The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-21 00:00:00

BRIDPOZT.

li•oieTheLti.—At the Monday's Borough Polio&
court two young men of North Allington, Praiscia
O'Resie and Proisrick Whatslos, were charged with
I.)eLni.Adrunk and diaorderly On Saturday night, and
s=guilty.—P.O. Witt proved seeing them in
t-strset drunk sad making • disturbanoe. Took
O'Neal to the station, when W hoodoo followed
working a noise, and he was also locked up. There
was a previous conviction against O'Neal., who was
now finied he. and mete, 6a., and Wheadon is. and
meta, 6s.—Both asked for time in which to pay;
Wheadon was allowed • week, but the Bench refused
to grant the favour to O'N•ale, and in oonsequence the
money was paid at own.

Boaooon Pouca, Saturday. —Bel ore the Mayor (J. T.
Stephens.. Lg.), and T. H. Zamtinds. Beg. (.x-Illavor.)
flosancous Casa—Henry 8. Drfr.auv. and W. O.
We about IS years of egia. were apprehended on suspicion
of being eannersed in a robbery. —Sergeant Gale paid that
on the eta inst. there wee stolen from a van in Hut-
street • ammo beg cestaining tools. tina property of
Mx. Charles Lawrence. of Beentinstar. Prisoners bad denied
all kliewiedite of the stair to witness. The younger pri-
m's' bad Stqf'd Solna In Mt. Hawker's Hill after the
things were mused. A. march was made, rind apart of
ih• stolen Property wag found near there. There WO
proof that the other prisoner was out on that night One
of the prisoners admitted having taken a mensal, and
there were some growing In the garden where the thinga
were found. There was • mangol in prisoner's rabbit
bute.b. The sergeant thought they Imre rottn•rted with •
notorious gang of thieves in the town.—The evidence we.
' insufficient VI courier., and prisoners were discharged
after bring cautioned.

Telt Ztrho Minnow. Toe Right Rev. T. E.
Wilkinson, 1).D., late Bishop of au/nand, Bishop-
Designate of Delagoa 13,y, weu the preacher in the
evening, at Si. Swithin's, the pariah church of
Allingion, his sermon being on behalf of his mission.
Owing to heavy storms of rain, the church we. not so
well filled as it otherwise would have been. The Rev.
8. S. !Coddle condoned the preliminary service. The
Rev. doctor took his text from Psalm lxvi., 3
"How terrible art thou in thy works. Through the
greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit
themselves unto thee."—The preacher remarked that
these words of the Psdma were confirmed by the
prophets, and the gospel sealed them until it might be
ea/led the leading lesson of the Bible—to make the
world Christian. There was now not • continent or
country, and seemly an island, which bad not been
touched, and this mainly by the English nation.
England was in a favourable position to do this great
work, and by the possession of territory extending
beyond that of any other nation, we had the
care? of the aboriginal races placed in our kande. These
were great responsibilities, and he would ask what use
we were making of it. After describing the political
reasons for the recent Zulu War, he eluded to the
hostile position the King of Zu'uland maintained.
The result of the Christian teaching among the Zulus
was sufficiently testified by the expressions (quoted by
the speaker) of Si, Garnet Wolseley and the Governor
of Natal. The preacher thought it was the brightest
day for those people when the boundary we. crossed,
for they drew the sword for their freedom. The
Zulus were now by no means unenlightened, their old
superstitions were shaken to their foundations,
and be trusted the missionaries would go back
to their dismantled stations. The great central
Church of England station the people wished to spare,
for they loved thaw places where they found a refuge.
Until some 30 yeses ago the Church had no existence
in South Africa, but now may be found diocese after
diocese, and the gospel wave of Christian truth was
spreading year by year. But there *ere yet nation
alter nation utterly untouched by Christianity in the
regions tun:plots& It wag, he felt, a great national
question upon which we must rise or fall. The Dutch
were a pattern in South Africa, and we, so to weak,
were but on our trial. The great question was—Are
we doing onr duty in that work intrusted to our
charge He thought we were doing a good work
there, where God had bid us dwell, and He intended
we should make those people what we were ourselves.
We have carried sorrow and bloodshed in Africa,
indeed we are anation shedding much blood, and was it
not time that we should wield the sword of the Spirit
The preacher asked for their earnest prayers for the
work. They must raise an endowment of £lO,OOO for
this bishopric, and he would be glad if some would
take collecting cards for the purpose of raising funds.
They should not give to this high work that which coat
them nothing—what they would be ashamed to put
into Ille hand, did He personally ask them for it, for
if it was not in self .denial it was not accepted of Him,
and we should find it when all kingdoms, nations, and
tongues meet together. This work was to be done,
whether just now is not the question—God would have
It done.—The appeal to the congregation for bands we,
well responded to.—Special mission hymns were KrlO.r.
The Bishop delivered a highly interesting and profit-
able lecture to a numeroup audience at the Sch,olr..orn
OD Monday, when the Rev. S. S. Riddle, vicar,
presided.

Mose is generally selected as an important material
In the matter of church decoration, especially at this
season of harvest thanksgiving. Now here's • hint for
those charming young ladies who "go • gathering."
At the quarterly meeting of our Highway Board, held
on Wednesday, it was reported that many mile-stones
in the district were so defaced as to neocesitate repairs.
Now, if the ladies would visit some of the stones, and
divest them of their verdant coat-, for the characters
are now perfectly illegible by reason of a thick armour
of moss, they would not only save themselves a long
tramp through the dewy woodlands, but prove a
blessing to the wayside wanderers, and confer an
ftresable and acceptable favour on the Highway
Board Hata.