The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

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Gantt' Wertrains Fer&—The annual fete in aid
of the deserving fund known as the Great Western
' Railway Widows and Orphans' Fund took plan no
Wednesday, at this beautiful seat of Viscount Bar-
nugton, Beckett-park, fihrivenhain, Berke, and was
attended by a °mummy as large, if not more nume-
rous, than on previous occasion& As in former
years, the directors liberally granted the use of
special trains, which conveyed thousands of visitors
from Paddington, Gloucester, Reading, and other
stations on the line. The beads of the Paddington
Rides and the sth Bucks were also present. Specious
merlon, for refrethmeata, to., wen erected on the
ground. The whole arrangements were well carried
sat by 911 r, B:ker, of Paddminon, and the committee
Wednesday several of the
corps of the twenty met' for battalion drill. They
- -ementhied et the betimes of High Been-ennielt, and
marched through the town to Poundbury, the
bands playing in excellent style. The corps present
,1 were the let Dorset (ItetdPort) forming two corn-
• ' numbering, with band,. 96, under tke cow-
. • mend of Captain Comniandant Templer ; 2nd Dorset
(Wimburne) numbering 74, commanded by Captain
Farrar; 3rd Dorset, (Dorchester) numbering 73'
• c^lBl"and•d by Captain Kindereley ; 4th Dorset,
(Poole) numbering 32, commanded by Capt. Pan ;
sth Dorset, (Weymouth) numbering 74, under the
command of Lieutenant Welaford—eaptain Thresher
being at Hy the ; 6th Dorset, (W imborne)
numbering 50, commanded by Captain Coventry;
tith Dorset, (Blandford) numbering 30, exclusive
al two heeds sommanded by Captain Hanibro. The
7th Dorset, (Bherborne) none, numbering 72, did not
arrive oa the, ground till • quieter before I o'clock,
, owing to Abell detention by the bed arrangerneqt
. al trains at Yeovil. The weather was Gee, and
a large murder of spectators were present, end
the usual battalion exercises and evolutions were per-
formed in • manner equal to regiments of the line.
Adjutant Ba•rsit, highly complimented the several
corps at the doss of the proseediage.—Ws mint to add
that one of the members of the illaiedlord corps met
with an atioidentie band being shot.
111LITARY.—Tbe K battery of the Royal Hone
Artillery, which has for some time pest been
mationed at our barracks, left this town on Tuesday
morning last an roan for Dublin. A large number
of persons met to witness their departure, 'many of
whom accompanied them for some distance on the
Charmineter road. Ass mark of respect, the hand
of the Dorchester Rifle Voluoteers played them out
of the town. During their sojourn here the men
ytthi their orderly conduct gained the respect of
e inhabitants of the town, and many were the '
!Ord' “Preilleted at their depart/in.—Oa the even-
ing of the same day a portion of the 6th Dragoon
Guards, which has just arrived from India, came
by special train, and immediately proceeded to the
barracks. They were accompanied by the band of
the ride corps, which played sonic lively tunes in
excellent style.
MIDDLI•CLASS UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.
The annual report of the delegacy to Convocation
has beon issued. Amongst other matters connected
with the middle-class examination, it skates that the
number of candidates examined was 673 juniors and
291 seniors. Of these candidates 134jun1on and
87 seniors attained honour,; 212 juniors and 65
seniors passed without honours, and 427 juniors and
139 seniors failed to satisfy the examiners. The
general character of the work done at this ex•
amination, as of that done last year, indicated a slow
but still very perceptible and decided improvement.
In this opinion almost all the examiners agreed.
There is still some very bad work, though the
amount that deserves that epithet yearly diminishes.
Moreover, the best work of this year is not better
than the best work of last. But the great mar
which lies between these extremes is decidedly
better. The examiner in French says:—' L'exam•
inateur Francais se plait b oonstater cette armee one
amtlinration erosible clans Is maniere dont lee
' jutror,' et les 'senior' candidates. Goat &Nein& de
leur 'examen." Two candidates from Dorchester
have lately paired at these examinations ; one was
second in nearly 800, the other was fifth in more
than 1200, both pupils of H. Genitor& 21 having
already peened under his tuition in French from
Weymouth and Dorchester. Idr. Read's son, pupil
of Mr. Hann, was the last successful candidate for
Cambridge.