The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-07 00:00:00

DOItCHISTER.

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Con lifsiutirr, Saturday. -Inspector's Return :
Wheat 64.. to dibs per gr. Average:
Ti. fiontb•WestersrslWs7 eonspany unwise. cheep
essordoss to Loodos, every Monday in July, to return
on Setarday id it.... mole.
VoLo rime an offered by the Greet Western
rallwoy osinpany Mars tickets to Loudon, at single
nirm, to sushi* them to attend the WiinWedon rifle
meeting,
Boum% or Ai?.—W. lairs that Firs bare been
assmisg to Jos.p6 Dilibea sod Thomas Grey (evening
aims), and to E. R. Name (afternoon elms) •' tbe first
utentiooed youth has also been reeommended for • free
studentship for the nest year.
Tug AITSIMIAN EXPIDMOY.—Amoogat the officers
h.r.bi, wotioned in Sir Robert Napier's despatobes,
pleased so observe the nuns of Lisot.-Colonel
Smarloak Banning, 26.11 Regiment (Casseronians), son of
Mr. W. L. Henning, Fromm House, Dorebester.
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Annyr Polllll'. —A few days since, as workmen
•gniiog•sewrigedralo oppovite St. Peter's churn,
they woe one small heap of fragments of ancient
pottery—shards of from not less tinn twenty different
Then Were mane bits of &mien were, but
most d the fragments were the.. of hand-made Teasels
ole much warner wan, ornamented with hand-struck
lima, wavy, zigzag, straight, sad chequered, but
own and unsymmetrical so that It would seem thst
ite pottery might have belonged to Brines who
introduced Borne Ronan ware mons more of
British manufacture- The pieces may be seen at Mr.
Oeorge Poulin's, 3, Oornhill, Dorchester.
TUB PAHL —The 6th of July fair was bat thinly at-
tended. There was a good supply of sheep in the fair
deld. but, in coruiequenes of the dry weather and the
scarcity of keep, trade was very dull, and • ronaklrnblio
number wen unsold. In the afternoon nearly 2,060
sheep wen offend by Mr. User at his repository, when
tli.n was • quick sale, sad • clearance wan effected
within two hours, at prises much better than were
noshed in the fair, while the excellence of the accommo-
dation afforded at the repository pve great satisfaction
to the company. The sal* commenced with 200 Down
ewes, the property of G. Mayo, Req., of Puddlehinton.
These made from Mis. to 38.. each, and averaged
925. 64. 900 wither Down lambs fetched 21s. to 235.
sash, and the average was 22.. 64. Twotooth Down
inners made 345. sd. each. Then followed upwards of
a thousand withers beloocring to W. Manield, Req.
Craw-bens maned flora 295. 64. to 365. 6d.' horns
26.. 64. to 2135. M., and Downs 28s. to Ms. As useel
at this fair, the wool trade was well repr.wented by the
leading dealors, but basins, wee exeredingly sluggish,
at the following rens :—Hosna and Downs, 164., and
cross-bredn 154. per pound.

Soignee Pow., Monday—Before the Mayor (G.
Curiae, Reg ), J. F. Hodges, Req., and J. Bishop, Req.
—Daniel Hodda was suanotheed for keepiog a deg with-
out • liosnse. Me. Hodder said the dog we loft there
by • militiaman, but it warned that when the °Meer
detested it • a• being kept without a lioensa, csee waa
metlately procured. Piped in the mitigated penalty
of 25e. and 13s. ad costa.—Jneoph Seal, of Fordiogton,
was similarly summoned, and he admitted the charge,
bat said he thought it would do if the money
wee paid in "the nth of the year." Mr. Hawker
said he had previously cautionth defthdant, and
P.B Coedits said Beal had been very abusive
to him eser since. Fined 40... including
Costs—Mary Jane Mantises was summoned for
sa•aulting Fanny Willie daughter of Mr. Willis,
tailor. It seems Mr. Wallis and his f.mily have been
greatly annoyed by the defendant and her mother for •
long time. Last Monday defendant beat their little
girl and when Mrs. Benham was spoken to on the
, subject, she was abusive. Now, however, she expremed
I regret for what had occurred, and promised It should not
beppen again. Upon this Mr. Willis withdrew the
oulaMona. Defeadaat Lechler another were cautioned.
Votosorlign ImmeolthroaTlON •lID ITS COCCI.
QIIIISCSL—Tb• 3rd Dorset (Dorchester) Ries Corps is
Dow without • band, and thus it happens: Amongst
I the staff drummers of the Dorset Militia is a youth
I named George Bryisr,• cornet player in the band of that
I regiment. This drummer has repeatedly disobeyed
Militia orders by playing in the band of the Dorchester
Bilis Volunteers, 'ad been punished for doing so. Captain
Coombs, the oommanding ofilaer of the volunteers, has
on more than one mession, and in writing, ordered the
, bendnuatel of his eorps not 00 any amount to allow
I George Beyer to play with the rifle band. Phis order
bas femme* been disobeyed, the lees time being when
I the rifle baud played at Stir Mord park during the
I athletic sports of the Comity School, when, unknown
I to the authorities of the rifle cons, and cootrarT to the
eonneanding oMeer's written orders, the bandmaster
supplied Bryer with rifle uniform, and took him se one
of the perlormere for the day ; on the band returning to
the County School in the evening, George Bryees elder
brother, Cherie. Buyer, a very repeatable young man,
and a member of the Dorehester rifle corps, went to the
band, and eudeavoured to get his brother away, sod
very properly remonstrated with the bandmaster for
taking him to play contrary to orders, knowing that
his brother would again be punished, and that if it
reached their father's oars, who wee then seriously
It might be the means of making him mole worm. At
this the handinsater was vary Indignant with Charles
Bryer, and the drummer was, as his brother expected,
tried by the militia authorities, and sentenced to ten
days. drill. These eireusesteness mining to the know.
ledge of Captain Coombs, caused him to issue so order
to the effect that the bandmaster having improperly
permitted Drummer Beyer of the militia to
play with the hand contrary to previous order.,
he be not in future allowed to play with the
rifle band on any memion whatever, and also that
be be not admitted to the rifle band practice room.
This order wits, in the usual way, read on parade at the
next aansobling of the sorsa, and • copy posted on the
notice board la the drill room ; and now commences the
insubordination. The seem rleol on tea ba.ard gra.
torn down and destroyed by see of the band, as admitted
by the b.ndetastiee, and on the following wade day,
ma., last Tburdey 0•0111.00, when the band, according to
orders, should have promeded to Poundbuth hill to play
the corps into the town alter drill, they did not put in
an appearanoe at all, but on the corps reaching its parade
I ground in High Wastoareet tArre stood the bandmaster
and most of the bandsmen in plain clothes. We under-
' stand that on the following morning Captain Coombe
lent for the bandmaster and inqoired why the bend was
scion parade the previous evening, when no attempt
was made to excuse their nonettendiusee, but the band-
otheter stated that they did not come beamsa they did
not like the orders as to (theme Buses playing with ahem,
and be also admitted that on Monday eat (Coronation
day), be (the bandmaster) provided • man who had
been dismimed from the band of the corps for
drunkenness on duty, with rifle uniform, and
contrary to the express orders of the command.
ine °Meer. took him to play as ono of the Dor-
Mester. Rifle bead at Poole. COOOlO4 with these
mete of disobedience must be mentioned that some
of the Militiamen had stated that the bind would
not play with the corps any more until Captain Coombs
bad dismissed Charles Beyer from the corps, his only
offence beizoF interfering with his brother's playing
with the 1150 band, and oodeavouring to save
him from diagram. emote* Coombs thereupon
ordered the bandmaster to send in the instru-
ments and clothing, and this was dose, and so
ends the 3rd D. R. V. Band. Of coarse it is a pity to
Imo • band in any small town, but the discipline of a
ride corps othont be maintained if such repeated acts of
disobedience and insubordinate. as are above detailed
were allowed. The prompt action taken by Captain
Coombe in the matter to at once stamp oat what was
little short of mutiny, will, we feel sure under the Mr.
eumstanoes. meet the approval of all good volunteer.,
as it is well known in volunteer circles that the greatest
&orient of trouble and dithensiou connected with the
movement trims from the want of discipline &neap%
the bands, which are by far too numerous. It seems to
us that a good opportunity now arises for starting •
aretthlaas battalion band for the whole county, which
would be • great saving of expense, and be far preferable
to so many little bends; and, as the camp is so near
at heed, when all the °facers of the battalion will be
a-ten:bled, that would afford • good opportunity for the
subject to be ventilated.