The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-14 00:00:00

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dountritv Ifnithoot °rms.—The annul meeting
of this institution we. held at the Diocesan Board
Room on Tuesday last. The secretary stated that
the number of free member' hod oonaideroblr to.
ereseed during the put year, end that there had been
a slight Morgue in the number of honorary member'.
Tbe payments of the free members tgootinted to
£l4B rfo dd. the sub2ons lb dal ' lii., and
donations to £7 la ed. r. Carden 'Was enrolled
as one of the Medical This niedlnal olub
we. estsblished in 1887, and numbers at present
about 1;700 oil,Boo free members, upward. of WO
of whom' Nelda In Salisbury, and the remainder in
the surrounding villages. Althoughlargely and in.
musingly supported by the labouring 'Assaf Be
honorary members are not proportioutely numeons,
and its honorary fund is, in oonsequenoe, somewhat
limited. 'Under these circumstances it was so
that proporle should be made to the Corn of
the Ullibury Provident Dispensary for the
motion of the two institutions both have the some
object in view; the operations of both extend pertly
over the some ground. The older institution has a
very Luse number of free members, and. small
honorary Azad; the younger institution has a very
large honorary Auld, and, compared with the other,
a small number of free members. This suggestion
was discussed at some length, and it was iiia-mmy
resolved that Dr. Roberts and the Roy. Timmer
Morro should Imo a sub.ooMmittee to
whether oath a union' would be per
ec, to dubs • definite plan Ihr
and mabniiii the nubs A* title ,
of the Malted Club be
he the Matto?.

W•RMINSTBIL AlAeftatim. —Li is in oontempla.
tion to inaugurate the completion of the new building
for the above institution about the last week in
October, under the auspices of the Moot Noble the
Marquis of Bath, the President. The committee of
management are making arrangements to give clat
to an event so generally interesting to the town and
neighbourhood.
The annual treat to the children of the National
School, about 700 in number, took place on Tuesday,
when the children and teachers assembled at Christ
Church, where an appropriate sermon was preached
by the Rev. H. Walsh, after which they walked in
procession, the boys, headed by the vicar, and the
girls by Mrs. Pane, to the school-grounds, in West.
street, where the former were regaled with • plan-
MN supply of plum cake and tea, the girls partaking
of the seine at the Be,. H. Walsh's. After amusing
themselves with rural sports until the shades Of
evening doled upon them, the proceedings termi-
nated with • display of fireworks, to the amusement
of the juveniles and the gratification of their worthy
vicar and teacher*. . .

--13-o;;;;;ON.L—icre.—On Wednesday week about
seven o'clock in the evening, a fire broke out in a
oottage at Plaitford, which ended in the total de.
rdrootion of four cottages, together with a small
quantity of the furniture. The fire was first dis-
covered in the bed-room of an aged woman A/Med
Cook, who had her winter's fuel, consisting of turf,
fro., stowed away in her bedroom, *which was very
small. Ti.. turf was piled up each side dose to her
bed which consisted only of leaves end Wrest grass.
The fire was the result of an accident. The cot.
tops, which were of the lowest description of mud.
well hovels, were the property of UN parish of
Pialtford, and uninsured.
MARLIOROUOH.—The Lord Bishop of Celoutte
has paid his farewell visit to the College. The nag
which Is only raised on special occasions has graced
the oentra building during his Lordship's stay, and
on Friday morning he took his final departure,
amid the tears and cheers of upwards of 400 onliw.
gissa, who aasembled en mama, at the College gates,
find rent his Lordship off amid cheers that we doubt
tint will be frequently remembered by him when he
shell bays entered on a totally different sphere of
notion in another clime,
R4ILWAY.—The promoters of the Andover as
tension through Marlborough to Nwlndon direct,
have delierstifted on Whin' eLI pomade stops to mrry
out their scheme, so soon as the Marquis of Alba.
bury returns from the continent, his presence and
sanction being now required. The quellion is there.
fart at present sammerily somewhat In abeyance.,
This line, which to all Monti and purposes is the
most desimble for Marlborough, it Is confidently 1
estimated ass be oonstruoted for £l,BOO per mile,
or 11.. whale Maims of lb utiles tor the economical
wit of 9521,000. This fait ought indeed to in.
Immo all who wish the scheme to 'mower even as a
OoPlPerlyl,tl emulation only. Active &geoid eon.
visitedth'She Andever company ATI lit Ohs ills.
Mot preparing for the mullq session of Parliament.
PANs..—Tbe Wills Angles held
their Ipe smells. on Tuesday (by the Mud penile.
1104 Of the Marquis of Lanadowne) it &moot. Not.
Withatanding the weather we. very unpropitious, It
wu considered the best meeting of the season, and
as many as 11l sat dews to 'four in the tent.
Thirteen dnuble ends were shot during the day,
with the tiollowing results I—lflret Ida pries, A.
Penrudflocke, Awl., with a more of 11111 Ind price
far hits, H. Merevrether, 114,..-111 bite. 'Bost
gokl, Rev. G. Marsh, Pint ladles' prise, afore,
Mist Kate Vincent, with a scum of 190 Ind prise,
Miss Wayte 92 bits. Beat gold, Mies Caswell.
There were likewise three other prises presented by
Mr. and Mrs. Darby Orifiltb, and Mr. W. Uolaton,
tor the best score of the day, members of the Club,
or strangers Indigo or gentlemen. They were won
by Miss Vincent' by the Rev. J. Hiehanlion, with
afare of 280 and for the greateet amber uf golds,
by ladles, by him. Hars,-3 golds and score of 111.
The Ladles' Champion Prias Sr the best more of the
season, WM won by Miss Kate Vinuent,—scure MP,
The Gentlemen'd Champion Prise for the year, by
the Roy. ld. W. Mayow, with more of 820.

Divistut.—North nib iTorliculiural,Www,—The
'mound show of the above society was held in the
new Corn Eloharign, on Friday (the usual place, the
0.41. Grounds, being now oonvertad into private
property). The building wail most tastefully deco.
rated with devices, festoons, mid banners, and pre.
Dented a most gay appearanoe. The show was eon.
'Adored one of the best ever held by the society, and
more numerously attended than any for some years
past. This no doubt le mounted for by the day of
holding being altered from Thursday (market•dayl
to Friday, thus enabling the townsfolk, who could
not leave their business on a markethlay, readily to
respond to a requisition from the Mayor to dose
their shops at three o'clock in the afternoon, and
thus afford an opportunity to all who felt inclined to
viiit the show. This seems to have met with general
approbation, and was, no doubt, beneficial to the
society, and would probably have been much more
en but for the very unfavourable state of the weather.
This also had its effect upon the ball held at the
Townhall in the evening, but though thinly attended
it was kept up with great spirit until pest midnight
to the strains of Messrs. Gouldsmith's band.
Among* other things exhibited at the above show
was • complete wasp's nest (by Mr. Joy, gardener to
Mr. Coniston, of Roundway Park), where the thou.
sands of "Yellow Jackets" were to be seen through
! a hand glue working and bowing over and about
! their tenement, the comb, which Mr. Joy had au.
oeeded in taking out entire. The following prises
were carried off by Mr, White, gardener to the
Rev. Canon Fisher, Salisbury :—Beet six dishes of
fruit, best plums, best apples, best pears, best
peaches, best roses, and best French asters.