The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-31 00:00:00

Corresponunce.

THE BACKWATER BRIDfiE.

To the E•litor,

Bir,—When coneviira-tion-i-M-d l'he worry of business
have hd the;r almost deadly effect on my mind and
nerve., I endeavour, if ra..sib'e, to manace a run f r
a few days to Weymouth, where, by the still murmurs
of the waves in its unsurpaese I Bay, and • few strolls
in the pretty villszes in tus neighbourhood, I gvnerally
am
.s, t all ri.dit
. -

The other-day:when ilown. I ventured over y,aur
Backwater Bridge for a ramble into the country on
the opposite side, an I really, sir. I must say dust I
never saw &mow thorough specimen ot what 1 sh..uld
call "antediluvian" bridge-making, en unworthy of a
town with such natural beauty and advantaged.
The designer, I should imagine, whoever he may be,
deserves the thanks of the inhabitants of Weyna otth
on vellum, in ad lition to • m re sub.tautial rec .gni•
tion iron the plat, present, and future visitors, for
such a highly devel ,ped off Tring of so great a genius,
planned and matured with such eiqui•ite perfection
of beauty and utility that, good heavens! it has not •
footway or even one recess int • which •po timid
child or frightened lady, cr wing, scared by some high-
spirited horde, driven, perhaps, by 1100:03 stupid
drunken coachman, or, what may be worse, meeting
• mad bullock, glaring and galloping tot as some poor
victim, an I a thouasni other probabilities, may 'tap
off its track so as to avoid, erchance, certain death.
Is this great omis.ion an over.ight, or the re oilt of
callus-hearted indifference to acci lents, or niggardly
parsimony? If the first, it might be remedied ; but
tithe latt r, I fear it is hopeless. However, whether
or n 4, I think fairness ought to prompt the pr ,jector
and contractors to poet • notice at the railway station
warning inc ming visitors to Weymouth that there is
no safe crossing for 03AD, woman, or child, who may
be disposed to like a ramble from the sea, in front of
the Esplanade, to the fields and green lanes over the
Backwater Bridge.—l enclose my c ad, and remain,
sir, yours faithfully,

W. ('. C., A VIAITOR.
SOUthaNISON 25th October, 1882.

PORTLAND.

MR. WATERS, en-ei-nee—; .4 the Convict tabbs. h•
mem, is a.mut to be rem .e 1 to Woking.
Co:icier Dew.— c•mvict nnni..l William Wsts
die•liu the pris m on Ws.lnemlay n.rninc,un•l sit hough
the &Atli was (rum natur..l causes an ie.l est had to
b • h-1.1.

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THE CHANNEL FLlNT.—Accorrlinst t the Morstsg
Pot o Tuoulay, tne Channel Squadron have received
fresh ordere, namely, to Noosed to Devenoort. except•
kg the Nlinotaur, which is t • come on t Portlaerl.
Norm. Wrmr Sultlar REGINENT.--Captain •ale
ha. joine I headq•t.rt.•,,, mot Moj .e Ilf.rroar ha, b es
•q, nOte,l to ewe ell him to. (ommlnelant of the
School •,f Inc ructi di for susilia,y !era of infant,2.
SKIS Hil) (VICILN.s IZEGIIIIINT.—L;out-C I •nel
Kelly-Kenny to continual till battalion ; Maj ,r M.
C. Morris to he Li••ut.-Colonel. tic. Col••nel V. J.
If crey. retirwl 0.1 bait-pay; Captain if. M. Freuch to
be Mai••r, vice M _ _ •

m•lay a quantity 4,f wreck was
wash. d ashor n: it being a ionnb r of 1* g.. w .x
camile,, such a 4 are use,' in Romanist or Itima ist
ch wels ; at-,, a I.,ng bona with" imperator " thereon
inscribe I in lar,p.

OPENING or THF: WINTYR AT THE SAILOR el Rea T—
. I
•I'H,N•lay in tee and enter'si. meet w rd go en at
th. S Ite.t and P. o.,le'at if... Tavern, (h oil
in r ler t -.pen the win•e- c on: ai.n. A• out 20 td
the u.en from the Hercules, bej, g the in sin stren:th of
the to do,ab•rs theta, nit down ti a rapitil tga pr,•.•
ailed by Mr. ad Mn. Kent. and afterward. th re
Mali 3 temperance etit...rt •nt, i,tr. uc...1 by a
Awla lire's trim Mr. Bannerman. A very e 0 iii
Valume .4 retalt..e.. recita.ion.. singing, Ike.,
was gone threuzli ur,stly by the men ..f tne ship; but '
Mica Banne-na in very kindly gave a pianoforte
, recital. The entertainment wag int. ntionally of •
naval character, sows and readings smacking of the
" Ocean Wave." The room was very full, and a
capital evening wag spent.
TEMPERANCE Mmertge.—Lsgt Tneaday evening a
meeting under the auspices of the Portland Temper-
, an e League, was h .11 in the MA lanwe I echo droom,
Mr. 11 olotwood, it Wry th, wedding, and
agdste,l by Nlo.grs. Ir-ung and Mitbell, he a ..1.e.53 I
1.11. neerting. A. temp r.otea (fiend fr, 11l Dorehe.ter,
whom it would have Men well to bear speak left
without aiding his tegtimm v and mhoriations. Tem.
mimeo addresses should nut be to • long, unites the
speakers are sure they can have the time to thorn.
a. Ivey ; in tact we knew a man who before facto made
a teet staler of him, used to my he wa, convinced when
the speech WU hall over; but generally it was no long
that be had to take an extra glass when he went home.
Talkers I be sure and learn what Is Mare of the
meeting's time, and keep within