The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

BATCOMBE.

AS II$70111•0114711 CATIVI DIALIIL —At Its Bristol
Bankruptcy Court, on Monde,. before Mr. Commis-
aim., MB, W. & Wake, of Hatootobe, eaUle dasher, •
b.,,krups, ins brought up in custody of kir. Oakley,
gonsroor of Taunton cool, to pa his UM examination
and apply for bia rder of disobares.--11r. Clifton, for
inuipmea, said ha could not ask for the bankrupt's
Jiachstgs from prison. He came there to get nd of
some damages found against him in • trial at Tmaboo,
but unfortunately the detaining meditor had not
1... es his oasts, and they Imo not Manors a debt prove.
all. under Om bankruptcy. With read to the other
,ebt., his asked for an order of discharge. Tbu
bankrupt then passed Ids last examination sad was
glimiternSiatd and order of din:harp from the ciebtesorarsoted
tie bankesptior.

Win RTAFFORD MISSIONARY MEETING.
Tbe anniversary of the West Stafford amosietion
of the Chanao Missionary satiety was held on
Tuesday evening, in the Initial manner and with
thiaseseleined swages. It has long been one of
the Mad flourishing mooch/ions of the society, if,
Wks* it does not steed alone for the ere. riding great-
Ma Its results. Confessedly, this is attributable to
tie zealous labours of Mrs. Reginald Smith, and the
Itelnety ewe" • deep debt of gratitude to that lady.
The " mission•ry day" is • well marked event in the
lastroohial anomie, and each recurring festival wham
together a oonsiderable number of them in the neigh-
bourhood who tithe an interest in the week. With
this meeting are assoeiated the most agreeable remise-
maces. The very success which has been obtained
givw iciai to such festival, the hearty genial shares:4er
of the proceedings is Ifighly refreshing, and the
pleasant welcome which visitors from • distant*
...iee at the rectory, is but another evidence of the
kindly nature of Mrs. Reginald Smith, and the
much...teemed rector of the pariah. The absence
of the Rev. Reginald Smith from the meeting, front
oonsiderstions touching his health, wee universally re.
'ratted, although it is • matter for thankfulness that he
has been restored to that measure of health and strength
which he now experienees. The variable thareater of
the weather caused some apprehensions lest • wet
evening might mar the enjoyment of this rural gather-
ing, hot, happily, it continued fine throughout the day,
and the evening was one of the plemiantest at this glad
swoon of the year, when all the country round is smiling
with tokens of God's goodness, fragrant with the sweet
went of May blossoms, and jocund with the ea:rolling
of bird.. A goodly company assembled in the village
ehnreh at half•past six. The sacred edifice had received
that floral adornment, at the hands of the parishioners,
which seems peculiarly appropriate on joyous occasion,.
The entrance gate was embed with floweis and ever'
pftns intermited, and the porch was decorated with
kneel and spring flowers, while immediately over the
door wea inscribed, in capitals of various colours on •
white ground, with an edging of fir and &isles, the
motto, "Lord, if our works in thee be wrought, they
shall be blest indeed. Build op thy rising church
and place —tits city on a hill." In the Interior
the adornment showed more warmth of colour.
The old rood screen bad a handsome beading
of brilliant blooms, laid upon a delicate base of ivy
leaves and moss, and the arch over the aisle was
marked out by ma edging of alternate white and
scarlet flowers. The head ot the pulpit was entwined
with greenery, *eked cut with white blowouts at the
listenseetioes. On either side of the Worth were the
mottoes, "The harvest truly I. plenteous, but the
labourers are few," sad " As the glories" gospel hes
hien freely given to as, freely let se support it." The
frontqf the gallery at the west cad bore the legend, "It
is more blessed to give than to itiesive," and on either
side were emblems of eternity. The Sorel decora-
tions and mottoes were by Mrs. Biome's, Mrs. Gill,
and Mrs. Pole, assisted by Jane Reid, the daughter of
the parish clerk, and the school children and their
parents devoted the chief floral produee of their pottage
prdens to the adornment of the church. hrs. Herbert
Williams and other friends in the neighbourhood, sent
abundant supplies of choice flowers. be Bac C. W.
Bingham presided at the meeting, and there were
present: The Rev. T. W. Knipe, the Rev. K Head-
land. the Rev. P. Eliot (Bournemouth), the Rev. G. R.
Motile, the Rev. F. J. Mottle. the Rev. Hendley
the Rev. H. Pigott, the Env. W. Urquhart, the Rev. P.
I). 0. fiylveeter. the Rev. E. Ludlow, the Rev. John
Miller (All Sainte, Dorchester), the Rev. Mr. Bothentley,
the Rev. H. Randolph, the Rev. It. C. Marriott, the
Rev. J. Evans, the Rey. W. Eliot, and the Rev. H.
Miles. Amongst the laity were—Mr. and Mrs. Prevost,
R. Williams, q.. Edward Pewee, Esq., Mies Pears",
Mrs. Eliot, Mrs. and Mies Anderson the Misses
Kindersley, Mr. and Mrs. P. Smith. id. end Mrs. R.
if. Eliot. Miss Franke Mrs. Francis Smith, Mrs.
Knipe, C. Churchill, Esq., Mr. G. Eliot, Mr. G.
Mayo, Mrs. G. Andrews and Mies Andrews, Mrs.
Elsey. Mrs. Arden, Mrs. Cooper Kies Grimwoed, Mrs.
W. Urquhart, the Mimes Smith, Mr. Evans. the
Mimes Miller, Mrs. Bothamley, Mrs. E. Burnett, Mr.
J. Good tutd Mrs. Good, Mr. and Mrs. R. Smith, Mrs.
Doke, Mr. G. Wood Homer. Missillesitb, Mies Cooper,
Mira Lock, Mr. and Mrs. Warne, Kiss Chili:on, the
Mimes Flower, Kw. G. Symone* Miss Boyce. Ike.
After singing the familiar missionary hymn, "Prom
°remised's Icy mountains," prayer was offered by the
Rev. T. W. Haim The emirate' said he was truly
"Ltd to welcome such a large company. bathe was afraid
that some of them would be a little disappointed in not
seeing the dew and ego/Bent minister of the parish
presiding an usual at that missionary meeting, but,
as he thought, the Rector had been very wisely
persuaded. considering that he ia not yet thoroughly
restored to health, to absent himself. He felt that be
owed some little apology to them for standing in the
Rector's plaw, but he thought that sines he (the Rev. '
Reginald Smith) and himself ha I been friends for shout
4575515, he had some little claim to stand before them
as his representative. And in mother sense, perhaps,
he had been oher.en to weepy his place, namely, as being
the repraentative of the Church Missionary Society in
this district, and certainly feeling an unornally warm
Interest in the welfare of this Stafford association. H•
only wished that everybody who wine out of different
parishes front Stsfford to that place on the present
occasion, when they went home would see if they
weld not stir up their own parishes and the friends
around them to do as much for the Church Missionary
Society as, by God's infinite blessing. Stafford had been
permitted to do. He was happy to tell them that the
last was the society's mod successful year up to the
present time, althee/6 he did not think that contribu-
tions amounting to £190,000 a year derived from the
asso:istions throughout the ettntry, was at all • fair
rem« ',legion of the wealth of the Church of England
generally. At last year's meetiog it was reported that
the funds derive( from emaciation' had been greater
than before. pd now • further advents, of 515,000 had
been made. ow it devolved upon him to tell thrill
what portio of that sum had been gathered in this
parish during the pest year. The subscriptions were £l6,
collection alter last annual meeting £44, for the
Poiladislphia school, Tinnevelly, 47. jovenlle missionary
association, el 10a, total, 2fiB 10". He had been
making a little calculation, the result of which was
that if every parish in Dorset did as much for the
Church Miesionary Society as does Stafford, instead of
, the county contributing £1.500 or £I:600 • year, it
would send up more than £20,000 a year ! or, about •
sloth part of the total sum collected from
all the associations in the country. By thew

ficures be thought he had made oat his
claim to call upon thou from other parishes
to see it they could not do is little more for the society
elsewhere. seeing that if it only received from other
parishes as much u it did from Stafford, bow very
large the increase would be. Now Stsfford was not •
large parish, it was not even of average size. It was
true that all the subscriptions to this areleciation were
not derived from Staffutd people, but he did not know
that it was impossibie to gather elsewhere In a simian
manner to what was annually dons there. All that was
wanted was somebody to stir them up, like, he was going
to uy, the good spirit who stirred them up there. If
they had—he would speak it out —a Mrs. Reginald
Smith in every parish in the aunty, he believed 'Nese,
would contribute at kast 1120,000 • year to the Church
Missionary Society—The Rey. P. Eliot, of Bourse-
mouth, Premising that it was unnecessary in Stafford to
state the objects of the society, urged the high
honour of being "fellow.lsbourere with God" in
missionary work, and observed, that If this was kepi in
view, it would hod them to make larger offerings and
more earnest prayers in furtherance of the holy enter.
prise. One object of these meetings was to join in
prayer for God's blaming on missions, and another that
their Warts might be stirred up by what they heard,
either as information. argument, or appeal, to a warmer
Interest in the cause of the society. He then directed
attentioe to the cork carried on by agents of the
moiety at the Yymioon settlement In the most distant
part of north-west America, as Illustrative of the
elisracter of the missionaries themselves, the subjects
of the work, its drab:tallies, and he sumo. The
narrstive he pve was deeply interesting. In conclusion
be observed that while many scoffed at missionary
work as though it were the mere enthusiasm of a few in
this country, such instances am he had given proved the
reality of the work done and that It was blessed of God,
and should lead them to be more earnest and self.
denying in the eause.—The Rev. George E. Mode,
missionary from Niogpo, followed with • Welsh on the
idolatriu of China, meter very interesting tuts con-
cerning the worship of Buddha with it. ritual similar to
that of the Roman Catholic church, of the "Goddess
of Mercy" or, "the °odium who perceive' the sounds
of the world," of the difficulty the Chinese have in
understanding a Supreme Ruler in the sense we regard
God, of their worship of aseestors, and of the Chinese
belief in Gods of almost everything they tuu—such as
god of the cendle-14bt, god of the fire, god of the south-
east corner of the house, god of the kitchen, the last of
which is • very important deity, he. In conclusion he
pee a history of the daughter-Inlay of Stephen
Ming, and related a remarkable eonvereatioa with
her as her belief in Christ. Lastly, he made •
fervent appeal to any who might be galled to
"come over and help us."—The Rev. R. Headland
remarked on the snootiness signs in the canoe of the
society, and referret to the increase of the native
pastorate in foreign leads with special pleasure.
Finally he adverted to the remarkable life of the lately
dimmed venerable New Zeeland missionary, who was
so highly respected by the settees, that two hostile
tribes suspended their warfare to do helium to his. at
his funeral. In errealasion be saintested they should,
on that ocreardon, make thank-offerinp to God for
having tutored to health the beloved rector of the
parish.—The Chairman made a few concluding remarks,
and after singing • hymn, said the grace. —The collection
at the close amounted to £33, Including donstioas of £5
by Robert Williams. Req., £3 from P. P., ks from Mrs.
Dieby, El from Lady Charlotte Start, Mrs.
Footman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haynie. R. Etaveshill,
Esq., Rev. Reginald Smith, J. Moyer, Req., ILP., Dr.
Skutt Hawkins, and 10e. from Lieutenant-Colonel
Brown, Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. Henry Farquharsou, and the
late J. Harm, The visitors were eo
welcomed et the notary. The Rev. Reginald Tmaa
was aishl himself lo me such of his friends as drank tea
Where Were the meeting, and Kra. Regleald Smith
meet kindly rewired those who accepted her Levitation
to take some refreshment at the Rectory Were return.
log home.