The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

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[ASBURY. —Fair. -7The_Nlichaelmaa Fair will b•

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held this year on Tuesday. Oct. 2.lrd.
A highly influential meeting of county gentlemen
wa4 held at the Cotincilkimuse in the city of Salisbury
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on the afternoon of Tuesday last ; Lieutenant• Gen-
eral Buckley, M. P. in the chair. The object of the
fleeting was the establishment of a County Rifle
Association for Wi!tshire, under the presidency of
the Right Hon. Sidney ;.erbert. M. P. Scrretary for
War ; and rules which had previously been pre-
pared were unanimously adopted, after an emends.
tie', securing the holding of the annual shooting
match and general meeting alternately iu South and
North Wilts.

WooDam:ounif. Cricket. Woodborough v.
A m-xtury. This match was playtsl on ',relay,
September :Nth, at the Woodborough cricket :Jounil.
The Ameslnicy went Iri first, and made an innings
of 7s. the Litti' ir, of May, Dyke. and Smith, being
excellent. TheWoodborough gentlemen were noon

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,losed of for 3-1, from the superior b.,wling of May
and Dyke. 1 second inning* the Ameslair)
players did well again, making a total of Sri, thus
leaving their opponents 130 to win. Time not
admitting of the game being finished the wickets were
drawn.
W A KMINSTER. —A theoieurs. —The beautiful collec.
tion of fiireign binis and beasts kindly presented to
the institution by George Thomas Vicary, Esq., have
been very nicely set up, and form a very attractive
object at the top of the staircase.
On Satur :ay afternoon the toll collector, fbcks, at
Marsh Gate, Warminster, left his house about ten
minutes to go to a nei&libour's close by, and during
his absence a quantity of wearing apparel was stolen
, from the house.

Wesrnumv.—Towiihall. Monday, October Sth.—
Before A. Layerton, EO9.- Louma Smith, of
Shaftesbury, we: charged by R. Rowe with hawking
at Westbiiry without a license, ul sentenced to 14
days' hard 'labour. —Daniel Stickler, of Heywood,
charged with ;wing drunk in the publie streets of
Westbury, on Tuesday. the 25th ult., was tined ss.
and costs.— IVillium Bull and John Smith, bo.h of
Westbury, charged with being drunk sod die uroing
the peace by fig'iting on the nigh,. of Saturday, the
24.n.1i ult., were tined ss. cie:i and costa
—On Thursday even;ag, a
fire was discovered to be raging in the shop of Mr.
Dawes, draoer. of the Pa...wle. Assistance being
speedily secured, afi.er an hour's ese,tions the tire
was subdued, but .f. 200 of damage is believed to have
been done. Mr. Dawes is fully insured. The Callse
in unknown. . _ _

M A RI.DOCOUGH. Ths College. —The 29t:i of Sep-
teruber has for years oast been marked by something
more than the ordinary routine or school life ; it is
the anuiversary of the cousecration of the College
Chapel, and has already, since the year DAS, when
the chapel was consecrated, been a whole holiday.
On Saturday last there were the usual number of
visitors is:l:sent, and the order o the day was much
as in former years, At II o'clock inayers were read
in the chapel by she master, aid the aermna preached
by the Rev. 11. M. Butler, Master Of HAMM. The
text was taken from the tour first verses of the 181.11
chapter of St. Matthew—the question put by the
disciple, who should be gremeat iii the kingdom of
heaven, and the answer of our Lord. The anthem
has been snag several times in the chapel, but we
iiever remember its having beeu sung with better
effect, and indeed, the singing has in ever respect
made a marked improvement since Mr. Monte took
the charge of the choir, at the commencement of the
present half. One thing more we would aotice with
regard to the chapel—the very &rest improvement
made in the building itself since last year. The
chapel was left iu a very hare and unfinished state
at the time it wa•consearuted, and till the present
year little has been done towards the completion
'o the interior—the sharing while walls, the seats of
painted deal. and the uusightliuess of the east-end
have too long remained an eye-sore to the daily
occupants of those seats. It was one of
the Bishop of Calcutta's parting wishes that
he might return to see the chapel more
worthy to be the chapel of Marlborough College.
Between three and four hundred pounds have been
raised by subscription during the past year, and this
has been, as all must allow, very effectually expended.
'rho walls have been coloured, and brightened by
the introduction of Minton's tiles, a new reredos has
been set up, and the entire east end altered and
linislied off in a way which must satisfy every one
that the improvement could not be intrusted to
better hands than Mr. Butterfield's. It is hoped
that a further sum may be raised during the present
year--At half-past one a cold luncheon was pro.
vided, as usual, in the College hall for all friends,
who, despite the unpropitious weather, hail con-
trived to be present. The holiday was brought to a
pleasant conclusion by the exhibition of Mr.
Woodin's performance in the Hall, who afforded
especial amusement by his allusions to matters of
purely local interest—the two Balliol Scholars, the
!ilarlborough Magazine, the Heroes at Cricket. the
Ride Corp., he., Ike. On this day also the Dean
Ireland's Scholarship, open to boy's under the age of
15, the sons of clergymen, was adjudged to OWell
Men. the brother of the present head prefect, and
first Balliol scholar.
The Dismounted Yeomanry Corps assembled for
out-door drill on Monday afternoon, and marched to
the ComLooll accompanied by the band, where they
fired 10 rounds of cartridge. Captain Nlandrrs
addressed the corps in complimentary terms, and in.
formed them that targets for ball practice would
arrive in a few days, and • person would be
appointed to instruct them in the art. Ammunition
would also be supplied on application, and he hoped
that many of them would become good niarksuieli,
and be able to compete for Koine of the prizes to be
offered by the Wiltshire Rifle Association.
OVURTuN as ii CLATroeD Couuaiio EKTINCI.--This
meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday hut,
on the former Ilay. on the land of Mr. W. P. Tanner,
of Mickley ; and on the latter day, on that of Mr.
R. C. Long. and Mr. John Gundry. There was •
famous lot of good puppies, and the sport WM excel-
lent. 'rhe Overton Stakes were won by Mr. Long's
Lapidist. The Clatford Stakes, by Mr. R. Stratton's
Matchless. The Rockley States, by Mr. R. Long's
Lily Bells. The Fyfield Stakes, by Air. W. Taaner'a
XXX. The Kennet Stakes, by Mr. R. ltead's
Narrow Escape. The filoukton Stakes, by Mr. J.
East's Egotist. Th e A rebury Stake,. by Mr. J.
East's Efficient. The Broad Hinton Stakes, by Mr.
W. Tanner's Tulip. The Marlborough Stakes (all-
eged) by Mr. J. East's Effort. The Berwick Stakes,
by Mr. It Long's 'rribune. 'rhe Winterbourne
Stakes, by Mr. Long's Lady Elgin. The Hackpen
States, by Mr. R. bugs Lug. The Wick Stakes,
by Mr. It. Lono's Martha. The St. Alhan's Stakes,
by Mr. Read's Trick. The Racing Stakes, by Mr.
Itomp.
Mitivawv Fusea AL.—The funeral of Sergeant
Thomas Sawyer, of the Ist Grenadier Guards, on I
Sunday week, was attended by the two volunteer
corps of the town, and thousands of spectators.
Deceased was one of six brothers, serving in the same
battalion of Grenadier Guards, two of 'Whom died in
the Crimea. John, who is still serving, went
through the whole of the Crimean campaign, and
returned without • scratch. The deceased was 33
years of age, 15 of which were spent in Her
Majesty's service. He was made full sergeant some
time previous to the Rudman war, sad fought at the
Alma, at Balaclava. and at Inkerinan. At Bala-
clava he was wounded in the chest by a fragment of
a shell. Whilst at Sebastopol he fell sick ; was
treated in the hospital at Scutari; returned to
Marlborough invalided, and became apparently
stout and well. He has since remained with his
regiment, but arrived home again in June last on a
sick furlough, and died on Wednesday, the 26th
nit. The funeral took place at Preshute, the burial
service being performed by the Rev. A. G. Bleek,
the vicar. On the following morning a subscrip-
tion was started in order to relieve the aged father
of the expenses of the immesh the Mayor (J. Reeve,
Esq.,) Captain Merriman, and Lieutenant Merriman
beading it with a handsome sum each; and it is
pleasing to record that the required amount was
quickly made up.
Fsox6. --Mr. Kea,. —We have all of us beard
bow the name of the father of the unfortunate child
I has been mixed up with the Hying siispicions coo-
-1 m..cted with this terrible event. We bear that not
long since Mr. Kent applied to the Rev. Mr. Pea.
cock, the clergyman of Road, to know if he had any
objection that he should attend the sacrament. Mr.
Peacock intunated that he could not object if Mr.
Kent would declare his innocence of any guilty
knowledge of the offence. Mr. Kent gave the most
solemn assurance he could possibly make to that
effect, and Mr. Peacock. fully believing, as lie still
does, his statement, admitted him to the sacrament,
when all who had remained in the church imme-
diately rose and quitted the Luilding. —Briatol
Journal.
Muumuu!. —The Melksham troop of Yeomanry
Cavalry
_and dismounted Riflemen assembled for a
day's drill co Wedaseday wider Ceps. Coaolly and

Lieut. Fuller, assisted by Capt. Adjut. Menders.
The trmtp mustered at 12 o'clock, and at 3 marched
into the town, having gone through a satisfactory
,11-01. Capt. Con.lly afterwards gave them an
excellent dinner at the Towuhall, and (hiring a very
ple..satit evening sonic very capital songs were sung.
—1 m per ial Prince Jerome
Napoleon hrs heen visiting the establishments of
some of the principal agriculturists in this neigh.
bouchood He inspected the celebrated herd of
,hort liorms of Mr. Richard Stratton, at Broad
11,401,, on Tuesday, and also the steam ploughing
t the land of Mr. Redman, at Wroughton. The
Prince and his suit occupied appartinente at the
Queen's Hotel, at the station.