The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-03-23 00:00:00

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DORCHEBTRE.

MILITARY. —Colesel Tod Browe's Battery of Royal
Bores Artillery vlik be qsaliesed here for asolbet
name. le soneeksiesee of the vestal redeetloo of the
assay, the battery will be reflood by twenty-are
snit, sad a like tesabiz of horses, on the lst of
April riszt.

-Iluireut TetiPlea.—The mead meeting of the
Wakes of this turnpike has reaently bap bola, sod
from the income of the pest year another sum of ff9oo
of the bonded .the has hems ordered to be paid off.
If thin stae of thin‘p outlaw% la° raid batwes°
Salisbury ead Beidpert, paining 4010 Bisaahra and
Dorchester, will sees be free of toll gator
Weannes Mee's in. vo—K'. Walter' Rewire
gave a Weave oe the LegeMsay IWO", it lb* Gailahall
0. Wedaisday Imam. Th. audience was but small
owls' to the thank services taking plea that evening.
a aithentstaue whieh goes to show bow very good—or,
to be seensete, attentive to "hash gains—are Dor
auto people. Mr. Rogue's leant* was interesting,
aad ' " were arm end adrili.provoking.
Tfut Gays of Pridsy night made great havoc attempt
the trees in this naughhoorhoort._ One of the hat
amongst the areetant thtVe lB the eolith walks was
uprooted. In forming the tenses bounding the
Wollaston estate, • good deal of the earth 'boat this
tree WM temoved, and alio some important lateral
breathes of its root, ea that its fixture in the earth was
1.. Oak and It has fallen before the fine gala The
avenue of elms on the Leaden road has been meth
skoksm. In unatquenes of the gradual falling away of
the hank on either side into the neighbouring ditch, the
tease haw been sanding "us ese leg" a our infercesnt
forei4v ilea/sled the ewe, bat that position is thetrary
'9, ad White—sod there deem seem who aornething
vaeost "se elm on one leg"—and one 01 thews
was b:;etrievably toppled over by the wind, and the
others have been strained out of all propriety. Forty
years ago them trees were planted, but entre better
owe le taken of them that they hue had Of late, they
will sou_ be lass to tu.
Tex TIRDEPINDIM etrIDAY SCIIOOI.. A very
Pleasant evreing's eatertainment was provided at lb.
Indepeedeat mtiool-rocien, last Thursday evertings with
a view W meeting a deficiency in the funds If the
Sandal school. Amongst the performers, and in the
endiense, were persons theneeted with the two Non-
oonformist bodies of the town—a 'immature !Ukra-
ine the Kaoline. of that good feeling with& night to
exist amongst those so latimaiely amoilaed. The eva.
gnaw.» ....Mewl a twin •eval sad tnetrumeatal
mien ocular as well as awed piazisa; First, shout
twenty of the Sunday school boys sang ' Gather them
la." Of wane thas was a peculla Steen In the
armarasee ef thew yougsten on the ocoadoa, sod In
the Sunday 'caution; they or sealotuay suns, but. At
• performance, their efforts *en not particutuly
eec-
esesful, and at any fetus meeting of this kied, we
should reammend that the boys' mothers be spared all
the tremble of getting them up so nicety as had hem
done for their public appearing.. by the lads being
allowed to do what is mush better for them at that
hour in the evening —go to bed. After the
boys some tbs beet performanee of the even-
lag—the familiar thorns of Mozart's " Gloria in
exesisis." The agars were—eoprano, Miss Lockett,
Kiss Dews, sod Mire F. Penney; sontrelta bliss A.
Dews and Miss M. Pussy ; tenors, Mews. Payee and
Mermen ; buses, IlLestre. Pouncy, Lockett, and
Webber. It was gine with sush force and prae°
as we little exposied to hear. Listening to the familia
araina we nulled the eireukutanosi that Use last time
we beard this popular selection was at the Handel
The. gal Festival of 1965 at the Crystal Passe. Of
sours. " °propitious are odious," but the stagers en this
°cession deserve booty commendation for the spirit
with which they gave it. Neer Mowed • salaam
from Radozno bad harmonium, which afforded an
amreuble • tv in the entertaironest The trio
" Lightly " was then rung very credit-
ably, but it amid be noted that the first Vella
part is writtea too high for a autralto. 11r.
Jeffrey thee read, with telling effest, a plus full
of dramatic insidut, entitled " Room for the leper."
The Mime Posner, sang • duet, "Th. land of song,"
under some disadvantage, alone of them hae to play
the accomuniment. However, it alerted cordial
spprobatiou. The chores "Sweet Peale descending,"
closed the Ara part. After a brief intaval, Kr.
Jameson read three of the Rev. W. Banes'. poems,
"What Dick and I did," "Th. bachelor," add "John
and Fanny." These ehartelng idylls of lowly If. were
rendered in • most pleasing "WO, and muted great
amusement. "Sweet Sabbath bells," a duet by Los
Lockett iand Kls Dawe followed, and it was well
received. Miss Loekett hes • powerful soprano voice,
and sat it with judgment, and Mies Dawe's strong
contrelto wee very useful throughout the evening.
" Thereat, Divers," by flatten, was given by the their,
after which the Rev. J. Fox read • thrilling story,
entitled " The unravelled etookieg." Spear's "As pants
the hart" was next ea the programme. This is fat too
dilficult for an ordinary choir to attempt, and it was
the last succerfal piece in the evening. Kim Loakat
sang the solo as well as could be expected, but the
chorus wkith is intiurded to be an acompaniment was
too load, and marred its good effect. It amateurs
would avoid piece" which present more than ordinary
difficultiee, they would be spared much trosblaseene
practicing, and affod treater pleasure to their friends.
The children sung'Star of Peace," end the perf °mune,
concluded with Home, sweet home," 14 the choir.
A. • whole the entertainment was mat gratifyicxl
end we hope that other meetings of a similar c
will be arranged. Al the aloes K. Devenish. Esq.,
briefly proposed • vote of thanks to the singers and
readers.-11, F. Mills acceded the peineeities, and,
referring to the ohmmeter)°, that the eiatiivte and the
principal treble were nonnected with the choir at the
'Nitta chapel, he es premed the gratification this
induration of Christian unity between the two ahniches
afforded him, and his hope that the prayers of both
congregations would be offered on behalf of the two
Ministers, both of whom are in ill-health. These kindly
sentiments were warmly endorsed by the meeting, and
the vote was trued by acclamation.—Tbe Rev. J. Fox
briefiy replied on behalf of the choir and rimier', and
the company operated.
Boaouoe Porn' Bustoirs, Moudiy.—Fkiere the
Mayor (J. F. Hodes.. E.g.), B. Darla, J. Bishop, and
J. P. Aldridge, llecin.
George Coreiri, drive; of tire mail tart running
betweeu Dorchester and Weymouth, was summoned at
the instance of George Moaner?, an officer of the Royal
Poeiety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for
using an horse in an unfit state
. .

George Moonery odd that shout • quarter to 10 solthe
evening of the 16to Marob In compeny with P. 13.
Clonsina, from instruetions ramived, he went to the
poet.ofEee, and raw !he defendant drive up with
the mail sort. He notieed that the horse
winced • great dad as if in pain. They
followed biro to therntable, where the bores was
unharnessed by defendaot, and he ezmnined it. He
found on it. wither' • wound seven inches long by
three inches wide; on its off• shoulder an old raw
world ; on the near shoulder no eld wound dried over;
on its off ribs a raw wooed, mid Mese by the side of It
another old wooed partly dried over; its flanks were
very much out, sail by dogging with a whip, and ison.
gmled blood on each. The horse was In poor oonditioo.
On aaking defendant *by be drove such an animal, he
said be knew it was led, but it was nothing to his.. He
bad not told his master-- Hr. John Yea 1111141.
of Weymouth, bet he had told the horseikeeper. He
motioned defendant agsinst working the hone in that
state. Nest morons he saw at Weymouth the owner
and the horeekeepar, when he saw the horn Is the
stable, and they told his. fast the defendant after being
cautioned by Monnery had driven It to Weymouth.
The Mayor said it wet a very bad ease, and defendant
was liable to a Ins of L 5, or three mobile' Imprison.
matt. He would be fined £2 or. month. Probably
those who were equally culpable with himself
would think proper to pay the Inc.
Intendant add be warn discharged at a mistake's notice
atter this. He asked for time, end the eeaglakies
were willing to give hums week, but be meld be enuld
Dot get the money in that time, so he was coannitteed
atone..

It transpired that be has blamer entered into a eon
tract to 'envoy tbe nada from the 6r4 of April. blis
enrotios were Mr. Andrews, groom, at Portland, and Mr
Whittle, at Wyka Regis.
The Town Clark remarked that probably Ni. enrollee
would pay the floe or they would and if the contrast
woe not tallillod that doteadaat had made April fools
of them!
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waa ressovad in oaaandy.

SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT
SALT-PAN NEAR WEYMOUTH.
We ham before alluded to the 'dim of the ass in
enereaceiag epos' the meet to the cost of Portland
Roads, where it is wail known the formerly famous
Striellmonth Bands ham been very much diminished, if
not entirely wombed away. This is 'apposed to have
been mused by the alteration In the set of the currents
sines the formation of Ow Portland &eta water. So
far haa this enormahment proesieded that plasma °cleared
by the sand for hundreds of years have been dmoded
sad brought to light. Near the Ferry Bridge has thas
been uneomred a eiroular construction, evidastly of
very ancient date. It appears like • pan or trough,
aboat 4 It, or 7 ft. in diameter, end about 2 ft. deep,
formed of well-paddled day, sad bowleg two reetangolar
oMmings, .110 to the math-east, and mother about •
I quarter of the aerate round, to the sontb-west. Theme
' openings were lined with slabs of Rimmeridge shale
ent two inches thick, oa edge, and maroon them woe
laid • similar slab, (musing a filllf• something like the
Greek capital Pb. The 'oath-eastern opining. however,
had a third slab on edge midway between the two
others, either to divide the outlet into
two, or amid in 'apportion the too or
emitting "lab. The day forming the outside
of the paa was sloped away from the riot about
two NM outwards till it reached the ie.& of lb. ground.
About 50 yards off wee • pie.. of Saxon masonry,
erbioh, unfortunately, had not been long exposed befog*
It wait pulled to pieoes and the stones 'sorted away, aad
the fate of smith antiquities has gamed delay in nuking
public the present diseovery, the ialtiated wishing to
beeome acquainted with it before the crowd of roll.-
hunter. could interfere. Fragments of British and
Romon pottery have also been found near, and • number
of bored circular Manse, "opposed to ham been worn es
amide* sad • narrow obloag stom, bored at one end,
widish seems to have been an mensal whenstooe. Many
of than articles have been pieced in the collection of
Mr. Smith, of St. Alban'.-row, who is of mobilo. that ,
the aircialar trough above described is one of the smieal
salt.pans, shish were in ezittenee it least es early as
the time of Atheists& From UWE Alatiqisines we
gather that King Atheision. 1111 A with remorse for
having been the MAIM of the death of his half-brother
Priam &hey& by making him oat to sea in an open
boat without mils or ram A.D. 938, founded the abbeys
of kliohelney and Middleton (now called Milton) in
D'etst, and granted 'for his 'eel and the male of his
estesetove and measeson, Kipp of England"" AU the*
inner, within the share of Warne* and half the
dram of that Wermati out at sea, twelve WM for the
= of lis wear and It. officer, three Tintypes and •
by the wear, end 67 hides of land in its neigh-
Warhead (erobably Wyke)." It I. hoped that the
straw otd abide will be spared some time longer by
the paha* arid the ern, sad that the mystery of Its
forniatioa may be eatitheeeedly explabeed.