The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-07-10 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY lO, 1860.

in recommending the lAA candidates, the committee
cecordingly recommendo•l them as eligible for election.
The committee having taken into consideration the tire.
sent salary pail to the chaplain. beg to recominend an
increaau of 150 per annum in addition to the £2OO at
present paid. Ou the motion of Yr. Far.ife it AntioN, the
report was received and adopted.---Tho trAtimonials of
the two candidates tor the chaplaincy were
then read, and the Court procee,lcd to the
election. the result of which was: -the number* voting
for the Rey. R. L. Watson. 25, for the Rev. F. C.
Pi The Rev 11. 1.. Waso4l was declared ilnly
cleeted•-A letter was read frein the retiring chaplain
asking lot a retiring rien•ien E1:41 year.- Mr. 11.
W !Lida US proposed, and the Iv. J. A. 1./111%MR
seconded, that the amount be tawthinla of the present
chaplaitt's salary, which was £166 per annunt.-The
rewilution Rat 'maid ttttt mly adopted.
Mr. J. J. FA ittleilAisoN then read the Report of the
chi...idled list of the quarterly aecounts audited and
pasaed by the Finance iretumittee. Tie expetows for
the last quarter were 1.2.,9t4 2s. 2•1., which with the
receipts. including the bunnesa of the last Session.
of £2,422 12*. thl, in the treasurer'a bands, anemias to
£5.213 11.., leaving • balance of £1.306. This sum,
with thrte county rates of a farthing • rate,
amounting to 1.24311 2s. 21.. giving 1:2,517 6a. lid. will
give £4,1123 6a. GI. available for the ensuing quarter.
flie Conisuittee recommend that all matteri relating to
the printing be left to the magiatrates of the Dorchester
division. In consequence of the arrangement now pro.
posed for the repaynient of the county tn:aimrer of MOIIiCS
advanced and to he paid at Mit liarlinut next on account of
the police. nu,. *MC rev mity •Co ty
rate of 11131.0 .. to par. at tie tr. At 6..i.ndonA. -
The Report wt.- Ulloliillll.llll,

T 1 CON-ST IKI L KY.

Major FRAN 1.?,) tre-aiiiii;;,..io-r-t:Wltich stated that
in addition to the 0.191 lls. 3d. stattd at the led
Sessions to have been sold from the E 12.92,4 tis. in-
vested Exchequer Bali, a further sum of £1,500 had
since been sold to meet the demands of the several con-
tractors. Balance in the treasurer's hands, VAS
12..1b1; receipts for the year ending Midsummer.
10s. ; balance in treasurer's hands to Mid-

sum. suer, 180 i, 1.3,487 lUs. &l.; estimated expenses For
the' ensuing quarter. £2,398 tis. M. The Suprranua-
tion Fund atui,unted to 1.3,376 18.. 10.1. (stock), to
which will be added £79 3a. 4d. received teat quarter
froni the men, and £l6 ltia. 3d. for old clothe' mold.
The Committee would require to pay the second
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ment of the debt and battiest dueron the 19th October
last, which must te provided for by rates to be ordered
by the Court ; and the sum received by the Finance
Ct ~,,,, sittee are as follows : Half-year's hderest to April,
1859, 1:382 10.. First instalment. .1:850. Half
year's intetest to April, 1660, 1:133 164. 2d. ; money
iwiti fur insurance, 1:1,773, re9uirs4l on the 16th Oct.,
1860. Scound instalment and interest, £1,173; re-
maining for police purposes, t 1,412 7a. 91.
_ WiII:MTN AND MEASUBRNI. •

The cost of inspection of .eights and measures for tie
pad quarter sas £lO 2a. Ad. ; amount of fee. received
for 'damping paid to the treasurer, £3 I. 8.1.;
amount of penaltim paid by perions convicted before
justices is 11 IN. 111., paid in equal proportions to the
s &lir: sr: ;girt. nwfaunnrtma
invdc.ti 1::11 curnkaanunif oi ntse.,l
Mr. !fiance? WILLIANd then moved that the weights
and measures in tha borough of Dorchester le inspected
by the county inspector. For the past five years the
weight% and meaaures in this horouill had not been
impeded, it being evident by the Act of Parlianient
that the authorities in the borough had not the power
to appoint such an officer. The Weymouth Town
Council still had their inapeetor, but it was quite plain.
by referring to the Act, that Dorchester was right and
Weymouth wee wrong.
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Oise of the inagistrates present raid that Poole was
the only borough in the county that had the right to
appoint its own inspectors of weights and measures.—
The CHAIRMAN ODUId nut understand why Weymouth
and other places should appoint the3e officers. and Dor-
chester did not.—After considerable iliscinedon. it was
proposed by Mr. FsAmrrom, and earned unanimously,
—"That • committee be appointed, consisting of
Messrs. C. Porcher, J. J. Fanmliarson. 0. W. Farrer,
and H. Williams, to consider, and if necessary, with the
opinion of counsel, on the propriety of directing the
inspectors id weights and measures to inspect the
weights and measures in all the boroughs in the county,
except thow to which a Court of Quarter Sessions has
been appointed."

Mr. JOHN TIZAND seconded the propaition, and
remarkesl that if the architect was as vu.l by nature as
he was by name, no ileuht every arrseigemen't would be
effect., Ito the satisfaution of the rate pa) crs. (Laughter
and axplause.) The motion was then put and carried,
only i hanik being held up against it.
Dr. Powir.u, and Messrs. ISRAI.K, DOLT, and Cox
objected to the proposition on the principle of regard for
thu remains of the relatives who were interred on the
spot, and would therefore be disturbed. It was ex-
plumed that many of the bodies would nut be touched,
and others only slightly.
Mr. A untix I houglit that the taking down of the green-
let:se constituted an act of ownership, against which
every imw owner shouhl guard. He also suggested that+.
cui 11111 l ttee should superintend the wording of the appli-
cation fur the faculty.
Mr. ASlntEws explained that no act of ownership was
exercised.
Mr. J. COODI proposed that a committee should he
formed to .
.• mit the object of the meeting, isinsisting
..f the reatm. clinrchwar.kw, awl 18 "tinr ratepayers,
to form is quorum.— Messrs. Anlen, S,isilh. tir:ltlts.
Coude, titeggall, Lithigow, Matruh:iv, Julia
Clime, Heuer, Protest:, Drew, Milledge, rutin:eery, 8.
Mace, Collins, and IL Th 1111 l as.
Mr. STIGGAI.I. seconded the proposition, which was
adopted, there being but three diamotients.
Mr. GairriN proposed that as soon as the working
111•11{ MO specifications hail been prvit,rol by the andir
Wets, and explained Anil approved by the nimmittee, the
rector and churn's-anion do apply to the 11,orit It.•11•(1.
of
.the Diocese to grant a faculty for the propo,..ii works.

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Mr. Mutts. in se-conolinz the referred to the
,1•11kif 1011. I 'A OM t,WIIvI. tO the rector
tsking the imitative in 1::1: nouter, which srould be
highly imu,ficha to the pari,h. withqut any compulsory
payment.
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fl'he resolution was carried, only three hands being
held up agaiust it.
Mr. POT II WARY proposed that the parties
signing the application fur a faculty be responsi-
ble for the raising of the funds to carry out the work,
that the committee be requested to use their best efforts
in collecting subscriptions. .Ile deprecated the preseut
system of uiuupohy wlich existed in the church --there-
fourths of the sittings Wing beyond the reach of the
people; that that was the work of their forefathers.
and the present generation had not the means of alter-
ing that state of things.
Mr. T. M.ety, in seconding the motion, referred to
the rlcsirololity of curs peg out the project, cud the
nereasity that no debt be incurred.
The resolution was carried nee ens.

Dr. StltrH proposed, and 11lor oLBT seconded. and
it wa airriell tumultuously, that the thanks of the meet-
ing be given to the patrons. the Lord Bishop of the
Diocese, Alla other friends who had already subscribed
so libersily to this utak.

The CHAIRMAN announced that the BiAtop had sub-
scribed LID.
Mr. ELlar said he had himself another OH to add
to the f

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Mr. D EVENISH propOied. and Mr. MILLED econded,
a vote of Menke to the chairman, who, in acknowledging
the compliment, referred to the unanimity that pre.
waded, and hoped that the work would be fur the glory
of God and the good of this place.
The meeting then separated.

WnOlot7Tit Pkrrr Snesiosn, Tuesday.—(Before the
Mayor, R. Bower, R Cottrell, and J. Ayliug,
Jacob ll'indier, private in the Stafford:Jure
was charged with Aealing three mackerel from the
Dolphin public house ou Saturday last.—P.C. Short
stated that. he saw prisoner run out of the house and
throw I fish into the road ;coil Mrs. Oliver, the land-
lady, directed Liu. to take him into cuattsly.—Mary
Jane Honeybun depooe.l that she new prisoner go
behind the lsr door and ,deal three mackerel. She told
Mrs. Oliver, who took two of them out ..f his pocket.--
Mrs. Oliver corroborated the girl's evidence. Time value
it the fiell Wee lid. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and
the Bench sentenced him to 7 day.' hard labour at Dor-
chester.

*ointrstisOtte.
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Emits AND YZOVIL —This extension line of the
London and South-Western Railway will, it is un-
derstood, be opened on the 18th inst., when the
event, which has been looked forward to with much
interest by the citizens of Exeter, will be celebrated
there by a general holiday and %public dinner to the
directors. At lioniton, Axminster, and other towns
on the route, similar festivities are projected. The
extension is 494 miles from Exeter to the junction
with the Salisbury and Yeovil line, near the village
of Stoford. Here there is a station, froni which a
branch, about two miles in length, proceeds to
Yeovil, where a joint station is intended to accom-
modate the Yeovil and Exeter and Bristol and
Exeter lines. The junctions a ill he provided with
the mixed guage for the purpose of Alcilitating the
interchange of traffic. The principal engineering
difficulty was the t 11111 l el at Lioniton, which is three-
quarters of a mile in length. The telegraph wires
are laid down throughout, and preparations for a
double line are being accurately made. The stations
on the new hue are queen-street, Exeter, linadelist,
Whimige, Honiton, Axminster, Chard-road. Crew-
, kenie, Sutton Binghiun, and Stoforil. all of which
will open up • rich agricultuial district, and many
important towns and villages which have not hither-
to enjoyed the advantages of railway cummunka-
Lion.

I MAIL MIMI CORM BA:M.—Under the tuition of
Mr. Loaring. band master, the insaubars of the band are
steadily progressing. It is intended in the third week
of the present mouth to have a concert E the Townhall,
the proceed* of which will go towards defraying the
expense of providing the instruments.
Cussing OP HIGHWAY RUBSILICI.—{hI Wednesday.
John Brown, Henry Piney, met Thomas Pilley were
brought before G. Harbin. Esq., charged with assault-
ing and robbing Charles Chamberlain Fooks, at Trent.
The primmer Henry Paley was discharged; the other
two being committed to Tau,ituu gaol for trial at the
neat Assizes.

BARBAROUS AND MYSTERIOUS MURDZR
NEAR FROME.

A shocking tragedy was perpetrated at a Tillage
called Road, four miles from Ironic, on Saturday morn-
ing, tlie Llth ult. Mr. S. S. Kent. a gentleman holding •
lucrative appointment a, inspector of factories for this
Jistrict, live* in • retired house atmiding in It' own
grounds at Ruud. On Saturday morning, about seven
o'clock, it can found that one of his NOM, • no. buy,
just four years of age, was liaising from the oot in his
nurse's mini, in which he usually slept, and after an
hour's search his body was found atuffed down the seat
of • privy on the premises, the throat being cut from
oar to ear, and a large stab being apparent in the region
lof the heart. evidently iufficted after death. It was
I wrapped in the blanket belonging to its bed, and al,-
' peered to have been killed while bleep. Tbe perpe-
trator is as yet undisemered. The affair has caused •
vast amount of excitement in the neighbourhood.

rigout of his inquiries may be slimed from the hitt at
hi. hating, been met os 014 ,by
driving a beret of eetra.
Mr. Kent isin good eireueua;aucea—leis L.l ery brOn.
we behere, ilia/ • year, and i.e hat ago ier.v.ten vro-
Is
rtY.ilii sCIC,*I", We) "lie% e, was a ;;eivernesa in
11/A k near itr confinement. We tot keret:m.l
that Mr. Kent hill title appliesibui t. U,! i,scrst.4ry of
' and 'i.,'i.,trust a •igihent detectiea rill speed:y be
on the frac': of tdø anordcrer.

TArst.:,N. —Sami•re of a Verrinary Surgeon.-0a
8 lay morning the lit lust., Mr. Charles ConLrent.
about 47 part old, firmer mail veterin:try stirge..n,
nominated .:turi.le, la a fit of kiripur.iry inv !luny.
roam In. ph k,s he :mit a usU.4. I hulk, and
direst it tot.. los salt oil one si.le until the Wad,.
3140,1,1 ut th.. ethe.. Or. lt,odull, I . melded not
di,tant, at ..nco ria'.r..4 to Om nim ly
hut his ser, ices wore et no avail, the UMW arteries
haring been divided.

Bu BEssioNe. —The Qdarter
Sessions for this comity coniniemed on Tuesday,
July 3. Sir W. It wt., M. P., chairman, who
in his charge to the Jury, esnigra:Jilated them
on the tin iiiii ution of stone in the county. Ilc saw
by a return regularly instil at Quarter Sessions
(showing a coeval-Mos of crime that now exists with
that at the same time last year), it would be found
that the numbers were as follows:- -For trial, 42 ;
under Criminal Jurielictitin Act, (west) Spring to
Midsummer, 29 ; east, ; east and west, 66; total.
lO'i;a the io.l last
were pris mei s tot trial, and under :lie Cinema'
Jeri slictioe Act ea.; of I...twee:l Spring
aJal Midi ilni,. rii :Ai.. we,cre Oil VII 'II, nl 39 in
vs the making a U.tal ~1* 73 teed ler that
Art, but makdig a -eneral total of 120 prisonera.
byceinpatrion, tii7refure. it Wolllii LE Well that
there was a ilituiritom of 12 prisoners. Now this
failing off in crime was a general thing which had
been going on throeghout the comirty for . owe
yeas& Ile could not but think that the general
demand for labour for any one who would work,
intuit be the muse •f this improvement ; but he
must observe that, at the same time education was
wore generally dill-used la this c ty than it used
Li be, and that was one of the principal prevaling
causes of the diminution to %stitch he fuel referred.
On looking over the calendar he found that,
with one exception, there was 11..alillg to;
which he need direct timer special att.enti .
That case w hick probably would occupy the
Jury some time in deterur g whether they should
rind a true bill or not., was No. 29 in the ealendar,
where a man named William Stene was indicted for
felonimmly assaulting a female named Sarah Ann
Bailey, at Weston-super..liare, on the 2Stli May.
The depositiens which he hail read over were rather ,
voluminous, but he hml endeavoured to make himself
master of them. It appeared that this young WWI
who was charged had been drinking with the prose-
entrix, and they would have to determine whether,
a lien she lett the house, she was in a state of eon-
sciensains as to what she was doing. If she were
capable, that would enable her to speak as to what ,
passed. There cou:d le little doubt of the bill
they weuld find it their duty to return. With regard
to other sasses in the calendar, there was nut one
which called for special observation,, He hail not j
had time to look over the whole of the depositions, i
and he was therefore obliged to go by the face of the
calendar, but lie thought they would agree with-him
that it had a satisfactory appearaium. He was happy
to en, likewise, that tilere was only otte boy among
the prisoners venni:Bed for trial. He had read a
part of the report of the Itedhill Reformatory Insti-
tution, and lie was happy to hind that the boys who
1i..! been sent there from this court hail been going
ou well. The 9:11111: remark applied to Exeter. After
a few more ~,••eiteral remarks, the chairman read the
repeit of the visiting justices of Taunton, which
• that there was hut little matter for comment in
i .4.llllFEllitil of last quarter. In April last, John
Allen, a supernumerary guard and shoemaker, trades'
instructor, having tendered his resignation, it was
thought right to accept it. They hail investigated
to-day irregularities in discipline and management
in the female department of the gaol, and the result
was the resignation of bliss Pite, matron, Mrs.
!teddy, the laundress, and of Mrs. Bartlett, assistant
matron which were accepted. One of the prisoners
sentenced to long terms, has been guilty of several
acts of insubordination and hail attempted suicide,
but was prevented by an officer. That the services
of the county surveyor were necessary as to drainage
near the gaol buildings. The serve) or recommended
the slippage of the drain. The number of prisoners
confined in gaol during the present quarter, of whom
seven were deserters from the army and navy, were .
as follows nennher at any time, 96;
lowest, 53; daily average, 76.
WILLINGToN.--Fabit.4reitlent.— On Tuesday last,
William Herrin, about 24 ears of age. VAS dis-
patched by his master. Mr. Bireli, farmer and
miller, of Oak, parish of Nyneheari, with • cart load
of wool to Wellington. Ile duly delivered the
wool, received the value thereof, *mounting to •
£l9 odd in gold and bank notes. and left Wellington 1
on his retie'. home- -the cart containing • cast-iron ,
null wheel, in two pieces, weighing 12 cwt. While '
droing leisurely along, it is supposed be was sitting
on the shafts of the cart soil counting his master a
money in order to duesiver if it was right, when the
horse was permitted to encroach upen the sideway,
and the left-harel wheel being &egged on the bank,
the wagon was by sonic means capsized. The
driver, cart, suet horse were seen upon the highway
about half -past seven o'clock ; and about 9, the Ilead
body of the young man was found berween
the portions of the mill-wheel—he having fallen
upon one division, which was under his back, and
the other lying upon his breast. His body was cull
and stiff. It haul lain in that position about an hour
and • half; and it was evideat death was instant-
aneous. From the sudden upset, and the heavy
weight of the mill-wheel, the shafts of the cart were
broken, and the hone hail remained perfectly still
at the spit until discovered by some foot passengers.
The body was speedily rescued from beneath the
ponderous weight 1104 conveyed to Mr. Birch's
house. On the pockets being 'searched, the purse
containing the money, value of the wool, was not
fount!; and as the forehead of the deceased bore a
bruise, it was immediattly conjectur..l that he lisal
been ruthlessly murdered and afterward* robbed.
Information was immediately given to the police.
Constabulary at Wellington, when Sergeant Giddy,
with assistance, repaired to the scene of the
catastrophe. Mr. Birch entertaining suspicions of
foul play, suggested that certain houses in the
neighbourbiael be searched ; but the "Meer judging
froiu appearances on the tasty, held a dilferent
opinion. His judguient was th ii ghly correct. fee.
on the ground where the arcident occurred being
afterwards carefully searched, the bank notes were
found safely embedded in the mud ; and the rie
inainder of the cash, which was in gold anti silver,
was discovered in the purae. - The deceased young
wan Isure a fair anti lemon, character.
THE PRICE or Burcumis' MEAT.- A second openmir
meeting of working lIICH Was held on Itrandoiehill,
Bristol, on Saturday evening week, to re•condiler the
Present high price of buiehers' meat. The attendatice
Was hot nearly so large as on thus former occasion. The
chairman sail speekers were the same. and but little
progress seemed to have been made in arriving at the
real cause or causes of the present high prices of meat.
A good share of the speeches was devout' to abuse of
the writers in the metropolitau and provincial press
who have taken the trouble to point out the fallacies in
which the eorking men indulged at their first niceties,
and the idea nr pro"idaig then with better education
was ridiculed a. a promise which was always Ming made
to the poorer classes, hut never performed. While it
was admitted that, to wane extent, the present high
prices were cauaell by scarcity, it was insisted (list they
were mainly owing to monopoly, one of the orators
citing as an illustration an Maniacs in which a grimier
who had purchased stuck to the extent of £3OO was on
his way to liristel market when he met a dealer who
gave him £129 for his beasts, the argument being that
the price was thereby increased 1:20, which was paid by
the coummers. Another speaker, who professed to
time • good deal stout egriculture, having worked at it
in his younger 'lays, asserted that. taking the averse.
if 11,11101111, the present Est Lot so adverse a. 1110 been
represented ; the truth vow that fodder was kept lack.
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lie knew a farmer in the Lar,ii, beyond Westbury, who
had several mows of hay •liith he refused to sell until
the price reached 1:7 per ton. Resolutions acre
declaring tile intention of the meeting to continuo in the
aliktinence from blather, meat wail the prices were
reduced; and gratification wan expressed that the
movement had extended to other towim. soil that
" navvies" in the north and other parts of the kingdom
hail shown theinholveil to be as ignorant as those of the
west hail been declmed to Ise. At a preliminsry meet-
ing of tt,„ &legates by Wboill this assembly was con-
veiled. Ime of the speakers stated that since he hail
alwriiined from meat he hail lost 711 m. in ,veight, mot
that his wife hail got no thin tlmt her clothes hung
quite louse upon Ler body.

interior of North Bradley Church, in the Arch.
deaconry of Wilts and Rural Deanery of Potteine,
and extensive restorations, was nest gone into. It
appears that the population of the parish is 1871,
and the existing church room for 2.53. By the pro.
!cased works 60 additional sittings will be gained,
which will increase the free emits from 70 to 130. It
is estimated that £l,OOO will cover the expenses, and
it WAS stated that £6OO had alre:uly been promised.
In this case the committee proinisecl a grant of £lOO.
liens and drawings were laid before the board as to
the eillar,:einent of All Saints Church. Chitterne,
With the view to it. being masle available for the
two parieices of Chitterne All Saints and Chitterise
Saint Micry, runt they expressed their approbation of
them. After stating their readiness to co-operate
in -die work a hen the formal application for aid was
befere them, the diocesan architect (Mr. Wyatt) read
reperts as to the churches at Stapleton', South
Newt..m, Thorne iiiii he, and Bockhorn Weston, with
thd view to their restoration. With respect to the
last•iseined place. the Rev. Mr. Cameron, the
incunchent, stated that a vestry hail lean called on
the stihject, and that a rate of I:300 had been
unanimously agreed towards the works. After
enteral!, payment of several grants previously
promised, the meeting broke up.
WILTS H 01:TICCI.TV RAI. NOVI ATY. --The June
•. • • r o!. t , all England, t.
on C. r.••.. , lii Li.o leauLiful grounds or the
ralas'e cUe Lord Biehop of Salisbury. The s.•
11;4 Is en ii had one for roses, consequently there
but Pw exhibitors, but some beautiful *poi
-
Mena, however, were exhibited by Mr. T) lee, of
Both, the Wm. I anqn Fisher, and the Rev. W. F.
Itadelyffe, of Tarrant Rushton. 13..reet. The com-
mittee were much indebted to the Lord Bishop and
to Sir Frecle-ick Bathurst, hart., in allowing All ex-
cellent show of plants to be exhibited, in order to
divide the table. The baud of this Salisbury Rifle
'orps were in attendance. and the excellence of their
playing astonished even those who expected a great
lea). Me. Aylward, the band-master, deserves
much credit for the high state of pndiciency which
them, performers have attained in a short titue. The
juages of the show were Mr. Tylee and Mr. Pond,
of Bath.

M throe. Terisperonee nte.—The anniversary of
Iler Majesty's corouation was this year male the occa-
sion for a Total Abetiiienee Demonstratien I.y the
Wilton Temperance Society on a most eztenxive seals.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., having placed
Ilia park at the ,v-rvice of the committee, an ilalaralas
concourse of pursuits, ret heated at from 10.0tX/ to IMOD,
were attracted to the spot, awl but for the wretched
state of the weather the attendance would doubtless
have been even still larger. Excursion trains, both on
the South-Western and Great Western Railways,
b ght visitors in great numbers from Andover,
Romney, Sontlisinplon, Winchester, Portsmouth, Bath,
Bristol, Gillingisam,Trowliridge, Vt'arminster, and many
other places, whilst the trains which ran in quick sue-
embion on both lines leer." also crowded. The mem-
bers of the Salisbury Temperance Society and Bawl of
Hope assembled in the Market-place of that cite about
time o'clock, with a great of flap and banners,
and together with the Bands of Hope from Al.lerbnry,
Breamore, Wiuterhouine, and other villages in the
neighbourhood, thry paradtd some of the principal
streets, beaded by the b .nd of the Royal Wilts Militia,
and marched to V. ilton. The proceedings of the day
co, ..... enced by attending Divine service, when an reed'.
lent and approprMte eerinun was preaches' by the
Rector, the Rev. it. 8. C. Chermaele, Prelsendary of
Salisbury Cathedral, from Romans ziv. IT, " For the
kin:pimp of Gml is not meat and drink; but righteous-
ness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." The church
was crowded ii. every part, numbers be ug
unable to obtain admission. The Loyal Alliance I. slim
of Odd Fellows were also present, having selected the
day for the celebration of their anniversary. Altar
Divine Service, having been joined by the Bands of Hope
and Temperance Societies from several towns in Wilts.
Hants, and Doreet, they paraded the then, which was
decorated at various points with evergreens sn.l arches,
bearing loyal and other inscriptions, to the Temperance
Hall, when they dispersed for a short time to enable
visitors to inspect the church and other objects of jute-
rust in the town, in. luding the Royal Carpet Factory.
which Mesas. Illackmore and Lsnworth had kindly
thrown open• for the occasion. The procession having
re-fernied, again marched through the town to the park,
which was readied soon after 2 o'clock. They were am
companied by the Royal Wilts lilitie and various other
bends, a 1111 l ngst which sere a party of juseid:e drum-
mers and fifers from Trowbridge, whose performance
was of • very creditable character. In the park were
refreshment booths and various amusements, with
models of the steam migine, thrashing 111.11i110% he.
Several temperance lodic, were sung by the varione
Bawls of Hope. Tea wax provided for 3,380, at 12
parallel tables, and until the rain C3lllO on the scene was
a very animated one. .ther tea several speeches were
delivered by advocates of the temperance cause, from
London, Bristol, Brighton, mid Southampton. will other
plae,s, G. W. Atistie, Esq., of Devizes, officiating as
chairman. Great cre lit is due to the committee far the
insinner in which they provided for such • largelmly of
persons, an-1 we trust that the proceedings will be sum-
cent to enable them to accomplish the object they liar*
in view, viz., the tilting up of their hall fur lectures and
public meetiugs, and the establishment of • free library
and reading•ramils.