The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-09 00:00:00

ANNIVERSAY OF THE SALISBURY
INFIRMARY.

The 94th anniversary of this excellent institution was
celebrated on Thursday week. Alit o'clock the Mayor
and Corporstion, accompanied by the governnrs and
subseribers, and a number of male and female patients,
walked in pn,eession from the Council House to the
Cathedral, at the west door t,f which they were met by
the clergy, the lay ricers. awl tlix choirsters, the choir
singing, " I will give thanks among the people"
(Mozart.) Owing to the unfavouruble state of the
we doter the attendance was less numerous than on many
previous occasions.

r The prayers were intoned by the Rev. G. L. ILmson,
aun!the lessons were read by the Rev. C. King. 1r..1.
E. Richardson presided at the organ, and the widow
chosen for the mwasion—" I will magnify the, 0 Lord"
—was composed expressly for these anniversaries by the
late Mr. Joseph Code.
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The wirtnon was preached by the Rev. Lord Sidney
Godolphin Osborne, who wlected as his test the 211.1
verse of the 7th chapter of st. Luke:—" Then Jeans
answering them said unto them. Go your way, and tell
John what thiews ye have seen and heard, how that the
blind we, the (line walk, the lupers are cleansed, the
deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is
preached." His Lordship was very iudistmctly heard
throughout,

A collection was made at the doors, which aniountei
to £4l 140. sd. The plates were held be Ludy Pullen.
supported by Lieut.-General Buckley, ; &WI by
Miss Buckley, supported by T. F. Grove, Eaq.
From a tabulated NI dement appended to the report, it
appears that the number of inpatients adinitksl during
the year bas been 933 ; 129 of which were accidents.
The number of outpatients w. 1,159, and 634 permit's
were, in addition, relieved with ineilicmcs in looming
through the city on non-silmission days. The
of inpatients liner the establishment of the Institution
has been 52,168, of whom 23,757 ware cured, cud
22,039 made out-patienta. The total number of out-
patients is set down at 12,600, The receipt. of the past
year amounted to £4,379 18s., and there it a uooahl
WARM in the handa of the treasurer. In alnitro3 of
the whole account from the first establoliment of the
Institution in 1767 shows the total receipts to have
been 1:196,134 194. 911., and the disbursement.
£196,068 Iss. It will be seen from these statistic that
the lostitution has beam the means of u ffecting • vast
ainount of good, and the committee are therefore
justified in appealing for increased support in osier
hereafter to extend its benefits to • still greater number
of patienta.
MARLBOROUGH.— Drum and Ftir firtn(l.--The
Marchioness of Ailesbury has given £5 towards this
fund.

Tbe Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are at
present staying at Jerveanit Abbey, his Lordship's
seat in Yorkshire, where Maria, Marchioness of
A desbury, is now on a visit. Lord Ernest Bruce,
NIP., has arrived at St. George's Place (rum
Paris.

Boitovou l'Erry SESSIONS, October Ist. —Before
.1. Reeve, Esq., Nlayor, and J. S. (wllllm, Esq.--
Elizabeth Smith, a tramp, apprehended by Inspector
Mould on the previous night for being drunk and
not giving a proper account;uf herself, was committed
to Devizes fur sevt.n days.
LILINGTON. Thf -Vete Church. --This church
and surrounding cemetery were consecrated on Tues.
day in the presence of a large number of persons,
including Mr. W. Liing, M.P.' Mrs. l'enruddocke,
tte , &c. The Bishop preached a sermon from St.
Mark vi. 34, and the collection amounted to £3O.
After the consecration of the cemetery, Mr. Walter
Long, of Preshute House, (who primented an acre of
land for the building site, and has also been a moat
liberal contributor to the work) was presented with
an address embossed on vellum, and a beautiful
Morocco portfolio, on behalf of the parishioners of
Keevil.

HOLT.—Royal Yeomanry Caralry.--The
officers and men of the Melkshain troop met at this
village on Tuesday afternoon for drill, and afterwards
partook of no eseellent dinner in the large mom n of
the New Inn. The chair was occupied by Quarter-
%leder. Hale, of Steeple Ashton ; oum his right was
Captain Conolly, the captain of the Slelksham troop ;
Sergeants Theoliahl of Seinington, and Bull, of
Atworth, acting as vice.chairinen.
CALSE.— rdatilrer neriete. —The review of the
Chippeulnuu, Devizes, Nlelkshatu, and a subdivision
of the Caine volunteer corps took ilace at Itow.e.nl
Par., on Monday with great Mot. The men arrived
in tie park shortly alto. 2 o'clock, and on reaching
the divot which had been selected for the review,
were joinod by the splendid band of the Coldstream
Guards. The Marquis of Landsdowne, accompanied
by the Earl of Shelburne and other members of his
family, arrived on the ground within a quarter of an
h. or after the assemblage of the different corps, and
the operations were iiumeiliately commenced. The
Hien having been put through seveml evolutions for
the purpose of tenting their efficiency in drill, a hat
talion of 4 companies was formed—the that (Chip.
penbaru), under the comuiand of Capt. Ward ; the
second (Devices), under.
:Limit. Cochrane; the
third, consieting of sub-divisions of the Devises and
Melkiihain corps, under Lieut. Yockney ; and the
(composed entirely of members of the Nlelksliarn
corps) under Capt. Lope., and skirmishing
tuanceuvres were most satisfactorily conducted for
nearly an hour. The volunteers having been ad-
dressed in complimentary terms by General Grukhe,
partook of a euuiptuous banquet under the Keel-
dency of the Earl of Slielnurne. (who was afterwards
relieved by the Marquis of Lanslowne,) which.
through the hospitality of the Noble Marquis, had
been provided in a large tent immediately before
the Italian garden. The customary loyal and com•
plimentary toasts were given and duly honoured.
ho audit of persons thronged the park during the
afternoon, and the town of Caine and unippealiain
were almost deserted during the day.