The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-21 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

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COMMANDIR the Hon. A. R. Hewett hes been i
appointed ter the Hercules, additional, for coastguard,
vies Medley.
G•aIIISLM AT THE VlllRL—Captain T. J. B. Dunne '
hae be... rescinded for service a. adjutant to the I
auxiliary f Tee.. He will reside at Dereham, Non f ilk.
H.M.S. Stormer. on Friday, left Portlond with • ;
100. ton gun on board for Gibraltar. She had come •
into the Roadsters , among a la ge number of other..
throne) strew. of weather.
CONVIRMATIONS.—On Sunday there ws• • confirms- i
tion at the Prison chit. el, when 25 pri.ouers were
presente I for tbe laying-on of bind.. Twenty three
free residents of St. Peter's parish were also con-
firmed.
A Cortex TorenS ban been opened at tha Seamen's
Mieslin Ho im, Cestletown, for the use of the
merchant service, and the upstairs room has been
thrown open as a readinga.son.
WESLITAN FORRIuN MISSIONS. —On Sunday,
serm neoni behalf of the Weal...yen Foreign
were preached in Southwell Chapel, in ths afternoon
and evening, by the Rev. J. Lows, of Fortune's Well.
CLAM( or lbs. ASSHAEL—We much re,ret to
ra.nounce the death of the kind and attentive doct is
and genie' man. 04 Fri icy moroirig a tel. gram was
received at the Convict Festablahment ti tie 'Sec
that the iioCt r, who, it will be reinemhered, hod been
ill forlorn, time past, had died rather eudienly on
the previ us afrerno .n.
THS SA. PATS& GRAMAM.—Carwain Jeggen, with
grapes and oranges, from Alm oji ris Gaveling, tie
birdie, came into Portland on Tuesday. She report,
having had a continuation of heavy gales in he Bay of
Binsy and the Engliah Charon... Sh •hsi on board •
~e ..t Mc.., a stoker, DACIled Rich ad .4.lm•oii, of New.
caste, ethi had died on board ih t wog 4 ir.fla.u.
motion i.f the bowels. Dr. Airs Mclr-an 141 e a
ner ilicate, writhe c .-e is in rho trawls of %lobo,. W.
Roberts and Co. The mos w.II be interred in tie
basal.
FIRCWOILIILS.— he pyrotechnic et. ch reserved from
the Gth iOl. vr,ro .if on liirs•l•y
wiee a procession, but no in muted niers. and the abide
walked. heals Iby the V oluoteer Ban I. The "F or
of ths HT," (query, so because it is half-woy
up!) w. the piaci for f aling ii.to trocession, a.nl
from ther.ce, ab •ut half-T, wit ei.4.11t, tnec ileecen led
through Fo.tuse'e-well THOM a.. aniunsiemie
of . °dole, some of whom are stip', wed to h ore coin.
from places where they hail sever peen firew dui
before. Howeser toot may be. aloe r .u.:hs tuslo tat
pats of the procession, ad we he od of a cab driver
toeing hustled about, with the view 44 taking bill fire-
work* from him. Fortunrie-well ;resented a ively
ecene • • bri-k Sr. 44 cr., ksrs being hat up on the
cesr,ml,4he female;. rtiou Mille. wildly from on( p
to aim b-r. From F rtuip.'a-well they m srchw 1 t the
Common, ler tin off fire works—wpirb.,craCiters, g dilen
e.Lio, and Roman in adios —on nh dr way, ant this was
coolly the in sit eff -ctive part of the sight. The ban
playa I at the acme time, and the excitement wa.
intense, everybody seeming to enj I the affsor, when
they got tairly un.ler way. On arrival at the Common,
they occupied the Grand Stand ; but although this
was a p lot of van age as regardn the view, the east
wind ma le it anything but oimfortable for those so
exposes!, and the large assembly almost immediately
on arrival began to disperse. There was a certain
relaxation of energy in letting off the fireworks, and
the want of • bonfire was felt, though the hand did
all that was p-esible to warm the people with inspiring
strains. There i. • nun ore about two large balloons,
which were to have been infloted with 5001 to of gas
each, but these did uot appear.