The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-02 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

IL. M.. Moot/arra The young princes are to be
provided with g mavitic apparatus during their cruise.

NAVAL —SUVROOII A. M'Kinliky to H.M.S. Warrior,
and Fleet Surgeon F. Y. Toms to H.M.S. Minotaur.

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Id. M.S. AGINCOURT.-Ail2g to the lat,st orders,
H.M.S. Anincmrt will remain at Portland uutil the
middle of December.

COMMIZOSTIONAL CHUNCII.—The Rev. Mr. Wall, of
Lyme, has been invited to the pastorate of the Port-
land Congregational Chute!).
Imcrung. —The Rev. J. Hack, of Sherborne,
delivered a lecture in the Wesleyan chapel, Partune's-
well, on Wedneinlay evening, his subject bring
" Whitfield t The EL urptent and Sncceasful Orator.
A PARDONED roxelcr. —On Tuesday m3rning
prisoner named George Perkins was diecharged uoder
circumatanctts that deserve mention. lie war a lung
stntence man, having been convicted of the crime of
manslaughter. lie had served flea- ly nine years, and
during that time his eon Octi Wag so exemplary that
his cue wa. brought before the Government, which
ultimately ed to hi, receiving a cinditional pardon
from the queens.

REMOVAL or CONVICTE.—Nine convicte were on
Tuesday re moved from Portland to %Yoking. They
were in charge of a principal warder and an infirmary
nurse. They left Portland by the mitt-day train, awl
appeared ur ch affected by the extreme cold. The
p etc fellows seemed in a very feeble condition, and it
certainly did seem • farce and needless to chain these
mimrably todpless creatures together.
WINTER CLOTHING roe TM! NAVT.—It having been
brought to the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty
that the custom exists of petty officers and seamen of
the navy wearing blue jerseys during the winter, the
Admiralty have caused • memorandum to be issued
mating that thy do not sanction the use of the blue
jersey, as part of the uniform of petty officers and
seamen. It is, however, pretty generally recognised
throughout the service that some other protection
than the Ila-rnd is required for the men's chest+ in
cold weather, and the issue of such a retrograde order
has accordingly caused not • little surprise.
FOOTBALL—A well-contested match took place on
Saturday last, on the Naval Ground, between the
Portland Cub and the Artillery. The teams were
pretty evenly matched; but the Portland men showed
I,r euperior training, and won by five goals to one.
We would micgem more practice to the Artillery, for
the cry of " hands " was being constantly heard during
the play. With that exception they 'bowed themselves
to be good players and being very heavy men they
would, with more t:ralning, prove themeelees to he no
mean opponents.
NAVAL FONItRAL. —The funeral of the poor fellow
Ephriam Heath, who was killed on the Boecawen on
Friday week, took place on Monday afternoon at the
Naval Cemetery. The funeral cortege started from the
Naval Hospital at two o'clock and proceeded to the
Cemetery in the following order :—A firing party of
the Royal Marine.; the braes band of the ship
playing the " Lead March " in Find, the
corpse on a gun carriage, covered with the Union
Jack, and drawn by a number of his memmatea ; the
father of the Seceamd, and last of all the boys of the
ship, numbering some hundreds with their officers and
instructora. The funeral service was impressively
read by the Rev. J. Peyton, the chaplain of the ship,
and at the doers the customary volleys were fired over
the grave. Mr. IL J. Andrews undertook the funeral
arrangemerts
A 8 I A certain individual has made his
appearance in our island and proved himself one too
many for some of our folks. From what we hoar a
DM recently visited the place, and after staying here
a day or two managed to scrape an acquaintance with
some of the inhabitant& Among others he paid a visit
to Mr. E. M. Score, of Eavton, and represented him-
self to be a b on companion of Mr. Score's eldest son,
who has been away 11.1118 twenty years pad. Anvocy
other iotellbrence he stated that the son war coming
home in a few days, and wound up by requesting the
loan of half-a-crown till he arrived. Mr. Score, kindly
enough. said he would n d lend him the half-crown
but would give hint a shilling. He next paid a visit to
Mr. It. Score, jon.. grocer, of Fortunes-well. Hie
story here was that be was • cousin of the young Mr.
Score, and wished to be credited with • quantity of
groceries. The w.f.:ante however, being too wide-
awake, replied that they could not oblige him,.. their
employer was liot in. Being thus foiled in this
attempt he adjourned to the shop of Mr. Hatton,
butcher, and requested to be Pllpplied with some meat,
*meeting that kir. Score. of Easton, would pay for it.
By this means be obtained three shillings worth of
His next scene of adventure was the shop of
Mr. Kendall, j eweller. His tale here was totally dllf event
He was, he said, Mr. Score', eldest son had been
away for a number of years, had just ;Married to
Portland. and his father told him to come down and
I get himself fitted out with a watch and chain, and
ring. He assured Mr. Kendall that if he would call
on the morrow his "father" would pay him. "By-the
bye," continued the worthy, "you might al well give
me a paper, so that the old gentleman will know what
he will have to pazi Ile chose • watch value C 6104.,
and a chain and r value 30a Wishing Mr. Kendall
good day, he made is exit. After his departure, Mr.
Kendall felt • little dubious of his customer, and
accordingly sent his son to keep an eye on him. He
did me and saw him go down the hill and on to the
Weymouth-roal. On the following morning, accord-
ing to" instructions" he called on Mr. Score, and of
course loon discovered that he hal been "sold.
Instead, however, of riving information to the Portland
police, he at once wrest to Weymouth and laid his case
bdore the officials them It was found where he had
lodged the previous nio-ht, also that he had returned
that day, and had sold the landlady the meat which
he had obtained of Hr. Hatton, wag traced to
Chickerell, but barred that nothing definite, we
believe, he. been heard as to his whereabouts. We
gee his description :—Rather short in stature, about
arof ags. moody widokamm, dzoommd Moo • marry,
ming • felt esp.