The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-05-04 00:00:00

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Cill*NTY PETTY SESSIONS.

TY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. leIAY 4, 1884.

wait attended by the ley. T. C. Fry, curate-inedtarge :
Rev. Q. Bacon (Waltham), Rev. .1. Lynes, Mr.
Pally Hooper, Captain Pester, Colonel Seraffield,
Captain Bennett, Dr. Crawford, Mr. Holland, Mr.
Rickman, Mr. 'F. Lynes, Mr. R. Keeping, Mr. .1. V.
Atkins, Mr. If. Reynolshi, Mr. Hall, Mr. Stone, Mr.
Winter, Mr. .1. Bithop, and Mr. Whittle—The
sc.:mote having been Audited, it was found
the offertories aranuntei to CM 19s. 101,
'a. against 1312 odd in the previous you.—
Mr. Polly Hooper reported there wee a balance in the
paving.' bank of =I 17... and on the proposition of
Mr. Keeping, mounded by Captain Bmnett, it was
decided to draw £4 Ta. fid. of that amount to balance
the 'invent amount and commence the year free of
debt.—The acounts of St. heirs, Westham, MST'
next audited, and it appeared the offertories for the
past year amounted to COS 19s. 4,1., proceed. 01 enter.
ment, in aid of the Wintham Service Fund £721 4
balance received from the RP/. Q. Bacon £7 70..
making the total DO 4.. Old. The expenditure
amounted to CAI est Td., leaving • balance in hand if
fiid. —The account. WWI passel. and a rote
of thanks tends.' ed to the isrornoters of the entertain.
mint. at Westhant—The next business wee to elect
chorenwarlens, and the Chairman said he had much
pleamore in proposing Mr. Hooper AA his own warden,
if he wont,' accept it —Mr. Hooper said he should In
only too pleased to do all be coalsl to maim Mr. Fry
personally and the pariabioners of Wyke.—Colonel
liwaffleld proposed Ceptain Prgor as the parish
churchwarden.--Dr. .Crawford seceded, and MI
Captain Pretor comeated the resolution was carried
unsnim es.ly —Mr. P_ elly /timer propose' a. side..
men for Westham Mr. Perry and Mr. W. 11. Brans in,
and Captain Pretor propow 1 as sidethien for Wyk'
the gentlemen who had held .40, for the last two
pure, Mr. Cosies, Mr. Keeping, and Mr. Atkins,
with the addition of Mr. T. Lynes. The
question of tlie burial ground MAI then considered.—
Mr. limier, stated at the lad meeting a revolution
MOS pawed that the grivevard ehmild be dined if
peeible after the 2).h .4 NI well. and he accordingly
wrote to the Privy Geined, informing them of it.
They avid they wools' look int,. the matter, and *ent
down • eerie. .4 question. to be answered liy the
Rector. He had ae ipp irtunity before they were
returned of taking a copy .4 him repine' to them, but
not having received any answer to them, he (Mr.
Hooper) wrote ors the 4th .4 M tech endeavouring to
Isring in ttem to • crisis. Ti, this he had received a
letter stating that the matter was receiving the
Secretary of State'. considersti,m. /dr. Illooper then
explaiiied at some length what had taken place
between the committee and the Rev. F. B. tiowtor, of
Holy Trinity, Weyniouth, remarking nothing bad
been done and nothing could be dope until the grave.
yard wee cl.wed. He therefore thought Jenne
energetic coerse should he adopted by the vestry, a.
they hall been handicapped for the last three tnonths
Mr. Whittle, parish clerk, said there were 30 perches
of ground still unoccupied in the burial ground.—
Mr. Pelly Hooper asked if it was private ground.—
Mr. Whittle replied in the negative, and this state-
ment seemed to take the meeting by eurprim.—Dr.
Crawford retriarkedithat was one-eighth of the whnle
ground, and they had either been made fools of or bad
been talking nonsense; they mieht go on burying for
another flee year. very comfortably. He had under-
stood when buriMe took place • great many human re-
mains were distributed, and he amid not understand
if there were 20 perches of ground still unoccupied, why
that ahotild Whittle said Dr. Crawford
bad been misled by anyone who had given him that
information.—Gdonel ftwatheld remarked he rernem•
tiered going with Mr. Whittle about two years ago
over the burial ground, and then he never showed him
the available space.—Mr. Whittle said he was sire-
to go over the ground, and to give the vestry
every information possible. —The Rev. R. Lynes did
sot think it WAA necessary to travel over this question
again. It was two years since Mr. England drew
attention to the gate if the burial ground, and at
that meeting he ()Ir. Lynes) said that within his
knowledge there were Saga, which, if the vestry
allowed them to go forth to the public, would cause
• blush upon the cheek 14 everybody in Wyke. Mr,
England received hie remarks with some surprise, and
expremed himself with something like indition at
Slim' time. However, alter Mr. England had made
some further enquiry, at another vestry held some
time after he achnowledged the wards which he
(Mr. Lynes) made OAS of, though strong, were not too
strong, lest he took the qmotion had tow roe
beyond that stage. He had come to the conclusion
long ago the churchyard ought at the earliest possible
w3gent to be closed, and asked if it was worth while
~,, or" tn.( :loseition again. They all seemed to be
agreed as to the sta::.• 4 the churchyard except Mr.
Whittle. It was only a dhoti time at. he we,
mm.o4 by a gentleman who had lost a -little Child
to go round the graveyard with Mr. Homey to end a
&pot where the child could be laid. They went round
with Mr. Whittle, jun., who showed them three spots
which lie mid were the only tensible places for a
grave. After that he did not think the ventry need
diecusa the point as to whether the blend, pthoe ought
to be closed iir not. He winlierl to impress upon the
vestry to earn, to some decision as to the step/
they should take, so as to bring the matter before
the notice of the Secretary of State, or the Home
Office, an that they might mend a gentleman down, a.
they had promised. He hal been told upon pretty
good authority some efforts had been made elsewhere
to prevent the closing of the churchyard. He would
not vouch for that, but it appeared to him, as a mei,.
bow of the committee, very odd that the ropresentn.
tions made by Mr. lliser had not received more
attention, and he trusted Mr. Fry, who now tepee.
seated them, would see his way to write a very
urgent letter on the subject, accompanied by a
petition to be •ent to the Home oMos, urging on
them the absolute importanoe of getting the rave-
ned diesel—The Chairman said he win ready
to do anything that the vestry decided upon.—
The Rev. R. Lynes read a letter he hat received from
the Rev. H. Pigon, in which he said—" There is no
question in my mind LISII • asee boriel groond
wanted. There are parts which seem as if there were
room, but these are 105 t the fullest parted the ground,
and have been buried twice over in tiers above the
ether, and are having a third range laid on the top."
—After Nome further diecusaion, it was reviled, on
the proposition of Mr. Polly Heiner, seconded by
Mr. Crawford, that the Rev. R. Lynes be
.appointed
to accompany the Rev. T. C. Fry on • runt to the
Government officials with the object of closing the
preemie graveyard, and, on the proposition of Mr.
Rickman, secooded by Captain Burnett, the
Rev• R. Lyne. WS/ asked to draw tip the
petition to lie signed by them who were in
Favour 14 closing the groan 1 asi soon aa tensible.
Dr. Crawford said as )4r. Fry had ease amongst
them AA • etranger, and for the find time had presided
over their vestry, he did not think they should
separate without giving him a cordial welcome for
the kind and able manner in which he had acted.
Captain Pretor seconded—Mr. Pelly H.IOIIMM said he
devoid support such a propossition with • greet deal
of plemure.—The Chairman said he was very grateful
to the meeting. He must say he marvelled at the
amount of Church feeling which he had found in the
parish. The welcome he had received exeeetled his
utmost einvectation, mid in making hisi chinos Intermit+
a freehold living 104 A curacy in charms, offers for
both of which arrived the same day, he inis greatly
delighted he had taken the curacy in charge. He
wei.ure they would all agree, but if he did tread upon
anyiewly's toes, or said anything which might be mi.
understood, or anything pasead his lips whisk they
did not oppinsve, if they woull °Wyman and tell him
of his mistake he would be the first to acknowledge
he was in the wrong. (Applause.)—Tbis terminated
the proceedings, which had lasted an hour and three-
quarters.