The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

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Tllt LATit CAI` (AIN ANDERS. 01. —The Senfssun
Th, iiitUig. ice from l'hina regarding the
murder of Captain hr Lieutenant Anderson.
II immer ni the hands of the Chineio, will eregito s'escisl
rani in Scotland among many rehaives awl friends.
Amterson, thong% only 25. or 21 years of ago,
lied render. ii diatinguilsol sersh I.:. in India, and
already sitt,in•d celebrity mai tru•t in the forces ens
144,41 ender :sir liojar (limit in China. When the
mutiny in lull., broke out lie a,comionied his regiment,
the Roml,sy Frsdeers to the PUnjah, where lie greatly
In ~-,:f, He was afterwanle attached to
' Hodson's Ilene,' in which celebrated force he acted as
major, serving with it at Lucknow. After the
acpprosaion of the mutiny, he 'applied for employ went
the expedition to China. awl, (ruin his acknowle led
&Wm, lie waa api.inte I to air important mountain( in
Fane's Irregular Cavalry. Ile distinguished Litiowlf
iorticulhaly with the Cavalry Brigade previous to atol
during the taking of the Thu Forts; mill it is lust, rred
that lie hail been selected to the I ttttt uur of cot ttttt ambler
the escort au- pabying the En4liali and French ati'io-
in uffi who were so Issety Ist ra)eal awl it cruelly
treat., J. In private life, Lieutenant Anderson, from hm
amiable ml generous disposition, was greatly beloved
by his many friend.."

'CAII.I..‘NTItT tie A PILOT (new.-- The Northern
Etteign reports the following :—" We stated in our
last that a vessel, supposed to be foreign, was tossing
layout our coast. on Tuesday, with her mainmast, fic..
carried away. anil evidently in great distress from want
of a harbour to run to. Observing from Staxigile the
disabled condition of the vessel, and infernug from the
flag of distress that aasistanee WAS gr. atly needed. five
not, formed the resolution of proceeding to Ackergill,
distance of several miles, and of endeavouring to reach
the distreesed vessel by Wins of one of the fishermen'n
tests thi re. This was soon after mid-day. After
more than a hour'e Ilan' rowing, and just as darkness
was es g on, they readied the vessel off Noss Head.
The wind was blowing with almost hurricane violence,
mid • terrine sea, which often threatened to engulf the
ho it and her brave crew, broke upon them, at times
tely covering the boat. It was with no ordinary
difficulty that the pilots •- George Bain. John Wares,
Peter Gunn, Gies.te Manson, and William Bruce—
managed to get en lioanl the vessel, in 1.01141,111C11CC of
her heavy pitching and the roll of surf. The vessel
'wised to Iwo Norwegian schooner, in Ibillast, with a
crew Of seven in n, driven to this coast IT the violence
of the gale, by which they mere overtaki n iii their
voyage from Frarice to Norway. According to the
statement of the captain, they hail proceeded far on
their voyage when oveitaken he the storm. On the
previous evening, when alout 17 miles off Aberdeen,
the vexed was struck by a huge wave, which threw her
upon her beamends and shifted her ballast, which
was thrown upon the cables, by which the crew
were deprived of their use, end among other
injuries sustained by the crew one of them
had one of hie legs broken. In thin condition
the vessel was tossed about for some time, the
crew anticipating nothing but death • evcry moment.
Running before the wind and sea, they found them-
selves on Tuesday fore noon on the shelterless shores of
Caithness. For bar days none of the crew hail ven-
tured below, and when they were boarded by the pilots
they were in a state of extreme exhaustion, and were
preparing to run their vessel ashore on the sands of
Sinclair'. Bay, where their escape would have been
almost impossible. After • hrief consultation, in which
the captain committed his vessel to the charge of the
ii lot-, they residireil to brave the terrors of the Pentland
refit rather than run oily risk on this coast. They
therefore ran the vowel Wore the wind, but she had
[Mt proceeded far when the foretiiiisail-yord was carried
away. When off Duncansby Head the sea was terrific,
and the strongest apprenension won felt thot the
TeS•el WOUI.I fonder. Still the pilot* hell on,
and the seliocner was in a few minu•ra bounding
over thy Oisee waves of the Pentland Firth,
it. Mom. if ever, has • vessel in lalloot crossed that
Firth in such a storm. Passing (ALMA Head in almost
pitch darkness, and amid wifid, rain, and surf, the
donger Wag even more imminent than ever. At one
time they found themselves within a few yards of the
rocks, and imagined instant death wax staring them in
the face. Ti.. poor sailors, Unable to render the
slit:latest sesistmse, stood in hopcless suspen•e, till,
altar passing Switna, they were assur.il that the danger
was over. By 5 o'clock they reached Stromness harbour
in safety, after four days of the utmost anxiety, suffer-
ing. and danger. In a few minutes after the vessel was
morel. TOO mud, cannot be NSW in praise of the
daring and intrepidity of these uui, n. Their calling is
always pm:infinite. lint the Hail who occupy the
villages from Wick to Staxigoe never shrink from
danger when their services are required."