The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-25 00:00:00

SPRING GARDENS.

PORTL AN D.

Tug WRICK OF TRU FLORA, /Old by Marra.
Milledge end Son on the 6th inst., fetched £47 75.,
not merely £2 155., as before stated.
BIBLE Clint:MAN Cuaret.—The fourth anniver-
aryof the Nlaidenwell chapel was held on Sunday
and Wednesday last. On the first day sermons
w re preached by the Rev. 'lila Wahnesley and the
Ito Mr. Cooke, and £1 15s. was collected towards
the debt,. On Wednesday the chapel wee very
'rattily decorated, • public tea was provided, and
about 120 sat down. After this the Revs. Harley,
Waimealey, Bartlett, W. W. Sherren, Mr. Brown,
&c., delivered addressee, and the visitors were much
interested, some of them losing the last train.
LiTtRART ItinTlTuTit. A n entertai o men t of readings
and music was given in St. John's school-room, For-
tune's Well, on Friday evening, Jan. 14, on which
occasion, by the kind pungent of the Colonel and offiews,
the 51st regiment and band took part. The me. tine
was well attended, the chairs which the institution haa
lately added for the eonvenienoe of the public, being
well filled. The programme commenced by the band
playing the Scotch quadrites in first-clans style. Sergi,
Majnr Entwistle then read "The sergeant's story"
forcibly illustrating the folly of young girls marrying
settlers without Aimee' leave. Mr. serivenlaang "Nil
desperandum." but his voice was scarcely powerful
enough for the large room, Mr. Pearce rsai What
Dick and I did" from Dr. Barnes's D 'net poem., and I
wee encored. A cornet solo followed by Mr. Wheaton,
heartily applauded. A glee by the *lug was next. Mr. ,
McLean evoked great laughter by "Another curtain ,
lecture." Then • quartette was given, followed by a ,
resdina "Paddy Oltafferty's sea vnysge," appropriately
read by Mr. P. Murphy. Mr. Yates achieved great
sooner' in singing '' Happy be thy dreams." Mr. Zill-
wood Millidge nicely read "The three sons," the glee
class Army "Lightly tread," and the entertainment
eloaed wdh the Natintiel Anthem.
Trutareicat, Petrognagra.—On Tuesday evening last, the
play of " Cinderella" was performed at the Girt Schoo-
lroom at the Prison, It MIR crammed to excess, and many
were obliged to go away from want of room. Mi., Clifton
took the part of Unica ; Mi.a Dahlein, her sbiter Charlotte. ;
II let N. Hill, Cinderella; Mho L fill!, Barbara ; Miss Leo.
the Fairy; Master A. Dill, the Prince; and Mr. E.
Acott played the part if Maley. The thivemer's and
Chaplain'. children had lichire performed the piece al
• iirssiogroolli entertainment, and succeeded as well hat they
were .1e..ir.11 to repeat it for the benefit of the widoas and
orphans of decelowd privon °Meets. This they did first with
the children by way id rehearsal, and afterwanl, to the parent...
Dr. Nicholoon kindly lent his p.ano, and melt a few vonr in
excellent style between the scenes, as did Mr. Newman, Mai
Clifton, and hibe 11111: The entertainment concluded with the
Nail nal Anthem. Altogether it wan olie of the most agreeable
evenings spent in the place. The Governor evidently thought
so, for at the cuncliwdon he made • pimant little 'leech, roin•
plinienting the nerformers, and stating that they had afforded
• very pleasant 'entertainment to the officers of all ranks, and
he hored a similar entertainment would he given at nodhdant
Imp. Hy toe trifling eha.....e Mad,- at the illour j Fn. wat
ollecteil and to thm was added 3K. kindly given by visitors at
the forkon that day.
H.M.S.. Au' ILLUS. —On Tuesday evening, (lfith inst.)
a number of petty and nundicitunii-ii oned °filar' of the
above ship ae-emidert at tie Cagle Hotel. Cssiletown,
to hid farewell to an old respected 'lily's:tate, Mr
Robert Floraisell, who has for a term of lea's been
sick-birth ate wort in H.M. shine St. George and
Achilles, daring whieli period his kind atteution to the
sick of the ship's company has been everything that
could he wished. No much PO that the petty and non-
commissioned officers felt they could not allow him to
leave them without soue. idoxil show of gratitude and
egret'''. A very pleurairt evening was spent, during
which many good songs were snug, loyal toasts, Ice.,
were drunk, every facility for enjoyment being rendered
by the host (Mr. M. Moore). The company after wish.
leg thr It old eh/Innate health and happiness, and that
his future career might be orowned with stuniese, broke
up highly delighted with the pleasant evening,.
enjoyment-

-AZ•eitas NT B 7 LiGHTNIIII3. —On Thursday morning
Vilvk,a -.sere dorm of thunder and lightning broke over Port
land a little before five In the naomlng. The Inlaid NOPIIIO,I
to have been in about the centre of the storm, and ir.w.hout
halt-an-hour the lightning flaelted and the th tinier nillud aimed
~,ntinuotte root At about the third flush, the lightning
struck the home ocetiplid by Mr. Wale:demi, et Reforne,
4riliiing off the 'bass, and part of the fluid same to have
pawed down the kitchen chimney, aid out through the
window, breaking two pante id gime. The fragile:ids of gia.
were all daehal to the outside, not • 'article being left within,
aolvrry curiously a canary in a cagy, that hung from the top
of the whitlow Ca. not injured at all. The blind was drawn at
the time • but was not in the lead singed. The top room
fortunately only contained lumber, and Mr. and Mr*. Waterland,
who steep in the front part of the house, were not eu much
disturbed ita the children in the back part, who dawribed the
sound en if all the crockery in the house were being .maal,„d.
Tlit slates etripiad from the roof were hurled together in • heap
• foot deep in the yard. It sae providential that the accident
511.1 not happen a few hours later, when the family were about,
a. avly one In the yard would probably have been killed.
Tax GRANT MONEY. —The accounts of expenditure
and receipt. of the Grant Money for PIGS have been
published. Prom them we learn that the balance in
hand on January 1, 1864, was .£3:14 6a. 9d., cash .
r,ceiyed £4lO, Mr. B. While £39 19*. 10d. making
a total of £784 6s. 7d. Of this *min there lus been
expended on the parish churches £B9 3L 21., on the
dispensary, library, tem, £ll5 14A 2d., and we beg
the Trustees' pardon if we are wrong in saying that
it seems as if £2O were expended on the Church of
England schools for £lO to the Dispensary, while
an to £25 for a pariah library, what is that?
sophistkated people might fancy that £B5 of this
was another plum for the church, and only £341 for
the Dispensary, £l3 165., bas been spent in sundries,