The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.—Collectinua were made at
this church last &milky towards defraying the inci-
dental einem.s of the Sunday evening services, and
they amounted to £ll It 74d.
COUNTY POLICE, Tuesday.— Before E POSTOO, Fag.
—Juba Brnnett and John Short, brought op in custody
of P.C. Gale, charged with vagrancy in the arvrral
parishes of Upway, Broadway, and Radipole, were
each committed for 14 days' hard labour.

ARTILLERY INSPECTION. —Lieutanant•Genotral Sir
George Boller, K.C. 8., Commander•in-Cbief of the
South South-Western military district, officially
inspected the D battery B brigade at Dorchester
barracks last Thursday morning.
CORN Mau! CT, Saturday. Thursday's fair
operated materially against the attendance at to-day's
market, which was extremely limited. Grain of all
kinds was in short supply. Wheat made 3e. to is
per quarter above the prices of the previous Saturday.
Barley also realized very full terms. Oats saleable
at late ratite.

DORSET COUISTY HOSPIT• L. —Sermon.. were
preached last Sunday to large congregations at
Holy Trinity church, on behalf of the D..reet County
Hospital, and the collections =flouted to the band -
some sum of £2l 2e. 6d. Al St. Peter's church,
sermons on behalf of the same escellent institution
realised £l2.

MUNICIPAL —We understand that Mr. J.bn Davis,
chemist, is nominated to supply Mr. Froud's plea. in
the Council, and the election a that gentleman will
unquestionably give satisfaction to tha burgesses
generally. The other three retiring Councillors are
Mr. Bi.hop, Mr. H. Look. and Mr. T. Bennett, and they
are cominated for reelection.
MICHASLY as FAlR.—This fair was held on Thurs-
day last. There was rather a small supply of sheep
on offer, and prices were high. Business ruled brisk.
Ewe. realised 40s, to 695. ; lamhs, 349. to 40s. A
prime lot of ewes, belonging to Mr. T. H. Saunders,
fetched 6.31. per head. The show of homes was very
small and but few changed hands.
&lACHINI Accingwr. —Yesterday morning Arthur
Dubbin. aged 20, of Sydling, was attending a
thrashing machine, at work at Up-Cerne, when his
feet slipped and he became entangled in the drum
wheel, which resulted in one of his legs being
terribly smashed. He was immediately taken to
the 1/01set County Hospital.

ACCIDINT.—Robert Kendall, an elderly man of
Dorchester, met with an accident on Tueeday. He
wag at • sand pit, near Dnddle, where be was digging
sand, when • part of the top of the pit fell in, and
he was covered beneath it, whereby he received •
dislocation of his collar.bone, but is getting on
favourably at the Dorset County Hospital.
BOROUGH POLICL Wednesday. —Before the Mayor
(Dr. Aldidge).—Mse Merk,, en unfortunate, whose
name and had behaviour occupy a conspicicus
position in the annals of the borongh pollee, wee
brought op in coetody nharged by P.C. Churchill
with using profane language at 11.30. p.m., in Sonth•
street the night previous.—She had only been dis-
charged frnm gaol shout a fortnight, and was ordered to
be imprisoned with hard labour for one month.

BAZAAR..—We beg to draw the attention of our
readers to the announcement of a rale of useful and
ornamental articles at the Shirehall, nest Tuesday,
for the benefit of the Church Missionary and Jews'
Societies. By attending on the °mullion, the charit-
ably disposed may help forward important minion
work, and those who May be unable to be present
may do equal good by sending contributions of
clothing, books, maney, &0., to any of the ladies
named in the advertiement

DISCOVERY OP AN ANCIENT STONE CLIST.•—WO
understand that • person engaged in excavating sand
or gravel ou Mr. Richard Gouge's farm, of Water-
ston (called Walterstown by the archreologista). on
Saturday, the 20th, laid bares stone clot or coffin,
containing the bones of • skeleton, in such estate of
preservation that it might be observed the body had
been laid on its right aide. This sarcophagus was
not far sunk in the gravel drift, we believe not
exineding Oft. We, ourselves, have obtained •
floe berms, implement—one of the finest examples
of the Paalstab Celt ever seen, having the fleh-tail
moulding, loop, itc. complete, from under ten feet
of drift at Wolvetoo.

ft .—During the night of Sunday last
three or four harm were stolen from the shop of
Mr. Hibbs, High East-street. The shutters do not
reach to the top of the windoie frame for the pur-
pose of ventilation, and as the front of the shop is
unglaged, the hares hangiog near the ceiling and
close to the shutters could be easily seen from tbe
street, and readily got by those disp sod to steal
them by one being lifted up and reaching forth a
hand. Game has been stolen from the shop before
through this aperture, and Mr. Hibbs was advised
to get it covered with wire, but he neglected to do
ea fie will now probably adopt some such pro-
teetion.

Comitirimp TO MS DORSIT COUNTY GAOL.
Session. : Edwin Foster, stealing a bag and bones
at Blandford ; William tdaidmant, assault on police
at }Landlord I Matilda Stone, obtaining by false
pretenoes at Portland. Hard Labour: John
Bennett and John Short, vagrancy at Radipole, 14
days I Mary Marks, vagrancy at Dorchester, 1
month • Thomas Bargon, tutlawfully pawning at
Dorchester, 1 month; George Hatcher, breaking
windows at Marnhull, 1 month; John Ourd, poach-
ing at Wimborne Minster, 14 days; Richard Turner
and John Dean, misbehaviour in Wimborne Union,
1 month each; William Spencer, stealioa, money at
Lydlinch, 1 month. /imprisonment : Thomas Hallett,
drunk, &a at Lyme Regis, 2 months; John Day
Prendergast, drunk, dz. at Shaftesbury, 7 days.

TER PROPOSED SCROOL OF ART.—The supporters
of the project for establishing a School of Art in Dor-
(Mester, held • meeting on Thursday evening last. when
the Rev. J. Fish, r was called to preside. The key. B.
L. Wats in read oonnouniestions from the county
members and from Cmlonel Start, M.F. for Dorchester,
In reply to his letters asking their assistance; each of
them was favourable, but desired a further develops.
mint of the project before answering definitely. Mr.
Watson also stated the cirenmstaeces attending the
failure of the application for the use of one of the rooms
at the Shirehall temporarily, for a School of Art, being
brought before the Michaelmas Court of Quarts, Sessions,
which we explained in out last issue. The attention
of the meeting was directed to the question whether it
was desirable to telieeteps with. view to starting the
school at the beginning of next year, to do which lands
would be required for cede. models, and furniture, repre-
senting probably £5O, and the use of a room. The
hon. see, suggested the renting for a time of a house,
now without a tenant, near the Congregational chapel,
South-strait, but the whole aspect of akin wee &mod