The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-30 00:00:00

ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING.

The annual veotry meeting for electing church.
wardens, appointing waywariens, members oi the
Burial Board, and for other buainem WIN held in the
Cern Exchange on Thursday evening. There was a
very large attendance.
Mr. It ELOOCK proposed that the Rev. F..!. Ifityshe
take the chair. This was neeonded by G. WILSON and
carried.
Mr. Hermit., on taking the chair, Raid he claimed,
an he did last )ear, to take the emit by right.
Mr. Eecorg riskist that the 'ninnies of tile list
animal meeting might be read, and this wan 'line.
At there'll:insert Mr. WplalON words to the effect that
certain persoys af tht hot 'rooting objected to the
rirht of the Vicar 9' take Eke cheir inaerte I
'Chin first %Mai Mad if SISS iei"tiug 4111 tbe e(ettii,o if
Al churchwardens.
Mr. JOINIA propoiesl that the outgoing cbtirch.
wardens, Idioms. T. li. B. Rawlinn and C. 11. W.
Parkinson, lie re.electod. Ile said that he he. read
in come work that the ariatocrary gave their netate
int..; the haw!, of the lawyer, their bodiee into the
hands of the doctor, and their souls into the hands of
the curate. The) had got thew. three qualitiee mixed
up in connection with the Minster in such a manner
that they
.could tior he better supplied. They had
got a toilcutor who could take care of their fund. ; they
had not loticlr 9i complain of as to the way in which
the doctor looked aftsr their India.; but as to the
cure of weds, that IVAS t imbject on wbicb he had
nothing to any. (Laughter.)
Mr. R.twuma said that before accemilig te
reappointment he 'should like to make a personal
explanation. He (lid not want to be put into the
ogee of churchwarden for another year on any mi.'.
understanding, became" he thought it wan pretty
well known what hie pinion was AS to the right if
the parishrmeni to the Hour of the parish church. It
was sla.i pretty well known that to his mind the pre-
en Ryrtion of pew renting, which ',AA kept up in
the pawed' "numb, wan utterly abominable. (Hear,
hear.) )i.'srantesl aiens to distinctly understand
that he wan 90 sttackittg an penion who held sit•
tinfra, haraipe tbet were the ..httitni• ida ilyrtion they
could not help. It wau a system whirl); If alter what
he had toll the. Low they «.' hi., • sliould 'ti,n.
ti m,.. i.. do hi, beat to do away with, althirish
perhaps it would only lie by little and little that he
should be aide to do oi. If he was reelected ISA
churchwarden, Ise should lluring the next year. when
the time eanie round for collecting rents, decline to
meteor any money as pew rents. (Hear, hear.) He
kicaatel to receive itan money given for the
services of the 3gimeer Church. fie del not think it
likely that churl' the town would let the
Minister service* go down if chile wet, no i ow rents.
If revlecte I he should not, during Lis •get year id
office, reongniee any right on the part of any single
person to any particular ;oft of the ',hum,' by
reason of any faculty or by parson of. any payment.
Dr. PARKINSON maid this wins question which could
DOMESTIC TR.“I,RitY
Le ,rcre suitably 'petard on another occasion.—(Mr.
Tf
Rtilia. Ws sre now nettling it.) His idea was I.
that if the parlstltiarraa ri*l.ed any change they thould MURDER ANli MACHIN.
move in the matter, and ihht r wetting for the mu.
George Henry Metcalfe, 32, landlord of the Lion
paw connidering what should be done ...odd lie Inn, St. James s.street. Brighton, has not been very
10.1 d. He did not think it was their place tin Enke haopy with hi, wife, aged :RT., to whom he had been
ay ass to) id their owu to alter an 1,1,1 custoni wiiiimh married only three yearn. During the past few days
had &flowered at wall ur the heeded! time., fund,
I,f taere , he had evened to live in the bowie, and one day this
wat any delkiearY I." be luade air "'mg a"e'r week the licenne of the inn Wad transferred in. the
being short through Um abolitlo ot pew recto, be did father. who took the business's In keep • home
en, ebeuld be called for hi. &wielder. About three o'clock on Friday
oNirtowa whelpilY be, " a curc
ntakeuPthhat dehtiwrl
ciency. As a fact there all.arnreuui getc,afe went to the honse• and eat for
wan plenty of room —99) mud) mow —to 'Tare in the I tome little time in tbe la,r parlour telling to the liar-
parish church ; and the careful nbwirations which maid. At length Le went 'wallies. ',rho neat minute
they had made had revealed the fact that the greater tin,ah‘i,a. awl aaw Mataall. etsniliuug
Part of the congregation o
in the Minster n sn uday'in .c.kiro in the upper part of the bowe
evenings wore non-parishioners.
He had salted the him., as hii wife, wt.warn 'mm tio lending. Ta.
Vicar and Mr. Rawlins to call a meeting to consider .hots were fire,' in the larmaiii'd presenee. and the
the matter, but they had not done no. unfortunate woman dropped 'in the landing mortally
Mr. Rawtme said he had not asked the meeting wound.. I. Nletealfe then ran into the bedroom
AO decide anything. He had siinply made an explara• and blew hi, own twain. out by firin4 into hi. month.
. .
POR. Thu shot parsed thrmigh his head and into the ceiling.
No other rtaiti es vere !outward, and Mr. Rtwlin• He di..) abioot in.tantsneonsly, but lii. wife lingered
and Mr. Farkin.n were 9nviiPoPolY reelected- in wrest aiili-rim; for aliont an I and a half.
The 1011. WSe 'VAT. elx3ted-wirirr4Ra- feu the When ,he she sea* suffering from three da
various tithing* in Winehorne parialtlfneliseot, - eta the the neck (in which the bullet was
Mr. R. Kleock (by 82 vote* against 77 given for 4r. plaihly m,liU. an,tner imu the rile, asid A third in her
C. Parkinson, for whom a poll was demanded); arts", TWii. thedical net, were at "nee .umnioned ;
Abbot.street : Mr. T. Lodder ; Cowirmve : Mr. H. but it was wen frau &lac .lutitt OA, an paar aid.
Cbitlett! 7 Barn.ley. Mr. .1. Good; Petersham : M. She repeatedly niade incoherent eposulrittonin t.. yes
Bewring ii‘benie • Mr. S. Bartlett, and Mr. G. sufferings, but was nit able to rive any simouut of
Wilson. klessrli. C. Sarande. and H.W. , the occurence. The revolrer with which the deed
Diblen. Were re-eloeted members it it". Burial Board.'wi. C tttttt nitted W... 1 a fivi-barrelled one, and wan pur•
The Auditor* annual report Mali read and ..dir. /hued within the last few day* at a local peso.ted.
The report showed that during. the Pant ykati there m, ,t.ee s Metcalfe had given it out that be was
had been Isf7l6S inereare in the ineome (if the Masa to. eu.igrate, aurt it runtoured that a breach
arising chi.. y front suers rewired frow the erectioti pesdinL
of h«a barmier purchase of grave spaces and the elec. •
t' of mensonals. the basal AISIUMIS FOOl.l VS4 helno
tolo 7s. Id. against CM Is. iu the preceding yisar.
The number of deaths had greatly Increased. 104 CHIA% IfF Pii4lMlhs QA.
interment* baring taken place during the year, Irebir
23 over the average for the past ten 'veal,. The sum
of cf had been received from leen for the use of the
ri.t.cial SAS. being 27 per cent, on the amount of the
purctiaa4 up9c7. The report concluded by stating
that there wits a heitkte in farottr of the tt,ard of
E. 19 12s. 3d.
The sa'ary of the &whitest ovels 'et mid x air) 'soil
(Mr. C. Itunckton) was increneed front £l3O Yr

• yr.!.
On the inotion 1.1 Mr. EL.,WK, Nfeeers. G. Wibion
ts 4 Blount were rerlected auditors .4 the Burial
/Pant,
The CLlst ectiounced that he hail received the
annual accounts cf the iclL, wing charities : —Elizabeth
Hiirden'e. Bo•ley'e, Collett's, eaite Wilhelm', Hall
Halve.' and Brown's, and cootie's. Tie., were
other charities. the cruet... of which had not win le
then tcniente. He leot yew wrote to the Charity
Coniunwiceierz ce the slaver., and received a reply
that they would communnate with the trustee..
Mr. Mconce said he presumed thet :tetra that they
would ulinonish the trustees. He begge4 t., rove
"That the Charity Commissioners be requested to
remove the trustees of those charities who have failed
to send in their accounts to the annual vestry." Tho
wad seconded by Mr. .1. Gaiter, and carried.
The nest business was to consider what additional
eTtuleration the assistant overseer was entitled to he
paid is igsreet of the additional work thrown upon
him. —On the n.. 44.4 of Mr. Rawbvis. seconded by
Mr. Hannorin, the salary tie assistant overwer
was increased from MO to OA'
Other basin's+ of no public interest was itisewiocc,
and the meeting then ccncluded.