The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

Vampshirt.

Born tarrov, Friday. -- and China
ai!.. —Thu l'eninsular am' oriental Company's
steamer Ceylon. Coptain Evans, with the heavy ism,
tion of the above niai:s, has arrived. She brigs
Xl,lllll in specie and a general cargo, including 1,621
bales of silk, value upwards of J:1110,1100. The
British 61111, Inkenuann, of Greenock, with coals for
Bowliay, bertuag a leak at sea on the Ist instant, and
foundered in lat. 43 N., long. 11.10 W. The cap-
tain and crew landed at I:ibraltar on the 7th. Her
.lajinity's frigate Nlelimuiene with the Moorish tun-
barailors arrived at Tangiers on the Sth inst.
remarkable snafu of bees
arrived at houghbay, near Owdebury, on Tuesday
last, and settled on a valuable retriever dog, the
property of J. E. Bradshaw, Esq. The dog was
fastened to a hutch, and her efforts to release herself
from her tormentors caused the bees to sting so
much that the poor annual writhed andin

! fearful a:4mq. Tho dog luul been entrusted to the
ei.reof Mr. 11. Fractal:tale to break in, who hastened
to release her (ruin the hutch, took her to a pond to
wash the beds id; and did all he could to save her,
bui; without eilect ; for the poor creature died six
; Imam afterwards, having endured the greatest

Linsicut.
IltrLE COM t.ETITIoN.—The prizes provided by the
liberality of the senior lieutenant of the let /lamp-
si.ire 1:i:lu Corps (W. U. Simonds, Esq.), and his
lady, will be shot for, with others, in September.
CoNTE.74cLATED (ALAND ItErik:lV oF TIIE HAM?.
VulAwri:ww.—lt 4 coutetuplated to have a
grand review of the volunteer Limy of this county
On Oliver's Battery during the ensuing autumn, when
Lorit Wiliima ramie& will, it is said, he the
re% Ciwing
PETI:1;:-,ellii.n.—Patridiinti.—A rather uncommon
instance of loyalty wid patriotism (and which has
occasioned some rumour) occurred in the Townhall
on Toe:ally last, on the swearing in of two members
of the ride corps, one of whom is the worthy host
of the :olden horse Inn, in the square, whose silvery
!oda betokened the good round age between "three
score years arid ten," standing cheerfully forward to
take the oath of allegiance to lier Majesty the Queen!
Who after this will say that Elk:druid has not a
military tendency in the hearts of thir fathers as well
as her soils? The honourable chairman put a ques-
tion to the sergeant-major as to the limits of age at
which the volunteers were accepted, /cc., which
elicited the following reply—" None under sixteen,
err; a man ia mecca too old to serve hi Queen and
Country."
A N te es. Rifle Corp..—The members
of this corps were entertained run Thursday by W.
cnbitt• re NI It his mansion at Penton. After
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gemg through evolutions on the ground, in the pre-
sence of a large company, the volunteers sat down to
a ptuons dinner, at which NI r. Cubitt presided,
and was supported by several of the clergy andgentry
of the
Trrit is; i.t:v. The A relo ry ('iut.. —The fourth and
la 4 meeting of thu cluli took place on Tuesday, and
tin weather l,r.ini tine, the company was n ttttt emus.
The band of the ltonisey Ride Corps attended.
TI v Picrr.—The Admiralty Board
has appointed Capt. Vetch. IkN., to visit the town,
I awl make a report on the river.