The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

POKTLA ND.

&MOM Dhara. —oe fiaoday, Jnhe White, querry•
wean, aced elk died aaddeely -being wised death at
a times labial appeaeatly ha good health.

CllOllOll 111111111011AIT AlleelnaTlON.—The annoal
meeting of the Portland branch of the Ohre\ Mk.
skean Association was held on Rowley evening, in Si,
Jahn'. Church, Fortune's WelL The Row. FirJeaciar,
the incumbent, prided, sod the rortiag war earns°
by the Reir. W. F. (Rey. the deputation, the Hr.
9optious Hohlia, late ncierionary at Thasevilly, the
Chaplain of MIL& Bi, Owego, and other aer
Thom was • fair attendance. There woad onclo=
hare bees many mom were It not that many were
rimmed be an oat-door resting. ossdread by • kirk
man, at the came tire. On Or peevire Beaday, the
Rev. W. P. Clay preached two highly impressive
esnaoss at Rt. Joho's Church, in fartherease of the
great object of mimics". The sollostions at the leveral
lervins were aood.
MILD Lola EMIL —As old acquaintance visited
Portland for the err tire for several month. par on
Turday last. In other words, the "P, See W.I.
mouth and Portland Steamer renotoned naming for
the arrow season. It is said that • bad beginning ir
pressor° of • good mediae ; bat nukes there is a
great alter...Ur I. the boats faros, we an afraid that
had will hid to worm Competition does not err to
lead to reaper. so far as the water ravage between
Weymouth sad Portland is concerned, as the boat:
fares have bra raised in pries, and • journey by
Orme? II now jar doable the pries of • journey by
rail. We doa't know whether the boat proprietors
think that by these high &ries they will drive the
railway eardrum off lie line, Mot if they do, they differ
very erriderably from the general public.

TONIMAL Oil TZZ LAYS 11/L JOIATILA3 1.4130.—Tbz
.11111.11 of the Late Mr. Jonathan C. Lana were bilarred
ID their last residue plats as Tuesday in •
malt construeled about foar years sr. for resolving all
that was mortal of a beloved dater, in St. Gomm's
Church yard, Reform. The whole of the shops in
Fortune's Well Imis Mooed at me o'slosk, sad Mamas
end labour 'morally throughout the Weed were Gas-
peoded der ag the afternoon. The humeral oortme con-
sisted of a hearse, two mournleg carriages, and four
private ~doges, se follows :--lat carriage Mrs. Limo,
the widow of the deceased, Mr. Jonathan C. Lao, mu.
W. H. P. Resine, lbw, and lateen Mobey, Res' Sod
carriage Ms. sod Mrs. it Lose, sad Kr. sad Mr.. lima
Leo ; Mr. and Mrs- Win. Lem; Mr. 11,12_ Mahon
aad Mrs. Wingate ; 4th, Mr. Jonathan LOW, Kim Loon,
Kim Mabsy ; 5111, Mr. sad Mrs. B. Peens, Rev. H.
Jenour ; 6th Mr. T. lisaima, Captain fieriven, Mr.
Gould. Them; were besides Most 150 e mimeo fol.
lowed on foot and from 800 to 1,000 tradesmen and
others residieg nodes the hill, who were net by as many
mere residing on the top of Um MIL 8o lame a con-
course of persons wee sever before sees aansleJ to-
gether on any measles In the Isle of Pmtlead. As may
therefore be emottived. St. Girorge's Marsh was crowded
In every part, large numbers who obtaieed adatissioo to
the sacred edifice were enable to obtain eats, • bile many
hoodroda were obliged it, remain in the churchyard.
The collo, composed of • shell. leaden toMo, and
outer oak of oak covered with black sloth, sad
weighing shoat 11 cwt., WU borne by 18 of the
quarrymen In the sumMymeot of the dammed. while
1u employed in loading the boats at the water aide
muted as pall bearers. The funeral service was read
by the Rev. H. Jeamir, ineumbeet of Si. John's, ia ,
his usually impressive meaner. The rev. gentleman
am gave an extempore Adana on Oa anearteioty of
life, the amenity of over living so as to be prepared
for death whenever it may esusa, die amiddatars with
which the dammed wee out off tru, all things here
below, and the loss the Island had sestareed—sapireially
the poor—in his death. While the rev. patio
mas dwelt on these themes in tender and
gzpatliiaing langsage, two rolled down the
ke and deep sobs escaped from many who were
prevent Dario, the solemn mrviev, three
by... were sass by the Moir, whisk Modell:P makerl'
the @Memo ceremony for more hispreerive. On the
breastplate of the eagle was lite following ineoriptiee T.—
" Joestbso O. Lao died Wednesday, the Malt April,
1866, aged 56 ream" As we elated, to reseeding the
sod intelHgesies of him wades death, the Ism Kr. Liao
' might emphatically be rolled the working ma's Mead.
It was he who raised the lebourers' wages paerally oe
the Woad. 1nt1... of Um greatest daimon he always
kept all his mew employed at the fall prime, and his
beeeveleses Christmee-tide sad other esomioas of
festivity sod rejvising was Jane ushotaded. He vie
a yam who was deservedly loved sad reeposted, sad his
loam will be felt by loamy.