The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-03 00:00:00

POKT LAND.

PRIMITIVE MITHODISR.—A hamar was opened in the
new chapel Fortune's Well on Thursday, sod continued
till Saturday. The first day's side produced nearly £3O.
&soot AffIIIITERBART. The children of the
Fortune's Well School met at their @oboe' on Wednes-
day afternoon, and, after marching in procession about
the Wend, returned to • feast in the schoolroom. Th•
Cadet.' ground was afterwards visited, and hers WAY
enjoyed innocent sports.
A Baum% wee held on Tuesday lest, at the Oedet's ,
Ground, in aid of the 111 tenons to Swam Society. • spacione
marquee was erected, and the following ladles and gentlemen
assisted at Use stalk : Major and Mrs. Hickey, Captain and Mrs.
E. Roberta, Captain Stokes, R.N., and Kr.. Stokes, Mr. and
Mrs. Ellwood WAledge, Mrs. and Iflmmo Dottie, Mew Boys,
Mrs. JO. Andrews, Kiss Rnesiter, Mr. S. S. Mime, the 10e.es
hillledge, and El in Crickmay. Three of the tents were kindly
lent by Gaptaln Ferguson, ILK The magnifienst band
of the bin, by cement of the Colonel and officers,
played a capital selection of music in their splendid
style, during the day. There we.. highly respectable COM-
',any present, the inhabitants of Portland well patronising Abe
effort, and the trains and steamers bringing Isnot number. from
Weymouth. The receipts were about Ann, and, when all ex-
penses are paid, about LIV. or AM will be handed over ,to the
society. Contributions for the above society will be thankfully
receivod by Mr. Z. Milledge.
CURIOUS SHIPLOAD.—Within the last few days some '
1 interest lige been excited on the the Worth Quay,
1 Weymouth side, in the loading of • Site ship called the
Tar. She belongs to the Patent Fuel Company (Wm-
Ihrk'i) of Swamies, and ts 290 tau burden, Captain
illelbuish. She is to be loaded entirely with tar, and
for this purpose is built in iron compartments, water-
tight. The tar is brought from the tanks of the
flashguns in old steam boilers, capable of °containing
about three tons each. A ehoot is laid down from •
trough under the boiler, zeroes the side of the Quay and
over the hold of the ship. The orifice of the boiler
being opened, a ciontinuons stream of tar rens down
the shoot into the compartment, and so ready a means
of loading is this. that three tons esn be taken in in
about five minutes. When the vessel is alongside
Swansea quay, • pump with pipe will be rigged, end
the cargo discharged in about 30 hours.
ENQUIRY AT POBTLARD CONVICT EIITAMLISRMIEST.
An enquiry of considerable interest has been proceed-
ing at Portland since Friday last. Mr. Sullivan, pro-
prietor of the Nation newspoper, a weekly journal pub.
liaised in Dublin, brought two actions for libel, one
against Mr. Donnelly, the proprietor and publisher of
the Flag of Ireland newspaper. end another against
Mr. Pigot, proprietor and editor of the Irishman. A
commission was issued from the Court of Exchequer In
Ireland, directed to B. N. Howard, Esq., solicitor of
this town, to examine Thome Clarke Luby, one of the
Fenian prisoners at Portland, touching the matters in
reference to which the actions were brought. The
el:gaily was opened on Friday morning at ten o'clock.
Th• plaintiff, Mr. Sullivan. and his solicitor, Mr.
Sogdian, appeared; but the Governor, in consequemeeof
directions from the Home Office. refused to permit Mr.
Scillies= to be pri sent at the enquiry. Arthur Cleary,
harristeret.law, instructed by John Lawless,
Esq., sobeitor, of Dublin, appeared for the defendmits.
The enquirl, which according to the regulations of the
prison, can on:e take place in the presence of the
Governor, is 'tin pr.:weenie' ; but,of mine, the details
are not publised. We understand that • similar rem.
mission is insciet fa, the examination of O'Donovan
s,„!
(Hosea) at Chatham.
THS GREAT EASTERN p into Portland Harbour on
Sunday morning. The (ism.:t Eastern was boarded Ay
Mr. Smith, pilot of Weymouth, about 12 miles W.S.W.
of Portland, at shout half-past Icor. on Sunday morn-
ing, when she steamed up monk's. the Race end the
Shambles, giving the distinguished ?arty en board
beautiful views of Godlier, Perinitylenja Castle, fie.
She rounded the Breakwater end shoot • geerter peat
seven, wed steamed well in towards the lk,uthe Fort,
where she put off her ten-oared cutter, and les,ded Sir
oil Goooh, Mr. Alfred Gooch, and several other
'emen belonging to the Cable Expedition, and
.sy left by the 10.30 train. When she came shreael
of the Breakwater, she fired three guns, and "healed
out" her colours, whirl were the same as she Cleated
when she last entered the harbour. All hands manned ,
the rigging, and gave three hearty cheers for Sir 1
Damn. Ste then in nautical phrase "dodged about' 1
for the Queen's (Sheerness) pilot, who was lodging in' '
Portland; but she got off again about a quarter before
eleven. Before leaving she wadi turned round in her
length, by means of the =err and paddles, working:
in opposite direetiocs. We understood that the big I
ship was nine days from St. Pierre, and wee abreast of 1
the Lisard on Saturday night, whence she telegraphed
for her pilot. Although she has still 5,000 toned mil on
board, yet she is eery far out of water, as compared
with her last appearance. She now draws only 231
feet, being about 12 feet less then whoa she left
Portland, and her immense hull can be man at a much
greater distanoe. All on board were in good health,
except Sir Daniel, who was suffering from indispos-
ition. Captain Halpin looks more careworn than when
he started on his voyage; bat the successful result of
it may well give him eonfidence for the future in so
large, and, at the same time, on manageable a ship.

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