The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

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Taorrria 11Arcs.—Ch Piedneoday fast Mr. Charles
Latcham, of Blackford, near Bridgwater, made .wager
of ilO, that he drove hi i old horse, " Gams Boy,' front
Ile Throe Kings, Thames-street, Bristol, to the Royal
Marla., Taunton, in sit hears. The dietaries was
aocoreptivhed in 5 hours 45 minutes, This ii the same
hone whist won the warr io trotting from Bath-bridge
to Loudon, and le noir open to trot any horse 14 bands
1 Mph 50 miles for 1:50.

Tat:intuit Buenos Perrnoir.—As fbe day for the
trial of tbe petition spinet Mr. Serjwant Cox approaches
(Tuesday) the excitement in the town 011eretrer, and
numbers of Conservative ladies and gentleman arc daily
subinned. The petition allegee bribery, treating, and
intimidation on a wholeasla scale. Should one-half
alleged be proved, not only will Mr. Serleant Coos
career be brief, bet a Commission to inquire into the
doings of the Taunton Conservatives will follow.
Grave doubts are still entertained—looking to the
ruling of Mr. Janice Blackburn at Bridgwater— whether
Mr. Serjeant Cox will not resign his seat on the opening
of the courts no cannel having yet bee named ior Isse
PrOdICOIIOII Or TBll Rue. J. E. Bruntirrr.—Tbe
Bishop of Bath and Wells has connoted, on the report
of the comminou issued by the late Bishop of London,
to send the case of the Inv. W. J. IL Bennett, M.A.,
vicar of Fiume, to the Court of Arches, by letters of
request ; an 4 the matter will shortly corns before Sir
Robert Phillimore. The oomplaint against Mr. Bennett
will be that he teaches a real, actual, and risible
Presence of the Lord upon the altar, and that without
that doctrine, as containing and inferring the neer
dotal office of the priest, and the secrafiedal character
of the altar, there would be no altar at ell. The ease
also embraces the charge that Mr. Bennett has lighted
candles on the altar in the day time, near immune at the
Holy Sacrifice, wean the eucharistic venmenu, and
elevates the elements in eonseeretion. The nominal
prosecutor in this one is Mr. Shepherd, of Proms, but
the funds will be provided by the Church Association.
The &ebb Church Cuion will virtually undernbe
Mr. Bennett's defence.

BATH AND Watt OF EnGl42lO goalie AID
80OTS11111100031Tlie AIMOCIATION.—A meeting of the
Council of this Society was held on Tuesday, at the
Three Cheetahs Hotel, YeaviL Oa the recommends,.
Iron of the Cowtracta Committee. the tender of Mr. W.
Gibbs, confectioner, 12, Above Bar, Southampton, and
Mr. Henry Hine, brewer and wine merchant, Madan&
plans, Southampton, for the supply of refreshments in
the Show yard, in May and June next. was nowt&
mously aorepted, the Council haling satisfied from the
high terms in which they were woken of, that in carry.
in( oat their sontract they will do jostle* to tbe public
and credit to themselves. The Journal it was reported
by the editor, is all in type, but unavoidably delayed
for a short time, by the noceasity of perfecting some
official document+ relating to the Southern Cooties
Association recently amalg•inated with the Bath and
West of England Society. It is fully expected that by
the middle of March it will have been distributed
amongst all members entitled to receive it. A list of
the prizes offered by the Southampton Local Committee
was provisionally accepted by the Council, for Jersey
Guernsey, and Channel Islands Cattle; Hampshire
Down sheep olsestfied according to a new and special
arrangement; and forest ponies. The Council also,
in deference to the views meowed in • letter from the
hon. sec. to the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society,
resolved to give • hones of Elf) to the owner of the
best enimals exhibited in the classes for heifers, of the
Channel Island breeds, not exceeding 2 years old on
the lit of Juno next.