The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-05 00:00:00

IrtzaoaNs.

—On Monday, at their animal weekly
see Ooe, the members sleeted the various odious for
the wine( quarter. Next Monday the inatallatioa
ol die same will ttlus place. It is hoped by many. as
the • Star of Wisaborae" is I. a pro porous state, that
easy who have hitherto thought At to stead aloof
will joie heads L•rtb with sad help to "dear the way."

, flaapoio-nocut —We are gime to understand that
Memo unavoidable ammo this plane of public
Rion will oot be opened on Friday. February let, as
T 1 e meted In our 104 week's isms, but on the Moeda)
'flowing, at 12n* moos, when 0. 3. Parke, Esq., of
liesayary Buows, supported by several °lbw isdoential
Omens In tbe town said vicinity, will Doodad sad
.141 Part in the opening mooned's.. It le hoped tbe
samiensies will meet with littera and motioned sup-
Pert.

Fitton= 114100kil, emend, ventriloquist. Actor_
"Id mimic, Was epeciaily turned on to ammo Lqrd
Alicetoa's houseful of gorge at Criottel on Friday
MA% last week. The &Wag-room was give° op to
the ent.rtainer, and. stage fitted for him under the
waheriateadence of hie amoeser. Mr. Batton. The
curtain was rang up about *levee. sad the performance
Genhed ate at one. The venatil. Ilaocabe bad. most
Vreoiatiee sudi-oce It wee the fist time the
of Walos had board bun, end both be aad Ibi
Friesen' were h.ehly eratpeei, end told him so
Preeeselly, rep.ohelly by the vent•ii• quins, which
&steward bet Royal Hierhame not • 14144 Maambe's
malleass Iseleded is amber of Loyd Allwirtea's
%rain.

WATII4-0•411g to the reoett buoy rain, the
river Stour bas risen to 'ugh • degree as t •"Tel flow
It. huh., th.,iebr causing great inconvenience to
occupiers of the me& owe "dissent to its ammo
Wthsoiths BAND or Hoye lixtov. —This Doi .n is
comifroed of the it. J .hu'a the C mgregatioedd, end
the Wvsleys• 8.d.• of 11,.p., i !Ambers sou.. 230
claire, On Wrdo. relay eveniug this ionnher w
provi led with • b taint tea, in the Coen Exchariv,
e 15.30. Ai' er much enjoying tit- .am.. • re° es was
fir churl°g away tle table.. in., end
in., for th. aft., meeting, which wnom,sowl 0i15,.,,
sad wee nraaided over hy the President of the Lief n,
Mr. B. J. Rerridge. The meeting opened by &losing,
'Firm mud Unitod ;" the Rev. T. J. Little then
engaged in prayer, after whic`i the Preeident delivered
• very taking opening address. Mr. &Alton.)'ad
• recitation • The g Spying " wee Ilion sung,
after elfish Edwin Sheppard gave a recitatioa, and Mr.
Toatcher, 1.0.0. T., gays a is olio'. "There's a
Glorious W.4k " was Grit suns. an after the
preel cloning remark., the R v. E. E. (heel
proionased the Seneriktiou. Hearty cheers were
then given for the Union. Mr, F. II ,well led the
singing with the violin, Mee. Ompi noeomp..ping
eitit the hernsonium. On the platform were the
Unitrd Choir; • so Mrs. Wet.on, wife of the Vicar of
$t- JAI,* Milt Crutri. Mr.. K .rridge, the H v. E.
E. Cited, goy. S. J. Little, Meeerfr. Horrid.., Russell,
Brett, cud Howell. At the close of the &forenamed
meeting, • meting for parent, nod friend, of the
wee held in the same building. The chair wits
occupied by the President of the Union„ and add's...
were give. by the Rey. E. E CleaJ, (Jr. Or...pi, &4
The attenderoe wee very limited, so much so be. it
n it b en for the juveniles the hall wouldo't have been
more than half oils!. Great credit is due to Mesers.
King and Russell, and the lady members of the
ti 'lnanities, for their exoellent management and
c..tering ; also to her Ladyship, the Hoti, Dowager
Lady ilibion Craig, who kind y bore the expense of
the room for the feetive occasion._

--jk-bne—r-a-u-c nye H —T his town, on friday
night, „lea, 25th, was visited by • violent storm of
' wind ad rain. As the morn of Saturday arrived the
weather somewhat i proved; but before soon • sharp
shower or two was experieneed, which was followed in
the afternoon by • storm, which was nothing Ise than
• most destructive hurrimine. Such a furious storm
of wind, combined with rain, has not palled over the
place for many long years. The destruction of pro-
perty was immeas and varied. Some had chimney,
pole blown on t their oonorvatories ; the large sign
boards at Livell's each manufactrry were completely
wrecked. It wee epode ti walk about the strata,
ier ridge Wee' ales and phase of elate were flying
about in all disectioe• Us. C. Webb, roatater, whilst
riding through that portion of the town milled East
BrJok, with hie **rehouse was struck on the wri.t
by a falling slate. On thr;iir proceeding homeward
to Northleigh, when nearing Leigh Common, they
both met with • most miraculous swaps A lags elm
tree was blown down scrum the roadway finlistaly
in host of them. Had they bees °my an half•tninote
earlier they most heve been lavitsbly crushed.
As • bricklayer named liabgood, with another person
was proceeding homeward, and turning the corner
which leads from the taneike road at Well ,rd to
Col*bill, they both noticed, • peculiarity In the
appease*s of a large tree in front of them, and before
either could speak t the other respfteing it the tree
was laid low at their feet, a very narrow escape for
them, for which they cauoot be too thankful. Treee
inourner•ble have been laid low, or ,therwise
deara4ed, and m say noble old tree in the parks
eurrou.ding the Canons osuntry seats of the geotry,
have shied • similar fete. The damage done In the
town is beyond *iecieptioo. A portion of load on the
Water roof rir s displaced; the roof of the Wesleyan
Chapel was muck shal on; the roof of the Natioaal
(lds) SO3OOl hail a.veral rilg. and other tiles forced
.41. Toe roof .4 the Gera Exchanse all oame I. t.r
it. eh ire of damage; one of the elates when wawa „ff
was carried agon.t • wiedow of an hue, opposite,
dem oring it greatly. Albough many other similar
c t.io iiuuseroue t mention b ippeued, we are
thai,klul to 4are we here not heard of any letality in
connection therewith.

Muaroi. lionouned—Lhtring the Royal visit to
°Hebei aeveral load •mstour nitietueans bed the
dietinguistird honour an I privilege of appearing and
giving various performances before Hit. H. and the
Prinonen. at Lord cling oes reed too.. The outer-
tatumenta were graciously app•ociata.l. Ou Tuesday
eveniag, January 22:id, Haydo's Foy Symphony."
and the " Toy e011C•rt• " by Wohlfahrt, were ex•
qui-Italy rendered by the following ertistes :—Prano,
Hon. Nlargaret Ashley ; Winifred Stud ;
H ret, Mildred Stun; triangle, Lady
All. ton; cuckoo, Lady Edith Ashley; nightingale,
lion. Sibyl Start; Hun. Mims Stars; trumpet,
Couotreaa of Westmorel•nd; Tarkleth music, lion.
Mabel Start. W. have further the pimiento t add
that Mr. TOW Randall, • native of this town, en I
for Lerly a pupil of the late Mr. Frederick Stanley
Blount, protestor of music and organist at the
Minster, moat efficiently acted as conductor on the
Thursday following. The " Wiueborae Minster
Orpheus Quartette," onnsistlog of Ur. Alfred Were-
ham (alto). of the Minster choir; Masers. E. and A.
L. Wareham (towns), and Mr. A. Fowles, choir-
master at the Min.t r (brow), had the honorer of being
ougaged by lax., Alingtott to mho- a selrction of
glee. before the Prior* and Princes.' and company at
hid rsi lime-, Urichel House. Both the Prince and
Prioce-• were highly delorbted by the singing of the
,u,s tette, and me dfestal their Royal approval by
clapping ino.t b 'artily after the server.' gild • that
etr, re .on.. A more appr.otative audios*, could not
. . . .

h.ve been fouud, forth, ecoressiona of " beauti-
ful," "lovely, "splendid," &0., Mier each glee
!Aunt have been most saouuragiog to the Wagers.
Alter the &A glee lied been sung Hair. the
requested that a epecle.l favourite of hers,
" Banish, 0 Maiden," should then be given which
we, see, Is mees.r sot ...re to be forgoaes, sad
was se.st eothusisstioal.y received. One and all the
glees were received In Um woe manner. After the
programme, whirls we append, had been rendered,
H ft. Lb. Prince sad." H. wished they oorild have
had more, as the rendering of each was splendid."
Our many readers will here notice, by the B iyal
reception the quartette received, the inhabitants of
Ibis loyal and &iciest town may justly feel proud of
the LaMar residing in their aid.t. Programme s
• " Miring " (Miam) ; " Evening " Di Call);
• " Baniab, 0 Mahlon" (0. Los ens); "Soldier'.
Song" (Werner) ; " Lovely Night ' (Chwatal) •
• "Maiden Sister " (Adam) • • "Slumber Sweetly
F.Cohofer) ; " Parting
," or:otto; ; The Rifimnan
Otto) ; • " Soldiers Love" (Bodes); " God
the Primo* of Wales." (Those we have marked
with an mania (*) ware special favourites.)

LORD ALINOTON'S WRITE FARM.
There is no portion of 'hie m .goifioent estste in
which Lord Alington takes go much pleeeure and
lot Test as his " White Farm "
—not even the beeuti•
fill lake at Crichel, with its unrivalled collection of
water-fowl, numbering over three hundred different
T.liitieS. A visit to the farm in question is invariably
the primary sight mhown to • stranger, whom it
&Heide Lord Alington to drive Ins low-ebeeliad tray
drown by • notorious p my who runs away at • given
signal, to the intense horror of Elegem's pgouic upon
whom hi. lordship plays his little joke. No doubt
"Jacky" was on his beet behaviour when Lord
Allusion was honoured with the a mpanfonship of
the France*. of Wales on bee visit lad week to the
" White Form," at which every animal and the
numerous varieties of the ornithological tribe are more
truthfully entitled to that distinction than " Barnum'.
Iran I," the co-called 'whit. elephant." here are
white deer, • white donkey, whits horses, white sows,
white turkeys, white doge, white cockatoo., white
pigs, white pheasants, white calk white peacocks,
whits geese, white bares, white rabbits, and several
hundred white pigeons, whose flights on • sunny day
moment the molt beautiful effects imagioable. Adjoin-
ing the " White Faroe" are be ptiddocks tor thorough-
bred stack, in which St. Blanes and many other good
horses wen foaled. Toe two-yew-old Match Girl, a
happily-named half-sister to the Devi winner, by
Plebeian, had left vim@ time previously for Kin/gaolers,
to be broken and trained; but the Princess of Wales
took great interest in the other young thoroughbreds
still remaining at Oricbel.—Worid.