The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-03-30 00:00:00

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WILTSHIRE ARCILEOLOOTCAL AND NATURAL
HISTORY SOCIETY.- -The congress of this society for
1858 will be held in Salisbury during the month of
August, under the presidency of the Marquis of
Ailesbury.

SALISBURY CITY QUARTER SESSIONS.—The Gen-
eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this city were
to take place yesterday (Monday) before John David
Chambers, Esq., Recorder.
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UPAVON.—A lecture on the Solar Eclipse, illus-
trated by illuminated diagrams, was delivered to a
numerous audienoe in the Schoolroom, on Monday
evening, March 15th, by the Rev. Henry Crook.
MARLDOROTJOR.—Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., pre-
sented the address of congratulation on the recent
marriage of H.R.H. the Princess Royal from the
Mayor, Aldermen and Bargains of this town, to
Her Majesty at the recent levee.
Prrita's.—We can now state, on authority,
that the Rev. Prebendary Tufnell, rector of
ingstoke, in this county, has been appointed to the
rectory of St. Peter's, in this town, which was
vacated by the Rev. Sir E. H. G. Williams, Bart.,
on Wednesday last. We understand Sir Erasmus
will preach his farewell sermon on the Sunday after
Easter.

CHIPPENHAM.—The Rev C. H. Spurgeon, who
has obtained ranch notoriety in London by his
preaching, visited this town on Tuesday, and de-
livered two sermons in the chaos market, the open
part of which was covered in, and, by means of
planks, ample sitting acoommodationwas provided for
between 3,000 and 4,000 people. The collection
amounted to .C7O.

SWINDOIC—SteepIe Chaae.—A Steeple Chase will
take place on Wednesday, the 31st inst., for horses
that have been regularly hunted with the V. W. H.
the 0. 8., the Duke of Beaufort's and the Craven
Hounds, and with Major Calley's Harriers. The
course will be run close to this town.
FATAL ACCTDENT.—AII I man in the employ of
Mr. John Butler, of Eloombe, was tending a bull, in
a stall, the animal, in the act of turning, squeezed
the man against some part of the stall, and caused an
internal injury, which resulted in his death soon
afterwards. The animal was a very quiet one.

Ten ATLANTIC TILEGRAPIL—The operation of stow-
ing the wire for a second effort commenced on Friday
week, 19th, on board Her Malady's chip Agamemnon,
in Keyham basin. An extra place for deposit has been
constructed on her upper deck, abaft the foremast,
capable of taking 2 1-sth miles each flake or layer.
Here about 140 miles were deposited up to Thursday
evening, at an average of 27 miles • day. It will con-
tain together 260 miles, which forms the first portion to
be laid. The place of deposit lad year, in the hold,
made the coil oval in one direction, clue to the liaison,
and oval in the opposite direction above. A different
arrangement prevails now; two additional bulkheads
have been knocked away, and the hold presents the ap-
pearance of • basin perfectly circular in every Art.
The *one in the centre 1, 12 feet 3 inches high, and he.
a diameter of 10 feet at the base and 5 at the top, it
will be encircled by 1,050 miles of cable. The remain-
ing 150 miles are to be coiled on the orlop deck, where
the heavy shore end was placed last year. A new guard '
has been fitted for the Apmeninon's stern, to prevent
the cable from fouling the propeller. The cage pre-
viously used was weakened by de proximity to the cop-
per on the ship's bottom, which served aa • negative to,
the iron. The galvanic notion of salt water on it during ,
the last eight months him] rendered it desirable to pro- ,
vide a new one, which will not touch the surface until
the load line is reached. On board the Niagara the ,
boats forward on the upper deck are to be removed, and
a space prepared of 33 feet diameter, equal to the reoep-
tion of from 170 to 180 miles of cable. For the ap-
proaching trial the Atlantic Telegraph Company appear
to have made very complete arrangementa through their
engineer-in-chief, Mr. Bright, who has been some days
at Plymouth. The coiling on board the Agamemnon is
superintended by Mr. Canning, who assisted in the
operation& last year, and who laid the cable across the
Gulf of Si. Lawrence from Newfoundland to Cape
Breton. Mr. Whitehouse, who completed the line
from Varna to Balaklava, and was charged with the
first shipment and fittings on board the Niagara,
takes the same duty now, with the aid of Captain ,
Kell, who was engaged in laying the early Mediter-
ranean lines. Mr. Everett, of the Niagara, accom-
panied by Mr. Clifford, one of the company's assistant
engineers on the former occasion, has been intrusted
with the supervision of the experiments carried on at
the works of Messrs. Futon and Amos, under the advice
of Messrs Penn, Field, and Lloyd, whom the company
have consulted aeon the modifications to be made in the
paying out machinery, and with the concurrence of Mr.
Brighi their engineer, and Mr. Appold, who invented,
for • different purpose, the form of brake to be used.
The staff of teluraphie clerks engaged last Tear has
been retained, and some of them, under the guidance or
Mr. Whitehouse, the electrician, ire perfecting them-
selves in their future employment by transmitting and
receiving, through the 2,600 miles of wire now at Ply-
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