The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-09 00:00:00

THE KAM

Were as follows :
PIefrOLLED W HtLIJIS OR GIGO —Firgt, £3 : second.
Ll 10a. Ten boats entered for this race, and all started,
via
Two boats from Hurculea Boadicea, Hector, two from
Thundsrer, and Valiant. They were sot off quickly, but
• foul immediately followed, the two boats from Hurculee
thus hindering each other; but otherwise they kept pretty
well together till when hallway up Penelope had pushed
to the fore, and led away. Valiant showed for • short
time in the race: but gave way to Saadi. *sr and &riot-
aura, and • dark blue flag, supposed to he that of the
Warrior, was pushed into fourth place. A steam launch,
containing Captain Rongemont, Mr. Howard, sad others,
including • lady, led them round LW coitus, and that came
In at a clipping pace as shore, a length or two separating
the foremost ones
he assembly was immediately sounded by the bugler
for the next rue.

MOOT DIKED JOLLY BOATS OA COll2ll.—Filst, ,e 3
woad. £1 10e.

3
Valiant took the lead from the oommencement, and was
ern • long way ahead, Hector nest distanced Resistance,
Valiant wee three or four Worths ahead. end Hector • long
dirance before the third boat
The third nice wee delayed • long time by • number of
bore getting across the course. As the nest lot was •
nuascooo one and eon/listed of slx-oered galleys, itwarn
p.ors npoe.y, to keep the bore away from the danger of
being run down, for the racing Mete would have cut them
to Me waterh Apa.
Siximage. Guaira —Firs; .C 3 second. CIL
Valiant . . . . 3
The other entries wets Warrior Het and grarn. Pa
e
Thanderer, Her Clod). liceerren. Rerstance. Hnerle=
clad), ditto ano. A private boat &leo rowed for the fon
of the thing.
After • considerable delay, the eight-seeing boats ram
the nonontrthe wirngni, and a
boade hemmed l
rdPitatbeanwerst""" red
in secured but
the right, and a foul resulted. When they got thew.
Hercules was seen • long way ahead of the rest, and it was
reported, to the groat delight of Captain Wilson and
cairn, that Thunierer Kelley was second. If no, she
dropped behind, for when they had turned end were
coming house, Hercules wa.s leading immemely, and mine
In first almost anyhow; but there was a port,
between Hector and Valiant for escond place: but In the
final spurt Hector spouts to It smartest, and we., Valiant
being • length behind, and Resistance, in the bow of which
was • dog that termed very earner over the matter, bed
the boat place among the ruck.
Tix -ouzo Correa.. —First. £4 104- orwark Thie
was an immense rem no less than 16 entering.
Rydro
Thin 4•13 woe's nolkirawoe

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80SCIWOO. OTC'S'S. SITO lissaise. smother Gorgon.
Glatton. two Ellecalme, Bandlima. None/Merl. and Tweed.
The work of starting wm formidable • but Lieutenant
Gibson, with • splendid rot u, bade th:em "Stand by.
and Own "Ott r an.l off they went. Soon about four of
them on the right converged and them was a foul. which
showed ell four in • bear. • cutter yacht or pleasure boat
very stupidly gm in the way. and f cost six or seven into
the mess The See black erosive of G.irgmt went to lbe
front. followed by Penelope. SA I Hydra's boat, csilantly
pulled by marines, ',Mowed Hecate pursuing them. la
this order they came in. Gorgpa winning ea,iiy.whlla
eni pa wse several lengths before Hydra. Thermos warn
a great same.. for the turret-Mil:is boat.
erna prro.cgs, rowed by &token—First. £7lon @soon&
LI 10s. Although Pisildolts had also entered. only
Thadorer
Came to the gr.ses rise. rbe baste were very bossy
• - - - -sgd number of bends mint them tit, ouch
the

ono: but than ;-large aaa_ ..
the Water wab treolepootri way ea.. a-eeafr:-.•
Thunder r, got plenty of fe.trartiolle bow to wan but the
Hercules men wouldn't let him, they wen • long &ethos*
ahead.
The stupid or obstinate people on board the cutter Maio
hampering the start of • race, "H hastened to the
offending craft in • steam launch, and molter Veiser, towed
her out of tho way.
LAVACA/2 by marines, double-bunked. First. a :second.

Valiant ... •.• 3
Penelope. Hercules, Itirsietance, Warrior alio entered. As
there were nine oar. • side, and each oar doubled-banked,
close on 40 men were in each boat. Thunnerer's boat
wals ethered by an akar of marines, and her officers had
goad tope. of her winning the ram. It was, indeed, one
of the beat .4 the day ; but slier the smartest of pulls, the
Hectors managed to push their boat's bow not • length
ahead, the style of their rowing drew loud applame from
Cent Wilson and Lieut. Gibson, and the ram concluded
amid great &poleax, from sea and laud.
TWI.LVS-Oaltra Curvrats. First, .C 5 second, .i3l 10a
Glatton ... • ••
Warrior (3), Thunderer (4), 'Valiant (6). another Warrior.
Hector, two Resistance, and Hercules also went, else a
Bthcawen ratter; but the latter we. disqualified, as not
being a bust of the style for "service. " The latter came
In first ; but of ciurth no gun was fired, the new were.
however, welcomed with great cheeriith by another
Biscawen crew. Glattmu wee very well pulled, and came
in two or three lengths before the Thunderer a first beet,
the others above numbered being about three lengths
apart
LAUNCIIIII. By SYAM/01. ;
second, CI
ThunderePernal.oriectoXill, W—srrior, Hercules.- ...Resistan2 ce,
Valiant (disqualified). Boadicea'. launch being stated to
be lighter than the rest, the other launches objected to
row against her, and tothed their oars. Captain Wilson
expo...Weida with the Thundwurs, who agreed to "have
• dig at her." "Spoken like men,' said the salient
captain. " and now get into your places if you mean to
row' and if not go to' (nautical language) " out of it."
The other launches were still dissatisfiedo and one after
another tossed oars. Then again it looked as if there'd
be a general protest Boadicea boat, however, wee her
mual one, and bed been duly entered. and, though some
agreed it was • pity one boat should be lighter than the
rest, Captain Wilson did not see how he mould exclude
her. The we of a little more nautical language brought
the boats litho lima but again two or three tossed oars.
"Send them off; an, the order, and Lieut Gibson shouted
"Stand by r off r The boats wont: the starting gun
didn't, owing to "one of them 'ere Batter's tube,.,
wouldn't go of :" "but you mustn't mho Are again." wee
the gunner's order. Away went some of the launches
and those who had delayed caught the spirit and hastened
after them. B•adicea went ahead, Warrior broke an oar,
and Valiant 'twee said didn't go tbe course, so, although
she snared second, she was disqualified. Boadicea won
easily, Penelope, Thunderer, and Hector being next placed
In order.

LIFSBOAT RA= (Cyclops pattern).—Pirst„ Cti, second,
4:3. Pour enterert but only Hydra and Gorgon mood.
The boats were rowed with their waterdight compartments
in them, and Hydra, whose coxswain was evidently •
sainrt man, heat lionton by admiral lengths.
PINSACCE or fitaxtvr.—lrirst, £7. second, LI Prince
Albert's did not so though entered, and the race was
between Resistance and Valiant A lot of time was Lint
over commencing this race, and Valiant's coxswain,
holding to his line, was pulled over the stern of his boat
bef nre the start. Renistance won vastly.

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Fivt WILD Wit Auras, FOR Bors.—ruvt. eacon.i.
.Cl.

Hector. 1
Tbunderer, Boecswea. and • second ge•dower were also
entered. Plenty of objections were started in um
preparations against some of the rowers as not being boys
hut seamen. A lad called Runnage was debarred from
polling on this ground, and be remarked there were
plenty of old-fashioned hays in another hoar. "Go
and pull tnem .mt, then," said the officer. "No sir, I
wouldn't exp.., theni,' returns Runnage. Other protests
were found to have no proof producible for them, anl the
race cams off. It was a spirited one, and terminated as
above. . _

--COiPta PoirrA—Firet, LI ; second. Ills.
This was the comic event of the day, three of the un-
gainly tubs promoted themselves, each manned by screw
who had dressed in the oddest of roetomes. Long hair
and whiskers toLie of tow, old marines coots with figures
of monkeys, lc., sewn on them, cocked hats, blackened
faces, and general queerness distinguished the rower..
One lest hung out a placard bearing" The Ciaterear" over
the stern, and was adorned with two masts, and rigged
as • rig under all plain sail, while one of the rowers had
"Count Sugarloaf" on his hark, in another boot, the
leading figure was labelled "Woe, Emma r Tb. "punts'
were rowed with shovel.; but the crews openly agreed to
divide the prises. An oblong thing sharp neither at bow
nor stern, was very well paddled and won easily, when
her crew, in et:statism, turned somersaults into the water.
This race was in front of Devonshire and Pulteney-
buildings, and woe received with shoots of fun.
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Thu was pulled by the gentlemen in their own boats,
though the Weymouth Rowing Club were willing to lend
their galleys.
Penelope won first place by about two lengths • Hercules
and Hector were not far off each other; but the last were
• loon way behind. . _

ALL.OOII6II Race—First, .C 8 wand, £3.
lota ,4 various smes and crews raced in : the con•
dition being that they should only be manned with a
"service complement of oars and crew. It was finished
as follotta:—

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Hercules' sialleY • • •• • •
Boecaoen's cutter (disqualified)
Thunderer's launch. . .
Hectors launch . . .

SeverafoTl;;;; Were not placed.
This concluded the racing, the boats crews returned to
their ships; huts large number of men had leave ashore,
and the town was very lively with them and other
visitoni in the evening, the weather continuing very fine.
The town was merry enough after thie with parttea of
Sailors u Christy's minstrels, while Vangucci's beautiful
hand played on the Esplanade. Everything would have
gone off but for that wretched blunder of some of ties
magistrates, who allowed intoxicating drink to be sold in
a shed on the end of the stone part of the Pile-pier, for
from this were brought over a dozen poor fellows in •
drunken state, and some of them being taken into safe
custody, were nary. and smashed the fittings of the cell;
but the rut majority of th, men conducted themselves
exceedingly well, whether they went to their ahips that
night, or had obtained leave to stay on shore, and the
Special Fleet Regatta must be counted a remarkable
success.

MUJTAlT.—Captain E C. Haynes, from baffles,. Iste
213 rd Foot, to be captain of the 90th Regiment, en. CePfain
lfrCeopland, tran!ilerred to the 25th Foot.
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Cmscia-On Monday night the concert in behalf of
the Horticultural Society was held at St. John's &loca-
1-emu- The takings were rather small.
Nati Smarr! Mzsrino.—This was held at St. Peter's
on Tuaday evening. The Rev. W. Appleford, Rev. I.
Wheeler, and the deputatim, took part in the meeting,
but the governor, Mr. G. Clifton, was unable to be t,
on amount of aMicting tidings received shortly b.fore.
Saxons at CRAPCI.—On Sunday shout 900 salon and
marines from the Fleet attended morning service at the
Fortune's Well Wesleyan ChapeL They occupied the
gallery, the usual congregation and the scholars taking the
ground-door of the chapeL
CORONATION Da T win H Tag WISLITLNIL—On Friday
last the Wesleyan celebrated their annual circuit tea.
The Rev- W. D. Walters, of London. wroeohod in Heston
Chapel in the a tarmacs, the tea was held in the new
schoolroom, and in the awing the Rev. W. D. Wslters
lectured on "Thoughts for the Age in which we live."
Mr. Henry Raggeta, J. P., took the chair at the lecture.
Tits Era lonntraty.—The following en contributog
in Portland:—Th. Rev. T. A. Bowe cheque for
£l6 8,9 d. consisted as follows :—Motety of collection at
the parish church, ZS 14L ; collected by H. &mom per
the quarrymen and others, £9 13s. ; collected be
Henry Stone and Henry Otter from quarrymen and
others at Weston, £11.; total. £l6
ITALIAN MCRAIIIIADOR AT THE Parson—On Thurs-
day the Convict Ifetablishment wag visited by Le General
Menabre to, and Marquis de Val D we. Ainaineior of His
Malan' the King of Italy, and two sweat& The
Governor_„ Hr. G. Clifton, received and eecurted the dia-
tinguiabed ;arty, who minutely inspected the establish-
ment, expressed their high admiration of everything they
saw, and, in signing tin book, remarked on the very
excellatt, in fact, perfect state in which they found
everything, adding that this Nee the cleanest prison they
ever saw. They also inspected the new church and
remota and their wonderment was great that these had
been erectsvi by convict labour.
RICILNAB Ramona —On Tu. sclay some sailors of the
Fleet were on the beach at Castietown, and had not
patience to wait for a boat, so two jumped into the water,
and tried to swim off to their ship. Unfortunately, as
they non previously "wet" inside, they soon dropped
underneath the water. Shore boats put off, and one was
wily rescued: but the best swimmer, who had gone the
farthest, was not reached till he had gone down more
than once. He was, however, pulled up from some feet
I, depth, and taken on hoard hi. ship, when he wee
attended by the medical racer on board
PoruLia Liggranwr —A remarkable display of
good feeling was made on Monday night at the railway
station. Lieut. W. M. Ogler, late first lieutenant of
H.M.S. Lively, who is • native of Australis, bee it
appears been very kind to Mom.., helping them when in
difficulties, and he has become generally beloved. Lent.
Oxleyappointed to B. MS. bag been Emerald, commis.
Mond for Devonport for service on the coast of Australia,
and on his leaving the island a large number of the crew
bare him on their shoulders to the railway station., rug,
and gave "Three cheers for 041/ theneusat; snag 'Foe
be's a jolly good fellow," and remained at the station
alternately singing and cheering till the train left.
"How THIT CROSS 007 TIM CRIRI ARATS."--The laet
time I had to pet the above beading to a piece of petty
vanity was when a Devonshire Town Council tried to
arrange for sitting wording to rank in church. But I
never thought to have to quote it at a Christian minister
of a free church. The story goes that a meeting Wee to be
held by • Christian Nonconformist Society, who invi Rd a
junior minister to preside; but his senior objected, and
even wrote to some one higher in their hierarchy,
_whe
gam the precedence to the senior. Alter all, he didlit
oat the coveted chietplace in the syeagosyr for
theygave
It to a layman. When the queeticei--"Wltot the
rrirnr put to the Head of the Chuck I reed that
eeplied "Fneept ye be convertediria4dd Leconte as little
Children. ye shell not eater into the of Heaven."
—Mamma

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811111/1111 AND FORLION BIBLE Socall. —The first meeting
of the 'witty in connection with St Peter's Church, warn
held at the Grove schoolrooms. on Tuesday, the dad inst.
r. Appleford oocupied the chair, and earnestly advocet-
WI the CM'S of ties society, spoke of hIB experience in
coanactke with the work it had accomplished at Woking
and elsewhere; be was followed by Dr. litaLean. the
treasurer of the society in Portlaoe4. The Rae Parker
Morgan. the deputation from the parent society, thee
gave a most interesting speech interspersing it with
anecdotes and thrilling facto in *mooed= with
colportsge work. stating &moss other things that dieing
the late war upward+ of 1110,000 Bibles had been dis-
tributed amongst the Russian SOldiSm. and that orest sad
extensive as had been the work of this society and other
kindred soesties, still some did Wilkes of human beings
were without the Word of God. Kr. T. B. Wheeler that
being called upon to s=zaanounced himself as the son
or one of the Bible 's agents in the Wait Indies,
and that his father had di labouring in its cams The
nasal vote of thanks was Slutulsod by Mc. Oolass is in
attgledSciate=ad the procsedlap closed with a
bum aid

Dorutroas or lins.r 1101 SUIT. —The broadside ships
of the Fleet lately lying la Pmulaad Roads got op skim
on Wednesday morning. and about 8 o'clock weighed
anchors. and steamed away ea route for the meat of
Ireland, where they are expected to remain for thres
weeks, after which they may return to Portland ht .of,
The Thaadeser and ether turret ships remain, also wine
of toe monhontc the Lively alma stays, sad on board of
bat R., A lining goys lid.ii hi 4 fig.
PRISON OrwicSae Calton -Mk TRACY —Oll Friday.
Coronation Do, the children of the Gathers of Puede/id
rriaon .11111 enuortainel In the besotiful grougu
immediately appoeite to the Prison, Wiwi Japed in the
evening by their parents and friends. An enclosure for
the sports vras marked out with painted wands, whit.,
8.0 sad wiser' tally waved from various Parts of the
ground, Verrill's.; was done to ensure success, and the
school manager, am to be congratulated on ully attaining
their object. The procrainine of the day's proceedings
I commenced with the children ....ambling at the behoeb,
from whenns they MU* marched to the church, i
woe suepeodsd n vr hick
Sago and tanners of various deeigna.
presented by ladies and gentlemen 'rho had painted 0,
worked them, at the ricer's requeit After a shortened
form of service. the Rev. .1. A. Baum. Rector of Portthad,
gave an appropriate address (nem the words "It wad
most that we thould make merry and be glad,- atter
which the children reformed procession, headed by tho
Priam Officers' Band, under the lea le ship of the band.
roaster, Mr. I). 8. Murray, and accompanied by the Rev,
W. and Mrs. and Miss Applaloani, Rev. J. and 1f,,,
Wheeler, Was Caton, teachers of the Sundt) and day
school, he. Mr. and Kra. Appleford, with Mr. and Yin
Wheeler and the Sunday school teachers, performed their
part in catering to the general amassment. while °Wain
Home, codiett, and others, superintended the *porta.
In the evening Captain Hume, Dr. McLean. and othen,
gum a pyrotechnic display, and at about a quarter-past IS
all was over.