The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-07 00:00:00

"flashes anb flickers."

Law and lawnerness am henceforth I. be well look-
ed other in our little town. Mr. Dickineon,jun.,of the
firm of Dickinson and Son, Poole. will shortly open an
°Sloe at the Yacht Club for the transaction of law
business ; and Mr. Lacey, magistrate's clerk, of Ware-
ham, intends doing the same at Bay View House, so
that we ahall be able to take out a summons without
going all the way to Wareham, and then, when George
Burt, lesq P., is at home, we shall be able to
_gee
li, and many other forms, signed in the town. God
save the Queen.
. . _

The lam week of Mr. Bert's Shrievalty was both
merry and busy; a ball, a learnt, and a vi,it to the
Alexandra Palace, where be did the honours of host to
the provincial mayors, and other corporate function-
aries, on behalf of the Lord Mayor. He vrill be glad,
we are sure, f the rut and quiet of Purbeck House.
This will be more clearly imagined after reading ills
following.
At a dinner held sometime in the spring, the Lord
Mayor rises sod proposes the health of certain gentle-
men he hu reason t believe have somewhere about
£4,000 to spare, and who are free and livery men of
the City. This necessitates the toasted ones to stand
for election of sheriff by the liverymen in curimon
council, or to foci it a tine of £420. In the reign of
Henry VII. a Lord Mayor toasted his "carver" in
this way. The hero of the knife and fork straightway
sat himself down among the guests and became in due
course Sheriff and l.ord Mayor. Was his lordship full
of wine, we wonder! _ _ _

M • Meeting of the Common Council on Midsummer
day two sheriffs are elected. The fine for withdraw.
ing at this atm.. is Augmented to £lOOO. September
28th the sheriffs:elect give a sumptuous and public
breakfast in the hall of the guild to which the senior
of them belongs, after which they are sworn in with
due poop and civic ceremony at the GuildhalL
The Guildhall has been somewhat connected with
our island. To mention two instances only, the
pavement of the old Guildhall wee of Purbeck stone;
sod from that pavement Richard IL banished a
nominee for Lord Mayoralty to the dungeons of Corte
Cowie. Perhaps he is there still.
Michaelmaa day finds the ahead' in all the glitter
of gold and scArZt aiding officially in the nomination
and election of the Lnr I Mayor for the sucoseding
year. Sometime later they attend the Lord Mayor elect
to the Lord Chancellor to receive Her Majastv's and the
Lord Mayor's approval of the prince of citizens, and on
that evening they heartily p artake of the first state dinner
the Lord Mayor elect has the honour of 'providing.
November the Bth is "swearing-in" day, and in the
Mansion House the " farewell dinner" of his out-going
lordship boo to be eaten. Lord Mayor's day is. as we
all know, the day when all in their chariots of gold,
with chaplains and trannere.the sheriffs make apart of the
notorious "allow." paying for this honour by bearing
half the expense of the great Guildhall banquet.
The dude* of the Sheriff's Court are not, we believe,
very heavy; this we cannot say of the expense, in-
curred eight times a month, of half.eotertaining the
Judges of the Central Criminal Court. Ever so many
state appearances are necessary and as many dinners,
such as those given at Merchant Taylor's Hall, at
Lambeth Palace—situated just opposite Mr. Burt's
place of business—at the Hoepi.als, and so forth, not
to mention the wondrous Egyptian Hall banquet on
Easter Monday and the magnificent balL Sermon*
have to be heard according to the determination of
pious founders (whatever would they say to the theology
their bequests non supply?) ; criminals have to be
executed ; royalty has to be interviewed; and then, too
soon for pride, too long delayed for weary men, Mid.
summer day sees other luminaries rising, and the 28th
of September dawns to find Shrievalty waning to wax
again in other form.. The beet of days must close,
and so the worst, thank
. . .

Special evente daring a Sheriff's rule may grant
him the much coveted knighthood, as Thanksgiving
day for the recovery of the Prince of Wales added a
title to Sheriff vrancla Trusoutt, now Lord Mayor
elect. We ought to have had a day of Humiliation
for our National Sins this year.
Is the Church Sunday School en nourishing that it
needed no re, resentation at the Rural Decanal meet-
ing at Corte Castle on th 25th inst. ? ( full account
of these interesting services is ciao.) such gather-
ings are very necessary sal valuable. But DO doubt
there are good reasons for all disappearances.
The panties% were certainly In Paradise on Wednes-
day, the 24th of September. Mrs. Sorrell extended
her unlimited generosity to the children at the Work.
house and invited them to see the sea They left
Wareham early in the morning and drove through the
barren plains surrounding their residence, dared at
Code's shattered remains, and shouted as they stood
in sight of the waves and sand. Didn't they took
Into dinner on the rocks? Good-hearted Mr. Summers
(we wish be was • millionaire) was, as =nil, equal to
the oocasion, and mad* the youngsters hellos again
with his fruits and unintoxicating beverages; and
altogether, Mr. Docwra at the b g hoose, the Rector,
and everybody else who helped to cheer these little
ones, may accept the unasked testimony of one wide-
awake chap in the company, as the beet thanks for all
their thoughtful and hearty welcome. " Kama um
worn*, to-morrow r
Our weather forecast promises little change until
the middle of next week, when the weather will
change for the better, though cold nights and cloudy
days must even then be expected, and this dryer
seaman will be of very short duration.
Loos.

KINGSTON IFILFRAVENS.

A CIIALLNICIS was received by the cricket club
here, to play Swansge 'corking west, and sampled.
But on arrival at the ground, on Wednesday, Sept.
24th, there were but two or three working men on the
swansge side, the rest being practised players. The
Kingston men were not pleased at this aspect of
affairs, and felt much inclined to return ; but as the
weather cleared and the ground was fair, they deter-
mined to make the beet of it. Nervousness settled
the first innings against them for 18 runs. Semmes
men then handled the willows, and put together the
fair snore of 62. With better Insert and brighter luck
the Kingstonians finished their second innings for 44,
leaving Swanage winnsm by one innings and two
runs. It Is the intention of the club here to challenge
Swans*e to play them, with picked players, at any
time on the Kingston ground, when th 47 boP• to turn
the scale against their opponents.