The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

Lox° Itivxms.

To the lad, under 17 years of age, who shall plough
half an acre of land with two homes, without a driver,
in the best manner :-Ist prise, to George Hebditch,
servant to Mr. J. A. Burgess, £2 ; 2nd prim, to Arthur
Miles, servant to Mr. Samuel Bartlett, 20s. ; 3rd prise,
to Robert We!stead, servant to Mr. Robert Fowler, Me.;
4th prize, to George Cuff, servant to Mr. Martin Small,
1011. A bounty of 7 ad -. was awarded to Stephen
Poore, servant to Mr. William Foote*, and to Albert
Harris, servant to Mr. Joules Burgess.
eILL34II:3IeI GIVEN BY E. CANTLIMAN, Eact.--CHAMPION

PLOUGHINU WITH HoliN' 68;

To the servant of a member who may have won • first
or necond Prviniuns in (lass 1, under the rules and regu-
lations of that class.—To Job Masterman, servant to Mr.
Martin Small, a great coat. A bounty of 10s. was
awarded to Charles Hammett, servant to Mr. Samuel
Bartlett.

PREMIUM GIN EN BY TIM SOCIETY.--CRAMPION PLOUGH-
BY 01124.

To William Pitman, servant to Mr. James Barges', a
great coat.—A bounty of 10s. was awarded to limas
King, servant to Mr. James Burgess.

THE TURNIP HOEING.
The competition for care and skill in this impor-
tant department of agricultural labour, took place
on Mr. George Lock's farm, on the 11th inst. The
judges were Mr. Henry Fookes and Mr. George
Harding, who, having inspected the work on the lbth
inst., gave the awards as follows:

lst Prize to Stephen Hunter, servant to Mr. James
Burgess, • coat and 10s. ; 2nd PTIM to George Wet.
Mead, servant to Mr. Henry ILichards, • coat; 3rd Prize
to Edward selby, servant to Kr. John Ford, len., 1155.
Robert Smelt, servant to Mr. Thousas Bement, re-
commended t 3 • bounty.

The Champion Pries, given by the late Charles Parke,
Esq., was awarded to William Woodford, servant to Mr.
William Fookes, a great coat.

WOMEN TURNIP HOEING.

lit Prise to Virtue Davis, servant to Mr. Robert
Fowler, a cloak, and 5. ; 2nd Prize to Sarah Squire,
servant to Mr. John Ford, jun., rt.

The Champion Prise wie.awirded to Susan Brydles,
servant to Mr. Joseph Williams, LI. The women beat
the men; their work being pronounced by the judges
to be the hest done in the field.

New WHICAT.-A sample of an early-maturing
and new kind of wheat was shown in the market on
Saturday last by Mr. H. Fisher. This sample was
taken from the first cut field in our immediate neigh-
bourhood, though at Shapwick, about 5 miles from
this place, Mr. Martin and others are rapidly cutting
down both wheat and barley. Fortunately the wet
and cold weather have prevented the ripening of the
crops, and theiefore their backward state will allow
the farmer to delay cutting, in the hope that the
autumn month will prove more favourable.
At the Magistrates' Clerks' office on Tuesday, the
214 inst., Ambrose Lovell, a ticket-of-leave convict,
was brought before Lord Portman, and G. C. P.
Dennison, charged with stealing fruit and vegetables
from Mr. Johns' garden. 'Various things having
been missed, a policeman was set to watch the pre-
mises, who secured the prisoner when about to take
away the stolen property. He was imprisoned for
theft, previous to being sentenced to penal servitude,
and since his return home has been suspiciously re-
garded by the authorities. When taken he had in
his possession the instruments used in picking lucks,
and there is little doubt but that he followed other
pursuits than the one of gathering rags. He was
committed to Dorchester for trial.
Poots.—The recordership of Southampton, ren-
dered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Edward
Smirk°, has been conferred on Mr. William Major
Cooke, of the Western Circuit, present recorder of
Poole.

SUAPTIMICRY. Melancholy Accident. Two
Person., Drowned.—lnquests were held by R. M.
Wilson, Esq., coroner, at the Council Chamber, on
Friday week, on the bodies of Alfred Boughton
and John Powell, who were drowned the previous
day in the river Avon. The following evidence was
taken :—William Freestun, a leather dreamer,
residing in Fisherton, stated that he, in company
with Thomas Knight and the two deceased men,
hired a boat of Mrs. Abel, in Castle-street, on
Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of rowing as far
as Stratford-bridge. When they had got about 200
yards above Blackwall, Freestun, who was rowing,
asked Knight, who was steering, to change places
with him. They both stood up for the purpose,
and in attempting to pass each other, they both went
to the same side of the boat, which, it is supposed,
was thereby upset, and all four were thrown into the
water. Freestun and Knight managed to get out,
but Boughton and Powell, who were sitting together
in the bow of the boat were drowned. The bodies,
which were not gut out of the water for at least half
as, hour, were placed in • boat, and taken without
delay to the George and 14ragon Inn, in Castle.
street, when Mr. Castes, Mr. Viinzar, and Mr. Lush
speedily arrived, and endeavoured to restore
animation, but from the length of time that had
elapsed they were unsuccessful. Three of the men
were in the employ of Mr. Barry, of Fiaberton, and
Powell was a stranger, who had applied that day at
Mr. Berry's shop fur work. They appeared to have
been drinking pretty freely, and the coroner censured
Mrs. Abel for allowing them to take a boat in the
state in which they were. Verdict," Accidentally
drowned."