The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-11-11 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.
GRAND CARY, VAL AT BRIDPORT.

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One of the most soon... Jul deenonstratioao, and
withal, one of the best urge oise 1 that ever to place
in Brllport. wee celebrat 4 no Thurelay °venlig,
November 6 h, in c ina-quenct of the " Memorable
Fifth' being oharaotarined by weather of the most
wretobs I dea.i.iption. Toe a ongratulatdoni ono be
showered with all potable grace, when two or three
fart, are briefly considered. Previous to Thursday
night Bridp on ...lace have not had the pleasure of
wenn...ins a" Fifth dent eustratiou " In their town for
nearly 40 year., and at that tar-distant date the
dresses were far In. g noon' an 1 the pr ,c edlieg.
lea, animated than they were Ilet weak, and in con-
neetio., wito this our first &tempt u d a single axident
took place, nor hew one p prosecuii on arisen out
of the prooeeding.. 'Toe teeing' which animated the
pron. ,tars d this b. illi•ot carnival er, en boiled by
6411,4 the win o Papaw:l4y, and thi• fact I. easily
testified by tile favouranle, speedy, •..d almost on-
expected re-opt/W/O to the appeal for peoaulary
a.eie auc.. 1: really d•S•I2 1 I that the subscription
which ern ow 41,, by donation' •acouatiag to
the aggregate to nearly .ixty guinea., mast have 'seen
a donatioo I. itself r .ther the, • recipient of gilt.,
with eau'. heartily &lenity did the general public
" go for' that lint, as if its fear lest it w•oul 1 to fillel
up bef ore they c mid bare the honour of ezbilatiog •
sp.:chum of their caqgraphy, and parting with •
portion of the content, of their can. born. Toe
reason of this semen..a, on th o pert of the public
we no far to seek, seeing, •• we hinted eb 'ye, th at
the desire of the promoters, endorsed by the
03%110 tc the Mayor, a. well MI every supp miter.
was ~f tbs m,.t reasonable sod cleeireole nature.
Ti,, re. on •u 1 the &wire wa ti pot as er 11, the
unseemly con bunt which ha, he! piece at Brian .rt
for many years on th night of too'' Fifth "-01104ot
which ha. brought in its train the duel linable on•
(onion .Id amass I pr Telly, injure I limb., blackened
eye., ill fe,lin, nu I pnlid• charge.. Theo
in iv eatisfact .11 it must be to all concerhed
that none of then deplorable iocideute found
• plan in this the first many of B mare R.,ge,"
Ocr worthy friend, the Mayor (he won forgive our
familiarity, which waiqualify by the wish that he may
be re-elected t, the civic seat before Mile goes to pries)
must be warmly thanks I for his unceasing eff ,rte to
promote the auxins of the undertaking. A few h ours
after the petition wee prenatal his Worahip publicly
anaouncel his lunation t convene. toasting for the
consideration of the project. The meeting took place
under his presidency, and at thie and subeequent
mastioge the intereet widleaed 111 radilly that It soon
showed signs of embracing the help an I far our of
every social being in the whole district. Ifir. Charles
Edmunds was elected Grant High M 'rubel, land WT.
J. T. Stephen. to take command of the impostant
item of &ear orke sot bonfire, with F. W.
Hallett au! El. oox se indefatigable hon. ems., sup-
ported by • large cemtnlttee. It mutt be borne In
wind that this mesemeut onus into existence at the
164 hour, so t sp ak, leaving n, 'lone but for
...wont work, whioa was promoted right heartily.
Unfortunately, tier nigh the in lispositioo of Mr. H.
Cox, nearly the whole of the excluoue dation of sects-
-1 taryebip devolved upon Mr. Hallett, and much of the
ultimate 500011411 I. due to his indomitable permits,-
111204. A general invitation was issued to everyone to
join lathe pr nenton, an 1k was so heartily accepted
that • few .16y. prior to the demonstration there was
! prospect of detouring 303 pr•nesidoriete, and told pros-
pent was realised. It was arranged that the penes.-
: glom should be under the command of the
Grand High Marshal, masted by stewards
. and ca,,t, Jos, the latter hiving uo.nmsnfl of
tan or urns men. Ta ceptaliss were se fellowt-s
Sir. F W. Hallett (2) m on), R. Eldon and to
B outfield (24), S. 11,1,1411 (22). T. Patten (15),
Manisa (14), R. Ke.. fall (1)), J. N wooers (10), G.
Thorne (10), Blown (10), Hersey (13), From, (12),
Welch (10). W. L .verolge (12), F. Bridle (10),
Robert. (10), Way (3), Lathey (12), W Jennings
(lifeboat with crew .f one one.), and F, 0 npar (lire
brigade with 10 man), Beside, these there were, of
course, a large number unattotched to any individual
compsay, Including white elephant, kindly
not from Bsaminater. About 7.30 the Pecceeeice
formed at the White Bull, East-road, and • few
minutes after wooded its way towards the t own,
which was thronged with several thonomol spectators.
The carnival was healed by 1 stewards
(mounted), followed by 51r. C Blount , the Grand
High Marshall, atteoled by (oar little page. In Court
oc Wilma, and guar.lel on either side by 10 sol Berg,
tinier the command of Mr. D Biddlsoomb., and 10
sailors, under Mr. G. Carter. Theo follows I the
band, the members of whioh were attire 1 In various
fancy oiestauns. F came tha •arlette cow-
Laois' as above spnifi of, whilst the stewards, Means.
G. Parma it. Allen, La n ,tth ow., and T. B.
Baker, ably assist.) by direo.ing their attention to
the processionlets. As the pr oceesion passe I through
the street' lout shoote of applause groletel the
saturnalia, and the c 'num.'s were brilliantly light .1
up by coloured fires, R omen can lies, rodcate, torches,
an 1 flambeaus. It would be • hopeless teak t
attempt anything like • denription of the
fancy dreams, but the general verdict wet
from many who had vita... Hal such dem onstratioae
in various parte of the country, that f or beauty and
o orrectne.• of detail the o simon,. f eerie* isd any
Prowl-anti nett —in f•at, • lag. number of them were
worthy of a Coati ball. There were Co est pages,
courtiers, and Cogri jesters, harlequins. Z ilas,
Americas Indian., plauters, Saxons, Nora
D add% soklimod ma fatalist mad* as Yu, uml