginald
Churchill spike feelingly of his attachment to the
believer, and people in Stickland, of whom the mem-
bers of that church formed part., mid expressed regret
at being so soon to be sundensl in body inon them,
although still one in spirit The 'try. Churchill
told a tale of two letters going into wrongly addressed
envelopes, one of which reached the parson, that
should have got to a land steward, giving orders to
"Keep up the fence.. grease the big wheel, and to tie
up the black bull," which was by • local interpreted
as "Take care of the church, pay your pastor better,
and keep out the devil,- which advice wee good, and
he would commend the same to them, and also
to keep close to God and live only for
Him. He c,onsidered it an honour. The
chapel was neatly decorated. In their addresses
Mr. H. Adams commended the holding fast of Dospel
principles, Mr. U. Bolt (Primitive) the value of
Christian unity and love, Mr. W. Robbins the deeira.
bility of being converted to Christ, mid abiding in
the " Rock of Ages.- The hymn, " Uathenng in
the Sheaves," was sung, and Mr. J. W. Barnett
followed, commenting upon the events of the 21 year.
of the chapel history, 3111.11 also of the history of the
Stickland Mehodist Church, and their founders,
Nlesars. Ballam, Hackett% Winsor, and his own father,
to each and all of whom, under God, be owed so
much by instrumentality of being brought in as a
"living stone " in the temple of God's Church, of
which that chapel WA" but A type, that his brother
and himself had been permitted to address that com-
pany of ‘Vesley's followers, for no Man', name or
work was more revered or more sound or more full of
Christ; may they all meet again. The hymn, "U,,
labour on, spend and be spent, thy joy to do the
Master's will," was then sung, and the Chairman
bade Nir. Churchill dismiss the assembly with the
Benediction, a select choir having added to the plea.
sure of the anniversary gathering.