The Telegram. — 1894-08-28 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.  The Royal Dorset Yacht Club Regatta, which was brought to a close on Saturday, was one of the most interesting and remarkable in the history of the club, and we are glad to be able to record the fact that it was also, at least from the yachtsman's point of view, a most satisfactory and successful meeting. It was, however, a great disappointment that the crack American yacht Vigilant did not come to Weymouth to try conclusions once more with the Prince of Wales' splendid craft, the Britannia. Another disappointment arose from there being no competition for Lord Wolverton's cup, for which the Britannia had a "walk over." There was a very large attendance of yachts, and a goodly number of entries for several of the races, several of which were so closely contested as to excite considerable interest among spectators on shore. The Queen's cup was won with the greatest ease by the Satanita, the stiff breeze which blew on Saturday giving her the advantage which enabled her to defeat the Britannia.  The importance of Portland Roads as a naval station is illustrated by a recent Parliamentary return, from which it appears that a total sum of £4,862,000, was voted in the last estimates for works of magnitude sanctioned by Parliament to be carried out during the next ten years. Of this amount there is allotted to Portland for coaling £85,000, and for harbour defences £53,000. These sums, however, probably represent only a small fraction of the expenditure likely to be incurred in connection with the new breakwater and in other ways during the period named.  Our " Unionist "contemporaries of conrse champion the louse of Lords in the great issue between the Peers and the People, which will shortly be submitted to the judgment of the ballot-box. They would advocate almost anything likely to dislodge the present Liberal Government, which, much to their chagrin, seems to get stronger every eesalon. Accordingly, we find their local organs anxious to know what the Government means with regard to the power of tivt Lord& They evidently suspect  that the Government means "business," and they may rest assured that the cry of "Down with the House of Lords ! will become a very potent battlecry at the next-general election, which—with the greatest deference for the opinion of our contemporariea—we do not anticipate quite so early as next Whitsuntide. We expect that the Government will send at least a couple moru big measures to the Peers next year, and should not be surprised if some important work remains to be done in 1896 before a cte- ;solution takes place. We suspect that some of our local writers are troubled with " solid Dorset " ou the brain. But tienw would do well to remember that Dorset is not England, and still less is it the Unittx.i. Kingdom.  Last season Dorset came to WELL DONE, the front in football, and Doaser ! now we have pleasure in  recording their success at the Western Counties' Championship rifle match, which was shot at Plymouth on Tuesday. Dorset has competed in this match for the past ten years, and has twice succeeded in being placed second, but never before Tuesday had they managed to gain the coveted premier position. The Dorset men were naturally very much elated at their success, and Lieut.-Colonel Hodges (who ably captained the Dorset team), in the neat little speech he delivered at the close of the match, referred with great satisfaction to the victory which his county had achieved. The local men did well. The Island of Portland was represented by Sergt. Stewkesbury and Corpl. Comben, who scored 84 and 72 respectively, whilst the representatives from Dorchester were Lance-Corporal Bellinger (76) and Private Higgins (73). Seeing that Dorset men have acquitted themselves so well at football and shooting, we hope that at no distant date the county may be able to boast of a good county cricket club.  Charles Tickle, a farmer, of Alloetock, Knuttiford, was run over on Ssturday by one of his own carts and killed.  Geo. Price, a cabinet maker, committed suicide at Euclesgeld, on Sunday, by severing his left hand from Ilia arm.  The loss in the diminished ontput resulting from the Scotch strike is estimated at nearly a million and a-half sterling. The volcanoes, Etna, Vesuvius, and Stromboli, sic becomaig increasingly active, and serious eruptions are feared.  Two young rhen, nanied Dunaway, brothers, aged 27 and 15 respectively, were drowned in the Thrones on. Tue..tiii,lay by the capsizing of a bone.  The Chicago police have -discovered electrical infernal machines in two chests containing Anarchist literature, and hate made several arrests. Thirty-two men were killed at Largo do Sanidad by the explosi.n of a waggon-load of gunpowder on Monday. The cause of the explosion is unexplained.  The Dustottar Castle went on the Eddystone Reef on Friday in a fog while making for Plymouth. She floated off as the tide rose, and was found not to be seriously injured.  The Ilya:to-nth inagistrates on Friday mulcted a mason named Kdwards in flips and costs to the amount of about £5 for unmercifully beating his boys, aged 12 and 9 years, with a walking stick.  Ths division lists of the Oxford lucal examination show thilt the total number of candidates entered was 4,308. Of 2,878 juniors examined, 1,975 passed; and of 1,254 seniors, 752 passed, showing a larger percentage of failures than last year,  A giil aged eighteen, named Cooper, of no occupation, was charged at the Greenwich Police. court. on Monday, with having threatened to commit suicide by drowning herself in the river Thames at Greenwich. The accused, who said she was tired of life, waa remanded for a week.