The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

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HIGHWAYS Acfr.—On Monday Mr. R. Long sake 1
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
whether it was his intestine to introduce any bill for
the amendment of the Highways Ad this session. Sir
G. Grey said he had no such intention.
APPOINT/I[NT Or OVERSEERS.—At the Townhall
on Monday, before the Mayor and J. Galpin, Esq.,
the following persons were appointed ovltreeers :
Holy Trinity—J.4AM.° Guy and Eddeff Penny; St.
Petere—William Jacobs and William John Marsh;
All Sam se—Charles Keith', and George Richard
Crook; Fordington—'l'homas Wellman and Charles
Edward Mabee.
DORSET EASTER SISSIONB.—The financial business
in oonneotion with these sessions will take place at
the Shirehall on Tuesday, April 4, and the trials of
prisoners will take place on the following day. The
following is tlip list ,of Manners for tHel i—Johtl
Hefffru4n and Emma Jane Heffernan, stealing money
at Portland; John Critchell, stealing a watch at
Upway. —On Bail: Elizabsih Lester, stealing money
at Fordiogton ; Ann Lester, receiving money; well
knowing it to have been stolen at Fordington.
Tun WEATHICIL—The nailing Of tit thiOthottittet at
Dorchester for the pest Nfitllette
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VAGRANCY. —At the Shirehall, on Monday, before
E. Pearce, Faq., John Webb, * tittnp, *as brotight
up in custody *barged with vagrancy.—P.C. Cooper
found prisoner begging from door to door at Port.
land, and haring bid frequent complaints of his im-
portunities took him in custody. —Prisoner was
estitenced to 14 days' hard labour.

WEYMOUTH,
The Weymouth and Don't Horticultural and Flori-
cultural Society contemplates offering this season a prize
for roe* value 20 guineas, to be called the " Reddy&
Prtie." Schedules, it is stated, will be ready by the 10th
of May. Let us hope that row growers generally will
ably support this society in its laudable endeavour to
do honour to a name justly great among rosaries., not
only in Dorsetehire, but elsewhere; and that a large
and line exhibitioa may be the result of so liberal an
award.—Gardewsr's Chronicle.

PORTL AN D.
The vessels oompriling the Channel Fleet are now
assembling at Portland, after being laid up for the
winter. The Achilles Black Prince, Defence, and
Liverpool arrived on 'Wedresday evening, and other
ships are daily expected.
The Army Estimates, which have just been voted
in the "'once of Commonkinclude large sums for the
provision of a considerable number of heavy guns for
the land defences at Portland.

WOOL.
Wnerarril FAanne Wis.— At the 'ninthly meet-
ing of this club, Mr. J. A.. Damen in the flair, Mr.
Mead, of Ease Lalworth, read a paper en "drksrPoon
of the Agricultural Intoner." After dWalin th•
importance of the snbjeot to all ensues vet illenionv.
Dainty, Mr. Mead entered into the adonis.*
disadvantages of the fanners' position at the. falai*
, day. Under the farmer bead be meeiliimeil, lbs
, improved means of producing', mesh as amialerry eidP
manures; 6i2 • high prima obtainable tot to•• lards 1
of produce, as for inseam*, fat stook and week 'ant,
the facilitiee far tramponeog praline to nierkell4
railways. Amongst the disadvantages were the
rents caused by the oompetition for farms, and
high wages in Ingland is pampered with foreign

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countries ; the malt-tex ; and the preservation of
game. lastly, a local disadvantage was the bad
climate of that part of Dorsetahire in which they lived.
—Mr. Bates spoke hopefully of the future, saying lie
looked forward to better prices to come. He thought
the steam plough and the high price of land would
bring much land at present lying waste into cultiva-
tion.—Mr. Marks complained that rates and taxes
got higher as prices sunk. He protested against the
proposed union-rating.— Mr. Saunders entered into
some calculations to show that sheep could only be
kept at a loss, even at the present high prioes, in that
part of Dorsetshire.—Mr. Reader complained of the
rates and taxes, and the way in which they were
managed.—A vote of thanks to Mr. Mead closed the
proceedings.