The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

121iltsbire.

SA LIS/IVRY. —Bige Corpr.—Thia corps is making
steady progress, the captain (Mr. J. H. Jacob) and
ensign (Mr. J. Pinckney) have both been gazetted,
and the name of the lieutenant (Mr. Beverley
Robinson), having been formally approved by the
Queen, is expected to appear in the Gazette shortly.
Au efficient staff of non-commissioned officers has
also been appointed, consisting of Mr. C. J. Read,
musketry instructor, Messrs. James Brown, It.
Stokes, E. Fisher, and N. Davis, sergeants, and
Messrs. Walter Clapperton, Charles Brown, William
Wilton, and C. Cox, corporals. Hitherto the drill
has been carried on somewhat privately, but it is
now arranged that as the rifles, dress, and accoutre-
ments are all ready, the oorps shall make ita first
public appearance on Friday, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, on which day the whole force of
officers and men will assemble in full uniform in the
market-place, and march thence through the city to
Laverstock down. Since the Government Inspector
visited and approved the practice-ground at Harn-
ham, it has been thought desirable for several reasons
to look out for a more suitable spot, and one has ac-
cordingly been 'alerted on the down at Laverstock, a
mile and a half from the town, which, in addition to
its offering a range of 1,000 yards or more if nacos-
aary, possesses other and important advantages.
This site therefore has been brought before the
authorities, with the view to its being substituted
for the other. We are informed that upwards of
£4OO has been subscribed towards the purchase of
arms, ammunition, and accoutrements for the corps,
and among the subscribers are the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury. £10; the Bight Hon. S. Herbert, M.P.,
£2O; Major-General Buckley, M.P., £10; Mr. M.
H. Marsh, M.P., £10; Mr. Y. T. Egerton (Roche
Court), £10; the Dean of Salisbury, tri • the Mayor
of Salisbury, ; the Rev. Canon Fisher, £5; the
Rev. Chancellor Fraser, £5., he.

WILTS RIFORIKATORY.—We have much pleasure
in making the following extract from a recently
published Report on Reformatory Schools by the
Government Inspector :—" This school deserves the
attention of the managers of reformatories for the
simplicity and cheapness of its operations. It offers
indeed a very satisfactory model of a reformatory for
an agricultural county, receiving a rough, illiterate,
but not vicious or depraved deal of inmates. The
premises and accommodations are simple but suffi-
cient, The boys almost wholly employed in farm
labour; the land thoroughly well cultivated; the
master a man of good practical talent and experience,
ready to work with the boys as well &I toll instruct
them, and able to turn hia own hand to all the dif-
ferent matters which require attention. Mr. White
is by turns, farmer, master tailor, master shoe-
maker, and schoolmaster. The institution, like the
Suffolk Reformatory at Tkoruffon, shows how much
may be done to cheapen the working of a reforma-
tory by a really good superintendent, not troubled
with too great an opinion of his own importance,
and so thoroughly interested in his work that he is
really ready 'to spend and be spent' in it. It is
unneoeseary to shy that the boys do not shine so
much in the school:room as in the field. Must of
them have had little or no school tuition before they
enter the reformatory. Literary attainments are
very secondary matters in such an institution, but
I have urged on the master the importance of taking
the opportunity of their detention to impress on
their minds and memorim the essentials of scriptural
truth." This report must be highly satisfactory to
the Rev. Prebendary Fans, who from the first has
taken the deepest interest in the progress of the
institution.

DOWNTON.—Skeep Fair.—This fair was held on
Monday, but was not 00 largely attended as usual.
The number of sheep penned was also below the
average. Trade was dull at high prices. LIIIMbIi
fetched from 20. to 30s. ; ewes from 30s. to 60s. ;
ivethers from Xt. to 425. The supply of cattle and
pigs was about an average, and the very few good
horses in the Lair changed hands at high prices

The North Charford estate was aubmitted to pub-
lic competition at the Mart, London, by main.
Norton, Hoggart, and Trist, OD Friday last, and
after a spirited competition was knocked down to
Mr. John Taunton, at the sum of £24,04k).