The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

THI Cosvicr Moboatie.—On Tuesday morning.
at seven o'clock, the Fenian convict, Dents Dowling
Mulcahy, left Kineetown by the mail steamer, in
charge of two gaol warders, on his return to an
English prison. lie eras handcuffed with another
°ocelot, rid to be a soldier convicted of Fenianism
by court martiaL —Dublin Evenin MaiL

WIYMOUTH /IND PORTL4ND KAILW•Y. A
temporary suspension of the traffic occurred on this
on Monday, the 21st, occasioned by an immense
qaantity of seaweed having been washed op from
to. Bast Bay. The obstruction extended for nearly
balta-mde, the seaweed being nearly • foot deep,
and some of it was even Ixlged on the telegraph
wires, showing the height to which tie spray was
dished:

THI kiILOTAOI Or PORTLAND ROAD/I—A CLIO
came before the county magistrates last week affect-
log this question. Oo Tuesday, an Italian semen,
named Domenico Garzalo, was brought up charged
with assaulting William Smith, a pilot, of Way.
mouth, on the lbth inst.—Mr. Odes Symonds
appeared for the defendant. —Complainant deposed
that on the lbth init., between one and two o'clock
is tbe aftornoon, he, in oompeny with two other
pilots, went alongside the brig, on hoard of which
the prisoner was • sailor. Being offered no rope,
witness thought his services were not required. He
asked where the ship was bound for, and a man
answered "Portland Roads." Wanes' got upon the
aide ,if the brig, and was at once collar, d by three or
finr men.. At this time the boat sheered If from
the aide of the ship. Defecdant ems op and struck
him in the mouth and knocked litui backward& A
struggle ensued between the pilot and three or four
men. At last the boat came aiongoide the brig, and
witness got lot, it, when he found blood issuing
from his upper lip. —John Pert stated that he was in
lbe host with the prosecutor. When they got along-
side the brig some men came and looked over.
Smith asked them where the ship wail bound, and
one of the men held up his hand amid pointed towards
Portland Roads. Three or four moo ran and said
"No pilot," and motioned for him to get into the
b -at again. Ile saw the men try to loosen Smith's
hold. —Mr. Riva, of Weymouth, was sworn as an
isterpreter.—Captain Nicola Scott*, an Italian was
also sworn, and stated that he took • pilot on Italian,
at Falmouth to take them from that place to
ittoektrin.on•Toes. He put into Portland Roads on
Friday last, The pilot was on board at the time.
When in Portland Roads he did not ask the oom-
plainailt to ooiiie on board, bit told him to go shay ;
bat be refused. At the time the pilot cam on
beard defendant was ill lying on a bed below. No
one struck him when he came on de:lL—Joseph
Cooper said he resided at Falmouth. On Saturday
week last he ma engaged on board the vessel for the
purpose of taking it round the boast to Stookton-on.
Tose They were obliged to put in at Portland for
safety. The prisoner was Dot on debt at the time
Smith came on board. —The may was dismissed. ---
On Friday, before R. H. fiwaffleld, S. Meade, and
H. C. Goodden, &qrs., Nicola Soot* miter of
the °minis brig, from Naples, was summoned for
having on brordan unqualiLedleilot, being thereby,
under the 863rd minion of the Pilotage Aft, liable to
double the attionnt of legal pilotage, amounting to
,f 4 16a —kr. Howard appeared for the licensed
pilot, W. Smith, and Mr. J. Tigard for the defendant.
—Mr. Howard, in stating the circumatame of the
ease, remarked that it Wei not necessary for a ship
coming into Portland Roads to have a pilot; bat, if
the master preferred to have one, he must be •
qualified man.—William Smith, a pilot of 23 years'
standing on the Weymoeth district, which *atonal,
from Si. Albaa's to Lyme, said he had to pay two
guineas for hie Beene., baubles 6d. in tbe pound on
his earning& On Friday last he was almost a mile
south-east of the Breakwater in his galley, aoomn•
panied by three Man, one of them I likened pilot.
He went alongside defendant's voila No rope was
held out, and he hooked on with the boat-book, and
got on a covering board. He had his pilot flag
flying. A man was on board; besides the crew, who
was Dot a licensed pilot. This man gave Mm dirty
Mon& A coasting pilot had no position whet-
ever ; a common seaman could do the same as a
toasting pilot. In reply to Mr. Tigard, witness said
Portland Roads wail not a harbour for compulsory
pilotage. If • master had any parson OD board not
one of the crew, the vormi warn bound to take • pilot.
—Mr. Tigard was willing to admit there was • man
on board, employed to the crew from Falmouth
to Stocktoo-on-Teea.— n reply to the dark, Smith
said Ifs mato* ship additional beads they mint
he entered in the article& —Mr. R. G. COesmaan,
Collector of Customs for the port of Weymouth, said
this was not usety for a foreign vessel.—Mr.
Tisard remarked that the man was on board me part
of the crew.—The Clerk referrwl to the eirkleme in
the assault mime of the man on bawd. Ho said "1
am no pilot," lam seigated to take the vessel from
P'almouth to Stockton-oe•Tees." Did not the word
"tabs" imtz.domethi2 mote Um misting the
crew tie( that there has no evidence
of defendant being in the waters claimed by Smith.
Mr. Howard interpreted the word "take " to mean
governing.—Joseph Cooper, the man alluded to as
the elloleh6ed aim he Wrie • MM., and
master of • Teasel many years before he went pilot.
lug. He was employed to go to Stookton.on-Tim
Wont (ruin Falmouth in the vessel, and got as far as
the Dome. He then slimed anchor and 'OM at
Dengenes to enstirs the safety of the ship and the
lives of Lb. grew. Came on to Portland Roads.
The captain and mate took the ship in there. Had
no charge_,of the vowel after be got into the pilots'
water. Was to have a lump sum for taking the
vessel from Falmouth to Stockton-owners. —The
mate was than examined through an interpreter.
He stated that he and the captain had chants of the
vessel wbeu she came Into Portland Roads. —The
oaptain of the vessel here, by puttinilzfilngers over
hie eyes, intimated that he could dee meet
into the roads without seeing. —After the evidence,
the Bloch ratired.—On their return Mr. Swafffeld
said the question had occupied a greet deal of time,
and the magistrates had kiven it every eonsideratioo.
They had arrived at the ocincinsion the* the mem
continued to employ Cooper, an unveil/died perm,
se pilot, after Smith, • qualified pilot, had offered
his lerviose. He bad theretore incurred a penalty of
double the pilotage—namely £4 16e. Fined accord. '
ingly.

B LAN DFORD.
PINNY Beim —The wean. of *Warfel institu-
tion for the past year bare jr6 bean made lip rid
sedated. from winch it &pram that during ehe year
£99 17' 3d. was received from dotorse and
£lO6 9s. 76d. paid them on withdraws* lemmas •
balers of £l3O Ss. still to tbeir credit on the books
of the beak. - .

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TUB Curios CUM.—About • damn of tin boys
°mooning this their were as Thwwiay law ysu7
kisdly sossetsiood at the motor,. A Ler anal'
quiet true Wu provided, wail docked with want
&sticks, partly tbs work of the motor's wife and
.thwilskwa. To reel of this boys imitable pII.SSts
iltom it *we mad*, hod they win aim rsi4 with