The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

LINTZ &amts.—The itev. K. W. Nay, of Ailing-
to., to. Jammed • list al subjects sad aweless for the
solemn mama of Leek with • view to impress oa all the
importance of repentsooe and self-ablatenent.

VACCINATION. —We ere oredibly informed that the
va0.1144011 of ehildreo has beea mot* seigketed izt
Heliport, but the Board of Guardiaata have detennised
that the Vacoinatioe Act shall be fully enforoed. We
would therefore recommend all parents whose children
have woe been auecelefully vaceisated to 'amply with the
requirements of the Act before they are put to the in.
onn.eniseee of haring to appear before a judicial
tribanaL

DIATK PROM LOCKJ LW. —Ws are sorry to bear of
the death of the eldest unmarried daughter of Mr.
Holt, of the Bridport Arms. It appears that she
went to bed on the evening of Monday week, feeling
not very well, bet it was thought to be only a cold.
The next morning as the did not come down Maus
at the usual hour her sister went to her room and
found her very ill; • doctor was seat for, who Mated ,
she was .itag from lockjaw. Bbe continued to get
worse, and died the following Wednesday tifteracioo.
COMITY Prams, Itheday.—Before J. P. F. Gandry,
Itaq.--Il.ry Ann lawreens and her me, a little boy,
' were charged with vagrancy at Wyeb„ sear aortae
Brsdetook, thst moraith.--ffergeant Lavender mid the
polies had had • peat deal of tremble with the woman,
the had several Andres, and had been without a boom
for • long time past. She bad been lying about in
different pieces, and was in • very dirty state. A year
Sr two ago the relieving officer and hisnerff tried to get
her into the Union, but she woeld net go. That
morning the was found In an outhouse at Wyels.—The
magistrate said if defendant would go to the Union she
would be discharged, for he did not wilds to mend ber to
psis ,the would therefore be ransaded for a week,
and if abe did not go into the Union or get some settled
home in that time, the would be brought up sgair.,
and he should have no alternative but to send her to
prime.

YOMIG Mitt's CiliumAn AwesAvion.—On Teem
lay evening the it... T. H. Leah) gave an intermaing
and insinuative lecture in the Townhall on "Sir lasc
Newton.* The Rev. J. C. Finch presided. After '
singing the Rev. John St offered prayer. The I
Chairman than briefly Introduced the lecturer. Re.
Imle remarked that bat • small proportion of the
human foully attained to great dirtinetion in this
world —Neiman, however. wee without doubt one of nor
greatest coin. He dmoribed the state of the seisatifie ,
world before Newton ma born, tracing the
various discoveries from the 13th century down-
wards, and then gees • history of the philosopher's
birth, education, its., after which he reviewed
his various discoveries and mirk& Tbe discovery of the
lam of gravitation. and the " Prineipia," he remarked,
would linutortolise this great me. Sir lame wee
humble minded and retiring, and died at • good old
age. Plushly the lecturer remarked that the study of
the laws of nature would lead the devout strident up to
nature's God, 41.41 that he wadi Ind all His laws in
hammy—the mum power which mord the tear to
take the globular form, and to r II down the cheek,
sensed- the various worlds to take their shape*, and to
revolve in their regular orbits. k vote of thanks was
nasalises* given to the lecturer at the close.

ANIMAL 11111111110 01 TRZ CHOIR or THE PAUSE
CIeoZOR —We need not tell our readers that a happy
eveniag this spent when the choir bed thew sorrier-
eery ; they invariably spend a happy evening. and if
those who are worn out with care end analety would
wish to experience a few boars real enfoyu.ent I t them
Jon the jovial party which now rime every year at the
Greyhound Motel, Bridport. One obstacle only to the
extreme delight all experienced on Moodily, was the
fact that our Beater was almost through ill health.
Mr. Wainwright, his churchwarden, most ably occupied
the chain, sad for very many boars—kind noarteous
reader, don't ask en •hat tale the clock told—kept
together ooe of the largest partial we ever saw in Bred-
port. Glees, coop, Waste recitations and everything
which could conduce to harmooy were in abundance,
and we feel that whatever power, might be pceeessed by
others, IWO have DO ability ourselves to give a pen and
Ink sketch of the pleasures of the evening. Lose May
our churchwardens lire, and be chorshwardens
and may we and ell who were present have many oppor-
tutti iris of meeting at three azeu•l treat% Mm.
Hutchlnip catered to a style that doer her very great
credit. Bina in fact, deserved all the encue,ioule which
Mr. Wainwright leriehed on her in a speech of much
ability delivered in a few words, but mob word was
ensbulsslcslly endoreed by the whole smoothly of
between 70 and 80. It is right to add that the trvat to
, the choir wee provided by the liberality of the Church-
wardens, Mourv. Wainwright and Tempieouto.

num —On Sunday night, between ten and eleven II
o'clock, an alarm of Sr. wee relied in Rest-street, and
polies coostable. Hopkins and Spackling, who were on
duty in the neighlvgrhood, were 000 n on the spot. It
seems that Mrs. Morey, on returning holm some flour.
previoesly smolt Are, bus wield not diseevar from
whops it game about half-past ten, wbes Aanos warn
seen owning through the {Alined the pomp lauding to
the bath premises of Mr. Morey and Mr. Knight. It
we. found that the grate in if r. Knight's sten ng-rooin was
Axed is ouch • meaner as allowed the Are to fall down
behind, and come in contact with the 000dwoik of the
loom. This hat bosoms ignited, and had the burning
not been disoperod many, it would undoubtedly have
led to most serious results, for in that locality the
houses are very old and does together. P.C. Hopkins
(who has been very useful at Ira ea previous &amnions)
quickly got out the grate, end partially lif. ed the door,
and then was enabled speedily to extingui‘h the Ars
Several of the joists wore moth burnt. pu,
done was to ej,,, amount of about SOL, and the property
is immesh—On Monday night, jest More seven o'gogt,
the townspeople were alarmed by the lurid glare of Ere
to the westward--apparently at ths village of armada-
bury. It turned oat, however, to be at • place called
" Lease Aare," about half-nes& farther on than
Symoodabstry village, although in that pariah.
It menu that See or sin tnen have been
employed by Mr. W. Hodder working Sax in • shop
very near his dwellinghouse. Shortly after they bad
left on Monday night, Mr. Hodder discovered
Sr. in the shop. From the ennibustible
nature of the materials stowed therg, the
whole warn (mistily in flames. P.C. Hopkins. who
was os duty in the town at the time, hastened to tne
immio, and two policeman from the Vale (Willer and
Abrams) also went to render meiganee. It was found,
however, melee, to attempt staying the of the
toes; measquently, all was berm. e are sorry to
learn that Ms. Hodder was not insured. Th. damage
dons was to the amount of shout kn. Fortunately
U.. wind we west, otherwise Mr. Fledder's dwelling-
house and premises might have been destroyed.
BOROOGH Pohang, Friday.—Before the Mayor and a
Whetham, Es% 7- Wm. Daily was charged with stealing •
soot and • marble ornament. belonging to Mr. W. Fry,
marble MOM, /Moron Prosecutor mid be missed •
small marble obelisk from his chop the previous Monday
morning, and told the polio, of it. Afterwards, at the
police gegen, be saw • mat whish belonged to him,
value is., or is. fid. The obelisk prams& was his, and
worth 75. Prisoner had formerly
_worked for his.—
The Rev. Melville lan, Pane of &kip.% said Primmer
cumin his home on Sa•usday evening, and aroma thu
obelisk form& He whed him whether It wee hie OWD, ,
and be mid it wee, that he made it, and had some from
Bristol. He told prisoner that it wog of no nee to hire.
The men said be was vary badly off, mid had soot any-
thing to sat, so he bought it of him, principally ont of
charity to him, for the obelisk no. utterly &dem to
When be bought It one past WU missing.
Asa Goppp, of lest-strost, spoke ie prisoner leaving
Ow coat at her house, and to :her sample* giving