The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

each; three, a prize of ss• etch ; and one a prize of
2s. Ga. The money is to be eXptiVICII
selecteil by the much Wit; 7r.na lists ferni ht.l by
the tweiety. Five cotheis
Tine ililtrilettioe of Ow., sin.l th, et!,,-r pt s
obtained hy the prrer.tily..l:lll:3.4 t;IC pa it
year, will t.tke pl we s „,
priz arc reo•ireil from the aatie.tities of Cie Ailult
Society.

ruct:tit Mis,lostuv Sourry. The twenty-
seventh :initversary meeting uf th:s excelkot society
was 11,111 at. the Tow:lliall In WI dile,day. The
,hair wac taken at the ovoid:it meeting by the Bev.
G. C. Bradley, and in the et..nin4 I,y the Re,. T.
W. Dowding. and the Late, gentionau observed
that Nlarlborongh
.onglit to stuol foremost amongst
the towns in the Ilene 43 in the mission Callft, seeing
that, fl, less than four earnest Lhourers in the Lord's
vineyard have gone f this to nto four quarters
of the globe, Archdeacon Mel-iidati in Africa, the
Bishop of Brisbane in Australia. the Rev. Mr.
rorsley in Rupert's Land, and ti.., Bishop of Cal-
cutta in India. The meeting closed by singing the
doxology.
Mtutisonnetin fllsTftlrr ORD'I'LTEDAL Assn-
(lams. —The annual plough ng match, to which a
shearing match has this year ken added, took place
last week in a field of Mr. Robert Tuners of
righaurn St. Andrew. A daik morning Int .h.•ne.l
a wet day, and a pouring one t was. The stewards
of the field, Mr. Pearce Browl and Mr. .1. 11. We.
accompanied by Mr. W. 11. It who'd, were at their
post, however, before 9 o'cltelt, but the incessant
rain made tile marking out if the land a difficult
task, and a start was not elftetel till half-past eleven,
angina of 10 o'clock ; and by that, tune everybody
on the ground was wet tirough and through.
Twenty-live out of the twent!-seven entered, how-
ever, came to the poet, and performed the work
allotted to them, despite the itate of the weather.
The field was well adapted Isith in point of situation
and of soil, for the match, and lot for the weather a
great number of spectators woild have Inen on the
the gun 111 l 1 ; as it was many gentlemen On horseback,
attired as for the roughest day .11 winter, came on to
gr. tttttt 1, awl there were A large number of pedes-
trians. The ploughing was eteetslingly well done,
especially by the young mem with the teams of three
horses and ox teams. bi the former class, and also
ill that of the c petitors for Lord A ilsbury's bounty,
the Judges had no easy task. As soon as the
ploughing was over, each man and boy was liberally
supplied with a piece of bread and meat, and a pint
of strong beer by Mr. Tanner. A c 1111 l mittee meet-
ing was held at the Ailesbury Arms, at Marl-
borough, at 3 o'clock, wino the prizes to servants
Web e awarded, and on the removal of the cloth after
dinner the Judges annonneed to whom they had
awarded the prizes in the ploughing, that, being
done un the grouni by " numbers ' only. In addi-
tion to the money prizes to be offered to exhibitors
of stock at the sheep fair ill August it was an-
nounced by Nlr. Rowland, on behalf of Lord Henry
Thynne, M.P., that his lon:ship would offer a 4.5
cup, for competition in soy class which the com-
mittee might select. The dinner took place at the
A ileshury Arms, at Marlborough, Mr. George Brown
presiding.
SWINDON. rolunteer pyle rorpa.—The services
of this corps have been formally accepted by her
Majesty, and the practice tround has been approved
by the Government Inspector ; the uniform which
has been selected is very nest, being tiark grey with
scarlet facings, and the rides are daily expected. A
fife and drum hand is also being formed, and it is
expected that the full complement will be soon made
up.