The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-17 00:00:00

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

being preceded by a tea at the Temperance /Tall.
of
The proceedingi were sTasc.„,heldHaolnl
The fifteenth anniversainovbied
over
by
Shaftesbury who was accompanied on the plat-
form meetingthin at teht3e.
Thursday ; the evening
f by the Mayor (Mr. Kemp-Welch), the
the Earl of
Hon. E. Ashley, M.P., Rev. .1. A. Lawson, Rev, 0.
Savery, Rev. 0. Morgan Rev• J. H. Osborne, Aldermen
,
Stvring and Fictive, and other gentlemen. The meeting
OHO
was opened with prayer, after which Mr. Prot'
t secretaries read the report, which show
the total number of members to he O. The total amount
received from suterriptiona, lectures, etc., amounted to
of Ble.
The ESA Of SHAFTESBURY then addressees' the meeting
£35 hi'. 41d. ; of which there remained a balance in hand
at mine length, urging the importance of young men
joining such societies, which said he.! beheve to be an indis-
pensable necessity more than other institutions in the
times in which we live and I think we have in a great
measure ii ratification of the public opinion on that point,
lecaii•e these institutions, that commenced from very
small beginnings, have now extended over the whole
breadth Of Europe -(hew, hear). I am sure that, in
the progress of events, the neres.sity will become
more manifest even than it is now, and I hope
this will lead to the result that these institutions will have
multiplied sevenfold. You roust recollect that the whole
of Um ementritse of Europe are now, some more and some
less -and this country is taking the lead among the
civilised nations of the earth-engaged with all the seal
and emergy they Fall conmand in the pursuit of calumets-et
and the adoption of the comme-rcial principle. Now,
ttttt ruerce and the commercial principle, great blessings
In themselves awl necssaary tool] civiliseel mankind, must,
like everYthing that man undertakeeshe placed under and
goveroed by regular and stated principles. I 3111 0 fly to
NIT -sod you must know as well is I do--that the com-
neen•ial prineiple, leading naturally to extravagant com-
petition, will also lead to a want of delicacy in many
tustenees in the mode in which that competition should he
carried on ; :rid it rerteinly is a fact that the commercial
hos ttttt r of this country does not now stand on so high a
level es it did some years ago. I say that, not from my
own observation, Ind from the observations of those who
themselves are engagesl in the highest enterprises of
commeree. Why is that, and how are we to counteract
the difficulties of a new generation of men who are to
enter into commercial life! These young men, members
of a Christsin Young Men's Society, are thew who here
aid In all parts of the world, shall be the great trailers,
the great merchants, the great representatives of the
commercial principle; therefore, for the sake of the
honour of our country, nor, for her very safety, it is
necessary that they should represent to all intents and
peerpetes the worth of the priuriple which this nation
Professes, and of those precepts which are laid down for
the regulation of private life- (hear, hear). Can aynone
doubt what we see-how the whole of our commerce is
beginning to fuel, in all part, of the world, the frauds, the
deceits, the fearful adulterations that are carried on in
aimed all our manufactures of articles that are sent over
the whole of the globe! So late as only a few months ago
the greatest cotton spinner in England, Mr. Hugh Mason,
sad in a public speech, in the presence of all his
colleagues in the cotton trails, that unless there
was more honesty, inure principle, more loyalty in
regard to the articles they sent out for the trade of foreign
nations, this country must sink in general eat iniation and
must become a second-rate power, as a consequence of
their own dishonesty. These are very serious matters. I
have touched only upon cotton, but I might go into almost
every trade and show that this practice is going on in the
course of competition. How does this bear upon the
present question t Because et vast number of young men
are brought up in these commercial houses ; a vast number
of them are from the country-trained, perhaps, by godly
parents, imbued with sound principles, and probably
anxious to carry into effect the teachings they had learned
at their parents knees. They go into those great com-
mercial houses, and the first thing thee learn is how to
give short measure and false weight, They sre compelled
slo it, and you can hardly expect that young men I.f IR
or 19 years of age, having no one to rely upon, can resist
the influence d authority which tells them that such a
thing must be done or shall not he shuse for the purpose of
trade-'(hear, hear). There are mane inoredemptations
to which young nion are exposed, and the only way they
have of being aavt4 brain them is by forming themselves
into associations such as this. I strongly recomineorl all
the young toga in Poole who have not joined the 'society
to do AO at once and thus receive, as soon as possible, the
mighty benefits to be derived from such an institution.
But in talking about young men I don't mean to exclude
young woolen. I should very much like to nee a Yonng
Women'. Christian Association . • we have then in London
and must beiniticid they are. I regard then more than
societies"( young men, because they are in a more heln-
less position be case of undue influence being used towards
theirs I wish such societies talc formed, and I want the
piling women belonging to them to collie nut as Sunday
School teachers. I have hail very considerable experience,
and I know that very few young women- perhaps not one
in ten-go to Sunday schools. You are throwing away
great opportimithe whi-1 God has put into your hands.
No men who ever lived are equal to teach children as well
as are these large nutuber of young women that I see
before me. It is essentially the province of woolen to
teach the children, and, if they would go among the
rouglos" -blessed with all that influence that modesty,
truth, awl decency connoted -they would have woe
power over those roughs than all the constables and
school-mader, in Poole -(cheers). You must he pitimion
your goonl respecting the literature of the present day :
you omit he very careful. Literature now is of a very
various and unsatisfactory character ; it is if all kinds ;
smite i• foe the purpose of introducing heretical and infidel
thoughts int, the hearts of others, and fir the destruction
of all purity of thought and modesty of demeanour.
'filo, was Wile 3 the RAMOS of certain publishers were a
gmerantee i,f tic, book you bought of them. That has
oossed away, aid I sin sorry to say over the whole range
of the landowning business there are very few firms
reniainirg now into whose shop you could go aid take up
a look and ay, "hem-am., Mr. So-and-So published it I
know it is safe for circulation.- It is a very great and
insidious danger, and so vast, minute, and constant, that
I apprehend from it the gravest results moral and sierituaL
on the condition of this country. I believe there are
hundreds and thousands of instances in which boys are
led into crime through the intoxicating class of literature
which is now published All UMW are matters which
can he tied omily by public opinion. It is to no purpose
attempting to put Dieu down by law, for no lawyer ever
heed wh cool,' draw the clauses of an Act of Parliament
to meet this needier literature : there it is, and it cannot
be reas•hed except by public opinion, by perpetual vigil-
ance, and by the operation of ourSableath School teachers
-(hear. hear). Sabbath Schouls are a million-fold mote
valuable thou at any former time, mud indeed have risen
into au inslispensohle necessity -(clieens). I low much rests
with you to whom it hos pleased Gul to give knowledge
and leisure ; With these gifts which he has bedewed on
you, it is for you to do all that in you lks to impart that
knowledge and c ate it to the hearts and minds
of others. I see by your programme that you have had
lewtures uifl various sulijects, respecting whieh any thing
ii.eful is to lie known. Nothing can be better to improve
mai eeveepy your leisure thee and to keep you from any
of those mischievous runusements in which otherwise
your Is would be employed. I also see that you have
had I,,eture ns o seientiti • subjects. I sun ery glad of this.
I litre said lately, and I will say it again, that I wish
a hundn-d thousand more minds were engaged in
scion.° than at this moment, for I am sure the more
you Imo., the, deeper you go, and the greater the
nes:simulstion of fl-ts, the stronger is the evidence in
&dewss of fLe grand old Book and everything
Ii contains, from the litst chapter el Genesi*
to the last ehapter taevelations--(dmera),
Therefore I am delighted to find that some of your
friends have determined to give scientific lectures. I only
pray that they will keep to facts, and will not 1111 your
minds with crude theories and fanciful conjectures -
matters created to-day and exploded to-morrow, leaving
no result at all but the utter ruin of the minds to whom
they are addressed- (hear, hear). All these things may
fill up your leisure time, and I dare say you will go back
to your daily oecupation with much more heart and zest..
IL'un, of these things can he thought of, awl form a treat
to your minds, intellectually, while engaged in doing your
york and followiug your °raillery occupation. I don't
Wish to curl, the umbition of any young man beyond this.
Let them iwiulge it to the fullest extent they can, con-
elsteutly with the position they wen& and the duties
they have to discharge. • Depend upon It if any of you
have a mind of genius and are emu' to these things, it
will he developed itt due thee, set" you will emerge out of
the ranks in which you are awl rise to these ranks you
wish to occupy. There is this great consolation for those
who wish to rise higher intellectually, to enter into all the
lengths and depths of knowledge, to know everything
that can be known, to see everything that can be seen, ter
dive into the unknown world, and faney they know all
that is there when they kimw nothing about it-there is
1.11.:t Cart consolation, that if you go forward ii, tle• course
that Euel haz appcdnted to you, and du your duty in that
state of life to Which Stls ycu may ever have
your eyes fixed upou the etornity that arts
.you and
ever remember
the promise of our blessed Is, , 'Seek ye
first the Kingdom of Gel and ilia rieliteousness, and all
those things shall be added unto you -(loud cheers).
The Rev, T. Poets then addressed the meeting on the
subject of early esansecration, dwelling upon the ali-
Ininoessseee of the Bible, and of showing forth practically
k hristisaity.
The Hon. L. ASHLEY, 14.1%, Blatt IYa.5 loudly cheered,
also briefly addressed the mewling. lie said: If see have
been told that the commercial interests at this country
require an infusion into theme( flirtation inonillty, 'which
I lergdy believe, I venture Oil this platfotia as being
keitat uma- can a political character, to assert that the
polities of this kotantry in the pn:sent and in the future
;10 .1 will require also so infusiou of ttial Christianity
(cheers). And I say that those young men who constitute
the voters of this great free constitutional country axe
called upon daily to take part ill tuntttra where great
IESOCS are iuvolved, and there are a number of
questions soustmily corning. beforg. the representative
housesof this mm-mu,,collides. itlieohlonde aPert anq above
the sphere of party: drowsed is t, fission llioST the..
many nientiou, for instance, the questions of shiver and
if missionary euterprise, awl the holding
_up of • Skate
exusupic of religion to fureign countries. These thouaand
and una matters in which ne are engage', have per.
reptilde power ovgr the whohi .4 the others ; them
numberless questions ooeceni Christiali truth, and I
believe firmly these i oung men who belong to tlhri.tiau
Aa..o.,attion„a„ii- ii li,, ,seedderable eflect iti moulding
thetn in the future.

The Rey. g. KNE: eerommeeolod that an effort should
he made to siitenit the influence of the society beyond
Poole, so no to me,t the operntionn a other societies in
various town: in Donut and liatui•hiro.

The fter. SAVERY hrietly espresso' his heartiest
wt,bei for the !titan, of the soeiety.

The MATOIL eopaeLa tote of Wanks to tb, rhairjun,
Ile remarked that in the day of tiliarle. 11. two welkin:fa
of the rhairman's family represented the borough of Foyle
Ih.riianient. They hail now renewed the connection—
(eheera) ftc w.s sure the inectin., hail listened to his
lordship's whim. with Ur greatest pleasure, for it caw
with an authority that hot 001011 front most men—
(hear, hear). If it was not presuming too mueli. be would
enpreasa hipu that they might see his lorildtip again—
(ehcer.).
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1 'Phu CHAIRMAN said :It has given iue great pleasure and
, emu/action to attend here to-night, and I hope that the
reoult of this meeting will Is: a considerable addition to
the members of the association. The Mayor has said that
a connection between Poole and the Ashley family existed
eoenty 200 years ago' and has been renewed by tuy eon.
All I can say is that ii it is broken again it will be your
fault and not his —(laughter and applause). As to the
Lord Lieutenancy I 'hall he very glad to see you again
esactly in the sante .position that I now mu in—myself Ile
1114 Lieutenant Of• the county
tiald,
Evelyn as
member for Poole. This may tie called raiteaa.dee. but I
tell it you in contidenai, mut hope it wsll boyond
the four walls id this room -(laughter). My friend gr.
Savory mid he knew rite both as Lord Ashley and as Lord
Shaf.in Mitt caur'paciittiems:inlitoun'iTrury nitiember that when Mr 4
Stowei the author .4 that admirable work " Uncle Tomes
'aide
ill slaver/. and tie, people of A no•coa were very indignant
and asliiiA what busieess I hail to interfere ; they said
114.1 ',ever hoard im• boor,. asked " Where
Si as lie Ashley was lighting the
no, Megt Mr. Siet cry is wiser thau Idie Yankees - tlauglitm
and applause).

The,ran- ovum: we.* a ,Tow led 'me: and hiring the pne.
reediug s a .4eiretioil "Sonya of Zioll as sung
IT the
Ao:lean Evaneeli4s, was aunt by Mr. C. Williams, of
Londpo, to whom f, vote of than w,,COrdiallY aCCUPIOII.
rn
The doxology having been sung and the buiee,liction
pronounced, the waiting separatod.

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THREE fine Jack were caught on Thursday in Mr.
Newlyn's river. They weighed respectively one 15 pounds
and two 12 pounds each.
°SOROS liINGISLAND, dairyman to Mr. Newman, of
Burton, was committed on Thursday to take his trial at
the Quarter Sessions, on • charge of robbing his employer.
Tg FREs AccommODATION AT CHURCH.--A meeting
to consider the way in which this may be improved, was
held on Tuesday, but as no definite scheme was forth-
coming, the meeting ad iounied to the Z3rd inst.
PROVISION AGAINST Fiar.—The town at present being
In an alnio4 diefencele4 condition against any serious
outbreak of tire, a vestry meeting is oonvened for the
pith inst, to consider the proposal to provide a fire engine
and life saving apparatus.

CREMATION AT DRESDEN.
1 w B01711.118:11017TH.
.RtNit NOIULIs, a carpenter sustained severe injuries : A second act of cremation has been suceessfully per.
new buildings on the West CM.
on Weduesday last, by falling from the acatfulding of 1101110 4 fudormyedmirketh.e.sirmcoen.ouvheretat Diresilie I.en
uinrrewnhmicht.thkepi..,boaly ...if
the evening of the tith instant. The body was again that
VisiTonst —Amongst the recent arrivals are Lai.is of a lady, the young wife -aged only Zi-- of a South
Dynevor, the Hon. 0. S. Duff, Mrs. Harcourt Vernon,
German physician. 'lle hall around the furnace was
Hon. and Right Rev. Bishop of Sake and Kan, the Hon. ,
decorated with flowerg, and in every other respect the
Mal Rice Trevor, Lady and Miss Shaw Lefevre, the Hon. solemnity which should attend so serious • rite was duly
and Rev. Bag:amen and others.
observed. No clergyman could, however, be found to
IrrininSTleu TO BOIUNISTIL -The Rev. H. M. Wilkinson , take part in the ceremony and speak a burial address over
zirsitesdiato..,therye ffahristaekcarnoreAh.eXusnepeunrszoLiktirediCaze.,,t
...„,,,,,,fe. i the dead body, so Herr Siemens, the constructor and pro-
Precri.et:hrucemr, afatothrolf:hcreoichvelhuedoceointliiwvirlwassareculaeliftitedrbounttoolthimeepedreys:rneivi
Hooker to be Unrieslaris Nsgh•eta. The only I
British Isles where it is known to dwell is one small ditch
near Bisterne. Hampshire. In this neighbourhood the the lady s friends by an iron door, but a small number of
Ray. H. IL Wilkinson resides. . ehYsicians and other scientific men witnessed the opera.
Notice Is given that application will be made to Perna- tiito6iaroftshaarb4lethtciniunrrgthinittwenoalfaLhv:Thtehietlierdreli!iiinrithheinge
sethunessett:i.,erbodtbilye
merit in the ensuing Session for an Act to enclose certain
common lands in the parishes of Christchurch and
Riantred as a transparent flame of • pale reddish hue.
ailecemldeentehtu.rydanfodr ctuitesanfoort derrtAii": pradbrirscreato titre peanrdseinsor ere was no smoke nor any unsightly transformation of
turtobarybe the . When the coffin was consumed the body
In its natural state, then red hot, and at last
drigllemlnchltuuwidtiimith6neaboLoThutrtifac.threiktiet
appeared to be of translucent white. From this it
the purpose of a cemetery for Bournemouth, crumbled into ashes. Up to the period of it. entire con-
- gumption by the flames the process was merely as a rapid
--.....---...-....
YMffioanf ol.Fth)desentokrusto"pbrv:lP7e:doted to
drying up. After 78 minutes all organic matter was gone,
and nothing remained but • small heap of ashes, which
was conveyed away in an urn.
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EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHAPEL
Zion Chanel, in Nottingham, has just seen • practical
conflict of spiritual authority. The appointment of a new
minister is disputed by • certain section of the congrega-
tion, and the question was tried on Sunday somewhat
after the rough-and-ready fashion in which a debated right
of way in sometimes asserted and denied in country dis-
trict& The new minister, Mr. Langford, got possession of
the pulpit in the morning, and despite of a protest went
through the service: but in the evening Ins opponents
were beforehand with him, and lie found his place tilled.
He then gave out a hymn, and the opposition party 'tailed
soother into. The one niinister began a ,onaaa--tha
rival minister went to work with the reading of a psalm,
nu divided congregation bestowed their attention nevoid-
' Itt• as their sympathies led them. At one moment tire
rival hymns went up from diffeient Darts of the chapel,
and • vocal trial of strength filled the distracted building.
At another moment the follower, of one minister were
striving to listen to a sermon, while the devotees of the
other were endeavouring to concentrate their attention
upon a palm. Some police were present, but no violence
it appears was dune to anything more than ears and
decorum.

THE FOREIGN WHEAT AND FLOUR TRADES.
The Antwerp wheat-market has been firm ; the demand
for this grain appears to be reviving. Business in flour
has shown no great animation at Paris, but prices have
been well maintained. Offers of wheat have been made
tolerably freely at Paris; the prices asked by holders have
been rather higher than those of last week. The milling
trade does not refuse to purchase, but will not consent to
too marked an advance. Farmers have not attended the
Munich markets very freely, as they are pressinz on with
their sowing operations. At Hamburg disposable wheat
ha* been quiet, but in transactions for future delivery
there has been rather more firmness. At Dantaic and
Konigsberg wheat has been rather weak. It is noticed
that Switzerland and Spain are importing wheat—Switzer-
land from Hungary, and Spain from Frrnoe and Algeria.

The National Food gad Past !Wenner (24- weekly)/ is
about to commence a series of articles on a scientific food
system and scientific cooking.
A dreadful case of death by burning occurred shortly
before midnight on Saturday, in Soho, London, Mrs. Jane
Odger, aged 61 (sister-in-law to the well-known Republi-
can), while ceasing a room on the first floor, which ahe
occupied. upset • paraffin lamp, and in the conflagration
which ensued the unfortunate lady lost her life.
At one of the Ritualistic churches in the suburbs of
London—St. A ugusti ne's, Kilburn—they have developed
a new piece of formulary. Certain of the more clerically-
minded ladies divide the day into watches, from six a.m.
to eleven p.m., and during every hour of that purist one
of them luta to be in church Praying and watching against
evil spirits.

Bs; am, Snag Eras—The enjoyment of good Eyesight is .me
of our Arts blowing.: Partial Blindness and Itiausoal Eyes,
such as Sore Kyes, Intbusimations, Specks on the Eye hells,
DefecUve Vision, Specks floating before the sight, destroyed
Eye-lashes, Watery Eyes, raw Eyedids. and Dimness of Sight,
au, are disorders most truly harassing and dmtructive
human happiness. These Disorders are effectually roomed
(without any pain) by the application of Series Kamm's Era
LIDTNIIST ; which has cured thousaltds of such coma Try a
single Pot, and the result Is certain. Sold by all hemists in
the Kingdom, in Boxes, Is lid,!. At, and 45 ed each. Prepsred
only by C. F. G. CLAIM and 'Os (SUCOIOIOIII to Squire Knight),
Chemists, Market Place, Dudley.
Hold.wafit PILLS •,111 OINTMENT. —IUnUOTLZII, Coughs,
and Colds -In diseases of the throat and chest, ever pre-
valent in our changeable climate, nothing so speedily
relieves, or so certainly cures, as these inestimable
remedies. These disorders are too often neglected at
their commencement, or are injudiciously treated, arid in
either ease disostnnis consequences result. Whateverr the
condition of the patient, Holloway's retumlies will restore
if recovery be possible ; they will retard the alarming,
symptoms till the blood is purified, when nature, gradually
restoring etrength auil vital nervous power, will CoI:MUM.
mate the cure. By persevering in the nse of Holloway's
preparations, tone is conferred first on the stomach, and
through it on the system generally. Thousands of persons
have testified that by the toe of these remedies alone they
have been restored to health after every other means had
failed.