The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-07 00:00:00

Corresponunce.

THE SUI*DAY-DRINICING CASK.
To Ike Editc.r

Dear Sir,—l beg to ask, id those competent to
anawer, through the me hum of your psper, the follow-
ing reasonable questions :—Are we to rs ceive no
explausd n from the Weymouth Maristratee
tiu to priest))? a d are we to receive no ind ruistion
as to the nature of the °Simms committed, nor of the
persons implicated in drinking there on Sunday?
rihoul.l thee not have hem brought forward? I
rather think we must be progressing !week A art whim
It comes to pass that offence' evilest the common law
aie to be beard In private.—Yours most obliged,
Osit HAVING) NOTHIM Ta IN) WITH XXX, NOS
HAVING ANT PARTIALITI 10WANINI rUBLICANS.
Portland, November, 1882.

PORTLAND.
e4MMArerules fur c
ngus P.
l iste.riv'issessi: thhas e chesoasstgauParPl, iavtel
to the I
Pitt.
A RICADING AND ILSCRIATION Room has been opened
at Ms. Laver's, Fortune'. Well, a convenience much
wanted in this part.
A I,setertdr, some 00 Or 40 yarde long, has taken
piece from the slop.. of the Verne on to the railway
lino tow ads the Breakwater, in consequence of the
late heavy rains.
TKAIN ALDLIATION.—The only alteration in the
railway t abler' of ch l'ortiand railway f ir November
appears t be that the f,rnier 6-15 p.m. froui Weymouth
now starts at 6.25.
WHITE LIBBLIN AMT.—A meeting was held On
Friday evening at the Bible Christian Schoolroom,
Wakehem, Mr. J. Pearce preeiding. Mr. Coombe and
others addressed the meeting, which was • good one,
coneblering the weather.
Tee ANNUAL GkNLRAL NIBITIND Of the members
of the Fortlan 1 Cricke' Club is fixed for the 10th inst.,
awl the Rev. J. A. Beet ir, president of the club, ham
kindly consented to teke the chair at the Annual
Cl. sling Sapper on the 14th inst.
CONTI:891ot( Or A CONVlCT.—ThoPreeinaa's Journal
publishee a communicathin it his received from the
Rev. Fail. Meager, Weymouth, enaliwing statement
by James Harvey, recently liberated pris 'nor from
Portland, that he with others conspired some years .4o
to ruin Dr. O'Hare, of Belfast. The matter is exult-
ing great anxiety.
SEISMS Or SOgo.—A singing service. entitled
"Creation," was_psrforrued in the Wesleyan School.
room, Fortune's Well, n Thursday lest by the choir
on behalf of the funds of the Wesleyan chapel at
Chesil. 'liners was a large attandancre, and the sing.
tog went off very ; Mr. Epeley was the conduct ie.
The only break in the success of the •veninr w is that
Mr. T. Mills, jun., baker, was taken ill, and carried
oat in • tit. lie is now better.
SKIM ,N 8 on behad rf the Wesleyan Foreign
Missions were preached in Fortune's Well and Keeton
chapels, on Sunday, by the Key. R. Raw, returned
missionary from the West Indies and the ltev. J.
Lewis returned missionary from Western Africa, and
public meetings wore held on Tues lay end W. dnerilay
evening& Mr. C. Gibbs presided a Fortune's Well,
and addresses were given by the deputation and thy
ministers of the Island.
/I..DIEIIi !s ten FRAN EGTIT.—On Friday three
men of the West -urrey regi vent, who had been
through the campaign in Egypt as army signallers
returned to headquarter., and ettr..ctsd much notion
in their way to the barracks by the strange drew,
they w it being the same as worn by them throu.h
the camp .ign. It woe • very light grey suit, with
white helmet. gsitere, A..., the bright colour havdtg
been necessary ti ketp off the rays of the burning

MI.
CARRIAGE ACCIOVIT...-011 Saturday, a. • ctrriage .
belonging to Mr. 11-diolon was on its way from the
Cita lel to the Railway imam with a load 1.1 offig-rs' '
luggage, the officer himself having walked down,
when, coining over the Zigrag.roal and turning the
corner juat at the bock of the Vicarage, Fortune's-
well, by POMO means, stated to be the wiorl, the
cordage capsized. The h re was very quirt', an laid
still. an-I the acchiew being on the hillside was seen
fron the Railway s ation, and aseistance at once rm-
dered. No particular damage wog done, except the
smashing of the lamp, and breaking the 'halts when
the horse got NIP.
COAL BARZ CAPAIZED.-00 Saturday one of tho
Government bargee parted her moorings in the fresh
beers., and drifted a-hore between Castletown awl the
Breokwater. These barges are always kept with a
complement of cal in them, in ca•ie of ve-sels calling
in and requiring the coal, and this one hod GO t 111 ii I
boar I. A number of mew from the Ito c Mi. were
employed fore -me time in warping her off he rocks,
Ell she was got hack to her former position agoin•
Dosser " HIOULANDIRIC"—It in • singular fact
' that the first bottalion of Gordon Highlanders, which
I has been serving an Kitypt, contains more men b rn
in Dorsetabire than in :moti and. The reason is that
this regiment was linked with the :19;ii, and h at their
clispa at Dorchester. Anent the echiev•-ments of
these Dorchester Highlonders, I see that Sir A.
Aileron, in his farewell order, observes that they have
shown themselves "the not unworthy oucanisors of
that historical Bris ado which Cohn Campbell led up
the slopes of the Alma." I Am surpriaed at the •in
if an historian not remembering that at the Alma the
Highland Brigade was so fax . n the left that it was as
much out of that battle as the Guards were out of
that id Tel-el-Rebir. —Tnith.
Naudicat. Britsurats MIST. —Lad Monday evening
the weekly gathering of our sailors and friends took
place at the Sailor's Rest, Chesil, when the following
programme was successfully rendered : --A Wrens, th •
Rev. M-igh ; reading, " Proverb Reverse I." Mr.
Pinch, R..; recitotion, " Poor Jim," C irpooral
Smith ; song, " Roses Underneath the Snow," '
Corporal Brandish ; reading, Mr. Pinch ; song, ' Blue
Beard," Mr. Parson,; recit ition. " Per Mae ;we
Terrem," Corporal Smith ; song, "Lily of the Vale,"
Corporal Brandish; song, Mr. Dunkley. Mr. Banner-
man was chairman, and Miss Bannerman presided at
the pianoforte. The weather was had, but the room
wart comfortably Mal
1.0.G.T —A capitol entertainment was given by
the Good Templars in the Niablen-well Chapel, on
Friday evening, the building being well filled. In
the absence of the District Chief Templar, through
illness, Mr. J. Comben prodded. The 101 l swing Wag
the p7igramme :—Chorus, "Look not upon the
Wine, choir; solo "Falling Leaves," Mes Fall ;
recitation "The lilt Request," Miss Burden ; solo,
" My Mother," Miss Cleall ; recitation, "Brother
Fred," Mr. H. Mitchell; duet, "In the Gloaming,"
Misers Ring and Fall; recitation, "A Sad Tale,"
Miss Mitchell ; chorus, " Never Drink," choir ;
recitation, "Johnny bi'Cree," MRS Clad • solo,
"Father's Reclaimed," Miss Hutchings; reading,
"The Old Man's Story," Mr. J. Comben ; chorus,
"Voted Ont." choir; reading, " Me Drunkard's
Ibid.." Mr. W. Stone; anlo. '' Rock Me to Sleep,'
Mioo Fs I ; rea In‘g. 'The Wife's .-•e. re.," Mr It. A.
1
Gibb.; chorus, " Wine is a M cker," choir. Miss
Ilurlen ably ',molded at the haranobium, all evory•
thin.; went w It.
_ Y .13:',3 MR2OII MORAL ANO ?Arc AI. i 111.A.,V / MEN?

itl3r---Ki-17.1i5ern5. —Au elf .rt is ison.g en-sde t
revive this usetsl Institution, and the following one, dar
has been issued :—" The winter 50 510 of the s!)..ve
institution is just now comme..cieg, anil very
favourable and rare opportunity to young erten and
lads, from 13 yens and upw vide, for spending some
of their winter evenings in useful and profitatile pur-
suits, and under such easy ant advantageous circum-
stances as is seldom offered. The institution will be
opened twice or three times • week, as cording to the
requirements and attendances of members. On Mon-
day evenings readings, addresses, and lessons will be
given in soma-deuce swirls rule.; and other evenings
(Wednesdays and Fridays) will be employed in
genoral instruction and improvement. In looking at
the results of the past, the officers are encouraged in
giving an invitation to all those to come and join
who, whilst employed In laborious t. il during the
day, are yet desirous of making the m et of them-
selves and their opportunities during the season of
youth ; believing that, by regular attendance and
diligence, great benefits will be the result. The c .0-
ditione are easy, the expenses are trilling, the results
are go vi, awl have aver beeti 11UCC,Ilftli in 'montanee
with personal efforts ; therefore, ' N. glect not the gift
th 4 is in the,' but "Cake heed u..to thyself.' fir • Tho
Lord 'death wisdom,' and • A wki man will he r awl
increase in learning ;' therefore, ' Take fast bold
instruction, let her not go, keep her, for the is thy
life.' "—J. P. BCRIVIN, lion. Sec.

BOSC .1 WAN BOAT our Ar
About half-p 4 seven n Tiu•slay evenini;, one of
the boata from the no.icawen, and bill of b woe on
her way from the steamer pier to the ship, when Mr.
Ifoore's pilot cutter, coining in under sail, came into
collision with the sailor boy's boat, and out her in two,
throwing the whole of the boys into the water. The
shouts if the lads were loudly heard on shore, and
boats wont off immediately from the beach. By this
time most of the lads had been sawed by the pilot
cutter, bat the shore boats were in time to p'ck up the
rest. None if them were btu t, except by the ducking.
It is said that there was a oanc,rt on board the ship,
and that this boat was engaged in convoying visitors
from the shore; fortunately there were Ino visitors in
her at the time of the boat's destruction.