The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

POOLE.

TowN CoCgmt..- -Mr. Frank flmowell got!" hee
been elected to the extraordinary vacant:l in the
Council caused ity the death of Mr. It. V. 00Pking•
PARLI Rticrrioa.—What with Poole
fair, the municipal election foroouncillors, and
the preparations for the contest for parliamente!re
honours, the town is all excitement. Purim,
the peat few days the candidates for meats in the
Coun, il have been actively engaged canvassing the
burgesses ; and Mr. Arthur Guest, the Independent
candidate, has been employed solicting the suffrages of
the electors. The ton. candidate appears to be more
popular than his opponent, especially amongst the
shipping interest. Mr. Guest has been visiting those
electors who have" not yet made up their minds" which
tide to take in the "great struggle." The closer we
draw near to the time of election, the hotter the work
becomes. Ooe thing is now evident the result depends
upon the votes of the working men of Pole ; therefore
it behoves them I. consider well before they record their
vote.. Mr. Guest is adverse to disestablishment. Mr.
Waring is in favour of it; Ur. Guest and Mr. Waring
, both advocate the abolition of the ratepaying clauses of
the Reform B 31; Mr. Goat is in favour of an extension
in the area of voting, and he also would advocate the
education of the poor; Mr. IVaring is in favour of the
Ballot, and, if necessary of compulsory eduoation. Mr.
Guest promises to exert himself to promote the
proapetity of the borough, and Mr. Waring mays he has
always done to.

POOL/ YOll/16 MIN'S CRISIMAN ANIOCI•TION.—
The ninth festival of the Poole Young Mon's Chnistian
Association took place in the Town-hall on Tuesday
evening, when there was • large attendanee of the
members and thsir frkods. After the fragments of the
good tea had been removed, the second part of the
entertainment—mental food—commeneed under the
presidency of Mr. Martin Kemp.Welah, who was
supported on the platform by several clergymen and
gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. The
musical department was conducted by Mr,. Edwards,
organist, of Blandforl, who was ably aasisted by the
Illandford Glee Union. The musical proxramme WM as
follows:—
(Thorn,

".Rale

„Novell”,

.........
'keit. Solo, "Softly PurUni,"..(Creation) Haydn. 1
and Trio, " Most beautiful appear,".... „
Trio, "On thee eiich Ming soul awaits..
Prayer, "User, Holy Power," . (Mansaniell,i) Aiii;r.
Chorus, "(Iloilo= 'any nurse,"
Bong, • • ....."Oed bleat our Saltir Prince," Closer. '
Song, "Ott in the nUN. night," ....... ....Moore.
Tflo . "The May Fly," Gloat.
Bong " Where thaw'. lame 50 Home," timuhem.
"The white equal;
Chorus, "The sl•tereof the ass," Jackson.
"Nana. AL ANIEIIi."
In the bourse of the evening interesting and highly
instruetive addresses were delivered by the Chairman
(111. r. Welsh), the Rev. Philip Elliott, M.A., Dr. B. 11.
D. Ellis, Rev. G. Morgan, M.A., Rev. J. P. Yaks, fra.
The report was read by Mr. G. S. Norton, one of the
secretaries. The hall was most tastefelly deeorakd
with evergreens, &a . and over the platform were these
words -" Be ye all of one mind," " Let us watch and
be sober," and "Excelsior."
LIKTURI: BT THIS RET7. JOSEPH BARD/SLIT, M.A.—The
Rev. J. Bardsley, who hu • wide reputetion as an able
advocate for the continued endowment of the Irish
church, delivered a lecture in the Town-hell on Friday
evening tut, when the Mayor of Poole presided,
supported by several clergymen, aldermen, magistrates,
and many gentry of the neighbourhood; the hall waa
crowded, ends 1 ladies were amongst the audience,.
The Chairman, in introducing the lecturer to the
meeting, mid be hoped they would give Mr. Bardsl a
patient hearing. The lecturer, who was received with
loud applause, delivered an able telling addreu in favour
of the cautioned endowment of the Irish Cherish. He
quoted largely from the work. of Mr. Spurgeon to show
that the voluntary system is a miserable failure when
worked by itself ; analysed 00030 of the ststementa set
forth by the agents of the Liberation Society, and gave
reasons why the lri-h church should not be disestabli-bed
or disendowel. The lecturer was interrupted seversl
times in the source of his 'peach by a Roman Catholic and
by three Noneonformists,but the lecturer aptly answered
their inquiries. The rev, gentleman acknowledged that
abuses, created by time, exist in the Irish church, but
he argued that to disendow that church on account of
those abuses, which can he remedied, would be an
act of injustice to the Protestant population of Ireland.
At the conclusion of the lecture the Rev. Joseph
Dudley was loudly cheered. The Chairmen (Mr.
Wood) proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer ; it was
seconded by the Rev. IL B. Clissold, of Bournemouth,
and carried with only three dissentient voices. John
Pyne, F,q., of eseford, proposed a vote of thanks to
the chairman, and the meetiag terminated.

SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST
OF ENGLAND.
On Friday night, about twenty-five minutes to eleven.
a shock of earthquake was feit throughout the West of
England. The phenomenon was experienced to a small
extent in Dorset, but further westward the shock seems
to have been mach more severe. At Rath, we learn.
many were alarmed, particularly thou who had retired
to rest, and who seem to have felt the vibration more
acutely than others oncupying the lower stories of the
house. In several instances, while servants, alarmed
by the shaking of their beds and the rattling of thyn's
and windows, arose in terror, their employees. on the
basement, were unconscious of anything having taken
plase. The shock was felt at Dyrhani, where • magi+.
trate' son was thrown from his chair by the earth's
pulsation ; at Warleigh. and at Weston. From
Taunton it is reported the shock was no great that
Pronto were rocked to and fro, and ws have the
authority of the Rev. Mr. Bailee, of Haines-hill. to
elate that • large table in his room was skaken, ,
and • chair displaced from Its situation. Numbers ot
persons were shaken in their beds. and the glass in the
windows rattled violently. Bever*, persons at Lanapnrt
describe the noise which accompanied the shock as
similar to the rumbling of a waggon. A large rick of hay
in Mr. Butt's yard fell just at the time the shook was
felt, and many persons were so much shaken in their
beds as to be considerahly alarmed. One or two persons
who were walking at the time say they experienced •
sensation of giddiness, as though the earth was falling
away from under them. Similar reports ore made from
Huish, Thorne!, Mulebeney, Menem, A iminster, and
ninny other plum, whilst at several 'Mapes in the
Imre diste neighbourhood nothing appears to be known
of th t matter. At Wottoo-under-F-dge there was •
a ambling sensation felt, arid windows and doors shook.
At Bristol the earth appeared to have a tremulous
motion—windows and doors were made to rattle.
furniture was felt to vibrate, and in one or two instances
we hear of ornaments and light articles having been
either broken or moved from their positions. A gentle-
man named Brooks, who resides on the Whiteladies'
road, Itedlaod, itod who has encountered earthquake'
frequently at the island of Tobago, noted three distinct
shocks or oscillations, and states that other members of
his family felt the strange mitigation, and were alarmed
by it. His experience enabled him at onoe to assign the
cause. Mr. D. Burgess see reading on • sofa at his
residenoe, Bevilopiace. Clifton, and felt the shakicg
distinctly. A portion of his household vu also
alarmed at the unwonted occurrenee, and some plaster,
we are told, was shaken from one of the °oiling' of his
house. Mr. Brice, clerk to the magistrates, whilst
retiring to rest at his residenoe. Riehnxindspark
distinctly observed the vibrations, which suggested to
him the Plea that some of his servants were pulling along
• heavy berlortead in the roots over his head. Al the
residence of Mr. T. Pike, Tyodall's-park.the phenomenon
wax very distinctly noted ; at Mr. Austin's. Rodney.
place, Clifton,the domestics felt the shaking so markedly
that they ran down eteire affrighted; at Albion-villas
the shook was so smartly felt theta lady ran out of her
house; and in 'several instances molt alarm was
created. The phenomenon was distinctly noted by other
families. At Gloucester the motion of the earth seems
to have been of • vibnitory chamfer rather than of •
positive shock, and to have lasted several eessonda. In
this description all the persons who experienced the
phenomenon lunette. Many people were alarmed.
At Exeter three distinct shocks were filthy the inmates
of a house in York-building'. The lady of the hotoe,
who has long resided in the West Indies, recognised
the shaking as that of an earthquake. The inmates of
the Eye Infirmary testify to the shaking of the building,
and to experiencing a peculiar sensation at the time.
An unaccountable noise was trued at she institution in
the Close, and severel other public buildings. The
circumstance cleated oonfasi.ideins,obthlioesereunnusadreti:onh.t.i.
lied,
.
Leamingtm three distinct vibratory motions of the
earth were felt. The shocks followed each other in
rapid suocesaion, but none of them was either violent or
prolonged. At the time the shocks were felt the night I
was quite calm, but somewhat ranee for the time of I
year. They were noticed by Dr. O'Callaghan, LLD.,
the president of the load Philosophical Society,
who has resided abroad where earthquakes were
of frequent occurrence. Al the time Dr. O'Callaghan
called attention to the shooks, and found they
had been been notioed by domestics in his house.
In York-terrace and Kenibirorth•road, two gentlemen
felt thhedsowea:::..beysyreho.ofdoctlidieeredteklhipslen,iregn:wan:kaninogthseerniarotaiwon
alarm, and went round his residence to see if anything
was wrong. A lady on the Parade was also startled
by on unusual noise in • cupboard in the room where
she was sitting, swinish she at first attributed to rate.
The shocks were also notieed by other persons, but do
not appear to have attracted genend attention. Many
persona no Newport were awakened from their sleep,
and they describe the sensation experienced by them
ea • bodily lifting up of the bed. Still the phenomenon
Prqeart to have been very partial in its influences.
At Worcester the effects were the moving of
articles of furniture, the jingling of glans, the
which.feelingmi
upheaving and rocking of beds, inc. A clock suddenly
stopped in one house, and in another • large gourd
kitchen ceiling fell to the
floor, while a man who was stopping to unlace his shoe
was unable to do so for a few moments in consequence
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