The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

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FRAMPTON COURSING MEETING.
Steward.: Hay Morita. E.q. W. Thompeou, Fsq.,
J. Thresher, Eaq., and Major &meant. Judge: Mr.
Hill, of Tarrant Rashtoo. Blandford. Slipper: Mr. J.
Porter. Hon. See. ,• Mr. J. Fadge.
Through the kindness of It. B. Sheridan, Esq., s.r.,
a public coursing meeting took ',Doe at the hoglease, on
the Frampton mtate, last Wednesday. The weather was
clear and bright, and it is calculated that nearly 500
persons were present, ad whom about 200 were on horse-
back There were not so many bares fnund as coati
have been desired and it was impossible to get through
the programme, an that the remit was not altogether
satisfactory ; at the same time, it meet be s.id a few
pretty trials took place in the course of the day, end,
for a first meeting, the new organisation for coursing
on the western side of Dorset, may pronounced fairly
successful. Sic hares were killed. The following were
thii events on the cant.
Tag FgAMPTON STAlgg, for all ages, at El 1.. each.
The winner to receive 03, geoond £2,
t.
Mr. H. Morant's bi d Simple Simon beat Mr. Reunion's

r d Bluoder.
Mr. H.
.Mayo's r d Telly Ho boat Mr. Morgan's bk d

Pilot. - _
Hr. Thompson's r b Titania beat Mr. Harding's r and
• d Stourbead.
Mr. Thresher's bk and w d Tartar brat Mr. Ilialwas's
Nomination.

Mr. H. Ilayo's Tally Ho beat Mr. H. Morost'a Simple
Munn,.
Mr. Thoropson'siltaoia best Mr. Thresher's Tartar.
111.
Tally Ho mod Titania divided stakes.
THI OAZB &facia, for bitch poppies of 1866; condition
se above.

Ir. W. Mayo's r Countess beat Mr. H. Momot's r Rase
of Avon.
Mr. Thompeos's f bass beat Mr. William f aad ',Tease
Mr. Threaber's r Tormenter *plant Mr. T. Beason's r
. .

Polly undeciaed.
In consequence of there not being time to run out
else triaLs, the state. were divided between Counters.
Lima, and Polly—Tormentor being withdrawn.
Tax Dam Sr•a as, for dog puppies 1866, conditions
Nine as above.
Mr. Thresher's iv and bb Thunder beat Mr. Bauuton's bk
and w Blondin.
Mr. H. Monist's be Spring beat Mr. Thompson's bd
Governor Eyre.
Mr. Norman's r Twiater ran ibye.
dtakes divided, as the matches could not be run out.

etnffal Nctus.

TH It BISHOP of filotloester and Bristol bus just seceded
from the Church Pmtoral Aid &satiety, es he recently
did from the British sad Foreign Bible Satiety.

Titi pkthon of gold in the Bank of England hes
need the dirroton to reduce the rate of discount from
4to 34 per tient- The reduction was scarcely eipeated
this month, owing to the large revenue payments to the
bank, and the certainty tint the demand for money
wool, become temporarily very tuitive, as usual at tie
end of the year.
Mr. J. W. 114iieldne. who •• s honorary secretary to
the Central Executive Relief Committee during the
period of the cotton famine, was on Wedne•day pre-
sented with a elver salver and a stim of £5,000, the
proceeds of a general subscriptton in Lancashire and
Cheshire, in acknowledgment of the gratuitous services
lie rendered on the occariou.

A Onnownhase rumour In Manchester that Mr.
Watkin. M.P. who Is chairman of some a war leading
railway oompseies, had failed, or was about to fail,
prodaand for the moment a panic la floath•Esetent
shares, and was partly traced to the London Stock
Exchange, but the committee of that body have been
unable to discover its author,

Tee latest great railway bridge over the Thames was
mooed on Thursday. It spans the river between
Battersea and rbolioo, and is the medium of conveying
from 'hove to shove the vast West-sod trails of the
London, Chatham, sod hover, and the Brighton
Railways. This bridge, if not the largest or the longest,
be. the honour of beteg the widest in the world.

reseist.z tale was disclosed at an inquest held in
London on Wednesday. A poor ISMII unused Homey,
end his four children, had worked for ninety-six con-
secutive hours in making floral wreaths for the forth.
miening pantomimes. 'Their labours wets soddenly put
a stop to by the upsetting of a candle, which ample
accident resulted in the burning to death of one of the
unfortunate man's children, and the destruction of the
whole fruits of their toiL

Tin metropolis was shrouded in a denim fog on Them
day, the like of whieh bad perhaps not been seen lot year
At first it wee oompuutively light and vaporous, and
occasioned no extraordinary inconveuience. But as the
Morning advanced it became thicker, snore and more
yellow, and at last Mist ob. streets with the gloom of
midnight. A Mote insufferable fog—a fog more the
the darkness of flgypt—intd, petbapa, never desmoded
on the greet city and ommeitmed Abionnefort and per-
plexity to the good citiams.

A 17111 T ingenious trick is being plityed in London
just now, sod as the performance, has proved highly
suesessfal, and will probably be extended to other parte
of the kingdom, we may as well describe it to our
readers. A WA, dressed as • railway porter, leavee •
hamper of game, from which there protrudes the tails of
pheasants and legs of hares. He asks • pretty con-
siderable sum for carriage, whisk ill generally Paid be
the servant. At !email- the hamper is opened, and is
found to evitain dummies in the shape of atones. Too
late it is discovered that, house the servant's expression,
the hamper is • "do,"
THI rights of Hurls' Boards sate monumental in
scriptions occupied attention in the Carlisle Consistory
Court on Wednesday. Some years ago the Dean erected
• granite monument over the grave of his son in the
Carlisle cemetery, and, as required by rule, he "'babied
• plan of Hie tombeteee to the Burial Board, who with-
out suggesting any fault in the stone itself, objected to
Us. word ' Seared" in the first line of the inscriptions.
auperguous. The Demi thinking that the Board really
had not the jurisdiction they assumed, brought the
matter before the Chancellor of the Diocese, who ruled
that the Burial Board had stepped beyond their power.
The judgment, while curious in itself, is of great im-
portance to the general labia.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIIIRST OR MITROPOLITAN RAIL.
WAY. —On Wednesday aftersoon, shortly before one
Odor& a Great Western train was naming over that
portion of the line where the works for the new City
Dead Meat Market ea the site of Old fimitbAeld Cr.
going on, when a massive hoc 'inlet.. weighing several
tons, white had been anspeoded prior to being plaited
in its position, got away from its tackle, and fell from a
height of about 30 fad on the top of the rear parties of
the train, completely smashing up the lest carriage iato
splinters, and more or lees injuring the whole of the
occupants. An elderly lady Iredi frightielli crushed and
quite dead. Her head was sll but severed fres CHI
, body, and the Wink was otherwiselifearfully maimed.
Her body was removed after some clinically to U.
dead-boesa of Bt. Bartholomew's Hospital. A Beetle-
me was bleeding from the nose and mouth. Hfi, body
wM eat !Mit acmes sad his bowels were prottud.ng.
Both his lege were errieberl. He was tehee to the
hospital, where be almost immediately lupin& Tb.
guard of the train had both lep broken, and be erm
otherwim severely injured. A middle.smcd iocc
removed, suffering from herful injuries. Beth were
taken to the hospital. Several Other wows were
Wand, A third has died ism The bodies ed

persons killed on WI emit have been aseertained e.
• I.dy named Johnsen, of Kensingtoo. snd strummer'
gentleness' named ~uckey, of Highstreet,
• Knot. It spiosn that . third geotlernan rot ihto
ume cm.paitua. at PA I.,orig*ta-atleet, and eat den,.
11. states that, a preantiweat of ralaartone• emir r hirit. mud be met, and al olottiniolt to th,. 1,7 to,
tr.uhliog her to allots liui to gm,. left the en, r
• vent to. in in It., frac-port of the train. Thr of coarse
morell ht. Id .

tl A I:TIN TUPPER'S REA DING AT
DA WLISII.

Mr. Militia Topper favoured a select midi. n. e at
tout.•liall, baa haM, wuh • ill &maim r.
Ihs play of ftelediell last Monday Alfieri...a for a
charitable purpnee. lb. openine Nicene thiePlay ia
laid at Haleigh's hem. Hawes Berton klai.or If
Alr. Tapper introduced his reading by a few inahly
interesting remarks. lie enj..yii the large ed,„„,,
age of pnwresiog very flexible vocal powere-4 hese
appreciation id dramatic power -sad velum !s
slight praise be ta gifted with • very grant tact r
ceentiewoue inperesitation : in other sum., and io tki.
eyes of ao artist this lea crucial tast,—lie ti tide's We
utterances of sash of his linstnatia per.oher nite
characteristic key, sad that through the trying urdeaJ
of a live sot play. As an instauce of very veieetiai,
power, as way radian the speech of Pedro:

" Who &Alias know Nancy (ems et Tilbury."
The greed speech by • eery stately CarmeontfEogl,.ud.
beginning :

•• My loving people, some that care for ea,"
was given with an effect that not a few
actors might well have envied. The tipaniab sneak
Jesuit, one Gondoutar, appeared before oar
to the life, and ti be execrated. The speech of
Raleigh to his wife elect, to both the letterpress and
readiug is a gem of its kiiid : while Raleigh's adios
we., perhaps, the climax of the performanes,
comae critics look to the last act before they give
their ju Joliet. Here again the marderone legal
death of Raleigh was acted with soleme pathos sad
cl..ar dramatic dignity. Moreover the stolid brutality
or the utterly brutal James was szpoeed vividly bidere
ne Mr. Harding in virtue of his acquaintanceship _of
leog ayes" moved • vot• of thanks to Mr.
Martin Topper; his brief remarks being most ably
mounded by Mr. Moseley Richards, who in • really
brilliant speech adverted, maid moth applause,
to his friend the reader, as me who eaholood
trio junda woo the diaractees of "Foot, Phi.
losopber, and Dramatist He tendered, moreover,
very gracefully, our thanks to lbw young ladwe of
Mr. Martin Topper's family for thesis/pint veins
they have costa-abated to the LOCOIPress. All this
we cordially endorse. and as we "watootned the
coming, let us speed the parted pest" It may not
be superfluous to observe that Mr. Tupper's three
amateur readings have contributed 10th. lighting op
of the gallery of the parish church, while the penny
reading at which he assisted was highly snimendul,
and this butteseemially dramatic readiog will heatlit,
we believe, the members of the Philhensoms %catty
to • welooms amount. In csinclusioa weary manse
So say that.

"lien may some and ism may go,"
.. . .

but it will be long ere our Town Hall will be grated
by in equally dramatic reading from the hpe of
an amber, combining the lofty gift of poetry wait
such advanced histronia power.— DaiolisA Loco
Press.