The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-16 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIST 1

Tho cli'ms of VIII a miety 7raro oclvroattoi 4
oheb:or oa SuaJ.y ltit A. S. Potor's tha oallaottont
amounted to CIL 2+ 4i. ot MI Shield to 111 12s
Fordingtni S. George f.:4 4s, nal Quilt Cnarob
237 e 61. . _ .

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The annual meetings were held ea Monday. R.
Req., of Bildeheal, presided, and there were
present—the g)114 11. Mauls, C. J. !Aril (seoretsry),
11. C. G. Mottle, R. Ludlow, A. H. Bell, C. Phinn, 11.
the deputation (Revs. N. Taylor and W. Hai midght), a R
a number of /Idles.
Alter prayer by the Rev. 11. Monte, the secretaiy
read the report and fiaanoisl statement which 'bowel
rsoeipts—sertnens and meetings, £.ll Ids 61; bazaar
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moiety, Ell ; paid to treasurer, ES Ito; Collectors'
Lists, E5l 191 71; neigbsuring parishes. £l'3 34 41 ;
jusanile association, £4l To 21; special. for deficiency
fend. £27 19, 11J ; China fund, £lO Is 21; Phila-
delphia school fund, Eh 101; total, U 55 is SI. There
had been remitted to tho parent society, C 324 15+4
Philadelphia School Fund, I:6 105 ; Übius fend
£lO Is 24.
The Rev. W. KIIGHT (deputation) refuted the
alleged failure of missions to India, by ter,ag of what
he had seen and known at Tinnevidly.
The Rev- A. H. BULL, of Come &Ms's, who has
lately been on a tour In Egypt and Palestine. spoke of
Christian missions .amongst the Aahoininedans. The
work is exoeedingly ditlioalt, but he found mush that
was enconragirg.
After singing the Doxology, the Vicar of Fordington
pronounced the &mediation, and the meetlnz ended.
The oollection amounted to XIII 141 41.

ARRIVAL OF THE Q.0.E.Y.0. AT WEYMOUTH.
Seldom of all the Mays in which the Queen's Own
Yeomanry Cavalry have honoured Weymouth by select-
ing (tea their heal matters dating their annual drill,
has the arrival of the regiment been looked forward
with such anxiety as in the present May. The Offl3iolll
intermoddling of WWI would.bs dictator was near
causing our Yeomanry to desert the only town at which
they could at the same time be thoroughly aocioniuto•
dated, horse and man, and have an entire change of
seam from their ordinary evocations. Aid to this too.
that Wernoutbians have always welcomed the Yeo-
manry with heartiness, and have yearly been at con-
siderable expense in hiring and paying for a first-rata
ground for their evolutions, to say nothing of the sports
provided. ant it will be seen at onto that the danger of
losing their visit thruuth a mere bu/baar called some
tattier warm, we may almost say bitter, thoughts into
existence. For it was felt that if the Q loon's Owe
should ohange their place of meetinA tor the cause
assigned, such a resolve would prove utterly ruinous
to the Weymouth season, and that the regiment would
by this means inflict snob an injury as would undo all the
good to Weymouth they had ever done. We r..j sloe
that the smtod Eaglish good sense of the commanding
offioer did not buffer him to ac t on alarmist reports
without an examination as careful as 'was dna
to the well-being of his men and just to the town.
That examination conducted in the searching and
sensible manner by Dr. Good, resulted in a triumphant
vinditiation of this watering-plsoe, and the Yeomanry
are spared what we know would have been to them a
pain—a separation from their old love, and not only
tbat, but a deadly thrust at her prosperity. This
difficult and dangerous matter disposed of, all seemed
to have worked well for the visit. 'fits early spring
rains had everywhere moistened the country from time
to time with genial showers, alternating with sunshine,
and the prospects of farmers are, we hope, far better
than last year, so that they have no doubt far better
'• heart" upon leaving their farms for a short " visit to
the seaside." But they must &Lie have gained coal.
For some time past, it has been the fashion to
undervalue the Yeomanry, and to discount their
claim at an alarming rate. Politicians have greatly
questioned their value, and the general public, always
tiokled with satire, has been willing to believe that
the Yeomanly where a considerable expense to the
country without any likelihood of value being rezelved
for the outlay, But since the last meeting of the
Q.O.R.Y.C. has happened the fearful war between
Germany and France, and military preparations have
been stimulated to an astonishing extent. A nong the
remarkable features of the German army, and one to
which it has in large degree owed its ancoesses, has
been its brave and spirited Yeomanry, who prowling
the regular army many miles in advance. " felt" the
country all Over. lEJIIIO progress easy where it was safe,
warned the army when to move (mama was dangerous,
and often made many valuable captures with a most in-
adequate form. The "two Milani" of the Prussians
appearing almost everywhere, and making the country
people feel that they were backed up by a tremendous
force with which they were in the closset communicee
lion, made themselves the terror of the French, and
yet after all, they were in great measure similar to our
Yeomanry. By no means finer men, Will not at all
likely to be better horsed than the fine regiment the
praises of whose horseflesh are proclaimed every year,
not only by local scribes, but by inspecting onions, of
the highest experience, the Prussian 'Uhlman could only
have exceeded our Yeomanry in their " technical
education," and that is a matter whlah can be mended
as soon as the country can devote the money necessary
to induce the yeomen to give up their time to more
complete and praistieal drill. So with increased
eertainty that the county values their tervioet, and
with the feeling that they are worth theiroost has come
increased spirit on the pert of the Yeomanry, and they
have poured down to their annual drill nearly 10 per
cent, stronger in numbers, and 50 per sent stronger in
confidenee then last year. A hearty welcome to them
again, says all Weymouth and good success to them
says all the country, and so began their outing
on Saturday last. All the town appeared to be in a
pleasant state of excitement; even in the morning, all
who could bad painted and decorated up, and were
anxious that the "new east." their houses had been
adorned with, should be quite ready to be approved.
Anything that Knight be tolerated before the opening of
the season, but which was in the least objectionable,
was ordered to be instantly removed, and then every
one who had a flag and a good pleas for it hoisted out,
p Ile pier rotunda was quite gay with Writing, end