The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-18 00:00:00

Vampsbire.

SOUTHAMPTON. The WeAi India and Pacific
Mad.. -- The Royal Mail Company's steamer
Shannon, Captain Abbott, with the above mails,
arrived at this port on Tuesday last at 11.45 Liu.
She brings s 9 pasectigers, and treasure to the value
of 553.04:1 dole., of which 25,60 S (lois. is gold bul-
lion, 1,.•9,020 dols. of gold coin (foreign), 24.1,110
dols, silver bullion. 54,450 dole. foreign silver coin,
ilols. jewellery, and platina 225 &dn. Her
cargo comprises -151 st,rons cochineal, 36 ditto
indigo, 4911 ditto bark, 145 bales sarsaparilla, 505
packages silver ore, 221 packages cocoa, and 202
packages sundries.
commanders Field and Jenner have been ap-
pointed Admiralty agents on the Southampton
station.

CO34IIIssIoNS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
OF TIIE Couvry OF SouTtIASIPTON.—Ist Hamp-
shire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps.—The Rev.
James Adair Griffiths Colpoye, M.A., to be Hon.
liaplain. 2nd Hampshire Artillery Volunteer
Corps.—The Rev. John Vanderstegen Stewart to be
Hon. Chaplain. 3rd Hampshire Artillery Volunteer
Corps.—Capt. Alfred Barnes Sturdee to be Major.
17th Hampshire Rifle Volwiteer Corps.—Major
ieorge %Vingate to be Lieut. Isth Hampshire Rifle
Volunteer Curpa—Chaloner William ('hute, Esq.,
to be Lieut.. (Memorandum : Her Majesty
accepted the resignation of the following
:Ms dons : Hampshire Rifle Volunteers.-6th Corp,.
—Capt. Wildman Yates Peel. 7th Corps.—Capt.
Ileilry Peter t)tha. 14th Corps.—Capt. Frtneis
Liven.) 17th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.
-Frank Bradshaw to he Ensign; Cherie* Benson
Brearey, M.D., to be honorary Assistant Surgeon.
PRESENTATION. During the past week the
teachers of the Deanery Sunday School have pre-
sented the Res. H. Norton, late curate ofSt. Mary'',
with a handsome desk, on which a suitable
inscription was engraved. The congregation, Sunday
School teachers, and other friends of the Cnbinton
Schools have also presented the rev. gentleman with
a silver tea and COUIII3IIIIIOII service. as a mark of
their esteeiu oil his leaving Ow ncighhourh,od for an
appointment in the diocese of Rochester.
flo restoration of Netley Abbey, on the hanks of
the Snuthampton Water, is progressing. During the
present N eek the workmen engaged in restoring the
abbey •liscovered the grave and tombstone of one of
the monks. Acconling to the inscription on the
stone the name was John %Vitae, and he died in
1431. Most of the bones found in the grave crum-
bled to dust on bei.lg exposed to the air. An in.
scription has also been discovered at the base of one
of the columns in the chapel, from which it appears
that the abbey was built in the rein of Henry 111.
A large number of persons now visit the abbey to
see the work of restoration going on. A small
chapel is to be built by the side of the abbey for the
performance of divine worship.
LE FEUVRE AT TIIIC SUIT OF Becuas. A
public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Mary's
parish was held at the Bevis-street Tavern on
Thursday, when it was unanimously resolved to sub-
scribe towards liquidating the law expenses (esti-
mated about £7110), incurred by Mr. Le Feuvre at
the late trial at Winchester.

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W I Nell LsTEK. The f'unnty Volunteer Iteriew.—
The review of the volunteer forces of Hampshire in
this city, or some other locality to be decided upon,
has not been put off till next year, but will, in all
probability, take place in the ensuing month.
Tire liusi. Simons': Man-ii. --There are IS
pi izes for competition on the 15th inst., and the
aggregate value to be shot for amounts to nearly LW
ltomskr.—Lord and Lady Palmerston arrived at
Broadlands on Saturday week from Cambrhlge-house,
Piccatldly. The noble lord and his amiable lady
were greeted with a merry peal from the bells of the
venerable Abbey Church.
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Tux H A HA' CST. - 'onsiderable progress has been
made with the harvest during the past week. The
weather having been very favourable, a great breadth
of wheat and oats have been put together in excel-
lent condition.

ANDovv.u.—Volunteer Rifle Corp..— The mem•
hers of this corps are makiog satisfactory progress,
and on Tuesdayevening, they marched and dada little
skirmishing, a line moonlight night affording& good
opportunity for such manoolvrts. Target tiring 11,11
also been conitnenced. The voluntter concert at
the Townhall, the object of which is to raise funds
for providing a brass band to the corps, came off on
Tuesday evening Last.
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THE -NEW N7I,IIONAL SCHOOLS. --These schools
having been completed, the formal opening of the
same for school business, it is understood, will take
place on Thursday, the 20th inst. A special celebra-
tion of divine service will take place at the church,
anal should sufficient funds be collected there will be
a treat to the children.

ItiNGwoon.—/i,quid.—An inquest WILD held on
Thursday morning on the body of 'Janus' Beazely,
a man employed on the new line of railway in pro-
reas of cunstruetion between this town and Christ-
church, and who was buried beneath several tons of
earth which unexpectedly fell. The jury returned
a verdict of accidental death.