The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-01 00:00:00

PORTL&ND.

Ta t Cams. —Captain Slierston and family arrived
here on Thursday, intending to reside for some bine
is the island. .

51n K.O. L I.—Major Reed, who haa just returned
from leave, has assumed the command of the regi-
ment, Major Acton being on leave of &bosom till
March 14.

EANTON AND CHURCH HOPE RAILW•T.—Tbe
oompensation for the parish lends at Church Hope
and Church Karp, taken by tb• above railway, has
been fixed at £1,50.
JEWISH RITUALISM. —A lecture on this subject,
in connection with the Tabernacle of Moses an the
Temple of Solomon was delivered on Timed,/ even-
ing last, in the Congregational chapel, by the Rev.
C. Rodgers, author of "the Gospel scoording to
?dome" There was a good attendance, mimbentig,
wi:h a great many children, shout 300. Capitol
diagrams, and beautiful models of the tabernacle and
its vessels were exhibited, and the audience were
much interested.

Sour Emma's. —One of these ussfal institutions
has been opens(' at Higb-street. and soup is distributed
by a committee of benevolent gentlemen three or four
Miura a week, greatly to the relief of the deservins
poor. About £4O or CM) has been raised for thu
object, by Mr. G. E Andrews and Mr. C. Gibb.,
aasisted by other gentlemen. and the operations were
commenced on Saturday last, when the distribution
was superintended by Mrs. Stokes. Mrs. Andrews, Mrs.
C. Gibbs, and Mrs. Ash. Aboutl2oquartsper day bars
been pot&

SOUP KITCRIPS, TOP or Tkx HILL—The bene•
volent on the top of the hill have started • soup
kitorren for the relief of the poor. The affsir, we
understand, has been managed by Mr. S. Pearce,
Mr. E. Pearce, Mr. H. Collins, and Mr. B. Stone.
Distribution commenced on Monday last, at Mr. S.
Pearcie's, 'Easton, where those approved of received
gratuitously, accrrding to the number of their
families at the rate of about • pint of good soup and
of bread. A goodly numbor of poor pekoes
were thus relieved, and the distribution was
repeated on Thursday.
Gcrt ACCIDIST.-00 Monday morning last, Mr
I John Jollitre, quarryman, of Fortune's Well, was out
wild duck shooting with Mr. Thomas; qamson, jun.
They went on board the Lyme smack Adolphus,
which has been lying there since she ran ashore in
the gale, to lay wait for the wild duck. While
they were in the sot of getting out of the boat, Mr.
Jolliffe lifted the gun by its muzzle, and the hammer
which was down on the nipple, caught in the
thwart of the boat. As the latter moved, the
hammer got free and struck on the nipple, exploding
the gun. Mr. Jollifle's finger was blown off, and
the chart. struck him above the right breast, in•
flicting a terrible wound. Some of the shots
(No. 3) were completely flattened by striking the
bone. The boat was turned towards Castletown,
and Mr. Jolla!' was conveyed home in one of Mr.
Sanaom's carriaget Hews. able to walk from the
carriage to his house, with little help, and was
attended by Dr. Carruthers and Dr. Nettkfold,
surgeons to the Dorset County Friendly Society, to
which the injured man belongs. Every medical
attention was paid, but his injuries were found to
be so serious that it is feared a fatal result will
ensue. The poor man had been out of work for
four or five months, and has a wife and two children.
Mr; Thresher, of Fortune's Well, will be happy to
receive any assistance which may be sent by •
sympathising publio for the family in their miler-
tunate positioa

FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL IN THE RACE.
Oa Wednesday afternoon two seamen drenched
to the skin, landed at CutJotoarn, from a small boar
which had been towed in by a Portland fishing
?easel l'he distressed mariners stated that their
Dames were Robert England and John MelbOurne,
master and mate of the smack Julia, which had
foundered in the Race • short time before. The
Julia was • Government boy of 39 toes register, be-
!maniac; to Mr. Bootyman, of Plymouth, and bad
59 tons of granite front tome. Cornwall, for the
Government works at Stokes Bay. The master was
about to bear up for Portland Roads, to lie-to for
the night, and in so doing got into the Race, where
he reports, there was an miteordinary sea on, and
the Julia shipped too or throe Nedra over both gang•
ways, and went down like a stone. The men had
• narrow escape of their lives, but managed to
launch their butt and get clear of the sinking
vessel. In pulling out of the Race the boat got
half full of water, and they expecte,' to go down;
but providentially they fell in with a Portland
fishing boat, which took them in tow, assisted thorn
into Portland Roads, and landed them at Caatletown,
whence they proceeded to Weymouth, and will be
assisted on their journey by Mr. Damon, boo.
agent for the Shipwrecked Fishermaa and Mariners'
Purley. The poor fellows lost the whole of their
clothes, and the captain his charts, instruments, and
watch, in fact, they saved nothing but the boat and
what they wore at the time. It is supposed that the
vessel was insured for .ClOO.