The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-22 00:00:00

Arum ant) Natm.

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Lto.tWe fiol.ntr.tto.—After the aiseontinnonce of the
practice for some time, the military antliurit'es at Ili:a-
-ttain are again about to resort to the system of .04;t5.,4 t
liberty iiviane 1.1.1i,r5, who are found ;noir ilde. its the
public streets, a communication having Is eo Toesday
morning received by the town maim& ,4-4 at I:44elie-I,r,
in which city the Military Lunatic Asylum at Fort l'itt
happens to be situate, that an insane soldier would Is.
at at liberty in OM! of the streets Tties4'.ay inoming,
the notice !wing given in oi,ler that the necexsary step
may be taken to prevent his committing any outrage
and to enable the police to apprehend him.. The Mayor
44 Rochester, to whom the communication was a. Wm.-ed.
Lrought the subject before the notice of the bench if
magistrate.: at Chatham on Tuesday, when it was stated
that, in consequence of the expense entailed on the
parish in which Fort l'itt lice by the military authorities
discharging the lunatic soldiers, and thus causing them
to be chargeable to that parish, stein would be taken to
resist the conduct of the llovernitient, which is believed
to be wholly illegal. Several insane soldiers were some
time since discharged from Fort Pitt at various periods ;
but, in consequence of the representations uncle by the
authorities, directions were given to iii,cosstitice the
practice, which, however, appear* about to be recom-
menced. _ .

NAVAL VOLusrEcus.—The first day of the
New YeAr will witness the CollllllellettO Alt of asyrtelli
From which • most valuable accession to the defences of
the country is anticipated. We may say, iwired, that
if the scheme in question should prove absolutely pucc,.
ful the Navy will twver want men, and that, A far os
this arm of the iniblic service is concerned, we :boll lw
prepared for any emergency at any most:tit. Already,
besides the various iliell•Ueeti:elepted to 111%llee the oral-
nary sapply, we Wee A re,ree in tille :AO a
further sUppOrt ill the Naval Coast Volunteers ; but, in
addition to these forces, it was enacted in the last re--
' of Parliament that a body of :litJasi trained seamen
might be litionally retained in the service of the
country, under the title of " The 'loyal Naval Volun-
teers.' The proceedings required fur the organization
of this powerful fort* have now been taken, and the Ist
of January, IssiO, is fixed upon for the day on uhich
cii-
rehisseusi

A complete cooking battery for 5010 men is in cour,e
of construction in the carriage department of Woohaichi
Arsenal, and is ordered by the Cowman.ler-in-Chief to
he completed with the utmost possible sliced for service
with the troops in Chios. Ca;itain (rant has been re-
quested to direct the formation of the equipment upon
the plan of his ambulatory boilers and pontoon kelt'. s,
winch hare lis•en tested with so munch satisfaction to the
army, the authorities of the War Department, and the
Sanitary Committee of Inspection. They are to be
fitted on six artillery wagons, and when finished,
according to the approved system already thoroughly
tosted, they will form the most efficient method of
military cooking which has ever been levied for an
army in the field. The plan f trench cooking in the
ground by means of the trench stoves, tenoed by the
inventor " pontoon kettles: is considered e'en adapted
for our sailors and incrine when employed on
shore.
'lOll POSITIONS rnit COATING SHIPS' BOTTOMS.—
number of gentlemen lit reel in shipbuilding assem-
bled in the Southampton !hicks on Tuesday 111 l to
witness the result of an experiment which 100 l excited
:own interest among persons of tint class. In the cal ly
part, of lust May the Royal ii 4' psny's sti amsbi P
Atrato wa, coated on the st Award side with Mine's
green copper soap, and ,m toe port side with Peacock sod
I,tucliati's pink composition, for tho purpose of practiiilly
testing the relative merits lir the two articles in keep-
ing the Isitt of the ship clean. On docking the
Atrato on Tuesday last for examination it was found
that the starboard side was covered with coral pipe,
shells, and barnacles, with a good deal f corrosion
while the port able was perfectly free front coraline
incrustation or barnacles, having merely A thin slimy
' unctuous coating upon it. The result is consider it
as having incontestibly proved tint preparatii ins of copper
; are of little value in prevexting incrustation or fouling
on the bottoms of iron ships, while their galvanic action
must, sooner or later, prove injurious to the rivets and
plates. The green composition is now being scraped off
I the Atrato.

Tint l'ut:rrn OF WALFS.—Tio. Montreal Pilo! says,
—•• We have it on authority tlint Ids Royal II iglitteas t lie
Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Colonist t's..cretary.
and other distinguished urrstinages, will ebit Canada in
the end of May or the be:tinning of June next. The
formal opening' of the Victoria-bridge will then take
place. The corporation having appointed a committee
to meet the (lranil Trunk direct., nod comprrate with
them on the ctlelimtion, wo uniterotatol that Mr. Illsek-
will, at an interview with the elisirman 'ommillor
Itristow,) espre.sed the great felicity he would have in
doirt; all in the power of the company to make the
colebration worthy of the OCCasion, nod of the illustrious
visitors from England expected to be pre,ent at it. 'rho
bridge will be opened for traffic next month, but no
public t r general demonstration will he made."