The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

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THE COUOV of Dorset at the present moment
presents a peculiarly rich and beautiful green aspect.
The corn crops, except in a few cases, have been
tolerably good and got together in no bad condition,
some of the earlier bider' being unusually line, so
much so indeed that there is reason to believe that
this county will command as high a prioe for this
grain NI any of the most favoured. AA regards roots
they are not so promising as they were before the
rains, the wet and cold having retarded their growth
considerably, and now the warmer weather, united
with so much damp fog, is rapidly producing mildew
or beet ruet—trithobasis betee—eo that we can
hardly expect this root to grow much more. As
regards medals, they are freer from mildew than we
have ever known them, and if warm weather should
continue, the crop will be goo.l, but if not, we think
this root will be • far leas crop than was expected.
As regards potatoes, we fear the promise is very dis-
couraging, as we find that in the filierb woe district,
where the crop is so well grown, from • sixth to
half the crop has gone through "the disease," and
it is much t 3 be feared that the stored crops will not
continue sound. Viewing things as they are, we
would advise oottagers to attend a little more and a
great deal better to cabbage and other vegetablee for
a spring supply, or we fear that high pram will, if
the winter should prove severe, render the forthcom-
ing season one of peculiar hardship. —B
THE Bishop of Salisbery expecte to leave the
diocese on Friday, and will not return until the
beginning of Deminber.

THIS AGRICULTURAL [STEAM. In Dorset,
Will., Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall 21.6 per cent
of tho whole population are eugapd in agriculture.
Piusonsas FOR TRIAL AT MR MICHAELMAS
SaistoNs.—Jameis Harris, stealing from the person
at Weymouth ; Henry Wall, bestiality at Wey-
mouth ; William King, stealing three child's frocks
it Symondsbury ; Thomas Willis, indecent assault
U Weymouth; Robert Barnes, stealing • lead pump
U Groaned ; Drueilla Grainger, stealing weating
=usnlag at Wootton Fitspaine ; Samuel Wright,
• flsno.l hirt at Hourion. Ou Rat—
ifier:, Darrell, itirliscont smolt at Shaftesbury ;

Edmund Hardy, embezzling money at Charminster !
Henry Cook and Joseph -Hodges, arson at Char.
mouth; Thomas Marsh, stealing money at Power.
stock.

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BALIIIBURT DIOCIIBAN CHURCH BUILDING ASSOCIA•
There were present the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
Bqlarrctiertmm.eeintinge
ofCltotie,°Omn niThitireursdwayes.
of Salisbury (in the chair), the Rev. Subdean Eyre,
Rev. Sucoentor Daubeney, Rev. E. Laird, Rev.
Tupper Carey, Rev. T. Miles, Rev. R. S. Hatching',
and the Revs. C. Lawford and W. E. C. Austin-
Gourley, diocesan secretaries. The only business for
consideration was an application from the Rev. J. 11.
Semler, for &Belgian*, towards the restoration of the
parish church of Ansty, in the archdeacoury of
Sarum. The necessary forms, however, not having
been complied with, the committee deferred entering
into the case until the quarterly meeting in January,
and in the meantime requested Mr. Semler to obtain
a report of the state of the church and chancel from
Mr. Wyatt, the diocesan architect, and to renew his
application. In the case of Okeford Fitzpaine, in
the archdeaoonry of Dimwit, a grant of £SS, made in
March, 1663, towards rebuilding the church, was
ordered to be paid, the works having been certified
to be completed.
Doling? A MOO A TION Or CORO REG A TION • L
Outacsra.—The autumnal meeting of the above
association was held at Beaminster on Wednesday
last. A devotional meeting was held in the Inde-
pendent Chapel in the morniug. The pastor of the
church, the Rev. T. Neave, conducted the meeting,
in which the Rev. W. Atfcgd, of Charmouth, and
the Rev. R. F. Verrall, LA , of Poole, also took
part. The Rev. J. Keynes of Wimborne, delivered
an address on " Personal Holiness." After the ser-
vice the ministers and delegates met in the vestry for
the transaction of business in connection with the
association. A dinner was provided in the school-
room. The Rev. T. Neave occupied the chair, and
the Rev. R. T. Verrill', LA., of Poole, secretary foe
the Eastern district.occupied the vice-chair. Amongst
those present, besides the ministers already named,
were .Rev. R. S. Ashton, LA., of Weymouth ; Rev.
F. Beckley, Sherborne ; Rev. J. Hargreaves, More-
oombelake ; Rev. J. Lockwood, Ls., Parketone ;
Rev. W. Idellonie, Broadwinsor ; Rev. G. R. Mall,
Maiden Newton; Rev. W. W. Sherren, Sturminster
Marshall ; Rev. T. Smith, Sydling ; M. Fisher, Esq.,
of Blandford, treasurer of the association, lko.
The Rev. R. S. Ashton, of Weymouth, had prepared
an excellent paper on "The Congregational Union
and its relations to County Associations," which he
was to have read at the morning meeting,
but the time was so much occupied with other
subjects that there was no opportunity for him to do
so, and it is to be read when a proper opportunity
oceura—A tea meeting was held at live o'clock,
when a large party assembled,—A public meeting
was held in the chapel in the evening. The Rev. T.
Heave presided. The Rev. F. Beckley delivered an
address on "Spiritual Life, its Growth and In-
finenee."—The Rev. W. Axford followed with an
address on "The Influence of the Church upon the
Surrounding Population."—The Rev. J. Lockwood,
it a., of Poole, then spoke on "Congregational
Principles." He divided his address into five
parts :71st, That Congregationalisti firmly believe
and desire to teach that true Christians only ought
to be members of the Christian Church; 204, That
Christ is the only head of the Church ; 3rd, That
the Bible is the only creed; 4th, 'that the New
Testament is the only @tante book of the Church;
and 6t13, That willing gifts only ought to be the re.
venue of the Church.—The Rev. H. T. Verrall
delivered an address on "Pew Power, or the Indi-
viduality of Christian Work."—The Chairman at
the close pronounced the benediction.