The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

CLARK, rue E.sc %Pen COsvh7.--It Wa. generally
rumoured in Portlenil. on l'uesslay, ti at Clark, the
con% ict rho escaped a few months anice from the
convict prison, lad been recapture& The report
*emus to have arisen from thiscirc tance. Uuder
the head of Southwark police intelligence, the
London daily papers contained a case, halite'
•• immense robberies t Briatol.by an escaped convict.
aud rougular appreheusion of the receiver of stolen
4uosts.' It seems that William Clark. a mai, almut
del years of age. carriing on Mumma* as boot awl
shoe soaker, at No. 6, Itriuiswick•terrace, Water-
lane. Hackney. whmisi brother recently %seeped frail
the Portland convict establialsnient, VIAS brought
Oelore Mr. Coornise, by Mr. Sticklawl. a detective
olfi.alr, charged with having in hi. posse-rum hale
of linen jean, &c., of considerable TAW.% stolen,
sith other goods, from a mercantile house in Bristol.
A few days ago, Inspector Moore. M
received information from Mr. Hancock. of Bristol,
superintendent ..f police. that numerous robberies
•iad been perpetnited at men:haute' waniliousee,
my a very numerous gang of notorimus thieves,
headed by a limn named Clark. who had recently
•Pr 'ash out .0, and that there Was
every reason to wit,pee that the property had been
sent op to Li mviii for &wed. In e..llllwilleliCe "(that,
Atricklarril) made intones, awl aetertaltied that
' the prisoner was the brother of the essayed c .nvict,
Aild With sine difficulty lie found out hie reableime.
Utz Friday minting he went with Primes owl Holmes.
. Wid "tiler %must:tides, to prisoner'a residence, ilthl
mend prisoner corn In 4 nu the business of a temt awl
• shoe maker. Within* told Win what lie wanted.
Iu rearelic,l time 'muse, when lie discovered a bum
ills of linen jean awl other similar goods of consider-
aide value Witness took the pnaolier into custody,
and by direction of Mr. Superintendent Bramlford,
telegraphed to the Bristol polio,. and received
in answer from Mr. Hancock, that the goods were
a portion of some thousands of pounds' a orth
stolen recently from numeriete merchants in
Bristol. where others were in custody for the
robberies. tic therefore asked for a remand
for the attendance of Mr, Illeno,ek,—Mr. Coombe
ordered the prisoner. who maid nothing in
ins defence, to he detained and given up t • the
isupenutendrnt of the Bristol 111.41011 as soon as he
made his appearance. The reaped oitiviet. ue
ouslerstrml, is one of the apprelmsoded party at
Bristol.
CHANSCL Fteirr.—Five vessels belonging to the
Channel Fleet, the a hookir, Dosie,7•l• t.•••eturion,
mot tier.. arri% eti 011 1.11,10111 y 1110nling
111 Portland roads. It wms said that others would
strive on the folhiwiug (lay. awl that they would
star for three weeks. The fact hoesiver is, we
believe. tat it is not at all ccrutin how long they
will remain in the nettle.
Wa.evax Howe Oil Thursday
evening, the week animal meeting of the Portland
Westle3an Home Mi,ol/,,118 WWI ',eta at the Wtaleyaii
Chapel. Fortune's Wel:. There sas a large
attenshume, awl Mr. Itaggett. of We mouth, war
called on to preable. meeting aas addressed
by the Bees. Josiah Cot. who attended as a
deputation from the p trent society, It. Cooke and
J. S. Viet, of We% mouth circuit, and S. Mani,
superintendent of the Portland circuit. Mr. Cox,
ado. was live years a minnow.% in China, and who is
about shortly to return to the While field ~f labour,
gave an interesting narrative of numerms incidents
which Ireful him or tams under his own observation
ii that country. WesleistlisUl Iles gained a hmtusg
ni the oelestial empire. awl there are several native
Wasle)an lusad preachers who are zealously esuptuyed
in proclaiming the Word of Life Siihmg their fellow.
countrymen. Altogether, this was the best bonie
Me,sionary anniveistry, sod twat iuteresting. that
iias ever been held in Portland.
TaLmin.rurc CARL& Tee telegraphic cable
between Portland and Jersey, %Lich ass lichen
some months since, is being put into thorough
repair by the party who tint laid it &mu, sir theta,,
may shortly eipect it again in wits king order.