The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

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WEYMOUTH.

WEYMOUTH .COUNTY COURT. —A report of the
proceedings of this court un Thursday last, will he
found in our third pigs.

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RIME VOLUSTIMRS. —The Weymouth Corps have
been measured for their clothes, which are promised
to be supplied by the end of the present month.
The corps have commenced morning drill, while
evening drill still continues. The musters are good,
and a spirit of iinprovement manifestly visible. It
is supposed they will be shortly supplied with their
muskets, and they hope to be in a position to return
the compliment paid by the Dorchester Rides last
week, at the opening of the agricultural exhibition.
New Got.o Dull:l:S.—From a letter •received by
Mr. Cummins, of Thomas-street, from his daughter,
Mrs. Jenkins, who is at present residing near Sydney
with her husband, it appears that the great theme of
conversation in New South Wales just now is the
recent discovery of new gold fields at the Snowy
River, which bid fair to rival all other diggings for
the precious metal hitherto discovered. The popula-
tion of that district now numbers between 3,0041 and
4,000, and although many are deterred from ventu-
ring thither on account of the severity of winter,
which is close at hand, the arrivals more than counter-
balance the departures. Few are leaving if they
have the means to shod a week or two, and those
who have not, if diggers, can earn twenty shillings
per day as wages. •Ciwid is to be got in plenty. A
nugget, four pounds' weight, was obtained one day.
and Oil the following one of fifteen pounds with
quartz attached to it was got out; aud a fortreight
mine* nugget, resembling a rusty bar of iron, ass
, obtained by one party in a gully at the foot of the
township. Provisions are tolerably plentiful ; dour
Itkl. per lk, sugar Is., tobacco ss., tea 58., bread
2s. fki. the 21b. loaf, potatoes id. per lb., cheese 25.,
and butter 4s.

BOAT CLUB.—On Tuesday evening there was an
opening row by the members of this club, and on
their return to terra
.tiriria they adjourned to the
Crown Inn to supper. It was proposed Oust all the
colours should be thrown into one, as some contained
niuch stronger men than the others, and that a fresh
selection be made to make each colour more equal.
DORCHESTER VOLUNTEER RIFLE Coitrs.—Wey-
mouth was on Thursday evening last honoured by a
visit of the Dorchester Volunteer Rifle Corps. As
theft had been a drenching rain during the greater
port ion of the day, and the appearance oldie sky as the
afternoon advanced was anything but promising for
an eight miles' march, it was not anticipated here
that the general order which bad been given to
"march to Weymouth--weather permitting "would
be carried out. We were, consequently, taken
sumewhat.by surprise; but it was a surprise of de-
light, as it tended to show that our Volunteer Rifles
,—those belonging to the county town of Dona at
least —are composed of the right material to make
good soldiers, and that should sterner duties here-
after call upon them, they will be found true at
their post. At about half-past six o'clock, the corps,
under the command of Captain Kindersley and
Lieutenant C,minhe, entered the town from the
I Dorchester road, and proceeded down the Explanade
through St. Mary's Street to the Guildhall, beaded
by the drum and-fife baud and also the brass band
of the Dorset Militia, which bad been kindly lent
fur the occasion by the gallant Colonel of that regi-
ment On coming opposite the Lion Hotel they fell
into rank and file, and were dismissed for refresh-
ments. The members wore their un-dress suit and
had their rifles, side arms, and belts made
of black patent leather. On the front of the
call, the cross-belt, and the cartridge pouch, are
affixed a neatly executed medallion, in bronze, of the
Dorchester arms; and on the centre of the clasp of
the waist-belt is the figure 3—the number of the
oorps—and around this the words " Dorsetehire
Rifie Volunteera." Altogether the dress has a very
Diat appearance. AA the corps marched down the