The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-08-19 00:00:00

Local anb 'District Jletus.

ADDITIONAL CURATE AID BOCRITY.

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• public onseliag was held our Monday evenly/ La Behr
Triaity Lahr miteotrom,Doreitester, the rester, Rev.
H. Everett, presidag. There was • fair dream of th
Maeda and eupposeters of the society, swag whom
were-The Rev. W. Clifford (the deputatioa),Rev.
Mr. Morgan (County linertell, Mr. R. Davis, Mr.
P„.• jun, Mr. Herbert Rodrii, Mr. A. Lod,
Am; 11. Lock, Marra sad Miser Warr. A. MA A
Armn having bees sung, and prayer offecedby tbei Rev.
H. Everett,
The CHAIRMAN briefly introdueed the deputation.
He spoke of the apathy usually felt in regard to
Miesiocer7 meetings, whiob be was afraid were feet
song away, and were soirtimis oossidewed long.
, and wearisome affairs. Nothing. bower, had
been devised to bike their place; and be was pleased
to see Bo good aa atteedarasi for if them woo ons thing
they ought to encourage it was Homo Menem, whorl
work among our heathen at home was mush Deeded,
and he hoped the meeting, and the eddies@ of the
deputation, would be the means of stirring up a little
ossl on behalf of the Additional Curates Society.
Tr Rev. W. Curroan rid at re time he disliked
meetings as mush es any one ; but he was glad sow
to have to do with those beld for so good • roma The
Archbishop of York had rid of the Additional
Curates Societies that it was re of the most important
societies In existence, be (Mr. Clifford) met further.
sod said it wee tar most important, not forgetting the
Church 111selonary or the Society for Propagation el
the Gorel.This moiety.' work iraa exactly in tinier with
those societies. The Additional Curates was a society for
lbw propagation of the gospel, it wee On. also for
church missione-while the former had to deal with the
heathen abroad, the latter was doing a work smug
th• heathen at born.; and the efforts on behalf of
thee societies ought not to be relaxed. Many
of the ot jerboa arrrid iupportiog them, he thought,
arose from a desire on Vie pert of the objectors not togive
at all, but it was ate, found that thaw who supported
foreign, were the coot warm friends of home mialoo.
It was too often Mt that foreign mission. were a
failure, but this be r. carded as • mistake-they MIA
wait, and they would ne the superstructure they wore
raising bt -and-by. But if they were a failure, did It
sot arise from the nig'cot shown It horns Ind sling
with our own trotter, Cron Gregory had given se
Instance of the impro-ic as made upon • Mahomedius
who ,i,ored England, •ho, instead of being impressed
with our religions ebaractar returned terriged and
sassed with the sights he had witnessed. His eoefeseed,
however, that be thought the Canoe had overdrawn
the picture. In supporting the Additional Curates'
Seelety. he urged they would be doing what was their
lim duty. Lot them only consider the mar of the ,
country in this respect, for Is our midst there wile4as
math ignoranoe, crime, and sin to be coanterseted 11.
could be found In some of the more uneivillvd heathen
soeurtries with whom the missionary ram In retest
The amount of money spout in drink was alone •
proof of what they had to encounter ; the national
drink bill reaching nearly £23,000,000. The Additional
Curates' Society's work strove to make the Church of ,
England practically what it woe now In theory only-a
really effectual means of evangelising and Chriatisaising
the masses by bringing the Gospel of God's love to
them In their homes and increasiste the number of
workers in the 'seeded parishes Mee ead merry were
all that were required. The population was 23,000,000,
aad it was Ina/easing at the rate of 200,000 • year, to
meet which (engin/re of the exertions of their Dissent-
tin brethren, who. labours they mar not demise),
only 18,000 men of the Church of Engird wore em.
played-5,000,000 of the population being without any
provision at all for obtaining the mimed grass. Tomei
this great want the Additional Crates' Society yearn,.
ins hard and in different ways. First, by asesdiae addi-
tional curates to help poor larrehents la their effects is
heir over crowded perishes ; by the opining of Mara
Aerate which In time ripened into new &Mists, and
heehaw self -supporting ; and further by
parishes to carry out the special mission Zrsoirrror
wail it altogether confined to this; for it of gorse
imerned Church work of any kind whatever, and were
now smiting candidates to take holy orders. The
society was expending annually large sums in thresh
work-(epplause) -and had provided 568 additional
curates besides opening 384 minion chapels, the eiergy
having charge of them being also paid from the funds
obtained by this society -(Lpplause). Macy of these
chapels, he was happy to tell them, were now seLf-
supporting, and were doing a most important work-
people who never previously went to ohurob being now
constant attendants. So great was the strew upon
the funds of the society, however, that there were
now 354 applieations which they were compelled to
put on one side; =long these were some from 53
parishes each having • population of 9.000, Ore with
clarge
odaUon of 15,000 each; and 44 from incumbents In
parishes with incomes km than £3OO • yes:.
The total amount being £21,000, of whir they were
willing to return £16,001; so that really that amount
was lost annually to the Church until these granta raid
be obtained. As regarded the Additional Curates Satiety
the Objection oculd not be rotated, so it was urged,
was the car with other societies-that the funds were
misapplied; for they had it on the authority of the
Bishop of Ripon-whose sympathise were not
likely to be strongly in their favour that
the might " boldly ohdlenr " the &sorry of
an where the grants had been 111-bestowed-
(hear), In his diocese £11,554. had been expanded In
grants alone. In conclusion Mr. Clifford saki the
claim of the miry were urgent-the number ef
workers ought to be trebled and 4.radrupled, and he
asked them to give their prayer, and ea much money
as they could, to aid so good and holy • cans.-
(applause).
Ile Rev. H. tram said It Gould not he complained
that Mr. Clifford had been too long Cr uninteresting.
Be would urge on them all to do more for the sorry.
He had seen a good deal of its work, which was quiet,
anosteartfor, and =eh required.
Mr. J. F. 11011GRS proposed • vote of thanks to the
deputation. He took it for granted that all were,
Interested in the society, and that theT were Misled
it was doing Its work in • proper splrit and ha a ro-
omful rourser-(rear).
The Rev. Mr. Moran seconded. He happerd to
keys laboured in • part when the society was doing •
really good work-Dudley, in Worartershirs. Bat for
It. aid Christianity must have died out; tasted of
whir, where former:y baptism ms scarcely even
thought of, the people had been brought, by mesas ef
the worker, provided by the misty, to as. its Import-
ance, and Lass yrr between 800 and 900 kaptiam tool
place. In Sheffield. • frier of his testified to similar
melts of the usefulner of the society whose ammo he
pleaded strogly, for it was doing a really good work.
Another hymn was sung, the roadies-ion rearmed,
and the meeting separated. • eolleotion waa rude at
the doore In aid of the funds of the society.

DORCHESTER TOWN 00IINCIL.
WIDIMIDAT...-Prell4l4t : Tbo Yew (sr. a. J.
Gregory), Aldermen T. Coombs, H. Look, G. Cllllllll
00•110il1Orll J. F. Hodge', F. 4 TIMM, Dr. Aldridge.
W. libido, E. Burnett, with the Town Clerk 111 r. G.
Symonds).

7Si nu ZSGESIL
Sone ecoveysation entned with reepest to the meat
fire at Malden Newton, and the services rendered oa
that oemslos by the Derobeeter dm brigade.
The Surveyor stated that the eagles was telegraphed
tor on that day by the schoolmaster at Maiden Newton.
Shortly afterwards the bill wad seat, and an &weer
was returned that the moaery should be paid ; but
sines that time another letter had been received saying
that the ammo was proporterows sod Gould not be
entertained.

Tim Tows Cuma said be could not usderelsad atiat
we meant by saying the charge was preposterous; it
was true it was a schoolmaster the had used the
word. He thought in future it would be better for
rrnitybody to flud in engine of their ow, as people
had the Dorehester 6r 00010, and afterwards esessed
unwillisig to pay for its we.
Members of the Council encoded that a abatis
should be died beforehand ; but, ultimately, it was
argued that the amount sh oald be szeadaed, sad If the
charge was sot uaressonabLe, payment shoeld be
saloteed.

PLINZI2I4I AID ILESTOII3IO lignl4llllll.
The MAYOR glided that Mr. Wood, tho Surveyor,
soda, upon lostruatioas, had prepared a sposifloatten
of work tubs doss in soottetion witb the skylights at
MN Now Coro lashaage sad the Town Ha. Tenders
hod bra rotted, and Mr. Mulford bad aired to do
the work for f:916e., and Mr. White for .fl 3 10s. The
eoannitre had accepted Mr. Motion's Wader.
Yesterday he fir Mayor) had oast Mr. Mulford. and
expressed the bops that ho would make s good job of
the work. Mr. Mutford said he had tendered for
painting sod repairing two skylight; whirrs's' found
there wore err to ho'clone. It appeared that tho
mistake rose la this way. 'lb. Sarryor had brought
the spraideatioe to hint (tbo Mayor) for his perusal,
but had previously shown it to Mr. MuSord. On his
(tho ezatololog It, hi ford that tbe &Wight@
of the New Oro Marengo were not Included, and he
bad ride the additioo, sitar Walt Mr. Whtto had
seen Ur speeification. Mr. Mutfor woo willing to do
nba work, 'however, for 30s. or fla Is addition to his
tsar& no work had bees eromeneed en Mooday •
but be had told Mr. Matfett la bad better not provost;
with it until further ardent.

The Towa Wag said of {MUM Yr. Mulford was
cot boood to do more work Clan he had bordered for.
Mr. J. F. HOW= thought ha had bettor do what ha
had contracted for.

Th. MAYole.id it would bare beep mach more
satirdeotory bed both the centtreetlag partici moo the
mem speoillostlop.
It wee alttmateir agreed. if Mr. Muttord 'operated to
clothe repairs tor the £2 extra, to allow him to proceed
with the work.

WOLLASTON /MD.

The MATOR said it had ooeurrod to him thot it would
be mush better to level sod enclose the weds plow of
land In Wollaston field, mod lot it for garden ground,
till they could dispose edit to better advantage. They
mold let It quarterly, so that Ii mould soot be obtained
if they had or offer made for building or other pur-
pose&
Mr. SLAM thought they had hotter at ono* have a
horkk woll built rotted it, silt would he more serviceable
Is the end.

HODOMI thought that levelling would answer the
purpose, mid said as to the exposes
TIN MATOB Wild the oast of levelliag and eaeleslng h.
did not oithmate at more lima in or AL
Yr. COOllllll maki If they did not melees It they
ekoald have it idysllid at it looked so middy es
present.
It was iilldniatily agreed that the Mayor eases It to
be levelled, aid assortals whet the expense of enclosing
It would be by the next steetiag.
The Ilsvos thought their own mem might do the
Mr. Lira understood scm. if the as. employed by
the Owned' took its,. at harvestisg In the neigkboar•
kocd oecaelosally. He had asked the Surveyor about
it, mad be had told him that after their work is the
bows waa dose, they °mild do is they liked. He
believed they came so early in the morning, sad so got
timer work fislahed early.
The Surveyor being celled, stated that he had gives
leave to twe of the MN at lour o'olosk.
Oopww. asked if the am had dame their work
Pi
oa that omission Cr i7Suiroirie maid sad ao well me It had hems
demi; be mild set slate Writ lbw Wm
Vpostris tisk work la lin riondes.