The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-14 00:00:00

"'-Yours faithfully,
"IVOR B. GUEST.

"To the Town Clerk, Poole."

Judge Advocate General Office,
lit March 1876.
Dean am much obliged by your letter, convey-
ing to Inc the resolution which has been paued by the
Trustees of the Harbour:. _

"Believe me,
"Yours faithfully,
"G. C. BErrrtvcc."
11. W. Dickinson, Esq."
Prrrr SK.ssio:es, Thuraday.—Before the Mayor (Mr. F.
Styring), Messrs. U. Kemp-Welch, W. D. Dugdalc, J. B.
Durell, and C. J. Stone. . .

_..„_..-.
George Lock, Joe., surrendered to bail on the charge of
stealing a quantity of bedding, clothing, and household
effects, the property of William Limes, on the 17th ultimo.
—The ciremustances of the case, which were amusing,
have already appeared in these columns. The prisoner
eloped with the prosecutor's wife and they took the
property with them .• lint they were overtaken and brought
hark to Poole—Mr. 11. T. Trevattion now appeared for the
prosecutor, awl stated that his client wished the matter
:night be allowed to drop, as his wife had returned to
hint, awl the prisoner had expressed regret for his con-
duct. The Bench consequently discharged the prisoner.
Frederick Briant, a labourer, was summoned for being
drunk and riotous in the streete on the previous Sunday
ruing. Police Constable Holloway spoke to seeing the
defendant about halTpast eleven in the morning at the
bottom of Ilighodreet drunk ; a civilian to seeing him
drunk awl fighting about a quarter to one in Salisbury-
street : and Police Constable Hallett to seeing him shortly
afterwards covered with blood. Defendant was tined 10s,
and_ costs. _ _

biONDAY.—Before Mr. G. 11. Penny and Mr. F. T.
itozerA.

Waleson Smith was charged with being slimrderly and
as.aulting the police at Longtleet the previous Saturday
night —Police Constable Best stated that just after eleven
o'clock on Saturday night he saw the prisoner and others
passing Topp's corner. They were making a great noise,
and he asked them to desist, whereupon they began crow-
ing. Ile preceesled on his beat as far as the new railway
station. and on his return went into the Wimborne-road.
There he again met the prisoner and his companions.
They were still making a disturbance, and he adViSO4l
them to i.e quiet. As they were still noisy he followed
them up the Wimborne-rowl, when the prisoner suddenly
"butted- at hint and knocked him down. A seuffie
ensued, and prisoner was locked up.—Superintendent
Hunt said the prisoner expressed his sorrow to him on the
previous morning.—The Bench imposed • fine of 10s. and
costs.

SPELLING BEE AT 'IRE TEMPERANCE HALL.
The inhabitants of "the town and county of Poole "
have not been behindhand in adopting the latest American
institution, IM may be gathered from the fact that success-
ful Spelling Bees have recently been held at Parkstone,
Longdeet, and the Temperance Hall. Another of these
very instructive and amusing entertainments was given
at the Temperance Hall on Monday evening, under the
presidency of the worthy ex. Mayor, Alderman Kemp.
Welch. The services of Alderman F. T. Rogers had been
secured as interrogator, and those of the Revs. J. A.
Lawson, and F. Pocock as referees, whilst Mr. A. IC.
Witt acted as umpire. The popular member for the
borough, the lion. K Ashley, had very kindly sent a copy
of hi. talented work, "The Life of Lord Palmerston," for
competition ; Mr. Charles Waring liberally presented
" Shakespeare's Works," in three handsome volumes
and Mr. Burnam', photographer, of Longfleet, generously
gave a valuable collection of photographic views; and as
these prizes had been supplemented by five others given
by the promoters of the Altair, it was not to be wondered
at that the competitors numbered nearly at The ladies
mustered in strong force, and subsequently held their
g mord well. We may say that theorises were better, and the
windier of competitors larger, than at any other local bee
wo base attended. The audience comfortably filled the
hall and gallery, but there was no crush. The Chairman
having announced that the words would be drawn for, and
that the eight successful competitors would have the Clinics
of prizes according to their standint, called upon Messes.
II ill and Orchard to sing a duett, " All's Well." Those
gentleman having complied, the interrogator opened dr,'
upon the beck of the three min of competitors. A few

words having been correctly spelt, an unfortunate Mini
gentleman spelt " misdemeanour" with an instrusive " a,
and was presented with a shilling spelling book, amidst
roars of laughter. The next failure was ' overwhelniing
(mid), followed by "chaperon " (pr), "ostracism " (ri), and
"coquette." This word was spelt by a gentleman as
" coquet," no definition haviag been given by the
interrogator now. A. both words are pronounced alike, it
is a pity the competitor should have been ruled
out.. The sixth failure was " adze," spelt without the
final "e," and then the interrogator came to a formidable
row of the fair sex, the first of whom was presented with
another shilling spelling book for spelling " sarsenet " as
"sarcenet" One of the rules was that spelling supported
by any dictionary should pass, and had the lady (who we
understand took a prize at a previous bee) appealed to
Ogilvie, one of the best of authorities, it would have been
seen that the preference is accorded to the "c," and she
would have been spared the reflection of receiving a
spelling bock. Failures having been made over " mizzen"
by leaving outs "z and 'prevarication" by finishing it
"eon," those who had failed, nine in number, were
requested to leave the platform. and Mr. Higgins then
favoured the company with a song. Hostilities having
been renewed the first failure was over "emaciation"
(ini), followed by "ratiocination," and then a competitor.
amidst some merriment, spelt "itch" with two " h's."
" Mischievousnem" was then spelt with an "f,' and
" innunendo" with one 'n." On the competitor being
disqualified the two " n's" were appealed against, but j
were ruled as correct, and rightly so. A competitor then
spelt " phosphorous ' without the last "o," but the error
was not detected. Two more having been placed hor. Sc
combat over "avariciousness" (rac) and "yarapbernalia,"
nine other competitors were cleared off the platform,
making IS disposed of. After a song by Mr. Hill, failures
were made over "epaulet," and a word we could not catch,"
followed by " pupi6ge "rescission" (ec), "liqueur,
"sallyport (ala), " (cyn), "hyena," and
" bivouac " (oar). This made 27 failures, and another
song was given by Mr. Orchard. The errors that followed
were in "supernunierary," "reiteration" (ri), which was
pronounced as spelt by the competitor, "rhapsody" (ra),
" musketeer " (ka), " (ea), "cyclomedia" (pie),
and "membraneaceous" (ions). 1)r. E. I'. l'hilpota, who
takes • great interest in spelling bees, was here asked
"lymph,' which, of course, he spelt correctly, after •
hearty laugh had teen enjoyed by the audience. The next
fatal word was "scarlatina," spelt with two " s, ' and
then came another song by Bin Higgins. This made 35
who had left the batUe-fleld, and there was now
plenty of elbow room. Errors having been made
in ' revictual " " meretricious " (cons), " quern'.
(il) and "litigiousness" Mr. Budge failed on
"fuchsia," and thus lost his chance of winning a prize.
Ilad the solicitor been asked the previous word he would
no doubt have retained his seat. Papers were then
banded to tue Light successful competitors, on which they
were asked to write the following words—" augur,"
"postillion," "pusillanimity," "apocryphal," "resuscita-
tion." "revivification, ' "rhythmical," "quinquagesima,"
and "coif." The papers having been examined, it was ,
found that Miss Barnes was entitled to the first prize, ,
having spelt all the words correctly. For the second,
third, and fourth prizes there were ties between Mrs.
Morris, Mr. Yerbury, and 1)r. Philpots, who had all made
one mistake each. Miss Jenkins came fifth with two ,
words wrong, and for the sixth and seventh places Miss
llodington and Mr. Savery tied with three mistakes each,
Miss Jarvis taking the eighth prize with four mistakes.
The tie between Miss Bodington and Miss Savery was
first worked off. The words given them were " gem.
meow'," "escutcheon and "eschalot." Miss Bodington
took sixth place, having spelt all the words correctly, and
Mr. Savery seventh, with two errors. The tie between
Mrs. Mortis, Dr. Philpots, and Mr. Yerbury was then pro-
ceeded with. The words presented were six in number—
"hyperborean," "algebraical," "holocaust," " horse-
marten," "hydrophobia," and "hierarchical" Mrs
Morris and Dr. Philpota both spelt all the words correctly,
whilst Mr. Yerbury made one mistake. The latter,
therefore, took fourth place, and the lady and
the Doctor had to compete again. The latter gal-
lantly offered to give way to the lady, but this was not
allowed, They were then given four other words :
"disintegration." " oleaginows," " symmetrical," and
eqiiipoise —all of which they both spelt correctly. It
was evident that " Greek had met Greek." The words
then given out were—"epithalamium," "rhetorician,"
"glutinousness," and " empyricism." These were again all
spelt correctly by both, an announcement which gained
the deserved applause of the audience. The umpire then
came to the front with five very difficult words—
"Aeruginous," "echinnated," "euthanamy," "mnemonics,"
and "oneirocritical." The applause was very loud when
the umpire announced that the Doctor had spelt all the
words correctly and that the lady had made only two
mistakes. Dr. Philpota therefore took second place and
Mrs. Morris 3rd.
There were then loud calls for a song from the Doctor,
and he obligei with that very amusing and popular song,
"The Spelling Bee," which was vociferously encored, but
the Doctor had to leave.

The prizes were then chosen as follows: -Ist, Miss
Barnes, the Hon. E. Ashley's " Life of Lord l'Almersbm,“
2 vols., with autograph of donor; 2nd, Dr. l'hilp,ts,
"Shakespeare's Works," 3 vols. ; 3rd, Mrs. Morris, photo-
graph.; ; 4th, Mr. Yerbury, books; sth, Miss Jenkins,
writing desk ; lith, Mi4.l Bolington, inkstand ; 7th, Mr.
Savery, book ; AO, Miss Jarvis, paperterie.
On the proposition of Mr. 11. PENNEY, seconded by
Mr. TREVANION, votes of thanks were passed to the
donors and those gentlemen who had given their serviees.
A successful meeting was brought to a close about eleven
o'clock.