The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-16 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH,

Wnwouts fietrero—a7e-x----(ir see the Duelers et
Beaufort ham recently sent I hares for the nee of
the patents at this esoelleut Institution, The Baroness
Hambro has tleo kindly forwarded twelve phtaaanla for
the mule benevolent toupee.
Tilt bemoan' HOME —Wo aro glad to find that
nearly all the money required fur the Improvements
and +Reredos* has been eubeeribed, only £6 or 17 mete
blow helve r. gaited. Capt. Meal, R.N., ht. SO. Pted
the offloe of hon. merely, during the absence of Capt.
Eat. 11.1,. .

IJQUIDtTIOI.—A mead meeting of the
creditors of Jam. s Shelter, late farmer. of Nottiogton,
sad now of Arg)le Terrace, 11. dipole, Weymouth, took
plane at V. e anction Mart, Harteistreet„ on Holiday
lest, at 10 o'clock. Hr. Howard, ugh:Hot in the
matter, r enlaced ti at the meeting wee (allot fee the
purpose of conyldering the propriety of sanctioning the
liatoptODOll of a eempositioa. The ereditoro present
posed • temintion to acoept 2.. in the £, to be held
within a =Hob. The treats* was releesed, and the
debtor obtained hie di-oharce
ACCIDtItT TO • Glooht. —On Thnrsdiy layt Henry
Toms, groom to Mr. Spoor", of Came Farm was la
Urea! o,yorgoatteet with one of Ile mestere' hOrees, mid
was going to ride it home. The livery stable heaps',
Mr. lirowaing, byld the barge's boa', and Toms had
got one foot la the stirrup when thu bores reared, and
tilling on It. It. Iwo OA a.m., upon lb.. (croon.
lie made got out without any imoken boors; but hie
nose and eyes were bruhmel, cod his head was badly
out. He was rewired to the Weymouth ileopital, and
his hurt. carefully attended to.

AMOUNTS (Y TIM Tows Hang.—The hon. ',votary,
M. 11. T. George, bas publish' I a most astialect,ry
atatetnent f savaaia lb. receipt' from all sourest
amount to .(265 11s. 0.1., of which sum £172 16.. 01
cm sub er b.db, the tornapsopi., and £66 16e 3d. by
vWter.. £I6I 10.. 01. was paid to Mr. Sward for pro-
'tiling mum° in the evening and 1167 for Mite day baud;
and, after the petulant of other expenses, there I. s
balance LII M 11021.11111144 the nest year of £265
Amongst the largest suteeriters are Mr. Edwards. Mr.
liaintwo. and Sir F. Johnstone for 1121 each. and the
Mayor for £lO. Daring the test week the band Ints
been playing nightly In various parts of the town, and
we understand will continuo doleg so until altar
Oloistinas.

Ooaiiioi Aeellthee.--Abost aloe o'aleck on Tuesday
meeting Copt. Berriogton and Mr. J. Hinds were driven
to the station in Capt. Browne'. carriage, and the ouch-
man was driving it back down the Espitthato, when the
hares which was rather froth, was frighteoed by an
monies' and railway um near the ICUs e Melee. The
selmal dashed down the Front, remotes Mime the new
Gardens at such a tervible pm* that it was a wonder it
did not dub against the Eeplaude chaise. There wee
ether r of the whole going into tee Harhone at New
Qiery End; but fortunately the coachmen =awed to
poll the horse's head round at the unser of Felten.,
buillines, and so saved Mensal, and the bone probably
frees being drowned. Arrived near the Baptist thapeh
the sphitad bone dashed at oleos against the oast iron
railings, and knocked down several, cutting itself, and
throwing the driver out on the real. The carriage was
stepped by the collision, the driver was temporarily
stunned, but recovered, walked to his bone', hue, and
we. able to take cheerio again. It wales narrow escape.
AN °THIS C 4111114101 ACtinalfT.—ln the afternooe of
Tunel.y, about three o'clock. • carriage oonthinlng Mr.
and Mr.. Curtis Dame of Dorchester, the former beteg
on Um hex with the imachmeo, and hie wife inthis,
had left Mr. R.. N. Howard's ofiloo issestreet. It
proceeded round the owner of Mitebell-street, when
something thstneeted cos of the wbeels, mid the
carriage was overeat. The bone leapt to its feet, and
one about to start, when fortunately it wee *Plied by
Mr. Pollitian and prevented from do hing into Maiden-
street with the upset carriage behind It. Mr. CorUs and
the driver were Nobel ; but on the *serfage being set
eleht aide up, and the lady belped out, it wan forted
that, previleatially, oh* was more frightened than
hurt, although tbe vehicle had fallen over with mill emit
vieletu as to brisk off the curium lamp,
lwesoexnexe or Toe Hone —The men.
mittee leave been improving ibis valuable inatitution,
though to do so they required some faith, for it *now
homely to debt. A capital reading and recreation
room Is the result of one improvement ; there are also
a kitchen, refreshment room, lavatory, bath room,
and (Math and Bre very respectable number of 42 beds.
All this for about two no meth out of the year, for
during It.. winter our sailors are off te emape, so say
tie Admiralty, wet sails The institution teed, aid,
sod to this end Admiral Tryon he. given £5O, aid our
borough members £lO 10.. When the fleet make a
lower stay in Portland, douhthes the local enbeeriptiou
will lemmas*, and if there was anything like • chance
for it b. ing more regularly occupied the place might,
as all thus Institutions should, become seU-supeorting.
An idea has been started ttee it might he used mean-
tine for • Workmen's Pabliehoose. What would the
workmen do when the eallnre were in port Would
the cry be '' Turn out budge:ten, Jaeit'll Rebore " I
Perhaps roam might be found for both Masses at tee
same time, con.idering teen are 42 beds.
Ma. It. 0. Beiterrie AFFlll3.—lhe first meeting
of the creditors rif Robert Chrinie Bennett, architect
and builder, of Glosoeater Terrace, Weymouth, was '
held at tire Auction Mart, Market-street on Monday
hat, at noon. Mr. it. Seymour, ironmonger, WU ap-
pointor, Chairman, and proofs of debta amounting to
about £7OO were admit Ad. Mr. Howard, the solicitor
In the matter, produeed • statement of amounts, from
which It appeared that the debts to creditors unsecured
amounted to 1984, thou to secured creditors, to
£2507 16.., the latter being Mums. Wlllis.a. and Co, I
beakers for £2lO/, and Mr. B. Rolle, °lSt Mary-street,
Weymouth. Tbe debtor catimtted that the property
whisb bed been made security tor debts would pessimist
ab-ut £2OO beyond tbe amount of debts severed. This I
surplee, with the stock-in-trade, book debts, made up I
the amount of about £4OO, the avellable sesets.—Mr. '
Partly Hooper appeared for a London creditor, and Mr.
W. B. Barrett for Mrs. Hester Crickmay, who was a
creditor for £9l—Mr. Becton explained to the
creditors the MONO el his present difficulties, being his
w.nt ,f capital, the greatly 1001,21111"1 cost of material.
and labour aloes he had taken Melling 'outrun, ani
sher totem, need houses on his own amount. Great
'Mcßee bad also fallen upon biro by the death of his
brother, who left • number of children to depend upon
him. Tire creditere seemed to .yeapathlas with Mr.
Bennett in Lis satiation and difficaliies, and moue-
nem', passed • reeolution to accept a aotataalatioa of
ss. in the E, to be paid within six weeks, Ibis to be
severed to the estinfaction of the trustee. Mr. Hoene
Doswell, of Weymouth, timber merchant, was
appointed trustee' and the discharge of the debtor wet
Jgranted forthwith.
Tan FALL 01 TEI QUIT Watt. Slane tee
excavatiotre in order to lay in tee foundations for
the Be. Q.ay Wall in front of the George and old
Flab Market, the ground inside has showo further
symptoms of being about to slip forward into the
Harbour. Me. Plater has been battling with the
treacherous gr-und ; bet Mill the pavement inside the
enclosure has become very uneven, the fi vinous separat-
lag from each other, and lying at different angles. Near
the pr, jesting Deeper there la • meek, and the ground
Upson to bare sank bodily some inches. On Thursday
morning • special meeting of the Connell was held—
which our reporter wall/donned wee in committee—we
unierstand, for the purpose of considering whether any
modilleation shall be made in the plans, as at present
the sootrue appears likely to be a cause of very legion/
low. The George Inn Is endanxtre4, and the whole
footway appears ready to siek. Of 00Ut B. any one
acquainted with the subsoil of Melamine* Regis must
ken, that It it composed only of ghillies and ern',
and the quostion ie how were the Quay wall. originally
*noted on such a foundation, to endure so long with
snob sefety se they have? With Sir John Goode and
Mr. Whatley Eliot to look after our engineering, to may
nothing of the Borough Barren'', we gannet Skink for
• moment that building Q ray Walls in • quiet
harbour is going to be one of the "lost arts,"
Why then should there be all this anxiety
among dwellers on the Quay, this pc:element
of builder., And sudden calling of the Council?
In his appliciation to the Council, Mr. Phillips maid that
to go the rl, ptie according to the plans, 22i ft., is
&sermons to the adjoining property. The onitrutor,
amending to the contract into take all neoeuery pre-
caution., which he says he has, but if he goes any
deeper (he is now down 18 ft.) it will be dangerous in
spite of any precautions he may take. /Ir. Phillip, I
therefore applied to be allowed to ley the foundation at
the present depth. After burin( Mr Whatehy E tot,
and the Surveyor, it was decided they were to meet
Mr. Philips.' engineer, acid to bore and discover at
what depth the clay is.—The meting we. adjourned
till eatneday.

PirrY SitscOss, Friday.-11efore Mr. J. Ayling,
and Mr. G. Reynolds.

A TIALMO A CM Or MIL
Jews Davi* sad James Willinats, privates of the 39th
re,rinuait, were charged with whaling • cask ountaining 9
gallon* .4 beer. the property 01 Mr. John (trona, brewer,llops
Spare, value Ilia—William Sheen, sailniaker, about It ~. dock
hat evening, was tiaminit by Mr. rnook shop in High-street,
and Niemen, asked him for • penny . Ile mkt be hadn't one,
when they asked hint for some tobacco. Ile gave them some,
and withal them good evening. They appeared perfmtly
Sober Realtors-yds went as far as Hope tlquare, and saw them
soldiers stambng under • wall by Hope Chapel. At Rope Square
he afterwardo now prisoners under Mr. Groveses door, thought
then. dangennis characters, and watched them tntut the Red
who, he saw thoni handling about the they. Ile went to
and p• "tit two mai, when they saw priament taking off the
cask, toward. 11,11.• Imie. 11e called mdstance, and went after
them, when they laid down the cask, and no l.—William
Attwooll, landlord of the lied Lion, mid that Sham tatliod him
loot /light loam some soldient, and In, ituratod Unto up Hill's
lane, when they pot down the task and ran ; but with,"
; mouton: of them by the arm. Mr. 11. henidgemisi that 144
angling he matt.) the ULM .4 a CUM. ttttttt ri this barrel, sod
.iittiod it to be tueded, tog. 1.. rharminster. The molt ladmigod
to Mr. John tirovm, and the beer Is worth 9s anal the meek Ira Nekton.- P.C. Stiekland about 11 o'clock last night taw
AM•e4l, Mean. Kingman, anti other* there, and afterward@
went to the barrack+ where Williams was In darge. After-
ward* he apprehended Davis, who was on the maul crawling on
his hands and knew. Ile had his boots off and when they tend 1.. LAO ,he ran away to the I.ta.k Out-- Prisoners pleashal guilty, and said they were under the influence of drink and
look the cask more out ttf mischief than with the intention of
aiding It. An Mahar gave both prienm, bs,4 ;
Williams had been up sin times, and Levis lour Woes.— Sentenced to three months' hard labour.
A yr,,,,,iman, named Lenin", wan charged with stealingpotato., behtiming Wotan,. E 11114 and Co.-11r. Wehod
French oqinil, defended. Mr. Howard appeanal for the iv.
secution slid said the Ilystericime was chartered to bring
• cargo of potatoes from Perna to Weymouth. A full and
oomploto cargo Imo pot cm board, ami signed for in the
charter piny. Me piled ixol had goal- WerabOr but