The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

W EY MOUTU.

TEC WESLRYAN CHAPEL. —This baßding is being
=Nit rapidly ormatriact,d, md itp....um prop.,
tions are much admired.

BOROUGH Purrs Sr noiono.__Tbo only nun".
M these somions ob fuesday, Wm the haariag of
It"?' P°t-rat• C.ases, the particulars of which
11041111 00 interest ' .0 Lb, public.
Tog YetIMA MRT. —lt is expiated that this gallant
body a ems eill not be celled upon to undertake •
dreary ME .vh to their drill ground, but that
L Aglow will be provided for their military
imersisy4.

Hirrieta.—There are more shipping in our
harbour at the present than ha. been known fur
some tinwi peek and considerable activity is now
manifested on the Quay. About • month ago them
ww scarcely a ship there, and the distress amongst
the porters and quay labourers was very great.

Tug LATE Loss 01 • BTIAII LAIMCIL—Avis, in
the deptit yard, is patching up the remains of his
launch to endeavour, if possible, to mail or stems
down to Dartmouth, and thus avoid the expense of
carriage, which at prompt he is unable to bear.
Idountatephens, the coutguardsman, has been com-
plimented be his commanding °Mow on the gallantry
he displayed on Saturday siennight, aml a favourable
eisport of hie oontioct, we believe, ham been made to
the Board of Tards.

THE COWING SIRS.W. —We fumy we coo, in the
horizon, see • small cloud about the size of i man's
band betokeeing • "good mason" for Weymouth.
New plate-elass fronts have succeeded the rage for
" smiling off" old stooks of linen-dropery, to., pre-
voratory to laying in "a new and choice smortineut
of goods for the seasoo. The " foreeotnen" of
several astablielbinents are, rumour tells us, at the
present reenneet in Paris watching the advent of
spring Whims for the benefit of Weymouth and the
neighhoerhood. Otte word as to the fashions—the
dups.)* appears to be doomed. Whether it is or
Dot., we are likely to have the battalion of rifle
volunteers with us this season, the yeormary will
not forsake us, and ills not improbable we shall
have • fine of pockets to the French cwt. The
printers are May in touching up their guide-hook;
and one enterprising bookseller, we bear, has in
land one "speck end open" new, in which there
will be no "slavish adheraies" to other guide-books
.already in being. In ibis utilitarian as visitors d!)
not oars about being informed that " Weymouth is
a fashionable watenng•plami on the Dorset mast" so
many miles front London. Matters are doll enough
with as at the present time, but with a season
opening early and closing late, and the town filled
to repletion with virriton, we shall "jog along," it
ia hoped, oomfortably.
Tea Gas Quemoy. —We believe the Hal of the
New Goa Company has passed the standing Orders
°She Reuse of Lord., notwithstanding the opposilloo
mimed by the proprietor of the old work; Ur. W.
Borden, and leave is now obtained to bring in the
Bill, when it will hays to be fought upon its merits.
A wiry long letter has been issued to the gas con.
earners of the town by Mr. Burdon, in which ha
finis en unhappy gee coessener rather hard for the
attacks is th,asht proper to make upor him. He
y. "he feels that he hoe neither attacked we with
truth or senor, and therefore it is Decemery to conceal
himself behind a false name, bat I know him. The
am in the lion's skin is easily recognised " It. then
g“ae on to my that the new oompanyeasin and swain
told him "we dos't want to take the worts fr m
we don't want you to sell them if yea dont like.
We ooly want gas at • fair prim, give no that and
we will retire at once." He had nifrred gm at the
price asked, bet the company wore not satisfied, and
had offered Is sell them the works is three ways,
bat they refused and abased him for doing so. '
Speaking more partioelarly of this unhappy. gas con-
sume:, be mys, "List the shareholders look at this,
pad see hiw this lead incoasiderat• mem is