The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY Sr:wilt/NS.

Ormunatd., Dec. D.—Haute K. 11. Swaffield, and H.
F. Dud,
Vtl;e,ANet. —John Leiria and Julia Hunter were
bruugut up by P.C. Ft ipp fur begapoj Duni dour to du..r
Porthtutl ; and Elieuril &wen, ail.leruy newer.
Iturfrib :41i:ewes. anti Mary Brown, (a man. hi* wile,
Mild la.. grow ti• ujo wm..) acre brought up by P.C. Iteu•
ben linnlwr, for hezahr• et Fivet and at mewl:n.l
cuttal.;., in the nesgol:urhuoti. The dcfrudrada were
seetrAlly seuteuetti to uue usuntliu unpruaunuent, with
bard laJakur.

PutrrEAND. —On M lay morning, the 10th inst.,
the I:ev. John Jenkins, chaplain ot tile eolossiis, fell
down in a lit whilst reading prayers, and died at a
quarter before seven o'clock the same evening. Ile
has left a widow and six children.
SrTriv4ED VICTIM To INTEIITERANCE.—We un-
derstand that Sergeant Duly, of the 11th I: eginient,
stationed at I'craie barracks, bas been missing since
the 2u,1 inst. Ile was last seen about lialf-past
eight oelock MI the evening in quest. by the guard
at the Perry bridge, proceeding in the direction of
Portland Innis We up,utis, hno very tipsy at
the time. its did not arrive at the barracks that
night, and nothing has since been heard of him, but
a shako was found on the pebble bank, between
Ghuiwell and the Verne bridge someday+ since by a
lishernian lrouii Wyke, winch has hen identified as
belonging to Duly. It is supposed tlat in his
inebriated state he walked over the pebble bank
into tile water awl was drowned.

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Till: 4111 Dou.sr.T VoLUNTCEit A liTiLtititY.—The
tuenal).-ra of this Corps were sw.,rii in before Captain
Manning. her Majesty's Lieutenant and resident
wagistrate, on Saturday and Mounhay week.

ANOTHER ATTEMPTED 1111:11te ...I V WiItMERV.
Some mornings since as Mr. Consii.s, grocer and
general tlrakr, at Ileforne, was ions:4,4lm, along the
road between l'lnswell and the Ferr;:brillge. in
order L.i he in time for one of Vie early trains from
We) he W.Le et.ppell Ilya fellow w lio deinaude.l
liii eion..y. Mr. Cousins put One 4.f his hands iii his
c.eit pocket, and told the man if he moved another
dip toi‘%airtla lIIIJi he would blow his brains out. and
the a enbli•he highwayman walked on, but lie stopped
anotlor pers.s about yards from the spot where
he had stopped Mr. Cousins, but f .rtimately
witle•ut success. It is greatly to he regretteol that
they did not apprehend the fellow and hand loin
over to the police.
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W N ToN 'Nil-St- 11 I KY. —On Sunday, the 9th inst..
betwemi 10 and II o'clock, some inthellievous persms
broke Inoue email and hewn stone, which had been
prepared for a house in course of erection near the
Wesleyan chapel, Fortune's Well, for It. Rower.
of Weymouth. The damage dons was about
$.5.

Ittaxrivonn. The statinn at Blandford St.
Mary is literally "blocked up." The arrangements
. for the wesls traffic are inadequate, and those made
fall hort of the advantages which the space r I
the station would allow. There are !owl complaints
maile on all sides. I.ut the Dorset Central Company
shift the blame fruit their shoulders to those of the
South• Western Company, and the latter shift it back
again. The public in the mean CUM' are inconveni-
enced enough, and whilst noise aiol confusion reign
around the sta. , annoyed custoniers murmur
their complaints out and at tonne. The station-mai.
ter rudies about like one demented, awl if the line
is not soon brought int., the town, or efficient means
for the conveyance of 0016 soon mole, the continu-
ance of official indifference will beget great lees to
the shareholder*, and great inconvenience to the
• trailing an.l travelling public
A Woen Fok Tilt PAUPER. —On one of the
bleakest spots in our inhabited outskirts, the out•
minor paupers of the j Ii meicsulde on7e or twice a
, week a wretched group --to receive mm hat is called
, by them " p.srish allowance." There is no shelter
provided, and the y or liread.order relief is
he:8.6.1..1d from the parish officer's comfortable I
to the pauper. who has to stand exposed to toting
cold or drenching rain —it may be. wet through and
shivering —till his or her turn Conies to be dismissed
in accordance with official tontine. The I:um-deans
cannot lie as are of this arrangement, otherwiti we
feel as.sured that the feelings of those who paY ratea.
and the bodies of those who receive then,.
would have been spared such an unnecessary and
painful infliction.
'Tmmt Seeman or RonaNtsstm Doesevmong.--
' At a conference of Congregational ministers, held in
Londoui. for the purpose of devising more extended
means for the honit•teaching of scripture truths,
Mr. Wilson, a gentleman who had collected infor-
mation ai to the religious state of our village dis-
tricts, aimed that in one parish in Dorsetshire the
C dittoes of many of the poor had images of the
Virgin Mary affixed to their walls, whilst Catholic
. doctrines were generally circulat...l in prayer books.
He, however, further stated that the curate who hail
indoctrinated the minds of the poor with the perni-
cious errors of the Catholic Church bad left the
neighlsoirlossl.
Before the Mayor, J. IL Bennett. Eel.. and F.
Johns, bee gh magistrates.--On Monday
week, twowomen of the names of Bloke and 111.eler,
the former a keeper of a house of ill-fame, and the
I latter an inmate, were charged as street nuisances,
I and both consmitted for 14 days.
I LEcTrItY. SLAVERY.—The Rev. W. Tucknins
gave a lecture on Slavery to the members and
friend, of the Working Men's Club on Tuesday
evening. The Rev, W. Hanle presided. The
unfavourable weather caused !he attendance to t:e
• small a fact to be regretted, since the able manner
in• whieli the subject was handled, and the public
interest it is attracting in consequence of the poli-
tical movements in America, made it one well
calculated to please and to inform.

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SomEwIIAT or A DNA rroINTNIENT.—An announce-
Meet that the I 'hristy Minstrels would give a niusieal
entertainment on Monday week ilrea & large o 111 l -
bet of tile respectable inhabitants of the neightiour.
hoist into the town, but. just previous to the enter-
tainment commencing. it was discovered that the
" Original " Clarietv Minstrels. from St. James's,
Lunama, were in Edinburgh. This discovery, as may
be supp caused some disappointment. How.
ever. original or not, they convulsed with laughter a
large milielice, an, I by their coed harm ai gave
unequivocal satisfaction to the fashionable* of our
neighbourhood, drawn togother by the metropolitan
repine of the "Christy Minstrels."
Wakeman. —The spirit of the times is gradually
creeping who this old town. Within the last two years

3 few iiew Lei_ • s 113,e •eitlt. great. iiiipr.veniew
ia.elo at ti... railttav staie•ii,
tI. e eltior.•ll r•Taarv•l :out iion.1,•:•••• ••
,t!.r I.• ; ' • lots 1133.431.er 1,,.r.•
*.lackay*.i 1.•.f-ru.:Ai et. l'enitlitti to be doh-
.••d;•• •• ". in
ig
Ii o •1. vi•r 04aar.1,
I:, the Itlitttli of tnite.
The T. /Pen at in Witt. nuim... in the ehtirilt. in
o 1 olrAwled thr..ugl• the mud iiiii lona erd •
tho clerk a. herotofore ; and if the reauono a in the
c.,eilifle ~,,, u v.. 0 re cling. it st•••n1•1 he a 11••••••,:c•I itn•
provmeo•nt. Wily not piay a voluntary ai• the eois•
4recatt-ti arc • Itt. ring church! We are not a•le•••
thoso inimutiertea of Wadi% hell, hook an,
wind, I,,vera of the niedia•val
in, hut we think few will deny the l•eauty an.l iill•
iireitniViiiiLlln tuf MUM! flhiltjy, especially lii
I if•II With our church service,

W Elf NE Mt. IT . —Tllllllolloerable Mrs. Craven
Berkeley, who had been on a it to raptitai
Wyndham. on her way home 1111 Monia,V
between 'Wane aolW hist a trunk e•oititue
ing some ill-vises, kwellery. &c.. worth about ,15110.
U appears that the trinik as tied behind the Hvin
which she Wal conveyed. and that it was when
the carriage stopped at iVinilnirne. Onexaminatim,
it Waif.. 111111 Vat the e.r.l wi!t whielt tile trunk was
tied to the earriag,: hail !wen

SIIEItIioIINE ACRI4.I-I.TERAI. SOCIETY.

The show of stock 011 Thurs.'.ay week was the
best that this scciety has ever collec'e I. In wini•
hers it has really, if ever, been exLoelo,l ; but, in
point of we have seen no 11(11 ,m this
year at all aptiraach it. Star 11l i l ister usml to take
the lead of Dorset in the extent and opi•al:ty of its
exhibition, but the palm this yew liel.mgs t Shrr.
lionic. It is a remarkable circiliestance, that in
this, which was 1111113 the bra dipiarters of the
herons, the fancy for a pirtieular breed has so com-
pletely changed, that the mice (Anson, Ilievon tweed
hail only three or four rio c iita es, an.l those
sent by one breesler only, an 4I he lit ing on the other
side of the counts.. With the en, eotion of NI r.
I tatelionee's ale ,r• - 110111 ball —a fit ill .r.•loorn r.
shown by Mr. Hill, of Caine ; and a very choice
sample of the (literivey cow, shown, but hit for en•
hibition, hy the well known importer, Mr. Cornish.
of Pointington, all the cattle were Here:mils.
such Herefords ! Mr. Senior's Os, which wa, (IC
dared last week wool enough to beat at Raker
-
street, here found a competit•.r so cl -se in size anal
weight, and so gissl in quality, that the i•utsi(le
public were entirely unable to opine whether Mr.
Senior.* or Mr. Heorge ttaitie'soa was the best. Then
in fat CIIIWI there was Mr. H. Coate's rematkahls
heavy and kind animal, and souse splendid stock
heifers, shown by Mr. Coate and Messrs. Fearer.
The fact that Mr. James's loafer not take a prize
is alone B'llSi:tent to evidence hi-,w go,sl the show
must have been. In atom stock, we hare never
oven a better lot 1.1 bulls. Mr. Fearer, Mr. Coate.
Mr. Jaiues. and Mr. Stacey competing with Here.
fords. The awry cows and heifers of the saute
Greed were also very line ; and both in sheep and
pigs the animals were of the very Ord class of ea •
eellence. For the premiums offered for horses, there
were about twenty entries. about halt.! them heing
capital cart colts and the rest hackneys —good, bail,
awl indifferent. There could be no gaiwaying the
decision of the umpires, Messrs. Card, of Norton
Ferris, Ras lenee, and tleorge Harding. of Ihirwes.
ton, in the award which g.tre the cup to Mr. John
Game, for his handsome and promising hackney.
So gosl was the entire show, that an animal that
took • second prize here, gained first prizes at
Yeovil • we allude to Mr. fat heifer, and
Messrs. James's fat cow. The awiril Was as follows:
Piece of plate, value I:5, ftiven by 11. I). W. Digt,!,
Esq., for the Iteg loill ; seven Cl/ nip.titont ; Me.srs.
John Fever, ILttelowie, .1. Smith 121. Stsy, eul
A. Caste. 14, resver ; 4:2, W.liisos Way.
of plate, value I:5, given by Sir
Will us, %l,sfly-
cot for the be•t 'tiny coy ; 111‘ I.lllre. : )11,41,.
:4111t11 19), hlm,.im. tows. HilT•rd. N .rtli Colloiry ;
ii• Coate 121. lat. 11. Coat- : '72. John thiii h.
Piece of phi.'. •alw. M. given by the Hon. W. It
P mop , for the Gest r of two-year-Ail
! heifers; three entrie• : 11. U.i.te (2). John Fearer. Ise.
Henry Coate ; U. John Fe iver. —Piece of plow.. loe
t'2, given b Hs. . y the a It. Paw etato, M I', Ile
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die best par o' miwyear-old twil•rs live elit;:es ;
Messrs. Fraser, Drakc, .IMM:A Glifor I (25. Willi .m
Itos-iter. 14, John Feav•r ; Cl. •141111, I lifford.-
Piece of plate. value In, given hy JOllll 1•0011.111.11,
for the 14444 15 gkeat'i.loam ewes ; two mark K dpert
Brook. Ist. It. Brook ; £2, It. Brodt. -I:2 for Seade
down chilerr ; two entries ; J. 4.4414 11111 and
George Bartlett. Prate to 0 or4e II wdett. -rs for
• South,lowa rain ; four entries ; R. Brook 24.
Bartlctt (2). 14. G. Bardett ;£2, R. Brook. -12 for
best hoar ; four entries ; James 0!.1, J. 0111,4
Jainca Stnnige, .1. and E. Seines. Ist, James Strange :
10c. James 01.1.-V2 for le'.( sow ; flea entries ; J.
Wald:note. JaIIIVA I )1,1. James Worthy. JS ti. Str oig •.
L'2, James Strange ; 10.. 3. Ilmllitiott. - Piece of Otte..
value £5. given by H. ii. St-.r, K. 1., M P., for the hest
iii' is ; t sit entries ; 14, Win. Senior : r 2.1:,..,. Game.
-Piece or i late, value Li, given by G. D. W. Mall.,
, Esq., for the best fat heifer or cow ; five entries ;
Messrs. W. tie Hill, James (2). and 11.
Coate, Ist, 11. Coate ; £2, Mr. Jansen. -Piece of 141 4e.
value E 5, given by G. D. W. 11 nby, Ell., for the best
haekiity ; seven competitors ; Rev. George T110.444...4n,
Adiford, Paul ltca I. - routing (disqualified).
George (;odwin, John Game. Isl. John Game : £2.
• Real-Piece of plate, value £5, also given by Mr.
l)ihy, for the best cart colt ; tett c.unieditors ; .1.
idinott (5), F. t; delimise (24. Jodali Hill, J. E.
S.accv, J. C. Mullins, William Dibble, John Ilrm.k.
lat. James 110.1.1.n0tt 4:2, J. C. Mullins, East Pen•
nand-Highly voinisien.led : Bulk : Mr. Gatelionse
and Mr. James--I).iry Cows : Mr. Gifford and Mr.
Co de. -Heifers : Mr. I 'mite. Mr. and Mr.
11:ffonl. -Boars : Mr. Worthy atoll Me-ws. Symes. -
Fat heifers : II r. H.ll and Mr.. 1011., ; Iseinties re. •
in.:n.144. -Cart colts : Mr. Gatelimiw and Mr. Hill. -
l',44ntivn.led. -d'art colts : Mr. I:deli...use and Mr.
Meld tt.-Ilack tilt: Mr. John Game.- Ectra stock:
Mr. Pouting. for a hackney mare.
Georg.. Dyke. in tie eliploy of Mr. John Chap-
man, 101. 34 year., ft preminin of 12 104- given by the
It 'v. 11. F. Veatinati.-'444 JOIIII 5a11....111, in the employ
of G. D. W. 11414 v, for 3.5 years, in pr•• eee ill of
10s.. given by the Rev. U. F. Yeatosan.--4,, Charles
March. in the employ .4 Mr. J. E. Showy for 30 Ivor*
a 4 carter, a pramonin of £2. givoi by the lion. W.
B. Portman, ..... tel Milo.. in the employ of
Mr. John Fencer for 29 years as carter, £l.-To
George Hiss, in the em by of Mr. It.. Minton, for
rearing 406 lambs from • flick of 418 Southlolowis
ewes, El.-To Charles Clothier, in the employ of Mr.
William Croeker, for rearing 331 lamhs from 353
Smithtown ewes, 104.-To T 1 11111 l as 110 vitro, in the
I employ of Mr. John F for 43 years as a labourer
in husbandry. £2.-To Tioenas tooter, It the employ of
Robert Gordon. E.g., for 20 year. as a labourer in has'
liandry, Cl. -To S Chant, a boy onder 18 yews of
ay. in the employ 44 Mr. Robert Seale, for It years,
el.-To William Hunt, n boy nuder 18 years of age, in
the employ Of Mr. J. B. Best for 10 y'ars. Ms.- -Ti
Jonas Hamden, in the employ of Mr. Henry tkiker, for
hiving brought up II chil.lren in habits io.luatr,
without parochial relief. £2. -To Eli Gosney, in the
emi.loy of G. D. W. Dighy. Em.. for having brought
up 9 children in habits of in lustry without parocilial
relief, Cl.
The dinner wag held in the Townhall„ and was well
served by Mr. Mae,.. who had decoratest the room
very tastefully with prints awl pictures, evergreens
and flags. H. Gerard Stint, Elq., M.P.. president.
was supported by Sir Henry tiara. Sir W illiaw
Nlisilyeott, Womiforde Ffooks, Esq.. Revs. George
Thompson, Ilarston. and Lagilen, T. Efooks. and J.
V. Mrlinoth, Kers., awl a considerable number of
the leading iiilialetants and yeomanry of the district.
The honourable pr.sident hail brought with Into, at
his sole expense, Mr. Evers and hi. musical party,
and a comic singer from I. m•Ion, Mr. Hartley, who
a.-ing some original and telling 3..11g1, in the style for
which Ili-tries Shuman Vra* so tuition..
S.WIETr.—The first
meeting of the first Agricultural Society ever held
in the town of Gillingham, came ott on Monday
week with unquestionable success. Time show
brought together a very large quintity of stock.
Having C 1111tkrate FC4sra for the cowlition of the
district the committee °tiered two sets of prises -
one to pure.breil, the other to crossdired animals -
the mita WM an excellent • petition in each, and
• grumbling. When we state the !mollies of
entries ton readers will be enabled to jit.l.e of the
extent and variety of the stock. Pure•lwed bulls,
4; pure bred cows, 6 pair ; crossdireils. 6 pair ;
thrice-year-old heifers. 3; pair crossdireils, 3 pair ;
two•year•old heifers. 3 pair ; crosa•breds. 3 pair; 211
Ifown ewes, 6 pens; .51) ehilver lambs. :I pens ; boars,
6; isiwa, 6; ass store pigs, 5 pesos; fat ogee, 2 ; fat
cows, 3; fat heifers, 5; ten fat wethers, 4 pens ;
fat pigs, 6 ; two iota of cheese. lii cat. ; two cwt.
lialf-cowarile, 3 hits; twelve pounds of hotter. si steel'
c petitors ! live sacks of wheat, 5; live sacks of
barley, 4; rive sacks of oats, 4.