The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-15 00:00:00

Ix ant blighto4 NO b.
verataw; 4tned:
beaucifial

betbeir *whit yosri pel4 Way to
diseuei find nrowt rtt fatly en ;

ing up membrane, the mouth covered with limes
amd with grinder decomposing Inatter,i the elec. . ,-,
tions of liqrlid froze; .frequeut and .paisfel, the i
:panting "breathing. the pulseleas condition, the '''',!-Holsing; ilalivesem;rWral now. Mr. J. Fat wedge, of
fleainineter, says i —Wheat middling, Marley goal, oath,
deathly coldness of the body, the heavy sr ifling henna. and peas middling, potatoes goo I, by lighr, root
crops good, harve-t ger era! now. Mr. Hobert Don7e:
l odour of decomposiu4 animal mitttere, awl the
' clouds of fl es clustering over the body of the hilig.loteecl',ll-"arrir;";:tu—tWavhe-:stgen"dbeart *wv.',7,f° oft.'l4 tilitmli
dying animal, present a wohl picture which coupe
under average; hems not mach grown ; potatoes slightly
seen isnot:or to be forgotten." blight. a; hay under average, but ni vie well; qt,t c ope
. NM' shonld we like to see it—we have never late, but pretty good , harvest general. AugS 3. Mr.
' almost read of anything resembling it, and pain- W. 3. Voss, ofC
godrfe ; po..
tatle,se.‘,.seVll ht
V,larea!es
, jest
appear.tley, suit,
fill as it may be to bring out the hideous features oats average; poet
' •og • hay good • root crop. average; harvinit g n...ral,
mw '
of such a disease, it es to be a scourge so .
All;net I. Mr. H. Saunders, of Weetskoliabe, says:
dreadful that there is no other alternative hut to Wheat g. al on strong but thin on light soitr • little
watch for and extirpate it wherever it appears. blighted; barley heavy on goad exoesptgravelly moils, and
Of course it is not for us to a,y whether the die- Tilley fields laid ; oati shad crop, very
_unevenly ripe;
ease is altogether of foreign origin and iniportat- rout g oh; pot itoes good till lately, but now blighted;
bay a light crop in ni at flolde, mat-is well ; root crims
tion, or whether it is not partly an epieootic due
—mute.-!thur; early sown aStan patchy ; harvest
.to the season and atmospheric conditions of our g000.,..1. July 31. ,
own island, developing itself first amongst foreign Busouon Perry, smstoss,
Monday.-13.10ne the
cattle only as moat-susceptible of the disorder. Mayor (Pr. Alirid4e), an.l J. Bishop, Esq.—Carollue
That the various outbreaks have been tripmd, how- Hawker, a married W.III•17, of West Pordington, was
ever, to the foreign importations is as yet quite brought up on reroand, chaTed with obtaining one pair
certain ; and that the ateam shipping and rail way of sheets, 44 y.oda of sheeting, four yards of fi innel, and
companies by whom the foreign cattle are trans- gni:. ya,iricics of
.earlieero; uLdeur fialaih prelt,i.rnce ~ fkroin Messrs.
..i.
tni t ted to our markets, have much of it to answer Thecevitronsa "Zs to the; effect tiist prisoner obtained the
for from the filthy and infected state of the cons goodll by representing liermilf as sent for them by Mn. A.
and cattle trucks is equally trne.' The Govern- J. Smith, ,1 .Bradford Perereil,, sod that such repro.
went officers seem to be adopting every preCan- ['rotation wan not trite. She woe committed for trial at
taltietizit.gen:reirosSu...:itoer.
tion of which the law admits, but human law is —(....lerarl.er. Andrew., re ;my
h ged with aesaultirtg
powerless against the dispensationsof Providence
Joe SitrA74o4hllng, a yi'llitl;C was
living' In the borough,
We are glad also to perceive that the
. Aogust 10th. Delendent p'eatled not gultv. Cos,
members of the Dorehesiter Farmers' Club are in pl.tinant add that an Thursday eve Mg be was li. Icing
the mean time bestirring thettistil efts in this Mr. MateleY'il own to get some oats info the loft.
matter, and that on the requisition of the lead,' A ruliciwa led iti horse by the orogen near which he *as
i;:g members the President, G. J. Wood, Esq., ;,t-,Y'.:lrl!e.„ttx"=rttt;.lxzuszd.
of Athelhanopton Hall, has called them together femelant struck him in the face with hit hand. ile
at the Antelope Hotel, on Saturday next, at thanked defendant and walked away. The horm Wm in
four o'clock, for-the purpose of considering the the h 'bit of" plungieg" in that manner when led in or
best measures to be adopted for preventing Or out of the stable. Defendant said the complainant
taiiecteduistdheeithoirrseckwainthi
aids
ittlrembnhund3r
Ftflorneefile,nk,
controlling of the cattle murder]. The meeting,
although convened by the Farmers' Club, is. called by defendant, rorrwob .raat".;d The stateneunnt.'
understood to be open to all agriculturists, and The magistrates at once dismis.ed the case. —A
it is of importance that all wh-) have any in- corporal of the 75. h Regiment, stationed at Portland,
formation to offer shall attend on the occasion. namA Nicholas Plawright, was brought up chsr„-e I
—(&e A dvertisement) with being a deserter. Superintendent Underwood sp.
pretended prj.oner in a house M Fordington, and
.charged him with being a deserter and reading a i:5
note. He mid he 11.441 sorry he had done it, but he moat
put up with P. Premier wit. ordered to be conveyed b..ck
to his regiment.—William P. &fey, labourer, and Andrew
Macklin, ostler, two young men, one of whom had an
eye greatly discoloured, were charged with Moabite.
P.C. Davis fund prisoners fighting in Friary-line about
half-past tnelve on Sunday ?melting. Their proceed.
inga had attracted • Mewl, and there was a great noise.
Prisoner had hzeti drinkiug. With the artal•tince of
oPre.S..R.Edeetcillienhie.?tioes therm i
stoorrthe f
,lal,,
what had
haPdrihalp.eraneedt:
Having been lit the lock-up Since Saturday eight, they
were cawioned for the future and dlacharged.—George
Cook, a man who bas latterly been in the employ of Mr.
Gall in, if this town, wan charged with drunkentirea.
P.C. Mitchell found prisoner drunk and indeep under
Mr. Simmond'a hay-rick, near the Bridport road, about
three o'clock on Monday morning. Be mid he had bom
drinking all the previous day. Priaoner said be :tad,
got lodgings at the Wood and Stone, but did not go
home because the door was locked, and he did not want
to knock them up,,„ Au sus limed ss. sad 3a. 61. costa,
or, in default, rievep &la' hard labour. Till Saturday
hosed ftw payment.
Tint CIGAR SHIP, in the Thames, .the private
yacht of an American gentleman, Mr. Wynan, will
be ready for sea by the end of ()Weber. The bull
is immensely long, perfectly round, and resembles a
cigar pointed at both ends—a gigantic iron main.
yard in appearance, haring a rather wide diameter
in the middle, and tapered tabloid an fine as a needle.
et each end, suggesting immense speed. 'Phe work•
jog power of the engines will be nearly 2,500-horse-
power. She is 256 ft of extreme length, end 16 ft.
diameter amidships We subjoin the rest of the
description in Theraday's Times r—" Underneath
the vessel's bottom, in phew of a keel, is a broad
band of the best Low Moor iron an in& thiek by
three feet wide, and meant to protect In f in Cate of
her taking &Ma Inside is an iron floor, which
also mils froth end to end bovefed with wood, .and
forming, in fact, the iowef pilesenget deck of the
yacht. This floor amidships is only about six feet
from the bottom of the cylinder, so that overhead
there is a roomy cabin enough, much resembling in
shape a small railway tunnel. The upper and only
external deck is 130 ft. long by 104 ft. broad, and is
formed by, building for that-length what we may call
a square flatdopped wooden carer on the top of the
cylinder. This cover, or deck, is 4 ft. 10 in. high
altogether, of which the lower 2 ft. is of iron, the
other 2 ft. 10 in. of common light wooden bulwarks.
She has two short funnels, two light telescopic iron
masts and these, and her little .1-ck, and a small
part Of the upper curve of the cy 'iruder are all that
will be seen out of the water. We sineerely trust
that success will accrue to Mr. Wynan's enterprise,
as it is a bold trial of anew principle at the inven,
toes own expense and risk, and also because
Mr. Wynan has paid a compliment to our national
spirit of progress and desire for improvement in
preferring to build his yacht in England rather than
In America. In any event, therefore, we shall be
the drat gainers by his success.
CfillßCti Attll ocroirray Newentifift rOMPANY
(Ludiraid.—The First General Statutory Meeting of
ehatelundets of this Company, which was registered
in February last, "for the publication of cheap,
good, and indepenciant organs of public opinion, of all
elevated, moral, and religious tote intimately devoted
to town and country interests," and commenced bad-
ness at Lady-day; was held (in terms of official an-
nouneement) on Wednesday last, the 9th instapt.
Within the Board Room, No. I, Corchill, Doreheete,
'When the Reports of the Directors and of this.
"ffeelttors were respectively submitted and approved
Iff, Nod the thanks of the rneetiag conveyed to the
'latter for their kindliest in endertaking the reqnishe '
financial ieveatmations, whit* were declared to be
very satisfactory, as respected the font months
during which this Cheap Newspaper System had as
yet be in operation. The trenchers attesting the '
weekly eipenditnre for paper, proved the regular
circulation to erdeed 32,000 copies every week, '
without the risk of surplusage, whilst the progress of ,
the advertising department also promised a large
expansion on a uniform scale of charge, highly ep,-
, preetated by extelieite advertisers, yet admittmg,,,et ,
the same time, of the dm of the company's coleys ,
at the meet favourable rate for local annonncemen '
vie newspapers itt present published by the -1
ot
'patty are fourteen in number, and comprise 'i
'lreatern Flying Post (offioe, Yeovil), the old
'journal in the west of England (1736), The Angel
tbernry gore's (office, Dorchester) established ten
r, The Ringwood, Blandford. and Wvnborne
Telegram (nline, Blandford), The Weymouth, Port. •
emi, aati De.ritheeter Telegram (office, Weymouth),
The Brielpttrt," Beaminster, and Lyme Regis
Telegfant (cAltbe; Tucker's Library, End port) -be-
*idea a Poole, ' Boterdentouth,' and Chrietehurek
Edition tel . the Teletfresm (office, SydeithatO,
Library,. Fade arid 'Bournemouth), and ne
Wike away • Telegram (office, Salisbury). The
rest of the Geometry's publications appear at Yeovil;
and comprise—The Yeettii-Tintect (an old copyright),
The filterborne and Dorset Mercury (the old original
ettpyright) and Penny Editions of the Flying Poet
for the following places :—Winoanton_, Castle Cary,
Breton, Sornertem, Langport, Lung Sutton,
keret?, South Petherton, blartook, liminster,
Axminster, ShelPten Mallet, Midsemer
Proms, Taunton, Wellington. and Wivelia
potent-I
.—A onerterly..ueetingef the Corpora,
tioT:wwgs sC °her Bfc laxL
' on Monday, when there were
The Mayor (Dr. Aldridge), Aldermen Enaor, Ounce,
god Gilpin, and Corm-61E6m PrOtid,'lliihop, &meetly,
Gregory, Steele, Andrewir, Vernon, and &mt.—The
minutes of the previous meeting were read and signed,
ricer which the Town Clerk read the report of the
General Purposes Comireittee, relative to the proposed
new Core Exchange. They considered that for the Corn
Exchange it .would be most advantageous io edot the
design entitled "Protection," provided ft could be
carried out at a cost not much exceeding Mr. Hall'a
estimate, and suggested seine minor titter/diens as to
' tue 're-arrangement of the marketa—fhe Mayor pro:
darted two sketches he had reoeived from Mr. Hall,
showing tier ellenitiona be proposed to make or rumor&
enoe with the troggentione of the committee.—Alderuma-
Eneor said little did be antitepate, when he first brought
this snbject before the Council, that the result would be
nth s report as that just rend, after the discussion theft.
bad taken place. The first scheme before the Council
Was one for providing • Corn Exchange fire feet =IA
then the present one and about the tame
at a omit of 1:000, and for converting *he imilsoi,
Corn Zichange Into offices for the COMMO4.II`
4,,0,01004. of £l3O or £lB5 extra. The oldoetios
ghat. Tialtled via* that the farmers objected to go hook
froin leia ream* 00111 Exchange, art also that it wool&
be rushing the town into.— tt expense without knowing
how' ...Mk! ‘' meney ; altogether, it was ,
1 there had - etweloson
~
Ii resultedit _
laid before
' had been '

DORCR EiTER
On &attic'''. Isst the A bstkry, B brigade of the
Royal Horse Arti lory, under the comrn.nd of Captain
Venue, retern, d to our barracks after a tat weeks'
drill at Aldershot.

The Rev. Mr. Horner. of Wells, rho wag injured by
the kidt of a horse during one of the relent exouttliotts,
still renleins in tf..rcheeter under the cute of Mr.
COW% but ii prograssing fetottrably.'

The 39th (Dorsesbire) Regiment, under the commend
of Col. Munro, C. 8., marched fro n its onartera at
Al lershot on Thnrsday morning to the North Camp
stition of the South-Eastern Railway, and proceeded
thence by special train to Dovvr. A eciripture Reader
to this regino ot was lately appointed chiefij through the
instrument ility of Mr. Caloraft.
A rcart of prvventing boiler inortistat'ona, recently
adoptvd in France, consists in lining the boiler with a
metallic network at some distance from the aides. The
lime s Its w.II, of course, be deposit d noon this net-
eroik. which can be easily remov,d, end fi mu which the
crust can be easily dettched.--[Would this not answer
ter tealtettkal

Conn SIARKET, Saturday. —ln oonsequeneo of the
reeent heavy mina and unfavourahle reports of the
Wheat orop, farmers asked an advance of 4s. per quarter,
and In some instances suceoeded in obtaining from,. to
per quartet abovt! the prie a entreat at ihe fair on
onday last. 04s and grinding barley in daunted at
fully late fittest

it.sitite.frr ilTitSfl.-- The lime. lt Mettle; vitt+ of
Ford.ngton, bus opportunely published a short series Of
harvest hymns, which ore distinguished by cheerful joy
and hearty t sinkfulnees. They merit a wide ciicula.
lion, and we shell ke glad to find that they are need at
many of the forthcoming harvest thanlolivings, in the
place of the indifferent verses, b.tli as to matter and
metre, whieh are lid unfreqttentlg etiltiloted on oda
Occasions.

REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTIRS. —The lists of
voters for the forthcoming Purl atnentery voters' regis-
tration are HOW 'placed on the doors of churches and
chapels. Sine alterations are mid, by the recent Act,
the 28th Viet ,as . 36. In future no revising barrister'
otort can be held in a county before the 20th of Sep-
teniber. Another alteration is that the 210th of August
ig the last day for giving notices Of objections; inntead of
29th, its prmiided by the Act 6th and 7111 Viet, ch
. The grounds of obi( otion are to he specified in the
bdtices, and only tl I grounds net forth can be heard by
the revising barrist 8 .

WRISI2O3 FROM DIG:CATION. —The Rev. W. W.
Howard, Her Majesty's Inspector of Church Schools
in Dorset and part of Devon, mentions in his report
lately issued 'hat in a school in which the Church
Catechism was taught by repeating it after the
teacher, the Creed was written out by a pupil as
f.llows when the official inspection was held I
belive God father ell almighty make franc and earth
and in Jeans chriit is only min our lord who was
ioseaved by the holy pet and born the &rah in tottery
surfed tinder potiehed pity was quest, tide dad and
hardy ;" and after this frtehion to the end,

liktitobtinPoijQg, Stittirtiett—Atefore the Ifayof ,(Dr.
Aldri.ge).—A man Of Broadinayne, nettled John F.rr,
who hat been brought before the Insai•trates eight
times for various offences, was sentenced to a month%
hard labour for vagrancy. Between twelve and one
o'clock on Saturday morning, P.C. %mai was attracted
to Mr. Redwood's premises, Fordington, by hearing
ducks making a noise. Looking through the bus of th
gate be saws man running along the yard. He entered
the premisea as qui. kly as be *MCA, and on searchttl6-
60, Need prisoper hiding amongst *me straw,

tottigklit çs .Donctlawfues—One of or great
niedldal celebrAies who oernmeifeed preetiee ffl Der.-
Ander rdany yecrs age and felintmighed It, teat notnez
, tamed to say that Dorchester was a place in whieli it
.was equally iinpoesible for a rnediocl man to live or to
tie; and in confirmation apparently of this remarkable
fact; rep-Intestine morning to record the meeti,,g together
yek•tel Ibty Of thrt Ei venerable ircilesmen of this town, all
oordwainers and genuine none of St. Crispin, whom:, ages I
are respectively 81, 82, and 85, and one bas, Wile etlive'l
In her 86th year. As usual in such cases we have added
up the joint periods of these D met worthies, and find
that the united ages et the four muit433fileare. -
DAPARTURR OP MAJOR PAOIreS BATTRRY t‘in Tint
—The A, El; and C, batted. 0, C Brigade, Royal Horse
Artillery, took ti sir departure froth heo qmartere,
Woolwich, on Thursday morning, for embaratach on
hamd the chart red steamship Hydespes, for passage to
Bengal. The batteries. eoncisting of 400 noncom.
officers and men, were in commend of Capt.
lind Brevet-co,. the Hon. B. T. Gage, Capt. and Brevet .
Is M. Tupper, Capt. Teederolt. in the
abe_erte on leave of c.pe, and Brevet-Major Paget,
goilimanding the 11 battery. end Cap. Rack Beene!
TherB Cal lilowtcta proportionate liuleber of woolen
- rod 'aoudad:is

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LONDON AND SODTll•Wlllfett# fiAIOVAT. The
report of the directors states that the balance of reventle
for the half -year en ding the 3lfth of June last, amounted to
£184.72, out of whiehit wesproposed to declare a dividend
payable on the Let el September next, at. the rate of 41
oar amt, per annum. The past half•year was in excess
the sorreagordling half a 1864 by £30,360 with as
- ffilten ayer the maws of 1864. The
x of the remaining poftion of the Yeovil and
hue between Sutton Bingham and Crewiterne
was Jew in progress, which when finished, wodld
40mPlete, the death* line of railway to the west pt
Yeovil. pm idellthery and Yeovil Company had
-arid dgying the past six months the second line
Tlahury and Semley, and the doubling of the I
• portion of their line between Salisbury and
, do* progreesifig.
,atisseatoolbat Itrwr•futr--The Reader
Arable stshoosty of the proseedings of the
Institute in borget, Wye f "Otte of
I present di.'-' ry into
I. who
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