The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-17 00:00:00

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Ti. GUILDELLL has recently bees turned into • new
use .
.• • quadrille claw meets there every week for
practice
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Mienscix.—Thers will be no scarcity of miseltoe
this Christmas, as the Cherbourg Warmers have
brought large freight.. It boa bean conelood to many
Important towns on the Great Western Railway.
Corinne To Poecrre. —On Monday morning
several pereons ware summoned before the Educational
Committee of the Council to explain why they had
neglected to send their childree to schooL They wars
cautioned that if they continued to do so they would
be sumniosed before the magiArates sad fined.

Tux Om Towx BAND.—We ars pleased to see and
hear our old Town Band out again. The Italian Band
has delighted us during the summer months; but we
must not forget our old friends who cheer us up during
the long winter evenings, and especially at Christmas-
tide.

Mg Thum CommTu. —This con:mitts* met for tits
Pnr of winding up the aocounts for the past year.
on Monday, when it wag stated that everything had
been satisfactory, and that there was • boe in the
hands of the treasurer. A cordial rots of thanks we.
passed to Mr. George, the hon. secretary, for his
valuable merrier during the year. It was resolved to
publish a balance sheet at ones, for distribution
amongst the subscriber,.
&sax Wirral has set in unusually early; for
several days the cold has been severe and on Monday
and Tuesday there was a little skating at Lothnow.
On Tuesday the Esplanade we. profusely white with
the fro-t, from one end to the other. In the morning
a4oodly number of wild fowl were seen in the
hbourhood. About 1100 persons visited Lodmoor
on Euesday night to skate by moonlight, and on
Wednesday morning a large number of ladies and
gentlemen again went on the ice.

WITIVICTII I u ?Roving =vs.—lt only requires a walk
through Weymouth to is. that the town is improving
In appearance. At the present time • considerable
amount of building is going on: four new houses nre!
being erected in Market-strait, besides an Oddfellows
Hall ; buildings ere springing up in the Park, and also
In Love-lane; Mr. Rowe and Mr. Vincent's new
houses are nearly eompletecl in the suburbs; end Mr.
Nobbe and Mr. Fooks's homes are almost ready for
habitation. The result of all this must be advantageous
to the ratepayers generally.

A RUNAWAY Hosas.—On Thursday night Mr.
Laver's carriage was seat to the railway station to
wait the arrival of strain. Upon the engine entering
the station the whistle startled the animal. and off It
started at a furious pace up Hing.street and down the
front towards the King's Statue, to the danger of
pedestrians and coming vehicles. Mr. Caleb Hall was
fortunately near at hand, and ha ran after it, and after
two or three unsuccessful attempts succeeded in
bringing up the animal before any damage was done
to horse or v•hiele.

ANCIENT 011D111 OF 701.1111171111. —The quarterly
meeting of Court "Plum. of Feathers," Weymou
United District, was held on Monday last, when it
was wiacimoualy reeolved that the Court should
become annual subscribers of £2 2s. to the Weymouth
Royal Hospital. and El la. per annum to the Wey-
mouth Eye Infirmary. The obnoxious 23rd clause of
the Poor Law Amendment Act wes brought forward
and discussed, and a resolution passed that the other
two Courts in the town and the three Oddfellows'
Cagbe invited to co-operate with Court " Plume
elers " in holding a united meeting protesting
againet the said clause, and of passing resolutions
endeavouring to get the same removed from the
statute book of our land. The contributions received
from members amounted to £56 18e. 6d.

RILL TROCH HOAIII.—The Hon. Mrs. Treherae
slims Mrs. Truck, its., kc., haa again turned up, not-
withstanding her experience at Weymouth and
afterwards at Bristol (where she was apprehended as
the Hon. Mrs. Greenwell) for obtaining goods by
fraud, she was there sent back for the remainder of
her term, she being at liberty on a tickst-of-leave, it
being found that she was the notorious Mn. Thatch,
so well known by the Weymouth tradesmen. She
has now completed her term; and, perhaps, feels that
she has the right to visit ;dross unmolested by tbe
police, but those officials appear to be of a different
opinion, for on Tuesdaz:,norning a telegram was re-
ceived by Supt. Vk , from a place not one
hundred miles from Weymouth, Meting to her
antecedents and asking for her photo, which it will
be remembered was obtained when she was in prison,
greatly against her consent. She said at the time this
photo was taken illegally.
Tea POOR NAVAL CADA, AT DARTNOCTIL—Tbe
fatal policy which oendemeed the Britannia to Dart-
mouth, and the consequent ill-health and languor of
the naval cadets, including. Porhairt, the Bg
Prinoss,dwarve a word from my pen. I can now point
with sorrow to the miserable results of partiality,
There were reasons why Dartmouth should be
favoured, quits irrespective of its merits, or demerits.
and the selection was not made On unequivocal
grounds. Now we bear on all rides • deep, loud
grumble that the Britannia floats in mud and is
environed by the same vile substance, that the boys
are poor in health, and are far from muscular, and that
a more unfit spot could not have been chosen 24 an
anchorage for a training ship. Al Dartmouth they
are relegated to the statue of mud eels, and if they
learn much their stock of knowledge is wholly derived
from books. and not from experience. 111 any jadir
meat the Finance and Parliamentary Committee al
the Town Council would do well to look the metier
up, and I should suggest that they cooler with the
local M.P.'s.—Portestoste Timm
Tax Wawa ow KIMURRIDOI Limos —On the 2nd
Inst. the Gipey Queee, Iron ship, of Clvir laden
with phosphate, ran ashore on Irimmer lAdge,
and very soon her forshold was full of water, and
there was every appearance of her becoming a total
wreck. The steam-tug Commodore, with pumps,
went to her assistance on the 3rd, but their serve
were not accepted. On the sth the Admiral stews-
tug, of Cowes, visited the wreck, and on the following
day the steamer Recovery commenced ons on
her, and continued throughout the day,oCrtatiwith no
benefit, and et the end of the day the Recovery
abandoned her to her fate, Arrangements were then
attempted to be made by a local 6mm, bat with no
success, and then the Liverpool and London Salvage
Association went to her assistance with steam Puesus.
divers, and a lam number of men. On Monday tli
company was etto at work pumping out 310 toss •
minute, by the aid of three steam pampa. • prewar'
of 1.230 tone was tried upon the stranded vessel, but
It had no effect. They had one boat that would
pump BO tons • minute but unfortunately they could
Dot get b,r alongside. The GfPrf queens about WO
toes Wrdee ; she has gone ashore only • short dietaries
(gm the ledge where the Tyne went on shore some
few years ago. This locality has been extremely un-
fortunate for shipping, for at low tide the remains of
two scitocieers may be seen.
WILOOIIOIO THE Bev. ii•am PHILLIPS, B.A.—On
' Wedeesday evening there was • most plessant gather-
ing at the Bactist Chapel, to welcome the Rev. Harvey
Phillips, the new pester. The Rev. fi. G. Groot,
D. D. of the Religious Tract Society, formerly tutor
to the Rey. R. Phillips, prodded, supported by several
miniiters and gentlemen of the oikhboarisood- The
new pester was for some time • student at Bowdon
=t;he has had 14 years' swims in the
; this peeled de yaw have bees spud at