The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-10 00:00:00

HRIDPORT.

OUT. OP 01,0 INN4BITANT.—We have this week to
record the death of Mr. Matthew Powell, of St. Michael's
lane, who expired on Thursday morning, at the age of ei
years. Deceased had been poorly for some few days, when
indamination of the lungs set in, which was the cause of
death.
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WILFUL llorn—On Wednesday evening, a heavy wwon
was standing near the Market house, in East-street. There
were three horses attached, and the boys, as usual in Erid-
Ports at this time n( the year, were having a little sport.
A cracker was lighted by one of them, and thrown near
the horses : and, on ita exploa the animals started at
great speed, but were luckily overtaken by the men in
charge. A little toy mating across the street at the time
hail a narrow eaeape of hein; knock -I down, mull it was
very fortunate no vehicles were in the way, as there must
have been a collision had there been.

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Ecrtagaisltorr.—On Wednesday Mr. T. H. ease, of
Loudon. gave two entertainments at the (tool Templar
lialL The first was at five o'clock in the afternoon, and
was particularly adapted for juveniles, about 300 of whom
attended. The subject was " The trial of Sir Jasper, the
Distiller," illustrated by illuminated paintines, which
were copied from pictures publuihed with the poem,
written by Mr. S. C. Hall, editor of tha Art Journal. The
peintings, although small, were goo.l, and the little ones
present were highly delighted. In the evening, at eight
o'clock, there was a gusl attendance of adults, MO the
proceedings were opened hy singing a temperance melody,
after which Mr. F. Long, in introlucing the lecturer,
referred to the interest he (the speaker) took in the
temperance cause, and said the scenes with issed in the
streets of Itridport iliwing the week had beim ilisgracefuL
It was shocking to think they could not elect six gentle-
men as Town Councillors without so much drunkenness
being the wisult Ile would urge upon those present the duty
of &dog what they could t pull down the str.ingholds of
drink which still held so many of their fellow-men in
captivity. The lectiirer then made a few introductory
remarks, after which he recited the poem referred to
stove, and illustrated it by means of the painting ; during
the evening he also wig some pleasing melodies, and
inter.spersed the proceedings with some pertinent remarks
of his own,.. . . .

so a
THIRD D.A.V.—This corps seems to he looking up •
bit, to judge by the efforts now being made by the
instructor, SergeantstLajor Hayward, who has about 25
recruits under his care, who meet for drill in Gundry-lane.
We may expect, by and bye in the spring, that the crow
will come out as in days of yore, and. as we bear there is
a likelihood of an old officer taking command again, We
may expect great result., Major Swain bait for many
years taken iniich trouble in maintaining the efficiency of
the corms, and we feel sure, if his efforts are backed up by
I the officers and men under him, Bridport will again have
I raison to he proud of its artillery corps
I Tit ST NO n. —The election of Synoilitmen for the first part
Ilridport deanery took place on Wednesday, at the Town-
hall. The fiev. Prebendary Hooke (rural dean) presided
I over the lay representatives of the varieus pariah., them
being 19 present out of the 50 chosen for the purpose.
The following were elected :--Osiitain Sanctuary, 19 votes;
I Ur. It N. (lox, Pt: Mr. Stephen Mdiethain, 17 • Mr.
11.kritt, PS: Mr. Martin, Pt: and %Ir. John Way, the
, six repreenitatives are therefore almost unanimously
chosen. It will le seen that two are from Itriiltiort and
one from Bradpole. which we Ina), almost class as •
, portion id Bridport town ; there are, therefore, three from
the urban district. and three front the rural. Mr. Joseph
: I.:unary and Mr. Montagu, who represented the deanery
at the tact synod, are not this year elected, by Him
Orli desire. Mr. John Shepherd did not wish again to be
electeit although a lay representatiie as heretofore fur
A skerwelln.
MOVE MISCH! KV. Sonic little way down the Harbour
road. as many of our readers are aware, there is a road on
the left which leads to Bothenhanipunk .t the entrance
to which ix a toll-bar, with a little hut in the corner, very
; much like • sentry box. Ihe latter has not been 11404 for
come yearn, and on the sth of November it appears some
juveniles thought the wooden house an obstruction, anil
that it would be a good time to remove it. He that XI it
may, a quantity if straw, it seems, was obtained, and an
I effort made to tire the hut, which did not seem to burn
; well, or else the delinquents were detected, and made off
I before they had time to finish what they had coiornenceit.
On the following morning the ripper part of the door, the
thew, and one of the sides was found to be considerably
; charred, and it seemed as though all that could be done
has been done to ensure the destruction of the house,
which, if it its of no other use, ion capital place for posting
hwothilla and extensively used for the Mirooxe.
TIN Frgit nit Nuogusaw—Tbe streets of briitport on
Thursday night were • scene of the wildest eonf itsioti. An
soon as it wan dark the pnestedings began. Most of the
shop., as MIMI, had closed at four o'clock, and shortly
after six the remaining ones thought it prudent in moat
instances to put up their shutters for safety's sake, no
doubt being reminded of the desirability. by the proximity
of dangerous explosions to their glass Inuits. We our-
selves saw one cracker thrown into the lobby of a well-
known establishment, anil the noire it made fount have
seriously alarmed those who were behind the counter at
the time. The first "grand display" WM shortly after
cix o'clock, in South-street, near the police station, where
a huge bonfire was built right in the centre of the row
the flames inert which ascended into ehe an., to the heiga
of about ffil feet, and made the light of the lamp-, fall into
hoo,anw.owe ; elm:striarro wile wished to Pited this spot
hail to bald their horses on the pavement By eight
o'clock the streets were pretty well thronged, although a
drizzling rain which fell at intervals no doubt kept many
indoors who did not feel particularly interested in the
torloulent proceedings. During the evening there was the
usual amount of uir turrela, all ablaze, which were kicked
end rolled from one part of the town to nrn 'User, the con.
tending parties having what we may call a game of foot-
ball, with the exception that they stood a chance of Wing
rolled over the burning barrel, or have it thrust over their
heads if they were not cautions. The burning of effigies
wer, indulged in, one of whielt`we were toil told wits
meant tq signify an individual who was punished at the
late mi. ons for his conduct iu the hogongh doting the
year. owe woes maim very good hand rockets lot oft
and the supply of crackers was something wonderful, and
pot one in mind of • field of battle, with their incessant
funilade. The Homan candles were pretty good, although
not of the quality we rememlier in our younger days; and
there seemed a great lack of the fiery sky rocket& The
only wonder is that serious damage was not done, but
we have heard of nothing extraordinary, although we
observed several broken panes of glean next morning.
What might have caused a conflagration did not,
fortunately, lead to it Near the Market-hoose, as in
Many other parts of the town, the upntair windows of
souse of the him., were open, for the accommodation of
the inmates who stssel there to see what was going on.
The young men in the streets seemed to devote a good
deal of attention to thee, mien windows, and very
frequently. after lighting • cracker, flung it towards them ;
it, one instance a cracker entered the rem., there was a
shriek, down went the window, and the blazing ;inutile
could he seen jumping from wee part of the room to
another by those in the street. But the dark room soon
became illuminated, the window curtain* were en tire,
and reline alarm was felt; those in the room, however,
bail sufficient presence of mind to extinguish the flames,
and no further harm Wl,l .10111,, but—the window was
opened no noire. We wit many are suffering front
bruises,. and kicks, and Mini., and it w,,, said one lsrorb
was eerniusly injured, limit ladieve there in no truth in
the report. At one part ef the tows during the evening,
some person put wit three or four of the lamps, others
sed themselves hy discharging a pistol, and long after
the majority of the inhabitants hail retired to reek
discordant sounds broke on the ear, and bedrooms were
illuminated by the mussing and re-passing of tha blazing ,
barrels. Now the fifth ma Insorseni, and full license was
allowed, we hove there will be mro more of it for a time,
hut that the streets will rusinue their wonted quietness
and safety fur it is evident that if any offenders are ;
caught their punishment will be severe. NVe hear there
is likely to be • case of aseault, :wising out of the doings. !
brought before the ivagintratee

LIMO; DORCAS SOCIRTT.—Fr.na the report for the past
year of this v.tluAble ewiety, recenUy reit let the -ereoth
annual meeting, we other that the subscriptions :amount
to al; 144 : awl the mle of garment.' at half.primi to
L : 5.; 7d ; whilst gst Is. hai heen expended in drapery,
including Ira sheets, 2./ blanket, awl six garments.
Tow:tole another year's operations stock to the value of
DS 17s. 1.1. remains in hand, and there is a lo.tlance .4
I,thee w
1 ig-tthlio 9'sOhmaecet..c.sint. 31sny thanks are due
(. sfully arrange the eoeiety's
Oars, for the ode leeCeolary article, to the poor, :tt a
nominal price, must Imre been productivo of much
comfort to the needy.

The 42n,i Highlanders (lila k Watch), leave Pmts.
mouth garrison fur Melts al.ut the middle,of the preent
month.
Emigration from Liverpool is 'testily detteasing. For the
ten months of M 7& eompared vrith the like period of 1813,
the decrease le 64,032. On the monthiof October the
durease ii 4.rlek