The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

THE H Cl/RICANS AT CALCUTTA.

FEARFUL LOSS OF SHIPPING AND LIM

Advice. from Bombay to October 14, and from
Calcutta to October 6, gives this following ni-
si cyclone passed o'er Calcutta on the bth isf October,
causing immense destrnotios of life sad property. Of
snore than 300 ships in the Houghly it is said that Gab/
tan were hilt at their moorings &nor M. storm, the teas
basing been stranded or stink. Of the.. =Loy wore
loaded with grain for Bombay. The doitaustion of pro-
perly es land was also great. Tbe great extent of tha
damage done was no doubt caused by the "bon' of this
river, which during a storm rises to an anormeue
height, and sin-fps dowel upon the shipping cossfamill
within the river banks with • loth* from which there ha

no
Talrreientle Prerkeen of the fith esys •--" We Moe
hsve just returned from the river side, where the vbw
which meeta the eye is absolutely appollay The tide
I. rushing up ith fearful violence and vistimilty ; the
emits are covered with the wrecks of the diejamee
and other satire waft n.ually to be found at Mem ; •
steamer with her fuunel broken, her mests gave, asil
evidently beyond all ascagunent, was drifting vielentiy
upward, right in aae.g.t a tier of ships 'kWh lay
little beyond; another OM her funnel over her side,
and all her ropes hanging to terrible disorder, is healing
over to the blast, every attempt to tight her *vides 17
hopeless ; there ia not. ship that bin net lost her spar.;
whole tiers of vessels have their yards end masts Inter.
keel in apparently inestricable suchuriori, mid the river
strewn with the fragments of damaged draft et an

Itarrssarusior or Bovartr.—li bag tor foam time
be•n no secret that. long. poil4oo of the Bothnia ma-
'Stumm le heartily tk.d of Radicalism, and of.
rapnrOatilitiVll whe is only II spreeestative to name,
who is aeldom at his poet, and who, in brief, h• perfect
amenity. The Ban. F. L Rower has been remarkable
for his apathy, and lea sot endeavoured to merit tbe
emidenee of hie supporters. The Ream of Centmene
sareelv knows bin; the eounty of Cora wall kaewe
his sill lees. We have exeellent authority for SW.O
that, la all probability, he will Menthe. the remea-
Wise of the beiroanh at the next election. ;
essaber will be very judieemialy replasid by Kr. m Loo
Webb, ea able ireatiamem of greet experience to public
matters Kr. Webb hi a Lilienl-Cmeeredivs, and i.to
all lateen and purposes aa indepeadest rose.—Royei
Cornwall Oreente.

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Aaolltaa 017aTOODIII 21PLOOT0a..- TWO LIVES
Mot. —Before tho *met os Am bodies of tin elder.
tombs persons who were killed at the late elwidon at
the powder works A Messrs. Joke Hall sad Moe, Ai
Seth, is aimed, another eatastroph• his oseurrsd cot
the work' barging to the same arm, by which two
lives ham bees secritsed. Title, time ths exploaices
took Aims at the works near Faveneani. About half.
peak throe o'clock oa this aftorneon of Monday a very
hied report was heard, the man of which preyed to be
an explosion in a eorning-howo, sitters about • mile
and • half from Fseenhms, sad forming • portion el
the Oare works. Two men were Is it. homes at tho
time, and they were both killed imesaitly !tither Isom
tier Wein of the expkeios or the &iris a the eitiklk.
tallier apes them They were not, homiest, to any
Tory grog 'stoat diallgured, white may he amounted
for front this quality of powder that woo in the boom
being small There was, -in fast, but very littlo powders
for the hones had only • abort tem previously bees
emptier, and the boat Wen with the conteste was on
its way to Am &Aug home, and slot more than 4, as
50 rods from this seam of the ostestrollbe whoa ell
expiates took plies. It will be seam therefore, the*
the powder whelk imploded was simply what bad been
left apes the boor, sad this the two men were in the
act of 'weepier up whoa it beams ignited. Bat
the quantity was guff ideally lame to moss • v losiff
report, and &etre:nice to the building sad
therein. The oaplosion wm heard sod- felt for • Goo-
Adorable distant*. Around Fammibms lb. iabablitaate
I were thrown Into a slate of groat alarm. The two
toss who bare Wise victims to thin md osennwase
I were found bared Mantra tie. rains.
Tzasimn Sirthemo or GAL —On Saturday
I moraine *fearful explosion of 'SS took pines in the
core mills of Messrs. Booth, Rockwood wike, blowing
off the greater portion of the roof and the wall., awl
1 scatteriag tons of boar and meal ia c directions.
Fortunately, from tam early hour at which the explosion
took plam 2.40 saw, Sere was ooly one man in the
pee who was, however, so seriously Injured that he
I. not exported to recover. linmediatoly after the
explosion ileums were found to ham broken out midi
the ruins, but them were speedily extiagaished. It is
thought that the bursting of • gm pipe moot ham
samied the explosion.
Tits FATAL Sirtesion ae FAvissiii. —The 1..
quest on tie two men that were killed by the explosion
at Mn.,.. Hall's powder mendaotory, was rimmed on
Wednooday, whey every pence who could powdbly glee
an implanatios of the accident were Mooted Woe the
coroner, but they were nimbi* to saggest moo • probable
mime of the explosion. The jury were se .tieb.d that
every possible promotes had hem takes by the pro.
prefers of the works to avoid these salmilitoosl Near
maim that they appended • ormideareit to the Madam
, Hall to their verde* of " itcokhatil death."
The Principal of 131. lliwfs Hall, Oxford, has
1 remodialled that iostiration so as to roads: it -hape
the most sormomeal pima to which • person rio, -of
gradastiog at Oxford MI near. Twisty sots of rooms
aris to he placed at the disposal of gentlemen willing to
adopt • strictly frugal scale of expenson Fees to the
It 11 m wArsoo6 £3; and Me metal payment, leeks&
lag Al imposers oxsept seals and mindloss sad the
, Iseadreses Mlle, will be Amid 66 £7l; or, if moms may
furnished are_preferred, at 4110 fora residers of twisty.
lea weeks. The toed espouse this of obtaining the
12.4. imam mod Not in the oast of • prudent tad
dil=stisdent exceed dm sue. of 1300.
Socim.—This operas of olisterie
bat. MutFut it tree Iltegressiog, and is well
by who penes' to obtain • fall
modiesl qualification, sad by other
=IV: with* thoroughly qualify theassalme to take • lelehtee
as midwives. Tito mans upon gamer 1.1111101. by
Dr. mailbag, will sommenso obertly, sod will also be
&needed by sissy belies whom embers or whose
einem them with ths erairesteheettee7
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