The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-04-13 00:00:00

BLANDFORD BOUNDARIM

At a tow n'a meeting to-day it waa re.olvial to extend
the boundary of the borough and make it contermuuma
It the Load Board antral.

THE NAGA EXPEDITION.
The Time. Calcutta correspondent telegraphs that the
Naga expodiUon has been succewfully concluded. Seven
villages were destroyed, and the power of the guilty tribes
was broken. The neighbouring chiefs have tendered their
submission.

THE KILKENNY ELECTION.
Mr. Benjamin Whitworth is a Liberal candidate. Mr
Peter Paul McSweeney, Lord Mayor a Dublin, is a Rums
Mule camliclate.

CAPTAIN BUTTON'S CHANNEL

Captain Boyton started from Dover at about twenty
minutes past three on Satuolay morning, with the object
of creasing the Channel us his life-saving dress. Accom-
panied by asteale tug, he paddled out into the darkness at
a good speed. A fresh breeze from the N.N.E. hauling
more to the eastward, the Captain was lost sight of for
some thne • but be soou made himself heard with the
foghorn. At 1.31.1 he cause alongside, took his sails, and
got the mast tdepped usthe socket in the clog worn on
his foot. Wind E.N.E., fresh and fair, the Captain made
good way and at 5.15 he was near enough to the steamer
to chaff the doctor about being sick. The French pilot
told him he would make the ',towage in twelve hours. He
made little more use of the paddle than to steer due east
of the South Foreland lights by flood tide. The captain
(ilium:al the steamer when he saw the American Rag .
hoisted at 6.5., and lighted a cigar lowered to him soon
after. Ile caught the ehl, tide at 6.311; six and a half
miles had been made. At 7.15 the captain's temperature
was 1C.6 Fahr., two ilegmen higher than MI starting. Ile-
fs,,,ltineut was now asbuiniatereil, consisting of a mixture
of eggs, beef extract, and brandy. Eight a.m., weather
rainy, steady wind. The captain made very good
progress up to nine a.m., and the doctor visited
him, 'taking eggs ',mites' up and bread and butter ;
he took the eggs, hut threw the bread and
butter se ay. There was twenty minutes delay. On
returning, the doctor reported Captain Boyton now as
feeling very drowsy, a had symptom; he was otherwise
well. Very soon after Captain Boyton hailed. The boat
went alongside. Ile required rent, he aunts:ell the erect
ponition. and removed his 'lag iroui one feet to the other.
The doctor cause back, and reported him all right again.
The pilot said a current was setting him hack towards the
English ixesst. The weather was too misty to see the
land. Ile recommended he should be taken est board.
The pilot seemed to be under the impression that Captain
Boyton was fatigued, hut hi. brother and the captain hitu•
self sleclared be was capable of remaining twelve hours in
the water if freah. The pilot was asked to lead the way
to any point of France. lie uiwle for Cape Gristles. At
eleven a.m. the wind rose, and hailed more to northward.
At twelve o'clock the captain bad some cherry brandy and
a cigar. The flood thle began to make, and Capt. Ltuyton,
who, though weak, was Caine to the backbone, began
to draw on slowly towards the French coast, only twelve
miles distant. At two o'clock he was stimulated with
r'aiger brandy, aud directly after the Folkestone boat,
puleon 111., cause in sight, and gave the plucky
American • cheer. A quarter of an hour later he
c.ame alongside and asked how far it was to Boulogne.
llis voice was still vigorous, though his face was
red and weather-worn from Use terrible buffeting
he had sustained. Thu opposing wind and tide
hasl now increased. Four hourn longer he continued
the struggle, and at last, at six o'clock, when stronger
apparently than be had been at two o'clock, it was the
unanimous wish of all on board, except the captain and
his brother, that lie should be taken unheard. The French
pilot declined the responsibility of conducting him after
dark. There was a consi.l,,rable *ea on, with the prospect
ef the wind increasing, and nearly every one on hoard was
suffering from sea sickness ; and therefore against the
protr.at of the captain and Isis brother he was taken into
the Nteanier's, boat, a few minutes after six p.m., and at a
quarter-pant nix the tug made full speed for Boulogne,
which plaoe was reached at 8.15. 'Hi leaving the water,
Captain lloyton seas strong, and protested lie could keep
on till that time tyin,rrow. Dr. Diver tried his teuipera-
ture, and found it to be ll ill ety-seven, the pulse eighty,
and rather feel,!.: Iso was in a slight ',respiration, and in
the doctor's opinion capable of continuing in the water at
least another six hours. It is Use general belief that if lie
had been allowed to continue he would ildni fetched the
French coast 1111 l ewhore &nab Cant Grisuez, Captain
Boyton has ,l.Lssruiiined upon repeating the experiment
between France nod England at a future penal, when the
tidos and currents serve.

The Prince Wales will hold a levf-e on behalf of the
go.,ni at St. Jaine,'s Pahon on the 26th inst.
From Mentine the death is announced of Sir Henry
Josias 'forma, Bart., in the :17th year of his age.
A Conservative candidate for the Kin:ably llomitghs ,
has startisl up the person of the eccentric Mr. Norfolk, of
London. who could not find a nominator at Bridport.
Mr. Williams Coleridge, farmer of kforetonhampetead,
Devon, committed suicide on Thursday by shooting
himself in bed. His wife died a year ago, leaving him
with six little children.
The flour unilendands that Sir William Hackett, the
Chief Justice of Penang, has been onleree to proceed to
Fiji for the purpose of organising the telininistration of
notice in this newly-acquired dependency of the British
Crown.
The Chinese Government has consented, under pressure,
that two foreign officer". ancompanied by a Chinese
Oficial, shall proceed to Yun-nan with an Imperial pass-
port to investiymte the circumstances id Mr. Margery's
murder.
Lord Derby and Sir Statford Northcote on Saturday
received a deputation of Sugar finporters and refiner% who
waited upon them for the purpose of urging the Govern-
ment to endeavour to induce Franie. Belgium. and
Holland do abandon the system of granting bounties for
the export of sugar. Lord Derby, in reply. expressed his
concurrence with the views of tbe deputation, and while
pointing out the difficulty of influencing foreign countries
in the matter, promised that the Government would do
what they could. Sir Stafford Northade spoke in a
similar sense.
SALIMOJAY DIOCWN CHURCH iICILDINtI ANNOCIATION.
—The secoud quarterly meeting was held in the Board
Room in thoU nc, .alisbury, on Tuesday. The Venerable
Archdeacon Lear presided, and there were present, Earl
Nelson (treasurer) Rev. Preb. Payne, Rev. J. N. PaUl. Rev.
• Thompson. and Rev. W. E. C. Austin-Gourlay, secetary.
—All the applications for cotudderation arose from the
Dorsetshire portico of the diocese. The rector of Holy
Trinity. Dorchester (Rev. H. Everett). applied for • Putt
towards partially rebuilding and enlarging the ettating
Church by extending the nave, and building a north aisle,
and carrying out other architectural Improvements.
whereby, at an expenditure of about £3,188). of which £Bl4
remained to be provided, the accomodation would be
increased front 164 sitting* URI free) to 618 (364 free) ; and
• grant of .El5O was made. In 18tel an application was
reoeivesl from the late rector of this pariah, who proposed
to build an entirely new and sniargeis church, at an outlay
of g 7,000, and a grant of Arse was then promised by the
committee, hut °wolf( to the death of the applicant the
plans were never carried out. Corscombe was the siwond
case considered, the application coming from the rector
(the Rev. W. [Aycock), the works proposed to lie done
being the removal of an unsightly gallery in the Church,
the re-arrangement of the seats, and the restoration of the
fabric at an estimated expenditure of .13,&11, of which
£1,430 had been raised, the sitting., to be increased from
200 to SA all tuiappropraited. A greet of was med..
The next business was the consideration of the application
of a grant towards the restoration of Glanville' Wootton
Pariah Church (Rev. J. T. Woodman, rector)- the works
to include a new roof, a re-arrangement of tbe seats, and
the rebuilding of the chance, whereby the acconnuala-
Mon will be increased from 136 sittings to 175 (all free), at
a teal cost of OGO, the very flue ancient chautry on the
south side to be restored at the expense of Mr. Dale, the
proprietor of it A grant of £4O was made. The considera-
tion of an application from the Rev. Preb. Orlow, for ed
'towards improving the accommodation i the
uprdirig
Church of Holt, near Wienborne, the existing
tieing of a very plain structure, and the arrangement very
Mean, and inconvenient. resulted in • kraut of £lO, the
1:1-Feeel being to remit the whole Churc to take down a
e'"'r,erY, and to throw the present vestry into the church,
at an outlay of about taw, • new chancel to he built at a
future time. The following grunts were ordered to be
paid, the works, hewing been certified to be completed in
each ease :—Ashmove, Dorset, 1:80 • Keievii. Wide, £l5:
Chute ABU: Forest, Witt ; moan Pancras, (Dorset,
end Farley, Wilts, ft..

Ituacrtae or GUARDIANS. —The contests for Me'combs
ReuM and Chickensl bale resulted thus :—lllelcombe
Regis—Mr. M. Thomas. 447, elected • Mr. J. A. Talbot.
1177, elected. Mr. Samuel Webb, 1116, elected ; Mr. Thomas
Dodson (retired), U 2 • Mr. .1. Thome MM. 1116; Mr. W.
T. Aylesbury, its; kr. T. J. A. Buck, 170; Mr. John
Lund* ISt In Mr. Lundies cam an incorrect state-
ment of his reeldeace Ott Tho as-street Instead of St.
Mary-street) peveuted friends from votth for him,
al it Wag "Pv'md they would throw away Ztelr votes.
For Clzickerei the numbers were :—Kr. John Laver. ISM,
elected: Mr. Charles non.; Mr. R. IL Gore
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