The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13 00:00:00

POZTLAID.

NAVAL—club-Lica rhourba. 11. M. GiNIIM, CO the
Boa Fl we, for navigating duties,

Titii WARRlOR—According to present arrongemetts
H.M.S. Warrior will arrive in the IZaa le, from Port..-
on the 23rd 11111 L

Awaiting.; to annual custom the band of H.M.S.
Itoecasreu will play a 4ectioaa of music on the Naval
Cadets' Ground .luring the coming aemon. The first
performance will take ulace on Thursday next.
M ILITAXT. —Second I.ieot. P. It. Leigh, from the 4•11
Fout,to the 32nd Cornwall Light Int tutry,insucres.ion
to Mr. 0. lt. .10131:4, retired. The gallat officer
entered on his duties at the Verne on Tuesday last.

FORTIVICATInN& —Five guns of large calibre are to
be placed on the wet rampart of the Verne height.
The rampart is now being cut through fur the purpose
of putting in the concrete belt on which the guns will
be mounted.

HAIL Fir:um—A heavy hail storm fell over Weston
on Thursday last ahout 11 o'clock. Strange to say,
the storm appeared t he I.a..alked to this particular
spot, as nothing of tho kind was obscrved under the
hill.

NAVAL. —Tim Vilurr ItaalUva Aquarutos.—Ttur
ships of this tquadrun are undergoing their annual
refit at Portemouth. and they will entomb's at Port-
hod in June, for their customary Cruise and ',tutu.

A Rumoua is current that it is not at all impovaible
that the regiment now in garrison at the Verne
Citadel will shortly he rem .red t, Goo;•ort, on ace out
of their present military strength being insufficient for
the duties of the station. In this event a regiment of
much more strength will take the place of the gallant
32nd.

THE DISPIXELET.—WE observe that "pedal appeals
are to be made to the charitable public on Sunday
wit in the .arious churches of the Islacd on behalf of
the above valuable institution. It is hoped that the
sum realized will more than compensate for the with-
drawal of the LID grant formerly given by the lady of
the manor.

Thz courtemartial at Devonport on Navigating Sub.
lAeutenant Coyte, of the Goshawk, has terminated its
labour. The joking lieutenant will find the sentence
no joke. Ile is dismissed the service. Yet he can
hardly be surprised at the mutt. He was found
guilty of all save one of the charges.

THR 41R D.V.A.—This corps is looking up. A
number of recr2its are about to join. The annual
training will take pla.e this year at Devonport along
with the regimests of the line. It is thought that the
corps, which belongs to the tient.o division, will
proceed to Devoaport about the middle of July.

THE blAsosic HALL—This new Masonic Hall,
which has been elaborately decorated and finished at
an enormous expense, wiil be opened with the usual
ceremonial befitting the event, on Wednesday next,
when it is hoped Lord Skelmersdale, Provincial Grand
Master, will be present, as well as other distinguished
brethren of the and t.

Tal CREMONA:I num:l.—Several visit' have
recently been made by the leading officials of the
Railway Company to the Breakwater Depot, for the
of =Meg the necessary arrangements for the
landing of cattle and other cargoes at the Admiralty
Works. Pena will be erected on the lower jetty, and
the newly-erected slaughter-houses will be available
for animala injured during the voyage.
131()OrMT AT TIC PRISON.—An Inquest was held at
the prison, on Monday last, ore Mr. IL N.
Howard, coroner, on the body of a convict named
James Larret, cdia4 James Wells. The deceased,
who had been at the convict establishment some time,
was undergoing a sentence of seven years' penal
servitude. It appears thst he was suffering from
consumption, and had been in the hoepit d 101 dart.
He was 47 years of age. A verdict of" death fr..ui
natural causes" was returned.

MILITARY.—The Pall Mall correspondent of the
Hampahare felegrapa ham the following on an officer
who is known at Portland, having recently served in
H.M.S. Warrior:—' Major Allnuft, ILM.LL, im a
lucky man. It was him good fortune not only to win
a certain reputation when sent to Ashantee, but he
also obtained a Brevet Majority. Than, wen he was
within four days of reaching the age for compulsory
retirement, a brother officer kindly volunteers to
retire, and thus saves Major Allnutt from being
shelved."

One Naval authorities will really have to be more
careful in looking after erratic torpedoes, or we shall
bear iinsxpecteofy of inexplicable catastrophe.. A
fish torpedo has been found by a ooastguard near
Player's Copse, to the westward of Ryde. It was at
once secured and chained to some steps at the bottom
of Pelham Field, whilst the authorities at Portsmouth
were informed by telegraph of the dangerous arrival.
They immediately sent over a steam launch, and the
torpedo was towed to Portsmouth. It had evidently
been floating about the Solent for some little time,
and is supposed to be one lost by the Excellent.

H.M. Baia FLOWEI, 8 guns, with a complement
0186 men, Commander G. C. Hirgins, arrived in the
Roads on Thursday last, and took on board some 200
boys from H. M.S. Ilowswen for their annual summer
drill in the channel. She orocewled into the channel
on Monday for shot practise and returned to anchorage
in the Roads in the afternoon of the same day. On
Tuesday she was joined by H. M. brig Liberty, tender
to the training ship Impeachable, with • complement
of 39 men and 12 guns, commander G. O'Connor, and on
Wednesday both rowels left the Roads for Plymouth
Bound.

ACCIDUT TO A COXVICT.-00 Monday afternoon
last as one of a gang of convicts was at work in the
(marries he met with • serious accident. It appeirs
that the poor fellow was crossing a plank many feet
above some huge stones in a chasm, when he acciden-
tally slipped and fell upon the stones beneath.
Assistance WWI promptly rendered, when it was found
that one of the poor fellow's thigh bones was broken,
and besides that he had received serious internal
Injuries. He was at once removed to the pri.on
infirmary, where he was at once attended to by the
medical staff of the establishment. His injuries were
of so serious a character as to make it doubtful
whether he will recover. His friends were at once
telegraphed for.
Wzacgran MN' Mrssicors.—Sermons on behalf
of the above missions were preached in the Wesleyan
Chapel of the Island, on Sunday last, the morning
sermon at Fortune's Vell Chapel, being preached by
Rev. T. Veal, of Dorchester, and that in the evening
by the Rev. H. Padgham. The following evening the
annual meeting was held hi the chapel at Easton, Mr.
W. Attwooll presiding. Stirring address., were
delivered by the Rev. H. Padaham, T. Veal, G.
Garland, and J. A. Lawrence. The annual report
was read, from which it appeared that the society is
In a flourishing condition, this circuit alone having
contributed £lB to the Home Mission work and
upwards of £lOO to Foreign Missions. There was a
good attendance and a collection was made at the
close in aid of the

THEATRICALS ON BOARD THE BOSCAWE.N.
A mast enjoyable evening was spent on board H.M.13
Howevren, on Thursday evening lest, the occasion being
an entertainment of • theatrical and miscellaneous
character. The entertainment was given on the upper
deck sad them were scene two hundred visitors present,
who were taken on board by the ships' boats. The deck
which 1.111 covered in with canvass was prettily decorated
for the cotesion. The performance wag amen under the
auspices of the mmman., n
Captain El B. Evans, was
present, se well as the other officers of the t ship.
Also several dithers of the and Regiment The pro-
penults was us follows :
Part 1.--Belectlon by hand, " ILK& Pinafore; Mr. T.
T. Brooks; reeding,Mr. W. Irving; long. "Pretty Loam,"
Mr. R. Talus', recital:lolk "Eugene Aram's Dream,'
A. D. Roebuck : song, "Twopenny ride on. tramcar," Mr.
C. painter tor song and dance, Mr. (i. Ands : smut
Ran 'era in,' Mr. G. South; recitation, "The Vulgar
Boy, Kr. W. G. Corot ; burlesque band, Um hand • SOU r.
O.& meet," Kr. G. iced ; sakes hornpipe, thr. W.
Mobey.—Part 11—Seog of the woad, bird socomothiment,
the head "Tore' ern oak"e fen» in one sot; Nioodemius
Nagle (toy vendor), Kr. G. A. South; Kr. Macintosh
Yoke, Kr. Welfare • Mr. Remains Itleeleel, Mr. Sine:
Julia (Yoke'. +del, kr. J, Reims Susan (Mad of all
work), Mr. W. Gilbert: vetoes, Kern. Painter and
Hawkey "God Save the Queen.'
The entertainment went ra In first-rate style, and Mr.
Capper, Kastemat•itrom, and to those who so ably took
pert In the 0,11111i1:10 diversions, the greeted praise is due.
Indeed, It will be an evening long to be raniembersi by
all who had the good fortune to be present on board the
grand old threadeclow.