The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

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TER Borman MID DORSI? RAILWAY.—III the
House of Lords, May sth, the Select Committee ap-
pointed by the House of Lords met to try the merits of
this bill, the object of which was to facilitate a
mints between the company and its creditors, or for
sale and lease of the undertaking. After bearing the
eridenoe, the chairman announced that the committee
had found that the prennisble of the bill had not been
proved. The bill is, therefore, last.
SACRED HARMONIC 80mirrY.—A plessinp incident
in connection with the performance of the "'Elijah," by
the above society, has occurred during the peat week.
Mr. W. H. Cummings, the renowned tenor was
so pleased with the manner in which Vaster 000f1il
Lance sang the part alloted to " the youth,"
that he has presented him with • most superb
edition of the " Elijah," inscribed, To the youth
Cootie Lai.ce. from William H. Cummings, as
• souvenir of the performanese at Hiandford,
April 24th. 1868." It w.ll no doubt be highly prised,
coming from • gentleman of lush high standing in the
profession.

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YZOMANIY CAVLLST Itratescnon.—The mentben of
the Blaodford troop of Yeomauy Cavalry met on Wed.
Do.day, May 6th, on the Race Down for adjutant's in-
spection, and to compete for the troop cup. There
wu a good ionskr, and the evolutions were creditable
performvd. 2l entered for the cup and for aeleetion of
shoot for the regimental cup at Weymouth. The range
waa 200 yards, ex shots wish, mod the following wen lb*
scores, the first six being those qualified to 'hoot at
Weldnuth :—Corporal Pookes, 14 points ; Private W.
Norton, 17; Pringle H. Blaadoed, 12; Print*. I'.

Bellamy, 0; Prin.. W. Roger., 14; Private T. Risk.
man. 14 ; Private Lindsay, 9; Private FL Betideld, 5;
P -nate H. Oh 11111•13, 9; Private T. Garland, 4 ; Private
Giffor", 4; Pnvate Keynes, 7. Private Norton was the
winner of the troop sop.
Luting AND Sn•Dowil or LoNDON Lirg.—tn
and at to. rams time amusing lector.,
ander the auspices of the Tempersoos Society in this
town, was delivered on Wednesday evening, in toe
Town-hall, by the Rev. G. W. idecree, reerstory of
the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, and for
many yearn an earnest and devoted city roimionery.
There was a large and respectable audience, many of
them front the adjacent villages, who appeared deeply
interceded. The temperanee brass band played some
selections of music. /dr. H. Hodges presided over the
meeting. Mr. Nicene, who was loudly sneered, said that
it wee of London life he would span to them, and oh,ri
be told them that for the past 20 years his life bad been
spent seeking to reclaim thieves, drunkards, fallen
women, and outcasts, they would readily believe that
with one phase, at lent, of London life. he was
thoroughly conversant. The ern thing to which he
would call their attention was the annum' names in
the population of London every year. The population
of London was over three millions of No*. The
yearly increase had risen 45,080, so that if it wont on at
the same ratio in & few years that increase would be no
less than 500,000 yearly. This was on appalling onn•
siderstion taking in connection with it the question
what had we done, as • Christian people, to meet the
spiritual wants of this large increase. Have we enough
, churches, chapels temperance homes, city missionaries,
and bible men and women What are we going to do for
thueilicii?2, To
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°harsh done its duty? Had in members carried out the
' spins of theirXtivine Mast-re teaching. No. Not when
In that city there were 10,000 pines where inning drink
was sold. He did not care by what meow the
evil of such places was done away, whether by
temperance societies, educetion, or the diffusion of the
Scriptures ; but this he did say, it was • muse over whirl
too Church of Christ had to mourn (and not only to
mourn, but to be earnest in removing by motive ageeey),
that 40,000 people should be added yearly to the
population of London, for whom no religious ineerestioa
was provided. Reerybody who knew him wee mean
he was & teetotaler. Hs bad been so for 27 years, sad if
they wanted to renew their youth and add 27 yens to their
lives, let them sign the pledge. He took it for granted
those present were Christian people, that they loved
God, and desired to do good to their fellow creatures, and
he asked them to consider if it was right that on She
Sabbath day there should be in Loudon no 104 than
6.000 licensed houses and 4,000 beerehops open for the
sole of orink. H• enld take them into • street in
the neighbourhood at It, Chin, where sae. mete
25 'subtle-house., and where no Ins • sem" them
£46.000 was spine yearly in drink. Some good
who lionised to have them things altered,
to Gallen sienna's of the number
fregneoting pinkie-hams on Sudan, and they found
that 88.1 such pines were visited by 45,000 Penedo, and
if all the publicehonme in London had themes' Dumber
in them, than over four millions of people went to the
public-house on that day. He (Mr. MeOves) would be
one of the last to curtail the pleasures and enjoyments
of the working classes, who had tee little relief from the
anxious eases of life, but for their own sake; and for
the sake of their wives and families, he signed the
petition against opening public-homes on Sundays, and
should joyfully hail the day when Sunday closing of
public-houses became the law of the land—litheersi.
The next topC he would being before them was the
ignorance in London. Be was in the habit of making
vt.ite to all sons and *lasses of people, no
hearing one day that • men had keg his wife.
he thought it a good opportunity, what his heart
was softened by bereavement and sorrow, to pour in
the healing balm of the Gospel, and pay him a
visit. After • few words had passed, he (Yr. Nene)
said to the moo, "Well, sir. I trust that your wife
died in peace." To this be replied," Oh, yes, sir, she did.
the only thing she raked for before she died was • pork
sausage." Another time, going into a poor maa's house,
be found the owner making a trunk, and sat down and
had some converse with him. And here he would give
his friends who might be in the habit of visiting the
poor a little bit of advice. When they went into •
poor man's hones treat him kindly, and don't appear as
if you think his house your own. The man he visited
professed to be an infidel, and said that st the public-
house it had been proved that no 1111141 could understand
the Bible. He could not understand it, nor *odd any
one else. He (the lecturer) then out down his Bible,
and it opened at the 32ad "Bloused is he whom
tranigreesion is forgiven and whose sin is covered." The
man expressed his astonishment, and again when other
passages were pointed out, and said that if any one had
shown him those words in the publie-honse he should
have lost • bet he made there, that no one could under-
stand any part of the Bible. Another time he mat a
tai'or, who asked him if the things they reed of in the
Bible took place in On world or SOID• other world ILI.
away. Finding the man had been a soldier, and that
he had been in Arabia, he showed him that 134 Paul had
been there. From this he became interested in the
Scriptures, and ally • believer in Jesus Christ.
• Mr. liaCres then gave several other instances of the
gross ignorance of the messes in London, and said be
hoped those present would not blame the peer people.
It was not their fault. The blame rested with throe
•ho lived *round and near in costly palaces, and eared
nothing about the lamented state of their poorer
brethren. The homeless dames in London was the next
head of the lecturer's remarks. He said that there
were at least 10,000 people in Louden who in the
morning did not know where they would get a bit of
food or find a place to sleep at night. Them people for
the most pain slept in the common lodging.bouses. of
which in three streets in St. Giles there were BE.
But, besides them, there was a Inge class who
had no omens or paying for hideing artd who
slept in all manner of plw-es, la wen
market, behind the shaterre and in the inigeonsirtehe
dens arson of railways, sad is some of the most filthy
places to be met with in London. The lecturer here
described one of his visits to the dark &robes of the
Adelphi with • city missionary, and also down • deep
cellar, where an unfortunate human being, whom own
were like birds' claws was found sleeping amidst oyster
shells, decayed vegetables, and other refuse, driven
there by the drunken brutality of her father. hap.
peered almost impossible that such things could nine
pine in London, but each was the case. The over-
crowding of the working classes was tbenadverted to, the
lecturer denouncing the system of public eompanies and
capitalists pulling down the house, of the poor, and
not providing them with others. Kr. lleCnie then
gave • very humonrons account of his visit, in St.
Odes. At one plan he found • shoemaker in a small
room working away at his last, and to take
gs
thin eery emnfortable, who acknowledged that the coo
bed in his room nicommodated himself.. and child, um
his brother, and his wife and child, and when the sup
onion wee made for a part Suit, on clean straw in •
corner of the room, he repudiated it with morales being
not respectable. At another place he viritede dark hole;•
man in one corner called out to a woman to get the
plank from envier the bed, and telling him to put his
feet on it, otherwise perbeps the fleas would gst
up his trowsers. The lecturer the. said he ac-
knowledged be was food of thieves, not because they
were thieves, but because he bad ever found in the most
depraved some good feeling. One day he wee phasing
along • street, and saw two or three boys, whom he
know to be thieves, standing together. Oise of them
come to him, and and, "Mr. NoCres, we waist to ask •
favoured you. We bear that you ere needles oat young
people to Canada, and as there is no chases for us bore,
we thought se would ask you to gut as out. If mil were
to get a job here lb.' Bobbies' would be after..." The
lad was so earnest that with the assistenes of friends
who bad supplied money for the purpose he met the
boys out. Some time after, se he was walking nearthe
minion house, when be had been presehing, a yogeg
man, very respectebly deemed, mooned him, and after
telling him who he WU, in answer to his (111 r. 'Wise's)
question—bow came be to 00INII bulk again? Said that
he had ben working for •
t psetle., and bad a very
comfortable situation, but bearingthat his only sister
had become • street-walker in the yesarket, he could
not remain there, but be begged his employer to lee
hint come to England and try if be could lave her.
That he did so, and met her in the streets. To his request,
made with bitter tears, that she would give up her
none of life, she gave • contemptuous repulse, but
instead of thus leering her he followed her down the
!inset, and implored her, for the asks of their dead
mother then in glory, to sonde to his wishes, which to
his joy she complied with; and when they left England,
being united by friends, be expressed his determina-
tion never to get married, but to have his mister NI his
little housekeeper, the only ease, said the Intern, in
which I could agree with a man remaining a bachelor--
(laughter). Was there not in his ease • strung proof
that even in the heart of a eosermed thief something
good 'mild be found Kr. NoCree then spoke of the
Bible women in London, and the wey in whiCh they
were first introduced eo the work. He tinted that
oonnestion with his mission in Loudon, he thought it
desirable to establish a leading library. The works be
oboes were entertaining works, and here be would give
those who had the management of ends libraries • little
advise. It was of no use Ailing theme libraries with
tannin works. Weddle men and women ware like
themselves, and would sot sit down and read cue after
another such books as " Binter's Salute' Sveriatiting
Did they always read sash book.? Did not they
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to be different from themselves. The evening lama he
girl, the daughter of an same and inked if
and through it she became converted and was the hest
Bible woman in Loudon. At the present time then
were 170 Bible women. The leetarer then spoke of the
soootes of out door preaching,and expressed his opinion
that the only way in which Sb. peat body of the people
could be taught win by end ministers of all
denominstions joining together in proclaiming tits truth
in the open air. Fr. Asa pv• a short assoant al his
own work, and highly amused his &editor, by rehearsing
the sumer, or rather non-netess, of meal his friends—
& very little man who aspired to his Place. With cos-
siderable power of mimicry he pourtrayed the little man
with his umbrella, shaking knees, large
'Watseka, Zgli=inine voice, preparing for his work,
to the no small amusement of some profaneness' thieves,
who one by one persuaded him to let them bold his
broad brimmed hat and gingham umbrella, whine the
third, ins pious tone alnico, asked bins if be was going
to preach, and suggested that be should Ares offer up •
Prayer, the same NI Yr. Mc Cr,. did, ried be would
stand behind to preemie him. The little man complied,
and when he opened his eyes after peyote WWI somewhat
astonished to dud his hat and umbras goo*, and his
pockets picked by the kind friend who offered to prone{
him. The rev, gentleman 0000 laded Isis able lecture by
recounting the death-bed experkmes of a young un-
fortunate brought to acknowndp of the truth, and his
own experience of the kindnees of heart of those among
whom he had laboured, remarking that his most able
defenden wen the ladies, who would not suffer him to
be insulted. At the close of his address, a anstaimous
iron of Unlike waa awarded to the rev. gentleman.
The band played the National Asthma and the
company separated.

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