The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-06 00:00:00

POOLE.

Tins Juvenile Templars of the" Poole Training Ship "
Temple have prreented Mr. E. S. Shave with a handsome
timepiece, in recognition of his valuable services as their
Superintendent ever since the formation of the Temple.
SIR IVOR GUEST AND THE FRIENDLY tifICIETIFS.—Bir
Ivor Bettie Curet. BAM., hat subscribed £3 to the funds
of "Coed Samaritan," "Philanthropie." "Goal Intent,"
end" Alliance' lodges of o,l,lfellows, "Amity," "Anchor
of llope," " Earnest," and the juvenile courts of Foresters,
and the lodge of Itrehahitre.
TEMPERANCE —Mr. C. 1161, of the lemitin Templar
give an amudng and humorous lecture, entitled
"The Drinking II ibita of Londoners." at the Temperance.
It ill on Monday evening. Mr. J.J. Norton presided, and
there VMS a good attendance. Mr. Hill proinked to deliver
another lectere that trey three weeks, on whirl, occasion
there will, no amid, I,e even a still larger audience.
SERVICES.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
confirmed about 1011 persons from the lavishes of Parkstone
and Lonetteet, in St. Mary's Church, Langileet, on Tuesday
morning, and the same afternoon his lordship confirmed
about 110 persons belonging to Poole, Ilitinworthy, and
Branksea. at St. James's CLurch, Poole. There were large
congregations at both services, and admission to fit.
James a Church mull only be obtained by ticket / ! !
BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY INTO THE AMINDONIIENT OF
A SCIIDONEIL—In etiquiVy, instituted by the Board of
Trade, into the abandonment of the schooner Scout, of
London, on the coast of Newfoundland. in November laid.,
was held at the Town Hall. on Tuesday, the Court being
rempwel of the Mayor (Mr. A. Ralston, rd..), Mr. C. J
Stone, J.P.. andi the nautical assessors. Captain Pickard,
RN., aml Captain Beasley. —Mr. Man Scott, barrister, of
Lento., appeared on behalf of the Board of Trade, and
Mr. 11. T. Trevanion, solicitor, of watched the pro-
ceeding, on behalf of* the master and mate of the vessel.—
Mr. Henry Walter Ferry, acting examining officer of Her
Maiiesty's Customs, prove-1 serving notice.. on the master
nn .l of the Scout to appestat the enquiry. -William
ItleLarin ri.thl W3S master 11 the Briti•li railing ship
Soya. He left London for Newfoundland,
on the fisth of September with a general cargo of about 100
tona. The crew consisted of six, all told, and the ship and
everything connected with her was in good condition, and
she carried a boat Iftft. long. Ile provided himself with
1 the latest charts of the North Atlantic Ocean, the coast of
Newfoundland, and of Twillingatei and onling direction*
f,r the c .ast of Newfoundland. They had fear ul gales
nearly all the passage over, and the ship went *through
th,on very welt Ile ascertained his position on the 13'h
of November, and made his latitude, by obeervation 50.16,
and his longitude. by chronometer, 53.51 W. The wind
W., 101 It ES. Ile altered his course and made the land.
. Ile now a lot of reeks and small islands. He had never

ill;;;Cll ;174; i;a;r11 before, but his Chronometer told him
they must he the Togo Islands. He hoisted his colours for
, a pilot and ran along by the kland fora few hours, when
GREAT SALE OF PROPERTY. 1 he I tst sight of the rocks and sighted what he hal since
I distoverel to be Bacative Island. He held off to eastward
Fti a long Jinn. past no su.•ll important an anction of lat dark, but din not make much way. At midnight the
property bas been held in the lion I, as that which took
at the
He
tue' man at the wheel sang out "Light. right astern."
pi a -er ll.orge Inn.
Me.sra. Milledge Untrue. to. Wedu'4l'''.' 'r i went on deck and sew a very strong revolving light about
and Son. auctioneers, of Weymouth, WbyW,or N. He could not find the light mentioned on
offered 19 valuable lots, the property of the late Mr.
his charts Or sailing directions, and kept the ship as
William White, one of the oldest and most respectable
stationary as possible, jost hearing off land. The weather
inhabitants, and we were pleased to notice that 16 out of continuen very fogey on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, and
that number found ready purchasers. A numerous
during the whole of that time he kept tacking back -anis
company sawn:Odell at the appointed time, and the
a forward near the lattl. On the 17th the wind
bindings throughout were brisk. The property consisted nd increased,•with frequent snowstorms, and a rapid fog, and
of 10 lota of quarry land, 8 houses, one fifth Part of a at 2 p.m. he had to take the canvass off the ship. By 4
"Penny Right" in a weir, together with some valuable
o'clock it came Onto heavy gales with a terrific sea run-
expectationeffects, and the total amount realised far exceeded the nimt ann he took off the foresail. The vessel was hove to
of the vendors. —We must congratulate the • for the night He knew they mast be in the vicinity of
undlany of the " George" on the great improvement made 1 Notre Dame Bay. unit did not think the ship would keep
the alteration and enlargement of the room, where the ' off the rocks till daylight, At midnight he called the crew
sales are generally held. We heard it mentioned and 1
1 into his cabin and told them this, and put a life buoy and
think it is worthy of remark, that this firm of auctioneers ! were last to use the room for holding an auction in several fathoms of line round each of them, and advised
o its , each man to write his name and the name of the ship on
original state, and the first to Dell therein after the alters-
lions,a piece of paper, and place it in his pocket He ordered
I A the mate and mew to make a raft on deck, and told him ' Among the prices were:-Ir. 2dp. in Droopfleln se: Ir. .if they saw breakers their only chance to save themselves
120., 434, Mr. R. Law, being Purchaser' 2e. no., 116° was to jump overborn and cline to the raft. At 7 o'clock
Der, rptiehl, L 132, Mr. Henry Sanaorn : 2r. 20p., Rowlands,
tedieverl £ in the morning he ntad, breakers about four miles away
Fie
.£67 Jesty : 3r. 3dp, East Field, C 90113.1. r 2 3. -Ip., E tat after • run of 20 minutes. The wind still continued a gale
ld, Mr.
:::15 : 3r. 27p., East Field fehalklannat X2lO. Mr. from N.E., and he passed within a mile of the breakers.
the
Jetty (this lot it was the railway, will go through)j and. saw land S,S.W. Ile steered straight for tho land.
house. yard, and premises of the "(truce Road Farm, het see. breakers 100 feet high. He hauled round the
£7lO, Mr. W. Comben. Other lots were either taken at •et end ran along the land where the water wee • little
• valuation or not wad. Of the houses afterwarns °tiered
I r'mot.ih ter, with a heavy win) trot the and. He sounded,
the fir 4 went for 434.1 to Mr. Williams' for the seconn but coot] find no hottoru at too fathoms, and then hauled
the bindings had reached L 56, when Mr. R. Pearoe made closer and rot bottom at Nor 751 tthoms, and lost his lead.
• sudden jump to .2110, and down went the hammer. The He en,' the rent., let go the anchors, and the star-board
bidder thought the lot was not told: but on finding that anchor held, but the port anchor did not. This was about
II he did not complete the purchase, the lot would be sold 100 yards from the land, and the anchor held for about •
at him risk. he gave the cheque. Other tenements fetched
„sew,. ( e h only. H the b low,
sgo rti and £l2O, and the "fifth part of • penny right" ' taw 0 n our e the ship r.kn to dgot at ered
rive se they left her.
produced InT Ioe.
, It was snowing beatr at the time. They landed
This is II" 1'""...-like rtiVo°l thks..."wim"rt.tt °a'. in • cove about • toils from the elii, on an lowa writes:—
am. tres-boend oast. This was about 9.30 ban. riff did not
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