The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

Somersetzbire.

TAUNTOL—Ceremony of laying the Foundation
Stone of St. Mary'e Tower.—Arrangementa are in
programa for the oelebration of this great event on
Tuesday (this day). Colonel Tynto has consented to
lay the foundation stone. The most important cere-
monial will be the grand masonic procession, which
all the masons in the kingdom will be invited to at-
tend. A dinner will take place under a spacious
tent, and the handset the West Somerset Yeomanry
Cavalry, and the First Somerset Militia, by the kind
permission of the respective colonels, will attend.
Committees have been formed for decorating the
town and arranging the festival generally.

Tax HAllVlNiT.—lisaping has been general during
the hat week in the district of Taunton Dean, and
some wheat dm been carried in the pariahs. of West
Monkton and Ormoh St. Michael. Live stook have
suffered much from the drought, and the gram in our
pastures have boo for some time very scanty. The
congenial rain of Wednesday will, however, soon
Impart a tint of verdant luxuriance to the Aside.
We understand the First hamermt regiment of
Militia will mosuible at Taunton, on Monday the 4th
of October next. It la said that one of the hoineriot
regiment+ will be embodied for permanent duty be.
fore the aloe, of the year.
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Yrovm, —Gm Company.—Al the annual meeting
of the Yeovil au Company, beld Monday, the annual
elateinent of wmants was presented, when a dviblend
old per cent was declared,
W 111.1,11, —Railway,—The extension nf the Somer.
ant Central line to Walls le progressing rapidly, and
it le said 0 will lie opened in the month of Welber
nest, The foundations for the elation are being
laid out and the building will probably be ouni.
menial thie weak,
Mimi Purvis, the daughter of the R.v, W .1, Pur•
vie inoumbent of ()Numb', near this ulty, wee
lardareuelv ettaoked on lerlility night, oluse to her
fatlier'e madam, by an unknown person,
Liam Vier, —A very remarkable trial, involving'
imestion of libel, will take place at the approulag
Well. Altus, In which the Kimble, Mrs, Y, Is the
I piabiliN, and a venerable author, pni•eminently die.
brignialieil in the world of letters is the delembuit,
The highest talent un the Western Circuit has been
by the respective parties, Mr, NerJeint.
Kinglike M.P., being speotally tetanal, will 0141.
Ilitfi the sue for tile plaintilti and Mr. ()oilier,
Q,C., ALP., and Mr. Plilun, (IC., late Under.live•
relay to the Admiralty, will appear for the deign.
dint, no pirties are resident", In Bath, and have
moved in the highest rank' of soolety. The ow will
otnimand Intense interest.

MILIIOIOII Port The annual festival of the
'nomogram Sudety in Ohio town takes plum on Tuft.
day the (lay,) on the beautiful rounds at Van, A
procession with two life mid drum bands, Held
spurt', and addresses by auroral well•known
advuoates so to oak. up an attractive bill•utfare for
the mossion.

boreffihorstt,—The Bridgwater mom says
—A certain captain, having been • few days absent '
from home, on Friday night last returned rather un•
expectedly, when, on perceiving a light burning in
hie bedroom window, he imagined e‘mething not
right. He therefore oautiously climbed to an adjoin.
Mg bedroom window, and, finding it unfastened,
made an entry and quietly proceedsd to his own
room, where he found a " pirate on board." A
chirp blow from the enraged husband soon aroused
the intruder, who speerlily received a further aseur•
anoe of the captain's affection, and, without further
ceremony, the lothario made a precipitate 011011pe
through the bedroom window. The captain's frail
and weaker vessel, on the following evening, at•
tempted suicide by hanging herself in the batik pre.
Ulises of her next door neighbour. She was, how.
ever, discovered with her eyes protruding from their
sockets by a young man, who immediately cut her
down before the vital spark had Sown.