The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1863-05-19 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

IOO. He particularly wished to thank these Med Lilies who had vole from hermit te house to oak contnbutlons on behalf of the minsmeary cause. He kaew how very unpleasant it was to beg; but be hoped and believed that while so working for the cause of Christ they would themselves be abundantly bleared. As the image of Christ was stamped upon oor hearts, so in the mine proportion would our seal in His canes be manifested. He now had great pleasure is introducing the rev. gentleman, whose discourses many of them had listened to on the previous day, lie believed with pleasure, and he trusted with profit. The Rev. W. F. Clay then addressed the meeting. He said : The heathen world are in captivity, captives to Satan and On, as shown in the most debasing and horrible forms of cruelty possible to oonseive. There were 150 to 250 millions in Africa so enslaved, and the slavery wee of the most horrid kind. He referred to the cruelties practised by the king of Dahomey, not only on his own people who were heathens, but on thous who had embraced Christianity. One town of about 1,000 inhabitante he made war upon, and decapitated or took primmer. the whole, among whom was a native teacher, and several converts. The teacher he crucified by nailing to a tree, with an old umbrella in his anus in mockery. When this cruel man took this town be made • vow he would make war upon Abukutoo, where the society had eight missiontries, general native teachers. and 6000 hundreds of communicants. The state of the case was reported to the Church Missionary Society at home, and by their direction spinal prayers were offered for them poor people, sad It was • remarkable ciratmstance that just before the time when the king intended to carry his threat one the watery came down in such • flood that he was forced fora time to abandon his design. Meanwhile representations were made to our Government, and they sent word to the Admiral commanding our fleet about the matter, who, with several others, went to the king, and endeavoured to persuade him (ruin his bloody purpose. In this they failed, for he declared he had made • vow at his father's death to take that town, and he would fulfil it. And even just lately news was brought that the town of Abnkutoo was surrounded by the Amazons and army of the kink and perhaps by this time the greater part had perish 'The rev. pntleman then reviewed the state of Hi often, giving description of the superstition and heathenism darknem in which the people were ; and also of China, where suicide end infanticide was thought nothing of. He then showed the power at the gospel to eradicate all this sin and guff instancing the case of Sierra Leone, where, in missionaries first went to labour among • poor. deptivi rase; bat Clod 1.1 so bleared their effort., that at the Present time, out of 50,000 persons, no less than 41,000 were professing Christians. So prosperous were some of the churches there, that they were able to support their own ministers, and appropriated 1.700 towed the gospel to other parts. In Nee Zealand this cause of • not was abundantly blessed, for, whereas formerly not one of our ship's crews dare venture near that land, lon amount of the savage condition of the natives. This change had been accomplished chiefly through the instrumentality of the late Dr. Mareden, who solicited the Church Missionary Society to send out teachers to them. This was done in 1814, and now in one town in the interior he had been informed by • friend, of 100 natives who worshipped in • church they had thentselvea , erected, 70 of them were communicant& The rev. gentlemen's interesting speech was listened to with marked attention, and after the Doxology was sung, the meeting se teil.--After the afternoon meeting ES was collecteii, and the total amount, added to the society's funds, was 125.  POOL& —Tee Paorougn NAVAL Deem. —For some time past expectant hope* have been raised by tleo rumour that the Government were negociating for the purchase of some large wharfs and stores, situate on the West Shore, for the purpose of laying out and forming extensive dockyards for constructing the smaller clam of gunboats., steam-tugs, An The necessity of having such a readerreas on the south mast was urgent. end Poole v-as preeminently the locate—the situation beini central, and the fanilittes everything requisite-Government and Admiralty isspsctors, "reerue, and officials have pronounced in its favor. Measurements, stipulations, and photographs of the proposed sites have been forwarded to bead quarters, but the ultimatum has not yet been given. Of course the tardy prejodies of circumlocution and reddspeion muse be respected, and everything done methodically and in dee time. The inhabitants compeer to be getting weary deferred." We °Ay hope that they may not ulti be obliged to join in the dolorous refrain of being "done. Prospects once bright now appear dark. Some lay the blame of eroceastinatem on the town official. for not pressing the matter. Others Mama the owners of the for letting too high a price upon it. —or in fact propertyn ot giving any answer, either affirmative or negative. Government offered double the sum it could have been purchased for at • public competition some months once, but it was refused. no owners were indifferent to the advantages the dockyard would have conferred upon the town. The town did not exert itself in the matter, and so the affair hes slipped out of their bands, it is to be hoped to those who omap.siat. important local banks. All praise is due to the owners of proSadjacent to the proposed sites, for lawfully offer. lais em to the authorities far below their real value, in to afford every pomade induconest for the moral prosperity of the town. These tempting offers were lee advantageously situated than the one preferred, and were therefore rejected. Wenn °nugg.— This Court was held on Tuesday Were Jades Everett, The number of plaints was exceeding few, and noes of them of any In= Bornay