The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-07-25 00:00:00

PORTLA.ND.

CHAPLAIN AT THS PRISON.—The liar. C. Rickards. from
yawn, has succeeded the Rev. S. W. Tidswell as
chaplain at Portland Convict Prison.
THE BREAKWATER RAILWAY. —A Great Western train
passed for the first time over the new line last Wednes-
day. A few alterations will be required on the line, in the
layinfail. the metals for instance; but the trial trip was •
egINGLEGATIONAL &VOGL Timer. —The children of
the Chesil Independent Sunday School assembled there
Last Thursday, with flags, and marched to the Castle
grounds, where they had tea and cake, followed by the
usual gams-
KILLED BY THE " THUNDER= " EXPLOIHON.— Mr.
Thomas Warren late sick-berth steward of the Soecitwen.
who was well known in Portland, was among those
Injured by the explosion and after removal to Hasler
Rogow he there died, M. Win= was paresmailos.

THE ACME= to MR. lIINDE—We much regret to hear
that Mr. II inde, who suffered iainfel infurice to his legs,
as before recorded in this paper, is still very ill from
the effects. No bona; were trisk,e, hat the shock to the
system appears to have been very great. Dr. Sulliian
has been in emietant attend ince, and Dr. Parseas has
waited eufferer frequentie,
FALL WITH • BARROW.-03 '.lay Albert Vsllar.l
about 20, roamed on the Breakwater. whtlet whiediog
barrow fell of material, eliene I If the p'.;n'e., mid tell
lfift., with th, burrow. Tskon to his Imes,. it Maiden
Well be wee attende I by IT% pureine, who A.-rived with
greet. preniptitude. Althoilja ea, lameo is Cr., broken,
Vallard had susteilied vie!est ins, injury to hie
hip, and several abradinie .4 kin awl fle.h.
THE altenstione at St. John', I hue s have Leen ora-
menced. On Monday morning tie demolitam of the
vestry was began, out it is now entirely pulled down.
This is the end at which the enlargement of the church
to to he made. The end wall is the church was not in-
terfered with when our correspeeboit saw it. Probably
the friends of Holy Trinity, Weymouth, will observe
how the enlargement is managed, as they have in view,
if not the re-buildiug, the enlargement of their own
church, and went to bold the !services there as lung as
possible while the work is being done.
ClilliET.—Wemmoufh V. Portland. —An eleven from
Weymouth came over on Thursday and played the Port-
land team on Naval Cadet's ground. Weymouth went
In first and scored Ils; Portland then hail an innings and
got 25. Following their inninge they only put to4ether
55 more, so that Weymouth won rosily in mu innings.
Sonic of the Portlanders declare that it would lei better if
the Weymouth Club did not bring visitors, g 0 that the
fielder, might have something to do, instead of tha
bowling doing the work.
Portland v. .11d Regime or. —on Saterlay Portland
Club eleven played the ilst Regiment on Cadet's ground.
The Portlanders went in first and scored b 7, and then the
regiment made &2; Portland followed with 01, and the
regiment scored 40, Portland thus winning by 311 runs.
FLOWER SERMONS —The 'ley. .1 Augustine Beazor,
rector of Portland, goroesihed the annual flower sermon ot,
Sunday last, at St. e's church. The pulpit and read-
ing daik were beautifully decorated, being ereathed and
festooned with dowers, the pulpit with white lilies, and
scarlet geraniums, the loading desk with a choice collec-
tion of various flowers. Booiden those which were brought
from this Rectory gardeu, the flowert were principally the
kind gift of Mr. 3. C. Lano. Among the ladies whit
assisted Mrs Beazer, wife of the Rector. ne the decorations,
were Miss lismsford.,Mits 'Uncle be, The Hector's text
was taken from Centictee ii., I.—" I am the rose at Sharia
I ern the lilv of the valleys." It was a plain,
address, wiitable uslreialle to the children, %the listened
very attentively. The lice. Maurice Steel; preached in
the °venire; frcuu Ouiticles ti,, II and It - "Fur, 10, the
winter is past, the rain is over and guns; the flowers
appear on the earth." This was also a very good sermon,
and specially suitable for adults, WI the evening sermons
are generally intended. Most of those who attended
either wore flowers or carried them in their hands., the
evening congregation wax as, overflowieg one. The
collections were on behalf of the Sunday School, and
amounted to ,E 3 Iss. Flower sermons" are nos
confined to the Church of England. We learn tkio i thg,
Congregational chapel, Havant, the gee. C. aseedowe
preached a '' flower sermon " on Wedrsecitiy evening lest
week. After the eerviee, th? (plvVt,', Were made into
buncihjtand over :ell bon, uste were sent to the Children's
Iles Vcil4oliss %44 M.; Military Iloseitale ikasaa and
wliere they were most gretof sill,. receival.
TEAK FALLON OVER A Tie.--tin Friday lest, two horses
with a cart, belonging to Mr. R. Comben, were hauling
rubble on the road to the " tip" at West Cliff. In back-
ing the horses, the cart was driven back too rapidly, and
as there was not sufficient obstacle at the edge to stop it,
the whole went over, falling 50 feet before they stopped.
The shaft horse remained where they pitched, with the
body of the cart; but the string harness wee broken, and
the horse therein rolled 100 feet farther, amongst a large
mass of capstone. Some one advised Mr. Combas to kill
the horses; but as they did not seem to have any
bones broken, he resolved to try to gat then, ties
, again. The accident happered ehoet tzt e'clotic.
"derrick" was rciggod cr. se ith running
tlo.,ks arm ropes, the horses were inducoci
;Aril in lie .dewn singly, in the body of the cart, bags
were put round them, and the homes on the cliff hauled
gently on the ropes, to the other end of the tackle being
fixed' the cart body. for the wheub were smashed in the
accident. t/radually the cart was got to the top with one
horse, and the operation was repeated wit's the other,
with equal sueoess, About fire hours were consumed in
the work, the horses being got back to the stable about
, three o'clock. It was found that no bones were broken;
but a few days must elapse before the damage to the
• animals can be estimated.

TARRANT KNYNEITON.
DEATH OF THE RECTOR.
It is with regret we hsve to announce the death,
after a few days illness, whilst on a visit to his mother
at the Polycon, Southampton, of the Rev. John If Bey
Au .ten, rector of Tarrant Keynston. Mr. Austen
went to Southampton on Wednesday, in last week,
was taken ill there on the followinv, &y, grew worse,
and expired at half-past one o'clociCson Sunday, at the
age of I 0 years. The deceased gentleman will he
known to our readers as a friend of the gipsies and an
active mcmher of the Wimlxirne Bench of Magistrates,
over which he presided as lately as at the l'etty
Ses,heis on Friday week We learn from the Thwart
0.01 S.marrxi olit, A ious•wv that, deceased was the
p itnin of his own living, which is of the annual value
of Mt The next presentation is in the hands of
Mr. George Austen, deceased son, who is at present in
Ceylon.

WIXBOBNIL
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday Mr. Arthur Road, of
Ringwood, Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Horton
Inn, on the body of Abraham Loader, of hf2tterif's
Woodlands, aged 1$ years, who was aocidentally killed on
the previous 3londav evening between 6 and 7 o'clock.
The evidence howed that ik,euasal fell (rein a cart loa(I
of grass in a by-lasie :war Enowlton, Woodlands, and the
jury returned ‘s.noict of " Accidents! Death."
ISY,T6 Itia C. ("ASTLEII4N.—ThIO stentlemin died on
70,,,nsisty, at his residence, the Greve, Rbrhopstake, at the
age if al. The deceased gentleman, who wn., we believe,
a native of Witishorne, was much reupocted in Ilamsahire,
and has teen well known as a disector of the London and
South-Western Railway Company, to the chsirmanship
of which he was appointed on the death vi Captain
Mangles. Mr. Listieutan, however, retired (TOM that
position a ahort time since owing to ilthealth, being
sur,eeded by the Hon. R. H. Dutton, He continued,
however, to hold the pot.,( director up to the time of his
decease.

—CHPlial EXULL`flbToirutascit Soorm—st meeting
was held in connection with the above Society at the Giro
Exchange on Monday lest. Ile chair was taken by Mr.
Wtor Pruitt of this town, end addresses were elelivered
by the Rev. Basle Wilberforce, vicar of Si, Mary's, South-
hampton. lttiv. E. t'. Trotman, of Wunborne, and the
ROY. Dawson Dallier, of Canford. The two latter gentle-
men advocated the cause from a temperance point of
view, but the Rev. Basle Wilberforce in his usual eloquent
style, gave a stirring address an total abstinence. There
were also present :—The Rev. Mr. Daniell, of Kinson, and
the Rev. Mr. Freeman, and General Maclean. The tuset.
ing was well attended and it was stated that another
would be held on Monday next at the Town-hall, when
all members of the Society and others interested in the
cause were requested to attend. Tho meeting began and
ended with_prayer by lb° Ivy . F. Trotinan.
SUDDEN DPATI‘. —svi Monday, an inquest was held
before Igr. Thxnuts bawling, coroner at the house of Mr.
usury Sash. at Horton Heath, on the body of James
gas. Who died suddenly on the previous day. Sam
orn stated that the deceased was Ida grandfather.
About half-part three o'clock on Monday, the witness
went to she privy in the garden of the deceased and
1.-Amd him sitting on the seat. Ho took hold of one of the
deceased's hands, and found that it was cold, and took
hold of his leg and found that he was dead. Ho
spoke to the deceased but did not get any answer, and
the!) be went and gave information. Thomas William
liorUett stated he lived near the deceased, and that utoxv.t
half-past ekven he heard him in the privj, the
deceased seemed to In breathing, and the witteass thought
that he was asleep, the door of Ors privy was
open so that he could see the sleaze-ell very plainly, he
took no further notice. Aboott heif-past one he heard from
the last witnees ti,at ti, was dead. He went to
the place dltatia and found the deceased was dead, and
‘ittinzln .li,, Stine position as when the witness first raw
Intra the deceased was removed by the people who
happened to he present. The deceased was IN years of
age, and a labourer. The witness saw him walking
in his fanlen that same ruonnug and spoke to
him. !hiring the last a inter the deceitaed had complained
to witness of pains in his stomach when he got up in the
mornings. Pt'. Joseph Gill stated that about half-past
two on Monday afternoon, he received informatim and
went to the deceased's residence and found him in the
position as that stated by the lest witness, and helped the
deceased into his house and laid him out. The jury
returned a verdict of "Natural Death by the visitation of
God."

- PETTY Sassioaa, Friday.—Magistrites preaont- Mr. C.
J. Parke (chairman), Rev. C. J. Glyn, and (ter. G. V.
Garland.