The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-04-04 00:00:00

SHERBORNE.

tors tOljts ASV MRB. GRUNDY. The little
tyrant of our local woods has been trying to suck the
birds off the hedges, and seeking to lay salt upon the
tails at all events of those croakers who appear
falsely to have heralded the decease of that respected
lady Mrs. Grundy; but to quote the words of Sam
Weller, "he little knows who's a whistling for him
round the corner, as the hawk said to the robin red-
breast" I have this moment a telegram from Mrs.
Grundy, who announces herself as having got up
the length of Yeovil to put herself upon poor Louie for
the next six weeks. " She'll teach he,' she says,
"tobe a advertixin' ov' her affairs." As for the
extract from La Presse,over which our Pope appears
to lead such a merry life, it seems to be neither
more nor lest than a tfanslation, a very Frenohified
one certainly, of a paragraph *Web, if mistake not;
appeared if not in the Sherborne, at east in Most
other journals throughout the country; but the
revival of the old Sherborne and Dorset Mercury,
of which your company hold the copyright, has
raised your friend's choler to such an extent as to pre-
vent him seeing, even with the aid of his" spectacles,"
ili hut way from the West Walks of Dorchester to
the East, as he seems tti etpeCt. We don't consider
him so far-sighted up here, whatever he may be
when down after your birds in Dorchester, without
being able, I am afraid, to "suck them off ths
bedges."— Poor Robin!
The deposits for March, in the Sherborne Penny
Bank, established in 1859, at the Conduit-room on the
Paritle, amounted to £4 7s. 81, and the withdrawals
to £7 lls. 7d.
The Sherborne Church offerioriel te March 31xt *ere
—for the sick and needy poor, £7 7s. 70., and for Betting
and warming the church, £7 19s. lid. together
£l5 6.4. 9d.

SHERHORNZ CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL..—The annual
holiday of the schools will be celebrated on Thursday in
Whitaun Week. By this arrangement, the 7th D.V.R.
band will be able to join and olives the party.—Parish
Magasiat.
Tile 'VACANT SEITONBRIP. We learn from the
Parish diagasine that the vicar has appointed William
Hatcher to fill this ofliCe.
THE BEERBOHM' BRANCH OF THE 8.11.14.A.CiM.
Harrison, Esq., having resigned the secretaryship of
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts for this perish, it is requested that all oommunica.
tions on the business of the Society be addressed for
the present to the Vicar, until further notioe.—ParisA
! Magasine,
SszisMoNie IN HOLY WEER.—The following is the
list of Holy Week sermons at our Abbey Church :
Monday, 7 p.m., the Agony in the Garden, St. Matthew
styli 38; Ttleaday, 7 p.m., the Betrayal and Appro.
hension, St. Sohn xviii. 3; Wednesday, 7 p.m., the
Palace of the High Priest, St. Mark xiv. 83; Thursday,
7 p.m. the Hall of Pilate, St. Luke xxiii. 1; Good
Friday, 10 30 a.m.—Mattiwa—The passage to Calvary,
and Crucifixion, St. Luke xxiii. 3833; 3 p m.—Even•
song L —The preicions Death and Burial, St. Ma t the w
styli. 5061; 6.15 p.m.—Everssong ll.—The Rest, St.
Luke xxiii. 56; Easter Even, the empty Tomb, St.
Mark xvL 0, In Holy Week the church is open for
privatil detothin from S a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tag Poems! MissieSs.—A bale of blue serge has
been purchased by some of the Chttrch Sunday Scholars
in the girls' School, and will be forerarcied by the
African Mail on the 23rd inst. to the Rev. J. H. A
Deport, the Missionary Clergyman in charge of the
Fellangia Station, with the following letter, signed by
all the contributors :—" To the Reverend J. H. A.
Duport, Fallangia, Rio Pongee, Sierra Leone, West
Afriaa.—Reverend and dear Sir,—We, the undersigned,
Scholars in the Girls' Sunday Sunday School of the
Abbey ChUrch df Si Mary, Sherborne, respectfully
request your acceptance of the accompanying bale
of 32 yards of serge, for the use of the children
under your charge, together With our hearty
good wishes that your life and health may long
be spared to instruct and guide them, and that they
ms y sti grow up and live, as faithful Christians, as to be
a joy and comfort to yort in this world, and your crown
of rejoicing in the world to Wm*. —We wish to assure
you, Reverend Sir, that we do not forget your appeal to
us for help, and that we will continue to do all We can
to support your efforts as God's Minister, by inch
means as lie in our power. We cannot give much, but
we aan and do give gladly, with full trait in Him who
accepted the widow's mite, to receive and bless our
offering for the Lord Jesus Chriat's sake. —Hoping that
at some future time we may again have the great
pleasure of •seeing you, and of receiving your fatherly
conneels, we remain, Reverend and !Meer Sir, your
grateful and dutiful Servanta"— Here follow the names.
--Sherborne, 2nd Sunday in Lent, 1865.

BRIDPORT.

The Lord Bishop of the Diann will hold eonfir-
mations at the places and times hereinafter-
mentioned :—Bradpole for Askerawell, Bradpole
with St. Andrew, Loders' Tuesday, April 4, 11
am.; Pooratock for Hook, Poorstock with Milton,
West Poorton, North, Tuesday, April 4, 3 p.m. •
Netherbury for Mapperton, Melplaish, Netherbur;
with Coles Ash Chapel, Witherston, Wednesday,
April 5, 11 a.m.
A meeting of tbe Town Council is convened for
the evening of the 4th instant, to consider the pro-
priety of adopting "The Public-house Closing Act,
1864," under which, where adopted, licensed
victuallers are required not to open any house or
other place for the sale of exciseable liquors or other
articles between the hours of one and four o'clock
in the morning, and persona are prohibited from
opening refreshment houses, or selling refreshments
therein, between those hours.
BRIDPORT RAILWAX.-A half-yearly meeting of
the Bridport Railway Company took place on Wed-
nesday. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per
annum was declared on the preference shares. The
directors complain that the Great Western Company
are applying to Parliament for fresh powers in
respect to the Bridport line, without having given
any intimation to them, and say "they are utterly
at a loss to surmise what may be the pussies and
specific object of this proceeding. A clear, maid,
and satisfactory explanation thereof seems necessary,
before the shareholders can be reasonably qtaked for
their approval If these measures are intended
merely for the exclusive benefit of the Great
Western Railway Company, they can hardly expect
the coooogy4o, of thio efolnimoY,"

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