The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-30 00:00:00

GAZETTE, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1872,

for the second year running of this ear. The ant els
gentleman will oompete for the regimental cup on the
regiment assenabbeg for duty as Weymouth next month.
BHAPWICK.
RIVAIILiBLE CAIII 01 13135P111D1D VOLMOI. —As
ell man named idatterman, shout 84 years of age, who
resided with his daughter in this village, expited last
Tuesday evening at ter lying in • totally unoonleions
stem from the previous Friday morning. On that day
his son-in-law, finding be did not come to breakfast,
wont into hie room, where be found the old gentleman
apparently ptmoefully sleeping. In this state be
remained. quite warm, and breathing as regularly and
peace! ally as • chili, till Tuesday eveslas. A medical
men wee walled in, and by his direstion the only thing
done was to moisten the Ups with • little wine. Shortly
before death perspiration spread over the fame and soon
alter the o'd man biome oold and died.

BLANDFORD.
lo
Maria Normal., wife of Thomas Nor-
man, of this town, woe charged with being drunk on
the preening night, and pleading guilty, was find sa,
ritios„x,y eaGailgota—On To/inlay before the Mayor eni
Gill,
Mr
including °oils.
"Lelr
ooe
weather was not very favourable, and the wind was
rough during the whole time of the shooting. The
C.l.maellenoetiOtmher.4-6•The.hflooth
very uDnogrseout
jeridVoalya.
Menet scores made in the first period were B. lildout,
48_,• Applin, 47; Careerist Payne, 47; and King. 44. _
BATH WiaLiT•il DleTalOr. —The May meatless of
the ministers of this dinar are arranged to be held
here during the first week in MAY, when it is expected
that the now Wesley's chapel will be an fee hashed as
to afford the neesseary roommodation for holding the
meeting,. About fifty ministers are provided for, and
it is Intended to hold rely morning sinless daring
their stay, so that as many as possible may have an
opportunity of preaching.
Caution 111111110111 AT HOOICTL—On idonday last
two *armor* on behalf this eosin, were preached In
Blandford obareh, by the Bev. C. Down (ainelation
secretary). In the morning tbe rev. gisatleinaa sleeted
as his tort Matthew, fliti chapter. 27th verse, "But
the men marvelled, saying, what meaner of man is
this that even the winds and the sea obey him. In the
evening the text was Psalm 116, 7th verse. "Return
unto thy rest 0 my son, for the Lord bath dealt
bountifully with thew.* The collection immune, to
El 6.
VgarliT Thursday lest • meeting was
convened at the Townhall foe the purpose of passing
the Churshwarden emeounte, nestling Churehwardeas
for lb° ensuing year, and other business raneted with
the church. The Rae. .1. B. Q tick presided, and there
wore present Mr IL Byers and Mr W. Roe (church-
wardens), Kr Darin, Mr Owes, Mr T. K. Park, Mr.
Kr&Aoho d
tt, Mr J. 8., Mr Y. Die* Kr B. Leek.
and Mr It. H od.—Toe Cannon having heist!, statist
the business before the meeting regarted the Church-
wardens to band in their balance sheet. In doing so
Mr R. Byers pentad out the great nersity there was
for intireseed liberality on the pert of those who pro-
fessed ti be churchmen, Cu supporting the Cherish-
wardens, Sr that they should be relieved of all anxiety
In making up the amount necessary for eirrying on the
services of the Mourn. Severs' present fully conned
to this, and considered that it eat very wrong for the
churchwardens, to be oblisod to make several sills
upon puties for their eabwiptioas. Toe venoms items
of expenditure In the bid .noosheet were then gone
through seriatim— Cho following is the tioancal stile-
meet—The Balance Sheet shows: —Receipt& Bares
in heed. £4 18.; harvest thank Livia./ oollestioas,
£l7 181; evening service County It ospital eol.
lesions, £l5 Hs 74; box* at eharelt doors. 104;
sabteription, £B2 16, 61; nisi ream, £B7 2. 74;
2. 74; total, EA* is 5 I.—Expendilare.—lte‘istration
fen, El 12s 74; iasstraaos. premiums, £4 15,. 31;
errand's salary, LW; pew opeaers and organ blower,
£9 10.; eezmn a salary and eosin" £l3 10. 6 I; restor-
ing clock, it 7. 61; cliaisior and regulating sotto, £5
104; to Conn, Hospit 4, £8 19.; ringers, £3 12.61;
curates, £3O; throws droning eltureb, and holly,
£32.61; taking down ditto, and ',septa,/ chinch,
81 61; Mr. Pike, for al:ration of Mall under south
gall iry, £25 Us 101; Mr Bishop's salary, ho, £l3 31;
soma:melon to sexton for eolleeting seat nate, 1.3 lils
61; vas, 14 organ tense, £2 ; tradesmen's
bills and other *barges, £3l 2. 74; total, £314 9. 48;
leaving £6l. lid dee to the shatenrardeus, to meet
which there is shoat £9 due for seat feats sad as sub-
soriptions %seemliest's!. Mr Park riled &amnion to the
liege amount paid to the enter for dallier and slew
lag the churls, non £B, In midair to his receiving
£5 for belt einem' sad £l2 10. for other senior at toe
church. It was explained by Mr Blase that a port=
of the £8 woe sensed by an additional elesaing.—Mr
Peak sonsidered that £5 was ample for such work, and
sitar a short discussion the matter was dropped.—Soins-
time wee tattoo up is dieonsaing the Julia, or Wadies
of seats in the °burets shish bad been parasitised years
ago lapsing when • member of the parehaser'e family
died and not when • person had bought sittings for
himself and eernate. It appeared that the sustain had
been wbea a pannier died or removed from the perils
his sittings wore appropriated by ta. obareawarleas
and let to others; bat in ear of one wort removing
and another taking his or bar plass. these sittings,
shins had been previously batten, were retained by
the purotteser.—Mr Myers called attention to the
geestioa of giviag • itratuity to the church clerk, Mr
Bishop, Madeg ChM he sonsidered no men was more
estates to it than Kr Bishop, who •as most attentive
In the discharge of his duties. At they were aware
Mr Bishop's salary was £lO per year, and some two or
torso years ego It was proposed to give him a gratuity
of £5 extra. He (Mr Byer.) should be most happy to
prompt that that Baia shoed be given his this year,
but their fonda would not allow of it —dir J. 13.11
wondered t oat if possible Mr Bishop's salary ought to
be raised, and added that be would gin • sovereign
extra if others would join for that parpose.—Mr W.
Groves said he would most willlagly assist, and all-
snarly it was resolved that the salary of the sleek should
be raised to 115 per year. On the proposition of Mr
Park essoaded by Mr W. Groves, the *harsh wardens
balsacember was prrd.—The °knew said that the
seat bellaiss was the ideation of charehwardees for
the salting year. He was sere the Teary would agree
with him in seknowledging the senior of tons gen-
Boman who bad so ably filled that nisi, Mr Mgr
who had been ehareltwarden for six years consecutively
(debt altogether) was now donnas of giving up the
office. He bat been oltareitwardess when the church
was upheld by law and sire by the voluntary principle,
ani the lune snots whioh had been collected by the
oharoh wardens as subseription proved bow very liner-
retie they had been in Mute eRr.. He (Mr Quirk) fell
be coal 1 not maks a better eileation Si his church-
warden, then of one who had so well worked with Mr
Elgar, and he had great pleasure In selecting Kr ZION
as his obarelowardr. It small be for the vestry as
representing the perish to select the other charsh-
ea/dr.—Mr F. Davis, on the proposition of Mr B.
Hood was 'monotone's chosen parish skarehwarden.—
Mr Byars having returned thanks inprenved • hope ton
churchmen would support their sharithwardens and do
all they mould In nelatina to insist sin the lieseleed of
she aharsh.—A sonlin vote of thank, wee at the pro.
position of Mr S. Abbott, eseontled by Mr W. Groves
accorded to Mr Migar for his net six years serving,
ant having been admowiedged, It was rerived on the
proposition of Kr Abbott tiled the list of sabeeribers to
the *harsh fund Arid be printed and sirealated, so
Oast it might be knows who did and who did not give.
—llr Wear brought forward the sailer of doing away
withers rentals. oliestioes, and raising mosey by sub-
scriptions, and haviageollestioas dada( the reeding of
the offertory senerees.-1.12 B,sence Abbott tally sob-
inured in this and rentiond that more than BIOW had '
been raised at Weymouth by offertory
Mr Byre uski that pica might set well in Weymouth
and other plans where there were airy visitor., but
in Blandford churn the soagregstion westerly always
the same.—The Chinon remarked that sometime ago
a elerioal meeting was held at his hoar, and be then
read a paper on "Offertory Oollsotioes," whin gnat
with reside/able approval and he was regained to
have it published, • regret however be did sot comply
with as he knew from past experlease who the burden
generally fell on. He did, not however, think that those
who paid £5 for • sitting weald give to the same
amount by an offertory solleetion.—Mr T. M. Park
strongly deprecated the system of solisetion from pew
to pew and haring a blue bag oostuntaily held before
thew. Illandford WU • •017 different pleas from Wey-
month, and he knew that there were many who had pat
their names down as salsoribers who mould hardly
afford it. Whilst others who only subscribed 2s or 3s
could will afford to double it. Would it not be best to
go on as they were now, and to oonserve that whir
had been found up to the present time to sacred,
rather than have any of the new tangled schemes in-
troduced. The people of Blaadford woull not stand it.
Be fully rosearred In the plan of publishing the names
of the subscribers to the chards fund, and bzlieved it
would have the effset of ratting the subtoription—
Mr ii. Abbott pandered people ought to psy for what
they had. If they came to church and bad the beneat
of scriptural tearing, enjoyed the singing, and took
part In the Berries, they ought to pin for at, whereas
very many now attended who gave one farthing
at collections nor to the support of the church. 11
they had the offertory almost all would give some-
thing; and even the poorer dress would be Inclined
to give a penny • week. He was one of the lint to
propose pew rents, and at the time was toll by the
then rector and rheas that It would nod messed, but it
had sareeded so far that OTOT ao per year had been
rens& end he believed a great deal noon would be by
the off ert ory. sifter some further dismission the sob.
jest dropped.—lt vie stated by Mr Eiger that the
alteration of the pews under the south gallery would
realise £6 10s.—Mr IA Abbott 'baked whelks* it was
true that El monthly of the money collected at the
church doors on Sacrament Sundays wee given to the
floripture Reader—The Chairman replied that we. the
to the Communion that if "Cher those
ease. In consegurse of the falling off In the amount
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who did not stay
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4100 the /1001 Of ha per month "It 5e11...
or the next
cloeed with a vote
Saturday, 1311,
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BOIOUGH Potion, Saturday
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SIX OF Oii LID H.tnr-L-Dozur OP CU OTIIL
At the Town Hall on Monday
sslKal and (mt. belges the
.a lertz
cop of dlz', with an-sZting Appite,' allvy throwing a
wee
y Toter over him wee paag by her N.ess°s
house no the maim of the 17th WK. The parthe reside In
the we 75rJ.-oAaplaineat deeded doing =7 IWwwwwgillo.
and end he had never spoken to the we IS Ile Ills—lle
was corroborated ey Frederick Appall and Cehrtes rklll.
"""01 &wild and called as Whi•••••a. her
WWI. Mary Arkin end Shepherd, who elated that
oarupteinarit made see et dlagoating language es the delesdarm,
and tutu they did not melba aemuie coenide/ned of coinnuued.
Mar &se Cams, dreadenta Neter teas oat charged with
ematilling Ann Applle, wHe slakeoompleMust to the previous
owe, by tbrowisig a •••••• of dirty W"it one dre••••;;;,
—O was omplabret Mated thsa she prim Mira is at
the lime of the semalt ma he hmined Is P Is hint when the

deleadast threw the aster over aria—rredeMelt appit• wad
Charles arkeU corrolareatod her elseement.— This chimp was
oho deeded, and Mary /algal' and Geonre ettepheed called N. I
witnesses Oar the dellauleaa —The Martaretee, sooluerlng
them all equally to Manta ordered Sarah Oribb sad Mary Ann
Cribb to lad sureties In the WEB Of £lO each to tow We Nano
for II months and top.y ea ad come each; and William ApiAln
num bound In tits sum of LIO for Mai and wife to keep the
pow) fof the ram period and to lay 10. Id vats • terk.
Cowen Perri Boosters. Ziattlfdlly. —Mors the
Lord Poithaa, J. J. Ferqultaneen, Seq., mod J. C.
Manserpleydell, Esq.—The only ease before the Bench
was an affiliation order by • young person from Kink.
atom near Sere Raids. The application was refumed.
Tee evidence revaol-id • very low smite of morality,
and the case was owe most duccebitable to ail patter
concerned.