The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-14 00:00:00

lOorort Countq exintso.

DORCHESTER, TUBSDAT, JUNE 14, 1881.

Drat of far. 6. 3. Antra's.
It is with the utmost 30.T0w and regret that we
announce the death of Mr. G. J. Andrews, the well.
known solicitor of this t iwn. Although he has ben
slightly ailing for some tioe, Ids dtath was quite Ula Ca.
pected, and the news that he Win; c 1.341•1, which quickly
spread on Sunday, cast ivi; a1;1 eu, over the f u Nil. To
say that he was highly resp,cted, would be but a
narrow estimate of the high re4val and esteem in
which he was held by lowsons of all maks of life,
for we are ours we are hut ech ,ing the opinions a
our readers when we say there are few—very few—
perS)Bll more liked and Inure truly popular than Mr.
Andrews has been during his lung life. Ho has
lived to the good old a , of sixty-seven, after a
WSW and honourable career as a solicitor, and
kas died regretted awl mutinied by all, with the
remembrance of many a kind aotion still In the
minds of those with whoa he rains in c intact, and
of • generous and genial diepssition t :wails all. In
politics Mr. Andreas was C mtervatire, but he
always expressed his lie 49 '.l is we krato and affable
manner, which disarmed his utteranevs, which were I
always characterize:l by kindness and go sl- ens), of
moll of the bi tte r ne) is oct ill-feeling with which political
opinions are ~f :on reeeived by peril nil of opposite
thought. The latest occasim on which he op.ke in public,
was at the dinner of the Foreders' Court, on
Whit-Monday, When he wee, as, indee I, he was i
on every occasion on which he appeared as a
speaker, warmly received. lie has held various public
offices, and in all of them he bre earned the good will
and the respect of all. He was a good churchman,
a member of St. Peter's congregation, and has served
as a minister's churchwarden fir many years, and up
to the time of his death. We are sure the present
rector of the parish will boar us out when we pay he
has proved himself of groat assistance in the affairs of
the parish, and has devot id a considerable share i,f his
time and attention to his pariah duties. The Rev. T.
W. Knipe, in hie sermon on Sunday morning alluded
with the utmost sorrow and regret to the loss which they
had all sustained as a c 4reg ation by the removal of Mr.
Andrews from amongst them. Ile was • loyal and
good citizen, was elected to the Town Council about
the year 1850, and in the year vra octupied the
high p,sition of chief magistrate of the town, lie was
ultimately compelled to retire from the Council through
advancing years. He has practised 44 an Attorney
for aearly 50 years, and it is • rather curious coinci-
dence that he was admitted as a solicitor at Hilary
Term, 1834, on the same morning as Mr. Giles
Symonds, the present Town Clerk, and Mr. M. C.
Weston, solicitor, of this t own, was admitted in the
following term, thus constituting them three of the
oldest solicitors in the county. Mr. Andrew. was the
head of the firm of Audeews, 40n, and iluctable, pre-
viously, Mantield and Andrews, and later, Andrews,
Pope, and Co. He was, op to the time of his death,
and had been for a great number of years, clerk to the
Cerne Justices, Clerk t i the Gunintiesioners of Taxes
teethe Dorchester and Uerite Div i-i ,r.s, and am .ng his
other public app ,intments were rotary to the Durches:
ter Agricultural Society, and the Dorchester Factors
Club. Ho took • warm interest in the benefit
societies of the town, and in the various charitable
Institutions established brio. We cannot dose this
short obituary notica without paying our tribute of
regret, mai regard to the memory of a gentleman, who
will remain in the minds it Dorchester people for
many rews as a kind-hearted generous man, a loyal
subject, and a goo I :.n I Ii :nest citizm.

DORDHESTES.
A Rwe.twvr House. —Some a'arm Was caused on
Saturday morning la 't bv a rimas-ay hors?, the property
of the London and South-Western Railway Company.
The animal was s'anding ontsi le Mews. Wright's
whop, and from some colic or other, took fright, and
ran away down the t wn at a terrilic rate. ft was
feared by the spectators that it was going through
Messrs. Dicks' shop win low, but fort's:lately the wheel
of the waggon struck the pave:neat. and the horse
swerved and went round the c sracr into 8011-scrc,r,
were it was stoplosl. I lappily there was no damage
done.
DOSCH FST FR AGEICIILTUIM Soctr.ry. MOWING
MATCHES--The annual umwim,g c mit sst ition catne off
on Wednesday la,-, Muckletsicl Form, by
kind permission of Alr. Thomas Chick, If Stratton.
There were 13 entries, and only on, failed to put in an
appearance. The judges were Mr. W. Gr ives laud
Mr. Chick. The hod pries of 12 WAS awarded to
Robert Best, in the employ of tho xectrtors of the
late Mr. Hawkins, Friar Wa Won : the sec stul prise,
21, was won by Richar I Davis, in the etnploy of Mr.
Oakley Saunders, of Brosiforsl Peverell ; the third
prise, 21, fell to David Buoy, in the e ploy of Mr.
Hwy Gale, Buck! old Wiwi's. All the work was com-
mended by the judges a, being exceptionally good.
Tits Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury on the
Sth inst. Instituted the I:ev. Henry Francis Smith,
MA., to the rectory of Folks., Dorset, vacant by the
death of the Rev. William Mayo; and on the same day
Instituted the Rai. Henry Farley, M.A., to the vicarage
of Lytchett Minster, Dorset, vacant by. the cession of
the Rev. Russell I say.—His Lord-hipon the 10th Inst.
cAlated the Rev. dames John Jac As, ALA., vicar of
Horningsbam, Wilts, to the pre`wol or canonry of
Teinton Regis, anciently founde I in Salisbury
Cathedral, and vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert
Farquharson ; and the Rev. Loud Digby William
Dawson Dam,r, M.A., vicar of Canford Maple,
Dorset. ti the prebend or canonry of Yetminster
&cum* also anciently founded in Salisbury Cathedral,
and vacant by the death of the Roy. Gorges Paulin
Lowther.
Anita PT ET. fiteirst.—M ark annl.l, labourer, aged
46, and blind, belonging ti Portlafid, was brought
an on Friday, charged with attempting to hang
theeelf.—John. Gould, son of the prisoner, said he was
well, Portland. He lived

The difference, as shown by the churchwardens'
axxinut in the item Sick and Aged Fond between tbe
receipts ,177 15s. 3.1., and the expenditure. MS bk,
is £6B 19s. 31. This amount was transferred SO •
special account at Messrs. Eliot and Co.'s &ink, card
f!it. Mary's Si :lc and Aged 11,:serve Fund, and him now
been dispeweel of as follows :—Amount paid for back
bills, item 8, in rector's account., 4.14 li. ; balance due
to the rector for items 1 to 7, hoth inclusive In rector's
account, £44 15a ii I.—taatal, BAS 18s. 3.1.-14. Swdeu
Payne and Si Iney S. 51iLedgi, churchwardens, St.
Nflry's.-An the following explanatory note, by the
expression, " Churchwarden's account," must he
understood to mean the account produced by the
churchwarden.' at the vestry, aid by the expression;
11ector's ecoou..t," must be understood to mesa the
fore.;oing statement.—The item, " Expeoditure sick
and azed" In chtirchwardsn's account, £lOB 165., is
pr vel as follows :—ltems 9 to 14, b .th inclusive in
rector's account, 4.:53 16s. ; amount drawn by the rector
beton his departure, on account of sums pall by him
(items 1 to 8, both inclusive in rector's scconnt),
—total, £10616'. The difference between the item,
" Expenditure sick and nod," in churchwardens'
account, EIOS 165., and the t ttal payments, as shown
bv r ctor's account, £lBO 10s. 10)., is £7l 14e. 101
This is acc ,nnted for a 4 follows :—ltems 1 to 8 in
r..ctor's account, both inellrive, £123 14s. 101 less
less
t h.. amount ecei Ve.l i.y the r.c.or before his 44,p0111re,
42 account of items 1 to 8, E.58--total, L'7l 14s. 10d.