The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-06-05 00:00:00

RECEPTION or THE SOCIETY.

We regret to state that all the efforts made by the
citizens to welcome the society to this city in • becom-
ing inane. r. and to provide •mueements for the visitors
dorms the es- nines nf their stay, hove been frustrated
by the eztrannlin ery conduct of the mayor. It was
felt by the members of the Corporation that as the
invirstion to the BA, h and West of England Society
had been issued in the risme of the Town Connell, it
was the doty of that body to give them a welcome, if
only by forrrally •ttending the opening of the show.
Several gentlemen consequently requested she mayor
to convene • meeting for tire purpose it discussing the
matter, but this his worship declined to do, without
giving any satisfactory resson for hes refusal. The
Commit were, therefore, defeated In their desire to
show ordinary eourtesy ti the members of this
important society. S. veral of the citizens thee made
an attempt to provide for the ansurement of their
visitors, and • meeting was Geld, at which
it was determined to engage military bands
to play in the evenings, and to erect triumphal
arches in the streets. Unfortunately, however,
the Mayor, on being applied to, again refused his
sanction, and without his &mature's., it was found
that the consent of the military authorities to the
employment of their bands coull not be obtained, and
that the arches could not be erected. IJeder these
circumstances the subscriptions raised to defray the
espenaes have, we understand, been returned, and the
I project has been absndonded. We trust the Committee
lot the Agricultural Society will muse the apparent
want of onurtergy on the part of the town, as they may
rest assured that, in the event of their holding another
show here, the citrz.,us will be careful to elect • Mayor
competent to perform the duties of his office.
Although all efforts to afford public entertainments
to the visitors have foiled, we hear that the Mechanics'
Instlauth will give a concert as Mr. Waters's rooms, on
Weder•day evening, and that Mr. Aylward has
ousnounced a grand concert by the hand of the Grenadier
Guards for Thursday, in the Market-house, under
the direction of Mr. Is. Godfrey, the composer of the
popular "Guards" and "Mabel" waltses.—Josirnal.

VISIT )RS' MEMORANDA.

PLACES OF INTEREIT IN AND AROUND
SALISBURY.

From UK Sarum Almanac*, 1864, Salida
01,
Brown °ad Co., Canal.
Tan CATHEDRAL CHURCH.
The Cathedral is in the first pointed, °redly English
style, and *waists of a nave, choir, did Issrly ch•pel
with two dal.. The two transepts hove each a single
aide towards the east, and the ground plan forms a
double craw On the south die of the nave are the
cloisters, from which on the east side opens the chapter.
house The tower and spire were not • part of the
firet design, in which, however, was • hotern, oral-
inented internally with a oolonnadr, and rising eight
feet above the present roof. In 1331, Bishop Wyvil
and the Dean and Chapter, by letters pitrot of &Iseult
111., made use of the materials of Old Sarum for the
"imprnirement" of the new church; this was probably
the building of the tower and spire. In 1789 Yr.
Wyatt was employed to make many a,terations witbn
and without the church, and in doing so removed, •
regret to say, much that was beautiful and curious.
DIMINIDONS OF THE CHURCH.
ft. in. ft. in.
reside—Length of the Nave . . 229 6
Choir . . 151 o}. 419 0
Lady Chapel . 68
Width of the Nave. .343 t 69 3
each Aisle . . 17 6 f
Height of Nave and Choir . . 81 0
°misfile—Extreme Length. . . . 437 0
Width . . . . 111 0
Height . . 400 0