The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, MARC

tAIIIIILAILT uriOLA toostert at MOlllB2 Mid
tqri mm gives ow. Wedoesday erveninr, at
tre Tha% by sbeeral ilernblire si the Wiy•
hansoms st y, WIC kindly gave their
services is support of the initiation. Mr. J. W.
Board officiated aa oonauctor, and Mr. Gabbins
'presided Si the pianoforte. The atteadanoe wee
very unroorona. . -

GoLIM°, atolga. —On Saturday weeli,John Wyatt
t' tki
,Aa'S.tetkr,la silittl7 eint:pciatlYre • tbistl ritra:Ctiblz.:,
thaii44htZtletsittt" Blits ail to th;n
is... ett.......ra. fie stated that his crow consistid o,
on heads, sac ilia !awl, whisk had • cargo of 224
27th
of osel for SontitamPl"; fell Plr"*" "ri tb
of Misery. On 'Await, Ow tistki
.abentuth or o*eic
..0. what the "Wel .J lanai 1 mues so ort-
lahtettnelet ail plain lan, both lights horning, • *WWI
was .41•11 looming on the i.e bow, but the btratisepity
could not toll in whist direction the stream was going,
is her lights meld not be men. Pkortly doer the two
vessels approached mob other. On the helm of the
Strathspey Meng put hard • port, the sir•citsei red
light an. then me end • oollision immediately apearred.
Plut Strathspey ;I,:jilits, creek the stronger abaft the
plain rigging, nerd away ter eiruintloat, bolverke,
hbbdoef, I•re tcts.gal t Mist; bril-Eld L. 2•01. :te-
a. soon as the mg. *at 10•• r, • ittrath•per
swami her bowsprit with OA bowstoy. and made for
Portland Rondo, arriving there on the 14th. The
disease don, to ch. atiatassey Ii MOO, and her captain
I, of opinion that if the stringer bad had her lights
burning, the collisioo would not bare o•corra
RASA Arts..--.A ••ry enneenl bird was shot on
TliondsY by ljaptaio Pretor, near the Portland Perry
Bridge. It is felled the " Avoesti" and we are
Informed it to moe. years sitlal *pedants has
WM emit Id this lwality. tit " arrell's British
Bird." It ii thee dastribed l—" t is Certainly a
c
Most i&gnhir lookink WA; both . referesee go its
beak, es wall.. id GA ~ 'Ai lilt ' iis Widnes
null. singular. The beak Is carved upwards, is
deader, pointed, and flexible, having mach the
app.sn.os of • thin pito' of elastic whalobose.
'Tb.stuni-palmated feet mem only int•oded to sup-
port the bird on soft mud, as it ttempts to
paddle or swim wben out of its depth, but allows
itmlf to float aloes thotionler. the blip it a rat
ranty noir, the Wit being heard of in 1637. Four
are recorded is having been obtained in Devonshire,
and one or two in Dcrestaire. The black bill of
the bird is about three inches long, has very much
the appestats» of two thin flat pieces of whaleboso,
ciocniag to • point sad turning upwards i the irides,
reddish brown; top of the head, oocipat, nape, and
beck of the neck, black i inlesaoapolaz. and upper
part of the beck, white ; .00pnlara. lesser wing
coverts, and the Wing primaries, black I all the
other parts of the plumage, pale white ; legs and
tusk pale blur." Tbe length of the specimen under
notice is about 16 incise. This remarkable bird is
now at Mr. B. Rolls' shop, in Augusta-p/am ;it has
been artlatically preserved, and is worthy the
impestiosi of all interested in mantel history.
Till Botts* Etivasiox Ai *intim:Tilt —lt
will be teoolleoted that on the 12th inst. an .
and b0i1.,, working the thsobioery at Skotolre
eadatillsi Garoline-pl, Weymouth, burst and
a, 114, pained Moms@ (lath, and barked*
injured two ot,. An imMest was opened on the
day after the accident and adjourned to yesterday
(Monday) to have the fragments of the toiler
scientifically ezansined; and Moo to hear the
evidenoe of the injured man, Way, the engifieer,
Cash being the sub-engineer. The jury net at the
Guildhall at ton o'clock. George Way, the
eawineer, Clifton, the joiner, Mr. 8k•tohloy, sod
Mr. Prancie Ilookaill, loox.motive &thrift enparin-
teodsot of the Great Western hallway, gave
*widen**, and the Coraner having trimmed up, the
jury retired to coosider their verdict. After an
absence of a quitrWr of an hour they returned and
gave their verdict in the following form: "We find
that the boy, Thomas Gosh, was accidentally killed
by the explosion of a portable steam engine, of
which he was the driver, mused by the act of the
deoeseed himself in over-screwing the safety valve,
Is far as can be gathered from the evideone. At
the same time we must express our opinion that aim
al> young should not haws been entrusted with the
charge of an engine." The Coroner said he mainly
*Mudded with the reedit* of the jury and theM
remarks.

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Wu Mow= Rißis Assocunows.
—A pcnoplalet setting forth the 11/porta of Various
benevolent moieties for the past year has jest
appeared. It now embraces seven societies, the
Army Scripture Readers Society haying been
added to the list. la the Church Missionary
Society there is, in 1868, an increase of £60..
against 1868, but a d the Church Pastoral
Aid Society, the Jews' Society, sn4 Irish Church
Missions; while again We flod a slight biome° In the
Colonial and Continental Charoh, and Loudon City
Marlon Societies. Dedooting the Army Scripture
'Waders' Society's £44 12e. 6d., there is a von for
Ilse year of about £lO upon the six societies. The
two year. stand thus:—