The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

Elliltsbire.

W Lvov.— Training of Missionary Pupils. --We
understand that the Chapter of the Rural Deanery
of Wilton have succeeded in raising ft•O per annum
for three years, for the support of training a mission•
ery pupil; andtbat at their meeting on Monday week,
they adopted as their first missionary pupil Mr. W.
S. Burgess, aged IS, a great nephew of the late Bishop
Burgess, of this diocese. There is now a further
proposal to raise funds in this Rural Deanery for semi.
mg, at ono., any suitable young man who may offer
himself, either to St. Agustine's College, Canterbury,
or to some other missionary institution ;Awl as miff),
persons have as yet hail no opportunity afforded them
of oontributing towards this moat import/mit object,
it is conceived that there will be no difficulty in ob.
taming the necessary emu.

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SWINDON. - 7'ke aeo/bMyv. Wirdwies. —ln the
Episcopal Court of Bristol, held in the Chapter
Ifouae of the Cathedral, on the 214 February, a suit
was heard in which the vicar and churchwardens of
the parish of Wanbnrough, were the promoters, awl
George Wirdimm, of the mune place, farmer, the re.
spoinlent. The charges against the ilefundisit were
for having on the 214 September last violently broken
into and illegally aided and abetted certain other
persona in breaking into the belfry of the parish
church of Wasiburough, and ringing and instigating
other persons to ring the bells. It appears that Mr.
Wird:mini wished to have the bells rung on the occa-
sion of the birthday of his son, a child of live or six
years of age; and after having been refused 'monis-
aion, he procured a pick-axe and crow-bar, and in
the *Teeing broke open the belfry door, and having
collected the ringers, set the church bells ringing for
three hours. The case havint been fully proved
against the respondent, the Clanoellor pronounced
judgment, and admonished him to refrain from such
conduct in future, and ordered him to pay the cost
of the proceedings, which will be heavy.

DIVISOL —A leetare was announced to be de-
livered at the Townhall, on Thursday evening week,
by the Itev. Prebendary lase, under the title of
"India Pad and India Future," but owing to the
dulden illness of a member of him family, be was at
the last moment prevented from attending. To
mitigate se far as possible the diaappointment thus
caused to the larip, number who attended at the
Hall, the Rector kindly undertook to give a reeding,

told selected for tie! purpose Dickens's "
his rendering of which was highly uppreciat.el even
by those who felt uno.t thweppoinksi at not hearing
Mr. Kole. Considerable vinelit %As c.inscl by
the perforneince of two 'erect witi.trebt, as un inter-
lude in the entertainment. although this certainty
seemed rather out of plave.

I.IOHTINII TU 401kra. —The laying nil nf gas at
the MAW) COUrt4 is Imllll4 prtElelatri with rapidity.
and is to be completed before the arrival of the
Judges on the 111th

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A serious accident occurred to a man named
Jewell, a cabinet•imiker. Anger, while
1411111ing 11,1111 canell 11, about a mile out of this
town, on Thursday evening week. .lowell had been
employed by l'aptain Clack to remove some furniture
(rum risherton to Vorsham, anti was passing down
the hill in quostion with the same in a one•horse
vsn ; .fewell, mid a young man who was with him,
being seated at the front. It was noticed that they
were going at a rapid pace, Anil when about half-
way down the hill, at is supposed the load must have
.iverpowered the horse, as it swerve,' suddenly on
one side, running the wheels up an embankment.
Si. great was the velocity, that the van in capsizing,
rolled twice over, with the giwsla on it; a portion
of which were anuudied to pie, and others very
much damaged. Three of the springs of the van
were broken, and others parts scattered ; the horse,
however, was but slightly injured. 'lle young man
who was with Jewell miraculously escaped unhurt.
Jewell was taken up insensible, WO conveyed to a
public-house clone by. Two medical men were
quickly in attendance when it was found lie liad sus-
toined a severe fracture at the base of the skull, from
which, it is much feared, lie will not recover.
With the exception of a few short intervals, lie has
not been conscious since. Ilia mother wassent to at
Fisherton the Lune night, and has sines remained
with him. Another cotiveyiume was procured the
following morning, and the goods forwarded to their
destination.

POULAHOT. —An accident occurred here on Friday
morning week, to an II man named Novce, in the
employ of Mr. James Moore, yeoman. Noyce had
been sent with a horse mid cart to remove some
manure. As the horse (which is a very spirited one)
was about to move on after the haul was up, it made
a sudden plunge, and knocked the old man down ;
before he could recover himself one wheel of the
cart passed over him, breaking the large bone of the
leg, besides otherwise severely bruising him.

NIARLDOKOUGH.—The Rev. l'. H. Bond, master of
the Royal Grammar School, delivered a lecture on
Friday. at the Townhall, in connection with the
Mutual Improvement Society, on "Dreams."
THE HAND or fIOD As SEEN IN SOME Or THE
OPERATIONS Or THE CHUkull NIIMIONANT SuCIETY.
—The Rev. H. Mule, vicar of Fordington, will give
a gratuitous lecture in the Townhall, on Tuesday
the hth inst., on the above subject.
Marlborough may be said to be looking up, if we
may draw such an inference from the fact that there
lias been of late a demand for houses, chiefly small
villa residences, of which unfortunately this locality
is lamentably destitute.

Henry Horace Baker and William H. Wright, of
Marlborough College, were among the suocensful can.
didates for admission into the Royal Military
Academy, at Woolwich, at the recent examination
at Burlington House, Piccadilly.