The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-25 00:00:00

admirably adapted for gatherings of this Irind. Being POOLM
unfinished, so far ma decorating is °enures& it was seen I ..wezzoitet Lire Boar lweerrozaTh. —Mr. G. B.
somewhat at • disadvantage, .till it is • specious and Aldridge has been appointed treasurer and secretary
convenient erection, and will be an imp rtant ac- to the Pool* branch of this noble institution, in the
quisition to the public dining-rooms of the town, place of Mr. Richard Penney, who has left the
The Preiddent of the club, W. E. Brymer, Esq., ajughhcarhoud.
M.P., occupied the chair, upportad by Colonel Clark- Masonic.—The new Masonic Hell, said to be the
eon, Mr. A. LL Lock, Mr.F B. Fisher, Mr. Coombs, finest in the county, was opened on Wednesday with
Mr. Hu:table, Mr. Thackeray, and Mr. Newton. all the ceremony and eclat that attend such ocsasious.
; The Mayor (W. Darden, Esq.), took the vioe-chair, The proceeding" as fax es the outside public are con-
being supported by the captain of the club. Mr. earned were, of course, strictly private.
Chula. Parsons, the honorer,' secretary, Mr. S. Allen, DRAT/L—A well-known and much respected former
Mr. T. M. Morgan, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. J. Robiason, inhabitant of this town has just died at Southampton
and other friends and members of the club. The —Hr. G. Coeur. He warn brotherin-law to Mr. Supt.
attendance was very large, and the prouedings were of • Hunt, of this town, and father of the chief -eons table
hearty and enjoyable c of Portsmouth. He kept the New Inn, Loneliest,
The dinner was provided by 'Mrs. Dunn in her well, for many year&
known style and gave the greatest satisfaction. HARVEST THANK3GlVlNG,—Thankegiving services
Grace having been said, for the harvest were held at Longfieet church on tiundsy
The CHAIRMAN reel and proposed, in loyal terms, last. The edifice was neatly and prettily decorated,
"The health of the Queen,' a tout which was most and the singing of the choir was much appreciated.
cordially received. The rector, the Rev. ble Williams, preaches morning
In giving "The health of the Prince and Princess of aad evening. ett the latter service the atteudance was
Waled and the rest of the Royal Family," the CHAIR- es great that hundred' were unable to obtain ad'
4N referred to the great want of a cricket and general iniasioni
recreation ground, and remarked that if proper tepee" THR &tearoom Amer.—The Exeter Magistrates
oontatione were Made to thelDOchY authorities they having prohibited the processions of the rielvation
would very probably grant a piece of ground some- Avniy, the Weal Captain means to show fight He
where in the neighbourhood which could be converted kas communicated with his "General," and now tell"
be that use. (Applause). the guardians of law and order in Exeter that they
" The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces" was pro- have no right to interfere. Ile denies the power of
posed by Mr. V. COOMBS, and coupled with the names any Horne Office official to alter the Law of the land,
of Colonel Clarkson for the Army, Captain Brymer and intends giving the police notice °I intended pro-
for the Yeomanry, and quartennaster-Serguat cession,, so that the matter can be tested. the
!tummy for the Volunteers. (The tout was drunk prooesnons are, however, " Captain " Davey adds, to
with enthusiasm), be stopped at present.
Colonel CLARKSON said as he had reap oriel for the Bartz MaTCH.—A wretch was shot at Hamworthy
army on the previous evening, he would for a change on Tuesday hem..n eeeea men each of the I
say a few words on behalf of the N avy. He had Bournemouth, and Wareham corps. There was •
travelled by ewe a good deal, and always in men-of war, strung wind blowing at the time, sod the scores were
and he could only say that so long as the navy was as below the average. The Bournemouth men were the ;
good as it was now, there would net be much need of victors with a total of 417 point.; Poole was second
the Volunteers to defend cur shorts. with 386, and Warehsin came in a good third with 377.
Captain SHUR& made • humorous speech in Sergeaot Bridle of the Wareham curia made the top
responding for the Yeomanry. So long as they were score, 69, and Private Riddell of the Poole company
yeomen, they would be ready to do their duty when- was second with 67.
ever required. SHIPPING INTLLIIGIMCL—ArrivaIe : October 13—
Quartermaster-Sergeant &MIT, as representing Alliance, Russel, Lowe", nil; Diadem, Morrison,
the volunteers, said he had been privileged to be a Newcastle, male 16—tarea, Summers, Plymouth,
member of the force for *machine like 22 years. The stone ; Enterprise, Turner, Cherbourg, ballast. 16
volunteer force had been attteed with great deal Jouph and Ann, Yyna, ciorithton, nit. 17—Emma
of good in this country. For many year past they Maria, Warner, chkheehve; nil; Mary, jewitt, Yee.
had had the opportunity of being under osevas and mouth. ; h;mvaa, Dye: Yarmouth; nil; Diver,
working side by side with the regular army, and had Pfte, Yarmouth, nil; dnvorila, McKenna, Hartlepool,
thus been able to find out some of the hardships and oeol. 18—Lydia, Dobsoo, Alloa, coal; Gaataliel,
privations o.: the soldier's life. It had also shown the Jennings, Hull, oilcake • Stability, idlickland, 86.
country generally what the volunteer* would Hs, ake : 13.1-Septimue, Oscoliam, Port-
end would do should ever their urvioes be land, nil; Mary Jane. g,cjaeep Dundee, clay;
required. (Hew, hear.) They were looked upon eclualcdcee; mew,. Lwow; clay; fevahcia and demi;
now, throughout the length and breadth of the land, edeoo. London, clay, 15—Zoom, Norton, London,
ea °se of the instituVions of the country, and he had clay. Alice, Dale, Landon. day ; huppolytd,
no doubt should ever the time arrive when they were Wdltains, Newcastle, ballast; Stability, Stickland,
wanted they would, every man of them, be found to do &salad, pipe", 17—Kelpie, dem*, ttnnoorn, clay;
risk duty as Englishmen. (Applause.) Jitt, iTeddin, Runcorn. clay; Economy, Hawes,
The CHAIRMAN gave "The health of the Mayor and London, clay.
Corporation. of the Borough." The Mayor and Cor-
poration, be was sure, did everything they could for the
good of the borough in gamiest and, as for the Mayor
personally, he was respected sod esteemed by all his
tallow-citizens. (Applause)
The MAYOR add the members of the Corporation
did everything they could for the good of the town,
and in every possible way tried to retrench and keep
the rates as low ma passible for the benefit of the rate-
payers. They must all be aware that dating the last ;
two r-irs there had been a great deal of work going
on in the town, and consequently the rates had been
higher than would otherwise have been the cue They ;
had completed the water supply of the town, and he
was happy to say that the new drainage scheme was '
going on step by step toward, completion. With
regard to the want of a cricket field, the Corporation
were greatly in hopes of securing the field where they
originally played, and they had communicated with
the Duchy who had also communicated with the
tenant holding the land, but he was sorry to say
they had not succeeded, and he was afraid they would
not be able to get that field. Still if any other
opportunity offered Buell, they might depend upon it
the Corporation would melons sight of it. (Applause.)
Mr. eUtarre Loci, on behalf of the Corporation, ;
said a 4 members of that body they had a no small teak
rat before them. There wen weighty questions before ,
them at the present time, and in everything they had
to consider two matters—first, how to gave the rates,
and then that the work should be carried out satis-
factorily. He thanked them for associating his name
with the toast, and he could assure them that so long '
as it pleased them to send him to the Council he should
take an independent °ours@ and endeavour to the best
of his ability to do his duty there. (Applause.) If ,
the Corporation could ever in any way uaist the ;
Cricket Club he could assure them they should have ;
his voice and co-operation. (Applause.)
Mr. T. Coouas, having had to respond so frequently
for the Council lately, feared he was lapsing into the
state of being a perpetual respondent for that body.
It reminded him of the well-known Americth writer,
Mark Twain who, being called upon a greet number
of times, said "Gentlemen, a morbid desire for
originality prevents my saying this is the proudest
moment of my life, and am I have nothing to say I
will sit down." (Laughter.) He thanked them for
coupling his name with the toast. (Applause.)
The MAYOR then propoped " The health of their
President and Borough Member, Mx. Brymer," as a
gentleman whom they all knew and very much
respected. He had done everything he possibly could
for the club both in trying to get • ground and also by
helping them with his subscriptions. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN said there was more glorious
game in the world than crioket, and if at any time he
could ever be of any use to the Dorchester club he
should be only too glad. (Applause.) He could not
say that the county of Demerit excelled in cricket,
although they certainly ought to. They had several
who would have made Bret-class cricketers if 'hey had
kept it up. but they had left it off, and now they had
very few first-class cricketers 61 they might to have.
A few years ago Sherborne took a decided lead in the
cricket world, and many of their boys got into first.
class elevens. If Dorset did not do better than some
of the other southern counties, he was afraid that
cricket south of the Thames would soon be of little
avail. Referring to the recent "split" in the Notting.
ham County Club, he said such things as that were
most disastrous to cricket. He could only say that
when cricket developed into a money game it would
very soon go down. Cricket was the means of doing •
great deal of good by bringing out all the beet qualities
of the young men of England, and he should
always endeavour to support it. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave in warm terms the health
of the "Captain of the Club," Mr. C. Parsons. Ile
bad done a great deed, if not wore than anybody
fee cricket in Dorchester. Fished been known to them
for a great number of years, and he was known to them
as one who, In whatever he undertook, always did it
lathe beet of his power, and his "power" as they knew
waa not small. (Applause.) As in cricket so in all his
public duties, he displayed the same good qualities, and
for his kindness and civility to him in his bilinear
connections he could not say too much. (Applause.)
Mr. C. PARSON. thanked Mr. Brymer for the kind
way in which he had proposed his health. With
regard to the dab they had had • very good year—
they had won eight out of 13 matches; which consider-
ing this to be the first season of the new club was very
eo3rL (Hear. hear.) The want of a field was a great
arawbsok to the success of the club. Had it not been
for the kindness of Mr. Martin they would not have
had any wicket at all this year. They had been beg.
log to obtain • very nice ground rented by Mr. Mayo.
ehet Sanaa, with his natal kindness, granted them
to play there—(hear, hear)—hat they had to
consult his landlord, General Henning. He wrote a
very polite letter to him, but he regretted to say he
would not allow them to play. They were then driven
up into a oorner, but through Mr. Blartin's kindness
they had been enabled to use the piece of ground near
the'Lood's Mill. But beiog so far away it was • great
drawbeck, and it had been very difficult to get as good
• muster as he should like. They had now every
reason -o hope that Mr. Pope would grant theme piece;
of ground not far from the town. (Applause.) It they
succeeded in getting that they might be enabled to
make a good general recreation ground for Dorchester
which was very much wanted. (Hair, hoar.)
The "health of the Vice-captain, Mr. W. J.
Darden," was proposed by the CHAIRMAN, and in
response.
Mr. INIRDEN said, thanks to the energy of the
captain, he had had very little to do. They had got on
very pleasantly together, and he believed they had
tried to do the best they could for the good of theclub.
(hteplature.)
TM MAYOR proposed the health of Mr. Allen the
secretary, whose serving were very valuable.
liThairarie =MART regretted the affairs of the club were
not in such a happy state, financially, as be could wish.
Having referred to the number of matches played, viz.,
eight won and five lost, which he considered to
be satisfactory, he regretted they were something
like .ClO behind. He hoped, however, in • short time
to increase their funds and to put • better face on
matters. Of coarse being the first year they had had
to purchase everything, and they had now • certain
amount of "stock in hand. The expense, had been
heavy in every resoect, but he hoped that next year
instead of being £lO in debt, they would be RIO to the
good, (Applause.)
"The health of the Umpire," Mr. T. G. Bryer, was
proposed by Mr. T. M. Wawa", and cordially drank.
Mr. Been said if he hid done anything during, the
meson to forward good cricket, be was repaid for
all be bed done. (Applause.)
"The Vieltors" were duly toasted, and Mr. Dron
made an admirable speech in acknowledgment.
Mr. F. B. FISHIM, proposed "The health of the
Ladies," who were represented by Mr. THACKIIRAY.
" The Prowl" and the health of the Metes., were
proposed. Mr. DRON replied on behalf of Mrs. Dunn.
Excellent songs were sting, and a very agreeable
evening was "pent.
WRY/ROUTH.
TER 34C1r/CiPAL Etzemz.—The four out-going
oounoillon for Melcombe Regis Ward are ft-nomin-
ated, vis , Mr. Deno', (L), Mr. Graham (C), Mr.
Nagger (C), end Mr. Webb (L) ; and Mr. W. T. Ayles-
bury (C), who was formerly in the Council and his
also contested a seat in the Weymouth Ward, is also
nominated, so that a contest appears lorminent for
Ifelcombe Regis. On the Weymouth side Mr. R.
Ayles, shipbuilder, and Mr. T, S. Wallis are renornin,
lard, unopposed, so that all the enitement will this
year be confined to the Melcombe Regis Ward,
STULING WOOD AND COKR.—On Saturday, before
Dr. Drew, J. Lundie, Esq., and J. Robertson, Esq.,
saptenrosepileidwagrtylayoqtai ;:r.ri laundress,
nr y.
..ofertimwasaneyor:Ranin&regtvirchey.kmetwferomhri
greet, when he saw the prisoner at a bacm.Y:khr:aarciled
yesterday
eOUle wood in her head and somittidog to her apron,
which she threw overboard, and she hid the wood
behind • large baulk of timber, whewe he took it and
b-ought it home, and afterwards mire it to Mn. Ferry.
Afterwards he dredged for some coke under the bridge,
where the primmer threw away the contents of her
eveco.—Mrs. Eliza Ferry said prisoner had occasionally
worked for her as a charwoman, and the prisoner had
access to her yard, where she kept her wood and oak.,
and she identified the piece of wood produosd.—
Prisoner said she took away the wood, but with no
intention of stealing it, but Intending to retire it. She
was born and bred in the town, and could have six
good character,' and never was in the Coast
tefore In her life—Fined 10s., including cute
irtht
withar with