The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY. MAY 6, 1879.

DOZOHIESTMEI4 VOCAL ASSOCIATION CONOIIII
Mae TYlffie-No alterations in the trains on the I The grand concert of the ninth senses came off with
Greet Western H M
ai way foe the month ot ay, and the usual success on Wednesday night.
the present time Is will remain in form. when the Can
Exchange was comfortably dlled 'te an eeerccialve
•odiencr among who wen's-Colonel Donna and nun..
Diotrurrar.-It will be seen by an announmeat in Roe. „„ Mr, H. B. Williams and party, Mr_ E In
ear advertising columns that Mr. WaLace, of 91. K toler.ley atid boil), Mr. Thornton, OM. Mr.. Dim'''.
Harley-street, London, visits Dorchester even), Mi... Bum,. Mn.. Arthur Hansel, Misses M Mr,
alternate Saturday his consulting rooms being at )17. • linuint and Parte. Csptain Wills, Mr. J. 11.
Lockett's. Cornhill, Dorchester. ' W. NI,. (Cu,). Mr. A. Emmen, Mr. A. Pope
(mayor), Mr: K Pope Mr. a Symonds, Mr. FL C.ickeram
VESTRY MerrlNG str Sr. PaTgalt.-Thured tY and piny, and Nirs. Alfred Spicer. the lice. Mr. and
present: Mr. Durdea, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Harringtsel. Mrs e • Dr. Aldwortio, 11r. IL Davis, Mrs.
and Mr. Pearce. The overseers' estimate of expenses Gime' 111-s. Guard, Mr. itobineon, Mrs. J. L Mies
to Michaelmas, 1879, having been read, a Poor rate at • oter. Mrs. Lied, Mr.. Cage, Mr.. Loader, Mrs. Dunn,
Is in the was granted. A supplemental valuation ' Mr. J. G•ipin. Jon.. Mrs. G. J. O. Gregory. Mr. 11. Smith's
hat relative to the new buildino, in Orchard-street, party, Mr. H. L Party, Mr. Hill, Mr. T. C tomb.,
Mr. A. Lock. Mr. D *Dien, jun., Mr. Darden. Mrs. IL
was presented and signed. D Aro, Ile. W. D orden, Mrs. Dante°, Mr. BigZil's party,
A Fturr.ciass Cisco - it will be seen by advertiee- lit. m.p.h. Id, Mrs.
meat that the circus conducted by Mr. Batty is about month), hire. If 4vr, Ilia Tahoe, R W Pool, Mr. and
to visit Dorchester, and we believe this is known as • Miss Last, Mr. J. Anderson, Mr. Keats, Mr. lia:laups Ac..
really first-claw establishment, on which large corns of Fte•
List of instrumentalietst-lst violin, Ur. C. Keats
capital have been expended with excellcnt results, fur
leader; solo violin, Mr. .1. P. Collett; let •iolin. Mr. W,
the display is a grand one, erliih, the feats of agility Stone; tad violin. Mr. C. Keats, jam. • do., Master B.
are marvellous, and the horsemanship superb, while Era..; viol a, Mr. H D. Sime ; violoncello, Mr. H.
of course the Inn is well kept up by the clowns. Bailey; violoncello, Master J. Oman; clarinett, Mr.
&eat Wise Watilso has been resumed at Brown Pandorta, Mr- J. Robin...o. Jun. and Miss.
Keats • lommonium, Mr. T. IL Morgan.
Bl Ferdington, two oodinettes on Tuesday evening
. Tie Keats;
as of the evening w the appearance of the
ring overtheshah) supports; but 1,1" Y PeuPin young rociti.t-lir4 Matthews, who sang teinarkably
Boding the road flooded, went round by the bottom of well, exhibitins not only some rich low note., but upper
Dorchester instead of taking the short cut from Tubb's once of ..I very cl while her voice Is of that quality
COltner to Gray's bridge. We understand Mr. Hunt which prowl-es to mellow with time. The usual sacred
has kindly offered permission for stuff to repair and part was • selection Insto Mendelssohn's Him. of Praiee.
raise the road to be taken out of the mill tail; but and the Association made • good impression by the chorus
Perhaps that wouldn't suit those who are so protio:ent -a fuU burst of bartstony.-Mies Neale it iyd has a little
too much of the "learned lady " look about her, and Lee
bt the knowledge of "How not to do it." notes were rather clear than full at the commencement;
Worrixo Mrs's CLcr. - A meeting was held but they were silvery end keen.
at the Coffee Tavern, Scuthatrce, on Monday The chorus( f soprani and alti) revealed the Amosiation
evening last, to consider the rules necessary for is stronger in s ,prani than in the lower voices, and we
should let glad if they gathered more of the Litter.
the club. At half past eight the 'nest-jest W" Miss Annie Matthews was recievel with applause,
commenced by Colonel Oldlield reading user the
Miss
soon proved she was not unworthy to sing
rules drawn up by the House Committee. and at the 11 'side voca nts who have been lobes: known ;
end of each, asking were there any objections or her voice ren;el sufficiently high for the parts she
propositions to be wide by any id the members? Mr. undertakes, and the I w now, were occasionally very
W. Holt suggested that the recreAti,n-r ins lie opened rich ; she tua 1.1 her "simeation' at the commencement.
at two on Saturday instead of s, tie!. tek, and this and well sustained fere may here soy) the go el inopretivon
was seconded by Mr. 11. Chun:hill earl carried.- to theybrac. The dee, 'sounding corns was very effect-
Twelve members were Olecte,l a, a committee, to see i.e. said 0.5.5 we ne.• congratulate Mr. B. Smith on
the evident stress he has attained with • clotr not
the rules carried out, and Mr. Wolff wan chosen
remark etily etrong in Lumbers, and which might he hatter
eecretary. Classes are to he tinned for the members. Whored, hit leader the. power of g.tling suffizient
including some for the study 1 debate. granourir, 111,11 G. 6 ,
0 the(l4•,ity ociairwo.
arithmetic, anti •borthand urtting. The meeting I lu lit.. du cnorue-" Iwe for the Isorti," Miss
cksed with rotes Of thank. tI 1 h., CU.i ran its, loop.. I Jar. cit syds fusty we awy rivalry ln with Miss Matthews
by Mr. Churchill, and Mr. ISicharls us vale 'dialler ha tee hest else', and the elder lady clearly gaincd ; be
compliment to Mra. Bingham, prcsideut of the club, nese ful restful expreseion of the music was stall moo,
the losing quite propanel and very succe.Vul.
and they were heartily acconled. Mies Matthew., la the imitative "Oh, woree than dcath,"
- - was lutsinaely plaintive, and when she passed to the
aaaaa "Angels, ever bright and fair," her smeins was
moat pleasing, the characteristics of the mune-(too
swpet for earth, not grand enough for heaven) being well
defined, and this delightful air was welcomed salt should
be always,
Miss R oyd Inol not much scope for what she is best in
when she sang "At pants the harts" but her genius did
not fail her ant she adapted herself to what was required
and really gave a delicione treat.
Beethoven's Hallelujah chorus was another success of
the choir.
Having satisfied conventional demands, the musicians,
after an interval, took roars freedom in the secular nett,
and the little hand acquitted themselves very well (con-
sidering the measure of their strength) in Peer's overture
" Sargino." Macfarren's charming part song. " The
cockoo singe," was eiven with • delicacy and brilliancy
that proved-even more than the excellent tune and time
-that a master spirit had led the Association aright, and
thy had willingly and with intelbgenoe followed the
teaching,, or grace would not have been no admirably
combined with hearty cheerfulnees as in " Let us drive
care away," "In sunshine then make hay." Was it the
reenleeretion of the interval. or • pleasant rivalry, or a
special study of the old ballad that made Miss Royd no
successful in "The Soldier's Tear r certainly she was
better than ever before that evening, her silvery notes,
and the tenderness of ex preseion deepened the sympathies
of the audience, who listened se if entranced, and gave her
the first encore. The lady wes whe, too, for the left
them longing, by only sinew( one wee in reel:tonic
Next we had one of those surprising displays of instru•
mentation the "Guillaume Tell duo concertante, by Mr.
J. P. Collett and Mr. B. Smith, and delicious were the
harmonies produced, interspersed with the most brilliant
effects. These favourites had a triumph, which they de-
served. A crucial test of Miss Matthews's popularity was
itoeckel's peculiar song "Since Then," wherein outs might
desire more harmony; but the lady showed Sql touch
feeling In "Ds, leaf, die," and dealt with the whole so
well that she was persistently encored. Vary wisely she
substituted& song with • true old English ring, " How
could you serve • poor maiden 'or and in this she went
to the hearts of all. The well-known "Bells of St.
Mehael's Tower" was next Oven; and the bell ringing
part waa clearly the best.
Miss Royd's powers were evidently "daring' one., for
she WO4 her highest honoure at the last, with a very pretty
nerr song "Twickenham Ferry," which she filled with
brightness and &retinae', and was rtsservedly encored,
Her "Tell me one thing, tell me truly," with its roguish
"No, sir, no," moved that Miss deal.) has a young heart
or she is full of art, and she well deserved the remarkable
honour we gave her, of a double encore.
Socrentuoy ill the concert wind up with the Fisher.
men's chosus (11%eanie110) and "God Sue the Queen,"
•n.l wee ,rtilneo.ll the managers for the excellent siren.,,.
moots whereby it closed at • reaeonable hour.
Praise is well tt *erred by Mr. It. Smith, conductor, Mr.
C. Ksats, levier of the band • Mr. Jmeph Ittointion,
pianist; Mr. T. Morgan, who is exftlient at the har-
monium. anti by the vocalists aril Mr. C Mott, of coarse.
Mr. A. J. Wool arranged • good platform.
Musical &nostrum, vocal and instrumental, should now
rally round the excellent bon. eacrelary, Mr. H. !dodgem,
and so increase the number of the Association,

minatea

bed Win at all On the 9th ofilMt NS* be POO up to
Loudon to consult Mr. Ibrigessa, kr be found be could
not eliPlY himself to @Wrote', *ark as well he could
before. Some executors* bsess, In which there were
tidos concerned, he wed obliged to give on altogether. Rio
capacity foe businga, was so much impsired that in
January he thousht of giving it up altogether.
Serjcant Ballautine Aooythiag you d*, lout not your
thoughta, please.
Mr. !Arlo/Pion prescribed far him, advising him to go
&say from business for • shot till*. Ile hail now almost
recovered from the etteeta of thaeollosion. When he dr*
began to walk he trod upon the nerve tinier the third toe
and *allured such excruciating pains that he almost fell
down in the street, and he fiat shoe. Paine tio,eeionnltY
now, although not so sharp. His tardical advice and
attendance hod cast him c 10s. ; dentist, six guineas—
and these charges were certainly incurred in consequence
of the accident.
By his Iron:ship: He was obliged to have an entirely
new set of upper tow teeth. Th a um nee-madded by
the 110 PD fling tooth bovine been lirosened.
/*rigout' Baliantine said he &Omitted the six guinea,.
There was • further chugs ot 16 guineas I, travelling
expensee to London to se Mr. Eisacoson. and to Bourne-
mouth to see the dentist
Croacexaminod by Serjeant Ballantioe : Now you have
given us an account 01 your toe, and you may rely upon
we feel very much for you—(imolsalised laughter)—
haven't you suffered from gout in it?
I beg pardon !
Haven't you had gout in your toes I You know what
your toes arc
My medical men asked me if I MA ever had it, and I
told them I had a very serious Maws one, which ter-
minated in • slight attack if gout.
They very naturally suited you. They knew you were
the Mayor of Dorchester (Ltughtor)
I was not the Mayor then.
You to* that °Moe, then, probably to cure the gout
(Renewed laughter.) Didn't you toll them you had coot
In the toes? Now you have behaved so thoroughly like a
gentleman in this matter that I am sure you will tell us.
No, I did not.
The Chief Baron: When was this Mims which tor.
=mated in a slight attack of gout t
About 10 years ago, my lord.
LW you not lay you had suffered from gout
No.
Mass recollect.
lain quite positive as to that.
Have you bad any mmotion of gout since then?
Not the least.
nidn't you soy you suffered from internal gout?
The Chief Boron (suprisei): Int rue' toot?
Serjeant Baltantine (coolly) : Internal gout, my lord.
!hat I'old._

Plaintiff I said I had had a vary ferioua attack shout
10 year, a 4 ao4 it was lours in my chest at that time.
la fact.. 111 was 1 that 1 am wondered in • clangorous
state.

--Mthere d 1 it ealtbit itself butt
In my toes :in my great toe. That's the only attack of
Loot I know of.
You hod been Mayor previons to thin, had you not?
Yee. obuof 20 /venni ado. Tine wea my almond Mayor.
sitlCid you continue, after the accident, to act se deputy
coroner I
Yen

fiii7:l to act upon such occasions as you were required 1
Yes.
The Chief Baron: That is rather an indefinite question.
Sergeant Ballantine : Well, my lord, it must be, unless
happened to know the persons who had the misfortune
o die.

How soon after did you hold one
I believe it was in the month of December, 77.
Did you find your faculties equal to the important
duty)
Well.
NV,

W;)ii. you ars not going to say you did it badly
(Laughter.)
No, I won't say that
You did it as well as it could be done I
I did it as well as I could.
Well, that is a more modest answer. You were satisfied
with yourself at all events
I don't think I was.
On the 9th you had to make spew-heel
Yea.
Is your's a good-natured. endly-managed Corporation
(14.61)ter.)

I hope you At te&
4c 11. caught them in a good tamper on thin
5.!11.1

Yes:l.belleve they were.
And you got on vary well?
No difficulty at all.
Will, and than you went horns and went to bed, but I
appose the members of the Corporation made speeches?
There... not much speaking.
But quite enough to send you to sleep when you got
hornet (Much laughter.)
Now I come to the important epoch of the year, the
dinner. (Laughter.) You presided there?
I did.
And you proposed all the loyal toasts; such I suppose Is
tho custom at Dorchester
Yee.
Well, you had to propme several, had you not? And
you •toott no while you proposed them?
I believe I did.
Ob, you can't have any doubt about that, Mr. Mayor.
You never sat down while you proposed "ii. IL the Queen"
did you. (Laughter.)
No.
Did that hurt you?
No.

ern. you very highly complimented in the local
pavers upon the way in which you conducted that dinner t
Certainly not.
Well, did you feel that you did It at all bed
Yes I did feel that. I felt that I had said what I ought
no.to..have said..

Well, even enitnent men—l am sorry lam not eminent
at all—judges say at times things they afterwards with
they had not said. You felt very uncomfortable internally
at the following day, did you not I (Loud laughter.)
Internally 1
Yes! 06, I merely euffers4 from the accident.
And not for the fenstl—Not (runs the feast. I didn't
take much to suffer from.

—ile.rgt.-Ballasstine. Much !! (Loud laughter.) Well, we
won't go into the Mayor's feast
I should be very pleased to do so. I only took a little
whiskey and water.
Yon bane sant lost one halfpenny worth of Mixings, by
this accident, have you /—(No sinswer.)
Yours is an old and established respectable house, and
your son is assisting you in the business, is he not I
My son is with me.
And though you may hero suffered 111COUV011iellCt, you
have not suffercd loss

W.l Li I —l;;;;arered loss, but I don't wish to go
into purtiettlars.
Well you hare not mentioned any, so I presumed you
had not. _

The...obis( Baron: You are asked • question in very
wee's' terms. liars you suffered one halfpenny worth of
loss in your business
There wars one or two cams I had in hand, which ought
to here been dons by a certain time, end se they were not.
I think I may lose • client
You only think you may
I know it

G.-alb-no explained the 16 guineas travelling expenses
including four visits to London. and Sergt. !Libman.
said he would admit that item Alan.
Mr. William 11. Morgan, civil engineer and I, irough
surveyor. at Weymouth. was in company with Mr. Lock
at the time of the accident. Immediately it took place
plaintiff said " Good Gd, I am seriously injured, and
upon that he (witness) called arils:sum It was a very
violent collision. He himself was thrown backwards and
forwarda. _

Mr. John Good, surgeon. of Dorchester, and family
doctor to the plaintiff, was called to Mr. Lock's house,
between six and seven on the evening of the accident
Ile was in his dining-room, faint. and pale, and evidently
suffering from its effects. He complained of pain. in the
knees, legs, heck, and shoulders. Inunediatety below the
cap-bones of the knees were rather severe abrasions
The nape of the neck wo tender and painful; his mouth
was alan bleeding and there was a cut on the inside of the
lip. Witness proscribed • warm loth foe him and had
him put to bed, where he remained until the 9th. He then
consulted him about going out, but he considered it an
nowise step ; but as It seemed • matter of importance he
It him go with certain restrictions. The pains in his back
continued for two or three months and even now he com-
plained, which he could only attribute to the effects of the
accident. ilil (witness's) opinion was that he was not of
the energy, tact, and sentences, that he was previously.
He had known him for the last DI years.

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Witness was then croseexanalned as to his statement
concerning pLaintifTe presumed logs°, energy and tact,
and wag Naked to give 1111 instance. He said an inquest
was held at the County Constabulary Station, whirls was
rather Intricate, and he certainly did not manage it with
his usual discernment
How did he fail to exhibit his usual discernment
I don't understand you! He didn't seem to understand
the eau and deal with it in the seine way a. before.
That is to say he didn't deal with it in the same way an
you would have done if you had been in his place!
No: I don't say that at all.
We know these general terms are often used ; but I want
you to explain in what respect he faded. In what did he
not show Isis original tact I
Iv his address to the jury.
What do you recollect In him address to the jury I
Well, I can't recollect anything now; but I mean to say
it wag not in his general way.
Very well, I will take it without further enquiry that
that wag your opinion.
It was the opinion of the jury.
You needn't swear for other people. Do you mean to
say you don't think him fitted to hold the office of
coroner?
Well, if he—
Attend, sir I Do you mean to say before his face and
before the jury that ha is not at to conduct a complicated
case?

•
I don t mean to lay anything of the kind.
You don't advise his removal from that post I
That depends upon him/pelf.
How doe. it/
Will. if be wishes It. I don't say upon the snore of
Incapacity.
In r•-ezatnination Dr. Good said h. did not remember
attending him for either gout or rheumatism. About 10
years ago he did have a severe Illness, which culminated
In gout
Mr ithrichson, surgeon, of London, and of considerable
experience in Cy., arising Irons railway accidents, said
he was consulted by the plaintiff, and put him under
treatment. He saw him nye times altogether. When be
fret saw him he was sufferitnt from a shock to the nervous
system and injuries to the back and legs, the results of
a direct blow. He should consider him now very fairly
recovered, although no doubt he might suffer some
discomfort. .

Croase"...."x'amined : It was vary apt that persons who had
suffered from • railway accident got up • good many
fancies about impairment of snamory, and all that, which
had no foundation in fact.
Now, looking at him. did you ever re a healthier or
more plural-looking man I (Laughter.)
I consider him fairly welL
Both fair and well. (Renewed laughter.)
()out is • difkaalt thing to get rid oft

Rather. _
If a person has it in his system, a shock of this kind
would be calculated to brute it out I
It would be very apt to do 10.
And the pain mentioned ae having come in the toe
some den after the accident would be • symptom of the
gout I—Very probably, I think.
Alter the .hocks of • railway accident do you think a
gurney a good system of procedure I I think it
we. unwise to have attended that dinner.
Itspeclally in the position be held—ex-maymyou know
It was too fatiguing.
You do get hot at Ilailo,ll dinners, I believe.
(Laughter).
Yr. Collins: Did you ever attend one
Never. .

mot Bs 'Matins intimated he should not call
wl_ttlesses.

I Collins then summed up the cue for the plaintiff,
and ugued,although the learnel sergeant's mu-examine-
tions bad b.. 0 ',err amusing and he bed endeavoured to
turn portions of the case :uto ridicule, yet there could
, not be a doubt that plaintiff's sufferings in toe
present instance—whethey he had bad gout or not
previously he did not care—had been induced by this
accident. and that hie inbreed absence from business
must have had a depreciativeeffect upon it. He contended
the plaintiff would have .stained more berm boa Ms
I stayed away from the dinner in question and worried him-
Will ab..t It than ladles ai he did under certain restric-
tions laid down by is medical attendant.
Sergeant Ballantine thou addrused the jury for the
defendants. He intimated that tie would make nodispute as
to the amount ahortil * the plaintiff for expel:NS.
Very eminent menbinisoutoloyed on Me one aide and
the other end they Mel malmvoitred to arrive at
se to milmi ma* was the Were lad heat
&Tali:Will it oillnettno th **it ot menyeay to
an a dlllidnio. Oa he Shwa had saanimed Oa Naftali.

-f—MrThis-rieheen had ed
ir • --- —ma that which was substantially
his opinion. and which the jury would he only doing their
duty by te,anllng s• correct Hqs• Mr. Elarichson con-
sidered hon. althou „fh he did not venture quite to say tei,
perfectly well. Hsi used the expression fairly welt Ti
ask hint 1.. .of perfectly weli he supposed would be to
expect too much of a medical 13101 on the ittner side.
However, what he meant was that none of thee,
co:torquing..i wt irk his friend had put before
tk,ta were likely to occur from the shock. They knew
what had oecurrea I, and, sa far as human judgment went,
they were able to decide what would occur. It W/11 /Sid
that, Mr. Lick le ing past 60, • shock of that kind was
extremely dangerous. If • medical man bad been called
t h ise there were seri tus symptoms about him, that
would have been important; but now they were in this
po,ition. Here was • gentleman of a retain age who hoe
received a shock which has produced a certain injury,
tai: frees which anything like danger has gone. A goo&
to the system, as they all knew, especially it that we. a
retT violent one, wee very unconsfortable, and having
etetained Ir. they required solos mean, to get rid of it.
Itit they did net go to Mayor.' feasts. He wool.'
how cousider it rather a proof of the :Imitate:,
r ispectaitility of the gentlemen—a respectability be loaf
exhibited in everything connected with this caw—f.r
there woo no doubt Ult. .aa an Mike of great import-
ance, and whatever a profane public might think about
It, there woe no doubt the mayors themeelves thought a
great deal of it. He had • great many important dutic.
to 'Barber:it., that when performed by perems who wcre
In the haitit of speaking day after day might not. tw E
very difficult, but in others he would think Itliel; to
produce • certain heat Ira the system not calculated to
he diminished when they cline to the touts and the
eloquent panygerics made by everybody about everybody.
the result being that it the subjects of them did not go
' away very Poorly and with • tstriancy a bilious
I attack. they went away very much entitled with what
bad been said, and still tligTe gratified at having said it.
' (Laughter.) And then of course there were the local
papers. (Laughter.) He thought all that must be taken
into conaideration when they estimated the amount of
, suffering for which the complainant would have to pay.
• Now, in his opinion, a person who would go to a dinner
Party of ter a railway shock was a wilful man. Dr.
Ehrichson himself shook his head and said it would have
horn very much better if he had not gone. It was not wise.
conaidered the pains which certainly came when he
trod upon a pebble were stroog indications of gout rather
thus this shock to the system. Then te never in any way
neglected ion duty rate deputy coroner. Mr. G earl, who he
did not think would be his doctor much lenxer—(latitch-
ter).—it is true. wm not quite satisti,d with hint nor. he
said, wets the jury. Perhaps that jury were not quite
amities', and he was right in his judgment He had
kno en learned judges spoken of as not doing things right,
when they directed contrary to the opinion of those most
intereeted. (Laughter.) Whet then, under the circum-
stances was this gentleman to hive? If this had been an
ordinary labourer taken from the street*, and he had
undergone the same shock, and suffered in the same wry
—even to the pain under the little toe, they meat Marie
OlVell him precinely the Cattle AS they woul 1 this gentleman.
The suffering of a labourer was as much es and probably
more than that of the highest Individual. They could net
measure it by a mathematical scale. He admitted the
plaintiff hadlbeen put to expense, and, knowing him to be
• gentleman who had dealt fairly with them, he entirely
I agreed as to the amount, and there was therefore nothing
left for them to determine, but what they thought for his
suffering, he ought to metes at their hands.
The Lord Chief Baron told the jury it was really, and so
: entirely, a came for their cousaderation, that he need
I address, but very few observations. Pointing out briefly
' on the one hand, the plaintiff's own account of his suffer-
ings, and on the other his admission as to having attended
the dinner, His Worehip told them to find such moderate
damages es would do justice to both puttee.
I The jury found for the plaintiff, damages C2OO, in &dal-
; lion to tha LSO odd incurred for expenses.

between the brokers at this port and the owner at PORTLAND.
Liverpool, and that morning the owner stated that be Tx C Convict. PRlSON.—Ditrint the past week the
was on his ai ay to Weymouth with a new captain. ale following dboanguisheil Pere:Aides luee visited the
(Mr. }loam) thought that an arrangement which the Portland Convict Prison. —he Lord Chancellor
men hal talked over the previous day, might be (Earl Coirm) and party. :dr Idmund Da Cane, and
curried into effect, namely, that the men would pro. Sir W. Handers di (Chief Commander of police.)
teed to SCA with a new captain. Mr, i toward said the ,
men left themselves entirely in his hands, and after I es
as Mrs Gibbs laundress of was proceeding
mauy yrs of experience be would do his utmost to •
• 14' h I h fell
CCIDeNT.—iJn Tuesday nii;ht about. nine o'clock,
punish Latta' for wrong dig, if it WAS proved kodust
d cut h hands and face, also
them, but on the other hand lie would uphold them over the steps there an he' along the Ca,: path at the too ix Higher-lane, er- sine, • e
her site. This spot is extremely
whoa in right. The captain, be refuaing to allow the I severely iniestegd
perpen
men to go before a magistrate had rendered himself d"ger"" Bight. the °WM h.• ue
liable to • penalty of 1:10 for each roan. The Bench
ultimately a document drawn up by Mr. certainly preferable to the present entry to this
eulsr. The grailoal elope, as it was form rly, Was
lfowitrd, stating that the men had not committed any thoroughfare.
offence, this WM entered in the log book, and Mr. PCIMITIVit 711wrTIODIFITCHAPLL AmervetutLet.—The
Smith, the Herman Vice-Consul, ,ti I h would ratify anniversary of the Primitive Methodist chariel at
thin with his seal. The men would, therefore, proceed Weston was celebrated lad week. On Sunday
with the ship to Hamburgh, where they were to be moreing the Rev. T. Cartand (Bible Christian)
paid their wages. Toe court Was fillet with seaman, kiresched,followal in the af :ernsonand evening by Mrs.
who appeared to take the deepest interest in the pro Narley, of IVeyinou• h. The congregations were very
good indeed. On Wednesday evening a public tea
A Coot, FocallrL6 Among the list of subscribers to took place. followed by a crowded meeting, when
the Went of England Bank Fund, appear the names of appro; rime addresses were delivered by two circuit
Mr. Henry Edwards, me. for Weymouth, £2O, and Mr. ministers and other friends of the came.
J. V. Clarke. IL it. for Abingdon, 3:10; and we under-
stand Mr. George Partner, a. P. for Beading. has also Nay/al.—The first class Thorneycroft torpedo boat,
similied his intention of sulocribing an joining the Co- N. 2, which is intended for the instruction of
mittee The seat. of them (lAlreml) members are engineer officers while paean through the reserve at
reputed to 60 the safest in the Kingdom, and when we Devonport. succeeded in :eking the paeans from
mention that immediately they were written to these Portsmouth to Devonport, under most trying eircnm•
geneemses iiessesdieSelY Wituithel their Isolelweenee in the stances as regards weather. She left Portsmouth at
moveinent it cannot be wondered at. I letr Gazette. 40 minutes to 9 o'clock on Friday the leth, under the
HENRI EGIVARDS, Esq., sq r. FOR WZYNOCTII. it may
command of Lieutenant Wouham, Mr. H. K. Willby
netts, generally known that Mr. Henry Edwerds. the
ruueli-tasipected awl popular me. for Weymouth, is the beiuz in charge or the machinery, with a complement
eidact sou of John Edwards, Esq., of Somerton, Somerset, of seven men. She passed the Needles rig 20 past 11,
by nizabeth, daughter of James Brayley, Esq., of and after a smooth passage Portland was reached at
Southinulton, lie was born in London in Irdd. Ile was two o'clock in the afternoon. After calling alongside
for very many yeare one of the most successful merchants the Boecawen, the boat was coaled at the pier, a
in London. and resides at his beautiful seat at Mitrield in supply of fresh water being taken on board. She was
Surtcy. lie is a magistrate of Mi Idles-sex and !deputy. made fast to the lioscawen for the night. The next
Chairman of the Tower Hamlets. He is well known in
conjunction with Sir Sidney Waterlow for his successful morning the wind blew freshly :rum the south-east.
exertions In erecting on • large scale in various parts of Nevertheless, the little craft proceeded outside the
I London model lodging.houses for artisans, and is bcputy- breakwater at nine o'clock, but, after shipping two
Lieutenant of the Industrial Dwellin te' Company. The heavy seas, she was compelled to return into barb ow,
handsome Chapel of Ease (Christ Church), which was where *he remained until the following Monday. The
en Ct.d in litl by public subcription, has chancel, nave, winil had in the meantime gone round to the north-west.
aisles, and • pail of ten hello which chime every three she started for Plymouth at 20 minutes past ten, and
hours, tool are the gift of Mr. E lemnis. Mr. Edwards has ,
also hal built at his mle cost the Working Men's Club in steamed at the mate of 1.3 knots au hour across to the
Mitchell-street, in Weymouth; it in in the frcruauesque Start, where she encountered a Ling swell from the
style, and contains • good library, lecture, and reading- west. Myna .uth was reached at 20 minutes past four
rooms ; and he last year signalised lain munificence by in the afternoon. The machinery worked capitally,
presenting to the pour the sum of £3,0e1, which he had and the boat steamed along very easily, 901bs. of
advanced as • loan to the Corporation. Little wonder steam being retained the whole time.
that such princely liberality should have bee' o remembered,
and that in he polled nearly two-thinb, of the whole The Gee" Wester. Railway officials.saat—are
still
nibbling at tie Cherlaure traffic.. Sir Alexander weed, the
constituency, or as many as his two Conservative ,_ uty theiTomi.. accompanied by a ma,
opponents combinwl. Long may the Libor .d member for
of its °Metals, have recently p.a& visit to Portland and
Weymouth be spared to continue those •sorks of large- .
some attention to the Mere there which 't , formin
hearted and princely liberality which hays march. name
esomewhat
illen
of a natural dock, it is thought ht with • coin"-
• household word for probity and manly virtue.—Zrzerer
paratovely small outlay might be made at onceacupeciuus
Galata and safe anchorage for the company', vessels. The Wey-
COUNTY COURT, SATCRDAY.—The c ourt sat this mouth people suspect that the company have in view the
morning, but there were no cams of any public interest removal of their Cherbourg traffic from that dart to
worth recording. Portland, to which place its line extends. We may
BOROUGH Poucg COURT, Saturday.—B if ore Dr. Drew consolingly reflect upin last week's now' from Lymington
and Mr. 11.1wszis. —which has long affected something like • poesible
Dense IN COURT. —Joan Randall, Chickerell, was superiority to this port—to the effect that the river was
summoned for being drunk and using foul language in blocked up, and the Easter pleasure traffic stopped, by •
court the day previous. Prisoner was than summoned for collier being hung up there !—Gants I Intsinentset.
assaulting a female at Chickerel on Friday, but as he was
drunk and using bad lemmas° he was tat en into custody.
its had nothing to say ant', woe trembling and shaking
under the influence of drink. He was sentenced told
dais' hard labour.
THX enemas AGAINST a GROCER'S PORTER.—Tbe man
Borrow (on remand) was again pieced in tire dock, the
following evidence being adduced—lie. William Clustance.
manager to Messrs. Tat lor and Co., grocers, stated that
in answer to an advertmement for a porter the prisoner
came Into the employ of the firm on the :Mb of March.
in the present y_ee,r. lie had • two years' dm rector with him
written by • Pas, Morgan, on behalf of her husband,
who is a deer r Bristol, bat who was away from home at
the time. ate piece of pork produced was similar to
OHMS War had in stock. He could also Identiflytlrebmzes
sardines. The whets of groceries he also identified from
their lee'.ng wrapped in the hags of Taylor and Co., and
Printed wrappers. All the small anode produced came
from Poeir establishment in St Mary-street the pork and
tousle, from the store in St. Nieholaastreet. Prisoner
was constantly sent from the shop to the store alone, also
had acmes to the shop and stores in St Mary-street; but
he was never left alone there, and the wonder was now
a managed to take away the articles tusob served. Mrs.
',laments, wife of Mr. Robert Clements, or the Concert
hall tavern, St. Nicholas-street, deposed teat Thursday
moraine the prisoner came to their home with a piece of
pork, which he said would leave and call for in the
...nine. The piece produced looked like the elm°.
EC. }Lansford coming into the house she named the
circumstance to him, for she felt sure the prisoner had
no business to bring a piece of pork like that to her house.
Prisoner ameba toe evening andto-kit away, when he
was apprehended outside the house—Mr. Cu+tance re-
called stated that the value of the go ids stolen was quite
10, —Miss Mary Fooks st.ted that prisoner I slice.' at bnr
house, and at various times brought boom such things as
those now produced, which she gave up to the policeman
after prisoner's apprehend on. Prisoner pleaded guilty,
and was "very mrry." Dr. Drew mid it was a very
aerials matter. Three months' with hard labour.

ECHOES.

Some near•sightecl individuals have been making
c =plaints about the insufficiency of light outside the
railway station. There is one large lamp over the
main entrance to the building, which is always
ordered by the stationmaster to be kept lighted, and
if it is not lighted at thane to snit some people's ideas,
surely the stationmaster is not to be blamed. Echo
had always observed how frequently Mr. Parsons goes
out of his way in order to make things as comfortable
as he can for the great number of parsons who use the
line.

BOROCOUPoucr., Monday.—Befure Dr. Drew and Mr.
H. Ita,gett.
Dittihlt AND RIOTOUIL—Robert Strange, 'errant to CaL
Itadipole. wa, charged with bOiLIK drunk and riotous
and a...suiting SAtuuel Welstend on Slnday evening
P.C. Pryer. between 11 and 12 last nitht, on the Dar.
chester-road, saw prisoner fighting with Samuel Welatead,
and covered all over with blood and mud. He bad great
difficulty in getting hint t, the station, and when tha re
ha was very abusive and attempted to striko wituens
several times.-11r. Itaithett observed what a pity it WM
that prisoner had not learned bow to keep the S ibbath
Welstaad overtook the prisoner as he was
going home last evening, and as he pas.ed him bade bite
'good night," upon which prisoner struck him with Ids
mH u brella. e doted with him in self-defence and they
both fell. He was very drunk and could hardly stand;
but be could min.—Dr. Drew °honeyed that some men
could run when they were drunk, though they could not
etand. Superintendent'Vickery said prisoner's rnsgter
gave him an excellent character, and prisoner si ad he was
egceedingly aorry.—Fined 10i. including costa.
Alt OLD TOPER. —Richard White, for being drunk and
abusive at the Fisherman's Arms, was flood ss. and roam
or seven days hard labour.

Echo hears that certain indivi•luals have been com-
plaining of the " smells" at the it ailway Station, owing
to an unsufficient water supply. Such is not the case.
The water supply is admirable and abundant, and
the "smells" that arise come from elsewhere, and not
from the Railway Station.

The 32n1 Li. canle to tbe rtlal manor weak in
numbers, but a batch discharged, added to no le.s than
seven sent to (;osuort.,Llaol in a week, will u..ai make
them look smaller. 'I his won't do, 32n1, the free bra-
cing air of the citadel is far preferable to the confiee-
ment in Parton Prison.

"There's many a slip %mixt the cup and the lip."—
Such was the experience of a young couple who
recently decided th it the last day of ths notice of thrir
intentions should be their we tiding day. Pm/rename
as follows :—At five am, the bride arose to seek THZ
dress which ha.] failed to tarn up. Taking • lonely
walk to a distant village sh e secured the delinquent
and hastened to the micros+ railway station, when,
alas! alas! the train was k 4 one! Nothing could he
done but to foot it back age! n. In the meanwhile the
bridegroom with carriage an d pair was waiting for his
better half, doubtless indulging in a whistle t the
tune of—" Haste to the wed ding," biit without effect.
So in despair he proceeded 4 • find his fair ch.umer, and
about two miles hem h. .me met his dear bride
elect seated in a farmer'a ehari it. Transferring
her to his own superior carriage they made
' divers tracks, and attar the necessary toilets
were 'performed, startsol for the church, and
'unneeded some distance, when it was found that tics
needful document bad be en left behind. IS was now
the bridegroom's turn. So, alighting, he made a
grand run back again and secured the form. Again
the journey was ref 111 aca, and the sacred e dfice
reached just lialf-an...pour before twelve! A bad
beginning young peopl e ! The best advice Echo can
give is' Don't do its gain!"

In supplying the Is ,cal volunteer corps with the new
helmet, their bind should no be overlooked. This
crack battery wool d look much better with this
improvement to the x musicians' present head dress.

The fishermen an patiently waiting for the mackerel
to come in c10..e to shore. Why don't the fishermen
go after them I. urge hauls are being made in the
sea and off t be Coruksh coast. Might we not
sugge4 to our Pc oiland fishermen the propriety of
emigrating to the Emerald Isle !

"They hid hi m down." By special desire, there
was no funeral see vice at the grave. A simple pro-
cession— -no words of annfort spoken—no solemn and
soothir.g sentence of our funeral liturgy were uttered,
• w a silent, ae silent al that little excavation in the
Peri, h church yar a. Such, Echo supposes, are the rites
of • peculiar peoi Ile I

It wim ; all was silent at Fortune's-well,
Ka ye the overtzie- 1 voice of a Lady, who in the solitary
urn of night, clad in • dress of enowy whiteness, was
cturiog her hie band who did not sing
"Ho. happy could I he with either,
W.O) fother dear charmer away "

Echo mhos ;ands it is very likely that the postmen
of the Island vs shortly b 3 furnished with uniform
befitting the s mbitious and elaborate programme of
the Governmet t. Thew public servants should have
had this conc vision, or mark of Royal mastership,
long ago.