The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-06 00:00:00

DOZOILIIITII.

WeFon TIM Wm.—A large variety of Ladies
re Boots, neat, warm, and Damp-misting at
" Dick's."
TH3 WIIIIIIOI OBtooti.—ln wineglasses of •
akeneatio lasnevemest Lord Justice Biwgallay has
returned to town from the arise% and Me place on
the Wasters Circuit will, it Is impeded. be take. by
Kr. Jostle' Stephen, who will join Kr. Justice Grove
at Taunton on Tharwiay next. It is anticipated that
Lord Justice Baggallay will rejoin the circuit at
Bristol an Tuesday, February 6th.
Tan annual tea and public meeting of the friends,
ntembean, and aubeoribers of the temperance hall was
bald on Tuesday evening last. Tea was held at 8.30,
when about 50 sat down, who all mewed to enjoy the
provisions set before them. After tea a public
and an entertainment wee most pleasantly
sad given by the members of the Dorchester
Bead of Hope, over which Mr. C. Greening presided.
He stated that, as this was their annual gathering,
duringh rrere exj.tictsd to give an am rs account of their labou
the peat year, or in other words to render an
account of their sumer iship, but before doing so he
maid not help referring to what had bees accomplished
this year already • this made the eighteenth meeting
which had been held 'Mos January lit of the present
year. Referring to the old peoples' supper, which was
hold on lb. 9th, when 110 all over 60 years of age
&Mended, and owing to the inclemency of the weather
40 did not attend, 50 were confined to their homes
owls to old age or sickness, thus Including over 903
In the borough all over 110, but which did not refer to
the upper CiaSS or to the tradespeople. After the
above, a very pleasing programme was admirably
carried out.

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Minns Aasomanon. —At a mediae of the
members of the Dominator Brooch of the Church
&nonagon, held in Dorchester, on Thursday, January
11th, 1883, the following resolutions were passed
unasbnousty :—L—" That this mooting regards with
alarm the proposal mode at the Church Congress, at
Derby, by the lion. C. L. Wood, that the sanction of
the Legislature should be asked for the alternative use
In our churches of the first Prayer B sok of King
Edward VL with Our OWO Book Of 0001110 n Prayer.
Whoa Ills °moldered that the restoration of the said
Prayer Book of King Edwaed VI. means the lone
denim into our church wervicess of many most objec-
tionable doctrines and practices, such as uootiou far
the sick, prayers for the dead, neervation of the
secraneenVsaas doctrine of tea ma sand 1110110 than
all, the system of auricular °oedematous,
observation which are in no way warrasted by our
Saviour's ordinances, or any authority of &tiptoes ;
It behoms all lhoes who heartily love the noble sen-
erd out Protestant faith, and lit freedom from
jameels of an ellen superstitioe, to oppose to the
utmost of their ability such an iniquitous attempt to
being the ormatery once more within the gimp of the
Church of Beene, 2.—" That this meeting- minims to
aspire Its sincere Shooks to the Lord Bishop of Man-
chester for the noble and boooorabi• part his lordship
hes taken Is suppOrt of the Mute doctrines of the
Church of incise& over which he is, by gas gran of
God, an overseer, by refusing to institute the Bev. W.
Coma to the Hickory of St. John's, Miles Planing,
ntW be bee obtained from Mr. Cowell an assurance
that he intends to obey tho law." &—" That this
rowdy with the evasion of the
11::: the ILsokonoolde one, with the counivanco and
Ganges of persons holding high authority in the
Churns of Macleod, whereby doctrines which those
pans are bound by their several olfion and Gagne-
moats (voluntarily sawed into) to banish, are sower-
seed seri almost sanctioned ; lad this mooting regents
the Connell of the Church Aasonettas to urge such
an amendment of the law that no pima= basing
authority In the administration of the &dale of the
Church of Becloud shall be able to subvert its Pro-
testant Constitution."