The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

Vi ETMOUTEI.

ANTV/IL MEETING or TIES KIEL, CORTI! —Tb,
members in full Arms oviform, withont r le.. lowered
.t the statue on 'friday evir•ing, and, beaded by ti o
Mass band, proceeded to the Guildhall to receive
annoel statement of soOmiters. The MAyor flient
• occupied the chair, supported by lion. Assistant
Suwon Tigard, Sergeant M.l ir rranapton. Dr. hurt
Devenish, Eq., k t Capt. Thrasher was prevent...l
attenting by indisposition sad the Mayne during thi
procoadinvt read • letter front the Bev. J. A/Vioa,
• *arm adherent of the volunteer cease, regretting I is
inability to alliend.—A volunteer said the reading
the letter suggested to hius a subject for conaidemtion.
As the Mayor and ...*irporation had been to Trinity
Church, why not summon • Church parade and repair
to that edifice? Another volunteer called attention to
the fast that their chaplain waa the rector of St. Mary's,
and would it be courteous or in accordance with
volunteer regulations to attend another church ? To
this we. observed by the brat volunteer, that the suer,
tion ear male in a kindle trig, Ind that he should he
the last to do neything rolled neon the mother
church of St. Mary's. As en addendum to his former
suggestion be would say go to St. Illsry's one Sends'
and Trinity the neat. In the absence of the treasurer
(R. if. Eliot, Nitql, Use Mayor read tbe 6nearal state.
meat which thawed • balsam against the corm of 1:21.:
odd but ibis is capable of explanation. There bee been
the large expenditure of nearly IMO for clothing and
furniture fat orderly room, which will net have to be
incurred in fame years, or at least for some time to
some, besides this, the amount of hon. members' sub.
script/ono unpaid will more Was cover the liabilities of
the sorry. The report was ordered to he adopted
printed and circulated. The neat bushier was the
appointment of the eranenitts. The whole of to,
honorory members were re-elected, and for the effee•
tires Eli tolunters were named and proposed to id
bye ••61111C1141. Then mom the question, aa all bad
been duly proposed and seconded, who should be the
rejected one? A volunteer inimormudy observed that
as they were all good men edit sot wept, the whole
of them T—The Mayor said the rifles would not be altered
In that commer. It we, decided that mei volunteer
'toad writ* lye names ea • separate pima of paper
and hand in to the chairman. But were all to vote—
efficiente and Son 'diciest', as it might wan to beau
anomaly for a uno-eiloctive to vote in the election of an
effective? It was decided to give all the priTiler,thete
being no very few noa-eilleiewts present. The repeteit
one for the sournittee was • volunteer, who, to prevent
unplemantner, asked several not to vote for hire ; and.
we believe, he did not even vote for himself. Is sumer
to a question, the Mayor said be believed, though is
was not d rfinitely flied, that the tiro( the camp would
be Milton Abbe". The next business was the enrolment
of recruits, and the Mayor adverted to the falling of fa
the effective list. Abort ten recruits offered them-
selves, sad on stepping forward, we may be allowed to
state that we "at ones recognised in them the true
stuff out of which volunteer corps are made." The
" swearing in" having been completed, and the usual
votes of thanks erased, the corps returned to the status
where the members were dismissed.
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MAIDEN NEWTON.

Tits post-office se this place is now open for the
receipt of proposals for the ionise:hoe of lives, or the
purchase of Goverismeot Neuritis'.