The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

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No mum of cattle plague ban occurred lu tlda
nelibbourleood Moos the total dastructton of Mr.
Laver's heed el 18 °ova
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Gunn Picwonn.—h is
Pcmite•nly. that ilwo •of this *lll7,:ert,
bow ow view at Mr. Canaan, lkingessisr,
will elan on Wednesday next

Coax Mratarr, May 12. —Thera Wm • tolerably
good simply of wheat of improved ooadition oa ofibr,
and prima; were la higher. Embry ia &mud for
grinding pigmies. Oata sold at hilly late rater.

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Cow.rTTI lu MR DORI= COOXTT GAOL
&AMR/ : John Armener, obtainiag money by false
Preteluses at Burton Braddock. Hard Labour :
Job Fowkir„ leaving service at Bridport, 14 days;
James Powell, stealing lead &s Bridport. 6 wee"
Tee AIICZIOIIOP-DAT (1111111dly lad) was marked
in this neighbourhood by special eervices at the
several churches, and although in some the number
of worshippers was small, it is pleasing to notice that
the observance of holy days is becoming far more
general than was the ode a few years back.
Tat Esitotten Punalossiui, having oomplded
their manual training, were Inspected on Wednesday
by Colonel Bell of the 56th mgt., It the Artillery
ht&raeltk who, it OW Clair, ell reseed himself well
pleased, and said be should make a favourable
Mort-
0017NTT COURT CIRCUIT Poll JONlL—Dorehaster,
Tuesday, ; Bridport, Wednesday, 6th; Wey-
nt.'s". Thursday, 7th; Warehsm, Friday, Bth;
Bland/red, Monday, 11th ; Poole, Tuesday, 12tli ;
Wiinhorvie, Wednesday, 13th; Rhafteetriry, Monday,
, 15th; Wisoanton, Tuesday, 19th; SelisburY. Wed-
nesday, 20th; Andover, Thursday, 21st.
A ORAND and almost unprecedented masonic
ceremonial, a medallic presentation and banquet
takes place before the Grand Lodge of the Province
of Devon on the 2411 laid., at Exeter. It is hoped
that the brethren hem the neighbouring provinces
will numerously attend. From Weymouth, Dor.
abider, and Yeovil, &a, the trains answer well for
going and returning adoe day.

I TER ESTI • 0 GatitgaiNts.—The A thiflidoldfN notioes
that the fifth annual meeting of lb. Devnnehire
smomition for the advancement of asimatie. Litera-
ture. and Art, will be held at Tawistock on Wednes-
day, Auguat 8, sad two following days. Tbe
preeident, Earl Hassell, will deliver the address on
Wednesday • papers will be read on Thursday, and
an excurelo to sem* phos of scientific interest
in the neighbourhood will he made on Friday.

A ?Immo Pagans'''. —O. Sosday lam th• Roy.
Peter Jones, a °Mound wielder from Umbria, sod
Mayanq ropessestative of 030 Preedmeo's Aid
800 WIT, rumba throe lernions in tho Weidman
usrogsteettest . the nongregations were
g oath ootsitiom ISM night • meeting, was
held is the same piess of worship on behalf of the
Freedmen's Aid &misty, sod the HOMO IdieWoosry
Sooireejt , them two boomcdsot ommistiows having
ic
to divide the proem&

Courry Poucs. Satarday.—Before H. C. ()sodden
sod K Piscee,ltiqra —Raney Stroud and Lacy
Riggs were brought up in custody chord with
stealing about half • bushel of potatoes trim the
feel bones of Ramusl and Mary o?%z.seat Puddle-
twn. Miry Clwory Mimed the no Than,
e, May 10. AM gave illforma 'OO o the polio,
that they rested esepicion on defendants. When
P.C. Bishop went to their house, which is rented
by Riggs' father. they were boiling • quantity. He
Alm found those prridneed under the stairs and
which were now identified by Mary Gregory.
When asked they said they had no potatoes in their
posermlon. The defendants, on being taken intn
custody, having stated that William Vincent had
given thew ihe potatoes, he WM DOW called to die.
wove it. —Vincent said that he gate defeodanta
some porabieel4longing to his secle.glamnal Gregory.
on Monday. 'they asked him for soma potatoes and
he gave some to thew without pennisnion from hie
wide, the prosecutor. Ho told the prosecutors be
Pre tbern stmoU, and they el* he was welcome as
they had nothing to est.—Aefeedants in defence
staled that Vincent pie them the potatoes on
Thursday.—Tbe magistrates ware of opinion that
the boy ought to have been in the plaoe where the
girls were, and dlismisesd ors.

FISKDIM'S AID flooterr. - The popular pre-
=against the MVO is—to quote the emphetio
of George Augustan Ws, the secial oo
pondent Triegrapli —that bit. a "lazy oties,"
and recent events in Jimmies have not improved the
general opinion as to his diameter In other
Vadat tbeee circumstances tb• agents of lb. British
end rondgn Freedmen'e Aid Soddy, appeal t the
omintrar for kelp to retry oft asningst the 4.000,000
admired men the recent war is A morial bee iet Erre
their efforts "to inouloshe jute principles, to redrew
wrongs, to relieve the nemmitesis, to protect tie
defeeesities, to care f..r the orphans, the infirm and
the egad, to instruct the Moment, to impart indite.
trial *aiming, and to *Zara. UM utmost vigilance,
so that the pease of soeiety may be preserved, and
that anithge galfiebneug, preluding, bar • dealumering
dna of any kind may we Q 8 walk o tinteacipatioo,
or prevent its full benefit to mankind." Belding.
have been bekl on behalf of the society in several
Dorset tome, and last Thursday erasing the Town-
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mic,":;4htzel:raLb.:

entirely of militiaman.— The Bev. E Merriman
presided, sopported by the Rev. J. For. Dr.
Tanking, of Loudon, formed the deputation, and that
poinsiag out that tim society bad no sort of political
aspect, haproheedsd to detail Dumber of facts con-
cerning tbe megross, which mos under his own
observation wham he was acting as "special entree-
dliint" in America during the late war, for a
London and • Birmingham' daily journal, to the
ABM that the sagroso are indsmnoss. Meyer, and
kind-beartod. He than spoke of the educational
work which is beam carried on moongst lb* freed-
men by this society, and appealed for help. Yr.
Jones, • coloured man, mad* • few observations, and
smog a dl.Lioda. iti verbs, "!lasso Viot,ria and the
,ala.. children." A oullection wail made at die Mom.