The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-12-21 00:00:00

WITXOIITH.

&mynas no Thi Duar.—&n article in Tuesday's
Daily News refers to St Pasterns and the unsightly
aPialarann• of the street, owing to refuse being put
outside the doors in all wets of queer receptacles. We
understand that this matter hat been considered in
Weymouth by the Mayor and officials for • fortnight
past, and they recommend the inhabitants to obtain
the lame sort of receptacle ails used at the Mayor'.—
en, the Sanitary Ashbin, so that in Weymouth we
Sr. • little before St. Pancras.
Till CARS OF Rao. v. JO/Meta Or DOBSZT.—In
the Queen', Bench Division of the High Court of
Justice on Wednesday afternoon, the zoilciter-
' General applied to Justice Field and Justice
Maniaty to have the cum of the Queen y. Justices of
Dorset, which relates the malt of a bridge arousing
an arm of the sea between Weymouth and other parts
of the county, beard before vacation. Their lordships
said they would consult the Lord Chief Justice, and
see if the sass could be Wad during the preeset
sittings.
IMMORAL VAGRANOT.—C&COIIIIII Balaton was charged
before the Borough Magistrates. on Monday last, by
P.C. Barrett With loitering in Si. Thom o-street for
an immoral purpose, about one o'clock on Sunday
morning. She was behaving in • disorderly manner,
and he locked bar np.—Defendant said she was in
company of her son, who had some money, and gave
her • drop of drink, and sent her home. She went
home and got her sou's supper; but he dii not return
home, and she went out to look for his, and some men
Interrupted her.—Mr. Vickery said they bad been
obliged to send this woutaa's child away from her to an
Industrial school. When put in the cell her conduct
was disorderly; she struck out at one of the man, and
was noisy when put in the cell.—Tne Mayor said tlpie
was rather a black list against defendant, and real •
long lot of offences for which defendant had been con •
Acta I.—Fourteen days' hard labour, and advised to
avoid being seen late at night.

Moan BLAMING —p.c. Carter on Monday brought
np a young man named (hoop Tonna, for begin; in
High-street, near the Boot, about a quarttr to eleven.
The man ha been delivered ink. the constables
custody for begging, and said he only wanted a few
coppers t 3 hang on till Saturday nigbk —Mr. W.
Attwooll said the men came into the Red Lion, Hope.
square, and begged oe Saturday night of witness, and
two customers. -Defendant said he WM a bricklayer,
and had been promised • Job on Monday morning.
We tools he had sold.—The Mayor remladsd pris mer
there was • Meadialty Society to relieve beggar., and
added that with the kcal distress at present existing,
any person who had coppers to spare oould easily find
to give them to.—Mr. Viokery stated they had
rr :TS applicants for relief every night, and Anne the
30th September there had bees 340.—Tbe Mayor again
expressed the determination of the Beach to put down
il=f, and eget the primmer for seven days' hard

Port SANITMIT Hosnw..—On Tuesday last the
part and present members of the Weymouth Port
Sanitary Authority rasembled In goodly numbers at
the new and excellent hospital, erected by them near
the Ferry Bridge, and a description of which we gave
some weeks ago. Their purpose was the fixing of the
memorial or completion stone, • tablet with an
Inscription thereon. In the absence of Mr. Romland
Thomas, the respected chairman of the Authority,
who wait prevented by illness from being present, Mr.
Pelly Hooper, the iMe clerk, at the special frailest of
Mr. Thomas acted on his behalf, suitably addressed
those present, and then fixed the stone in • truly
masonic manner, the trowel bring handed him by Mr.
Bull, contractor and builder. Mr. Robena rem then
called upon, and also addressed the assembly, pointing
out the benefits the hospital would confer on the
mercantile marine, and that it warn an illustration of
the benevolence of our common Christianity. He wee
followed by the Rev. Mr. Forster, curate of Wyk'
Itifille_who ap,lnifinal for the absence of the Rector,
Rev. H. C. Pigou, who he said warn heart and soul
with the undertaking. Mr. Forster then Invoked a
blessing on the hospital, and hoped the day might be
far distant when any patient would enter within its
walls. Of the actual members of the Authority were
present :—Messrs. Robins, Jesty, Branton, Aylee,
Lovell, Suook, and Comben, while of the past main.
ben there were—Captain AttwooU and Messrs. S.
Webb, J. P. Striven, and Aylesbury. and in ad lition
to them was the Clerk, Mr. T. A. Hamm, Mr. Bull,
builder, Mr. Crickmav, architect, Dr. Simpson,
medical officer of the Port Sanitary Authority, and
Dr. Pridham, medical officer of the Rural Sanitary
Authority. Al tor the ceremony the party came to
Weymouth, and sat down to dinner at the Vict
Hotel, the chair being taken at Mr. Thomas's request
by Mr. Pally Hooper, who was fated by Mr. T. A.
Benne, and an enjoyable evening was spent.