The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

Miltsbtre.

SALIABURY. Illarket Howie Company. The
general half yearly meeting of the shareholders was
held at the market house on Monday last, under the
presidency of J. H. Jacob, Esq. There was s numer-
ous attendance of shareholders, including Sir E.
Hulse, Bart., NP., .Lieutenant-General. Buckley,
M.P., E. }lineman, Esq., T. W. Gilbert, Esq., Ac.
The report having been read, its adoption was moved
by the chairman, seconded by Mr. HiIIKUIII.II, suit
carried unanimously. The retiring directors, Messrs.
Jacob, Simper, and Fisher were re-elected. and Mr.
James Simpson was re-appointed auditor. The meet-
ing was then made special for the consideration of
the recent negotiations between the directors and
the agriculturists attending the market, and on the
motion of Mr. Gilbert, it was unani ~,,,, lily resolved
that the matter be referred back to the directors,
with full pewee to make such arrangements as they
may think proper with A Aietv to an amicable settle-
ment of the question. Votes of thanks having been
given to the directors, to Mr. Holzman (Chairman
of the Farmers Meiuorial l'oinunttee), and to the
Chairman. the proceedings were brought to a close.
WILTS AND DURANT BANKING COMPANY. —The
twenty•lifth annual meeting of the shareholders was
held within the }5511k .house, Salisbury, on NI lay,
Feb. 4 ; A. 11. Minty, k:eq., in the chair It
appears from the report that although the bank has
met with losses during the past year, from the
failures in the leather trade, the directors have
been enabled to set aside a sufficient sum from the
current profit* of the year to cover the maximum
amount of lime it is considered possible the company
may /11111Laino and in addition, to show • gross ermit
of .C 41,590 of which, after deducting 4.933
expenses of the year, they have been enabled to raise
the dividend, with the bonus, to 12 per cent, on the
capital of the emulaanY, which has been increased to
one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and Mao te
all f 5.956 to the surplus mud, which now amounts
to t::10,0s2. The leontioll ,d the bank has also been
materiallyY the wile of the London
a
which have been
bald by the company almost from its CoMuwticeaucut
the directors having applied the premiums reetivetl
i l eit itm r
no.tt grt h e
Btal e
t:1
bare..
to the reduction of the prices of the securities held
by the bank. The directors refer to the demand
for money threngh the district. in n„ineneenee of
ex pm ienced in rend i n and the didiculties
ttobelUAlartektintelain aofift tcl:eindhitair'vmel:fit:salgriec.ultiralhey
have had
perary accommodation
PUY afforded in all cases
where it could be done with safety.—The share-
nwuhileiehrohusavaeppbe,licsntio pr applications for tem
holders aPPeared to l'e highly gratiliesl with the
flourishing state of the batik, and re-elected the
General 'Sired...re whoserved
IRA; )ear, IL, Messrs.
A. H. Minty. William Long J Waters o n r*
w'flliam Mookroll, George Waters, Jams Lush,

and John Miles. The totatuumber of the estab-
liAmienta of this emoting are steadily on the increase
sue sating at present to 21
l'oem; Cuenerisx Assoelattox.—A lec-
ture was delivered before the member. of this ease-
ciati 111 l on Tuesday last by the Rev. if. Alton, of
Islingtsm, the subject being "a Tour round ?,lout
Blanc, and a little heyond:'' On the following even-
ing. the Rev. J. 'Phelps, of Little Langford, lectured
at the society's room. in Catherine-str,.et, on '• The
Literary History of the Bible." Mr. Phelps said,
chieely joined to the question what it cost to redeem
the soul? was an they, by what means bail that in.
quiry been ausweied I Through the Bible be at
once replied. The Bible, therefore, in whatever
point of view it be regarded, assumed au importance
infinitely *hove every other book. The present
lecture, as its titlu announced, did wit enter Upon its
seicreil contents, lint rather on matters external to
them. such as its authorship end transcriptien— ita
eh-ciliation.; and translations—its rescues and preset-.
vatione. To each of theme points, illustrated by
ding,ame epproiriate to them, the lecture would
refer. As to authorship, the Bible was from God.
Holy men of old 'peke as they were inured by the
Holy Ghost. By the knowledge of hieroglyphics,,
discovered through the Rosetta stone, we could now
see cotroborated on the walla of heathen teniples
at Tl...bes and Nineveh, for example, large pietism/
.acred reeord, at that t!,e unbeliever might he
eve.- leferred t.,Coill's stone books, to prove that we
4, not follow gly devised fables. It %SAX a
singular fact that within the precincts of the monas•
here of the Black Friars, where Wyclitf appeared
before Archbishop Courtenay, and ss hen he uttered
the words " Truth is great and will prevail," the
Bible Society's Buildings now stand, and where the
Bible was burnt at St. Paul's Cross, the Religious
Tract Society's Depot is to be found.— The lecture
was !Maxim(' to throughout with the closest atten•
and a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded
to the rev. lecturer._ _ . . .

The lion. and Rev. Douglas Gordon, M.A., of
Trinity College. Canibridge, chaplain in ordinary to
the Queen, who a few months since was presented
by the L.rd Chancellor to a canonry residentiary in
Salisbury Cathedral, was presented, on resigning the
living of Great Stanmore, to which he was appointed
in 1848, with a handsome guilt vase, containing 400
sovereigns, as a teken of affectionate regard from
his late parishioner... Mr. Gorden and his father,
the late Elul of Aberdeen, together subscribed the
sum of 4.000 towards the erection of the new
church at Great Staninere, the tirst stone of which
was laid in March, 1849, in the pressnee of the late
Queen Dowager, being the last occasion on which
she appeared in public.
MARLBOROUGH. —Lenten Serrires.—Services will
be held during Lent on Wednesday at St. Peter's,
and on Friday, at St. Mary's.
Voi.vNreett RIFLE CORPS.—R. E. Price Esq.,
the respected mayor of this town intends offering a
cap to be shot for by the members of this corpe as
soon as their officers consider them sufficiently
advanced in ball practice to c.iuspete for it.
11 iiiiiwonrs.—The Earl of Radnor has presented
the handsome contribution of .C 2.5 to the Highworth
I Volunteer Itiile Coips, iu aid of their clothing.