The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-01 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

NaYar..--Commandsr Bnutk Roagemont bad ths
honour of atteudin tits limes held at Fit. James's
Palace, on Monday last, by His Royal Highness the
Prima of Wales, on behalf of Her Majesty.

NAV/LL APPOIIIIIIIIIT.-17. ao• plooood to LIME 1.11114
Mr. G A. South, boatm' ain has been appointed to
snooped Mr. Collins no board It lid S. Bosoawran, who
has completed hie three years' service on board that
ship.

TRS Sgagtowes, (8) training brig, Lienteaant.
Commander G. K. Higinat, has been taken into dock
at Portsmouth to hare b.c copper cleaned preparatory
to receiving the boys from H.M.S. Boecsawen for their
annual =Las.

Local. BOARD ELErrriog.—The elections of members
for the six vacancies on the Local Etoard will take
place early next mouth. To fill these eleven castle.
men have been nominated ea follows :—Mears.
Charles Whim, C. Mitchell, R.. Limo, R. Pearce,
B. Soriven, jun., G. Mitchell, R. B. &riven, J. Har-
wood, 8.. law, J. &riven and A &riven. It is
probable that all the retiring members will be re-
elected.

A LOCMY Plll6Ol WARDIL —Mr. 3. Boars, • prison
warier at fit. Mary's 'outlet prison, M dstone, has
Just come into a nine windfall by way of a large
fortune of from 1110,000 to nom= under the will of
his grandfather, the late Anthony Wentworth Bags,
of Bristol, who died sour, time ago, leaving about two
millions sterling to be divided amongst 24 claimsote.
The lucky fellow Is well-known here an a good officer,
and if he coma onoe more to Portland he will, doubt-
less, have more friends than ever.

Montreux HOWIDMIL —ln • recent lecture on
"The Age of Dragons," Hr. Waterhouse Hawkins
avowed hie belief that the winged serpent of old story
was no myth. He may be right, but the matter can
generally be explained some other way. Take, for
instance, the case of England's patron mint. What
more likely than that a gentleman of the name of
George amounted • heavy cavalry moldier bluer than
himself, and slew him in fair fight ? It needed only •
malice on the part of his hero-worshippers to
monstsrUy " the oombat of "St. George and the
Drepon."—Prom Pm.

THI W AWOL —MI Warrior WWI to proceed on
Thursday morning into the Channel for shot and
shell practice. She will shortly leave Portland for
Portsmouth to undergo repairs and re-fit previous to
her going on her annual cruies.
Tn. Nrw FAILINASOWO' HALL, to which we have
already alludad more than once, is programing towards
oompletlon, but we cannot forbear noticing en posassi
that over tho principal entrance to the gam works are
the splendidly executed arms of the Howard family
with their immortal motto :—" Ades d disuisus."
This is a work which ham been carried out at the sola
alpacas of Mr. R. N. Howard, and it has bam done
in Portland stone in a style simply surprising. More
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A Snot= Sociarr.—We underetand that • new
society Is about to be started, and we have no doubt
that it will become very popular. Any new member
wishing to join has first of all to be introduced by a
card bearing the following :—" Recommended to the
attention of —, by a member of the anti-poking-
your-noseinto.other-peoplee'.businese society. Wanted
Immediately, a person of fair character (age or sex
Immaterial,) at a salary of £l,OOO per annum, merely
to mind own beanies, with a periodical increase,
ntr.aZetit to 000 per annum. Applications to be
to ma Non. Sec., Neglected Hoene Depart-
ment."

Quoin OWL—Tin Portland Cricket Club held
their mutual general meeting ou Tuesday everting at
the Victoria Hotel. The following members were
Messrs. Ratcliffe (chairman), Button. Barnes,
KllaliTtCrocker Johnstone, Bait, Diaterie, Dr.
McLean, Dr. Rai, Dr. F. J. Parsons, Watson, Will.,
G. F. Parsons, and Hodedon. The Rev. J. A.
Beszor wall unanimously elected as president of the
club, Mr. Frank Will. as hon. !secretary and treasurer,
and Mr. Rode:ion se captain. The following cumber
were elected to ant on the oommittee--Meesna Patton,
Bait, Rae, Collins, Crocker, G. F. Passions, and
Watson, and it 11/1111 resolved that the resident hon.
members be ex-dlcio members of the committee for
special purposes. Mr. John Barnes, as umpire, and
Thomas Ratcliffe, as wow, were unanimously
re-elected and kindly consented to undertake the
arduous duties connected with each poet for the coming
season. It was resolved that the subscription be ea
hitherto-6a, and Se 6d. for Junior members. In-
tendir.g members should send their names to the
secretary, or any of the committee.
WEDDING AT TIM PILIIIITIVZ 111TRODIST
A large oonspegation assembled on Sunday morning
last, to witness the nuptials of Mr. John Comben, of
Belle Vne-terreas, with Mies R. King, of Chesil. The
occasion WY specially interesting from the face that
the bride has long be= associated with the Good
Templar, "Ark of Safety" lodge, and the bridegroom
also has for scene time pest been in the same
lodge.— added to this the bride was a member
of choir of the place of worship where
Lb. interesting carsoony took place, and
very recently took an active part In this
bazaar for the liquidation of the debt on the chapel.
Unlike any 'kW and formal ceremony—with It.
suspenes of the bridegroom waiting the arrival of the
=Lithe hamn:ct,ctple entered the sacred edifice
, and the choir (of which Miss
King was a prominent gessober) rag the well-known ,
hymn—
" How wakens was the call."

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The sight, as the bride sad bridegroom mitered this
church, was • most striking oat, and there went up
frum almost every heart present • blessing on the
ninon about to be consummated. Aa the bridal pair
proceeded to the Commuotou, in front of the pulpit,
all eyes were Attested towards them. The bride wore
• dram of rich silver rrey, with wreath, and bag tulle
veiL Antrim' at the alter, the anis owed sad the
Pim 0. Denham, the woad saialeter of the circuit,
it the y ebnple et whom earvios. The
Mrdw:ll wh
lOW away by bee nap* Ka R. Phi. aad

M the dame oi the mesemony tie choir sad emegregation
sang that well-known hymn

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Blest he the i. tht hinds,
Char beads to C elatiest lose ;
Tbe fehowabio o kadred mitt&
Ike to that abet-

The Mame Mitchell, with thar mull musical talent,
presided at th• turramium.

SPICIkL.

Sir Alex indef Wood, the dopity chairman of tbe Great
Western Rdlousy o..ropenr, soconspanied bi • .tad
hish odiciaLs of ills consosey, paid • •imit to ortined oc
Weduesday. and Rilikaar Unsorted the pier and the
swims *qt.,. paying pvticilm ettention to the 11.011
welch f0r.... satoral dsck of itself. and which watts •
certain •.anount if outiay would undoobtedly be one of
the finest docks on the rant It is cm:der:Lured that the
Great Western Canonise area/mat to remove the whole
of their Cherbourg tralle film Weymouth to Portland.
where they would be in direa communicaUon with their
own line. If this be so then is great prosperity in store
far Portland.