The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-09 00:00:00

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Ma. abweilfleo M.P.—Our Liberal member has
ernoivol t'.n ;Peet Leueur of being appott.l, hy
lI.R. Highness the Prise. of Wales. one of the jurors
at the Intern dlomal Kzbibitioo, V.onna -sod as he had
to leave Sag cool oa Weeleteda ',jest, he wse unable to
be peens. U tie 11/o^4 this yOSI.
WITM mini Lion, Taesday.--gentif I Handiesp—
Gossip, 1; 0 1020.. 2; Plural... 3; Bellserius also ran.
Manor Cup—Herbert, I ; Catep.s e, 2 ; Mariner oolt,
3; Mediator slop ran. lifoord staireo—tlemosires• I;
Victorious colt, 2; 13/0/11d' Cage, 3; flee ran. Mllee
Two-yeses-old Plate—Faany, 1 • Fits Roland filly, 2;
Mies Roland, 3. Horsetail. Stiokee—stiterthought, 1;
Atherstone colt, 2;_ Tramp, 3. Her Uneety's Plate—
merniegona walked over.
Teta NEW DAN ACAOIM tell BeettIVATII. —From
etunirioe watch wo Paoli made, Information has been
kitouly farnidoed us which entirely reeUedieti eerie"
ree orta corrent in the town, to the effect that the new
Into is • fellers. The work is now approaching 0301.
elation, and it fully angers. thn expectation of the
hairnet nod the mabieipal authorities Tee tffeat of
thn dam is now ileiely visible Cl neap tides, but of
'our.,, it est.nnt be fall aond aerl th• gate closed, until
Ur, wo'k is entirely Lose, and the drainage°, the Park
fully completed it too confidently believed tint the
roman .nt submerge.,. of tho Beckwakr wid be •
so.u'ce of mush lidebrity to the town end will remove
the obj•cuooehle appearance pretested b/ the mud-
banks .1 OW WittsT, and which •mntore have so long
awl I. u.liy oomplained of. Mr. Whateley fillet goys
the erork on the dain Is well executed, toed that when
completed the dem will he perfectly watert tht. The
o hot contract (No. 81 for Bedsides th., work, is about to
' he let, and there is every meson for believiug that the
whole sanitary work, including Use dam aerosol the
Backwater, eel the town drainage, will be •odefliPlig,"
for • soar considerably ceder Sir John Code's
eel hereto.
Visrr or f1.R.11. Pantos Ailltl3l.—Ou Tuesday
afternoon), after most of the sportive gentlemen hod
Sons off to the R 1124., • well-appointed yacht's gig with
• grollemtnly-lockicg young man at the stern abeeta
sot three others, qteetly pulled up the Harbour to the
tott's stops, and there Lead from her U.K-H. Prince
er bur. Tito Priam was istooptiro, and few noticed
hie arrival, but the name "Aloe" on the riband of the
yeehtomen's hats awoke curiosity, as it was known that
Pei. ea Arthur 6,1 some to Portland Roses in that
pack'. &quietus were, however, noel with looks of
mautned tenor.. on the paot of the tailors who put
tie mu off with the Isformation that the "Ociremodore
of the Claque Porte" had landed. Of °ours., It being
sold, ntly the desire of the visitor to be unknown, be
pronornad• op the Beplanade untetraded on.
Two of his companions west to the Reese; bet 11. R.ll.
returaed down St. Mary'...torest with his atelsede-eamp,
made a call at the establishnent of Mr. J. Vneent,
jeweller. and afterwards at the Covent Gard.' fraitery
shop. Ills bat', eo.w had been toll to wait for him
ant &boot half- oast tour, the expectant loyalists were
rewarded by set-log 11.5. 11. rooming towards the steps.
A inh, morel bad gathered there, and as the Pr..
stepped down and took the tiller ropes In his bandit,
Ur. Fowler, In eompany with Captain Case., led off
t.ree hearty cheers. 11.11.11. looked for aniomeit ear-
prieed at the reeegnitirm ; but he took off hie hat, and
bowed in aelmovriedrmeet cf the cheers and then the
blue jackets polled away. HER. was dressed as •
priests evaloonan, and looked in good health. His
oro hip th. Ifat.or was at • respeotfal distance, and
Set Iy to offer the esteem,. of Use town had the visit
been in any way • public' one.
DRATII or MIL Mellll3l,ll.—Mrs. Frank Matthews,
who has reliantly rib 01, was the slater of Mr. Upj ohn
of Weymouth. The following Is • notice of the 144
actress :—" Her maiden name was Adobe, which
denoted a Welsh origin, and her inalinations tending at
an early period towards the stage, she began her first
amities' experiernove in the West of &wised, some
members of the bind, having settled at Weymouth.
Her first appearance In London was made at tbor
Adelphi Theatre oa the 29:h November, 1822, as Kitty
Taylor, in Mr. Bookstalls'. barterer. of' Body Taylor.
Thii was the same year Mr. Prank Matthews made tie
metropolitan doled at the Lyeeum, and a stn.( atiaeh-
meet soon slier sprung up between the pair, which
ended it few yaws after to • happy marriage. When
Mr. John Kemble Cnapmen opened the City
Thootre,tn Milten-atreet, Cripple's., where the beet
*Wore of the day opnoaro4 from time to time, Mies
Ai jlLn—or Upjohn, sa else was then named—beesese •
no. mber of that euwllent company, and thee., I.
1835, the was transferred to the Lifter°, where she
so ed at. ler her merited aprollatioro, and pleyed with
gnat success a round of chareoters which effectively
stowed leer capabioities of °mi. impersonation. In Mr.
Oxenford's farce of 'My Fellow Clerk' her embodiment
of Juliet Snooks, in soosocietion with the Fanny Doh.*
of Was P. Herten (now Mrs German Reed) added
greatly to the fun of • merry trifle' exoeVently sup-
ported by Wrench, Oxberry, mad Mr. Robert Romer, as
Tester, Victim, and Fag. Whenever opportunity
offerad Mrs. Frank Matthews proved herself 1111 aetrens
of sterling ability, possessed of • peoalltrly orighoel
style, and for mvity ',srs afterwards she was rarely
absent tom the London boards. la the autumn of
1812 Mr. ant him. Frank Matthews mimed the ding-
won of 'he St. James's Theatre, where leer performance
in the highest rang of comedy will be remembered as
Canoe t trio • prominent position among tbe artists
who hove adorned tie modern stage. .Ifter the death
I her burbaud Mrs. Frank Matthews never returned
to tie boreods, and her toiling health most have pre-
. pared her fiends for the speedy doge of her earthly
Cl: 10er."