The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-23 00:00:00

THE LATE HOSPITAL MEETING.

To the Reiaor.

Sin,—ln the list impression al your peper. In the
report et my speech, them was en omision of smite im•
portanoe. After the words " absolukly neoemety,” I
proceeded, "aod since this subject has hien mooted
the Chairman of Committee," (turning towuds Mr.
Rinitatj " iIIIS admitted to roe that I ho,.years ego
ex this opinion to him." —{Ur. Sinpiusat :
" you isecl You will oblige me by inserting
this letter.—Y ours, lc f
CHARLES COWDELL,
Dorchester, Jose 21.

Mit amen: W. Howse, of Queen's Goner,
Oxford, has bees admitted to the degree ol Suesfor of
Arta.

Cour limizrr, Saturday. Inamietnes return :
Wheat, 60e. to Glis. per qr. ; barley, 365. Aver..:
Wheat, Gis. 14d.
Cosozuriox DT.—Th. Mayor reciommenda • general
holiday next Monday, La nommecucration of Her
Majesty's Coronation.

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KIXOSTON PARK CRIMILIT eLOII.--Vie undenaand
that this club has engaged the Basuto.. ol Mr. lap worth,
• protesetooal bowler, of Oxford. for the sauna.

DOshirOOuITT Hosstrel.—The adjourned meeting
of Governors will take plass next liatordsr, when the
important question of inmeming the timbal staff of the
hospital will be eousidemd.
&roof SHOW. —The annual exhibition of cattle &act
stook la ecionection with the Dorchester Agricultural
Sesisty is Axed for July 25, wheno6 13 Ls offered i
prises n
la additios to the society's premiums. With
such a handsome prise list, we may Way saiisipsw
•ai aim viebosk.

TSB Wiaegen.—The tbundervtoren and rain of
Friday night was hailed with the utmost "Midsection, for
we had eaperiencel a superabundance of eutudiine, Lad
wanted a dripping slty to restore the psi 06 Freen of
the meadows and to render the marched fields fruitful.
Genial howses have fell Moos then, and the unisons
change is a matter for great thankfulness.
BURIAL BOARD.—WA observe that vestry meetings
will be heti for the several parishes In the old borough
hul Thera ley morning nest, for the election of successors
t• the °trivia/ members of the bierl and auditors, as
(teflon : —all the Van. hrelutesem
Braim and Mr. George Seger Greening.; auditors, Mr.
Aline! John Evans and Mr. James Andrews—Bt.
Peter's: Members, Mr. John Filets and Mr. George
Henry Davi.; &editors, Mr. Frames Mills sad Mr.
Thome. Newman, jan.—The Holy Trinity : Members,
the HAT. James Fisher and John Randolph Tome, Ecq.;
auditors, Kr. James Miles nod Mr. George Hawkins.
All the above are eligible for re-election with the exam-
tion of the Vech Archdeacon Brim and Mr. John
Fitch, who have It the town-
DORCHESTIIR AGRICULTURAL BOCIRTL—ne annual
mowing match in connection with this society took
place on Wednesday list, in a field occrapied by Mr.
H. Dunning, at Charminster. Them were 14 com-
petitors. They had a somewhat difficult teak, owing to
the dryness of the mason, but ell completed the quarter
of aa acre allotted them in good time, and the judges
commended the work generally. Mr. W. Watts, of
Littlewood. Mr. T. Chia, of Stratton, and Mr. W.
Groves, of Ikeda; wine the judges, end they awarded
the prism ea under—let, 12. Simon Howe in the
service of Mr. R. Grove., of Bteepleton ; 2ad. El,
Henry Palmer, in the service of Mr. J. Chick, a
Compton Vii....; 3rd, 10s., Thomas White. in the
service of Mr. J. Bradford, Look. James Bryant. in the
I service of Mr. E. Harris, of Proem., was commended.
I The unsuccessful competitors received a gratuity of
2s. 6.1. each.

ACCroIsTIL —On Tuesday, a lad named Christopher
Ayres, in the series of Mr. Seines, of Bradford
Peverell, was riding • horse at that place, when it
stumbled, throwing him, and it fell upon one of his
feet, by which be sustained a severe contusion of the
ands. He was removed to the Dorset County Hospital.
—On Friday afternoon, a groom named Staples, in the
employ of Mr. Welts, of Littlewood, was driving with
reins • horse drawing • waggon, up the town. In
turning to go down by Grove Building, the reins broke;
this atertled the horse, and it went off at • gallop. In
Its progress, in endeavouring to avoid • eollision with a
rrt standing by the side of the road, the waggon came
violently in retest with the will bounding the raised
'footpath. The man was thrown out, and sustained an
lnj.ry to his solar bone, for whim he was treated at
sue bue.es County Uo.plioJ, bet It was not of a metre
sharader ; the bores, however, in falling, broke off one
of its Utlocks, sad bad to be shot, and the waggon
was eonaiderably damaged.
ROYAL Hone AILVILLIIIT.—The half-yearly Inspec-
tion of the A battery C brigade of Royal Rome
Artillery, rationed at Dorchester barracks, took place
at Maiden Castle, on Friday morning, by Lient.-Goneral
,Sir George Huller, &CB., Commander-in-Cbief of the
South-Western military district, who was accompanied
by Colonel G. H. S. Willis, Qoartermaster General, and
Lieut.-Colonel Mackenzie, aide-de.causp. The battery
turned out in full marching order, under the command
of Moor W. Tod Brown, C. 8., and presented an
exceedingly smart and soldierhke appearance. The
evolutions of the fore were intended to represent the
action of the battery in a battle, and they were
performed in a brilliant and precise manner. At the
close, the General expressed the perfect satisfaction he
felt with their manoeuvres, good order, and efficiency,
which, he remarked, was evidence that no ordinary
attention had been given to their training by the
officer. The battery then returned to the barracks.
The General made at inspection there, and expressed
himself highly pleased with all be saw in terms most
flattering to the °floors, non-commissioned officers, and
men of the battery.
Jews' FloGrove.—The claims of this society were
advocated at St. George's, Fordington, on Sunday
evening, and • collection made of 9., did.; at Mar.
tinetown a sermon was preached, when the collection
was £2 2s. &I.; at Broadway fl 12s. 3d. was oontri•
baled; and there was also a sermon preached at West
Stafford. The annual meetings were held on Monday,
•t the Guildhall, Robert Williams, Req.. presided in
afternoon. There was • small attandanse, chiefly of
ladies. The meeting was opened with prayer by the
Rev. IL Ludlow. The Chairman briefly referred to the
spreading of the Gospel among God's ancient people
as • Christian duty, and spoke with thankfrOnsee of
the deliverer of Mr. Stem, one of the society's agents,
from captivity in Abyndele. The We. F.. Ludlow read
the report, whir is the 47th of the Dorcharter
Lair' Association. The amount rearmed by the
Treasurer during the pest year to Lady-day last,
was £BB 7s. Sid„ made up as follows: collections
and donations to the general fund, £l4 344.; annual
subscriptions, 1.74 7s. 24.; temporal relief fund, fG 34.;
lengbr.dy arosiatioa, £4 Sc; Martinstown, £5 15r. 44.;
Stalbridge, EIO 9.. fid.; and West Stafford, £2l.
After paying for rioting and hire of the hall for
meetings, I7s. 344. bad been remitted to the parent
society. The Rev. J. Burt, of Broadway, moved the
adoption of the report, and the re-appointment of the
association officers, and briefly expressed his interest in
the operations of the society. The Rev. H. J. Marshall,
of Clapt in, Somerset, seconded the zroprition, and gave
information respecting the religious state of the Jews
generally, and of the society's mission work, particularly
in the metropolis, at Jerorlem, and at the Paris
exhibition, contending that God has given greater
sateen to their labours than to those of any other
missionary society, and urging ands heaters, by the
blessings we have reeeivel through the Jews, and
by the wrongs inflicted upon them in this
count/ in former times, to aid thee, misaions for pro-
moting a saving knowledge of Jesus anionant that
ancient people. The Rev. F. A. Morgan, association
rentary, nest •addreseed the meeting. He observed
that a review of the year's work showed there had
been • more aggressive movement on the part of the
society's missionaries. Adverting to the imprisonment
until 'rely, since October, 1863, of three of the agents
of the society in Abyssinia, he said they were enabled
at times to teach their fellow prisoners to reed God's
Word, so that there was left in that country a nucleus
for future work. A depot far supplying converts
with the Scriptures would still he kept there,
and, as to actual missionary labour, though he
could not say at present what would be done,
it could not be left alone while God's command
remained that they sliculd send the Gospel into all the
world. He spoke of the good work done at the Paris
exhibition. and of encouraging signs in Breslau, at
Milan, in Moldavia, and in other pieces. In conclusion
he urged increased interest in the society. The Chair-
man briefly remarked on the pleasing nature of the
information given, and said that though it was gratify.
log to bear of the success of these missions, it wee their
duty to promote them to the utmost of their ability,
leaving the results to God. The Rev. E. Ludlow
expressed their obligations to R. Williams, Esq., for
having presided. The doxology was then erg, and
the meeting elated by the Rev. H. Motile pronouncing
the benediction.