The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-02-02 00:00:00

ha 144 par (J. Thad, Esq.), dldarinen Howard fuld
Potholer', the Town Clerk F. C.
Cospeinen Bea, Roberta, A Oak Vartam,Maao.,
Webb, Barna& Commies, Beanies, Thomas, Dl.r, .ba

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011oara of tilli Royal Navy in Uniform. 1
Pllty MS of BALK Bt. George.
Th. Commisieter and Gibers amid Kea of
um. Guard, sereatem in number, with the Rookie
auk
Appends% is of Mr. Cossii, °glom "on the
" Portland.
Rigbiy of the Portland, olutteer Artillery with
their bend. Pik lama.
Lim& Relk4 Elesgtollaior.OoUins.
Abool.lfty el tie Elli Haut rWayigoath) Lir., with
1 their bitn& Ofbasa—Oapt. laular, Ham Amist.•
anitpon "bard.
THE Limon.,
mousier! on Ha Trammarting Carrier, drawn by al
, Orey Eforass (kindly Rot for the omission by New..
Diminish and C); the Boat filly equipped and
manned by its mew (with their oars in their hands),
ids, Cozwain William Smith, assist- aoz., Edward
Caddy, and the following oarsmen !—Williasi Mort,
James Ilya. Thomas Pajoao, Robert Skean, Suomi
Hawkins. William trallia, JOAN'S Vl's, Jam* Vosper.
John llsamr4 Daniel Boma The whole was ander the
saperisisindeses of
Capt. D. Roberiaon, LW.,
Tin Assistant-Inspestor of Lifeboat@ to tha
Inatitudon.

Members of km Omssitia;,--Magistraims. Donors, and
Frieeds of the *commit,
Isehiding B. Bayly, Bei., W. Thompson, FAq., G.
Andrews, Bee., W. apnoeas, leg., J. yling, Bog.,
W. Talbot, 8.. ff. Eliot, ha+. G. Pm ey, Esq., Mx. 12.
Dimon, acs.,
The Band of R.M.B. " Somme,"
nod 360 Boys beloaqt.to the ship (by kind permission
of Ineefe, 8.N.1
Ofllows of sr Majmny's Cesioese
The Weysioeth Town Bud, leader Mr. G. W.

Paris Jones.
Robin Hood end two Rousted Forosion.
Ponders on toot Ii tall costume.
Court "Plum* of isethers," that 60 mambas,
with their Waken
Coast •• &Hoes Hsps,ibo,No members,
with
Nark "iMnd's Hope." shout 40 taerahers, with homer
eapseto every lose to do his duty."
Then were she vlsittat heethers tram AbbotekerY,
tilt.M.Briiedm,rlPre._t_honi sad tuenthers of the
Xis Bend.
Lodge " lizosielor" Iwispeadeat Odor of Oddffillows,
with beers%

Lodge "Milted Brothers," with banner.
Lodge "Gust liregera.•
(The members at the Order of Oddfellows premated •
very mat sporrans with their bine sines and mime.
They were followed by a lane number of oilmen, be
their oasisl red sashes and peculiar pax)
The proomion presented • very impelling sppearease,
RA with bonds plane( and colours lying. it paraded the
principal promenades and streets of the %Oft-
Having arrived at the opening to the sands, the beat
was booked down the Esplanade, ready for Wag ran on
the slipways for the lamed The eine authoring@
hook their station near her stern, and while the pre-
mentions were beiog sompleted the Portion! Volunteer
Artillery Band played "God man the Queen," and
saute sea fired. At thia time the some presented was
somewhat extreordinsu7. An immense crowd of sight.
mere had lined the Esplanade from Clarenceheildinli
northward as far as the Creesent Every light of stone
steps leading from the Esplande to the beech was
Peered with eager peers, and the sand, cepasions es
they are, were crowded to the very water's edge. It had
been intended at one time to noose a full high tide for
tk• Manch ; bet had that bean don the damned In
standing room would hove 'owe somewhat imams.
leased the humane armed, which we heard estimated
at as lees than 20,000. The seine was sot waning In
elements el the pleturesque, the bin attire of lb.
sailors, the bright red of the regular military, and the
elegasit and varied costume' at the ladles, contrasting
with the sober bleak in whin the well-to-do male
Milieu of England " Mkes hie pleasure sadly." The
tensporsty platforms sod their enclosures were demand
with a Wee number of small lags, end there wee just
wind enough to impart to them • plotansqm animation.
All eyes wen turned to the noble bon, as, moaned
high other ferriage, bearing the lifeboat lag, the leg
ci the institution, and the Haien Jest, and mused by
her orew, she seemed impatient Co curry to her edema%
that flag of old &Aslant that has waved over may •
fight, bus been hoisted triumphant', over mstil • Co..
quern the, but surely never waved with more eery
than when borne by the lifehoet —proving that

.. There's • hawk that leaps with- a burTling glow,
The calm. of tie weak to defend."

Following what.. might imagine to be the out-look
of the " Agnes Harriet," we notice that the Bay haa
furnished • large number of snit. meetly of *mall
demeription, ARM with those who have chosen the water
to obtaiii a better view. Quite a fleet of boats is hover-
ing about the black bull of the " Berth" trillyboy which
ls mopoesd, alter a vain attempt to beat up into Port-
land Roads, to have gate ashore on the Sands, and to
have become a wreck. A white-winged sprit-eeil Tachl,
asd • pretty little screw bench belonging to G. Bishop,
Soy., are cesisiog round, and add more animation to
the scene, as • background, to which the southern cliffs
el Dorset me dimly peresived through the light mist.
The an ormasionally shines forth, end the weather,
Omen Ills the ead of January, is mild almost NI in
swag. But while all are .in expectation, Capt.
Itoberteon and S. B•yly, Hey , advance to the beet,
and the bottle of slue destined her baptism il @u-
pended by • thresefokl eord of braided ribbons—red,
white and blue, the colours of the Claim Jack. The
motor of Weymouth, the Rev. T. Greene, when to
the "christening stag." the president of the local .
branch of the Lifeboat Inatintioo, Lord Ashler and his
asitale lady.
The Karen : My Laid Ashley Lady Asidety, ladies
sad thealereen,—lt hardly ostensory for Ole to my
we meet bare to lehagurate the lifeboat so gesarously
gives esi the Baal of Strafford, through the Komi
Lifeboat Institatioe, to the town of Weymouth!
Speaking as • Weymouth men, I most my on behalf of
all my fellow-citiaese, that.. are exasediugly proud
and thankful for the homer bestowed on its this day;
and, as regard. the National Lifeboat Institution, we
all know it is • Royal leatitution Mies patronised by
her Majesty the Quen end the Prime of Woks, and
also by may other noble and distinguished persons. It
was established In the year 1824, and, sossequently, it
kaa bees in exists:les for some 44 years. During tint
lim., I am informed, there has been expended upwards
of Dt.'ll,ooo in providing lifeboat. and giving rewards to
persoas who have risked their lives in the noble en-
deavour to lave the lives of others—(applause). The
moiety has now 191 lifeboat stations and lifeboat.; its
annual ineome is about £40,1300, and its expenditure
exceeds eves that imossit. During the last 44 year. 90
gold models mil over 800 silver medals han bees
prevented as rewards for saving life; but, above all,
during that period there have been upwards of 11.000
lives saved through the instrumentality of this noble
aseociation—(applause). As an Englishman, I cannot
help thinking that the Royal National Lifeboat motile.
lion is • aociety of which we are ell prou& and one
which tends to enhaaes the glory of old Reiland(appleuse). With these few remarks! have the honour
to introduce to you notice Captain Robertson, of the
Lifeboat Institution, who attends to premet the lifeboat
on behalf of the noble donor --(sheers).
Captain Roust-am I Mr. Mayor, Lord and latty
Ashley and Priesda,-1 am very proud to be here this
day aa the representative of the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution —MI isatitution founded to carry out a posh
mission, that of moons human life from peril sod
rewarding the breve—(bear beer). The comiane I
have seem to-day whilst omelet:trough your streets, at
mos preelaime the gnat fan t the empathic,' of ell
are with us—(epplamie), This is • plitforin on which
all reeks and elegem san stand and work heed and heart
aogoshar—(ebeend, The spirit of self-sacrifice is not
measlier to one ebbs in this land, but is as mash felt and
as nobly displayed by the man who wears • Gervais,
, boa, se by him who wears the robe. of • peer--(pset
; espleuse). And it is the great privilege of the isMila.
lion which I represent here this der to be empeeeted
to carry out the objects of a nation, for It is a tally
national work which we perform—('teear, best)—aad, as
the Mayor in@ toll you., it k a work in shish we an
nobly supported by our felloweountryrnen. It is not
only the peer who rivet, but the hard•fisted artisans in
roil(
our inland towns—men who earn their d bread by
the sweat of their Mom, are lending •MI hand to
put lifeboats on our emote ; though, p , many of
them have never seen the sea, they have reed of the
notele deeds dose by their brethren on the coast, and
have been atienteted to amid in furtheriag the objects
of this iestilution by the mesa with which God has
bleeped than. 111. needless for.. to my that until of
late year, the work of lefteg ille was left to the dwellers
on the man The island inbeleiteets did wet feel as
they do no., that every man in Great Britain is linked
. heart and soul with the sailor—that the old wives in
the inland towns could not drink their tea without the
toil of the sailor—that the merchant princes scold not
carry on their enterprises and Promote the prosperity
' of our soutry without the aerobes of seamen, and that
there is not a single humus beta( throughout theleitirta
and breadth of the lead whose welfare is not isebutely
associated with tithe sallor—(apphiaes). Therefore we
now feel, that owing no the spread of knowledge and
tbe wonderful aliens.. the Pries noun this institu-
tion, there is no deed of gallantry dime epos our meats
without its being made known throughout the constn,
.14th.. the hearts of the people are excited to the
liveliest sympethy without noble iastittilioa—(applausa).
I will not detain you leaser, for bet few can bow, and
them beyond the reach of our vetoes may he im&Lif.t
..
to see something dorm I slimy, prefer scam to
myself, became 1 feel very much more "at hosee7o
—(bmar, bear, and amdame). 13.10 re I mathade I will '
may a few weeds to the Imo who ses to ima the SU-
boat, bemuse there is sothieg like a word of make.
The glee who have weed to work this boat must fully
understand they mut submit to • ruler. Idswing a
corswan they meet knew that be is at the head, sad
that in the multiplicity oilseeds there is daager to aIL
Having • ~.....io they meet rely epos him aad trust
to hb voles throe There gen he maly
captain oe • ship, and the captain of the life-
boat is the coxswain. A. the men trust Min so will
their selfmaildisece improve it it needs im-
provement. They ere men who will go out to risk
their line, and therefore Sheri must be prepared to
plus their lives in the hand of the man who wonessads
them, became beiteney often emosiose lose: Mr.. Mayor
I have very peel pleasure as behalf of thew bathos!
Lifeboat Institutive in transferring thesibiure of this life-
boat to the lifeboat immaittee of Weymouth, sad feel
quite coefident that the Work ; me= in singoly will
be imecheated with beettheese aid semen to the sod—
lOPPialtslo- We he.. not whoa the *mien of this
. lifeboat may be requived, but Maga they are. I feel sure
that 11th. work is earned en in Weymouth has it has
bar ooaummodossosie meet ever Wood your efforts—
(applause). It isereolitable to this town that it has
moth a well-orgaalad aril established pbetforea— it has
seldom bees my lot toes, arrangensmile si well carried
sot; and It reflects lemons epos the plus that the
tomato& have adopted the advice of your exeoliwtt
mayor and gins a half-bolidey on this onesion—(bear,
beta). As I pager
wpathrosgh the streets I notieed that
nearly sll the rue elosed, end we m:1
remerahor that It to me arty girls, time but matey—
tpeesi—anil I feel qidte sere that • work begun
10itil Brad aramst—tioinni. In promating
thie lifeboat lo you, Mr. Mayer, I will only my that
I feel easidest the dieser she b tgied the hotter those
who try her will Me her--(iiisin).