The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

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'VEY/ • OUTM.
CORPORATION PROPIRTY AT • DIFICOUNT.—The
Pile Pier and Market tolls were put up to public
'competition on Monday. Mr. Milledge was the
auctioneer, and the Town Clerk was present to give
full explanation of any legal questions that might
arise. There were about 16 or 17 candidetes, mostly
from a distance, for bolding the honourable office of
lessees under the Corporation, provided they
could obtain tht. properties on their own toren,
One of the conditions with regard to the pier tolls
was, that the lessee should erect the necessary build-
ings on the pier, and leave them at the expiration
of A 3 years' lease in good condition without remuner- ,
stied. The Mayor fixed the reserve bidding at £l,OOO I
per annum for three years but the highest offer
was /1400. The pier tolls, aesperdingly were not din-
of. The reserve price on the market tolls
drat Elfin per annum, but although there was a vast
dad of chaff Hying about, there was no grain, f.,r no
one ventured a single bidding. Our correspondent
says that it the Edi of Puna had been present,the
proceedings would Lave afforded him a rich budget
of amusement for • month to come, and Weymouth
would have been immortalized throughout every
Ner 41/ the globe through its pas
i ISkrateo M•cauxim.— At the close of the Petty
Session* on Monday, the Mayor asked the super-
intendent of police what had become of the case
placed in his hands a day or two previously. Mr.
Lidbury replied that Mr. Bartlett, the :meager of
machines, had withdrawn it. Mr.
2131: BO I thought you had the person in
. .
I, Mr. Lidbury said the party was given
islearitok and as he considered it a very had
aseei-boe half demanded very heavy bail for his ap-
peiramisiNbefore the magistrates, but the proprietors of
the machines had 'etiolated to him that they
would not prosecute, and the man was not present.
—Mr. Ayling maid he waseorry to hearthis. It was not
the first time ladies had been insulted while bathing,
lar4o Masai of the proprietors to proescuto,
otirtend to increase the eviL Mr. Lidbury said
they were afraid the publicity of the caps would
Mod to hurt the machines. Mr. ayllig did not
think m. The circumstance of these ladies having
been grossly insulted by • male bather had become
extensively known, and he had been informed that '
many had declared they would cot bathe again. He
hoped the reporters present would give publicity
to the expressions of the Bench, and to state that any
person who should be brought before them for
indecent exposure, or in any way infringing the rules
of common decency, would, on the cave being
Proved before the magistrates, be severely dealt
with. Mr. Lidbury believed that one reason why
the proprietors did not prosecute was, that they
feared they would be thrown overboard
by the magistrates, in consequence of their charges.
Mr. Ayliog and the Mayor both stated that the
overcharge made for the machines would have no
influence on their minds with regard to the other
offence. The proprietors, however, were not enti-
tled to charge more than 6d. and 9d., and if they
did charge • shilling as had been reported, they ren-
dered themselves amenable for the offence.

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order and regularity with which the proceedinP
been carried out that day. He illustrated the
popularity of tho institution by showing that at the
present time, the Society numbered nearly 120,000
members, all of whom were entitled to its benefits in
time of sickness and at death. But, perhaps its greatest
value lay In the circumstance that in connection with
it they
had • widows' and orphan" fund, from which
those, whom their departed brethren held most dear
when living, were provided for.
The CHAIRMAN nest proposed "Prosperity to the
Poole district of Odd Fellows."
Mr. WILRINII, the G H. of the district, acknowledged
the toast, lie said that at the present time the district
numbered 22 lodges, and 2,030 members, and the amount
of their funds in the bank was upwards of £6,000. For
so young a district, he ventured to say its present posi-
tion and future prospects were unparalleled by any
other association in those parts.
Mr. WINTON, C.S. of the district, also returned
thanks, and entered more fully into the present condi-
tion of the order generally, and of the district particu-
larly, with a view of showincEltlsdaptability of meeting
• great want among the for whom it was in-
tended, but also the great good it had already and
would hereafter confer upon those enrolling thenueli ea
under its banners. In conclusion, he proposed "Success
to the lodges in Weymouth."
The Secretaries a the several lodges returned thanks.
Dr. Cot:Lima proposed "Success to kindred benevo-
lent societies," particularly naming the Forested.
Mr. INTIM acknowledged the compliment.
"The health of the Chairman," and "Success to
Masonry," of which be was • member, was nest pro-
posed, and acknowledged by the Chairman in suitable
terms.
The health of the Members for the Borough wu next
given from the Chair, after which the following letter
from Colonel Sir W. Freestun wu read :
Belvidere, Weymouth,
15th July, 1861.
Dear Sir,—The state of my health precludes—Which
I fully intended to have done—the pleasure of joining
your demonstration and dinner of this day, Which, I
need not assure you, has my most cordial good wishes
for its continued *UMW and prosperity. May I beg
you to present the lodges with the enclosed a—my
small mite to our invaluable order, of which I am proud
to be a member.
lam, dear sir,
Yours very faithfully,
WILLIAM L. FB.BESTUN.

To the Chairman of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Weyvnouth.
The health -if the district officers, the visiting brethren,
the °Soars of the Weymouth lodges, the professional
g•entlement present, and other toasts followed, and
were severally acknowbriged ; after which, the pro-
eeedinp in the booth, which had been greatly enlivened
by the excellent strains of Eyers' band, were brought to

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• close. 1
There was • large assemblage in the field, and the
=nal aikedia sports were provided for their entertain.
monk These were all participated in with a hearty good
will, and kept up with unabated vigour until half-put
nine o'clock, when the field wee cleared, and the com-
pany dispersed to their several homes. It is with the
greatest satisfaction that we are enabled to bear our tes-
thnony to the excellency of the whole of the day's
arrancements, and to add, that the united lodges deserve
the highest praise for supporting so ably as they did
throughout, the high respectability of the order.

ground, to which ample justice was done by the
gentlemen engaged in the match. We cannot omit
to notice the very excellent bowling of Corporal
Clough, before whom his opponents' wickets seemed
to fall as by magic, they standing no chance what•
ever. The great number of runs wbich he obtained
with his bat, shows also he is well at borne iu
wielding the willow. The following is the score :

2nd Innings.
- *Ol
b 110 b - 6
- eet - I
. - 0 1, Clough - 4
- - 2 li Clough . 0
- 0 c and b Bidet •10
- - - 1 13 Clough -0
• - 0 c and b Ilairt - 2
- - - 0 kit beture wicket 0
- - - 3 not out - 2
- - • 2 b el.nigh .6
- - - o b (notion . o
- - 6 Byes 7,4 ides 12 19

CV:YUAN:I.
14 Innings.
lAtlehalee, b Clough
['Papuan, run out -
Beauchamp, b Cloimh
Sebray, c and b Clough
Mehnoth, b Clough -
Tepper, b Clough
brae, run out
Westa4l, b Make •
llama, run out •
Long, blet
Crtech, not out
Byes 5, widen I -

MILES.
lst innings.
Dasbwood, c Solway -
Malet, c and b Weeteett
A MAIM, c and b Beauchamp
Creech, Jun. run out.
Clough, b Dayman
Toni), c Tepper, b &bray -
Mitchell, b Dayman -
Strange, b Solway -
Cimesewright, not out
Tuck, c Melmoth, b IMyman
Phillips c and b Beauchamp
I Leg b)"