The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-17 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 17. 18S5

deciding whether In tits future the workmen
employed by the Authority shall d ell smell works.
or whether the whole shell he eyrie lot by teethe ."
Ho 'boa tki they had to, many men, end snored that
they should be pall moor ling to the work they did.—
Tao proposition was carried.

ales; end though almat ridiculed and sadly mis-
understood at test, be gained the goodwill of [unite
-
tech', and became • *ea f.ther to his country, •
u...1161.u0b10g eve, lb log thatat the core of war. loses
among the Lusoy who came to emogratalato him eras
• band of seeress with their hearty prayer—!' God
blew, Massa Lincoln." He died • martyr, for it was
the bullet of the assault thet laid him low.
Fur an hour and a-ball ths likenner kept his audience '
spellbound, while hie trequint Bight. of eloquence
were often applauded loudly, and on the whole an
intellectual treat was enjoyed greatly. The pr, ce ids
go to augment tee fund for 'trot ~tint fair chapel
debt.. We are hoping to secure another visit from Mx.
Itherson at en any u..for.
6•llans' 110 —The annual report of the Corn-
mittoestates mat the borne which is open to sehteta
of all Lotions, is highly valued by the men of toe
Royal Nary and hiereantile Merin*. lii. very wilful
to the Celllllllll. Fleet whin at Vortland, and a great
boon to many shipwrecked and distresiend seamen.
It makes up 52 bete, *ad has been us mi last year by
upward' of 2,000 seamen, 1,300 of whom aler.t in the
room. If its ships of 11.4. flat were more in
Portland the horns would pay It. owns:penes., but as
hue the Committee require ab outll3/0 •yeair b nudes
the Admiralty grant to„kesp it going, and Oho CALI.
Mittel, be( to thai.k the subscribers for hitherto
enabling them I. do so.
A Dinantlig :tieka.-00 Monday last • man was
observed erasing mound the rear part of ttis prisou •
carryi gln his hand • large black beg. As his [nove-
nae:lts seemed rather estepicious, iniormatim was at
once sent to Mr. Shaw, the engineer, but that ge,tie-
man being 111, the news wee communicated tu the
(Jack of the Works, who immediately put the polioe
upon the track of the obnozloua Individual. After
diligent watch bad been made, he wee found at Mr.
Roberts', of Easton, where he lodged, and hie
bag was at ono° overhauled, but nutting of •
surpitious nature could be found, the bag con-
taming only some lock.. From the statement
the man Lunde, it appears he wait sent by
• firm in Dorchester, which we bodsve to be Mr.
Croaker's, ironmongers, of tilgh West-street, to revert'
come lucks ;,et the govern, r'e house, and instead of
subsg round to the front ot the prieon be inhaled his
way auroogst the gumtree, and found himself wander-
ing the back of the prison. N,twitit.tssiding
that his statement turned out to be correct the guar.**,
both Ind Is and out, were doubled for two days.
TIM ektaggil. tters received from
the Channel dquadrou in Vigo Bay, Crated the 4.n
inst., state Ilia MUM my weatuer has prevailed there
ever since the snivel of the squadron, on I that •
south-wrest gale has been blowing ino-erasitly, with
heavy rain and had equelis. On the 31s1 ult. the gale
was so strong that the mower pads ant topmasts were
struck on board nil the ships and steam was oidered
to be got up, sad sheet anchors cleared away. On
the morning of the 20,1 inst. it blew • perfect hurri-
cane, accompanied toy a terrific thuaderetorm, but the
quadrat rode the gale in safety, and none of them
dragged their &SMOLA... On the 30.11 ult. • starrier
arrived from England witn coals for the iquaorun,
but, owiue toe bad weather, no Wee thee 1..0r days
wets occupied in discharging her, as at times it was
impossible for the steamer to Cereal i alongside the
ship. witu s dol. The Vios..krinitral ha, j let
directs I a report to be made of the speed which each
.hip could maintain for twelve and twenty •lour hours
rapanivsly, and the remit proved to be in favor
the Sultan, with the Nvtirue second; while the Agin-
court, Achilles, and Northumberland were next in
order. The Eultan la considered the moat ethereal
sop in the fleet. She isti., (*.tat end steadiest, and
Lb. only one thet can fight her guns in • seaway. The
estutdron is now uu its way to Madeira.