The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-28 00:00:00

Mr. LOCK was disposed to think the reinrdy ol
turning the poor people into the street wuulki b.
worse than the disease.

Mr. Manor deprecated the overcrowding of
hotteee Chat exists.. .

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The III•You said a great cumber of the
living there were employed in the villages mound
Dorchester. They tame there simply become th"..,
were those hovels t.r them to live in. If it ewe
not so, the gentlemen who employed them nn„l,l ,
oblijosi to erect cottages for them on tl.eu far
Mr. G•Ll'l24 Mid he had no doubt, now the t•uvm
Chargitabil.ty Act was its operation, 11.. result noel,'
ultimately be that the owners of laud should provide
For their tenants suitable cottage ace ow/dation no
their farms. _ _

The Towir MARK did not think it likely maa
cottages would be built to psy 2 per sent. 7
It wee then resolved to apply to the Secretary of
State to declare the 35th section, in operation here
The Mayon said it had MD, to his ko'nriPdge
that persons bad been conveyed in hired carriag9
who were suffering from infectious disorders, it wee
a dangerous practice, and be desired it to Ic Irats
known to all concerned, that the Vith section of the
Act now adopted exposes to a penalty, not exceeding
DS, any person who, without notice to the owner or
driver, angers any realm conveyance while 'offering
under any dangerous infectious disorder, and a,
owner or driver need carry any such persons without
being paid all losses and eapensea
Shortly after the Board separated.

OONSECRATION OF THE NEW is •itiA

GROUND AT FORDINGTON.
Yesterday the pieoe of ground which has Wee
added to the parish churchyard of Fordingtou555
consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. h
was • field called " Steadfast " 2 roods and 3'i
perches in extent, situate at the north•eaetern extra.
may of the old burial ground. The plot has hen
substantially walled round, and the great intros',
ties which existed upon eta surface have given place
to gentle undulations over the main portion, erhde
on the north side the extensive slope which formerly
existed has been shortened, and a piece of ground ins
ten feet below the general level has been formed, that
may be used for vaults or ordinary internienta. The
I plans were prepared and the work entrusted to Mr.
Moodey, and Messrs. It. Davis and Son were tke
builders. A neat gravelled path is made along the
middle of the new ground, which is an extension
• footway in the old churchyard. The coat f the
ground and the neoseeary worka will be about
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the
consecration( ss at
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meaning'Fonithenodoe"oehinmrisf.;l3iferlarst us,w, who calmly sleep "1 ' 1%1 .
111,misev.. , ' were sung. The Bishop officiate,! in
service The Rev. Talbot Baker! tbth:
coiliabmompu.anto.:::. r,ael.srdebthiepeppriseectleb,edanuide
&blue itcribLopaboi.d.ltelfors
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and the strength °Pi!!
(hid who givetb O. tie saO 'is. -the rah.e.stinat'tbandeektha betogia, ,
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eibuo‘inbreitshon.cht.- lbee it
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hail oome for the purpose of ammo -1". .
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but he would just poke si..* tb `""e_,. In boa comers,
invest death with terror in 0., s ''"'" nese. Olen
One thing was the removal Int 'telu
familiar, and the complete isoletee "ARO that are
that we are obliged to realest hat It 10•145e11 50
is difficult to grasp, the oilstones . ie.* *bah
God, and one's own soul. Another their" being.
paration from those we lore is life, whom late the ..-
of affection we oonstastly rely upon, and de notations
rightly estimate haw incieb we owe to them. Am
make a man feel death to be invested with terrors, sa
that he is right), named the King of Terrors. The
isolation and separation already spoke's of are balficier3
to came alarm and ensiety ; bet be words of the test .
supply soother .use, "The sting of death is
When man thinks how Mete good he has dose hoe .
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much evil he hes enonuraged. when he weighs himself
in the balance and gods he is wearier, Oren thinks of
the judgment to come, be Ands that • lintel heart is tie
real sting of death. When he feels there is no bellboy
with his own will and that of God, and that he has ma
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given Him • willing service he may well fear to eons
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His presence. "The strength of sin is the Ise.'
The law of God *looming before an unmoor'. :
man only galls and cuessions pain to the mind and
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' heart ; these eventuate in murmuring discontented
thoughts and words, the result of which is Irvin:n*ly
evil deeds and way.. The victory: Many met dank
quietly, satisfied and submissive, even those who bass
not given any evidence of the erase of God being witlur
them. They have encouraged a hardened state .1
unbelief and srepticion, and trust to • mirifel God
to pardon all offences at be last. The t• no victory
is that claimed through our Lord and bather Jeri.
Christ. The MIA who strives to become more and
more conformed to Christ, who pleads daily for tLe
Spirit to strengthen and prepare hie heart, sees is
Saviour on the cross revealed to him as a sympath.l4
friend, yet as • mighty God is enabled to part mit
the feeling of isolation, Reparation, and judgment to r.i.,,
come, for he can say "Thou art nigh me, thy rod sad
thy staff they comfort Me." He knows Cbli,t ie t
his Saviour, that him sine are fori.lsen hen. .e
and that . place is prepared for him where he nise
dwell for ever, with no more sighing, nor death, tat
where be may reign for ever with Christ as king over all
his people. Some have straggles with the tempter but
come out " more than ceequerors through Him that
loved them." His lonbleip then went on to so that tie
churchyards ought to be rendered more attentive to
every one, more especially to those who have friends
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laid therein, so that they may visit the graves of relative
and stir up within themselves sorrowful thoughts, oaf .
be induced to consider their own end sad lead • Ide
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which may bring them to a happy ressaio• with their .
departed friends and Christ. Churchyards, if made
more attractive and plateau* to the eye, might to th'
means of training our hearts for • future day of judg-
ment. Sorrow and grief should be cherished,. a means
dl centering our thoughts on the Saviour. Heir this
other place had been set apart he hoped that the oath ilia
wouldonake neat and attractive and not repelling. Wiwi,.
obliged to pot from the old churchyards, he muse mu
that thefoemeteries. had taught them lassoes in ride
and attractiveness, and instead of shocking the (cariesi
be hoped that for the future the authorities woe!
make p.Waient the hearts of the moureer—that they nth' •
there strive with their sins and hold close communion .
with Him whe will bring them to hi glorious kingdom.
The Bishop rend the offertory sentences, while the
alms of the congiartion were collected,
amounted to £3. Holy communion we tbsa
administered to a large number of communicant' A
procession was then formed, headed by Messrs. Home
and Mahar, Churchwardens, Calomel by member"
the Burial Board and their Clerk, he builders, the
solicitor (6, J. Andrews, Esq.), after whom nenv
the Bishop, the VOIL Archdeacon Sancta al, the
Bev. Talbot Baker (Bishop's Chaplain). T. Brodrirt, '
Req. (diocesan secretary), the vicar of Fordington .
the Rev. F. Mottle, the Rev. B. L Watson, dm
Rev. R. Watson, the Rev. T. R. Mathew, and the
Rev. W. J. ft Pope, the school children comprising -
thercboir followed next, and the rear was brought up 111
piriskiasen. In this order they repaired to the nor .
ground, when the form used in this diocese was
observed. As they
.ctrocereded round the ground
Psalms Ili:. and Caw, were read, after which
the Biab°P implored God's- blessing on the work.
The sentence of consecrati on was then read by
:It Vest.
AlnjmioerThle Saacdimeset. larY,
after inrthaehaiebieh inteewasof
sie,f,„.,ed by ,_the Bishop and hocded by him to the
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----a's in bin Registry. the coo, 'hiding prayers
were then mid by the Bebop, and the ....114°"7 a"
completed.