The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-11-25 00:00:00

Local an District liciss.

DOUR-ESTER.

Plf. Pres mellootion to
defray the nod of lighting Bt. Peter's church for the
Wrdowdell evening warvise was made after the sermon
thisweek, and mounted to £5 ifs. 41.
PILIZI PoOLTIRT.—AI am Crystal Palace poultry show.
Mrs. Pattim, of Wreaklefor.j. obtained the 3rd prit•
for Oddest flocoaled hens, and sth prize for "any other
vsriety." Mrs. Bayne, of Fordfuton, wee awarded the
silver imp and Ist prise for White Dorking.; teed WM
highly commended for 'Jerk Brahmut
Tile NOVA VISITORS —The noisy visitors (referred to
in our last Issue) left Dorebeeter 0. Tueedsy morning
about 11 unlock, bevine,we understand,n dived orders
through the pollee, to" mouton." Many of the respect-
able Inhabitants of North Square expecte a hope that
shows will not again be allowed to be looakd in their
midst.
TH2 POL'Tl7l4lloll.—Atterition Is again directed
to the relative soot of the borough and county pollee
by the repwl of • resent meeting of Brh'port Town
Connell. It de me that at the increased charge of the
county form., Bndport hes • sergeent and five men at •
coat of CT6 50 • year sear. or • total of £.i37 10i. To
meet this the Bridrort Council found it needeary to
make a eittenny rats. On this it has been rashly
erdued that • el:party rate would follow at Dorchester.
But roe the differeoce. At Bridport a rate of • padre
In the round urotuees about COO ; at Dorchester about
atto; tie shot here a 44. rate would realise the same
amount es Ore of 1,1. at Whined.. At the Gated, I.
Cottrell mrotihg the Watch Committee's report put
the het cost of the olio, for this year at .C:,17 3.. 41.
for lii, elm we tare 010 Sopetintor dent. oee Sergeant,
three Ist Oaro conetabice, two 2cd elan men, and 009
ti rd, in all • force of eight—two I filters and six men.
But, Mr. Hodges and ii,, oil other Color:4110re believe
that if {roper repropeutetione be made to the Govern-
., ht they will be ech.ent with old having five men as
before. Ard this is reasonable, for neither the popu-
lation nor the area Las increased Gide ten pars.
Assuredly Ore would mua if we bad the
county ce ostabulary. for, as Nebtrit an Coombe
has roads clear, at the present time county
onnstablite patrol night!, pact of the outskirts
of the borough to go to Ode own duty, acd satually
have • "conference p, Mt" in the borough, and if we
anialeamated no dtuld their patrol log would be
embraced in the general sel rose, end se for relieve the
actual borough force. A sergeent mid five men sitffi
at Brldrrt with • larger regulation than Dorchester,
and safely the tame number would do bete. There.
fore. our outlay would be £337 10., traded of
£425 Ilts. it.. the net levy on the borough, after allow.
tug for the Government grant. Theodore having the
*entity plea would effect • saving of £BB Is. Id. per
annum, besides many charge' incidental to the very
'distend of a led! terse
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Goertt Amlltiselne—On Monday end Tuesday even-
ings addresses In connection with the Evangelisetion
Society were liven ho the C.tro Exchange, to large
feudist:pee, by S. W. Poynter, Fig.- Ou the latter
@veva:, be chose the 12th chapter of Acts se the
groundwork of hie discourse, and proceeded to point
out the resemblenee between Peter in his Imprisonment
sad the sinner in Lis bondage. Peter ley under con-
demnation of death, his Ills wee not werth twelve
hours' purchase; so with the sinner he was coedemned
already, and no one coo d call twelve 'moods of time
his own. Peter was helplem, hopelees, and asleep—
perchimee he was dreaming of hie fishing boat, or cd '
Ms wife and children, or of the beautiful @ails he bad
bad on the lake with his beloved Master. Not only mes
he lying unconecieu. of his state, but he was hound
with chain', and guerded with so'diers, so that his
wisps seemed impossible. So with the sinner : be was
utterly ecotone:on" of his state, bound with the chains
of sin, and in the power of the evil one. But whilst
Peter was lyirg in tills state a light suddenly
filled the prisou ; he awoke, and the angel of the Lord
oommended him to arise and follow him. Peter did so;
be did not say "Welt till I have dose so and so, and
than I will do as you tell me." So should It be with
the sinner; when the light of the (34.pel shone in the
prison bout* ol his benighted heart, be should at ono*
throw off his chain., arise, and follow Child, just as he
was, with all his sins upon him, belaying that He who
had cal'ed him was able to do all thing. well. On
Peter's retinae frcm prison, he thought he was is •
vialon, so strange dicl overytbleg seem to him. So,
stain was it with the simper. When at first liberated
from the bondage of sit, the overwhelm:dog coorciouenaes
of the roodoess of Got seemed to him too good to be
true. &fore, what dreaming, everything had seemed
a reality, when it was nothing hue • shadow; but now,
when the reality same, it seemed too good to be
believed. Oh! that they might all be able to say, with
Peter, "Now I know that the lord bath lent his angel
and delivered me." In conclusion he exhorted hie
hearer* to trt pare to meet their GA. Although hiked
met them but once before on Garth, thee would all meet
at the jettgment scat of Christ, and each of them
would have to g:re an socount of the minuet' delivered
to them that ni,ht.
BIGG•ta. KNAPPuttFULD —We understand that
the memorial to tie Town Coorcll on this subject
(which we mentioned Nut week) has been very
numerously sigecd. Now it is of coneidearable impor-
Canoe that the facts of its ciao should be remembered.
The ereeent f•ir• fiell i, the ditch outside the old wok.
of the town, sod in w,t Ir.:ether it is a qtagmire.
Tbsn the Council's tenure thereof is only for the life-
time of Mr. Toone, the Duehy Council having intl.
mated that they will net ittain grant that site. It hag
long been complained el, and it's position is not the
brat, Beagar's Keep Is high and dry, and betwi en the
too railway &tailor/. For T the Town Council
have sought In obtain such • site When epplioation
was first made to the Dually the terms ou which
li. R. ti's Council were willing to grant it were felt to
be too steeetle, and elk (ether beyond the meting of the
borousb. But the dedrabliPy et acquiring the site
seemed to be generally flt, and ?ems. ntations wore
made to the Ducty's Cellnell in that rinse and terms
sugg.sted. Not only so, but It was Incidentally urg.d
on them that haring oy.rcharged the town WO for the
weerr works' site they might aow refnud it In the
term@ for Bogged' Keep. And this, we nnderstand, has
been actually done, for the Duchy Council have weed
Co grant to the Council fuer sorer, on 'unending their
interest in the present fair Mad, at • rent of Lida year
derive the life of Mr. To,at, and £3l per annum after-
wards. The Duchy undertake to trail the northern
boundary wall, and the Town Council ere only aided on
to einend £7OO In builitings, ke. An to tho poeition
of the negotiations, thee. term, were accepted by
reso'ution of the Town Council lost May. The
memodalists allege that the removal it the fair Aid will
injure the trade of the town. Bow they arrive at such
• coneludon it is dill:tilt to see. Hippie% Keep Is arr.
tette!), nearer, to the booboos part of site town than the
West Walks • and • gcod fair fill with every OM.
venkcee for ;took and for sees, has the ordinary result,
and like • well-appcieteel shut,, attracts austennere, the
trade of the town must In ootesequenee be rather bane-
Ott. d than ir Jared. As to the outlay, /700 is not tta
alarming amount; and, we underetand,th• town is sure
of • larger so., at no very distant date, while, sanguine
minds may even Imagine that the increased business
transeoted in the fairs and markets, with the acoruipg
tolls, will lighten the ordirary rates of the borough.
For ourselves we do not feel altogether sore of such •
happy result ; hut, if by a moderate outlay, Dorchester
can get a borough sale ground for stook with the best
of aecommodatlon, we believe it would be wise expendi-
ture, for we have such cotillence in the advantages
offered by Doveheeter tradesmen to believe that the
more people ere attracted hither to deal in the Corn
Brahman,* or in the fair and market field, the greater
will be the numbers who will make purchases of various
kinds In the town.
PIMPOSID LIQUIDATION —The Ray. Hubert Repose
Williams, of Fordiegton House, clerk Ic holy orders,
has filed a petition for liquidation, and the first meetiug
of creditors is to be held et Derby, on the sth Dee,
Mr. Charles Barrett, of 21, Ttehborn•-streei, Regent-
circus, London. is the solicitor. The debts are
estimated at £2,000.—0n Wednesday morning the
Registrar (Mr. Gel's Symonds) heard a petition
against the rev. gentleman filed by Mr. T. ii. Biggs,
wt.s merchant, to whom Mr. Williams owes £l6 odd,
and Mr. H. S. Mills, fishmonger, Al., • creditor for over
£l4. Mr. Ramat appeared for the petitionlog
orditors, and Mr. If. C. Weston for the debtor: Mr.
Arthur Lock was present on behalf of other creditors.
The petition wss filed on the 3rd Nov. and an order
obtained the same day for a sulwititutied service, the
mune being published le the Dana Comely Fxprtas,
ov. . 4th. —Mr. Burnett at) eated to Mr. Weston's appear-
anew, because he had not given notice of his intention
to oppose the petition someday to the 36111
Weston said he wee not instructed in time, He (Mr.
Weston) went on to object to thaw proceedings on the
ground that two creditors could not jthi to hei„ the
summon., and that neither Mr. leigge nor Mr. Mills were
creditors to the amount of £so.—The R-gletrar dis-
allowed the objection, without reference whether or
not Mr. Weston was competent to make lifer want of
service-Mr. Barnett applied forme adjudication in bank-
roptoy.—Mr. Weston directed the attention of the Court
to subsection 10 of the iOl which says the Court may at
any t me if it thinks fit stay the proceedings on account
of negotiations for liquidation by arrangement or on.,
position. Mr. Williams had filed a petition for liquids
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Bon, and the meeting was to be at Derby, on the sth
December. If he (Mr. Williams) could arrange this
matter the Duke of Argyle would appoint him to a
Bengal chaplaincy, but lilt were not arranged he must
remain vicar of Charmineter. The living was only
worth £193 a year, and if sequestrated. at leant half of
It would he absorbed In providing for the witness.
But If the creditors allowed Mr. Williams to take
the Binge! chaplaincy he believed that his
friends would come forward and propose a
composition of 7.. Cl. or 10.. In the pound part paid
down, anil the ba'so.c• secured within • reasonable
date. That was the proposition which woe to he
submitted at the reclaim( on the s:l3.—The Rogietrar
said it was • question for the creditors.—Mr. Burnett
sonsidered ad) .urnment till after the 5.1 would
defeat the creditors. But in bankruptcy the trust**
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would have pos. r to consider any facet'd ids
Mr. Weston : Bat the @arena's wYniel be vastly
Inerisaaot.—Mr. Burnett : st is Mr. Wilhama's
&Cir.—The Registrar : What Is hie estate?
—Mr. Weston : ; he hes no means but the
Ilvlog.—The Registrar : Yet, having • wife
end fend'', be contrasts deb's in Ma ael.rhhcur•
hood In fire mouths to the amount of £3OO or
£6OO. Of the debts in the sebetuis amounting to &bent
£2.000, there. £219 odd for drink; but, of course, not
en contracted in ibis neighbourhood. It Is • wry
lantentab'e aloe; and if he has acy Wands it'd • plty
they have not some forwari befora—Mr. Wrath° staid
the assistanoe of his friends would 'really depend on
ht. getting the Bengal chaplaincy. If he were aAjndi-
cated binkrupt be would not obtain it.—Mr. Barnett
still urged adjudication, and other creditors preaent
wore of the time opinfon.—ln regard to the living of
Cbarotinster, Mr. Bouncy, one of th, rhurobwardens,
gold the amount was 1.90 with 00 more as a
tree sift —Touching the adjturoment adrel for,
Mr. Look pointed out that if it were acceded
to, th• Vim might resign Obarminster, and
then the coeditors would not hare even the amount
arida( from that Bergner ration.—Mr. Weston said the
Vicar would net be likely to resign that unless be got
something bettor.—llltimstely the Registrar granted
the adjudioation in bankruptcy applied for, but he
geld be should have hesitated only that It might be
annulled by arraiseennent botween the trustee and the
ereditora. The first meeting of creditor. was fixed for
Wedwesday, Die. 3 at two o'olock at the Ithirehall.
Witittlfalf 'OMNI ifinalonn—• meeting on
bola of the foreign missions of the Wesleyan body
wee held I. tio ahlipel of that deaotaleatlea oa Wad-