The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

Zonursctsbire.

YEnVIL. R Co rp..—The members of this
corps meet for drill at the Corn Exchange four or
live times a week, and two or three times have been
drilled on the premises of T. limiter. Esq., Bar-
w iek Many coojectnres are atli;et as to what
is the cause of the prolonged delay by the Lord• Lie-
utenant of thi ; comity in appending the officers, as no
C4lOll co 1116 point liar yet been received.
On Monday week between 20 and 30 members met
at the Coro Exchange, and marched through the
town and over to Itarwick l'ark, where they sere
met Icy their iiiteniled captain. T. Messiter, Esq.
This is the first time they have turned out together.
therebire their appearance seemed greatly to attract
the attention of the townspeople.

!ATTU KAT TKM PER ANC6 HA —A lecture was
delivered at the nealv•enadeil Temperance Hall
Middl.. 4r....t. on Tue.lav last. I.v the Rev. F.
Clarke. The admission was free, and the room well
tided. A r..t. ui thanks was uttered tam the lecturer
at the conclusion.

gI9CI.tI. MK letfl. —A sermon W3X prc.clitsl on
NI lay week hy the flee. .1. Griffith. M. rector
Neath, gaii‘hire. A goodly iiiiniher
atteeih,l, ald the inhal.itants as yet seem to appre-
ciate the opportunity offered of atteuthus a week
day service.

INDEPENDENT ell APF.I- —A sermon was preached
by the Her. H. JaMeg, at thil chamd lei Sunday
seek. for the henetit of the Smith-street Sal.hath
c,dieetions c ere made at the chose of the
service, which . tel to a consi,leraMe sum. The
chapel was cell tilled, and the congregation seemed
.11 impressed.

1:...1.1N4D431, AND P.At.iser kV RAIL.
wAy. —The works of this railo ay, which have
hitherto iseeit progreeonig hut slowly here, are now
nuking very rapid progreos, li lei that the
cm...elect in May neat. A
great quantity of liiiiiian liona and taints were dia
Lisvere.l liu sonic iiehls aaj..ining Newtois•lionse. The
e are Atim...sed or the reign "It 'harlei the
Second. It is at at decided that the station o ill
on the Sherborne road, ipexlito tho Elephant
and Cattle.

INourere- An inquest wail llel.l on Thursday. At
the Elephant. awl Castle Inn. 'em the 1.0.1 y of a DAV. y
-name unknown - who died under very iii Ironing.
circumstances at the Snit Howse Inn, on Tiiiiriday
he 13th. It 11,11111 that decease:l ent b. the •
br lodgings. and whilst there lie was taken ill and
leim!y. an.l died in the most dreadful agonies. A
a atilt... said that deceased made use of the most
fear:ul langisage to the last few minutes of his life. He
bleeeased) sevimiesl to thisik that sonata weanais ha I
1.15-1051 him. T:me iiuiilme.t was adjotirionl mitil
Nlonday for the trirpose 4.1 poW mortear exainina.
timi hen% iimade ..n the aunty a aleeeasea hy 'V. F.
Tonmkt lIN, h.l. *rho inquest. adjourned from Thurs.
.lay, was held at Ole sante place on Nloinlav, before
H. I). Ashford. Esq., .Ir. W. F. Tonikyns ex•
:twined, mill he had mole a itostonortew esamitia.
Lion of the 1.. siv of at:cc:mud, and could discover
nothing which gave I • any reason to believe that
deceased hail takun anything to cause his death.
Venlicb-Died from natural causes.
We are glad to tied that the minimal Masonic Festi-
val for Issys, held on Weilioaday the 14th. was well
attended. N'iscomit Rav ishain tilled the chair.
About two hundred sat dou mu to dinner, shortly after
which the boys were introduced awl whiresseal by
the einairmati, and time noble sum a kIANIO
was sulsseribedi to the charity, Her Nlajesty having
given the sun, of XIII.
H asErßtlaV.- The Steam Pfough inSomers.o.-
Ploughing by stenin has long been re..,....... from the
category of a mere esoer.inent, AII.I landed as on
al-complished feet. lint for the most part farmers .
hare only hear.l of it in connection with the great
agricultural shows, owl then with sonic considerable I
reservations that tended tc cast a doubt maw the
probability of the steam plough ever getting into '
general Ilse. We are happy to be enabled to state
tls it thank. to time public enterprise awl spirit of !
Mr. Henry Parsons, of Haselbury - not only has the
steam plough been introduced into Somersetshire,
hat that it has been Isnoight into practical working
with the noe t aiieces.sfail effects. It started on
Monday a little after G. and up to 10 o'clock hml
ploughed neatly four items of laud from tire to Nit
inched Ileel.• i,m,hc inj work which our friend declared
mom horses could have equalled on such lamb The
"11l was A very still clay atosie•rusli, restmem: emm a
subsoil of hard meld, awl all the practical 'fanner.
that. we conversed with sled:wed that it would take
three horses to draw a plough a ith one turn-fume,
The steant•plosigh ties fur turii•fornsws, awl the
engine therefore MAI its full allotted duty, it
being twelve-loose power. The total of the day's
work was is acres 2r. awl 32 p.. or nearly P. acres.
NINI 4•Aiiint,o of th.. cost, taking the coal actually
consumed, &c., brings the price as nearly
nowoale to the na Gs. per acre. On Tuesday
time pbaigli was again set at work, and upwards of
500 persons visited the ground. amongst whom were
the Reeds. J. F. S. Plialsayn, E. Bowen. Dr. Penny,
C. Woodcock ; J. G. Bower, W. Bide, F. Green-
ham, W. Stuckey, - Whitney. E..-.qrs. ; Messrs.
Poole, George Symonds, - Bartlett, - Male, _
Baker,- P I, ff. Ilr.s.ks, It. (lenge, J. B. Hay-
ward. - Harvey, W. Per,. It. l'errin, W. Perrin,
11e. kins, Masters. Hawkins, awl 1111 l nervosa "them
Time plough went as wril as on the preceding slay,
and gave general satisfaction. On Wednesday the
Mold was visited by abaft 230 pers mils. including
Moss!, Fiirmag,, Langan :an. KIWI, MUM, Telll
1.14,111311. thell/11.:111. Mnsgr ram, Shepherd. awl
Wellington. All the melt working the umachinery
were reentled with a s ipper.
Wiscavrisx.-Pmse Captain Havilan.l writes time
tollowing imam.l ease 1111.1er the 6)g!,,g, :-
•' lam the ion iif ilecemoeil poor holf liar captain,
lii my youth I enlisted, au I Inc merit a
emm.mmmi+ai . I WAN for nearly 17 Years time adjutant
of the Q•ieen*s Bays, and was during that period
often niortiied by rich young men purchasing over
me. After a continuous sent ice of 39 years, faith•
itily s.rved, without missing a single iiarmle, I wits
placed on half Fir. unattached. During lay
adisitancy. on, amongst time many young oflieens who
pun:limed neer nee IICe:1111e the aisle-Ile cusp b. his
glariwr, immt wh,ulet s.• employe,' he received
imv f..r a suim,.le duty. whereas. Irons the want of
suiaalterais at the Isead.quarters of the regim mit. I
was Ohl gli the mm jut int) obliged frequently to
be onlerly•offivwr, awl sit ass a 'needier on court-
martial. thereby doing a double duty single pay.
Mark the results : I because a lieutetiant•colouel
without purchase. and never di.l duty with my regi-
uncut as captain ; awl, after 39 consecutive
years' service, was rewarded with 75, per diem. half-
pay. 1 Olen Immune an adjutant of 3e.siintnre ;but
11./W ill any ohl age. after giving my whole life. and
serving most faithfully my rivereign and my beloved
...entry for Oa 10111 period of 47 years, I nut now in
the receipt of £126 miiimiutmuily, minus the income-
tax.-Francis Haviland. Captain ummattaelmea. late
2:1,1 Drag.am 611:mis, Keytashani._near BriAt..l,"

Smirros ALLErr.-- ide Gwym. The Lord
Lieutenant has appointed Henry Enist, E. 41.! calP
tam; 11. T. Wickham, Eaj., lieutenant; and Mr. S.
Craddock, ensign.