The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-18 00:00:00

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flarrn Firrvetwas Who Met MA • beers accident
• short time ego on the Nothe fort,ffeition works, ie
making rapid progress towards reonvery.
Maonanst. —On Monday and Tuesday some fine
fish were caught off Langton, Wyke, and Chicken%
the fishermen of the former place securing 43 pads.

Wooote pre an entertainment at the -Bunion Motel
teeembly gOOllll on Monday evening. Ihe peaces.
coneieting' of "Beaten Baden," "Up in the Atr,
were very well received.
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AT the borough p.n. 'maims on Tuesday there were
several summoned ea•a for hearing. bat they wale
postp..ned Until the following Testaday in consequence
of the borough election.
Coaorerlor DAT.— As the anniversary of the
oormettno of Her likketty falls this year upon triday.
• market day, Its Mayor bsa given notice that Is gotn•
pining, with • respestabiy sigised R.quisitioa, the market
eta he held on Thursday, the 47th. in order thst the
inhabitente may have an opportunity of testifying their
loyalty, by • general saspensiou of busisess on the 23th
lust.

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ST. MART'S 1010110BW11111111' AOOOOlll. —AI •
vestry held on Thursday morning, the Bev. Talbot
Grooves in tbe chair, Yr. 8011. submitted the amount.
of Ow old obarehealldens. which showed that they had
received from thrir predvemirom Sr. 114. and that the
gram amount eta ram made on tkolob4 4. 1006, waa
(313 Ile. 30., mmiting a total of NU 10e. 544. The
exproditure on illettalf of the eboroh had been
£l5O 10.. Id., naeollorted of the church rate,
112 fle. 444. ; voids, ED 10a. 714. ; poor, £2l 14.. litti ;
.ittl they had • balance of 13e. 141. to band to the
present charchwartmos. The moomits wme adopted.
No other Wainer wet transacted, and • vote of 'bents
to the eiteirmall terminated dm ptoccied.op.

GENERAL Inarscrion.--On Thursday -afternoon the
portion of the 80th regiment stationed here. and also
the Royal Bilinear' were inspected in the berrack
yard, by Genera Sir George Bu ler, who arrived there
shortly ahnr 4 o'clock, with Me aide de camp Captain
Glyn, dike vile brigade. The men were drawn up
in line, and rind red the inspecting Aim with a
vowel !elute, after which the. were put through
the manual, platoon and bayonet exercises. Inspection
of kits followed, end then General Buller inspected
the barraok and regimental book, and expressed him-
eelflpleased with what he had Nen. The number on
for Inspection were Royal linginessre, 1 Captain
Rent:), 2 Lieutenants (Wood and Wall.) and
about 80 men including non-oomeaisioned offioera
80th r egimmet : 1 field officer, 3 cep sins, 5 subaltern
10 sergeants 4 co. ponds, 3 drcinmers, 172
=te,s ; stall officers also present, Dr. Inkeon and
-master Sheeran.

Faucficii mimeo AT Wintorrit. —At the general
eledion of lON toy imadidates made their appearance
for the botortra44 m 1 Werouctli—on the Conservative
aide, the two illsolbers, Mr. Brooks, a merchant
end shipowner, Id Grey d• When; from the
Liberal tamp, unspoososhil
detetiestatderleyeattBoo, ad Or. Hiii&fiklwards,
poll esodidas. Mr. Brook. wee in Way.
mom; Guy ffie Wilton was n having treated
his oonstituents *Mb considerable indifference. The
return of the poll was--Brooka, 381; Gridley, 378;
Grey be Wilton, 28; Edwards, 14. The istory of the
transaction is se follow, : War nouth for many yeas.
has been anything but pure- Its iniquity was, however,
organised. Gauge of voters served under the orders of
n men of acknowledged worth d strict
iprobity,
rlieaZi an
o fairly distributed amongst their followers
the prise money obtained from the Banda and Kirwee
of (untested elections. On this °cession however, the
system of limited liability area set aside, and, in con-
sequence of the strike, the free and independent
userted their freedom and independinoe, irrespective
of party considerations. There were, however,
formulas of procedure. According to the rights of one I
denomination, the elector on being asked for his vote,
replied by hiding his face from the candidate with the
crown of his hat, saying with maiden coyness,
"Oh, sir, I caul look at you." Inside his hat,
in large letters, was written what the French call his
ehitre.' *mother vroukl at i3llOO state his prioat
Etta it ilig
remonsuli.Lity ftnithrMarwourt,,,, IT the dred =in of
familiar cajolery employed at ons electi--eush
"Come, William, you are opening your mouth too
wide; what will the old woman say to-night at your
family prayers r the answer was, " Well, sir, you'll
be glad to give me double at half past three on Wednee-
day'. A third would boldly refuse to give any answer I
at all, merely volunteering • winking counsel that at
the before mentioned date he would he found at home.
U length, on the eve of the nomination, or rather at
four o'clock the morning of the poll, the four candidates
met, compared their accminte, end found that neither
couple could hope to be returned under in expenditure,
it is said, of t 30,000, or something more than £3O per
head of the constituency. So it was speed to with-
draw one from each aide. Lord Grey was withdrawn
by the Conservetive• as being the *tier member
while Captain Gridley was to be the Liberal elected,
being the mentor candidate to his colleague- The
borough, therefore, WY practically disfranchised by
the candidates themselves; and the leaders f parties
subsequently agreed that all future elections at Wey.
mouth should be kept one and one, in order to avoid
the inevitable penalties to be inflicted by the looming
Reform Bill on peccant constituencies. Captain Gridley,
for moons of his own, is now retiring. and Mr. Edwards
stepte into his shoes without a contest, in pursuance of
the compact —rial Mali Gassae.
Tux Ptiansaitorric flothrrea COworitt.—There was
a numerous audience at the Royal Hotel Assembly
Room on Thursday evening, on the omission of this
society giving a concert of sacred music, consdag of
Mozart's Twelfth Mass, and • selection. It is the Arst
time that we have had the pleasure of listening to the
performances of this society, and we most acknowledge
being agreeably surprised at their general excellence.
A more efficient body of both vocalists and inabiimen.
talists it would we think be difficult to find in the
provinces. The voices are fairly balanced, though we
think it would be an improvement if • fee more
sopranos were added, and the buses are particularly
good, while the band has the advantage of an pcoom.
plished leader, able flautists, an excellent performer
on the harmonium, and others fairly s.stalnlng the
arintt
parts. At the e time they have all some-
tmlo awn, seine
and if they do but cordially recognise the
fact we anticipate for them greater achievements
than any they have yet made. The concert com-
menced with Handel's "Occasional Overture,"
which was faulty in severe/ respects. The slow
movement at the opening was spoilt by the
hurrying of the principal violins, the impressive
measured strains being rendered unsteady and feeble;
the allegro succeeding failed in merit from a similar
cause, and throughout there was • lack of homogeneity
in execution which marred its effect. The ?mallets
commenced excellently. The "Glory to God" chorus
from the Messiah was given with tine force mid spirit
and went right grandly. The next piece was the beauti-
ful air froculMendelmohn's Elijah, "0 rest in the Lord,"
sunL by Miss Holt, with an harmonium accompaniment
by Mr. Gabbing In this, however, we must confess to
a little disappointment. With a fine voice, and good
taste, Hiss Holt has not learnt what every amateur
takes a long time to do, and ladies possibly in a special
degree, vu., to coin wide her mouth when imaging,
the consequence of which is enunciation faulty and die
Pleasing, and this is particularly observable in such an
air as that sung on this coombin. We do not make
this remark in an hypercritical spirit, but simply that
an otherwise emallent singer may obviate • very
parent and and serious fault. In the Monies of the mass
Mir Bolt's singing was perceptible to a peat
and she rendered very praiseworthy and off ciendtiret4.
We say this without (disparagement to the seven other
ladies who with her comprised the soprano mei of
the chorus, for indeed we think they all sang emelrently
well. The Kyrie was given vigorously by the chorus,
and the solo parte were fairly rendered,
note that the band well nigh overwhelmethreem." Thye
" Gloria" wee a mind performanoe, and elicited
monifeetatione of approvaL Of the " Qui we
cannot speak with each oncoudilled approval. As •
Warn vague,
ohornewbae and, ff would
u.i..i.""ca trtl, eacthe
other in order that their voices rosy blend together in
cite harmonious sound. The " QUOtitani" IRMA tench
better performance, indeed, it wee marked by gnat
on "
merit. A hoist interval then moaned. after which •
poti of the Bomedietm." wee_ even, followed by
"Cards." The beautiful "Kt Incornatof
Lvtetn with great moms, and the Moor solo Icy
y V
wee excellent The "Kt ileearrerit"- mirci
" Ilanotos" wore also most creditable perf ormanosa
The" fWires Doi" was fairly tmaind um, finale
" Does ifobie wee very good. "Ooroosike
Mask ono so oloolfro purfooompor for
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