The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

WAREHAM.

Run, CORPS.—The uaiduity which our volun•
leers evince in their constant attendance at the bufte
is highly commendable. Ihe corps being composed
a members living part in the Isle of Purbeck, and
part in Wareham, it is usual when they all meet to-
gether for company drill, for the Corfe or Purbeck
men to form the nght subdivision, and the Wareham
men the left subdivision. Ten Purbeck men chal-
lenged an equal number of Wareham men for a
friendly shooting match ; each man to fire 10 rounds,
:-5 at 200 yards, and sat 300 yards. The
match took place on Monday, 13th lash The men
of Wareham proved the victors by 17 poiata.
Although some of the marksmen ma& exceedingly
good shooting, others of our generally best shots
showed a considerable falling off. Private Sherrin,
who has justly been considered one of the steadiest
and surest shots in the corps only wade 4 points with
his 10 rounds. Private Candy also was considerably
below his average number of point& Other men
too were not at all satafied with themselves. The
secret of this is well known—more attention and
attendance to position drill required. We subjoin
the particulars of the shooting of each man.
Walesa Ax.

Sergeant Drew ...
Private Churchill..

200 yds. 300 yds. Total
4 10
.. 6 3 9
5 9
7 7 14
4 3 7
8 7 15
7 3 10
2 4
12
4 8

" Panton . .
" Hardin=
" Garland ...
" J. Spicer ...
" Brett ...

" Sherrin ...

" liudden
" Whittle ...

545
•43 98
Coang.

Sergeant Kent... ...
Corporal Picking
Private I>ixen
" Jackson
" Caiuee,
" Bridle ...
" Moore ...
N'yo
(:andy
" Bond ~.

7160 yds. 300 es. Total.
. 3 4
. 7 3 10
. 4 2 6
. 7 6 13
. 6 1 7
- 5 3 8
4 8
.. 3 4 7

50 31 81

525.; peas, 40s. to 425. ; oats, 241 to 2.95. A large
quantity of cheese was pitched, very little of which
changed hands. Household cheese varied from 225.
to 465. per cwt. • and beat sold at 605. to bos. :
There was a good supply of pigs, which met a I
quick sale at the late high rates.
Ismer RELIEF Fe 515.—We are glad to learn that '
this fund has been augmented by the gift of 5:100,
which has been kindly presented by Mr. S. Jennings, ,
of this town.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Sermons were
preached at the two churches in this town on Sun-
day week, in aid of this society, by the !tee. Thomas
Scott, rector of Wappenhain, Northamptonshire. On
Monday two meetings were held at the Institution
Hall, for the same purpose. The attendance in the
morning was not so largo as could be desired, but in
the evening there was a much larger attendance. The
morning meeting was presided over by the Rev. Mr.
Thomas, rector of St. John's, who, after a few ob-
servations, called upon R. Tucker, Esq., to read the
report. The report stated that the donations, sub-
scriptions, and collections, amounted to .titi9 12s. 2d.
which sum included .620 55. lid., which had been
received from the Idontacute Association. On the
10th of December last, .640 was recuittea to the
parent society, and again on the 13th of March the
sum of .£46 9a. ca. was also remitted, which,
together with expenses for the hall, advertising, ix.
made the amount up to £69 12s. 2d. The total
amount remitted by this auxiliary to the parent
society, amounted to no lees than £5,630 58. 7d.
Mr. Tucker said it might he well for him to state
that he had received a donation of .610 from a per-
son who did not send his name, but the amount was
accompanied by the following words," Of nitse own
have 1 given Thee.' flie Lev. Mr. Toinkins then
addrewied the meeting, after which, the deputation,
the Hey. T. Scott, gave a very interesting amount .4
the progress of the society. The fund', he said, were
seine £6,000 behinddiand, and that amount must
somehow or other be made up. He would advise
them to endeavour to wake it up somewhat after the
fashion of Mr. Gladstone, when he puts a penny a
pound on tho Income-tax. They mart increase their
subscriptions, and these who had previously given a
guines, should now give two. The committee were
sometimes blamed for building more commodious
premises for the transaction of the business of the
society in Salisbury-square, but he would show how
much the operations of the society had increased,
and how God had blessed Oder elforta. The income
of the society in 1(513, was £3,046; last year, together
with the amount raised in India and spent on the
spot, the sum was no less than a 163,000. When
they took their present premises they had only three
stations, last year they had 146. They began with
six clergymen as misaionaries, now they had 235. At
first they hail not one native missionary, hut 110 W
they had more than 60, so that he thought with
their increased business they hada right to take larger
premises. This rev, gentleman next alluded to the
labours of the society in Africa. Ile said they were
anxious about Africa, because there was at the pre.
sent time a great tendency for the revival of the slave
trade in that place, and they wee anxious about it
in consequence of its being a likely place to grow the
cotton plant. Glancing at New Zealand. he said he
could not look upon that country without the greatest
melancholy, in colusequence of the war which had
broken out there. He had rather a strong opinion
that although the New Zealanders had not might ou
their side, yet they had the right, and in that opinion
he was borne out by Commissioner Young, a gentle-
man well acquainted with New Zealand. lie could
assure his hearers that there was no place which more
needed their prayers than New Zealand. Some
people had said that missions did no good, but he
would draw the attention of inch to the fact that
about a million and a quarter of Christians had been
raised by means of missionaries. After someinterest-
ing details, the deputation concluded by desiring
increased support.—The Rev. Richard Allnutt, a
missionary from South India, also gave some inter-
esting details of the mission field in that country,
and after singing the doxology, the meeting sepa-
rated.