The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-10 00:00:00

POOL'.

Tat Royal Nati ntl Life. oat Institution hie dent
an aneroi.l barometer to be llced In thd coa4guard
boos,. near 'he No 'II Haven Pier,
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Purr Scsit ice. Tourd .y ['be "nly bu.ineu whe
the .poointmout of Overseers. A. sesault caee,
between ruse owl wife, W.. wi.h irawn, the 'Artie*,
in tbis inotance, showing themmilves to be " Penal
wise."

rHi AFFIRM VflOV BILL--A. peoiiion in fev,ur a
the pa..ing ..f.the yll•trinti Bill ws. en W.Lieaa

.1. pat.be Lo do. It 120,1t41111- I nut 400 •iiros.
tor,. (4-,rly • v t-rs. a• .1 no I adi s), and ....me
cgitratee Comp net tee •x-3Layor, the Stahl.
Aldemaen, and l' .wn Councillors,
TES LATE Joan Baome—The funeral service over
the body of John Brown, the Queen's late personal
servant. on Tuesday, prior to the removal of the
remains f om Windsor to the North, was performed
by the Re.. T. Orr' Minister of C ,ngregation al
Chapel, Windsor, and form •rly of the Sk nner.street
Chapel. Poole. Her M.jesty was present at the
celeb ration.
THI T .we 'OUNc t..—The Local Government 1.1-otra
having reconatitated the T .wn council as the P.rt
Sanitary autcority. a meeting was held on Friday
1,64, when tr. F. E. Vernede was re-app into
Medical Officer of Health for th P..rt Sanitary
district, at • ealary after the rate of £25 ter annum,
and Mr Jchn f.:lforl was a:pointed Insp.ct r of
Nuisances for the Pallle district, hie salary being
included in that which be receives as Borough
Sarveyor.
SHIPPING. Arrival" : March 28 Wio Lasses,
Peter.on, cal,, Hartlepool. 29—Risk, Wilkinson,
nil, Portsmouth. ill—Sir Robert Hodgeoo, Searle,
balleet, Cherbourg. April I—Your Name, Stare,
stone, Plymou•h Stoto, Entry., Davies, coals, Sean'
sea •, Jessie, Schackleton. nil. 413.,reham ;
Richmond, oil, Southampton. 2—Cornflower.
wheat, hoodoo. 3—Wie, Anderson. nil, Southamp.
t ; Geveva, Masters, ull, Comm. 4—Diver, Page,
nil, Cows•--Sailings ; ?damn 28—William Wells,
Lewis, clay. Goole ; Eudymion, Filet, clay, Lmdoo
Empress, King, clay, London. 31 Whesteae
Wilkin.. clay, Loudon ; Peale, linet, clay, Newcastle ;
Yonnetta, Abrahamson, clay, Runcorn; Francis.
Rowe, deals, Portsmouth • Diver, Page, general.
Yarmouth ; Co'umhine, Jenne. April
2—Letitia, Forves, timber, Llanelly. 3—Elilabeth
L,ttle, Digby, clay, London; Elizabeth an'
Price, clay. Runcorn ; George Dun lea. Robette.
cp
Runcorn. s—Ceres, Summer., ft or, Palm mth Ls•II
of the Lake, Chick, clay, Runoorn.
Figs.—Experiments with a new fire extinguisher
of
were tried on Monday af,erno an in the preeence
the May .r, the Town Clerk, Surveyor, and sesmhl,
members of the Town Council, at the Surveyor's Ts".
It I. the patent of a B .Iton firm, and wawa recently
tried on the Thames Erobaoktnent with fay.orails
result.. A large bonfire was erected in the yard, an
well saturated with benzoline. When the match was
applied the b nzoline went off with an exploaion likes
cannon, the young man who vraa coltductini b.
experiment, narrowly escaping with his moustache faed
eyebrows. The engine was then set to work, end the
flames were got no in about 2i minutes. Afterwards
the heap of tar-barrels, ho., were again set are to, shi
the flames, which were for the most part superfictal.
were got under in something like a little over • minute.
The principle is the amalgamation of certain chemicals
with the water. ES worth of chemicals is required to
la
get the engine ready for working, and this will lest
for 20 minutes, which the inventor says is loot
hhottlfh to get any ordinary fire extinguished at the
outhreak. No does, the invention la admirably
adapted for war bowies and ships arid the spectator!
expressed their aatisfuti an with the illustrations of
it, capabilities.