The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-31 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

The Nee GAILDINS. —Mr. C. Hambro, Mr. has
made fa very serviceable addition to the stock of the
new gardens, having sent • large qsantity of bedding
I plants, upwards of eleven hundred. Among the
flowers Sr. oaleeolarias, geraniums, dahliaa, lobelias.
and verbenas, in great variety and of choice sorts.
MOISTROOII BON& —On 111112141117 week, some of the
fishermen engaged in catching mackerel in Weymouth
Bay hauled cm shore between Greenhill and the Prestos
road turnpike, Cu immense bone, which no one weld
esplein except by supposing that it had formed part of
the skeleton of some leviathan of the deep. It measured
1011. Wag, 8 or 9 Melte+ broad. and was from belt-an-inch
to lila. thick, and the weight was guessed at half • ewt.
The colour was a dark slate, end the texture Armor and
stiffer than whalebone; but more Pliable thin boost of
land animal.. It was curved like a bow, wad the
extremities were apparently worn off by beating about
in the sea. It proved a "boa, of contention" to every
one who fancied be had • share is it; but was ultimately
secured by the men in whose net it was caught. One
of the Wien:con says that the ground on which it was
found bad been forbid over for 50 years, without any
relic of the kind being found ; es it is supposed that
there has been • " scour " in the Bay. which has cleared
out the original bed, and exposed this relit) of ancient
times. It was purchased by Mr. Smith, of St. Albett's
Bow, who considers itto have been in allege approach-
ing foesilicitinn ; but it is not so hard but that it can
be cut with • knife.

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Boar BACINCL—Though we bad only two boat nees
inelude4 11171011( our Yeomanry 1.11121111/01133111. sod though
they ROT. placed after the other moss, yet so mush
spirit was shown on sash occasion that we cannot help
wiehing fore good best-aleb to be formed in the town.
There are already two or three boats fitted for the par.
pose. and if M.. matter were taken up, Lad th. club
well supported, there would be a reeves' of the manly
sport of lentos. At all events, we hope to see many
MICIaI good rules in our beautiful bay.

ORATORIO OF KiTHER.—On Tuesday evening last, the
Reited Tattle eol-fa Associations performed Bradbury's
oratorio at the Royal Hotel Assembly Rooms. The
reserved seats in the first division of thereon. were well
filled, and behind the "passage" a good number of the
friends of the Tonic Sol.fa movement assembled. but
there we. rather a gap between the latter and the back
seats. A very pleasing feature in the company was the
presence of • large number of friends who had specially
some from Dorchester to hear the oratorio. Herr Emil
Behnke of mune 000dueted the aolfaists with his
accustomed spirit sad saroir /Aire, and Kr. G. Thorne
accompanied with Weal mad power. Having given an
exhaustive notice of the oratorio before, we will only
add a few remarks. The voices seemed a great deal
mare audible than on the former odasion, and the first
put went with a spirit and cheerfulness that was not
then attained. There was a brightness and dearness
about the singing that pleased .very mod, and the
encores were frequent, and Promptly ri•Polidet to. .0
that no time was waded in any exhibitioo of noneatee
lounge. This promptitude of the conductor prevented
asy appearance of lagging, and we were utooished
when the first part had come to an end. Altogether it
was a great improvement on the first performance, the
lady who sang the Queen's part hada, evidently .Wiled
°unmade° as well as sweetnees, and the rest of the per.
formers baying profited by experience gained at the
Music Hall. The second part also was Improved by the
euperior fitnem of the room, and the GM-ruses through.
out went with especial spirit. The full effort of the
grand concluding chorus was rather marred by the brass
instriments being too loud for the room ; bet on the
whole we must regard this second performance
as an improvement on the first. The Tonic
Sulfa movement has now panted its trial
In Weymouth, every one who needed has been
acquainted with its edvautages or has witnessed its
successes, and henceforth we man expect it to win its
way by ordinary growth. If it require any of the
stimulus wanted for i movement which some profels
consider new and comparatively untried that unjoatifi•
able prejudice will be more than counterbalanced he
the devotion of the sagoolatidn's bon. secretary and
officore, and its zealous and able champion, Herr Emil
Belinke. The latter inds his time too mach occupied
now to teach the Sunday **alert gratis; but we are
delighted to find that the good work, so well begun, is
tiow carried on by T. Anderson, Peq.,—another proof
of that gentleman's love to thorn of whom the Matter
bas said, 'Whom shall receive one such little child in
my name reneiveth Me." It is amoag deb that the
Tonic Solfa system will win some of It. most enduring
triumph., and we hope to me the nett generation af
byeaa-slagers grow up, fa: surpassing the present in
their knowledge of thus and taw