The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

BATH AND WEST. OF ENGLAND AORICUL-

TIJRAL iff:

The usaal monthly ',bootleg of the Ckatneil of this
Society wee held eh the Railway Hotel. Tanaka, ea
the 341 loot., Colonel Aolead in the chair. There
were also present : Colonels archer. Clifford, M.P.,
and Luttrell; key. T. Plallpotte, Drs. Gillett sad
Scott; Messrs. G. Becleook, J. Hates, E. 8. Drew% T.
Dualilmot, J. Fry, Mark Fermat, Jostathae Gray, T.
Hussey, H. P. Jones, J. Lush, K. May, S. Filmiest, J.
W. Sliiilant, J. W. Wakood, H. 61, John Mamie, aad
J. Gisidwiti.

After the routine business had boss deepatehed. the
ebalrmon stated that aa one of the sableeta on the
agenda paper was the coosiderstion of the piece of meet-
ing for the year 1866, it might facilitate hansom if lb*
following letters of invitation wen reed from Um
authoi ides of Saltabury and Southaniptoo :
Town Clerk's Moo, Salisbury, 2nd Dec., 1864.
Sin, —I am requested by the Mayor sad Doug' of
this city to request the honor of the President sod
Council of your Nteiety holding the Annual Meeting of
the B..oiety in this city.
I am further directed to inform you that eleenid tbe
Incitation be accepted all the usual requiremeste and
conditions of the Soadety will be complied with mad
wanted to.

---A--st;or7ii intermit is taken by the gentry sad seri*
Guitarists of this distriet in the objects of the Society,
and I have lemon to believe that it woeld sabot with a
hearty welcome, also that the show would be & most
sitoosomful one, ea was the Imes when the Royal Agri-
cultural Society net In this city la 1115 f.
A deputetiog from the Town Council will stigmd
your meeting on Setarday. and I em directed to reused
that your Council will (*veer them with an andiemee.
I em, Sir, your obedient servant,
Club. 11Anas Las.
To the Chairman of the Beth and
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West of England Society.
Town Clerk's °Mos, Southarept,m, Nov. 291,11, 1864.
have the honour to inform you that this
subject of inviting the Bath sad West of ilaglead
Society to visit Soothempton In IBM bee bees sada
the attention of the Mayor and Corporatism, sad was
very favourably entertained—resulting is * relieremse
to • Committee, whisk folly eamenbled this day, amiated
I,; some lesding agriealtarises, end it bee bees eon.
swiered by that Committee that the messy sea be raised
in this town and mount', and the wartime c•hor renuist-
tions met, and the visit of the 8001e17 made men
egreeside, and the finalities greater, at this town and
port than any other plans in the South of England. I
dim therefore to ask the favour of your *limiting the
espressio• of • preference for Southampton on the pert
of your Council, when the Corporation will immediately
take steps to adopt the regittnimessta of the Society is
a more formal manner.

I tomato, Sir, your moat eitedieet sermat,
CHARLES E. DRLOON, TOWII Clerk.
Henry St. John Mauls, Esq., Sm. to the
Beth and West of Engload Society,
2, Wood-street, Beth.
A lett.r from the Hon. and Bay. S. Best, on the
subject of the probable formation of a Southern Ocatatiee
Association, was then reed, followed by one from Mr.
Marsh. M.P.. regretting his not being "AM to moompony
the Salisbury deputation, bet ex preening his hearty gee-
eurrence in the object they bad In view. The following
gentlemen composing the &disbar, deputation were
then admitted to the Council room, and severally hare-
doced by Mr. Lee, ths tows shirk, amid, :—Lord
Henry Thynoe, M.P., ltr. Aldermen Kelsey, Mr.
Alderman Pain, Style, Mr. Woodlnads, sad Mr.
Whatman.

--Lord H.. Thynne, Mr. Alterman T. Pain. Mr. Alder-
man Kelsey, and otber members of the deputation cos-
mooted with meek force on the railway advantages and
other facilities offered by Salisbury to the Society, mid
dated that the mine plot of land formerly eionopied by
the Royal Agricultonsl Society would be available for
the Rath and West of England Society's meeting, if the
invitation was ample&
The deputation having withdrawn, • long slisetteeinit
emend, and eventually it was resolved That this
Council bearing in mind the feet that the Society was
omivally established la 1777 '(or the eneourageumat of
ageultare, manufaetures, commerce, and the 44 arts
in the comities of Somerset, Wilts, Olosessisr and
Dorset,' is of opinion that it la desirable to holds most.
log is lb* twenty of Wilts at tie eerUest preetisable
period, and that the Coattail do send • deputation to
visit the city of Saliabury, whieh shell report the rewalli
of their visit at the next meeting of Council, ea the ilth
of February."

tt a later stage a the proceedings it was "T"grd
between the members of the deputation and of the
kcal committee than present, that the !PA of /saw?
will be the most convenient time, far ail Pert"'Pkt*r
the interview to tau pines.

Rats —We lesro that Mn. ittephes Berry a WI
toss was *yahoos.'o few sights/Igs md essol mit that
some oaf) had eat Mr tins& • WM Wag loomar•••
sad she was foetid to be 'mimed MI& blood es her
neek. Imest, sod mem CM elms impes it was
hood that a ,at had siteeked her M hoc MON sad hail
hitt.. the id' of bear seek mid oar revicely.
attending to Mr, me at the aildrea low to try in..
adjoining room. ohm the rat sue found to hove
attacked am of them No 'further damage was doos—
,Vertisi (Naito) Repohkeas.