The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

HERSTON.

TnIPZISIOL—On Friday *vesting, Srd init., a tem-
perance owesiag was held in the Primitive Methodist
Chapel here. There was a fair attoodasos Shutt
madmen, with recitations and temperance melMise,
composed the programme of the meeting. Ilia Wins,
ol Code Castle, recited two very good p ease eapitstily.
Edmund WOOdrOW repeated " Jut and hie Herd Lamp"
rimiuksbly ; and several plisses were said by
Mary Sarah Stiokland in a wiry ereditable meaner. The
shairmas was Kr. Tatebell, of Kingston. We wish our
teetotal fries& gasser in their abstinence movement,
for wean sorry to say there is pkmty of room for their
sad oar most strenuous exertions is battling against
the giant tails ion for ;Wog drink, which le Um core
of mealy all ths mleohlet, poverty sod imtursoes, of
Ws very
e lee magist owl pleo attested little village.—
Omisofled.

nfit games awe Regiment of bomuiry Oimary
will amenable at Weymouth, as Saturday. ilth May, for
their mesa eight dare training end ezervbe.
Connie RsOcault AT Tars Poltr.—lt ts gratifYing
to And t at the boobies' of this port is 'totally inane-
We. la the finagielel year of 1086 the emboss' duties
"'"lntod is £10,071, Is 1867 they were £ll,lOO, end
1868 £12,666.
THI Ituimi.—On Friday afternoon last lir.
Potbeeary submitted to public anetioa, by order of tbe
owPorAtloh, lb. irou railings end atone work surround-
ing the rings, which realised £46. Mr. Charles Jest)
sad Mr. Waters were the pantheon.

AN UNWALOOKI BATS.—Os Thantlay afternoon
last, on the snivel of the Royal ojl from Goerrmsy. au*
of the quay porton aesidettally fell into the h•rbour,
eli,lst paling • large plaak on to the gasp With the
malamutes of his cotafrfna, he was reamed from under
one of the padils mitosis of the steamer, msd brought
on shots but little the none for his immersion.

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PSESIST4TIOII WO ens Rev. G. Pilifires.—Th•
testimonial of plate, subscribed for by the oongregstion
of Holy Ti laity oburekon the erasion of the relinquish-
ment by the Her. Orme Philippe, of the curacy of that
parish on his removal to Wool, was presented to the
rev. genders., together with an illuminated addrera
(in which his merits are liberally leaded, but in un.
✓enally good English) on Thursday tut, by • deputation
of the subscribers rad Mr. Philipps moresima his
mknowledgmente for their kind resoguition of his
The woman attending Mrs. Philippe's
"▪
mothers meethip" ham presented to that lady a
unique Bohemian vase.
Ellrloll.lloY Or Tell BollOori Polices—The Mayor
(J. Tirrd, has received the following oficial
letter from Adolphus T. 0. Liddell, Req. :—" To the
chairman of the Welch Committee—Deer Sir,—l
directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to inform you that be
has considered the inspector's report upon the state of
the police of your borough for the year ending the 29th
September lest, aed that he bee ihe satiate/lion of
certifying to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
that your polies has been maintained in a state of
during the whole year in the term of the 16
sec of the Alt 19 sad 10, Vic. 69."
Tie filiartoe.—During the put fortnight the
weather has been beautifolly doe, and, notwithstanding
the prevailing easterly wind., has been the means of
drawing • number of visitors to Weymouth, mach
Gerber than of late years. The lease of the pier Ma
again fallen into the hands of the Corporation, who
bare taken advantage of the neural lack of April
showers by pattiag the straeture under through
repair, and the tradespeople have followed in their
woke, and are actively making 'separations for the
eression of the Q.O R.Y.C. seat month_ With
gaped to sanitary matters the barrels wee never in
• better state. The whole draisag• in St. Mary.
Street sad St. Thomas-street is completed, end la the
seers. of another to tnietit the back streets in which
the now drain an being connected with the main sewers
will be finished. With improvements on both idea,
Weymouth deserves to receive an emersion of visitors
during the ensuing swaths, and we trust a roomful
Swop may ensue.
Mico's COMM.—The 201st anniversary of this
seers% charity was observed on Friday last in the usual
I way, by the trustees and the partieirtore of the bequest
Nesembling at the Guildhall ard prooreding to divine
series at at. Mary's church. The trustees present
were—J. A. Demuth, Req., 0. Arden, Esq., and J.
Syling, Esq. The number of apprentices who attended
ins 42, Modes whom there were ten old seamen, whose
ages averaged 81, the oldest being 88 and 89. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. A Dui lion, from
Job mil 9, "And be that bath dean bands shall be
stronger and stronger." After service the tru-tises anA
the rest returned to the Guildhall, where UM usual
rake end wise were distributed, and the gratuities dim
-
pared to each as were entitled to the same. Since th•
year 1838, there have been 326 poor children assisted in
obtaining strode, but, nefortinately. prior to that date,
Marrs. Arden and Son, ere amble to give the number
of tesioieuts to the charity, owing to the logs of the
record,
eIIsTIRIMI re ROCg.—ln the October number of
HardrickeeScinsacOostip, Was IL Pope, of Weymouth,
gave an ccount of • chrysalis found in • piece of rock
at the beak of the Noting fortifications, promising that
II the imsgo ever appeared to SODOSDeII it. In the
April number of the same serial, the sequel is
opened
as follow. :—"Ou Saturday last, by ranee I p
the boa where it ..s placed, rid, to my astosishanant.
saw an insect rapidly running to and fro. It bad but
jut emerged from the pupa ease, as the winp were not
developed until an hoar later. The insect, whir* at
first sight much resembles the common homely, is quite
new to me, but doubtless is well known to entomolo-
gists. It belongs to the Dioritro. The eyes an pro.
minent, antenna and palpi short; the auras is broad
(same width as head); the abdomen narrow and hairy'
tibia also hairy, with rows of strong bristles; the tarsi
hays ire distinct articialations, terminated by two
claws."
Lirrllter leeture ~On of the
Institutios was concluded on Wednesday evening by the
Rev. R. S. Ashton, who lectured as "Cathedrals." The
att./odium wee very numerous; the chair was taken by
Mr J. Landis, gen. Mr. AsLton's lecture is fairly
entitled to rank amongst the beet of the session. It was
wisely divested of all technical &WU, hut posuried
inficient architectural allusion to render it interesting,
and it was edmirably free from any sectarian bias. TM
symbolism embodied in cathedrals was ably treated,
and the "sensor in stones," whir our glorious ecclesi-
astical buildings so eloquently preach, were placed
h. foie the athionces In • very pleasing manner. Monas-
Ileum in it, urima orders end ramifications received
impious mention, and it was clearly slioen how o•the.
deals hors the Wove* of the thought sot sentiment of
the middle ages. The lecture was illeetratal with
a variety of essakiab logeods. misted is • matt .at
taming meaner, am was throughout indicative of great
reamer and reined seboluship. At the conclusion the
rev. gentleman was warmly applauded, and • vote of
thanks wee ebserfally accorded him.
New WIIILLTAY Cisritt...—The Wesleyan. of Way.
mouth having mere* • magnificent place of worship
and being comfortably settled therein, determined to
obtain as organ. They purebred an instrument in
Bristol which had previously been used at the Wesleyan
Chapel in Langtons.treet. It is placed at the met end
of the chapel, and is very plain in ezterior, but
its roe more than compensates for the short-
comings of the outside. The opening services took
plus on Thursday 'sat, Mr. U. Thome, assistant
organist of St.. John's Church, being the performer.
No particular departure from the ordinary service of
the chapel been rade, there was liWe room for the
organist to display his own or the capabilities of the
organ; but snob mope as was afforded showed that the
instrument for its sue, pormes several good features.
rho great organ (Ice octaves), FF to F has seven stops,
viz.: —Stop diapason (bees), stop diapers (treble), open
diapason, principal, twelfth. fifteenth, and trumpet,
end comprises UT pipes. The pedal pips' are ten, CCC
to E (two pipes to ear nor). The swell organ has
three octaves, F to F, and comprises: Stop diapason,
open diapason, principal, hautboy, sorer (three ranks),
and trumpet, embracing 296 pipes. There is om
ampler. Altogether there are 14 stops sad 613 pipes.
width, 71t. lie.; depth. i(t. Sin.; height, Life La.
A very handsome 00121101114011 table and chair, have
been added to the furniture of the charL Tim sermiell
at both service@ was preached by the Rev. C. Orono,
of Bristol. After the evening revise Mr. Thorne
played the "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Bing late
God." with great ability, end brought out the qualities
of the instrument to great advantage. Between the
services a tea meeting look place, at which about 2110
were present. The colleetloas at the repel amounted
to about £9, and are to be plead to the organ fund. •
similar sum was derived from the proeeeds of the tee,
and will be appropriated to the district fund.
Ma. oeoesirn at WEI LITSIU,ZY LIM Sciserritel
Isimettrog. —G. Grosgrain., Req., the celebrated
lecturer to the Russell Institute, Loedo., gave bie
popular and laughable entertainmeet, on Needay
evening, at the literary end Scientific buil/adieu.
The entertainment was entitled •• The World belied
the Footlights," being a eases at life as portrayed by
the hare end heroines of the stage. There was •
very amain attendees:ie. The lecturer kept his
&odious. Mehl, amused by his graphic and laid sketch
of every-day life behind the scree. Mr. Ormanith,
after apologising for the unavoidable Messes of Dr.
William Vandry Lush, who was to have taken the
chair, said laftor glancing al the empty suet.) be wee
afraid the inhabitesta of Weymouth were not lovers
of the desolates art. He, however, was pleased
to find he had before him so evaporable an
asclionee, who no doubt would give him an attritive
hearing. The illustrations he was shoat to bring before
their notice included • portrait gallery of etre tome.
The lecturer then eommenced with • sketch of Brother
Sam, at the Haymarket, end In bis great gathering of
oelebrities in Bastelluquare, Bloostabery, to inaugurate
the Penny Reading movement, whim Mr. Benjamin
Webster took the Muir, he woe 'WM aesesing, mralll7
I. his deseripties of returning Karts to the toast of the
*using, "The Dramatis profession," where upwasels of
60 gentlemen roes simaltaaeously to respond to the
toast, Ile Mustrated the Rev. Mr. Bellew, Mr. B.
Keeley, Mr. Where (Lord Dendreary), Kr. Boekstose,
Mr. Pechter the eminent Freer orator, Mr. Boneismult.
Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Owes sod Mr.
Charles Keen, not forgetting Mr. Theresa Tel
with great lucidity, whir drew forth frepiest be=
applause. The lecturer eoneluded his enterminment by
glens. • sketch of Artem us Ward's original estertainment
at the Egyptian Hall, but whilst he paid • high tether
to the talent of the dreamed artists and litersteur, be
pressed rather hardily on the publishers who brought
out his works (ea the Maurer Kissed) in a piratical
manner. Mr. Grosinnith emphaticolly desired they bad
reaped hundreds by the speculation, though "Poor Ward
neszerwaretvedwa slegoolit. hajpeorryeaok.." His sketch
lismio f
brought a very pleasaat realm to • area