The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-04 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

ALTERATION Or TRAIN. —OR SRA After Way ISt. the
9.15 a.m. Groat Western train from Weymouth to
London will start at 9 o'clock, and will run in connec-
tion with • fist expreu from Chippenham to London.
A new train will have Trowbridge at 10.35 a.m. for
Chippanham.
THIL TRAMP NUISANCE—A considerable number of
these people, both male and female, whou cry is that
they ye got no work to do," infest the outakirts of the
town. Our Chief Constable's report at but quarter
sessions is singularly corroborated, for on inquiry it is
found that many come from Cumberland mod West-
moreland, whence the repressive tuessures have driven
them out. Reference to the relieving °falser is treated
by them with worn, and they must and the begging
system • paying one, since so many of them appear to
gain a livelihood thereby.

Tee Yeo A m ezer.wra. —A meeting was eon.
vened for Friday evening last, by It. N. Howard, Esq.,
hon. secretary to the Yeomanry Amusement Committee.
to oonsider what entertainments should be provided
during the yeomanry week. The Mayor was in the
chair, and there were also present Mr. Howard, Mr.
Betts, Mr. Welsford, Mr. George, Mr. B. Pidgeon, Mr.
J. Baunton, to., to. It is intended that prises shall
be offered for horse-rasing, and other amusement, will
be provided according to the state of the funds; bat
in.tead of the ocmaiittee's attention being occupied
every day, it is intended to oonoentrate their efforts on
only two or three days. Among the features of interest
will probably be a bicycle race, and it is hoped to get
some fun out of these curious velocipedes.

r.toctrentgo. —The bicycle revs is producing its
fruits in this town. The roads to Melcombe Regis,
being pretty level, offer great facilities for practice ;
but at present this is mostly carried on In the evening,
when one may see the strange-looking vehicle careering
down by the Kings or the Pier. Some riders, with
more teal than prudence, have tried to ride the high
horse hetes they could manage it, and hew. had to
beat ignominious retreat within doors, to escape running
into shop windows and the ridicule of passers-by, while
other., with due caution, tske advantage of the friendly
shelter of night. The novelty of the thing bus clawed
trouble to • toll-gatedceeper, who charged • gentlemaa
Is. per wheel for his velocipede on the ground that it
was not "driven by animal power." Whether he con-
sidered man • vegetable deponent eayeth not ; but be
found he could not justify his charge, and being
threwened with a summons, he had to refund what the
gentleman had paid under protest.

Era lariamagy Cueczit.—The ego Bent inititution
which is so ebly attended by Dr. Rhodes, has great
Gleans upon the charity of Weymouth and the county,
aid accordingly when • alecert was announced to take
place at the Royal Hotel on its behalf it was no wonder
that there was a very foil attendanoe, the room being
nearly full. The entertainment was given by some of
the members of the Philharmonic Society and of Trinity
church choir, under the direction of Mr. Board. A
very varied selection of music was offered, from the
modern trifle of "Effie Sunshine," in which Miss H.
Holt nevertheless achieved a great suceses, to Mozart's
beautiful chorus "Sweet Peace descending," given with
full baud accompaniment is right musical style. The
pianoforte acoompaniments were very ably performed
by Mr. Gebbins. The instrumentalists in Amber's
overture to " Maasniello" apparently gained confidence
in each other, but it was when the delights of vocal
music were added that the real treat commenced.
The Misses Holt, who sustained the soprano parts, were
greeted with great applause for their beautiful singing
of the duets "When shall we meet?" and "The
Flower Gatherers," and for their part in the quintet
" Blow gentle Gales," wherein the male singers were
Mr. Board, Mr. Pretty, and the Rev. V. F. Ransome,
and this piece was warmly applauded. Miss H. Holt
also charmed everybody with that evergreen song
"Where the Be. nicks," and the audience evidently
thought her quite fairylike. The Mires Holt between
them gained very many encores. The lagoons flack st
of the Royal Reposers, Corporal Hitching, gave •
wonderful performance of Rithardson's " Standard-
bearer," and rendered the variations with power
double that usually displayed. He was of course
encored and responded with "Long, long ago." Among
the other splendid things were the splendid glee
" Clouclaapt Towers," the evertor* to " Fre Diavolo,"
and the chorus "Now tramp o'er moss and In
which the full strength of the performers earned plaudits
about equal in warmth to those for "Sweet pence des.
trending," and, if it were neeessary, we could not decide
which was the greatest treat. After the entertainment
Dr. Rhodes generously invited the performers to an
exoellent supper, and votes of thanks were proposed to
the performers, to Mr. Lutie for the room, and to Mr.
Dodson for erecting the platform free of charge.