The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-03-04 00:00:00

ANOTHER COLLISION OFF PORTLAND.
aIiCrTIMI ma. IaJNOI BUM

The master, John George Buyer, of the barque
Ulrerstone, of Hull, 31/1 tons register, from Shields,
with coal for Oarthagena, reported on Wednesday that
In hearing up for Portland Hoed. the same day, in con-
@squaw,* of strong weather,atll a.m..when rounding the
Bdl, in ooropany with other vands, oh- ut three.quartere
of a mile from land, one of them made a sodden beamed'.
to,and MI into the stern of the barque,eutting her down
to below the water mark, and carrying away mlaen
topmiat and rigging attached, also steering apparatus.
Finding the vessel was sinking, they made signal' to
UN stranger ; but no notice eras taker. They got •
boat out; but it was smashed by these., and then they
got out the longboat, and the molter and crew got into
kg, and pulled for land, the vestal foundering in about
"W) minutes after. In a short time, the pilot cutter
Turk. Z. Way, took the.. on board, and brought them
into Weymouth at 1 p.m. The master i.ays the Teasel
in content with his was the AttetrMu barque Concordia,
since brought up in Portland Hoed,. It has bees
stated that the foreigner tams on without rendering
assistance; but this we do not vouch; lot him give an
arreount of himself.

The inverston was built of wood in 1811; she tom
therefore 62 744111 old! The Castents authorities soot •
memangsr to summon tile Ocaeordha's apish) to maks
a deposition Won the Receiver of Wreak.
On tits sasusoning oNoes peaceediag to Portlaad
Reads, ha feud the vessel'. OMNI as. the Wareham, et
Babiesselle, bound from Shields is Now York. with •
map of oasis sad general goods. The mate says that
th• weather being sksoug, about 11 a.m. on thie 28th,
th• mesa bore ap for Portlasd Road; whee • heavy
ma broke over the Mesa, itereriag away the white',
saseriag apparatus, ke., and oattslag the vessel to
broach to soil collide with the Ulreratone, which wim
running olose to on the sans, took. The Abraham's
jibboran was carried away, with the rail, oat head,
runnier rem, kt. Tits, moored the taskles, and cams
Into Portiand Roads at throe p.m. The Aostriso win
goings. knots, when the c&lieiou took place Owing to
she 'Peering apparatus being disabled, the Atstriao had
groat difficulty in .prevectang his own ship running on
shore. and was unable to reader any assistance to
this Ulverstous. The Abraham's diunap was about
£l5O.

1130 BRIT 61 TRAM OLD.
The deposition of the master of the Ulversters, slates
that she was of the register tonnage of 364 tons, and
belonged to Hull. Elbe was owned by Cheri.. Tata of
North Shields; she was built of wood at Ulventone, in
the VIM 1811, and bee elseging I. nnknown, The crew
pampered 18 hands, and the mister's ortilloste was oils
of oompetentry ; but tbe number wee unknown. She
had on board 475 tor of o,ke and coal, ripped by
Carr, of Newcastle, sod enerigned to order of earths-
gene. She left South Sluelds ou to. lob of February,
in good soodition wad thoroughly equipped for the
voyage. She promeded on her voyage; bat finding she
made a little water, they put into Grimsby, where Abe
wee fully repaired. Tney left Grimsby on the 14tb,
and peppered on her voyage.. far as between the
Siert and Lizard, when, nasog with strops winds, the
deponent decided to bear up for Portland Itoads US the
weather had moderated. On the 26th, at 11 the
weather being equally, and the wind 8.W., blowing a
moderate gale, the ship wee under single-reefed top-
sails, I or.oall, and foretopmaat stayer', limning round
the Sill of Portleod, abut three-quarter of • roils from
Laud, strides about &N.B. going four hoots la
company with other vessels, whoa one of them whisk
was about sir or seven lengths on the starboard beam,
made a braer-to towards deponent's ship and ten Into
her stern, cutting her down to balo • the lading mark,
earrying away gaff, mime topmast and rigging attached,
sod steering apparatus. Finding the vessel was rapidly
slaking, they made signals to the stranger verill for
help; but no notioe was takeo. On getting out one of
the boats, It WIIII smashed by the sea. Then they got
out the long.b et, In whioh the master sod crow mad*
for land, and to twenty minutes saw the ship founder.
A pilot boat came to their assist/mos when close to
Portland, and brought the deponent and crew Into
Weymouth Ilarbour at one p.m. The veseel that our
into oolLiaiou was an Auttdan ship which has since come
iota Portland Saida Ile rates that the compared
were in good order, five in numb r, and they bad also
fog and light signals and regulatloos for inserting
collisione at sea on board. The loss on the ship and
cargo fa unknown, and the amount of inauranos
Is also unknown. The writ served on the Austrian is
for £.8,000.
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_ POOLS.

Ilsowo r urn 01124-1111-4. The Re.l G. Weteroasa
delivered his seased leatare on this subPo', at the
Tows Mall, on Tucsal,y evening. in aounsetioa with the
Young Mea's Christian Assoekatien. The chair was
watesied by Mr. M. Kemp-Welah, proddent of the
society.

COUllna AND Tall LONDON AND 80011-
WENTZ/AN HAJLWAY CONFANT. —The proposal to oppose,
M the mat of the borough rate, the new Bill of the
above company, hat remised the aanotion of thc Borne
13itoretsr7. It may be remembered that the portion of
the Bill °nutpick:tad of ha, reformat to delaying the
construction of tramways round the quays of thin
port. . _

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FuIISSTIRS' Dunne. —rho members of Court unity,
of the Landsat Order of Forester. of this town, distil
together on Towlay sysoing hut, at the Bull aad
Crown Inn, Hich-strevt. The medusa ofiber of the
soot, Bro. W. Turner **copied the eosin Alter
dinner • number of toasts were drunk, most of which
had 'Warsaw to Forestry, and the vatting was 'peat
In • very harmonious manner.
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ESTEiTAUIIIIIIT.—,OLI Tri;clay evening WI waded-
ine entertainment of Us. maws, In goenestios with St.
Mary's Church, Lmefleot, was elven- at the Oddfellows
Hall, Poole. The room was crowded, and, thanks to
tha exertiono of the ladles sod gentlemen who rendered
their Sit7loo4, the eutertainment was most suoseeduL
Poleetions of instrumental music were gives by Kra
Williams, Mrs. W. W. Aldridge, Mem% W. W. sod
G. Attridge' C. EL Morgan, IL B. Smith, and De
Comae. Vatioss songs were rendered in exoellent
style by Mimi L. Jones, Las Hennes, Miss Moos, Mao
Gould, Kies Rogers, Dr. PbUpote, and Mr. F. Aldrklge.
Some readings were else 'feu by Um Rev. I. Cool:ales,
and Kress. H. D. lkUla, W. W. Aldridge, .04 0.
Harrison. At the dem of tho entertMemenY ths Raw.
J. L. Williams. vicar of Bt. Mary's, Loneliest, proposed
a vote of thanks to tits ladies and gentlemen who had
elven their wervices that evenhig, and at Use previous
PAhloricgs, lurd mid he intended to apply the prooseds,
towards enlarging the Loneliest National Schools.
THOILIDA T. —Baiere the es-Mayor ( &Woman J.
Harkerj„ and Mr. C. J. Slone.
Jam RirAerdson was enramooed by Sarah Wink worth
for wane towards her language of. eharacter to meats
a breach of the pow& It was • osighboses quarrel,
and they won both bound over to be of good be

Robert 81x,4411 was fined and arta for reaulting
Jane Stickley, on ths quay, yesterday.
A ma.ter mariner, named La ktercAssd was nos.
mooed by John Browo, • pilot of this port, for offering
bin • kW Mtn Of II1000) tran he WM 'railed to
charge. The evident!' was intorpeted to the de'endarat
by kir. R. &tiro. It appeared that yesterday week,
the defendant err nuking for the port with big WOW.
the Marie, of Granville, and &Weed the pilot's s
The 'hip went ashore, but the dresidaat got a eaebarosi
without soy asaistansw, and he then offend the oom-
plainant Ifin to take her up the harbour. This was
retard, and the offer was this alleged offence. The
berth hold that no offense had been trommithed, aa the
somprlnant had not readered Lay weir to the
dreodant. The summons mr4 be distress&

Snit MI&
'basks:now To Canana.—The following entreats
from a latter lately rewired from a tradesman, formerly
residing at Bare Regis, to a friend at Woodford, will
be read with intereet, containing, as it does, some very
useful ioformation to intending emigrants. it is dated
"Norway, Toronto, January, 1873." The writer sitar
giving a petrel outline of the peoullarities of his own
haziness, proceeds to state that Ithouriug men get from
our to vas had a h ,if dollars per day (a dollar befog of
the value of 4.. 24. English money). Flrst-olam board
et good hotels and boarding houses eon be had at thry•
dollars per week. Reef is 3 iterate per lb.. pork 5 wads.
potatoes 1,. 61 per basket, apples 20. 61 per bushel,
geese 2s. each, turkeys 31. fowls 64. per pair, sod
dugs 2a. Cool and firewood are high, as well am bowel
root. The cold is very severe in winter, the memory
tolliag to 22 below tom with plenty of snow, which
affords good sleighing; and is by law every one is
oompelled to have bells to prevent amsidents, the jing-
Wog is very pleasant to hear. in winter out-door work
is generally sitepended, as the ground is frozen to •
depth of three feet, The summers are hotter than in
gogland. Melons, citrons, and Indian corn will ripen
in the open ground without say core, also tomatool,
used by almost every one. Fruit is very cheap, prime
oculist being 1 dollars • bushel, apples I dollars for
a barrel of shout 31 bushels. Although the winters are
severe, many of %be fruits and dowers cultivated ire
gardens grow wild in the bush. Fish la abundant, and
if persons were satisfied with these.. amount of food,
and of the tame quality, as In Ifinglaad, they oonld live
as cheap; but as • rule they seem to get extravagant in
this respect This amatry is a good one for agrieul-
Ural labourers or any unskilled labourer. There are
too many msehaales, clerks, and Mei raesistsets, the
supply befog le ethers of the demand. Again, there
are many who Gem* with no definite idea of what they
are going to do, thinking something will tent up, god
disappointed, said go booth again dissatisfied. The
idintate is owe drawbaek, and the next is the whisky
(Canada's corm); many now omen split as this rook.
11 1111 Psr quark sad the general beverage. Toronto
Is •Is city of about 75,000 inhabitants, with hand-
some buildings, wide and straight streets, some fear
miles la length. Two-thirds of the population are
laglish, bat boleti so near the United States they copy
many of their oustems and manzterr. The people
pear to be more loyal than in England, owing,
log to the writer, to their not being so toned to support
a Monsrehy MP at home. Two-and-a-half dollars pee
year in tbe shape of rate., ineluding school rata, which
entitles the payer to the education of tul his Waldron,
was all he had to pay. Allwere on • mono aqua foot.
lag, masters and servants taking their meals together,
and hired farm lirvanto treated as human beings; the
employer ooesidering himself depending as much es
his hired men as the pion is ettesidered depoudent en
the =eater. At all merry-makinp they mix together
cm equal terms. L %boozers are hired by the month, at
from 10 to 90 dells; with bud; and there is Mill I
for many husked.,