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

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YEOVIL —Driask and Foreign Bible Soeiely.—
Tile 461.1. anniversary of the Yeovil auxiliary of this
noble institution was held a the Towuhall, on Tiles-
day lad., at half-p.:st six in the evening. The
weather was very unfavourable, and probably the
great atira,:ion of the Bath and West of England
Agneultural Show at Dorchester combined to make
the attendance less numerous than on former occa-
Joint at the platform wore the Revs. the Vicar,
C. •Goodden, W. 11. Braund, R. James, J. Samp-
son, and he deputation from the Parent Society,
the Rev. A. 11. Sutter, Incumbent of All Saints,
Spite Melds. The '.`..htyor, It. Tucker, Esq., occupied
the chair. After prayer by the Nev. J. Sampson,
the Mayor in a short but surgtative speech, in which
he sm..° of the society as one which must inevitably
be the basis or many others, called upon Mr. Hunt,
the Luasurer, for his report or the proceedings of
the auxiliary during the !suit year. From this we
learn that it is a faint echo of that of the parent
society—poseessing a slightly increased income.
The meeting was addressed by all the rev, gentle-
men on the platform, and concluded by sink,ring the
doxology.
ASSOCIATED INETITI3TVI Or DORSET AND SOIFER-
arr.—Mr. Barnet Blake, the travelling agent of this
association, intends visitinq Yeovil this week to
explain and further the objects for which the Dorset
and Somerset Literary Institutes are associated.
Tows CouNett.—At a meeting of this body on
Monday week, the committee appointed to consider
the subject 0: lettiog the tolls of the market,
brought up their report, m hich recommended that
the tolls of the cattle market, open standings, &c.,
should Ikl let, the receipts from the Corn Exchange.
flax-maiket, end Towithall to remain in the hands of
the Council as at present. The report was adopted.
11341N:471L-01i Friday week the annual meeting
of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held at
the George Rooms. S. D. Hine, Req., the secretary,
occupied the chair, and read the report for the last
year. The Rev. F. J. Perry then gave a brief and
highly effective adduces in relation to the society's
operations in Dublin, a'Aer which the Rev. A. B.
Sutter, Incumbent of Spitalfieltia, gave a lengthened
and interesting account of the proceeding. of the
society in various parts of the world.
JUBILEE Or THE OLD FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—The
members of this society celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their existence ass club on Monday
week in a manner worthy of the occasion. The
members, one and all met, (those who were invalids
being driven in front in a carriage), and, accom-
panied by a goodly number of the inhabitants of the
town, who cordially sympathised in their heartfelt
pleasure, paraded the town with numerous elegant
flags, banners, and garlands, to the truly enlivening
and beautiful music of the Crea kerne band. After
the procession the whole adjourned to the banqueting
mom at the Dolphin ins, and did ample justice to a
cold supper, served up in first-rate style by the
worthy host, Mr. Kerby. Amidst the many capital
songs sung anti practical inspiriting speeches made
it would certainly be inviduoua to particularise, but
surely none who were present will soon forget the
good humour and pathos of Dr. (filbert, of Bea-
minster, who was present in company with the
worthy and esteemed doctor of the club, C. H. M.
Mules, Esq. The large room was filled to overflow-
ing with the members and the gentry and trades-
men of the town, who came to congratulate them on
the festive occasion. The meeting was presoled
over in a most efficient and happy style by Mr.
Joseph Lang, and broke up at a late hour for rather
an early one, for the morn of another day broke on
the proceedings) as raac,altly and orderly as they at
first sat down together.
WELL/I.—Mr. Prince, the head of the Agapernone,
began early in life as a boy in the surgery of a pre- '
fessional gentleman at Wells. He afterwards con-
trived to get into the church, but was removed from
his curacy by the Bishop for irregularity.
I)tocrais Or BATH •ND WELLS. —The Right Hon.
and Right Rev. Baron Auckland, Lord Bishop of the
Diocese, has instituted the 1t.,. T. J. Burke, curate
of Shepton 3lallett, to the donative rectory of
Durston, Somerset, value .Cl7O per annum. Patron,
the ltev. A. Gray.