The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-25 00:00:00

POOLE.

RAI% —A pooronte for the parish of St. James'
(Is. 81. for the quarter ending March 25M) was signed
by the Bench on Thursday.
PARTNIRSHIP Dittacn.vsn.,--Oakley, Brothers, corn
merchants, of Poole and Wareham, have dissolved
partnership as regards E. C. Oakley.

THE WEATHER. The warning received from
America of heavy easterly gales, with snow and severe
cold, has been fully justified in the South of England.
In Poole on Monday night, the wind began is blow a
hurricane. On Tuesday morning it had risen to even
• greater height, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow,
which was whirled in blinding eddies as high as the
house-tops. The wind fell a little towards evening,
.I
but on Wednesday the storm was renewed in all It.
violence. On Thursday there was a sharp frost, and 1
the morning broke bright and clear and much '
milder. Some of the country roads are impassible, the
anew having drifted in places to the depth of six or
eight fart. The 8 unerset and Dorset Railway ceased
rutting trains on Tuesday, when a Rath train with
three engines and a snow plough managed to get as
far as Blandford. Previous trains were about six
hours late. Our own beautiful meteorological ofilce
prophesied for us " Eseterly winds," fresh, dull,
snome snow, • little milder.

PooLi Samoa' Bran —ln the Poole Savings' Bank
there are 909 accounta, of this number 274 may be
said to belong to artisans, servants, and small trades-
men, whilst the other 36 ive made up of the accounts
of three penny banks, 14 charitable societies, and 12
friendly societies. There were 34 accounts at the end
of the year, which, with iutemt, "did not exceed £1
each," in fact in all they only amounted to £7 11s. 71.,
which would be less than 4. 6d each depositor. Thee.
depositors, however, are n,t to be despised, because if
the bank books could be inspected It would probably
be found that some of the present larger balances once
had an insignificant beginning. The next upward
grade are balances of £l, and not exceeding £5. Of
these there are 41. There are 20 balacces above
£5, and not exceeding £lO ; 18 above LIO, and
not exceeding £l5; 16 above £l5, and not exceeding
£2O; 111)0V0 £9O, and not exoeeding ;23 above
£3O, avid not exceeding £4O; 18 above £4O, and not
exceeding £5O ; 21 above £5O, and not exceeding £75;
19 above £75, and not exceeding £100; 17 above £lOO,
and not exceeding £125; 11 above £1245, and not
exceeding £150; 14 above £l5O, and not exceeding
2200.

SHIPPING INTILLIOINCL—drrivaIs : January 1,6—.
Genevra, Masters, Swanage, stone. 14—Johnny Boy,
Burrell, Southampton, wheat ; Spruce Bud, Arnold,
Fa ham, ballast. 15 Maria, Glnp, Faversham,
wrist ; Hopewell, Willa Swanage, 1111 ; Little Jane,
Harper, Plymouth, maize. 16—Brother, conwom
Swanage, stone; Golden Sheaf, Rickett, etre,
coals; Acorn, King, Portsmouth, ballast ii—
Ann, Brown, St. Helen's, nil; Caroline, Wood, Sea,
fish —Sailing. : January 13—Clyde, Sandy, New-
castle, ballast ; Minnie, Moore, Glasgow, clay;
Geraldine, Stokes, London, clay. 14—)Wea, Quack
c,owe., pipes; Little Dove, Kelleway, Cowes, pipes ;
Helena, Yrozzart, Portland, nil; Mark That, Smith,
Portland, nil ; Sarah, Thompson, Portland, nil ; Lord
John Rumen, HiVIG. 5w3;44-93; ; Pranci*, Hyena,
Carnarvon, ballast ; Agenoria, Brown, Bristol, clay;
Conqueror, Hammond, Rochester, clay; Alice, Dale,
London, clay. 15 —Awlo Saxon, Angell London
clay ; Lovely Cruiser, Mint, London, cla'y ;
SteUa
Clark, London, clay ; Bittern, Woolf, London, Clay;
Rather, Wilcox, Plymouth, cement. Emma, Conway,
Cowes, pipe.; Little Reaper, Peal, Runcorn, clay;
Secret, Numerly, Guernsey, ballast ; Pleiades, Dow-
land, Swanage, nil. 17 LIM, Allis. &m-
-em:, clay.

Wney HAWN MID BAST DONOR 817SDAT &MOO&
UNION.—The sienna' meeting of this association was
held on Tuesday last, but otdng to the inclemency of
the weather very few assembled, excepting the
secretaries and • few of the delegates. At three
o'clock • meeting was held in the Bible class-room at
the Congregational Schools, Akinner-street. The
secretaries' and treasurer's reports were read and
adopted ; with but one or two exceptions the committee
and officers for the year were re.elected. In the even-
ing • tea was provided at the Baptist Schoolroom,
Hill-street, but only about two dozen persons partook
of it. It was announced that • public meeting would
be held at the Baptist Chapel in the evening, but front
the cans, we have mentioned this could not be 11030111-
plisbed.
Ma. Sartfee 00PCSST.—On Monday evening last
the grand concert f high class music, announosd Lobe
given by Mr. Smith, organist of the parish church of
St. James, and resident professor of music in Poole,
was given in our Town Hall, and, in spite of bad
weather and other drawbacks, the building was found
too small for an audience, which evidently was bent
no testifying to the high Meow in which Mr. Smith
Is held in this neighbourhood, MA, for his unselfish
readiness at all time, to help others, and for Ms high
attainment in the musical profeedon. It must be very
gratifiying to Mr. Smith to know that his "bill of
fare" for the evening, although entirely classic in its
character, commanded two hours of patient and attest.
tive listening from • well-packed audience which wee
demonstrative in its signs of approval. Kr. Smith's
pianoforte playing formed, as it should on such an
occasion, a prominent and charming feature of the
performance, and he wee further assisted in this
department by Miss B. Jenkins (we believe aa
advanced pupil of Mr. Smith's), who bids fair to
become on accomplished player. In the vocal selec-
tion we were pleased to greet Miss GiUard. who gave
Schumann's sequence of eight song., "Woman's
Love," and Bltimental's, "The Requital" (original
accompaniments), and al'n took part in Rossini's daet,
thinque in ion," from "II Berhiere de &alas," in
all of which she acquitted herself faultlessly. Mrs.
Philpotta favoured the audience with Cowan', air from
"Th. Anse Maiden," " Bloom on my &nes," with
her accustomed skill and acceptation. Mr. Percy Smith
gave "Sirs, your tome," from Blast's opera of " Car.
men," and also became " Figaro " to Miss Gilley'',
"Rosins," in the duet '' Dunque son," and, possess-
ing • very rich and agreeable -1)164,m Mae and good
method, we shall be pleased to hear him again, and
predict for him, as • singer, • rising future. Alto-
gether Mr. Smith'e oonoert forlBBl was • great snoctes,
let us bops only to be repeated annu ally.
Tows Gmuott.—On Tuesday morning Mt a meet-
ing of the Town Council of this borough woe held at
the Town Hall, when there were present :—The
Mayor 01 Curtis, Req.), in the chair; Ald-rmen J.
Buckley and J. J. Norton; Councillors R. Aldridge,
T. Buckley, H. Former, C. T. Marston, and W.
Waterman.—Mr. Marston asked the reporters to notice
that he protested against the return to Councillor
Philpota of the fine of £l5 paid by him.—lt wee
resolved, on the proposition of Alderman Norton
seconded by Alderman Buckley, to affix the seal of the
Council to an agreement with Mr. Thomas Claridge,
for a building 1 wee of the two pieces of land 88 and 1111
on the plan of the Upper Bourne Rotate, for the term
of 99 years, under the yearly rent of O.—Mr. Aldridge
propoeed, and, seconded by ',alderman Buckley, it was
resolved to confirm the letting of the piece of land
known as the Conduit piece, at Constitution UM, to
Mr. Henry FA: James Santee, on an annual tenancy
under the yearly rent of £2 10t. ; also the three pieces
of land at Parket me and Killion, numbered 312, 313,
and 314, on the Canford Award Map, to Mr. Joshua
Crocker, on an annual tenancy at the rent of £l2 per
annum, and to authorise the Mayor to affix the seal of
the Council to the two agreements, and to sign the
same on behalf of the CounciL —A meeting of the
Council under the Public Health Act ma them held.
The first business was to make • further order on the
borough treasurer for payment of the sum of £2OO to
Mr. Morris, under the borough surveyor's certificate,
for building the new b trough offioes.—The order WM
made on the proposition of Aldermen Norton, seconded
by Mr. Waterman.—On the proposition of Mr.
Marston, seconded by Mr. Aldridge, it was resolved
to receive a report from the Streets and Highways
Committee recommending that the Council 'timid
purchase an additional horse, cart, and harness. fnr
borough purposes; also that Mr. Blake, of Wimhorne,
veterinary surge nn, eh mid be appointed to attend the
borough horses when required, at • salary of £1 is.,
for each hone per year was no other business
of Importance.