The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-05 00:00:00

Roam= Wnrrra's Luactotrros.—On Saturday the
court
Bppointi,d Mr. Newman, receiver and
Manager.
OCT of 30 applicants James Davy, army pensioner,
of the town, has been chosen porter at the County
Hospital.
GILT WISTMLN RAlLW•T.—Peornary Traier.—
There will be no alterations in the passenger trains on
the Great Western Railway for the month of
February, and the present issue of all the time bills
will remain in force.
RoTAL Cou.ron or Stranaoss.—We notice with
nto.ore =angst the names of genth men, who,
having oodergoae the neociesary examination for the
diptona, were admitted members of the College on
the 28th inst.—Messrs. William Erase Good, Dor.
cheer; Jeremiah Reader, Bridport; and Theodore
Francis hamar, Milleene pee.
Tits amount subecribed towards the fonds required
E6,ooo—for the erection of the new liinsenni,
School of Art kr, amounta to £2,000. It is to be
hoped this will not be found to be the cream. We
have received several letters from correspondent+ at
Wimborne, Blandford, and other places, which we
have not room for, asking how it can be expected
they should subscribe to provide buildings for Dor-
shorter, when they themselves are anxious to onset
similar institutions in their own towns. However,
the 'object is undoubtedly good, and it has our best
wishes. The Earl of Eldon 6 the chairman of the
eommittee, and Canon Bin.chain, vicwchairman.
"MxA ABOUT COUNTRY, in the Merton.. bowed,
asks :—I should like to know what business the
Dorchester Corporation has at Crictel to present an
address. If the Prince were paining through Dor-
chester it would be another matter. I don't find
Poole fussing in that way, yet Pools is the next door
neighbour of Wimborne, and Dorchester is two dozen
miles away. The excuse lam told is that the Prince
has property at Fordington, then the deputation
should go front Fordingtoa. HR. H. has property In
toe but I have not beard that • deputation
is to wait upon him from Mare Down. [Wilt' Man
about Country kindly riblighten iso,if he troirilt.
:ibly
, as to what earthly reedit there
was
exclusion of the Press when the addle.' was—we
were Vag to say agreed upon—but, at all events,
A.smiled the Council.
.- The South Wadden District has just feud
the statement of it. financial and numerical worth. It
competed, up to December last, 1877, 02 courts,
mostly in Hants Wilts, and Dorset, with 14,428
financial, and 374 honorary members The Court
Fonds amounted to £75,875, and the District Fund. to
£11,335. The sickness experienced daring th. year
was 109,584 days, and the mortality we 133 members
end 76 wives ant widows. The new members initiated '
were 1 535, and 479 left through non-payment of con-
tributions. The general retakes compared with 1676
Is, that there is an increase of 776 financial and 10
honorary members. The Courts are richer by 1,5,980,
and the Distrkt by £706. The days' sickness were
more by 5,969, and the deaths by 12.
Tex kimono of the Dorchester Union had their
annual treat on Wednesday, coeistlg of an unlimited
supply of cake tea, and coffee, to w all did ample
junk*. After tea a beautiful tree, the gift of Mr. H.
N. Middleton, we shown to the delighted children.
It was loaded with dolls, books, knives scissors,
oranges, pocksthandkerchefs, bookmarks, workboxes,
Ike., to., which were all distributed to the children.
Mr. A. Spicer sent a large quantity of oranges and
bon-bons, and Mrs. Lovelace brought • bag of apples.
During the everting a few of the ladies and gentlemen
visited the sick wards, and made the poor old people
glad with presents of muff, tobacco, and oranges 'The
men had, besides their tea, one ounce of tobacco and •
pint of beer, the women an orange and • pnkethand-
kerchief, the old women snot Among the company
we noticed Mr. J. Lovelace, vice-chairman, and
family. Miss Whittle. Miss Gale, the Rev. T. and
Mrs Maakew, Met A. Lock, Mr. and Mrs. F. Mills,
Mr. E. J. Day and Miss Day, Mrs. and the Misses
Hazel, Mrs. Wroil, Mies Dean, Miss Lacey, Mrs.
Ware, kc., kr. The dining hall, which was neatly
decorated for the occasion, waa visited during the day
by Mr. J. Floyer, chairman of the Board and by
most of the guardians, all of whom expressed them-
selves pleased with the arrangements made for the
treat. The children "sag several of Moody and
Sankey's hymns, an The party separated at nine
o'clock. emceeing their gratitude to everybody who
had helped to make the 23rd of January such • happy
day for the per inmate of Dorchester Union.
DOICHEMMI AM) Wilmot-TM COUMING CLUB.—
This club, which has recently been formed for the
local encouragement of breeding greyhounds, held its
first meeting on the Athelhantpton estate, by the
kind invitation of Mr. G. W. Homer, on Monday
last. Lunch waa provided on the field by the kilol-
itres of • Mr. Horner. The most amusing race of all
was One to conclude between Mr. J. Fowler, of
Milborne, and Mr. J. Thresher, the winter to receive
as his reward both greyhounds and, after a long
worse. the decision was in favour of Mr. Fowler, who
had the pleasure of leading home two dogs instead of
sue. The stewards had very little to do, there being
no ditpute or any question or thought even raised
waintt th.. excell,nt judging of that veteran courser,
Mr. Seth Seymour, whilst the slipping of Mr. Porter
was as good as in his met palmy days. Mr. G. W.
Homer kept in perfect order the &Id, mil teemed
to have everything at his fingers' end., even atte,,d-
lag to the lt. aters and acting as slip.steward
Mr. H. Duke, the fisspsteward, not !muting
In an appearance 4 the beginning. Mr. George
Ensrvr kindly for • time acted for him with his
usual ability, Mr. Doke. on Ins arrival, disci:tarring
the duties, conahlertig it was his first appointment,
most creditably. The field-steward appointed was
Mr. J. R. Taylor, but on account of indisposition be
was unable to be present, and his absence mused much
enquiry and regret- In conclusion we must add that
Mr. Homer showed capital sport, and most energetically
did his het to proznive the enjotment of every one,
and, before leaving. invited many friends to partake
of his hospitality. The following is the result of the
several Canon.

The ATHELHANITOM STAMP An otchtdow stoke, open
to Awl ot hitches of any age. Natrance, Cl la Vast,
.C 6 6t. ; wood. it fa

Mr. Thonimen's Maiiim boat Mr. Ramer's Jim
Mr. G W. liomer'. lobo „ Mr. J. T. Itmor's
Empress
Yr. J. Bututcm's 0111011 Darling „ Mr. C. Rawl'. n.
Billy Boy
Mr. Wsidimes ita Fume „ Mr. 7ndt,i Phenix

IL
Echo boot
/sae. boat nrace Darlialll
Echo heat Fames

The Winsome STAI7I2-- .7f OnTclot stake, open to don
or Niche. of •nr that have new., won • course In
public. Entrance, LI Is. First, £3 ; second, CI lc

Mr. H•rner's Luta°lino brat Mr. Bonnett's lAdy
Kr. Tbotapson's 'Titania ran • by.
U.
Lut•oline bast 'Titania

Tin Doacnneera"..l3;;Wa A W.nr-Zog Italy& open to
Ir 6 Lotman% LI 1* Fire; n 30. ;
notoncl, LI la

t.
Mr. Thansprion'. lit Lain bast Mr. Fudge's Fairy Quasi
Mr. Mowlam's Mountain Deer Threabeta Tasseli

tit ;Cad,' beat Mountain Dear
A Consolation Stakes resulted in lir. Roper's Jim
tsking first and Mr. Walden's no Lady second prise

TOWN COUNCIL

An intatordinary meeting of the Town Council teas
held on Wednesday Pet, when there were OToonit -
the Mayor (Dr. Aldides) the Deputy. Mayor (Alderman
Lnekt sail Councillor, Gregory, T. Bennett, 7. Lock,
Darien. Frost Davis, Newman. Itmeon. Burgett, POW,
Mr 0. Symonds (Town Clerk). Deputy Town Clerk (Mr.
H. Syncistis). and the Borough 8 wiper (Mr. Npmatal.
business of the Sanitary Authority ems taken
Aril -Tte ems. -The committee reported that the WNW"
forth. dietrict rata, taking into consideration the dila*
dated slats of the rosds, pavements and footways of the
beeough. they regretted that they found it neceerry to
'screses the rate firm Is. 10.1. to k At the same time
they PO pleasure is etatlng that. owing to the ltetwora
meat is the mat-history st the waterworks. and the ren.
seenent saving therefrom, they wars in•blied to recta,
mend • redaction of 111. (from 01. to 6.1.115 the water-
arnrke -It wig OtOoOli by Mr. host and seconded by
Mr. Hawke'', that the report be adoptedL-Arreal to.
The neat business was the reception of a letter from the
Town Clerk of M•ncbaster relative to the
scheme for obtaining water from the Thirlmerepraxer-'!
Mr. Busman wanted to know what on earth that had to
do with Dorelaister. -Mr. IfoliOw "liked If It was P
to amply Dorchester with tits water. -TIP=
thought he might se well read it : and M. 7. Loot mid
certainly. -TY letter was than raid. It appears the
TOIFII Council of Manchester are applying for a Bill
In Parliament to enable them to acquu. powers to
enpply the city with water from the Thirlmsr. lake,
the result if which will simply tr, secording to authori-
ties. the 'palatial' of • most lake district
This bill it I. probable will be loot The Council of Man-
chaster arenedingly asked the Council of Dorchester, upon
the ground that all Corporations bad a common inteept
In sectoing that Bills should not be Medea without due
hearing to support them in their efforts to obtain the
But-Mr. T. Lent thought most decidedly they ought to
=wet them : and the MOTOR ono also Of opinion that
it would be as welt Besusavr said it wouldn't cost
much If they wrote to the B rough mernher.-Mr. Emote
pointed out that they war,, he an d.4nit. Fledging then,
selves to support that of which they Sway knew
nothing. Supposing the Minuets, of Pe Bill bad written
and similarly asked them for their support, would they
bare Pap it in the mime meaner. -Mr. Runner, sup-
ported this view of the ease, and eventually it was
eniererl be letter lay on lb. table.
The vo,,,ten for lee.ing the remslning plots of 'Tonna
on BUNiallf loop was the neat husiners. There was
*My on- Mr. Tilley, for plots 4. 6, 6. and 7. at
40. per annum reed-This it wee stated less the reserve
amt arere eight iota sitowether in the market.
BeiNgTo propped. and Mr. Novenas seconded,
the oder be acoented. -Mr. ZILION 'awed, and Mr.
Gogeoar seconded an unentintait that it 1a not. -
Proposer seconder and Mr. F. Loco Pons supported the
amendment and the motion wee carried.
The question of Mr. Inca • ILIPOOTIOOT SOLOS WOO on
the mottos of Mr. Boanirr, ordered to stand over until
TOO Wit meeting. the Town CzAkit in the msanwhile to
ask Me Mawr to • friaidli conferesce with the Connell
The Cetusitne who bed to enquire Into and agree pain
the wary to be paid the CLUE TO TVS Softooda
Jodirces. in keet of few under the sew Act of VIM sent
be • mart. raeoestnewAinit Lapin annum, with the leen
OM lOOTOTO&TO, melds for copies of depositions. [The
OHOOOPT Of fese has hitherto hese, we Wiese, about POI
This they did in view of the increased work to be expected
from the growth of the rpolation of the town, coneequant
upon Its h•zet•ins • I, PO -Mr. Neiman mentioned
that at wet...6P they had Azad the salary at PM-
Several member" expressed their *nice that ZOO was a
eery moderate sum, but 11.. T. Leen tbeeteht they ought
not to be ton hountiful.-Mr. Peary yroedd tar. mada it
AK Brurirrr thought they ought to rapaaa coati.
dews in thee. niitte• who lied gone in to the matter, and
moved the adoption of Pe repeat -Kr. Nswitaa would
tble, and it was agreed to.
The TUTOR rood a letter ha had received from Mr.
Tlainhoe, the eeentary .4 the proposod Working Kea.,
Mchibitios to te bald at Weymouth in July, asking to.
to lay the mates before the Council, and endeavour to
obtain for It that appeal which had ham accorded it P
Poole sod oilier places. His Worship said he should he
pe galling, if ga the Connell desired it, to call a public
aed invite Mr Tbioellton to attend sod explain
ect. of the es hilitio to the public.-Mr. Nuwuas
lb. abj
wad thew were mad excellent. and he believed the pro-
wler, were not so much it want of fun le lie of OuhlieitY.
OitlifeOlor propneed and Mr. NITTOAX wooded
mokitioo. which was Corri•dt that lb. il*Tor ho "Vaiet"
go aall • public meeting.
was road by the Maros from Mr. B. Willlwas
imisorktMort, d *wk. Tough bad bads odawdad
ai lb. Need dim mein Is *ask Ida Se

District Pius. reuweeddiactreasas.=.2..,„ll:i
expeensi
tows aad maw Ott
and
tton that would
intellectual eajoyattat trilsalralvesPiat
sad the haws.
Thal etvaeleded the public badmen.

THE 3ao D.R.V.
The annual meeting of this corp. took OW. on W"'
nesday last at the Drill-ball, In Prinoisstrelet The"
was • capital muster. The following officers OffOO present
—Captain Hodge& Sub-Lieut. Andrew& Staff-Seri. ant
Osmond, Otheirdiergethat Gurdo.motne.rteente Ramsey,
Harris, Hotbed, Rider., Pi t Taylor, Band-
master Wellspring, and Drill-Bretroct it-Sergeant Legg.
Adiutsat Harmer and Quartermaster Newman also
attended.
. Captain Homes having put the men through a short
! drill, addressed them upoe the events of the poet year.
He said he had great pleasure in meeting them at the
commencement of the Ilith season, and ale, to me upon
that (hairannls.renry good • muster of the curt He
only hoped that in the Gutting year they would aa as
and pleasant evenness as in the years
gone by. Looking hack Over the ye,,'. they had been
enrolled seemed a very long time. but he believed eight
or nine of the members who joined them upon their
formation were still upon the rolL Curiae that time he
bad p&med with them many very pleasant days. They
had all endeavoured to do their duty, and he wee quite
certain those wbo had newly joined would follow in the
same path, and keep up the prestige of the cored He
hemmed that nearly 400 men had passed through the
flume With regard to the present position of the volun-
teer form, he would say • few wool& At the present
thee the volumene force was receiving a little more &Mau-
tion—perh.aps it was due to the Eastern Qi.stlos, They
were now recognised as • portion of the defamers services
of the country and 'wined a plates in the Walla-
don of the army. Perhaps they had no wish to
depart from their own peaceful occupations and go to
Penland. ; but they were living in stirring time& and
there was no knowing what might pen in • sinals day,
and therefore be thought it was the oty of every young
man who could &lord the time to join the mike. Rs
confethed he felt astonished to fiad so many in the town
who were not soldiers, who ought to be. They ought to
rush to belong to • corps like that. Lot them consider
the advantages • man derived from it—the social meeting
with his comrades. the setting-up be received from his
! drill, the learning the use of the rill& Why, there
should not be the least difficulty in getting young thou to
join it. Last week there was a Conference held in
London under the sanction of Mr, Howard Vincent. aa
able commanding officer, when matters were folly
diem-teed. He believed the result was that it was
generally felt the force did not receive from Government
that encouregneent which they had • right to expect.
Ns. per man was not sufficient foe his commanding
Allow to clothe him and to pay all his menthes in the
corth He thought it was very preible the recommenda-
tion of the Conference thatthother 10. should be allowed,
would he adopted by the Government, of course, with
increased Molloy, they mien be expected to be called upon
for Increased numbers and efficiency. Reviewing the
past annual retunie be found there were PAWO enrolled
members, being • g•in of 7,531 over the preceding or ;
1J3,600 efficient& or 96 per nut, being a gain of IC
and 10,ffill proicient offieers and sergeant. of whom
oa•-third are commissioned officer& With regent to
themselves, the, could look hack upon the peat year with
high satistacUon. They had a most successful amp at
Aldenhot, and all came heck delighted. What would be
dose this year he could not say. It was under the con-
siderstioa of tie Colonel, and it we. possible they might
have a camp a their own county. LEA year be was
enabled to retam every member as efficient, but that was
owing to the fin of Use Battalion being at Aldenhot for
eight days. Ic future every man would have to eked
three }lamellae drilla They had lost their sub-Lieutenant,
Mr. J. A. Willies& and be was sure they would elm with
him that it was with great regret they parted with him.
He wee • mostpopular officer, and had endeared himself
to all. His bretber, their LieuteßiLana%ris net there to-
night, but be bed asked him to for his Moths&
In the room of Mr. Williams they as they knew, the
adventate and great plethora of securing the services of
Mr. G. W. dolmen. (Applause.) He had come aminett
them that !habit= the tint tine:lM it appeared to him
they had made a good selection. He could tell them he
wee entering ape hie duds. with the best of spirit.: for
be had voluntenly placed himself under Sergeant Geed
and had been leafing two or three times a week. The
Captain then referred to the new rule& and congratulated
them upon the tocceesof their gymnasium, for which they
were much inlehted to Private Robinson. who had PO
kindly unilerthen to oh sin the funds. A vow of
thanks was also due to their honorary secretary and
treasurer, Qthrthrffiaster Newman. Their balance-
sheet did not appear but • small piece of paper,
hot if they needed upon the labiur It net to keep all
the figures d urim the year they would know hews. doing
the., a good service in continuing to be their monetary.
They had swelled 15 recruits, and their number, now
stood at W. Re thould like to ere It brought up to the
strength id 10(. They had elm got a strong hand, and he
thought that under Bendunater Welimring it would
prove itself worthy of the position of the lattalim hand
whenever it might be reqiiired at camp. He would
heartily tender their thanks to the donors and nib-
scnbers. When they remembered they had subscrip-
tions to the extent of ZOO they must think themselves
very lucky, for be knee there were corps that had nothing
but their Government Grant. (Applause.)
Sub.• Lieut ANDREWS thanked the corps very heartily
for the kind reception they had Leen him, and express
his hope that by paying attention to hie drill be should
keep up and not detract from the manner of the corps.
Anything that would tend to that he would be mod
happy to do in any shape or way. (Anytime.)
Headed by their capital band • brisk march was takes
to Chuninster with, we believe, the gratifying remelt
that 'event gave in their names as recruit.,
The finanetal stationent of the corps shows the receipts
have thee £2861.. 101, and &mons the ileum the capita-
Mon grant is set down at C 145. the subscriptions and
donations at gas 2. 61.; the officers' fees at /Id It&
entrance fees, Le : use of targets, LI 11.61. War.
Alm for drill lethructor, £195. 41; emtuunition,L99.6};
Natation fund for bend clothing. ; IR&
and the balance due to treasurer, tie. 71; antctUt the
details of expenditure is uniform and equipments.
£l4O 17. ; rent, £1.5 ; printing aml salvertisins.
£l3 111, ; head-quasters and markers, £22 3i. kb The
capitation, payable in April next, is LIM Its : out of
h.ch there are bilk payable to the *mount of
LIII 13t Ild., and this with the balance outstanding
ILIO its. 7.1.) will leave • eurplos of 11l Hes. 6d_