The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

ai!liltshire.

SALISBURY.—ChuroI Aliwons. —lt is proposed to
hold the diocesan anniversary of the societies for
Promoting Christian Knowledge and for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in this city, on
AVednesday, the 27th of June. The Bishop of La-
ban, who has lately returned from his great work
in Borneo, and Archdeacon Mackenzie, connected
with the mission to Central Africa, have undertaken
to he present. The sermon at the cathedral will be
preached by the Lord Bishop of Ripon.

COMMISSIONS SIG NVD BY YRS LORD-LICUTENANT
or me Comvvr or WILTS.—RoyaI Wilts Yeomanry
Cavalry.—Cornet Lord Henry Frederick Thyune, to
be Lieutenant, vice Wit Lon Taylor resigned; George
Pargiter Fuller, gentleman, to be Lieutenant, vice
Bush resigned ; Alexander Cleiland Macdonald,
gentleman, to be Cornet, vice Lord Henry Thynne,
promoted ; Vero Fine Bennett, gentleman, to be
Supernumerary Cornet, without pay.—Wiltshire
Volunteer Hills Corps.-41h Company (Chippen ham ):
The Rev. Lewis Purbick, clerk, to be Honorary
Chaplain. 10th Company (Warminster): John Raven-
hill gentleman, to be Lieutenant; Herbert Ingram,
gentleman, o be Ensign.

SAD OCCURRENCR AT WHITISPARISIL—On Satur-
day night week, a sad occurrence, and one which
brings out the evils of intemperance in all its stern
and terrible reality, took place at Wbiteparish. A
tnnn named Thomas Bell, a o•minekeeper, in the em-
ploy of Sir F. H. Bathurst, Bart., returned home in
a state of intoximtion with his gun on his shoulder,
and as his wife came to welcome him at the door,
the gun went off, and she fell to the ground acorrse.
Au inquest was held about live o'clock in the even-
ing, before It. M. Wilson, Esq., at the residence of
Mr. Fox, yeoman, Whitepariah. The Bev. J. C.
D'Evelyn, curate of the parish, was the foreman of
a higliy-respectable jury. Evidence having been
beard, the jury, after a ;ew minutes' deliberation,
returned a verdict of "Accidental Death, arising
from the incautious use of fire-arms by Thomas Bell
whilst in a state of intoxication." After this verdict
the prisoner will most probably be discharged by the
magistrates.
THE Wicrsitiur. Sociirmr.—The annual dinner of
this society was held at the Albion Hotel, Alders.
gate-street, London, on Wednesday last, laird
Henry Thynne in the chair. Amongst the company
present were—The 'Marquis of Bath, Lord Methuen,
the Rev. Prebendary Fine, Captain Gladstone,
M.P., flight Hon. Sotheron Estwurt, M. P., Mr.
Merewether. Q.C., Major l'rower, A. D. Htumey,
Esq., Vera Fano Bennett. FAq.. T. Luce, Esq., Col.
Payne, Whitaker Bush, Esq., Mr. J. El. Brewer,
Mr. C. Pressley, &c. The object of the society is to
raise a fund by donations and annual subscriptions
for the purpose of apprenticing the children of poor
persons from Wiltshire. Mr. J. Vincent read the
following list of donations and subscriptions :—Dona-
time: Sir Rainey Lopes, M.P., 10 guineas; Frank
Whitaker Bush, Esq., 10 guineas; James (rowdy,
Esq., 10 guineas; ..oAly Wetherell Warnford, 10
guineas; Richard Matthews, Esq., 10 guineas ;
Stephen Brown, I.:aq., 13 guineas; Marquis of
Bath, 10 guineas. Subscriptions: Ambrose Hussey,
Esq., LI Is.; John Lambert, Esq., Peterborough,
; Lonl H. Thynne, .C 1 ; G. D. Jones, Esq.,

WA 11: ItS I NWTZR. Wilts Reformetery.—The two
boys, Ferris and Lawrence, who trimly absconded
from the Wilts Reformaiory, at Warminster, have
been apprehended, the former by superintendent
Crook, at Sulhampstend, and the latter at his
father's house at Pedwortb, near Reading. They
were tzken before N. G. Thoyta and H. L Hun-
ters, Emirs., and remanded un..il Thursday week
last for Ll.O attendance of an officer from Warmin-
ster, when they were given in.o the care of a
superintendent of the Wilts pollee.

A festival of choirs, in union with the Salisbury
anti Diocesan Church Association, was held at War-
ntinster on Tuesday, the sth of June. The services
were in the pariah church, and very fully attended.
Matins at 10.30 a.m., Evensong st 3.30 p.m.

SwiNtwN.--Propoeell New I afital School.--A
valuable piece of land in Short Hedge lias been
liberally presented to the committee by A. L.
Goddard, Eaq., M.P., us UM fur the new build.
Inge.