The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-17 00:00:00

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Donn RrLI VoLortszab.—The following bens.
lion order" h.v• been bead by Libetasbat Oelama G.
P. 11110111[1

folloWing extract from the Leedom Gazette, 14th
February, len. Is published for information :--S3n.l Middle.
me Mae Volunteers. tAptain and Adjutant John Mount
Batten to be Adjutant a the let. Administrative Battalion
Doing lila Volunteer., ISth 'larch, UM." la pursuance
with the above. Deplete J. mount Batton reported himself at
head-quarters, and is taken on the strecrth of the battalion
from the 264 h ult. All letters and correspondence to be
addremed to him at " Up Owns, Dorchester."

Dosser Vowere= Am*curios. —The anneal
, statement of sosounts of this sesociatioa has jabt bees
published, train which we observe that tbe past year
oommenoed with. balance in band of £6B 17., 21., and
rational subscriptions to the amount of £l5B 18e. ftel,
were received to addition to the following sums given to
the association for prizes, vie :—Lisna•Ooloael G. P.
Miami, £2l ; the late high sheriff, Sr Molyneux Hyde
Hewers. £2l; Oolonal the Earl of Eldon, £10; Major
Sr M. H. Hopei's, e 5 (in attition to the above•named
sure); Major Matthew., £5; and Mr. B. P. Gundry
£5; whilst the volunteers contributed In entraneeless
d patetismo of ammunition £llO 19a Tbe payment.
during the year for prise sad seamunition were £249
7a. 54. ; to the Battalion Wimbledon Pond towards
defraying the expenses of competitors at Wimbledon,
£2O; to the NaUosal haisoeiation, Ell ; expensos of men
in the match with the Willi Volonteers, £lO 10..;
targets and works at the range, £24 13a. 31. ; expenses
of the two days' meetiog, £26 19a. 31.; prinUng and
advertising, £183.. ; and sundry other payment.,
£lB Oe. 10 leaving a Wanes in hand of £37 oa. 3d.
The annual eompaUtions will take place ss usual in Jane
next.

--157 R V. Omens' DINNU.—The annual dinner of
the ofileera itti the Dormt battalion R. V. took plass
at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday evening last, there
befog present :—Llent.-001. Memel, Major Matthew;
Major air kfolynenx H. Negnami. bart., Captain sal
Adjutant Monet-Batten, Capt. Good, Capt. Coombs,
Cant, Banney, Captain Falwasear, Oeptain V. F.
Bennett Stanford, X P., Captain l'yrerbitt, Captain
Yeatran, Lieut. Evans, Lieut. Hodges, Lieut. Arden,
Lieut. Lleyd-Jonee, Idea. Bennett, and deb-Lieut.
Landes. Daring dinner the band of the sth oorpe
(Weymouth), under Bandmaster Board, performed a
seleoties of moats In every medicable sty le, the propsoueo
b.'s, as pubjoined :
Pm Redouble, " Kermadec ;" o•ertare, " Caleb ott=
quadrille, " Highlander," qwca Brithh s
fraud selection, " Martha ;" vales Queen of the Wee
pee redouble, " Star et the North ;" polka," Battier ;""Uod
km the Queen."
After dinner °aloud Naomi alluded to the great leo
which the battalion bad saitalaed Is the deaths of
Captok Maud sad Copia' sad Adinlant Betted, ob.

vitriol he was glad to welcome some new farms, there
having been recently an appointment of three °Sams
to the Wimborne Corps—viz, Capt. scinuv,
Lloyd-Jones, and Bub.-Lleut. Bowline; and the
Gillingham corps haw* found a leader in Captain
Tyrwhitt, in snocession to Captain Femme, resigned.
The Colonel al o announced there would be a slight
I change of uniform, to he effeetod gradually during the
next four years—the (beings now red would be green.
It was agreed that if the battalion received the offer of
attending any caeca lyric daring the year, it shoull
be accepted for the lest eight days it being felt It
would be Impossible to secure a good muster for the
whole period. In the event of the battalion not at-
tending the muceuvres, there will be a camp at
hitherto, and Swimage was unanimously chosen as the
moat convenient and suitable locality. Colonel Menial
then called upon Lieut. Hodges, the hen. sec. of the
Battalion Shooting Committee, to make • few remarks
upon the programme for the ensuing season, upon
bleb that °filar briefly alluded to the representation
of the battalion at the Wimbledon meeting. To. mods
of selecting the rep rem ata ves, he thought, would be best
left to the shooting oommittee. With regard to the
county prise meeting, Lieutenant Hodges wished to call
the attention of the offisers to the somewhat meagre
list of prises oompared with the number of competitors
and the amount of shooting, which requires two days.
The volunteer association of the county contributed,
he said, to the prig, fund to the utmost of their ablity,
and it had been found diffionit to obtain new or ieoreased
subscriptions, to coneequeecte of tbo appeal anouelly
made to the county in aid of the comp fond. In a
neighbouring county a large number of gentlemen came
forward with • liberal offer of prism for their simnel
meeting, end he should be very glad to see this example
followed by the supporters of the rifle movoment in
Dorset—(mar, beer.) A discussion followed ; but it
was ultimately agreed that no appeal be made this
year. Of coarse, if any offer' of prism were made
they will be very gretefally emepteci. —Colonel Rangel
then rose and said he wished to depart from the usual
custom on this occasion, and ask the °Moms to drink
the health of their newly appointed adjutant, Captain
Itiount•Batten—(applause ) Referring to his amylase in
the army, and the poet he bad recently held as Adjutant
of the Inns of Court Volunteers, Colonel Kansa said
be wee sure Captain Batten would be very weloome to
the volunteers of Itorset, and would prove himself •
valuable and effirient offilier —(applause.)— Captain
Yount-Batten expressed his sincere thanks for the
**HMI welcome he bad received. He was, he said, a
' Dorset man, end bad always had big eye upon the
battalion of volunteers in his native °aunty. He was
very proud to *coupe the post of adjutant, and he felt
he should work with greater spirit when assoeiated with
' Dorset men —(applause )