The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

DORCHESTER,

GRIAT WISTIRIII RIALWAT.—Tbere will be no alter-
ations in the trains on the Great Western Railway for
the month of February.
DQICILISTRIL FAIIIIPLIV CLus.—The neat meeting
will be held at the King's Arms Hotel, in this town
on Saturday neat, when Yr. F. Eldison will intro-
duoe the following sabjtxtt for discussion—Steam
Cultivation.

CIIILONILLAID CONTISMITAL CHURCH 800IITY•
Sermons on behalf of this society were preached at
churches in Dorchester on Sunday laat. At Si. Peter's
the eolleetions amounted to £7 15s. 7d.; at East Ford-
ington to E 2 175.; and at West Fordington El 4s. 31.
The annual meeting will be hell this (Tuesday) evening
at St. Peter's school-room. when an address will be
delivered by the Rev. C. Forbes, minister of the
English Churcn at Paris.
IItATII OF SUPCIIINTUDINT POONCT.--We have this
week to record the death of Mr. Thomas Smith Pouncy,
who for nisny years has boen the superintendent of the
police in this borough. Diligent and faithful in the
discharge of the duties of his office, Mr. Pouney gained
the confidence of the municipal authoritits and the
respect of the inhabitants generally. Fie was courteous
and upright in all his actions- tip to Friday evening
last he performed his duties. On Saturday he was un-
well, and Mr. Eamon, the family surgeon, attended him.
Mr. Pouncy was affected with disease of the heart, and
died rather unexpectedly on Tuesday morning.
Tul WIATHILL —The following is our meteorological
report :

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BRIM AND PLANTS FOR 1871.—Messrs Harris and
Son, of The Nurseries, Dorchester, have just iuned
their catalogue of kitchen garden and flower seeds, and
molest bedding, stove, and greenhouse plants for 1671. 1
The reputation theme will.knowo seedsmen have
obtained in Dorset, and the numerous prises they have
won at horticultural shows in this and the neighbour.
ing enmities, testify to their practical knowledge of
the trade, and that they may with confidence be
trusted with regard to the quality of the seeds and
the trustiest of the plant. they send oat. The hit is
a mOtal 12-page pamphlet, and commences with a
oomOtM list of kitchen garden seeds—the prices of
which, we may say, seem unusually low. Then follow
English and German flower seeds, with • table showing
their duration, colour, and height, with remarks on
their chuseteriaties—this it an admirable list, and
will sea ready grade to amateurs when planning their
Sower gardens for the year. Then there is a list of
s.nale geraniums, in ell their handsome varieties;
lip:Melee, with • description of each; climbing plants,
greenhonee plants, stove plants, bedding plants, ferns
and lyoopods ; also fruit trees, and the various
miscellaneous items incidental to horticulture, A
better list cannot be desired, and we are glad to find
so old and respectable • house as Years Harris and
Jon keeping pate with the enterprise of the times.
TB. MONA Mienloa.—The annual meeting of the
Hang-chow mission hind was held, as itanonaced, last
Friday evening, in Fordington schoolroom. The Rev.
IL Mauls was in the chair. The attendanos of friends
and supporters, in spite of the wintry weather, was
very ....men& The fund was set on foot five years
ago; the basis of it being a promise by some ten
persons to raise or give at least El each annually; and
the Nam thee guaranteed has been at learnt kept up
during each year, and sometimes very greatly exceeded
by special oontributiona • considerably more than £lOO
have been raised singe the beginning of 1866. The chief

speaker it the meeting was the Rev. Arthur
Mottle. He spoke weedy of the good done by
the fund in his brother's work at Hang-show; especially
at a time like the present when the Church Missionary
Sosiety had been *applied to reduce their minute to
native Chinese helpers. He then reviewed the past year
at Hangshow, end dwelt on many cheering features in it.
Mr. G. Mods had been received by hie converts in the
city with a meet affecting welcome they had
provided sedan emirs tar him and his family for the
four miles from the river I. the city; and two of their
number—Ronne ((he Christian helper) and her mother
—had walked these four miles to meet their peter' in
spite of the obstacle of cramped feet and shoes which
• Chinaewontan has to enoonater. Daring toe terrible
time of anxiety sines the Tien-ten massacre the Hang.
chow church had been mercifully k.pt in puce. TCIO
grand examination for °Meal degrues,bringing together
110,000 students (a dangerous °tom to foreigners) bad
passed ix perfect quiet, and live of the graftage' had
even attended the mission chapeL A leadiag mandarin,
one of the military °Moen of the city, had taken the
house next to Mr. Mule's, a sign certainly of no very
groat few or hostility; and some of he household had
even attended the (shape. These and many other
detalla nude Mr. A. Mule's address a deeply infesting
and sheering us to the levers of the miasion wee.
In oonolusion he made a touching allusion to the 70th
birthday of his father, the Rev. H. Mule, which fell
on that day, which fell on that day, and which had
broaght him (Kr. A. Mode) from London. Shoat
El Ids. was eolleoted after the meeting:
AMATCOR TII IaTILICALII. —MIMI of the Royal
Artillery assisted by actresses gave two shoetree per-
formances in the new Corn-Exchange on Thursday and
Friday firming, when they displayed considerable his-
trionic ability and afforded a good deal of entertainment to
large ',adieus.. The gentlemen were from Woolwich
with the exception of Kr. Barnett, who is steeled to
the battery now ia Dorchester ; and the prefessional
ladies were Miss Kato Riven, Kum Louis Thorne, sad
Miss Rosins Power, In evellent stage was steeled,
under the direction of Mr. J. Robinson. The
proseeninm warn decorated with the double monogram
kl. ILA.," and motto " Cleve" of the artillery,
there was a gay drop segos. and • row of footlights
was feebly suaniporised. On Thursday evening the
pieces were " An 01¢ Soure," and theism of "Retained
for the Defease_" There wee a good house, although
the front was bat inadequate; filed, and the per-
formanue went well. The oest for the drama was as
follows :—Colonel Calthorpe, Mr. J. B. Made; Harold
Ciesborpe (him goo), Captain Newel ; James Casby (s
Bombay Mershaat), Mr. de L. tiny; Parke (an
Attorney), Captain Onehterlony ; Kauumeh (a Bill
Dim:ague) Kr. P.O. ltiwle; /Plethora (a Footman after-
ward. Harold's Clerk), Mr. Burnett; Reel Barrington
(Colonel Oalthorpe's Niue), Miss Louts Thorne,. Huy
Wain (a Nunn Gamma), Mu Kam Biro*