The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

DORCH MITER.

Burma Ann Fontes BINA floorerr.—On Tuesday
evening the quarterly meeting of the Dambeeter
Auxiliary of the above Society was held at the Town.
ball. There was a numerous "landaus. The chair
was °coupled by the Rev. E. W. Pears, ILA., President
of the Ar.xiliary, and addressee of an interesting and
Instructive character were delivered by the Rev. Joseph
Fletcher, of Christchurch, and the Rev. George Motile,
whose recent missiooery labours in China were the
subject of a most pleasing &noun& The collation at
the aloe* mounted to £4 Be.

WOLEIIIO limes leirrrron.-4 quarterly meeting
of this Institution wae held on Wednesday events', Mr.
Bawler, tb• President, in the shalt. The Anseeial
statement showed receipts £l5 14a. sjd., and aspen.
&tare £1510.. 44., leaving a balance in hand of 4a. lad.
Arrangements were made for organising classes for
members during the whiter, which will no doubt as
heretofore, be most usefaL Oe Thursday evening Mr.
G. Backhand gave a medial entertainment M the
Guildhall, in oonneetion with the Institute. There
warns imp midterm, and two hours were passed most
pleasantly.

Tan ELBOTTON.—CokiIei Napier Blurt, can-
vassed the borough during the bitter part of the week
Piet erased, and will resume his solicitatioes to-day
(Tuesday). It is said that be has been well received by
the electors, having commended himself to them by the
independent course be has taken to the Howe of
Commons, nod by his unvaryieg kindness and courtesy
to all classes and parties in the borough. There have
been, and AM ore, rumours of a gentleman being
brought forward in the Liberal interest, bat, up to the
present time, be has not appeared.
Rola, Houle A IMLAY. —OD Thursday Let the
A Battery, B Bilged., stationed at Dorchester, were
inspected by Gen. , 8.C.8„ Commander of the
Southwestern Dundee., on the parade ground in the
barrack-square. The battery formed up and received
the inspecting Aker at hall-past nine, mid west through
the following evolutions :—Marehed past, trotted past,
galloped past by sections, formed op at full interval,
prepared for actiee. Galloped to the front for action
trout, limbeied up, retired by alternate half battering,
re-formed line for action rear. Admired by half
batteries, echelon from right, echelon from left, and
formed line mein for ration. Front limbered up,
advanced from centre by doable solemn subdivisions,
subdivraions wheeled about and formed line on rear
division for ration rear. Front limbered op, and
galloped to front for action front. Advaosed in parade
' order. The general then addressed the battery, peering
a high eulogiont on the general appearance of both men
and horses, and be also exprraiied his satisfaction at the
state of the arms, kit, and clothes of the men. General
Bailer then inspected the battery on foot, after whioh
he entrained the amount', which Isere found to be
kept with accuracy and were in perfect order, elicit-
ing the comm.ndatloos of the general, who left at
twelve o'doek.

Couserr Cotner, Thuraday.—Refore T. R. P. Lefroy,
Req.—The number of plaints entered for this court was
129, besides four adjourned anises and 11 summonses
for oommitmeat ; of Ibis number, however, by far the
greater part were settled out of court, whilst the
Registrar very easily decided the non-contentious muses,
leaving but very little for his Honour's attention. The
only cal..b jab appeared worthy of remark was that of
Lovelace r. Payne, for unlawfully detaining • waggon
and breach of *outrank in which the damages were
laid at £lo.—Mr. Howard appeared for the plaintiff.
and Mr. Weston for the defendant. —From the state-
ment of the &demotes, and the examination of witneesea
which took • length of time, it appeared that in June,
1867, Payne agrewl with the plaintiff to make him •
new bed to fit a waggon carriage for aft, and to complete
the work in a month. The work however was sot
finished till after the harvest is the present year, and
the plairitiff alleged that be had seffered great loss
by reason of his having upon the faith of Psyne's
promises hired more hands in the harvests of 1867 and
1868 than he otherwise would have dons, and that for
want of the waggon the bands were more or lees idle,
it being impossible for bins to either hire or borrow a
waggon in harvest time. The fact of the order having
remained unexesuted daring the time alleged was not
disputed, and His Hooour said the plaintiff was entitled
to recover damages, but not, in his opinion, to the
amount sought. He however, awarded £4 damage'
with costa, and ordered immediate payroent.—His
Honour then made several orders for commitment
against parties for not obeying illb• order of the Comet,
and the Court rose Limit half-past four o'clock.