The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-03 00:00:00

INSOLVENCY.

A meeting of the .reli:ors of Mr. JAhn Parry, of }harm
FArsu, Corns Abbas, was held at ?hi A.-std.)). Huts!. on
Tu,,cay. Th., creditors were !..rely represented, rn .ng
th m IF.i, g Mr. E. Steel; D .rchester (be chair); Mr.
til y (.Sooner and Silky). Elk,; Mr. J. Mitchell,
Demslenz W.mborne; Mr. Da44ill Pool, ; Bradford
and Sn., Iteovil ; Dr. Alcamo,. Cerne : Mr. Follett.estin•
ing's Curt, Pelham; Mew.. Curti' C'ark, Biles, Chick.
Ceinc ; Mr. 0 Symonds, Sydling; Mr. Duke, Woodsford.
t... Ur. A. Pop.. (Andrews, and Andrewr) Der.
thester.represented theiniole rut nd Mr. S Watts(Yeevil)
was present on h ball of tke creditors. It was stet d the
liabilities f thu debtor amounted to about £B.OOO, of
which £l.lOO Was partly secured. Th.l valuation of the
stock and effects was put at about SAX% from which,
after deduction for rent had been made, there would be a
balance available to pay Is. 81. in the Z. It was agreed
thu wall should be woand up by liquidatbm, and that
6.. RI. in the .Cll3acctptod, provided a stiflicient guarantee
Is giyell to the satiafaction of Messrs. FiVlett and Bailey.
Mr. S e lees. aprednted trustee. The romp,' Alien will
be syab& within & month of thu re.-ond m. wing, which
ii ni lor %Vadat,: day, February 4th.
THE HANGCHOW MISSION.

It o. • very unfavourable night on Wednewlay„ when
the annual meeting of the friends ..1 Ilangchow Miseion
was held at the rchoolroom. E cat Kodington, eet over 100
se.embled. The R-v. George Motile, late missionary in
China, ex.Libited awl explained • curious collection of
Chinese objects slmch were displayed on • ahelf at the
sit-, including tie contrivances for raising water,
w,rkel by people's feet or the buffalo. rice-husking, corn
wionos ing machine., picture. illustrating trades, and
drawl, ly Christian Chinese. On the table were Chinese
umbrella, women'. since, chopsticks and knife, looks, and
In Let quite • small museum of the works of the land of
tea.

Alter eingizur the hymn. commencing
"Jesus shall reign where'er the sun.
Datil his suceasstre journeys run."

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Pc.y,r was °growl, and the R3V. liaNDLia MOULII read
part of the 49th Isaiah, containing the promise with
regard o the land of Siam, supposed to be Chien
R iv. Ogoncig Mouut read the duancial statement of
the fund for this year, the 15th after it. estetilishment.
The collections tins year will be eine on lA, and the
expenditure not so much, so that from this year there is
a balance., and on the whole a balance of about £lOO.
Si., 18 or 90 agents are ernpl iyed in the district*, stuns
of them being paid by the Church Missionary Society,
whch however, in debt., so that the missionaries have
been orSered to make • reduction of live per cent. in their
expen-es. The nuinhez of vill*ges t inched by the truth
has increased from 11 to 25. in fpiti of persecution of the
enquirer., their mulberry trees having been cut down.
Prayers wore asked for the missionaries, and also for their
native helpers, 1 at they should fall back Into the corrup-
tion out of which they were drain.
Rev. A. Mout; who had gone to the mission work in
Haaaaaaw sca,r years ago, raid the work in the Great
Valley district was mainly traceable to the establishment
of the liangchow Fond. When his brother left for
England is, April, 1876, Mr. A. Mollie WS/ left almost
alone. In the spring some th usands of people visit the
large temples to the west of Ilanstchoie and here they
coo tinue sense six weeks. On one occasion hi. helpers went
out t,, to the great ulna of pilgrims, and although he
had much fear for them, and set to meet them, they
came back with pockets full of cash, having ail • large
number of boo/u. At another time they met so much
encouragement that he was induced to rent a room for
iniquirere, and this was done by means of tbe lisnichow
I Fund. The :muter of converts bad increased five or six
! fold in 'he last five pars, and, although the history of the
wok is one of perneution, *et it is one of almost
uniiriken success and gro•th. Tame years ago lb 're was
not a Christian in the district, now there are hondreds,
and on one very rainy day, perhaps the heaviest
rainfall the missionary had seen in Chine, 61 Christians
collected from 19 towns and villages, and represented a
' much larger number. When persecution broke out in the
very centre of the silk•gros lug country some of the mul-
berry tress had been cut down, an injury which the
people raid was almost worse than breaking their legs.
In Ilangcbow itself the number of women enquirers is
increasing, and in one place 11 women are enquiring,
a very rich man, who was for a long time afraid of his
father, had at last become • Christian, and the
missionaries left there are greatly cheered at the
spread of the work. In conclusion the rev. missioany
said the effect of the persecution on the mission.
arise there is of the most wearing kind, and he asked
Christians to pray to God that the converts and
missionaries may have rest. Secondly, be I ointed out
the importance of the Ilangchow Fund, and urged lb.
• tutoscri bora not to retreat. Hai it not been for that fund
some of the agencies would have fobs given up altogether
In consequence of the threatened withdraw's/ of minion-
' arias through the debt on the Church Missionary Society.
T.. 0 work mantle that society wen about £lOO • year,
therefore they would not think the balanoe of £lOO WU
not wanted ; but in conclusion he asked them to take care
that the fund shall never cease.
Rev. lbdroUrr Meattn having aided some remark, on
the painfulness of psnecution, and impressed the necessity
of prayer that It might he put down, pointed out that for
all Protestant minion: it is believed that only about
£1,005.000 • year is rained, or about equal to that required
f or tilting out one of the largest ironclad', sent by Christian
nations to wage war.
The collection at the clomp of the meeting produced
about

WRYXOI7TH.

Votorms Enicisters.—Recent statistics show
that there are in Dorsetahire no his than 1,112 volun-
teer efficient&
A iiissmrsims Grit —Sir Frederic '
Johnstone,
Bart. M.P., has kindly caused about 90 tons of coal
to he distributed among the poor of the town. This
will prove most acceptable to many a poor and dis-
tressed family during the present severe weather.
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ODDTELLOWSHIP. The members of the "Great
Eastern" Lodge of Oddfellows in this town intend to
celebrate the anniversary of the opening of their new
hall by a public supper, to be bald at Mr. Cooke's
newly-erected dining room in Auguita-place. A com-
mittee has been appointed t make the necessary
arrangements, and full particulars will be shortly
announced.

ANNUAL SUPPIR AT nil HALF MOON.—The annual
supper of the Half Moon Hotel (proprietor, Mr. }Call-
away), was held on Monday, when Mr. Holt
(Devenish and Co.) presided. The usual loyal toasta
were proposed and duly honoured, Corpsral Gillett
responding for the army, Sergeant Dean for the navy,
and Mr. Hall for the reserve forces. " Glivses
round" were given at the expense of Messrs. Devenish
and Co. and Mr. Kellaway. Capital songs u ere sung,
and the evening was spent very pleasantly.
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TR! STIAN LAUNDET.—The Weymouth and Mel-
combo Regis Steam Laundry Works, beyond the
Backwater' are now almost completed. The
boiler arrived ma Thursday, and other portions of the
machinery are expected. The engine, machinery, &c.,
will, we understand, be supplied by Messrs. Bradford
and Co., at a cost of about £1,500. The building
presents an exceedingly elegant •ppearance, ant does
credit to the plans and designs of the archit, et, Mr.
S. Jackson, of Weymouth. There seems every likeli-
hood of A prosperous career for the new venture, in
which many persons of our town have invested some-
what largely, and we can only wiph it every success.
Nil% W. AL Thiselton is the secretary, to whom appli-
cation should be made for the renaaining shares.

SHIITING NEWB.—AniO4lB : Great Western, Blain-
pied, Cherbourg, general; Aquila, Flisher, Jersey and
Guernsey, general; South of Ireband, Pearn, Cher-
',contr. West, Fresivrickeon, Nakskov,
barley; L. dy f the Lake, Knight. ,ea, fish; Guide,
Attwooll, sea, fish; Caroline, Woods, sea, fish;
Georgina, Filmer, London, oats; Hansen,
Nakskov, barley ' • Tamar L ive, Britiport, rand.—
&dings: I..idy of the Lake. K ,ight, fishing, nil ;
Attwooll, fishing, nil; ••-amuel an I Mary,
Wood, fishing, nil; Carotin., Wood, fishing, nil;
Courier, Fa-tidal!, fishing, ; South of Ireland,
Pearn, Cherbourg, general; Great Western, Blam-
pied, Cherbourg, general ; Guide, Barden, seeking,
ballast; Flisher, Guernsey and Jersey,
general.
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BURIAL BOARD. -On Monday a meeting of the
parishioners was held in St. Mary's vestry for the
election of three gentlemen to represent the parish on
the Burial Board, and to fix a day for receiving the
accounts of the Board, &c.-The chair was taken by
Mr. H. Raggett.-There were also present Mr. G.
Andrews, sen., Mr. G. Andrews, jun., Mr. J. E.
Robens, Mr. Rowe, Mr. Lanning, Mr. Tigwell, Mr.
H. Fooke, &c. -The following were the retiring mem-
bers : Mews. J. Milledge, Robene, and J. Talbot.-
Mr. Rowe proposed and Mr. Tigwell seconded their
re-election. -Mr. Limning advocated a little more of
the dissenting element on the Board, but Mr. G.
Andrews, sen., said when • dissenter dropped off his
place was usually filled by another dissenter, and so in
the case of a churchman.-Mr. Robens said they had
always worked well together and no difference had
arisen since he had been on the Board.-Mr. G.
Andrews also thought it would be • pity to disturb the
unanimity of the meeting. -Mr. Lanning, however,
disclaimed any personal feeling in the matter.-The
motion was ultimately carried.-The meeting then pro-
ceeded to elect two auditors, and on the motion of Mr.
J. E. Bohan', Messrs. Style and Tigwell were elected.
-The 28th of April was appointed as the day for
receiving the socounte of the Board.