The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-22 00:00:00

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 18g1

DORCIEMSTEIL CONFIRMATION SERVICE AT HOLY TRINITY 140 Irf7 10 r sd. ; .
tons, 1.573..007 15a RI. ; for interest. .0 _ ,
id .
P. .
tiOnsirf HUN? BaLL.-This b ill will take plane ot I CHURCH. .-. 11,ceion •. For enntribu.
the Corn Exchange on January sth, 1584. i menu : For sick benefits. C 412.771 le. 21. ; for funerals,
adforptdmaeie:ianw.,"Loufflfgollios:"._. totias £778.2d 10a . e
Acclumer.--On Thursday a navvy, employed on the 1d,2 2 7. 5.1. : net increase.
On Tuesisy afternoon last, a Confirmation service im.„ll.ati,4l t. Bd.gi ' t4t4.4 X5.11•1t IrOO-S ck and funeral,
Great Widens line, named Simeon Grant, met with for the various parishes of Dorchester was held —lna-7 rag...-.
.g4.82120° 4..: district funerei funds,
• somewhat painful accident at the Great Westena at Holy Trinity Church by the Lord Bishop of the -.e- - ii?ig. li---gl. t,tai, L 4,216,235 5.. sd. Everyone
Station, one of the other men who was working with Diocese. Nearly 100 candidates were presented for . ought to know the benefit of becAning on Oddlellow.
him having Out hts foot
very badly with an implement the sacred rite an follows :-WOOL FOCCIIDOLOD, 25; , They would all agree with him that it was • podia
which is
used for PurPme of mi.ing "IlleeP•ri." . Holy Trinity, T..i ; East Fordington. 17; Dorset County ' institution, and he expreseed his regret ihvt their
lied necessitating hia removal to the Hospital, where ' School,
_l6 ; St. Peter's, 8; Alt Sainte', 5. '1 annual meatless were not better supported bY the
Unity
hie 'Diaries reoMved prompt attention. h r ) He hoped the H inchester Unity
A Liam 'ol‘.-Mr. Jacob, silversmith, of this town, The Venerable Bishop, who seems yearly to grow I classes. (Heir, -I'4fApplaus ./
more and more feeble, was accompanied by his chap- responded on behalf of the Fide District.
had a narrow "Cape of being "chequed" on Saturday. / would still go on an prosper.
laic The other clergymen present were :-The Rev. 1 irki,elrTisii,:ic`tm-Dwa. composed of 32 lodges, niunbtriog or 'ha
It Me= that a young gentlem.n of reipectable H. ni
aa. Everett (Rector of Holy Trinity), Rev. T. W. 1 tit
„Noe Bigt, 5843 members. Oa the let January, 1880.
appearance called at the shop to pu chime a ring, in Knipe (Rector of St. Peter's), Rev. A. F. Jones ' the fund, of the district amounted to .C 48.461 3r. sd; and
payment for which be give Mr. Jacob a cheque signed 1881 the fonts amounted to
l. McHenry." The lat '. ter having some doubt as to the . (Rector of All Saints), Rev. A. A. Issonard (Vicar of on the lit
.danuarr. ..
re... ~,
For lington), Rev. L. Sanctusry (Vicar of Christ. .C 53 143 7. af 1., being DU lOC , the fund, of the
genuineness of the cheque, went to the bank to make church), and the lies. H. Ravenhill. 1 bogs in the district for tho year IS9O of Li. 012 it. ; end
enquiries, leaving the young man in the shop in the Au approprMte hymn com menoed the servioe, and ' the overage age of the members was expl: 32 3, ifaXII. (AD-
company of his assistant. Before Mr. Jacob had time the preliminary portion of the Confirmation service : °Mae.)
hc LD next responded for the" if and-in-Hand '
to get back the fellow decamped, the reason for which was read by the Bishop's chaplain. Before the all- 1 Lodge.Bh Out
had been In connsetim wito the L dx- 2%
was =Ply explained by the fact that the cheque was important question, commencing "Do ye here in the , gears, and during that i h Lime, _e was pleased to soy, he
found to be im explained
The fellow succeeded in getting presence of God." was asked, the BISHOP gave a short i had hal the pleasure of being there every year, with !Int
clean off, in spite of the exertions of the police, who up address on the importance of the rite. They were he three exceptions; in fact the Lotge•ro ou sternal Late
to the present have found no clue of the individual. . said, standing up in the noe of God and of his home to him, and he felt quite a.tihotp:e thae„rs.,rittit:tilsab,2
SOMIZATIoII OP SHritlirlit.-The nomination Of Church to confirm, in their own persons, the great it must be jerattying
they were °t'
someem Cr 3 1 i n debt. snd when i hey
sheriff, for the several counties of England and Walev, and sacred vow taken for them at their baptism, and 7
contraststhe.d that withtheir present financial condition.
except for those of Cornwall, Lancaster, and Middlesex, which brought them into the family of God. They sar, bear.) After • few other remark. he mad: the
took place on Saturday. For the western counties had that day oome to the central stage of their lives, so following official statement :-" Daring the present year
the nominations w__ .ere i-Doreetehire : Mr. Charles far as regards the lives of Christi= people-they had the sickness of the lodge has not been ti heavy as in
Joseph Theophilus Hianibro, of Milton Abbey, Bland- come to the end of the first stage, which began with previous years. We hive paid, ail sick iiiey to onrtanswnn
ford; Mr. Charles Weld, of Chideock ; Mr. George their baptism, and which finished this day with con. members, the sum of £67 14s. 3d., and fir
,tlie dal.
the
Churchill, of Alderboh. Eioniersetshire : Sir Wroth
Achuid Lethbridge, Bert, of tiandhill Park, Taunton; firmation, and they were now about to enter on the two metsblw, .C 2- Ougotiblelmetboar:. January, )„,., the te4.
second stage that began with confirmation, and which
icdgee wIll" Ctriolia: haveposed ofjoined the lodge, hat, alter alto.'
Mr. Thomas Palfrey Broadmead, of Knmore Park, lei on t,i the end. After a few other words on the lagnfair deaths, members
em bore joining other Wets, and other
Bridgwater; Mr. Vincent Stuckey, of Hill House, riousnea of the rite, the Bishop proceeded with the -A. the kresne'nt number is 213. On the lit of Jane. ,
Lengport. Wiltshire : The Right Hon. Edward " • canoe,. p
same, ary, 1881, the raptal funds of the L idge
Were about 1
Pleydell Bouverie, of Th. Manor Home. Market, After the bleu' had been • to the young .C 1,532 and at the present ti roe, after paying all demand',
ng n given
Lavington ; Sir Michael Robert 'thaw Stewart, Bart., we have a capital of £1,889, leaving • cli ar balance ot
I who knelt before the Bishop two and two,
of Fonthill Abbey, Salisbury; Mr. Richard Leckonby Pe°Tphee. Right Rev. PIXLATZ delivered an impressive Ll5O on the transaction of the Lodge during the Present
Hothersall Phipps, of Leighton, Westbury. South- and fatherly. address. This was a great essential
yet; heiAacgleof the " liedisal Officers" was proposed by
ampton i Mr. Thomas Thislethwayte, of Southwick point of their Clui.tian lives, for they this day ter.
the Sec ART. He expressed great ph cure at their
Park, near Fareham; Mr. Adam Kennard, of Crawley minated and brought Li an end the first half-not in having Dr. Aldridge wit, them, and he read a letter
Court, near Winchester., Mr. Edgar Atheliog Dram. point if length, for of that, of course, he knew 1 from Mr F. B. Fisher, in which he exprossed his inability
mood, of Cadland, Fawley, near Southampton. within but it was the first half in point of import- to attencL They were all vary sorry for it, for if he lied
Devonshire,. Mr. William Halliday Halliday, of ance, and even sometimes of actual length. He would been present they would have given him • hearty web-
Glenthora, Lim nab ; Mr. Thonme Carew Daniel, of like to say oue of two words about both parts of their come. (Applause.)
Btoodleia, Tiverton; Mr. Octavins Bradshaw, of life. With respect to the first part, they were made The toast wu received
i with rateutcue! huontoariar.
secretory
Barcom Faignton, and Canonteign Howse, Christow. The
children uf God, and were planted into the family of had sail. is seIaiIDOUIt:O4O"aITOOT 'MN unable to be Pre-
DOactisernta CRICKS? CLUB -A Tecial meeting of God long ' , and be took it for granted in, the --- -- i that
h they, Id have been all
sent. I he e was sure ey would
the ' of • • . hal in 0- - then __. • - • - .' . . .. ... . . - • . -
_

--v members_ this club was _in the limn,
Chamber on Monday evening. when Mr. W. Darden
prodded. 'rhe obisct of calling the mestieg was to
Mc um the ebrienbility of ranting • new minket
ground for next marrun. Mr. Stephen Alien the
bon. Secretary, explained to the meeting the snare 01
the negotiations which bad taken place between the
committee and Mr. Alfred Pope with a view to rent-
ing from him • piece of land opposite the end of the
South Walks, and it appeared horn his remarks Mr.
Pops Wan Willing to let the ground to the club for a
rental of 13110 a year, but would not grant them •
Isms, as he might require the land for building or other
purposes. It waa agreed on all sides the field was the
most eligible available for the use of the club, and, as
It was tirsight • lame proportion of the rental might
be raised by sub-letting the field for grazing purposes,
and by also 10." of it to °the!. athletic
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stajority'of tier came, long before they knew anything
about it. They had been brought up by their parents
in a more or less Christian wee; they had, no deubt,
bust tught that lout privilege uf childhood to ova)
to their Yukio'. in Heaven. They all begat' he took it
for granted, to any their prayers almost bolero they
knew the mewing of the words, and growing up as
children doubtless they learnt little hymns and
passages of Scripture—they were fed with the milk an
belonging to babes, and not with the strong meat of
the age which was to come to them. And so they 65d
gone on, growing up in the family of God, until they
had come to the time when they should stand up and
acknowledge for themselves and confirm the great vow
which began their Christian life. He supposed it
would be right to think that the whole of the begin-
ning of their lives, and everything they had learnt in
respect to religion had pointed to that day. He was
.

very glad to see him. (Hear, hear.) He thanked them or ,
the very kind manner in welch they lied received his
health. They had been is connection Vgether now some
tl years, and he was prevent when their club first cam
meneed, when the "' laud of Hops " went one nay. and
the " Handda-Hand" continued on. (Hear, hear.) He
was surgeon of the old Dorchester Club and the old For.
diastole Club, long before theirs had any existence, and
he had away' taken the greatest interest in friendly
societies. He knew it was the means of relieving 11111111
industrious mechanic', and he supported it accordingly.
(Hew, hear.) At that time the old Dorchester Friendly
Society had something like 100 members, but it was
founded ea a wrong foundatioo. There were at that time
not many actuaries to draw up their rule., to all they had
were rul.e which would he efficient oaly for • few pot',
and according to those rules it was a moral certainty the
whole thing must fail. Alter • few years they were obliged
to wind up, and there was little for each member to obtain.
Then this grand Manchester Unity was started, it. system
. . .
-.ant tin,

oo oac
thall —it was decided oaths
—puti,nr,
motion of Mr. T. M. Morgan, seconded by Mr. C.
Parlous, to swept Mr. Pope's offer, and to proceed
forthwith to Prepare the field for wicks:log next
Neseen. This 'concluded the loudness of the meeting.
" TRW Mawr Minr."—This formed the subject of
an musing lecture by Mr. W. Kowtow onTuesday
last, it the To Hall, under the auspices of the
D irthester laltsure Society. There was a large
attendance, the chair being taken by the genial and
Polroisr County Court Judge, Mr. Serjeant Tindal.
Atkinson, who was supported on the platform by the
Rev. T. -Wright—The Chairman, in introduc-
ing the lecturer, said Mr. Rowton was about to lecture
on "Three Mani Men,"—noted as they were for
satire of the most homier kind, and wit and humour
of the most refuted nature. He was about to lecture
on that national satirist "Punch." which he was sure
would afford than • great deal of pleasure, notwith-
standing the " Lemon." which once graced the board,
now forme no longer a part of that celebraed and
well-knowa institution. A part of the programme, he
understood, would be changed, and instead of that
plastic wielder of our languare, Mr. Barham, the
author of the Ingoldsby Legends, selections would he
given from the works of the well known Mr. Thomas
and, the author of the "Bridge of Sighs," and one
of mu greatest humorists , who, as far as the human
heart was concerned, would call op its sunshine, and
bring down its showers. With regard to Dickens, it
was not ososseary for him to make • single observe.
tion, for he was the profound historian and author of
the middle and lower clasper, and he left traces behind
him which were imperishable. (Applause.)—The
Rev. Russell-Wright slid the neat two lectures would
follow rather rapidly one on the other. He hoped they
would not be considered grievances to the members of
the society. They had been accustomed to give six
lectures during the season, but this season they would
be able to kir° five before Christmaa. The next would
be a lecture which was sore to be appreciated--one
which wouLi be given by the Rev. J. G. Wood, the
eminent naturalist, on November 30th, which would
be followed on Desember 20th by a lecture given with
anuses at Weymouth, by Mr. Ralston, entitled
"Fairy Toles." It the support given the society so
far was continued them, it was quite possible they
would be stole to provide five before, and four or five
after Christmas • and the committee hoped the
members of the Lecture Society would not at any rate
he disappointed with the efforts that they were
endeavouring to make. (Applause.)—Mr. dowton
then delivered his lecture,whlch consisted of excerpts
from Punch, Dickens, and Tom Hood. The first was
the "Baron of Grogsvdg" from Nicholas Nickleby,
which though intensely amusing is comparatively
unknown—in fact it is • tale that would not be so
pleasant a reading as it is laughable, when accom-
panied by the andel contortions and grotaolue
attitudes, of which Mr. Rowton is such &muter. This
was the only selection from Dickens, the remainder of
the progrornme being made up of choice sketches from
Punch, and one or two of Tom Hood's celebrated
sketches. The audience was vastly amueed, and the
lecture thoroughly enjoyed.
Ses•Wro Ydraunit.—Wllliara Fox was charged
at the Borough Policwoowt, on Tuesday, before Mr.
Purd.Jillard, with steeling two bushels of potatoes,
the property of Joseph Hooch, of Shire hall-lane.—
The prosecutor said be occupied land in Fordington-
field, near the union, where he kept cows and pigs;
and he also sold milk and vegetables, the letter bang
kept in • 'tore near his hones in Shirehail-Inne. The
key of the store was hung up at night by the door in
his sittling-roorn, and the milk tins were also placed in
the same room, the key of the room being kept on the
chest of drawers In his bedroom. Primmer who in his
employ, and had been for six week.; he slept in the
some room as he (prosecutor). It was prisoner's duty
to go early in the morning to look after the stock and
milk the cows, and be would take the milk cans up to
the farm for this purpose. On Sunday morning the
prisongot up about ten minutes pat five, and he
Id 1:s m he need not get up so early of a Sunday
rooming, to which he replied he wanted to go and get
his work done. He afterwards heard prisoner take
the milk eau from the sittingock. -room, and he returned
to breakfast about eight o'clSubsequently prose-
cutor mimed • bag containing two bushels of red skin
soorbon potato" which be had sun in the store en
the previous day. He informed the polio, of his lam,
and about one dclock he went to the dun Inn,
emompanied bY Mitchell. There they found
GOT, sod socsB2tim of having taken the potatoes.
ramiod knowing anything about them, and afters
wards walked on towards Dorchester, proctecutor and
P.a. jfjtcbill following. After having had something
en our prisoner took the cans and went up to the farm.
Trossentor identified the beg containing the potatoes,
produced by the police, as his property. The potatoes
re like thou stolen from him, but he could not
ormor they were the same. He valued the bag and
potatoes at not less than res.—George Aplinotman who
s ei
ft prolocutor's employ on Saturday, posed
rrisoner
ad to him on Saturday evening he would ns him
rm. potatoes on the following morning. Mrs. Hooch
then earns in and interrupted the conversation. He
prinetess) lived at the top of Peescolane, and his bed-
room window looked into the street. On Sunday
worming, shortly before six, he was awoke by Fox,
who name and knocked at the shutters of the window
and told him to go to the field; he went to the door
and found Fox without boots on his feet and • bag of
, which be risked altos= to take in for him.
Crag wee similar to that produced. He took the
Lounging and put them into the back-yard. He then
ond on going to prosecutor's hones, met
dreem:;:ooming out with the milk cans. They went
iqthew to tee field, and prisoner rad to him
irid • some money altar breakfast," to which
he orror;crod "1 will if I can." Be saw prisoner
again after breakfast arid gave him 11611. a-crown
let t_ittmatatora. On Monday morning he brought
the from the boa-yard into the house and
we, to*Voir for Fox, whom he found in Mr. Heech's
field; told him to come and fetch the potatoes.—
Cromedrzawliwwl by prisoner: I told you to take away
the potatoes or else my mother wooM get into it. I
said, ' Keech knows of it, and stie says they had
better be taken out of the house or else my mother will
sor into it. I also said John Ketch (son of prose-
enter) told me the potatoes had better be taken down
we the hill out of the house, or there would be • row
over
It.—Mrs. A plin, mother of last withers., stated
Fox came to her house about nine o'clock on Monday
mooting, end said, "I am come for the potatoes."
she replied, " I shall keep them for the pollee," and
prisoner answered," Mrs. Hooch sent me for theta."
He than took tham away. The bag produced was
similar to that which contained the potatoes in
etesetion.--Cbarke Heaton, • telegraph messenger,
living at Glyde-pstii.ltill, stated he saw prisoner about
Wee o'clock on Monday morning with a bag, contain-
log seroothing which appeared to be p itotoes, which
be carried down the hill in the direction of From*.
bank. John Bowditoh, • labourer in the employ of Mr.
Henry Mayo, of Coker's Frome, proved seeing prisoner
go along Frome-bank, in the direction of Major.
General Henuinces on Monday morning; he was
our=a big of something on his shoulders. He
about half-an-hour after, and then had nee.
lug with him.—A.S. Carter deposed to apprehending
Fox and taking him to the Police•tation. Afterwards,
from information received from the witness Reason,
he went with Stmt. Coward and P.S. Mitchell to the
property of Major-General Henning, where, in the
shrubbery on the right hand side of the path, he found
• quantity of potatoes loose on the ground covered
over with haves and moss, and three or four yards
further on be found the bag (produced) concealed
under the bosh. He took the potatoes to the Police-
station and charged pri-oner with stealing them; he
replied "I know I took them out there (Frome bank);
I was sent for up in the field to come and take them
away. As for taking them out of the potato house, I
did not."—Prisoner having been charged in the usual
form, said he did not take the potatoes out of Mr.
Keech's house.—He was then committed for trial at
the next Quarter Sessions.

od to think sometimes that it was nibs; an injury
to consider that the preparation for confirmation
was a matter only for a few weeks before the
service. The real view, he thought, was that front
the first beginning of consciousness, and the
first beginning to pray, should the preparation for
confirmation OOMMOOOI3. He should like to think
that from the time of their early prayers, during
their school days, and every additional step taken in
respect of religions instruction, they shouldite led and
trained to think of, and be pointed to that day when
the young man, no longer a child, and the young
woman, no lower a child, should stand up in the
presence of God and of His Church to make this
solemn declaration for themselves. He did not Pee
how anyone could expect to get benefit from confir-
mation unless each one of them knelt down alone
before God and endeavoured with all honesty and
truth, considering that He knew everything in their
hearts, sad confess to Him the sins they knew of, and
sins perhaps which no one doe knew of but himself or
hnisoU and God, and asked Him to perdon them for
Jams Christ's sake. Passing on from that early life,
the Bishop went on to speak of that stage which was
beginning that day. No one but God knew how long
it might be, or by what circumstances each one of
them would be met, whether prosperity, in the
sense in which they runsidered prosperity, was await-
ing them, or something very different from that—
whether pain, sorrow, temptations, or difficulties;
all these would come in different proportion to each
one of them, but they might rest assured none of
them would escape the trials and temptations which
life brings with it. Hilt what was to keep them
in the path of g ? Tney might be very much ia
earnest to-day ; he believed they were, and he thanked
God for it Nothing but God's Holy Spirit could ever
keep them true awl faithful to the promirc made by
them that day. He then alluded to the importance of
the Holy Communion, to which they would be now
invited—invited not by their clergyman, but by the
Lord Jesus Christ. 'the Bishop spoke with special
°smoothen upon this subject He also dwelt on the
immense aid and good which two of them could be to
one another, and particularly ia the matter of the Holy
Communion. He hoped they were strong enough one
by one, but if two young people, two boys or two
girls, friends and companions together, sitting it might
be in the some seat, determined to be helpful to each
other, go to church together, to pray for one another,
and always go to Communion togetter, not ashamed
or afraid to be quite in earnest—this would be a great
help to them. They might Gad sometimes venemons
accusations brought against them, which were difficult
and hard to bear—that they were setting themselves
up to be holier and better than others. He asked
them not to listen to them. He urged them to
be in earnest, for none of them knew what
was coming upon them. He prayed that God's
Holy Spirit might be with them and enable them
to keep their confirmation vow. God bites you and
keep you, continued the good old Bishop, and give you
grace to make use of that great gift which is with you
to-day, if you are in earnest. God give you grace that
that gift which is yours to-day may be your' continu-
ally to the end of your days, and that you may in God
be confirmed, sanctified, and Christian people, and that
we may all meet together one day, and God grant that
In that day we may be accepted and received into His
most holy kingdom, for Christ's sake. Amen.
The address was listened to with great attention.
and the kindly words of the venerable prelate appeared
to Immune all with the importance of the rite which
had been performed. The service was brought to a
close by the Benediction. The hymns seleoted for the
service were most appropriate, Mr. T. M. Morgan
presiding at the organ.

was improved from time to time, until st the present time
It was founded on • basis immoveable, and u perfect as
almost It can be. There might be ouk a few alterations
needed to make it as safe as the Bank of England.
(Applause.) He had always taken the greatest Potent*
In their individual and collective welfare,and he bad been
always anxious at all times to promote to the best of his
ability the health of every member. (Applause.) He had
been unable thoroughly to fulfil the duties of medical
°Meer of the ledge single-banded. Mil with his other
practles.and he had engaged a gentleman as his partner who
wee highly qual fieri,_and with whom he worked thoroughly
well at all times. They would, he was sure' be ever ready
all times to devote all their energies and skill to the
welfare of
(Applause.) Ile was now drawing to the clue of his tiro.
turnout cover, and, perhaps, his earthly existenee—(*
Voice: "We hope not, sir.")—but so long as he lived aid
had his health and strength he should be over pleased, sq
long as they wished him, to confirm, to be their medical
oflicer. (Applause.)
The Vieg-Cissielitss then gave The health of the
Borough Member." He had err), great pleasure in pro-
I posing this toast, tor reasons wuich lie would explain.
Politics were, of course, probilnied—(hear, hear)—but
whoever was their borough member when Mr. Hilmar,
himself, and everyone ol i tom were put and gone, he
hoped the member fur Dorctiroter spuld be se firm a
sopporter of friendly societies as Mr. Bri mer was at that
time. iud *opium.) With 'lto t teat be also Drolsolva
"The health of the Honorary Members." He proiosed
the toast as an Oddfellow, for he was a member of one of
the other lodges in the town, end it they only asked him
It would be the last time in which he ahould be able to
stand up and propose the health of the honorary numbers
In that leriee. (Applause.) With the tout be coupled
the name of Mr. landecheitt.
Mr. LANDSOIRITT, who was greeted with cries of "hold
Alexander," iiriefly replied.
Mr. Botisga gave "The health of the Mayor and Cor-
poration," coupled with the names of the Cluirman,
Vice-Chairman, and Mr. George Davie. (Applause.)
Toe CHAIRMAN, in response, said h hat the pleasure of
returning th take for this tout many times. They had
had an addition of new blud to the Council, and he
hoped it would not be an i 'astral ion of the old adage—"A
new broom 'weeps clean," but that the presence of Mr.
Davis would be an immense ben, fit to the C irooratma and
to the town at large. (Applause.) He had no doubt he
would do hie best. (Hear, hear.)
The Vica.Ctroutuare, in the co ire', of his remarks, said
he was very pleased to see pract•cal men at the Ceelnecil
for they wanted two claw m s of en (there—theoretical
men and practical men. Ile ss•ureit them that so
log as they gave him their c .nti,lence by sending
him beck to the Corporate holy, he would do his hest, in
• straightforward and honest way, to the best of hie
ability, to look after their int 'rest, an.l tho interests of
the borough of D orchester generally. (Applause.)
Me, GZOILOR DAVIS thanked them for their kindness in
drinking h stealth, also with putting him at the bead of
the poll at the election. Ile assured them so long as he
was in the Council he should do his 11-MnSt to promote the
welfare o: the borough of Dorchesti r. (Hear, ho or.) He
knew he was brought forward by the working men, and
so long as he was a member of the Council he should
endeavour to promo:its tbe welfa e of Vier clam. (Ap
plause.) With reglad to the drainage scheme, it was a
subject that would take a great deal ot consideration, and
he would endeavour to look to the plans and see that it
was carried out in a practical manner. (Hew, hear.) He
again thanked them for drinking his health.
Bro. OLD thee gave the toast of "Health and Pros:
verity to the 'Bodo( Hops' Lodge and Kindred Societies,
coupled with the name of Bro. Pike, acid Mr. Charles, of
the Foresters. In proposing this tout he suggested that
they should have an amalgamated dinner of the various
friendly societies of the town, a suggestion which was
received with great favour by the members present. They
would than, Bra Old said, shoe that they had but one
feeling amongst them, and that was the good and welfare
of their fellowmen. (Applause.)
Bro. Pigs, secretary of the "Bud of Hope" Lodge, gave
a very Sel=fr account of their branch of the Order,
and also ex hie pleasure that the "Rand-in-Hand"
Lodge was n so flourishing • state.
Kr. ClialLgs replied on behalf of the Ancient Order of
Foresters, and supported the suggestion of the secretary
to have an amalgamated gathenng.
"The health of the Caairman and Vice-Chairman " was
proposed by Bro. OLD.
The Guar Rigaa again expressed his readiness to do every-
thing in his power to increase the interests of their society,
for nothing gays him greater pleasure than to do all he
could for them. (Applause.)
The VICE-CitaIRNAN said he was very pleased to oome
among them ma that occasion. He was always glad to
support such societies, for he believed if only the rising
genersUon could oral{ be taught thrift, the Pour Law
would Won be abolished. (Hear, hear.) lie was quite
convinced that as education advanced, and as the
generation were educated lathe ways of thrift and liett
duce, It would be only the worthless and thou who had
neglected the opportunities of Ills who would turn to the
Poor Law. (Hear, bear.)
"The Lisdies*" health wars proposed in humorous terms
Cby the aUallte, and coupled with the names of Mr.
um M
Bo and Mr. enne, who fittingly responded.
"The Town and Trade of Dorchester was proposed, and
acknowledged by Mr. Baown.
the Paha. was proposed by the Vice Ceueitet, and
the toast of "The Host and Hostess" was also honoured.
SILWAY respond end was pleased be had given
satisfaction. "Our Next Merry Meeting" concluded the
toast list, and the retmunder of the evening was spent in
• hearty and c onvivial manner.
Daring iho evening come capital songs were sung by
Sergeant-Major Elliott, Mews, Old, Buttner, Luidscheitt,
Brown, Amor, Grimes, 4c.

bti named sloold, in 6
accident t a two re ore
friends of those bereaved by the loss of the Zoe we dates in pairs t a the Bi-hop, beginning with the young port au TEL LOST ZOZ.—Wo are glad to learn that certain The Rev. .T. STEpHresoN then took op the candi-
Seaton saw male, which proved f
endeavouring. to get up strong cormniteee to women, who were on the ri4ht hand, sad facing the quarry tear eh.
0. We have now to chronicle an
ensure the just distribution of whatever may be chsece, when the Bishop laid heads on each, pro- to one of the 'ne
brother, Richard Gould, who,
QuAggy !kemligwr.—Very r, cintli, We had to re-
collected, for • general effort t raise& fund. beth at flouncing the prayer c ammencine—" Defend, 0 Lord, accident to another
ary
on Wednesday
qatantity of stone
beWherdouth and Forehand, for the relief of those left tthheisheyhmy
nch235,1.1
otifytthhy.ehseuanvegnilny
tehreacec.;:urile.xtanwssicosemng.
.wiltiijrnet.atn
hwaoriic lhi.uothighe
biscaomi,
nqbuy
CALM IN T) THOnn WHO urr LODGING& —William mencing—. Go foward, Christian soldier." fbaolmlizeigautps.onuitt.bwendo.
Burton, a sinister-looking fellow was brought up on His LORDSHIP then delivered an address to the
BAAL Or ...Oa sto. —On Saturday the forte:nal of
Wednesday, charged with obtaining fond said lodging candidates. and, referring to the rite of confirmation, ue . killed on the
tilleryinan, who wa
hy fraud from Elisabeth Farwell, ol 2, Little George- ho did not understand how any one could doubt the unfortuaate ar
Portland news,
'led under our other
street. —Miss Farwell's evidence showed that the as to its wholesomeness, desirablenese. and edifying railway, as detailed
The end deceased was removed from
fellow Come to her house as It IVY getting dim about a power. They romenohired no doubt it is recorded in iok ',lace. T.
ts to barracks after the inquent.
quarter-past five on Sunday evening, and asked for the B'h ch ap•er of Acts that Philip went down t the the Victoria as,— was retrieved on a stretcher to his
lodgings, saying he was a clerk in the parcel office ,d city ad Sainaris and preached the gospel, and the The half-battery
the South Weettrn Railway and Mr. Tarcett, the pa ,ple received it with one heart, P., much AO that it is Major Made/worth.,
1 b aut 11.45, the procession start-"I
station master, had engaged am She let the lodgings, said the :apostlu heard that Samaria had receive I the on eat arralaY, an • '
thaned;"betii°oB..duionlj.asiv?fitehg,:ti.itsdhnkmedakme en.nqLouarwitiorn aet,
were
;:if t:I Jerusalem tahtetyitz;atrhdeterhehilid..ifvt,heanadp,wisthlaes, n,r !die Barirlacks at the Verne in the following
with whom phi had seree I to go to church, to come . did they .10? These twelve in',, at that time were I
and stay with her, 8 ayi eg she c iuldn't go, as elle had depositaries more than any men could he since then, of ofclurteollienryhyf
let her loaigings. Mies Leworne very kindly came the mind and will of God, no man whoever, of any
over, and was rather sur..,ie-d at the sort , f man ; rank, or age, or learning, or circurnadataces ever could torraninWaetyamqou,artht„eruto:lll
then she had a go d deal f conversation with the compete with them in their infallible lea° ele Igo of the
prisoner, who toll her he hal been travelling about inlaid and will of God in respe It to the church. As
with jewellery for Mr. Jacob, Dorchester In course soon as they hear 1 that Samaria hid received the
of the cenversition prisoner showed himself 6okt:rowing word of God, they sent Peter and c .nfirine I them all;
that Mrs. Leworne told him he knew too much, he suopowd not many days, and cerainly not many
However, he bad the bed, an-1 next morning Came weeks after their baptism. His lordship also refei red
down about • qoarter-past nine, and went out sithout to what the 13th Apostle, St. Paul. did, as recorded in
paying. Miss Farwell thought he looked rather • 19th chapter of Acts, when having found certain
suspicious sort of MAO, and asked Mr. Targett, who disciples who were baptised unto John's baptism, he
said he had not engaged anyone. In answer to the taught them, baptised them in the name of the Lord
Bench, Miss Farwell said she would not have admitted Jesus, sod as Freon as they were baptise 1, he laid his
him, bad it not been for his mentioning Mr. Tareett's hands on them and confirmed them, and when they
name. —Supt. Vickery stated that in another cue the were confirmed they received the fulness of the Holy
prisoner represented himself to Mrs. Andrews, to be a Spirit. And if the 60 or 70 young people before him
detective officer.—Prisoner said he had no intention to had been in earnest about what they had done to-day,
cheat anybody. —Dr. Drew What means have you to if they had answered the question with their heart.,
pay them.—Priemer said he came from Dublin, and if when they knelt down they earnestly and seriously
had money in his possession.—The Dr. told him he and devoutly prayed for the gift of the Holy
was liable to three months' hard labour, and sent him Spirit, then he venters' to say that that which was
for a month, done in Samaria by Peter and John, and in I.;phesas
SYCOOLIXO.—On Tuesday before the Mayor (R. N. by the 13th Apostle, was done for them. Whatever
Howard, Fem.), Dr. Drew, J. Robertson, B. Hopkins, there was goad, and Christian, and charm tag in them
W. Talbot, and J. E. Ruben', Esqa, Earnest Leine., in their early day", yet sti I from this day forth there
mate of the Aquils steamer, was charged with smug. ought to be • mingling in their ordinary demeanour
gling 111 b. of cavondish tobacco.—The Aquila arrived something graver and more serious, more enquiring and
here fr arn Jersey at half-past nine the previoue evening, earnest, • deepening of all those qualities which it
when Mr. Charles, acting examining officer, b aarded may be, were so charming in their early days. For
her, and asked defendant whether he had anything considerably over forty years it had been his constant
liable to duty. He pro Ince,' two sticks of cavendish ; duty to prepare young people for confirmation, and
but on searching him 16 sticks were found inside his for the last 12 years to administer oinfirmation, and he
stockings, and they weighed IVb. net, the single value had known over and over again that confirmation, or
and duty being 12s.—Mr. G. Hamilton Price, collector the preparation for It, was the means of bringing
of Custom., mild five of the crew were taken from the about • great change, and had seen how afterwards
vessel on her arrival at Guernsey for smuggling, and they became better, more amiable, and more la-
sh. was d. tinted two hours, while the captain got dustrious, and, above all, more strong to resist eviL
other men to work her to Weymouth, yet when she His Lordship continued for some time to address the
arrived here the officer found tobacco concealed about young people in a fatherly way, and concluded by
the person of the chief mate. —The Mayor suggested asking God to bless them all, and might they go
there should be some arrangement by which officers forward in strength and horse.
should find bondsmen as some guarantee for their good In the afternoon about 250 young sailor boys from
conduct.—Dr. Drew pointed out that delaying • the Begelman, and seven from the Hercules, marched
reamer was punishing the company, and a detention up the Eaplanaie, preceded by part of their band,
of it for two hours was a very serious thing. But any and under the leadership of Lieut. Hoekine and Mr.
fine they inflicted would be nothing to what defendant's South, and were also confirmed at St. John's Church.
family would suffer.—The collector stated that £lB Mr. W. Stone played extemp olineous voluntaries, and
worth of spirits were band in possession of the five the first hymn was the same as that sung in the
men taken at Guernsey.—The Mayor told defendant morning.
this was a very serious case, and he as an officer, ought The Bishop's ad tress to the sailor boys was mostly
to have set a good example to others, instead of com- eompoeed of exhortation, similar to that addreesed to
mitting an offence of this kind. It was • very serious other candidates; and his lordship said he wished he
matter for him, because the magistrates were informed knew enough of those dangers to which their lives
that whatever their decidain might be he would lose exposed th-m, but he might tell them the sheet.
his situation, and that would be a eery heavy punish- anchor of their strength lay iii their prayers. They
merit, anal a few shillinirs either ote way or other in should pray every morning and night, and if they did
the fine would make little differeoce. He would be not know any proper prayers by heart they should ask
final the eiragle value and costs; if it haal been a money their chaplain to give them some. To those prayers
compeusation he would have been flied treble the value, they had learnt or might lenrn they should aid a
—He would have to pay £1 2s. 23. special petition suitable to the circumstances. From
this time they would be adm tted to holy communion,
as much as any of the oldest, wisest, and holiest
peoele in the land. Would they take the advantage
of it when they hail the opportainity ? A person who
went ti holy communi all welt to the spring-he ad—
he wat roof grace. He did not soy so much to them
shoat holy c arnmunion es to others in general, because
their opportunities were likely to be somewhat
oc * aassional but they should rememder that they were
Christian bey; and confirmed, and the one great thing
in their confirmation was that they were admitted to
this the greatest of all means of gr ice which gave
efficacy to their prayers. Ile urged thorn to be careful
in their c nversati in with one another. This was one
of the greatest dangers whiab beset the life of boys
when together. They should pray without ceasing, and
give weizhe to their prayers by the purity, holiness
revereuce. and faithfulness of their talk. They should
ale, stand the fire of persecution; he knew they could
stand other fires. It was very t etching scene to have
to confirm such a large c 'mosey of those who were
entering into such a life as th• y were with its dangers
of various kinds and yet Go I" true Christian children
of the Church of N:ngland, baptize., in His family.
character—the in
hi!There
eg)i.htb God
before
ft::y r andfebilwlp7Clocitiesihhtr *ntth. rnia:::a ft
lf7iolfa!reahntkihdrineisltwithifhahaeen'tiracahmsnedisiPeeLS:ilithf
seen
by men.
At Christchurch the surroundings material were
somewhat d fferent from those at St. John's Here
the plain Ted brick which shows in the interior of the
building is but slightly relieved by • few white and
grey stones, while the plain diamouded windows, with
green quarry glass, little more than dimmed the light.
So constant is the traffic close by this church to the
el
ut
in
cctaiwww:ntrinhhoitaelltlred:hyb:r:
tahadenemegi
present.
cffstalmi'
railway stati an, that listening for the Bishop's voice was
ing
required to be with almost painful intentness, while
every now and then, • teeth aif sound from the world
outside entirely prevented the speaker's sense from
being caught, At St. John's the placing of the
mleoridnngthes
iyo.unthgewibuze,n,
tfiejer.
rl,cneraion,:nQe,
:hfc:nnaofee
nrimsfht, eudt.et::::,
deal
yr,2stti t
,hds ghrefy2:.:immli 1.5 J:
. Miller
t.afrobSchool,e,7:c.ren :,tabnre
he advised them to tall or write to them— 'I have
been trying to confess t a God, and I have thought of
something which I never told you of. I know that
God will pardon me; but it will be • comfort to me if
you will let me tell you." He had known that done
with the most blessed effects, and parent after parent
had thanked God for giving their children such tender-
ness of heart. The importance of attending Holy
Communion was also enforced. Every person who
had any religion in them, when they were awakened,
was apt .to think of the penitent thief on the
cross, awl to cry "Lord, remember me when Thou
commit into thy kingdom"—" Lord remember me,
miserable, thoughtless, reckless as I have been.
Lord remember ins them." But suppose the Lord
should ask—" Did you remember me when I said—
De this in remembrance of me.' There were days
when temptation MIS roundabout you, when you felt
tempted to run away from heavenly things, did you
remember my words then?" The Bishop next spoke
specially to the girl', and told them of the great assist-
ance it would be to then to associate, perhaps two
t gether, to agree to pray for each other, to go to
f‘h,fi,
y.
dr
idr,u. 'hit:tr.
7,nitytaoidliiSirutnncio'hnlyt.n.:,fohipumuirn including
those from St.
church together, and help each ether, also to keep the
vows they hal made bd. re their e, ea, and t a go to
communion together. Perhaps of all the bitt-r thin 1:4
said, he knew none mere likely to do harm than that
which charged them with setting up to be better than
their neighbours, mei it might be the time would corns
when one of the two friends would be weak enough to
.hfi
hh,heeeoimtceen:,
rtic ahiire
euimabhn,,,e
rrn
maehoanseihilrinjdsit, oibiltedehenars w
produced.:risomewhat C removedh r
th u
ht front
the
be ready to fall away. They ought to be strong enough
to stand alone; but it not unfrequently happens that
the weakness of one was the means of blessing to the
other who helped her to stand firm, in twenty years'
time perhaps those hundred of young men and women
will be scattered far and wide, and one of the friends
may be in Canada or Australia, or iai some other
distant place' but they still keep on, the home one
still remembers the lonely one, and the other never
forgets her tester in Christ, to whom she made the
promise yams and years ago. His Lordship concluded
with an earnest blessing.

Firing party Royal Artillery.
Drums and fiteaot Lou litti Kg mmt, paying • funeral
Toe Bony.
On a gun-carriare, c overod with o Union da-tk, ani with
the ,ide irms and helin4 of decease I.
Toe whois Witt rr of It A about 100.
About 50 zu-n of the lita Regime:it.
Lieut. Fostsr.
major Molesworth in command.
The devasal having been a Boma i Catholic, the
service was performed by the Key. Father Kelly. The
procession moved to the East Weir Cemetry, where
th •teortaried was interred.
Blincorioucr os Boast) THt HritcuLes —A court-
inertial assembled on board the Duke of Wellington
at Portsmouth, on Tuesday morning, for the trial of
Lieut. E. H. Clark, of the Hercules, on two charges—
first that on the 31st October he negligently performed
his duty in not reporting to Commander Lowest that
• leading stoker named Richard Taylor had returned
from leave drunk; and, second, that on the 4to of
November he committed an offence to the prejudice of
• order and naval discipline by stating that he had
inspected the liberty moo, knowing the statement to
be false. It appeared, with respect to the first charge,
that the prisoner inspected Taylor on his corning on
board, and saw at once that he was drunk. Taylor
thereupon begged him to overlook the matter, as he
had already broken leave, ml a second offence would
go seriously with him. The prisoner then said to the
master-at-arms, " Send him away, and if he's quiet
below he will hear no more of it." The man then
went below, where be was afterwards seen by the
senior lieutenant, who reported the case to the com-
mander. On the second 043CASiOLI the prisoner was
not only officer of the watch, but in temporary com-
mand of the ship, when it was reported to him that
the liberty men had come on board- He enquired
whether everything was right; and on Ming answered
In the affirmative, he ordered them to be dismissed.
H. afterwards reported to the commander that he had
inspected them. On the master.atarms, however,
handing in his report, he was questioned by the coin-
mender on the subject, when it became known that
the men had not been inspected by the prisoner.
Captain Henries° was the prosecutor. The first charge
has been concluded; but the probability is that the
case will not finish until to-morrow.—Wedneeday's
rimes.

NAVAL.—Staff-cammln ler J. J. A. Gravener, of
H.M.S. Hercules, has been transferred to H.M.S. Se a.
horse at Queen%town, and Mr. Lowy, assistant pay-
master of H.M.S. lioscawen, has been transferred to
H.M.S. Royal Adelaide at PlLmouth.
PIIIISKSTATION TO P4llB. WHIT! When Cbief
Wordy!. White removed from Dartmoor to Portland.
arter he h of ben presented with a handsome cl,clt, it
wag res dyed to make Mre. White also a present, and
for that purl, oe a vain-ads travelling bag was procured,
which, on the removal of a convict from Dartmoor,
wa entrus'ed to tho officer in charge, for presentation
to Mrs White.

Coseteu tTION.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury. on
Sunday tnorninz, held confirmation services at St.
Peter's Church, when 60 candidates from the various
churches of the island were presented, there behg 20
from St. John'a. Fortune's-Well ; nine fr,m the
garrison, and the remainder from the palish church of
st. Gouge's and from St. Peter's.
WINILEYAN FOREIGN MISSION.. —The annual service*
in behalf of these miesions have just he. n held in Port-
land circuit. On Sunday, sermons were preached in the
Fo-tune's-Well and Easton chapels, when the Bev. J.
Brown, missionary returned from India. preached at
Fortune's-Well in the morning, and Easton in the
evening. In the afternoon, eervices were conducted by
the Rev. R. Lichen and the miesionary. On Monday,
a public meeting was held on behalf of the society at
Fortune's-Well address''s were deliver° I by the
detnitivion, minieter.. and friends, and it proved an
excellent one. 'rhe Huston friends had • meeting on
Tue May night.
AwKwion FALL co' A BLIND MAN.—Ab int 4 o'clock
last Saturday afternoon, an itinerant vendor of
combs and button.. wh is blind in one eye, and has
the eight of the other dim, was walking at th. Is Vona
of Greenhill-terrace. when he fell over the raised path,
which is about Vt. above the road. The poor fellow
pitched on the road, which is newly macadamised,
and by no means with the smallest stone, used for that
purpose. (In being raised, it was f und that his hg
and arm were cut, but the met isevere injuries seemed
to be by the side of the left eye, where, besides the face
beh g scratched, a jagged wound was made. Some
persons living in the neighbourho.id acted the part of
the Good Samaritan, bound up his wounds, and
attended to him, a small collection was made, and he
returned to Weymouth Ey train. It is not long ago
that we reported s similar accident at the same place,
when Mrs. Comben, an old lady of Manama, walked
over there after night-fall.
WAIN PROM THE SICA.—IsIAL Friday, Mr. J. R.
Stone, draper, picked up on the 'hesil Reach, au ut a
mile trim Portland, a wine bottle of sib iit a pint and
a.helf, containing some writing in a f .reign language,
but among which the 'late" Nov. 1870" woe decipher-
able. It was taken to the c .astguard station, and
thence sent to the Weymouth Custom House.
_ _GYM/MAU:ISG THE IoCAL BOARD'S_ ACCOUNT'S.—

Mr. Y. •Vill4, tres‘urer to the Local Dowd. haa
explained, in refereme to what wee eaid at the Board
weed] g on l'hutsd‘Y night, that, in calcula.ituf the
interest lo.t by the bank through the Board overdra • -
log their account, be calculated and gave credit for
that which might be reckoned when the Board had a
balance in their favour.