The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-24 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

MAIDEN filnesoc—There woo no business, either for
the borough or oomity magistrates, M our peace court,
lest week.

Tai AOSTIALIMI MAIL Will be despatched from
London on tho 28tli. Letter. from Weymouth sad
Portland must of donne he posted • day or two Wont
that tics.

Ma. RADOLTFIneII ilotrXDS anaboat to endeavour to
give fox-busters in snd nen, our town a treat. They
are announced to meet on the Race-oottrae neat
Thursday.

Tug ensue, Weymouth and Channels Islands' Royal
mail steamer, departed on Monday wonting for South-
ampton, where she will be docked and overhauled, more
thoroughly to fit bar for the winter service.
The Weenie& A great alteration in the Mete of
the atmosphere took plum on Sunday. The wind had
before been northerly and 'embody, and for a long time
we had bright, elear, and frosty weather; but the wind
@hilted to the Rooth and west, and a Wok dried* with
violent gun of wind mme on. On Monday about three
s.m. there was a tremendous storm of rain, which mused
slight overarm.' of the gullies in the .treats and mine
work for the seswengen • but, neither from wind net
think weather, have we Mred of may damage to ships

UTIRANT AND fiCinirrurio INSTITUTION. —A rather
Dedham's and highly respectable *adieus, assembled at
the lecture room on Wednesday evening last, to bear
W. B. Barrett, Esq., deliver his celebrated lectors on
on=" which be had kindly isonsented to repeat,
request W. Symonds, Esq., recopied the
chair, Led Br. Barrett, whose lecture we need not
report. aa it has been noticed on a former occasion, kept
the attention 01 his audience lied on the subject, obleh
was made all the more interesting by Mr. Barrett
introducing what we should consider as th• "v. 17
lMeet improvements."

OUR WRERLY bLuetoiL ?RUT was given at the Royal
/trembly Rooms, on Thursday. when 900 or 300 of the
flits assembled to beer the band of the 51st H.O.L.L
The same misfortune that has attended the performances
of this beautiful band indoors was not absent in the
Royal Betel, the echo returning too quiakly on the
performers. The power of the band is not to be sur-
passed anywhere near on, and the presision end teats of
the members, and partiwilerly of the conductor, are
ororithittir that eon he desired; but we fear that it
must submit to • judiedous weeding out of some of that
loudest instruments, err II eau give perfect setithetion
indoors. The pleas of performance are alternately the
"Royer and the " Burdon," end at the letter on
Thursday we may expect to odor the following
selection :

Walt Slap "Banat that us briattost."
Ovarture ...... ........." DI Zanbardota" Nowt.
r=joa
Ile " Oorao"
"Thaavir D'Albart.
Bowlnl.
Waltz " Concord.= Anus,
Ballad mad Moroi "Oh estaaella" Balls
Gallop " VaWAIN.' R.U.
National anthem

Tax Rummy.— Afarr the storm wines the calm,
and the atonement of last week has ebbed away, and
Wt us almost at low water. Foss, however, are made
sooner than friends. and the feeling among the Liberal.,
with regard to the disappointment of Mr. Powell,
is likely, we fear, long to be rather painfoL The Anti.
Compact Association, or rather, many of its
rdPolhent, say the result was not doe so mull to
what they did, as to many in more respectable
stations, whose professions were formerly Liberal;
but who voted for Hambro and Elwards. This
remit might, perils" not have been considered unlikely,
considering the good thst Mr. Edwards has done to the
town, and the benefit that Mr. flambee has the power
to bestow. Great eonamieeration, however, is expressed
on nearly all sides for Mr. Powell at his overwhelming
defeat. We hope that time will now heal lip all sores,
and that the fail sesaspli will be &meted, end tubed
to tbe beet mow*

ACMlourr.—isi poor woman named Thompson. wife
of • shoemaki r residing at Weston Cottage, near the
Backwater, met with • sad misfortune on Thursday
last. Her busbapd not haring had much work Mtely,
she hat earned • little by going oat to wash, and on that
morning had jot taken her baby to Scrambridge
to be nursed while she was away. SI" r" down the
hill to be in tioie for her work, and slipped on the
sloping Pavement opposite Mr. Donnish's brewery, and
broke her leg. Some men from the brewery lifted her
tiP, end she was taken home in • fly by Mr. Farwell,
and attended by Dr. Nathan' who found that she had
broken the large bone of, the left leg just above the
ankle; but under his ears she is now doing pretty well. ,
A PAAHIOXABLII BALL came off at the Royal Hotel
Assembly Rooms on Wednesday evening last, under
the stewardship of IL O. Stephenson, Reg., Lieutenant
Campbell, Wilkinson, R.N., 8. .1. Dyer, Req., Slot
Regiment, Colonel AU, 51st Regiment, Captain J. W.
I Lambe, 11.N.,Captain Bennett, and J. F. Pinkey, Riq.,
slet Regiment. Vb. (swoon) wall not so numerous an
I might have been expected; but it was very select, and
included Mrs. and Misses Stephenson. Miss Harrison,
Mrs. and Mimes Dawe, Mr. Wilson, Miss Jones, Miss
Phelips, Mrs. and Miss Whittuck, Mr. Dernolines,
' Captain Vandeleur, Mrs. Bennett, Dr. Wodswork.
R.N.,Mr. J. F. Pinkey,3l" ReEin'entiCeinnni A, Slot
Regiment, and mr., Lig, Mrs. Herbert Cross, Mies
Langhorne, Miss Bertwistle, Mr. H. C. Beggalley, Mrs.
arid Min Jere* Yr. Brows, ILL. Mrs. and Miss
Whalley, Mrs. and Kiss Coombs, Mr. Trenchant 51st
Regiment, Calt'ain Vaughan Davi. a, Kiss Davies. Mrs. and
Misses Motley. Mrs. and Nimes Raison, Bias Vaughan,
Captain Lomb, ILN., Mr. Grant, Mr. J. Bower Dunn,
Slat Regiment, Mr. Denshire, Br. Barrington Kennett,
Mr. Seppinia, Major Hinds, he.
ST. suave CIIOROEL —A rough wind and drizzling
rain prevailed last Sunday, and the attendance at this
church in the morning was not very numerous, but
4:6 19a. Ild. was eolleeted at the offertory. In the
evening the rector preached from Deut. raw., 17-19,
exposing the wiles of Satan in setting ambush for the
young convert just as he has escaped from the apiritua
house of bondage, his relentless attacks upoe the
loiterers, the weak, and the faint, and showed the
necessity of carrying on war with him, of whom Amuck
was a typo—war unending and even onintermitting in
thin life. In order not to be worsted by him when we
I are weary, the preacher urged • more rigorous contest '
I when Christ has jest fed na with the hidden manna of
joy and pesos, when we are just experiencing the new
pleasure of forgiveeers. To give up one sin because we ,
think it is • great one, while we keep one that will
entail eternal rein, only with lees present disturbance,
Is as absurd as the set of the malefactor who asked, on
being led to execution, that he might not be taken
through • street in which existed the plague. The
effort iry produced FA 25., making • total of Ell Is. 9d. I
for the day.
Thu &oor ox inn Moms—Frederick Laws, the
master of the Nancy, which struck on the Mixes, as
recorded last week, gars the following account of the
disaster and its cause to It. G. Cheeemen, Esq., Receiver
of Wreak :—On Sunday, the 15th, at 7.30 a.m., the tide
at the time being high water, the weather clear, and
the wind in the E.N.R. blowing very strong with heavy
sea, the ship then running for Weymouth harbour,
deponent tuietook • post at the entrance, for that on
which the Jack-in the-Basket light used to be plaeed,
and on nearing it the vessel struck on • ledge of mocks
on the month side of the harbour. He immediately put
helm to port, and the vessel Came Oft the rocks; but In
eonsequence of the strong wind and heavy sea, she west
on shore at the back of the Miran before she could
gather headway. Al 8.30 a.m. deponent came nu shore
and engaged with the writers of steam-tug Commodore
to assist the vessel off at the nest tide ; in the meantime
he employed labourers to discharge cargo in order to
lighten, vessel and suocieeded in discharging the greater
part of it. At flee p.m. the steamer Commodore came
oat; but, in cioneequence of the strong wind and heavy
I sea, she was unable to render any maistanos. On
I Monday, the 16th inst., deponent employed men to strip
I the vessel, all hopes of her coming off being at an end,
I and succeeded in lending the principal part of her gear,
he. The vessel still remains full of water, and will, in
deponent's opivion, soon go to pieces. The lose on the
ship is estimated at £5OO, and on the cargo at £lOO.
The ship wee insured in the sum of MOO, and the cargo
in £3OO. Depoeentis of opinion that the less of his vessel
was caused by the post on which the Jaelt.in-the-lteaket
light used to be placed being removed, and no Drops r
• mark being provided to warn ousters of vessels off from
I the rocks on which his vessel streak.

Seir-coan or WILD Annum—The Colony of Natal,
whom bishop has made suish • sensation in the eccileri•
astical world, is, it appears, an emporium for many of
the strangest visitors to that strange ship which Bishop
Golan,* does not believe In. A Noah's Ark full of wild
bouts, birds, and reptiles, had been ordered by our
Yankee cousins to be procured from that interesting
part of Afrioa, in order that the teats of the sightseers
might be gratified with an inspection of the "critters
produced by the Old World, and doubtless to prove th•t
the degenerate lan& of emperors and kings would be
whipped by the free republics of the West, in lions as
well as rulers, in birds a. well es railways, and snakes
as well as arnbaasodors. The Ocean Dart, Captain
Thorns", of Newquay, sailed more than two months ago
from Port Natal with a well-assorted selection, contain-
ing two fine lion cube, • wild sow, sebras, and several
antelopes and deer, no less than 1500 birds from the
mailed species to the noble ostrich, and several serpents
of which the finest specimen was a gigantic boa con-
strictor, 18 feet in length, and of proportionate girth.
Seventeen gods were devoured by the lions, who seem
to have had a good appetite at sea, and who supported
the passage well ; but • wild pig died, and the consignees
also lost • rare and expensive animal called the nyl
ghee, or horned horse, and which is remarkable, though
• kind of deer, for its similarity in form of body to the
noble friend of man, but with the addition of a pair of
medium-sized horns. The vessel made the passage in
71 days as far as Portland, and was bound for London;
but strong easterly winds hay, lately prevailed, and it
was thought desir•ble, the vessel having put into the
Roads, not to expose the animals any longer to the
" perils of the ma," and the Commodore steamer
was engaged to tow the Ocean Dart into our
harbour, where she arrived on Thursday. On
the diaemberestion proceeding, the singularity of
the contents of the ussative gages attracted • number of
persons, who soon augmented to hundreds, to the quay :
and the bridge, whence they had the opportunity of
seeing for nothing • capital menagerie. A little incident I
added to the interest, for, on the box containing the
, male zebra being hoisted up from the hold, the animal
I smelt the fresh air, and like the wild ass in the book of
Job, he "scorned the multitude of the city, neither
regarded he the crying of the driver," bait made •
desperate effort to get away, kicking the box until the
sides were broken through. Into the bold went cage
and zebra, and there he was fastened safely, as was sup-
posed; but there was as much pluck in the striped
jaekaas as in a certain candidate for • small Dorset eon•
etiteeney, and on coming up again nearly into the light
of day, lie plunged and straggled until he had semeeded
In knocking away half his age, and he looked in •
ticklith position. However by greet *tor 5 they Id
him up, although he nearly escaped when the cage
arrived at the level of the deck. With some difficulty '
he waa kept from getting out; but it required the
greatest management to lower the cam safely to its
resting place, without breaking the vicious creature's
legs. The Inn made • little excitement after the rose-
eon from the election turmoil, but all were at last
lauded safely, and placed in • Large store on the quay,
whence they ware dispatched on Friday to the railway
station, to be sent to Southampton by South-western,
and from thane' one of the North German Lloyds'
Almoners to eonveyithem to New York

PORTLAND.

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Szunura. aerew mummer Pesos, Danoonel,
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from Huelva to Helmetle, put into the reeds on Fridsi
being short of fuel. she was supplied by Meagre
Cosies, and proeseded on her voyage without delay.
WI ere pleased to hear that an educational institute
for the working amasses hie been entablialied it Bestow
and that a reMing.room ban been opened in cooneotroe
with it. Although It has been established not more
than a month, we bear that its advantages are already
appreciated ; as there are at present between thirty and
forty members names on the books, who belong for
the most part to the working clasese—the parties for
whose benefit the institution has been Inaugurated, and
we doubt not, that as Its benefits become more generally
known, the number of its members will proportionally
increase, nor is this a matter of surprise, when we
eonrider that for the sum of 2d. per week facilities are
offered for reading the daily and weekly papers and the
best periodical'. The motto of Lord Barton that
"knowledge Is power," is becoming every day more
apparent, and we think the eommitta of the above
institution deserving of greet credit for the interest and
trouble they have taken in starting snob an institution,
In this looelity,where nothing of the kind has previously
existed. We beer that the committee are desirous of
obtaining a more commodious place, as the room they
have at present is not sufficiently large to accommodate
the present number of members, but for this, funds are
much required and we heartily commend this moiety
to the Influential as worthy of their support,.