The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-31 00:00:00

POOLE.

Yacfrrnra Irems.—The Para (Captain Earle, R.N.),
arrived from Lowestoft on Sunday, the Priectra (J. L
Shrub!), uiled for Daimouth on Faday. The
Viola (Mr. Cawae), left on Friday for London.
PILNIIT BANC —At the Penny Bank on blon4sy
n i ;IA there were 73 dtp eitors. The am ,Int
1,oa•-ited was £2 lls. o.l.—the withdrawal being
1:5 12.. 31. —Present, Mr. B. G. Burford, secretary,
and Mr. A. Baakett.

Success or THE SAMMIE. —The opening meteh for
cutters of the Royal 'll:lames Yacht Club was sailed on
Monday, the course being from Itoaherville, round
the Nl..use Lighthouse ond back. The Satntena won
easily, the hr c unpetit Ts not b•ine timed.
HEE MAJZSTI'S BIRTHDAT. the a ity..seclnd
anniversary of Her Maj,rty's birthday wrs honoured
in the usual loyal mariner in the borough. The lite
was hoisted on the church tower, and t e usual losal
demonstrations were to be coin at the coastguard
station, and among the shipping in the river.
QUAY TEUSTlEB.—Aatuu!ay : Present—l'he hlay
(Mr. G. Curtis), and Messrs. W. N. Western, 11.
Farmer, W. Mate, and W. Waterman.—There was
but littl. business for trar ssctioo. Vsrioits accounts
which had been audited by Messrs. Weetern and
Farmer, and found c meet, were ordered to be paid.—
The proprietors of the steamship Lord Elgin made an
offer for a berth at the &inset Q lay, and it was
accepte 1.—E23 were also ordered to be paid to the
trustees of the Court "Amity" towards the maser
advanced for the purchase of the dredger. 'I hie
leave Eti73 ache

A Scoots eo Seams/I.—On Sunday erasing last,
the Rev. Mr. Walker, the newly-appointed minister
of the rtaptist Chapel, delivered a sermon specially
addressed to seamen. A small handbill had been
previously issued, inviting the attendance of the class
tor whose benefit the discourse was to be given, and it
gratifyinr to see that the spaciou. chapel is Hill-
Areet was crowded in every part. Mr. Walker Lade
for his text the sth verse ot the 95th peolns—" The
is His and He made 1,." In the Conroe of & very :ode
and eloquently-delivered sermon. Mr. Walker point,ii
out how that the sea was at moat God's handle. rk as
the dry land. On the third day of that remarkable
series of days He said, LA the waters on I.r tie
Heavens be gathered together into cos place, and
that gathering together i.e called seas. In extent.
they were imme•taurabl!, to depth unfathomab afar
beyond the re, e. f moruil vieion and inna;inatios's
utmost stretch. 'the Mediter aaaaa n, with its Hee
and playful wave.; the vent Pacific., so mild sd fair;
the Arctic ilcean, with it. iceberg%; awl the
Atlantic, with its heaving bosom, it, mi,.city billows.
and shower, of spray. He c,e•ted them al/. It was.
this ,d,34, tof If 1. speci•laolicitude, for diura. Ho.. They
were jict as safe upon the sea as up oath, r land, en
near unto Gut th-re n. here. f,r the waters were in
thu hollows of Hi. ban I. They might some of them
he inclined to say if • watch/111 umvidence rest upon
th sea, how is it that some times the eye is dimned,
the mind pained, and the hesrt saddened by snch
diea-ters aa that of the Eitryilice or the Atlanta!
Those were but exceptions to the miracles 1;,.1 hat
wrought I. their favour. Let them think of the
storm, they had braved, the perils they had
the dangela that had been averted hy ilie hand sea
rev His goodness. The em we, a vast
repo.it err of which Goil kohl the key. It wee
SeCr.,pOli I over which he kept witch, rirh •.,id p.s.r ic
it were on an einality. No nomoment or headstone
m irked theresting place of either, for over h .th the
11.11110 -torte beat, over both the came BOA mh0.... and
the sof •rus requi to 14 the waves 0 iaurc over each.
np.it how tin PeB iutfillel Go P
tho preacher c ,nc'tvied by lar.dug noon Ks
hear re ti tak f: iii worl as their 0/111iii** and td,eir
ch ot, .111,1 at the last when they weather thei- bet
etouu, Iti.ght they enter itsto the heaven of rokernal.
✓ wher. the litllova co.twal t roll an I the bargee,
closed to swell.