The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

DORCEIESTEB.

AMMIOCIATIOS. —Wit beg to remind
our medics that Me kit anima meeting of this
Protestent emaciation is to be bald this (Tueiday)
evening at the GuildbalL
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Doaillgerke Was flaturday.—lnspeetor's
return : Wheat, 56e. 6J to 72g. per quarter; barley,
345 to 40s • °eta, Ma 9i. to 25e. Averages : Wheat,
66e. lip.; bertoy, 38. 8.1.; oats, 24i. Bd.
Oka.— The Impurity of the pa lately supplied from
the works in this town, and its deficiency in illuminat-
ing pewee, provoke general oomplaint, and it behoves
the directors to teltii steps for amending the evil.

EARLT CLOGINO A 8110CIATION.—The Rev. A. H.
Roll, M.A., Incumbent of Corn. Abbe., lectered or
Friday evening, in • most interesting manner. CD 'how
we sail round the world." The andienes wu some-
what limited, owing doubtless to the number of enter-
tainments lately given in the town. Mr. Boylan
Smith played amend pianoforte selections.
Bowman Poucc, Wednesday.—Before J. F. Hodge*,
Esq. —Emma Dodd, a woman of ill-fame. from Ipswich,
wait brought op charged with be ng drunk, creating a
disturbance, and using abusive lanruage, in Mill.street,
Fordington, oe Tuesday night. P.C. Baste. proved
the case.—Seziteisoed to on* month'a hard labour.

ENTISTAIIIIIIINT.— The second subscription concert
for this season given by Hr. J. Robinson and his choir
took place on Thursday evening. There was • harp
attendance. The programme was • vast improvement
on the last one, and the whole of the performances
manifested • similiar advance in point of excellence.
We are glad to be able to say this much, for it is an
ungrateful task to condemn "native talent" at any time,
and especially no when a party of local amateurs have
come forward to supply • manifest want. It is
unnecessary to particularise any of the performances
of the members of the choir, for all were of very
even merit, but we may perhaps note that Mr. Janne
Andrews sang lover, charming Ir oh ballad, "I'm
not myself at all," in ezoellent style, provoking an
Irresistible encore, when, Irish like, he sang " The
jaunting car." Throughout the evening the interest
and good humour of the audience were well sustained.

rig WATIMWORIA. —The new engine at the water-
works continues to do its work well,with &consumption
of coal under the contracted quantity. 8o the surveyor
report& to the Local Hoard of Health, and that a
considerable saving of coal has been effected by cosering
the boiler and steam pipes with felt. Him statement
is that " for the week ending september 7, previous to
the boiler and steam pipes being oovered with felt, and
the water turned off from midnight to four Lir., five
tons of coal were consumed in 60i hours. Week ending
October 26, with no cessation in the supply, 5 tons
12 cwt. of coal Wll3 used in 671 hoots of wok. Week
ending November 16, with eontinual supply and boiler
and steam pipes covered with felt, only 5 tons one
pwt, was used in osi hours work, Allowing for
lighting fires, kc., the average quantity burnt ham
been 73 cwt. of unacreened It nlatock coal in 68 hours,
or l'Atlb. per hour—the guaranteed quantity being
1121 b. of the best Welch steam coal per hour. The
quantity of water lifted per hour was 143 tons, or one
ton of water lifted 150 feet high with a consumption of
three-quarters of a lb. of coal." Under these circum.
stances we are sorry to learn that the contractors loot
upwards of £lOO by the work.

Dusioxis 701 HOLY Timm Curiam—ln response
to the offer of • premium of 150, for • design for the is.
building of Holy Trinity Church. which should be
accepted by the .commit.., no less than twenty-iv*
plans were sent in, and they were on public view as the
Ouildhall during last week. The design which has
received moat attention is an attractively drawn plan,
in the Early English style of arabitecture, signed
" Laborare set °rare." Next in the order of genera
preference stands a design very similiar in character
with the motto "Why Not," and which if our memory
serves us we recollect seeing amongst the former plans,
though under • different signature. Another which
elicited considerable apptobation was a design in the
Deli:mated order, with the distingniahing mark "Pro
bono Publieo." It has • very tall spire, one of some 200
feet. The most singular plan of the whole isue one
signed "Ad mojorem Del gloria." This was • Gothic
structure, thoroughly un-English In appearance, and
apparently intended to be built in bands of eoloured
brick. However, that is by no mean. likely to he
chosen. The selection will be made we understand neat
Monday. The subscription list for the new obureh
amounts to £1,122.
NEW COIN EICIIANOL —On Monello evenleg, with
• view to testing the acoustic properties of the new
Corn Exchange, the band of the Dorchester ride corps,
under Mr. H. Wellspring, played • selection of music in
the orchestra, and the room wee thrown open for •
public promenade. The result is satiafsetory ;it proved
to he • far better room for wound than the Onildhall.
The Exchange was generally admired, but it was ob.
served by many that the height of the °reheat» fres
the door will render it quite nudess for an ordinary
sonceet—in fact it will only be available for the band
at • ball—in event which may perhaps occur twins •
year, or a promenade coaciert by a brims hand, which
would be quite a novelty in thie town. The door at the
north end of the building neisessitates the orchestra
being at too great an altitude, and the fault can only be
amended by stopping up the doorway and lowering the
orchestra to the ordinary platform height. If an
ordinary conoert were given there under the present
state of things, the attitude the audience would be com-
pelled to assume would be at ones extraordinary, in-
elegant, and unoomfortable—they must strain their
necks backword in order to see the performers, to an
antis increasing from 20 to 60 degrees as they may be
further back or nearer to the orchestra, to the imminent
danger of enstainiog some grievous bodily berm, to
say nothing of the impasaibility of their taking any
pleasure in music while in ouch a coneirsioed position.
If the ball is to be made ordinarily servicosable, some nigh
change as we have indicated must be made. If it be
not done, the £2,500 will have been spent to build •
Coro Exchange too Sr.. by half, and • ball-room which
will not be wanted more than twice • year.

Ma. Ettsoa's CHIUSTWAS SALK —This event took
place et the sale ground on Saturday last, when there
was a fine show of fat bouts, sheep, and pigs, and Mr.
E. Houston and Mr. H. Mayo sated as judges. Their
awards were as follows :—I2, forth. ilve best fat Down
"'ethers, Mr. lionektes ; 12. for the five best fat Dont
ewe., Ur. Rooks, Cense Abbe.; £2, for the five beet
fat born wetbers, Mr. J. Gloves. Weymouth; £2. for
the five best fat horn ewes, Mr. J. Groves, Weymouth;
el. given by W. Mmileld, Fag— for the beet
fat pig, not exceeding eight score, Mr. Spa's,
dairyman, Pertedem • El, given by the same gen-
tleman, for the bed fat pig, exceeding eight
score, was won by himself, with a grand pig of enormous
proportions. which was subsequently purchased by Kr.
Lowman, of Wenmeatb. Kr. Cox, of Dorchester,
secured a handsome parker at Mr. Mandeld's breeding.
Mr. Bross' prise animal was bought by Mr. Hurdle.
There was • lairs attendance throughout the sale.
Eight oxen, belonging to J. J. Farquharson. Esq., were
greatly admired, and they realised from 20 guineas to
£4l each. A beautifully symmetrical and small-boned
Devon heifer, the prorrty of the Baron Hambro,
created • brisk econpetition, but ultimately Mr. Vine,
of Milton Abbey, beams the purchaser, at £lB 10s.
Mr. Jams, of Mappowder, sent sight excellent
Hanford heifers, which realised from £2l to
£27. Five prime nollol2 heifers, the property of
111 r. Smith, of Stafford, made from £2l to £26. A very
eice heifer from Captain Thresher's fetched £29 10s.
Three good heifers sent by Kr. F. Pope realised from
00 to £24 each. The in-calf shorthorn cows of Mr. J.
Miller, of Upwey, were .old for from £l6 to £l7 10s.
Besrenere fetched from Di to £l4 • piece, and heifers
and nitres £lO each. The prima of beef were from
13a. 81. to lfie. • score, and all offered was sold. There
was • capital show of sheep, but the mutton trade was
very dull, late prices being barely supported. The
quotations were from NA. to Bed. per lb. Amongst
the animals offered there were some belonging to the
following Mr. Watts, of Littlesrood ; Mr. &union,
Mutton ; Mr. eauedds, Ironton; Kr. S. Homer
sherp bred by the late G. J. Wood, Req.; Mr. Symonds,
Monektoe ; Mr. Palmer, Belinglicm ; Mr. Smith,
Stafford; Kr. Crane, Tolpuddle, ka The buyers were
from all 'who of the county. and Included Kr. Vett,
Corte Castle; Mr. China and Kr. Bidoilt, Poole; Mr.
'W hittle end Mr. Davis, Wentlieni ; Mr. Bernitoe, Mr.
Btlaklend, Mr. Bolt, Mr. Laver, Mr. Deniably, Mr.
ushuecra, Weymouth; Mr. Stone, Wyke Regis; Mr.
Clifton, Wimbonse ; Kr. Rowell. Be.. Regis; Mr.
Chad, Broadmoyoe, who purehmed Kr. Fook's pries
ewes; Mr. Fudge. Mr. Lock, Mr. Hayward and Kr.
Kegs way, Dorchester.
Pawn.= larrnovriawr or FORDIROTON Foot
WAYS AT tart —For many months past the BUSK of
the footways leading into Pordington from the bottom
of the town, after • shower of rain, has been positively
disgraceful to • town blessed with • Local Board of
Health, and especially one which in many matters is so
profoundly indifferent to that question of cost, to
which private individuals generally give grave consider-
ation. In support of this we need only point to the
lowering of Glyde-path hill, a work, to say the least, not
peremptory, if even it was asked for, of which we bare
seen no Intimation; yet the Board, without any
discussion, approved that scheme, involving ea outlay
of £lOO on a road not half-a-dozen people use; and the
first tune., ever hernia that route being taken by one
of the public at lit the rood was made, was whoa a poor