The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

ICIIIKIERIDGE.

&MOW DIUTEL —On Monday morning man named
James Whitrow, whilst in the set of dressing himself,
eaddenly expired. Demand was 68 year, el age.

BLANDFORD.•

CORGSBOATIONLL °KAMM—rho efforts made to rains
a sulkiest sum tot building a new organ ter this new
°lapel hays been attended with the most enoonraging
snares, and during the past week a very exeellent
instrument, by Mr. Medley, has been in mune ol
erection In the chapel, and Ills hoped will be ready
for opening on Friday next, when there will be a Sen.
The owed the organ is about LlBO.

Orm DOIISICP Rtnx VOIANTIMIS. —The first full
dress parade this mason of the corps took plain on
Monday evening, in the Corn Eishangs. About
40 were present, besides Colonel Mantel, Lieut. Johns'
and Berjeaat-Major Abbott. After the Data had been
ger.ingh the manual sad platoon swam by the
t, Octant Magni &adored the arnapaay.'
enlivened hit iplrealaeti at twang so goods I
, sad also to meet spin with so many old f
lams, and be hoped that the year as which they
were about to enter would be in every respect even a
more suesessf al one tima the last. He time earnestly
eatreatad those who were not thoroughly efleient in
drill to use their best endeavours to become so by
otleading those by the sergeant-instructor, for by doing
ai they would be bettor quailed for battalion drill.
Alluding to the arranges:ante for going into map this
ism, he stated that an inspection had bees made by the
Akan of a sit* at fiwanams, which he felt mus would
be an mama one for them. With regard to Lalworib,
b. considered it not • good pleas for into to drill, as he
did not held for men to have a long way to marsh to
attend drill. At Baronage there was a genital drill
mead on the made, within an easy distance of the
plain where it was proposed to 6z the camp. The
gallant Colonel thee alluded to the impartial*, of the
volunteer forgo, sod remarked that ProbohifitY •
ballot would be takes in every town of young men
espablo of joining the Militia, to which those who
were lassabers of as volunteer force would be exempt.
The sommittee of management was the. *looted as
follows: Morns. B. Eyen, J. H. Bartlett, King, G.
Groves, B. Shipp, Gorey and Eloise. Corporal Crown
was unanimmly re-alectad secretary.

SOWBUIT AID DORSET RATLWAY 0011PAIT.—Tbe
directors repert that no change has occurred in the
affairs of the sompany since the last half•yearly
meeting, but they have undet consideration the
possibility of carrying out a scheme for an arrangement.
The capital amount rued with the last report remains
unaltered, except as regards the liability on amount
of rolling stook. That liability has been reduced
by the application of the surplus of the receipts
from revenue to the payment of the instalments room
time to Pine falling due. Thor payments. however,
do not involve any actual reduction of the liabilities
on capital amount, inasmuch as the amount so applied
bermes a debt due from capital to revenue. The
directors do not therefore consider it necessary to incur
the expense of of reprnting the capital account on this
occasion. The income of the line is still administered
by the receivers appointed by the Court of Chancery,
and the expenditure is there controlled and audited.
The responsibility being thus taken out of the hands of
the directors, they do not propose to publish any state-
ment of revenue account. They have, however, caused
an amount to be prepared, which has been examined by
the auditors, showing the results of the past six month's
working. The receipts from passenger trail@ have
increased, notwithstanding the diminution in the
number of pertmgers oarried. From this it will be seen
that the regular tragic has steadily improved, the
falling MI in numbers being waned to the excursion
traffic. The goods and mineral Mane has also steadily
Improved, the increase under that heed being 11,714
tons conveyed, and £1586 13.. 10d. in the receipt..
It will also be observed that there is a steady increase
In the imports and exports at Ilighbridge harbour.

WORLIOOOI.—From • report reeently made to
the Poor Law Board, we *idiot the following in
refersoes to Blaodford workhouse :—Mr. Hawley and
I (Dr. B. Smith) visited this workhouse oa 21st Sept.,
1866. It t. Jowly • new diddled, sad I. sited* in a
very salubrious iodide& There is • detielied infirmary,
poodating of two dories, and having so either skis two
=and two small wards, and then is • corridor
PaLto all the wards from die metre of the build-
ing into +bleb there are asteroid windows. There are
waterelosed sad Bud and moveable baths. There are
oot any separate infestiou ward.; but itch seem and
dirty caw are pieced in the mnaller infirmary words.
Neither fever nor mull-poi mem have hese admitted
for a considerable period, but should they orear they
would be trebled Is the bilinear,. The imbeciles are
also *sod to the dlrmary, slam malty of them are
aged, and Deed speed" attendee. The diarin ward is
In the body of the workhouse. There are not any day.
rooms. The bedsteads are of iron, with laths, 2 ft. 6 in.
to 3 ft. 3 in. la width, and the beds are of dock or
feathers, placed upon rush mate. There are night.
stood, and a few dears, tables. and eapboarde, but in
general there Is not mach furniture. A number of easy
arm-chairs have remedy been ordered. Them is not •
urinal to each had, bat the night-stool and watered's*
which *lamely adjoin the ward, are used. In several of
the war& there is an one and • boiler in the Ire grate.
One towel and mina soap is supplied weekly to each
ward, and there are don wash-hand hear. The
ventilation is eddied by round veatilMon in
the ailing, or air bricks at either end of
the wards, but there us none in mese of
the srosAler wards, neither are any of the
wards ventilated from the corridor. The ovoids-
dos In some of the wards is detective, and dirty eiNSI
are disagreeable to others. The aningeineets for the
veritilaton of the water closets are not good, and there
are other defects wtiloh demand &diadem. That. is not
• paid nurse, but the Guardiaas have advertised for one.
The medisal *Seer sossidiers there should he • paid
nuns. He is raddled with the doom t of assommodaden
for the Oak, but wishes the ventilation to he improved,
and partiarly in the wards for diddles asses. The
odes do well. All extras and medical sapidness
ordered by him are provided, but there is Deed for •
water-bed and water-proof abetting. lid wadi, is not
distributed throughout the workhouse, neither is there
• cooking or winning kitchen but the boilers supply
hot water, aod the food is served hot. The general
sanitary arreagernente are good, and hospital epidemics
never arise. Fever eases are lot sent in from the out-
door poor, and he thinks that they should ha Vested M
their own booms. Ile &deeds three or four times
sad Fiye an oceedenal night visit. Rs &Ise
lads all drum Milo* 100006. de.
tHia=z I.
iy,0062, spa he thinks it should be bilk IA
sot be of mush advantage to btu I Su
Osordloos forma all the drip for the workhouse alma
Hs woad peeler that the should provide cod Um ell
and quinine. Number of inmates on 12th April, DAL
43 adults ; 41 children ; total, 23; olliaher of mink oa
toadied Aker% book, 19 adults; 1 child, total, 20;
mumber of them ea for dietary only, 6 adults' total, &
—From the report of Kr. Hawley, who visited the
house on the NI February, 10111, we piker that the
vivant wards are Nalloisst, pad the eidoolswited
rogoonto ate Mt to pia asks.'.