The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-03-06 00:00:00

District Nebo.

WEYMOUTH.

Wil :worm Recn.—We beer that in sosisrposoes of
!hair bvin4 no mei' et Isrter this year, three MN.
wI take phones Wadnealey sad Thursday, Assiut 29
SO I 30, is I ad of the 30th an43lsl.
Perry Sallallata —A =akin. session was held on
Tuesday last, there being no etas before this Beach
for adjudication. &icing the smell amount of duty
that has devolved on our bonntith Juetioes of late,
it would lowly that morality in the town is Os the
inereaas.

THIL LATE Ms!. A LOlllOOll DIVINCIII. —The
remains of ibis mocb•respecied lady were interred
In our beautiful Cemetery on !Saturday. Her lose
will be severely felt by Use lower classes, to whom,
by bee many acts of obarity sad benevolence one bad
much endeared bonen.

13/11LII CuitieviaNs.—The religious body calling
themselves Bible Christians, an offshoot 01 the
Wesleyan family, held a missionary ineetiog 00
Monday evening, in the chapel lately hired by them
n Candins.plaes, nag Oarge.stireet. The chair
was takes by Mr. & Hobbs, sad the meeting was
addressed by the Bads. J. D. Bsihi.ilt, and C.
Denning, Mies L & Potter, ad others. The
pnanedings were of an interesting character.
THII ROADS TO TIM COBIETIMT. —Again we
call attention to the vile state of the roads leading
to the cemetery. At the late meeting of the Burial
Board, it was resolved to indict the trustees of the
road leading from the Backwater Bridge, cakes
steps were immediately taken to put it in repair.
the ruts in some planes being eight inches deep, and
quite impartible in wet weather. The pariah road,
lading from the gas-house, is is • still wone con-
dition. We venture to predict that if the district
surveyor bad to pale that way every morning, he
would soon And a resaleable excuse for having a few
loads of broken stone scattered over the surface. He
would be unable to get aloag otherwise than in a
vehicle or on horseback.

Grimm° or rug New Lemon Hal..-4 ball for
lectures sad other recreations, in or sear the centre of
the warn, mid eepable of holding epee 400 or 500
peoi le, has long keel. greatly needed. 'flanks to the
proprietors of the Beth., this desideratum has now
been not plod, the smolt lecture TOOtll of the Literary
Inatrtute being couverted into • specious bell. Tbe
interior la well lighted, but its beauty is marred by the
small doorway behind Up platform. It give. • Mese
end (teeny stricken egpeet to the whole bandies, but
the detect might he in • greet measure remedied by a
red.traise fi•lding screen befog platted in front. On
Ifonday evening last, the new hall ems opened under
the patron irs of the Worshipful the Mayor, J. Ayling,
Esq., when a orrocert by amateurs and professionals wee
vireo for the hermit of the Lite-ary and Sciestifc Insti-
tution. Thom woo. I.rp and fashion•ble eteeederece,
aid the proceedings throughout elicited mush applause.
The roma Pt opened with Mendel.ehon's Sonata, in B
ffat (lita movement), pianoforte and harmowium, by
Messrs. Avant and Gobbing, followed by a trio. "Li
Catte"(Boesini), by Mrs. Grimmett, Mi•ri Honeywell
and Mire &mean, who received an enthroiastic buret ef
apples".. A pienolorte solo.- Serenade from Den Par
Teak, by Melberg—was rendered with good effete* by
Mr. T. Avant; and Mr. Sweetie, song "0:1 Meadow
clad," from It. redid, R no. It's May Queue, with great
teats and preciaioe. Mrs. Grimmett neat song "with
• laugh as we go round"—another song from the May
Queen—aid received a well merited enema By desire,
lin. Andrews tong Glover's song, "Th. Stied Girl to
her Hop," with harp obligee° by Mr. Oubbiec, in es-
eelket styl., and at it. coceinsicre was r.waid.d with
great applause and loud cells of moors. Mr. J. Fairey,
gen., announced that be had been email, to obtain tie
music of "Terener's Farewell to Kathleen," the seem
net down in the programme for him sleet evening, and
he would, therefore, by the kind permisetioe
of the company sehatitaie for it "The Lugger Boat."
Hio eon aooneopented him on the pianoforte.
He was in capitol voice, end we never booed him sing
better 'afore. The company applauded at the end of
ev.ry verse, sad, at the ohne, "noon wee celled from
all parte of the room. A vocal duet, "Merry tipsy Oda
are we," by Glover, was very nicely gives by Mies
Hone) well and Miss Soriven, acoompanied on the
harmonium by Mr. Gebeins. A eomie sea". "P. 441.
your own *moos," by Mr. Sams, accompanied on the
pianoforte by Mr. J. Foamy. Jas., which elned the lest
part of the progromme, predated roars of laughter, sad
was duly eneored. The wooed pert of the trogressm•
commenced with a harp and pianoforte duet (Boehm.)
by Mr. Gabbing and Mr. Avant, and was deesevell,
applauded. as was Mrs. Andrews's song, " Rale Sias-
shMe." Mr. J. Falrey, jun., next followed with •
pianoforte polo, giving Linter's arningement of ear
bunted Sooteh airs. The arrangement Loa difficult este,
bat Mr. Fano, rendered it most aro:Mier-1y aid it was,
without doubt, the crowning specimen of pianoforte
playing dunes the evening. He seemed quite
to electrify his audience, Who, at the conclesioe,
buret forth with a unanimous sail of encore. A duct,
"Flow on thou Shining River," was very prettily swag
by Mr.. Griormett and Mims Borieen. A piauforte solo
by Mr. T. semi—" Harp of the Whas"—wert ably
rendered by the composer, sea was well received by the
se was • trio "This insect wove ligerf," raw
by▪ Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Sweetie( and Mr. Beard. A
*Poi' song by Mr. Sams concluded the evening's enter•
teluenest. Al it. termination Mr. Brown proposed
• medial vote of thanks to the ladies and 'satirises
who had that sensing afforded so risk an setertainment.
The proposition was received with sheers* of applause,
and the proesediap were brought to • dams.