The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

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FROME.—Medlania butit tile. —A very instructive
and interesting lecture was delivered to the members
of this institution by T. B. Sheppard, Eaq., on
Tuesday evening, on the "Steam Engine." The
chair was taken by Mr. W. C. Penny. The audience
was large, and at the close of the lecture a cordial
vote of thanks was presented to the lecturer, and duly
acknowledged.
EAST SONSIISICT RAILWAY.—The ordinary half-
yearly eeneral meeting of this company was held,
pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Argyle .room,
Shepton Mallet, on Thursday last, for the transac-
tion of the general business of the company, and
for the election of three directors, in the room of
Captain Edward Charles Chetham Strode, James
Curtis Somerville, Es' q., and W. Chester Berryman,
jun., Esq., (mayor of Wells,) and of an auditor, in
the room of W. Clark, Esq., all of wbom retire by
rotation, and, being eligible, offered themselves for
re-election. We give the statement of receipts and
expenditure as to the proposed Wells extension, up
to the 31st December, 11,36 :—Deposits on 1273
shares, at £1 per share, £1,273; deduct £2S unpaid,
on account of first call at Ins. per
share, leaving £1,254 10s. due on 1+43 shares, £64.;
Interest transferred from Shepton Mallett line (being
proportion received from account general,) .C7o7s. M.
amount received on loan from Stuckey and Co.,
£2,000; balance due to bankers, .fn7o, Is. 4d.—
Total, £4,630, Hs. 941.—8 y expenses preliminary to
passing of the Act, viz. :I)zn account of legal expenses,
including Parliamentary fees, te., £1,323 11.. Id. ;
ditto books, £2 I la. ; ditto engineering expenses,
£2:57 16e. I Id. By expenditure subsequent to the
Act, viz. ;on account of printing, lcc., £2, 12a. 6d.;
ditto interest on account at Bankers overdrawn,
£l3 17s. 3d.; amount deposited with the account
general, £3,ooo.—Total, £4,530 he. M.

BATH. —77te Cily Repvsentatios.—lt is stated,
on authority, that, in the event of a dissolution of
Parliament, Mr. Arthur Edwin Way, of Ashton
Lodge, will again contest the representation of Ruth
as a candidate in the Conservative interest. On the
last occasion it will be remembered Mr. Way was
only defeated by a majority of three; a very close
contest may therefore be expected.

We are informed that consequent on the death of
Mr. H. E. Carrington, the copyright of the Balk
Ckromick has been soil It passes into the hands
of Mr. Tom Taylor, son of our rftpwted contem-
porary, the proprietor of the Brialy' Mirror, and
the purchase money, we believe, was £5,500.
Bslicroi..-111r. J. H. Greville Smyth, of Ashton
Court, has started for Syria, and will shortly arrive
at Jerusalem. Mr. Smyth had for some time
previous being sojourning on the banks of the Nile,
actively and ardently engaged in shooting crocodiles.
We hear that Mr. Smyth, who is an excellent shot,
has been very successful in this novel and exciting
sport, and that he has "begged' two immense
alligators, which are about to be sent home to be
stuffed, to adorn the hall at Ashton Court, m
souvenirs of his Egyptian sport.
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The late Mr. William Rogers, coach-builder of
Bristol, whose personality has just been sworn under
I:100,000, while the real estate is uientioned as very
large, was a native of Chipping Sodbury, in Glouces-
tershire. His career affords a remarkable instance
of that favourable concurrence of circumstances
which sometimes lead to the rapid accumulation of
wealth—like Midas, all that such parsons touch turns
to gold. Of humble birth, but blessed with a pru-
dent, well-conducted, and industrious mother, some
now living can well remember this modern Crcesus a
boy with very little prospect before him better than
that of some lowly station in which to wage the bat-
tle of existence. But maternal industry provided the
means of apprenticing him to a coach-building house
at the Hotwells. There he soon evinced great apti-
tude at his trade, and was consequently early promo-
ted in the establishment. The retirement of one of
the firm led to his being admitted into partnership
with the other—whose death not long afterwards
opened the way for Mr. Rogers's succeeding to the
entire business. He DOW found himself at the head
of a large and lucrative concern; his work being of
the first class of excellency, and his taste of a piece
with it. He was, in a word, in the high road to
fortune. Neither did he miss his aim—as the facts
stated at the head of this paragraph amply testify.