The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-17 00:00:00

WIBTKOUTH.

OUR BOROUGH MEMBER AT HOME.
The Wo.id, in It. WIN of articles on Celebrities
at Home," wad= the following interesting sketch
relative to our borough member. Mr. Henry El.
wards :—From his starry-window at the junction of
Charles-street and Berkeloy-sqoare, Mr. Edwards,
the popular member for Weymouth, can ei,j ,y one of
the moot agriseab'e views In Lonion. In his quality
as • bachelor be dose not inhabit a lye, build', g. but
no house oould be more delightfully situated with
reference to 'Breland, boon, and beauty." Dia-
ling tiabed men and vett, women by sows. eieueus
towards Mr. Elwards wind ,w, garnished with a wire
blind, from behind which be, unseen, con observe lite
paseen-by, and rest his eyes when dazzled with beauty
on the foliage of the inner square. Fr 'm his draw.
leuroom be looks on the gardens of Lansdowne
House, and has altogether as snag • domicile as
wealthy becbelor could dream of; heady also for the
club.. sopa eially the Turf, in whiolt he Celts', after
the Horne of C 111201:19, his (reset pleasure. In
the dininuroom Mr. Edwards hangs his finest
tatroe. Three excellent specimens of Mr. Long,
Au.. occupy the wall fairing the door—An Ancient
Custom." the engraved pistols, which maned a law.
suit, of the ligyptisu girl having bee eyebrows painted
by • slave, and two recent works —tbreo-qnsrter
lc::of typical girls—" &urban 1 "and " &Aland."
are lieu brought together in this particularly
snug dialog-room, lighted entirely from above, without
den of lamp or gee in the apartment Welt, many
clever pictures by Mr. Peewee, IL A,. Mr. Earle, the
animal.preinter, and other artists of deeerved reputa-
tion. As an institute of M. Edward's modesty and
good taste, it may be noted that hts own portrait is
absent. Perhaps he believes, with brildant Matthew
Prior, that • 0140'il portrait should be seen anywhere
but in hie own bone.. However this may be. It is
certain that he Is to have • statue, a molten imago,
to be eel op in Weymouth by the appreciative coati-
twists with whom he has einj led the met agreeable
relations foe the last twenty years. The " scalp "
was subscribed for quickly and liberelly, and has been
estrasta no Mr. Will., who is already tar advanced
towards Its cospienks.

Theotogy of lir. E I wards' popularity ia Weymouth
I. °tidos'''. It win at first wormed to run Was for !
Yarmouth, but he preferred t neat little seaside
town roctatly aallid dy 114 MS ribald j slier Out-4-the-
Way-mouth. That he Is as popular in the Home of
0 mimosa as among hie omistituenta le prived I y_the
exclamation of an eminont 0 mservative that Wey-
mouth oould not he allowed to he snuff sod out by lb*
Redistribution BM, for the MISS, would sae hlsn
sorely. lindosaisterty he p..nwinies the gilts of
popularity. They cannot he milsrl arta la his mos,
for he Is Q. 01041 natural of men in his oran•r4r, his
SOW sod deeds. In the beginning he WS4 quite will,
out the influenco of a great local landowner like Sr
Froderiik Johnstone, the Toy ropresentative of
Wiry mloth, which lieu. of the testified coostitmoclee
bold In ooatempt by Mr. Bight. But Mr. Edward's
hao treMed Weymouth ley handsomely also+ he has
lu led that bwousth in Parllameot. He bee
.sèabll.bed an annual &utter tt old people of the
poorer clam, founded • workinr.msn's club, and
finished Use pier at his own cost. Originally. hi-.
Edwards last the Harbour (Jommit+, the motley I'
extend the pier withal,but before g sing to America
to the oprnlog of the Northern Paostio t4allway, bi
made over the whols sum—eaveraithoumnds of pound.
—to trustee*, to endow his Annual d snow to the awed
poor, who now muster soots dnadreis strong. It is
expected at the gonersl e:soctiou sitar li.diatribation
ho will mutest, in the I.lboral inter we, tLat seatiou of
Doreet•hitor in which Weymouth id situated.
Elwards, during a long an 1 prosper ne career,
ham 14•11 men sad titles witoout numb r, and has
imp Plu•sof at grouse of the priociosl events of the
last thirty years. As • counnimion msrohant for
linseed his business ex:redid ms wore of enormous
length, and as he hao Meaty' look 4 kmnly about
him be has seen • great deal. The dapper, middls.
aged patlemen whom one atm driving hie pair of
614 h-steppers a bay an i a wray, dowd to the House
of Commons in sp-low, carries him ?oars so well tbst
one is aitoniohed I, hear that he was nearly the firot
English civilian who mitered 80h01...1,A after the
slog', and with', tests' m nabs ol that Groot
was present at the a sroaation of the Eloper 41.
In Momow. lodia Is very w.II known to Mr.
Edwards as well ao America; but hie lest
great jourtery, a purely pleasure exeuroloa, woe
that to tho openiug 44 the N srtnern PA AO list% 01
lota he has lived, mending 1, the mason, eitoer at
his well.koown bona* In lierkolspeqnsre, or at •
summer reeideom called K,or'm Mill House at
Nutlield, snugly ensoonard uador toe Sur,. y
The charmingly wordel tablelaud Is lb. midst of
some elght hundrod acres belonging to the gosinbor for
Weymouth hoe few rivals In Horny for that
"extended view" to whloh 1)r. Bon sot Johnson
drooled observation." Durism tho London 00110.41,
and sometimes In toe liAl• or tutormedials oemone,
No. 53, Brultelepequers Is the ornueurs of bummer.
and of single broughams with gleamlag eyes and
Zentbi and Bull, driven by the swill Antomodooo,
who, hurl along their master's oar m if Provideua
In the shape of • dray or an omnibus did not exist.
The trion who demerro from these vehicles are in wit
al various as this also*, h rot Nog dad Ism n. Tb.un
are few men to whom I. underotood the art of collapse.
log • dinner In It. duplex relation to what I. on the
table and what le on the chair,. rhti Ii lb. probloin
which the inembor for W,ylll ou.b suome.i. in eolviust.
Cabinet Ilsolomrs, Per., mamboed 1., Pallameut,
and judger, as well S 4 painter*, put., aid j lora/dist+.
are to be risen at hio dinners, g lign.ted to
nine, and ISITSC exosedina teo io number. As they
at nadir the illuminated oelliow, amid the delightful
works ef art with 'which the walls aria soared, there
I. no lack of ouch br.III sot talk a• is rarely hefted in
them day. amuse • dioner.table. Mr. llward. has
not only k o on bow to koep his seat for Weymouth,
but hes @dyed the gnat I. ile-and-chalr problem of
eater:sluing hie hien Is.

C•Ncest.—.l concert of weed motto n St. John's
Schoolroom on Malay erector Mal well Wood..
The Rte. Cn in Stephens .n pr 1. d, ael the 1011. R-
ing programme W 64 well ...tclue I (no roe pro-
hibited) :—Ch gas, 05 ,us of E trlan.l,'"rhe rein oer-
IMO, Choir ; aolo, "ii, shall I owl His Foot,' Mn..
CI. and Mies Daltrey; col., ' 0 Sect in the I. Ird,'
MN. !Moorhead ; remliog, "Toe Leper," Mies Firth
solo, 011. war De .piand," Mrs. Cole; anthem,
" Grant, 0 Lied,' the La lies and Choir; chorus.
"We most Work," Th• Temperance Choir ; solo,
Mr. Oakley; duet. " Hark 1 'tie the Breeze," Mi.
Wiwi and Mr. Warren; solo, " There is • Green
alb," Mi. Alice E ; reciteti .n, "Little Snide, a
true story," ths It.. T. II•11 Seam; abort., "For
The, our (~d," the Ladies and Oriole; solo, " The
K or of Lowe," Ma. Daum, ; "Th. L .r.l
I. Mindful," Mn.. Moorhcal, Mr. Err, and Mess,.
/Haycock and Keys; leathern "I will magnify Theo,"
dm Lulli. and Cooir ; ado, "13 N dive Worth," Mr.
!Haycock ; chorus, "0 bright," the Temp 'sauceChoir ; "(dcri Sere the (a i-en." At the close the rev.
chairmen compatuleted 11, 111 c 'root upon the
good attendance, t ,at at this 4 ileum •ear to of
the year it was thought • sacred c inc.rt would be
very seasonable, awl it WAN matifyli.g to find ea malty
had come to list n to it. 113 thanked .11 who had
rendered assistance, after which the Morin., of •
error .4 the fictionel Aoth. m tertninct-d the p•
needing,.
" TEM Cfieuterar or Fiat—This wee the title ,4
• lecture given by Dr. Childs, at tie it,. at
II del on Tuesday evening in comer ;Una w.th the
Wrynvonth Town Sin eq. There was • fair a,tend •
Ase Ce. TUO Itaters we. of intere•ting char
ter, and variour exp donut, which the doct•re ma le
in illartration of mons 1 I.i. remarks we-o met
effective. He revisit.' that in this reepeht he hcci
r.celved some vela ride ...jean,. from Mr. Ducey.
—At the clam • hearty •..t. of thank.* we. cc ir 'el
I'. the lecturer on tit • rn ,Li. ..1 It r ward.—
Dr. Collis kindly 'WC., I ..1 to • r p... 1 t multi dr
that • c diecti•in I. h dor 10104 It/ .111.1 irons
month and the neieho.urho .I, • gift of b eras,
maras'nee, Ramos, as 110331111 of tears •terri cod
SUltle•Melli for the a 1.1 me in the S did is, oh 414 cir-
CoMetatiCv m at... will boom.i tri io:, cutting
thou If from alio et every appliancs dad metes life
el durable. For the h.,ep.teld esporeielay 1i,,., gifts
• greetly needed, and there ie a, loubt but that the
strong (leant., of s rupstby that are 1111V3. 31411 y
fe:t ter our brave .01 lie.. sill resolve t temerly
lot° a pee. t 0,1 fe4p3ll• 13 to the apocol. TO,
articles ask for are b.ethe of genr,ai itti•re.i.
M travel, 1.1 natdral history, and et ry.
mew of any sort, each 134 Whilt. 01101.4,
b eribbare, doutioovs, rka in midition to which
stationery of the mat wet .I..acriptho, drawing
material., glees sok,l pert •obgi ut,l 111,140 ~par will
be scospusble. The 'm..1E...t0., ma 1 net be new, a
no offering nil be c •heidered to, swill. All wietri-
hutioos from %%repo men mei the nei411....05h eel w.:l
be reosie. d and cmefudy f. r send' d, if ad iresvol
" For the Soldiers in Kopf," and *eat to Vs cons
of "Mrs. Griffith., 2, Brunswick-terrace, Weymouth."