The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

LA.mirasAalso.

To the shepherd who will rear the greatest Dumber of
lambs, in proportl n to the number of ewes put to the
ram, (with the least low of • Min hei.o.o putting in the
rem to the 2flth May. the tem f one ewe to he ritual to
the Ines of two lambe,) out of au establiehed Down
flock of 8-teetb, 4-teeth, and 2-teeth, consisting of not
lees than 800, whit& shall have been living on the 25th
May, DM or sold Wore ihat time toe hotelier, L. t.
nobt. Trim, servant to Mr. James Crane, reared 640
lambs from 846 egres—lS ewes lost

LI to Riebd. Riebards, Nervant to Mr. Levi Lockbam,
rho reared 437 latnbe from 445 ewes— 13 ewes lett.

kif to Edward Sarowaya servant t, Mr. A. J.
Pitield, who reared 563 lambs oat of 500 ewes- 2.,..
bet.

Dr. Hemet Hawkins offered the folllawins premium
. . . . .

T. the carter who shall have served donng the longest
period the tame master or mistreat, or on the Wile farm,
without hawing returned home in • state of intoxication
with his team, and never having been convicted before a
magistrate of soy offence committed on the nod, ;
'John Tompkins, servant to Mr. haac Symes, 314 year,.
The prises awarded for ploughing, sheep•abearing,
1 mowing, and turnip-hoeing we hive befrn emu, so
, it is unneoessary to repeat thorn here.
i The Cualahlair proposed "The Q teen." which
*as received with the aocustomed deinonstrationa of
loyalty, and the labourer, gave additional zest and
volume to the cheers by hurrahing lustily.
The C11•1101•PI, 'Admitting the labourer,, said: I
wish to say • few words to you, and I will not detain
you long, but I beg you to believe that what I do
, say I my in all sincerity, and that only what I
honestly believe—(hee:, hear.) You know that meat
of as like distinction in some way or another, and
+Mt are also aware that there are two sorts of dill.
@Motion —mine are distioguisbed for evil and some
for good, but I out happy to know that all of you
have chosen distinction in the right direction, and in
the path of good—(applanee.) Some of you are dis-
tinguished by your skill in different branches of
.eriCultare, and others for long and faithful 'orrice.
Yon all know the old proverb of the eye of the
muter, and I think you have proved you are good
labourers, and also honest and faithful servants,
whether your masters ere overlooking on or not
(applause.) I feel sore that you will ad go home to
your parishes prouder men than you were when you
, came this mornlog, and I feel satielled that all pee-
-1 re• regard 10••• • credit to the neighbourhood in
which you live, and to the county at large—(cheers.)
r In conclusion. the hon. gentleman drank all their
very good hadtba
Aft., cheering heartily for the Chairman, the
President of the society, the ion. Sec, and others,
I the tabourer. withdrew.
"The Primo, and Princess of Wales, and the rest
of the royal family" was the nest Putt.

_
In proposing 'lb. Army, Navy, Yeomanry, and
Volunteers," lb. Chairman observed that • force of
40,000 soldiers wee the greatest we could rod into
the deli of battle, and that number haring been
, killed in one day in t;ercuany wee he thought a
guarantee that we should not lightly engage in a
contioental war. The struggle in Germany —now.
be trusted, cosicluded,—had shown the advantage of
breech-loading flre-artus, and he was satisfied that
our Wield* when converted into breech.l oder',
which could be done at a comparatively small ex-
pense, would be much better weapons than the
celebrated Prussian needle game. As to the navy,
we had been taught a leMoti Ly our American
consigns, who had lately sent the most carious
specime .of naval architecture ever seen into out
weer*. It floated very low in the water, and be
believed could rend any of our fleet to the bottom of
the sea, while itself was very difficult to strike. It
became, therefore, • question for Mr. rloyer's
friends to consider whether they would try to re-
...rigouts, the navy, whieb they (the Liberal party)
had two or three tiniest endeavoured to effect, and
he tree eery titankftil that the extra expanse end re-
Isponeibility would fall on the Conservative party
and not on them—(laughter. H. wee very glad
that the yeomanry was kept up efficiently. The
'volunteers, he believed, bad Just completed a
successful week in camp, and he considered that the
greatest possible thanks were due to them tor the
manner in which they had come forward and banded
themselves together as • defensive force in ease of
inviisioo—(obeere).

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Captain FLUTER rtwpouded on behalf of the
yeomanry, and said it was with pride and pleasure
be observed that at no time had the forte been in a
higher state of efficiency than it was at preeent—
(airOwn").

Cillateu•N neat proposed the " Bishop sad
Clergy of the diocese."
Ths liar. P W. Pune, rector of 81. Peters,
Dorobeeter, responded. He expressed his regret
that more clergymen were not present, and mid he
thought they could hardly be aware of the • elf ign.
prteat objects the society had In vie*, both in re.
gird to egrionitare and the labouriog chums. H.
did not agree with much that had been said and
written with reference to the labourieg oleame, but
he thought there was now a great pmhetality of
their being raised in the male of soeiety,becattes they
would raise themselves. It. more scientific agricul-
tural pursoita tiers made, the greater would he the
need for skilled labourers, and he was satisfied that
any demmd of that kind would oall forth an
abundant supply; so thak the better the system they
adopted in farming, the more would they improve
the condition of their labourers in every way—
(beer, bear.)

The CUAIIIMAR MI, pm the" Lord Lieutenant
and Magiirram of the county."
Mr. PLAITIR responded. He referred to the
devotion wf the Earl of Shaftesbury throughout his life
to promoting the good of his fellowmen, and re.
marked that in both houses of Parliaineet the ooble
lord bad been occupied in promoting measures sod
passing statutes, which had conduced, he believed,
more to the good and happiness of his fellow crea-
tures than any eat of laws which were upon our
it tote book (applause). He was quite sure that
the county of Dorset had more than just reason to
be prod of ita lord lieutenant The chairman had
referred meet kindly to his (Mr. Ployeee) servioes
as deputy.chairmita of Quarter Seasioes. He also
spoke of the magistrates making little mistakes some.
times. Well, they were bat men, which was as
to say they oould not &brays be right i both. thought
he might safely say that in Dorset they had one
of the strongest guerentrese of the magistrates winos
rightly when he reminded them they had at their
head their ecoellent chairman's father, whose abilatiee
as • Chairmen of Quarter Seeidoos were not su-
mmed by times of any gentleman who presided at
Quarter Sessions in the hiagriota—(wed ebc.r.). It
as. • greet pleasui• to him to look to Lord Portman
ae his chief and guide in all the dation be had to
perform iu that court; he only felt deep regret that
Owing to his lordship's not very robust health Its was
unable to be there and take the chair *pall ceeesioas,
winewinently, it devolved upoe himself to do that
duty Is Lord Portesan's absence sod it one ever his
lairs to follow to the best of his ability the noble
lord', able and eminent example--(aPPI"'")•
Mr J. Woos, the priwideet of the Dorchester
Farmers' Club, prored the health. of the members
of Pirlimeent for be county end the boroughs of
IAmPINI. He resuirked that they were honoured
with the preemoe of two of she twenty members, and
io them a delightful blending and amal stint,
polities for the great and important purp we of
promoting the ilialbaral interests of the county—
(mar, bear, and Wqghter). It was • plimeitig rodeo.
'ion that whatever the diversity of opinion which
might mist betimes the two bow iwousbas present
in regard to high polities, there mild kie quegieis
*al Uwe tliwir great dints, wast,ts pmmses ths
.isitdriteroi Ski Wren otbanst.i4app. Any

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