The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-11-27 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

AT the Swindon Poultry Show, which took place on
Thursday and Friday, Mr. \V. dsmond, of this town,
was very succeasful with his blue or silver dragoons,
for which he was awarded third prize, and was also
twice highly commended and once commended in the
same clams. At the same chow Mr. C. Parsons, of
this town, was commended for twilit&
LOCAL RONOCILSI. —At the Taunton Agricultural
Show, held on Friday last, Mr. Chapman Saunders,
of Watercombe, carried off the first prize for a
splendid pen of ten breeding ewes; Mr. Culverwell
was awarded first prz.e for a pair of horn ram lambs;
and Mr. Langdon carried off the principal prizes for
Devon cattle. _ _

Erresrartormr.—Miss Fanny Edwards gave one
of her celebrated entertainments at the Town-hall on
Saturday evening. There was a very limited atten•
dance, no doubt attributable to the wretched state of
the weather. The programme, which was an unusually
good one, concluded with the popular operetta
• Dorothy." During the evening the applause was
frequent
A Common:in.—A correspondent who favoured us
with a few lines last week, relative to the death of
Baron Hambro, stated the Baroness was one of the
survivors of the terrible tragedy enacted in the
"Black hole of Calcutta" during the Indian Mutiny.
Evidently, in the hurry of writing, he confounded
that event, which occurred in the first Indian Mutiny
of 1756, or thereabouts, with the no less horrible
affair which occurred at the Well at Cawnpore, during
the second mutiny. Always open to corection we
rectify the mistake, at the same time hoping thrme
who are so quick to pick holes in our coat, are as
willing to acknowledge any they may make.
Tits Waerrea.—The following is ourmeteorological
report :-
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Data.

1 IN.:. Pont MI Wind. State of Weather.
Night. 1
Nov. i • 1 . ,
19 1 46 1 36 1 W Fog. rain
35 WNW & N Rain
21 50 1 45 111 W & W Rain
24 , 49 40 SW Si ormy
22 443 so NW Fine, rain
21 44 33 E Rain
25 41 30 N Fine

Commirrrn ro ma Domirr Comm PRISON.—
Hard Labour : Henry Carter, James Fripp, and Tom
Bennett, assaulting • constable at Sturminster Mar-
shall, 6 calculi." months each; John Kendall, stealing
boots at Portland, 4 calendar months; John Beard,
Frank Savage, Hiram Sidey, Robert Smith, James
O'Campbell, and William Jackson, disobedience on
board ship in the Weymouth Roads, 2 calendar
months' each; Lavinia Edwards, rogue and vagabond
, at Wimborne, 6 weeks; George Flower, rogue and
vagabond at Gillingham, and Charles Holland, mis-
behaviour in the Sherborne Union, 1 calendar month
each; Sophia Dacombe, drunkenness, Ire., at Wim-
I borne. 28 days; James King, stealing money, tea, kc.,
' at Lyme Regis, 1 calendar month and 4 years' in a
reformatory ; Frank Monto, stealing pipes and cigar-
holders at Weymouth, 21 days; John Reeves, rogue
and vagabond at Gillingham, and James Everett,
rogue and vagabond at Dorchester, 14 days each;
Henry Irish, stealing money, tea, ?cc., at Lyme Regis,
7 days and once whipped.—/stprimiinu7d -Clara
Gould, Mary Ann Cornick, Fanny Thomas, Eliza
Jane Miller, and Mary Ann Gulliforcl, prostitution
at Weymouth, 14 days' each.