The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

WRECK OF THE Exrimis.--lntelligence has been
received from the Channel Islands announcing that
the South-Western Company's steamer Express,
which went ashore on the rocks off Jersey last week,
has broken up, and various portions of the ship are
floating about among the rocks. It is quite probable
that no captain belonging to this company will
undertake the passage between the rocks in future.
It is due to the public that such an order should
issue from the company. A Board of Trade inquiry
into the matter will shortly take place.

ACCIDENT TO ANOTHER CHANNEL ISLANDS'
STEAMIAL—The South Western Company's steamer
nuthatch, which left Southampton for Guernsey and
Jersey at midnighton Wednesday, broke her inter:toe-
diate shaft off the Casket, and put into Alderney, from
whom: the mails and passengers were sent to their
destination by a small steamer. This break-down will
not interfere with the usual arrangements of the
company with regard to the conveyance of mails
and passengers.
THE GREAT EASTERN.—Reports have been rife in
all directions, during the past few days, respecting
the removal of the Great Eastern steamship from
l'ortnnd to the Southampton Water. It appears that
a very able communication from the Chamber of
Commerce having been wade to the authorities con-
nected with the monster steamship as soon as it was
known that it was in contemplation to move her
from Portland, the directors 'became favourably im-
pressed with the desirability of moving her to South-
- atuptou, and accordingly directed Captain Harrison,
her, experienculcommander, to visit and inspect South
ampton, as well as to hold a conference with Mr. J.l.
Stubbing, the President of the Chamber of Commerce,
and Mr. P. Hedger, the doclunaster, On Tuesday
last those three gentlemen had several hours consul-
tation, resulting in the entire approbation of Captain
_Harrison of the proposal to come to that
. port, the only requisition made by him being that
the largest class of moorings should be
laid down just below the Netley Hospital, 80 as to
enable the ship to swing at low water spring tides.
This outlay Messrs. Stelking and Hedger, relying
on the great interests connected with the port, the
railway, the docks, and the inhabitanta gene-
rally, at once undertook should be provided (as was,
of course, necessary) free of expense. The parties
had an interview in the afternoon with the Chair-
man of the Great Ship Company's Board, and he,
finding Captain Harrison's report to be so favourable,
undertook to obtain the decision of the Board on
Thursday. This, it appears, leavesthe question open
at present, or rather decides that lithe ship is moved
she will be brought to that port, but being most
anxious to get her to sea, and being induced to hope
' that she will be ready close upon the time promised
by him, they are unwilling to risk the delay which
would possibly occur by the change of port. Up to
Wednesday, however, the removal seemed certain,
for Messrs. Stabbing and Hedger were summoned by
letter to attend the Board on Thursday, and the
first-named gentleman proceeded to Loudon accord-
ingly for that purpose.
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DARINI: PLUCK. —Mr. E. J. Nicemann, of Haver'
stuck Hill, thus writes to the Editor of the Times :
—A perusal of your article in the Tinges of this day
(Sept. 25), relative to the crew of the Great Eastern,
reminds me of an instance of great daring na the
port of two boys, who had, it seems, absconded from
their homes in London and joined the great ship SA
cabin boys. They, however, seem to have had
enough of her by the time she reached Portland, and
haring secreted their kits, stole a small boat at
Weymouth, and actually put to sea in a very rough
night upon the mere chance of effecting a landing,
but where, they knew not. They were thus exposed
for two nights and a day, and early on the morning
of Thursday made Froihwaterlate, Isle of Wight,
in a very exhausted condition. The weather wet ea
rough that morning and the preceding evening that
I could not induce any of the boatmen to go out vita
me. The appesrance, therefore, of their little boat
(not above 12 feet long) surprised the village moth'
and one of the country police, on questioning thein,
extracted the facts above stated. He at once ow
veyed them to Newport for examination before the
magistrate. The lads appeared from their demos-
nour to be most respectably connected, but what I
imagine may interest your readers is the extraordr
nary pluck of the whole proceeding, for thaj_,mart
have been ignorant of the entire route, set of 12"6"
&c., the reef off Hurst Castle, and the ugly }wrath.;,
the Needles, and last, not least, the rocky liatia7(
at Freshwater, where on the morning of their _
val, the watermen had drawn all their Wl° ar
high and dry through the violence of the oat
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