The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-06-03 00:00:00

BATH AND WEST_ OF ENGLAND SOCIETY'S

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MEETING OP THE COONCIL.—The annual meeting of
the council was held en Thursday, at one o'clock; the
President (Mr. T.l). Aeland) occupied the chair, and
among those present were Lord Portinan, Messrs. J.
W. Walrond, E. S. Drewe, J. E. Knowles, 11. C.
Moisey, Hon. W. W. Addington, R. Bremridp,
Jonathan Gray, J. Daw, R. N. Grenville, Et. Pitman,
G. Poole, Col. Pinney, M.P., B. Archer, Captain
Tanner Davey, Sir 3. Kennaway, Bart., J. Silhfant,
Col. Luttrell, D. Adair, K King, E. Pope, Sir J. Duck.
worth, Bert., H. Lush, C. Cordon, juns, Dr. Miller,
Dr. Gillett, F. 11. Dickenson, Captain SeobelL Dr.
Scott, J. E. Widdioomb, J. Goodwin, R. S. Smith, W.
Farthing. G. Lengdon, J. Bodley, T. Lock, J. Hooper,
H. Fry, Clement Bush, R. M. Day, T. Hussey, J. W.
Sillifant, J. Somerville Knollys, Sir A. H. Elton,
Bart., Quick, H. Dais. H. J. Andrews, J. H. Helder
(Dinder), Danger, Bickford, leo. The Secretary reed
the report, which was most satisfactory, and which
stated that the Council had resolved to bold the meeting
of 1863 in the city of Exeter, which has not Wilted,
been visited by the Stablety. The report having been
unanimously adopted, other business was transacted.
Tire Air UNION DRAWING.—The Ark *Union has
for its object the promotion of the knowledge and love
of the line arts, and to encourage the artiste by the
sale of their works. About 800 tickets, at Si. each,
were taken, we believe. The drawing took place
without the council tent, immediately after the anneal
meeting, and attracted much attention.
Tux Don! • - plane- 'tent
appropriated to • "
Thomas Dyll'h-Ac • ' • - ,
supported on th • • b, the'.
Bishop of Bath and Wells (Went - -t •
Portman. Sir W. G. Hatter, Bart., M. • = B. • or,
Sir K. Williams, Mr. G. Warry, Mr:Saunders, Mr.
Meade King, Mr. E. Drewe Mr. Flower' on Om WI
by the High Sheriff (Mr. It. N. Grenvite), the Mayer
of Wells, (Dr. Livett), the Very Rev. the Deal of
Wells, the Hon. W. W. Addington, Mr. Salifint,
Colonel Pinney, Sir J. Kennaway, Sir Massey Loper,
Mr. J. W. Sillifant, Capt. &obeli, R.N., Mr. Dickensian,
At the council table were the following :—Mr. H. G.
kioisey, Mr. G. Poole, Mr. T. C. Mansel, Mr. Bullock, Mr.
J. Di,, Mr. Jonathan Gray, Dr. Gillett, Mr. Bremndge,
Mr. C. Bush. Mr. Thompeon, Mr. Walton& Mr J. E.
Knollys, Mr. Herbert Williams, Mr. Farrant, Mr.
Danger, Colonel Luttrell, Mr. J. Widdioomb, Dlr. S.
Pitman, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. T. Hussey, Mr. Pope, and
and Mr. Langdon. Among the visitors were Mr.
Devenish, of Dorchester. About 250 were present at
the dinner.

THE CATmanter,, with the picturesque grounds,
and the ancient most and quaint drawbridge surrounding
the Bishop's P.dace, were objects of especial interest to
all visitors, and have been viewed by many thousands
during the week. On Thursday the council of the
society attended morning service, the sermon ball
preached by the Rev. J. H. Finder, sane% frost
15th chap. Acts of the Apostles, 25th verse. Tbms
sae an admirable choral service—Bensett in Et the
anthem being Handel in P, "He was cut off. left up
your heads."

FRIDAY.
The society's show was reamed and concluded this
day, which was a most unfavourable one for the society,
for the visitors, and the exhibitors, who hoped no this
day to do more business than on any other. Business
folk, sightseers, and holiday folk were, no doubt, alike
deterred from coming by the heavy wet. Friday,
when the charge for admission is reduced to a shilling,
is called the "people's day," and when it has been
accompanied by line weather the attendanoe has been
larger than on any other day of the show week. At
Dorchester on the Friday 11,000 visited the yard, and
at Truro the number was 15,000 The violent thunder-
storm of Thursday night was accompanied and sucioeedied
by a continuous fall of rain, so that the marshes near
Wells were inundated, and hay which had been recently
cut there, was imperilled. The roads, especially thole
near the show, were rendered almost impassable by
mud. The yard, too, despite its favourable situation,
was sloppy and disagreeable. The streets on this
occasion were lined with heavy carts end wagons, and
the excursion trains were heavily freighted. Notwith-
standing the disagreeableness described, the show yard
was visited bye goodly number of both sexes, including
small fanners, agricultural labourers, and farm servants.
The local school- children and the occupants of aerials'
public institutions were admitted free: All the ex-
hibitions were opened, and many of them were
attentively examined. The band of the Grenadier
Guards again played a good selection of music, but the
effect, upon the whole, was cheerless and disagreeable.
We have learnt with considerable regret that tbe
financial results have been far less sanafactery thaa
those at Truro and Barnstable, or even Dorchester, the
meeting at which latter place will ever be memorable ia
the annals of the society, in consequence of the
extraordinary visitation of wind and rail. Much of
the falling off must no doubt, be attributed to the
fact that Wells forms the centre of a dairy district,
which however famed as producing the most oelebrated
cheese in all England, known SS Cheddar cheese, is, of
course, not a breeding district.
The following table shows the number who paid for
admission on each day, and the amount received by the
society :

Admission. £ a. I.
Monday
Tuesday 268 ... 47 3 6
Wednesday 4.392 ... 533 6 5
Thursday
Friday (up to two o'clock) 2,847 ... 186 156
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Total

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