The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-01 00:00:00

Miltshire.

SA Roddy.— At
the annual meeting of this society, which took place
on 3donilay, at the Council House, it was resolved
to hold three exhibitions during the forthcoming sea.
son. It is satisfactory to learn that the funds of the
society are in a very Hourishing state.

MfrMONtKY Sociirrv. -The annual ser•
mon in aid of this society Wail preai.died on Sunday
morning week, at the Cathedral, by the Hon. and
Rey. Canon Waldegnve. The collection amounted
to upwards of LW. Thu annual meetings was
held yesterday at the Council House, the Lord
Bishop of the 'Hoene in the chair.
Piocox MATCH. —A silver cup was announced to
be shot for on the cricket ground, on Thursday
week, but unfortunately several gentlemen who had
given in their names did not attend, aro I consequently
the match had to he postponed. There was some
good shooting for sweepstakes; and in the evening a
capital dinner was provided by Mr. Ingo-son, at tile
Cross Keys.

TIII! SALISBURY TRAINING SCllOOL.—The results
of the late examination at Christmas of the Diocvsmi
Training School, by Her Nlajesty's Inspector, the
Hey. D. Tinting, which were received from the otfice
of the Committee of Council. on Tuesday last, are
in every respect highly gratifying to the authorities
of the institution, the her f stmlenta who have
suceeoled in getting classed this year being much
greater than has ever been the tam before.

Fara'. Accinrcr.--On Monday week an inquest
was held by It. N. Wilson, Esq.. at Britford, near
this city, on the body of Stephen Harrison. aged 14
years who met with his death on Saturday under
the following circumstances : --He was in the employ
of Mr. Joseph Brown, of Charford, and was return•
jog from Salisbury to that place with a wagon and
hones, in charge of a carter and himself. When
'swing through Itritford the horses cot 1111 l enced trot-
ting, and the carter got entangled in the harness.
Deceased, who vu m the wagon, upon attempting
to get down, was run over, WA died in a few
minutes. The jury returned a verdict of accidentil
death.

INQUIWT. —A n inquest was held by R. M. Willson,
Esq., on Saturday week, at the Council /louse, on
the body of Mr. Stephen .%ntlrews, who long carried
on the business uf a grocer, in St. Ann's-street, in
this city. For the last two or three years he has
been out of business, and has resided in a cottage
adjoining the Dolphin Inn, in Culvert.street. It
appeared from the evidence of his wife (who did not
live with him), that on Saturday morning week she
went to his house and unlocked the door, but that
after doing so she was unable to open it. She ob.
tained assistance, and one of the parties who attended
Cot through the window, and found her husband
lying against the street door, dead. Other evidence
showed that he was taken home about ii quarter
before twelve the night before, in a state of intrizica-
tion. Mr. Lush, who happened to be in the
neighbourhood at the time the body was discovered,
gave it as his opinion that life had been extinct for
several hours, and that &nth arose from apoplexy.
A verdict to that effect was accordingly returned
by the jun.
J. B. Goecir iv SALISBURY.—Mr. J. B. (lough,
whose lectures on Total Abstinence have won for
lion an almost world.wide reputation, has paid a
visit to Salisbury, and delivered two " orations '--the
first on Tuesday and the second on Wolnealay—at
the Assembly Rooms. The attendance on each occa-
sion was largo and highly respectable—indeed, the
Assembly Rooms has not been an well filled since the
visit of Jenny Lintl, about three years since. Mr.
Gough in his second address made the following re'
marks on drunkenness and lunacy :—lf a man steals
once he is a thief, anti you call him so, but you do
not call a man a drunkard unless he gets drunk
about twotthirds of his time. Until a man becomes
habitually intemperate, we think it a small matter.
We actually make it the subject otf ridicule and
laughter. Sometimes the moat comical character in
the comedy or the farm is thin drunkard. We laugh
at his antics: we are amused at his fantastic tricks.
Did you ever go into a lunatic asylum and see a roan
picking an imaginary thing from the sleeve of his
coat —another gating listlessly upon nothing
another uttering the loud laugh that speaks the
vacant ruind, and tells the story of complete itliotcy
It is a painful sight to see men in the providence of
God deprived of their reason. They excite our pity
and commiseration, but when a man takes away his
senses by his own act, we make it a subject of ridi-
cule and laughter. I consider that an intemperate
man is the most pitiable specimen of humanity that
walks the earth, especially when we consider what
it is to be a man. There is something glorious in the
thought! Man by nature walks erect, and lifts his
forehead to the stars. Power and dominion are given
emu, him. It is something magnificent to be a man
—with man's brains—with a man's intellect —with
capacities for enjoyment—with sources of enjoyment
worthyof a Ithel to give, and of a creature reverently
and gratefully to receive. To be a man with a 1
capable of understanding, in some degree, the great-
ness of the Creator, as looking through the inircos-
cope he stands upon the awful verge of the infinity
of little things, or gazing through the telescope at
yon rolling worlds sent through infinite space by the
hands of his Maker—with a soul capable of lo ving
God, and with the two strong wings of faith mount-
ing up and building its nest beneath the very eves of
Heaven. Oh ! it is a glorious thing to be • man,
with a destiny set before him high as Heaven and
vast as eternity. And yet, sir, there is not a horse
in the field—there is nut an ox in the stall—there is
not • lion in his lair—there is not • tiger in the
jungle—there is not a snake that draws it. slimy
length through the grass—there is not a reptile
creeping upon the face of the earth, that is not Letter
fulfilling the purposes of Goa in its creation than is
a man when he debases himself by drink. (Ap-
plause.) Drunkenness is worse even than slavery.
Slavery only fetters the body: drunkenness fetters
and destroys both the body and the soul. (Ap-
plause.)
SALISBURY AND YROVIL RAILWAY COMPANY.—
The report of the directors, which was presented at
the ordinary half-yearly meeting on Friday last,
stated :—Owing to uuforseen circumstances con-
nected with the works, the program' of the railway
has not been so great as the directors anticipatod in
their last report, bet they have now the pleasure to
announce that the portion of the line between Salis-
bury and Gillingham being
nearly completed, the
usual notice will shortly be given to the Board of
Trade. The railway will, it is hoped, he ready for
opening as far as Gillingham in the &terse of a
month, by which time the dirsoton trust to have
concladed a satisfactory arrangement with the
London and flouth-Weetana Company for working

that section. The 4ms:holders are referred to the
:iiinexed report by the:r engineer on the works of
the whole line ; and thu directors have only to :aid
that they will proceed with all expedition to eon'.
pleto the railway to so a, to ol.eiilt MIAMI.
t:1111,111Ady with the 1.-ebbe' and Soittii- W t .11111°
pany's Extension to Exeter sit the earliest practicable
puma. lii suirmitting to the shm eh..l,lens ibr their
censideration, and Ito. their appe,,vai.
the lease of the undertaking to thts
South• Western 4 'sniiiiany, the slareeters have t.s.i!ate
that the present lease defers froni tile agreement laid
before the meeting of the shareholders lield oil tutu
14th August, IN:es,in the followaig partielikirs
Under the agreement eiirmeil into wit!, tile London
and South- Western Company, that saimpany hail the
opt of piirelessiogolurnag three years from the
opening of the line, the yowl! Hallway, either by the
payment of A. : A 1110 a 18114 ef .Cisa,ool4 ; or B. :
Fins actual expenditure of the Yeovil Compariy, on
and incident to the railway and works, with In per
cent. Ismer; on so much thereof as shall have
InJeulpaid out Of share Capital, Allit a, niurli Woolley in
addition as with any amount actually canted by the
Yeovil Comp:my for dividend, shall make up interest
at 4 per cent, per annum on so much of such actual
expenditure (whether out of share or borrowed
capital) as shall have Wen from time to time at.
penikl. In the act promoted by the London mid
South- Western Railway Company and pawed last
year, the following clauses were inserted by Perna-
taunt :—Clause •• Proviilisl always, that within
twenty years after the opening througl t for trallic
of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. the compel
(the London and South• Westeni) and the Salisbury
and Yeovil Company shall commute the yearly resit
payable wider the lease into a fixed yearly payment,
lii be paiil in equal ludf-yearly payments by the
company to the shareholders of the Salisbury and
Yeovil Company, iii proportion to their shares
therein, and thereupon the demised lin:miscs shall be
aissolutely vested its perpetuity in the company, free
filen all resit and other liabilities under the lease,
and the term granted by the lease shall be merged in
the freehold.' 59. .• If the company and the Saler-
bury and Yeovil Company do nut within the twenty
years agree as to the amount of the fixed yearly pav•
meats into which the yearly rent payable under the
lease shall be commuted, the amount thereof shall lie
determiued by arbitration, under the provisi tttt • with
respect to the settlement of disputes by arbitration,
of 'Thu Companies Clauses Consolidation Act,
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tider these clauses therefore, the proportion of
the gross ear gs of the railway falling to this com•
.any. and being 57i per cent., must be commuted
within the period named into a fixed yearly pay•
went, or, failing an agreement, between the two coin-
panies. thatainuunt must ho settled by arbitration.
14y the agreement submitted to the shareholders m
the 14th August, 1'457, they were bound only to sell
the undermking to the London and South 14/extern
4.'onipany 6.r a specific snin or fur the amount actu-
ally expended on it with interest, anti a Mnius
thereon.

Although the clauses thus intrmlumd by parlia•
ment might eventually have the elloct of rendering
the terms less favourable to the company than those
PreviotudY submitted, yet the dirtxtors recommend
the lease in its present form to the acceptance of the
slutrehohlers.

The directors retiring by rotation are Mr. Sc,.
j.-alit Gaselee (apispinted in the rooni of Mr. Castle.
man, resigned), Captain Nlangles, M.P., and Sir W.
Coles Meillycott, who offer themselves fir re-clue.
t . Mr. Mercer, one of the auditors, also retires,
but may be reelected. John Chapman, Deputy
Chair:min. Henry W. Notman, Secretary. No 2,
Lervlenhall-street London, II th February, IMP.
The Engintsir's Report state that the works on
this line between Salisbury and I illingham are now
marly completed. The recent heavy rains have
some settling of the embankments, awl ii
seine cases in the cuttingssoine slips have occurred in
the slopes ; they are not, however, of any great
magnitude. awl do not give rise' to any serious apple.
hension. With the exception of the removal of these
slips, and a slight raising of a few of the eiuhank•
was, the earthwork in this district is complete.
So also is the masonry, Mir with the esceptiuu of a
few parapets and copings, all the bridges and cul-
verts are finished. The same may be said of the
stations and station buildings, which will lu com•
playa in the course of a few days, The ballast and
permanent rails are laid throughout to Dillingham
with the exception of one isirtion, half a mile in ex•
tent, between Semley and Gmllingham. This gap
will be filled up by the end of the month, WIIMI that
ports of the line may he °pencil fur public use.
Beyond Gillingham all the earthworks are making
rapid progress, and the laying of the permanent rails
commencisl. About six miles have been already
laid. All the culvert. (excepting in the town of
Sherborne), and about 25 bridges, have been built in
this section of the line. The rest will be in hand
early in the spring. The tunnel at I illisughiam, owing
to the continued heavy discharge of water, has been
again considerably retarded ; much trouble awl delay
has been experienced filen this cause glum% the whole
of the winter, and continues up to the resent time ;
parallel drifts have been driven to drain ~tr a 'ration
of the water from the tunnel, and thus preserve the
men working in it. Some slimess has attended thia
effort. and I must do the contractor the justice to
say, that lie has spared ;le expense to enable hilli
make greater progress with this work-r•not quite
effectually —as the results now stand. The workmen
are however less exposed to the wet than they were.
and this will no doubt lead to an increase in the mt.,
of speed. I would beg to call your attention to the
station at Yeovil, the exact position of which is not
yet determined. and to request that 110 further delay
may be incurred, hut that we may receive your in-
structi as to the site on which it is to be placed.
I am, Dentlenien, your obedient service. Joseph
Locke, Li, Duke-street, Westminster, Dith Februmy,
1559.

The acomints show that pnwer li.. been given for
raising tr51:1,333 fii. (the latter OH llebelltUrel).
..f which there has been raised in shares, £23.9,70'
Gm. 1.0. ; on ilubenturcli, £121,000 ; total, 4:3641,70N

Wooonnanyon. 77er Pro.liyal'a Return. A
young man of this place, respectably connected, but
of rather prodigal habits, left his home two or three
years ago, aail enlio.c.l in a regiment of the line, to
light the battles of his c try. On Saturday week
lie unexpectedly returned to the bosom of hi, family,
to revisit old familiar haunts and scenes made by
absence doubly dear, but alas his luippiness was of
short duration. Police constable Smith with his
usual tact soon recognised in the person of the re-
turned wanderer, a ilcmierter from the Royal Artillery,
the 4th Regiment Foot, and the Royal Wilts Militia,
lie having successively joined each of these regiments,
snot deserted from each of them without detection.
He was handed over to the care of the governor of
the New l'rison, Devizes, to be transferred to the
military authorities.