The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-07-28 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

isoßoccu Licansinn.—At • special 'fleeting of the
jutl,6,s of the borough on Monday, the followin(4were
appointed the Licensing committee :—The Mayor . r. 0:
J. 11. Gregory), Mr. J. Kr. G. Corm., Jr. It
Devenish, Mr. g. Davis, and Dr. Aldridge : and the 21th
August was fixed for the *Douai licensing sneeting.
SCHPOL Tatur.--On Tuesday, the teachers and children
a 11, primitive methodist Sabbath Sch.', *bout *evenly In
member, bad their annual treat in ifi,laston kindly lent
for the oetasion by Mr. E. Ewe'. During ti,o ettevettot tho
usual games were much enjoyed. later in the day pei,asi
young members stid Wends of the Society Joined the party YU
0.30, when hearty sheers Mr. ant Atra- Btewle bretlEbt • veg
pleasant west to • dues.
VORILSTaS FOXIIIAL.—Ita Toasy afternoon the
remains of Mr. T. Hedges, printer, who iko.j tOo previous
Sunday, after only shout 27 hours Illness, were euteigeed tq
their bat resting place, In the Dorchester cemetery. Deemeed
had been for ninny years a member of Court " Progress," of the
Ancient Order of Foresters, and had taken • part in all that
concerned its prosperity. Over :NI of the brethren attended hie
Amend to ;co the last tribute of reaped. The burial aervice
woo term imprewevely read by the Rev. H. Everett, rector of
Holy Tfteity At the house of deceased the Mei Ranger of
the Coma reed • ',ram of the ceremony appointed on the
death of • member, oal It was concluded at the grave, after the
service.
Doacuirgrga (.1.14.-Ihe qiwterly meeting of this
established local institution tri4 helc.liLtl2 club room on
Wednesday evening, July 12. The ted his
account, showing • balance (=lt clirillyb of
• 15e. (Id. Mr. Voss was °Wed a member of *e com-
mittee in the room et Mr. Plummer, who had. let %lel
town, resigned. The rooms have been well stterided, and
the social intercourse and enjoyment the Club was I
designed to promote are genially maintainat
BAPTIMF GONCIIIEGATIONAL PILIDIEATATION. —On Monday
evening, illth July, at • social tea meeting, there was
=ted to the Rev. Edward J. Brett, tete pastor of the
t church, by a number of friends and supporters,
an elegant selection of over twenty useful domestic
articles, requisite for the breakfast and dining tables, of
the newest patterns and excellent finish. The goods were
supplied by a) friend in Birmingham, who exercised judg-
ment and taste in the selection. Mr. Brett is followed to
his new sphere by the earnest wishes of many friends.
who trust that • large opening for usefulness is before him
and the cordial support and countenance of a Pastor-
loving people. Mr. Brett goes to the Baptist Church, at
rad Woad. Goo• 4wahLre.—Ceasioniosioilwd.

train proceeded on ite way to Farnham, picking up
other corps en rwege. Later in the morning the Dridport
corps arrived by the ordinary Great Western trait?, and
travelled by the express to Woking, where they Joined
the rest of the battalion.
Cticurr.—Dordirstor v. Maid's Newton.—This match
was played at Dorchester on Friday, and resulted in •
victory for the home team, on the let {unless. if ra.
Dunn catered in her accustomed excellent style. When
time was called the store stood thus :
D-0.0.

--
Ist Innings. 2nd Innings.
Hutt. b Woodhouse 1
Shirley, b Woodhouse b Munn . 7
b Woodhouse.. .. 2
Webster, b Woodhouse .. 10
Scutt, b Sanctuary .. 10 not out.. .. • • I

Ooßop', bMzth-W". 10 004--oat. 3
Damao, c Woodhouse, bMartin 0 b Woodboun ... • • 3
Morp.n, b Martin.. ..
Fudge b Martin• 1
!toad. not out .. • 2
Brach, b Martin .. .. 0
Extras .. 5 Extras
11.5.C.0

--•--•
lit Innings. Ind Innings.
Ellis, c Morw b Hub 6 not out.. .. • • 18
Randall, b Read . 14 it. Morgan, b Shirley 2
Andrews, c substitute. b Shirley 0 thrown out by Holton 4
Martin, e Fudge, b Hutt.. .. S b Fudge 16
Woodhouse, A. Morgan, b Shirley 5 b Scutt.. .. • • 4
Sheridan, b Shirley .. 3 thrown out by Morpn 0
11",i16w• W. Horgan, b Hutt 6 run out . .. 7
Tudor, c and b HUG 0 c Shirley, b Fudge .. 1
Codrington, b Read c Fudge, b Scutt .. 0
Thornton, b Read .. .. 2 c Morgan, b Fudge .. 5
Sanctuary, not out .. 1 c Hutt, b Shirley ... 2

Dolma ConNIT &nom- —The following pupils of this
school have distinguished theinselvee in recent examina-
tions :

PRIZE
_I4ST.

Prizes yained at as Ca;r-sir;;e1;;-inews1 Exasainalinas, 1879.
—Green, first class honours, distinguiahed in religious know-
ledge, 67th net of 1 963 candidates, also distinguished in
English, 37th out of 1,943 candidate.; Outer, first class
honours. distinguished in mathematica, 13th out of 1,624 Lan-
dklates ; G. 8. -Watta, second clam honour.; E. G. Allardyes,
Scutt 1., Haskell. third class honours.
Midsummer Exant.aation. 1871 -VI. form, n Mtn ;V. 101111,
Haskell; IV. form, Wittman • 111. form, Welch IL ; 11. and I.
forms, Genie"; religious knowledge, Hitchcock ; English,
Hitchcock, Green, Paratuore. la.knll LaUn. first, Hitchvasek,
second, Portbury ; Latin grammar, illtsitcode ; French, first,
Allanlyee 1., second, Clarke 11. : Mathematics, first, Green and
Scutt, pecond, Crichton • extra prizes for good work in all
subjects, Tuft, C,,x L,
The donors of the prizes were the Lord Bishop of Salis-
bury, the lion. W. B. Portman, M.P., Mr. Gerard
Sturt, M.P., Mr. J. Floyer, M.P., Rev. IV. I'. Ward, Itev.
R. R. Watts, lc. The following are the reports relative
to the examination of the pupils :
(ko:imp/4s awl Ilistory.—'. I must my I think the be). do
credit to the school as far as I can Judge by there papers. Both
history and geography, but tcpecia/ly the history, sbow an
useful amount of knowledge gained and power of producing
that knowledge. I was especially glad to me that in the
geography they wore able to bring some very fair knowledge
of current events to bear ups. the book learning You
will see that two or three of my questions were framed
with a view of eliciting this, land very few indeed of the boys
have failed to strike out something thereof in their snorers.
A. IL BELL."
_ . .

K mougedye.—" The examination he. on the whok
been very satialactory. Almost all the boys of the sixth and
fifth forms have shown a good general knowbalge of the
subteen, and the papers of mmy of them were very god.
Good papers were also done by some of the boya.4 the fourth
form, but the questions suitable to the sisUt and flfth fonus
wore neemesuily too difficult for the majority of the fourth
form. The chid failing has been a want of exactness, and some
few of the boys evidently did nut read the questions with
sullieient care —Joie( Hanneeeop.'

Latin. Twenty4wo boys appeared for examination. Tho
subject lo which they had been specially prepared was Cicero's
oration In behelf of tbo Manillas law. Three boys took up
additlobally a portion of tho First Book of Horscee epistles.
These two subjects were comprised In one .per. A second
paper included (a) questions in gramnsar ; (ts)a peesage for
translation at sight (non Latin Into English ; (e) • Istd•Wiid to
trasudate into Latin. and sonic Idiomatic sentenem besides. In
tho sixth form Green's Cicero paper Is worthy of special
commendation. Hitchcock taken tAe first place in Latin
generally. and displayed considerable pronsim. lii the fifth
ion u Cox. ii. takes the first place. Cox Ili. sod Watson are
. . . . . .

promising. The A/tit form ii,;,Wed
in answering a quaition I had set upon the interesting subject
of tho relationship between French and lath,. The URSOOII
passage was perhaps too hard for them. Some passage, unseen
before, is important, an testing the improper use of trans-
lations Ili conclusion' it is a pleasure to flit to state my
general impresion of the soundness and unwary of the bath-
ing of Latin in your County School I cannot doubt the
educational value to the hey*, whatever their future profession,
of being than grounded in a lauzNage enshrined in such muster-
as Citern's orations, and so lininistaY interwoven with
the technical ant' ordinary language of one own ciuntry.
Amoi I.aar-W•axsa."

MATIIIII*TIOI. -" I enclose the marks for the niatlicuatiaal
examination, and I am very pleased to add that nu the whole
the work has beau done exceedingly well. On comparing the
mutts of this year with those of last year, I see the average .4
marks to very considerably higher, and that is not due to the
papers being easier but to the work being more correctly done,
and I may again compliment the bop on the neatness with
which their work is written out. In the sixth form ail did
very well, and though Green is not much above Scutt in the
1011 01 his marts;he deserves bia places. being Arst in three
out of the four subject.; In algebra he obtained nearly full
marks. In the fifth form the work was generally well done,
and Haskell distinguished himself in his arithmetic as he did
laet year, and Isis other work was well done. Cox and Tulk
also did very well. Three whom I will not name.. well as
one in the fourth font glowed up a large quantity of work in
&laid, which, however, was very deficient lv quality, and
though I leak. &Rowan's for errors la working, I can make no
allowance for errors in prinsiple. The average of oputa lu the
fourth form is exceedingly vied, slid wine very proerilidng
work warn alwrien nu by Via/limn, gills, Crichton, and lit)tx4.—
MUM aWATrit."

Esousit Ursa/as:mt. —" In soma few cases the boys had not
carefully studied the mace given in their elition of ilhakes-
pare's Merchant of Vallee, but on the whole • very satis-
factory paper wa.s done by • great rualority of the boys. The
questkon on the History of English Litersture were answered
well by Green, Allardyce 1., Paramore, 'Moho/eh and
HAW.'
Feastu...=: 71,tte should be, I think, a rather higher
of attainment therdig4ctit the school Nur du lat all doubt
that If aimed at it will beleaatcd. The translation out of
English was specially Melia Nor sas'ipst;cient knowledge
shown of the commie) idioms of the laustmags. Ilse grammar
lass had care .pent upon It; and consequently this part of the
examination was fairly matistactury. —J. H. Tama, Itonkton
Farley Rectory."

Corxrr Pgrrf Somoza, Thursday. —Before Mr. Ili Williams.
Jo en Rogers, (sorrier, of Weymouth, was summoned by &rat.
Gale (..(r cruelly ill-treating • horse, by working it lu • waggon
at the vl4 cf rortgehain, while in an unfit state. --The c”e
vrae proved by Semi. Ogle, and the magistrate also inspected
the borne, and found tem large rounds on Ike hack, and two
or three smaller wounds mi Woolf slooyder.—Mr. Weston, who
defended, also looked at the base, and said ke could not
dispute the serieant's evidence ; but he asked the Benet to
deal leniently with the case, as the man (who had been to'sca)
was • better judge of • ship than • borne. —Mr. Williams mid
it was • very bad case, and amid defendant 40t and fuels.

Donn 00urrr Helirrrat.-Mr. Davidson, the House Ix. In the evening the Rev. Hiles Hitcbens, of Recleston
Burgeon of this institution, has tendered his resignation. chapel, London, preached from "Train up a child in the
so that now the committee of managers have to newly way he should go, and when be is old he will not depart
appoint all three resident otficers-a Houle Surgeon and • from it." The congregation in the evening was particularly
Chaplain on account of resignations, and a Matron in the good. The collections produced over XX About 9JO
room of Min Bell decessed, children are taught in these achoobt.
BUROIAIII NITTA Sitismoss, Thursday.-- Wore Mr. W. Talbot
COMMITTRD TO nil DORRET COONTY PRISON.-nard
and Dr. J. Drew.
Labour :-John Adieu], aggraved assault at Sixpenny irilfiees Chalker was brought up for atealin„- four halfsm
Hanley. 3 calendar menthe ; Jane Lane, steeling egg*. ...... .a. a mh,...... , ..i., IA belonging to %Valiant Russell of
candles and soap, at Hamin'eston, and Henry Bower.
assaulting the postmaster and constable at Swanage, 2 th'-ii .ito—ya-1 0--a—k Init...-Th'e--tinisx-uto lelt prisoner in the tap-
assaulting while he went Into another roots, lle bolted the door;
calendar months ; Henry Henderson, making • false
statement on enlistment at Weymouth, but just after hoard something move, ran hick, and found
stealing potatoes at Fordington, Benjamin Stone an i
Wi—lllani Garret, ' prisoner with his hand in the box where the tlt wen was kept,
i In the bar. He had four pac i eta In his haul; but prosecutor
William Hutchinm, leaving flintily chargeable at Portland. made him drop them -Prisoner idealist not guilty and said
and John Hamblin, damaging • pane of glass at Sherborne, a cat chased a sparrow into the bar, awl Ito WyDt. at :r cher -
I calendar month ; George Derrick, poaching fish at seven days' ham labour
Stinsford, and Mary Fowler, stealing wearing apparel at FRIDAY -Before Mr. W. Talbot and Dr .1. Drew.
Weymouth, 11 days; Jonathan Chaltree, stealing tobacco Jane Upskall was summoned for illegally pawning sone
at Weymouth, 7 days. articles belonging to Elizabeth :Random -Complainant said she
3RD D.R.V.-The gathering of the corps for proceeding lodzed in March last with defendant, and for Upshall's edit-
to the camp of exercise in the neighbourhood of Aldershot venience left two sheets and a counterpane In her lodgings
took place on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. and Dor- when she went. She owed defendant nothing ; but had since
cheater as usual contributed its full quota to the battalion asked for the things rid found they were in pawn -Defendant
said titandini gave her leave to pawn the things : she had Mime
strength, although the avocations of many of the members
taken them out of pawn, and had them in court. The Bench
render it very difficult if notaltogether impracticable for
Sold her to hand them over, and pay the coats. -Der, mama 11l
them to le absent a full week. But the town will be repro- so but said Sundial had some things of hers Stallion handed
sented by upwards of 50 of all ranks. Captain Coombe is over, towel; but defendant seal a 110111t011 la, veil and two
Quartermaster of the battalion, with Quartermaster.
Sergeant Ne winan, and Orderly-clerk Coombs, wi th the rank handkerchiefs were missing, aud she was detcrinhied to have
of Sergeant, also on the staff. Lieutenant 'lodges is in them-She was told she must sown-toSL1114.11; but she said
that by the time she could do so, dim ion would most likely
command of the corps, with Lieutenant Williams have left the town.
subaltern, Sergeants RUITISCr. Durden, and Harris, COY7III Perri. srasioNs, Friday. -Before Mr. II C. Good-ion,
Pioneer-Sergeant Taylor and one private, Bandmaster and Mr. It. ff. Eliot.
Wellspring, on battalion service, with 8 buglers, and 34 Frederick Irallencr, and joke Cathi'it, trice, were summoned
rank and file. All appeared in heavy marching order, for moiling tuniips. -Many complaints hidl been made, said
and the corps looked particularly smart and soldierly. tims. Hare, and a policeman was told off specially to watch
Going through the town to the South Western station the Mr Knight's Held& -P.C. Roper said he watched the field, and
bugles played a quick step, and there was • large number saw Vallence go in, while Chastain looked about d'allence pulled
of civilians in the streets to NAV the company pass. At up three turnips, and thee they heard the policeman move, and
the station a special train was ready for them, and they ran ofr.--Mr. Howard defended and elicited that the field was
were joined by Captain Mount-Batten, Adjutant of the at filnclimves, with • road close by. Ile asked the Ikeich It
battalion. Shortly after 9.31, the Weymouth corps having line the lads, Instead of sending them to prism. The Rev.
arrived, the carriages were linked together, and the long V. F. Ransonie gave them both andl excellent character -They
" '• - •• • ' " --, tha were Maxi Is. milt, hicks.'
.-.... .. . ..

COAL

.-luding
Wjoios Ibitchinjs mu brought up for neglecting' to main-
tain his family, who are chargeable to the Union. and had been
since the 11th Aprii. —llr. Tunicr asked the Bench to make as
heavy an order al petsible, as defendant hal gone away to
work at Portsmouth, and there was no mann why he should
not pay. - )Ir. Loa, relieving officer, proved the ease; he
brought the Co.. before the Board la. and loaves were
al owed. The family had been in receipt of relief ever sinoo.
The man had been continually written to and sent to; but he
had never made any 'Payment. though ho was in good work on
the Goveninient works at Portsmouth. The hooch said if the
money due on the Brat warrant was 'aid they would out
enforce the second. —One month's imprisonment in defau•t.

CONSECR tTION OF cuaisrs CHURCH.

On Thursday was consecrated the handsome new church
In King-street, Mcicowbc Regis, which Amnia as a sign of the
determination iof the true Church of England party to protect
In Weymouth the position of those who believe in it, and would
spread the knowledge of the Gospel, as distinguished from the
144=41011S of ecclesustiiml millinery and the assuiuptions of an
order of priests, who are neither recognised by the false church
of Rome or the true church of Christ. . .

The site ls at the corner id King-street and Park-street.
Immediately opposite the railway station, and is thus one of
the most notiorable to the 13Itorv. The whole of Melcombe
Regis. It In understood, is underlaid with a candy or shingly
beech, on which probably the Phoenician mariner. offered
sacrifices to their king-god, Moloch or Milcom, and which they
probably dedicated to that abominable image. In whoa.
honour they made their children pass through the Are. It Ls
curious that thus the regal idea occur. three times in the
name of King-street. Melcombe Latin,
and English: but it is now deeply satisfactory that the spot is
dedicated to the King of Kings who made the worlds ages
befae Phu:Aldan mariners ploughed the sea, but who mani-
fested Himself se the son of Man in time to suffer death with a
Latin inscription over his Itted, al well aa one of Hebrew and
Greek, and whose love reached eve,, to this almost. tiltioso
Thula, the land of fogs, of marshes, and acoripcating men.
And, as the threefold insciption over the head of the Saviour
seemed to embrace all ages in His eufferit, love, in His deep
humiliation, and as it (cache. the low estatl of nian in that his
very King thus died a shameful death, no nay the three-fold
regal title in "Kingwtreet. )toloombe aegis," remind us that
the humblest believers of all ages have the title for the sake of
Him who

" Stomied so low, to rain us to a throne"
The foundation of the church being laid in euid shifting as
our hunlan nature, the Space had entirely to be covered with
one maw of solid concrete every part being thus built upon a
" supplied" towels/Iw, and not the thinnest part on the gaud.
The moral is obvious, and we lehl lase. our readers to think
out the others welsh occur to the reflective mind. It was
determined to have • tower and • peal of bells, and to mowrt
this the whole body of ground was pierced with piles, 45134 in
number, for the weight of the tower afterwards placed on them
was MO tons. The walls are built of brick and Portland spells
within, faced with "rock-work" of Portland stone. They are
on the batter for left, the outer surface hiel g iimarLs Sin.
for strength, and thence they rise 301 t. perpendicular, the
tower being MIL Sin. from the gromed to the Lop .if the vane.
The style Is geometrical Gothic from the dodgem of Mr. Ewan
bridaialk. In Para-Street are three windows with
three store in the tower ; in Kiegottreet, a noble
chancel window, and a three light WindoW For the aisle. The
tower has a hip roof, mei it and the rest of the church is
coverel by Pon Mad.: slate. The Imidwork was done by Mr.
Percy, of this town. Internally, it is seen the church hail a
cleared, nave and two aisles, vestibule, organ dumber, and
belfry. The width of the nave is Ant. in the clear and of the
aisles 17ft. ri,, , the chancel Int 1011, and the nave :MIL
while the aide' will be about bOft. The flare is partly
separated frond the aisles by two double archts, the arches
divided by columns of Pennell stone, with Portland carnal
caps and Wee 71to slate In plastered to the batten, so as to
show the open rafters and timbers, which are massive, each
the of the rafters weighing', a ton. me base and Gothic cape
of the c dunins in the charmel are of Portland stone, beautifully
vaned by hr. Ormsby of Dorchester, and the colunnis are of
polishel Devonshire marble. The great arches show four
Hogs of dog's tooth moulding. The la, id lit by four
clerestory windows of three lights each, and from the
flow to the ridge of the nave Is Mit. high The advka
have three light windows in perpendicular Gothic. The
tower screen is of pitch pine. with ornamental glazed lights;
the vestry screen has very nice caned panels, ,1 different
;;thenetrical patterns carved by Mr. Meek, and a dental cumin,
above ; the vestry and front doers are of English oak. The
brick work he exposol in the interior, it is pointed with black
mortar, made of blacksmith's blown" and bands of black
bricks run round the walls, while in the chancel there is
,liecr work of Meek brick. Tim chancel and the space within
the onumunion rails is level a th Maw's encaustic tiles, but
the rest of the church Id floored with Memel board. The
aisles are ale, covered with bent ; but it is intended when the
church is culargol to remove the boards, and lave the aisles
with tiles The font has the base mei bowl of Portlaiel stow,
and the shaft of Pennelt stone, and round the howl is carved
" buffer Mae children to none unto Me." The pulpit and
reading desk are teutp.rary. The sittings are benches of
Christiana white deal, with hook bents at the back; they
are thou the architect's own design, anti are very stable
and Coinfort.vble. Sitlin;;d are proVl4l,l for about idx
hundred people in ordinary, but for Consecration Day
it Wad arranged aconetthelate eight hundred. Ilan of the
church is fine: this half extends from the chancel lii the cod,
so that the poor will not he thrust behind, but will havoc lust
aecounnodation with those who can any. The architect. as we
have said, Is fir. Reran Christian. and the builder Mr. Thmnas
Duthie" of Weymouth, the foreman of works being Mr.
derranl, mid the work has boon executed fat the best manner
ekiesible. The bricks are from Mr. Dodson's own kilns. It is
noteworthy that a very heart) steady set of work euen were
engaged on the hull-flog. thti all has gone on in the most com-
forle way. Ihe lighting at night id effected by deadest,
with four burners each, at the side walls, by roes of Jett along
the string courses, and a ring 44 Jets In the thence!. the style
of the fittings being The books for the pulpit and
reeling desk were given by Mr. Edwards, M. l'., and are very
handsome, the Communion plate presented by Mr Alderman
W. Thompson; the money for the communion table, chairs,
cuthiona, sc., was collected by Mrs. Coles and Mks Reynolds.
The minister Is not yet decided ort,• distinguished clergyman who
was expected to swept the pulpit, having been pc-melted with.
living of £5OO a year. The arrangements for the Consecration
'service were ably made by the Rector and churcheranlerts of St.
Mary's, Kev. T. ()reeves, Capt. Shute B. Piers, and Mr. J. J.
now& . . . . . . . .

The rear of tbe church has an infant school, very promptly
erected la Mr. I>olsoti, and only temporary, sa described last
week. The bishop and clergy aseesubled alit,and commenced
the service of consecration. The 'nudes' pert consisting
entlrely of omgre‘atiolia/ singing of hymns. Mr. lloyton Smith
sogumenk".l the Mary** choir by • number of ladles and
gentlemen, tp, lodly came forward to aid In loading the
service of praise.
Ihe morning of Thursday opened lino There was no
ordinary morning service, and before the COMIIIIII4OII, tile
@Warped choir, Including about so wpm.. and contraltos,
and about 25 male voices, sting Hymn 330 Mercer "Orval
Shepherd of Thy iveople, hem ." to the tune 4 St. .new, and
before the sermon they sang the well.know .tirn hymn Christ is
our corner *tone," to the tune Handel's tooth.

The niorning continued generally fine, only onie or two
showers falling and serving to lay the dust. Among the
distinguished arrivals were our beloved popular member.
B. gdwards, (who presented that miming the itible, see, to
the church), also that influential gentleman and borough mem-
ber, hi, Frederic W. Johnstone, and these each signalised his
arrival by presenting the further Walborn° donation of C. 25,
making the welcome addition of .00. Tht bell of the church
axe, called in a very large congregation, arming whom were a
met majority of ladies Including the Mayoress, Mrs. J.
Robertson, Mrs. Reginald 3inith, Mrs. Talbot tlrmvass, Lc. ke.
At 11 o'clock the procession entered from the Initial school.
room is the following order -
The Borough Members.
The Church Wiumittee.