The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

/Eiltshire.

was so awful and overpowering that persona living
j in houses close to the margin of destruction heard
I nothing of the crash of the trees around them.
SALISBURY SAVINGS Its:vit.—The yearly meeting Amongst other curious cite-eta of the storm, it may
of the tnistecs and managers of the savings Hank he meationed that a heavy finir.wheeled wagon tem
was held on Wednesday -last, at the lf,a'a House, taken up and carried completely over a high hedge,
Edward Ultimo:in, Esq., in the clime. The auditors , and straw and wheat ricks were borne completely
reported that they had aoilited the aeconms of the ; swab, and distributed over the fields, never to be
bank for the last year. Thu mainiat reeeiveil from ! taillectml again. Some house/ were partially des.
depositors and from the Conitni..ionms jar the ream:- ! troyed. lint It is a singular fact that no lintuan life
thin of the National I)elit for jut .r.eit, exeue,iril the , was lost, although many persons were injured. In
sums which had been paid out hy 17s. l. mime places large lump of ice fell. One piece,
•Itfii new accounts had been opened during the year, which Wad picked up after the storm, was earned ill
and 296 old accounts closed. 'rhe total number of a cart for *Jots, hours, and when measured after that
accounts now open was stated to be 5,022, a-il the lap.se of time was tumid to be all inch and three-
total sum due to the depositors to be ; quarters in length. A good deal of game was
Ifis. 1111. Toe auditors and officers were unanimously destroyed by the violence of the elements. Eleven
re-elected. I partridges and three hares were pickixl up between
Mr.eriNn mu UNITED Pit.tvrit. —A meeting for the villages of Cilerhull and Yatesbury—about a mile
united prayer took plaee at the Council House. apart —Willa of them on the high road, and the
Monday evening, and was very pumerously attended, game generally almost torn to pieces. The Duke of
the Nisi Prim Court, adjoining the. large room, fleaufort's hounds were out during the storm, and
having also to be thrown pen to -lila the tieces- ; killed a fox ill the midst of it, but happily they were
sary accommodation. We believe there was no 'just on the outside of the centre of it. Hundreds of
Church of England clergyman present. Several persons have come hundreds of miles to visit the
prayers were offered, and hymns sung, and the pro- ! district over which the storm pissed, and all agree
ceedings lasted aconsidemlile time. IVe should have that they never witnessed a more extraordinary
thought that one of the largest chapels in the city 1 sight than the ruins present.
would have been the best place for the meeting. as I
several of them would have acconnuodated all that
were present. In connection with this subject it
may be mentioned that the committee of the Young
Men's Christian Association has given the use of
their room in Catherine-street fur daily prayer
meetings.
WILTON.— Total Abstinence Society.—The first
anniversary of this society was celebrated by a public
tea, of which 150 partook, on Tuesday eVelllllg, in
the spacious new Temperance Hall. Miss Jessie
Craigen, of London, commenced an effective address
at 8 o'clock to an audience of nearly 500 persons.
Mr. C. Norton, of Shaftesbury, in the chair. Miss
Craigen delivered a second oration on Wednesday
evening, and has accepted a cordial invitation to ray
another visit. About 51 signatures have been added
to the pledge book since the delivery of Miss Craigen's
orations.

Lirs.r.corr.-1,. 1.. Popham, Esq., gave a ball to
his tenantry on Tuteday evening. which wasattended
by about I:10 persons, including the company staying
in the house, the Mayor of Marllminiugh, T. Id and
W. Merriman, Esqrs. The dancing took place in the
long picture gallery, and was sustained with great
spirit until a late hour ; a portion of this gallery
was parted off for a supper room, RIO there WAX an
abundant supply of the delicacies of the season. Two
beautiful and massive silver candelabra, one pre-
sented to Mr. and Mrs. Popham by their Somerset
tenantry, and the other presented to their infant by
their tenantry of Wilts, Hants, Berke, and Gloucester
were much admit ed.

WARMINSTICR. A thenfrune. —M. H. Marsh,
Esq. M. P., delivered an instructive lecture on
Tiiin;day to the members of this institution, on
" Australia," and from his prdetical knowledge of
that country was enabled to impart a vast amount
of very useful information respecting it. The Rev.
A. Pane presided, and announced the next lecture
by Mrs. Balfour, on the 24th inst.
. . . .

On Thursday evening, Herr Rosenfeld entertained
a nowt respectable audience nt the Athenaeum
Lecture-room, with his balancing and legeriletuain
performances. Although moat severely scrutinized
by many present in his sleight-of-hand wonders,
he tuanagod to elude the sharpest•sightecl of them
all.

RIMS CORPS.—The volunteers assembled at the
Townhall on Friday evening, for drill, for the first
time. It was announced that the Marquis of Bath
would take the cotuinand as soon as a company of
sixty was formed. . _ _

SurPosen INrasvimme—The body of a newly-
born infant was found in a well on the 14th inst.,
(ut the It.reham Down. ltappeared to have been in
the water about three weeks. An inquest was held
on the body at the Ewe Tree, by 11corget Sylvester,
Es on Monday, when a verdict in aeconlance
with the circ tames was returned. A young
woman, named Lydia Nlacey, of li..rehani, has been
apprehended on suspicion of being the mother of the
child, and is remanded till the !Nth Met

?Amts.—Lecture. —Ayuott Chitty, Esq , delivered
an interesting lecture on the " Adulterations in
Articles of Food" to a large assembly, in the British
School Room, on Friday, W. Chaffin Grove, Esq., in
the chair.

NI Ali LBOROUGH. - The Yeomanry and Rifle Corm
Ball.—This ball came off at the Assembly Boom, on
Thursday evening, with great (dal. The numerous
and various uniforms and the elegant dresses com-
bined to render it a most animated wen°. The ball-
room was as effectively decorated by Mr. Reeve as
on former occasions, and Mr. Hammond. of the
Castle and Hall provided a most recherche supper.
The Marquis of Affesbury pre4ented an abundant
supply of game, the wines were excellent, and the
tante decorations very elegant. The Yeomanry
hand, in full uniform, played the company in, and
were succeeded by a quadrille hand. Dancing com-
menced at nine o'clock, and was kept up with un-
abated spirit until nearly six. a.m.

Tu p ii111•11E.N: —The tirst diatribution of
soup wa.s wade on Tuesday, when MI; quarts were
diitrihuted. It was intended to give the Penne
oluantity on Tuesday awl Friday, until the middle of
Mareh. The Mayor and ex-Mayor recently made a
very satisfactory house-to-house visitation.

NIARLBOROVOR DISMoUNTED YEOMANRY RIFLE
CORM—The iilarquia of Ailesbury met this corps
on Tuesday evening, at the Assieuibly-nsain. He ar-
rived about seven clock, and was received by Capt.
Menders, Lieutenant Merriman, and It. E. Price,
Esq., the regimental surgeon. The drill.sergeant
having put the men through the various exercises,
the noble Marquis proceeded to address them. He
not fear a French invasion, but considered the
volunteer movement most desirable. After referring
to the origin of the present corps, and showing its
advantages, he remarked that be considered it a per-
sonal compliment to find so many in such a small
town CORM forward so promptly, and hoped that
they would attend diligently to drill, and obtain as
good a name as the tine regiment of cavalry he had
had the honour of c iiiiii 'landing for so !natty years.
His Lordship was loudly cheercd by the corps at
the conclusion.
Alsithisinitouou BRANCH RAILWAY. —The sum of
.C 2,800 being 8 per cent, on s:15,0410, the proposed
capital of the company, was duly deposited by the
promoters to the credit of the Accountiuit4:eneral
of the Court of Chancery, at the Bank of England,
on Saturday, the 14th instant, as required by the
standiug orders of the Houses of Parliament. The
local subscriptions to the project have not at present
reached the amount stipulated for by the prune tars,
but there is every reasou to believe that it will be
made up by the meeting of Parliament. The Right
Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., has signified his iu-
tention to subscribe for 100 shares t each, being
the same amount his Lordship took in the Berke
and Hants Extension Railway. It is to be hoped
that other leading parties in the town, who have
been waiting to see what sum their senior member
would subscribe, will now come forward in a simi-
larly liberal spirit to conserve and increase the trade
of the town.

Devizits.—The members of the local police and
every officer in any way connected with the pre-
servation of the peace were liberally treated by the
Recorder with a goo,' dinner on Wednesday, at the
Bell Inn. The party dituik good health and long
life to the worthy founder of the feast, and Imps!
that their future vigilance over the property of the
borough would be att,nded with as little trouble to
themselves and to the Recorder as it had been
during the past year.
VD NTEKK Itivt CORPS. —The Secretary has
received a letter from the Lord Lieutenant stating
that he had recommended the corps to her Majesty
for enrolment, and that an officer would be sent
from the War Office to inspect the ride ground.
Till DKVI Z VD AND NI BTU W I LTA PoULTRY
Snow.—This show was held in the Corn Exchange
on Weilmemlay, and was most suemitsfol. There
were two rows of pens up the claire centre of the
building, containing '2lllO remarkably fine birds from
&Silent parts of England. There were , beau-
tiful specimens in the Spanish, Dorking, Game,
Hamburgh, Poland, Malay, and Bantam classes; the
Turkeys were extremely good, and only two pairs
were under 4011,.. Some geese, exhibited by Mr.
Brown, of Horton, weighed nearly 40161., and 241b4.
a couide was no enconnuon weight for ducks. The
company was numennis and fashionable, and nearly
T. ih was taken at the doors,

CIIIPPENH.OI.—The Lioerary Inxiiitee.-11. P.
Long, Eti s., M.P., has presented
this institution
with a handsome parcel of books for the use of the
members.

THE ANNUAL BALL—This fashionable assembly
was held at the Townhall on Tuesday evening, and
was most numerously attended hy tie ."7ire f the
town and neighbourhood. The gem.ral arrange
meats were excellent, and the ball came off with the
greatest Mat.

TILE LATE EXTRAORDINARY TORNADO IN WILT.
SHIRE. —ln the short amounts that have been ;vto
lished of the tornado that passed over a portion of
the county of Wilts, in the vicinity of Caine, on the
30th ult., some facts seemed to have limn overlooked
at the time, or were not noticed until some days
after the event. From a subsequent examination of
the district over which the hurricane passed, and
which is even now clearly traceable along the whole
route by the destruction which it canoed, it appears
that the length of country traversed by it was aisnat
six miles, and the breadth 100 to 1511 yards. It
counnenced on the borders of Howtxml-park, the pro-
perty of the Marquis of Lansdowne, passing through
the Rookery•farm, Queinerferibmill, itlackland-
park, the Vale-farm, and the village of Cherhill, to
Yatesbury. Outside of these boundaries nothing
was injured in the slightest degree, but within it the
destruction was most remarkable, the like of which,
we believe, has never been recorded in this country.
The timber appears to have been prostrated as with
one mit,hty wave of wind. Soule trees are com-
pletely blown out of the earth, and lodged on the
branches of others; one line elm was uprooted and
reversed, the limbs being forced into the earth, and
the trunk and roots raised bight in the air. Thu
mighty rush of the wind, and all the consequent
destruction, occupied not more than live minutes;
some persons put it down at two to three minutes.
During that short period the war of the elements