The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

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DOW:MISTER GRANULE SCHOOL

Th. suss' Of Wain to the schoirr,
int this eid-estetiliabed erhool, took Am. on Thornier
.1 ersesen. Tee shah was mounted by F. Fikniges.
pit. &an wee sepressed be the filearl•morter a Ma
wheel (the Rev. T. R. II whew), Rey. W. Barnes,
Rev. M. J. Orem Rev. R. Willis. and Robert Doris,
gm. ; arid mooed those resent we also oteerveil
Wolf. and ImeilYi Rey. T. Brown, H. Ti.otuu, EN,
Iwo Kra 'Nowak G. N. Thomas, Rm., Mrs. Be.oon
and the 11111.111 Lamm. Mrs. liesant rind Vise B-mult.
Mr.. Willie. Kra 1. Spicer, Mrs. Fears., Mao Chapm.n.
MM, Rads«, Vit. Mudge., Nile 11,0•113,
William., Miss Kedille, Limit. J. Hodes, Mr. F. Look,
Mr. Sidney Leek. Mr. W. J. Bennett, Mr. Tarim, ha.
As easel, the mdicolroom had been testefelly decorated
for the cresmins, ever the chairmen's &at being two
We' enenthir of evergreen% encircling medallions in
alas& bean of Milton and ti,ekspeere, whilst on the
eimositer si.le were two other *oral dmice% n* eon either
owls of the kale's "D. 0.8 ." `ha letters ..1 *lsiah were
form-ii of itiwers and leaves. In the 'piers of the
whistires were some choice dowers in note ; and in
tither part of the reem bouquete and Bml darker
were eti.plared.

The promedinp having been opened with prayer by
She Head Muter,
Toe Chairman reminded the meeting they were met
tap Mei So-my to have the erOoatien of celebrating
the terniination of another weeirm, and- what was no
ffeoht ntnell mote Sin eahle to his friend. the boys-lo
IPOter spin the delightful onj yonint of the OnaNiO.
WeittioL SI. hoped he might le• able to "peek to them
in rho urns term, of oiengestnletion and eethfsetion as
b. hid weed towards them on pmvions occasion; when
be had had the honour of addressing thorn fret* that
elute. Ho believed the peeition of Hot whonl, which
erneM he bettor utideratood from the report• which the
reetlemen who had so kindly undertaken the duties' of
estainioers would presently reed, wu soch lui could uM
fail in be received wilt rratificatice and pleasure by
ell rimed; and he truhed tliat on every futon occasion
the remelts of seek recurring session would be of the
wooa sougramlatory kind-ibis., hear). They we,,
him in times when the whole mbleot of educes-
%ion wee boootnin4 - one of Increasing intereeti
lnawsueh Met the various whoa' of the country were
now mileeted ti the most Wets end eer. fel superei.
el it and • ry remarkable efforte were b-ing made to
%mosso the ir eleissey, and to extead the sphere of
their oper cue He booed this hembele grammar
01he01....4 he esiehto47-fOr the WWII of Dorebeeter was
a f 'Mkt ream of thus great sehmis of which the
sonetry is se mond. St was omit. °outward not to
*vire Lo the poiitioe of thy meat publOseho As of Pion,
Remote, Rugby, or Westminster ; still they might look I
maws it as a 'shamble &colliery for the tr.ining of the '
yowls el our OW% lawn, iseit, as they Mums gradually
drafted from this spot to more importiot spheres, they
proved the eteellent character of their why education
-(hone, bear). That nu the be-t distinctinn that the,
Dosimeter 'remitter school could possibly ettaie. To
Si.'.-. who 6.4 been unsuccessful. as wet' as to pris..
bold-re, he wneld merely reiterate the words he had
eft..-times before eaid to them with regard to the greet
I • 110...0. Of l4rellVerlooll, l 00,1.0.100 not on'y with
their Bethnal ditties bel &leo an eiontierowi their fumes in
ehee UM Bears, in their early witoetion wee
indieetive of pereeverene. as well as ability, and they
might depend upon It that it was not only th* great
talent, al which a few of there were the fortunate pos.
meence that mad, their lives a summer, but it wasjust as
rough to be derived bps shawl, penieversime in all they
yodoeto LO -( primes). Very few who had used
pperoerenee had failed to snowed in I f- ; and they
would he erstilled to Imre of many who had gone Pea
this "shook in which they had learnt the rudiments Of
knowledge, who hail become men of molt, so to
Moak, seal had proved in emeful and Drumm:Pi in the
different ememetioee to which they hid becime attached
ssinPlthiliwil. NI wee %twat afraid that if he men-
thes.' the name of Leek ag dm he should • • accused of
bringing up one nieme t u time/rule hot tio'w
men hid been 55 1. mon ipollows-he asked pinion for
mai, • the terns-of POOCPeI ohennr thee hal (0011.
that hit we mem ashamed to mention the came al
often is he pleased-Haughter and amianwl. It ms
mil, within the last ye., and therefore a proom seM-4
for referenee at this in -siting-that one of the Look
poell• bed not only tekee every pp minent dam is the
Oetvenlu of fhortheidee. hot another hal been 545.117
es masfel at Oxford. Mr. lock obtained • Voiyersity
pries it Wieres College. Oxford, and it woe • prize o
pec
to all the reemben of the University, end ther,inr.
• taipiehri for by many hundred. of in,. drawn from all
pots of th• • matey. Mr. L ck. however. sueowshel
In takieg the Hertford eshihiti which he believed
we. the gnat Wu of 'he University and It might
be seid the winner of that prize wee the beet &stoical
sob .irti of his age in the University-fa nploes). There
we. another mernteir of the Lock family who bad dem
exam tingly well, and reatitnel the gold medal at Run;
and if he dad called the same of Lock a " monopulia-
line same, he ri Joked at their great anceem nil the
more frota tits fun of their being Dnrche.ter men-
(sys4mer.), There wee another scholar frou that school
who bed done well Is the lest year-he referred to
Watun-and he believed hi. examination In the first
ye.r et Chuter Meese h5l been retreading'. gratifyiel-
- Tory might fairly mum. that if theft Mod
tool in ellent remits hal been achieved by those who
bet benne thi•ir tielue•tion on times forme, it showed
there hed hem no leek of *Amnion on th. pert of the
b os the melee. and also that their iiistrecrion hal
been well ...MI for. SC as to eeaMe them to obtain the,
greet remite-(hear, hear). At the sante time they
m Pit gins the settoisre nil eredit for th-ir own perm
venue and the bleashig of being endowed with
so mi.. idiots. These high distinction, were within
the reach of every hey he saw before him hew, and, if
thee were not all enciewieful on that eieeselon, he would
wooled them it woe oily them win neremered time
after time who sumeeded I. the eud. He wished them
every en) -"net in the emir., mescirm ; thee would
I' to t rir homes, whenn he hail no doubt they would
obi themolwes mew mach, •n I where they would
h sie ties Meet nf thou home inesertere erhieh were
ewe die irenutant with good sound • Imation.l priminies
were In the dole. of the befoul. The eurninedions of
Hill yea. had twain very kindly undertaken by the Rey.
M. J. Green, the 1t.,, W. Biernes, and the Roe.
Wi11.% all of whom h. was oloweed to me were present
en th.t nemelon -fannies's). On the pert of the
I. if ae of the -chord he ex rem., his °blip, ion to emit
of thole enthuses' for the hied manner in which be
had offered to en {retake the real labour which the
duty .4 exweiieer temiyiel-(ehmen). He then called
%trot the -lisle.,, to make their report..
Ti. Rev W 1, Green, 8.D., (Oxon), rector of
Wieurborne nteeploton, and Into fellow of Lineal.
Collie*. oxen, pp meted hie report on 'he ex•mittation
4..iteiniry end elision, as follow. :-"In making, as
o report Itet..re my retirement from the office of
en...Mu in dieieiry sad classics of the ham In the
De-Wooer Goninter cahoot, lam happy again to be
stele to allu into the good 'pint which Is prevalent in
their b AY. I een indeed Oaelle, my young frepis that
my work hero will be am cis.. mind with
pimeant reeollerdiona le enteeini upon detail. Iwe
OA In set thst Bout the i,. ia. of the Puffer.'
li. year, he. deeid.elly improved in hi.
Latin emniodlon an I divinity. It Is pl.-mint to observe
this improvement In him, boons. I have hitherto
reser led Latin writing as • weak point in the school.
and I am glad to see that, as • hop grows i.l4er, hi.
style bmwene. better. I tee imined hie jesters to
follow in hie Mire, and tale it-art from the emcee.
which has attended one at Imo of the former boys .1
tide shim' this veer at Otf.ird. Tie polite wes
bett-r this year. The knowledge of Oreelt ,i. 01.7•1 to
the translation wut very a lel mom, Mat of Latin I,a
so; bet I menet help thinking thet arose In'.. OUSie*.•
seas. he.... I observed the tionstruing wee good ea in
former ye OS, yet, as was to b. expected from the yonth
of the ~tee, required to be drawn out b. in. gemming
attentimi. Here again Hemet showed mutt improve-
'. it is his mediums and "elf ipormismii in. Iwe mho in
lire.. • weedy pregrees, and, amongst he juniors
Pores &muds my ItT•ierS %Si eneoureeeinent. ..n
&Mame ho 41.0114141 bow nod* sines lass year in the
hue •lerir of ficripum. Thie wee always a estisfutory
part of the examiaatiett. The ansier ri to the
oniretions on the Liturgy, rem, some of
Wae,e, eery fair, an I in both of these Arthur
Ille.kow has done himeelf great eredlt, and will
Ihe he litthured thereby to tepid, hirewell Is ~fleet
tn hie work, I will @melodies' remake with a return.
eneeds.ion to the hofs to simif their minds to style
sit I point that they may bring the temeidemb's know-
ledge they posses. to bear noon their anhj-ete. Now
and thee there weeteremeit hemite, In on{ showing the
upolieselon cubs Mote gime to the rpteetiori, which ii.
ail fault; bet oftener quoteition. were tarried to
such el.ngoh th e• the very virritioe was forgotten, aod I
belt cc miser end seamier* osre Medea.' Its thick I
Wit of woe la. onto' whet it s.,s difficult to eet b.ch
*nab., or. We however, will show my apprwsia.
tine of the motile.* of serlptare shown, mid I do not '
doubt 'hot Mine end etteriti in will correct whet is hut
the eater.l defect of meth. Mae yeer wareeintanse
with the mem of God towards Hi. people in old time
lb Inc harm to yen, newts tit- great teeth that Ho is ,
erjoall• aide mid wi Ist Son, if you keep His commend.
mews, to heM Tim through all your diffinctieg, and
h-ing fon thrielth Hie Messed See to your borne with
him is heasso.”
The Rev. R Willie. ig a. (Oahu College, Cambridge),
mid, leaf...* he pnoseded to read his report on that
twaseh of the examination which he hod tiftilerteken,
be wished to mike, few remarks to hie young friends
the boy., He knew that boys generally looked upon
en ez endow. with some degree of awe: but he trusted,
thes the egamin•tion h.d hem ormolu led and the
Pease d ei le t. •1i that km/ of fieding would •Iso have
P.m.] &say -(leughter and cheers). It wo a duty-
* ocher they were is the position of eIIIORDOrI, or
elli-empasee,n p•renta- that they who w re
in the matins duties of life, wad who koe:vpntt
hiot if, Ia no ehild's play but a great reality, amid
the y orag end Woe who wets about
Is eater's the threshold at llfe. the belt whim they
p) ibbesi,l, H. did theistic* aramUyeahort the boys Se memmasee sad induetry in their voile-o( herr, hear).
Its. y lived it eit •011 of intellesturil advancement, and
ffit• •it we "'Si of Income or dielinenou esouleetetit
whoith 'eel(' lin equi,e! Is the preeset day witamk
',wine, end o, all • eery effe•-re egetelealise. In the
el 'es Wove It might hive •• en different; ledeeiti, he
heti •-.1 it wts it.. meat Nike •1 Weliniennt who
that m toy of the-omm ander hie command
were aoehle to roe II Cwt. °WOO...sok Bus on. thinp
were entirely I.ff rest oa'i It Ot•t*O111 I not, whether
they ct., Ibe Anny, or Om. the tont-sloe of the
tic Cno 11, they worikl oertelnly 5.14 that L'•ey
inset iv. • coin. 1 a opeuin of knurled..
Ll.O, motif 111, to a abet T.,th00,,V,i;
ir he Iwe b-en mooreofpl on ties meadoe he said
they mei not be diimoraierd, fur it ear thro gh many
iheale and dill otitis,. Mat mon were)..) on to viiitory,
Whet h • id to them all ma "Try oasis,* awl h• had no
doubt If m wee present next year, or reed I. the omen
SIGnOoL of the exunin Atom, be irlionl I Sod teeny
b iy• who w rsnow richer low down In the rismination
is seeing wrio.hhrh Omer -(aeplatew). He ooncleded
h• reedier/ the fidlewinti retort oe his etweinetioa
•I ham 111.1elt 1,10&••••• in romeatleg to yois the toiletr-
ies ispert of abet Memel, of the *Retain...We which
Za411.11 seal Matberneffias. Is
I libels the answers to the queetieme on history were
Wei* Mmd. end No Pelee" ef hI. &mak 4, Ifeekeer,
sad T, a. Name, win* ipsisl ismasiedmitsi. I
WOO sin sea lowa pless4 MA the lumeleilst Air
*gig Pi On

C. Bement, ffiaidietr, m.d T. Pearce, again distinguished
themselves. In arithmetio, fl. Brown was facile
Printopa ; bet the pipers of .1. E. Bennett, T. A.
Pe•roc, amid &rum displayed • eery fait knowledge of
this important subj.-et. I bad no in avanling
the 111. st .nd soeniod pl.ees to slob,* to H. Sywood.
sod H. Brows, the &Winer, of the other boy. I. in.
rse7 bobierent. The .nclid papers of H. Brown nary
of • very high order of merit, sod the imannar in which
be Noised • rather difficult problem took use. I winless,
qiito by mired... In eobaht.ion, It give* we great
pleasure to be able to oongratulate Mr. Mllikerr most
sineeroly on the satisfardory slat. of his !.shool. and I
trust both he and his boys will sof iy the holidays they
so well deasrve." _

The R... W. &Me, ('it. John'a Collet.,
Cambridge), rector of Winterburne CSIDit. then
subtlest his report On the exammation in
Fret and tuatara language., •, fol Mars —"1
sm happy to report, for my @mall &Id of uremia...
two, points of immovensent enough to show a good
yea?. work, and to prove faithful teething end much
careful lemming ; sad, although then are, as there
mu.t. be, low is well as higher tttainusents, I have, I
think, had rather more tlttle 'metiers at the gooinnes
than at the lade*. ot the work. The pronunciation
Is, as the whole, greatly improved since last year, so
Met do not now Mel • boy who is not, at least, Inc
fair way of French pronunciation. I lett year reeorn•
meirted the boys to note idioma, and an. now happy
to find some tokens of increased atteotion to them, and
i would now say that they might do well If tbet, would
ask their French master to analyse couspeoud eord., m
are most words .4 more thee tin or, at most, three
so as to 'neer tte chaise. of • misuse of thens.
In the French 00E1a:salo0 1... that there is some want
of good obeervation of the sundry meanings of the
imperfect and prrt-rim or .ori-t tense forme of the
verb, so that elk allarl oliercher (nho was going to ..,k)
would be he put for eke dila thlterotar (she went to seek).
Boys who hays nearly, though Dot quite, won the
prise, must not despair, nor be pained at the
praise which I may bestow on the boy of the
highest marks, as them is itood honour in the please
neat to the wiener. Pears. hal certainly .hoeni great
proofs of observation and thought, as well at Meenory,
and metes to me to have the time Mind of a scholar.
I presume that the highs: hoes Will In time be taught
to read French vane% so as to give the true metro of
the verge Sad enjoy it by the sounding of the final
lather, e. which in prom is uot heard. A few 'mamas
en this subject would teach the pupil to find the metre
of our own Chaucer, whoee verse was written on the
Freels rule, and therefore bobbles most shockingly
it.isread as French yens."

The Ch 1111111•111 dee proceeded to chatribota
preciously to whieb sh. Peoffees' Exhibition nrisa
was proemial to P,aree, major, who wall warmly WO-
frotulalod on his meow, he living only about 13 sears
of ago Tito subscriber.' prise of £lO was promoted so
T. A. Wastirow, and both thee bolt were addreeed by
tie Chairman in terms eliminating them to mewed
exertions. The other prises wore awarded as
follows:

Claaenn—Berant. Wathensataca.—Drown major. ?melt—
Piens al ofer Divinity—A. P. Mathew. EnellA lAtestare
—Kr.a ant.—ll. Clannlea—n ay minor. II Mathsweileal
Way minor. Eaten Matbanialea/—Hutowy. lll.Melia
—Deferred: The Rector'. teas—Roberta Writing—
Taylor.

The Raw. T. R. ltaskew bry addraied thesompiny
resew, and said the malts of the examinatioas had
been gratifying beyond his expectations. He was very
glad to hear the remarks which foll from lir. Berne.,
with respect to the Improvement that bad been made
daring the past year in the French Montero, ...nd he
felt be was und,r great obUgatiotts to Ilia's gentientes
who bad assisted him dating the lad battier., for she
instruction the hors had received in what he considered
to be In the_present day • molt important subject—
(arplauss). When they saw that • boy had ob•ained
413 marks out of the 500 allowed, he oonlil not but
admit that the knowledge of French bed in the last
year made unusual progress. He was very pleased to
recognise the presence to-day of an old exhibitioner of
ibis school, Yr. Sidney Lock, and he or ngrattilated
him on die high position be had athined in Caine
Col ege, Cambridge, where he had attained the first piste
of his year, and there was every resson to hope he
trout I he in • high position whim he took his degrees,
11. thonid be afield to predict that it would be the
senior wreneler—(Langhter)—but he thooglit he might
say he would be withm the firet mix—(applosee). With
respect to the clerical exeminetion, It bud really
taken him by surpris. ; hesopeoted that much more fault
would have been found with It; bat, if such had been
the ease, the fault would not titre been attributable to
Mr boys bat to eirettnittanoss, for, In sone-queure of
the attention thet hid been given to the French, he
had not been ahie to obtain that amount M
work that be had been in the habit of doing
before. The progress in French must in some
measure be taken as a balance rimiest any deficiency
that might be apparent in the elaseics. Hs had not
been able endives* that time to Latin and Greek dudes
the past you which he tt-tially did, and he bas only
astonished that these emblems bed not suffered more.
a small wheal It Ira • greet difficulty to obtain good
masters in so Many enbyeete, but all he meld say wee,
if the school was supported ash, trusted it would be,
after *hat the stuntmen had reported, no exertions
should be wanting on his pert to secure a thorough
educetion both for thou who wished to obtain choreal
or methematical honours, and also for those who
would leer. school at an earlier age, and to whom •
commercial education wee of much more importance—
(applause). There was nothing he should detire to
moth as to have en upper Led it loiter school; but he
rea efraid it was imposdhle with an Yew pupae He
then exprored Ms thanks to Mr. J. F. Hodges for pre-
siding en the occusion. and also to the examiners for
the pains they had taking in awarding the 11A1114. He
was quite certain, front whet be had seen, that they
bad had • very laborious task. Hs also thanked those
present for their attendee°, to-day, and he looked epos
it ea an imooorapment to go on end persevere
—(applause).
Hearty cheers were then given by the boys for the
Quern. ibe examiners, the lodise, tht Head-maste• and
Mrs. Hoarier, for WM Utak... (whom the Chairmen
was glad to see no her safe return front Russia), and foe
the Cheirsaan, when the proesedinp terminated.

sonneetion With tie schools of the town. The report
er.ptelood a few feature. of int. r at. First, there was
satisfactory Progress, whizli allowed there was life
as there could 61 no progress without it. There
life in the roinirottee and in the teseberv.
Nod to, on.. e mid have witnessed what they hs'l
.1 no th.t earning without seeing there ...aide in the
-ch...1 of the host ...et; there was, therefore, fife in the
oi.i.dr. ti Tee. sea' 11, in the enbseribars alas, which
the school' could net go on Without. He was glad to
see the tebstelptions had increased la-t year, and was
Mao pleated that the attendance at the school, e,aa 55115.
factory. He wished they could get parents to let their
girls attend s:hool mare; they soprano, to appreciate
schooling for boys, but pot so much (or girl*. He
Omagh& girls especially wanted oder:alien, no when they
c.me mot era they had so mush infioenos in forming
the chsracters of their children, and If they were
ienorant a iiat prospeeta were there for their children?
He wiebeil tlttrefore parents would consider the great
trlvaotag. of a sound spiritual education ta there girl..
He rematked on the report of the inspector relleetMg
grout credit on the school in saying upon the whole the
education there was above the average in girls' schools.
He was glad the financial statement was satiate:tory.
With regard to the industrial branch, he hoped when it
was started that it would have been approved by the
working OIASINMI, but they had aU bran disappointed in
that. It would he most benefiolal to any pupils who
wept thers, end he informed the reason no more went
ems that parents could not afford it. He could only
. ear**se his great regret that it had not emesteede.l
hitherto, and should he glad if it did in the future. He
was thankful, be gaol in conclusion for the good these
/rebottle had acoomplished, and hoped they would won-
bane nolel and aloweidul - (applause).
Mr. J. (ford moulded the adoption of the report, and
remarked on the examination of the girls that night,
which struck bin as showing a matked improve-
ment is their management sinew the last time he
was present at an examination in that school. He
joined with Mr. Ropers in congratulations on the
high character the school had attained. He enlarged on
the importance of female tide%tioe, and said if they
sorrowed the bops aid girls schools, they would Bud a
great difference in attendance. The boys' school had
always been fall, end had expended their expo...ion.,
while the girls' school had always fallen abort. He con'
eluded the reason was partly the girls were of move
vales at home, as nurses for their younger brothers and
sisters and in other ways, and partly that the paresis
timid not afford to send them to school so much an was
desirable • but that the principal rees..n was, that the
working elaseesof this town did not estimate the educa-
tion of their girls so high as that of their bon.
He was not surprised at it, as be remembered the
Yoe when a corraiderable number of the middle,
*lessee thought the • Mit that feeling was
*4l now worly extinct with them he believed. and he
hoped it would loon be so with the working Warne. He
thought it was of especial importance that girl. should
have a sound education, not merely for their own benefit
but on account of the future inflames they would have
over their ohildren--where there was an ignorant coarse-
Minded mother, she usually left her mark upon thwo.
He congratulated the wheel on its soccess—(spplanoe).
The report was then adopted.
Rev. J. Stevens briefly proposed Mr. Williams as the
trewnrer Meson. S. Stephens and C. Tucker as
secretaries, awl other gentlemen as u.embers of the
Superintending Caansmittee fur the sowing year, which
I Mr. Jefford seconded end it was serried.
_

Mr. Reach proposed end Mr. .T. Beach seconded the
names of the ladle,' eomMitte., which preprvition we,
carried. .
tev. J. Rogers proposed and Mr. Beach 'mended &
vote of thanks to the chairman, to which Mr. Williams
briefly riepooded, stating 1.4 great interest be had
ideass felt in the schools. The children then mai
"God mu) the Queen," and the meeting seperated.

°DI/FELLOWS' DEMONSTRATION.
Dorchester has the advantage of two fioarialtifig
lodges of Oddfellows,and they work together for extend-
in, the beoefits of the order with the greatest cordiality
and good feet ng. With this end In view, the "Loyal
Bed of Hope" and the "Hand -in-fland" lodges united
their forces on CoronatMwday, and held a grand demon-
etretion. In this very act we have displayed "unity
and fraternity," and the proceedings in conneetion with
it indicated that these meociations affiliated with the
Manchester Unity are effecting in s very unpretentioes
grey an loath:ruble amount of good to the members
tnemselvee end to Um public at large. This is plainly
set forth in the statementa made of the operations and
positional be lodges represented etch. dinner which
we report. It is needles, for an to do more than to call
attention to them, and in doing so we wohld atrougly
commend the fame there stated to the ettention of all
whrking men who do not belong to some friendly
society establiahed on • firm In social heals. But, to
"'gm to to. Prow...ding, of the day.
Favoured •ith glorious weather, the demonstration
we. a greet comma Although the Deireestrians.
for thb most pert, took advantage of the day's holiday.
to vt.it plaage lee. amocieted with business cane, many
locked hither from neighbouring towns and villages
and made • very numerous and happy party in • field
adjoining the West Walks, which the raptor of Holy
Trinity kindly lent the committee for this festive'.
Shortly before eleven o'clock a prooession we. formed
in the field, consisting of members belonging to lodges
at Dorchester, Weymouth, Poole, Fordingbridge,
Wimboroe, Portland, Wareham, Bore Regis, Wool, god
Pushed', upwards of 200 in number, wetting Menet.*
tamale'', and other insignia of the order, some carrying
the emblems of Oddfellowship including the "dispensa-
tions" of the two Dorchester lodges, and stalwart
brethren beerier six handsome banners jageritged with
appropriate representations, while music was not want-
ing, for there were two bands—the Dorchester Rifle
Band, under Mr. H. Wellspring, playing eseeilently
well, aa they always do; and the Florist Militia band,
under Bandmaster Carrot, performing ae a body with
great credit. They walked in pr merlon to Holy
Trinity church, where morning prayere were read by
the Pee. T. A. Falkner end an excellent sermon was
preached by the Rev. Jaynes Fisher, 'gm
At the conolusion of the service, they perambulated
the town, and as two o'clock remntered the field, and
took their mats in a eapecioas tent where an exeellent
sold collation was served by Mr Lend...Meth of the Dor-
'bestir. Arms, Mr. Councillor J. P. Aldridge presided
at the dinner, supported by Mr. Councillor W. Vernon,
the Rev. K. G. Watson, Lieut, Aldridge, Sergeant
Ramsey, sad • few others. It would have been gratify-
lag to have seen a few more of our representative men
present. HOWaTar, the meeting was a eery pleasen.
one. The eiee-ehsfr was neenpled by Mr. lioyton
Pinith, in the unavoid 'lle absence of Mr. Councillor
G. J. G. Gregory.

After tie—anner, the Chairman gave "Toe Queen"
god " Th• Prises and Princess of Wales," which were

eo!dially nesived,