The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY ExpßEss AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST Isls.

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Tel DORCHISTIII NaTIOXiL SCHom.s.—Copies of the
Inspootor's report on the Dorchester National Schools,
have lately been received and laid before the school COlll-
- The following extracts from the Inspector's report
will be gratifying, as well as interesting to the supporters
of the schools :
Boys' School.—' The boys arc In very fair order, and carefully
and sumosefully instructed.'
Girt.' &Mob—. The school Is in exoellent order, and the
instruction in every clue thoroughly sound and Reed. Miss
Way, a most experienced and conscientious mietreas, has done
her work very skilfully awl sucosefully. and the managers
have reason to eongratulate themselves o-. the efacient state of
the girls' school. The needlework is excellent "
, Holy Trinity Infitnti School.—" This Infant ethool main-
tains it high character, the onier Is exceedingly well kept, and
the instruction is thonnighly good."
East Foniington Infants' Sekool,—. The Infants are In
good order, and the Instruction is given carefully and skill-
WeelPordington Infant School. —"The school is in good
order, and the instruction Is given with creditable results.
Wee Hall will shortly receive her certificate "
Mr. Cooper presented 194 Wye for examination, of whom
174 paned in reading, 177 in writing, 134 in arithmetic.
and 49 in geography. brim Way presented IV pupils, of
whom 1:14 passed in reading. 1•Bl in writing, 107 in
arithmetic, and 914 in geography.
CRlCSlT.—DercAester " lis,cisior" v. Dorakester CC.
A very exciting game was played between the above clubs
on Friday last, which resulted in the " Excelsior.'"
winning by nine runs. The Horcheater club played two
men short, but had two aulistitutes to field for them The
bowling of Way, of Bri.lport. for the Dorchester club
wasexceedingly fine in the first innings, having no less
than ten wickets credit., i law. The batting of Payne
and Sheldrake and the bowling of Eminerton wan very
good on the "Excelsior' side, as was also the tatting of F.
Read for the Dorchester. Appended are tho scores :

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DOItCIII3IIIIIII " RICEI.IIOR."
lit Innings. 2n4 Innings.
(i. l)co, c Head, b Way.. 2 c Steele, b modreno,..
Ikan, b War • 4 b Goodfellow
Emnicrton, b Way 0 c and b Way .
Shcldrake, b Way 0 h Goodfellow I
T. Payne, c Steele, I, Way 2 c b Goodfellow I
Stevens. c and b Way .. I b Goodfellow
It Payne, b We c Way, b OnOdlellow
Oram, c Fudge, b Way .. I lhw.blte.d
Wescott, not out I b Goodfellow ..
Cheater, b Way not ott
Extras

lit Innings.
Belch, b Emmerton .
Fudge. It Emmerton .
Goodfellow, run out .

2nd innings.
• 5 eWeecott b Emmerton 1
.. 0 I b Stevens .. 0
0 not out . 0
.. 4 b Emmerton 7
..S b Stevens 1
.., 0 b Stevens
..S b Emmerton .. 10
b Emmerton .. 0
.. 1 e Emmerton, Ronne 3

Way, rail "11l • •
Damen, not out ..
Steak. b Wesautt .
Pad, nu, out .
Davis. b EaMICII.Oa
Durden, run out ..
Absent .. • •
Absent • • •
Extras

.. 0 Absent
• oAbsent•
Estrus ..

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lerr Nun, Motiday.—Before Colonel Steward, and Mr.
11. Williams.
Willl4l/1 !AVM. in the employ of Mr Whittle, farmer and
cattle tinder, Pidtiletrenthlle, was charged with hawing unlaw-
fully driven sheep. belonging to his master, on Site highway
whilst they were suffering from foot-and-mouth disease.
On Salunlay. tiefendant drove 617 sheep from West Norden,
near Wareham, to Mr Whittle's, of Fiddletrenthide. On
arnving at Milbonte St. Andrew. It was apparent that many of
the sheep were waning from foot-nod-mouth diseme, end a
telegram WAS despatched to Supt. Batty, at Dorchester,
informing him of the fact. The superintendent at once di ore
off lit the direction of Fiddletrenthble, acownpanied by a police-
man, and overtook defendant and the sheep near Watenon
Ridge. An examination t,f the animals revoke' that about
three-fourths of them were diseseed. the complaint existing in
all its Ayres The sheep were then taken I' a place of security,
and defendant was removed in custody to Dorchester.
Mr Symonds. who defended, 90,141 that the animals had been
suffering from foot-rot, and since Saturday had been examined
by two veterinary surgeons, who certified that the disease was
only in its first stage.
The Case VW 1141pUITI•d.
llenry Kilter was committed for trial for stealing a pair of
tronsers, the property of Seth Phillips, a dairy boy, at West
Station'.
Bosocoit Inlyr, Bnistoni. Monday.—Before the Mayor (Mr
E. Burnett), Mr J. F. Hodges, awl Mr O. puma
Robert Form. landlord of the Railway Tavern, was ennoned
for SSMllitirtic William Darch, landlord of the New Inn.
Complainant mid that on the oth August his retriever dog
was lying near his house, when defendant's bull dog came out,
and they commenced fighting. Forse was on the pavement
setting ins dog on to complainant. and he went to part them.
As be did so Forse ran across the street and struck him. Had
said nothing. and never had a erase wont with him. When
defendant !struck witneel he fell up against Davis's door, and it
New open. Defendant foUosnal him into the rallegp, and
struck him several times. Not having yet recovered from a
broken leg, he had as much as he Could do to defend it Ile
dkl not strike thgentiant, but put up a Mick he had to walk
with.to protect his head. Defendant struck the stick against Mr.
Davies bewl, and she had a lump on her head as his as a hen's
egg for several days. A man named Childs wrung up his fists
in him face, and mid if he touched the dogs again he would bent
his brains out. The dogs ware separated, end Forse went
on to say he would not keep such a dog as that, there MY
no fle: in it. Defendant said he did not want to keep a fight-
"
ntrose.-exasninetl : Pled the stick to part the dogs ;at the time
he did en Ferse's dog had his by the throat.
Mr. Davis, complainant's daughter, corroborated
Defendant said dogs would fight, and Mr Parch struck his
little dog across the loins with his stick. He admitted he was
wrong In striking Mr Parch.
Fined ed, and Os ed costs.

There are 30,000 acres containing 30.000.000 grape On"
te California.
Cardinal lirCloskey, it is said, ia the bearer, of mow '
from America to the Pope.
Two Tinge leeseli•lneding cannon have just been placed
In the fort of Mont VisUirien,
An American harvesting machine ham just won the
blest prise at a great trinl in Germany.
swallows have taken their flight southwards from
Neuchatel, after a clamorous gathering on the roofs.
Prince Leopold has leen admitted a member of the
Roysl and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's.
The most cheering accounts continue to arrive from all
parts of the country with reference to the lesh harvest.
George Richard; a pilot who had been condemned to
daark for the murder of his wife at Cardiff, has been
reprieved.
At Bordeaux. during the last few days, the barometer
rose to 43 degrees centigrate (110 degrees Fahrenheit) in
the shade.
Wild boars and wolves have re-appeared in the forests
of the Jura, whence they fled in 1870-71 at the approach
of General Dourbaki's Artgly.
A small yellow-spotted lizard, destitute of the organs of
vhdon, was found to be the tenant of a large water-melon
recently opened at Dallas, Texas.
The War Secretary and Mrs. Hardy are staying at
II mar. Mr. Hardy will be Secretary of State in attend-
ance to the Queen.
The John Bull says the name of Canon Barnes. ricer of
Bt. Michael's, Coventry, is mentioned in connection with
the vacancy in the vicarage or Halifax.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales and children arrived
at Banister, on Saturday afternoon, and drove thence to
Aborgeldie Castle.
In order to facilitate the sale of foreign cattle, several
landowners from Oldenburg have come to England to
the ro-opening of the lameton Cattle-market for
fo=cattle.
An excursionist from Elmira, New York, who made a
trip under the Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, A lOW days ago.
found, upon returning to the mainland, that his sense of
hearing was completely gone.
Itiiiewer (41mm:0m—A New York payer notes, 1111
novelty, the application of the camera obscure to railroad
cars, exhibiting to the traveller a nioving picture of the
country throu which he is passing.
Canon Lid on, who has recently returned from the
Conference at Bonn, preached • sermon at St. Paul's
Cathedral on Sunday, in which he colulatted the them",
of evolution, and maintained that the whole human race
are descended from common liarants.
The treasurer of Messrs. Moody andllSankey's London
imamon has published • balance sheet, frail, which it
appears that a sum of £155 is needed to make the total
nesig 4138,238, equal to the aggregate exPeaditare.
"As late Emperor Ferdinand of Austria has left to the
Fof 10,000,000 florins, which has already 1-well
ed
:etc:Vatican. The Emperor has bequeathed also to
a Pope all the ornaments and sacred Vessels of his
chapel, and most valuable crystals and rare china services.
A remarkable instance of fluctuation in the coal trade
Is even by • Forest of Dean correeposident In 1871 the
..rice paid by the inhabitants in that district at the pit
Lank was 7s. per ton, in 1873 it adrsnced to 215., while In
tip, present year it is goofed 11.. lid. The reeessiou
within the past few measles been very rapid.

Ritlgitt eetnittl ew Pr •
JJ. norsetsitin. spondcuce ha; been pads.h.. :
flau.wavPOßTFßsi, Ream:: --Thu following corm-
•. iv ,•.o, nth. 1,75.
STATE OF THE Caopa IN DORSET.-MT. ft. D2Ulstl, for- `r .r.. . ••‘• t t -.1
TUESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1875. ch.iter:-Whest, under average barley, over average ; that the •-" 7 • .-- L.,
• ti. :I 14 , I!. Il• . a tlt
OM., under average beans, not touch grown ; yeas, under Pau° 1., ;le 1.
,1„ ..• 1.. o.truc-
a% erage, blighted ; root crop., pro:late &heavy crop; hay,
4i.:a•lst.'"A 4 a a .1, d „it
Uppermost in the thoughts and conversation
NOTES OF THE WEEK. dover hay light, meadow heavy. much damaged. Mr. b• io '.• I'f
Hoary Fookes, hitechurch, Ittandford :-Wheat, under '!lat."7"oili. • • a i •
r 14
avvreit3, quality fair; baxley, good crop, quality inferior; "L;rier. ronor. a p ,rt.olotora ir r the
of every subject of the Queen for the f oats, arcly an average : peas, un.lcr an enrage; root ive'sy carrisze pl.c: it i ••14 r,,: •At
pas_ Ow Craps. goo.. every prospect of a heavy crop
tan platform, whalwr pas. t it Xs aoa atto• .4
days has been the terrible accident in the average
u quantity;l
rogyryAtrch
e. ts.reirltotr/ie V.tetivh3li JuAnOZ; f.tvre.;oir.
fr tic fr.
Solent, of which Her Majesty was an eye wit- average;harkYi fair average mt.* a fair crop; be". lr'oufw faitlavily (sive 1). ti. It.
Balmoral, and, crossing
ness. Her Majesty waa leaving Osborne for weeerein "erag;. creilpegveler 41..rwei __d; hayl;, Pier crop'', !...4"lreaTril:slt.enitt.iiisr°.l7,l'.:)l.l;
from the Isle of Wight but little crop;
it well made. Mr. John Ford, Tarrant 1211,.
Rushton, Illandford :- Wheat, under average; ar__
I le
y, over •• DOI. Sir. am obligel for roar better of yester.ll).* JAR.
to Portsmouth in the Royal yacht Alberta, that an
vessel ran into the yacht Mialetoe, in which average, the quality much injured by wet; oayta, utter. sixiiti,.l rep!). to-: to state that It Llse
duty .4 tea cotflpunVe
averages. , but Tech im
grownproverood; beans. pa.
plant, but sun • :Lisa.% ir di seen.% 35 that yoik alio& ; and if You
much Mr. Heywood, a Manchester banker, was enjoy Pope -
ing the pleasures of the summer evening, with Nriededi gcniho.dhiicrosiri,Thha n mellf.(4t._tocrtheeert.. c::tiheiha.,camenttleh,e‘ tw,fillth;Jeztinic,,;iir.ouloloche 7,1-111
mb bolt
Mr.
g snsthiwbliggriledluility, vbetentrectr .teihe'ttlen7C.casi
I -,n
-Itiethet
fair, knocked about ;.liarlev;e.
some members of his family. The yacht sank • gitutld'ill'eovtrgeniPe'Culdt!.. bvirlTeni;:rtally, WI quality. (Wifeel), O. P. TV sew, 0. it. Crickmay. "
We are the more sorry to observe the above bccaufe of
few minutes after the collision. Two of the DOROBESTER. having received the greatest courtevy from the officers and
party, Miss A. Peel and tho mato wore drowned, DORSET COUXTT SCHOOL—From • prospectus of this
and the maater of the yacht, Captain Stokes, spcorev.atitsheoef.l:lrrailltvgroxrra:lies,tar.t. Weymouth for
of , ser,..seAltfyiniteii/irdw,iirlenotictiivetr teliresthtceoemitn:
Poole, died before he could be conveyed ashore. moderate lee.
The remainder of the crew were with difficulty eezzenlßL-idnolnagungaliwio,2ext!oart traThririsorituecoFoorf
Dorseaudited on board the Alberta, and the Queen,
with true womanly feeling and sympathy, the convenience of members of the craft, all fast trains on
that day will stop at Niirarch;iitn.
interested herself iinm‘eliately in alleviating the ad li.aLersbirr,n,eraiti..,
at
the
used b the droll
sufferings of the saved, and with her own hands,venture. of reading the
the pLay,
and in yariowi places, and on Thursday, the god seetemter,
we are told, assisted in trying to restore anima- their author -Mr. Arthur Sketchley-will give recitations
tion into the body .4 the unfortunate master.
5ati:.',",Ter'10141,,,L.f7174,...
the u. not of hia humourous
Of course when two vessels come into collision, Doane:nen OAs comriNv siiiites.-On Tuesday lest,
the one propelled by steam the other provided Mr. I'. Eniiiir sold by &ult.:in at the An!relotreHotel
ten
only with sails, the latter must be the chief 111.1arshainret,IiieareDoTAchliter. as
11.1 h op ant w'err'uortre);:
sufferer ; but even the heavier and swifter vessel div. The prices realised were front ES 10s. to £4O, making
must be in more or less danger, and there is e.teleili sem of f:143. The purchaser of the whole was Mr.
a prevalent feeling of thankfulness that the
jAIMITID TO illE DORSET COUXTT PRlSON.—Seationa
Queen has escaped uninjured. Of course the Henry Miller, stealing a pair of trousers at West Stafford.
sad catastrophe still leaves room for deep regret, fi r.d tairr ur. •rnEtir sitey92,ll.lxpota I.Vtg mo u thn
both for the chief victims of it, and for the un-
on his wife at Stalbridge, four calendar months, and to
willing causers of it. That short, but mourn- enter into his recognisance; Mary Rockett, idle and de.-
fully eventful, passage scram the Solent will orderly at Fordington ; Charles Skitter vagrancy
Lulworth • Nicholas Fry, vagrancy at W
sadden the Queen's holiday In the Highlands Randall, ;ogee and vagabond at Sydling, one calendar
for many • day to come. month each. -Imprisonment Henry Rockford, stealing •
watch and chain at Lytchett Minster, one calendar month
The Prince and Princess of Wales have gone and live years in • Reformatory SchooL
to Scotland, after having delighted the people Tnit waaniza.-Ths following ix our meteorological
of Sheffield by a visit which appears to have
given equal pleasure to both hosts and guests.
' On their way from Osborne their Royal High-
misses visited the Serapia, which is being fitted
out at Portsmouth for the Prince's voyage to
India. Considerable alterations are going for-
ward to ensure the comfort of the Royal party.
The Prince will not again see the Serapis until
' he joins her, about the 16th of October, at
Brindisi. She sails from Portsmouth on the
6th, with nobody except her crew.
The evidence taken before the Commission for
inquiry into the alleged corrupt practices at
Norwich, points to the employment of vehicles
for the conveyance of voters to the polling-
places, and to the engagement of an enormous
number of persons, many of them voters, as
messengers, placard-bearers, bill-posters, and
day and night watchers.
The insurrection in the Herzegovina has spread
to Bosnia, and threatens to involve all the
Christian populations who are straining on the
leash in their desire to exterminate the Turks.
The Princes of Servia and Montenegro, actin
under the advice of Austria, have expr
their intention of remaining neutral; but, even
if their declarations be sincere they are unable
to restrain the eagerness of their subjects.
Volunteers are constantly joining the insurgents.
Meantime the Turks are—if such a term can be
applied to any movements in Turkey—" hurry-
ing' up reinforcements, and the garrison of
Trehinjo are holding out bravely. Austria and
Russia have, it is said, come to an understand-
ing that the Eastern question shall not be re-
opened upon a pretext like this; but if the
Turk does not preserve the peace in his terri-
tories, Austria and Russia may have to interfere
for their own protection, and that is probably
the hope of the Herzegovinians, or of the
Austrian and Italian adventurers who are, it is
said, the leading spirits in the matter. The
Tiotca says :—" If Server Pasha is empowered,
as Special C.eninissioner, to make the best
settlement possible, ho will readily consent to
the transformation of Bosnia into a tributary
Principality. The self-government of the
Herzegovina and of Bosnia is a thing that must
come, and we venture to say that it would be
for the advantage of the Sublime Porte if it
could be at once arranged. It costa much more
to keep these Provinces in subjection than they
are worth."
The threatened complications in Eastern
Europe call to mind how curiously often the
existence of a Conservative Government in
England synchronises with a foreign war. When
Mr. Disraeli first took office in 1852, the first
war between Prussia and Denmark about the
Danish duchies was drawing to A close, and
when he left office the serious dispute with
Russia was beginning. The Conservative Ad-
ministration 4.f 1858-9 was broken up while the
war between France and Italy on one side and
Austria oil the other was being waged. The
next Derby-Disraeli Government was formed
while the Prussians and the Austrians wore
hurrying to Sailowa. And now it seems likely
enough that the fourth ministry of which Mr.
Disraeli has been a leader will shortly be listen-
ing to the roar of foreign artillery. Will this
he a matter for Lord Derby only, or will there
be work for Mr. Hardy and Mr. Ward Hunt 1
It seems hardly conceivable that military oper-
ations should be going on in Turkish territory
without our being there to see, and yet are there
ten men in all the British dominions who would
consent to strike a blow or pay a shilling in
order to uphold the Power for whose integrity
we poured out our treasures and shed rivers of
blood 20 years ago 1
Should there be a European war we shall
probably find ourselves with an Asiatic war on
our hands also. The Chinese have been pre-
paring for one steadily for wino years. Thirty-
fixe years ago we ridiculed the Chinese arma-
ments, and, no doubt, soldiers armed with bows
and arrows were not very formidable. But 20
years later they had learnt the use of artillery,
as our experience at the Take fort taught us.
Since the war of 1860 the Celestials have been
steadily reorganising their forces both by land
and sea. They have had the help of Engliah
and of American officers. They have replaced
their junks with ironclad', they have armed
these and their land defences with rifled guns of
the heaviest metal. They have an army of a
million men, a considerable portion of them
provided with breech-loading rifles. Above all,
the Chinese troops are now disciplined as they
never were before. Now against whom are all
those preparations directed 1 Anglo-Indians
have no difficulty in answering the question.
" Against England," they say • against the
"foreign devils" as the Chinese calls us. They
thoroughly detest us because we have already
beaten them and fined them heavily more than
once, because we have forced the opium traffic
upon them, and because we are ever vexing
them by .nir endeavours to open up their
country. We are constantly demanding new
routes for trade, and the national party in China
would probably make any sacrifices rather than
concede those ever recurring requests. Russia
would be sure to foment this irritation, for she
wishes to keep the Chinese trade to herself, and
also to keep our hands well engaged while she
is carrying out her designs elsewhere. The
Chinese Government seem to have hoped that
our dispute with Burnish would have led to a
war with that country, and if it had it is not
only on the Irawaddy that we should have had
to fight. The letters Wilt to the Times from
month to mouth by correspondents in China
shew Gild there are always plenty of disputes
going ca between English subjects and Chinese
officials every ono of which might be made the
excuse for a serious quarrel.
Sewage farming does not pay. Experiments
of various sorts have been made during the last
few years, many towns having been induced,
either by interested patentees or from a desire
to utilise the sewage, to try the different plans
proposed ; but the case appears almost hopeless.
Out of 25 towns, only two show a profit, namely,
Swindon, which, on an expenditure of £412 for
the year 1873 showed a profit of only gia • and
Warwick, which, on an expenditure of L 796 for
the same year, showed a profit of £1,310. This,
however, is more apparent than real, the accounts
being defective. Cheltenham tries the sewage
farm process, but up to 1873 it was far from
profitable, there being a loss on that year of
£383, while the original outlay of £lB,OOO
, remains unproductive. However, Mr. Odams,
of Fenchurch-street, London hopes to show the
public, by the latter end of September, a simple,
inexpensive, and effective process for extracting
Belida (which are the offending Gauss) from
sewage, thus arresting decomposition at the
outfall and rendering the " effluent" fit to go
into any stream not used for drinking purposes.
But then so many plans have promieed equally
valuable results, and have failed. Pc pa,
however, wino day we shall find out a scheme
worth adopting, for the Local Government
Board have appointed a commission to inspect
the various sewage works. The members of the
commission are Mr. Smith, Mr. Itawlinstin, and
Mr. Read, M.P.

M111;11

WEY)IOUTII FAATT.I.
The people wk.) ti see on Saturday the regatta this
year were favoured with tiso.t charming weather, there
being not a drop of rain, awl seemly a cloud on tbu sky.
Yet, for the regatta it-elf, the weather was eminently
unsuitable, there being t cry little, if any, wirol, and cer-
tainly none to sewl the large yachts along. There were
about 35 or RI of various sizes and rigs, and the EV
appeared quite • beautiful victim, with these graceful
vessels on the horizon. The sailing committee, including
Captain (lawn°. R.N., Captain MeatL IL N.. the Mayor
(Mr. G. 11. Welsfordt, and Dr. Simpson. with the hon.
secretary, Captain Shute B. Piers, and Mr. IL Edwards,
M.P., went off early to 11.31.,. cutter, Skylark, which had
been moot kindly placed at the disposal of the col 1111 l
awl where Captain Surrey made a beautiful dimlay of
flags, and kept a couple of guns read; loaded for the
signals. From the south, with perhaps half a point of east,
there wee a slight air ; but though it just moved the small
Itachts along, with all sail set, there was not enough to
justify a start for any large race, for the yachts would
never have completed it until far into Sunday. The first
prizes offered, and the entries, were :
Fifty Sovereigns, for Cutters exceeding 3) tons. First
prim, LSO • second £10; three times round the Wey-
mouth Cosine. !inn. Royal 4111bert Yacht Club scale.

-491 ions.
Corgi% Sir F. Good . 40 ..
Nyasotis, ... Mr. FL y..aselthster ... 39 ~
Nr,a,

il'obTe;Tc;W:

Glance, ... Mr. E. Rushton, ... 35 o
Cuckoo, ... Mr. IL Hall, „
Twenty-floe Sovereigns for Cutters exceeding 15 tons and
under 30. First prise £fil, second £5. Twice round
the Weymouth Course. Time, two-thirds Royal Albert
Yacht Club Scale.
NadeJda. .. Mr. Q Wegue ... 20 tons.
Shulah, ... Mr. I'. S. French ... 110
Vampire, ... Mr. T. Cuthbert ... 18 o
VW:masa, ... Mr. .I. Sinclair ... 20
Thought, ... Mr. G. Wells... 27
For the first only Coralie, Myosotis, and Glait'oe, were
ready at the time for starting (l 0 a.m.), and these three
kept sailing along slowly, lons ati•l Neva had not yet come
in; but it was conjectured they were setuewhere between
this and Bournemouth. A gentleman from the Myosotis
came on hoard, awl urged the committee not to ivsit
for the large yachts, as he had entered his on
the chance of a light wind and a start The
committee replied that they were not waiting for the large
yachts but for the wind ; but the yachtsman still pressed
for a start. IN lie said there was enough to take his yaeht
three knota. By and bye the Neva was seen creeping ull
under all her ordinary soil; lona al. WrIA seen. This
caused the gentleman of the Myoisotis to be more than
ever eager for • start, awl, indeed, there seemed to be a
little air around the Skylark, for even the large Yachts
tacked round her. Under the land to the north, how-
ever, it was almost dead calm, • schooner yacht remaining
stationary with her sails hanging straight down for, 10114
time, and there was scarcely enough air aloft to hlow out
the flags at the inaatheads. The course was to have been
from the committee beat, moored about east from the
King's Statue, N.E. by E to a boat off Radcliffe Heal,
thence E.S.E.. tra-sing Itingstead Point. to No. 3 boat, off
the Burning Cliff. thence S.S.W. to • mark eff the Break'
water end, thence N.W. ti the Breakwater end, and to
No. 6 mark bolt in the entrance to Portland Roads, awl
thence Ni E. ti the Skylark again. For the first two
events the race was to be thrice and twice round respec-
tively. but the wind, suet as it was, though it crept round
towards west a little, did wit increase in force, and there
seemed less hope than ever. So it Ergs decided not to
start either of the first two races, awl to alter the course
for 15 ton and smaller cutters to once round. The first
gun tired about ten minlitel mist one.
FIFTIES SOVEIZIONA, FOR CrETERi of 15 tons and under.
First prize, £l2, second a. Once round mark boats,
1, 2,5, &8. Time, two-thirds It.A.Y.C.S.
Start. Finish.
Ina, Mr. C. J. Stone, 15 tons 1.19.35. 4.18.33... 1
Naiad, Mr. T. A. Littleinle, Pitons 1.17. l.la.Tt .. 2
Juanita, Mr. C. K Daniel, 15 tons 1.19,..b1. 4.5110... 3
Nais.l got away beautifully ; but the other two seemed
to be beginning to take the win,' mit of each other's sails
even before their atartinz time could betaken. The result
was that W. Stone's Ina was within half-a-minute of
being too late, as 5 ininnte* only were allowed ter the
fiyin• start. The lightness of the breeze not allow of
any incident, they all went slowly roowl, and the result
was that, lua and N.iied C3lllO in exactly together. After
time allowance was mule, Ina was the winner by 1 min.
I second.
Kam SAILING VF.i.iEIS not exceeding
7 tons. Time allowance. 2 min. per ton. First prize,
£3; Second, £3; Third, LI.

Start. Ist rd. Finish.
Wild Roes Mr. 11. Little 7 tons 1.423, 2.44.30 4.19.0 1
Aloutte Mr. C. Veenolins tons 1.13.54 *2.51.10 1.27.0 2
to Mr. E. E. Middleton 5 tons 1.13.25 251.20 1.10.3 s 3
The course waa from a line from the committee boat to
the Breakwater End, r.nind the lbslcliffe Head mark,
then round a !Warner very close to the middle of the
Esplanade, thus giving the people on share a good view.
Twice round. Wild Moe wee well han,llosl, and hwl an
immense spread of sail. It HU a very pretty race. awl
the lightness of the breeze favoured the display of the
beautiful curves of the canvas. without endangering the
spare; this was well, especially for Wilt Rose, which
certainly could not have carried sail as she did hot the
wind been strong. and probably a puff would hare taught
her people more caution. The wind. however, continued
light, awl she won, as above. i,flowst by Alouette.
Foi.a SOVERF.IGNS. FOR OPEN OR HALF-DECK ROAM not
exceeding l 7 feet. First prize £2 Ilk, second LI, third
Ilk Titus, one minute per foot.

N. 11. S.
retra ... cutter, Mr. A. Learruouth. lift. 4 4 o_l
Fleetwing, cutter, Mr. 11. Pearce, .. IS4t. 4 4 20.. 2
cutter, Mr. Mal.er,. 2lt. 4 44 40 .3
Lively, ... cutter, Mr. Samueleharles 21ft not timed
The course was the same as before, once run.!. They
started fairly well together, at 1 hour 14 minutes, awl
Petrel, the smallest boat, was so well sailed by Mr. Lear-
mouth, that she canie in the winner easily.
The race for £.3 10s, for open boat 4 not exec° ling 14 feet
did not fill, there being only one entry, the Paitime,
spritsail, Mr. B. Farmer. 15ft
This concluded the sailing matches of the first day.

ROWING It ITCHES.
These excited the greatest interest among the general
public, and very many people had assembled ti witness
them. The management was by the Weymouth Rowing
Club, the excellent captain .4 whom, Mr. 11. Nangle,
officiated as starter and judge with his accustotned
urbanity, which carried many a difficult matter and
settled many a knotty point. The captain and committee
were ineated on board a barge moored off the Pile pier,
and this arrangement drew a vast number of people to the
pier-head, which swarmed with them, and a place on the
stand, from its elevated position. was much coveted. The
crowd of people extended all along the New Quay End
and an to past the Now Gardens, while all the Esplanade
was dotted with interested groups. The water was
occupied by boats of all kinds, from the Mothering tub,
with rough planks for oars, and pulled by opaally rough
boys, to the stately cutter yacht, with inoire and
chevaliers entertaining ladies .an board. Two-oared craft
ware affected by those who paddled their own canoe, the
binomial motained the young gentleman and his lady
who seemed in the seventh heaven of bliss ; here was a
family boat. polled by uncle, while father and mother,
and half-a-wore of olive branches weighed her down at the
stern. I)andies and smacks with dark dingy sails that
looked as if they had been only washed in the Thames, or
in that black river that runs beside the Great Western
fat Trowbridge, hint it?) lumbered about and got in the
way of the racing boats, or hid them from the committee's
sight, and active little steam launches (how they have
multiplied 9 puffed and churned about, as if it was im-
possible for them to be still. The sunshine was unclouded,
and the water almost as still as a pond, except when some
one of the Portland steamers came paddling in, with
tremendous loads of excursionists, and raised a swell that
set our barge rocking for a quarter of an hour. Away to
the eastward the beautiful yachts were stretching. out
their great albatross wings, and floating as Wife on IS4
if
they were the very bird herself, sleeping on the wing.
Nearer to us was the beautiful fleet of itatisoary yachts,
the cutter Skylark hung with URI from stem to stern,
the tall tapering mast of the others with their spider-web
rigging alone tracing delicate lines against the sky, or
here and there might be seen • substantial steam yacht,
swift and powerful, but her funnel only looking like a
stouter mast, until she steamed across the horizon, and
then the smoke made us fain to confess that even the
triumphs of steam have their disadvantage in the murky
stain against the blue sky. These steam yachts. which
are, inside, fitted like floating palaces, were in motion
frequently with such quietude of strength that if it were
not for the steam and smoke you woad., not have guessed
they were mooring the screw adopted in all of them. pro-
pelling them along with an almost mysterious smoothness.
so different from the fussiness of the little steam-launches
or of the paddle steam-hosts. The chalk cliffs of Emit
Dos-set hounded the scene to the north, the open sea
stretched away to the east, to the south-east and south lay
the Breakwater an.l Portland, and nearer home the Nothe
Forte, and the green plateau and slopes of the Nothe, on
which another mass of people had gathered. 1.11 or down
our harbour continually were coining or going recht-S.
steamers, or rowing boats. ailing motion to this port or
the picture, the foreground of which was tonne.' by the
Crowd anxiously watching on the Pier. Mr. U. Edwanis,
NP., and Sir Frederic Johnstone. 31. P., were on board
the barge. The races did not commence till after three,
the first being for
FIVE POUNDS Tea SHILLINGS grin Boos belonging to
lI.M. Coastguard Serviee. In heats First prize. :
second, £2: third. Ins. Four to start or no Iwo%
Wyke crew. coxswain Drarton •-• • ,
Osmington crew, coxswain Ward ------2 -
Weymouth crew coxswain McKenviu .I 3
Portland crew, coxswain Collingworcl • 3
The course was from the committee to Brunswiek.buil.l-
ings and hack. The Portland men were noticeable from
the loud boasting .4 one opt' them ; they kept edging
ii
front at the start, an.l took the water first; but were
quickly overtaken by Wyke and alsmlngton, anal had to
bo content with third place :Weymouth keeping to.. close
in shore lost ground and Caine in last. Wyke woo saluted
by applanse, and tossed their oars upright, in .i.ra
winning. Weymouth also tried to toss oars, but iu doing
so one of the oars was thrown off sone distance into the
water, which caused a laugh.—Second heat: One of
Portland, as hefore, boasted a great deal, and they gare
is
good deal of trouble by keeping in front at the start.
They were ordered bark several times, and at last when
their coxswain was busy with the basay the start WiLi
made. Instead of being alde to let go at once be seemed
to foul his own rudder with the buoy rope anti so got ad
behind and bad to go out of the race. Wyke led all the
way talthongh Osiningt in ;me thorn a 010.1 fir it
bonal. Wyke won by a short distance. Weymouth a bad

rscing Istats thus had t ) go out a their course and lost WHITECIIUItOII.
tint,. Tit, wager boat thus got in front by about • length, PREVIOUS to the sicparture of the Ike. J. lley.iell. for
th, ArtiPery ahout doulde the distance lschinit. Second Nottingliain. a meeting was helft set Iltursslay last, on the
licat. It was a long time before this heat was start° I. 'sot Down, near 'sing:horns, sch at al Is -'-c were dclivered
at List wero seen in the flint distance c swing along liy the Rev. J. PlephAt, 11,444. Clisirisull. ausl others.
at .ifgo 1. II sornentouth a trifle ahead. This se nest to - -
lash Bic friends of the Rowing Club in the enumnittoe 811AFTE5B1ItY.
hark, ex.•it.mo •n,. sholte I with all • LOLLT.--At the quarterly session of the Dorset district
their might to "ami.er foul Mask" to come along. The losige of i Lsul Tempters twist here last week, a further
itixtr 5,1 Wet, ..... ath scouted to be at stake by the decline of Inunul.eru u.s. rfasorted ; still. the order is doing
ewer** the shouters displayed; Init Bournemouth a large any unit of good. The officers for the year ensuing
also put forth their strength. It wan a splendid —or rather till Easter—were duly installed by Bro. the
race in, nail Bournemouth won by about a length, the km/. W. Mottram, P.D. for Wilts, assisted by liro. G.
several lengths behind. Second Weymouth Thornloc, P.D.t4 , and Iltv. T. W. Glover, D.D. for South
crew nouliere. Third heat. Although title was loAced I Dents. The nriaripal olti,ers lett J. Wescott.
forward to with intense interest, it wee not rowed till ls D. • Bro. W. Tarver. C railer ; Ste. SaWay. Viee
clout the last of all, both crews having had full time to Templar_ g Bro. the Bev. C. Chambers, Chaplain; Bro. W.
refresh themselves for the final struggle. It was more Puntis, Marshall : Bro. IL Penny, Electoral Deputy ; Bro.
exciting than ever front the corumittee barge the en- the ltev. S. Knell, District Suixwintendent of Juvenile
eouregernent shouted to the Weymouth boat was loud and Teinple•
prolsalged, and before they came in Is great was the
excitement that off went the gun. The Bournemouthians
ceased pulling about two strokes before the time, the
wager boat kept on, and the judge gave the race in favour
of the wager boat by • vent.
Six SOVEREIGNS FOR YACHT'S CRIFWS, SO be rowed lathe
galleys of the Weymouth Rowing Club,. lent for the
purpose. First time, .C 3 second, £2; third, CL In
heats.
obi
- lark
thou

Drui.l
Skylark

B RI DPORT.
A VFATRY MEETING was held at St. Mary's Church, on
Thursday. The rector (the Rev. E. J. L. B. Rensloive)
presided, and there were also present Mr. J. C. Baker auil
Mr. S. Whetharn (churchwardens), Mr. J. Turner. Mr. S.
Allen, and Mr. Coombs. The object of the meeting was
to make a voluntary rate to meet the current expenses of
the church—Mr. S. Allen asked why the organist was not
pail out of the rate.—Mr. Riker said if that were done, an
eiglitpenny rate would be required.—Mr. J. Turner did
not think it would be advisable to make any change with-
)ut its being considered at a more nuniermaily attended
meeting than the present. —The Chairman said his Plea
was that the offertory system—with no rate at all- would
meet every requirement. There sere many people, how-
ever, of a different opinion, and it being a hobby of hi,,
he did not like t i press it. It had resulted to an enormous
benefit to the evening service—Mr. S. Allen said the
attendance at the evening service had been wonderfully
increased--Mr. Baker: More by outuarishieners than
parishioners.—Mr. Whotham said it was evident that it
caused a great many people to attend the church who
would not otherwise have done so.--On the proiseition of
Mr. Turner seconded by Mr. Allen, it was then agreed to
levy a sixpenny rata—Sonic remarks were minute on the
smallness of the attendance at the meeting. awl the holding
of future meetings in the evening was suggested.
BURTON BRAILDEITOCR.
Plikeeerxrtex TO TICE Rev. .1. B. CIIARLE.4.—PreSioOS
to the Rev. .1. B. Charles leaving Bridport, last week.
some of the members aud school teachers connected with
the Wesleyan cause in this village, who had subscribed
together for the purpose, presentrl that gentleman with a
valuable silver inkstand. beautifully finished, and sup-
plied by Mr. Stagg, of Bridport. Mr. James Stephens
made the presentation, accompanying the act with • few
words expressive of the feelings of the subscribers. The
Rev. J. B. Charles acknowledged their kindness. which he
said had completely overwhelmed hint but he assured
them that although in future he might be absent from
them in body his heart would he still amongst those with
whom he had spent as many happy hours.

Glance ... .• • ... 3 0
There were six crews Ind only four boats, consequentlY
the find heat of this race had to be rowed three crews at
a time.
In the rare between Druid, Skylark, awl Gem the
latter WVI the first to Ion!, but Druid made the shortest
turn nod r3IIIO to the front, while Gem fell to the rear, and
in this order they came in. Avoset, Glance, and Pandora.
Avoset led all the way, and won easily; Pandora, which
had been .1110 distance out of the course, improved their
position awl beat Glance, coining at fall speed into the
committee boat, which in trying to clear the course had
ffd in the way herself. The second heat was pulled by
the four best crews, Gain and Glance having to give up.
Avoset again won easily, followed by Skylark and Druid.
The race between the two latter was so close that they
agreed to pull again for second prize, after a very In
and warm debate. In the third heat the Skylarks pulled
well, and might have won but for their coxswain, who
took them two lengths out of the course, so that Druid
won by two lengths.
A greasy bowsprit was rigged out from the barge, and
about four men tried to walk the slippery surface and
take away a small paper or flag at the end. Many efforts
were made and many a plump into the water, followed
bj
shmta of lanzhter. At last 3lalmb managed to fall
alone the spar and shake the flag off, when he swam and
seized it, entitling him to the prise.
A "Duck hunt," or pig and punt chase, caused much
fun. The man who acted as ".luck" lost his oars,And got
his bolt sunk before ho Was secured. The sports con-
tinued till after seven o'clock. and even then the people
did not seem disposed to go home.
MONDAY.
The weather this morning was again most delightful,
the sun shone brightly enough for the thousands of people
that swarmed on the Esplanade. There was also • little
breeze, quite sufficient to start the yachts, and yet light
enough to allow them to carry all sail. The sailing com-
mittee repaired on board early, accompanied by Mr. It.
Edwards, Ml'., and the first gun WM fired at 10 o'clock

sharp.
15) SorgRF.IGNS, for Cutters of 50 tons and over, and
Yawls awl Schooners of 70 tons and over. The rig of
the first vessel in to determine the rig of the winner of
the nest prize of £OO. The second prize of £lO to be
awanleil to the vessel of different rig saving her time,
and the third prize of £lO for the vessel of other rig
saving her time. No vessel being the only yacht of that
rig in the match shall be entitled to the third prize.
Twice round the longer Weymouth course. Time, Royal
Albert Yacht Chub Scale.
Neva ... Mr. R. Holmes Kerr ... cutter ... fff tons.
lona ... Mr. James Ashbury ... cutter ... is One.
Cuckoo... Mr. H. Ilall ......cotter .. 92 tens.
Eyrie ... T. Mulhollan ... schooner. .132 tons.
Corinne... r. N. Wood......schooner _lO2 tons.
Olga ... Mr. .1. A. !tanker ... schooner _220 tens.
Florinila... Mr. W, Jessop yawl _l4O tons.
Leanne ... Mr. A. B. Rowley yawl ...140 tons.
The yachts were rather long in starting but eight got
under weigh, including all thee on the card except
Cuckoo, the other entry being the schooner Flying Cloud,
75 tens. They were all over their five minutes allowed for
starting, and went round the first mark heat in the follow-
ing oiler: Corinne going very fast. !Atone yawl. Olga.
Neva. inns, Florinda, Eyrie, Flying Cloud. There was
plenty of breeze in shore: but the rominittee hel made
arrangements to shorten the course if the wind fell light.
EIOIITT SOVEREIONs., for Cutters under 50 and Yawls
and Schooners ender 70 tons. Conditions as in 141",
sinus match. First priz•, Lek second, SM. third. £l5.
Three times round the Weymouth Course.
Aveyron. cotter ... Mr. F.. Packard ... 5 tons.
Glance, cutter ... Mr. K Ritshton .Li tons.
Bloodhound, cutter ... Mareeis of Ails'. ... ed tons.
Ilvezotie, cutter ... Mr. H. D. NlacMaster II tons.
C.iralie, cotter ... Sir F. Gooch 40 tons.
dd.., cutter... ... Mr Henry Crawford... 40 tons.
Norman, cutter ... Major Ewing tens.
Daring, schooner ... Sir Charles Harvey ... 31 tons.
Firefly, schooner ... Mr. B. Holt ... 45 tens.
Anit.3, schooner .. Mr. 11. Steady . 47 tons.
Rosebud, yawl ... Mr. R. Si. Dean .. 51 tons.
Gertrude, yowl ... Sir Andrew Fairburn 08 tons.
.liianita„ cotter ... Mr. .1. C. Daniel ... 15 tens.
Aveynin end Rosebud lit not start. The rest Caine on
well together. awl Iffvosotas ran into Glance almost
oppositi the Skylark, but no damage was done as the
wind was light All got clear off, is most beautiful sight,
this being the largest start of the day.
TWENTr-FITIE SOVIRnioNs POR I'UTIEII,3 exceeding 15 tons
and under 34 First prize, £25. second 425. Twice
round the Weymouth Course. Time, twodhirds Royal
Albert Yacht Club Scale.
Nadebla ... Mr. C. %Veguelin ... 20 tons.
Slllll3ll ... Mr. I'. S. French . DI tons.
Vampire Mr. T. 4 .4itlihert 10 tons.
Vanessa ... Mr. J. Sinclair .. 201 tans.
Thought .. Mr. G. Wells ... V tons.
Serge SOTEIMIGNS, FOR Crrralta belonging 4.4 the port of
Weymouth, i.e.. from St. Allen'e Head to 11111 of
Portland. First prize. LI second. 22. Course three
times round mark boats'', 2,5, awl 0. Time allowance
two-thirds Royal Albert richt flub Scale.
Osprey ... cutter ... Mr. C. W. Gasin 10 tons.
Watersprite cutter ... Rev. W. Giblea .. 20 tens.
Rowing and other amusements took place in the after-
noon, and there was a display of fireworks at night.
LANGTON NM— RNING.

third.
Twgtvg SOVEREIGNS /OR FOVR.OARED iN-RIGGRO
GALLEYS Eow,st I.E smatellni. Open to the rend, we.t
of Lymington. Find prim, ; second,Cl; WO, £2;
In heats. Four to start or no race.
Weymouth Wager !vat 1 2 I
Bournetnouth 2 1 2
Weymmith Artillery galley . .3 3 0
Weymouth galley . .. 00 0
The course was a straigld one, front opposite holmoar,
finishing at the committee barge. The crew of the wager
bast were F. Mare (Ism). Wills, C. Baunton, It.
Rolls
(stroke), Wadsworth (not). The Bournemouth people'l
names did not trnatspin, The Artillery wore Wood.
Creonalade, falbe, Weims (stroke), Talbot (cot). 'The
Weymouth second crew were C. Brown, Wilkinvon.
Stanney. W. Burt (stroke), It. Tewkesbury (cox). The
wager boat was • remarkably light and long boat, of a
class far superior to the other Weymouth boats, and it
was at once felt that she ought to win. She was even
about five feet longer than the Bournemouth Ipost. The
wager bast at once shot ahead. followed by Bournemouth
the Artillery. though pulling well, evidently had tOO
much work cut out. In home they found a lot of
miscellaneous boats blocking the course, and some of the