The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

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SALISBU RV. 7'he South-Western Extension Rai
tray.----There is good reason for believing that the
line of railway from Yeovil to Exeter will be for-
mally opened on the 2nd of July next. The con-
tractor (Mr. Taylor) has had to encounter unusual
obstacles in consequence of the severity of the
weather, but, should the report of the Government
inspeotor be favourable, the opening to the public
will certainly take place on the day named.
CormNaTioN Day.—The principal tradesmen of
the city have agreed to close their shops on Thurs-
(lay, the 2flth inst., on which day there is to be a
show of roses in the Palace gardens, in connection
with the Wilts Horticultural Society, and the band
of the Salisbury Rifle Corps wiU perform. There will
also be a teetotal fete on • grand scale in Wilton
l'ark, by the kind permission of the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Ml'. One of the main objects of
the fete is to enable the Wilton Total Abstinence
Society to repair and At up their Temperance•ball, to
open a free reading room, and to establish a free
library. The park will be artistically ilewrated, and
bands of music will be present from Wilton, Salis-
bury, Southampton, Itonisey, Gillingham, Trow-
bridge, and other places. There will be tea on the
lawn, after which a meeting will be held, which will
be addressed by several eminent advocatr of the
cause of temperance.
WA IIIIINSTElt.•-The Warminster Rifle Corps are to
be sworn in on Monday, the 2nl July, and after
attending Divine Service the noble captain (the
Marquis of Bath) will entertain them at dinner at
the Townhall. Most satisfactory progress has been
made in the drill of the corps, which now numbers
about 120 members. The drum and fife band is also
a source of considerable attraction. As an instance
of the beneficial eifeet which the volunteer movement
is producing in the locality, it may be menti I
, that at Maiden Bradley a number of the lalmurers
are in the habit of meeting under the superinten-
dence of one who formerly served his country, and
that at Warminster common—we should lloW use
the more aristocratic title of new town, since gas
has been introduced, and the mortality of the in-
habitants has so much improved --about kt) lads may
almost every evening be seen going through their
" evolutions," under the command of disbanded
militiamen, who have introduced a useful set of rules,
and are doing their best to foster a martial spirit
amongst the tiering generation.
A few days since a quantity of household furni-
ture was sold in the market-place, by Mr. Bedford,
which had been taken under a warrant of distress
from the house of Mr. John Daniell, of Bread, street,
Warminster Common, who, although a man of con.
siderable property refused to contribute the
sum of Ss. per week, as ordered by the
magistrates, towards the support of his daughter, a
pauper lunatic. The defendant absconded, and made
over his goods by a hill of sale, to evade the pay-
ment, but the overseers, by the steps they have
taken, have left Mr. Daniell the option of spending
some of his wealth in law.
CIIIPPKNII A The Volunteer Rifle ('or/is—
This corps has:been inspecfrd by Cot. I.uard, the
Government Inspector, who has expressed his satis-
faction at the eiliciency.of the members.
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The Doddington, Tetbury, Badminton, Stapleton,
and Berkely troops of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry, have attended at Badminton for 3 day's
drill, and been liberally entertained by His Grace
the Duke of Beaufort.
' GREAT BrimiN.—Commerv,ment clue Hunger.
ford Esteniimi Railway.--The directors of the
Hungerford Extension Railway have determined to
turn the first sod of the line, near Bedwin, on Mon-
day next, at 12 o'clock. The ceremony will be per-
formed by Lord Ailesbury, the chairman of the
company.
NIARLBOROUGII.—GeneraI Holiday. Steps are
being taken to suspend business on coronation day,
the 28th inst.
ST. PETlitt'S EVENING CI.MOES.—The result of
the examination of the candidates from these classes
by the Southern Counties Adult Education Society
has been communicated to the rector. Out of 12
candidates, 6 obtained prizes; two, a prize of 10s.