The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-13 00:00:00

P. H. L. Boulge ; Vieromoot 'locale, his n-phew, C. °notion widest It raised ha' served its purpose, and if
Guest ; Count tie 141,n,y, If. ll,citord ; Merriam de Mr. Schreiber ;osmoses that pluck, for which I give
Coour.muont, C. lids, ion. ; Viscount D'Arpiahol, him every credit, be will pick up the gauntlet which
Itlitchelson ; pup on and Geolin, G. Pope; has been thrown down.
De. Sferfenil aol Beautneil. T. B. Stiles ; sphyrina
retkPae, Hiss Finrenco Voting Nlelame C Abeam, i 00N818TLNCY.
and M Asemobelle Vertnand in. the Duke'e soder, Iti e Lord Woleeley has beets posting at Blackpool as an
Gertrude Wardeu ; Masqueraders, Gionstl'armes, advooste of total abstinence, and the Blue Bibb mites
Peaosonts, &c. have trumpeted his utterance, in favour of 'the cop
Ladies t the front! Perhape I need hardly say which cheer., &c.," from one end of the country to the
that the crowdod a offence may to • consider.sble other. Unfortunately it hoe leaked out that his
extent he att flout sl to Vie ta.ot that the management os losrdshiP of C sire " has become president .of the
host gone to week in the roost spiritol manner, a d This Vine in onesti.on is not the hotel pre.
hod emu oge I three .nlo ti a Ateerea, among whom sided over in the Marketetreet by a respected freeman
wee, a. I obeerved the" Min aleout Poole" cane I her of this b moues, but a kind of co-operative spec., the
loot week, "the pp-tty Maud Branscombe." Mies object of which is to enable his members to obt sin
Branscombe—l hope she will semis° me for soyiug oso wines and spirits at wholesale prices—in other words
—is not e. st out tor any great pert in a drama. All to afford them the opportunity of getting moore
she hon to do is t • look bewitching. Petite in the alcoholism for their money than they can at present.
extreme, she was adeniralole a 'spied for the charact-r No wonder, the offi hal organ of the servios, the Army
she Gook, and when, its the fi al .cene, Belphrgor amid Nary (Malta, is unmistake obly "d we"o upon
soapp orted her ou one arm and she eroded!' or mod his lordship. This is rather • big •pecimen of the Mim-
i:es neck, I dare oar a goo:I many agree with me that bug of the day, but, I fancy there are plenty of minor
the lot of the hero of the evening was rather more ones in the same direction to be found in Poole.
happy than that oof the policemen in the pirates of
Pena ince. The chief female character wee, of course,
that oof Madeline, tom wife of Belphegor. This was, ten-
derly and sympathetically played by Ail.% Sophie Free,
anol the scene between her and Laverennee (Mr. A. IL
Malden), was splen.lidlyrendered, and Fairly brought
down the bowie. Mr. Holden was admirably got up,
and his cool sarceetic demeanour in this particular
scene was all that amid be desired. In fact, at the
fall of the curtain, a well- leserved compl moot was
pail both him and Misr Yana in t .e sudden requisi.
Lion, which a number of the andienee seemed un-
amonns ably to mak-, upon their handkerchiefs.
Belphe-oor ie, I need har ily say, the most prominent
cheroot .r.lu the piece. In Mr. B. t. If. Mitchelson
A found a w rthy exponent. One might perhaps
wonder at the outrA why a refined w oman Ike
Bd deline should "pick up" with a street mounte-
bank, but if the original Belphe4or wee as
good hooking as hie Poole rape seo.tative, why.
then I can excuse her. Mr. Mitchel,oon ployed
his part in o in tenor that not in one single
item c sillo I take exception to. His grief and agony
when he realises the eupponed desertion of his wife,
and aft or praying for her, he falls senseless on the floor
was most artistically given, awl torrents of applause
which gre ted this effort was thoroughly deserve!.
let me next refer to Mr. Mitche's .n, who took the
port of the clown to the roack doctor. It is not, p +Homo,
very important one, but it give, occasion to,. some good
bye-play, of which M. Ntitchelsoon et, oiled himee f to
the utmost. Fetter; • ily heppy was he in the dinner
scene.

" TV Quoqui r

The liars so emphatically pronounced by Mr.
Butict a the C narrative dinner on
Thursday. which will be fouod rvported in hi. speech
In another column, I r inember reading in • Liberal
print fame month. 1.f...re the death of the late Lord
nracon.field, &MI they approp lately applied to him.
Mr. A.binead Bartl.tt, evidently, to no: too original
—except In his p datic&l assertions

LIBESALISII IN POOL&

It is satisfactory to learn that the Liberal Ansonia-
tlou of Poole are stronger, both numerically and
financially, than ever they Were; and ebb. without the
aid of " Dark.y ' entartammebt., or, to use • very
vulgar phrase, " blow out on the cheap."

Mies Young and fines Warden filial Liao p...te
allotted Virtu most satislivtorily ; but I don't know,
sir, that I need trouble you with any lengthy remarks
a. t, the other charectrr.. Your space, I expect, will
not permit of it. Lt we o,ach.i.., therefore, by .ay.
lag it was a g eel ..11-r ,und pHformaace, a most enjoy.
a de evening, and if the clot, wens fit to ripest it, titers
should be another experience of Toseday—turniog
away mousy at the doors.
T. B