The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-01 00:00:00

county lees or more ; but if he (Mr. Fowler) found the
tacit an District NODS. powers on top o' the Hill were brought to bear upon the
_ industry of the island he should open his mouth pester
DONICHHITHIL strongly against it Perhape Mr. Dien, would open his
has given mouth • little stronger? (Voices : "We doubt it.") He
Wg understand that the Marquis of Saliehttri
towards the rebuilding fund of Holy Trinity Church. then invited questions, stating that he had been catechised
IT it stated that • younger brother of Lieut. Williams, about • little difference in our Protestant Church, and he
of the 3rd D. R.V., Is about to be appointed sub-lieutenant had seen a letter to-day in the &Treat newspaper about
of that owes it. Really this was cutting it too fine. He was never •
We learn that Mr. T. Coombe, son of Mr. T. Coombs. Ritualist; and many of them went over to the Roman
solicitor, of this town, has succeedully passed his *semi- Catholic Church. ("The right place for them"). But
this was not a question for a political speech but for one.
nation, and been admitted as an attorney.
RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. —On Thursday the London own conscience. He was a moderate churchman, and did
and South Western and Midland and Somerset and not interfere with those who went to chapel; and, if •
DOllll4 Railway_ Companies Bill had the necessary proofs man was • Roman Cathohc let him go to • Roman Catholic
submitted to Mr. Frere, who reported that the Standing Chapel—(hear). There was along letter in to-day's Ripen
Orders of the H ',use of Commons had been complied with, or he should not have touched upon it; and he thought
THE BITER BIT.—On Sunday night a gips), named the man must have asked the question for a mischievous
Fivefold put his horse in • meadow on the Charrninster plumes', because if he (Mr. Fowler) went in for one party
road to feed for the night The animal went to the river he should offend the other—thear, and applause).
to drink during the night. and was discovered the follow- Mr. ROBERT I'ILARCI asked what about opening the
tug morning miring upped over into the mud and been public resorts on Sunday I—A. You mean the_publichousesl
drowned. —No; the British Museum and such.—A. Under certain
swum—A pnrty of about 200 infants were entertained circumstances there could be no reasonable objection.
at the National school, which is conducted by Miss There are ninny who would zo to the publichouse if they
Salisbury. The room was very nicely decorated for the did not go to these WILCOX of resort
occasion. and • number of ladies and gentlemen were Mr. R. Pr..tacit : Shut up both of them?—A. Ah But we
prevent to assist and care for the little ones. The children vary so much on these points. lam a member of the
sang 'eyeful pieces in • pleasing manner and were also Temperance Society, but not a teetotaller—(bear), and
entertained with an exibition of the magic lantern by Mr. you must bear in mind that every man has • little whim
Day (house surgeon of the Dorset County Hospital). After of his own, and standing before 7,000 electors, we cannot
this there was • distribution of warm useful clothing, and go in for all these little whims. If you vote for Mr. Dishy,
a quantity of toys, end buns and oranges were also freely you will find some differences between you and Mr. Digby,
supplied, and altogether the evenings entertainment was and if you vote for me, you will find some little differences
thoroughly enjoyed. between you and me.
Fills—On Friday afternoon • fire occurred at West Mr. H. SArsor : Will you vote for Mr. Newdegate's bill
Fordington School-room through • light being incautiously for Conventual Inspection I—A. My impression is that I
&POW to a leakage in a gas pipe, by which several of should let well alone. We are a Protestant country, and
do flooring honni. were Ignited. but an there was • good nobody is forced into these establishment&
supply of water the names were extinguished without Q.—Are they not in some of our colonies I—A. Ido not
much damage being done. About 7.30 on Sunday evening now of any.
another lire, which threatened to be far more destructive, Q.—Not in the Bombay presidency I—A. Can you tell
and which caused much alarm, broke out on the premises le of one!
of Mr. W.. Wallis, tailor, at the end of Demote-street. The questioner returned that he could not—Baughter).
• ' smoke proceeding trout. the Mr. R. Paistcg: If there is no harm in these places, why
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shop, and on examination it was discovered that a
quantity of cloth was on fire, but a good supply of water
speedily quenchedithe flames, no damage tieing done beyond
the injury to the cloth. It is supposed that the fire on-
'Meted through • girl searching in the shop for some
paper with a lighted candle. It is fortunate that the fire
was discovered early. as Mr. and Mrs. Wallis were from
home at the time.
listmovmsztrns—The improvement of Icen.road is fast
being proceeded with. A dwarf wall is being constructed
by Messrs. .lesty on the south side of the road, the
embankment above will be bevelled off, and we hear also
iron rails will be fixed to the top of the wall. This im-
provement will make the road several feet wider, and
thus add much to the convenience and safety of foot
passengers. The road leading to Mr. R. Ilayne's stores is
also being widened. The trees there have been felled.
and other improvements are to follow. This is • step in
the right direction, as many serious accidents have
happened at this point through the rough state of the
road, and the Town Council are to be commended for the
manner in which they have set about the work.
WailiTsa MilialONS.--tin Monday evening the annual
juvenile missionary meeting in connection with the
Wesleyan society was held in the schoolroom, and was a
Vest success The large room was literally packed, and
the meeting was very hearty. Mr. G. Crocker, jun., pre-
sided and opened the meeting. Mr. F. Allen (son of the
Rev. W. Allen), tutor at Taunton College, addressed the
meeting in a very talented speech, showing the origin of
Christianity and the wonderful works accomplished by
missionary efforts. Mr. W. Lang gave an interest-
ing speech , and then Mr. G. Wright, jun., addressed the
meeting. The Rev. W. Allen, circuitminister and returned
missionary exhibited• number of diagrams from sketches
made by himself whilst resident on the West Coast of
Africa, including scenes in Kumasi, Dahomey. Am, and
some of the horrors connected with the slave trade,
making appropriate remarks and minutely describing the
various scenes—At the close the usual reward books were
distributed to the collectors. Edgar Henry Groves receiving
tit' a first prize, he having collected the largest amount
The amounts collected by the children varied from Is. 10d.
toCtlbs. Bd., and made a total of .C2B. To thow that the
means of collecting missionary money by children's cards
is • success we may mention that in 1863 when no
juveniles were employed, the contributions were less
than .C 5 for several years after only VI, whilst
this year, as we have said, .138 has been raised,
and the children deserve encouragement for their perse-
verance. As one of the speakers remarked during the
evening it was a good work, it was worth doing well, and
worth persevering in. Suitable hymns were sung during
the evening, and at the close • larger collection was made
than for many years past

should they object to scrutiny I—A. The inmate; look upon
the convent as their private abode.
Mr. PEARCE hinted that people might be ill-treated
there.
Mr. FOWLER knew of no such thing. As a Protestant
he once had those ideas, hut they would not hold water if
you searched into them. He used to believe that Roman
Catholics worshipped images, and painted idols; but he
did not now. He went into a Roman Catholic chapel
abroad where he saw notices of confession posted up, one
day for liars, another for adulterers, and so on.
Mr. R. PEARCE : Would not you put down that?
Mr. FOWLER: That was abroad, but not in England. It
was what I hated to see; but I never saw it in England.
Mr. Puttee : Why there are confessionals in the
Church of England.
Mr. FOWLER repeated that in • political speech, he
ought not to go into particular kinds of religion; he had
said too much already. Ile Would answer any fair
question.
Mr. B. &RIVEN (trustee) asked if Mr. Fowler knew the
proportion there was between our army at home and
abroad in the colonies I—A. I donut,
Q. I thought you were saying the army should be greatly
reduced I—A. I did not say that. Don't you setup politics
for mess mine, only to knock them down.
Mr. Scisivz.v said the drift of Mr. Fowler's speech WY
that he would abolish the army, or nearly so, and encourage
the volunteers and militia.
Mr. Folvtita : That shows me very plainly you did not
listen very attentively—(laughter). I said my opponent
was for increasing the army ; but I did not think it
required increasing. Mr. Fowler wanton to re-state what
he had said, concluding that if our country were assaulted
sll would be in the army, for "England with all her
fiats, I love her still! Now, is that about it 1"—(11P-
pious).
Mr. B. SCRIVIN : That is somewhere about It; but the
drift of your speech was that you would do away with the
army.
Mr. Fowtra: No, no, I did not say so. Here is a
reporter (pointing to our representative) ask him if I said
SO. He shakes his head. You and I shall be all very good
friends; but you must remember that four or five and
twenty out of 7,000 electors is a small proportion. I
understand you are a leader for Mr. Digby—(laughter)
and you have • perfect right to ho; but when I was here
the other day. I thought my Chairman might be favour-
able to me. Ido not hold myeeLf up to make Portland
bigger than England—Raughter).
A. man uked if lie. Fowler would advocate female
sulfrasn and the mutation was received with derision.
Mr. FOWL6a : lam not—
The MAN: No Fowler now !—Cries of "No vote r
Mr. Fowten wanton to make some allusion to • "little

lawyer. and said If he had been athome on
night he would have been retained for me; but he was
not at home.—(Voice: Perhaps you did not send your
retainer I—Mr. Fowler: Yea I did, ask my lawyer. Now
anybody else I—(No reponse). Mr. Fowler then wished
them farewell, and hoped they'd agree with him—
England, with all thy faults. I love thee still "—(ap-
plause.
The CHAIRMAN asked if they had the ballot box, how
MILS it they were so tormented with people knocking at
their doors late at night They had better be at home,
minding their own work, not poking about at people's
doors.
Voice: "Who canvassed for Mr. Hambro r
The CHAIRMAN I don't know. I bad a canvass book
sent me, and I said I'd send the crier round to tell people
I was put in office. If there is anyone here who can say
I asked him for a vote let him come and say so. [At this
Mr. Mabey got on the table and looked round amid ap-
plause.) He continued : Can you find one No. Then
that man ought to be ashamed of himself. I went to
Mr. Hambro's meeting and objected to be domineered over
by • lot of Weymouth people. When Mr. Fowler came
here he answered for himself; but when Mr. Digby was
here some one else answered for him.
Mr. Fowtea moved • vote of thanks to the chair, which
Mr. B. scatvg.l seconded.
Mr. FORUM drove off amid cheers.