The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-11 00:00:00

POSTLAND.

NAVAL. Surgeon Robert Bentham has been
appointed to H.M.S. Buecawen.

MILITABT.—Lieut. I). A. 1111e4, 511th Regiment, bo
be Captain rice A. G. Spencer, seconded for ocrvice on
the stair. _ _

C.trr.tis 3400nr, R. 1., and family left Portland
Castle on Tuesday. He will shortly lease England
for the Cape.
11.11.5. WAIMIC.II.—Lieut. le Quinse,
the Warrior, rice Lieut. Shakespeare, who is pnonoted
to be captain, and who has joined the head-quarters .4
his corps at Eadney Bernick..

Fool Luz Cull —We un.ler.tand C %ptsin I louzla..
RN. (11. XS. warrior). has +wain silo sed the Port.
land Football Club the use of the Nasal Reereatiou
Ground.

Noancuirrow, whkh hal been commie-
rinned as fl.z-ritin on the N rth American station,
valid in at Portland on Noisily night. She left again
for the westward ,nt ‘Vednoeday moroil g.
VAGRAKCI —Jahm .`imipsoe wag evi-ge.l at the
Om-chewer Petty Sessi c lest week with beggi, g
Portland.—P C. Ston • proved dl tatting the dere...
dant, wol finding on him Ile. 61—Sentenced to wren
dsys' h dr,l lah nr.
11111:NIKNNEss.—.1•Aps Awtholoy, . 4 Portland, wad,
glininimed at the Weymouth Police Court, on
Tuesday. for being drunk in Hi,gliodreet on Saturday
liansford proved the offence.—Fined 10e.
includite; costs.

WIIIsLEVAN FOREIGN NiNsioNs.--On Minday aftxr.
neon and evening sermons were preached at the
Wesleyan Chapel, Southwell, on behalf of the Foreign
Ilisaimo.. On Monday evening a public meeting was
held, when appropriate addresses were delivered by
the circuit ministers and friends.

NI. '4. NURI I i.tlirr .s. which arrived here on T0e5.1,3,
.1,3, evening, ...le an eN r3l wnt i trip into the
channel on We !nye•le re:ii now into the to Attu,'
In the re•ning. Thew ti d trips ave for tit. purp
teating her cipabilities pri ir to proceeding to her
de tinatioe.

PoirtAND FAIL—The 111111.11 fifth of November
pleasure fair was held on Wednesday at Chesil. The
"exhibition,," included a large show of performing
monkeys and dogs, round-abouts and swinga, and
stalls There was, however, hardly so many a.. we have
seen cm some former occasions.—in the cattle fair
there were about 90 horses, and a large number of
cows, !beep, and pips were penned. The attendance
wax good, and trade was brisk.
WYJSUCTAN SUNDAY SCHOOLL—The annual meeting
of the committee and teachers of the Fortune'. Well
and Chesil Sunday Schools war held on Wednesday
afternoon at the Fortune's Well ichoolromn. The
ineetin., was convened for the pumuse of the election
of ofhoe'rs and other business soil was followed by a
public tea, and also meeting in the chapel, when
addresses were delivered by the Rev. if. Padgham,
Rev. J. Lawrence, and other friends.

IT Is slln that the Minotaur will be paid off when
Admiral Lord John Hay hauls down his flag, and as
she commiasioned in August, 145, this is likely
enough. But we imagine she will very soon re-
commission, and will not require to be dismantled and
raid up, for her engines and boilers are in go,sl
condition, she having had new boilers and a thorough
overhaul in 1875, at a coot of 030,000. She also had
defects made good at Portamouth the other day to the
amount of nearly 0,000, so that she does not look
like being laid up in the re.er% v.
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MOTLIIIIST4 OF TUC QCOLF2I.B SHLYIL—Tbe following
has b-en received by ourcorrespon.lent at Port...mouth
from the Admiralty :—Port.mouth : The Jamas sailed
on the night of the lad Meant for B .athay ;
Commander J. IL F. Solemn. ii.N. ble 1:).?en
superoeded in command of H. 9L 's Gunbolt Britomart,
by Lieut.-Commander W. E. B. Atki son. The
Ittitomart left harbour this morning for a cruie along
the coast. H.M.S. Atalanta (Cipttin nanos
t•tirling) expects to receive sailing onkel tomorrow
(6th in 4). The innate of H.ll 8. V"ltge have been
taken out. The hired tranvort (No. 19) Ontario,
arrived at noon at Spithead to-day (sth instant), and
CAMO into harbour to disembark invalids and stores
from the Cape. Gravetend : The Alb•trom arrivet
ou the 3rd butt. Ch,tham : The Alab.troas left for
Sheerness and Woolwich. sheerness: 0.51.8. Pr De
lope left on the 4th 'mt. H.M.S. Notthamo.on,
Inn ected and left for Poetieert. H.M.S. Foam
doeleed ,ta the 3rd. 11.51.8. ridc or:docked on the 3 d
int. Bantry lay. 11.51. . tioshawk arrived on the
2nd inst. H.M.S. Cockatrice wee paid .4 on the 30. h
September, and commitedoned lit October at Gales.
Letters for H.M.s. Ramo a,s an b.
.ddrmed to
Malta op to the 10th November, after which date to
Gibralt ,r. H.M.s. Tamar arrived at Bermuda im
the 23rd October and departed 29th. Telegrarn dated
99th oci ober received Btd November-1 Blaneter
warn at Bt. Thomas' on the fad Nov.