The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-08 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

WEYMOUTH BACKWATER BRIDGE.

Fterr-cteass BOTIL-00 Tuesday ten first-class boys
High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, of the Boscawen proceeded to Sheerness to join
Westmister, Wednesday, sittings in Banc), before H.M.S. Diamond for sea eervioe
Justices Grove, Lopes, and Bowen. lI.M. Pamog. —Captain J. Small, RN., late
The Queen v. The Inhabitants of Dorset. governor of Morpeth Prison, hal joined the establish-
In this case Mr. Ctisr:es, Q.C. applied for an meet at Portland as junior deputy governor, vice
enlargement of the rule granted until the first of the Russell.
Hilary sittings. He salt that it was an indictment
c.t A
for H. 51.8. Boticewgx has her top-gallant and top
of D
the non-repair of a bridge in the county rnaMe lowered, and most of the rigging taken down.
verdict of guilty wee returnee', and against the verdict It Is said that this is an order that, as she is anchored
there wee a motion for a new trial. 'fbat rule was in rather an exposed position, the wind shall not take
afterwards ditcharged, and the verdict of guilty there- so much effect upon her du jag the winter storms.
fore stood. One of hie learned friends last term i NAVAL Fumuut,—Last Friday, William Champ. •
moved for a rulecalling upon the defendants to show Boscawen boy, was interred in the naval cemetery.
cause why the fines ghoul not be L flicted. That rule He had di-d a few days previously, after three hours'
was enlarged until to-day, and he had tomtits assent of illness, for he came ashore at 11 o'clock and returned
the prosecution to apply for its further enlargement to the ship at three o'clock and died. The lad's home
until the but day of the Hilary sitting.. The learned was st Cambridge. and his father attended the funeral.
,
Counsel for the prosecution not objecting, the rule was Govgagegyr ROADl4.—Last Wedneeday 2nd, the
Zigzag-road to the main entrance to the Verae and
enlarged until taesmed. the road leading to the East Weir, were closed to the
public, in order to preserve the, War Department
rights, sentries being placed on the post. On Thurs-
day the roads on the south side of the Verne were
similarly closed.
FOIMIGN MISSIONS.—List Sunday the annual ser-
mons in behalf of the Weeleyan foreign missions were
preached in Seuthwell Chapel, afternoon and evening
by the Rey. R. Lickee. The annual meeting wag ap•
pointed for Wednesday, and Mr. John Pearce, jun.,
for chairman, addresses delivered by the Rees. J.
Lewis and R. Likes, and by Messrs. T. Mills and T.
Flew.
FOUITEINIH RICOINUT.—Major Le Mesurier has
joined the head-quarters of the 14th regiment, frees
the depdt centre at York, his period of command
haring expired, and Major Firmin succeeded hint at
York; Major W. H. Heywood has retired on "t, tired"
pay, with the honorary rank of lieutenant-c lonel.
ON Wednesday morning the inhabitants of Tophill
were enlivened by the soldiers from the Verne march.
ing out, accompanied by their band playing. They
, paraded through Easton, Reforms, and South well, and
back through Straits and Easton again. Of late these
marches have seldom been made, they were more
frequent in years Fast. The regiment seems to have
gained considerably in strength of late, a very satis-
factory fact cot sidering the time.
BAD Swale= Boy. —Richard Russell, second-class
boT, belonging to the Boscawen, has been punished for
ind,cent conduct before a mairied woman and little
girl on Sunday, on the Merchants' Railway, during
the time the boys were on shore for the afternoon.
The aggrieved parties afterwards went on board, and
Identified the lad, the little girl picking him out from
the whole of the boys, who were paraded on deck,
and the mother separately identified the saute lad
when the boys were marched through the cabin.
Russell was ordered to receive 24 strokes with the
birch rod, 42 days' confinement in Dorchester gaol,
and he was mantled off for prison while the stripes
were still hot.