The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

WZYMOIJTH.

Tits brig William Dyer, of Weymouth, which was
in cAlision with • steamer off Orfordoese about •
month since, is now in the harbour. Srourity
baring been given, the writ affixed to bar mainmeat,
%when at Hartlepool, was removed.

JOHN BOPITAW. A lecture entitled "John
Banyan, or s Chapter from the History of State.
•Chottlbient," was given on Wednesday evening last,
.at the Baptist Chapel, Bank Buildings, by the Rev.
T. Williams, of Southampton. The chair was taken
by the Rev. 1. Hirt, who, however, bad not a very
large attendant* to preside over.
Tgg Ecurni.—The sky was overcast, with heavy
tumulus cloud., at the beginning of the eclipse;
Inv. at 8.40 a.m, the clouds became detached le
rather smaller masses, with a strong correct of wind
from which sent the clouds rapidly over the
sun's disc, The greatest eclipse was about 9.40
a.m.. when there was only a quarter of the tipper
surface of the ono visible, and It was aa dark as at
about 6.30 a.m. The Boit& of the eclipse could not
be seen well. so that no award* observations could
be made after 10.30 sm. Temperature of the
atmosphere ar, with 1* of *veneration only.
Barometer 29.89 incases at the level of the see.

Wirmoant IxDurnuAL. Co-ortßAnvi Soctsrr.
Since this society was first formed a good amount
of business has been done, notwithstanding the stores
its only open twice a week—viz., on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings. The society's affairs are in
• most proeperous state, there being at present up-
wards of LSO balance upon hand after all liabilities
have been suet. The present store of the society is
but temporary, and in a abort time hence the
.elecutive hope to have more estensive premises
.wherein to transact business. Three anditon of
accounts were elected at the general meeting on
Wednesday last, which was held at the Temperance
Hotel, Park-street.

PIIILIAIIIIO3,IO Soc COWOIIIT.-0n Monday
evening a very large and fashionable isompany aseecobled
at the Royal Hotel Assembly Room to hear the render-
ing of *elections from the works of Handel, Beethoven,
'Haydn, and Mozart by tho member, of this eornety.
The performers—vocalists and inene,,,,ptow._
numbered upwards of 40. Of all the oonoees whisk
Shin erreiete bore given, this, in point of ereellenee,
mast take preeedense. The instrumentalists, under the
able direetiim of Mr. F. J. Rood, most efficiently ,ii,.
eharged their duties, whilst the voinlista were ell—pd
In some cases more than could be 'spirted from
emateurs—unuanally good. The chorus aingiag was all
that could be wished, end the manner in which the
eoneert passed off must have been highly gratifyieg to
Mr. Board, the conductor. Miss Holt, as real, greatly
dietinguished herself In solo singing. The solo of
Aguas Del,' from Meagre'. Pled Maas, and "0 thou
that tallest," from the Messiah, were mod beautifully
rendered, and at the conclusion of each she was most
enthiniastielly applauded. The duet of "0 lovely peen"
by Miss Holt and Mill Norris, was a great favourite.
/lie latter has a most powerful voice, which in
esonjanction with that of bar isomearrion was heard to
great advantage. And "Ood ertmerd men." the recita-
tive to 'ln nature worth" (Haydn's "Creation") was
remarkably well sung by Mr. Pretty, who has great
aoropeas of coin,. To Mrs. y Batt was entrusted the solo
of" Bat Thou didat Dot leave," from the Messiah, a
little diffidence eras at gest manifested, but this was
soon overcome, end the solo was sang in snob a manner
as to leave nothing to be wished for. One of the ba.t
choruses of the evening was Handel'a " Lift up your
beads," which was encored. Mr. Board's 6ne woke woo
beard to its beet advantage in the reeitatien "Behold!
tell you • mystery" (Flantlel'i "Messiah') and In the
solo "The trumpet Aral sound." with eornet oldigato,
by Captain Hewett, the effect wee very telling. The
concert was brought to a conclusion in good time. and
the large assemblsge left the hotel highly delight...ll
with the admirable manner id which the various
selections from he great oompoisers had been treated.
DISTRIOIIIIIIO Lout OF THII SAYINGS OF YEAlle.—
Mr. T. Avis, of Dartmouth, met with a serious lee"'
the entrance of our harbour on Saturday erasing. It
would appear that he bad invested his whole in the
r:rctbase of a steam launch to work a ferry on the river
, and that be left Cowen on Saturday morning
shout ten o'clock. for the westward. The weather being
dirty, and the wind blowing
_stroog from eastward, be
delormined to make for Weymorttb harbour, as be

thought he could be more cornfortably there than in
Portland harbour. It Would seem that he was not
aware that the "Jack in the basket " had been swept
away, nor was the fact known to the other ocenpant of
the launch, a pilot, who for greater security bad been
taken on board. About eight o'clock a commissioned
boatman, named Mountatephena heard cries of distress,
and thinking that 10100 one had fallen overboard, be
went in the direction of the cries—towards the month
of the harbour. A Teasel called the Rival, of Jersey,
was in the "lower hole," and the captain of that weasel
also beard the cries. A punt warn manned by Mount-
stephena ani Henry Mil.., of the Rival, but it was a
hard tug to get to toe mouth 01 the harbour. Upon
reselling the late &He of the " Jack in the basket,"
erns from what is known as the " are"—a reef of
rocks partly of natural and partly of artificial formation
was heard. The punt was nearly capsized in en attempt
made to round the "mixen," and it nal deemed
advisable to reach it from the aide teeniest the land.
Upon seeing assistance Po near the pilot. in the gloom
of the evening, jumped out of the launch and scrambled
into the punt. It was then found that the launch had
struck on the rocks and suddenly filled. Upon getting
Ile pilot into the boat he sopplicat,d, with tears, that
endesvours should be made to reach the launch and
take nff his muter who had but one leg—this referred
,to Avis'. wooden leg. Leavinz Miles sod the pilot in
! charge of the punt, Mountatephens did that which
I eleuly entitle* him to favourable notice by those who
I admire true bravery. He threw Ilimalf out of the
Ipunt and succeeded in reaching the launch, when Avis
found allotting, like grim death, to the small mast,
the sea washing over him every mina's. With great
exertion. augmented by the feet of Avis not poese.sing
two natural legs, Mountstephens, by dint of scrambling
and swimming, at last succeeded in placing AOlll in lb.
punt. The pilot, as also Mr. Avis, were quickly taken
on shore, and assistance reudered, Avis being in a very
eslisu,ted state. Having Plnend lii. in nninritt'.
Mountstephens directed his attention to property,
•nd colrd upon his brethren of the Coast-
guard for further assistance. Mr. Jeatt, the
chief offleer, with the crew, were quickly in attendance,
with their cork Jackets, but the sea running so high, no
eesisrante could be rendered in raising the wreck,
which by this time had •Insost di.appeaped. On
Sunday the launch was found to have been driven over
the reef, and oonld be seen 0.1 the inside. On Monday,
after an arrangement with the pilots, the launch was
grappled for, and bronght int., harbour, we are
informed, st • east of £lO. The owner does not con-
template repairing it, as the cost would be greater then
its worth. The engines have been taken out, and at the
tfir.t oonveideot opportlnity the owner proposes sending
the whole to Dartmouth, and being a boat builder he
will endeavour to make the moat of her. The out we
are told was alern, and that the owner had been for
yearn scraping together the money wherewith to
purchase the launch. He attnbutes the loss to the
absentee of the light at "Jacklmtlee-buket." We can
state that as soon as it was ...rept away, the authorities
gave notice to 'he Trinity Board, and advertaed the
fact in the Skipping Gazette. Had it not been forth.
prompt assistance of Mountatephens, aided by Miles, it
I. not improbable hut that both the pilot and Avis
would have perished. Avis and Mountstephens alike are
objecta of solieitode—the one for his great lees, and the
other for his promptness and daring shown regardless of
any thought of himself.

W NYMOUTH COUNTY COURT—The uittal monthly
meeting wail held at the Guildhall, on Thursday last,
before E. Everett, Eeq., judfie, The amount of
business was 104 original summonses. 1 adjournment,
2 re-issues, and 8 judgment summonses. The only
cases palomino any amount of interest were the
following : —Valiance tr. Allan.—Claim £l2 6.. 8.1.
for work done. Plaintiff is a boat-builder at Port-
land, and the debt was incurred by defendant for
repairs and alterations executed on his boot Com•
plaioant lengthened the boat for a charge of £25 ;
thee sum had been paid, and the present proceedings
arose out of a dispute as to "extras."— Defendant's
excuse for noo•payment was the exorbitaricy of the
charge, the original amount of which was £l7 64.
of which he bad paid £5 on account. —The Judge sup
gelded that some competent man should be appointed
as umpire between the parties, and this course was at
last agreed to. As it transpired, however, that this
step would involve additional expense, defendant
offered to pay £lO in addition to Is £5 paid on
account.— Plaintiff after some demur contented to ,
this offer, which the Judge pointed out to him
, wee a very foie and reasonable one.— Payment
to be made in 14 days. --Squibb r. Samson.—
Claim £3 3.. Id. —Plaintiff is • Woman, and defen-
dant an officer residing in Weymouth. 'the claim
was for making models of "rams" for warlike pur-
poses. Defendant had instructed Squibb to make
the models, and after 15 days of labour sod diffi-
culty heaccomplished the task. The models were
delivered shortly before Christmas, and plaintiff
sent in his bill in January. Defendant paid him £2
on account, and • further rum in Febt nary, promising
to settle tb• whole in • short time. Subsequently,
however, he declined to do so, considering the
charges excessive.— In oroes.examination it appeared
that plaintiff had charged for 15 days' labour at 61.
per day. He explaioed, however, that be had
neglected work of a more remunerative character
In order to accommodate defendant, who was
in a great hurry for the order to be completed,
that be might lay the models before the Lords of the
Admiralty. Ile also wished plaintiff to accompany
him to London for the purpose of explaining the
working of the models. The largest model was
2ft. Sin, in length, smother about • foot, and a third
somewhat smaller. Plaintiff said be could swear he
wag engaged on defendant's work for 15 days, some-
times working from five in the morning till nine at
night. He maid it wee sot straightforward work, as
defendant wee always causing the models to be taken
apart and alterations made. He had been out in the
bay seven times with the defendant to try the models,
and defendant said he would pay him for low of time in
three of there instances.—Defendant, in his remarks,
said he considered fis. per day very excessive. He
knew plaintiff was not 15 days engaged at the
models; but he merely filled up his spore time about
them.—• witnees, named Orrei y, stated that he
was in plaintiff's shop when defendant gave the
order for the models, when he remarked that if they
were made agreeably to his directiou be would pay
all expenses, and, moreover, if they succeeded when
brought before the Admiralty, he would give them
£l.OOO each, as the models, if approved, would make
their fortunes, and they would not be (mood to work
at tin-pots any more—(laughter). Witness new
Squibb at work upon the models for • long time
every day. On the completion of the models they
were tried in the bay, and defendant was highly
delighted with their success. On one occasion also
he took out • reporter with him in the boat, to dis-
play the working of the models. Nothing woe said
in his (witness's) hearing as to the oast. Thought
plaintiff was quite 15 days at work upon them.
Squibb was • member of the ride baud, and some-
times defendant would come and call him away from
that in order that he might work on the models.
Knew plaintiff had stayed up on one ocassioo ,
till one or two o'clock at defendant', work.— Charles
Bunton, a lad in the employ of plaintiff, stated that I
he bawd defendant tall his master he would pay him
for time and labour whilst he was engaged at the
models. Had frequently known plaintiff work at
them till ten or eleven o'clock at night. —The defence
was that the sum charged was too high, and in this
opinion defendant we. oorrobersted by others. He
wished to deal fairly with plaintrff, and was
desirous the case should be adjourned in order that
acme meow:bible tradesman should examine the
work.—Plaintiff agreed with this suggestioe, and
after some little discussion respecting the choice of • '
referee, Mr. B. Seymour was selected.- —Mason e.
Douglas.—Claim £3 for money lent. Plaintiff
produced debtor:font's "1.0.11" for the money (lent
last year), promising to pay in a month, which be
had not done. When spoken to respecting the debt
defendant appeared very indifferent, and merely
said he could not pay. Consequently proceedings
were taken, and after the issue of the summons, he
offered to pay by monthly instalments of ten shilling..
Plaintiff would not consent to this, as he thought
defendant was a man of property. He was willing
to take £1 a mootb.—Defendant did not appear, and
his Honour made as order for monthly instalments
of El.