The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-03 00:00:00

Many polled during the dinner hour, and there was con'
A "erobic exciteinent JI the at teraoon. vehicles containing
voters runninc backwards and forwsr.lii, and Lunch uncer-
tainty prevailing an to the resuit. Al. oat four o'clock the
Ton-a Crier announce.' Alford ineitns to fight it out;
vote as you have promised, like luen I** llie state of the
pull was decLired at live o'clock as follows :--

:toRTU wAItD.

C 1X
Tucker .
Suttill

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Cox.E. I'7o
Larconile . . .
Alford . . le7
IJilkr
The six retiring Councillors were therefore re-elected

E'YPIS.
CONFIItIIITION.—The Lord Bishop of the Diocese held •
cuulirmation service for tlie_tearisli of Syniondshiwy, at St.
Peter's church, Eype, on Thursday moraine at eleven
o'clock. The font was vrreathed with evergreens, and •
pretty cross of newer and greenery placed on the ton :.the
window sills in Um chancel were laid with mesa,studded
with liright binesoms, and a beautiful floral er141,1 O.OA over the cominuniim table. Tfie following. illumivated texts were also placed M prominent parts ot the building,
Under the emit window, "Thy vows •re we' me, U ens,
on
they are the sons of Gal ;" at the ha,,' of the window
its Imlay m are led by the spirit of God
on
hese of the two window', on the south " Stand feet in the
etihtheerni,ind:
,floio
of
the
chancel.
" Watch ye; • at the
faith," and "Quit yeu like nien—be strong.- wiiibit at
the Weston, end was the text, "In whom also of that
ye hefieyed, ye were sealed with tie, Hely Spirit of
promise. The texts were done by Mr... Rowlinson and
the decorations were the work of Miss eawitinson anci Mir
Hauaway. Shortly after eleven o'clierle, the Bishop
entered the church, aceouipanied by the Bev H. Rawlin-
son (rector), and the Rev. C. it, itesefia„„a (ront.), and
was followed shortly afterwanls by the surpheed choir
The servieeWaerotuilienCed by singing the apPein tei I hlien.
"Come lily Ghost," .kc. The Rev. ii. It nelinsell thou
commenced the service. Before 'skim: thee shoot to he
cinitirined the Usual questions, the Bishep aildressed them
as to the nature of the vow they were se-out to take. In
infancy they had been baptised, !i.t 1 th.l hnd
thcii
been taken away as baptised infants, tie vneild at euce have gone to their heavenly father's lbeiur, by virtue of
that blessed baptism, which made them inheritors of the
Kingdom of Heaven. God, however, hal been pieued to
spare their lives, and they were now stateling before the
all-seeing God, and in the presence of that congregation.
to confirm the proiniaes made by their godfathers and god-
mothers in their baptism. His Lordship then asked thein
if they now confirmed the vows made for them, and being
answered affirmatively the remaining ,entencesi and
prayers were read, after which the candidates were presented, the girls, to the number of 31, by the Bee. H.
haerlimon, and the boys, numbering 21 by the Rex C.
R. Rawlinson. Mr. A. J. PittiekL and Mr. Joseph Pitfield
assisted in the absence of the churchwarden& His Lord-
ship having Lid his bands on each one separately, and
pronounced the blessing, addressed them, counselling
them to continue earnest, steadfast, and persevering in
the faith. He reminded them they must pray regularly
in private as well as in public, and that their conduct
must be in accordance with their supplications, lie
impressed upon them the duty of llttell.lll4 the Holy
Communion, and urged parents by precept and example
to encourage them. Let them perseveve in the work they
had that day
_begun, mil wall/ in the paths of holiness,
truth, and obnlienee as became the children of God.
Hight God grant them His blessing for Christ's sake. The
remaining pre) ,•• the service concluded
with the benediction.

In several districts around gristol they are finding
ceeL
The new city editor of the Thhes is Mr. Cnuep. the nephew
of Mr. J 0..111031.2rd

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he-annthil ism the lieilgherry chinthona plantations
I. upwards id 47,0ve
The Episcopal I..,,nVtation of the tweed sty.has adopted
a canon directed thainstßituatji
Garibaldi has wads a profit of about .1:1120 by his &could
of his expedition against Itoine.
This year's sugar cup clop in the United States will 1.4
the largest since
Somebody has a,certaineil that it take, 15,1pj0 house film
of average size to make a pound.
The Bishop of Salisbury 'impedes to hold an ordination
on Sunday. December :anti.
Efforts are Iciing nook fir the e,thlilichinent of a yearly
horde fair at Lang port.
Dauthte to the extent of two hundrel thousand dollars
h.a been done hy gro.it tire in NI. aitreal.
The capital Wr..." ievested in the Liverpool dock estate is
Brigham Youtig is reported as gradually convalescin&
though he is harily con•idered out of danger.
It is rather r,narkable that no peer attains his majority In
1575.
Lord Wolverton left then, nit Thuralay, for itangoo-boaio,
tiluidlord
The revenues of GI. Eric canal hare fallen oil considerably
this year.
The fouudatiou of a uvw gaol was laid at. Portsmouth ea
Thurcilay.
It iambi that the hfeok pearl (Latent* on the Pacific coast
are. almost . ethaust.i.

.J;47•17.1M vighteru nowsiavgs, several uf thous
daily.
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Captain Muggerid:e, of Portamouth, lois been Mad as,i/o7
for smuggling.
A slight shock of earthquake Irma felt in tile Qolorty of Victoria
on the iiirth of August.
Dr. Imikvater, the coroner for Middle-ant, died on Friday
=oiling. at Margate, In his sixty it rot )ear.
The total value et the personal estate and efhats of the late
Dr. i ivinotone has been sworn under al,:aat
The personal estate of the late Ill.ht Ihm .1. Brnwiter, Lord
Chancel for of Ireland, has been sworn at ai27,uoU.
me senior cadets I.n hoard her Maj.:at)** training .hip
laritannla have b..-esi flogged on the bare back for faxing and
bullying their juniors

An attempt is to be made to celebrate next year in
Ireland the centenary of the birth of llauiel °Connell,
who Wai 1.111 near Caliirciveen, county Kerry, in Ita
A me ik
eting was hell in Liverkd, on Thursday, for the
purpose of iietablihimt • reformatory for Holum Catholic
girlk. About .E.uu subwribtal.
The honorary freedom of the city of Loudon, with •
',word value hundred ouio,, ha. Item, prt,ents..4 by the
C.•rporAtiou to Sir G.ruet Wobely.
Mr. E. Price, of the Midland circuit, recorder of York,
Ito., received the appointment of county court indite for
Hants, in place of Mr. Gale, re,ixned.
At the Sussex se,,iont, the ouviction ,d Mrs. Mary E
7hautrell, widow, of Luttitt;deau, for starving eistliteen.
dugs, was :Lair:lied ou appeal.
The Attormy General of New York intends prosecuting
tho Erie Railway director* for fraud, "in tle name ut the

•
Prince Hassan. the 4,11 of the Khedive of Famit, is 4
the present time an othcer of the Gerimm army. and is at
this moment in Egypt on linive of absence.
A Prussian paper complains that English ships con-
demned as unseaworthy are being sold to foreigners MAW
ing the German hag.
In the proposed scheme of at-wren-in adjutants of the
auxiliary forces are to have an increase,' emolument in
their retiring allowance.
The fishing boat William and Eliza, of Ity% put Into
Lowestoft on Thursday night, awl rinkiriet that in the
mornitut a heavy sea swept oil and drowned six of har
crew.

Mr. Chamberlain whims working turn to turn over the
neat Page of the Libvral prograintim themselves, invite
of anonymous writers. weak-kuewl I.ivr.oio uel eta
Toriec

l'h'll.
r. ps" was convicted at Warwick ot defrauding
a number of local farmers, by obtaining .04criptiona for
a National k'arwers' Association, started by himsel4 and
wad sentenced to twelve months imprhoi 111 l cut.
At heading, Mr. Milton. a barrister, dated to be
highly connected, was aentetirad to nine months hard
tabour for obtaining by weans of a poet dated cheque,
the sum of Ilk/ from Messrs. Stephens, Blantly, and Co.,
batikeni.