The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-09-07 00:00:00

Ilantpobirr.

A CHURCH !Must SOCIETY. which ham for some time
been in formation at Southampton. is now fairly launched.
Lord Henry Scott, M.P.. is the President. The fourteen
vice-presidents us tell-known clergymen of the neigh-
bourhood. all of High Church tendencies, and the com-
mittee is composed of clergy and laymen. Among this
attract brought forward for membership is a model
coffin of improved design

SWIMMING FEAT BY A YOUNG LADY.
On Wednesday afternoon Miss Agnes Beckwith. a
daughter ef Professor Beckwith, of Lambeth baths, swam
from London Bridge to the pier at Greenwich adjacent to
the !Nitrite!. Due notice haying been given of the eon.
toniplated exhibition. a steamer was engage.' to accompany
the natatrice, and started punctually at four from
Wostllllll44T•bridge, at all the piers en Conte up to
the starting point. Precisely at five minutes past five
o'clock Miss Beckwith took the water from • wherry in
front of the steamer just below the bridge, amidst the
shouts of the crowds of people gathered to witness her
start. The ordeal to Miss Beckwith was no ordeal at all;
as from start to finish she literally took her ease on the
tide, and was WI fre-h when she got out as when she
entered the water. She rompleted the distmce, a trifle
over live miles, in exactly one hour Anil nine minutes,
getting into the boat again as she passed Greenwich
hospital at four minutes past six o'clock. Miss Beek with
did not appear any the worse for her exertions and as
she won a purse of Lila) and a gull medal by her feat,
she is to be congratulated on the result. The procceilings
from beginning to end were carried out in a satisfactory
manner. Miss Beckwith, who has accomplbheil this
extraordinary feat, for one of the fair sex, Is only just
fourteen.

It is reported that the Russian Gin eniment haVe ordered
the mobilisation of their entire horse. artillery.
It is wail that Mr. Charles Godfrey, with the baud of
the Horse Guards, will shortly go over to Paris.
In the financial year ending the 31st of March, the
Excise duty cii refreshment houses realised 441.010
nd.
staaph Cathedral, which has loan restored by Sir
Gilbert Scott at an outlay of /Ithtloo, was rc•oPcned on
Thursday.
The Deka and lhaehess of Edinburgh are expected to
visit the yucca at Balmoral on their return from Russia,
landing at Aberdeen from their yacht
We understand that Mr. John Bright recently. received
a deputation of the leaders of the !Aural party in Linn.a.
shire. and ad•lreseed them on the future prospects and
programme of the Liberal party.
A marriage was sol sel in Gainslsvough parish
church on Wednesday ttttt Isetweeu W. Ilislgkie-on,
aged o.llllny-one, and Jane Bo.Lis Rawson, aged seventy.
two. bridegroom is a great. grandfather.
A jounieyman carpenter id Cambridgeoiassied Chapman,
'Dad suicide on %Volnewlay night in his own lieu..
Ile stood before a lookinvglassand nearly several his head
from hls body with a razor.
A l'aris correspondent ways the bathing season has been
rut short by an unpleasant incident ; an e ttttt Moll', shark
has been caught in a fisherman's net dere to limey. The
monster's presence has apread a panic along the entire
coast Trouville, Deauville, and Dieppe are in dismay.
The Greek Government Imo offered to impply Pentalic
marble for the Byron statue, and hi defray the cost of its
transmission to England. It is stated that a site on the
Thames Embankment will he offered to the committee by
the Government
A wild boy has been captured near Austin, Texas. Ile
wee covered with hair nhout four inch., long, and from
size and appearance, he Is supposed tc 1 e about twelve years
old. Ile is unable to talk, but powessea reasoning power,
and now follows his captor about like a dog.
A gteat seizure has been made, says tho Daily Nrwa, near
Itunkirk, of Itonapertist photsgraphs and bowl...rd. They
were being passed In as Australian mutton and kangaroo
tall soup, When an emptoy.', observing the discrepancy
between the weight and the bulk, opened one of the tins
and discovered the contraband.
The London correspondent of the S.r.teman says that two
expeditions from London to New Guinea are now being
projected. One of them conteniplates the establishment
of a settlement on the eastern coast of the island, and it is
said that many persons have expressed a desire to take
part in the enterprise.
Spelling "Bees" are making way In Ireland, and seems
to afford an agreeable means of procuring light amuse-
ment Amongst the competitors the Bar of Ireland, it
appears, as not wholly been unrepresented. The latest
spelling bee has taken place at Portaslown, and bail had
the honour of being presided over by tin. Duke of Man-
chester.
A copy of Messrs. Sutton and Son's Autumn Catalogue
has been forwarded to us. The high psoition hell by the
authors ix asufficientguarantess for the value and reliability
of the book, which will be found most useful for all who
have gardens. The catalogue is very carefully and com-
prehensively compiled.
Lord Bateman, of Shobdon Court, lord-lieutenant of
Her Mord, has just issued a circular to his tenants, saying
that, in consequence of the serious damage caused by the
Increase of rabbits on his estates, he will concede the
privilege of destroying the,,, on all his farms, subject to
certain conditions. The permission will be in forte for two
years from the present time, anlextension to be granted in
an,y exceptional case which may require it,
The Parisians hare just been getting up a little athletic
sensation of their own. A young American wagered two
thousand franca that be would walk round the fortifi-
cations twice within 13 hours. Two of his friends
accordingly started from Bas-Meedoll in a cab, while the
daring pedestrian stepped out above. Four hours elapsed,
during which the walker was not seen to flag for one
moment, when the horse pulled up and refused to go any
further. Another cab with a fresh horse was procureif
hut the pedestrian also wore them out. By this time the
two judges had bad enough exercise in their vehicle and
pcmouced that the pedestrian had won his bet.
The Cutler's Feast, held at Sheffield on Thursday evening
was presided over by Mr. K Tozer, the Master Cutler.
Mr. Roebuck, M.P., who was greatly cheered, reviewed
lAA political career, and claimed that although it had been
said that he had commenced life as a rabid bsdioal and
finished up a lame Tory, be bail lived to see all he asked
for granted. Ile wanted the working classes of this
country to govern themselves, and they now did it. Why
should he be reviled because, when he had got all he want 4
he sail he was satisfied! Ihe country should thank God
they possessed such a Constitution 1.• that under which
they lived. Mr. Roebuck further said the Prince of Wales
had come to Sheffield at his invitation.
names HOWSE AM, Carrie FAlL—This annual fair
was held on Wednesday, and there was a larger show of
waierldaonnadt
horses than we have seen here for the past four or five
years. In every department there was manifested a
decided
offered,
et
.1.111 the condition
wet
,th.ereahrif
offer, the result of the more plentiful supply of keep and
peared
the good grass obtainable during the past three or four
months. There was capital show of cart horses, end not
one missed leek size and breadth which have been
noticeable of late; and while there was more flesh on the
animals
strength. They were in demand at from £7O to CVO
for the beat draught horses' for good useful mares 170 was
asked .• while middling sold at trims kW toICII4 ;_good two-
year-olds might be quoted at from i'.lo to 170. There
were very few hunter. on offer, but good colts for hunting
plentiful c u
gr
It
r mi
d hacks
e andtiem r were
d rie4l,a,s pickedel:. r eP from
rel
s ogi :1
good
Ula Irish
condition;sf 171 u from
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theyat
hhi oye Gr
were
di
from £lO to £5O for the best, and 1:25 for middling,
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toanundeuctAvonnodutice:oenn:.l6m. thwtheeerewul:aaroflketht,suerep:wdlyes,
In accord.
were the turn in favour of the bolter. There were over
51.900 store cattle from Ireland. and they sold slowly at lath'
rates. Good supplies of beef, at Ws. to file. for best
to iljd. fur both.