The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

TIM usual monthly county wart Ira.' bold on Tuesday
before Judge Everett, bat thews was no business GI
Ward.

-(TOILII MAIMS". —lnspector's astern : Wheat, flbs. to
Ha.; barley. 36e. to gla. Averse.: Wheat, ega. 9,0.;
barley, 41e. 90.
DOlnnv CoorrY Frosrirm.. —german Veva Famished
on behalf of Uri. loatitetion at Holy Trinity Aura& on
Sunday last, when ohs collections &Donated to the
handsome .sum ot £lB 7a.
_ _ . .

TN. toll. of --tIW-F.oeilington Moor and Longbredy
gates on the Harnhaas, Bloodford, and Dombeetar
turnpike, ham been let for the ensuing year to Mr.
Cox, the late lessee, for £573.
TN. new Corn Exchange is now well-nigh sompleted,
and its most @trespass °psalmists ore eonstrained to
admit it will be a very handsome room—without doubt,
the best in the county.
"Gissree" was the subject of the lecture delivered ,
at the Holy Trinity Infanta' school room last Friday
evening. in eonnection with the Bally Closing Amocia.
tioo, and the lecturer was the Rev. F. 0. Giffard, motor
of Hartley Wintaiey, North Hanta. There was a large
attendance, and the interest of the audience wag well
sustained throughout. He .poke of emits physisal,
moral, end inciMaal. Under the ant heed he re..
Lied various amusing fables ; Luther was Wasted is his
type of the moral ghat, whom heroism he extolled to
the highest; and in the third division he placed Walter
Boott, Chalmers, Homer, Minander, and Shakespeare.
He was warmly mplanded throughout. The Rev. .7.
Fisher presided, and Mr. Robiason's choir sang several
glem.
Tows oounott.unur Ottlis.—Mr. W. Vernon. Dr.
J. P. Aldridge. Mr. G. J. Gregory-Gregory. and Mr.
F. Bennett, attended at the Guildhall, on Tuesday
morning, before the Mayor and J. Itiahop, Feu and
severally took the oaths of office. The usual declara-
tions were made by Dr. Aldridge and Mr. Gregory, but
Mr. Vernon and Mr. Bennett omitted, by the option
afforded by 29 and 30 Vict. c. 22, to take the oath
which was compulsory under Geo. 1V.,.. 17., 2 and 3,
that they would not exsreim any power of their °Moe to
Injure or weaken the Proteetonli Church al by law
established in England, or to disturb the said church,
or the bishop and clergy in the pceesseloo of their rights
or privileges.
Aocuturf.—On Monday night, a young man named
William Thomas, living in Fordington, received painful
Injuries from an explosion id gunpowder. It seems
that he had been making fireworks for the sth of
November smuts, and serpents, erseitere, squibs, he.,
lay around hbe. He anallfed the candle he had to light
him with his Gagers, and by that means eonveyed
mark to the gunpowder be wee using, when, of counts,
It exploded, and Weed also the Greworks be had made.
His hands and hoe were severely burnt, but happily his
opesight did not suede any permanent injury. He was
token to the Dorset County Hospital, where be readved
eatehal attention.

Tii itAroaLurr.—We amounee with mush
that George Game. Seq., Ms hem reedeeted &Or. ed
Dorehorter. 'rho rel6r tb• Botellehi spa
the Weems of the reeten, greatly &speed apoa
the ohmmeter and position of the Mist magistrate.
Our Mayor's firmness in keeping the borough free from
tramps of every description, whether in the shape of
street =mistime —who, to use the language of the Rm.
J. B. Owen, put me in mind of 'skits moped from
purgatory, who ham brought some of their inetrainen4
of torture with them—or of wandering showmen said
pesizitheatres, bee been • greet hoe, to the gabst and
ord inhabitants ; arid, if the splice rotaries are soy
Inst. .. %Med to • great Muslim of Maio We
therefor* heartily 0011T11611kte the Oorporakket ell their
Moles, gad we ermaider that the thanks of the town of
Dorchester ere des to Mr. Gime fag sonsenting to
devote mother year to the well-bistag at hie native
mwa. May he have health and strength Mr his aloe.
MgritrOL OMIT! Ocuiy Tosedey.—Owea Lease,.
The Ormt Western 11.4 way Gompaay.—Mr. Thisk
LiTarfor the plaintiff, mad Mr. Gill for ths defend.
sa
This wag in 'Mon to recover the mat of l 4 7e.,

foe certain allowances mode by en order of the &twin.
beedent of the Great Western Hailvey, Mr. Graham.
It. plaintiff was • columnists et Dorchester, n the
;Zigof the defendants. in 1886, and he ciame op to
at the request of Mr. Graham, and remained
there from October. 1888, to December of the Name
year. ?rout an order issued by Mr. Grabens, it rimmed
that mm seat from their homes wore te reeeive an
allowances—gesrds, foremen. and night and do, porters,
2..; day only, Ss.; polies porters, 2.. 63. day and night,
and • le. 64. day. limos upon this order that the
action was brought, the plaintiff claiming Is. 6.1. per
I day and night, which amounted to the sum claimed,
FA 7s. Mr. Gill, for the defence, contended that the
plaintiff was not entitled to the allowance claimed. If
he bad some from Dorebester to do the work of
soother persom, he would no doubt be entitled to the
allowance. 'five plaintiff was examined at some length,
and fully bore out Mr. Thiele, statement. -His
Honour gave • verdict for the amount claimed.

TIM lira Norgusce.—Af ter the seems Allah were
witaemed is Doreheater year. ago on Goy Fs warns' day,
the proseedings of Tuesday evening were " stale, fiat,
and unprofitable" to a degree unprecedented. In the
last two years provision win made by sabseription
In the tows for a display of fireworks and • bonfire on
Poundbary, whereby the irrepressible energy of "the
Guys" wee harmlessly expended, while they had the
iimitiefiottos:of satisfying tbe old distioh—
• Gunpowder plot
Bball aeon be forget," Se.
But on this slk November nothing of the sort was done, '
though " young Dorchester" was known to be mane.
feeturing fireworim and disguises for • pyrotechnic
" spree." In the morning the mayor and magistrates
issued a creation against letting off fireworks in the
streets. The evening was fine and moonlit, and • large
somber of persons paraded the streets, out of earioeity
more than anything else to se* what would be done.
On Poundbury • tar barrel was burnt and /reworks were
imploded. Some doom or more " Guys" were to berme
flitting about in grotesque costume, while there seemed
to be quite • plethora of 'Maks and cudgels amongst
the celebrant' and lookers-on. When the barrel was
well fired it was drawn to the top of the town, where
the dying embers ware dispersed. The Gays and their
followers then starehed down High Westetreet, letting
off "reworks by the way, and in about ball-an-
hour they quietly dispersed. We don't bear of any
damage being does, and probably there would have bees
no fireworks ia the town, only the prohibition rendered
It so very attraMive, and afforded an opportunity of
defying authority.
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MIL ST WIT ilitrow AT BaIIITOL. —On Friday night,
Mr. Sydney Santa, Vie son ot our towairoon, Mr.?.
W. Bei* gave • pianoforte recital at Bristol, respect-
log whit& we owes use following from the Wading
Daily Preen—

Nowlin&
" Au! Fingal da. Oaanots." Traimariptiou.—Helliar.
••• Ls Harp* Itatiouni," Norma de Salon.
9" Cistl4 de Cour," False SriNat.
•'' Las Huguenots," Fantasia RADodo
▪ Le Jet arrou," Ilarcenta
• Fairy Wltioun,'" Neaturnu
• Martha," Fantods.

••• Usage de Foyer." Welrene Vatitte.
Ilkatede Ipte."—Ckeptte
.4 Dews NapolU" Moreau de Mewl,
••• Dade for the It Hand ookr," littroduelste Come 6
Omuta" _ _ .

.° Cioldenialis," Caprice BriDint&
°Transcription. °The Asetrian Hymn.'
.° Yamada Fascination."

ibe—pw;;;Nim;i7iii;its • are the encomiums of yr. &Amy
Omith.

The shove programme was performed at the Victoria I
Rooms by Mr. Sydney Smith, a gentleman who has
deservedly acquired &great reputation as a pianist, and
whose compomtioes are now to be found on every mushe
stand. Mr. Smith. as may be guessed from the pro.
gramme, Ins diseipl• of the romantic *shook and it is
dear that he has given the masters whose works he
attempts to eximute the most easeful study. The
transeriptlos with which the recital opened—a very
charming, but, at the same time, very difficult corn-
position—woo given with an artistic power and feeling
of the best kind. The two succeeding pieties, oornoied.
tions by Mr. Smith, more especially the "Vale.
Beillante" - • elm. of oomposition in which failure is so
mush easier than smarm, and of ',bleb upon the whole,
we have bad rather moni than enough, considering
the very questionable shape in which they oome
before us— was an excellent composition, and was
played with a brilliancy and force of expression that
nand have delighted all lovers of the piano. The
fantmie brillante, from "Lee Huguenots," was splint-
didly performed. It is well and favourably known to
*meteor piaahts, and the mine subject is treated as a
I doet by Mr. Smith in a style eqaally felicitous. This,
however, by the way Chopin's " Fenton.' Imorompteu
displayed the manipubithe power which the artist
1 Possesses over the instrument ; and the study for the
left hand only, introducing the delicious "C 0... 6
Gentil," is one of the finest efforts we have listened to
for some time. We need not refer individually to the
different pieces in the programme. The Dame
Napolitaine, a brilliant composition, was encored, and
Yr. Smith repeabel the ocinolading movements. All
were played admirably, and in a style which shows that
Mr. Smith has given the most conscientious study to
his work. He is an ornament to English musical art.