The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-18 00:00:00

WaYNO 17TH.

Sour FOR TEI POOL—The sudden advent of cold
frosty weather has given another occasion for benevo-
lence, and soup kitchen, have been opened by the
committee at Mr. Bartlett's Nicholas-street, and Mr.
Abbott'L. Crescent-street, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
THI raorosso PBONINADI PIER. —MeM°dal. in
behalf of a promenade pier, north of the Belvidere,
and declaring a belief that such a pier am that proposed
by the Marine Piers Company will be most advanta-
geous to Weymouth, have been signed by something
like 1,300 inhabitants, including ratep tyers who pay
about two-thirds of the rates of the borough.
WOILILING MIN'S CLUB, —WO observe with satisfac-
tion that this gift of Mr. Henry Edwards to the work.
log classes is becoming more and more appreciated by
the very class for whom it was designed. Nightly the
reading-ro mi is well filled by readers and chess players,
and the bagatelle room is also quite sufficiently
patronised. Artisans are taking their proper ',owe,
sion of the club, instead of the visitors mostly mu-
sitting of the middle class.

SHIPPING INTILLIGINOL—ArtioaIs : Great Western,
Blampied, Cherbourg, general; South ot Ireland,
Yearn, Cherbourg, geuerel ; Brighton, Fells. Jersey,
general,. Cygnus, nigher, Jersey, general; Nantglyn,
Price, Portland, coal; Wallsoe, McCornacle, Dunkirk,
ballast; Ben Nevis, Jacobs, Loden,
South of Ireland, Perim, Cherbourg, general; Great
Western Blauipied, Cherbourg, general; Brighton,
Falle,Jersey, general ; Cygnus, nigher, Jer-ey,
general ; Nantglyn, Price, Portland, coal; Zye,
Attwooll, Poole, ballast; William Dyer Hayward,
Guernsey, ballast ; Ben NOV* Jacobs, London, nil;
Naotglyn, Prim. Fowey, ballast.
COLLISION or A BAILQUIAND • Smilax—On Friday
last there was towed into Weymouth Harbour for
repairs the barque Wallace, of New York, bound for
Cardiff in ballast. The Wallace reports having been
In a colliaion with a steamer between the Isle of
Wight and Portland. The steamer's name is un-
known; but she is supposed t have been either
American or British, as at the time of the oollision,
those on board the barque heard a shout on board of
her—" Stand from below i” but she went on. 'The
Wallace, which haa divided topsails, lost both topsail-
yards from each of the fore and mainmasts, also her
fore and main lower yards, and sustained some slight
damage to her hull. She Iles opposite the Cove, aud
Is repaired by Mr. R. Ayles.
QUINT Max • Viorrit o Dimr..—On Tuesday last,
Jonathan Bolt was summoned for having been drunk
and riotous.—P.C. Bartlett found him drunk on the

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West Plain on Sunday morning; he was halloaing
and shouting, he got down, and it was necessary to get
assistance in order to convey him to the station; in
fact, the constable said be was more like • madman
than anything else.—Mr. Supt. Vickery gave the man
a good character, saying he was very quiet and well-
behaved.—Defendant explainei how it was—the old
story —a little beer had overcome him.—The Chairman
expressed sorrow at seeing him in such a position, and
fined him se. and 5. costa—Mr. Roberts also exhorted
the prisoner, as he is • respectable man, to avoid
intoxicating drink.
FANCY BALL.—On Friday last, at the Weymouth
Restaurant (Mr. and Mrs. (.00ke's), • fancy dress ball
was given under the auspices of Major and Mrs.
Mallock, itc. The passage leading to the room was
covered with • pretty trellis-work of evergreens, the
room itself being most tastefully adorned with various
flags of European nations, evergreens and abundance
of choice Bowers gracefully arranged, the camellias
being abundant and charming. Jones's band provided
the music, Mr. Thorne being at the piano, an I dace-
I lug, which commenced at little after eigl.t, was kept
up till after midnight. Among those present were:—
Colonel and Mrs. Fanny, Mr,. Thresher, Colonel and
Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Bridge, Mr. Bridge, ML4a Creighton,
the Miss 'I regarthena, itc. In the "Pinaf .re" dance,
Muter Thresher appeared as Admiral Hardy;
Master Dickenson, Captain Outram ; Master Penny,
midshipmite ; Miss Thresher, Buttercup; Masters
Creighton, Simpson, Scott, and Dickenson as men-of-
war ; and Mrs. Penny, Miss Grimstone, and Miss
Mallock also appeared in various characters of H.M.S.
Pinafore.
Portmest Lectroax.—We announce a popular lecture
by the Rev. Arthur Mursell, of Birmingham, at the
Assembly-room, Cooke's Restaurant, on the 26th inst.
The subject w.ll be "Wanderings at Waterloo," and
we understand that Mr. Atursell has been lecturing
with much success all over Scotland, and last week in
London. He I. an accomplished man, who has
travelled much, and observed narrowly, in America,
for instance, as well as other parts, and with so
cosmopolitan an experience and such general accept-
ance, he is certain to give his Weymouth hearers a
great treat. ttesides description and reminiscences of
• personal visit to the great battle-field, the lecture
includes .pirited recitals of the ptincipal scenes in that
decisive tight; Hong 'wont and La Hays Sainte being
sketched, the weeny.' and dogged "squares" are
formed under the mind'e eye of the listener, who
hears again the inspiring cry—" Up, guard., and at
'em l" We are also told of the brave Ponsonby and
Picton, and towards the close the lecturer proves
Waterloo a happy day for France, resentment is
buried, the olive branch offered and accepted, and the
vulture repulsed by the .love.
MIL EDWARD'S BLANK ITS TOE THE POOL —Our
Liberal member's annual gift is providing for every
poor aged couple a pair of good blankets, and on
Saturday 100 were provided, the claims of 86 appli-
cants being admitted; but probably rather more than
100 will eventually have been supplied this year. The
very best qualities of blankets were selected by dis-
criminating judges, and on Saturday morning Mr. W.
Page, assisted by Mr. J. E. Robens, distributed the
warm gifts at the National Schoolroom, one being
presented to each applicant who had made out his or
her case, not having had two before. Mr. Edwards is
determined that the gift shall be really acesseible for
keeping the recipients warm, and so, in order to pre-
vent their going to any "uncle," each blanket is
stamped—" Gift, H. Edwards." Several other cases
remain to be dealt with; but 160 tickets, worth 2e.
each, were distributed. These are for supplying owners
with groceries to the value named, and will enable 160
families to indu'ge in tea, sugar, and other acceptable
things, and doulstless the health of Mr. Edwards will
be sincerely and heartily drunk at many a ''free break-
fast table."

REMOVAL Or THL PILIBPIIIL —The repair of the
decrepit Pile-pier sill be, from appearances, so
thorough that the wooden part will be rebuilt rather
than repaired in the ordinary sense. Inspection of the
wooden part enables any one to see how far gone even
the deck, farthest removed from the action of the sea
and the worm., has become, while thaws parts below
which have gone beyond the age of pile-piers by some
six or eight years, must have been in a desperate state
before the renewal was decided on. The plans for
" repair" include the lining of the sheet piling with
five feet of concrete, the "deck" will be to thoroughly
renewed that it will hemn effect snother,and an immense
stack of creosoted memel baulks are provided, to be
the new piles, in fact, somewhere about £l,OOO worth
of material, it has been estimated, has been deposited
on the end of the pier for the work. The contractor,
Mr. Jesty, and his 'sub," Mr. Roper, are getting on
with the work at every available hour, the railing has
been entirely removed from the wooden part, and the
material is in a forward state, so much so that pile-
driving commenced on Monday.
FIrTY-rOOll POUNDS OF TOBAOOO 8110GOLIA—A
rather extensive seizure of tobacco was made at the
beginning of this week by Mr. Stephen Hood, one of
I the principal officers of Customs at this port, the prize
amounting to no less than 54Ibs. of 'foreign mann.
factored, ' which was found in the stokehole by one of
Mr. Hood's men. On Tuesday, before W. Talbot,
Esq. (in the chair), B. Hopkins, RN., Dr. Drew, J.
R. Robens, Req., and T. Abbott, Req., Thomas Wat-
son, who is employed en board the Cygnus, was
brought up charged with smuggling the tobacco. Mr.
Hood ...id that be boarded the Cygnus on her arrival
from the Channel Islands. and one of his Meg found
541bs. in the strike-hole.—Dr. Drew: Was it done up
In the usual flat packages ?—Witness said yea, in
separate pound packets, 10th.. apart from the rest. He
asked for a remand for seven days, in order that the
Treasury might be communicated with.—The magis-
trates asked whether a remand until Friday would not
be enough, and Mr. Hamilton Price, Collector of
Customs, who was on the Bench, consulted with them.
It was remarked that an answer eould be obtained
from the Treasury by Friday, and the Bench remanded
only until that date, the prisoner having to remain in
custody until then.

THE METROROI.OI3IC.AL REPORT.
I 11 ‘rometer. ' Tierrnomater. Wind. Wea her.
8 4 mid• 8 4 I mid- 4 g: 8
a. in.lo m. nt •mp m! night pm. p in.
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• 80.*.13130.151 40 41 41 N 6 3 Cioudy
. 30. 91 311 43 43 , 41 NE IsCnu ly
3018.308610.34 40 41 40 NE 6 C6l/111i,
3035:30 430.431 35 39 •37 6 5 Clem
30,4030.4u3031 33 34 34 K 4 Clou Iy
30.4810 14130 19 SS 17 I 37 INK 4 Clmdy
1086.1.1:34.9019 85 37 36 80 1 $ Cloudy