The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-25 00:00:00

POOLE.

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THE LORDS Or VHS ADMIRALTY.- The Lords of the
Admiralty paid a visit to Poole on Monday last. The
'silty consisted of the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, M.P,
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Massey Lopes, Bart. M. P.,
and l'aptain Lord Clifford, Junior Lords of the Admiralty,
the Right Hon. Sir Charles Adderley, M.P. President of
the Board of Trade, Captain Calm° Seymour, R.N.,
Private Secretary to the Find Lord, and four other gentle-
men. They were met by Sir Ivor B. Guest, Bart- of
(*aurora Manor, who accompanied them ti Ilamwsrthy
in order to inspect the site he has offered to the nation for
the proposed College for Naval Cutlets. It is stated that
their lordships formed a favourable opinion of the site.
They afterwards returned to Poole, and, having hail
luncheon at the Antelope Hotel, proceeded to Branksea
Island to pay a visit to Mr. G. A. F. Cavendish
Bentinck. M.P. Sir Ivor Guest has intimated that in hi,
opinion the matter is progressing satisfactorily, and that
should it result as is elesired the claims of Poole for the
genera improvement of its harbour will be very much
strengthened.
TOWN 1 11'Nell..—At a meeting of the Town Council
held on Tuesday last, there were present The Mayor
(Alderman M. Kemp-Welch). Aldermen F. T. Rogers and
F. Styring. and Councillors It. I'. Ayles, .1. Hoyt, .1.
Buckley, T. Curtis, G. Green, IL Farmer, F. Millwo, and
C. J. Stone. A report from the Gaol committee stating
that the alteration: 13 the gaol have been comPlelcol and
the certificate of the Surveyor obtained, was ri.reived. It
was resolved tint ebonies should lon drawn for the minis
else to the contractors and that the same MhOUhl lie
handed to them when the painting requirwl to 1111 l play
the rentr et was &Me. The cheques were Alfred
Hayden and Co., El Is Ida.. Mr. Danford, 1:161 ID. led.
A piece of land, lietworm throe and four acres in extant,
situated near the Bourne Valley Pottery, was leased to
, Mr. Chinchen.-Ablernian Hogers asked the Town Clerk
whether Ike had with him the letter which was remived
I some time since from the secretary of the Midland Rail.
Was Company sent in reply 10 3 eola rat inoi address.'
to the directors of that company by the Corporation,
calling their attention to the importance if the port of
Poole for their triele.-The Town Clerk said he had not
the letter with him, but it was in his posoession. -Mr.
Alderman Rogers said that it was understood that on the
lotif June the tramways wens to be worked, soil that a
steamer was also about to be put on between Poole and
Cigerhoork TIM, being the case he thought the soloject
referred to in the letter in question ‘night not to he for-
gotten.---The Town Clerk said the letter referred M by
Alderman Rogers stated that the subject should lie
brought under the notice of the directo..-The Gokncil
held a meeting under the Public Health Act, and adopted
the following report from the Sanitary C 1111 l mitten
:
Your committee report that the borough hospital is
complete to the satisfaction of your c ttee, and that
the contractor has been paid the sunk of CON Os. GI., the
amount of his contract for the erection of 1111 Me, and the
hospital has been occupied by patients. And your
mittee further report that, they have appointed 7hris.
Lowlier Wilkins and his wife, superintendent .1 the
hospital, with a salary at the rate of La per annum, and
with a further weekly sum of 70. each when the services
of the superintendent or his wife are eeMlired as nurses,
the appointmen: to be determined on either side by •
quarter's notice."
rem Sesames, Tuesday-Before the Mayor, and Alderman
Rogers.
Carroll, master, and Daniel Lynrh, mate of a
vessel named the Boadicea, were fool respectively DD. and
. . . . . . . .

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10r. and costa for being drunk and disonlerly on Saturday
night.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.
_ 51.1!LCII Of Till IARi. OF SUAyTESAUFT:

The annual meeting of the Poole auxiliary of the British
and Foreign Bible Society was held on Thursday evening
at the Town Hall, when the chair was occupied by the
Right lion. the Earl ot Shaftesbury, K.G. The hall was
crowded. The noble Chairman was supported on the plat-
form by the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, M.P., the Mayor of
Poole, Colonel Rowlandson, and the Revs. J. A. Lawson,
G. Morgan. E. P. Shank P. F. Eliot, Carr J. Glyn, 1.1 ,
Markby, J. 11. Osborne, J. G. Tolley, G. Savery, awl J. W.
Sampson, and Alderman F. T. Rogers. The meeting was
opened with prayer by the Rev. J. A. Lawson.
The Rev, K P. Iltxter read a long and interesting report,
from which is appeared that Poole was one of the first
towns in Dorset to join the society, its connection with
which dated from 1•12. It had .lone steady and useful
work, and was the parent of the Bournemouth auxiliary,
which had done greater things. The report referred in
terms of deep regret to the death of Mr. George Sears
Penney, the local hon. secretary of the society, and said it
was to be hoped there might be many who, like Min, sought
not the praise of man, but the praise of God, in the pro-
motion of Christ's kingdom. The report also referred to
the fact that the Poole auxiliary owed very much to the
nobleman who, with great self-denial, bad, during that
holiday time, comae to preside over the meeting. (The
reference in the report and by the various speakers to the
Earl of Shaftesbury's co-operation in every good work,
were received with hearty applause).
Colonel EOWIANDSON then addressed the meeting. In
the course of his remarks he said if it had not been for the
wide circulation of the Bible during the last 30 years, they
would warmly have witnessed what was now going on,
not only in Lodon, but also in various large towns. The
reason God had blessed the society was that its scope was
so large and that it WY devoid of any sectarian features.
The Rev. P. F. ELIOT said the society afforded • channel
for doing unmixed good. It also did great good in the
present day of controversy, for neither a nonconformist.,
nor a churchman could object to one another's circulating
the Bible, as each of then, recognised in it what he believed
to be the authority for his religious system I u the next
place, the society vindicated in the tuost marked unumer
the supremacy of the word of God as the great authority
in all matters of religion. It also maintained the saving
power of the word of Gwl by itself, without any assistance
from man. It did not depreciate our religious systems, or
cast aside as worthless all the commentaries that had been
written, but it inainained that the word of God was able
by itself to make a loan wise unto salvation. tin these
grounds the society had a real substantial claim twin the
support of all who called themselves Christians—

(aulause).
The Rev. AMR J. GLYN, who sMil he ha Iw, often
spoken at such meetings, that he felt he had nothing to
say, pail a tribute to the memory of Mr. George Neaeo
Penney, after which he glanced at the wink of the 'society
in Spam. France, Russia, and the eastern coast of Africa.
He specially congratulated the tnectinglon the fact that
the Emperor of Russia valued the Bible, of which the
society had in one year circulated 300,01.0 collies in thst
country.
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`-ii;;;'ffiiiitt. of SUAIFITSIICRY, who was received with
applause, said he was very plea.sed to sec so large a gather-
ing in the town of Poole, and though the report said they
had somewhat retired from their former position, yet he
now saw them log forward in great force to niscover
that position, to make a new starting point, and to use
strenuous exortions in this mighty cause —(mar, hear).
They had asserted the ant principles of this society,
which, he did not hesitate to say, was the greatest society
that it ever entered into the minds of men to institute
and support. They hail asserted the great divine principle,
ebounttaithneedy e
in tre asiiso:irti-ot;iluthieatgtrieirdisr.ottsitaii.ittiutri::fcitiaple.
word of God was totally distinct from all comment and
was not connected with other books. Speaking in all
confidence, and hoping his remarks would not go beyond
those walls, he would quote what had been said by one of
the Bishops, that the society circulated the Bible without
the safe-guard of the prayer-hook. They asserted the
suliremacy of the Word of God—its single, sole, Homeroom',
as the very picture and representative of the absolute
sovereignity Of God. They asserted also the sufficiency of
Scripture, excluding all traditions, additions, and inter-
pretations hut those which they might see in the letter of
the word itself. Moreover, they asserted that the Bible
was able tO do its own work, although they by no means
disparaged that other ordinance of God, the ordinance ot
preaching. They said that preaching was only subsidiary,
for, without preaching, the Word of God would work out
ita own result, in a great number of instances, but preach.
ing would not work out those results unless it was founded
on the word of God. Let them consider the great dimen-
slomis which the society had attained, and the fact that
this had taken place in the most civilised period of the
history of mankind—the daagers and hostilities which the
society had encountered, and the position it now occupied
in the midst of power, wealth, civilization, acute intellecta,
deep inquirr,,great determination to pull it to pieces
if possible. hen they saw the great position which the
word of God occupied as recorded in our printed Bibles,
they must maintain, and no one could gainsay it with
honesty, that this MAI a standing miracle usanifesting to
them that it came from God, as sure),' as if an angel came
into that room and openly declarW it. Let them con-
sider what was the extent of the agency carried on by the
society, when be told them that, singly, unaided by
Government, carried forward by its own great principles,
and by the prayers of the men who undertook the work
It had now translated the Word of Goa into, he believed,,
180 distinct languages and about 250 dialects, and had ehi.
ciliated minions upon millions of copies throughout ths
who', of the tethite,hie globe; and that work was pro
-
clueing an effect that had not yet fully come to the surface
—it would bear fruit upwards, as it hacl now struck its

roots downwards. Yvery one who reflected upon these
facts lota moment most come to the conclusion that this
was no simply human agency. The society did not arise
from great men meeting together, from sovereigne, par-
er senators, but God put the thought into the
and they acted upon it. The ether
emorial of the man who founded the
who, until IsiTs was so unknown that
y memorial Those situple minded
society mllll)mn.wdheasaen oti6lifennfs„
somm:Pi
without
Fut
tw.nuo
men had wrought wore influeioce on the thought" of man-
kind than all the statesmen who heti existed or would
ever exist, and all the speeders in and out of Parliament,
and all tile private discourses of great men and small
would not produce inc-hall the effect. This Wail./ mani-
fest
amiracle that he would not argue the point with any
infidels. Colonel Rowlandsou had alluded to them under
the milder term of philosopliern, but he had no hesitation
more euphemistic term, for the word "infidel" wadi not
yet fashionable ; when it became fashionable it would be
Ginudsanyiaang anthatinfledeeln"MnanllhoWeduird'l'Joridottlirst ‘p‘o're"rfder of
the society' work in which people of all denominations
sltaiknectensantoysohtho..erhthowingbsi..,,,ellei
aco,tstlodrkmweaanttailonas
seeking, it Wall a great blessing that there WKS one institu-
tion left in which unity of heart and unity of action
oadjoriotnp:2.d.l;iln these days of differences, discord, mid self-
could be found—(bear, hear). He had mentioned before,
hut must mention again, what he thought to be one of
the mightiest instances of the usefulness of the Bible
Society that existed on record. He had it on the authority
of a great Hind.., who came to England last year, aml
with whoop lie had much conversation. Ile WWI a Brahmin
of the highest order, and he (the chairman) believed, the
first of
gentleman gave him a remarkable account
of the whole prowess of his conversion, which, he declared,
Toifiinthisoo t class who had been converted to hristianity.
C
,was effected with-out the agency of maim in the slightest
degree. A Bible fell into his hands ; he was a man of
education --and it must be borne in mind that the Iliutioos
when argued with, showed that they possessed coosides
able culture, and in dialectics and logic were in many
instances superisr to Englishmen. Ile studied the book,
told
laci+orntlf(oLooingitlsoahat
fitwn..ias,,uryb c" )
(bat he luau nut and
etud ied long
before a new light entered his mind. Ile compared one
rrek
hiet
part of the scriptures with another, anol the same effect
was produced on his Nand as upon the mind of the digs°.
lute Earl of Rochester in the time of Charles the Second
—a conviction that the Bible (lse true, lie read the
prophesy in the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, and the fulfilment
of it as contained in the four gospels of the evangelists.
Ile said that the conformity of the one with the ether was
so manifest and the prophesy and its fulfilment so clear,
that he closed the book saying it mast come from God.
From that time he hafailla an altered man, and he (the
chairman) believed not • more true, aincere, and pious
Christian was to be lotted on the face of the earth—
(cheers). Another instance was told to him by is very
excellent man, Mr. Plumptre, M.P., for Kent It was
that of the conversion of the noted infidel Hone, who
was imprisoned on account of his blasphetnous writings.
Mr. Pluouptre was sitting in committee when he
found that Hone was sitting near hind After the
business of the committee was concluded Ilene took
him aside, and said, "You looked at me with curiosity,
as much as to ask what brought we here. You know
the life lied, and my abominable writings and opinions;
I was converted aloof a year age. When in the country,
going up a very pretty lane, I lost my way. I looked to
the nght and left, but found no one who would guide um.
On the threshold of a cottage I saw a little girl, engaged
in reading a book. I went up to the child and asked tier
the way, and she teld me in • very pretty manner. I
wished to know what book she was reading, and she told
ma it was the Bible, laid, 'You little fool, to speed your
time in reading such abominable nonsense as this, but to
my dying day I shall never forget what she reply Oh,
Sir, don t talk in that way about this book. My poor
mother is very ill, perhaps deirid4 and it is only this book
that gives her any condort. I had no rest until I had
examined this book, for I was sure that if it gave comfort
to one who was dying it must contain truth. I read the
bible and have become converted." lie (the Chairman)
was in conversation with the editoror the Til/141, who knew
that he was going to speak on behalf of the society and
who told him that be had received a most nsmarkable
paper. It was during the time of the Indian mutiny, and
the statement was made just after Lucknow had yielded
to the British anus. The writer stated that he hatl see'
two ladies who heti been shut up in Luckuow during the
whole of the siege. Their state of terror could hardly be
conceived: they seemed to have no hope left, and they
imse themselves up to despair. One of the ladies was
taken ill, and she asked for a powder. It WAS 6n/tight to
her, wrapped up in a piece of paper, which proved to be •
part of a leaf torn from a bible, and it contained the words,
' When Tram possest through the waters I will be with
thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee."
Those won's score the eneatest wens, uf cousolation to the
belies during that temble time of trial and langer. His
lordship, proceeded to say that the bible would work its
own way. They could cin-ulate the Nide where they were
not allowed ti preach- it Was 111/ excellent outrider and
pioneer. Ile remembered when there WSW in France a
strong feeling against open air preaching, lout the circula-
tion, of the bible still took its course. Tee elate of France
WWI very 1.1, owing, in a great measure, to WO
tiondueering spirit of the chureh whieh ruled over the
People, hut they were not wanting in deep feeling for the
truths of the scriptoree awl they accepted kinolnece
and sympathy if it he carried ono with a view tO their
instruction. A lady. a friend of his, had established
herself in the worst part of Paris. She was not more
than thirty years oof ages—a Sweole by birth --anti hail all
the charms of a very beautiful Although blithe
in the worst part of the city she stated that, with respect
to herself, she never found pseople zoom courteous, or more
open to receive the truths of the gospel and anxious to be
taught its mighty principles. Ile was particularly anxious
that the people id England should strengthen more and
more the hands of the society by every means in their
power, particularly with a view to the great empire of
India, where they had so many millions of fellow-subjects
and fellow eitisens. Ile had always had misgivings as to
what was going on in India, though he knew of the mighty
efforts that were deing made. The other day lie Kest lox!
at a meeting in aiol of the society foor the vernacular teach-
ing of the Ilinolms, and he was surprised when he heard
it Mad by Sir George I 'aiimbell, a great authority on the
subject, and who moved one of the resolutions, that he
supported the society Iseetuse it not only taught the
, people, but accompanied the teaching with religious
mstruction ; and he added (lie tremendous fact that the
system of education motablislied by the Itritish government
in India was esseutially infidel, awl, if it went on
unchecked, would biome in nations /if imbelievers The
people of England should therefore aretiow themselves to
! a sense of their musonsibility. They lived in • free
I country, o luirlu was vetT different teen living in a country
,hilts Russia, where one man was the ruler and all ethers
obeyed him. In Englaud they /./1111.1 one awl all, young
tthus,,, to just their sh,uuhuhu,ra thoa, ttli7cui'itis)-e%;,..nalidheteas7hrruis"it,,,lthteed.use
Church M t S
he length, and ociety t
ha sow
this
i,materiahi,t.e, and lie wa toll (lust
s td scriptures
°e r u r
nothing snore frightful than the conversations, if the young
men who CalllC from our colleges in India and who hail no
religion given them to sulstitute for the religion we
displaced. Ile went on so far as ti say that any religion,
however vile and degraded, that ineuleated a certain
sense of responsibility, that said there were unseen powers
and a future existence in a svorlol to come- that relieion
was better than cold, naked infidelity, which said that
mini was here for a neenent, and then dropmel into the
dust to Ise heard of no more. Another evil sprang from
our system of teaching in India. Ile asked the Medea
gentleman to whom he had referred whether intoxica-
tion was increasing in that countrv, and he said it was
increasing very much indeed. That arose from the fact
that we bad done away with caste to a very great extent,
and mate loilmed certain restrictions on the use of intoxi-
cating liquors. Railways anti other agencies had abolished
caste, that restriction had pawed away, and the people
were following the bad habits of those who came front
Engle:el. God having entrusted us with the control of se,
great a country as India, it was nor plainly appointed duty
to carry there His gospel of truth and law of redemption,
instead of doing the reverse, as many tilt!. thir duty was
plain; let us therefore do all we could to strengthen the
herniae( those engaged in the mighty work of spreaoling
the gospel in Inolia—(l,ear, hear). Some people nught say
that the Bilole and Christianity had not dune all that
could leo expected from them. Many people sneered at
those who preached and cireelated the Bible, and told
them how little they had achieved. If Christianity had
been received in the spirit in whirli it was offered, if it
was the rule by which kings and princes executed justice,
if it were received into every household anol governed the
life of every individual, he asked thmu if this world, even
in its present state, woould not be rejooieing in the antici-
pation of that peace and comfort which woad,' await us
in the future Paradise. To, those persons who said that
Christianity had failed he would rersommenol that they
should act upon it anti see the mutt. There was not •
sylleble in the Bible that could mist be taken into the
heart Ile heard the late Dean Champoneys relste that
he had a friend who was living in a state of fear and despoil'lency, Who WIIS ill an uneasy frame of mind, and thought
there was no hope for him in this werld and certainly none
in the next, lie was ponolering over the Word of God
and his eye fell on this pic-age, to which one would
think no human being would have turned. In the lmonk
, of Ecclesiastes hi, eye fell on the words, "A living deg is
better than a dead lion.- Ile said he was the living dog,
and no long as there was life there was hope. Ile worked
upon that text and it worked uupon hun till he was
brought to be .11110 of the most ronspicuoue men in the
Church of Enirland, and ended his existence most
happily. let them therefore receive the Won! of Gout
and get others to share it with them. The wotlol was all
wore them, anul the work was nut limited to a few indis
Mohan, for not the meanest person 011 the face of the
earth was prohibited from contributing by his prayers,
his efforts, and his pence to iniah forward that great work
which was for the honour of Ged and the salvation of the
human rare -(lotel cheers),
The Mame proposed a vote of thanks to the Earl of
Shaftesbury for presiding, and said he WWI sure, as his
lordship Itsokeol upon that large anolience, he would Plati
that the people of Poole were united in their efforts to
promote the seemed of the society.
The vote of thanks W/I carrieol by acclamation and the
CHAIRMAN Saill he "doubt loe at all tunes very happy to
COON to Poole and it., all lie could in furtherance of the
great cause. His lordship then advised his hearers, if
they went to London, nod to fail to attend the services of
Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Ile described the marvellous
power tessesseol by Mr. 31ously, who vas the very Bible
personified, and said every one must admit, a supernatural
ageecy. was at work.

-"The'be-n—tniiCtio.iiieviug been pruneunceib the meeting
ended.

A col oction was made at the door.
Durig the evening two or three of Meu mad ra. Moody
Sankeyn hylun'a wero amm. Miss Golf pnadded at the
harmonium.

Previous to the meeting the jlayor reccivisl the Earl of
Shafts:,bury, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the Rev. Carr J.
Glyn, and the clergy and ministers of all denominations
in the town to tea at his residence.

8011RNEX01JTH.
OLIDEELLowf lemc. —On Monday the Loyal Perse-
everanoe bodge (No. 6,017) of 04bifellowx held a fete in
grounds at lh,econibe kindly lent by Sir 11. D. Wolff, M.P.
The hies:then( formed in procession and marched to church
at it. James's Pokesdown, where an admirable sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the customery
perambulation to the neighbourhood was made; after
winch a public dinner took place, Bro. Sir IL D. Wolff
presiding, Mr. Moulton, of Poke,olown, was the caterer.
In proposing 'The Queen, Prince and Princes 4 of Wales,
an the rest of the Royal Family," the Chairman said
that the heir &Kermit had accepted the office of Grand
Master of the Freemasons, which to a certain extent Wag
the jiarent society 14 all friendly societies, and in this
way had identified himself with all similar institutions.
In proposing the patriotic toast of the Army Navy, and
Reserve Forces. Sir Henry referred to the recent
ware with regard to the probability of a European war.
The importance, therefore, of our sedulously maintaining
our reserve forces was manifold, for we could never con-
sider ourselves safe from • war on the continent. —Mr.
Pophasu replied for the Navy. and Mr. Creek for the
Reserve Forces, Mr. Popham remarking that though we
bad no longer our wooden walls, yet, if called upon, the
navy wouhl fight as well siotv as in the time of the
immortal Nelson. In replying to the toast of the
Manchester Unity of Os! fellows including the Loyal
Perseverance Lodge, of Moscombe, Brother Housman said
that though it was only eighteen months old, it had during
ten months of that period paid 1:14 in sick pay, wh,inclesar
above the average. The Bournemouth Lodge had
EMU during the past twelve months, and £7O for i
attendance; still there was a surplus of £3O. Sir Drum-
mond had given £lO towards the expenses of the MA,
besides his annual subscription. --The usual complimentary
Waste followed, and the brethren dispersed to enjoy
themselves in the field, where the 4th Hants Artillery
Volunteer and the Witchamptou bands played during the
remainder of the afternoon. The attendance of members
of the order was not large, hut that of the general public
was numerous. The South-Western Railway Conaisefil
ran trains at single fares for the double journey from 50
I stations between Southampton and Weymouth.
XILBORPTE AuirDzaint.
Iffixisollurt Piazzas' CLue.—An analytis late be minis
of manures used in this neighbourhood at the expense of
the club.