The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

11111DPORT.

ltErnix Srxnav Birk: Or SOrTII
STIMET. —Ttis school, whose diameter and situation
are ilimeribed in its name, has been in existence
about two years and a half. It was established by
Mr. T. Warren, hy whom it has ever since 6.01 con-
ducted, with the active assistance of Miss Barnicett,
Mr. John Brown, Mr. Mali., and others. Tim at:
tend:ince varies from .25 to 35, and during the short
time it has hem in ,existence, many children who
had previously spent their Sundays in idleness, have
icissed through it to the schools connected with
different places of worship. On tbristmas.day the
scholars, to the her of about 45, were treated
to a tea by .1. Barnicott, Esq., who, together
with Mi. Warren, and the Bev. O. Brazier, after-
wards delivered an appropriate address. The child-
ren were highly gratified with the entertainment,
and on going home each one WAS presented with a
number of some religious or temperance periodical.
The friends who labour in this school do so under
discouraging cireuMstimees, espi.vially do they feel
,the want of better accomnoslat t , but they are sus-
tained by the hope that their efforts to do good 114YC
not been, and will not Ito, in vain.

WEIGHTS .ti Me..iirs.— The inspector of
weights and nwasures (Superintendent Mae Haler
has commeiwed Ins round of examination in this
town and neighbourhood, And having found a great
number of weights and measures deficient, he has
caused them to be destroyed. We understand that
the Inspector does not wish to deal severely with
parties in his first round ; but those found offending
at any future time will be dealt with as the law
directs. We would advise those using earthen•
ware measures ti examine them by the imperial..
measure'; and all whip have weights or measures
which are deficient may have them adjusted by hake
lug them to the Inspector at the l'olice Station,
laminster. We believe that it is intended to fix a
flay early in the present year,
for the Inspector to
hohl a court at Braport. for the examination and
adjustment of weights and uwasurvi.
t' Etc iii WitstEv t M VSIIOI,IOI. --Thursday
last will long he regarded by that indefatigable re-
ligious denomin.stion—the Wesleyan Methodists —as
a red-letter day in the ;email of its history in the
' tat:
o,ll.o.liitrii,%_l,pcirtn.to
thus t.uwii in l'ehuriiary. hlrizinigt
is consequently now in the .111th year of its existence.
Such MI important event the Wesleyans 'later:dß;
considered should wd be allowed to pass without due
honour. and with that eye to practical good which
has ever ebaracterized the proceedings of that iidlu•
ential and numen,us bushy. gellerallY. it was deter-
mined that the jubilee should be celebrated by the
at, the same time, be tlw means of raising funds
towards relieving a want that has been long felt Alla
acknowledged in c oinection with the %V"kyan
Chapel, viz., a building in which the S lay whisil
might he held, and also rooms for the meeting of
classes. In furtherance of this object, the services ~f
the Bev. .1. Itattenlmry. of Bristol, one of the Most
noted and popular preaelwrs in the Wesleyan e,
neCtil In. were secured. and on Thimolay aftenown
44 the pr,,,,,,„1i0gg of the day were co 11111 l enced by
his preaching in the chapel. Ilia text was IllebreWs
chiarac-
ter. and was listened to with unlin.ken attention.
Ivy!:
At live o'clock a public tea meeting was held in the
Townhall, which wax decorated for the occasion.
Weslm an Chapel.
were made. The doxology
.. clock piihihuc iuucetilug
The proceedings were c 1111 l mowed
suit was also highly satistaet, wiryas, was held in the
with singiog and prayer, after which several speeches
meeting was
being given by
closed with prayer. The Mtendance
ntobellsuang
maii,idetianhe
on each occasion was very good. The pecuniary re•
Z:-.25 being realized by the tea (many of the trays
friends of the muse) mid by the pub.
he collections. „rai.n.