The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

lozs to ley down, and ti • wharfage to pay, and in a
To -go A tour ~eery passeneer can be tak..o oat, and
I, • ...I. be us tlo, ir way to Loudon. He asked the
agitate, agitate, agitate," until the authori-
. re broushe as he might examen it, to their right
• gg • --g(chg-• re.) With the toast he would couple the
• of Mr. Wood. the Deputy Chairmen of the
• Weatere Railway Compaey —(load and prolonged
el • tog.)
Mr. Wooly hazily knew why he should have been
eel to return thanks for the toast which had been
to ley proposed by Mr. llowerd. Some insinuations
led. borer. r, been thrown out Mitt there were them
• i.. I.• 1 not been true to their old love. His (Mr.
W.• ••) firet love in the channel was Portland, and to
•,ne he hat been faithful &nil still intended to
at. to - vs.) He would not do or say anything in
Neu• f Lin own love that he had not said in the
to; ..oilelity of his official pooition as one of Flee
••
.ty's Commissioners of emigration. He wee called
• t.n year. See to my. his evidence before a corn.
netiee of the HOGS, of Commons as to the capacities of
rtland AS • port for the transport !enviee of the
e•euery, and he bed to consider that question in its
Teti oas relations, and that which he then stated on his
itli al re.punsibility, before be had any eonneetioo
with the Greet Western Railway, or possibly a single
nese/ Aare, be could now repeat in the present com-
pany. It we. an &niece in the passenger trade that to
Lave a cheep passenger ship, that ship should have a
nee, p as well as a port where pass-ngers can easily
reutisrk arid disembark, and to which the ship can get
ite:ese, witeout risk, and with charges as light as the
ship cep boar. He had tested by experience what Is
the coat of freighting pameneer ships from the different
vita in the Channel, and he would repeat what he had
mil before of his old love, that he believed the port at
which they could ship pemengers for certain places more
ch aply than any other Channel was at Pottland
(tem, hear.) The pone of the Great Western were
London, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Milford, Cardiff, Swan-
Near, Bristol, Falmouth, and Plymouth, and last, yet not
developed, the great port of Portland -(hemelmar.) He
Lead go to every one of these ports, and there meet the
supporters and shareholders of the Great Wmtern
Railwey, end could advoeate the claims of emit of
these porta without doing the slightest injustice :
to their neighbours. What, he would hits to:
know, would be the detriment tin Bristol if they
cored get passengers landed at Portland? What
detrenent would there be to the westward porta
if they got a traffic here? Depend upon It, that '
the sh -.nest distadee and by the most economical
c 0...., free trade was that which would bring any port
ti p enunent suocesa—(applause). The principles of
free trail!, are immutable, Through the wisdom of that
✓olt man Sir Robert Peel, and following him, our
eneent Prime Minister, who is one of his greatest
disziplev, Wi have opeued the ports of Great Britain to
the c ontueree of the w rid, and those ports moat
see mible to the greet lines of railway are dime which
woad be adopted for foreign trade. The Great Western
Le. no continental Porte worth ePe•-bindof, and °mitt
poetieu is very different from that of the Great
leoithern competing lines. They had not to ask the
soi-tence of the Great Eastern or the South Western
hoes, or any of their neighbours ; they were on excel-
leet terms with all ; but with the Channel ports they
could cr.'s. the water and make their arrangements with
Bele Co .tinental neighbours. They del not hurry in
Voir precteediege thy were fortunately acting under
the governing spirit of that greet man who is now
going out, for the second time, to connect the two great
coneneete of the old and new world. They were
Gozeroug their resources and were determined not to
ceneeence anythiug uuless it had been well oonsideted.
WL, ti tI. y did cross the Channel he would be schemed
to go into anything that was not a first class vessel and
cull not give a daily nevi.. between Portland and
Cherbourg. They must have thee. and mast not
en•laneer their position by any rash speculations ; they
must hushai el their resources, as their able and careful
chairman was now husbanding them, and he biped they
would son see the time when the prosperity of this
'poet and magnifirreet port should come into life.
hr came to Weymouth he should
he tetitled to claim that appellation which b• first heard
from. the chairman. The Mayor bad claimed to be a
Weemouthian, and be &leo should claim to be the same
Stir DaxiittGooee then proposed "The health of the
Hare," and hews.' sure, aft. r the able manner in
'Lich the Mayor bail preaeled over the meeting, they
weied rospooil ti the toast with great cordiality. It
woule be idle for Lim to detain them by offering any
retorts in reference to the Mayor, as he SIAS too well
knewn. Knowing the high position he held in the
town of Weymouth, said the great seal and ability
with which he performel his duty, be (Sir Daniel)
ereul.l esk t rut io stand up and join him in wishing
Lis worahip health and prosperity—(applause).
Tb M•ToR said that up to the 'reversal tiusethedsy had
been one ef great enjoyment, tout the most disagreeable
portion of it was baying to return theeks. He thanked
entry gentleman of the Great Western Roden, and
Re Great Keetern, in fact ,very gentleman there, for
the ;rest honour they had done tloe town of Weymouth
in wonting them on thin oecasion. He hoped that on
future ..et: aloha he might have the pleasure of meeting
there when the trade of the port was more fully
deeelosed. Ile congratulated the town of Weymouth
on having sajoired another native. He accepted Mr.
Wool eery virdialy ass Weymouthlan, and he hoped
he would not neglect them, but would come very fre-
quently to de them all the good in his power—
levelousee
The mummy then separated.
lOi TO TIM OILIAT LIITTWL
-7'he Mayer me
about se) Cereoratlon were Jireeented with
Friday fee a visit to the Great Eastern on
whole Cit.( V.,' eat was the demand for them, the
sumer w. semi exhausted. The Premier
whole of at the Pile Pi.r, and when the
to avail themonlvee of their
some of the ticket I, dOO l'ard, it appeared that
leas on eceount of th: stayed at bolus, doubt..
pleaeureemekers who 11s,4tagtarraT weather. Those
Sall .usly winning ei.it the bt'k't'. and
who
were
pere then
w
admitted on hosed, and a hits
them to the Great &stern, w"etwrug laagala brought
about an hour in.psttms ear "a they "Piaci" fin
re The sable was, however, covered up in the wtank., sad little fresh to see except the pieemthe" was
which appeared es • enam reels within vomils," nearel "
Gee bow. The beautifully deceratel
admiration, and Low much more must it 'lir much.
*Len the colours were fresh and bright! Tlege ves
gou-
Pleidlceengines always repay the visitor by their i t
meow sin.; bat the dement into the eagles- ej
Stot well suited for dainty heeds. The " aaaaa I" Iron:
tine,, to the serew.engines was explored, and a rat
Mr was practised on some of the ueexperlemeds
!he were sent into the depths below to lopk alter •
at,r/ of sows! The captain, it was found, had in
tended to weigh his anchor and 'slip off in the night, if.
IL, •
coaling were sompleted—truly • worideefel tone
_▪ one. to the excellence of Portland that such a ship as
tile (nest Easteeri meld leave it in the night. It was
eueleo-d on beard. however, that the most likely time
fee L-r to lave would be about 8 o'clock on Satarelay
Meeting.

DIPARTORF OF FBI MO III?.
It ea, not gener•lly known that the Leviathan wee
it los to lents our Hoods so quickie, and coluParativel,
few abbe...Wed t see her under wetib. It was a
splendid moraine, tboneb with • hase tkat nr•vslifof
eibl•Lstoi hems clearly es Dat any /rest distance. This,
L l'romlw,l continuance of tbe fine weather
ttiet funned &pod omen for the expedition's sermisnit