The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13 00:00:00

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Barree CIRO/IL - This famous circus visited the
town on Thursday last. Between one and two o'clock
the company formed a grand procession and. preceded
by their band, went through the principal streets of
the town, the spectacle being witnessed by some
hundreds of persons, especially along the Esplanade,
where the cavalcade could hese.° to the best advantage.
Two performances were given in the Park—afternoon
and evening. There were crowded audiences on both
occasions, and the performances were considered to be
of • first-class character.

Stamm Amman.. —The Great Weatern steamers
have been peculiarly unfortunate of late. On Thursday
morning, m the South of Ireland and the Aquila were
entering the harbour, it would appear that the South
of Ireland wanted to be the first in port, the conse-
quence was that one ran foul of the other, inflicting a
severe blow on the Aquila, diaablinEatro.f.or a brief
Herperiod. H repairs will not take to complete,
sad with fine weather we trod the will ran
smoothly during the coming season. free from mishap
of any kind. The directors and officials at Weymouth
are ever anxious that this should be ao.—The following
le the official report :—"South of Ireland. on entering
Weymouth harbour cause into collision with Aquila;
letter had starboard after sponeon badly damaged,
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KAKI Room FOR THE GMT WILSTRILII.— There wet
a ticklish bit of bushier before the committee of the
Town Council on Friday last. One item wall an
application from the Greet Western Railway Company
to the Town Council to lay down additional rails
alongside the Backwater from where Mr. Greenwood's
works are to the junction near the corner of the bonded
warehouses. There was, we believe, a hot diacusvion
on the question, and ultimately the committee were in
favour of the most common-sense view of the 1:014k111.,
viz., that, as the intended line would ovueresch on
private propirtrholdere, they should be filet crousulted

on the mettle. It is barred that • stout opposition
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their interests, and would, no doubt, tend to weaken,
r.d.her than strengthen, the prosperity of the town.—
Another item was an application of a circus company
to erect • wooden building on • piece of ground at the
bottom of Lower Bond-street, behind Mews. Collett's
foundry. We are always advocates for good natural
eldorn•nt, losliseinst that laughter helps digestion;
bat at is • well-known fact that the majority of those
who help to support these places of amusement are
nut the "upper ten," but the artisan and working part
of the population. I. whom sixpence is sixpence;
but who, nevertheless, win find the means to
autaport such places ~of amusement. But on
the ground of attracting visitors to the town, and
' eutertsining them while they are here, we most heartily
' commend the application to the re-consideration of
I the wisest of our local parliament. What ia proposed
is to build a handsome wooden structure on the specs
of ground which at present ia an armors and •
corporal diegraoe. To this end, the proprietors of
the proposed building offer the Corporation the sum
of Ms. • week for three months for what is now a
worthless piece of ground—save to empty pita and
to exercise weak children upon. Let the Corporation
by all means yield to the application, and they will
gain a threefold end—first, they will receive an
amount of money fir ground now lying idle;
secondly, they will become their own nuisance
inspectors In removing what is now • nuisance ; and,
thirdly, they will be adding to the future prosperity
of the borough. For, after such a spot of ground has
been occupied for so long • time for the purpose
Indicated, it moy safely be taken for granted that
some enterprising individual will come forward, and
will offer a handsome into for • permanent erection in
the interests of the trade of the port of Weymouth.
Bonouue Pours, Thursday—Before Messrs. Igillielea,
Rohm& and Hopkins.
STIALIIIO • SOLDICILING IRON —Bikkilkin MMlliini,
blecksiiiith. was charged with rtealing a so'dering 4°l,
yalue It 61., the property of John Henry Vile. It ap-
peared from the evidemm that the primmer ba,l born in
the employ of the prosecutor, in Last-street, off and on.
for the last three or four years. The tool in question was
mimed from the prosecutor's peewees the day previous.
He asked prisoner for it, and said ha did not wild* to be
hard upon him if he brought the iron back. This be did
not do, and prosecutor gave information to the police.—
Richard Cromwell deposed to buying the moo from the
prisons: for le 61. on the statement that he had come by
it honestly, and was going to leave the town.—P.O. ti.ick-
land proved apprehending the prisoner—Prisoner said he
was very sorry, but he had taken It tar went ot bread.—
Fourteen days bard labour.