The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

Distritt 24630.

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MR, PIOYRB UP., ON ART.
public meeting for the distribution of prism
girarW to the students of the Derebester School of Art
was hag as the Shirehall, last Tuesday evening, Mr. J.
Moyer, MP., the President, in the chair. There was
educe of students, their friends, and
a very large Mk
in the ich d the prod
Mose (mhos an interest e oo , an •
Ingo were of • most gratifying and encouraging nature.
The room was hung around with drawings of the
Mediate, and presented remarkable evidence both of
the talent of some of the pupils and of the great ability
to teeth possessed by the muter. A singular feature of
the pries list Is, the amount of success attained by those
belonging to the artisan class, This should encourage
=
numbers of our young men engaged in the various
In the town to join the schooL The fees for
shem are very low, and the instruction may be of vast
benefit to them in their "moral callings, while, under
any oircurnstances, it cannot fail amply to compensate
them, by quickening their sense of the beautiful, and
aloing them • mune of high enjoyment during their
Islam hours.
In opening the proceedings, the Chairman said it was
a great pleasure to him on that find occasion of their
meeting for the distribution of prises given in connection
with the Scheel of Art In this town, by the Government
and the local committee, that he should be able to speak
to them—aa be believed he truly could speak—in terms
Of mingratalatioo and encouragement. They had
achieved he believed, no very brilliant MON; but
they had ashleved at least SI muck as they
wham almost as mach as they could haveittgd
for. He was informed that the dimes had been very
fairly attended. The clam established especdally for
&Mims bad not been so folly attended as they could
have wished; at the seine time there had been •
toleraide attendance even in that class, and he vu
Informed that the results of their studio' and work
were of • very satisfactory description. Now, perhaps,
they would expect him to say • few words upon a
subject for which he fell his great want of wail.
cation—the subject for the cultivation and
promotion of which they bad formed this institution
and were then assembled—in fact • few words respect-
ing a subject on whisk so much has been said, and so
much had been written, and that by the most eminent
and able men, namely art. Now, be would ask those
who had taken part (the dames of this institution
during the past year, what it was they proposed to
themselves by tba endeavour to produoe
.e_troz,
am? Wee It nay 41. -•
ecesesiertion—an Idea—en thongs in Ma own mind, and
*might to transfer that to the mind of those whom he
addressed Now, they might say, and my frilly,
that as, if a man wanted to convey "'mottling
to the minds of his hearers, it was necessary he
should have something to say, so, in a work of art, the
artist moA have formed • conception in his own mind
which he sought to transfer to the minds of those who
were to look at his work. What then was the great—
Vie paramount requisite in any address? It was quite
In vain that any one should attempt to address an
audience—it was quite in vain that any artist should
attempt to produce • work of art that was to tell on
Itizieds of them who heard or saw it, unless he
before himself, acted op to fully, and was guided
lint and foremost by one great prinsiple—the principle
of Truth. And if it waste be a work of art, not merely
addressed to the passing time, or to • limited audience
—if 11 we, be • work of art, which, like the great work
of the Athenian historian, should be a permission for
ever—if it was to be • work of art which should appeal
to the sympathies and intelligence of mankind at
Lugs, It mast not deal with local, or particular, or con-
fined troth, but it must deal with those great
principles which find an echo in the breasts of humanity
at large—it must deal with thou great principles upon
which our own immortal Shakespeare has expressed
noble thoughts and feeling', and imagery that are
banded down to all future generations—it mart deal
with thus largo matters and questions of truth, and
must not be confined within the limits of the punier
ego, or • limited experience. Now, what else should
be looked for in • work of art' He thought they
should expect singleness of aim. Every man who
wanted to produce • work of art, be be one who would
design a noble piece of sculpture, or one who would
Cint a beautiful picture , should have special object
view, to which all other things should be sub;
werviend. Here again they came closely in analogy
with ether portions of the mind. Take, for instance,
• great speaker; he would allude to one who was, perhaps,
the most powerful master of speaking in his day—Mr.
John Bright. What was his (Mr. Bright's) object at
the present moment! fie (Mr. Moyer) was not now
going to trespass upon them by any political allusion,
ha spoke this simple by way of Illustration. His (Mr.
Bright's) object at the present moment was to knock
down the Irish Church. How did he set about it?
Imok at his speeches; every part of his subject was
directed to the one end. So it must be'. with • great
paiuter ; he must treat his subject so that every part of
the picture shall conduce to a single point. Look at the
works of Turner. They would find in the centre of the
picture everything worked out with the minutest *are,
end most elaborate skill. The foreground and sub-
sidiary parts of the picture they would find dashed In—
as it was said —with the freest brush ;cows sketched
in, in the roughest manner, in order that they should
not divert attention from what was the real object of
the painter. Ile might allude, as was done ins very
powerful address by an eminent man, Mr. Coleridge,
Q.C., well known on this circuit, who, speaking
of some works of modern art in this country,
observed, with sonuthieg of reprehension, the minute
details with which the subordinate parts of the pictures
were worked up. to the detriment and injury of the
leading ides. What else did they require In • work of
art. They required that it should be no mere copy.
It it were only that which was desired, so far as
portrisieeee pbeturaphy would —.err all that
they wished for. But; there must be something ea,
dilfereut from that to produce a work of real art. The
painter or the sculptor must have taken up an ides,
grown familiar with it, and brought it into his very
life. He would take Ruben& What were the pictures
they turned to time alter time with great delight, and
were never weary of looking at? Were they not the
pictures of tho family of Rubins? The portraits
of his wife—for instance the one at Blenheim palace—
where abs was depicted going down the steps into her
garden—a picture glowing with life, radiant with senti-
ment, full of spirit, animation, and vigour in every part
of it. Take, again, the pictured of his children at
Breeden : boys fell of youth, and displaying the
liberty, thu ease, and grace, and spirit of children, jut
as Relates Saw there playing around him. Why were
those pictures so attractive? They did not "sit" tor
them: there was nothing of the constrained attitude of
the person who sat for his portrait. No; those
pictures were part of the painter's own daily life. He
saw them always around him; they passed into his
very
tira fueriTt being;
freedom
..d power
they were
f a gai
pictured
on t r painter h
is mind, and e
dashed them forth on the canvass. There was no
hesitation, no difficulty or doubt hero or there, but,
with all the vigour of a great painter, he threw them on
the canvass just as they lived and moved about him.
Take another class of paintings—Scriptural subjects.
Here, no doubt, there was one figure the most
prominent, though we could not admit that it
approached with any accuracy to the real likeness of the
countenance and figure of our Blessed Lord. We knew
that he was "fairer than the children of men," that His
lips were full of grace, that in every word and deed lie
obeyed forth Ills love, and mercy, and sympathy for
His fellow creatures amongst whom Ile lived, and
laboured, and died. We could not admit an approach
to HIS majesty of that figure. it must be
treated upon what were called conventional
principles. It might be that we had handed down to us
from Greek art some faint trace of that countenatme ;
some people supposed it was so, hot, at any rate, it WSJ
SO
faint and uncertain that we most trust to our own
conventional art, and all we bad to do was on the
negative side, namely, to take care that nothing
entered into that picture which was at all calculated to
diminish the deep feelings of love and reverence with
which we ought to approach any representation of our
Blessed Saviour. But let them turn to other portions
of these Scriptural paintings—the representations given
by some of the eminent painters in the old schools,
such as Tithes and Paul Veronese, and the more
modern schools in Germany, France, and to some
extent in England. If they looked at the old masters
what did they find? Pass into the magnificent halls of
the Louvre, and there they would see on the =VW
covering one whole side of a magnificent apartment, •
representation of the marriage of Cana In Galilee. It
was • picture radiant with light, depicting one of those
glorious scenes in Venice, where architecture and every
luxury combined to feast the eye and to gladden the
sight of the beholder, full of life and spirit, with living
personages well-known to the painter himmlf, and
therefore portrayed as a man only meld portray things
when he painted what he knew, had lived amongst, and
seen gym day with his own eyes. Take another
picture by 'titian, the supper at Emmen". They' found
mar 5...544 at • teble, and amend him • small
party, such as might have just come by one of the
gondolas acrou the lagoons of that peculiar country,
rind landed at • villa near the sea. They were there per-
taking of the evening meal, with gondoliers waiting epos
them, and the scene filled up with adjuncts such as
Titan might observe any fine seminar's evening on
which he made an expedition. But it is said, " An
this ma a great anachronism; it is not at all the
scene at which our Lord was present when be conversed
with the disciple. at Emmaus, or like the scene at the
=anise of Cana in Galilee.' That was quite true'
but it was the seine which would have presented itself
if our Lord had at that time lived on earth. There was
that without which—se he said at the beginning of his
remuka—ell works of sculpture or of painting were in
vain—there WY that great sail essential principle of
truth. Now take the modern school. They would find
men, minting. that representsd a scene at Judea iu the
Holy Land. But did they repreaent a mene in the Holy
land? It was ten to one that the p.6,tor had never
been there: he might have got a photograph, hat he
could not represent the scene like a man who bad lived
On the spot. Tliere was • coldness and fonnality—iu
abort, there was an appearance of art— not true m&
but., as be believed, false art—about it. There °Dia
not be true art unless • man represented what he well
and truly knew. Ho knew that in making these ob-
servations he was opening up • question upon which
many men had thought and written • great deal, and it
might seem presumptuous in him, who had no claim,
except as a humble and air:mere admirer of art, to
bawd his own opirdon ; but what be wished to do was
this —to give them some suggestions whirl were worth
their thinking about. They might agree with him or
not, but, at any rate, these were points which an mild
In hi. work could not overlook, and he believed that if
they rehired them to that greet principle of truth,
which he contended for, as the beginning, middle, and
aud of art, they would find there was something in what
be said worthy of their consideration. He had spoken
of emu of the higher works of art, and It might be said
that with regard to them, after all it wee only • limited
audience or a limited clam to which they were
addressed—that it was only the wealthy man who could
afford to purchase beautiful pictures and fine statues,
and there was some truth in that, but yet, he was
thankful to say—end heel:debt claim some little grail-
tads, perhaps, for the body to which he had the
bosom. to belong, the House of Geometer—that those
magnificent works of art were no longer conned to the
enjoyment of the rich, but were agaau, open
to eisted ma vowed as well a. the either classes.
Those who liniar in large cities had abundant art
trauma thrown open to them, +Blued fee or pay-
load. In the South Kensington Museum alone tUre
Ina *ewer* encash he elm the ges end Iliad fog

ws.bmul "IA& There were many other collections
as mt, though padres not eo large or varied, it the
National G• 11•17, the British Museum, and other plisses
Ii this country and different parts of Europe, open to
aIL And thoegb Is weld not be said they were within
our reach in this somparatively small town of Dorchester,
yet, through the pest improvements made in locomo-
tion. • men might now pass from Dorchester to London
without much diffeelty or without any serious call upon
his linseeds, and in the metropolis he might IMP/ those
treasures to which be had alluded to the gall But
there was a department in which art same home to even
the humblest elepu smonpt us. What Was it that
made the differente between beauty mid ugliness in •
chair, • table, or any piece of furniture, or even • jug
or glass, or any article in our daily use? It was the
IPPliestion of arit The humblest man amongst us might,
by education, learn to appreciate the differenoe between
rosll7 well-designed and beautiful articles and those
which were the reveres, And if his mind was educated
to that, he revealed up to himself • new source of reason.
able and ennobling enjoyment, which raised him in the
wale of humanity. Such an education opened up,
is it were, • new sense to him, which gave
him a new world of ideas and pourer enjoyments—
esjoyments upon which he would never have to look
back with any regret, but which would go on increasing
and increasing, and the wider his knowledge extended
the greeter would be his enjoyment, the purer and
fuller would be his appreciation of the various objects
of beauty which happily he might my in these
days were so generally placed before him.
In offering thesefew words, he had been speaking upon
matters whisk perhaps they might think, and think
truly, were rather beyond his powers. BUIL they had
each their taak to do, and if be could oontribute in any
small degree to the happiness of his fellow creatures
by promoting their honourable and honest enjoyment,
he would run the risk of some adverse criticism
If he could only feel that he bad contributed by the few
words he had said in a vcry bumble manner to that end
—(apPlanss).
The prises and certificated were then presented as
follows, the recipients being heartily applauded as they
received them from the President, who addressed to
each eneouras,ing and congratulatory words.

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Result of the esaminatlon of the second grade hold by the
Science awl Art Department on the 10th and 11111 March, 1868.
—.Miss E. A. Andiews, nom in freehand, excellent in model
drawing: prim, colour. Dia A. 11. Coombe, excellent In free-
Madam in model dusting: pries, colours. MI. Laura P.
Comtell excelled 10 hand;free prise, sepia landscapes. Ilia
M. a eurdell, pass In freehand and modeldrawllta. Frederick
curtleti4wikplblen, W. W. Erni. Charles Greening, blia•
J. S. LOM, WIS. b. Z. ra31411. and Miss
41-1. Pewee, 'nand In freehand. Mlle A. A. owed,
excellent In • prise, IliachetCe Geometry and
Perspective. Thomas bray, excellent In freehand; prim,
Inetrumenta KP. Hodges, paws In perspective. Übe J.
N. Lock, pass in freehand and geometry. E. R. Pearce.
maim to frodund and pam in model drawing; prise,
Burchett's geometry and perspective C. T. K. Watson, pass
in freehand and geometry.
Prizes awarded by the Science and Art Department for
excellence In the work of the year.—Mr. J. Dlbben, Mr. T.
Gray, and Master E. IL Pearce. Mr. Dibben wos ohm recom-
mended for a free studentship.
Result of the examlnation of the first grade held by the
Science and Art Deportment, May 7, 1808.—E Boon, C. 11. R.
Crook, E. Gibbs, J. Phelps, J. E. Phelps, sod Phelpstpassed
in freehand. it. 0. Boon, excellent In freehand: prise. E.
11. °ruby, pared In freehand and model drawing. T. ft.
Payne mesit In freehand and modal drawing; prime. A
Penney, excellent In freehand and peas in model drawing;
pries. J. .1. Spites and I'. W. Wallis passed in both freehand
and model drawing. W. Welch excellent in freehand and pass
In modeldrawlng ; prise
Mass given by the Local Commlttee.—Wster Colour:
la, &num 3. cowdell; 28d, Miss Amy L. 0. Fisher. Com-
mended, Wm Marla si. Csywdell Chalk (Figure): Prise, Mimi
Alice Maakew. flighty commended, Thomas Cray. Commynital,
Miss Allah. C. 0001... Chalk (Follow): Prise, Joseph Dibben.
If tgbly conuncivial lila Margaret IL Cowdell. Commended,
Mim Lime T. Cos dell. Binding figure (from cast): Highly
commuted, Edward F. Pearce. Outline (from east); Prim,
Waiter Welch. Commended, Miss limy 8. Falkner. Outline
(from flat): Price, Miss Alice AtnetisChod. Highly anaunciuled,
Chinks Craning,. Architecture: Plite, James Chinn. Noon
Clam Prue : T. G. r.. 110.
Prises are offered for competition In 1800 for painting in
011 colour, nointim, in enter colour from the flat, painting
In water colour from nature (fruit, foliage, sr flowers),
chalk drawing, Matting from east, chalk drawing, shading
from the fiat, outlitilnx from the cast, outlining from tho
Sat, architectural dressing, prim for the noon-day claws
The Bev. B. L. Watson (hon. sea) then spoke of the
working of the school, showing the large ounount of
stones' attained, and pointing especially to the success
of the artisans and the noon.day
C. Weld, Esq., said be had long been interested in
art and all matters connected with it, and be was
anxious to see what waa the result of the first year's
workieg of this school, and he must confess that he was
quite astonished. He had seen • good ninny exhibitions,
and • large number of school exhibitions, and from even
the cursory veil. he had been able to take of the
drawings, there were scone which he would venture to
say would do credit to any school established many
more years than this bad been in any country in the
world. Be congratulated all connected with the school,
and especially the master (Mr. Dewar Campbell). lie
spoke of the advantages of art education' and pro.
needed to mention • singular instance of natural talent.
A few years see when on • visit in • neighbouring
county he was taken to the cottage of • common hedger
and ditcher, 70 (cars of age, whose room was bung
around with his own paintinp--copies of prints and
compositions of his own. This man had taught himself to
make his own brushes, lois colours, and his panels, also
to make frames for them. Ile painted very respectably,
but lie he bad never seen anything approaching to
painting except once • man isketehiug by the road-side.
The man did all t)ds for his own pleasure. Had he
obtained such instruction as was now in the hands of
every one of them, he would have been one of the first
artists in the kir.gdom. Ile also noticed that Turner,
the greatest Lando:taps painter that had ever lived, was
a barber's apprentice' and that Giotto. the founder of •
school of soared psinting, was • shepherd boy. In
conclusion, he expressed a hope that they would oil
persevere.
Is was resolved on tee 1110L1011 of the Hay..l. Fisher,
seconded by Mr. J. V. D. Lawrence, that tho Mayor of
Dorchester, for the time being be an ex-officio member
of the general committee.
Dr. Aldridge proposed, and Mr. J. Hicks seconded, •
vote of thanks to 111% 1.10•21. Campbell
. . . ..• .

In replying, Mr. Campbell said that amongst the
students there were very few, possibly none, who fell
short of the average ability, there were many whose
talents raised them above the level of mediocrity, and
some few who might attain to any point of eicellenoe
by perseverance and study. When the Government
annual report appeared, he thought it would be found
this school occupied a very honourable position. He
attributed the failure of some t get prizes to nervous-
nem on their first examination. He endorsed the
awards of tbo prises given by the local committee and
acknowledged the valuable mistime° of the Her. B. L.
Watson.

On the maims of Dr. Cowden, seconded by Mr. J.
Galpin, a vote of thank. MAI passed to Captain Foster,
Mr. Foster (Warmwell), and the Rev. W. Barnes for
awarding the local prizes.
Mr. J. F. Hodges moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman. He spoke in terms of congratulation and
encouragement respecting the school. The Rev. 11. L.
Watson seconded, and it WWI carried.
Mr. J. Floyer, acknowledged the compliment and
and proposed • vote of thaolui to the Rev. 11. L.
Watson, which Mr. IL Look seconded, and it was
earned with great applarme.
The Rae. B. L. Watson spoke of the pleasure it had
afforded him to promote the success of the school, and
he urged the ardmms of the town to avail tbesmelves of
the advantages It offers. lie stated that recently there
were a number of foreign workmen employed in carving
the capitals of the new museum at Oxford, in natural
foliage, from bandies of flowers suspended before them,
becauto no workmen could be found in title country able
to do it. He hoped the school, of art would raise up •
class of English workmen, which would render on-
necessary
the introduction of foreigners.
11osed the proceedings.

WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES
TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.
The thirty-first annual conference of this league hem
boon held at Dorchester, and been attended with greet
success. On Monday evening a sermon wee preached
in Holy Trinity Church (kindly granted by the Rev. J.
Fisher) by the Rev. 11. Gale, D11.C.L., when the doctor
urged the Scriptural foundation of teetotalism and the
sinfulness of the liquor traffic. The congregation was
not large.

The conference assembled at the Guildhall on Tuesday
morning, Hobert Chazioton, Esq., of Bristol, in the chair.
The following places were represented by delegates :
Abbotebury, Athelhampton, [Unwell, Bristol, Bristol
Alliance Anzilimy, Bristol lband of Hope, Chard, Chip-
penham, Corsham, Everateech, Frame, Midsomer
Norton, Newbury, Newbury Band of Hope, Newish
Okeford Fitz:pain°, Okeford Fitspaino Band of Hope,
Poole, Portisham, Portishead, Portsmouth, Salisbury,
Taunton, Treborough ,Trowbridge, Weston-enpar•Mare,
Weymouth, Weymouth Band of Hope, Dorset County
Amos:tattoo, Bridgwater, Bath, Croctertoo, Dominator,
Sherboree, Wanstrow, Mere, Wiveliscomke, it..
Members were also present from Bristol. Yeovil, Poole,
Bath, Batoonibe, Proms, Weymouth, Blandford,Brlstol,
Burleston, Chipponlism, Abbotabury, Mere, Lytohatt
Matnvers, Bridgwater, Newport, Croakerton, St. Ives,
Portsmouth, Blandford, Chard, to..

The secretary read the report. There had been a
greeter increase of affiliated societies than in any one
previous you. At the last conference it was stated
that 172 societies were then in bona-fide affiliation, of
which number 160 still remain, 12 not having renewed
their subscriptions. Fifty-seven new societies had been
enrolled since the 6th August, giving a net increase of
42, and bringing pp the total number to 217 affiliated
societies, dianibeted as follows :—Somerset M. fillouces.
tershire 39, South Wales district 31, Wilts 29, Hamp-
shire 27, Dorset 29, Berkshire 7—total 217. At the
same time they thought • further increase might
reasonably be expected. Berkshire had been added
to the district since the last conference snd seven
societies had been affiliated. It had also been decided
to extend the agency of the league into the neglected
and cider•drinkhig county of Hereford. The muse had
been revived in many parts of South Wales. After
remarks on the agency and the Herald, it was observed
that the AMMON were on the whole sound and healthy.
They regretted the select committee on the Sunday
Closing Movement did not recommend aa7 further limits.
Con of the present hours for selling intoxicating drink on
Sundays. It was hoped that next year, when the
I question would be re-opened in Parliament, the result
I would be niers salsfsetory. As to the approaching
elections, it was mired that efforts should be made for
the return of members favourable to the temperance
cause. The Practise of treating of keeping open public
house so generally and extensively resorted to at
contested elections, is a matter calling for loud 0011-
&MID/LUGO. Itlesalbestly to be desired that every
advocate of purity of election, with every well-wisher of
temperance, should unite in deprecating a coarse SO
fraught with evil, and refuse the slightest countenance
and support to parties of any politic.' crowd. who will
emotion, and repudiate the
not hold aloof from such
Influences of the publie-house. In oonneetion with ibis
subject, the executive deeply regret that the proposal
of Sir Thomas Lloyd for prohibiting the use for election
purposes el premises licensed for the sale of drinks did
not resolve the sanetion of the BOOM Of COOIO3OOII.
An honed reviser of the pest year is well calculated to
stimulate and sewerage as. W• bare every meson for
present position and
congratulation U Muds the
future prospects; of the league. Anxious to augment
our numbers, and consolidate our strength by the union
of societies, let us, however, Dever forget the Important*
and snoopily 01 sre&Nr Individual sawn

The Anemia statement sholred that at the beginalag
of the tear there was • Whim' in band ot its. 84..
the receipts since then made np the nim to £OO4 Its. lid.
and after meeting aa expense' they had remaining
L'lB LTe. 21.

--Tbe—Chairman moved the adoption of the report
Mr. Clinker, of Yeovil, seeonded the adoption of the
report, which he observed referred to at least one very
practical question. We were on the eve of a general
election, in which • very much larger number of voters
would exercise the privilege of voting than at say
previous election, and he was afraid that unless Its
influence vnte contracted by some other and better
Influence, beer would exercise an immense power in that
election. The motioq was carried.
Mr. H. Hodges. of Mandford, moved that the following
be the officers of the society for the animism year:
President, J. T. Grace, Esq., Bristol; Vice-Praddents,
H. J. Brasher, igsq., J.P , Andover; J. Clark, Esq..
J.P., Southampton; Gory, Eaq , Cardiff; Handel
Comham, Esq., F.G.8.. Bristol; Rev. Dr. Gale. Tn.
borough; Rev. J. Griffith., Heath; Rev. 8. Knell,
Throop ; T. Pestle, Esq., Westburpon•Tryin ; Rev. W.
Rose, Landport ; Hon. and Rev. E. Talbot, M.A.; G.
Thomas, Req., Bristol; sod Rev. IT. R. Thomas,
Bristol. Treasurer, It. Cherleton, Esq. Executive
oommittee, J. Clark, Esq., Street; J. H. Cotterell,
Esq., Bath ; B. P. Edwards, Esq., Bath; J. Harding,
Req., F. V. Jacques, Faq., Bristol ; G. Jarvis, Esq,
Kilmindton C. Juin, Ecq., Mere; H. Phillips, Esq.,
Newport; J. F. Rutter, Esq., Mere, F. J. Thompson,
Esq., Bridgwater, and S. P. Yates, Esq., Wilton.
Secretary, Mr. 3.0. Thornton, Bristol.
Mr. C. Nevis, of Bath, mended the motion, and it
was carried.

Mr. W. Jenninp, of Bristol, then moved that in
anticipation of the approaching general election, this
conference would earaestly ante on the various pow-
mittees of the affiliated societies of this league, the
duty of bringing the question of the Pemisive Bill, the
Sunday Closing of public-houses, and the repeal of the
Beer Bill, before the candidates of their respective con-
stituencies, by deputations,ind memorials as extenolvely
signed as possible, and by endeavouring to secure the
united support of all temperance electors for those can.
didates who are most favourable to one or all of the
above measures. _ . . .

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This gave rise to a long and animated discussion,
objection being taken by some to the last clause as
Implying the abandonment of political principle for the
sake of trying to promote teetotalism, and an amend-
ment was proposed for omitting the last clause.
On the ammdment being put to the meeting, 37 voted
for it and 43 against. A suggestion was then made'
that dm matter should be allowed to drop, but the
go-a-bead party objositei, and the original motion was
amid by 32 for and 21 against.
The Chairman said he desired that the discussion
might not Leave behind in the minds of any of them
any feeling in the lout degree inconsistent with
brotherly feeling and affectionate regard for each other,
coupled with united endeavours hand in hand and heart
joined with heart to promote their great enterprise—
(applause).
The Rev. G. Rinds, of Swanage. Proposed that this
conference, deprecating the met evil which resulta from
electioneering committees being held in public-houses,
I. of opinion that it lithe duty of all temperance men
to are their utmost influence with candidates to hold
their committee meetings 'separate from such places.
Mr. Irvine seconded the resolution, and it was carried
unanimously.
It was then proposed by Mr. W. B. Harvey, of
Frame, that this oonference gladly recognises the very
great value of the Band of Hope movement, and would
urge the formation of such bands, especially in eon-
nection with every Sunday and day school in the
kingdom.
Mr. Harris, of Bristol, emended the motion.
Several speakers spoke of the great usefulness and ha.
portanoe of this phase of the movement, and the
motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Harding proposed that the next oonferenoe be
held at Devises, in August, 1869. Mr. H. Midwinter,
of Newbury, seconded the motion, and It was carried.
Mr. F. Beek, of Portsmouth, spoke of the good results
of the open-air advocacy of temperance in the neighbour-
hood of Portsmouth, and recommended its general
adoption during the summer months.
Mn. J. White, of the National Tempenume League,
also spoke of the good of open air meetings.
The Rev. H. B. Miles, of Burieetone, proposed the
thanks of the conference to Dr. Gale for his sermon on
Monday night, and to the Rev. J. Fisher for allowing
the use of his church for the occasion.

The Rev. 11. 'Joule seconded the motion. He said
that doctors, through having drunken patients, and
ministers, through having drunken parishioners, bad
asked him to let them sign his pledge book. He thought it
the duty of all having any influence to do their best to
interest others in this question. He slso spoke of the
usefulness of the temperAnce movement in influencing
the consciences of men.

The motion was carried unanimously.
Gr. Gale acknowledged the oompliment, and spoke of
the boldness and goodness of the Rey. J. Fisher in
letting him have his church to preach in.
The Rsv. G. Penny, of Abbotsbory, proposed a vote
of thanks to the managing committee of the conference
for the excellent arrangements made.
The Rev. Mr. ShcrreJ, of PortL.nd, seconded the
motion.

The Chainnan spoke of the hospitality, and seal, and
Christian feeling manifested by the friends at Dorchester
and Weymouth.
The resolution
.waa carried unanimously...

Mr. Hobbs, of Weymouth, acknowledged the oompli•
meat, and said he hoped the day would come when the
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conference would larc1;011 at Weimouth. lie concluded
by proposing vote of thanks to Mr. Thornton, the
Secretary of the League.
Mr. Saunders seconded the motion, and it wu
carried. _ _

Mr. Thornton replied, and eongratulated the con-
ference on the ...mem of tho meeting. notwithstanding
tho lively nature of the morning's diseumiou.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, with
hearty aoclainstiona, and Mr. Charletou acknowledged
the compliment.
After prayer the meeting was closed by the Key. IL
Monis pronouncing the benediction.
Dinner and tea were provided in the new Corn
Exchange, and there warn • numerous gathering on both
. occasions.

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In the evening, a public meeting was held, under the
presidency of the lion. and Rev. E. Talbot, M.A.,
vicar of Everereech. There was a large attendance, and
the speeches were effective and well received. The
speakers were the 1t.,. Dr. Gale, Rector of Treborough,
the Rev 11. Moule, Vicar of Fortlington, J. Harker,
Esq., of Poole, nud Mr. J. Eddy, of St. Ives, agent
of the league. A .ote of thanks to the Chairman was
passed on the motion of Mr. R. P. Edwards of Bath,
seconded by the Rev. E. Hinds of Swung°.