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


A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

The Warriegton GMOrdial4 states that a most cruel and
dastardly outrage was perpetrated on Saturday afternoon
upon • man named James Bradshaw, employed at the
hai rs at the Crewe Steelworks. After leaving his
work Bradshaw complacently went in the direction of his
home, fancying himself at peace with all the world. Feel-
ing himself slightly tired he bethought that • glass of ale
would refresh the inner 111311, and accordingly he entered a
beerl se. Here he found a man who goes by the sobriquet
of '' Flunkey." who resides in Underwoud.lane. " Fluhkey "
was • labourer in the works, and it so happened that Brad-
shaw had isession to find fault with him at his work, and
" Finn key " sletermined to have h is revenge. Bradshaw being
• tine, powerful fellow, and Flunkey" comparatively
din i i 111 l tive, the latter dared not attack him openly but as
Bradshaw unconcernedly had his back towards "Flunkey,"
the latter suddenly took his greasy cap, laden with the oily
accumulations of years, from his head and placed it on
the blazing fire. In a iimment the cap blazed up fiercely,
mid with the burning oil and grease streaming from it he
clapped it on ltraslshaw's heal and held it there some
moments, setting his bead on tire, burning hi, head and
face in a terrible manner, and rendering hint nearly blind.
Bradshaw gave a yell of agony, and leaped forward,
dazed, upon which thecowarilly ruffian effected hisescape.
The burning oil and grease meanwhile ran down We un-
fortunate man's body, setting fire to his scarf and shirt.
By this time several men in the room had time to recover
from their astonishment at the extraordinary assault, and
they rushed to the unfortunate man's assistance and
snatched the burning cap front his head, but not before
he WAS shockingly burnt about the head, face, and eyes.
He WU taken to his home, where he was attended by Dr.
Atkinson, who found him in a very pitiable condition.
Although he is severely injured, the doctor, nevertheless,
does not anticipate that he will love his eyes, but hopes
that he will be able to resume work a few weeks hence.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES IN LONDON.

ST. e.aveS.

There were three services in the great metropolitan
cathedral. In the morning, the Env. J. It. AleCaul chaos
for his text the first three verses of the 15th Chapter of
the lot Epistle to Corinthians: " I delivered unto you
first of all that which I also received : how that Christ
died for our sins, according to the Scriptures." The rev.
gentleman, in the course of an admirable discourse,
remarked that the Christian religion, which first took its
hunaJle origin amongst the Jews, had now after the lapse
of eighteen hundred years, become the State reliriun of
al t every country in the civilizca world. In the
Gospel men (Mind what they really required, a higher and
purer 1111 l rality than had ever existed before. From it they
learnea how it was possible, through the atonement, that
God could pardon 111111 while the sinner himself ahoula he
justified. The spotless life of Christ, the sorrows that He
endue:tat. the 110/1111:t1 that lie suffered- for surely man
never sorrowed like Him -had touched the hearts of man-
kind for nearly two thousand years. Could they on that
day, when they were relabeled more powerfully than on
any other, remain insensible to His merits and the sacrifice
that huhu' Made} Oh marvellous mystery ! that a heart
which could lie melted by a begimr's tale could see no
pathos in the story of Jesus, could feel 110 pity for Him,
who, guiltless Himself, suffered the death on the cross to
save mankind from eternal c,ondenination. The story of
Christ's love, of His sufferings, and of His death could
never grow dim or fail in interest so long as there was one
sinner to be saved or a broken heart to he comforted; and
so long as this day came roimil so long would they be re.
minded of the loving sacrifice which He Mut made for
mankind, and echo the fervent thankagiving in the Tv
th.wn -"We praise Thee, 0 God: we acknowledge Thee
; to he the Lord.-
' In the evening there was a vast congregation. The ser-
vice being entirely divested of niusic, was extremely
solemn. The Rev. Dr. Vaughan chose for his text the loth
and 111th verses of the 3rd chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to
the Phillippians- " For that I may know the fellowship
I of suffering." The annivenary of the great Sacrifice had
i come, the day was far spent, and would soon be ended.
. What mind, what spirit had they brought it tot Was
j there any one of them that realised that deep and great
I sacrifice, that true self-aliasement of our blessed Lord,
I who came to no when we were so lost in our shame and
sin, and of the mercy of our Goa, who so loved us, that Ile
! gave his only begotten Sou to be our comfort Isere and
! salvation hmeafter. The preacher implored all who heard
him to put wide all vanity, selfishness, evil affection. and
, secret sins, that they might yet while one spark of life
reniainial endeavour to realise what the fellowship of
I suffering with Christ really meant.

rtSTIIIN.STILa AtillET.

The seryices at -‘cis-t-i-M-Sier At.hey were very largely
attended. In the afternoon the Dean preached from
the 47th verse of the '2.lrd chapter of St. Luke. " Now
when the centurion gaw what was done he glorified
God saying; Certainly this was • righteous man.'
The Itoman centurion, said Dean Stanley, standing
beside the cross, speaks to all the world the reverse of the
ancient saying once spoken to his countrymen. Ile crMs
not roe riciis, woe to the conquered, but rae oktoribus,
woe to the conquerors. Any one single man who dares to
think for himself, and to say what he thinks, is a niatch
for a hoot of men who merely think what others tell
them, or who know not what they think, but only what
others put into their mouths. The mere struggle in such
, • C 3.40 is in itself victory,

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'Tis latter to have fought said lost
Than nevi r to have fought at ill.
To the student patiently seeking truth amidst much dis-
couragement; to the young man striving amid hosts of
evil associate, to maintain himself pure and honest and
just • to those who look behind the cries of party and the
watchwords of fashion to deeper, holier thing,; to every
bereaved, desolate, lonely sufferer there is the inspiring
thought that in every Good Friday of struggling, suffer-
ing goodness there may be wrapped tip no leas than an
Easter Day ; there is the assurance, of it hich the cross of
Christ is the seal and pledge, that to the chivalrous, up-
right, and conscientious, no less than to the Eternal clod
Himself, truth can never cease to be truth, nor goodness
cease to be goodness.