The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-17 00:00:00

DORCHgBTBR.

THII Lord Chancellor ban lamed an order authorising
the °Mese of the County Courts to be closed on Sastar
Monday and Tuesday, April 6th and 7th.
Coirs.—The 3rd Cornet aessmbled In full
dries uniform, with the band, on Thursday evening,
under the eommand of Captain Coombs with Lieutenant
Hodges, and were inspected by the newly•appointed
Adjutant, Ospt, J. Mount Batten.
Ptsrao PienCtlOnla.—We regret to state that plearo
pneumonia has again made Its sppraance In Doreet. Two
sown, belonging to Mr. Homer, olAdmiaon,nhowed.ymptoois
of disease, and on the advice of • veterinary .urgnoo were
elaughtered and buried in Urn.. This is the Second outbreak
In Use county during the fast fortnight,
nearer. —The I:Slicers of Clutut "Progress,' of the Ancient
Order of Forager., Dorchester, have received • letter from Mr.
W. E. Burner, M.P., stating he ..ould be pleased to be enrolled
as an honorary member of such • valuable moiety. The hon.
members now include iir. W. E. Brynner, M.P., the Mayor of
Dorchester, (Mr. G. J. 0 Oregor),) Col. Napier gturt, Mr. T.
Coombe, Yr. J. F. lialgcs, Jun., Dr. J. P. Aldridge, and Mr.
W. Vernon.

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Oomirerso TO ram Doz.': 000.17 Paisom.—
Hard Lab a : Charles lisno, stealing wheat at
Gillingham, Priscilla Penfold, stetling • silver spoon at
liswitohnroh, 1 (Wender mouth Nob; Jhn Smith,
vagrancy at Wimborne, 21 days; imprisonment : Charles
Coke, stealing biome at Gillingham, 1 ottlendu month
and Ave years in a Reforoattory School ; Amelia
P.rsons, stealing a wineglaat at Piddletrentitide, 7
days.
Tug WzArara.—Tho following la oar meteorological
report:—

IWind. Btaki of Westber.
Mar. • •
9 31 97 Wk N Eain, snoW
10 34 23 N Bnow
11 11 12 N Fine
19 38 34 NW Cloudy
13 44 37 N Cloudy, fine
14 44 31 NW Cloudy, Ono
13 48 40 NW k E Gloomy, cloudy

AVCIDEXT. —On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. William Durham, a
commercial traveller in the employ of ellathurne and Co.,
wholesale ironmongers, Linci lon Fields, Lood ~,,, who had
Jolt arrived from Foul*, and had visited Mr. Hazel's gimp for
the transaction of budnears, proceeded down the town, walking
on the pavement When opposite the entrance to Mantra
Elliot's and Pearee's bank, his brut slipped on the Iron plate
placed scrods the pavement, and he fell. Mr. J. It. Oooper, who
was passing, assisted the unfortunate gentleman into Mr
Howes shop ; Mr. Good, surgeon, station, for. and it wars found
that the right thigh was severely fractured. Ile was subse-
quently removal to the King's Arnie Hotel, where he is In the
habit of putting up, and received the most skilful and prompt
attention at the lambi of Mr ilm.i. We are pleased to hear
Mr. Durham is progrmelog as favourably se can be expected,
hut his unfortunate accident will, no doubt, be the means Of
incapacitating him for burliness for some weeks to come.
FOOTBaLL —DorcAuter e,Ntershof. —The shore motel,
was pleyed on Poondbury on Thursday hut, and
reignited in favour of Dorehester by one goal and ale
touoh•downs to nothing. From the comn3enoement it
was evideet the homo team's "forwards" were pls)irtg
better together than their opponents, as the ball was
rapidly worked sway toward. the visitors' goal and,
Wore half-time was °ailed, liverabot had not only
been obliged to touoh down I times in self-defence,
but Fudge sod Golhp bad both suocieeded in "run-
ning irt" for D erchester ; the wind, however, rendering
the " trke^ inter:lotus'. Shortly after the change of
gale at hilf.tinte, • wed-dlicetad "drop" by C.
Andrews secured the tio,ory fir his club, its though
the Evershot "forwards," uotlocably Sitars, Sheppard,
I and &skeet, played up vigoroney and made some fine
rushes, they were unable to wrost the laurels gained
from their opponents. For Dorchester, besides those
mentioned, Demo°, Gregory, and J. Andrewr obtained
" toueh-downs," whilst Bart, Cookeraw, sod Do wdint
were conspicuous in the "Nortrom egos." For Everahot
Austen, Wilson, and Tudor did silo their power to
avert defeat.

COLONIAL LCD CONTI. COUPON SOCIITT.
On Timothy evening a pub.to meeting on toh,U of this
society was held in the Town hall. A few hours before
the time announced for the gathering, 'even o'cloek,
there was a heavy snow storm, whieb, no doubt,
amounted for the very tbla attendonces. The Rev. H.
Mauls coupled the choir, and there were present with
him the Rev. C. T. Issaosoo. (Incumbent of Camber.
well. Australia), the 1t.,. W. O. Osborn, the Rev. C.
B. Vines, and the Bev. K. F. Evens. After prayer, the
Chairman obaerved that the people of Dorchester, be
was afraid, did not take the interest they ought in
societies of this kind, or he was sure there would have
been a larger attendance there that evening. The
object of this society was to spread the Word of Clod in
our colonies, and amongst those of our fellow country.
men who were living on the continent, and It behoved
the Christians of Riogland to glee it all the help they
could, The Rey. W. C. Osborn reed the local report
for the past year, from which it appeared that the pith-
soriptions bad amounted to .£29 24., out of which £2B
61. had been remitted to the punot society.
This society, be °hotrod had extended its oper.
talons to almost every part of the world
where an Englishman lived or travelled, and he hoped
In future there would be • large increase of subeerlptiona
The Rev. 0. 'l'. Isaacson oommenoed his remarks by
observing that some peritonea said they thought it pre-
posterous that the people of Br eland should be called
on to supply c'ergymen to the tourists who travelled
on the continent, as they comprised persons who
generally poseassed competence, and could therefore pay
for the ministry themselves. It was not for sueh is
these, however, that the satiety sought aid. It was for
those 900,000 of our fellow.eountrymen, who lived and
boiled on theeoetinent,in the humbler ranks of life, that
their ettbesliptions were asked. There were many
Eaglish residents in Paris who formed a community of
their own, and who, although they had been born and
brought up in that capital, still spoke the Eoglith
language. There were many young English women
living there as milliners sad governesses, and for snob
as thew the society had established homes. Most of the
grooms who bad the oars of the French rasing horse,
were EagUahmen, and these, with their wives sad
thildren,formed a portion of that vast body of our fellow
countrymen whom this scelety strove to benefit. The
sollieriee in Westphalia were almost entirely worked by
ititth colliers, whilst the cotton factories gave mou-
th • large number of our fellow country-
men. It would thus be • seen that this
sosisty had • large field of operations. Hs thee
referred to the work that bad beam othomplished
Oanada, and in the West India bleeds, and then pro-
seeded to speak of Australis, where he had lived and
laboured. He described the difficulty of the work in
that nut continent, where Bishop Thomas bed trevelled
2,000 miles in • rude waggon in 112 days, during which
time he had preached 123 sermon., attended 37 public
meetings, and confirmed 419 persona If the Bishops
had to work like this, they othld form some idea of
bow a olergyman had to labour. A minDter resided
at Wagga-Wegga, of which they had beard so much in
conegggfoe with • thrtain person who was now is
prison. This town, one of the most important in the
the maw. of width signified "the resUng place
of Grows," had 23 preaching stations in connection with
it, and the el rgyman had to travel • distance of 80
miles to reach some of his stations; notwithstanding
this, there was still 120 milee uncovered before they
came to the outlying stations of another clergyman.
This would give them some Idea of the character of
the work in that land. State aid had lately been with-
drawn from all the ehurcir• in the Colonies, and the
result was that maay places of worship ithd to be shut,
up, and still more would have to be cloYed dli not the
people of iloglied come forward and aid by all the
means at their disposal. It was said by many that the
Church of Ragland would ars long be dieethaVishdd.
Let them now aid the colonies, and if ever that day
Game, be is: bayed our fellow *cant ry men in distant lends
would repay abundantly the help we were now asked to
extend to them. Lot them remember how Western
Australia was peopled. Out of its 25,000 inhabitants
10 000 had been convicts, their wives and children
throprieed 10,000 more, so that only 5,000 remained to
be amount ed for. If Ragland had thus sent those who
had offended egainet the laws to those dieting shorn,
surely it behoved her to do all in her power to send the
knowledge of God to theth outcasts of her people. He
exhorted Christians to come forward and do what they
ooeld and God would bless their efforts.—The meeting
was closed with prayer by the RAT. C. E. Vino, and
pronenlacing the benediction. The colliselith amounted
to 164. 6d. On Sunday sermons were preached ou
behalf of the society, at Christ Chetah, West
Fordingtoo, by the Rev. J. Wadsworth, (Geseeiasin
ilearatary.) In the evening, before Gownsman his
mum, the rev. gentleman traced the history of the
society. In the year 1823 a young (endemic was
retsuairg from Newfouodland, when • terrible storm
arose, ad thole on board the vessel expected that every
moment would be their last. The gentleman made
vow, that, if spired, be would devote himself aid all
ha had to the eerviee of Christ. Notwithstanding that.
the vowel had boos on her beam ends for oi.ght
adaaboo—a soot ea 000arrosoo--tha whaloot
11•-perimgas were= mod, sad ea aujt la