The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-02-27 00:00:00

BLANDP'ORD.

LOCAL BOARD OF HIALTIL—Tbs usual monthly I
reeling of the Local Board, wee bold at re Tows. I
hall, on Wednesday, Feb. 21e1. The members
regent were. Mtwara Darden (obairnisn), Park,
Gill, Smith, Jars, Byers, Merlon, Ball, Lindsay,
Groves, H. F. Fader. Hodges, Davis, and Henri
The Clerk reported that the following mounts bad
been armada under the several beads of exmadi.
tan dun the year. Highway aooomat, £434
19a 3d.; expener £l2 3e. Id.; lighting
account. £l9l 7..; tradurre. monent. £9 12e. 3d.;
istabliehateot expeller £ll5 IS.. 71.; interest
amount 220 10e. I Id. • total, .2784 11.. Id.
Ordered that the Clerk beta... the ledger and pre-
pare a sonsinary at Um receipts and expeoditure for
the examination of the Bawd at their next wasting.
The Inspirer reported Mr be had examined
premises in llest-strer proposed to be used by
Freak Paddock, as a ekaghterliones, which be
oeiridered mite it for lb. purpose. The following
requisition was dims read to the Board To the
niemabows of the Shiadford Looal Board.--Geatla
nun, We, the wadamigood owner and occupiers of
property, keying rights of war in and through
the peerage leading to Mr. Paddock's slanghter-
beer, would respectfully beg you to withdraw your
acommt to the pseming of pigs, Mem, sod Wan
=ll did mid IldlaWc, as the armor thus
is. snore or less, injuries. to oar property,
sad seriously interferes with our oissaliness end
ounfort (Signed) William' firth', John Watts,
George Wheeler." Proposed by Mr. Park,
erpoooded by Mr. Johns, "Thai a homes be granted
for such sheaghter-bmes." Proposed by Mr. HIM.
villa., seconded by Mr. Gill, r an amendureat,
" That snob license be noll_granted." resod.
rent having ham put, the following rambles voted
for it. Meier Fisher, Davis, Mendes, Eleaville,
zyme, Gill, Smith, and !Milroy, who. =ede
majority, the amendment was declared to be
The Surveyor reported that George Knight had lei
hie new boom in Dessory, without haying such
house examined and certified by the Surveyor, and
that be had erected a privy without notice, thereby
committing breaches of the By. Laws, for which
risme the Clerk was ordered to apply for a
summate against Mr. Knight.
Worms° Man's Cur —The third of a swim of
many readings end muster sotermieunents, in ems-
madam with the Working Ms.'. Club, took pros
in Ike Ora Kucheage an Thursday evening hat.
Sernatire before the beer appeared. the greater
padre of the seats ware esompied, end when re
sidernianient essminered. the read was ddidtrol7
Sued. By the fiedicione anmpreete made the
seoretio7, all *reward was erred, as well se the
uneeerly interruptions, whir, oe one or twe pra
TWO/ OODOIROML book pleat Never, at this, enter-
tranieede, have we ere a more attentive and quiet
auditory than en Throe* Waling. The chair wee
rhea by lidera Hamm Seq., Mrs. Edwards
kindly presiding at the piameierts, ead with Mr.
T. Haag, playing a seiestem previous to programme
being osimmoneed. Bishop's sloe, "gimp, rate
Lady," was very rarely sang by M.
• and jen., Mr. DAM sod Batt. Mr. J. Gress
then read • pier 'nadir " Mr. Beseoroft's Wheat-
✓eeks," in whisk the writer ilesoribee a rate of
'mama whir, happily, through free-trade in ore,
we ben mime ao bops will mew moor again in
En Mr. Beeroroll, • large farmer, reading
La the of the manufacturing districts, deter-
mines mot to pill hie wheat under a certain prim,
=ltesensell solicited to do so by a bleed, who
the riots ties taking plow ,
abrano din blO pries at bread. Front marteteday I
to searket, and from "oath to useatik, Mr.
oannaaa hsl4. haell. notentlestamdiag the eller at
veleta dd. of hie seipalsted pries. The gni noels
of his ebehinaney, however, tails cm lairmaal When
al led boo saves osiers to take dews lie bentifel
ricks, as wide!' be pitied basesett, they ass bead to
obe:4l of nes, sod s moss et Genesis.
haßeale
. delft, " p.c.- wse thus ably esig ,
the Mews. Lams, sea., sod Ina, aad woe
with an mere. F. T. Johns, tat.. Shag read an

ampules Cornish tale, in whisk the hero rim a
droll amount of We Moil to London, sad WM
entertained by the King, who. however, melleld
himself from making him to dinner, ee it was
" waehiag.dey." The audience seemed highly in
the brad humour of the piece. sal at
cenolocioo the reader wee loudly oberrod.
After • eorm by Mr. Luce, "Filth, I moat be in
love," which wee moored, Mr. Bromumbe read two
=in the Yorkshire, mid the other in the
Lancashire dialect, and also Dr. Newman's remarks
on the esteem in which proteeteete held their Sazee
edition of the Bible, white mu loudly cheered.
The &mord@ old glee, "Dam. Darden," wee this
mai by the glee union, sad swore& he the wig-
motion of the °Maw, Mr. Johns kindly favoured
dm company with another reeding from Cornish
tales, which was wall received. The &armee
lODOODOIKI that the Rev. J. Jona% curet* of 81a1-
bridge, bad kindly offered to give a leave cm
behalf of the club, on the following Friday ovoids&
The National Anthem wee then snug, and the
company separated.

SOMERSET AND DORSET RAILWAY.

Tbe half-yearly meeting of the shareholders took
plass yesterday. The following is an sheerest of the
report of the directors :
Receipte for trail. of half-year ending December,
1854, £13,988 Is. 11d.: of hall -year ending December,
1865, 09,210 178.1 K—increase, £4,272 18e. 91 The
inoreaas la working expenses for the half-year ending
1864, as against corresponding period el 1864, amount
to £1,429 3a. Id. For the mime period there has been
es Lessees in the samba, of of gng.ela.
1,844. sad of third-clam 5,094, 'hart seemed-elaxo
ere has bees e decreer of ass. Tlt geode kale ham
increued 11,549 tome for Ski like period, whilst the
returns foe cattle trade ler barques mans 1865 show
• decrease of fon bend as comptred with that of 1864.
Tbe ingress' In tonnage sad exports at Ehtm.ide
barboar for halliesz eudiag 1856.. ageism! woes period
1864 is 13,831 toss. The helium* of teralnie• after
providing for working and other amasses, amermets to
£11.233 las. 104., against £7,4611 Is. 94. for the cor-
responding six 'soothe of 1854, showing aa lamas of
29,771 ih. 14., 501 i per sant mu balsam, arta
&deeding intend on deleatures admite of the pay-
ment of its mouths dividead to the proprietors of the
live par cont, and foureade-balf per mint first pre-
ference stock,; aid the threaten recommend that such
dividend be declared aosordingly—psymbie on the 1001
of March Dist The works at Highbridge harbour are
marly completed, sod the arossmodatire provided
there has already largely added to the tralle of the Use.
Tbe teal& from the barboar, 46050 N. vil7 eon-
federate and showing an increase for the Is mouths
of 88 per cent ea compared with the onrreaposiliag half
of hat year, is capable of been developed to aa attest
far exceeding its present amount, and It will cooties.
to ressivre the constant attention al the board. Mach
oossideratioa has bees given to the lamervenisee aid
delay, involved is the working of the preesetrixerion
with the Salisbury and Yeovil railway et Ten Elbe,
and amotiatioss sera opened in the autum . n Isse rec
with the Directors of that Company, and of the Loud=
and South-Western Clompasey on the minaret These
negotiations resulted I. an agreauseot betersee the corn-
patties for the conatraotion of • riem jawlike and joist-
stattoe, which the Directors believe will obviate the
eommeteme at present eomplained of, and redeem to a
minimum' the delays inasparsble ham the exchange of
trolls at an impatient station. The exposed the new
jumtios Is to be borne is equal proportions. but slit
will, whom eompleted, suable a oomaidersble saving to
be made lath. present cast of working, it will involve
little, If any, additional annual expense to either moue-
piny, while it will toad materially to inereeme the pea-
anger trails A blfl, embraehrg the.. objects is being
promoted by the Salisbury aid Yeovil Ceempeay. The
marl then proses& to seats that several bills to for-
ward the interests of the Company have bean introduced
In Parliament, and ooncludee with congratulating the
proprietors on the improved position and prospects of
the company. An isomer in the trafile has he.. estab-
lished from rr per mile per week 1. 1363 to £l7 In 11165,
and • ecetionanos of thLr increase I. no loonier • enatter
of doubt. It affords the board great istisfactime to be
able to point to each coevineing proofs of the 110111141111101
and mine of the twedetiskins."

It will be untied that the item of decrease in the
trailer Mures aro I. reprd to seemd-olim pee-
sowers and cattle. With respect to the liretinew-
timed, we would invite the directors to omider
whether it be Dot the necennary result of the lugh
seciaud-oleen film oharpd, whether they are OM.
pared with the first or third classes; of come, the
diminution in the number of Male oosveyod is at-
tributable to the rinderpest. The report is • favour-
able ON os the whole, and we feel quite sure that
tie one for the neat half year modal be yet more
favourable, if the soommodation of the public were
studied retber moire than it is at the present time.
The arrangements of train sereice between Mind-
ford and Ringwood, Southampton, ie., and from
Illsoctford to Wareham and Dorchester us intensely
incoevesient, and are • snares of cionsiderable an.
Dormice to travellers. Will the Directors meider
these thinp for the sake of the helplemi public?

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