The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-12-28 00:00:00

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Vantpstilre.

SOUTII4hIPTON.—A circular has been leaned by
Moira Roberta, Curti. I{lltl Oi,, announcing the
accession ut Mr. Weguelin, and Mr. W. 0
Curti. to their firm.

The wound Houthanipton County Ball took plain
on Thursday, and VINI numerously attended by the
nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood mid odioem
from the garrisons of Aldereliutt, Wino Mister. Chi.
ohester, Portsmouth, Parkhurst, Weymouth, Dor.
uheeter, and Hounslow.

Pstrrawrawr HeronuaTiox Hey.
Dr. Deinnting delivered a very intermting lecture
on 'Tuesday afternoon, at the Victoria Rome, on
" England aunt Italy now and SOU years .amo," The
chair we. taken by the Hey, 04111111 neon, D.D„
mid he wee supported un the platform by the Heyde.
H. Dairy, T. Rumen, If. N. Ihiptint, and other I
utopianism of thy WWII alto by the Mayor, Delimit! I
liallook, and tither layman. The large room we.
orowiled by a torpeumble audience, who listened
with marked attuotion to Oa eloqiimit lecturer, and
at the Mose a 'inanimate vote of thanks waa awarded
to the Hey. Dr. It ii mill Dr. Cumming Is alinut to
letbilehi this Mature, In the *mum% I the MIMI day
a letime on the "Donfeasional" watt delivered by
the Ito. dolin Drury, MA. The chair we. 60011
Iby the Mayor E. Palk, 10,,aq.) A colleetion lit alit
of the opeoial Westin in atomisation with the Pmts.,
taut Itettrination Society, amounted to CIS 17e.
The iiettal monthly meeting of the
Hampshire Friendly Society was Mild at the lirand
dory Chamber, in this city on Wednesday. F,
Marx, Fem., in the chair, when Ift new mondani
ware admitted, and tither Madness transacted, after
which the meeting was atliouruall till the Ilith of

Istitiary next,

Itutoinv, --Lord atul Laity Pslnieretnit have been
eutartalniug a succession 0 f itistinguisbial visitors
'luting tile past week at, thvir seat, Broadlitutto, noat
tills town,

ACTIDIONT ON 111111 BAIIIMOTOKS STATION. —A
merlons accident ottourred at this station on Wethiet
day, lit consequence of the train whieh loacee South.
hatiipton at I[3o a, in. mining into the Salisbury
train, due at the same place a few minutia previously.
The latter train hail al rived at its proper time, and
WWI in the ad of shunting Into a siding, when the
Southampton train approached, and, although the
danger signals wove all properly exhibited, the dri.
ver, from some unexplained cause, was unable to
bring up his engine in sufficient time to avoid a col.
helot', by which the two last carriages of the Solie.
bury train were knocked off the rails, one of them
falling completely over on to the down line, and
aeriously hurting several of its occupanta. The sa.
'Admit was observed by Mr. Williams, the statiou.
master, who although unable to prevent the oolliaion,
after it had occurred instantly summoned his forces
to extricate the alarmed passengers, and in a very
short time all were got out and removed to the sta-
tion and the adjoining hotels. Two of the occupants
of a second-class carriage were so severely shaken
that it waa deemed deeirable for them to remain at
Basingstoke; but all the other passengers came on
to London in loss than an hour. Of these a young
woman residing at Brentforcl, and two labouring men
(one of them accompanied by his wife, were the most
hurt.) Dr. Beeman, the company's medical officer,
was in attendance when the train arrived at Water-
loo station, and personally examined each of these
cases. The young woman, by her own desire, went
on to Brentford, and the other persons remained
under the care of the company's officials, Mr. Scott,
manager of the railway, left London early in the
afternoon for Basingstoke, in order to institute a
rigid inquiry into the cause of the accident.