The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-24 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

TIN Y11011•141Ti—no Q aro to vUlt
south in May next, attiring •• tha 13tb,161'd 1*"126
sulk. 20 h.
Till 00111X0 61•1031."—The fine weather seems to have
drawn a few early Tierney, more than mould at, usts urn. a
year, am a sssoi considerable number of ladies and gentlemen
listened with pleasure to the band Playing at the
Itoyal Hotel on Wisineeday afternoon.
Tug Darner MAYOR—It is gratifying to observe that Mr. I
Alderman Milledge, whom our Mawr appointed his deputy
during his lamented Illness, is aot merely filling the office In a I
tuanncr, by prodding at Council meetings. Mr.
afinedge gives an earnest that he will undertake the responel-
Id. day ci heeding town movements, for be is announced to
preekle at Ow meeting of cur Hoeing Club.
PiIIUTATION to • C 4 }ION liIILVVE. —CM Wedneeday
evellng las, at • church meeting at the rutted Methodist
Free Church, Lower Bond-street, the church was presented
with a handsome sod very lento:able cotrununion service con-
sisting of electrnplate tankard, two cups, nod two salvers. The
gift was accompanied by a letter from the donor, who did not
wish his name mentioned. The genies waa received by the
g,,,cca. on behalf of the church, and a resolution
was passed, thanking the donor cordially for his handsome
icift
BLACK Mmeriuma—A party of minstrels gene an entertain-
plant at the Assiesubly.ronms, Mnrket-street, un Tuesday even-
ing. They were energetic In their comic pieces, and Use
o wiliest" fun was fresh am ever. Donee and ftunbourine
w„seily pleased the audience, who were also especiallydekhtal with one whom they oonsidered • local man. The
party avoided a very common fault with rninstrnla, too much
noise, and had they given more notice of their coming, they
might have conunanded a urger audience.
?us New (tear Wei-L.—The ceder dam outside the new
pisrn of quay well ham been removed by Mr. Phillips, the con-
tractor, and the new work is revealed in slit• comeliness and
risible compactness. It Ls indeed a creditable Kructure, and,
being laid on • tpod foundation, according to the lest Oen
regardless of expenee, It Le prebeddy the best pleve in the
whole quay. The rail, are laid over the surface, which is being
ballasted for the quay tramway. During the removal .4 the
materinls of the coffer dam, many persons assembled daily, to
see the piles drawn laboriously by windlass, blocks and
chains.

Tut KIIIO.II Setrr• —The approach of the "season" warnt
WI
that decorating ought to be gut on with, before the work-
men become so busy that none can be engiu,o.4. Among the
*Newts which seem to want the decorators scraper. hand, and
',rush lithe peduotal I the king's Statue, where die inserip-
tion by " the gralrfut Inhabitants" is hidden in a mese of
dingy blue, scarcely relieved by letters of supposed gold. The
front of the pedestal at. little distance appears only to bear
• many-comered dark patch, far Ices sightly than the old
Inscription In black sod stone white. The former style had
some of the merit of age to recommend it, and ass in) any
better than a dingy abortion like • rectangular thunder
cloud. . .

D R.V.—The first inspection of this company by the
now Adjutant, Captain Mount-Batten, took place on Wednes-
day evening last, when there wag • good muster The corps
was under the moorland of Lieut. Anion, and ilon.-burgeon
Marti was present ; also tpartermaster-Seigt. Lee, Seegeanba,
Roberta, Jeffery, trucker, and 72 rank and file. At the thee
of a very sharp practice of over an hour, the Adjutant
addressed the Leonia Captain Mount-liatten said : "This being
my first inspection, I have been, I may say, rather hard upon
you; but you have done very well. I am very much obliged
to poor commanding officer for getting such • good master,
and to you for coming out so strongly. I hope on every mew-
Skid when I hare to edit this corps, you will be equally strong.*
—Lieut. Arden also expressed a hope that in future the corps
would muster as strongly as they could.—The volunteers were
then diambeed.—Captaln and Adjutant Mount-Batten wore
the grey uniform of the Inns of Court Volunteers.
TVS New GARDIXII AT tleamoind are being deathly
improved, and the foundation laid of a most agreeable in fact
delightful place. The well-rolled croquet lawn at the mirth end
Is kept timely mown and Is quite level and covered with dense
and smooth turf. In the curved paths are bays, in which are
conveniently placed easy chairs, the paths themselves are kept
well gravelled, and the flower beds are already adorned with
such hardy blooms as bear the era breeze, loon there will be
more and tenderer flowers, for the a&teled2terl hedges are get-
ting higher, and the plants will be from the breath
of the Bay. quantities of euonymus ve been planted in front
of some of the bays where seed are placed, and when these are
grown a proper height, they will also shelter the lounger, in
the chairs. The right of the public to have • page to the
beach hae been preserved by • path of serpentine form lidding
from the Preston road at the south end of the garden to the
beach, a small strip being kit, filled with plants, between the
path and the wall of Greenhill houses. On the north of the
garden la also a path with stela In the soil, and from • point
above this path hi one of the fined panoramic views of Wey-
mouth and Porthuiel. 'The foreground is Premed by the new
gludene thereselvd, backol on the right by Ht. John's Church
and M the middle by the houses. Here perhape is something
wanting to perfect the picture; an ornamental bonding or
group of trees, near the spot where the Camera Obscure used
to stand, would hide the plain side of the neared house, and
complete the beauty of the foreground. But as you kmk to
your left, the beautiful curve of the bay weep, away, forming,
with the crescenta and terrace. of Weyrnouth, the middle
distance which Is boldly terminated by the Nothe with Be
I Tort n the distance is Portland, iti peculiar form distinctly
risible, sod still tout to your left, are the ships in the roads,
the great aim td the Breakwater appealing to bend round
them all, and Bs end I. well marked by • involve Fort. Surely
if the committee, who decided on the advertising view for
Weymouth, had had such a capital foreground as the New
Greenhill garden., they woukl have chosen this grand view, as
giving a coup Ifni( of Weymouth and Portland combined. We
hope that 81r Frederic will more often visit Weymouth. now
that he represents It in Parliament, and haden forward the
perfection of his gardens, which are ea welcome a gift
J. F. Wont Allottin. —A mooting of Imo creditors
of Jonathan Fowler Watkins, hotelier, Market-houses,
Weymouth, was held at the •uotios Mart, Market-
streak on Monday. Mr. R. N, Howard wee solicitor
In the benkrotatoe, and repreeented creditors to the
amount of above .1:300. The debtor's statement showed
that he owed debts to the amount of about £450, and
his area were sufficient for a oompeatlon of about
2e. In the E. The debtor attribu'ed his insolvency to
the losses sustained by him while in business in St.
Thomas-street. The pressing creditor wee Mr. Laver,
of Chicken'. Resolutions were passed accepting the
composition of 2s. in the £, •liich was guaranteed by
Mr. Gramm, a creditor for .CrO, for moo,; ad vanood,
and with whom the debtor bad previously lodged.
Mr. Graham was appointed truaten The debtor had
had • numerous and expensive family, numbering nine
ehildres, of whom some had died.
BOLL BlreF.—Mr. T. B. Grove., writing to Notes
aiui Queries, says :—" The Corporation of Weymouth,
entertaining • proper eenes% of the value of their
remaining records. have Sas mined on re-binding and
rewrite such of the volumes as need attention. The
fist of the list, a large manosoript folio, motaining
mends of tbe law court' held during the reigns of
James 1., Charles 1., the Commonwealth, and the
earlier part of the Men of Charles If., passed through
my hands recently, and gave me an opportunity of dip-
ping into It. interesting content'. The items are' of
course, mostly of local importenee only. There are two
or three matters, h , which I should like to
dement upon, "nab a view of 'Hating further ieforma-
tioo from your numerous antiquarian subscribers. The
first concern, the eating of bull beef :—'Flecii• : Court
of Weymouth and Meleumbe Regis. Aug. 25th, 1618.
Upon this present day Edward Hardy Butcher one of
the members swore* and appointed for the viewing*
and searching. of oorrupte Mesh killed within this
Borrough and Towne saystb and presenteth upon his
said oath that John Hlngston Butcher there within
this Borroughe end Towne upon ffriday beings the
fourtenth day of this instant moneth did kill • 801 l
saloyted and did pot the Mesh thereoff unto sale and
thereupon he Is emersed by Mr. Mayor eta iijs illjd.'
Ie 1646 • similar entry occurs, against • member of the
same family, apparently. This time the entry is in
Latin, or, to speak more oomactly, law-Latin :—' Item
preeentant Justicianum ilingston qui* duos Maros
caoldit qui caolbus non fuerunt pulsetl.' In the follow-
ing year the lame hardened offender is fined for •
repetition el the offence, the non•beitiog being trans
lobed 'elite verbermioue nun. melbas. Daring the
Gommonwealth, also, prosecutions for the like offence
are not unfrequent. lat first thought that in all
probability the desire to have some sport out of the
animal had as mud' to do with this 'orlon§ regulation
as regard for the tender stelos•ha of the burgesses,
but the feat that the Puritans 'till iodated on the bait-
ing before Meg indumd me to look • little farther
and use whet I maid find on tbe subject among the
few volumes that form my antiquriee library. Therese
Yeener's Beets ad Vilma Losgas, A.B. 1622,
says of 'Bull's Beide (that it) is of • rusks and
unpleasant Mete, of a Woke, groom end corrupt joys*.
of • very bard digestion, I commend it unto peers
bard hbourees, and to them that desire to look big, and
to live basely. 'Eferalths Improvement, or Rules
Comprielog and Discovering the Nature, he., of Food,'
by Thome. Moffett, Doctor in Physick, A.D. 1666, I
find the following 801 l Belle, oaken it be very
young, is utterly unwholesome and herd of digestion,
yea almost invincible. Of how hard and bloding •
natant Bull's blood is, may appear by the place where
they are killed: for It &moth the ground and maketh
It of • stony hardness. To prevent whirl mischief
either bulls in old time were tom by Lima, or hunted
by men, are baited to death by dogs, as we use them:
to the Intent that violent heat and motion might
Westgate their blood, resales their hardness, and make
their flesh softer in digestion. Bull's limb being thus
prepared, strong stommim may receive some good
thereby, though to week, yea to temperate stemmata,
It will prove hurtful.' There c•ti be no doubt, there-
fore, that the boll-baiting practised by our anoestors
was not merely a ousel sport intended to gratify the
beweet and basest of pinions, but a moms of rendericg
wholesome and nutritious a large quantity of flesh that
otherwise maid warmly have been utilised. That the
lower classes enjoyed the exhibition end bred dogs for
the express purpose of bull-belting, there is ample
evidence ; but what 'sport' of these enlightened days
even is not, in some degree, cruel? Di feet. 'sport' of
any tied la only redeemed from unmitigated barbarity
by the feet that it is not merely creel but also useful ;
and so much and no more ean be said in viodication
of our mach-abused forefathers in the matter of bull.
baiting.