The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-02 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

TH2 floscawen training ship was expected in Port-
land Road* on Thur.lay morning.
TRAINH DiscongtNcrD. The trains leaving Wey-
mouth at 5.30 Sunday evening, and returning from
Portland at 60, are il.toontinned during November.
ADMIRAL flare. who is on • tour of inspection,
visited Portland Soul. on Wednesday lea& in H.51.'•
yacht Fire Queen, and proceeded on board the Achille.,
for the purpose of inspecting the ship and
A MONSTER OF Till Deer.—On :Motility some
lishgruien of Chesil, while fishing in the Went hay,
enclosed • turbulent stranger, who began to thunder
about and damage thn nets in his struggles The &her-
men administered certain quieting medicine in the
slaps of sundry s,vere itahe. Hauling it on shore they
found the net-breaker to be • 11.11 of the shark grow.
It measured 6 feet long, and guttered the penalty of its
mildeeda in being belled into rags for the sake of the

THY Qui&I1T)(l have been much annoyed by a
atatesient in the Landon panels that Asaistant-Warder
Lambert, who was oveilooking the convict party when
Clifton and Rysboreatith were killed, was a Portland
quarryman. liondrrals in the Wand are ready to deny
this statement. They say he is the son of • warder,
his father doing dety at the present time in the trison,
and that Mr. Lambert is a kind of mason. It is well
known that the occupation of quarryman at Portland
descends from father to eon, and no '' timberline" are
admitted to the quarriee. It will be remembered that
in the Express Mr. Lambert was said to have been in
the stone•cutting an 4 building line.
A " Veer Goon" C %WT. —On Friday a report
was spread that a convict liad died at the Pr lion, after
3.52 days fasting, without nouriahment of any kind.
So singular • case, happening within the limits of such
a place as the infirmary of the Convict Prison, was
remanded as being th • very cos to set at teat all doubts
as to whethe• human lit, could be maintained for a
long time without food, for of course in a Convict
Primn there could be no collusion. On being love.-
tigated by the Coroner and jury, who sat to inquire
into the cause of &wee. d'e death, the reported" fading
roe.? vanished at once, and doubtless other pretendel
"feelings would quickly be exposed, it submitted to
the investigation of a ceraneen inquest. lii. true that
the convict had been 352 days in the infirmary • but he
had been supplied with butter, eggs, custard, beef tea,
I,lllollltle, wilt,, brandy, gra., as mach as he
c ruld toke, and for some time more than ha consumed.
The foundation of the rumour seems to be that he was
very hypondriacsd, and had many latisies. So when the
muses, who humoured hint in every possibly way, asked
him to take some whine or brandy, his reply would be
" My inside is full of water, don't you see it coming up
into my throat r A greet deal of trouble was necessary
to get him to take any nourishment; but by the con'
stint waxing it appears that the food really was takon.
The alterations of his diet were something astonishing,
and lately it had been changed evety day. Yet he won
the good feeling of those around hitt, the governor
seid his conduct was exemplary, he was a "very good
men," and had been for some time lo dans forward with
pleasure to his death. The convicts name was Thomas
, Greenwood ;he was 31 years old, and was under 'eateries
' of five years' penal servitude. lie was aimitted into
the irdirener7 on Nov. 10, Is6B. suffering from deblity
iand dyspepsia. It was not possible to hive more done for
• twin than was done for him ; but be @auk gradually,
; and died of atrophy, on Oct. V.—Verdict acoerdingly„

PORTLAND LOCAL BOARD MEETING.
A tut eting of this body was held on Wednesday after-
noon lost, present : Mr. It. Sateen (ohairman). It. N.
How arl, E.g.. (stork), Messrs. E. Ware°, C. Mitchel:,
W. Comben. J. C. Lane, R. Sansoni, W. White, C.
Blade. Simon Pearce. R. Flew, not A. Seriven.
The seal of the Board was affixed to the new rate.
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WATZR 812PPLT ?OR Top-HILL.
The first business was to receive the report of the
Chairmen in reference to the proposed water supply.
The CHAIRMAN said that he had shown the plan to
the Rev. Mr. Hogarth, who said be thought It WU
whet ought to be done, and he should be happy to
assist tbe Board; but he did not say to what amount.
Captain Brown was absent now from the island, but
was expected book shortly, and he had not applied to
Captain Manning, as be was at present so unwell. It
was considered best therefore to adjourn the question
for the present.
Mr. A. SCRIVIN said he should like to put a few
questions on the subject. Bo wished to know what
property liable to be rated for this water supply,
and if all mine* and lands sre not exempt? He
alno wanted to know who were the petitioners
who required this greet outlay, and who are
supplied elready ? To whom did the principal
portion°, the property belong? He could tell every
man in Wakeham who had • cistern. The amount of
the rateable property in Wakehain already supplied with
water was £406 4s. 2d., and that which was not supplied
amounted to £270, and the greater jortion of that was
excused.
The CHAIRMAN: Are these parties to go without
water, because they are poor?
Mr. A. SetuerN said there was no reason why they
should spend money on rates for the great proprietors
to hive their money out at interest. Here was Mr.
Cooed", of Wakeham, a working man, who had six
bounce there and every one was provided with water.
In the third place lie asked what was the estimate of
the yearly cost to provide water for the few houses that
have no cisterns, and also the eattle and farmyards, and
who the owners are? What hone power would be
required in the engines to raise the water, and the
yearly expense to the ratepayer'? This water supply
was the meet important question ever brought before
tte inhabitants of Portland. There is • four-horse-
power engine at Folly Pier, did they know its cost, and
the diameter of the pipe used for pumping the
water to the prison ? He had merle enquires,
and found that it cost £4OO • year to keep up that
engine. Fifthly, he asked as to the outlay. In his
opinion and that of all practical men it would cost at
least £4,000 to carry out the intended work, and £490
a year to keep it in working order, if quarries and
loads are exempt, this heavy coot would fall on the
poor householder and ratepayer. He had half-a-dozen
inure questions to ink: hut should be sati.fied, as the
qination was to be adjourned. He believed it most
eerious, and if the the plan were serried out, it would
he •• ruination to the ielaniL He should find like to
know whether quarries and lends were exempt?

Mr. HOWARD. sal-A-t-ae—qaastions Captain Scriven had
brought forward were vary important, and the Board
did not wish to run into any needlea•expenae, hut water
is one of the necessaries of lie, and if only 20 people
were in need of it, it should be obtained for them, as
life ie bald to be more valuable than money- (bear.)
When they had the water supply at Weymouth, they
did a very fooliih thing in allowing • company to bring
the water. A very large profit was made by the comi
luny, which ought to have gone into the ratepayers'
putete and the iineation wa. whither the ratepayers
. of Portland would not benefit by and by, instead of
losing.
Mr. A. Flouting auggested • tank to secure a large
quratity of wateir that now runs away in the winter.
lie conaidereA they would be going headlong to rain if
they carried out the plan for waterworks, and driving
all the respectable men from the island.
' MT. 'IOWAN) SUggeated. in order to INTO time, that
members should only speak once on the subject —(hear.)
Captain Sori*en wa. quite right in bringing forward the
questions and facts that be hand, but ever since he (Mr.
Howard) had been connected with Portland, the crying
evil hart always been the want if water at Wakeham.
When people had to obtain water from • great disunoe,
they would aurely stint themulves, whether for wash-
i, g their clothe* or their persons, to the great dug*, of
bringing on dineue. One of the greatest blessings a
body of men could pouter on others won to bring the
neeeioaries of life within their reach. In the adjourned
debate thev would have to go into the question of out
1 wbetbet the expense is too great, or the inhabitants
ue to have this gred blessing conferred upon them.