The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-30 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF wALstra VISIT TO
WEYMOUTH.

Tal PROICI OF WALI2I ROITIL
Th 6 route by which Ells Royal Highness will enter
mid page through Weymouth has been entirely shored,
sod, sosordlog to present arrangements, which, how.
ever, have not been definitely settled. Hie Royal
Highness will dispense with the land journey from
Portland by disembarking at Weymouth Pier. This
will probably lead to the decorations intended for the
Bridge, &a., being concentrated elsewhere, and on the
line of route. Dr. Drew, the llayor'e private secretary,
has been requested to prepore the address.

Sal SHOP. 11051.00 MI ROYAL VISIT.
It Is suggested that, during the public hoiday on
Atty.* 10, the shops shall not be disfigured with
shutters, width give • funereal upset to • town. The
doors would of course be fast ; but at all create
those tradesmen who are not afraid of injury her. the
crowd should, by leaving their abutters down, and
displaying that/ wares to view, add to the attractions
of the route. A town is never so dull as when its
shops are shut, and though we shall have the artificial
viornmenie of lags, pictures, and evergreen ovorywnsre,
in arches and festoons, yet they will not give any idea
of the Wainer of the town. Besides, mine visitors
may stay till Monday, and they ought to see our
principal street to the best advantage on Saturday, when
perhaps they will note where they may buy something
in honour of the visit of the Priam. But two days
of shut shops, and they will have ne incitioement to stay.

Til DIOOI4IIOIII IPSOPOISED.

Weymouth- Is to b. adorned In -i.e. most artistic
menus: that the calebrsted firm of Ditties and Son mo
emotive. Round the pier-head will be 100 flags or
butneretta on blue poles with gilt heads, and loft. high,
and on the left approuth to the Plerheed will be about
120 flags and hannerets mounted in similar style. A
landing doge will be here oonstructed. The toll house
will be decorated with flags, and at the mimes will be
mooed Sega hanging from poles shoat 5511. high,
adorned with shields sod trophies. All the lamp poets
and fountain will be made gay, and the &planed' will
hem throughout its whole sweep Venetian meets, 120 m
number, and alternately 20ft. and 3011 high, with
banners, bunerets, shields, and heraldic Sags. The
New 01411111 will be adorned with masts and &fa and
the lamps will be ornamented in the beet way, as will
all thelempe on the Eapluisde. The King's State" is
to be teetotally draped and in front thereof will be
emoted • pavilion with :talk covered with Manson and
gold. All the pillars will be spirally wreaked and gay
with tassola and Priam of Wales's plums. Here HR. H.
I. to nears the address of the Mayor on behalf of the
inhalitante of the borough. An arch of Begs will span
the 'stream to St. Mary•ttreet, there will be trophies
at the ends at the hums, &robes of flap across St. ,
Maryotreet, and over each street that leads from the
Esplanade Into the town, foar.way arches of flags
I, Bon dative., and St. Al ban'arow. Tbe Market
Home will be gaily adorned, and the beautifully carved
borough ernes will be draped and displayed, also the
portrait of that patron of Weyntoath, George 111, in a
niche over fa. Mary's March, The ohurehyerd will be
draped, so as to look like a bestatUul grotto, and St.
Mary's Chun* itself will be gracefulltosidorned, Vene-
tian made, Mam
e.loth and wraiths freely need.
The Guildhall el mune will be gay with Naomi of
flags, and Venetian maMs will rear their mperiog beads.
From the Mayor's house to the Bridge will be another
grand
display, and 111 Venetian masts will be reared
The Mayor's bowel. to have spesdal deooratioas.
there will be four masts on each side of the Bridge, and
an acoh on the north side, sad an eruption with four
mob near Mr. Virtue's warehouse. Trinity Church
will be trimmed very chastely, and an arch will be
erected near Mr. Vortue's ofilos.

Thom deerestioas will cost £350, and in addition
doubtless private mums will make special displays at
their reiddenoss. No doubt illuminations and fireworks
Is Vs...ening will make up the spectacle, and express
the feeling ot • town run wild with joy. The oaroarip-
tio. lisle have rimelved many and important additions,
and there Is good meson to hope that the displays wilt
be the rash of the joint efforts of all.
The peograname, we understand, has 'waived jut.
portant altecatiose since being submitted to the Petal...

ARTINBTOWN.
BTUS BOCOITT.—The annual meeting of the tLartins-
town, titospleton, rind Wintorborne Abbas Amaciation
In aid of the British and Foreign Bible Boabey wee
bold at llartiastowo 011 Friday wreaks last, when two
raest interlining sddreseee were delivered by the Ray.
O. H. Peony, vicar of Abbotsbury, and the Rev. Z. W.
Porn rostra of ht. Peter's, Dorchester, es desolation.
The oollostion eggs included the munifbent ooitribis.
tics of £6 frost R. Williams, EN of Bridehead, sod
some bulbs snots from friends who were linable to be
prom., snouted to £ll l'Ts. Ojd