The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

PROPOSED DEFENCES AT THE NOTHE. —lt is said
that our town is not to be left so defenceless as
hitherto. A. large portion of land near the barracks
on the Nothe has been measured and pegged out for
the purpose of making extexisive fortifications, which
will command our harbour aud approach, and occupy
a most prominent position. The military barracks
will likewise be enlarged, so as to accommodate
a whole regiment at once. The inhabitants of many
of the houses in the vicinity are daily expecting
warning to quit, as their dwellings will have to be
pulled down to make room for the improvements.
An officer from the Board of Works was down last
week, who, it is said, has settled the business; and
there seems to be no doubt that this extensive work
will be commenced early in the Spring.

The special service for the working classes at St.
Mary's church on Tuesday night was well attended.
The Rev. W. Eliot preached from St. Matthew
xi, 28. The Rev. Charles Bingham preaches this
evening at St. John's church.
Dr. Moorhead delivered a lecture at the Literary
and Scientific Institution on Wednesdey evening on
"Hearing in man and the lower animals." The
president, W. Eliot, Esq.' occupied the chair.
Mr. Nicholls, surgeon, has been appointed regis•
trur of births, deaths, and marriages in Portland.

BENEvocErrr SOCIETY.—Thre; sermons were
preached on Sunday week, at St Mary's Church,
Melcombe Regis, on behalf of the Benevolent
Society for relief of the indigent sick and aged of
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the morning
and evening by the Rev. Talbot Greaves, MA.,
rector, and in the afternoon by the Rev. R. J.
Lyon, M.A., curate. Collections at the close of the
services were made, amounting to £29 16s.
THE WEST BAY—Many of the fishermen and
other persons who have lately visited Portland
Pebble Beach, have been lucky enough to find,
washed up by the sea at the West Bay, a number of
gold and silver coins. The coins are as large as a
florin, but considerably washed by the sea. Most of
them are foreign, and probably have been imbedded
at the bottom of the sea for many years.
ACCIDENT—On Friday week a young lad named
Slade, whilst riding with some men in a wagon,
near the Esplanade Rings, suddenly pitched head-
long into the road, in front of the wheels of the
vehicle. The driver immediately pulled up, just in
time to save the poor fellow from being crushed, as
his body was close under the foremost wheel. He
was taken up in an almost insensible state and con-
veyed to his own home, where, on examination, he
was fotmd to have sustained several severe bruises on
the head and face, the blood from which was flow-
ing very freely. No bones were broken, and he is
progressing favourably.
The Blenheim, 74 (screw), is to supersede H. M.
ship Meander, which has received orders to be re-
moved from Portland roadstead, in consequence of
not being sufficiently large for the requirements of
the station, the drilling of the naval coast volun-
teers.

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A WARM MOUTHFUL—On Saturday week as a
horse addicted to biting, and belonging to Mr. R.
Thomas, came near to a heap of mortar just made by
Borne masons, and boiling hot, the animal made a
snap and got a mouthful of the lime. He received
some very severe burns, which caused great swelling
in the throat. The assistance of a veterinary sur-
geon had to be sought immediately.