The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Mr. William Kidd, of Hammersmith, has just de-
livered two of his most popular lectures at Wey-
mouth and at Portland. The audiences at both
institutions were numerous and select, and Mr.
Kida's budget of inexhaustible anecdotes connected
with the animal world, kept them throughout in a
state of high merriment. Many of the anecdotes
were told 'in character "—spoken and acted. Mr.
Kidd's reception throughout Dorset and Hants has
been such that we trust he will include Dorchester
in his next visit. His lectures—eleven in number—
embrace nearly every subject of social and domestic
interest, and are, for the most part, anecdotal.
SUB-MARINE TELEGRAPH TO THE CHANNEL.
ISLANDS—it is in contemplation we learn to esta-
blish a sub-marine electric telegraph between Eng-
land and the Island of Jersey. Her Majesty's
Government seems to favour the project, a meeting
at those islands, at the residence of the Lieut.-Gover-
nor, which was attended by several of the public
functionaries, having atreedy been held on the sub-
ject. The line contemplated is, to stretch across
from Portland to Alderney, thence to the northern
coast of Jersey, and from Jersey to Guernsey. The
estimated cost is said to be from £20,000 to £25,000.
The fine barque Hebridee, which was purchased by
Mr. Dodson, and which vessel was stranded some
months since on the passage bar, is now being placed
above the bridge in order to be hove down for the
purpose of stopping her bottom, the water being
kept clear in her hold by a powerful steam engine,
which is working day and night, and which throws
upwards of a ton of water a minute.
JERSEY AND GLTF.RNSEY Mwns.—On the evening
of Saturday, the 20th inst., and on the evenings of
every succeeding Thursday and Saturday, additional
mails will be made up in London for Jersey and
Guernsey, for conveyance by the packets which at
present run to those Lianas from Weymouth, on the
mornings of Monday and Friday. Additional return
mails will be conveyed by the packets at present
leaving Jersey and Guernsey, for 'Weymouth, on the
mornings of Tuesday and Saturday. By command
of the Postmaster-General, RowLAND HILL, Secre-
tary.—General Post-office, Feb. 1858.

MAIDEN NEWTON.
Couusixo MsErING.-011 Wednesday a number
of Somersetahire gentlemen assembled on Maiden
Newton Hill for the purpose of having a day's comm.
lag, leave having been given by R. B. Sheridan,
Esq., M.P. when they were met by some of the
gentry of the neighbourhood. We need hardly
make comment on the hares, as they are always
abundant at this spot and can lead the beat of dogs
a pretty dance. However, some extisordinary dogs,
amounting together to 7 brace, were brought from
Somersetahire. One course in particular clearly
proved the superiority of these dogs to their oppo-
nenta. A Dorchester dog, of no mean repute, while coursing with Mr. Shemn's Black, was oompletely
left to leeward, the Somerset making three distinct
and unmolested turns, on the last of which " Piney" slipped round into the month of the dog which had during the course, if she could judge, given her the
least cause for anxiety. The weather was all that
could be desired, and after enjoying unexampled
sport until about 4 p.m., the Somerset portion of the
company repaired to the King's Arms Inn, where
Mr. and Mrs. Bascombe, with their usual care, had provided a sumptuous repast, of the quality of which
the party frequently expressed their ugAc.uon,
well as of the wines which were first-rate.

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1868.