The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-29 00:00:00

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eighth year of our nigh (r: br•LNI II.) Th ,tre a
00bfir11110: ,11 with an addition, and 11. farther ' k
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Wm by Elwarel 111. 44
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Another document referred to • qusith,e f
Con b•tween the two boroughs :%Veynnisith 4'l C ltegi•, aft.-r which 4
est rs of She Wey and t.,0 sal u rt. eIl
l.
corporation of both towns an I unitsd
borough under the ntint, f Weymouth sat At •
Wei.. and thus tertnilostrd th.ir divot a.
Smie of the documents were
.very t%
ette "
Black saidA VI was owing to their 1,4 „ 4t,
fresh air.
An older document stated thst the Prior , u,
Swithiu claimed our port if W.:pinnate, f
otir town of Weymouth • free bormigh (but Ili:
said it was • free Lorough ormmally), and
a boundary to the OpflUl, adiri Ten, '4l
all such privileges w. re granted t., 1,
r.
as onomatt.bset.tsozliza_uof_JP4rt.stil.Tordtbseod,44s.

A large cJarter of Jemei WAS oan in 4Ast ,
4.1,d a d"cument of Charlie 1., au exempt:tic
libertine. ...v.,
In the time of the uatm thw Crown w,a
In 4 oo all c.,arter,.l and cuet mui:y r:gliti;
documents relating to this trir.o were j
,11
Mr. BLACK said the later you coin.) down
is the We, and the bubst.‘..co on width iF-4^l
written, Ora "advancing heel's/ads." . Sri
rite, coAortni
odo,sit
sh
Another
r.ieruwempreettnotho iLltitrehr ndugistui,t c:oui,jute, •
:11.1 1 att.:
30th of Queen Elizabeth. P tv
u 114
A small p,rtreit of Willi AIR 111. alliAred it,
went of William and Mary.
Exemplification of thp Act of l'..rliatucut of thessi
of the two towns, In the tiwu 01 Elizabeth
of which the return was that the two teat.. rir
great controversies, wirereby the Privy I 'thud
been overmuch troubled with h,:azihif the aLid
rendes, and the subj,cts of the two roves
much weakened that they sere in danger efii
able ts defend themeelves ,
.therefore, tdoy
!b:linuleinuonmiina‘ll:l:llllaneracluatjd:eoniroednwui Incorporated
: tdtoh ie awtuisiing.len"ht:slicb;;,lny.mte.anha::::iervir:44:::hhiti:47.ll:"':"lj
to he bailiffs, an'd various others to
Signed. Basil Johnson.
This was a mostimportant document,
;trenched and estinguishad all the formen 11
r 0.,
‘-
Another document of Elizabeth shoved
of the writing in Doomsday 110-31 r. It Ayr
land gelded or contributed 10 hides, and 111.,4t7,7'
. WTOlllifully away; but William mused . .
it. i,. II
' back. • Wed
.

mil milli re
--.
--iiB3.—Chsrter of Edward 3rd, witnessed ie ,L,
Aronbishop of Canterbury, w.• als i shown, '.
Mr. KMBALLICR, of BriAwl, c.jd gLe.e ion
setiales were not regalia, they w,re sub,taot.e 'it,e.
of
gninta of the royal pow..r t, wunicipal bwi., :,74
should be called stsisicipa/M. .
Mr. BLaCK said iu most C•IV.i t:.1.! Cilblleri WET. ta
grants, but recognitions of auckat rights
granted in many instances in the tune of the ltss ..".. The meeea, kn., might h, tilled1.1.,,M14.
grants in fee•farm were of umneose satbieeyoZ
recognitions of more anckut ri.dit., and te sehei
one yesterday mentioned in a erolport eocnaon
name he had never seen before '' iti 'cede gest:: me
going through a large nu über of very C411:1111,,,,Km.
„et eetore, Mr. kil.ck at la,t arrived m tn.: ii,:tisg
this " Pandora's Iris."
The Mayor then preposefl a vote ot thaaki to 4
Sleek. He inspeoted the vslusble ,est of sram Mg
1622, and the curious old chair 1571, and heansuge
motto—

" Remember thy calling, obeye thy pri4, •
The party thee wont to tile coition Lace t,lte,At
an old chest. _

Tbe old chest at the Cuifoni usuie WWI lapin-Iv
be • relic of the tidauish arm r ."
by seine of the association, wit, said
the same wisher secure ; hut a 0ut1...u.e
work, Mr. Hart, of Birmitighsin, 141 it w.,istl,te
old as the tie litiou required. Te,, bck
• remnant of the old armmtier's wok. h
spring look having twelve latches all I,,traels:•.„ ;4,
key.
rtie rain had not yet ceased, aril i• ws; to, lite t, p
to Sandsfoot castle so the party luheid.

PORTLAND.
At 1.43 they left for Per:land, and prcedri
earriawea to Penurylmola emitle. Evcrytuz;
wrapped iu fug, though fortouately it I'UL Si
Over.

PurNsusAirla Came GROUSDS were viited, us
the ruined church and old cturchyarl explore,h
Crickmay was called on to expound, ;Lei de tad as
church was about the 14th century. Its grwt;e7..;„
exit), was • very long chancel. It LIAd OLt gSt2
pieces of tracery, a two-light window, a priest'i
and in • wall outside was a isolate 1 arch ; bat ta
church had gone so much to decay that t,,ereiszni
to desoribe. He believed it was covered washes
tiles. In thechnrchysird there were • few .totioakot
1350; and there were °thins down to 1i;14 ut Ertl;
but he did not know how the church wag demo*,
probably it was let go gradually to decay. Intim=
in the churchyard had been made since the deartma
of the choral], for there was one in the church itat
The site is now part of the freehold of the Cad
grounds, and does nob belong to the parish tier,
which is at Reforms.
BOW AND ARROW CASTLE WU nest visited, w.:•R
peculiar appearance of the landslips In the neiv.az
hood was noted by Yr, Hills, The bed of swat 3
supposed to be about 8 feet thick, and when this
wore away the Kimmeridge clay, landslips ars es
steady happening, giving the whole • very wild ze
rugged aspect. Of the Castle itself there are Li
architectural features, and nothing but ron4h
wells. In fact the only features are the &tines paid
with round holes in the windows, liothieg in
Castle showed that it was not from the 131 tittx
15th century, the walls are excessively mom
but that is always the ease when • strung u.a
Is required, and the builders hail not only 1.-xx
enemies but the elements to contend agaa.
Though by some supposed to be built by Wilde
Rufus, it was not older than the 11.4 sal
century. The remains still showed how the pea*
was constructed, so that if the walls were asuu:ted, ci
unpleasant people came too near, anything coals.
hurled from above on their heed,. The beauty sa
strangeness of the various peeps in these gr0an,.....,
only part in Portland where are many trees,
been admired, the archasologista took their caws
for

PORTLAND PRISON, THR virtsz, AND roir-u.:
CAnTLA.
On proceeding to the Prison, they were rreirrill
0, CLIFTON, Esq., who said that is the pm
Government first oontemplated forming oaf otsark
meat, and to the following year, on 21::Sorriva
184, the present 01114billb0:1011t WAS 0013.11.11d1,A
auspices of dir Joshua Jebb, and 11.31.5. strAli
with bi convicts, certain buildings harm; Dm: te
pared for thetr reception. 'racy procce.lo.l opsi
Portland the West Quarries, for the purposeve goo
ing stone for the wont", end rough stone her wilt,*
water. The land on the surf 4CO of the Wet:

had been cultivated and corn grown ups it; bu,
the earth was removed it appears it ma,: hoe sin'
Roman cemp,and Celtic plane of burial. Twee:y.4'4
were found buried in the earth, at • depth er=4
They faced north and south, and almost equidwal
from them was found a stone, which be toes is it
top of • sacrifice] altar. It was surroundid by
of earth, which seemed as if it had been nupnali▪ •
with blood; it was very dark aril highly mewl- 4
the neighbourhood of these sarcophagi were outurr.2
barrows found. People had been found there bur,
with their knees in their months, in sonic inusol
an urn was found on each side of the skulL lee"
the sarcophagi were found x Roman soldier 047
wife, and in the °elfin were hie javelin and spirts
of his metal shield, the reams. of boar', t 'cto le
forated, with • piece of broozo, lb., lady'e ness.r,
armlets, and necklace. In the ether crania 1,
one body but no armaments. Whoa opened°
skull was in • perfect state, espaclally u
teeth ; but the b 011.31 gradually
sway from atmoapherio influences, and most of
teeth had been distributed to visitors. At one be
so numerous were the barrows, that the officer' of
opened five in one day, and the urns were se sit
that they were strewed about the West glartio.,'
one taking any notioe of them. On his socere4i4°
the governorship the urns were committed to his chd'S
and he hoped to be able to form the nuclear
museum. Mr. Clifton also showed the siva°
fossils termed by the trunks of tri.es, loony
diameter, and found in what is called the -dials+.
lie remarked that greet fissures mu aeotr the O'N
from norttreast to south-west, and the tos-ii trees
(cued in the dirt-bed., all lie in this awl, lirertio-
answer to an enquiry, Mr. Clifton said the
roklillatinirptot
iiiishonnghijowhi adttitheoeibiortaixto,tnrueseendinwtaf
of an altar, and which had formerly men
together. A channel was out all renal th,
This relic was found lying parallel to tiC gee 4.47.!
and about equi-distant from eaos. It wu
with earth of a dark colour, and which hid
been liquefied with blood.
Mr. thhLe said it had the appearsece of
tended to raise • pedestal on, and 10.. d hoe
finished work, and he pointed out that reek I 096;
edge and also round other edges ot ego or tv,'!oe
stones there was what 111.11iullii call • " droll," ..„4
had begun to dress it CLOotil. fillelt It US; t 0.;",,
intended to raise a monument bet we,a t:, t
Mr. WRIGHT thought soLuethi”,; airs
found to explain the work.
Mr. CLtirog said if he should form the
tended, he would earefully ine.were tee
all these things and present them to the Ar
Society—(hear.) Riving viewed the susioL., •
collies, which were long enough to csutaio
full length, the party pained tbron,:h the
Ceurch, Lags enough to captain AMU peolit
reredos id which was beautifully WllllllllO L:1.00
of the convicts. In the WlN:sneer' small e. 4 •
were a number of early urns, prousuacel to
though one was very rouge and nausr Is to don
type, some demian ware, and • cite
Javoltu of the officer tonal in tie siireephsgo'
oCt
(with a meths of unscrewing the rowe.!,
and a charm of a boar's tooth with • hole 7
la
.7„,.
stack • bronze bare. Tear° were mad zinc 4.
Julies. struck at Constantinople in 327, ag`l owl
bearing On it Romulus and Itimere, tinted is the
0,
west of Anstralia by kir. thrfteu himself,
have been previously earned there. vAlob4
Mr. linAk remarked that the collection war
ass small record of • great find, and its vat 'ln .00
made the articles more valuable. He hopel
find more when they re-opened the west l• gr,
'The thanks of the Arotixslogists Li qui SW°
Clifton, they then went to
Tito Yams. Here they saw a small cni114.u,...„.
pottery some undoubtedly British mil others Ey.; 01
The ladles were also •thrseted by the great 'at I
No. Verne more than 900 feet long.
Deseending the grist algae( road,
not
niosaltil a wob
D CLIT.I a
Llogioeras
a." visited. bUL
Intensel there.
don was of the Outdo wore pointed oat ai
Pv.•
-rot
of a Boom wall; but Mr. Mills deoi4edll
klmo.