The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-19 00:00:00

DORCHESTER,

IRISH WlBBlolls.—Two sermons were preached at St.
Peter's church, on Monday. in behalf of the London
Irish Soc.ety, and tt 184. 4d. was eollected.
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TRAINSFILB OF LICENSX. —On Monday lait the license
of the Green Dragon, DurngatelPreet, was transferred
from 11,1. C. Longman to Mr. Then u Roger,.
DOISIIT COWITT HOSPITA.L.—The Trea.urer of the
Dorset C.,ulity Hosoita/ bas reoeive I front Captain
Cole the inn' of 1,13, being the proceeds of his recent
K. K. K. K. concert at Dorchester.

BAND.—The band of the 3rd D.R.V., under
Mr. Wellspring, played in the Walk., opposite Dr.
Aldricl.e's, on Thursday evening, gratifying • large
assemblage. A third performance is announced for the
evening of the 21at.
THE Poticit. —Captain Willis, the Government
inspector t.f constahnlery, on his annual tour, arrived
at Dorchester on Friday. and inspected the borough
force, the station, and all thereto appertaining. No
change* have oreurred since his Last visit, and be found
everything satigastory.
Re J. .1. ligeanr,lllaxegurr. st meeting of creditors
was held on Haturdsy at Mr. If. Lock's office, when an
offer was ma is of fie. in the but some of the cr. ditors
conaiderirg the estate was able to pay Si., nothing
definite was agreed on, and the meeting was adjourned
to the 30th inst.

CHICICHT.—A match came off at Kingston park on
Saturday between the Kingston park club Auden eleven
got together by sir. T. Coombs •hen the latter owe
successful, winning the motor. by 13 runs. It being a
one day !notch the first innings decided it, The bowling
and fielding on Mr. T. Coombo's side was good, as well as
Ow batting of flutehing. and Coombe, who made double
fignr. n, and Mr. At. Mater ant Mr. Lidley on the
king.ton rook aid., r.l.yed re workably well, and the
bowling of Mr. Itrymer was very dr. etnal.
BRIM IN HECK —One might readily have supposed
that a drunken case was about to be heard when, at
the county police-eourt, on Saturday, thee sonorous yoke
of Police-sergeant Stillman, reverb•r•Ftl through tb -
outer courts, to bring to justica unfortunate
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language, and persisting in it, too, for the sergeant,
persuasions to desist were useless, and he had only taken
advantage of the leniency hitherto shown tihn by the
constable. Defendant Laid that was right; he was
tipsy, lie has to pay s'. next Saturday.
Dolitalsistgn AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
turnip hoeing match of the above society took place on
Thursday, on Burton Fenn, belonging to W. Manfield,
Esq., who, with hi umal liberality, provided a plenti.
ful moply of refreshments for all engaged in the
competition. The judges were—Mr. J. Lovelaeo,
; Mr. T. STOW, Nether C,erne ; aid Mr.
Henry May.., C. ker's Promo; and they nearded the
prig.o as foiiew• : First, £2. William Home', in the
employ of Mr. W. S. Hull, Druoe farm • •ecood. El,
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Jaes in t n ploy ie. trlll/11 al Cox,
Hyde, Frampton ; third, 10s., J,-reeni.th Letc, in the
employ of Mr. Isaac sy in. P. Portesham ; commended,
George Omening, in the employ of Mr. W. Chick,
owermoigne • Thomas Bowring, in the employ of Mr.
John rooks, eerne Abbas. The work was not so well
done as in former years, owing it was believed, to the
turnips being of an extraordinary large nice, and the
ju lees were of opinion that they might have been
singled better.

6ASP EANNIUMA —ln past yew'. at the annual
encampments of the Dorset battalion, the ground
allotted to each oorps has been distinguished by • bit
of wood, bearing the number of the eompsnv, stuck on
the end of • pole! In these days of Schooner Art, such
barbarous land-marks were shockingly unworthy ef our
riflemen; and we are glad to find that this year some-
thing artistic and effective has been designed. Each
corps will have a b ndmine baeneret, and the officers'
tents will be distinguished in a similar manner. The
Dorchester corps has in its ranks Mr. Benj amla Grassby.
evidences of whose skill will be found lit most of the
churches in this part of the world having any preten-
sions to good decorative sculpture, and who, at car•ing
a headstone, or painting an heraldic device, la not to be
eseelled. He has been inatr.t'icted to provide the
bannerets for Dorchester corps and its officers. All
have red fields With a Imidering of green. The °corm
banneret has the Dorchester arms—a castle proper on a
reel:, with the royal arms in the centre. Above is
"3rd Da.R.V.," and below " Dorchester " in Gothic
characters. The Captain's banneret has Mr. Coombs's
crest in the asintr., on • white oval field —a mailed arm
with an anew in the hand. Above is " 3rd Ds, R.V."
and underneath "Captain Coombs." the latter in Old
English. Lieutenant Hon. is crest is an antelope
erased, the neck encircled by a coronet; and Ensign
William.',, an arrn,with gold cross on the plenve, and a
branch of oak in the hand. They have been most
skilfully drawn and painted by Mr. Gras,by, and will,
we feel sure, be universally admired.