The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-08 00:00:00

PORTLAND.
NAV L
ei ArrvlNTSENT.—tl•trgeon A. W. Smith b."
:tx.nstral to H.M.S. Hoscawen.
TWIAT. The children belonging to the
meodist Sunday dcboula had their annual
PrW"feithnmida
gest os /*
Corn:calm Are Mini tur. Putt. of the
p,,ridasd, has been appointed chief boat.
teal at Hi mouth•
MIDICAL AsaOCIATION. —At the meeting
doe• Soothern Brent:hot the British Medical Amocia-
-0„. A Hyde on Wednesday, Dr. Askham was prnsut
from Portland.
Ist FollrlGS CAMS. —The fifty head of French
woo, which hare been in quarantine here for thirteen
dam, lett at one o'clock on Friday, for the Royal
agricultural Show at Kilburn.
inwrix.. or Bore ?soil THB BOXCAWLS T 3 TSB
• —Oa Friday 50 boy. -I the Hosicswen were
ted.lf to the Agincourt, 22 to the Warrior, and 12
to the Hector.
EaaclalC LIGHT la TSB ROADS.- -Oa Friday (miming
H'°' were illuminated by electric light of immense
t 0.7.0 ilO, o,m 8. Aginoonm, the Verne and north
Islicre being seen quite plainly. Many sesembled on
tie common to witness it.
The Rev. J. Turley on Sunday
week pr•
eached his farewvll sermon at the Fortune's
-
ea Primitive Methodist Chapel. The rev. gentle-
.. paying for Higs Wycombe. and will be
wrn-seals,l by the Hew. Mr. Knipe.
Tie SitowsPows lemma —At the rifle meeting at
Broe.e,t,wn, several mos belonging to the 32nd
I:Kismet carried oN prises. Among them were
(..4ww.,,rgsant Drury, who won gl in the *sergeants'
;i
nexty facer; clam; Corporal Warlord. 104., in 4
limy sad Nary of all rinks claa. • and Colour.
ee.,..et Drury, El, and Private Helinaley, 10s., in
mak} Collllollldol2 ONO.
Sr. ratei en out!. —On Stmilay week, at St Peter's
special aermons were preached in the morning
I:the Hay. J. A. Sear .r, and in the evening by tie
H. Wheeler. Collections were made on behalf of
sod eh it fund of the church. At the even.
im aeries the sacred edifice was well filled, and the
uac, with much precision, several of the pieces
were snag it the choral festival at Salisbury in
Mlitilr.
l.*:mricr &on% —This poor fellow, who died in
,b;www on Wednesday last from consumptioe. after
10,isc ...reed Mt term of impriarniment, woe buried
oe Saturday in the Si. George • churchyard. His to.
f 41,0rwl him to the grave, and the f nneral was
a ss„st respectable one. The arrangements for the
fneeril were conducted by Mr. Smith, of the Terminus
Hotel
I
Stators At-ewe:yr. —On Monday, James Elliott, a
camas in the employ of Mr. Hodder, railway agent,
we, hang pod., and as he was turnip/ the corner
Inc the Victoria Hotel, be went to get olf the waggon
I" slipped, and he• was thrown violently to
,d his his 1,1, becoming entangled in the wheel.
The wa..lon home were ea•pped se soon as possible,
• he was picked up and conveyed to the Terminus
Hong, where he srae promptly attended by Dr.
mecum It was found that his leg and two ribs were
broke', bookie much laceration to the calf of the leg.
Be ix, hoverer, programing as favourably as can be
expected. It seems that the 141110 leg bad been bmken
which. of course, makes the present accident
more verOas.
PaaA ~ TATlONptain Moore, RE., who has
hem with us so lone, awl who has gained for himself
Lb. wpect awl esteem of all with whom be was con-
meted. has been removed to Chatham. Previous to his
departure he wee on Saturday evening presented with
AA elcerdinglv handsome black marble dining-room
clock, wlikh b we the fall .wing inscription :—" Pre-
sented to Captain Moore, P., by the Vicar and
..f St. John's Church. as a mark of
respe•
ct on his departure frotu Portland." The
prammtiou was quite private, Captain Moore having
eipreowsi a wish that there should be nothing like a
public display mad... The gallant captain was much
touched. however, by this auontaneoua •ipromion of
goabwill and esteem thee Amen towards him by
thow frienis whom he has woo by his genial and
kindly courtesy, and we CAD only say he carries with
him the it.,01 niches of all in Portland.

DANCR Ot BOARD H.M.S. BOSUAWEN.
Th. otfioers of II M S It io•owen (AVM a grand loin on
Ah...t too PTn wern Invited. Including
innag persons rom Weymouth, as swell so the notontiandure
aell many of the officers beim:ion to the fleet
TM deck war admirably flit-d up. and was almost equal
t,ttuetolhill-room in a li•st-rlaos hnat. end there wag
li,,let,remierl the visitors that thoy were amenable,' on
• I,ole *nip bk w.• ready at any moment to your forth
,t, ,let t•netion. nacre is ale aya • charm In a
ea,ci .lly when it i• told on board chip.
burley orteiarl.r..4 ttreo ci ek In the afternoon.
The ,oirsuu nee nlnVeyed to the •lalp la alwatil Launch,..
•n 4 ernything woe dose that was powitole by the can 'ere
to promote thew comfort The deck and poop were
a...w00l with rearm aid decorated on the Inside with
gig , a waken nations. In front of the Enigma roast ware
the Boasillak coign., and at the after end of the poop
wan a inine ensign and the Union Jack. In frost of the
plow vu a °timber of tweed bayonets and seamen's
0gr05g.,4 en U It form a eentheircle. At the
that portion of the dock where the ball
go k ekes woe Sr. bnctotu, &ppm/x..1417 agranind nod
con wenn gremt htonehoo dl shrubs. Lit reeemlsling
oimi It into. Mg ssivile of the arrangements of the
i see wired/ corned out under the direction of
sto :011 Joao-. •13,1 was ably anighed by Mr. Smith
ciao. The •Irmr.ati .11s were the work of Mr. G.
T 0../. yeoman of Wrest.. sooir od be a vanner's mats
fX, IlucosecoL 11. Williams. C Yowins, 8 Pearce. and W.
sidinfeed.
r.,,0f..11.,-rinir Ira. the progr mina of dances which was
•yr-lieet Wm' it thl ship under the leader-
r, 1g.,/ Mr. Y. J. Ilvoks. tie old. Iseadnimotir.