The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-04-23 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Csroaenwainaes.—An adjourned vestrytthoeting
was held for the district of St. John's on Thursday
evening. The Rev. H. Jaipur occupied the
ehair. The accounts of the past year were examined
and passed. Mr. Christopher Mitchell was reelected
the minister's churchwarden, and Mr. G. E.
Andrews was elected for the third time to that office
on the part of the parish, for the ensuing year. Mr.
Andrews moved, "That as the present Bethel
Chapel is inaufficient to accommodate those desiring
to attend divine service at that place of worship, the
Rev. U. Jeerer be requested to suggest to the Bethel
committee, the desirability of applying to the Corn.
toissioners of Woods and Toronto for • more suitable
site for the erection of • new chapel for seamen."
The rmmolution, on being seconded, was carried ann.
• Riotously, as was also • proposition that two sermons
be preached on Sunday next, on behalf of the fund
towards defraying the expenses connected with St.
John's Church. A vote of thanks to the chairman
terminated the proceedings.
I& U 'MILHOUS AHLRULT . —OR Friday evening led •
murderous assault was committed on a warder,
named Kennedy. It appears that Kennedy was
one of the warders at Chatham at the time of the
riot at that establishment • short time since. Soule
el the convict rioters at Cholera were also
transferred to the Convict Establishment at Portland.
One of them was • man who had been • soldier, and
who was under sentence of 10 years' transportation
for manslaughter for musing the death of another
by stabbing. On Friday morning Kennedy had
000111106 to reprove this man for misconduct. The
man replied to him in abusive language, and
Kennedy threatened to report him. Things passed off
till lees in the afternoon, when the man seized the
=unity to *bike Kennedy with • shovel be was
but the latter, maim the blow aimed at him,
movok backwards, and be received the blow slant-
ingly of perpendicularly. As it was, his
right eyebrow wee- kid open, and his noes at the
bridge was severed in twain. For several hours his
We was despaired of, but under the able treatment
ef Dr. Houghton and Mr. Gowdell, the surgeons of
the prison, be is now doing well. There can be no
doubt that had he not in a measure avoided the
blow by stepping back, be would have been killed
on the spot
Swoon A CCIDZXT. —On Tuesday afternoon •
fearful accident occurred in the quarry belonging to
Moen. Steward and Co. A man, named William
PRIM, was working the traveller on the palm
vino, on lowering a large stone, by some mis-
tsmaagement of the breaksman, the handle of the
winehine Sew back with great rapidity, and catching
Pearce's slop, hurled him round and threw him to
the ground, • distance of about 30 feet. He was
conveyed home, and Mr. Harris, surgeon, was
quickly In attendance, but it is feared that the poor
fellow will not recover. He has • wife and • huge
flonnux DRAT& —On Friday last, Henry Steele,
a pensioner, residing at Reform, was struck with a
paralytic fit from which he did not recover.
Although in receipt of • pension of 14s. a week, be
spot the whole of his time in collecting and dispels.
lag imf hells on the jabot& Between 12 and 1 o'clock
on the day in gaieties, some whet from Weymouth
sidled on him, aad as he was taking some specimen@
to the carriage, be fell down in • fit. He woe cerriel
to bed, bee be did not speak afterwards. Hr. Han*
eorgeon, was called in, but without avail. He
insensible to all surrounding objects and
appeared
speak afterwards, and died on the following
afternoon. He was 78 yews of age.
POIRTLAND CHORAL SOLTITT. —We regret be
Imre that concerts given by the Portland Choral
Society, both at Dorchester and at Weymouth last
week were anything but satisfactory in • pecuniary
potht of view. This is greatly to be regretted, an
they deserve entearagement, both as regards talent
and perseverance. Nevertheless, we are not surprised
at the failure. The concerts can scarcely be said to
have been made public. A very few posters were
stuck on the walls at some of the out-of-the.way
comers of the towns, and a few circulars were me t
to private Individuals, who did not attend. They
were not advertised in the newspapers, and many
parties who perhaps would have been present knew
nothing of the muerte coming off. It was not •
matter of surprise, therefore, that the attendance
was small. Thos. whose profession it is to give
popular entertainments always advertise, and they
find it greatly to their advantage to do so.
Time Byrum Ceara'. —A ourrespondent, writing
from Portland. says, '1 am glad to find, Mr. Editor,
that the remarks in your paper a few weeks Moos,
respecting the Bethel Chapel, were taken up by the
vestry meeting held at the district church of Se
John's last week. Is is wet desirable that the Bethel
Chapelkhisaluittee should receive the
posed to the right spirit., and that theys6=6:esprie
othemary MHOS fur obtaining a more suitable site for
the erection of • pleas of wonhip for the sailors visit-
ing our port. To attend the present chapel the sea-
men have to pees several public homes, and the con-
'sweats ia, many who set out with • view of going
to chapel, never get beyond them places, whereas,
• more meltable building were erected near the break-
water, the temptation would not be thrust in their
way."