The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-08-20 00:00:00

DORCRESTKR.

comm.—op widnimay next a meteh will come off
between the Kingston Park and Weymouth Clubs at
Kingston.

Music.—The band of the Dorchester Rifle Corps
Performed a 'election of music in the South Walks on
Wednesday evening.
kli WM.—The Staff Sergeants of the Dorset Militia,
under the 00,...,1 of Major and Adjutant Clapcott,
are now undergoing the annual musketry training.
Tug W RATINZiI AND THE CROPI4. —The harvest in
this neighbourhood is now in full operation, end the fine
weather which has prevailed during the past week haa
amply facilitated the ingathering of wheat and barley
in all pasta of the county.
IN our report of the otos Payne r. Samways, at the
laid County Court, at Dorchester, by tame inadvertence
It wee stated that Mr. Alfred Seaway. went to Payne's
boon when he was the worse for liquor. This is an
am. ti was kin yolutger brother George who Timitod
Kr. Nyos.

t.'garr ILsrcn.—Kinpton Park e. Lyrointtoo.—A
match between these clubs commenced on the Kingston
Park, ground near Dorchester, on Tueeday last, and
gabbed" on Wednesday afternoon, the Iyinlngton
gentlemen obtaining a rietory to one innings and 20
rum to spire. Kingston Park, first innings 47, second
00 i Lymington, first inning', 157.

CORX Saturday. —Oar market was thinly
attended t.-asy. Supply of *hest very short, which
met a ready Rae at last week's price*, in consequence of
the unsatlsfactor't reports of ths now crop, of which a
few ..uiplas were shown. the quality varying froth
middling to very inferior. itarleyires spoken of as very
thin and blighted. One of our little Dorset farmers sold
the prods*, of 1150 sores of wheat at EIS per load. We
I hear the crop in this instanee is above an average.

015 ATD COICI annual meeting of
shareholders was b, 1d on Wednesday, Mr. 'T. Coombs
presiding. The report stated that the new works, which
only require an "exhauster" to make them complete,
bad involved an outlay of £453 124. 6d. above the
amount of the mortgage (c2,00n). A dividend of £5 per
cant, per annum was recommended. The general state•
meat of accounts showed liabilities £1,652 16.. 2d., and
assete—debts £1,126 175., rents £l4 13s. Id., balance on
new works 'Amount £463 12s. 6d., and cash £42 13s. Ti!.
The report and accounts were adopted. Messrs. Henry
Lock and Thomas Meanders were re-elected directors,
and Mr, 'robed Davis was appointed to fill the extraor-
dinary vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr.
John Davis, who had left the town. Mr. G. H. Davis
was re-elected auditor, with whom was appointed Mr.
T. C. W. Saunders, elected in the room of Mr. Robert
Davis.

MIL/TAIT. Tbe D battery, B brigade, of Boys
Hone Artillery. left Dorchester barracks for the head-
quarters at Woolwich, on Friday morning shortly before
eight o'clock. Their departure was witnessed by • large
number of persons, to Which the servint-girlism of the
neighbourhood RIB frilly reptesented, tad atseverations
lof loving remembrance, promises of letters, and fond
adieus were heard and men In 41 directions. The 3rd
D.E. V. band, under Mr. Henry Wellspnng, accompanied
the battery to the outskirts of the borough, playing
"Tramp tramp." The barracks were not left long
I unoccupied, for the A battery, C brigade, arrived from
I Aldershot about ball-past twelve the same day, and
I wore mmompanied on their march throu•ls the town by
tho rifle band playing. This battery is under the
command of Major Sladen, and comprise* five officers,
144 men, and 137 horses, with the usual complement of
guns, ammunition vans, he. We eannot hope anything
better than that the kindly relations which have existed
between the military sad our townsfolk during the past
year may be peclonged during the stay of the A battery.

Robert rOlt THZ PROPAGATIOS or THE GOSPEL.—
Collections were made atAll Sainte' church last Sunday,
on behalf of this society. amounting to 215 Is. 3d. The
annual meeting was held on Monday afternoon at the
Guildhall. but was thinly attended, owing, it is said, to
an announcement of the meeting oh another day. The
Ven. Archdeacon SanCtuary presided. The report
showed amount of subscriptions and donationpsufa2
Dorchtet t, CSI 14s. 21.. fiid from neighbouring
£9l 13e. tote], 1,173 Ts. 4.1. The !ter, Mr. Jones spoil..
of the need !or inerecsed support of the society, as 23
urgent claims had last year to be paned by, and £12,000
additional was required to maintain the present
efficiency of the minion work. Mr. Raikee, who has
spent 20 years in India, and held office in that country,
brae testimony to the reality of India's need of
the gospel, to the reality of the work done by the
missionaries, and to the fact that soften attended
their efforts. The Rev. U. Rowley, formerly •
missionary in Africa, gave some interesting Note con-
nected with the work of pioneer missionaries in that
land. The Rev. W. ?metal Ward proposed • vote of
thanks to the speakers, and he spoke at some length on
the necessity of the rennion of Christiandorn, and
attributing to its dininion the lack of area, Bodeen in
the mission stork. Mr. Ti Hodges seconded the
motion. A oollnitioh was made at the close.

Comer' Pours, Saturday.—Before H. Williams
6.1. (chairman). and Capt. Williams.—A man who gave
the name of John Lloyd was brought up on remand
charged with stealing from Mrs. Asenath (bb a
purse containing a £lO note and £.5 10a, at Maiden
Newton railway station, August 13th. Prisoner was a
dirty swell of the London pickpocket type. Mrs.
Crabb stated that on Monday, 13th August sbe lost her
purse, containing a £lO note, ES 10s. in gold, some
papers and • few postage stamps. She was waiting for
the train to Bridport thout halflast nine o'clock. She
(lid not mi`-,s her purse until she got to Bridport station.
Ste inquired of the guard at the station at Rridport
about it and then went home by omnibus. The last
time she knew she had her purse was on getting out of
the carriage at Maiden Newton, from Dorchester. She
felt herself pushed about at the station • good deal
and tried to get out of the crowd. She observed • short
man near her ones or twice. She Identified the purse
produced as hers.—Bdward Crabb, her husband, spoke
to bein& with his wife on the night in question at
Maiden Newton railway station, and seeing the prisoner
pushing up against Mrs. Crabb could not may what he
MILL doing, but he appeared SI if he had had a drop of
something to drink. He did not know that she had
lost anything until he got beme. Be walked home and
his wife went in the omnibus. He found her in •
very eveittil state, and in reply to his inquiry she said
she had lost her purse, and that she was sure the man
who stood, beside her must have Wien it. He went to
the gutusl at the Bridport station, and searched the
carriage, as there was no one else in it from Maiden
Newton to Bridport hut ids own family. When he
saw the priion'e.- near his wife he stood on
her right band side, where her pocket was.—
P.S. Stillman stated that In met the evening
train from Bridport on account of its being Bridport
regatta day. Saw prisoner step from • Bridport
carriageto the platform, arid noticed him particularly
from the way he acted. He asked • young man named
Lane to watch him. Three ladies were standing on
the platform opposite the bookinirotnee, and he saw
prisoner's hand underneath ha coat paw through hill
pocket and draw ever • lady's dress. The prisoner
at that time cast his eye on him, left the ladies, and
walked up and down. He asked the ladies if they had
lost anything, and they said no. Shortly after several
people were standing opposite the booking-office, and
prisoner amongst them. Afterwards when the down
passenger train had left, the greater portion of the
people had drawn towards the Bridport train. The
prisoner walked clown by the carriages and then
went to the gentlemen's water-clwet. On his coining
out, he got a norter's lamp and searched, when he
found the purse produced in the pen, containing a I
1:10 note and various other papers. He found prisoner
at the White Horse inn, and took him into
custody. Prisoner struggled, and begot the assistance
' of a man named Eveleigh. He then asked hint
what money he had, but cautioned him. He replied
he had 50s. in gold, and 15e, 18s. or El in silver. He
took the money he had from him. Amongst the silver
he found • sovereign. He took him to Dorchester.—
John Eveleigh corroborated.—Charles Lane spoke to
, seeing prisoner sitting on a seat on the platform beside
, some ladies, and to his walking up and down amongst
the people there.—P.C. Light, employed at the railway,
spoke to picking up two receipt stamps in the water
' closet, on Wednesday morning.—Prisoner wished the
' case to be disposed of summarily,and pleaded guilty.—
Mr. Williams said he had no doubt prisoner had come
down from London for the purpose of picking pockets,
I and that the Bench would not be doing wrong in
r sentencing him to six months' hard labour.--Sentence
t accordingly.

Cuing! MISSIONARY SOCISYY.—On Monday evening
last the Vicar of Fordingtou resumed his monthly meet-
ings on behalf of this Society, and notwithstanding the
notice of the meeting was not very extensively given,
the attendance in the parish schoolroom was most en-
worming—not a few doubtless were attracted by the
expectation, which was not disappointed, that the Rev.
G. E. Monle, recently returned from Chine, though not
feeling sufficiently strong to act as a deputation on
' behalf of the society in Other plums, would address a
few of his father's parishioners and fellow townsmen in
the room, in which nine years and shell ago he had
bidden them farewelL The Vicar was supported on
this occasion, by the Rev. E. W. Pears, and by his sons
the Rev. G. R. Monte, Rev. F. J. Mode, Rev. H. C. G.
Moule, H. M. Moule, Esq., sad C. W. Motile, Esq.
After the hymn "Prom all that dwell below the skies,"
which was given out by the Rev. F. J. Moule, and
p by the Rev. E. W. Pears, the Vicar briefly
stated his objeet in roe:L.lin./ thole meetings, and he
hoped that during his pro short stay in England his
, sou George would be to give them much infor-
mation. He then gave an idea of the vast progress
which the mission roue had made during the last 50
years. The Church Missionary Society, founded in
1904, was for 10 or 12 years unable to obtain the services
of a single clergyman of the Church of England. The
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel bad not at
that time, nor till the year 1833, any existence as a
missionary society for the heathen. Its object was
to send clergymen to our Colonata. The Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge in its conduit al the
Danish mission at Tranquihar hesitated not at that time
to employ Lutheran clergymen. All this was evidently
mentioned in order to bring out more strikingly the
"meting extent of mission work and its results effected
between the years 1816 and 1866 by the labours and prayers
of the Church Missionary Society. The general mum-
mery of missions as given in the last report is as fol-
lows :—Stations, 154. Ordained Missionaries: European,
190; East Indian and country born, 7; native, 80;
total, 277. Unordained Labourer" : European catechists
and other laymen, 19; European female teachers, 6;
total, 25. East Indian and country born teachers, 6;
native teachers of all clams, 1,824 ; total, 1,830. Total
number of labourers, 2,132. Native communicante,l4,762.
The greater portion of the evening was Nymphet by the
Rev. G. E. Motile, who, referring to the request, which
at the time of Isis departure he had made for the
prayers of his friend; reminded them that the special
'objects for prayer which he had mentioned were, a
sate and useful rungs, ready acquisition of the
different languages of China, faithfulness and fruitful.
flees in his Master's work, and, as he had reason to
expect that • missionary's life in China would be short,
that he might not by ill-health be compelled to return.
Hs then showed theist bow (though in a way very differ-
ent in the last ease to that which he had looked for) these
prayers had been wonderfully answered. And then
having read wine very interesting extra/JO from the
Anurnal of work, recently received by His, George
Motile from a Bible woman, • Chinese convert, whom
they had left at Hangohow, be eoneluded with a
toughing 'Pixel to the meeting to continue to
sympathise with the missionaries—in the field
and to pray for them, assuring them again
and again that the intelligens* and consciousness of
that sympathy and prayer which continually reacted
them in their difficult work, had beyond anything
, which could be imagined, cheered the hearts of his
brother and himself. The meeting closed at 9.20, The
collection amounted to £2 Oa.

TAR Nsw CRITICS FOR HOLY TRIIIIITT Paman.—
In response to an advertisement offering • LZ premium,
though without any guarantee that the successful
architect should have charge of the work, no less than
fifteen plans have been sent into the committee, in whose
hands • vestry has placed the carrying out of the re-
building of Holy Trinity Church, and these projects are
now on view at the GuikihalL The Early English
character largely predominates in all these plans,
though in most cams it has been freely "adapted"
according to Um!, and in some so intermixed with
features of the Decorated style, as to amp very °keel,
to the "mongrel" type, which is an abomination, while
a few of the plans are entirely of the Decorated
ordar, and one or two me in n Ilorid continental Wk.

The first sketch which &Waste attention on entering I
Hie room is one by "Palm= qui meruit ferat.'"Fhis
Is Early English in its main festures, and remiods one
of Ealisbury Cathedral, thqugh. of course, ii). but oil
reminder of that noble pile, Two eround piing are
shown, one with the chancel in Its usual place at the
at end, and the other with the chancel at the north, ,
as occasionally happens when the site renders the other
position ineligible. id the fier plan the structure
has • square appearance, wthich, though, it woill be
undoubtedly thehest for the beating of the oorigrega•
tion, in this cue sa we think, some of the
beauty afforded by • parallelogram, although, of course,
the difference in the heights respectively of the nave
and aisles would modify greatly the square character of
the edifice, Next we Observed one flouted " Sic
lefty," but it would be difficult to assign any period
to this as • whole, yet its exterior aspect is not on.
comely: as for the interior views— for, as in the
previous suer two playa are presented —the prominence
of • very plain opee.tinnbered roof, is, to our thinking,
rather an objection, though this is • mere matter of
taste. "Fortune Sequater" sends • plan in which the
lancet forms of the Early English period are
Pushed to their extreme development,. this has met
but scant apprObetton, "Del glints" Offers • etroctitre
in the Decorated style: the tower is very good, but
the interior is scarcely up to the mark. In the next
plan we have • total change of design. " Boas" pre-
sents an edifice of an ornate continental character, with
no English features at all, but we do not think this
proposal will induce the committee to depart from thole
orders of architecture which are familiar to us in this
kingdom. The plan which has attracted the most at-
tention, and. we may say admiration, is that offered
with the distinguishing mark 'Donee temple refeceria.•
It is in the early English style, and haa • noble spire,
while the interior is very ornamental Something of
its *Ur/Activeness my not unfairly be attributed to the
beauty of the exttrior drawing, end thzellentlt
Binned and coloured interior, with its • chancel
and brilliantly-illuminated window& Doubt. were very
generally expressed as to the likelihood of such •
church being built for £6,000, but we are told the
committee have been apprized that the edifice shown
has been built for the money, and some person
Ii prepared to do ithe same for Holy Trinity parish.
Well, whoever he may be that sends this plan. nobody
can say he is unskillful in preparing • "taking" done.
Next we have • plan signed "Respect the dead," which
seems to be mainly Gothic However, it is exceedingly un-
ecclesiaatisal looking,, and would appear to be intended
to be built of red, brick, with striae dressings. "Faith
and Unanimity" sends a design in the Decorated
style, which has a stately and stable •
while it seems more likely than many of the other
to be built for the specified £6,000, and it is,
Indeed, the only one adopted to the site. Another
design of the Early English period is presented by
Nec uperinindinu quarnvia exiguuni lucellum." A
plan marked with • red abir gives a structure of the
early English order. intermixed with ei,zy decorated,
and the coloured illustration has a appearance.
Another illuminated design is signed' Justitm." This
is of the Decorated period, and has • handsome spire,
with &pleasing intertor,:but ttoonetary question may
vary the plan colon:warily. eritas" sends • rough
sketch in Early English style—so rough that it is not
likely to receive much notice. A plan distinguished by
a trefoil is • fair example of the Decorated character.
Lastly, we have a sketch, known from the rest by
having no mark to tell its ownership, in the Frenc.i
Gothic style of about'the 14th century. These are the
plans which are to be examined by the committee on
the 26th inst., and the task of *election is by no means
an easy one. It is satisfactory to learn, however, that
they will have the auistance of an architect—
Mr. Norman, of Weymouth—go that we may
hope that the desifti chosen will be one not
only pretty as a dravnng. but satisfactory when trans.
forced to an edifice, both in the matter of beauty
and utility. The plans of the new building are on view
for a few days for such as care to go to see them. We
are glad to find that already mealy £3 000 have been
subscribed to this important work, and we would remind
our readers that "every little helps," and the rector
will gladly and thankfully receive any sum sent to him
towards the re-building fond.