The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

Dorsttsbtre.

PHI PROBABILITY OF A (ANIMAL ELFATION.—AII
householders who value the franchise should re-
member that poor•ratee and aireeeed taxes, due
previotui to the 25th Jan. last, must be paid before
the 20th inst. to ensure their names being placed
upon the register of voters.
. CATTLI R STURM& —From the statistics collected
and published by Goveinment al to the number of
live stock in Great Britain we learn that on
tli, sth of March last, in Dorsetahire, with an
average of 632,025, titers were 42,399 cows, 27,604
other cattle, 492,6t4 sheep, Mid 38,676 pigs, betas to
every 100 acres 61 cows, 41 other cattle, 77 9
sheep, 0.1 piga Tbe total live stook in Great
Britian is thus presented : 1,963,522 cows, 2,902.314
other cattle, 22,048,201 sheep, and 2,477,619 pigs.
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-EARL SH•TTEMBURT ARID THE Nay lIHNIBTRY.
The Record hint. that Lord Bhaftesbury's reason for
declining Ace in Earl Derby's Ministry was that
there were too many High Churchmen amongst
them. especially referring to the "ultra Churohism"
of Lords Carruirvon and Crazilionnie. "HIS lord-
ship," it says, " has always preferred the power and
influence belonging to the exercise of his own inde-
pendent talents and influence, and would have been
in danger of finding himself out of place amidst the
majority of such

New Dunn on Roam—The new duties on
licence" to let horse. or carriages for hire OYES into
force on Friday under the recent Lot of Parliament
(29th of Victoria, chap. 36). Where • person takes
outs licence for one horse or carriage, the annual
duty on the licence to be £5; not exceeding 3 horses
or 2 carriage., £10; 4 horses or 3 carriages, £l5; 5
horses or 4 carriage", £2O; 6 horses or 5 carriages,
£26; 8 horses or 6 carriages, £3O; 12 horses or 9
carriages, £4O; 16 horse. .rl2 carriages, if6o; 20
bones or 15 carriags., £6O; exceeding 1G carriage',
£7O. For more than 20 horses, than for every
additiooal number of 10, and for every additional
number lees than 10 over and above 20, or any other
taultiple of 10 horses, the additional duty of £lO.

DIOCESAN Emu—The Lord Riehopciftlie diocese
bee moonily hammed the Rey. James Douglas
Clophane Wickham, clerk, 5.., to tho Forpetual
curacy of the New Church of St. John the Evangelist
East Holm*, Dorset, on the nomination of Nathaniel
Bond, Esq. the patron; the Rev. J. D. C. Wickham,
clerk, a., to the curacy of Steeple with Tynehem,
Dorset; and the Rev. Charles Wardale, clerk, N. a.,
to the curacy of Broad winsor, Dorset On the 601
inst., the Bishop instituted the Rev. Francis Alfred
Smith, clerk, A A., to the united rectories of Tar-
rant Rushton and Tarrant Ranston, Dorset, void by
the resignation of the Rev. William Frederick Rad-
clvffe, clerk, on the preseetation of Si William
Henry Smith Marriott, Bart, of the Down Hones,
Blendford, the patrols. On the 3rd inst., his lord-
ship licensed lb. Rev. Henry Pigou clerk, ILA-. to
the curacy of Longbredy cum Littiebredy, Dorset

Tea Votorvramt Camp.— From battalion orders
recently issued, we loam that the battalion will as-
semble in mop at Lulworth, on Monday, the 23rd
July, and disperse on Saturday, the 28th July. The
following oommittoss are appointed to make arrange-
ments for the amusements of the volunteers dunng
their leisure hours in camp, and for the management
of the °Moore' OHM : -

Foa OUT-DOOR Brown, &a. President Major
Templer. Mesaban—Captain Thresher, Captain Lyon
Captain Gordon, Private the Zsrl of &doe.
FOZ THZ Cain Flat —Pruning—Caplan Edwards.
Mernhen—Ceptain Otted, Coloer-Iterrant Calder, Ttia
Cape, Qaarter•Maner itert Sneak 6th Corps,
Private Bartow Smith. Ard
PIM!. TainaulALll AND MIS BVIXIIIO AXON%
urn —Preddeat—ltajor Mataltin-- Cap
rain Farrar, Linter:set Loggia, Captain Falwasser
Private Hamill, au, Cone