The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-16 00:00:00

Sontcrsttsbire.

Ths Bishop of Bath sad Wells has been himself oon-
doetiog a raiesioa at Orewkerae, where there h.ve been
sometimes 400 working men present on • week-day
evening.
No applkation has yet been made to Mx. Jostles
Grove ma the part of the Aitormu.ooneroi, for pgr.
Minions" as to the alleged bribery, to., at the late
Taunton election.
Tax LAT, Barg Et.aftnos.—The expenses of the
candidates at the latre election at Bath have just been
published, sad the totals are as follow :—Mr. Forsyth,
Q C.. £1,186 Bs. lid.; Captale liayter,
tint 10.. ; Mr. Thompson, &SOO 3a ltd.
At the last meeting of the Arches 'logical Institute,
Mr. Hutchings prodused some deed* and other objects
lotted In the sours, of repair. at the manor-houm of
Sandford Ore.,, domereet. Tee deem were of the
time of Edward the First and Third. The other aliens
were three small knives (apparently of the 17th amatory),
a pair of Boomers, two email pipe-bowls of early form, &a.
Mk. Goas-Liectrog, M.P. —The Whew of etr.
William Henry Powell Core-Langton, iL P., for West
Bomersetabire, hag had a fatal termination. He
at has mansion at Newton-pork, Betb, late on Thureday
night. Mr. GoreLangten was • fregiset sufferer from
gout, and Mimi two years slobs was dangerously ill
fro= an atted la he Lew'. The minus which terminated
fatally eat la about • fortnight noes. Mr. Langton
was first elected for the Waders Division of Somerset-
shire in 1851. Though not taking an &Mire share in
public misters Mr. Gore-Laagtee was greatly *Meowed
in the shy of Beth and asighbourhood.
neat. Gun Abodosirt.—At Hambridgo, near Lam-
pert, oa Wednesday, two boys were set by their masters
to mitre blrde off their fieids nearly *opiates melt
other, bat apparestly the pair got together. The eldest
boy, Samuel Baster, aged about 12 in the employ of
Mr. J. G. Taylor, bad a gam' widen It is al.eged went.
off whilst be was loading It. George Hasher, tb• ether
lad, aged between seem and eight, was mewling jest
ia treat of the tamale before the gas exploded, and the
ramrod, elaieb was In the barrel at Me time, penetrated
his book, passing through hie left lung and Me lower
portion of the Mart, whore • piens was broken off. The
poor boy was serried to his home sad attended by three
medical efeatlemen. His sufferiaP won wag great. and
everything was dans to alleviate them, bat be died In
great agony the following day.
Borg MIMS linsVottribei.—At the annual meeting
of the Bleeds sad subserebers to this work, held oa
Thursday, the otwaralttee reported the great progress
which had been made in the restored/ea of the Abbey,
the oaths arm of whisk was availed:de-for use at the
Church Coagraes. The work in hand Includes inner
lobbies at the north-east and south-east doors of the
sharob . • a *Arvid wean opposite Prier Birds Marl,
the rail for insatatudesals, sad the gas standards. The
treasurer's acesont Lyieverdrawa to It. omelet of EfOro,
sad the farther Nun Deeded to saver Me debilities of
the menialttes is £3,500. Thum £3,450 is asked for to
pay for the work already essopleted or in hand. Bat
More will still remain nomething for posterity to seems-
pith. The &morellos of the some& behind the cow
mania' tab* which females bare, its light and
beautiful somas designed by Bit G. Srott to surmount
the stalls, the somplietioa of the serving of Prior Bud's
chapel, sad the Aida' in of the west window would
absorb £3,000; and • sensed vestry room would be a
most omelet addition to the Marsh. Mr. Gill, the
treasurer, said the wink of the Mot portion was originally
sat down at .C 6,000 bat the east would be £12,000. He
hat overdrawn his banking amens% to the °stoat of
£9OO, and for work ordered to be done they were ohm •
'tatted to the extent of £2,600. Therefore they mast
miss something like £1,300 in the next twelve montha.
With regard to the imusant that bad been received
during the past year, Kr. Gill said that although thie
sobeartptioas were about the same as in the previous
twelve months, the publiogenenolly had not contributed
so largely as In former years.