The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

Bonsttsbire.

Milt* MILITIA.—Mr. John Dean, of South.street,
Dominator, has bees appointed made" tailor of this
regimeat, in the room of the late Mr. W. Bye.
Faiths.lolMY.—P. G. Chapter Appointments. Iftst.
—P.G.H., M. E. Companion J. N. P. Montage, Z. 170;
P.0.J., M.& Companion T. C. W. Blandon, P.Z. 417 ;
B. Companion Thos. Coombe, P.Z. 417 ;
P. 0.8.11., IL B. Companion H. S. Edwards, H. 707;
P.G.PA, IL 8. Companion G. B. Criekmay, P.Z. 170 ;
lot .4.8., N. E. Companion Thos. Chick, P.H. 417;
End A. 8., N. IL Companion Geo. Frampton, P. H. 170;
P.G.P., IL E. Companion John Jaeols, P.B 110;
P.O.Reg., IL L Companion W. M. Heath J. 922;
P.G.&B. N. B. Companion Daniell Vona*, 170 ;
P. 0.81. a, roMpanion Win. Chick, 4 7 ; P.G.D.C.
M. E. Companion Josh. Maunders, P.Z. 170; P.G.
Janitor Companion John Lovelace, 417.
Fig on DONUT l— AI the 28th annual meeting of the
West of England Blind Institution on Tburodk,y, the
report showed • balance of rao Os. 2d. due to the
treasurer, and the committee called strongly upon the
county of Donut for an increased sobseriptioa, it having
had ten pupils from that county, of whom four remain,
while the mamoriptioo rewired from Dorset was but a
a year. Thanks, however, were due to Lord Portman,
through Viscount Middleton, for • donation of £lO.
Of the six pupils admitted during the past year thre•
were from l.vdu add Mae ankh OoM, Dorset and
Cornwell. Will Defeat teepood? as Uorset • eon.
mienne and a beaker of this right sort?

The COOT Or A WAS= SUPPLT.—Tbo following
table is pebliclied by the Watens Plying Pool as 'bowing
the total nest of waterworks at the towns named, to-
gether with the annual income and expenditure of
earth. It will be notioed that of the twenty named
Dorchester alone hes the unenviable distinction of
paying yearly more than it earns, but this moms to
bars become the Doribeettr Corporalioa imodland so
it comes to pass, that whereas ten years ego t town
bad money in the funds, no* that Is Intent Mrs*
available bit of property in mortgaged,
Airul!
Name or Borough. 1: LM; Coot.
Bargolopie ..... 10,750 £lO5OO 0.1,045 £BOO
Bridgeortli ..—... 5,000 8,700 500
100 to
Mom. 7,000 10,450 170

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=deg ... ...... - .... _ __,. 1,1/05 1,04. t
Mita ......... 3.400 9,810 IMO 445
90
= 10,000 16,00 1,800
N lO,OOO 4,100 800 WO
600
Newark (Nsit.) ll,OOO 16,000 1,100 700
Newport (LW.) . 3,300 1,400 ;00
Noma 0;400 0,600
C
tr. 14,000 ing
9,200 8,190 till
8611 mo Wohni
tunikinirs ....... 13.670 14,000 1,138 1,064
too ....
Womon-mtmr./Isr• 10,000 19,401 1,188 OW
Weymouth

Ti usual monthly county wart was held on Tanday
before ledge Ewers* Yet there wee Ito budgies oi
,
UMW MARKET. —impeller's return :Wh.etNs. to
74a; burley. 355. to 44e. Average.: 'Must, 89s. 9t4.;
barley, 41,. 9d. . .

Doure COOTITT VIOIMPITAL. —Berman weeorteashool
on bohalf of this inntitution at Holy Trinity mesh on
Sunday lad, when tho solleotions &wanted to tho
handsome sum of CHI
__Ts._ _

Th. tolli of —ilre.-14-edisuton Moot sad LoeitsadY
gates ou the Ibrahim, Woodford, sad Dobbin*"
turopike, have bees let (or the Mashie yea to Mr.
Cos e late lessee, foi £B!3.
Ti tilt
sew Cdrti Fatima's is now well-sigh completed,
sod int Meet strenuous opponents are eonstrained to
*holt it will be eery handsome room—without doubt,
the beet in the oounty.
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"Guars" woo thi; 'abject of the lestare delivered
at the Holy Trinity Infants' 'shoot room lagt Friday
evening., in cionneotion with thi.
Early °kelps tillakliM
tioa, and the lecturer was the v. F. D. Galata, rester
01 11,1111,7 WieiOyi Berth gets There wag a late
attisedanob, and the interest of the audience wee well
sustained throughout. He spoke of emits physical,
moral, and intellectual. Under the Ant head he re.
Wed various amusing fables; Lathier wag selected as his
type of the moral east, whom heroism he extolled to
the highest; and in the third division he placed Walter
Soot!, Chalmers, Homer, Menander, and Shakespeare.
He was warmly applauded throughout. The Bev. J.
Fisher presided, end Mr. Rsbinson's choir sang several
alma
Tole fiotilickt.roat. 6Ar05.-11r. W. VlllllOO, Or.
1. I'. Aldridge. Kr. G. J. Gregory. Gregory, and Mr.
F. Bennett. attended at the Guildhall, on Tuesday
morning, before the Mayor and J. Bishop, Beg . and
generally took the oaths of °floe. The usual declare-
lions were made by Gr. Aldridge and Mr. Gregory, but
Mr. Vernon and Mr. Bennett omitted, by the option
afforded by 29 and 30 VIM. a. 92, to Mire the oath
which wee compulsory under Geo. 1V.,.. 170. 2 sad 3,
that they would not exereiee any power nt their °Mae to
injure or weaken the Protestant Church as by law
established in Ragland, or to disturb the said church,
or the bishop and alergy in the posmsion of their rights
or privileges.

AMIDiIIT.-06 Monday night, • yang man named
William Thomas, living in loordington, reosivad painful
injuries from an explosion uf gunpowder. It seems
that he bad bass seeking fireworb for the stb of
wean* traskork "161118,
lay around his. He snuffed the candle be bad to light
him with his Angers, and by that means oonveyed •
spark to the gunpowder he was using, when, of course,
It elpleded, end *idled alio the fireworks he had made.
RI bandit and fair were severely burnt, but happily his
eyesight did mei sutaia say pensaaneet injury. He was
taken to the Dorset Howdy Hospital, whirs he received
taretid attention.

Thy M•eoletter.—Wearmeowase with mese *man
that George Wm, hee been r•-eleeted Mayor of
Dorchester. The nespestabitity of tbe Borough, and
the influence of the Corporation, greatly depend upon
lb. &maw and position of the chief enegistrete.
Our Mayor's Maness in keeping the borough fres from
tramps of every deseription. whether in the @Up. of
Area muskier —who, to use the language of the Rev,
J. R. Owen, put one in mind of spirits escaped from
purgatory, who bare brought some of their instruments
of torture with them—or of wandering shown*u and
penny theatres, bee been • greet boon to the quiet and
orderly Inhabitants; and, If the pollee returns are ear
teat, hes Waded to • great reduetiop of whew We
therefore heartily erwerstolete the cierporstion on their
choice, and we seasider that ile thanks of the town of
Dorchester ate dile to Mr. Owner for consenting to
devote maim yew to the well-being of his native
town. May be have Webb sad Amiga for hie aMes.

Swam Omen Omar, Teestay.—Owee Leese v.
Tbe Greet W.sNi ilUPly Oevapaiw.—Me.
fee the *Wilt sad Gill the e dmi-
lingredThie fee
was ea Mae. to noon, lbs Rai of a 71,

foe certain allowances made by en order of the Superin-
tendent of the Great Western isailw.y. Mr. Graham.
The plaintiff vu a pointeman at Dorchester, in the
;7z:aof the defendants. in 1866, and be came up to
at the request of Mr. Graham, and remained
there from October, 1866, to December of the same
year. From an order issued by Mr. Graham, it seemed
that men net from their homes went to receive no
animalism—awards, foremen, and night and day porter.,
21.; day only, 2a.; police porters, 2r. Id. day and night,
sod a Is. 64. day. It aras upon this order that the
maitre wu brought,,the plaintiff claiming ls. 6.1. per
day sad eight. which amounted to the sum claimed,
£4 Is. Hr. Gill, for the defence, contended that the
plaintiff was not entitled to the allowance claimed. If
he bad come from Dorchester to do the work of
another person, be would no doubt be entitled to the
allowance. The plaintiff was examined at some length,
and fay bore out Mr. Thiek's statement. Hie
Honour gave a verdict for the amount claimed.

Ti. Sri Novgingn.—After the scenes which were
intoned in Dorchester years ago on Guy Finned day,
the proceedings of Tuesday evening were "stale. fiat,
and unprofitable" to • degree unprendented. In the
last two yes.' provisiori was made by subscription
in the town for a display of fireworks and a bonfire on
Poundburv, whereby the irrepressible energy of "the
(toys" was harmlessly expended, while they had the
satidectioniof satisfying the old dieticla—
" Gunpowder plot
Shall neer be forget," he.
But on this sth Novemb,r nothing of the sort was
though "young Dorchester* was known to be mans'
fn.:taring fireworks and disguises for • pyroteohnio
"spree" In the morning the mayor and magistrates
issued a notion against letting off fireworks in the
streets. Tbe evening was fine and moonlit, and • large
number of portions paraded the streets, out of curiosity
more than anything else to see what would be done.
On Poundbary star barrel was bunt and fireworks were
exploded. Some dosen or more "Gaye' were to beano
Silting about in grotesque costume, while there seemed
to be quite a plethora of stinks and cudgels amongst
the celebrants and lookerwon. When the barrel was
well fired it was drawn to the top of the town, where
the dying embers were dispersed. Th. Guys and their
followers then marched down High Weet-etreet, letting
off fireworks by the way, and in about half-an-
hour they quietly dispersed. We don't hear of any
damage being done, and probably there would have been
no fireworb in the town only the prohibition rendered
It en very Wrestles, and afforded an opportunity of
defying authority.
MI. BTONIT SMITH AT BRISTOL. —On Friday night,
Mr. Sydney Smith, the soa ot our townsman, Mr. F.
W. Smith, gave a pianoforte recital at Bristol, respect-
ing witirib we quote the following from the Wearer's
Daily Pratt:—

PlOOL•1111111.
" Ant Plagal dee noway." Trannerlpdan.—Banier.
*" la Harps linlisone,^ Yoram do &don.
*" Galli du Cour," Vida BrUlanta
••• Lea Hvipasola." Tantaas Brand&
a" Le Jet ditsa," Juneau nrillanne.
." Fairy Wbl=4l.lloeturue.
."
Ilaribu,"
▪ L'sure du Foyer." Melodic
" halm& lremptu "—Cheri.
•" Dana Napolltidne.." Yuman de Conant.
o"
Etude foe_ the Indl Hand only. Introduclag " Come

N.M." - -
•'' Golden Bans," Ceprfee
wreanscrletion "The Sadden Hymn.*
•'' Vales de Itaarication."
The please marked thus • are the comnpiltions of Mr. Sydney
Smith.
The above programme was performed at the Victoria
Rooms by Mr. Sydney Smith, a gentleman who has
deservedly acquired &great reputation is • pianist, and
whose oonipcsitions are now td hefound on &eery mugs
stand. Mr. Smith. as may be guessed from the pro-
gratdass, is a disciples,' the tdrnantio Nihon!, and ills
dear that he has given the masters wham works he
attempts to execute the most eareful study. The
transcription with which the radial opened—a very
'harming, but, at the same time, very difficult cons-
position—was given with an artistic power and feeling
of the best kind. The two succeeding pieces, oorosessi.
ties. by Mr. Smith, more eapecially the "Vii..
Brillante" -a class et composition in which failure is so
much easier than sersees, and of shish upon the whole,
we bars had rather more than enough, considering
the very questionable shape in which they come
before us— was an excellent composition, and was
played with a brillianey and force of expression that
must have delighted all lovers of the piano. The
fantails beillante, from "Lee Huguenots," wee @plea.
dilly performed. It is well and farounely known to
amateur pignists, and the MOO subject is treated SS
duet by Mr. Smith in a style eq 'ally felicitous. This,
however, by the way Chopin's • Fantasia Imeromptu"
I displayed the manipulative power which the artist
possesses over the instrument ; and the study for the
left hand only. introducing the delicious 'Come 6
Gentil," is one of the finest efforts we have listened to
for some time. We need not ri fee individually to the
different pieoes in the programme. The Danes
Napolitaine, • beilliant composition, was encored, and
lir. Smith repeated the conoluding movement.. All
were played admirably, and in a style which shows that
Mr. Smith has given the most conscientious study to
his work. Ho is an ornament to English musical art.

DORCHESTER TOWN COMICTL.
Tim annual meeting of the Corporation took plass on
Saturday last. Present: Aldermen Coombs and Gupta,
Councillors Dr. Aldridge, IL Deeenish, a. J. O.
Gregory, P. Bennett, T. Bennett, .1. Bishop, B. Lock
and W. Slade. .

In tie. ebeenee a the Meyor, Mr. Alderman Coombe
WOO voted to the eltair.

ILICTIOS OP KAYOS.

The Chairman mid the Bret business was to elect •
mayor for the epode( year; and, looking at the circum-
stances of the past year, and at the fact that the late
mayor (G. Came, Rai.) had satiefastorily and afficaintly
gone through his year of office, but without haring
been able to see the Corn Bracinge completed and
opened, he felt it would be • compliment to bun to give
him the opportunity of finishing that work, and he
begged to propose that Mr. George Clime be re-elected
Mayor for the ensuing year.
Mr. T. Bennett seconded the proposition. .

Aldrilig; asked if Mr. Ctirture would wept the
°Mee.