The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-03-30 00:00:00

AN-ArrIMLANCII.OI, TIM LOST WOMAN.

A/we:pans/ Cerketr, a merriest annum, who has been missing
from her home Mr many weeks, was now brought up by Stmt.
Vickery, wlll had arc ated her in London, on Tuesday, with a
warrant. She was charged with stealing a dress and bonnet.
value 15s, the property of Mazy !gonna. Pnrecutrix kept •
shop in Weston cottages, and on the Tuesday before last
Christmas Pay, prisoner went to her house and asked her to
I. lid her 5s to pay a Site, in order to wiee her (nee going to
prison. She Ilse, asked for the it a bonnet and dress, ais
MC was no shabby Prosecutris lent her the money *Ali ebethea,
on her promising to return the latter in */ minutes. Prieenser
neither retunied the clothes apr laid the money ii r had prosceu-
trix seen her fruit then till now. —Supt Vickery said ptilloll./ left.
Weymouth eery mysteriously and it WIN thought she had
committed suicide. On Tuesday he apprehended her lii Lon-
, don, and shc acknowledggi that she had obtained from Mrs
Monter the bonnet produced. The dress, she cud, was nett
worth much. -Cobbett, prissier* husband raid she had
strut ed his children of clothes before, for the Purlenw
of getting drin, she had broken up hie home,. ,ge
' oral occasions, and he could not lice with her
Prisoner ;Lotted bitterly on her husband, ironically thanked
hint tear the character lie hal ;neon leer, and cal she would
Irather Mu on the gallows than Ilse anti him Ile hest put his
, scissors to her head, and cut WI her hair • she would not work
' at all now and then he would be on:up:llea to maintain
She pleaded guilty to the robbery, but said she intent either in.
return the clothe'. or pay.—MN Naerger, munitioned ly the.
Bench, also said she haul let prisoner have a dross for us, rei
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tier-
promising to lay—that month hard labour.

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County Parry Sassums, Friday.
K. Q. E 11.4. a/h1 MeJ..r W.m+l.
phen Dryer C0,06r0, .4 the Albert Inn,. Castletosa;
Portland, was aunnuoned for hating dve yuarts and threw
pint measures in his poweveion. the NUM being illenrrni and
unjust. --Supt. Batty said one .4 the .tu Ft cups was 17 tbsehma
short, and one of the 01141 12, draehms short —Defandant
aid it was almost Impossible to obi* correct ware cum—
Fined 10s and costs.

Before 11r. 11. C. G.... Wen.

AMK Houle of (ho Ge.No Inn. Iteforne, was suminoticd
for a similsr offence -She had fire quarts and six pints. She
said she had 'elt she house •YI yew I. and had neser beets
summoned beb,re ; tiewe cups were in the bar by mistake.—
Fined Ios, ioclusliu LNMAS.

WYKE REGIS.
Truk °ROO: at the parish church has undergone okl-
siderable improvement last week lq the addition of
swell, under the direction of Mr. Thorne, the organist
The tone has been very much mellowed and improved.
and the result is very satisfactory. The work wail
executed by Mr. Woodford, of Weetuouth, and the whole
of the expense was borne by • gentleman of the parish.

PORTLAND.
PittslorraTlON TO A CLERI:YNAN'S WIFF...-00 Widnes-
day evening Last a gratifying presentation was wade to
Mrs. Roberta wife of the Rev. W. Roberts. late citrate of
St John's. Miss Andrew; the Misses Fox, and others
repaired to Capt Seriven's, where Mr. and Mrs. Roberts
were staying, and Miss Penelope Anilmws banded to Mrs.
Roberts an electro-plated biscuit tin tilled with the
choicest biscuits. the young lady also presented the
following address : " Mrs. Roherts, Dear Madam, WC the
teachers scholars, and friends of St. John's. Sunday
school, are desirous of testifying our esteem for you by
presenting you with this small token, not for its intrinsic
value, hut that in future years you may at least be able to
look back with pleasure to your association with Portland.
We with you many happy and prosperous years in this
a tend at last a joyful entrance to the realms shove.
&inland, March 24th, 1575." Mrs. Roberts was much
affected, and feelingly expressed her thanks.

CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY.
The 37th anniversary tea-meeting in connection with
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homas, and Capt. Thomson.
After singing and prayer.
The CHAIRMAN said Me keynote of their Good Friday
:peeches used for many years to be "Debt debt." They
hould not say much about that to night, only that the
proceeds of this meeting would go towards the debt on the
school. He had confidence in lust and in their Christian
friend., that this would he lightened Ile had not the
slightest misgiving about the Elfin yet remaining.
Rev. D. Timitss, of Came, expressed his pleasure at
being with thera, and seeing the new schoolroom Tils
education ,d the young is being brought home to Christian
people as it never was before. Ile advocated children being
allowed to join the church 14.4 soon as they showed love to
Christ, to Ills people, and His house. So they might hope
to get TiinothYs. I acids, and Sainuels. who would work
in the church. They must take care to work, or they
would bissime languid and they must not be satisfied with
going to heaven alone but seek those around, and try So briug them also to Christ. In his native county was the Plinliiinuon whence arose three rivers, which it
was said, made ii bet as to which should reach the sea.
first The first went straight to the set, disregarding all.
olemarles, but its mime was unknown beyond its native-
county. Two others wound round and round with,
sympathy for nature, and who had not known the names.
of the Severn and the Wye I So if we are to be useful and honoured, we must not hasten uuscrupulausly only to win.
the race, but must seek to bless mankind —(applause).
The Bev, W. Lewis sail he had been asked if Portland was the same country as Weymouth I —(laitithter). But in
Porthutd they werss progressing vastly, and keeping step
by step with Weymouth. Ile tic :night it was well to take
notice Good Friday, not superstitiously to disregard
part4..uher days, But we !Mould not allow the sadness
connected with the crucifixion of our Lord to overshadow
the day, for the Lord is now sitting on Ilts throne, and
all ilis morrow is past —(heard Passing on to the work
done by building tlie schoolroom, he believed Mr. Sherri% was not satisfied without increasing it by having the
chapel re-peweil, in harmony with the school. Referring
to the revival by means of Moody and Sankey, he said they
ought not to wait till any special strangers came; but do
as the people of Leeds did, where they had a revival w ith-
out the visit of Moody and Sankey, by using the saute
means. If we are inspired with, yearning desire to have
a reyivaL let us go to God for it, and we shall have it He
trurdcd Mat this would be a year of revival for them and
that many would be impressed with the truths of the
Gospel who hail never beeu impressed before.
CAPT. T 1101130,1 remarked mat one of the things that.
would make it worth while to live k Portland was attend-
ing such nominee as these, and this was a happy thing in
England, that wherever they were quartered they could attend such meetings mid hew such imeeclee Those who
lives' in England could scarcely imagine how much such
opportunities were missed, and he himself was looking
forward with sorrow to losing thorn again. In India.
wltce we heard the orgies of the natives at nights that the whole land seemed given up to the ileviL But in
England all was different, and if people here do not give
up their hearts to Christ, dreadful will be their doom.
Rev. E. Bourox congratuLtted the people on this 31st
anniversary meeting, and was satisfied that in Mr. Sherren
Port Land had the right man in the right place, he was au
etNlient man for work, and let them " stick te their minis-
ter." Many of God's ministers had ex,perienced the pain of
the falling away of those who ought to be their faithful sup-
porters. They would not be able always to understand
their minister ; but let them remember Israel's sin in the
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hiaklt was,
would be right and they would be wrong. The special
Preparation of the minister for his work and his whole
and sole devotion to the work, rendered it exceeding!y
probable that he could see further than they did. But lee
not their sticking he like that of barnacles., don't let them
eat into the minister and hinder his work. or let theta
cling like ivy, drawing the life tutu! a minister. Let them
cling to him like a company of faithful nuat around their
eePtleei when they pt out into the world and heard all

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