The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

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M. M. 8. ST. GlO2Ol left Portland roads on
Idooday week to proceed on her month's cruise, for
the purpose of exercising she crew end Goad guard
volunteers in gunnery.
Tit. Great Elitism passed Portland on her journey
for Is) ing the atlantic cable about • quarter before
nine o'clock on Monday evening. sbe was steaming
at the rate of about eight boobs an hour.
Twe Wesleyan openair ts• meeting which took
Owe at Patton on Coronation day was a:tended by
about 500 pertains, and the proceeds of the tat
amounted to about £2.5. which in to be devoted to the
chapel enlargeou tit fund. After tea, addresses were
delivered by the Revs. J. M roudia, W. Wiench,
and others.

Os Saturday week • match of cricket was played
between the officers of the 62nd regt. and the Portland
cricket club, which resulted, at the close of the
first innings, in favour of the Portlenders, the
of6oers obtaining only 40 runs, while the club ob.
tamed 63. Mr. Crocker, of Weymouth, who played
with the Portland club, bowled six wickets, caught
one and stumped one
RiAII•ADIIIR•L HASTINGS 11. YILVIRTON arrived
at Portland on Prirlay morning last shortly before
noon, attended by his secretary, Mr. J. W. Burke.
He proceeded on board Her Majesty's iron-clad ship
Caledonia, Cap:. Foley, which, having arrived the
previous day from Devon port, was anchored inside
the breakwater. Admiral Yelterton, it is under-
stood, will take command of the Channel equadree,
whialt is expected to assemble at Portland during the
ensuing week.

SIX COMPANIIN OF INFANTRY, comprising the
head-quarters of the 56th Regiment, arrived at
Portland on Wednesday last from Portsmouth, under
command of CoL Lacey. This is the first head-
quarters of any regiment that has been stationed at
Portland since the Verne and other forte in the
immediate neighbourhood were commenced, and
which bare been DOW so far finished as to give
accommodation to the headquarters of the 56th.
It is anticipated that in three months there will be
ample accommodation for the whole regiment if it
should be necessary to quarter them in the barracks
upon the Verne heights. The change will doubtless
be very agreeable to the troop, after their recent
return from India.
, SUDDIN Dears. —Elisabeth Fussard, who has for
some time peat kept the Foe Inn. eepired after a
few hours' illnees on Tuesday. The facts will be
found in the following account of the inquest, which
was held the following morning, at the Royal Hotel,
before P. Steggall, Beg., coroner, Mr. James ldabey
acting as foreman of the jury ,—Elixabeth Jolliffe,
the wife of a marine and a daughter of the deceased,
was the Brat witness oalled, and she deposed that
about half-past eight on Tuesday morning deceased
complained of being iIL She sent for Mr. Nettle-
ford to attend, but as he did not come, she rot
Mary Brit with a message to the same effect.
Witness afterwards went herself, and saw the ser-
vant at the house where Mr. Nettleford lives, and
requested her to tell the doctor that deceased was
very ill. She waited a quarter of an hour for the
doctor and then went again and saw him herself, and
he returned with her. The medical man expressed
In opinion that there was no danger, and said be
would send her down some medicine, which was
afterwards duly administered to the deceased. The
doctor saw deceased once after (about half an hour),
and witness then fetched him. Her mother
gradually got worse, and witness met Dr. Carruthers,
who immediately came to the deosseed, who was by
this time in • dying state. The age of her mother
was fie. -Henry Nettleford, medical practitioner at
Portland, was next examined, and stated that the
servant came to his bedroom door and told him that
Mrs. Foulard was ill, but did not state it was an
urgent case. She afterwards came up stairs with
Mrs. Jolldfe, when the latter stated that her mother
wee dangerously ill. He immediately west with
her, and found the detieweid's poles low, and the
heart beating faintly. At the time he did not
think there was any immediate danger. He had
attended her some weeks previously. He thought
the would rally. He sent her some ammonia, and
directed hot water to the feet and flannel to the
advert of the lege. He saw her again about half an
hour afterwards, when she seemed to have rallied a
little. Afterwards called, when Dr. Carruthers had
jest bit The complaint of which deceased died, he
ascribed to "enlargement of the heart."—Dr.
Cerrethers, a medical practitioner at Portland, next
gave evidence. He stated that the preceding day,
about a quarter to 14, he was called in tome deceased.
She was very faint, and he found her breathing with
difficulty. He sent for some chloric ether from Mr.
Harvey's, and administered it to deceased. He
ordered the roopi to be cleared, as there were several
women in IL He bad the deceased laid down, and
himself unfastened her stays, itc, which should have
been done before; but deceased never rallied, and
died in his presence about 12 o'clock. I/weaned was
suffering from disease of the heart. —After some
remarks from the Coroner, the jury returned a
verdict of " Death from natural causal."