The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

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WEYMOUTH.

Tug Axons'. BALL took plies at the Royal Hotel
Aegeanlily-rooms on Wednesday evening, when anent
100 persons were present, among them being—Mayor
and Mrs. Astell, Mrs. Bank's, filees and Mr.
Banks', Mr. Cantle', Captain and Mrs. Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, Misses \hillocks, Miss Blount,
Mr. Dm= (75th Rigs.), Mr. Wise, Mrs. and Miss
Newington, Mr. Batton, Captain Preto. Captain
Bayley, Mr. R. Youngbushand, Mot Prankerd
Jones, Mrs. G. Heighso, Misses Heigban. Mrs.
and Miss Neat, Mr. Smith (104th Begt.), Mr. A.
Foster, Mrs. Mogg, Captain King, Mr. and Mrs.
Filer. Mr. and Mr.. Dawe, Colonel and Mrs. Cog,
Mr. Twyford, Captain and Mrs. Hume, Mr. Wing
(R.H.A. ), Dr. Tarrant (R.H.A. ), Muss Addison,
Lady Williams, Mrs. and Misses Swaltield, Mr. T.
Johns, Misses Johns, Mrs. and Miss Powell, Mimes
Daniell, Mr. Daniell (105th Begs.), Mr. Daniell
(75th Bait), Mrs. and Miss Lair, Miss Warrington,
Mr. B. G. Hancock, Mr. Sparks*, Mr. Hawing,
Mrs. and Miss Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. Ryes 131111101,
Mr. F. Eyre, Mr. (1 Richards, Captain Caleraft,
Mr. W. Brymer, Mr. and Mrs. Prowls, Mr. and
Mrs. Whalley, Misses Whalley, Mr. Whalley, Mr.
R. Foster, Mr. Coulson, Miss Bergner, Captain
Bawbridge, Mr. A. Quick., Mrs. Fox, Mr. and Mrs.
Stookey Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Weston, Mr. Hamill,
Mr. Day, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lethbridge, fir W.
Marriott.

Tug L ATI G ALS& —The barque Frederick, 229
tons register, Captain R.. Grieves, from Havre to
Liverpool, laden with Dour, was brought into Wey-
mouth harbour on Wednesday evening, having lost
her anchor,. The captain, in his statement before
the receiver°, wrecks, R. G. Chesseman, Esq., deposes
that he left Havre on the 4th, at two o'clock, p.m.,
the weather fine, but afterwards fell in with
boisterous weather, and was blown bask twice from
the Eddystone, the second time as far as Studiand
Bay on the 10th just, where be anchored with both
anchors, the the having the cable at the mid, and the
other with thirty fathoms cable. At nith o'clock on
the morning of the 11th, the wind blew a perfect
hurricane from the N.& and by R., accompanied
with hell, when the long cable parted at about 85
fathoms. The Captain then deemed it prudent to
slip. the other at 99
.fatboms, and put to ma. Hs
again reached the Eddystone tot the fourth time, but
was again, by adverse strong winds, Mown beck
again to Portland, and was imbesquently towed into
Weymouth harbour. The lose of the anchor and
chain is estimated at &boat £75. The vessels in the
harbour on Friday, in addition to the above, with
damage Consequent in the late gales, were the
brigantine Malvin', Davies master; the ketch
Llano, Hoskins master, in charge of the receiver of
wreaks as a derelict; the Pomona, Wapr7 meter
the Charlotte, Hayman master; the Ftl' Harvey
1/0/6441, ; and the Bemis Simons, Hicks roamer; all of
them having been stove in Portland Roads, the
Malvin& there and in Weymouth Hay.—Thomas
Davies, master of the Brigantine Idalvins, of
Aberystwith, 30 years old and 99 tons register,
carrying six hands, and laden with pipe-clay from
Poole to Runcorn, made the following depositions be-
fore the receiver of wrecks, R. G. Chessman, Esq.,
on Tuesday —On Thursday, the 11th day of Janu-
ary, at 11.20 a.m.; the tide at the time being near
high water, the weather hailing, and the wind in ,
the N.H., blowing • terrific gale, the said ship riding
with two anchors down, the hem anchor having the
chain bent to the foremast, parted both cable* and
drove labor*. At 4 p.m. wind more moderate, kept
pump going. At iS. M. of 12th, wind westerly.
blowing very strong, ship boated, making about six
Inch. water per boar. Shaped course fur Wey-
mouth harbour, but, having no anchors, could not
make the harbour, and for safety of ship and oargo
ran her on Weymouth sands at 3 a.m. On Fridey.
morning employel men for £l2 10a to get vessel off
and pilot in the harbour, but they were unsucases.
fuL On Saturday morning, at 4 a.m. steam-
tug
offered athistenos ; but meld Lot u
in floating her. At 6 p.m. engaged ten additional
men to mast in throwing cargo overboard, which
was dons. At 4am. on Sunday, the 14th, hove
ship off and warped the vessel up Weymouth bar.
Doer, weirs sue noe use ie meek,. Dui Leg the
whole of the time the venni was nu shore on the
Weymouth sands the made upwards of six inches
water per hour. The loss on the said ship cannot be
estimated until • survey bee been bald; but an the
said cargo it is about £2O.—R. G. Cliememan, Esq.,
attended at Langton Herring on Monday, to naive
the deposition of the master of the schooner, Ocean
Bride, of and from Waterford, to order at Portsmouth.
She struck on the Meal Beach, on Sunday evening,
and has beimme a total wreak. The lose on the ship is
put down at 1.3a0, and oil the cargo £759. The
muter deposed: That the said ship proceeded on
her intended voyage
at e as above stated, and all went
well until the night of the 13th, 4 p.m., when
about fourteen m 8. of Start Point, hove ship to
in eionesquenoe of the thick and boisterous weather, ,
wind blowing • strong gale from the westward.
Attended to the pimps regularly during the
night; but at 4 a.m, on the 14th, found than
choked, and then determined on Gimping course for
Portland Harbour, so as to dear them. At 3 p.m.
hove ship to, being very thick. Ship'. heed to Hu;
southward. Deponent supposed the ship to be about
ten miles S. of Portlithd. On Sunday the 14th day
of January, at 7 p.m. the tide at the tilos being
=lthb, the weatb:w very thick, and the wind is
F. and by W, blowing moderate pis, the said
ship grounded on the Obsoil Beach, on the 3rd guard
of Langton emeetpard station. Hopi:meet and two
of his crew —TM , Michael Anthony Power, mate,
and Imerems Neil, boy, succeeded in jumping gaily
an shore; but John Flyrim, seaman, was washed over-
board and drowned. The skip has sines besome a
total wreck, the starboard side stove, and the whole
of the imago washed out and lost. Deponent and his
surviving crew being quite [egged out, placed the
ship and cargo In charge of the inspecting officer and
chief officer and mews of Langton and Abbotabary
coastguard stations, to do the best they could for the
benefit of the owners of ship and cargo. The rigging,
sails (except mainsail), and anchors, chains, dux,
have been saved by the exertions of the coastguard
and IMO men engaged by them.

Tut depalyaoroser, George Adam's, Esq., held
an inquest on Wednesday on the body of • convict
named Thomas Shepherd, aged 90, under seutenos
of five years' penal servitude. It appeared from the
evidence of Dr. Pooklington that his death was
canoed by the bursting into the alimentary canal of
an abeam whisk had formed on the liver. The jury
were of opinion that the deceased died by the visita-
tion of God.

Fawn' is A. Finale. —Lad Saturday, antgeria
man, named Samuel Serra, was ht up o
with stealing a coat, belonging to Osplala Joseph
Withering, of Lyme Regis. The prosecutor was at
the Breakwater Hotel, on Thursday afternoon, and
hung up his coat in the panstribe. About an hour
afterwards, Mr. Samna saw prisoner in the
taking down a coat, and called out to him, TOM
went od Directly after he saw prosecutor's coat in
Serrell's boat. When he returned to his house,
prisoner wan in the bar. He had known Barrel' for
many years as an honest man. P.C. Roper appre-
hended prigoner oa the charge of stealing the coat,
when be said that "be was drunk, and, that if he
had done it, it TM feea lark." The mailietratee
sentenced him to One month's imprisonment.