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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

VICTORY OF THE BRITISH.

Kowa Donakl Curri• and Co have received • telegrams
from their staarnar Duorobln Castle, whisk called at
Madeira on Saturday morning, on her waytthre: St
Vinciat to Plymouth, informing them that so licitly
to th• disaster already reported, the fords the
command of flannel! and Lasalle had • victorious
t with the enemy at Rorke's Drift
is safely mtablialted at Skews
There were thaw no hostile Zultu in Natal
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

PUDDLIITOWN.

MUSIC AND Ream:foe —A caidial entertainment,
consisting of readings intenpersed with vocal and
instrumental music, was given in the spacious school.
rooms on Friday evening, under the patronage of Mr.
W. IC Brymer, M.P. The rooms were closely packed
with a highly resp•Mabbs and appreciative audi-nos,
amongst whom were Mrs Berner, Mist Hevener, Mks
E. P. firmer, Mr. W. X. Berner, M.P., Mrs.
Colonel Henning, Miss Digb , Captain Cumberland,
Dr. Goodridge. the Misses Prsemau (3), the Misses
Shirley (3), Mr. B. Gongs, 04 Misses Hull, Mr. W.
Best, MLeas Duman, Messrs. W. H. and T. Duman,
Mr. and Mrs, Atkins (Pod Iletown), kc, kc. The
hilarity of the evening's proceedings was greatly
enhanced by the valuable assistance rendered by Mrs.
Colonel Henning and Captain Cumberland, of the
"Black Watch" (42n1 Highland.ra). The gallant
captain literally convulsed the hones by his rendering
of the merry hunting_ song—" John Peal" (more
especially when the " Hark I Forward!' cry and the
" Whoo Whoop!' were given in the chorus). in %Wel
the audience Joined right merrily. Mee. Bryineri
Miss Brymer, and Miss E. Berme ably presided at
the i Isnot/rte. The glees were most harmoniously
given under the directinn of Miss P.. Berner, who
also played the accompaniments with skill and pre-
cision. Me. Gimp read in masterly style, and Mr.
Oldfield and Me. Lakin greatly amused the audience
by their songs Mr. Unman'. song was thoroughly
appreciated ; his sister, Mime Deinman, accompanying
ba
.Mr. Dover was also quite happy in hie song.
gaining hearty applause. 'Simon the Cellarer "and
the " Bo'inut% Mate " were capitally given by Mr. W.
Toms. .111 e. Time overture was nicely played by the
Puddletown amateur instrumettallata.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

BLANDIORD.

MAID= COMITT PLITT SDISIONS.—Thers WS/ DO
business whatever to b• transacted at the monthly
meeting of the County Justices on Saturday, and this
makes the mooed maiden Petty Seesions within five
minWe are sorry to bear that Viscount Portman,
. J. F trquhare us, awl Lieut.-Chneral W. Parke
C. 13., the met active magistrates in the &vision, are
Indisposed and consequently confined to their homes,
so hadthat Chem being any aims for heariag on Salm.:
day some difficulty would kayo been experienced in
obtaining Justices.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

WILBORNE IT. ANDREW.

THR CHURCH SITTINGS, He !O&M, -CT, made free
during the time of the late rector, and it 1.. pity, ise
well ae most unseemly in the House if God, for any
man to he so absurd as to threaten others—" I'll much
you out." Although some may fancy they have •
special right, it is understood that one have such a
right more thsti another, and he who wishes •
particular seat should come early and claim it before
it is otherwise filled.

Patients' ruin Dinsn.—At the dinner on Thurs-
day Nat the member. had the plea.nra of meeting the
worthy Squire of the villaze,—Mr. J. C'.
Pleydell—and also enjoyed the genialcompso ionship of
Mr. C. .T. limbo% of Milton Abbey. The choir war
taken by Mr. ticett and the rice-chair by Mr I'.
Resent. and there were pre. fit M . J. C. Mansel-
Reydell, Mr. C. J. T. Ilambrt, Rev It. St. J
Greeley, Mentz Etunman, sen.. and I/unman, jolt.,
H. Symonds, John Keynes, Georg* Keynes, John
Fowler, G. Burrell', John Seymour, Tett. F. D.
luy.. John Grove., Henry Fookea, jun., T. Itowden,
J. Ingraln, John Roper, C. T. Young. kr. —The
secretary, Mr. Jobs Fowler, read the awards of the
Jo 'gm for root crops, expres.ing his regret that for the
net,, offered for the beet moral root crop, there ha
been no competitors. The rt. ism were :--Ten norm
of swedew-0, Mr. G. T. Young, Blozworth. Four
acres ef mangolds I:5, Mr. Dowien, Rae
Farm; second, El its, Mr. DU11111412, Troytown. Six
acres of swedes, after green crop—Et, Mr. Ken.,
Dewli.h. Biz acres of turnips, after green crop—fl,
Mr. Dowdem.—The usual after-dinner speeches were
made.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

Sato anti *into.

mantopouTlN oArna—morDAT. I sil7=p= w"'• d th. re/OL FINN the
who sold Moe to ta• Ulm But
About 3,930 bout', Including about SOO foreign. who. we w 0,,, as peace with Oehawaye, wed
More deemed, at 4a. to 6.. 2d. About 75 000 sheep;was
the aeveththout I,:i.,„babi, bi ',wit, for ••=asedis oil
trade dull, at 140. fkl. to 6a. Id. Olivia from 5.. 60. it
w.hout hi, bnikan „imp. “
to 6a. ed. hewn 3a. ed. to ea per alba. At Dept-
.if gh. t,„„ b, for aot-veryaharp
ford then were about 5,000 sheep. otraresent they bay
u °PureLissigiu.
00ud sod "tsar TUB ssedanned arab oaaht
to Ino mat to • alotorddy malll. and lb. aniadomed rlllas
broken up ; then we sheet bays an may co=
Reglialunan In trouble for putrallosing Har
olotbaa, sad savage &Wan wan% have no maw al oar
old rifles to mamma oar troops.

1 lerdingtotripme bore bat s men ainembly of real
labourers as hider. thocerhthawd army lowasir
swelled the crowd. I the lesderefog:
eortNY sod the someneodstlon they pre me. end
aclnowledgi they were stmerelly " lawmbldlag r but
I can't get over the enemies whether la 4d. • day oen
be nude to go farther by dednotlng an odd twopence
ent al ll every now sad them

The promoters of the N meeting maned to
be disappoieted that tb• Mayor did not preside. Warn
their disappointsesot a sham, or wire they really
misled by an out-county paper, whka totally mis-
understood the Mayor's remarks to the Council
"His Worship saki he would to plowed to preside'
tif Ms 0011111Cil wished. But Mey didn't The last words
didn't appear in the out-county sheet. Iliad ilia
Marisa.

The greet &pad* of Gra labourers, Mr. Arca, is
at th pe amount of exenses, mad rightly too,
Vi rd Men hoot the plough" and others want to do
the labourers • good turn they must tad damn who
will give their work for the good of the those. The
speakers= to mention the perqtdidtme, house,
, and fool, which make the labourers
MrdtZ'clf than mate poor fellows in towns, who, I
know, only get Me. a week and work from four to
sight. and • keg hathday on Sundays beside. Th•
Government also, even for the low rate el soldiers'
eseu6 noes to reader them lade-
Pp•T siheroffreturlent enlietheths. or they would sot
so frequently be premonting old soldiers.
How odd woo that regulation of the N.L.L.11.
delimits which bound up the Statute or Hiring "Mr
with "British hoops being dotehod by Aitken
simian

Wasto• I geWeir out of notice by to Lon/low
dallies now thee he has ridden so ;sea by 'bee sad
train. Bir John Astisy say bs sated; bat how COIL
the British public tell what to beak?

Wyk, coffee shop was doing a good work, and I
rosuniesrato Mn. Bomat on her treatment by one
wham Interest as well as duty It was to devote him-
self to th• good 0111211.1. But I want to know what was
the moaning al "ma heavy supplies aro obta/aed
from Lades." Are there not boo:amble local
merchasits In the adjoining towns whom them oodles
shops can get everyikiag they easstua& It will not
Minot public support if we are not assured positively
that these fashkaable establishments are sot di facto
beams of Co-operative Storm
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18

THIC AFGHAN WAR.

CILLCVTU, Feb. it
Supplies from Milos& have stopped coasting into Cabul,
and the distress in the latter place contlauea. Takeeb
Use has canoed the property of the Sirdan who have
LODI to Jellalabad to be sold Is, auction. General Roberta
kee returned to the Khartum Fort The toiletry le quiet.
Several Mongol maliks on the &host frontier have gone to
say Oder suspect. to Yakoob Khan and receive his orders.
The franibes of 111, r Afoul end other Candaliar Birds=
have arrived at Host, but were refused admittarsee. The
Irma Sr cavalry raised at Herat for service at Candahar
were disbanded on receipt et the.... that that plaits had
been captured. Supplies us readily obtained by the
British force In the Argssan end Argandab Valleys sear
Candahar, and in krgeadab the gra/a raves as le b
ediected. General Stewart arrived at Handal on Fetl I
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

AN INTERLSTING TRAVELLER.

A correspondent writes—We rub oar shoulders against
strange people in railway carriages, and last Saturday
I met • curious customer in my Journey from Bridport
,to London. At Maiden Newton I found myself seated
' next to • decently-dressed man, whom I should hays
taken for a sailor bound for home. after • long vorage
How often we are deceived by appearances I " Excuse me
making free, sir," said my fellow traveller, "but this is
the happiest day I've bad for many 'roam" I am glad to
bear you my you are happy; but what makes you
unusually so to-&y I' I replied "Because lam • gentle-
man," he added, " I shall have better dinner to-morrow
than I've had for five long years an a half. It is not
many can tell what they'•e had for dinner every Surciay
form h a Ume as that, but I can; I never had anything
else on Sundays but brand and cheese it never altered for
• single Sunda c, always the same," My traveller told me
a long story how he was sentenced to seven years at
Portland and be had suffered hr demise. mars. Ha
informed me that he was fond of • " little drop," and that
he weal smith and lived at Laeda. A man had stolen
some iron and they arrested him, and found him guilty.
But he protested his innocence, his conscience he said
I was clear. and he was galas back to his friends at
Leeds, who knew him to he innocent. During the time
ha had been at Portland his conduct had been good, and
he had one year and seven months of his sentence remitted.
The authorities had given him ES instead of El the usual
amount, and they had given him a suit of clothes of the
best material they used for prisoners who had conducted
themselves well There were many villains yonder, this
man said, but there were one or two who he Amply
believed were suffering for others. When we think of
Hebron, who would never have been lammed had it not
been for the arrest of the villainous murderer Peace, how
do we know that the words of this traveller may not be
too true He was greatly surprised at the change which
had aken place in the iron Ueda. He knew comparatively
nicker, og- mime had gone on Aoririg am time of his
impriecauxisnt, and the little knowledge be had of things
which ham recently taken place was very embus to those
who heard him. He seemed very crest-Wien when he
heard of the depression in the iron trade, with which he
had been connected He spoke of the time when he earned
high wages, and had a splendid dog weighing 19 lb., who
would tackle any badger, and which was altogether as
good a creature as ever" ran before his UM" This strange
companion assured me he should never indulge in
badger-hunting. pigeon-flying. or the like Maim Allegh
he had suffered for snobsr arse, his imprisonment bad
taught him to lead • different life to that of former
yeam—Shoirberne JarraaL
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.

CORN.

BATIL —At our market to-day the supply of wheat was
small, and sales were effected at the full prices of last
week. Barley and oats • slow sale, without change in
value. Flour firm.
OLGIXESTER. —At to-day's market the attendance
was small, owing to the holidays roglieb wheat was in
very moderato supply, and said at about lad week's rates.
Foreign very slow, end only salsa& as dd to ie. per
quarter redaction. Grinding barley and maim dull, with
Me tarn in favour of buyers. Oats firm
BEVILPTON MALLET Tiscamsr.—Whest, Ma to Me.;
barley, Us. to ;oste.lla. 10 36.. ; beans, 40s. to Mis
Psis, Ma to Us. per qr. ; door, 31s. ml. to Ma Od. Boat,
lin Od. toll., Od. per score ; mutton, Sid. to fled. per lb.
veal, toil& ; lamb, (kL to Od. Fat pigs, Oa Pri. tole& gd.
per moors. Milk butter, Da Od to Its. Od per doses;
whey ditto, 12a 01. to Oa Od. Bak 101. Per doom
Potatoes, in Od. to in M. per peck.
TAUNTON.—There was a small attendance at the Corn
Exchange, and the market was Inlet and of a holiday
character. There wee • slow Irene In wheat., and a decline
tied, on both English and foreign. There was nothing
doiziiimalting barley, the season being nearly over.
0 barley was scares and firm at last week's prices.
Maim to6d lower. Flour, 31a. to Ms.
WARMINSTER, fisronoar.—Wleset, Sie. to ex
Barloy.lsn to tin ; Oats, 17s. to !la ; Pam 152. to tin;
Beano 19s. to 21a ;Rye, 30a to 36..; Vetches 6.. 01. to
7s. 01.— AU kinds of grain in short supply, without any
change of prams since laid week.

Warn= grimier FAlL—This fair was held on Thurs-
day. The number of sheep penned was smaller than
usual, the supply , am ,i fag dowel entirely of tap,
being about Tbe gemersl toss of the fair ranged
from 40s. to Pk, • decline of from LB. toll.. per heed on
the prima of kat year's fair.
BRUITOL, TIMILIDAY.--Bmall supply of Leigh wheat,
but the ocarUtka of samples was much better than of late,
and there was a firm trade, but values were unchanged.
Foreign wheat was quiet, and holders had to gin we
about dd. There was a dull trade both in barley and
oat.. bet IMo prices wen maintained. Maim quiet and
04. per qr. dearer In the cattle market there was •
large spctuPks
pricin riru asupb;4'ofwilte; diadittsmt rite:BM!
at WA. per lb. for Ch.' wethen In the wool and
ad. to dd. shorn. Ewes and inferior Id per lb cheaper.
Moderate =poly of store cattle, and trade continues
quiet. Limited show of pigs, and all sold, at 10a 3d. per
more far bacon pigs and ft.. dd. to 10s. 03. for porkers.
SHEPTON MALLET, TIMBIDAT.—Wbest, 361. to tda
Od. ;Barley,S3s. lath ;Oats, tla to Ma ,• Beans, 40s.
to_ ;Peas, Sta. to Ma ; Flour, 31s. Od. to 325. ; Breed.
lid per 416 loaf. Beef, Ila &L to 144. Od. per score;
Mutton, dad. to did. per. It. ; Veal. &I. to SAL ; Fat Piss,
Os. ild to 10a dd. per soar.; Milk Butter, 13s. Od. to
Od. per dos. ; Whey ditto, 111. 04. to—a ; Eggs, 101.
per dome ; Mats.,, to. oä. to in td. per peck.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

SINGULAR RCBTITUTION.

Abost four years since the business premises of Kt.
Gibb no. an extensive agriculturist and corn duster. new
Alton, were entered. an • cash-box, containing £155 In
gold and silver, was taken ewer. The pence were
acquainted with the robbery, bit no clue was obtained to
the .predator. A few days since Mr. Gibbons received a
package from Australia. which 011 being opened was found
to contain the bog-musing cash-box, and • letter, written
In a superior hand and in welluouched terms, which
stated that the writer had in a moment of desperation,
induced by misfortune, entered the premises of Mr.
Gibbons and carried off the cash-box and Its contents.
With the proceeds be bad Luken page to Australia,
where, by a judicious use of the surplus and the exertion
of honest industry. he had been enabled to malls for
himself • competency. The cash-box be had always kept
as • memento of his criine, and he now returned the
amount of its original contents in cash, with an addition
at the rate of 15 per cent, interest par annum for U 241
whole time which hail elapsed since the commission of the
burglary. The writer sued for the forgiveness ef one
against whom he hail committed so great a wrong, and
requested him to notify the safe receipt of the package in
the Mfii.enrns 4ry.s. No name was attached to the
letter.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

DORCHESTER CATTLE MARKET,
SATURDAY.

Again there was an important market on Saturday.
At Mr. reasor's sale were 190 liftd of cow stock, and
WO sheep and lambs. There was more life in the
heifer and calf trade, and demand was brisker than
for the last three weeks, beet making from £l9 to
£24 10a., and middling from £l5, inferior ZS to 214,
and all were sold. Beet berreners fetched £3O to EN
per par. Inferior from EH and upward.. A drill trade fur
stock sad fat bulls; best fat beef made 1k per score,
inferior, I.k per score ;fat ewes, 811. per ; wetbers,
111 ; lambs, SU. to 41s. A good clearance was made.

--
THE HORSE TRADE, SATURDAY.
On Saturday, U Mr. G. nine.. Hone Repository,
were offered about 70 hones. Of tan cart horses that
belonged to Mr. Hooper, leaving Holworth farm, one
wi
_pardhesed by Mr. Pope, mom, others went—to
Sr l! Whittle, Mg..; Mr. Jollilfe, Weymouth, 55" and
This., and Mr. Smith. (*dacha, iok, 52gs. ;other. sold
from 19". to 480. Hack h.rses, of which there was a
large number, varied much in quslity. and fetchad
from 23gs. to 50gs. The sale was remarkably good.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

DOZOICISTKR.

Tat 11h.rem on Good Friday morning attended
Divhw eirvioe at Christ Church, the band moon-
PolYing•
LADY-DAY 01711.-00 Raster Monday about £5 1..,
beht abe prone& of various charities, and known
as " Lady-day mosey," were dishibutad to the poor
widows in Holy Trinity Church. In another parish
the alums of the momey were given away on Good
Friday, at Alinsrtos Hall.

Mi. Main— Ifoon.—A relation writes to m.;
"Th. March Moon, the 'Luna di gangue of Italy,
the ' L ', ass Rouge 'of France, has the Palatka of
bringing in any amount of bad weather, and I recollect
that, expreering some surprise when, as I su
the March moon was over, I woe told that it 65°.:41;
Net oommenced, for it was not the mono that finished
its course in March, but that which commenced it in
this month, eo we must not be surprised if there is not
much improvement till far late next month." Is there
any peculiar name for this March moon in Ragland,
and has it a similar or any reputation as now& the
weather

RAILWAY EMPLOYE= Sorra:l.—The engine-drivers
and firemen 00 the Dorchester district, L. and S.W.
Seaway, had their annual raptor on Friday tit..
The hotel selected meth* Quemes,przionth,
Host Cook had laid a &capital re Mr. J. G.
I Judd, booking clerk, Dorchester, ably and
' after the feast had beau heartily enjoyed , the proceed-
ing, showed a combination of jollity and circonsepeo-
tion, on account of the character of the day. It was
not the most favourable, apparently, for a feast ; but
the men cannot get away and meet together so well on
any other day of the year. Among the kind contribu-
tor, to the fund were—Maar.. Stephenson, Clark, and
Co., contractor, for coal, Mr. W. E. Burner, lif.P.,
and Menem Eldridge, Pope, and

EAST'S DscoaAnotra.—The decorations at Trinity
Church were very aPernPrintss to swing time.
Over the altar was a reredos of pinnace,
and box, with a raised arose in the 211717;
made by the Mires Pardon and the Misses
Mengel, on each side of the window were two texts of
Scripture. The lectern was trimmed with primroses
and violets, • wreath a choloe conservatory dowers,
with maiden-hair ferns, being round the eagle's
foot; this was <lOll4l by Mrs Chae. The pulpit,
the choir, and the enda of the reading desk, were
very prettily adorned by Miss Coombe, the
of the pulpit bearing "AM." X.R.," "L
and ay. and crown. The foot was grsaefully horlered
with primroses, and white go wen, by the MIMS
Button, and the windows artistically wreathed by
Mrs. Everett,
Doßsh-r COUNTY HOSPITAL

During the week wading April UM than have
been admitted :—ln-patients. 0; discharged, 2 ; Out-
Cate admitted, 7; discharged, 13; emergensies, 0;
I.—lmmediate, In the hospital, 41; out.
piwste OD the took; 213; casualties, 20; accidist, 1.
Pligekdao for the week, Dr. W. V. Lush ; surgeon for
the week, Mr. J. Good; hollso-surgoon, Mr. J. A.
Meseum.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

THE WEYMOITTIT Till74L BOARD PRO-
!MUTTON.

This case was resu—nied -Wednesday morning, before
• full Hooch of Magistrate.. Witnesses were further
called on behalf of the defends:4a, and Mr. Howard
addressed the Bench, pointing out the law on the case.
The Corporation had sued them for a nuisance, which
they asked them to abate. Defendants asked the
Bench to grant an order of prohibition. Mr. Stagg&li
replied, submitting the law on the paint. An order
was made to remove the nuisance forthwith. Notice
of appeal was rives.
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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

WIFE BEATING.

WIDERSDAT trzsairoos : Moro-Mr. G. Carme and

—• •
Mr. G. J. G. Gregory.
Walter Walnuts Nemesis, o young men, aged nark
WM brought up in custody charged with assaulting end
threatening his wife, Alice Ann Plowman—The cam-
phsineat, who vu allowed • seat on amount of being
new her continement. stated that on Monday night the
pitmen a'ke 1 her to curry out his wsrk. Bh. told hire she
ovum sot, when he imusedietely struck her In the eye,
candor It to swell sod diecolour, lie time struck her on
the side of the fon, making • black mark, kicked her,
and • lars. Hunt, who was in the room, told him to be
quiet, when be struck her in the face, and she ran out of
the room. When she went out he struck her tiebe solo
and she coiled oot, and Mr. L weirs/ and another neigh-
bour came sod remonstrated with him. She took outs
/ammo= peat day, and site, It wee served he smashed
all the tea things on the table, and tried to knock the
parlour door open with the butt end of his cohesion' gun,
and the police then own, sad stopped hiss. SU was
onstisually to leer that be would do her ease lajerr.—
Prissier ems ordered to find two sureties inpp each to
keep the peace for three months, sad In delimit to be
for three months —Prisoner went to geol.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15

PEBBLKS AND SHELL'i.

Our gallant home defenders, the Dorset Volunteers,
will, this year, very likely go under canvas at Burton
Bradstock. The popular tune to be played during
tl,e exhilarating outing will be—" Blow, breezes,
blow l"

The Weymouth Cricket Club ten doubtless, this
year have one of the beet 1111411t/1211 tkny have ever had
Besides having amongst their members some of the
best handlers of the willow to be found in any county
club, they hare the additional advantsee of haring •
gallant gentleman as the honorary secretary, whom
interest in cricket is as great as iik-lon of one of Eng-
lend's most popular games.

Past and present wee strikingly mantled in the
assemblage of the recipients of Sir darning kite .'s
excellent charity on letiday last ; the poet, in the
grey-headed seamen of the port, end the present, in
the youthful sharers of the deosassd's bounty. The
bun, the glass of wine, and the sovereign, are rolling
In c .mperison with the incalculable benefits conferred
upon the sons of the borough by placing a trade In
their fingers.
"The jolly dogs" will now 154 particularly noticed
by oar boys in blue, for c otstalAse are lob. employed
to detect persons totaling the law by keeping d,ge
wltlout licensee Partial fond of their doze nod not
over fond of paying for thou will have, if detected, to
"shell out," the penalty being Li.

Friend -- looked the perfect gentleman at
Waddon Vale last week. A young lady who backs
home was introlumai to the apparei.tly ep.irting scion
The remit was that not only did they do a hot: le of
"sham" together, but the fair hacker drew on --'s
pocket pretty freely. awl he retained to Wisym inth a
much lighter man than he went He was do..msd to
misfortune all the week. 116 odour is dark blue, and
he bet heavily on Oxford. On Saturday afternoon be
oimplained of a hail apprti.e, and it was noticed that
his temper was slightly rufflsl. He has suffered from
Cambridge fever ever sinus; but we are assured that
" - will soon be himself again I"

In " the good time alining," in Mudd',dom. there
Is no fear of slackness of w .rk en long ea " the where-
withal" is forthcoming. Mr. ti Jack.on, onr esteemed
townsman, etata• th..t It would take 5 003 years to
remove the mud from the Backwater, supposing it was
dons at the rate of 5 tone per month!

"Much ado about oothinr," is the popular play
being performed in Wein:l4lMb la-t week, and this,
and "more cry than wool" is the applause which
greets the zealous actors. The subject in the back.
ground as well as in the foreground it not an over nice
one to handle ; but the performers on both sidee are
lure of ultimate suooess, notwithstanding the prospect
of the piece being repeated in • higher court.
The Raster holidays are upon on, and visitors will.
doubtless be crowding to our town. Let them take
encouragement from the fact that Weymouth, ecoord•
lug to Dr. Tisird'a testimony, is one of the healthiest
towns In England.
DAIL LLSTILIS.