The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-11-10 00:00:00

PORTLAND
THE GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL.

The (ley Fewkou demonstration st Portland is
without doubt the princluil satirrnalian night ,if the
year. Then it in that the young relic. ef the inland,
and some of the old ones too, invariably hay° a " Jolly
spree," and, for 'the time being, give theinnelven up
ebrutely to frolic and revelry. This year'. /entire]
wax quite am nuceeeeful and enjoyable an any of ite
uiederxwerice for though very muddy under.
foot, it was junt 11011 overhead. but a few
very slight dritzling showers in the emir ,
of the evening made some of the partici•
pantn fear that ere the bonfire wee lit there
would be a heavy downpour. However such wax not
the ores. A large number of the inanrpreradere in
the Weymouth carnival returned the resit which noun,
of the Portlandeni had owl., to the Holcombe ftegin
" turn out," conisequently the evening trails to th,
Island WAS very heavily laden. The speciale which
returned to Weymouth about midnight too were very
full. The procession etarted from the Grove, and
proceeded along runton-isrpsare, Fortune's-Well,
Castletown, Chesil, and II ighstreet, enbewrprently
dieperning on the Gmmots, near the Police-station,
where the bonfire had been prepared At timers the
prommion wan more effective than either of thou
which had preceded it at Dorchester or Weymouth,
owing to the winding and commending paths which
were traversed. The arrangement., wore eatiefactory,
and the conduct of both proceenionieta and opeetatmi
was good. The proceseion wee preceded by xeveral
police officials, the South HAMA Artillery Volunteer
Band, and the " Portland Bonfire lloyx."- An to the
I foreign courts% they seemed to be bettor 'reprenented
than our own, inasmuch as there were admirer% of the
Cur of Russia. impersonatorn of the Sultan of Turkey,
and the Shah of l'ernia, whilst others were ambitiene
enough to lev Il.treTll of the title of the Kmpeo,r of
China, and the King of Denmark. On the other hand
the individuate who play a leaner part in the great
drama of life wore not forgotten, and were for once
permitted to enter into the ,
enjoyments of that
charmed circle les which "good birth is mid to be
the only passport. An a coneequence the Kinperor
of China, the CLAY of Mamie., awl the other illustrioun
gentlemen fraternized with "Ally Stever." clowns,
nigger', "Sarah (lamp," coetermongere, I rick Turpins,
and other ordinary mortala. The army end the navy
wore, fortunately, &leo well repreuented. It wan
probably owing to thin fact that the intercolame bw.
Sworn the repreeentativee ~f the vari .... A nations wan
totally devoid of beer ility, and natiefactory to
all concerned. The Nile b•ste which figured
conepicuomily in the \Veymenth pr.oce"eion. were
again brought out, and were in comrnarel ef " hord
Charted Bereeford." Rocket frame., torch light., fire
belle, crackers% erode, kc., were freely ineel. Another
year the committee will act wisely if they have pro.
grammes, similar to three at Weymelith, prepared,
inasentieh an them muse the general putili; en well ae
the partieipenu. to talce an additional interest in the ,
proceedings. Beside, thie, they may, Inking at the
inetter from an etlrertieing point of view, snake it a
meane of increasing the binds, of the carnival.
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This year's patrons were—Captain the Hon. A.
Littleton, R.N., Major Horne, 11. M. Convict Pri.on,
aJ Colon ' ackson, R.S.F., Colonel .Tackam,
The proaident was the Rev. J. A. BeilLor, the Rector
of Mt. George's.
The official order of the pmonsaion was aft follows
:
No, 1 Company—Captain Tuttle.
Grand Martha

Manhal—W. Scriven. Marshal—A. Osborne.
Secretary.
Bannerett. Bannorett.
Volunteer Band.
Ntarshal—lf•are.
No. 2 Company—Captain ',mutant.
Ohinese Boy..
Rocket Frame.
No. 3 Company—Oaptain Torpey.
Banner.
Nn. 4 Company—Oaptain Adkma.
No. 5 CompanT—Captain llarshallsay.
Nile Boat..
No. G Onnpany—Oaptain Way.
Rocket Frame.
Marahal—Merritt.
Weymouth Band,
Weymouth Contingent.
Marshal—Atotin.
Grove Band.
No. 7 Company—Captain Martin.
Banner (Ricketss).
No. 8 Company—Captain Read.
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YEOVIL.

Vinton*? or Nfrantin.—A verdict of wilful murder
against momo p.m n unknown was returned nSum.
day at tho inquost on tho hotly of the nowlyds.rn
ohdd found in • pond at Lliftun, as already reportod.