The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-09 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTy EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1871.

abeam thisevenlag should be misunderstood, or mnter-
united into an lodifference to the subject. Should the
meeting which you ore going t s address decide, as I hope will
, be done, to establish the desired clitsscs, I sh.ill be happy to
give the scheme WY hearty support.
believe me,
" I,un fitithfully,
" Jona Stus.

would bawd to talk About when tide pond —queetden wen
eottloa•
sir. A. scams
Havo some treegidesited there,
eetibenntifY the plsee.
Mr. J. p.
-r
nOtIVIN thought th f rng bad been
catliesi by the Sou i e a°
poted, to t d itself. A committee had been pro-
It the pond ; to see if it leaked, ka, and he
beliee--'1 people would have been ~tied with their
report, but the Board left in the hands of the Sur-
veyor, and he had seen no report front him' If
the
pond leaked the whereabouts of the leak could be as-
sertained it thoroughly sought for. Hi thought It now
Certain that the pond must be done away with, and
they mutt get waterworks and provide for cattle no well
U man.
The CHAIRMAN : Which would be the ebeapest He
also rewarded that another part of the question Wee
whether the pond itself wee a nuisanoe.
Mr: Homan Drive a hundred rniiesthildtfihot tee
country, and you will en ponds by the _
rand in every parish. I consider this Board is a lot of
children'. Play.
Mr. A. Scams prepared
that the pond should be
filled up I
Mr. HODDi uttered dark hints of the law, and
was understood to threaten an action if this were done.
He then left the room in disgust.
?
Ww". Waugoodrrs saltbdih4
for the inhabitants, and for wee independent of the pond,
be I
every one in tbe neighbourhood.
The Cusrumsn : Supposing a fire should break out
where could we get water?
Another Member : Or any engine when you had got
'noir?
Mr. J. P. ScutOsu : You must put up water works.
Mr. White, Mr. Hinde, and Mr. Flew then went
out.
Mr. A. &WM thought the pond should be let out
dry, thoroughly tested, and if it we. found that the
thickness of the pump water came from the pond, lot
it be filled up at once.
Mr. A. Scarves consented to modify his proposition,
and it was ultimately agreed that a committee be lip-
pointed to have full power to keit the pond by any
means they can devise, with the assiatance of the Sur-
veyor, whether the water in the pond affects that in the
well.

" J . O. Buckin,ter, FAT"
An extende I r, ii3rt of Mr. Buckmaster's address
will be found under our Dorchestor mews.
The Clilllol.lN remarked that it bad been said. " A
thing of beau! y is • joy for ever," and he thoLabt WO
must be convinced of tbe oorreatness of that seAbellm.
After Mr. Bocltinaster's able lecture they mad be all
burning with desire to arc the Scion°. and Ara
Exhibition. Ile wished the undertakilig ~..ery success,
particularly ss the Commissioners are asp ccially anxious
to im ss pre upon the g. floral public • t•ato for SCicriCe
and Art. lie concluded by moving a vote of thanks
to Mr Bushmaster, to whom they felt deeply indebkd.
I Carried by acclamation.
IM. BOCIIMAKTIS 11.0knowl the compliment,
I observing that the best way of thanking him would be
to co-operate in carrying out
.the establishment of those
classes and schools of art wh"h 1.4 been alluded to by
Mr. Kid, Ile (Mr. floetinastert h.ao.
, —Old them t 3 el.
cube bi. brevity. ~,,,L,,, ••• moat anxious to return to
D3rabaster by tl e trait,, and had, therefore, been
compelled to abridge his remark•
Mr. Morita rroueted • rote of thanks to the
, Chairman, which was cordially passed, and the mooting

wEym(it'l'H AND THE YEOMANRY.
A rumour that small-roe *Wilted at Weymouth,
induned the Colonel,Lord Richard Grosvenor, to direct
Mr. Good, antigen, to tnymugate the matter. Be
learnt that several eases occurred doting lut month,
but only titre) in Melcombe Regls, and the eases on
Weyinouth side were oonfirined exclusively to one or
two crowded and ill•crowded courte In that Part of
to borough vaccination bus been much neglected
through ignorant
M prejudice From the Fro the uoion medic
officer of eloom
al
be Regis (Dr. Griffin) he learnt that
not single case of small•poz had come under bM care
in his district. Dr. Good has empremed to the Colonel
bit decided opinion that tbo regiment may go to Wei-
mouth with even • greater degree of safety than to
any other place whore vaccination and revaccination
have not b. also( v.ensively carried °atom they have here.
But, as a precautionary measure, Dr. Good has recoo.i.
mended that the men should only be quartered in
Meleombe Regis. It is rumoured that the Yeomanry,
on their appronching visit to Weymouth, will have
"billen." drawn for them in ''r,,,:ular" fashion.

PORTLAND.
INSPECTION or THZ PoNTLAND ASTI LEAST VOLUNT UR&
—Oa honalty evening thie fino corps was Inspected by
Adjutant Keating, in a field adjoining the Drill Hall.
There were present—Captain Eliot. Lieut. Andrews,
Li utenant Holland, guutermaster-Sergeant
Sergeant-11+r Collins, 6 other sergeants. 1 trumpeter,
and 65 rank and file, including 16 of the bind (un er
the leadershio of Bandmaster Jona). Aft r the ins; ac-
tion, the A 'intent ex pre.e,ll hisivelf Libly sotiefied
with the efficiency of the corps. They Hien 'unrolled
bask ts the Armoury in Elston...o.re, the bard play-
mu the new " Lord of Lorne introit" in good style
LANDSLIP AT BAnT WEIL —List week there was •
giant slip of about 3,000 tons of capstone, nibble, and
earth, from the Verne heights on the Eat Weir. The
cliff is here porpendiculer, and about 250 ft. above the
level of Eat Weir, which is itself 210 feet above the
see. The ship uesurreil at tho btok of the married
qo dictum the Verne,—just at that point in front of
which the short Breakwater projects straight for-
a aidi, but between the Breakwater and the heights is
a bine' extent of under cliff, on which have been
Primed the But Year batteries, outworks of the
Verne, designzd to prevent an enemy landing about
the base of the Breakwater. Immediately beneath
your feet, as you stood on the edge of the
cliff you saw • tram way which connects the
East Weir batteries with the Verne Ditch, by
• gradual ascent. The heavy rains bad gradually
' 'omeno d the mass at the cliff's edge, and about 6 o'clock
in the evening, down went the Met lot of about 100
tons. A sergeant of the Fusiliers won walking below,
and he had rather • narrow escape. Oct rushed every
one in the neighbourhood to find the cause of the
crashing ni.e, and soon the great 014.8 of more than
2000 • ,n scp.r ted from the cliff, en If II elieer on the
tramway below, breakiog into a million fragments. The
tramway was completely blocked tip, and the fragments
projected many yards lorwards towards the batteries.
The r ,ck continued to crumble away till about 8 o'clock
at night, when the ruin for the present stopped. A
tuitions epectade was presented by a column of rock
about Nit high which bed separated from the cliff
quite as much as 8 feet on the top, and showed a long
tapering crevasse between; but which wat still attached
below, and the Ine of gravity falling within the base,
it still stood without falling, bat forbidding all approach.
Denham* this will also be hurled down soon. There
. . . . . . .

1,1116 no building on the part that fell, it being jut out-
side the Verne boundary wall; but there aro some
small garden', which are brought by the slip to the
very edge of the

ISLAND PIISD. The articles were mimed In the evening, and the next morning
the matter was plw,xl in the heads ad P.C. Clilan who found
VAGRANCY.— An old man, a cripple, who gave the the thingsat the prisoner's house.—Commltted for one montles
game of WilLiam Ward, awl stated that he came from hard labour.
Shaftesbury, was brought up before the Mayor on ---
Seturday, °barged with vsgreney.--Oenunittol for 14 WARM WELL
•
days. Am some workmen were making a cutting fa a new
tra "X.—The fir" walPatiti°6 for ''.l°°t'i°ll to
attend the Wimbledon meeting to dt tay
road, about a quarter of • mile from this village, on
place ou \lon. Saturday, they diacovered a human skeleton buried in
There were 12 oompeti.ars. Armanier Lot adored
3, Sergeant Wareham 41 Przvate the chalk about three and a half feet from the surface.
:4. Lawrenoe 38, and It had apparently lain there for a considerable period,
1
' Oorporal Ridout 35. as the,bones crumbled at the Couch. Q
O.I.XE.C—Tbe Blandford troop assemblod on
Wednesday at Ram Down, to compete for the cup
! given by the C.ptain and also for selection to shoot
for the regimental cup. There were 25 competitors.
Ranges wets: 200 and 300 yards, five aiuts each. The
i
following qualified for the regimental cup—
Private Roes, Ibberton... .• • ... 21 I
, Chemin, Blandford ... ... 21
Corporal Rogers, Sticklaed ... ... 18
•, Fookes, Ililton Abbey ... 17
Private R. Tett, Itliborne ... ... 17
~_ Cave. Alner r.. .•
R 15
Privates lice, and Obamen made eqnal...
scares, but the
former was declared the winner of the troop cup, by
making the greatest number of hits at the longest

MAIDEN NEWTON.
THE Maiden Newton Choral Society under the
direction of Mr. J. Br.,wn. will give its first looneert on
Tuesday, May 16th. We anticipate n rich treat, the
energa:o conductor having secured the services of Mr.
Boyton Smith, professor of music, Dorchester, and
Meagre Taylor (tenor) and ticrscroft (bass), lay visas
ot Salisbury Cathedral.

EVERSHOT.
Tug CZNIOII.—In 186 L the population of this parish
was 695. It is now 241 males and 253 females, total
424 ; showing • demesne of 101. The 26 parishes nom.
prising the Iteaminster Union have • population of
13.076. being 505 less than in 1851.

range.
BLAMDFOILD AatsouvrozsL SOcliTT.—A committee
meeting and general meeting of the subscribers of tbis
society wet hold at the Crown Hotel on Saturday last
at which the acwonuts, having been previously audited,
were pawed. They showed • telsnee in favour of the
society of £73. All the gentlemen (with one ear:motion)
who gave premiums Mat year, have agreed to continue
the some this year, and the society will give the one
withdrawn, as well as give prizes as heretofore. The
next business was the eleation of • president in the
room of the late J. J. Farquharson &q., the present
Mr. J. J. Farquharson having declined the offiee, the
800. W. H. B. Portman, M.P. was proposed by Mr.
John Ford, seconded by Mr. homer—Mr. J. C. Mantel
was proposed by Mr. itobirt Fookes, and seconded by
Mr. J. Keyner—On • show of hoods, the numbers
were found equal, and Mr: R. Fowler' who was in the
chair, gave his vote in favour of Mr. Mensal, who was
declared duly sleeked.
Lasru FlarsT.—Tbe annual vestry was held on
Thursday, under the presidency of the Itev. J. it.
Quirk. The enemata of the churehwardims shlwed—
income, collections and contributions, £122 18j' pew
rents, £llO Os 3d; balance in band last year, A:10 64 4d ;
making a total of £214 2s 101. The expenditure was
£209 4s 10, leaving a balance in hand of 1:4 18. The
churchwardens for the past year were Messrs. it. Byers
and W. F /agar, both of whom were re-elected, Mr.
Eiger by the Rector and Mr. Byers for the Parish.
80110008 PIM SZIIBIOBI2, Wednesday .—Before the
Mayor and G. W. Daniell, Esq.
Janus Hawkins, labourer, formerly In the Marine Artillery,
was brought up charged with stealing two white lawn pocket
handkerchiefs, value 10d., the property of William Guthrie,
draper, Market Place, Blandford.—Julta Seaviour, 12 years of
age, about half-paat four o'clock the previous afteniouti saw
prisoner take • pocket handkerchief from the door of Mr.
Guthrie's shop, put It in his packet, and go up Church-lane
as tar is Mr. Lam, *Mae storea. lie then returned, and took
another handkerchief, put it in his pocket, aud went in the
same direction. She told Mrs. Guthrie. —Mrs. Annie Guthrie
saw the handkerchiefs de about half-an-hour before, and
identified the handkerchiefs by a private mark.—Supt. Moore
apprehended the prisoner, and found the handkerchief. upon
hun.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and elected to Liu tned by the
magistrate., who, in consideration of his nut having been
previously in trouble, and bin aged parents, pinucd upon him
a lenient sentence of 14 days' hard labour. •
WIDITY rzrrT SESSIONS. Sttuld .y.—Before J. J.
FarquhArson, Eq., (Chairman) I. C. Mansel, and E. A.
11. Castleman, E.q.
HUM POl9l, TOM JAIVIS, JAMES COLLINS, ',MAIM Davis,
ELISUA Davis, LEA WALTeIt %VAT, young IWs Molunginw to
111Mbef110 th.. Andrew, were charged with playing at pitch and
toss on the highway at Milburn' on Sunday April 2nd
Sergeant 11111 proved the charge stating that he saw the boys
for a long time throwing up hall-ponce, and the winner pick ea
up the money. Jarvis, James Collins, and Walter Way,
3ttnst,.. w.hom
ere .0a Lere:i,.usced iocomsevvicetnioL
y7simrpecr.:l:ll,...l ozass, similar
oouvictlon was held over Die others on their paying is. Si.
costa each.