The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-09-06 00:00:00

SALISBURY.

WEYMOUTH RACIAL—EXCtRIUOX TRAIL—The
south-Western Railway announce a cheap excursion
trip to Weymouth and back on Thursday next, the
second day of the races.
THE GREAT EASTERN OWE PORTLAIM—This
monster ship being advertised to be ready at Port-
land for the reception of visitors from the 9th to the
15th inst., the South-Western Company will run
special excundon trains from this city and the
neighbouring places to Weymouth, from the 9th to
the 15th inst.
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Suunes DEATH—An inquest was held by Mr.
Wilson on Wednesday last, on the body of Jane
Coombs, who died suddenly in Milford street, on the:
morning of the same day. It appeared that the hus-
band of the deceased got up at six o'clock in the
morning and went to his work as usual. leaving his
wife in bed, and in good health; but its consequence
of her not getting up at licr usual time, a neighbour
went in to see for her, when she heard the child of
the deceased (only two or three months old) crying
upstairs, and went and found deceased lying in
bed and apparantly dead. Mr. Winzar wall at once
sent for, and pronounced her to be dead, but was
sum ble to account for her death ; but from the
composed way in which the body wasfound, the jury
were perfectly satisfied that her death could only be
attributed to natural calor" and returned a verclkt
to that effect.

SOUTHAMPTON.
THE MAILS, &C.—Scpt. 4. —The Pcnihsular and
Oriental Company's screw steamship Pei., Captain
T. Jamieson, was despatched hence to-dky for Gib-
raltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the Calcutta,
and China mails. She takes out 170 passengers, a,
full cargo, and 1 boxes of specie, jewellery, k.c.,.
value £437,504 Is. 2d., of which .63,000 is in sove-
reigns for Ceylon; £7lll in sovereigns and half ditto.
for Madras; £299,845 7s. in bar silver and silver
coin, and £565 in sovereigns, for Calcutta; £10,040
in dollars, for Singapore; £84,632 17s. 2d. in
dollars and bar silver for Hongkong; £.35,618 17a.
in bar silver and dollars, for Shanghai; and the
remainder in jewellery, watches, precious stones,
&c., for different ports. Among the passengers are
Rear-Admiral Decree, R.N. • Captains Cunningham,
Chalmers, Davidson, Harwood, Jenkins, ld'Phereon,
and Spear; Lieut. Turton ; Assist-Surgeon Wield,
Dr. Ray; Ensign Cooper; Rev. Messrs. Bromehead,
Cowley, Mitcheson, and Williamson. The Ham-
burg-American Company's screw steamer Borealis,
Capt. Trautmann, sailed this morning at 6 o'clock
for New York, Cu. route from Hamburg, with the
German and English mails, 408 passeers from
Hambur4, France, and England, and afa cargo.
The 'Union Screw Company's steamship Athens,
Capt. Strutt, leaves on Monday for the Cape of Good
Hope, with nearly 400 tons of measurement anger,
aria full of passengers, calling at Plymouth for tha
mails.
THE LOSS Or ME ARGO, New YORK AND GAL-
WA STIANER.—OH Saturday the Board of Trade
issued the report of Mr. Porter, the magistrate,
and Captain Harris, the nautical &senor, who held
the recent inquiry at Dublin into the loss of the
Argo, one of the New York and Galway line of
steamers, on the coast of Newfoundland, and the
decision of the Board in the matter. The Argo was
upwards of 2,000 tons, and was formerly one of the
fleet of the General Screw Steam Shipping Com-
pany. She was on a voyage from New York to St.
John's, Newfoundland, and Galway, with 210 pas-
sengers of different classes on board, when she struck
on a rock on the morning of the 28th of Jane, and
became a total loss. After noticing the course and
progress of the ship, Mr. Porter reports :-1 am,
therefore compelled to say the omission to slow the
engine of his ship during a dense fog was the pri-
mary cause of ths disaster; and 1 consequently find
that the loss of the Argo was occasioned by the
default of the master. Captain Harris, the nautical
assessor, expressed his concurrence in the report.
The Board of Trade have directed that Captain
Halpin's certificate be suspended for nine months.

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