The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Ti CIANNSLWare Tatum-Dir.—lt is un-
derstood that the Channel Islands telegraph, which
nue recently broken, will not be repaired at present,
and that the existing alternative line from Jersey to
Cadencies, on the coast of France, will work the
i Inc communication for the Channel Islands
ttgraEug Paria, and thence to England. The reason
assigned for this is that the Channel lolanda Tele-
graph Company do not find the enterprise to pay
the working.
Cinwrray.—ln oonsequence of numerate parties
entering_the oemetry on Sunday evenings and pluck-
ing the flowers from the graves, an application was
mad.' to the Burial Board last week, to prohibit
burials after Mx o'clock in the evening. After con-
siderable discustion, we understand the Board came
ta a resolution to pay a person Is. each Sunday even-
ing to watch the grounds, and to keep it open for
burials from 2 o'clock till sunset. We Mat that
former depredations has been the result of thought-
lessness rather than of mischief, but shonld they be
continued, after proper notice, it will be the duty of
the Burial Board to prosecute the offenders, and the
magistrates should indict • severe penalty as an ex-
ample to others.
Wastrras Thursday evening week
tea meeting was held at the schoolroom of the
Wesleyan Chapel, lower Bond-otreet, for the purpose
of ascertaining the progress of the movement relating
to the new chapel. Throe was • much larger atten-
dance than could have been exp cted, considering
the extreme wetness of the weather. After tea the
mating was addressed by the Rev. R. Cooke, Rev.
J. S. Vint. Mr. T. Anderson, and Mr. Raggett. It
• appeared that £3OO had already been *Uinta the
'bank at interest, towards the building fund, andthat
aboat age had been prouneed. A beautiful new
• ' Model of the intended chapel, executed accord-
ing to scale by Mr. Rose, of Boot-lane. was exhibited,
and excited general lithllliatioo. It is of the Loin-
herdic style of architecture, and situated as it will be
in the midst of new build ings,will prove very attrac-
tive to that part of the town in which it is situated.
A prospective drawing of the new chapel and the
adjacent buildings, promoted by the architect, was
also exhibited. The new chapel, with schoolrooms
beneath, will be 68 feet lung by 44 feet wide.
A Dte•reoncratavr.—The anniversary of Her
Majesty's coronation is by many regarded as •
holiday.—Tbis year the Sunday School teachers and
principal attendants at the chapel of the Methodist
Free Church resolved to form • picnic party and go
out to Caine, but as each individual bad the option
of inviting one friend, Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Stephen
Brown, formed • scheme to make the party more
select, and consequently more respectable tban they
feared it would be but for the zeal manifested by
them in the &Ur. Unfortunately, however, for
human ambition, that which we entnetima take the
most pains about fur securing success, turns out the
greatest failure, and so it was on the present occasion.
The majority refused to have anything to do with
the picnic, and the two ladies and their immediate
friends hoeing loot their road on the way to Came,
arrived two hours ton late at the appointed spot
when several who intended to, join them had taken
. their departure. The consequence was, the party
nag very select, and the greater portion of the pro-
visions had to be taken back to Weymouth to be dis-
posed of below oat price.