The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-09-08 00:00:00

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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 18/4.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8_ 1874.

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY VOLUNTE6I RIPIECORN. —Mr.
Allan Mears, who wail for many )ear • menir of the
Dorchester corin4 la now captain oi B company at
Juinalpore.

WESLETAX CHAPEL—The Rev. Ernest S. Thies, the
newly appointed minister to the Dorchester circuit, in
accordance with the custom of the Wesleyan connection.
preached his first sermons in the above place of worship,
on Sunday last The attendance in the morning was
rather small, owing, no doubt, to the drenching Too which
fell on Sunday. Mr. Thies selected his tort from the
sth chapter of Romans, It verse, "For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconcilesl to God by the death of His
Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be navel by
His life." Above brief introduction the preacher divided
his subject into three head., the new and happy relation-
ship of God ; the nature and connections of the blessings
of God; and the moans by which those blessings have
been secured to us; and went on to show that although
WO Were enemies to God, He dot not regard us as such,
but, having become reconciled to Him, Ile looked upon us
as His children, and sent the spirit of His son to save us.
God is not a subject of those vindictive feelings which
sometimes find a place in our breasts—He is all love
towards us. Man may have good desires in his heart, ht
he cannot carry those desires into effect without the
assistance of the Almighty. The preacher dwelt at some
length on the ungodliness of our nature—our desire, too
often, to thrust God from our thoughts—and also on how
we had violated His Isms and disobeyed His COMITIATUIS.
We were enemies wilfully opposed toGod —enemies in the
presumptions and follies of our hearts, enemies in living
contrary to His holy will. But through the life and death
I His Son, Jesus tftrist, we can mine to the footstool of
Divine grace and mercy. lie (the preacher) passed on to
notice the love of God to no, and argued that he loves
no not not less now than Ile did when He sent His
son to die for us, and if we are only faithful to
Him Ile will not fail to lavish upon um the blessings
of His grace. Those who have trusted in Christ can look
back with joy to that bright spit in their history when
they came to His cross, and sought and obtained the
blessedness of His pardon. He argued that our reconcilia-
tion was due entirely to Divine grace, we were not made
00 because of any efforts of our own —lle sought us, and
rescued us from the snares of the devil by the right hand
of His righteousness. The preacher dwelt at some length
on the objects of God's love towards sinful sum, and urged
that He sent His son to die for US that we might be saved
here and hereafter that was his grand purpose—and, said
the preacher, we must put our trust in Him, and seek His
blessings until all sin is put away from our nature. It
matters not how many our enemies or hew great our sins
we can be saved by the power of Divine grace. When we
think of the life and death of Christ, how he humbled and
took upon lifinielf the form of our nature, and then
consider His ignomihious death upon the cross—how he
suffered mocking' and scoffing& for us, what a contrast
to His present position. He is now honoured and glorified
by millions of His believing people—those who have
wished their roles white in His blood; and we look upon
Him as our Saviour. He (the preacher) then referred to
the many Menai promises of grace and mercy God bad
given us, and u his bearers to put their trust in Him,
which they do with every confidence, for lie who
had made such promises could not and would not fail ts,
fulfil them.—The sermon, of which the above is only • very
brief summary, was listened to with marked attention
and Mr. Thies s earnest manner, combined with fluent
speech and clear pronounciation created a very favourable
impression.—ln the evening the chapel was well filled.
Kr. Thies again preached and selected as his text the
sth chapter Acts, 30th to 32nd verses—" The God of our
fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye saw and hanged on •
tree: Him bath God exhalted to be a Prince and • Saviour,
for to give remoteness to Israel and torch eness of sins.
And we are IW witnesses of these things; and so is also
the Holy Ghost, which God bath given to them that
obey Him ;" on which he founded an eloquent sermon,
remarking that we were indebted, in • great measure, to
the Apostles for what we knew of Jesus Christs and then
dwelt on how stedf set the Apostles were in the cause of
Christ, in spite of all they hail to suffer and the many
sacrifices they were compelled to make. But they were
not dependent upon human eloquence for the success sif
their preaching, they were assisted by the Holy Ghost,
and thus the truth as it is in Jesus won its winding way
throughout the earth. And so it is in these days, unless*
we are assisted by the Spirit of God all the preaching
would be in vain—worthless, and powerless He then
referred to Jesus Christ in the two-fold aspect of • Prince
and a Saviour, urged his hearers to put their trust in Him,
and by their every day life show that they loved Him and
were willing to submit to His authority.
HOSOOOII Perry Elusion, Monday.—Before the Mayor (Mr.
G. J. G. Gregory) and Mr. G. Curios
Edward Payee, • labourer, of Fordingten, was sumnimind
for unlawfully steeling a dog, the property of Angelluothasdry,
of Grove Buildings.
Complainant said on ilatarday week, August 29th, he had
Wellouidnditnidjc,triicr l'iiiakePotiTnbeta;l7 Zoshlt dog
;;;Ideil
at the back of his dwelling. ties.. it rile about the minute, to
five in the morning, before he went to work. On his return
shout seven in the evening, he missed the dog and wade
enquiries. Ile next saw the dog on the Moods), at the barracks,
baring gone there, from information ha received, in company
with a policeman lie there found the dog in the possession of
en artilleryman, and thou took out • summons against the
defendant.

George Payne, a little boy of 15, said he lived at lierrincitone
with hie father. Last Saturday week he wee in Mt. lanyon'a
shop, where he wee apprenticed, Just before one ,"sick. when
he as defendant pass by with the dog under his mu_ The
dug sue black we With a white spot on his breast, which
witneen knew belonged te Stanley, and mined defendant If he
knew whom dog it was, and he replied " No." Asked him if he
knew Ham Stanley, of Drove Buildings, and defendant
"Yea' Witness then told hie, it was " Herbert's
(meaning his brother). and he hal sobl it to Stanley for le
Defendant replied he had rec,:ived the dog that morning on the
lion, near the pointainan's house.
Complainant, re-tallod. said he had hal the Jog In his poeimi-
Son a fortnight; it was &small black dog with a white '1,4 In
the breast.

Sergeant William Squires, of the K.H.A., stationed at the
berme. s, said that last Saturday week,ahout 7.30 a. in., he waa in
the barracks when Payne (the defendant), brought the dug (pro-
dud) to hint, and asked for • driver Clemson, in witores's
sub-divielon, and when the latter came, defendant said he was
not the man. He (lefeinhuit) had brought the dog for. nun
he had wen at the Oak the night before. He saki he wu to
let the man have It for half -ii•crown. Wittman told him
there Ina no other Ciminrn in the battery, and, •• he could
net end the man be had seen at the Oak, MMus offered him
Ya for the dog whkit be sanded, and went away. Witness
had had the dog in his pusersoun ever shim
btauley nod the boy recalled, identified the dog now
',Wooed.
Defendant, asked what he had to say, said • pointatuan on
the line told him on the ,aturday mon.ing that be had fouivl
the dog near his box, and as it tvas no good to him, he ('liden.
dant) could have It and do what he liked with it. Hu said he
nude enquiries, and ae he coubl not And out to 11110111 Mt di/4
belonged, thought he could sell it.
lie wee told that tale would not do name bad been told in the
morning by the boy that the dog belonged to and
having soW it after being told that, he wee guilty of stealing
it._ . . . .

The Mayor told defendant they considered the mac proved,
after the by hail told lino the ilo2 lielongoil to Stanley, it was
his duty to but, returned it to him. H• would be fined Is,
the value of the dog, asid the oats, in all el 2e. befeiniant
said for tHoe to pay, and was allowed a week.
The sergeent of artillery was told he would have to give up
tbe dog, and defemMint handed him over the Is be hail receive&
The sergeant asked who was to pay for the keep—he had had
it a week, but was told that was one of the misfortunes of
buying an animal under such circumstances
ifr. Cuomo told him, however, that he left the Court with.
out. utak on his character.
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COCIII PIM 8. daturday.--Bdure Mr. Williams
(chairman), and Mr. K. 0. F. Steward.
Taro privates or the 75th Itegtment, stationed at Weymouth.
sawed William Bird and dlfred Maynard Ara brought up
Mr assaulting the puha and a :ma who went tu the cuustablui

P. C. bider mid on Friday at Weymouth races be was
into a booth to stop souse fighting, apd, going in, saw defen-
dants aud others fighting. He pot Maynard out, when Ltird
followed them and struck witness with something ,in the
Mud. Took Bied to the polite tent Maynard, when ho tisik
him out, commenced kicking him lie wail also exhaled. They
had been drinking, but not much. Witoes4 face was marked
by the blood. A wound on the temple was about ball-au-inch
deli. Did not see what Bird had in his hanol.
%Irdenitel the assault.
ani:l 11W' mid when the constable had Maynard in mini sly
Bird came up and was about to strike him, when tritium
caught bold of his arm to prevent the blow, when he turned
round and asmulted witness. (His right cheek, nose, and fore-
head bore marks of cute and bruise* and his eyes were swollen
and blackened). .

Hard expressed hie sorrow, and said he wee in liquor.
Maynard pleaded it was the aryl time he had been In
trouble.

--The Chairman seal there was no reason why they should not
go to ream it they liked, but they must behave thenuielvm.
They could not be allowed to bait our police, and were melt
matenced to a mootbk hard labour.
• lad mood William Paris was charged with stealing
apples, growing La in orchard, value Id., the property of Mr.
H. Gamic, Puddletown.
Hobert Taylor, balliffto Yr. tienge, said on Sunday morning,
Idth August, he law defendant In the °fewer,' knock iw down
anodes of the trees, and asked hiss what business he had there.
He admitted ems, and refused his name 7be lad lino, •
quarter of a mile off Took film to Hr. Gunge, who directed
him to be summoned. Mr. (Lange wanted it stopped, ILI the
lads were eery troublesome, trespuslng and doing mischief.
He didn't wi'M the lad to be puniehed.
Defendant was cautioned and discharged.