The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-14 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

AnninaL Rynta visited this port lest TOnrdsy, in
hie yacht, and went ,ot board the ships Here,'lts and
RAICSIVetI ; be also visited the Breakwater forts.
O.ITSAING roe THS DOSSETSHIRL —Messrs. Osborne
and Son were engaged to cater for the Officers of the
39. h Lloreetshire ttegiment on tleir arrival, and have
continued to do souse, then.

TH2 DUKE OF EDINBURGH LI expected at Portland
about the 18th, to hispsct tht ooaetirnard ship Maculae.
It in hoped the Duchess will wxompany H. IL ,aa
sht I. rap cted show alit time to lauoch a new man-
uf.w.tr Pem.n..ite.

048TlieAlit) l)aitt..— The ros-tguardsmen from the
iliistrict, which extends westward as far as Seilly, have
been. or me, doing their drills on board the Hercules.
The western division left on Monday, ad the ...stern
Avian)", who came even from as far as Bournemouth,
arrived on fue.d y, and will be drilled about a fort.
night. The H. r ul-ss is exeected to go on her annual
cruise ear,y in Apr.l.
11411P‘CTI PN or THE Bosic.twig.—Capta,n Bradshaw,
iO4pecliO4 cartaia of tie trainiag ships, paid his
periodtesl siot to Pont in I on Tuesdsy la.t, and
Lspected the Bosicarm. —The boys g.i for their b&-
dep. next Wednesday, retail:ling ii the :10 h. Easter
being as late this ycar is the reason is. their going at
this ti ne, as, were they to go later, it wound inttriere
with their s immer

NAVAL COLIIT•NARTIAL.—• A court-martial with
regard to the rtOelllgrouteding of 11.M.5. Banterer off
Galway was held at Moravec on Tuesday, for the
trial of Lieutenants Great and Car ien, of
Warrior, on the charge of neglirently allowing the
veseel to be stra..del off Mumma Irian I on December
23r I. l'he court adjourned to allow the accused to
Irvine their defenoe.
11100ING AND AIDIANCIT Or 'DM BOSCAWIX.—The
Malta tug, Mr. Hiodin;, inset-r, arrived at Portland,
Frnd ay, from Portsm iuth, with a party of riggers
to refit ad make good cl4e.ta in the rigging of the
B p.c.awen :Ow towed down N 41, doJky ard himp,
with spars and stores for the li we 4Well. A large party
of shipwright* is at present employed on board the
training s ,ip, altering the main- leek port., and general
armament of the eh p. All the old email gnus are
r..an .ved, and two la,ga guns of the sew pattern are
beiog mounted, for the boys to learn their drill; and
the inter, r of the ship is being airang.d to melee
these new pattern gun..
CONGNSOAT/ONAL SCDOOL.—A lecture on " Comets "
wis dedvered in the above icon on Friday last, by
the Rev. W. It. Waugh. Conaiderable interest was
manifested by the INIUIONCO, as the lecturer endeavoured
t show the untenable n mitre ..f Mr. Pr etor's supposed
hypothesis,—that a comet could ever ocsaion so much
beat in the son as to destroy vitally in the earth.—[We
believe that Mr. Proctor, in Knowladge, explains he has
been cniaunderstoo 1, that he .1 es not expect such a
catastrophe to happen; hut what be dies anticipate is
bit a certain comet will be caught by attract' oi and
become a prisooer in our solar system. This, we
believe, is supposed to have already happened to the
coin t ~f Kocke-]
Tits lint Rim in en'. —ln our remarks last week on
some roc' uits of this regiment, it will be remembered
we did not cost the slightest reflection on the old
-oldiers much less on the officer,' or on C dowel Barry
Drew, C.B. The old soldiers have, we believe,
behaved, as we stated, in an exemplary ma ince, the
kleatlemanly conduct and cenrissy ..f the Colonel and
offices is remembired by ; but they were perhaps
overburdened by having raw recruit, tient them con-
tinually to be shaped into good soldiers—a work that
was the more arduous because It seemed always
beginning, yet, from the fresh supplies of recruits,
never done.

ReILOICB RIRIT F: eSSITALISMILIT. It is redly remark.
Ala h rev well the entertainm nate at the Sailor's Rest
are e i.t Lined by the exerti .ns of Mr. an 4 Mrs. Kent,
en toe ki:Lol sods nice f 111% and Miss Bannerman.
Last Monday these tri eesisted as usual, Mr.
Bannerman presi line, an-I Miss Bannerman accom-
panying, with ready talent, any one at the piano.
There was a full house, and the following programme
WM admirably
rrformed :-8 "Old Jett," Mr.
Trent; s Voble 24th," Master W. Smith;
recitatl in, Mr. B (Hercule.); sing, " Jeissie's
Dream," Miss Dunkelly,; sing, Mr. Johnson; song,
Warrior's Little Boy, ' Miss B. Mitchell ; *mg,
Broken Down," Mr. Rolls; recited in. Corporal
Smith (Boscarreii); song, "Laugh While You May,"
Miss Kleist Bannerman,. song, "Carriasima," idies
Roils; song, Master Kenneth Buinermau ; song,
D J
"S mon the Cellarer" Binnermao ; song, •. Nil
esperandum," Mr. ohnson; sing, "Juanita," Miss
Dunkelly ; song, "Two Spoon.," Mi 5 R ; song,
Rocked iu the Cradle of the Deep," Mr. Dunkelly ;
sole, • • Nit apolitaine," Mr. Kent ; song, " Yesterday,"
Mr. Bannerman; the audienoe sang heartily—" Belle
Mahone," and the "National Anthem."
W RITZ RIBBON A Pali. —On Thursday the White
Ribbon Army bald a public tea in the Bible Christian
Schoolroom, Wakeinun, at which • large numb .r of
people were present. After the tea an entertainment
woe ataen in the shape of a service of song and reed-
ing., citadel "John Tregenoweth : Ills Mark."
Th. Rev, J. Brown, Bible Christian minister, owned
the entertainment with ran eloquent and impressive
prayer, after which the reeling was he;tln in • In *t
efficient manner by Mr. B njunin Stone, Wakehans.
'he sliming now beg in with a song eatitled "The
Village Bells." 'rims, with the other songs, wee
executed moet effLiently by the singers present,
am mast wh Muss Mary and Mr. James Pearce, of
Blisenfield-ierreaw, were particularly c nispicuoue, the
other siag,rs present being Miss I. Datuen' Him
.Irace and Miss Susan Comtism New.street;__Miss
SUMO Plano, Wakeham ; Miss Mary h. Stone, Wake.
hem; Mies H. Stone, Straits; Miss Ayles, Wakehatu,
Miss }Clog, and Miss Brown, from below the bill;
Mr. B. W. 0 taboo, Reforne ; Mr. R. Stone, Weston;
Mr. William S one, Wakebarn ; Mr. Robert Stewkes.
bury, Wekeham; Mr. it. F. Stn.*, Wakeham • Mr.
J•,hn Otter, jou., Wakeham ; and Mr. William
Atte/0.11, Wakehant, who, we observed, sag very
well, Miss Ague.' Co imbe, Wakeham, ace impany-
in./ them with toe harm inium in an efficient and
masterly manner. The rea dog unhinging coociu led,
the lice. J. Blown 02 'VA a vote of thanks to he given
to the singers arid Mr. Benj adn -tue for the
efficient ma .ner in which they had performed the
dutda which had divolved upon them. 'this was
secon le I hy Mr, ooombe, Wakehatn, who also said he
wished to think to singers and Mr. B. Stone for the
delightful en tertainm !et which had been given by
them, and he could sty for himself an I he believed for
all presets, it was • to g while sines they badspent
dso edghtful an evening, this speech being highly
applau led by the au lioloe. The rev, gentleman then
said he wiMed t th mk all who had in the slightest

degree helped Cq provide the tea and entertainment,
and be th msht the autli-nce, ate and all, wouli agree
with him !hers. The other, he WS. toss, had
been beauttful. n ,t a siogle die urb.uoe being made.
tle wee sure all the cur poops tilllft have st epped at
h me, an lb. co ”idere I that to be the best place f.r
them. Hr. Abel P,arce, 'traits, seconded the vote of
thanks, and the audience expressed their delight by a
great chapping of hands, thus ending one of she mod
pleasant erWors we have eves exPerlowed•

THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT.

Last Sunday the Dorsetahlre Regiment marched
down to St. Peter's Church, where the vicar and
charlei •, Rev. W. Apnleford, preached a very appro-
priate sermon, in which he referred to the recent
ale min .ble attempt •o shoot Her Majesty.
The general bop 'akin was put MI from Tuesday to
W doenhey. when Prince Edward of S ore Weimar,
goners! c ,mminding the southern district, drove in
from Weymouth, a-couspanied by Lord Seymour,
and Colonel Bray, A.D.C. The regiment
had fallen in on he parade ground about ton °clock.
when Colonel Dixon was supported by 18 officers, all
those who 'andel being present except Captain
Conran, while Captain Whalley and Lieut. Elrington
lisd also joined. Thee., were 36 sergeants, the princi-
pal of whom are Sergeant• Major McLaughlin, Fay-
maet-r-Sergeant Allnatt, Sergeant-Instructor of
Musketry Faulkner, U. It. Sergeant Hall, a:egoist
Bee, Armourer-Sergeant Guerin, Colour-Sergeante
Plane, Kerr, Moore, Wilson, Walters, Morgan, Cox,
and Mullins: 30 corporals, 14 drummer., and 481
private*, there being about 80 absent on duty. The
Prince-General arrived about 11 o'clock, and was
th
received with a general salute, e mixed (reed and
brawl band playing. H.S. H. then walked down the
ranko inspected them front and rear, and they were
&smiled, • welcome release, as it was • very cold
morning, which was felt all the more by these troops,
who had recently arrived from India. The General
only came to have • look at the troops, with whose
mattial appearance and fine phispee he mat have
been highly pleased, for the like has not been exceeded
for many years, and the men are as near as may be
perfect in their drill. To see so large a number of
men on the parody ground and wearing their Indian
helmet., W&I quite a novelty to; England. Among
the incidents of the visit was that there was submitted
to U.S. 11. the belt of a brother of Colonel Bray, who
WWI shot through that belt while serving with the
regiment in Inlia. _ _

--UtiT-tli-e—ar;;;:rwere J. Clifton, Ka 1., Governor of
Portland Prison, Dr. Askham, and Major Peck, corn
manding R. K. the latter of whom took the distin-
guished visitors over all the new buiedinaa The
party then t aft lunch M the new ogioriere mess, altar
wh•ch they took heir departure, being driven by Mr.
Court Into Weymouth, In order to leave by the 2.45
train. Ike regiment hews a room pet apart as a
coffee room. where they can get coffee and refresh-
ments at a I 'lv price.