The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

CASTLE CARY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

The annual show of this society wag held ak
Castle
i Catty on Tuesday last. The show wee nut
es so large n former years, but the quality of the
stook wee fully maintained. Business wee stirring,
although not so brisk as many desired, and price.
were !Silly maintained. Mr. Corry again exhibited
his bull, which carried off the lint premium, haring
I lone so also at Bruton and Yeovil. Mr. Thomas
Gifford, jun., also cams in again for a large char. of
the prises. There were prises offered for the host
Itarrenere in, milk, but the judges did not consider
the best exhibited worthy the whole prise, but
gave Mr. T. Clifford a The exhibition of pigs
was of a very nxoellent description. There wee no
entry for the premium offered to female farm
labourers for length of servitude. The weather was
cold and bright, and the show on the whole was a
successful one, The Judges were Stock- -Masan.
Bartley, Motoombe, John Collins, liateotube, and
Walter Godwin, Fast Stower. Cheese John
Whitehead, Beltoturborough.
About half-put 2 o'clock, a dinner was held in
the Townhall, to which about 60 gentlemen eat
down.
Sir Henry Anslie Hoare, Bart, presided, and wits
supported by W. Knatohbull, Esq., M.P., and the
Rev. Prebendary Mead. There were also present
Charles Huse, Esq., hon. sec., D. Ashford, Esq.,
coroner Messrs. T. Gifford, jun., King, Davie
J. H. Woodford, Anderson, Andrews,
W Collins,
Mullins, Welch, Fox, Hunt, Allen, Ice.

The following le the hit of prisos i
Bnisniso kJ, Robert Corry, Over
Compton; £l, Thome. Gifford, jun., North Cadbury,
Cow mid off•pring, £9 and £l, TllOlll4ll Gifford, jun.
Two dairy Cow' 22 end £l, ditto. Hailer% in calf, not
axoooding 3 years, 29, ditto ; £l, U. Gifford, libapton
Montague, 'Stook Heifers, ditto, not olosailing 9 years,
£ll and £l, T. Gifford, jun. liarreners, (in milk) El,
(halt
_premium) to Thomas Clifford, tioutbdown ewes
a Charles Xing ; John liertlett. Two-tooth
wetbora, £9, young, Yerlington ; fl, Netheniel
Jonninga, Vitamin+, Hoar, el, Clisrlou Owed, lion,
ham 10s., Gideon Nipper, feheptsnt Millet, Breeding
ltow, el end 10s„ Doors+, Dorrord, Atudford I bounty of
be„ Oberlin+ Kinn,
FAT fiTOOK,—Clow, £l,—Young el, John %Slott
bounty of 10e„ John Wolobman. fleifor Xi end el,
John Hargett, Pon of wothem,_ Hiorge Clifford,
Blookford ; el, 1110111A1 Rummy, YAt pig, 1, Welsh ;
10e„ Hoorgo 14111101,
VtIONIII,—Besi lot of +Meow+ kg, and el ,f,
Atiolord ; Mr, Kingekm, highly emumooded,
ItIRWANON TO LAWIVONNA,—VPf lON oryltwle end
good eonduct, ellophou Vlioiniterlein, servont to
lionnett, Mem, 47 you'll' kl to Thoinal shl, ROPVIIII to
Mr, Young, 40 yowl+, For lentala evvanW, no *wpm
(Ilion,
Thu loaet of the elneoolieul Dandidatie, WAA reepolidod
to by,,' Ai gloom,
Thlech toed WAA the Oneuseowful Clendidatee, for
which no reenonio WAR meth+, probably from no one
feeling enviable of the dletinotion,
@Natalia thOh gam+ the health of the Hon,
eleorotery,
Mr. Hum+ in returning then* sold that the little
+m *erring he wee olded- to render WON given with
Repot deal of willingiume, Had he the time and NINON
erniing WOUIRI hue kid 'mated ammonneill end !demote,
ThAt Whig the oo*o, (Icy inislit mined Mist ki lend•
holning limid to the thole , He eligaveleti
that the Vniarl ;thou be offered for a shod- (line,
lay_ I month, (Hear, lieat.l
'The VICAR in reply, mud he won leave it In the
halide of Uonitiiiitee, to do • they I might bell,
Mr, /IN (lush rev. The offer which
the Aompany emmraled,
Melon, Daniell, HUHN, and Moreholees, (of the
Castle they Ohm (limbo enlivened the proesedinge hy
the tasteful perfornianeei Of Artlifid 11111011fd lOWA.

TAUNTON, —Bunt d llonleA,—lfesticortilors q,l
lAO Ntortfrevur. —A mac Mg of this boos was held
on Thursday, Mr. dilleit, the Chairman, presided.
At II previous merit% of the board curtain matters
connected with the (brimss of dillerent ports of the
town, and which wetter had reference to the eon.
Iliad of the surveyor, were referred to the drainage
committee, rid the report of such committee and
also a report whirl the surveyor was ordered to
furnish were to have been discussed on Thursday,
that day Irving been set apart for the discussion,
primarily of the whole subject. On the 'rambling
of the board the chairman announced the resignation
of the surveyor. Mr. Pollard moved that the report
of the &rums committee be reed. Mr. Ttedferit
objected, but the motion was carried by a majority
of IS to 3.—The surveyor's resignation wail then
formally accepted, and a vote of thank. passed to
the drainage snumittee, who, Mr. l'ollarel, in ac•
knowleidging the n=ol'llol4, said had been placed
in very painful alsinuistanoes,
lioutfax.—The ironmonger' In this
town have agreed to Woes their shops on the Monday
following urinous., mu order to give their aristants
three days' holiday. It is expected that the prima.
psis in other branches will follow the example.
Tint EXMOOR FORIPT MURDIR.—It will 110
doubt be recollected that in August lest, • man
named William Burgess was arrested by Superin-
tundent Jeffs, at Swansea, on • charge of having
mustered his own daughter, Hannah Burgess, aged
0 yearn, in Exmoor forest. The prisoner then ad•
mitts' he had done the deed ; but a difficulty ammo
In the case, in consequence of the body of the
murdered child not having bean discovered.
The magistrates, however, committed the pri-
loner for trial, on the 11th of September, on the
capital charge of wilful murder. The active and ex-
perienoed chief constable of this county, Mr. V.
Goold, used every exertion to dile:rover the body, and
colleateit together at the time a large number of
hie force to search the forest, more particularly the
immediate locality in which the murder was sup-
posed to have been oommitted, but the search proved
fruitless. Nothing daunted, he still persevered.
Advertisements were issued for divers to desoend
into some copper mine shafts, but being so deep the
thing was illltirsOMoll.ble. At length, at a subsequent
meeting of the justioes, it was recommended by the
chief constable, and resolved by the rimester«, that
• large copper mine shaft, 250 feet deep, and full of
water, (where the prisoner was known to have
worked) should be pumped out. The contract was
undertaken by a party who knew the locality, and
notwithstanding it took five weeks to empty the
shaft, success crowned their efforts) for at the bottom
of this immense shaft the body of the child was dis-
covered with its little chemise on, and enveloped in
a frock, with a sack attached in which a large
quantity of stones were placed to prevent the body
from floating. An inquest was held before W.
Monkton, Fsq., coroner, and a verdict of Wilful
Murder against James Burger has been returned,
and the additional depositions in the ore was
taken before the magistrates on Thursday, at
Dulverton. Great credit is due to Mr. Ooold and
the magistrates for their determination in sifting the
case, and Superintendent Joh acted with great in.
telligenoe in the part he has taken in this matter,
The old saying of " Murder will out" has been vet.
lied in this therms, and the resolute desire mini.
fisted to prove all the oireurneteroas canna:lt'd with
the horrible crime will, no doubt, be I MAW" the
evil dimpord, and oonvinoe them that such heinous
Wilmer cannot be committed with impunity.
'rue 14140 T.—Last year a (moiety wee formed in
this town to promote the ballot movement, sad a
steady mores lies marked the Work of the society
since its establishment, Its numbers 00113ple• rem
tors and non•eleotore, and although the former WI
not pledged to vote for candidates who are in favour
piths ballot only, yet a considerable number of them
have determined un adopting that course, It is,
therefore, tolerably dear that at a future election a
Liberal candidate, in favour of the ballet, will Nand
a better °herr of ideation thas One lie le not On
Tuesday evening a public merles rd of the
movement WY lOW it the Anembli roam, As

doors were opened at 7 o'clock, and the room was
speedily Ailed. The atterclanue might have been
greater on account of it having been announced that
the Hun. F. Campbell would attend and addrese the
meeting. It will be recollected that the hon. gentle.
man contested this borough at the last general elec.
thin, when he Wee defeated by the misbpractices of
the Tory party and the lukewarm conduct of several
persons who ought to have heen aotiv_p and untlevie,
ting supporter' of the Liberal ;muse oil that occasion.
Mr. Campbell, on entering the room, was rewired
with tremendous cheering. W. 80A41.11, 44., main.
pied the chair, *nil, after soma introductory remark.,
Introduced Mr. Campbell, who addremed the meet.
ing fur an hour and a quarter, principally in favour
nf-the ballot, His observations were listened to with
the glinted attention, and were frequently cheered,
Ma concluded by moving the adoption or a petition
to imth mouses of Perliament in favour of the ineor•
palatial) of the ballot with any measure of parlie.
mentery reform, Al the oioneinsion of hie remark,
the hen, gentlemen was greeted with the moat mil•
krone cheering!. which WU continued for several
141111Utee, Mr, .1, If. }ferny seconded the adoption
of the petitions, end the motion wee eerried without
a s hgle hand Wing held up /melon it, The thank,
dine meeting were then oeverilly worded to the
Mon, )45.r, Llemplull and the chairman with 14001,1114'
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held in thia tort Mr A eonalilenahle time, There
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to heir the speakers, rilirreorrir;/riornol,
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wm, Pend Mat fig that this Ilfilli MI Hinter Were
willing to lists Me lihs and wont AI laying over M
per ve 1, of Win pose feeelple, with a NlVlNllititlii that
thou mold mil he lite I kin 44ifillO II yew( Assn.
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roiroilinriiithe moil give A per Mehl, Clio throe.
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aimed sinuierihe, mid he never Wtoil I lit 1111
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In Wpm' sbe Bay; V AMU lie lilies ill;
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rft4llll4 IQ 41100, II r, i moo A olAni Ilb given
crio
his Iris for 4pion I h *little had su rilred fur
611111 in 41)00 e wor of shank A eintiviittee was
:Ivo plod to welt tor parties end solicit further sin.
fllinito,
Mn.M W, ?CI% M,Pu ON Mlle ISNW BeentiSl
PlLL,—tt tile Milne, lif tha tirillon Agrieultural
Metnety r, Wee, iry reiuriiin throne Mr Po mem.
ben nip the eiletre tilt/41ft o ills OW of Motile?.
set \ thee allude In the mu cooie a New 'Whom
ist
fin 1-.41 as to remitter's whether the bionlilee
coil il net e intended to these who didriet now en.
Joy It e would mit touch *pun Mr, hriglithi
i
epeiveli i rhe (Mr. Meows* against the hello an
against universal auftliye, (Chum) Hut the ipies.
trim winf the
i people lad looming ripe fur the suit.
rage, night ittiol be bestowed upon these Would did
lali At present peewee II? Doubtless many of them
lad reed 0 speech thin had been meek spoken of
which was fluently delivered by his hon. blend Mr,
Nnetiemile. It showed the way in which the Nan
in l'arliament were distributed, how the inanufactu•
ring and oommercial Maims were represonted, and
also how the agricultural classes were represented.
To those who had taken trouble to read that speech
It must be apparent that the agricultural member'
were in a very small minority, while at the same
time they represented much larger constituencies and
• much greater amount of population than the mem.
bars for other classes. (Hear, hear.) If Mile were
the case, there could be no tlintld whatever that in
any re•ilistribution of the oonitituenoies—and there
lutist be such a ro•olistribution in a Reform Bill—the
claims of those who had the Mast representation omit
be taken into account, and the number of representa•
tires of the agricultural interest must be increased.
(Hear.) Now, Mr. Bright wished it to be quite
another way ; he wished for £lO voters, or even
lower than that to have the election of the members ;
but if this were allowed the agriculturalists instead
of gaining would limo, If they now, in Mile free
country, enjoyed the privileges of Englishmen, they
would then stand a chance of losing those privileges;
in the most complete way imaginable, fir the towns
would return nearly all the members, and the agrb
cultural interest would be in so small a ininority,
that it would be very inadequately represented. He
hoped, therefore, that the electors would see that the
constituencies should be so amended, and the memo.
here so elected that, whatever Reform Bill was
parsed, the agriculturalists should not lose by it.
(Hear, hear.) They ought to gain a groat deal more.
At the same time, he thought that the small minor
towns ought not to return one or two members,
while places of much greater population and inliu•
ence returned none ; and he also believed that no
measure would be acceptable to the country which,
while it re•distributed the representation, did not
also extend the franchise. (Cheers.) He might also
observe that he felt confident Lord Derby would
never bring forward a measure on this subject which
was not strictly conservative, (Loud applause.)
Conservatism did not consist in keeping things
exactly as they were ; but it Wee A movement in
wmort4noe with the times, in which care was taken
that while the institutions of the country were pre•
served, they were also improved and strengthened.