The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

IT. ILDWUPD-4111ZIT INFIOVOZNIXIII.

Mr. A 111111•011, root to Al. Frederick Johnstoee,
brooded to subedit • plan to We Jeep o'ion of the
Board of striding Esc Edmund-street Into B atrreet.
According to this °lan • new Wesleyan raprl b. pro-
posed to be rooted ea the ate of the Old Keg's Head,
sod the seetinnation of At. Edmund-street serried
rend the earner and tip alospide the proposed new
building.
Kr. THOttal aid that bow there wu the opportunity,
If they did sot embrace it. to retinae the wrest in •
direst lise, that Board would be • diegree to the tows.
He had always understood that whatever the Kinds
Head Arid be palled dews it was intended tosostinee
AL Idetendotreet through Eastrreet. He could not
see why the chapel erld Dot be set farther bask so as
to allow of a streight road.
Yr. AoDilloOlf said there would not ho reflielest
room. What was sew proposed was to make the son.
tiesaies of the street sad give it to the Oorporation,
but if they were to have the elte intended for the repel
II might east 170 D.
Ur. Puniness'( thought the Board would be perfectly
*Mir in rasing any reartable amount for carrying
out so desirable an improrneent. He bad Do doubt
that U the thing were fairly rearrested to Air
Fredark Johnstor be would Dot rata* for a
rimer in reeding to the wishes of the Board. Re
believed that that Board had the power read in it of
elaieslog soy land which wag not eneambered with
buildings for the purpose of street latprootomolo, sod
be would therefore more :—" That the surveyor having
prepared pleas for the eontienattoe of Bt. Edmond.
street In a direct lie, trough the site of the King's
Heed Inn sad the Globe Ise, and the property ketone
se tint King'. Head berg now palled dews, and thus
riving to the Load Board as opportunity of coo-
ansio of AL Ildmand-drer to Bastotreet, the Olerit
to tb.'Bontd be instreeted to give the Deastary notice
wader the Let of Parliament to the owners of the
pmily. ef War intention torrehase the mune for
seek au loloort.ot improvement.
Hr. Tetras seed We mohair whir was
carried unaniseately.
The offer of laid frees the Jauntier Estate for
refrain thittenotreet at a ear of OS nod llarstriest
Let We sem of £4O was unanimously aceered.
Tenders were totaled for watering the straits in •
.CO. elfentive arse/ than at present; and also for We
making of the North Quay to Talbot's mill—known as
"No nme's reed.,"—was ordered.
The mering Wen separated.

BWASAGIL

FATAL ACCIDENT. —An known WM held as the
Rip Hotel, Bwanagekri Thursday, April 19, Imitate
Freeload Minter, Mayor of Wareham,
and °Meta atropin o the Irki of Purbeck, for
the wpm. of inquiring into the death of a
mariner Darned Riaard Krems, who fell from
the bowsprit of • vessel called the " King
George," then lying at amilsor in Swaney
Bay, sad was drowaedthe day before. The evidence
of Captain Dredge, owner of the venal, proved that
Lb. dammed was, at the time of the accidest,
employed in Mowing away the Jib; that be was
liable to ele, and mast have fallen overboard while in
sgl, the captain beim at the time below. A onset-
guardsman named Thomas Mitchell proved having
sena the eatidese from the mampard station. It
appeared that be immediately rowed off to the
vowel Is wartied the captain with the 'oddest,
led that tbs., with two other
hi with aff yehi with areepiag immoVarlinsa. er some
paradli is salstssig boar Mali Imp

brought to the studios, end got surgical .id, but life
wa• eitioat, and they could not restore animation.
A very respectable and intelligeot jury were oo Ni.
inquest, sod Lieuteeant Osborne of the coastguard
was &len present at the proneerlinfy• The oorovier,
observed, that, se the jury were well swore, the
power of bolding these inquiries wee • very neoeesary
and important one, hot, there could he no doubt, in
this ease, that the unfortunate man fell off in a fit,
and that no one WM blameable in the slightest
degree; also, that be should have mugs satiable:slim
in awarding Thomas Mitchell ie., the mmustomary
fee for !Binding the body. Tbe jury, who had put
various questioas to the witness, gave their verdict
"accidently drowned," and liberally returned their
fees for the benefit of the widow of deceased, •
resident of Ssraatge. It appeared that the poor
fellow had been cautioned by the captain not to go
above deck in oonaequence of his being liable to At.,
but being desirous to d.• his duty, nothwithetaadine
lost his life in o•nitetienes. The captain spoke of
him aa a very sober steady man. Much sympathy
sewed to be felt by the jury and others.