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19/12/1861

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The Dorset County Chronicle. Somersetshire Gazette

Date of Article: 19/12/1861
Printer / Publisher: Henry Spicer 
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AND GENERAL ADVERTISER FOR THE SOUTH AND SOUTH- WEST OF ENGLAND NEW SERIES. VOL. 8.— NO. 21 OLD SERIES. VOL. 35.— NO. 2124 UNSTAMPED FOURPENCE STAMPED FIVEPENCE. WITH SUPPLEMENT, CONTENTS, Page Post Free for Forty eight Stamps. CHRISTMAS: its CUSTOMS and CAROLS ; with compressed Score for Four Voices, and accom- igpaniment from Old Cathedral Books, Orlando Gibbons, fflMendelssolin, and others, By W. WALLACE FYFE, m Author of " Summer Life on Land and Water." With Holly and Ivy So green and so gay, We deck up our bouses As fresh as the day; With Bays and Rosemary And Laurel complete, And everyone now Is a King in conceit. Poor Robin's Almanac, 1695. CONTENTS: CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS : Antiquity of Christmas— Spirit of Christmas Festivity— Spiced Tankards— Roasted Apples — Mince Pies— Christmas Pies— Turkey, Goose, and Brawn— Etymology of " pie"— Garlands— Dancing— Holly, Ivy, and Mistletoe— The Glastonbury Thorn- Folk Lore of the Mistletoe— Ivy— Contention of the Ivy and Mistletoe— Bacchus and the Ivy— The Holly Tree Bough ( song)— George Wither's " Christmas"— Christ- mas- box— Origin of Yule— German Christmas Tree- Pagan Decorations — Christmas Grotesque — Roman Saturnalia— Ghosts and Fairies— Bishop Corbet's " Fare- well"— The Greek Cottabus or real original Aunt Sally- Greek Riddles and Forfeits— Christmas Game of Plum Pudding— Christmas Plays of " the Author," " Messen- J gers," " The Bar of Justice," " Composition," " Double j Meanings," " Shadow Buff," and " Knights of the Whistle." Origin of Stage Plays, Pantomimes, Mysteries. j Moralities, Mumming Play of" Alexander, or the King of! Egypt." CHRISTMAS CAROLS: Tableau of theNativity— The Angels'f Song, solo and chorus— lis history and importance,! influence on civilization— Roman Saturnalia, Libertas J Decembri— Distinctive Characters of Christmas Carols— | Superstitions regarding Animals— Date of the Nativity | „( with Authorities)— Import of the word " Christmas" | I" and of the term " Carol" ( with quotation of authorities) j — Varieties of Christmas Carols. I.— ECCLESIASTICAL CHAUNTS.— Te Deum Laudamus— Am- 8 brosian— Gregorian— Charlemagne's Hymn — AdesteE Fideles ( Portuguese Hymn)— Ancient Introit or Gradual E — A Child is Born— Orlando Gibbon's " As on the nights before the blessed morn." II.— POPULAR RELIGIODS CAROLS.—" In Excelsis Gloria"! ( Maccaronic)— Legend of Joseph and the Angel— 1 " Christ was born on Christmas Day" ( Swedish Mac- g caronic)—" God rest ye, merry gentlemen," Virgin andi Child," " The First Noel," The Golden Carol. III.— FESTIVE CAROLS.— Norman Carol " Seigners orel entendez a nus"— Caput apri defero ( the Boar's Head ^ Carol)— Solo and Chorus " The Boar s Head in Hand! Bear I"—" The Boar is Dead" ( Oxford Grace). IV.— CURRENT CAROLS.—" Christians, Awake"— Christmas | Comes"—" Hark the Herald Angels sing" ( Mendelssohn) 8 — Finale " While Shepherds Watch their flocks by 1 night." I Chronicle Office, Dorchester, and all Booksellers. [ 3345g AGRICULTURAL PUBLICATIONS. Just Published, at all the Railway Bookstalls, PRICE SIXPENCE, PRACTICAL PAPERS FOR FARMERS' 1 CLUBS. No. I. By WILLIAM WALLACE FSTFE,! Author of " AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE APPLIED IN PRACTICE," I SOME CONSIDERATIONS on the TOP- DRESSING and! CLEANING of LAND. PRICE SIXPENCE PRACTICAL PAPERS FOR FARMERS'! CLUBS. No. IT. ON THE ECONOMISING! | OF THE URINE OF TOWNS, addressed to the TOWN! [ Council of NOTTINGHAM. In Preparation for the Great Exhibition, LARGE TYPE CATECHISXM FOR COUNTRY 1 SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 1 I APPLIED IN PRACTICE." By WILLIAM WALLACE I IFYFE. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. Cloth- square, Price 2s. 6d. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE APPLIED I- N I PRACTICE, with Rotary Market and Feeding [ Tables, showing the Equivalents and Value of different kinds of Farm Produce. I London: Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster Row. ; 3322 THE NEW TRACTION ENGINE AND NEW STEAM PLOUGH. To Contractors and Agriculturists. TAPLIN and Co.' s NEW PATENT PRIZE TRACTION ENGINE for Drawing Heavy Loads, Steam Ploughing, Thrashing, & c. Particulars sent post free by applying to Messrs. B. D. TAPLIN, Co., Traction Engine Works, Lincoln. [ 3352 ITO THE GOVERNORS OF THE DORSET 1 COUNTY HOSPITAL. Mr LOHDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,— T Have the honour to acknowledge the receipt JL of a note from the Rev. C. Bingham, informing nu that you have unanimously elected me to fill the office of Consulting Surgeon to the Dorset County Hospital, and also communicating a resolution which had been unani- mously passed, expressive of your regret at my retiring from the office of Surgeon, and your warm acknowledg- ments for my past services. I beg to say this is most gratifying to me, and I thank you most sincerely; and I am not unmindful of the frank and handsome manner in which you elected me to the office of Surgeon twenty years ago without my soliciting a Hsingle vote. I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful Servant, W. D. TAPP. [ 3359 H TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL. If My LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,— IBeg to offer you my sincere Thanks for the honourable position in which you have placed me lias Surgeon to the Dorset County Hospital. I shall con- Htinually endeavour, by carrying out the promises already || made to the Governors, to prove myself worthy of their confidence. I remain, 1 My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, JOHN TUDOR. Dorchester, December 15th. [ 3360 TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL. KT LOACS, LADIES, ANJJ GEJN£ L'EMEN,— 1 If Y opponent, Mr. Tudor, has, as most of youl 1 Vi are by this time aware, succeeded in obtaining the vacant Surgeoncy at the County Hospital, notwith- standing that a very large majority of the Governors polled in my favour, viz.: 313 for me, against 205 for Mr. Tudor. I beg most cordially to thank my many friends, and to assure them that, though beaten, it is a great consolation to feel that the wishes of an overwhelming majority of Governors would have placed me in the envied position now occupied by my rival. I cannot omit especially to thank the eight Boards of Guardians, who, by large majorities of their several bodies, decided to tender me their support. The only other Board subscribing did not vots. I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, ALFRED EMSON. Dorchester, Dec. 13,1861. [ 3363 DORSET COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM. TENDERS are invited for SUPPLYING the DORSET COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM with MEAT, Bread, and Cheese, for three months, and with Rice, Oatmeal, Grocery, Ale, Soap, Candles, Coals, Brushes, Leather, Straw, Hay, Oats, Barleymeal, and other Articles, for six months, from the 31st instant. The Tenders must be delivered at the Asylum on or before Monday, the 23rd instant. Forms of Tender may be obtained on application at the Asylum, or to Mr. JOHN BROWN, Dorchester, Clerk to thefl Visitors. 3 N. B.— The Visiting Justices do not bind themselves tog ( accept the lowest Tender. j Dated 10th December, 1861. [ 3301 | 2 DORSET COUNTY PRISON, DOBCHESTEB, Dec. 12tb, 1861. I TENDERS are invited for SUPPLYING the! DORSET COUNTY PRISON with the following ® j ARTICLES for Six Months, from the 9th JANUARY, 1862, H [ to be there delivered, free of expense, in such quantities, l § and at such times as the Governor shall direct. EveryH Tender must be addressed to the Visiting Justices, markedH outside " Tender for ," and delivered at the Frisonil on or before the 26th Dec. The quality of the Ai'ticlesB will be most rigidly enforced, and the Contracts will be made subject to a proviso that, in default of the Contractor omitting or neglecting to send in goods when ordered, or that if when delivered such goods shall not be of the quality or description contracted for, the Visiting Justices or the Governor will be authorized to return the same, and to employ other persons to execute such order, and to charge the difference in price, and all expenses incurred, Ito the Contractor. Hatch Rans, Top and Under Butts, at per lb. N. B.— The Meat to be delivered at the Prison by 8 o'clock in the Morning, 1 lb. of Bone only allowed to lOlbs. of Meat. Best Oatmeal, at per Cwt. S 8 . rRice ( Patna), at per Cwt. " 3 ' a. a Soda, at per Cwt. kg*) Soap ( Hard), at per Cwt. < D " S Salt, at per Cwt. § o Black Pepper, at per lb. 1,3 § (^ Starch and Blue, at per lb. I Best Dorset Cheese, at per Cwt. ' Straw, at per Ton. Forms of Tender may be obtained at the Governor's ® Office. J. V. D. LAWRANCE, Governor. IS [ 3302 1 Page London Gossip 414 Foreign Intelligence ... 414 Colonial 414] General Home Intelligence 414) General London News ... 415, Covrt and Fashion 412f Ecclesiastical Intelligence.. 413 j Naoal, Military, Militia, Sfc. 4091 Railways and Public Comp. 415J Law Proceedings - 1151 Waifs and Strays 413. Sporting News 409! Commercial Notes 411i| London Gazette 4091 Agricultural Chronicle ... 415a Calendar 41B! Railway Time Tables ... 41ti| Home Gossip 41Ufc Foreign Gossip 41l| Latest Intelligence 4111 Leaders:— The Death of the Prince... Our National Religion ... Dorsetshire ... Somersetshire Devonshire ... Wiltshire ... Hampshire Poets' Corner :— On the Death of the Prince Consort— Lwone- aomenes3 Literary Articles:— Israel in Egypt— Modern Metre— The Philosophy of Revelation— Almanac — New Music Our Correspondence:— The Weekly Oflertory and the Charity Sermon ... ADVERTISEMENTS. Page Page Dorchester Union 417 Valuable Information ... 419 Dorchester Union 417 Wines and Spirits 402! Situation as Steward Wanted401 Generous Thoughts ( par.) 416i Timber at Oaundle Bishop 420 Portraits, & o 409 Christmas Novelties ... 420 Wedding Cards 402 DorsetAsylum— Tenders... 401 Sewing Machine 402 Dorset Prison— Tenders ... 401 Deafness 4191 Worcestershire Sauce ... 402 Watches and Clocks ... 402j Estate Agents & Auctioneers 420 Silks 417 Cod Liver Oil 419 Furniture 402 Teas 402 Teas 4021 Cutlery 402 Fine Arts 4181 Furniture 402 Fine Art Union 418| Moo Main Lever Truss ... 419 Tea 4021 Strawson's Composition ... 402 Patents 4181 Worsdell's Pills 419 Manual of Psalmody ... 4is! Poor Man's Friend ... 419 Mechanic's Magazine ... 4186 North British Insurance .., 418 New Filters 418! St. Andrew's College ... 417 Wood Engraving 418| Powell's Balsam 419 Albion House School, Jerse/ i!, g Sewing Machine 402 Emigration to Australia ... 41& I I Births, Deaths, & Marriages 420 Cake tor Cattle 4025 I Joyce's Stove 402 Christmas Carols 40l| I Money to Lend 417 Brougham for Sale ... 42o § I Railway Assurance ... 418 Shares Wanted ... ... 4201 I Baking Powder ( paragraph) 116 Brewery, Wareham ... 417S I Camomile Pills 418 Groom Wanted 4011 I Register- Properties for Sale420 Paw lett Hams to be let ... 420| I Hydropathic Establishment 401 Royal Exchange Fire Office 418B I Keating's Lozenges ... 419 Steam Engine 401 j I Queenwood College ... 417 Situation as Bailiff Wanted 4011 I Remedy for Deathess ... 419 Application for Loan ... 402B I Lancashire InsuranceComp. 418 Huish's Scholarship ... 417| Lambert's Balsam 419 South Western Railway ... 41sl Balsam of Honey 419 Great Western Railway .... 418| Scottish Widows' Fund ... 418 Infant Orphan Asylum ... 40l| China, & c., Warehouse ... 402 Address of. Thanks JOlg Ricord's Essence 419 Address of Thanks 40ll Cocoa 402 Servant Wanted 40ll Holloway's Ointment ... 419 Agricultural Repository Sale 42o| Holloway's Ointment ( par.) 410 Address of Thanks 40ll Thorlsy's Food 402 StoboroughHeathInclosure417 § Thorley's Food ( paragraph) 410 Christmas Presents ... 4171 Worm Lozenges 418 Under- keepers Wanted ... 40ll To Builders 417 Nicoli's Agency 420j Atlas lire Office 418 Residence, Weymouth, to let42o] County Ball 420 Poles, Came, to be sold ... 42ol Farmers'Club Meeting ... 417 Inlant Orphan Asylum ... 401B Annual Meeting 420 Clerk Wanted 401B Sampford Peverell School 417 Situation as Housekeeper 401M Enter. aining Things ... 418 Kitchen Maid Wanted ... 40ll Washing Machine 402 Situation, Governess Wanted401B Repository Sale 420 Pianoforte Tuner 417H Glenfield Starch ( par.) ... 410 Removal - UijH Glenheld Starch 418 Hunter for Sale 420I Notice of Removal 420 General Mourning..; ... 420g County Ball 420 Guardian Fire Office ... 41/ B Christmas Presents ... 420 Phceuix Fire Office ... 417B HorsesWeymouth, tobesold420 Bridport Market Sale ... 420S Oldridge's Balm( paragraph) 416 Cows, Down- House Farm 420H Wimborne Monthly Sale ... 420 Housema'd Wttnted ... 401H Notice of Stopping Road... 417 House, Leigh, to be sold ... 42oB Continuation of Business.,, 420 Cerne Monthly Market ... 420g Drs. andCrs. Mr. L. Groves420 Stock, Cerne, to be sold ... 420B Steamers to Chan. Islands 418 Situation, CoachmanWanted40lB Glaze Starch 402 Waitress Wanted 401H Watches, & c 417 Barmaid Wanted 40lB Dental Surgery 402 Caledonian Railway ... 417H Emigration to Australia ... 418 Mourning 42oH Coals 417 East Orchard Inclosure ... 117H Sashes, Frames, & c. ... 417 Wimborue, & c„ Turnpike 4170 Printing 401 Philosophy of Revelation... 42oH Appendix to Almanacks ... 401 Organist's Friend 420H Loudon Manure Company 402 College School, Taunton... 417B Practical Papers 401 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSET- SHIRE GAZETTE OFFICE. GENERAL PRINTING executed with Neatness, Economy, and Despatch. BOOKWORK, SERMONS, TABULAR WORK, PAMPHLETS, & c., executed in the first style of the Art, and upon reasonable Terms. AUCTIONEERS' CATALOGUES, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CARDS, BILL- HEADS, CIRCULARS, and every description of PRINTING, on the shortest notice. [ 3319 THE WEST OF ENGLAND YDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT. NOW READY, AN APPENDIX to the ALMANACKS for the Year 1862, for Distribution to the Customers of Printers, Booksellers, Chemists, Grocers, & c., throughout the Counties of Dorset, Somerset, Wilts, Ilauts, Devon, I and Cornwall. Any Quantity PRINTED TO ORDER with Parties' own BUSINESS ADDRESS and IMPRIN'^ Jggjl" It is requested that orders, with special AddressE for insertion in the Title, be sent in without delay to the! Dorset County Chronicle and Somersetshire Gazette Office,! Dorchester. [ 3320 I LIMPLEY STOKE ( tation on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railways), 6 miles from Bath, and 3 miles from Bradford, Wilts. DAVID B. DALZELL, M. D., Physician. The Establishment is situated amidst very beautiful scenery, and will be opened ( D. v.) early in January. Terms, Two Guineas per week. For further information address Mr. T. PRESTON, Limpley Stoke, near Bath. [ 3269 (. REGISTERED FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD.] AYoung Person accustomed to TUITION is desirous of obtaining a SITUATION as a DAILY HJGOVERNESS. Good references. IS Address A. B., Dorset County Chronicle and Somerset- ||| ste- « Gazette Office, Dorchester. [ 3374 WANTED, a First- class WAITRESS iu a good Family and Commercial Hotel.— Apply, Hjstating reference, age, & c., to Star Hotel, Andover. [ 3388 WANTED, a BARMAID for a First- class Hotel; must be sober, honest, of good disposition, Hand willing to make herself generally useful. Would be ^ treated as one of the family. References required. jH Apply A. B. C., Dorset County Chronicle and Somerset- Wishire Gazette Office, Dorchester. f3389 WANTED, by a respectable Farmer's Daughter, a SITUATION as HOUSEKEEPER' Sin a genteel Family. H Address, B. A., Post- office, Bridgwater, Somerset. [ 3372 WANTED immediately, in a Gentleman's Family, a thorough good HOUSEMAID : good & wages.— Address, W. N., WIPPELI'S Registry Office, H I'eovil. [ 3383 WANTED, by a small Family in the Country, a respectable, steady Young Woman asl IjKITCHEN- MAID, not under 20 years of age. H She will be required to assist in the Dairy and make] Hherself generally useful, and must be an early riser, clean, Hijood tempered, and obliging. I Apply by letter to A. B, Post- office, Wimborne. T3373 a \\ 7ANTED immediately, in a Gentleman's I VV Family, a YOUTH, as IN- DOOR SERVANT, B who understands waiting at table, the care of plate, and Swho can be well recommended, G Apply to J. B., FOSTER'S Library, Dorchester. [ 3361 WANTED, iu a single- handed place iu the Country, a good FOOTA1 AN, who has lived iunder a Butler. I Address, W. W., Post- office, Yeovil. [ 3349 WANTED, a good GROOM, none but married men need apply.— Address, Z., Post- office, Yeovil. 8 [ 3349 WANTED, by a Young Man, a SITUATION as COACHMAN or GROOM. Age 25. Two • years and a half good character. I Address, E. C., Dorset County Chronicle and Somerset- shire Gazette Office, Dorchester. 133 7 I TINTED, by a Young Man of respectability 1 VV and good character, a SITUATION as UNDEK • STEWARD or FARM BAILIF. Has had experience in • Agriculture. Age 25. * Apply to Mr. W. DICK, Gunville, Blandford, Dorset. I [ 3298 WANTED, by a Middle- aged MAN, a SITUATION as FARM BAILIFF ; he per- fectly understands heavy and light soils, and all branches lof Farming. Wife has no objection to Manage a Dairy land take charge of Poultry, & c. Good references can be Igiven. I Address S. P. H. J., Post- office, Axminster. [ 3353 WANTED, by the Dorchester Gas and Coke Company,— An EFFICIENT CLERK to keep Jthe Books and Collect the Accounts. He will be required Ito give security. Salary 20s. per week. I Further particulars may be obtained on application atgj Jthe Gas Works, and Testimonials to be sent free of ® [ charge, addressed to the Directors at the Gas Works, onR lor before the 27th inst. 4th December, 186L [ 3371 1 UNDER KEEPERS. WANTED, on a Nobleman's Estate,— Two oil Three Good UNDER KEEPERS, each compe B ( cent to take charge of a Beat; must be handy, zealous. H land attentive to their duties, good rabbit and verming [ killers, accustomed to breed pheasants, and must bring ® [ at least two years good character with them for honest} [ and respectability. Married men not objected to. WagesiS [ 15s. per week, with promotion according to deserts. [ House, Garden, Wood Firing, and a Suit of Clothes ® [ per Annum found. [ Apply by letter, with testimonials and length of service, ® [ to Lord R., Messrs. CLIFFORD, Ryder- st., St. James's, ® London. [ 3386 K; INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANS l'EAD. i l- nilE Friends of WILLIAM HAWKINS! 1 return their sincere thanks to the Governors amlBf Subscribers of the above excellent Institution, and have ® again taken the liberty of soliciting their Votes and Interests ® on behalf of this deserving case, particularly calling their ® attention that in MAT next is the last and final applica- H tion. Dorchester, dated 16th December, 1861. [ 3358 B SECOND APPLICATION. I INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD. 1 X' \ HE Friends of JOHN ROWLAND GUMMER| ( one of Eleven Orphans,) beg to return their sincere ® Thanks to those Governors who recorded their Votes Jngf his behalf at the last Election; and the Votes and Interest ® of the Governors are earnestly solicited for him at theK Election in MAY, 1862. [ 3370 H DORCHESTER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1861. 402 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZE1TE. DEC. 19, 1861. ATTENDANCE at WEYMOUTH every FRIDAYS at 5, COBOURG PL A GJi.' DENTAL SURGERY. Attendance at DORCHESTER, every other SATURDAY ,| at Mr. HAZEL'S, Ironmonger, HISH WBST- STREET, December 21— continuing Fortnightly. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IN ARTIFICIAL TEETH. MESSRS. EPHRAIM IVIOSELY & SON, SUBGEON DENTISTS, 9 GROSVENOR- STREET, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, and 14, GAY- STREET, BATH. ( SOLE INVENTORS AND PATENTEES,) EG to call the attention of their Friends and] B Patients to their New and Patented Improvement, in the Construction of Artificial Teeth, Gums, and Palates, by which all metals are dispensed with, and the entire base made of Vulcanite India Rubber, combining extreme lightness with great elasticity and durability, and, from being moulded in a semi- plastic state, a perfect fit is ensured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent employed, all sharp edges are avoided; no springs, „, wires, or fastenings are required, and the greatestsupport » is given to the adjoining teeth when loose or rendered 1 tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids of the " mouth exert no agency on the Vulcanized India Rubber, and as a non- conductor, fluids of any temperature may be with comfort retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of taste and smell being at the same time wholly provided, against, by the peculiar nature of its preparation. They also beg to call the attention of their Patients to their Teeth mounted on Gold and chemically prepared " India Rubber," which is added between the teeth; and from its close resemblance to the gums, prevents the lodgement of food, and restores the youthful contour of the countenance, so requisite for the proper adaptation of Artificial Teeth. S pecimens of these beautiful Teeth may be seen, and everyinformation given, free of charge. Teeth filled with Gold and Messrs. Mosely's White India- Rubber, " the only permanent Stopping for Front Teeth that will retain its colour. ' Loose Teethfastened. Children'sTeeth Regulated, and; every operation in Dental Surgery performed APPOINTMENT :— Bridport, every alternate Saturday, at Mr. W. Munford's, The Civet Cat, South- street, December 28. Sherborne, every alternate Thursday, at Mr. Kingdon's, Cheap- street, December 19. Daily Attendance attheir Residences, 14, Gay- street, BATH, and 9, Grosvenor- street, Grosvenor Square, W. LONDON. [ 3315 IMPORTANT TO RIFLEMEN, SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, AND GARDENERS. STRAWSON'S WATERPROOF for BOOTS and SHOES.— Price Is. and 2s. per Jar. This Compo ^ sition will be found the best ever brought before the public as a waterproof for leather. Boots and shoes dressed with this composition will resist all damp from wet soil, wet grass, dew, and even snow, and will last three times as long as any others. The following extracts, from amongst numerous testi- monials, will prove the great value of this preparation " I have used your waterproof for the last three or four years with the most complete success. I can with confi- dence assert that its use makes the leather softer and more durable, as well as perfectly waterproof, and I generally recommend it to gentlemen for whom I make boots, for shooting, fishing, & c., as being the best thing of the kind I ever tried. ( Signed) GEORGE BISHOP, Bootmaker, Church- street, Crewkerne.' " I constantly use your waterproof composition, and find that, although I am often exposed the whole day to wet and mud, in coverts and swampy plantations, I can secure with its use the comfort of dry feet. From my own experience I can strongly recommend it to sportsmen, gamekeepers, and others who are much exposed to wet soil or grass. ( Signed) ROBERT MITCHELL, Woodsman to Earl Poulett, Hinton St. George.' Prepared by H. Strawson, chemist, Crewkerne, and1 sold wholesale by Messrs. Burgess, Willows, and Co., 101 High Holborn, London, and retail by Messrs. R. and J. Davis, Dorchester ; Harper, Weymouth ; Spooner, Bridport ; Bishop, Sherborne ; Huntley, Gossling, Wimborne ; Meaden, Blandford ; England, Shaftes- bury ; Purchase, Wincanton; Samways, Gillingham; Mitchell, Sturminster Newton; and by most respectable chemists and ironmongers throughout the Kingdom. [ 3255 ' SI HE Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company hereby give notice, that APPLICATION has been JL made by Colonel JOHN MANSEL, of Smedmore House, in the county of Dorset, for the ADVANCE of a SUM not, exceeding that understated, by way of LOAN, under the Provisions of " The Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company's Act," to be applied to Improvements on the Lands understated, and to be repaid with Interest by way ol Rent- Charge or Annuity, in the terms of the said Act. Name of Estate. jKimmeridge, Swalland, and West Orchard Estates. T IHE WATCHES and CLOCKS direct from the Manufacturer. OHN EVANS, 18, Old Compton- street, Soho ^ London, W., Manufacturer of first- class WATCHES and CLOCKS, from the highest the art can pro luce to the plainest, adapted to all climates and purposes. Silver from] 5 to 30, and Gold from 14 to 70 Guineas; Geneva Silver from 3 to 5, and Gold from 5 Guineas; Patent Keyless Watches, Repeaters, Clocks for Astronomical purposes, Marine an Railway Timepieces. J. E. will have great pleasure in forwarding information] and testimonials post free. [ 3330 CHINA, GLASS, AND STAFFORDSHIRE WARE- 1 HOUSE. l^ alle of gjoftit i § alle," CANAL, SALISBURY. ALFRED WATSON begs most respectfullyj to inform the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and In- habitants generally, of Wiltshire and the adjacent Counties, that he has SUCCEEDED to this OLD- ESTABLISHED BUSINESS, and in returning them his sincere thanks for the patronage betowed upon him during the past seven years, as Manager to Mr. Robert Payne, solicits a continu- ance of their favours for himself. A. W. would call attention to his large and carefully selected STOCK, which affords to Purchasers an almost unlimited choice in every department, and which is con- stantly replenished from the first manufacturers, both British and Foreign. It now comprises all the newest designs in Dinner, Dessert, Breakfast, Tea, and Chamber Services, Cut and Plain Glass, and every variety of Ornamental Goods, and offers peculiar advantages to parties furnishing, the lowest London prices being strictly adhered to. A. W., having purchased the whole of the outstanding Accounts, will feel obliged by their being paid as usual to him, at " The Halle of John Halle," Canal, Salisbury. November, 1861. [ 3277 LONDON MANURE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED 1840, | Are now prepared to send out the following MANURES Superphosphate of Lime of best Quality, DISSOLVED BONES, Concentrated Urate, Blood Manures for Corn and Roots, • Corn Manure for Autumn Sowing. iThey would call particular attention to the Article— I Dissolved Bones— as being one of the most certain' Manuresfor the Root Crop, and in which they guarantee every portion, both of the Soluble and Insoluble Phosphate ' to be obtained entirely from Bones. The London Manure Company must decline being! lanswerable for any analyses, unless the samples are| lobtained direct from their Agents, Messrs. OAKLEY. Brothers, Wareham and Poole. llg, Fenchurch- street. E. PURSER, Secretary. [ 3321 T" HE ROYAL PATENT CAKE FOR CATTLE,! at £ 12 per Ton, delivered free to Rail in London,! " Manchester, and Carlisle, is a compound of best farinaceous! products, with oleaginous seeds. Two Tons equal to' Three of Linseed Cake.—( See Analysis and opinions.) The COMPOUND FOOD for CATTLE is equal to any] of those Articles known as " Cattle Food." Delivered, as above, at £ 15 15s. per ton. The Original ECONOMIC FOOD for CATTLE is no! quack nostrum or fantastic condiment, but a fine auxiliary nutritious food to improve and mix with coarser fodder. At 30s. per cwt., delivered as above. Guanoes, Manures, Bones, & c., of the best quality, at the most moderate Prists. Sole Inventors, Patentees, and Manufacturers, thel LONDON and PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL COM-' PANY, LIMITED. Chief Offices.— 40, Mark Lane, London ; Albert Works,] Nightingale- street, Strangeways, Manchester; and Car-| isle Works, Abbey Town, near Carlisle, [ 3344 Parish. Kimmeridge and Church Knowle. County. Dorset. Sum applied for- ™ ., the maxi- JXf°. f Years I mum amount proposed to be l^' 0' 13 PR0P° 8E,< J I applied to the Improvements. Rent- Charge shall be Seven Hundred and Fifty- eight Pounds. Twenty- five. Witness my hand this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- one , „ „ WILLIAM SMITH, Managing Director. ' Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company, 9, Mincing Lane, London, E. C. [ 3354 RARE, RICH, PURE, and DELICIOUS, are the TEAS and COFFEES supplied b} PHILLIPS and COMPANY, Tea Merchants, 8, King William- street, Citu, London, E. C., who invariablv ' Sell the BEST and CHEAPEST TEAS and COFFEES in ENGLAND. 3 Pure Black Teas from 2s. 6d. per pound; pure Green Teas from 2s. 8d. per pound ure Coffees from Is I per pound; pure Sugars at market prices. A general Price- Current sent, post free, on application. Teas and Coffees! carriage free to all England, if to value of 40s. PHILLIPS and Co., Tea Merchants, 8, King William- street, City, London, E. C. [ 3251 O FAMILIES AND LAUNDRESSES. J. and J. COLMAN'S SOLUBLE SATIN GLAZE STARCH, AND No. 1, RICE STARCH. ( THESE REQUIRE NO BOILING). PURE No. 1, WHEATEN STARCH. ( This may be used either with or without Boiling.) pecimens of these Starches being sent to the Great Exhibition in 1851, were awarded a Prize Medal for their very superior quality, and leceived the following commendation:— ' A third series of samples of Starch, prepared by a different process from that of other Manufacturers, was | jexhibited by Messrs. J. and J. COLMAN, and these specimens being excellent, the Jury consequently awarded to them I Prize Medal.— Vide Jurors' Report, p. 77. ASK FOR COLMAN'S No. 1 WHEAT OR RICE STARCH. COLMAN'S SATIN GLAZE STARCH In lib., J, i, and 2oz. Packets.— Grocers, Druggists, and the Trade, who find a difficulty in procuring the above I from Whc\ esale Houses are requested to address the Manufacturers, 26, CANNON- STREET, LONDON. [ 3313 11 OW to KEEP a HORSE for Is. 6d. per Day, , ov 10s. 6d. per Week, with a Bright Eye, Sleek Coat, and in Splendid Working Condition. 7 lbs. of THORLEY'S FEEDING MEAL, £ 16 per Ton, which is 2s. per Stone 10 lbs. of Chopped Hay and | WF. THOMAS AND C O.' S . PATENT SEWING MACHINES, jln these Machines are combined the most approved con Istruction, as shown by fourteen years' experience, andtht ( latest additions and improvements. For rapidity of exe- jcution, accuracy of finish, beauty and strength of work Itliey are unrivalled. The stitching produced is alike on[ Jboth sides of the material; there is no cord nor ridge, ancl jthe thread cannot be pulled out. Care should be taken tol • avoid purchasing spurious imitations, sold as being the! Igenuine make of the patentees.— Lists of prices and speci f Imens of the work can be had at 66, Newgate- street' ( City, London; and at 4, Wine- street, Bristol, ' W. F. THOMAS & Co. [ 326l| ARPER TWELVETREES' Patent Com- bined WASHING and WRINGING MACHINE] can be worked by a child, ( or a lady may become her own! laundress,) and will wash as many clothes in an hour,! with " Harper Twelvetrees' Soap Powder," as a womarij can wash in two days by the old method of hand- rubbing, besides doing the work better, with half the soap and fuel. It will Wash and Wring Blankets, Sheets, Counterpanes,! or any large things, as easily as it willdoaliandkerchief oil ] a collar. All who have seen it in operation, or have tried! it in their own houses, admit that it is the cleanest, most! simple, speedy, effective, and economical Machine ever in- j vented, and the very thing long wanted for the workini IH 1 lbs. of Chopped Straw s. d. 1 0 6 Per Day Multiply by seven 10 6 NOTEWORTHY! MAPPIN & CO.' S ONLY LONDON ESTABLISHMENT Opposite the Pantheon, Oxford- street, CONTAINS the Largest STOCK in LONDONI of CUTLERY, Electro Silver Plate, Dressing Cases,! " & c. Mappin and Co.' s Table Knives, which have attained sol great a reputation for excellence of quality and workman- F ship, are manufactured at the Royal Cutlery Works,] Sheffield, and can be purchased from 5s. per doz. Good. Medium. Superior £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 13 0 10 0 1 15 0 0 10 0 O 15 0 15 0 0 4 6 0 7 0 O 12 0 0 5 6 0 8 0 0 13 6 0 4 6 0 7 0 0 12 0 0 2 6 0 3 6 0 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 6 5 2 0 1 doz. Table Knives, Ivory Handles 1 doz. Cheese ,, ,, 1 pair Registered Meat Carvers ... 1 pair extra size „ 1 pair Poultry Carvers 1 Steel for Sharpening Complete Service MAPPIN and Co. have a very large Stock of the Best| Ivory Table Knives in handsome cases, for presents. A Mahogany or Oak Case of Superior Table Cutlery, containing 2 doz. Table Knives, doz. Desserts, 1 pairl 8 in., 1 pair 9 in. Carvers, 2 pairs Game and Steel, £ 6 4s. Mappin and Co.' s Razors, ScisBors, Pen and Pocket| Knives, unequalled for quality and finish. Mappin and Co.' s Is. Razor is the best sold in London| at the price. Mappin and Co.' s 2s. and 3s. Razors shave well for i\ years. Pairs of Razors in leather cases, 3s. 6d., 5s., 7s. 6d., 10s.| 7 day Razors in cases, black handles, 12s. 6d., 17s. Ivoryl handles, 25s., 32s., 40s. Mappin and Co.' s highly finished Scissors for every des- cription of work, from Is. per pair. Scissors in handsome| cases, suitable for presents, 5s., 7s. 6d., 9s. 6d., 12s., 16s. per case. Pen and Pocket Knives from Is. Sportsmen's Knives| from 5s. Mappin and Co. warrant the excellence of theirL Manufactures by their name stamped on the blade, and! where practicable their corporate mark ( M. Trustworthy), granted by the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield. Correspondents are respectfully requested to address in] full Mappin and Company, opposite to the Pantheon,] Oxford- street, and Royal Cutlery Works, Sheffield. Catalogues forwarded post free on application. Goods] sent into the country for approbation on receipt of two- thirds of the value, and satisfactory references in London J [ 3252 For a Week ... fig" The Chaff must be damped with water, and then well mixed together, when it may be divided into four feeds for the day. The above Compound is composed of the finest Locust Beans, Indian Corn, Linseed, & c., well seasoned with Thorley's Celebrated Condiment. See Dr. Brown's report, and trials made by some of our first Carmen in town and country. Dr. ALFRED BROWN, Wandsworth, writing to the Editor of " Thorley's Agricultural Gleaner," says: " Per- mit me through your columns to say that I am very much Ipleased with Thorley's Feeding Meal, supplied in casks of jone hundred weight and a- half at 30s. the cask. I have [ used it as a substitute for corn for my horses with the best possible results. Consisting, as it does, of numerous jcereals and lentils, finely ground together, it is much more nutritious and more readily assimilated than oats, [ and being given in a damp state, is calculated to prevent the occurrence of broken wind in horses, especially nags; used for fast work. I strongly recommend it for general use, as I am convinced, after considerable experience in feeding horses, that your Food is far more economical, and in every respect more wholesome for cattle, than any | other kind of corn or cattle food now in use." Free to any part of London by my own waggons, at £ 16] per Ton, net cash, barrels included. Parcels of 5 Tons and upwards will be charged at the rate of £ 15 per Ton. Cheques and Post- office Orders must be made payable to the Inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY, Steam Mills, Caledonian Road, King's Cross. N. B.— Single Barrels for trial, containing 12 Stones,! Carriage Paid to any Railway Station in the Kingdom, 1 [ on receipt of 30s. [ 3282 THE ONLY STOVE WITHOUT A FLUE. JOYCE'S PATENT, for Drying and] Wanning Chapels, Shops, Halls, & c., & cJ Price 12s. 6d. Joyce's Stoves are Portable and Economical, » andburn without attention or replenishing from 12 to 24 hours. STOVES FOR GREEN- HOUSES, having an Ash- receiver, burn all the winter by filling with Fuel every Twelve Hours. Temperature always the same. PATENT PREPARED FUEL, 2s. 3d. PER BUSHEL. SWAN WASH, IUOIMOIflEB, | 253, Oxford- street, and Joyce's Stove Depot, 119, New- gate- street, London. — FARMER and Co., Poole. [ 3263 Prices, No. 1, £ 1 Is., No. 2, £ 2, No. 3, £ 2 10s. No. 4, £ 3.1 Manufactured only by HARPER TWELVETREES, The| Works, Bromley- by- Bow, London. [ 3292 AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES FOIL SHOEMAKERS, TAILORS, and FAMILY PUR-[ POSES— J. M. SINGER and Co., 72, Cornhill, E. G., offer for sale the most superior Machines for all kinds ot work, and refer to the daily use of more than Fifty Thou- sand in all parts of the States, in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Every shoemaker and tailor will earn money and add to his business by buying one, than using other cheaper and worthless machines. We call special attention to our machine of £ 10 for family use. Courteous and intelligent operators will be pleased to exhibit the machines and specimens of workmanship. A call is solicited. [ 3328 V\ 7" EDDING Cards and Envelopes.— 50 ( each) l * » Cards for Lady and Gentlemen, and 50 Embossed I nvelopes, in the prevailing fashion, with maiden name! engraved inside, sent free on receipt of 13s., by HENRY I ItUED, Stationer, 57, Oxford- street, London. The cheapest | House in London for really good Note Paper, Envelopes,! md General Stationery. 13327 1 FURNITURE- CARRI" TGE~ FREEJ RICHARD LOADER & CO., IGENERAL HOUSE FURNISHERS AND CARPET I WAREHOUSEMEN, Respectfully invite an inspection of their stock before purchasing. 23, and 24, PAVEMENT, FINSHURY, LONDON, E. C. Illustrated Catalogues on application. [ 3332 MESSRS. HOWITT and Co. respectfully in- vite attention to their extensive STOCK 0 [ Cabinet FURNITURE, Carpet, Bedding, and General Upholstery Departments, which afford the opportunity of [ selecting from one of the largest and best manufactured litocks in London, embracing every description of drawing, lining room, and library furniture, looking glasses, iron land brass bedsteads, bedding, & c. HOWITT and COMPANY draw special notice to their [ stock of Carpets and Damasks, which are more varied than in former years, and at prices considerably less; ; viz:— Good Erussels at 2s. 4. id.; Kidderminster ( all wool) 2s. lid.; Victoria Felt, Is. ll. Jd. Parties will effect a considerable saving by purchasing lit this establishment, every requisite necessary for the completely furnishing a house being kept in stock, and marked with the smallest remunerative profit. Howitt and Company, General House Furnishers, 226 to 230, High Holborn, London. N. B.— Illustrated catalogues of designs free on applica- , ion. Goods carriage free. [ 3253 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. TAYLOR BROTHERS invite attention to their _ standard preparations of Cocoa and Chocolate which, for price and quality combined, stand unrivalled. Taylor Brothers' HomcBopathic Cocoa, Taylor Brothers' Patent Lentilized Cocoa, Taylor Brothers' Iceland Moss Cocoa, Taylor Brothers' Pearl Cocoa, Taylor Brothers' Trinidad Rock Cocoa and Soluble Chocolate, Are all Articles of superior quality, perfectly soluble, and well adapted for general use. Sold by all Grocers and Tea Dealers. [ 3279 " IMMENSE ADVANTAGES to LARGE CON- _ SUMERS of TEA.— The CITY of LONDON TEA • COMPANY, 36, Basinghall- street, E. C., supply the public • with Teas at wholesale prices, delivered carriage tree to lany part of England. No retail business. The arrange- Iment and profits are on the wholesale system. Families Jin the country can have samples sent by post on enclosing jfour stamps, enabling them to taste, compare, and judge jTlie trade will also find it advantageous to send for samples, • Ordinary Tea, from 2s.; Good Sound, from 2s. 6d.; Fine, ffrom 3s. 5d. [ 3336 TEAS, COFFEES, and SPICES, carriage fret- to all parts of the Kingdom. " Messrs. MURRAY and DEAN respectfully call the at- tention of their numerous friends and the general Tea and [ Coffee drinking Public to the beneath- quoted list of theii present prices, reminding them that Tea being plentiful, now is a good time to purchase advantageously. Messrs. M. and D. take the opportunity of returning their most sincere thanks for the many years support they ihave received during their connexion with Mr. Alderman Sidney, M. P. ( under the style of Sidney and Co.), and trust the present will enjoy as much confidence and patronage as the late firm. Strong Congou Tea, 2s. 6d., 2s. 10d., 3s„ 3s. 2d., 3s. 4d.. ' 3s. 6a„ 3s. 8d. Fine Rich Souchong Teas, 3s. 10d., 4s„ [ 4s. 4d., 4s. 8d„ 5s. Strong Coffees, Is., Is. 2d. Fine Rich Coffees, Is. 4d., Is. 6d., and the finest Mysore Coffee ( Cannons), Is. 8d. Genuine Bermuda Arrow- root, rarly to be met with, 2s, Quality is the true test of cheapness. MURRAY and DEAN ( late Sidney and Co., 8, Ludgatt] hill, City, London, E. C. A general price- list free on application. Carriage paid to Wales, Scotland, and Ireland on Teas Coffees, and Spices to amount of £ 4 and upwards. [ 3333 BRETT 6c CO., AND IMPORTERS, HENRY DISTILLERS PAY CARRIAGE To any Railway Station in England or Wales, of Wine and Spirits, in quantities of not less than one dozen, or two gallons. SB* They have no Agents. Their monthly Prices Current sent free on application. SPIRITS. Brandy— Eau de Vie— Pale or Brown ... per Gallon 18s. Ditto do. do. per Dozen Case 39s Gin— Unsophisticated per Gallon 15s. Foreign Brandies, Scotch and Irish Whiskies, very old Jamaica Rum, Hollands, & c., & c. WINES. Claret, 12s. per Dozen. ( We cannot pay Carriage on this Wine, except it is ordered with other goods.) Claret— Fine Pure, 18s., 22s., 27s., 32s., & c., per Dozen ( bottles included). Sherry, 24s., 28s., 33s., 38s., 45s., & c., per Dozen. Port, Seven Years in Wood, 30s. per Dozen. Ditto, Vintage 1858 ( recommended for laying down), 36s. per Dozen. Old Bottled Ports, 36s., 42s., 48s., 54s., & c., per Dozen. Marsala, Champagnes, Hocks, Moselles, Chablis, Hermitage Burgundies, & c., & c. Terms, Cash. HENRY BRETT and Co., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn Bars, London, E. C. [ 3324 LEA AND PERRINS' CELEBRATED WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. The GREAT SUCCKSS of this DELICIOUS CONDIMENT has been the signal for the appearance of many SPURIOUS IMITA- TIONS, totally different in FLAVOUR and destitute of the DIGESTIVE PROPERTIES of this SAUCE. Purchasers are earnestly requested to ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE. % Prepared only by LEA AND PERRINS', WORCESTER. IgggT Sold Wholesale and for Export, by Crosse and jiJlackwell, London, and all Merchants and Oilmen. [ 3248 SUPPLEMENT.— DEO. 19D, O18R6S1E. | T C O U N T Y C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E G A Z E T T E . 4 0 3 ilocal Netos. D O RSETSHIRE. DORCHESTER. AN EXCURSION TO THE METROPOLIS is announced by1 the Great Western Railway, leaving this district on, Monday next, and returning on the following Friday. WE UNDERSTAND that a marriage is on the tapis between the Rev. L. Dawson Darner, rector of CameJ eldest son of thelate Hon. W. Dawson Darner, and Fanny, second daughter of Sir Henry Cole, Bart. DORCHESTER NIGHT SCHOOL.— We are glad to1 perceive, from a placard issued by the sub- committee, that evening classes are about to be formed in connection with the National Schools in this town, for the benefit! of those who wish to improve themselves in reading, writing, arithmetic, & c. These classes are intended toj form a continuation of the former day- school instruction; of grown up persons and boys who have left school. MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.— The operations of this society are principally afloat, and for this purpose the chaplains and lay agents are provided with yachts and boats. I They visit wind bound and other ships lying in our roadsteads, harbours, and bays. Sermons were preached] on Sunday, the 8th instant, at All Saints an( i Fordington Churches, by the Rev. J. B. Morgan, chap- j lain to Milford Haven, when many interesting detail were given as to the working of the society and its] acceptability to the sailor. He had intended advocating the cause in Holy Trinity Church 011 Wednesday, but 11] domestic affliction obliged him suddenly to return home. It is hoped that the inhabitants of Dorchester will give[ what help they can to this good cause, which has some claim upon their notice, as it has chaplains on the Dorset coast. The society is cordially supported by all parties! in the Church. SHAKSPEABEAN READING.— Mr. Daniel Spooner, ol Bridport, gave his reading of Othello at the Town Hall,] last Thursday evening, for the benefit . of the Dorchester Working Men's Institute; but wo were sorry there was not a larger attendance, as a rich treat was afforded fy the excellent manner in which tills master piece ol Shakspeare was treated. Mr. Spooner had evidently well studied the different parts of this difficult play, and threw an individuality into tho different characters which made the reading highly entertaining. Betweou the parts our talented townsmen, Mr. F. W. Smith anil Mr. F. Boyton Smith, favoured tho company with several choice pieces 011 the violin and pianoforte, which elicited well merited applause. Major- General Michel occupied the chair, and at the close of the reading a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Mr. Spooner, as well as to the Messrs. Smith. THE WORLD FOR A SCHOOL FARM.— Mr. Wallace Fyfe, of this town, ha9 been allotted by Her Majesty's Commissioners for tho International Exhibition ol 1862, floorspace in the Educational Section of the Exhibition, for tho demonstration of, his now anil inexpensive method of agricultural instruction, by teaching in the face of Nature. Mr. Fyfe will exhibit books, tables, and diagrams, expressly got up for tho occasion. The department had at its disposal 2,000 superficial feet ot floorspace, and at least eight times that amount was applied for, so that a very severe selection had to be made. It is strange that this simple means of instructing youth in the principles and practice of agriculture should not have been thought of beforo. The author intends having it explained in the various languages spoken at the Exhibition, as by following the routino of operations so as to compose a complete coursi of agriculture, the plan is equally applicable in all countries. CHRISTMAS AND TWELFTH- DAY NOVELTIES.— WT have again had the pleasure of inspecting tho stock Mr, R. J. Howe has provided for the Christmas festivities, and, as an old established tradesman who has for so many years catered for tho public with such skill and taste, we are sure his old friends will be gratified 011 paying 0 visit to his establishment in Dorchester or Weymouth, to see the profusion of artistic and beautiful articles which are on this occasion offered for their approval. The warehouses of the most eminent foreign and home firms appear to have been ransacked for their choicest productions, and really some of the things are in them' selves rich works of art, which delight and please the eye 110 less than the rich contents are grateful to the stomach. Christmas- trees, collections, and articles to adorn the table, twelfth cakes, and other rich products of Mr. Howe's own manufacture, wiil not be found less deserving of notice, and every one should make a call before completing their Christinas arrangements. MONEY ORDERS.— The following notice has just been issued by order ol the Postmaster- General:— 1. On the lst of January, 1862, aud thenceforward, the limit ol the amount for which a single money older can be issued will be extended to £ 10, instead of being restricted to £ 5, as hitherto. The following table shows the rates ol commission which will, from that date, bo charged on inland and colonial money orders, viz.:— If payable in the United Kingdom— For sums not exceeding £ 2, 3d. above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 5, 6d.; above £ 5 and not exceeding £ 7, 9d.; above £ 7 and not exceeding £ 10, Is If payable in Cauada— For sums not exceeding £ 2, Is, above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 5, 2s.; above £ 5 and noi exceeding £ 7, 3s.; above £ 7 and not exceeding £ 10, 4s, If payable in Malta or Gibraltar— For sums not exceed- ing £ 2, 9d.; above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 5, Is. 6d.; above £ 5 and not exceeding £ 7, 2s. 3d.; above £ 7 and not exceeding £ 10, 3s. 2. In all other respects the issue and payment of inland and colonial money orders will remain as at present. By command of the Postmaster General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post- office, Dec. 13, 1861. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS.— We have much plea sure, at the request of Mr. Woolston, of Cornhill, in directing attention to the very promising bill of fare pul forth in his Christinas Address and Salutation, " Hail Father Christinas!" which will be found in our adver tising columns. The times, indeed, are " out of joint;" but under the auspices of such as cater for our creature comforts, like Mr. Woolston, we may yet expect to set them set somewhat right; and wo beg, at all hazards, that, amidst the complications of events, 110 one may neglect to make salutary provision for Christmas. We have our own authority and experience of him, as a tradesman, for asserting that Mr. Wo^ ton is well qualified to afford his patrons ' of all ranks the utmost satisfaction on the most moderate terms. Some of our1 most aristocratic wedding breakfasts have lately owed their eclat to the resources of his cuisine; for Mr. Woolston is quite a working artist in the most agreeable [ of all materials— sugar, and we wero going lo add— puff, but we shall only do so to assure our readers that! this is none, llis list of items speaks for itself, and liisi stock, we believe, is excelled by 110 Metropolitan Italian warehouse. DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.— Owing to the telegraph office in this town being closed on Sundays, [ the melancholy news of the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort was not known here until after the arrival of the 4.35 p. m. train, when the distressing in- telligence soon spread, and t! io deepest expressions of sorrow for this sudden calamity which has come upon the country, and sympathy for our beloved Queen, were heard whispered on every hand. The mournful event j was touchingly alluded to by the preachers in tho even ing at Holy Trinity, St. George's, and Christchurch, and] ; at the first named, the " Dead March in Saul" was; played by Mr. F. Boyton Smith, as the congregation left the sacred edifice. The passing bell was also tolled from the different church towers at night, and each day since; the death knell has sounded in our ears, besides which muffled peals have been rung at St. George's. On Mon- day morning too a sad gloom appeared to have fallen 011 the town, for the tradesmen had spontaneously left [ several of their shutters up, which has since been generally followed out, aud flags half- mast high, with the expres don of sorrow as the first opening of conversation with anyone, told how deeply and generally is the loss of His] Royal Highness felt by all classes, and how sincerely all ' console with the Queen and the Royal family, in their heavy domestic bereavement. The county ball is itide-! finitely postponed, and a dead lock appears to have been[ put upon all our festive preparations. MESSRS. BAKER AND ENSOR'S CHRISTMAS SALE.— A • ge and attractive lot of animals was, on Saturday last, brought under the hammer by these well known [ auctioneers, at their annual sale of fat stock; and, with] 1 large attendance of dealers and butchers from different parts, there was a brisk trade for the prime Christmas meat hero offered to public competition. Three ex-| traordinary oxen were shown by Mr. John Strange razed by Mr. Parsons, of Hazelbury, one of which was bought by Mr. Hay ward, of Dorchester, at £ 10, and the others sold at £ 38 each. They were generally admired, tnd it was considered that three better beasts had not been seen in the market for a long time. Mr. Edward Pope had a first- rate Devon heifer, very choice in quality, of beautiful symmetry, and fineness of bone, offspring of the cow which gained an honour at Baker- stroet the other lay, and it was purchased by Mr. Boyt, of Piddlotown, tor £ 30. Mr. Groves, of Bowood, contributed ten very choice beasts, which made about £ 25 each; and Mr. Groves, of Melcombe, Mr. W. Dunning, and Mr. F. Pope, had others, which averaged about £ 24. Altoge- ther about 60 prime fat beasts were disposed of. Heifers and calves were in good demand at from £ 14 to £ 15 Fresh barreners were also inquired after at from £ 9 to £ 13 each. There was only a short supply of sheep, but lot of very superior horn wethers, grazed by Mr, Hussey, of llchester, were sold at 65s. and 66s. each; md Down wethers made from 45s. to 54s. Altogether t was an excellent sale, and the business good. THE RIFLE CORPS AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH.— The members of the 3rd Dorset Rifle Volunteers, mustered n strong force last Sunday morning, under the command of Captain Kindersley, with Lieut. Coombs, and Hon Assistant Surgeon Panton, for the purpose of attending Divine service at All Saints' Church, whither they were accompanied by their brass band, the news of the lamented death of the Prince Consort not having then been received in the town. Morning prayers were read by the Rev. J. P. F. Davidson, during which the anthem, " In Jewry is God known" was sung with good effect by the choir; and afterwards the rev. gentleman preached an eloquent and impressive sermon, of which we give the following summary, on the Christian aspect of the soldier's calling, from the text, " A sound of battle is in the land." Jeremiah, 1., 22. Our blessed Saviour, when asked by his disciples, " What shall be the sign of 1' liy coming ?" gave them in answer, this sign as one among others, " Ye shall hear of wars and rumours ol wars." But he added immediately, " See that ye be no1 troubled, for all these things must come to pass; but the end is not yet." And in these words of caution He uttered a Divine lesson of sound, practical wisdom. He seems not more to warn us of the end, than to tell us of thosa things " which must first come to pass." He would have his disciples not merely anxious about the end, however much they should indeed long for his ap- pearing, but he would have them also take into consi- leration the things before the end. Therefore, He re minds them that " the end is not yet," and that they liave duties to fulfil and an attitude to assume in that course and condition of this world which must necessarily precede the end. And, among the " things which must first come to pass," are " wars and rumours of war battle and " the sound of battle in the land;" battle im-' plying the actual conflict— tho sound of battle or the! rumours of war implying rather preparation foi conflict. This is a state of things in which Christ's! disciplos have to live before the end comes. And! what, under such circumstances, is their duty— 1 the part they have to take— the attitude they should assume ? Does it appear from the Scripture that! Christians may lawfully engage in earthly warfare f I » | the soldier's calling recoguised by Christianity as a calling which a Christian man may fulfil, with Christian's spirit, in the name of Christ, his Lord and] King ? On consideration we should certainly expect it to be so recognised, for we always find Christianity allied: with the cause of truth, of justice, of honour, understood in their proper sense. But. in the world, as it now is, vitli iniquity abounding, and the passions of evil men not yet brought into subjection to the obedience of] Christ, it must needs be that truth, justice, and honour] should be assailed; and if assailed, it must needs be also,! in the name of God aud of Christ, that they should be! leleuded. If, in the present condition of things, Christians were to bind themselves to abstain from war altogether, they would become, in many cases, tin betrayers, instead of the upholders, of truth and good- ness, and so the betrayers of Christ and His Kingdom.] I'rue, the Lord Jesus Christ, their ^ great captain, is! named the Prince of Peace, and when all things shall be subdued unto him, there shall bo peace indeed. " Bui] now wo see not yet all things put under Him." The end is not yet. There are still the " things which must first come to pass"— the conflict between good and evil, be jtween truth and falsehood, between justice and injustice ; j and so long as good shall be assailed, so long must it b ' defended, even though it be by battle and the " sound of! battle in the land." So our blessed Lord himself, casting forward His eye into this necessary couflict— the conflict in which good must bo involved because of the rising up of evil against it— spoke on one occasion this seemiug paradox—" Think not I am come to send peace 011 earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword." Yes,| not peace on earth, as the earth now is, for that were 110 peace, but peace in heaven and ill the earth regenerate the " new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness," when thevformer things, " the thiugsthat must come to pass, aro passed away, and He that sitteth 011 the throne has called into being that new creation, saying, " Behold I make all things new." The preacher then observed that we wero not left to conjecture only or to reason,! but we had express revelation as to the Christian aspect of tho soldier's calling, in proof of which he drew atten- tion to the words of John the Baptist, when the soldiers] demanded of him what they should do; the baptism of Cornelius, tho centurion of the band called the Italian band," as the firstfruits of the Gentile world; and the] last scenes of our Redeemer's life, where they had, [ examples not only of the cruel, hardened, and selfish soldier, and the ruthloss " soldier that with a spear] pierced his side;" but of tho converted soldier and soldiers " who refrained from unnecessary violence when they found the Lord dead already and " brake not his legs." There was also, he remarked, something in structive, something which in a special manner seems to consecrate the soldier's work, in the fact that Holy Scrip ture so constantly borrows its imagery from that work.] After beautifully illustrating this fact, tho rev. gentle man drew particular attention to this Christian stamp] or character, which is given in Scripture to the soldier's calling, observing that, to bo taken up aright, it must be taken up in a Christian spirit, with Christian motives! and a Christian life, to the honour of Christ who has] called us. And perhaps, he continued, at no time more than the present should this point commend itself to us [ all,— and specially to you, who having freely and nobly taken up arms in your country's cause, aro testifying to- day, by your attendance in this place, that your sanction is from 011 high, your strength and your hope in God. It is a time at which we may say in the prophet's words, There is a sound of battle in the land." Scarce have we recovered from tho fear of a possible attack upon our shores, when from another quarter— almost suddenly— from the land of our kindred, the rumours of war come floating again upon tho ear. And though indeed— let us pray it— war itself may be averted, yet the fear and the rumour of it are widely gone abroad. Everywhere there is preparation, as if for a coming conflict,— the restless excitement, the anxious suspense, the hope re- lieving the fear, and the fear again quelling the hope. In our imagination we hear already the very echo of that conflict, our fancies or our fears shaping themselves into language, and whispering strange things within us Surely " there is a sound of battle in the laud." And what can better allay or more calmly direct and control our feelings at such a time than the Christian character stamped upon our soldierhood— tho sure consciousness! that we are Christians even in war, and in the rumours of war. In conclusion he offered a few practical remarks on this head, especially claiming the attention of those present, who would feel their minds most deeply stirred when the " sound of battle is in the land." We should endeavour, he said, to keep down any undue excite ment amid the rumours of war— such excitement us in any way leads us to a desire and thirst for war, to hanker after its glories rather than to remember its miseries. There is one thought which should always be present with the Christian soldier— that is, the humiliation of war, the sad evidence it is of the evil passions of our fallen human nature, which require so terrible a scourge as that of the sword to bring them into subjection. And this thought will teach him to pray for peace, rather than to let his mind flush itself with the heat of approaching strife, or with the pictured visions of some hoped for triumph. He will rather learn to calm and subdue liis feelings till they partake of the spirit of that prayer we have this day breathed in this holy place—" That it may please Thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord,— We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord." Again, we aro bound, as Christians taking up arms as a Christian calling, to seo that, not only our thoughts and feelings, but also the habits ol our lives, are in keeping with tile Christian character stamped upon our soldierhood. It is foolish to suppose that idleness, neglect of appointed duties, vain- glory, dissipation, excess of any kind, are really any part of a soldier's calling. Such things are as unworthy of the true soldier as they are unbecoming to the true Christian. They will mar his proficiency in that calling no less than destroy his Christian character. It is only in the abuse of their profession, not in its proper pursuit, that soldiers will ever give way to such things. Once more— the Christian soldier will always remember bow near he is to death— how his time, more than that of others, is in the hands of God. He, indeed, of all men, should be familial with death, ready to meet it face to face. But it should be a Christian familiarity, not the piere thoughtless, reckless disregard of this life, but the calm and well- weighed assurance of Christ's servant that he really is prepared to leave this scene of conflict and to " enter into the joy of his Lord." Brethren, be ye thus] oldiers — soldiers in the strength and in the spirit] [ of Christ, and then the Lord shall ever go before you. His shield shall be stretched over you, and underneath shall bo tho everlasting arm. He shall [ stay up your hearts in the day of battle. He shall be at your side when your strength faileth, and in the weari- ness of the lengthened strife, and in the loneliness and the thirst of death. And when the day arrives to which the Church is now pointing all our minds, the day ol the Lord's advent, and the captain of your salvation shall be seen in the clouds of heaven, and with him all his righteous ones, you too shall lift up your head from this earthly battle field; wounded it may be, wearied in strife, even numbered with the dead— for the dead shall then arise— and your eye shall behold the great Conqueror through whom you have conquered in the inner strife, and He himself shall place the everlasting crown upon your head, bidding you to rest from all your conflicts, aud to enter into His perfect peace.— The discourse was listened to most attentively throughout, aud at the close of the isorvice the rifles again fell ill, and marched back to the Long Walk, where they were dismissed, the baud play- ing the National Anthem. BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS.— Monday: Before J, ' Galpin, Esq., ( Mayor,) and R. Davis, Esq.— James] Johnson, from Ireland, and Thomas Parry, of Reading, j were charged with assaulting Nathaniel Seale, shepherd,[ ! of Fordington, and robbing him of some money. Prose- eutor said that on Saturday night, about eight o'clock, he was getting over the stile into the Fairfield from the Walks, when he was seized from behind and pushed into the mud. He got partly up and was pushed down again, [ but then helped up, aud was asked what time the train started; he replied he didn't know, but hearing some money rattle he said lie had lost his money, having had 16s. wrapped in a rag in his right hand waistooat pocket. He saw something on the ground, and picked up three shillings. The men made off towards the jbottoin of the town, and he ran to the Great Western Hotel and informed the landlord. He identified the prisoners as those who assaulted him, for he could see them by the moonlight. Next morning, about nine or ten o'clock, he saw them again at tho stile searching [ about on the ground, and ran down from the hurdle house and charged them with having robbed him the night before; but they said they had just come from Weymouth, where they had stayed yesterday. Mr. Gregg, the landlord of the Great Western Hotel, was' [ coming up, and they went down the chestnut walk, but Gregg headed them and brought them back, and they were given into custody. There were two half- crowns and a florin among what he lost.— Mr. Thomas Hodges, a resident in tho West Walk, deposed to having seen the prisoners 011 the turf near the Fairground hedge ; about half- past seven or twenty minutes to eight. They seemod to bo coming from the top of the town.— Mr. Thomas Gregg corroborated Seale as to searching the mud for some of the dropped money. He also saw the prisoners next morning near the stile, and detailed the particulars of their arrest, when they said they came from Weymouth.— Mr. Charles Hodges, of the White Horse, said the prisoner Parry, with his wife, came to iiis house on Saturday evening for lodgings, and he admitted them as the woman said they had come from Wimborne and were tired. The other prisoner was with them, and he subsequently had a lodging. The men went out beforo eight, and had not returned at twenty minutes past ten, but by twenty minutes to eleven they had come back and gone to their rooms. They left before nine o'clock next morning: but the woman stayed till half- past one.— P. S. Barrett deposed to arresting the prisoners, when they said they had left Wimborne about one o'clock, and came to Dorchester between three and four. They also said they were both single and travelling by themselves. Three hall- crowns were found on Johnson, and one half- crown and a two- shilling piece on Parry, with 3£ d. and other articles.— Nathaniel Seale, recalled, said he found the rag in which his money was wrapped between the trees and the hedge of the rectory field.— Committed to the assizes. Jeremiah Smith, alias Simpson, was brought up 011 remand for stealing a pair of boots from George Scadden. — The prisoner, who was only 17 years old, had a very bad character from the Royal Adelaide, where he entered as a boy but was discharged in disgrace.— He pleaded guilty, and was committed to three calendar months hard labour, at the expiration of which time he will be prosecuted by the military authorities, having attempted to enlist by false pretences. DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL. A general meeting of the governors of this excellent institution was held in the Board Room on Thursday last, for the purpose of electing a surgeon in ordinary, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the retirement ol W. D. Tapp, Esq., and also to appoint a consulting surgeon, which office had not been filled up on the death of Christopher Arden, Esq. There was a comparatively large attendance, much interest having been created in the contest between John Tudor, Esq., and Alfred Emson, Esq., for the honour of filling the former office. The attendance included the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, Rev. Prebendary Foot, J. Floyer, Esq., — Warry, " , Rev. J. Fisher, Rev. C. W. Bingham, Rev. J. M. Colson, Capt. Kindersley, Rev. H. Moule, J. F. Hodges, Esq., Rev. J. P. F. Davidson, Rev. J. M. Green, Rev. T. W. Knipe, E. Pearce, Esq., Rev. T. A. Falkner, T. Coombs, Esq., J. R. Toozo, Esq., G. Curme, Esq., Rev. T. R. Maskew, Rev. — Nash, Rev. T. Baker, W. Man- field, Esq., Mr. T. Homer, Mr. Shorto, Mr. Burge, Mr. A. L. Cooper, Mr. S. Symes ( Doles Ash), Mr. S. Symes ( Nether Cerne), Mr. R. Fowler ( Whitchurch), Mr. J. Symes ( Winterborne), Mr. Isaac Symes, Mr. J. Warn, Mr. A. S. Mason, Mr. J. Tizard, & c., & c. The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM said he had a letter from their patron, the Earl of Ilchester, in which he regretted the impossibility of his being present to- day, as the state of his health prevented his coming out. Under these circumstances it would be necessary for them to appoint a chairman to preside over this meeting, and, as one of their vice- presidents was here, he begged to move that the Rev. Prebendary Foot take the chair. Captain KINDERSLEY seconded the motion, which was carried nem. dis. The CHARIMAN said he had hoped Mr. Floyer would be present, and he would fill the post till that gentleman came, but he did not arrive until the proceedings were nearly over. The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM, as chairman of the Hos- pital committee, then read the notice convening the meeting, and afterwards said the first business would be to receive the polling papers, which had been generally delivered to the governors, for the two gentlemen who were candidates for the office of surgeon. He believed the general course had been to tell off certain members of the committee, aud beg of tbein to adjourn into the inner room, in order that they might receive the papers, which would be handed to them as they were delivered lere by the governors. He therefore thought tho best course would be to name the two honorary secretaries, Mr. Tooze and Mr. Hodges, who could go into the next oom with a person to represent each candidate, The clerk would also bo there with the books of the Hospital, which would show how many votes each governor was entitled to record. It was, of course, competent for any governor also to go iuto the room, but this arrangement would facilitate the business. He believed Mr. Coombs would act as assessor for Mr. Emson. A suggestion was made that the Rev. J. Fisher should be the assessor for Mr. Tudor, and the proposed arrangement was adopted. The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM afterwards rose, and said that, while their friends in the other room were examining the papers, he begged to rise for the performance of what he was sure the governors would consider an act of justice. After twenty years, gratuitous service on be [ half of the Dorset Couuty Hospital, Mr. Tapp had [ thought fit to retire. He ( Mr. Bingham) had had the [ pleasure of working with Mr.. Tapp, as a commit, tee- Iman duritig the whole of that time, and he was sure h 404 DORSET COUNTY C H R O N I C L E AND S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. DEC. 19, 1861. I should not only dissatisfy his conscience, but be con 1 sidered he should be guilty of an act of gross injustice, if he did not in some public manner express bis strong I feeling of tbe benefit which by his skill and attention j lie had conferred upon this institution. He therefore I begged to move, " That this meeting desires to express Jits regret at the retirement of William Denning Tapp, 1 Ksq., from the office of surgeon of the Dorset County 1 Hospital, and also to record its deep and grateful sense I of his eminent services, gratuitously rendered during a 1 period of twenty years, as well by his skilful and con Iscientious attention to the patients under his care, as by 1 the active and intelligent interest he has ever taken in I the general well- being of the institution." ( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and ltev. W. H. SCOTT said he had very I great satisfaction in seconding that resolution, and he 1 was certain that all who had the interest of the Hospital I at heajt must feel they did owe a deep debt of gratitude I to Mr. Tapp. They all knew how assiduous he had been I liow attentive be had been, and how much satisfaction I lie had given to the patients under bis charge. They I could not, therefore, but record their grateful thanks I for the gratuitous services he had rendered to the I Hospital. ( Hoar, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that, as a fellow- worker with the! | worthy chairman of the committee, he could corroborate I most fully every word he bad said witli regard to tbe] I obligation they were under to Mr. Tapp, from the very 9 beginning of this institution up to the present time; and I be had reason to know that, were it not for the failure I of his health, which made it wrong for hiin to expose] ] liimself to the night air, and obliged him to be more 3 careful, they would still retain his valuable services asl 1 surgeon. It was solely on that ground he bad felt it J necessary to resign an office which he had filled in I such a conscientious, skilful, and devoted manner. ( Hear, Ihear.) The resolution was then carried unanimously. The Rev. H. MOULE said ho cordially entered into] I the spirit of the resolution which had been passed. He ( had attended the committee meetings almost as much as I anyone, and had seen a great deal of the working of the I hospital, and he felt that the least they could now do I was to appoint Mr. Tapp to tbe office of consulting I surgeon. He had seen some of the cases, and the opera J tiona had been really of a very remarkable character; lone well known through the county was that of the man 1 Orchard, who lost his arm. He also knew through many I of his parishioners and others that tbe attention paid by J Mr. Tapp had been of a no less remarkable kind. He I therefore proposed that Mr. Tapp be appointed con- I suiting surgeon of the hospital. ( Hear, hear.) Captain KINDERSLEY bad great pleasure in seconding I the proposal, and took the opportunity of bearing testi I mony to the manner in which Mr. Tapp's services were I always spoken of by the committee. The voting papers for the office of surgeon wero re- Iceived between the hours of one and two o'clock, but it J was nearly three before the return was accurately made lout, when it appeared that there were 601 votes by 2X6 } voters, for Mr. Tudor; and 526 votes by 313 voters, for 1 Mr. Emson ; so that the former gentleman was elected I by a majority of 75 votes. We may state that each ( subscriber had so many votes according to the sum sub- scribed, and as 1127 votes were polled out of 1246, it I will bo perceived that a very large portion of tbe ' Jstituency" exercised their privileges. The CHAIRMAN said he felt in this position that he I could almost wish the candidates were equal, for they 1 entertained the greatest regard for Mr. Emson, who had lfor some time faithfully filled the office of house surgeon, land he believed no one bad ever done so with more Icredit to himself and advantage to the institution. But la man who bad 313 staunch friends could not be very 1 badly off for practice, and he wished him every success. I He now asked them to forget the strife of an election, land only to think of the good of the hospital. It was Inn old Dorset way to strive to the utmost for their J friends, but when the contest was over, to forget it I altogether. He believed tbe hospital would have been 1 well served which ever had been elected. COUNTY PUTTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY: Before Herbort Williams, Esq., and Major- General Michel. Daniel Gregory and William Campbell, two seamen belonging to the Alice merchant ship, bound from Sunderland to the Mauritius, were brought up in custody of Police- sergeant Hitch, charged by Capt. Edward Gadd with refusing to work in Portland Roads It appeared that tbe Alice was overtaken by a storm oft Star Point, and was compelled to put back into Portland Roads ( or repairs. The defendants refused to assist i the repairs, and ultimately to proceed on tbe voyago, on the ground that the vessel was unfit to proceed to her destination, though they had no complaint to make gainst tbe master. Capt. Gadd now offered to call two shipwrights of Weymouth if the defendants would eturn, and if it was not proved that she was seaworthy, they could bring tbe case before the magistrates. This, Uowever, tbe defendants declined to accede to, refusing to have auything more to do with the ship, and they were committed to 28 days' bard labour. THURSDAY : Before H. Williams, Esq. George Critchell, of Fordington, a notorious old offender, was brought up in custody of Police Sergeant Vickery for being found at night on the premises of Mr. A. L. Cooper, of Whitcombe, and he was committed to three months' hard labour, under tbe Vagrancy Act. SATURDAY : Before H. Williams, Esq., H. C. Goodden, Esq., and Major Steward. Lord Wynf'ord and Capt. Kindersley were also present during the latter part of the proceedings. Joseph Lymn, Thomas Broadley, aud Henry Critchell, were summoned by Mr. Isaac Symes, of Portisham, for trespassing in search of conies on laud in his occupation. — Mr. Symonds prosecuted, aud adduced evidence support of tbe case.— Lymn aud Broadley made no defence; but Critchell said that he only stayed a few minutes there, and then went towards Abbotsbury, Mr. Symonds said bis client, Mr. Symes, only wished to stop the trespassing, and not to deal vindictively towards the men.— They were fined 20s. each, including costs, and warned not to do so iu future. Mr. Henry Pulman, gunsmith, and Mr. John Barnard, cooper, of Dorchester, who held certificates, were sum- moned on a charge of trespassing in pursuit o£ game.— Mr. Weston appeared to support the complaint, and Mr. Symonds for the defenco.— In opening the case Mr. Weston explained that tbe Manor of Steepleton was much the same as that of Fordington ; there was a' common field, and also a down or cowleaze. In that] common field a portion was copyhold property, and] another portion was freehold, and also in the down there; was a certain portion freehold as well. On Monday, 1 the 2nd of December, the defendants were shooting in] the cowleaze, and they went over a part of the ground in the occupation of Mr. Groves, who rented under Mr.. Lambert, the owner of the fee of that part, " with respect to Barnard, he was not aware that he had any direct or positive notice not to shoot, but Pulman had] been requested civilly, aud a legal notice had also been served upon him, not to shoot there; but in spite of that he had been there constantly.— James Dymoud was then called, and deposed that he lived at Steepleton, and was] in the employ of Mr. H. Groves. On the 2nd of Decemb- ber he saw Pulmau and the other defendant on Conygar, which was part of the cowleaze in tbe occupation of Mr J Groves. Mr. Lambert sent him across to know whether they had liberty. Barnard said they had. Witness asked who gave him liberty, and Barnard replied " That's all. We got to find out that." Nothing else passed, 1 md they went on shooting the same as before. They had two dogs and two guns.— Cross- examined: It was a large cowleaze, and there were " banks aud bounds," and they were in the " banks and bounds." Tbe cowleaze was occupied by Mr. Groves and also by Mr, Hawkins, ind Mr. Henry Groves, miller, had the same rights, as: well as Mr. Green, the clergyman. Mr. Groves occupied VIr. Green's land, and Mr. Hawkins occupied Mr. Hen- ville's. All these had got their run in the cowleaze. VIr. Symonds: Ts Mr. Lambert lord of the manor? Witness: I suppose he is lord of his own.— Mr. F. I C. Lambert said he bad a piece of freehold called iConygar, in tbe parish of Winterborne Steepleton. On the 2nd of December he was out shooting, and saw] the defendant on the piece called Conygar. By bis lirection the last witness went to them. He had not given tbe defendants any permission to go there ion the contrary he had caused a notice to be served on! Pulmarr, and had repeatedly asked him not to go there. — Cross- examined : Conygar was part of the cow- lease, md there was a fence there.— Mr. Symonds : Is there] inything to prevent Mr. Hawkins's stock getting into t?— Witness: I do not know.— Mr. Symouds: Now. Mr. Lambert, is there any fence ?— Witness: There is a' ence, but not sufficient to prevent them getting over.] — Mr. Symonds: What is the fence? — Witness: A hedge.— Mr. Symonds : What is the hedge ?— Witness: Like all other hedges. — Mr. Symonds: Planted? Witness: You can see where the place was enclosed and] where there has been a hedge.— Mr. Symonds: Is not this tbe subject of enclosure ?— Witness: I believe so.—] Mr. Symonds: Aro you lord of the manor?— Witness:' I am lord of my own. I have a certificate, but was not shooting alone on the 2nd of December.— Mr. Symonds : Who was with you ?— Witness: That is my business. Mr. Symonds: Do you refuse to answer?— Witness: 1 Yes.— Mr. Symonds: Who is lord of the manor ?— Wit- ness : The Duke of Cleveland, and Lady Sandwich, and the cowleaze is now the subject of enclosure.— Mr. Symonds, for tbe defence, said he did not know whether] there was anything for him to answer. It was proved by Mr. Lambert and tbe other witness that the land] was a common cowleaze, and consequently the game belonged to the lord of the manor, and unless he had a deputation from the lord, he was out of court.] A more trumpery case be had never heard.— Mr.' Weston in reply sr,' d Mr. Symonds' observation would not apply to this case, as it was freehold land, and,| although it was not enclosed at present, aud stock might occasionally run over it, still Mr. Lambert had tbe fee,! and he was the only person who had any right to shoot over that property.— Mr. Williams: Others had a right to run cattle over it? Mr. Symonds: Yes.— Mr. Weston J I'hey might run cattle, but that was their only right.— Mr. Coombs, magistrates' clerk; There is a common right exercised over Conygar.— Mr. Symonds : Why, it| is like Fordiugton common. There were common righti over the land, and if there were an enclosure to- morrow this allotment would be freehold and the others copyhold, There was no doubt upon the subject until the common right was extinguished.— The magistrates having con- j suited a minute or two, Mr. Williams said they dismissed! the summons, and in reply to Mr. Weston, said, on the] question of right; they did not think there was any offence in going over the land.— Mr. Symonds observedl that, now the case was over, he might state that he had a witness in court, who was an occupier and had a com- mon right over this spot, and be bad given the defendants] general leave to shoot. Not only that, Mr. Lambert'i own tenant had given them leave.— Mr. Weston said Mr. Lambert's tenant had no right, as the game was' reserved.— Mr. Symonds said they had leave from another person quite as competent as Mr. Lambert. Mr. Weston said they had got an authority from the] steward of the manor, and he would take out a fresh] summons directly. Thomas Davis was summoned by John Burrowes for taking game on lauds of R. B. Sheridan, Esq., M. P.— Mr. Weston prosecuted, and Mr. Andrews defended.- Johu Gale said that on Sunday, the 1st of December, he saw a trap sot between Hyde and Crockway, on the slope of the railway embankment. The following morn- ing it was sprung and there was some hare's fur on it, and lie afterwards saw defendant come and take up the trap. Che watchers made a rattle in getting over the hedge, and iefendant threw the trap down, and walked away about seven yards before they came up to him.— Cross- examined: Bridle and Burrowes were there with witness. Burrowes also searched defendant's baskets. Defendant was goin^ towards Stratton, and he had heard that he worked on the line. By the Bench : Defendant came along the top of the line, and at that time any casual observer could have seen the trap from thence, the sides of the hank being only rough grass, and the trap open to the sight.— John Burrowes, head keeper, corroborated the last witness, and added that ho would not give his name. — Mr. Andrews argued that there was no evidence of the trap having been used for taking a bare at all, and remarked on the fact that any person could see it from the line— this man had done so, taken it up, and thrown it down again.— The Bench said there was a doubt about the matter, and dismissed the summons, JSnos Beavis and Ebenezer Hussey were summoned by Mr. John Miller, for stealing turnips. — Mr. Howard defended.— Simon Kingman, bailiff to Mr. Miller, said that he had missed about two saeks of swedes from a! field near the line, and traced some marks from this! field down the railway opposite to a hut there. Having a suspicion he went with others to Beavis's house atj Broadwey and found two bushels of swedes similar to] Mr. Miller's, which were a peculiar sort. Cross- examined They had no search warrant when they went to Beavis's: house, and his wife offered no objection, but told them the swedes her husband had brought home were iu the] back house. They wero like Mr. Miller's, the seed ol which was bought of Messrs. Page and Toogood, and it is a particular sort.— William Seale, a boy 13 years of] age, said that on Friday he was by the hut in Mr. Miller's field to be out of tbe wet, and while he was| | there he looked inside the hut and saw some swedes. That was about half- past ten in the morning, and in the lafternoon be saw tbe two defendants come with barrows] and two bags in each barrow to the hut. After they were gone, there were no swedes in the hut. Cross examined : The policeman told him it was December the 6th. He also talked to the bailiff about it at four o'clock on the Friday. The top and bottom of this] hut were open.— P. C. Job Dewland corroborated the bailiff as to the finding of the swedes atj Beavis's, and the tracks on the line, which he traced by the mould in the field being dark, and the lino light] sand. He produced six swedes which were taken from Beavis's house. In cross- examination the witness ad-] nitted that a swede, which was subsequently said to have been brought from Beavis's garden, might have] come from Mr. Miller's field.— Mr. Howard urged that; thero was no evidence against Hnssey, but that ho was : an important witness for the defence, who bad been ; charged to prevent his giving evidence.— Henry Beavis, cousin of one of the defendants, deposed that they had some huts on the line for shelter from the wet, and to! keep tools in. On Saturday be saw Beavis go to his iown land a little after twelve for some swedes. Witness ] saw them pull up about a bushel and a half, and Beavis brought them home, and put them in the back bouse. On Friday morning the gang were working near the] hut, and being about to move from that place, Beavis and Hussey had to move some coke from the hut, which was done between Friday morning and Saturday. He] never saw any swedes or turuips in the hut. The witness produced some swedes from Beavis's land.— The Bench asked Mr. Henry Hawkins to examine the tur nips that were found at Beavis's, and those brought from his land. After careful examination, Mr. Haw- kins fancied there might be some difference in the necks, but they were much alike.— The Bench said it was a| ease of strong suspicion, but not enough to act upon. Case dismissed. Sobert Pitman was summoned by Mr. Henry Hawkins] for stealing dead fence.— P. C. Hill said that on Thursday [ evening he met defendaut on Roddon Common with some] rails and poles, and being asked about them be said lie had liberty to take them from bis master, Mr. Symes; ibut that gentleman denied this. Witness afterwards! saw, at Mr. Hawkins's, where some poles had been taken away, and found in a hole a piece of wood which fitted to ] a broken one in the possession of Pitman. Defendant ( admitted the offence, and Mr. Hawkins asked that he might bo dealt with as easily as possible.— Fined 2s., aud warned against repeating tbe offence. John Daniel, baker, of Piddletown, was summoned by Inspector Underwood, for having deficient weights, Mr. Underwood deposed that on Thursday last, he found in defendant's bakehouse, two four pound, one two pound and one half- pound weights deficient, ono 41b. nearly a] quarter ounce, the other three drams, the 21b. a little over an ounce, and the half pound two drains light. Defendant said he bad sent in ono set of weights to hi proved, and the others were about to be sent.— In his] defence Mr. Daniel contended that he had nothing ex- posed for sale iu his bakehouse, which was altogether distinct from bis shop, and nothing was ever sold from [ there. He explained that the weights were used to] steady a tin against a broken window.— The Bench said; short weights must not be kept in the house.— It ap- peared that there were scales in the bakehouse, for! weighing tbe dough.— Defendant was fined 5s. and the weights forfeited. Banks v. Bushrod, an affiliation case, was carefully heard, and the usual order made. A travelling musician was also brought up for an assault on his mother, who was wandering with him, but tho latter wished to withdraw the charge, as her son| [ generally behaved well to her, though he bad, in this] last drunken fit, inflicted some terrible gashes on her face.— The prisoner was discharged with a caution. WEYMOUTH. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.— The Rev. R. S. Ashton, B. A., delivered the usual weekly lecture on Wednesday evening, the subject being " The Cata- combs of Rome." The diagrams threw great light on the descriptive matter, and the lecturer imparted much interesting and valuable information in reference to tbe great sepulchre of early Christians. The usual vote of thanks was accorded tbe reverend lecturer with great enthusiasm. SUDDEN DEATH.— A melancholy proof of the un- certainty of life took place at the Kings Cross Station in London, on Monday last. A gentleman well known n this county as a commercial traveller, and having elatives in Weymouth, Mr. E. Pardon, took a cab from Southwark to go to the Station, and when the cabman pened the door, he was horrified to find his fare dead. He at once drove to the Hospital, where a post mortem examination took place, aud an inquest which resulted in a verdict of death from natural causes. MISS SMITH held an examination soiree for all her pupils at her house, St. Thomas- street, or. Tuesday last, the presence of their various instructresses and masters. The general proficiency was most satisfactory, for, in every branch either useful or ornamental, the! top pupils answered admirably, and all the rest very . creditably. Sacred history, composition, language,] music, and the fine arts, bad several graceful exponents. There the nine nuses were duly represented, as well as] the graces, whose representatives were quite at home] with tbe rule of three. Several master- pieces from the best English and French poets were delivered, jointly or [ singly, with great pathos and accuracy of diction. We congratulate Miss Smith not only for thus improving! her numerous pupils, but also for cultivating their ta.- te and memory, for poetry does refine the mind and . improves the elocution, which comprises good pronunci jation and delivery. Tbe latter part of the soiree ended with the prizes, various games, choruscs, and of course refreshments. All throughout the pupils wero remark able for their happy look and lady- like deportment. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. — Victoria and Great Western Hotel: Mr. aud Mrs. Murtou aud family Mr. [ Cherry, Mr. Clark, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and family, Mrs. Schreider, Mrs. Campbell, Mr. McKeuuel, Mr. Morriss, Mr. and Miss Stowell, Mr. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Groves and family, Mr. Goss, Mr. | and Mrs. W. Williams and family, Mr. Cbettle, Mr. Holman, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Wells, Mr. Milsora, Mr. Iliff. Royal Hotel: Captain and Mrs. Weldham, Mr. Wright, Rev. P. It. and Mrs. Watts, Mr. Bailey, Col. land Mrs. Stace, Mr. Walter Stace, Mr. H. Stace, Miss jStaco, Miss S. Stace. Gloucester Hotel: Captain and Mrs. Hunter, Miss Huntor, Miss Elinor Hunter, Major Q'. iantock, Miss Quantock, Miss Goodford, Mr. and Mrs. Courtauld, Mr. Ely, Mr. Ilutchings, Mr. Berkeley Carter. Burdon Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. Hippisley, Misses Hip- [ pisley, Mrs. aud Miss Gunning, Mr. Pecbell, Mr. Millar. Miss Mansell, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Needham, Mr. W. Worship, Captain J. Warry, Mrs. and Miss Mtindy, Major and Mrs. Colman, Mrs. and Miss Williams, Dr. mid Miss Clapgate, Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell. THE BRITANNIA.— At the Weymouth Town Coun- cil meeting, on Thursday last, Mr. Councillor Thomp son had placed a notice on the paper as to the ^ desirability of using the persuasive powers of the [ Council to induce this training vessel to be sent into Portland Roads, but the tone of the Admiralty being decidedly in favour of the vessel being moored in the Roadstead, further steps were declined unnecessary, and the motion was withdrawn. Iu the course of tin remarks Mr. Thompson protested against the insinuations and observations made by the Portsmouth Town Council respecting Portland. Either they had told a deliberate falsehood or were ignorant of the facts, when they said the sewage of Weymouth and Wyke ran into Portland Roads.— Mr. Ayling also remarked that the Portsmouth Town Council were anxious to get the naval college built in their neighbourhood; but Portland, he believed, was far superior to any of the sites which bad at present been mentioned.— The Mayor read a letter from Col. Sir W. L. Freestun, intimating that he had written to Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarence Paget, secretary to the Admiralty, urging the great advantage that would [ accrue by the removal of the naval cadets to Portland, He also suggeited the forwarding of a memorial to [ Government to counteract the mischievous representa- tions of the Portsmouth Council.— Under all circum- la . stances, it was deemed advisable not to take any further steps at present. AMATEUR RAILWAY DRIVERS.— A correspondent of the Times writes—" Perhaps the publicity which you can give to the following communication may save a few lives:— I had just taken my seat with a friend in an Eastern Counties Railway carriage last week, when a fellow- passenger asked one of the porters what was the name of the driver in charge of the train, adding, by way of explanation, ' I hope he won't let young Windham drive to- night.' Now, this young Windham is at this moment the subject of a commission in lunacv. We saw him on the platfoi m, dressed very like a railway guard, and we were informed by the spokesman, in explanation of his remark, that whether capable or not of managing his own affairs, Mr. Windham did ' consider himself capable of driving a train, and had ' actually been allowed to do so a few days before. Our informant named a gentleman whom we all knew, who he said was in that train, and had written a letter [ of complaint about it to tho chairman. If such a shameful thing be true it ought to be complained ol more publicly, as some additional security against its recurrence, and immediate dismissal ought to have already overtaken any guard who has dared to allow a young man, lunatic or not, to hare iu charge, even for a few minutes, tho lives of travellers in a train. Our party watched the young notoriety that night rather anxiously, and no mischief occurred; but he travelled alone, in a second- class carriage, dressed verj liko a driver. He frequently jumped in and OHt, as il watching for an opportunity of mounting; his means of bribery aud corruption are unlimited; he is fre quently going up and down; it is best, therefore, to make a little outcry in time." The railway secretary has repplied as under:—" In reference to a letter signed by ' Au Eastern Counties Railway Traveller' in your paper of this date, I am instructed by my directors to ask your permission to state that, it having come to the knowledge of their officers on the 5th inst. that, in travelling with a train on the proceeding day, Mr Windham had endeavoured to interfere with the duties of the guard— not the driver— by calling out tho name of some of the stations and asking the passengers to take their seats, prompt and decisive steps were immedi- ately taken to prevent the recurrence of such an irregularity, and a communication ou the subject ad- dressed to Mr. Windham's relatives." BROADWEY. | MARRIAGE OF THE REV. F. FISHER & MISS DADE. The village of Broadwey has been for some days past iu a pleasing state of excitement in consequence of the approach of the wedding of the respected and beloveil pastor, the Rev. Frederick Fisher, and the kindly interest with which the happy event was regarded was heightened by the leve which all bore to tile lady of his choice, Miss Dade, only daughter of the late Rev. T. Dade," the previous rector. The manner in which Mr. Fisher discharged his [ ministerial duties had also won for him tbe esteem ol dl, while his open- handed liberality had gained the regard of the poor particularly. It was therefore natural that the inhabitants would not allo. v such an opportunity to pass without some expression of their good wishes on the happy even', aud consequently on T Wednesday last a deputation, consisting of Major I Steward and Mr. Gale, of Nottington, waited on thel rev. gentleman at his residence lor tbe purpose of pre-" senting to him a testimonial which has been subscribed for by a very large number of the parishioners ol Broadwey and Bincombe, of which parishes be lias re- cently resigned the curacy, after a ministration of nearly eight years. The testimonial, which consists of a massive silver inkstand, value £ 17, furnished by Mr. Vincent, ol Weymouth, and bearing an appropriate inscription, was placed in the hands of the rev. gentleman by Major Steward, who, in a few suitable words, on behalf of the subscribers, expressed their sense of the many valuable ^ services rendered by him during his ministry. Th. deputation directed Mr. Fisher's attention to the largel Inumber of 110 subscribers, including both poor and I rich, as a proof of the estimation in which he was held I by all clis^ fc. In conclusion, they expressed to Mr. Fisher their felicitatfons aud best wishes for his future welfare and happiness.— Iu reply, Mr. Fisher thanked the deputation irr the following terms:— It is with feelings of mingled humility and grati- tude that I receive from you the munificent token SUPPLEMENT.— DEO. D O19R, S1E8 6T1 . C| O U N T Y C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E G A Z E T T E . 4 0 5 « CATTISTOCK. of your estimation of my past ministerial services^. in the parishes of Broadwey and Bincombe. Thej& L A FREE PUBLIC RBABIUA- BOOK was opened onf vaiuo of this gift is greatly enhanced in my estima- S ruesday evening through the kindness of the Rov, J. S tion by the large number of all classes of the parishioners, ® Kingston, the rector, whose hand and heart ever work! among whom 1 lately ministered, that have so ki » dly| Sfor the good and welfare of his parishioners. It will bel subscribed to this testimonial. I beg to express to themifopened four nights in each week for any person who cant all, through you, gentlemen, my senso of their kindness. puttend, and they will have the opportunity of reading! The years X have spent among you have been years offijlthe leading papers of the day, and many instructive! much happiness, and I need not say how greatly thatj| h, ooks from tho parochial library. We sincerely hopej happiness has been increased by the ready co- operationf| ti10 rev. gentlemau's kindness will be duly appreciated! that I have ever received from you and others in my|| by the inhabitants of Cattistock. endeavours to promote the present and future good of my flock. In conclusion I have only to say that,] that the riches of Christ's graco may ever attend both you and your new pastor, will be my fervent prayer. Thursday was the day fixed for the nuptial ceremony, and although the clou is presented a threatening aspect in the early morning, appearances improved towards the hour so anxiously looked forward to, so that the party were agreeably disappointed by the absence of any showers to disperse the crowd that awaited the arrival of the cortege. The bride elect and her intimate friends pro ceeded from her late residence at 2, Gordon Place, Greenhill, Weymouth, in a carriage drawn by a pair ofl greys, another carriage and pair bringing another group of lady friends from Nottington, they were! received by the gentlemen interested, in other equipages, at the pretty little church ot Broadwey, at aliout half- past eleven o'clock. The hymeneal rites were solemnized by the Rev. 0. Fisher, of] lilmstead, Essex, formerly curate of All Saints', Dor- chester, and brother of the bridegroom. Among the friends of the latter wo observed W. Worship, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, who gave away the bride; the Ven. Archdeacon Buckle, Major E. Steward, and Major Richard Steward, and — Gordon, Esq. The lady who] was the cynosure of all beholders was elegantly attired in a lavender moire antique dress, partly covered by a white crepelisse shawl, bound with white silk, and wore: a white chip bonnet with marabout feather, and elaborate Honiton lace veil. The bridesmaids were Mis* Steward, sister of Major Steward, and Miss Gale, of! Nottington. The church teemed with the admiring daughters of tho villagers, and there were also many oil more mature age of both sexes, who appeared to take if a calmer yet an equally sincere interest in the happy couple. It soon appeared that the village damsels had come with a less frivolous intent than that of being drawn into raptures with the elegance of the dresses, & c., for, at the close of the ceremouy, Miss Gale, in an appropri- ately retiring manner, presented a very handsome church service to the bridegrom, which we learnt had been sub- scribed for by the choristers of the parish, as a token of gratitudo for the trouble Mr. Fisher lias taken to promote their advancement in the science of harmony and their welfare in general. As the newly united pair were leaving the church the bells rang out merrily, and the party drove to Weymouth under the decorations which the villagers had elevated over their path, and amid expressions of tho hearty good wishes of all. An elegant, dejeuner bad been provided at the bride's former home, at Weymouth, and perhaps a scarcely less merry party assembled at the school- room, Broadwey, in the afternoon, where Mr. Fisher had left directions for a bountiful spread of tea and cake for the children instructed there. Tho Rev. gentleman had also given about 2 or 3 lb*, of meat to every elderly person in the villages of Broadwey, Bincombe, and Upwiy, so that all might celebrate the auspicious day,— and thus having provided for the good cheer of all connected with them, the happy husband and wife left Weymouth, passing again through Broadwey, to enjoy the beginning of their connubial blisi in the southerly climate of Ventnor, in the Isle of Wight, followed by sincere prayers for their lasting happiness. Returning to the village we fouud that the festivities were participated in by nearly 150 children, and by a large number of the young people including the choristers beforo mentioned. Many sweet pieces were sung, and to this entertainment were added ' lancing and all merry games in vogue at the present time, excepting, perhaps, that one rather in disrepute in this locality, the free and easy " kiss in the ring." The Upwey drum and fife band, which had been raised and brought into working order by Mr. Fisher, added to the excitement by marching out and playing some pieces ot music in their best style, tho whole forming quite a foreshadowing of the coining Christmas merriment, and, although all moved homewards at a tolerably early hour we may truly say that the ciieerful remembrance of the [ joyful day will last a long time in the neighbourhood and we cannot forbear repeating that every reminiscence of it will call forth renewed aspirations for the happiness of those who were the occasion of all this enjoyment. THE REV. J. KINGSTON, rector of Cattistock, held hisj tithe rent audit at the rectory, on Thursday last, when, as usual, after business, a good number of his rent payers! partook of a sumptuous dinner. On the removal of thef cloth, ns loyal subjects tho health of the Queen and! Royal Family was drunk, after which followed the! worthy Rector, Lord and Lady Poltimore, and Mr. and! Mrs. Elwes, of Chalmington house, all of which werel heartily received. We need hardly say that a few| hours were very pleasantly and harmoniously spent. CERNE ABBAS. THE TRADESMEN of this town have resolved to suspend! business on Thursday following Christinas Day. PIDDLEHJNTON. THE NEW SCHOOL for this parish was to have beenl opened yesterday by the Lord Bishop of tho Diocese, I but tho ceremony has been postponed, owing to thej lamented death of the Prince Consort. ATHELHAMPTON. THE CONSECRATION OF TEE NEW CHURCH at this! place, which was to have taken place last Tuesday, has] been postponed in consequence of tho death of tho| Prince Consort. WARE HAM. THE NATIONAL L03S is deeply felt by all in this nuigh-' bourhood, and tho shops of all the tradesmen in the; town are partially closed; and on Monday the largo boh at St. Mary's Church was tolled at intervals during the lay. OUR CHRISTMAS SHOW OE CATTLE in the market on Tuesday last was similar in character to the exhibitions of many years past, and pronounced by competent judges to be first- rate, and augur well for tho Christmas cheer n this and tho neighbouring towns in tho Isle of Pur beck. CHRISTMAS MARKET DINNER.— The customary sea- sonable dinners at the various inns in tho town, commenced this day, when Mr. Beale, who has lately [ entered upon the Black Bear Hotel, tried his hand and placed before his usual customers and numerous visitors, as satisfactory and substantial a spread as ever graced the mahogany of this old established and latterly nuch improved hotel. Mr. J. Reader occupied the chair, and Mr. Kent the vice chair. J. Panton, Esq., W. Lacy, Esq., W. Pike, Esq., and upwards of forty of the principal yeomen and others of the neighbourhood,! with many tradesmen of the town, wore assembled. TIIE EXAMINATION of the children at the National! School took place on Tuesday evening in Trinity School- room, and was very satisfactory. The Rev. S. R. Capel,| rector, and Rev. — Hanham, curate, were present, toge ther with several ladies, and many of the parents, & c. The room was tastefully decorated. The master, Mr. Roe, and the teachers, were also present, and under their direction the singing, which was occasionally introduced during the evening, gavo general satisfaction, and re-] fleeted credit on all concerned. AN INQUEST was held at the workhouse on Saturday ist, before J. Panton, Esq , mayor and coroner, on the] body of an infant named William Riggs, who had with tho mother been admitted into the house, from the| parish of Winfrith. Both were, as is the custom on udmission, placed in the receiving room, and, till they had been seen by tho surgeon, locked in. On the] natron ordering a fire to be lit, 9 short time after, the] : hild was found to have bad a fit, and was lying on the mother's arm apparently dead, and, upon the alarm being given, tho matron and others found that the child was] actually dead. Several wituesses were examined, and it was stated that the child had been subject to fits, and was very ill for some days, and that the previous illness and jthejourney from Winfrith on a very inclement morning,! iliad so increased this illness as to cause tho child's] death. Verdict accordingly. PORTLAND. THE AMERICAN CRISIS.— Captain Stotherd, Royal Eugineer, who has been for some time in charge of the Verne Fort buildings, at Portland, a few days ago received orders to embark for Canada. He had no expectation of such an order, yet was obliged to sail five days after its receipt. A CRACKED BELL BREAKING THE SABBATH.— For some weeks past the inhabitants of the villages " below the hill," in Portland, who are most desirous of maintaining the sanctity of the sabbath, have been ex- ceedingly annoyed by what they supposed to be its weekly desecration. Every Sunday morning, as certain as the day came, a noise was distinctly heard, similar to what on week days is common in the quarries and other places whero the quarry men or masons are dressing stone; and it was suggested by some, and believed by all, that some quarryman or other was vigorous]) pursuing his daily avocation at the expense of the pious1 feelings of the inhabitants in Fortune's Well. The noise,| indeed, fully justified the suspicion, as it was exactly similar to the sound from a good roach block when- struck] by tho kibble. It was determined, therefore, todiscover| the delinquent if possible, with the view of administering a justly deserved punishment. The search being directed more particularly to the point from whence the obnoxious noise proceeded, advancing cautiously the enquirers were led step by step to a spot least suspected, and this! " determined sinner was found to be no other than the] cracked belt of St. John's Parish school! There it was, and no mistake,— crack, slap, bang, slack, crack. Of course the discoverers turned away in disgust on finding that their zeal I' » m1 led them iiito such a mistake. ylthe Town Hall, on Friday evening last, by the eight POOLE. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.— The tradesmen of this town have expressed themselves generally willing to suspend] business on the Thursday following Christmas Day, and i lie Mayor has consequently issued a notice, recommend ing that desirable system to be unanimously acted on.] Plie market falling on that day is to be held on the previous Tuesday. FUNERAL OF THE LATE T. RICKMAN, ESQ.— The| mortal remains of Tom Hickman, Esq., an old and re. spected magistrate of this town, were interred in thej family vault in tho old burial ground, in Towngate- street, the permission of the Secretary of State having been obtained to open it for that purpose, on Friday last. The funeral was attended by several other magistrates of the borough and private friends of the deceased. INQUEST.— All inquest was held on Tuesday tho 16th nst., at the Guildhall, before Joseph Harker, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of Mary Ann Thring, an elderly woman, who died in consequence of injuries re- ceived by being knocked down by a horse and cart about a fortnight since. As it was late in the evening when [ she was crossing the Btreet, and the vehicle was not going very fast, no blame could be attached to the driver, ind a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned THE AMERICAN CRISIS.— It lias been suggested at Liverpool that shipowners should instruct the captains jof their outward- bound ships to communicate, by signal or otherwise, with any English vessels they may meet, that war with America is probable. This suggestion, wo understand, has met with the strong approval of the Liverpool underwriters :— By Marryat's the signal will be: No. 6417, with distinguishing pennant—" A pr pect of war;" No. 9375, with telegraph flag at some ] other mast- head—" with ;" No. 6589, with rendezvous flag or other number—" United States.' THE GREENHEAD FAMILY.— A concert was given at 1' hey should have rejok. * d that no sabbath- toeaker wasgsisters and brothers composing the family of Dr. Green- found, though the noise that misled them Was equally " offensive. head, who exhibited their extraordinary talent for in- strumental music, much to the gratification of the! audience. The overtures and other concerted pieces' were executed with great precision and clearness, while! tho solo performances on the violin by Zara were most! brilliantly rendered, and warmly applauded. Some songs] aud choruses were also given with great effect, and we heartily wish that the exertions of tho talented family! had met with better support. DEATH OE THE PRINCE CONSORT.— Great anxiety] was felt in this town during the whole of last week with respect to the health of his late lamented Royal High-! i, rumours of his serious illness having reached here] in the early part of the week, and the bulletins were| looked for with most anxious eagerness. It is hardly lecessary to say that, on receipt of the melancholy news if his death, which was officially communicated to the] Mayor by telegram, on Sunday afternoon, a general feeling of sorrow for the illustrious deceased, and lympathy for Her Most Gracious Majesty and the other! members of the Royal Family, pervaded the town. The bell of the parish church was tolled immediately at the [ close of the alternoon service, which was proceeding at the time; and flags were hoisted half- mast on the public buildings and shipping. At the evening service in all the churches and chapels, appropriate and feeling! illusions to the sad event were made by the various] preachers, and when, in the course of the Church Liturgy, the name of the estimable Prince was omitted from its accustomed place in the prayers, inexpressible! grief was felt by every heart, and tears rose to many leyes. Since Monday morning nearly every shop in the] town has exhibited the usual token of mourning, and we hear on all sides expressions of the most unfeigned! regret. y. PRESENTATION TO THE CHAPLAIN OF THE RIFLE] CORES.— The Rev. John Barrow, M. A., having decided on leaving the town, and being, consequently, obliged to] resign his office as chaplain to the 4th Dorset Rifle Corps, which he lias held ever sinco the establishment of ] the volunteer force here, having been one of the warmest] [ supporters of the movement at its starting, the members of the corps determined on presenting him with a slight testimonial of tlieir gratitude and regard. In this desire they were joined by several other inhabitants, of various, denominations, by whom the rev. gentleman had been held in great esteem during the time of his residence! liere, he having been curate of the parish church for twenty years. Although no subscription of more than, half- a- crown was taken, a sum exceeding £ 13 was soon collected, which was applied to tho purchase of an ele [ gant silver tankard, and a cream jug, bearing appropriate] [ inscriptions. These were presented to the reverend [ chaplain at a full dress parade of tho corps on Wedues day evening last, when several ladies and subscribers to the testimonial honoured the proceedings with their presence. The testimonials having been presented by Capt. Parr, the Rev. J. Barrow returned thanks in the most hearty manner, concluding by taking an affectionate farewell of the corps, who gave him a thorough cheer at parting. The rev. gentleman intends taking up his residence in Bedford, to which town he has been attracted by the excellence of the education to be obtained there for his three sons. THE UNION MATTERS.— It is to be hoped that the disturbances which have lately arisen in this Union, rendering it so unpleasantly aud discreditably notorious throughout the country, are now approaching a settle- ment. The peremptory order of the Poor Law Board, for the dismissal of the master of the workhouse, having complied with, the guardians at the last meeting but one elected as his successor in the office Mr. Arthur Clarke, the efficient master of the Ringwood National School, and his sister, Miss Clarke, as matron. The porter, also, whose behaviour has been in many cases very reprehensible, has been discharged, and John Pearce. of Hamwortby, elected in his stead. The chairman of the Board, Mr. II. Hamiltou, had retired from his seat at the commencement of the uproar, and on the above occasion two other guardians, whose names had in the course of the inquiry been brought prominently before tno public, Messrs. Kite and Bloomfield, followed his example. The election of new guardians is left in the hands of the ratepayers, who, we suppose, will hardly be content to leave the interests of the important parish ol St. James represented at the Board by but one gentle- man, however strong their confidence in him may be. We trust and believe that, under the new management we shall no more have reason to fear the carrying on of such practices, which, while the most absurd and ex aggerated rumours have been in circulation with refer euce to them, have brought suoh discredit on the Union but that all connected with tho establishment will stud) to retrieve its character, and eventually gain for it the name of being tho best conducted workhouse in the | country. GRAND CONCERT AT THE NEW TEMPERANCE HALL, — It is seldom we have to report upon such a successful concert as that given in aid of the funds of the new Temperance Hall on Tuesday last. The band consisted of a double scptett, under the direction and leadership of Willet L. Adye, Esq., of Merly, assisted by Mr. F W. Smith, of Dorchester, principal 2nd violin ; llerr Daubert, violoncello; Mr. Alexander Rowland, double ba- s; Mr. Boy ton Smith, pianoforte ; and the principal amateur talent of the neighbourhood; the vocal portion1 | of the concert being sustained by the Poole Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. Duncan. The! programme contained pieces of a higher order than we usually get in the provinces, for, thanks to W. L. Adye, Esq., the overtures to Tancredi, Masaniello, and other threadbare favourites, gave place to Cherubim's " Les deux Journ& s," Spohr's " Jessonda," Beethoven's Leonora," Reissiger's " Yelva," and Weber's " Grand Overture to Oberon," each of which was rendered in a most masterly style, and received by the audience with showers of applause. They more especially evinced their aptitude to appreciate the best music by the earnestness with which they re- demanded Spohr's leep and masterly overture to Jessonda, thereby showing that they were not ungrateful for the classical treat the talented leader had prepared for them. Mr. Boyton Smith gave a solo on the piano forte, the piece selected being " La Cbflte des Feuilles," a very elegant and graceful composition ol bis own, tho execution of which proved him to be an accomplished pianist and a tasteful musician. This| piece, recently published, is becoming a great favourite! with the musical public. The glee and part songs were] endered in a careful and neat manner, and especial notice must be made of the tasteful singing of the Misses] liirt in the duet " Sister, away," which elicited a most [ decided encore. The room was crowded to excess, there being more than 400 present, and we are happy to state' [ that the most sanguine expectations of the committee were realised, if not surpassed. SHIES ARRIVED.— Rainbow, Wilkins, Truro. Northam, Kitcher; Catherine, Milly, Southampton. Jessy, Cliis- man, Newfoundland. Dove, Phillips, Portsmouth. Fly, Ellis, Sheerness. Shark, Leak, Newcastle. Alliance, Mailt, Plymouth. Providence, Relford, Littlehamp- ton. Ranger, Dobson, Port Talbot. Medina, Wearn, Torquay. Terra Nova, McCarthy, Cadiz. Sailed. — James Manlaws, McForlin ; Catharine, Kent ; Rachel, Fletcher; Harmony, Hiscock, London. Queen Charlotte, Fenner, Exeter. Dove, Phillips; Liberty, Pearce; Sea, Came, Portsmouth. Ellen Martin, Evans; Anderida, Mulcatry, Bristol. Hero, Gann; Freedom, Thompson ; Glide, Tilsed ; James, Whitty, Hartlepool. Eleanor Jane, Phillips, Port Talbot. Elizabeth Ann, Pritchard; Desmond, Holloway, Plymouth. Edmund Ironsides, Washburn, Gloster. Idris, Parry, Cork. Ann, Davies; Wild Wave, Hawkins, Liverpool. Catha- rine Williams, Hudson; Ceylon, Jenkins; Salathiel, Richards, Runcorn. Surprise, Kent; Acorn, Jarvis, Falmouth. Brothers, Conway, Sandown ( I. W.) Alarm, Hitchcock, St. Michaels. Providence, Holland, Dover. Jane and Sarah, Stokes, Penryn. Zitella, Cains, Sunder [ land. Peter Fordenskjold, Prost, Cardiff. Rainbow, Wilkins, Truro. Forest Queen, King, Swanage. Lydia, Tbomas, Neath. W1MBORNE. THE National School Fife and Drum Band have pre- sented their instructor, Mr. A. G. Mackenzie, with a valuable cold ring and pencil case. SINGULAR RECOVERY OF LOST NOTES.— About a fortnight ago the Hon. Charles Lane Fox, of the Guards- Club, Pall Mall, stayed one night at the King's Head Inn, in this town, on his journey to attend the funeral of his late relative, the Rev. Laue Fox, rector of Sturminster Newton. Having left in a hurry by first train in the morning, he missed some money in notes, ind, as he had seen them safe on retiring to bed, came to the hasty conclusion that he had been robbed. About ] eight days afterwards, Superintendent Baynton received [ information of the loss, and made inquiry at the hotel ind examined the bedroom where tho gentleman slept. The superintendent, on removing the dressing table, picked up the missing notes underneath. What is most singular, the room bad been slept in every night, and had been cleaned as usual. A YOUTHFUL HORSE STEALER.— Thomas King, ol Critchcll, aged 13, son of a rag collector, was brought beforo the Bench, by Superintendent Baynton, charged with stealing a horse from Uddens Park, belonging to William Squibb. It appears that the liorso was put to grass in the Park; on Tuesday morning the . boy caught the horse, and took it to Ringwood, where he offered it Tor sale, saying his mother died the previous night, and liis father that morning, and his aunt had sent him to sell tho pony, to get money to bury them with. Infor- nation was given to the police, and the boy was stopped, and upon being questioned admitted he stole it. The father, in answer to questions from the Bench, said hii boy was very bad, stopping away for three or four nights together, and he could not control him. The Bench committed him for trial at the Quarter Sessions, stating that ho was a fit subject for a Reformatory. BLANDFORD. THE BLANDFORD COUNTY BALL, AND THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE BLANDFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, are postponed in consequence of the lamented death of the Prince Consort. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— The tradesmen of this town have, in accordance with their annual custom here, kindly consented to allow their establishments to be closed on the day following Christmas day. DORSET CENTRAL RAILWAY.— Tho contractors are pushing the works in Oak field, where the station is to be, and we hope'duiing the ensuing summer to be able to report progress with the heavy work, between this town aud the present station at St. Mary. THE REMAINS of the lamented Mr. John Sliittler, of Elstou, Wilts, passed through this town on Tuesday week, on their way to Hazelbury Bryan, where the in- terment took place. Mr, Shittler's loss is deeply re- gretted by his numerous friends in this neighbourhood. WORKING MAN'S CLUB.— J. C. Mansel, Esq., has generously presented this institution with a handsome donation in books, viz.:— Hallam's Constitutional His- , ory of England, 3 vols; and Macaulay's Essays, 2 vols, Mr. Mansel is a warm supporter of the institution, and lias on several previous occasions given valuable books to enrich its library. DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.— The sad intelli- gence, which was received here on Sunday night, cast a *; looin over the whole town, and the tolling of tho bell, and partial closing of the shops the following day, with the mournful appearance of all the newspapers received by the midday train, produced a very melancholy im- pression, and great sympathy is felt by all classes towards our beloved Queen and the Royal family. MILTON ABBAS. OPENING OF THE LECTURE SEASON. It may be in the recollection of our readers that, about two years since, the reading room at Milton Abbas was estab- lished, through the liberality of the Baron Hambro', for the mcouragement of intellectual improvement amongst the residents, and more especially the working population of the neighbourhood, who, on payment of a very moderate acknowledgment, thus obtained access to the current reading furnished by the press of the day. As frequently happens where the best facilities are afforded, we regret to say that the reading room has not been so fully appreciated as we liould have expected, and as it undoubtedly merits to be wliare advantages of a superior nature are furnished for the nominal charge of Id. per week. We sincerely wish that anything we could say could have the effect of inducing many more on whom we have an eye to join in giving an impulse to the institution, for we are quite sure it could be lone by many, if not most, of those within an easy range of distance without the slightest inconvenience, and greatly to their gratification. But we think that the best means of accomplishing the object in view is supplied to our hand by the following report of a lecture delivered by the excellent schoolmaster of tho village, Mr. J. H. Finch, on Thursday evening last, since it admirably illustrates the exertions that are made to keep up the spirit of the undertaking, and ap- propriately inculcates the principles which such institutions are well calculated to develop. The attendance was tolerably stood, and Mr. John Ewens, surgeon, was called to the chair, and Mr. J. H. FINCH, who was received with approbation, then proceeded to read the following lecture on " The Value and and Improvement of Time." He said : - The subject I have chosen for this evening's discourse is " the value and improve' m D O R S E T COUNTY C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE, DEC. 19, 1861. merit of time." 1 shall treat of tlio subject under two heads—^ uncertainty of human life, and the value of our present life have missed the book in which they were, made, however,|- to perform adapted to the stage at which we are arrived ; 1st. The value of time; 2nd. The improvement of time. 1st. The value of time. We have each of us a certain portion ofj time to live; set apart by the Almighty Disposer of all events, 1 for the purpose of discharging our duty " in that state of life: in which it hath pleased Him to call us." It is a lamentable: fact that, among nil the talents which God has committed toj our stewardship, there is not one of His gifts of which man is so regardless or less values as time. It is, therefore, that I would endeavour ( to the best of my poor ability) to impress: upon your minds a due sense of its importance, in order to do which it will be necessary to consider briefly these two! facts— lst. The shortness and uncertainty of human life, and 2nd, the mutability of all earthly things. We read in our beautiful and solemn Service for the Dead, " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of j misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he: fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay." The Psalmist, in the 39th psalm, after praying for instruction to be led to consider his approaching end and the measure of his days, that he might be sensible how short his life was, says " Behold, Thou hast made ray days as a] fcandbreadth, and my age is nothing before Thee." We are] further told by the same inspired writer that " The days of our age are three score years and ten, and though men be so1 strong that they come to four score years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away and we! are gone." With respect to the uncertainty of human life, we read, in the service before alluded to, " In the midst of life we are in death," and the wisest of men has said " Boast not thyself of to- morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth," That life is uncertain as well as| short, we have also every- day occurrences to prove. Further- more, we know from statistical accounts that more than one- l half that are born die before they are ten years old; on the other hand, not one in a thousand attain the age of 100 years. Knowing then, as we do, the shortness and uncer- tainty of human life, it behoves us to be careful how we spend our time, that precious talent entrusted to us, and for which we are accountable to the Great Dispenser of it, and on which so much depends— our welfare in this life and that of our souls in eternity. But, in order to value the days and years] which God has allotted us, we must value the moments, minutes, and hours, of which they are composed. The short- ness of a moment, however, and the rapidity of its flight, make us attach little or no value to it, and to think we have many more laid up in store for us; whereas we cannot call a moment our own, but are dependent for each one dealt out to us upon God's bounty and goodness. Let us, therefore, eagerly grasp them ( as it were) as they approach, and em- ploy them to our best advantage, before they are launched into the eternity of the past; for we shall assuredly be con- vinced one day ( but perhaps too late) of the value of one of these precious moments. What would millions of our fellow creatures have given for a single moment on their death- bed that they might thereby be enabled to make their peace with God, and atonement to man ? Time will not wait our conveni- ence, not even while a precious soul is weighed in the balance, when an hour, nay a minute, might have brought repeutance and saved the soul alive. We will suppose a case of one of those tyrant monarchs who have condemned to death ( knowingly) innocent humanity. Yesterday one of these signed the death warrant of an innocent man; one, who, through all phases of political intrigue, had been his most, able adviser. To- day that grim monster, death, is about to take hold of him. The king, too, is aware of his stealthy step and near approach. Ha begins now to relent, and feels really sorry for the many acts of oppression of which he has been guilty. Reflection now teaches him that he has not dealt out even- handed justice. In order to make some atonement he call for materials to sign the pardon ( as he terms it) of the condemned man ; but while performing this act of justice the king of terrors draws nigh. His moments are numbered, time waits not, neither will it allow him to maki that atonement which, in his last moments, ho so much desires. He is thus ushered into the presence of his Judge to answer for another crime added to the catalogue of his former sins. If then we would better our condition in this life, if we value our future happiness, we must rightly em- ploy our present moments, for they soon pass away and are lost to us forever. The fleetnessof time is beautifully described by Knox in the following lines:— " Time speeds away, away, away; No eagle through the skies of day, No wind along the hills, oan flee So swiftly or so smooth as he. Like fiery steed, from stage to stage, He bears us on from youth to age j Then plunges in the f'eart'ut sea Of fathomless eternity. Ministers from the pulpit, and teachers in schools, are con- stantly endeavouring to impress us with adue sense of the speed of time. But, iiad we no one else to teach us this great lesson, we have the warning voice of nature constantly proclaiming! this great truth to us, especially in her four seasons, and the alternate succession of day and night. In spring the fields and hedge? put on their greenness and freshness, and vegeta- tation springs forth. During summer the seeds, which have been cast into the soil, and during spring have grown up, ii! all their beauty and grandeur ripen, and nature puts ou her best apparel. Summer is followed by autumn, when the leal which had burst forth in the spring fades and dies. Winter follows in the rear with his freezing breath, covering the surface of the ground with his snowy mantle. Again and again these seasons make their annual round, solemnly pro- claiming the flight of years. There is the following inscrip- tion on the dial of All Soul's College, Oxford :—" The hours perish and are laid to our charge," which reminds the passer- by of two great and solemn truths, viz., 1st. " The hours perish, they die, they never return." 2nd. We are account- able to God for the use we make of them. " The hours perish," and we should keep this in mind that as they do they carry us nearer to heaven or further from it. " The hours are laid to our charge;" for every hour we have squandered away in idleness and folly we must answer at the last day. Every hour of our existeuce will rise up and accuse us of some sin or other. In the words of Montgomery— eminding us how much we have to do, and convincing usftl remember some of them. Among them was the following that " Thenightcomethinwhiohno man can work." Changes| § " Rather do nothing to purpose than he idle that the devil have already, of late, taken place in European dynasties, andfe: may find you doing." For be assured that, if he finds we " Time himself, with all his legions, Lays, mouths, years, since nature's Shall revive; and, from all regions Singling out the sons sf earth, Witn their gtory or disgrace, birth, Charge their spenders face to face." Secondly.— The mutability of things. If we reflect seriously ou the changeable condition of all things in this life, we must be convinced that time is precious to us. But how seldom do we spend any reflection at all upon the subject. Yet without such reflection it is impossible for us to be impressed with a due sense of the value of time. Many now rich and powerful, a day, nay an hour, will reduce to poverty and want; and those now poor and destitute it will raise to] more are likely soon to take place. Kingdoms and empires, as] well as man, do not continue in one stay,— they are con- tinually revolving. The great Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian. Grecian, and Roman, Empires have long passed away, and live now only in the pages of history. Time destroys one; empire and establishes another; it dethrones one king, andj ! crowns another to sway the sceptre of his realm. Naples) has changed the rule of Francis for that of Victor Emmanuel.] The Pope's temporal power, and, consequently, his assumed] spiritual power, is fast crumbling into decay. Russia,! Hungary, Poland, and Austria, are all ill a state of fer- mentation. All Europe seems to be agitated, betokening [ some great change. What part England and France are to play in the great drama we know not; but that they will appear upon the stage, and take their respective characters in the approaching scanes of strife, there is not the least doubt. If we turn towards the West we still behold the [ same state of things, with this difference, there it has reached maturity, and active hostilities have long since begun. The [ whole horizon seems to be darkened by forebodings of coming events. How can we then, sensible, rational beings as we are, living in the midst of so many and great changes, not anticipate and provide for that great change which awaits us [ all ? I now come to the last part of my subject, " The im- provement of time," which will chiefly consist in noticing the views and opinions of those worthy characters who have looked upon their time as a gift of God,— a talent not to be hid in the earth, but to be laid out and improved to their own benefit, and to the honour and glory of God; aud who] have prized it as the most valuable commodity they pos- sessed. I stated at the commencement of my lecture that] ^ ach person has a certain portion of time allotted him to1 live upon the earth. He has also a certain work assigned him to perform in that given time. The Rev. Dr. Maltby says " Human life is a state of discipline, not of bondage, nnd the subjects of Divine government have not only ample1 materials supplied, but a sufficient time allowed them forthe| performance of their several labours.^ For the whole series] [ of trial the whole period of life is assigned; but we are wisely forbidden to know the duration of that period, since, if it were comparatively a long one, a spirit of delay would bel thereby induced. On the other hand, if the time were pro- portionably short, it might occasion precipitation and des- pair. In exact proportion to our powers, and to the time, I be it longer or shorter, in which those powers aro called forth, the merit or demerit of our lives will be determined, when the account of those things which have been done in the body shall be rendered up at the judgment seat of Christ. Each successive period of human existence has also its re- spective duties assigned it. In youth the foundation of] knowledge must belaid, and upon it a superstructure reared,! calculated to fit us for useful members of society in after! life. When we are arrived at the age of manhood, society xpects and exacts from us the performance of duties which ( if we have neglected to discharge those incumbent upon us] n youth) will not admit of our turning back to retrieve the time lost. Since, therefore, each portion of our life has ts appropriate duties, if we would return to the performance :) f those which were left undone at an earlier period, we must neglect the business which belongs to the time at which we ire arrived. But I do not wish you to understand that nothing can be done to make up for the time lost; on the contrary, by double diligence in discharging the duties] attached to the after periods of our existence, the lost: time may be in a sense redeemed. The three principal thieves of time which we should particularly guard against, if we would rightly improve it, are— sleep, indolence, and procrastination. You all know the pro- verb " Early to bed and early to vise, will make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." The truth of the proverb if] evident. No man is perfectly healthy, or will long continue: so, who is not an early riser. If a man wishes to get riches' tio must not look in the bed for them; and to get wisdom it is necessary to rise early and exercise the powers of thought and observation. Dr. Doddridge in his Family Expositor writes thus : " I will here record an observation which I have| found of great use to myself, and to which I may say that the production of this work ( The Family Expositor) and most of ray other writings is owing, viz , that the difference between rising at 5 and at 7 o'clock in the morning for the] ipace of 40 years, supposing a man to go to bed at the same hour at night, is nearly equivalent to the addition of 10; years to a mail's life." A labouring man, therefore, earning] 10s. a- week, by thus rising two hours earlier, and employing them every morning, would in the above space of time ac-| jcuinulate no less than £ 260. Another example of the results achieved by early rising is afforded in the case of Albert Barnes, the American Commentator. He, writing of him- self says, " Whatever I have accomplished in the way of[ [ commentary on the Scriptures, is to be traced to the fact of rising at four in the morning, and to tile time thus secured, which I thought might properly be employed in a work not immediately conuected with my pastoral labours. That habit I have now pursued for many years. All my com-] nentarios ou the Scriptures have been written before 9 o'clock iu the morning. At the very beginning, now more than 80 years ago, I adopted a resolution to stop writing ou these notes when the clock struck nine. This resolution I have invariably adhered to." Thus this industrious and persevering] man has prepared, during the mornings of his life, before 9 o'clock, no less than sixteen volumes of commentary, five on portions of the Old Testament, and eleven on the New. fndolence and procrastination consist respectively in the in- dulgence of a heavy, inactive disposition, and in the putting off for some future time what ought to be done at the present. It is to these enemies of our time that we owe the waste of our odd moments, which, if worked up, and rightly improved, it is surprisiug to find how much might be done in them, as will be shown from the following examples, a few only out of many hundreds that might be instanced. 1. The elder Pliny ( a Roman historian) seldom sat down to eat a meal without having some one to read to him, and he never travelled with-, out having one or more books with him. 2. Dr. Burney ( an! jminent English musician of the last century) learnt French uid Italian while travelling on horseback from one musical pupil to another. 3. Henry Kirke White, one of our Eug- j , ish poets, ( his father was a butcher) learnt Greek while walking to and from a lawyer's office. 4 Dr. Mason Good, an eminent physician and literary man, translated Lucretius while riding in his carriage through the streets of London, making his rounds among his patients. Indeed, most of his' acquirements were accomplished during his professional] . valks and drives. 5. Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich in the 17th ceutury, wrote his " Contemplations" while travel- ling. 6. James Watt, the celebrated engineer, taught him- self chemistry and mechanics while working at his trade of uathematical instrument maker. 7. Stephenson taught' wealth and honour. Those who bestow charity on others to- p^ iraself arithmetic and mensuration during " the night shifts, day, may become the recipients of charity themselves to- Sfi . i. iiawn. i,^ ™ « = o„ 0„ » ;„. mon s n morrow. Time in a thousand ways gives wings to riches, and! they fly away. Hundreds of us, uoiv aiive iu health and vigour, and who are constantly thinking " what shall we] eat," & c., and anticipate years of future happiness, shall not see another year, nay another week, but to- morrow becotnel the occupants of the tomb. Such is the mutability of things. The record of the grave in our own parish for the present year sufficiently attests it. Time's ruthless hand has left indelible signs of his work amongst us, in snatching tiom us many of our dear kindred and friends. Iu tliisl parish alone, no less than eighteen souls have been ushered into eternity during the present year. This is by far the greatest uumber of deaths that lias occurred in one year— in: this parish for many years pant. Surely this is ( to us especially) a voice from heaven, plainly teaching i. vhile working as an engineman. 8. Madame de Genlis, a jpopuiar French writer. When a companion of the Queeu of] prance, din ing the latter part of the last century, it was her lluty to be at the table and waiting for her mistress just 15] jininutes before dinner. By employing those 15 minutes every] '•' jay in writing she added two vols, to the works she had already! { published. 9. Elihu Burnt, the great American linguist, 1 lloarnt 18 different languages, besides 22 European dialects, while earn ng his living as a blacksmith. Seeing, then, howi Touch may be done by early rising, and employing our odd] • moments, it behoves us to employ our time in like manner. Uf we cannot all write books or learn languages, we can do! ' many things to benefit ourselves and those around us, iu] fact, anything to keep us from idleness. When a boy I made] us thesLextmcts of the sayings of eminent men, but I am sorry that have nothing to do, he will soon set us to work. It is such ' opportunities as these that lie avails himself of by putting [ evil thoughts into our heads, by urging us on to the gratifi- j [ cation of our sensual appetite, and by stimulating us to, : commit the most deadly sins. Another essential in the] economizing our time is promptitude. This consists in a [ determination to do at once what we aro confident in our minds ought to be done. Nothing will illustrate this truth better than a reference to a few of the events in the history [ of Nelson. When Nelson was acting under the orders of; Admiral Jarvis, off Cape St. Vincent, in the year 1797, the. Admiral ordered Nelson to wait his signal before attacking the enemy ; but Nelson, seeing an excellent opportunity, bore doivn gallantly upon seven of the enemy's fleet before the] Admiral's signal was given. On being asked if he had] reckoned them, he replied " No; it will be time enough to do that when they have struck." After having attacked the Santissima Trinidada, a vessel carrying 136 guns, he passed on to the San Nicholas, of 80 guns, and, compelling her to] surrender, proceeded from her deck to board the San Josef, of 112 guns. For these brilliant services he was made a Knight of the Bath, Rear Admiral of the Blue, and ap- pointed to the chief command of the inner squadron at the1 siege of Cadiz. Nearly 20 years before the above incident in his life happened, when he was second lieutenant of the] frigate Lowestoffe, and stationed off Jamaica, an American vessel having struck to the English frigate, there being a] rough sea, the captain, becoming impatient of delay, cried jout ( the first lieutenant having gone below to obtain refresh- nents) " Have I then no officer who can board the prize ?" Nelson generously waited a few minutes in expectation of the first lieutenant's return ; but at length hearing the master] volunteer his services, he leaped into the boat exclaiming " It is my turn now ; If I come back it will be yours." From | fhat day forward the career of Nelson vva3 one brilliant1 [ series of successes. I know of no three men who have better1 iconomised their time than the late celebrated statesman,' Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the late Duke of Wellington, and Benjamin Franklin. By them each hour of the day had its particular work assigned it. The astonishing amount of| . business they performed startled common improvers of time. Pitt knew, not merely the outlines of public business, the1 policy and intrigues of foreign courts, but his eye was on every part of the British dominion; and scarcely a man could move without his knowledge of him and his object When Prime Minister of England a friend called on him one. lay, aud found him down on his hands and knees, playing1 marbles with his little boy, and complaining bitterly that the : ogue would not play fair, gaily adding that he must have] jbeen corrupted by the example of the French. The friend] wished to mention a suspicious looking stranger, who for some time had taken up lodgings in London. Pitt went to] his drawer and took out some scores of small portraits, and folding up one which he had selected, asked, " Is that the] nan ?" " Yes," ( said his friend,) " the very person." " Oh !" ( said Pitt) " I have had my eye on him from the moment he] stepped on shore." All this was accomplished by a rigid observance of time, never suffering a moment to pass unim- proved. The Duke of Wellington was always an early riser. He used to say " When a man catches himself turning] in bed it is time to turn out." To BIIOW how lie appreciated his time, I will relate an anecdote or two of him. " When Master General of the Ordnance, wishing to select an officer | of the Royal Corps of Engineors, to fill a post where con- 1 iderable scientific acquirements were necessary, he applied to Dr. Hutton, requesting him, if he had a pupil eligible for he situation, to send him with testimonials of his abilities. The Doctor felt that he could do no less than call upon the Duke, and accordingly appointed an interview with him. When his Grace entered the room, he said con- isely to the doctor, " I am obliged to you, doctor,| for the trouble you have taken. Is the young gentleman fit for the office?" The doctor cleared his throat, and com- menced a carefully prepared speech with " No man more so, my Lord, I can" " That is quite sufficient, doctor," said! the Duke, taking up his hat, " I know how valuable your time is: mine just now is equally so. I will, therefore, not detain you longer. Good morning." When he was being modelled for the Royal Exchange statue, Chantrey, the! iculptor, wanted to draw the Duke into the admission that t. he best position for the horse was a quiescent one. Chantrey had detained him for nearly two hours, so that the Duke was beginning to grow a little impatient. So he said rather Iryly, " Well, Mr. Chantrey, the quiescent position may do] very well for horses, especially stone ones; but, to speak my nind, I don't find the attitude agreeable. I like to bej noving." Franklin had a horror of losing time, as will be jseen from the following anecdotes. Dr. Baird, speaking of] him, says, " The industry of this Franklin is superior to] anything I ever saw of the kind. I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." A remarkable anecdote is • elated of him when quite a child. His father, a conscien- tious Presbyterian, was in the habit of saying very long [ extemporaneous graces before and after meals. These were doubtless very different from the short formulary now in use, and appear to have struck the youthful philosopher as being unnecessarily long. One day, after the winter's provi- 1 sious had been salted, Benjamin said to his father:—" I think if you were to say graco over the whole cask— once for nil— it would be a vast saving of time." Franklin had] . observed that when he went to an American inn every indi- vidual in the house had some question or other to propose to him relative to his liistory. So, in order to save time, and prevent further enquiry, he would, upon his arrival at any new inn, call together the master, the mistress, the sons, the' laughters, the man servants, and the maid servants, and address them something after, the following manner:—] " Good people, I am Benjamin Franklin, of Philadelphia, by trade a printer, I am a bachelor, and have some relations at Boston to whom I am going to make a visit. My stay will be short, and then I shall return and follow my business as a prudent man ought to do. This is all I know of myself, 1 and all I can possibly inform you of; I beg, therefore, you will have pity upon me and my horse, aud give us both some refreshments." He economized even the time allotted to bodily exercise. Writing to a friend one day, he says,] ]" There is more exercise in one mile's walkiug than in five] on horseback, to which I may add there is more iu walkiug one mile up and dowu stairs than in five on a level floor.] [ The two latter exercises may be had within doors wheu the] weather discourages going abroad, and the last may be had when one is pinched for time, as containing a great quantity [ of exercise in a handful of minutes." These persons I have alluded to owed all their greatness, their wealth, their honours, and the great influence they possessed over men's] ininds, to a rigid economy of their time, for many of them wore] men of humble parentage, who, by early risiug, aud the im-; provement of every spare moment, worked their way to that high position in society which most of them attained. And the others who could boast of a more gentle birth, in the] [ same manner have rendered their names more illustrious, and all have given to posterity bright examples ( worthy of] being copied by every one, from the lowest to the highest in the land, from the peasaut to the Prince,) of the improve- ment of that universal talent which God lias committed to ] our keeping. I have before stated that we have not only ample materials supplied, but a sufficient time allowed us for the performance of our several labours. For all wo have to1 ido, we have the whole period of life assigned us. There are [ three distinct stages in human life ( as before noticed among the views of the Rev. Dr. Maltby), youth, manhood, aud old age. Iu each of these we have a particular kind of labour that which we have to do in youth seems to he the most im- portant of all. Our work then is a work of preparation to fit us for the duties of after life. • If the painter does not properly prepare his canvas, it is impossible for him to make a good impression of the likeness he wishes to represent upon it. So it is with us, if we do not properly prepare ourselves in youth, a correct picture of a just, upright, and honourable man will not grow of it. It is iu youth we must lay the foundation of knowledge. It is then we must learn our duty to God and to our neighbour. It is then we should clothe ourselves in those Christian virtues which adorn every true follower of Christ. In manhood we should put those lessons learnt in our youth into practice; other duties also then devolve upon us. Society has its claims ; but in this stage of our life we are especially calle 1 to discharge those duties which are inenmbfent upon us as parents and instructors of the young. We have to prepare for the wants, both of the body and the mind, of those children which God has com- mitted to our care ; and to bring them up as useful and re- ligious members of society. The generality however, of the working classes, imagine that if they give their children sufficient to eat, and provide them with clothes, they have discharged their duty; but this is a fearful mistake, the mind requires food as well as the body. As the body grows, the mind gets more developed, if properly fed by the streams of knowledge ; but if not, it will remain a barren waste. Our children are given us by God to see if we will bring them up in tbe knowledge and fear of Him. They are tests, as it were, of ] our Christian character. According as a child is brought up, he becomes either an honour or a reproach to his parents, a servant of God, or a servant of the devil. He will be either honoured aud esteemed by his fellow- men, or despised and rejected by them. A great responsibility, therefore, . rests upon us in this period of our existence, and a dire penalty is attached to the sin of not " bringing up a child in the way he should go." Old age brings with it its infirmi- ties. Man's sight grows dim, and his hearing dull; his speech begins to falter, and his limbs refuse to discharge jtheir wonted offices. These are the signs of his approaching ] end, and happy is he who can look back upon the course of his past life with the happy conviction of having rightly improved his time, and can look forward into eternity with a full assurauce of a reward for his well- doing. We are now in the eve of another year. In 18 days from the present jtime this year will have passed away. During this time let us well examine ourselves. Let us look back upon the last 12 months, and take a view of our life during that time. Let us consider whether it has been such as that He " who ,13 of purer eyes than to behold iniquity" may look down upon our conduct with approval, or such as to call down upon us His wrath and vengeance. Have our actions de- served man's confidence and respect, or have they merited his reproach aud contempt ? In this retrospection let us not forget to observe how we have spent the fifty- two Sundays which God himself set apart for his especial service. Have we regularly waited upon Him in His house of prayer ? And, when there, have we served Him as we ought in spirit and in truth ? Have we been solicitous for the spiritual and temporal welfare of our children ? Have we regularly sent them to the Sunday school, and to the house of God ? Or have we permitted them to wander about the streets and in the fields, taking God's name in vain, and desecrating the Sabbath ? Have we taught them both by precept and example to keep the Sabbath day holy ? Let each of us put ] such questions as these to ourselves, and the answers to these [ questions will enable us to form an estimate of how we have passed our time during the present year. In this way we shall be able to discover our weak points j knowing which, we may avoid for the future those vices to which we have been particularly addicted in times past. And thus, as the new year dawns upon us, may we, by God's grace, have acquired such strength as will enable us not only to form good resolutions for our next year's guidance in the paths of virtue, but to act upon them. For we must remember that | one earnest endeavouv is worth ten fair promises. In con- clusion- Soon another year, all freighted " With the deeds ot man, Will be borne to God the giver. And recalled by mortal never. Oh be wakeful, wateh to prayer, Eternal things make your first care, lror life is but a span". After a few practical remarks by Mr. Jacob and the chairman, a vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved amidst much applause and unanimously accorded. We learn with great pleasure that the next lecture on " Chemistry- the air we breathe" will be delivered on Thursday, Jan- uary 2nd, by Mr. Wellington Groves, of Blaudford. SHAFTESBURY. SHAFTESBURY UMON.— Return of the number of Ipaupers, exclusive of lunatics in asylums, and vagrants, in receipt of relief on the 7th day of December:— In- door. Ulults, not able- bodied, 12 ; able- bodied, 24 ; children, | 34; total, 70. Ou. t- door.— Adults, not able bodied, 163; able- bodied, 126; children, 295; total, 884. Total [ of in- door and out- door paupers, 954. CABEER OP A " LADY" SWINDLER.— At our police- j » urt on Wednesday, the 11th, a " lady," styling her- self the Hon. Mrs. Day, was brought up in custody charged with forging a bill of exchange for £ 65, under the following singular circumstances:— A short time since an application was made to Mr. Commissioner Hill, in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court, for a declaration of outlawry against William Kerr, draper, late of Bath, he having failed to appear at an adjourned meeting in ordei to give account of several sums of money, which he al- leged he had received from his raotlier- in- law, the Hon. Mrs. Day, who now stands charged with forgery. It i ippears that, instead of appearing at the court, he went to Clifton, took lodgings at three guineas per week, and secreted a quantity of plate, linen, and other articles. The assignees, having heard of his whereabouts, took [ possession of the property. Then commenced a systematic course of swindling by Mrs. Day, her daughter, and son- in- law. After leaving Clifton they visited Gloucester, Cheltenham, and other places, taking separate lodgings, and obtaining goods from tradesmen, Mrs. Day adopting ithe " lion." title, and giving references to her son- in- law, Kerr, who invariably stated that he had known Mrs. Day several years, during which time she had been a lady of the highest respectability and most ample means. The " lion." la- ly, however, always managed to abscond kvhen affairs assumed a serious aspect and creditors were inexorable. This course of proceedings did not last long, land eventually the Hon. Mrs. Day was introduced by I the sheriff's officer to Mr. Oakley, governor of Taunton Gaol, and whilst there committed the forgery for which she now stands charged. In order to extricate herself Jshe applied to Mr. Taunton, solicitor, to effect her dii jcharge through the Insolvency Court; but that gentleman declined to take the case in hand unless his fees were [ previously paid, but sent Mr. Daniel, auctioneer, of i'annton, to value her excepted articles. She then japplied to Mr. Daniel to diseount a bill of exchange for ]£ 65, which purported to bo drawn on and accepted by Jr. John Puisons, of Shaftesbury, and payable at I. Staokey's lSnik, Bath._ Ou ascertaining, through the j West of England Bank, that Mr. Parsons was a respon jaible man, Mr. Daniel advanced £ 10 on the bill ot it- Ji DEC. 19,1861. DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZETTE. 407 exchange, and when released from gaol under the In-' wBleaden and Messrs. Nicholson, in connection with the ® ( Cheers.) For himself he could not speak on the practical|| at the animals of their more fortunate brethren in a different solvency Act, he advanced her a further sum of £ 12. f. Literary Institute, wliich was to have taken place onfflduties of clergymen generally, as lie had long been engaged j' manner to that usually adopted. Take the faults and qualities After waiting some time, Mr. Daniel applied for hisfcjS Monday evening, was postponed in consequence. N> » tfie work of education, and lie should be sorry to see tholgon one side as well as on the other, and not select the money, when he received a cheque from Mrs. Day, ofl SHIPS ARRIVED.— Nina, Skinner, Exeter. Tartar,!^ lvl,? n 4 > e duration of the people was not entrusted toy; qualities of their own and place them against the faults of which the following is a copy:-" Bath, June 26,186l iBridle, Shields. British Lass, Grinder, Plymouth. i^ TA0!,^^!. 0^^^' 1??! ^ fe ot!, ei' ™ thout SivinS ctedit for tlie Kuod P° ints< Co., Messrs. Tazewell, Brymer, and Daniel, or bearer, the sum of £ 24, presenting the cheque for payment, it was fouud thai there was " no account." Mr. Daniel then applied to] Mr. Parsons, who had removed from Shaftesbury toj Shepton Mallet, and received the following reply :— " August 15,1861.— Hodge Farm, Shepton Mallet.— Sir, — 1 received your letter, and was very surprised at; its contents. I beg to Fay I never accepted a bill from a Mrs. Day, nor any other person, neithor was I ever asked by her to do so. Yoars respectfully, John Par- sons.— P. S. If my name is on the bill, and intended for it is a forgery."— Mr. Daniel then proceeded to Pjatli with a police officer, and, in an interview with her, Mrs. Day promised to arrange the matter if allowed two hours to do so. She however managed to escape, and was not heard of until last week, when the " Hon." Mrs. Day was apprehended at the Bath Union Work house. After hearing the evidenco of Mr. Daniel, the magistrates remanded the prisoner in order that Mr Parsons might attend to give evidence. pay to Mr MSailed.— Reinza, Peppin, Cardiff. Day."— On | SHERBORNE. Two SBRMONS were preached on Sunday last at Castletown Clinrch, on behalf of the Conversion of the Jews, when £ 8 8s. 6d. were collected for this desirable object. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.— This society, under Ihe able direction of Mr. Herbert, gave a successful concert on Thursday night, and an open night was to have come off on Tuesday, but is postponed on account of the lamented death of the Prince Consort. MISSIONARY MEETING.— The quarterly missionary meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the 8o « pel was held at the National School- room on Monday evening. There was a large number present, and addresses were given by the Revds. G. Philipps and W. West. The amount of the collections for the last quarter was not known, because several of the collectors had only given in their boxes at the time of the meeting. His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. — On account of the lamented death of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the bell of the Abbey Church was tolled on Sunday, and the melancholy event was touchingly alluded to in the sermon, at the evening service, by the Rev. W. West. On Monday and follow- ing days every shop was partially closed, and the flag hoisted half mast high on the Abbey Church tower, so uuiversal is the grief felt by the inhabitants. CHURCH SERVICES FOR FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. — Holy Communion at 8.30 a. m.— Matins ( 10.30 a. m.) — Preces, plain; Venite, 4th tone, 1st ending; Te Deum, 8th tone, 1st ending, B; Benedictus, 1st tone, 2nd ending; for Anthem, hymn 35; Introit, psalm 5, lst tone, 2nd ending; Kyrie, Mendelssohn; Credo, plain; before sermon, hymn 128.— Evensong i.—( 3 p. m.) — Preces, plain; Cantate, 7th tone, lst ending; Deus Misereatur, lst tone, lst ending; for Anthem, hymn 27 before sermon, hymn 138. Evensong ii.—( 6.45 p. m.) — Preces, Ferial, Helmore; Psalms, 4th tone, 3rd end ing; Cantate, 7th tone, lst ending ; Deus Misereatur, lst tone, lst ending; Anthem, " And the glory of the! Lord," Handel; before sermon, hymn 34; after sermon, hymn 32. The collections on Sunday last for lighting and warming tho church amounted to £ 10 15s. 6d. CHUROH SERVICES FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.— Matins] ( 10.30 a. m.)— Preces, High Tallis, with organ; Venite Travcrs, single, in E; Proper psalms, Elvey, single, inl B flat; Te Deum and Jubilate, Boyce, in C ; Athanasian Creed, Tallis; Anthem, " Unto us a child is born.' Handel; Litany, Helmore; Introit, Hymn 40; Kyrie, Nares ; Credo, Merbecke; Offertory sentences, Monk : Sursum Corda, Foster; Sanctus and Gloria in Excolsis Blow. Evensong ( 4 p. m.)— Preces, High Tallis, with organ; Proper psalms, Nares, single, in A; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, King, in F; Recitative, " There were shepherds, & c.," Handel; Anthem, chorus, " Glory to God," Handel; before sermon, hytnu 40; after sermon, hymn 38. BEAMINSTER. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO POISON.— On Thursday last, a female servant in the employ of Mr. Wilmott, of Wey- town, was brought before the magistrates charged with having attempted to poison her master. It appears that Mr. Wilmott and the prisoner had had some unpleasant words about a young man who has been in the habit ol visiting her at her master's house, and of whose visits Mr. Wilmott disapproved. Mr. Wilinott sent the pris oner to draw some cider for him, and the moment hi began to drink it he felt a burning sensation in the mouth and throat. Of course, he drank no more, and it was afterwards discovered that a considerable part of a bottle of spirits of salt, that was in the house, had dis appeared. Mr. Wilmott was not seriously hurt by the little he took. The prisoner was remanded till Friday, when she was fully committed for trial. BRIDPORT. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.— Mr. Basil young, on Wednesday, the lltli inst., gave his enter Lainraent entitled " Shadows on the Wall, or tho Funny Side of Human Nature," in connection with this institu tion, at the Town- hall. The hall was filled to overflowing, and everyone present seemed thoroughly to enjoy and appreciate the extraordinary humour and talent which he displayed in representing the various characters. A REQUISITION, signed by fifteen of the principal in habitants of the borough, has been presented to the Mayor, asking him to convene a meeting of the in- habitants, to take into consideration tho most prudent and expedient measures for relieving them from the turnpike tolls of the Bradpole gate, which is situated between the railway station and tho town. Ill com- pliance with this requisition his worship has appointed a meeting to be holden on Thursday ( this day), at the Town Hall, at twelve o'clock. LAMENTED DEATH OF IT. R. H. THE PRINCE CONSORT. The announcement, on Monday morning, of this melan- LYME. SHIPS ARRIVED.— Daphne, Young; Encouragement,] Gregory; Bessie Simons, Harris, Plymouth.— Sailed.- Ebenezer, Mann; William, Westcott; Bessie Simons,] Harris; Dispatch, Fishlay; Ann and Emily, Rowe ; j Ebenezer, Pine; William, Gush, Plymouth. Maria, Berry, Guernsey. Ajax, Callaway, Aldernoy. Daphne ! Young; Industry, Corderay, Portsmouth. SOMERSETSHIRE. YEOVIL. DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.— On Sunday morn- ing last, at about 11 o'clock, tho unexpected nowsof the! death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort was received in this town. It was immediately conveyed to the ministers of the churches and chapels, and an- nounced by them to their congregations. During the] week the whole of the tradesmen havo paid the last] tribute of respect by partially closing their respective establishments, which will remain so till after the funeral. MAO- ISTERIAL.— On Friday last, two boys named White, were brought before tho borough magistrates charged with stealing a cheese, of the value of 2s. 6d., the property of Lewis Slade. The case being fully proved, the lads were sentenced to seven days' imprison- ment each, and to he once privately whipped. COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.— Friday: Samuel Lane and Frederick Burt were charged with breaking their in- denture by quitting the 6ervico of their master, Mr Trask, of Norton, without leave. They were discharged on payment of costs, £ 1 2s. each, and consenting to| return to their work. WINCANTON. THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SALE OF COALS to the! poor during the winter months are making arrange- rient » to deliver, carriage free, at the houso of every! poor person in the parish, a weekly supply at the lowest! price the annual subscriptions will permit them tol harge. About twelve tons will bo required weekly, and! it is therefore hoped that all owners and occupiers oil property in the parish, desirous of assisting in this work] and labour of love, will be kind enough to forward theirl subscriptions to Mr. Clarke with as little delay as pos- l sible. This is the twenty- seventh year of the existence! of this excellent charity in this parish. BUUTON. BRUTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The forty- third anniversary of tho establishment of thej Bruton Agricultural Society was celebrated on Thursday last. From the tone of the after- dinner speeches we gather that, in every department except bovine breeding stock, the entries were as gratifying as, if not more so than, in previous vears. By the conditions attached to the handbill it was stipulated that no first prize would be awarded in respect of any animal ( except fat cattle) that had previously attained a first prizo at any other show. To this by many was attri- buted the paucity of entries for the first four items. It is [ argued, and with every show of reason, that it is hardly worth while to produce a good article to secure only one prize. About £ 60 was offered for competition under thirty- one [ heads, and the following is the award of the umpires :— Bull, cow, and offspring, a piece of plate, presented by Q-. D W. Digby, Esq., value £ 5 ; second, £ 1. Bull not exceeding two 8 old, a piece of plate, value £ 3 3s.; second, £ 1. Only one y, but the judges recommended a bounty of £ 2 10s. to the exhibitor, Mr. James Gifford, of North Cadbury, in respect of the first. Dairy cow and her offspring, a piece of plate, value £ 3 3s., six entries, Mr. Benjamiu Lush, Kilmington, near Erome; second, £ 1, Mr. James Gifford. Pair of stock heifers, in calf and in milk, not exceeding three rears old, £ 3, two entries, Mr. James Gifford; second, £ 1, Mr. \ V. Jeffreys, Maiden Bradley. Pair of stock heifers, not exceeding two years old, £ 3, four entries, Mr. W. Jeffreys; second, £ 1, Mr. W. Jeffreys. Pen of not less than 15 Down stock ewes, 6, 4, and 2- teeth, and also a ram not exceeding 2 years old, a piece of plate, value £ 3 3s.; second, £ 1, only one entry, a bounty of £ 2 2s. to Mr. John White, Zeals Earm, Mere. Boar, £ 1, two entries, Mr. W. Bord, Bruton; second, 10s., Mr. T. White, Bruton. Breeding sow, £ 1, seven entries, Mr. W. Bewsey, Yarlington; second, 10s., Mr. W. Bord. Fat cow, £ 3, five entries, Mr. John Arthur, Yarlington; second, £ 1, Mrs. Morrish, Worth Cadbury. Eat heifer, £ 3, four entries, Mr. Henry Galpin, Marnhull; second, £ 1, Mr. John Bartlett, Galhampton, near Castle Cary. Fat pig, £ 1, four entries, Mrs. Morrish; second, 10s., Mr. N. Reed, Wincanton. EXTBA STOCK. Pair of heifers in calf and in milk, not exceeding three years old, ono entry, a bounty of £ 1 to Mr. James Gilford. AWABDS TO LABOURERS. » Ellen Parsons, household servant, 13 years in tho employ of Mr. Christopher Williams, Bruton, £ 1 10s.; second, Rhoda Clifford, servant for 9 years and 9 months to Mr. John Harding, Whaddon Farm, Bruton, £ 1. Thomas Lawrence, labourer for 40 years to Mr. W. Jeffreys, Maiden Bradley, £ 1 10s.; second, Cornelius Francis, labourer for 23 years to Messrs. Henry and John Herrington, Durslate Farm, Bruton, £ 1. James King, under 21 years of oge, labourer to Mr. David Sims, Sh£ pton Montacute, for 9 years and 7 months, £ 1 10s.; second, William Day, labourer to Mr. Johu Harding, Whaddon Farm, Bruton, for 9 years, £ 1. Philip Park, shepherd to Mr. Jeremiah Penny, Lamyatt, near Bruton, for having reared in the last season 258 lambs from 236 ewes, £ 1 10s.; second, William Ingram, shepherd to Mr. Charles Welch, Greencombe Farm, Bruton, for having reared in the last season 325 lambs from 360 ewes, £ 1. Judges of the whole of the stock— Mr. Henry Brooke, of Yeovilton; Mr. John Wadman, of Cheriton, and Mr. John Parsons, of Pylle. The annual dinner was served up at tho Wellington Hotel in the afternoon, under the presidency of Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bart., supported by E. A. Sanford, Esq., J. Kensing ton, Esq., H. Dyne, Esq., E. Heginbotliam, Esq., and the liev. J. C. Hoskins Abrahall. Mr. Joseph Lush, of Brew ham House, occupied the vice- chair. About 70 sat down to do justice to the viands, which sustained the reputation of the hotel in respect to public catering. Upon the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were appropriately introduced from the chair. The Rev. J. C. II. ABRAHAM. acknowledged the toast of [ the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese in a humorous speech of some length, abounding in references to tho classical authors. Ho observed that he was never ashamed of his [ cloth or its colour, though he was unattached. ( Laughter.) He spoke in higli terms of the diocesaus under whom, for | 25 years, ho had served. His belief was that the church] choly event, suddenly cast a deep gloom over our„ - - ... , , , . n , . borough. Every tradesman in the town, we believeR" ev(* 8to° d h, Sbf. r as a bod/ of m ™ m e!? f ra ° f the! 1' . ., .- . r , , ,, • , . w* country than at the present moment, and he did not say it without a single exception, manifested their regret ,,„ , , „• , t„ ,.;„ „/„„ gthose who, by their office and education, were best fitted to| [ discharge the duties of educators of the people of England. t HTS conviction was that the more the clergy and laity joined! with each other the more each were strengthened. ( Cheers.)| The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the " Army,! Navy, and Volunteers." As to the army and navy, hei observed that greater interest had been concentrated upon? the services than for many years previously. The country] should indeed feel a great interest in them, for it was impos I hible to tell how soon they might be called upon to vindicate! jthe honour of our flag. He then referred to the capture off the four envoys on board the Trent, observing that tliel captain of the San Jacinto bad no right to constitute himself! Itlie judge and jury. His duty was to have taken the Trent! into a port, and, before a prizo court properly constituted,! have had the case argued and determined. England had! put up with a great deal from America of late, who faucied! if they beat us in 1812 they could do it again. We did not! think they could. Upon no one occasion was England! [ better prepared for war tliau at the present time. " Thrice armed is he who hath his quarrel just." But unfortunately we should, in common with our opponents, be called upon to suffer largely. He therefore called upon1 them to drink the health of the army and navy, as brothers] who might to- morrow be sent out to fight under that flag which afterwards perhaps would serve to cover their bier.' If England commenced, lie trusted it would not stay its hand until the fullest reparation had been made for the jinsult offered. In conclusion, he would propose " Health, prosperity, and efficiency, to the army aud navy and volun- teers." Corporal PENNY of the Yeomanry briefly responded. Mr. H. DYNE ( lion, secretary to the society) in proposing] the health of the Lord- Lieutenant of the County and the] Magistracy, alluded to having preseut one of the oldest and most influential magistrates in the county, Mr. Sanford, ( cheers,) well known both in the Eastern and Western divisions of the county. ( Applause.) Mr. E. A. SANFORD rose to respond and said that when] he was a young man there was great excitement in the country, and it required great firmness to carry out the laws so as to render the constitution safe and secure. In those days considerable party spirit raged, and political contests] were of a warm nature. He believed he was the only man in that county who had represented it before it was divided. ( Cheers.) To him was assigned the task of dividing the] county, and if it was ill divided the responsibility rested with him. After that period he went to the west, and| instead of their having two they became entitled to four members. Since that time the representation had altered, ( laughter,) but, whether Whig or Tory, he believed its repre- sentatives had always been anxious to promote the general welfare of the county in that honourable manner inherent in1 the breast of every Englishman. ( Applause.) He had to| propose the health of the county members, with one of whom. Sir Wm. Miles, he claimed a friendship of more than 50] years' standing. ( Enthusiastic cheering.) Mr. DYNE rose to propose the health of one highly | esteemed in the county. They wore under a deep obligation to the gentleman who had come to preside over them that day. ( Cheers.) When he ( the chairman) came to reside [ among them four years ago, they placed confidence in him, and they then found that it had not been misplaced. ( Ap- plause.) No one could have presided over them that day more in consonance in their feelings, with one for whom they had a more sincere regard. ( Hear, hear.) Ho trusted that he would live many years to fill the chair, and that as good a company would alvvays be found ready to support him ( Cheers — the toast being drunk with musical honours.) Sir H. A. HOARE, in responding, expressed the pleasure it afforded him to return thanks, for the fourth time, as the chairman of the Bruton Agricultural Society. Ia 1858 be had the honour of coming amongst them, aud the great kindness with which he was received was still remembered by him. They then evinced their readiness to offer him their wares, and what were these wares ? Why their good will and confidence—( cheers)— and he looked upon it as an expression of that feeling which should exist between land- lord and tenant. Mr. Dyne hoped that for mauy years he should be able to come among them aud be their chairman, and that the society Would continue to exist as unto the end of the world, which, unlike Dr. Cumming, they did not know When it would come. As long as he was able he should be prepared to do his best, as far as his humble efforts would allow him. He regretted his inability to have been at Bruton at an earlier hour to have witnessed the exhibition of stock, and should have been better pleased to have seen a larger number of the county gentlemen present. ( Applause.) Mr. DYNE then proposed the health of the visitors, coup- ling with it the name of Mr. Sanford, as a. fine old Somerset- shire gentleman, and one who had been and still'was an ornament to tho county. ( Cheers.) Mr. SANFORD rose to respond and said that, as an agri- culturist, he considered meetings of this description of| essential benefit, and productive of much good. They met for enjoyment, could give opinions on various matters for! the benefit of others, and if a harsh word had been spoken' on matters which had gone wrong between them previously, it could all be put straight. ( Hear, hear.) He did not observe that they offered prizes for root crops. Now he] himself was in favour of these premiums being given, and he| stated that ho had grown CO tons of yellow globe mangold to1 the acre. Gentlemanly farming might be all very well, but he preferred profitable farming—( hear, hear)— and when his bailiff brought the accounts of the farm he liked to look] and see what was the balance in his favour, and if it did not show an excess of receipts over payments he should—( A foice: Blow him up.) Well, blow him up ( laughter). He] gave them the same advice as that eminent gentleman and agriculturist, Mr. Byng of Middlesex, had given. " Now my good friends, you bo generous to your land, and it will be grateful to you." ( Cheers.) It was most excellent advice for a landlord to give to his tenants. ( Applause.) Mr. J. KENSINGTON also briefly acknowledged the toast. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the honorary secretary, Mr. Dyne, and hoped ho would long continue his exertions for the benefit of the society, and, that the members, by continuing their subscriptions, would bear testimony to the excellence of bis management. ( Cheers.) Mr. DYNE, on returning thanks, said he had heard re. marks made that day as to the condition which prevented a prize being given for breeding stock if it had taken a first prize at ether shows. The reason of this was that two other] societies had been established as off- slioots of the Bruton, in close proximity. It had been suggested that the three towns] should unite, as it was not thought that the amounts given at each show was sufficient for a man to get up a first- rate animal. He, however, hoped that their funds would increase, so that they would be enabled to offer a prize as large in1 amount as at present all three added together. He had heard] the cattle dealers remark that their show was held too late in1 the season, aud that, if it had been before Salisbury great] market, prices at Wincanton would have been been better maintained. ( Applause.) The Rev. J. C. H. ABRAHALL gave the health of the Judges, Messrs. Brooke, Wadman, and Parsons, who, he had no doubt, had weighed the pros and cons in every shape and] way, and done their duty. ( Cheers.) Mr. JOHN PARSONS responded. He said they had had <: the other without ( Hear, hear.) The Honorary Secretary then distributed the prizes as given above, after which the toast of the Successful Can- didates was given, and Mr. GIFFORD and Mr. JEFFREYS responded. Then came that of the Unsuccessful Candidates, for which no acknowledgment was tendered. The majority , of the company present shortly afterwards separated. CREWKERNE. STRAWSON'S WATERPROOF FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.— This preparation is well adapted for its purpose. It is ] much used by the Harrow schoolboys, who deolare that . there is nothing to compare with it; and they ought to be good judges, for they are used to a wet, heavy, jclay soil, in which it is almost impossible to preserve jthe feet dry. Mr. Strawson, of Crewkerne, the inventor and manufacturer, considers the waterproof as especially adapted to the uses of Volunteers; aud his opinion may jbo entitled to some weight, as he is, we believe, himself jan effective Volunteer.— Volunteer Service Gazette, December 7, 1861. CREWKERNE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. Not least amongst the Cattle Shows stands Crewkerne, with its lists of prizes to the tune of £ 97, which were com- peted for on Saturday. The success of the society, in an in- creased ratio, goes on as each revolving year comes round. This year a new feature has been introduced into the list, that of awarding prizes for cheese, which if the advice of one of the judges is taken, that of calling for a large quantity as pecimens, and disqualifying any which may have been . bored, will serve to develop the resources of the neighbour- hood as to the production of that commodity. Some little dissatisfaction was felt, which next year will be banished, | in not giving separate prizes for Sussex and Hampshire ewes, [ in lieu of mixing the two together. It is farther intended, if Circumstances warrant it, to extend the prizes for horses, so as ito^ llow animals of those breeds at present distanced an opportunity of showing themselves. The Crewkerne and Yeovil Committees will, ere the next season approaches, have] to decide whether or not an alteration in tho conditions as to [ exhibiting breeding ewes is not required. By perusing tho subjoiued report of the after dinner speeches, more than one competitor is opposed to the allowing fat ewes to [ compete as breeding ewes. But, to get away from grievances, let us state that Mr. J. Smith, of Bradford Peverell, who had previously taken teu prizes by the same animals at the various shows in the neighbourhood within the last fortnight, jSecured six more prizes on Saturday in pieces of plate and leash. A labourer, 80 years of age, was the recipient of a prize of £ 2 for long servitude. His name deserves to be ] written in letters of gold, and he is a worthy representative | of that bold peasantry which, as Goldsmith says:— " When once destroyed can never be supplied." His name is John England, in the employ of Mr. John Stevens, of SeaboroughnearCrewkerne, and he has fortlielong period of 70 years worked on the same farm. At the age ol 10 this horny handed son of toil took to agricultural pursuits, aud has every appearance of continuing them for some time to come. Long may he he spared, and when he shall be re- moved from this earthly sphere, may he leave behind him a name, not only respected in a cottage, but also on the farm on which he laboured for so mauy years. The annual dinner took place at the George Hotel, to which about 120 sat down. It was bountiful in quantity, and not deficient in quality or variety, and that which often operates against the enjoyment of a good dinner— bad wait- was nowhere to be found. W. Cuff, Esq., presided, the vice- chairs being filled by Messrs. Naish and Toby. Among those present we observed, Messrs. W. Sparks, J. Sparks, It Donne, J. Stevens, W. Perren, H. Parsons, J. Bryant, W. Pool, R. Smith, G. Shore, P. Bevis, N. Chapman, G. Chap- man, G. Grabham, S. Palmer, J. Jeffrey, J. Ostler, W. Damon, C. Elere, W. Heckworthy, G. L. Lang, It. Lang, G. Paul, J. Naish, R. Haywood, T. Dummett, R. Welch, H. James, W. Pinney, R. Tucker, W. Bullen, A. Bullen, A. Patch, — Hill, R. Brooks, J. Brooks, It. Read, R. Lawrence, S. Lawrence, S. Crabb, J. Eames, E. Lucas, J. Roper, J. Naish, jun., W. Bush, — Aplin, W. J. T. llussey, R. Hussey, W. Palmer, .1. A. Smith, W. Newick, U. Burt, J. Slade, J. Higgins, R. Palmer, F. Templeman, F. Frigett, W. Roper, T. H. Coles, — Pinney, VV. Capper, B. Smith, T. Crocker, C. Trask, W. VV. Webb, W. Wilmington, W. Pqpe, J. Bond, J. Woolcott, C. Blake, J. Creed, H. Perry, H. Coombs, I). Paul, G. Prampton, T. H. Saunders, W. Warren, S. M. Cornelius, — Pitfield, R. Cannicott, J. Bailey, — Bullock, G. Perry, & c., & c. Grace having been pronounced and the cloth removed, the CHAIRMAN introduced the usual loyal toasts. In giving the " Army and Navy Volunteers," the CHAIR- MAN commented on the capture of the Southern Commis- sioners on board the Trent, and expressed a hope that Eng- land would be calm and considerate under the insult offered, but at the same time firm and determined in the demands ibout to be made. However, he trusted that the year 1861 • vould still find them at peace. ( Cheers.) He thanked God they had such a force as the volunteers, who, he believed, would not forget tho deeds of their forefathers, but make England as in days gone past, triumphant throughout the world. ( Great cheering.) Ensign SPAUKS responded. Ho remarked that he should not say anything as to tho army and navy, for they had already given sufficient pledges of their loyalty, and believed that they would do their duty as before, actuated by that loyalty which seized our ancestors. ( Applause.) The volunteers had had no opportunity as yet of displaying their [ courage, and could not lay claim to any, save to that which was in the breast of every Englishman. ( Applause.) The country parishes had not contributed as they ought to have done to the volunteer force, but he hoped upon the next sound of alarm they would come forward aud do their duty. Was there an Englishman who would not be a volunteer should his native shores be attacked ? ( Cheers.) In con- clusion he trusted that the confidence reposed by the country in the volunteers would never be found to have been misplaced. ( Applause.) Mr. R. DONNE proposed the health of the Lord Lieutenant and the Magistracy of the County. The Lord Lieutenant stood ill as high an estimation in the county as it was possible for a man to do. ( Applause.) There was no higher public office in the county than that which he held, and as the representative of her Majesty there could not be a fitter man than Lord Portman. ( Cheers.) Wliere- ever duty called him he was sure to be fouud there. The magistrates, as a body, dispensed justice as fairly as it could be meted out, and in that neighbourhood especially they gave every satisfaction. Should the present system ever be [ abolished he believed the country would soon wish to return to tho unpaid magistracy. ( The toast was drunk most [ cordially?) The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the Members, regretting their absence, aud stating that they had remem- bered them by sending some veuison and game, of which they had just partaken. ( Cheers.) Mr. W. SPARKS proposed the health of their worthy | Jhairman. ( Cheers.) In addition to the many other ways in which he had served the public, lie remarked that of the Board of Guardians must not be Ibecause he happened to have a reverend to his name. jfjfew choice animals to look at, and would have been pleasedbeing Chairman to t had secured a place in the affections ofggto have seen tho show larger; but they had some little diffi- f - overlooked, as he had given much of his time, thought, aud | . loyalty by partially closing their establishments, and on,!: j( App] iluse ) They St. Mary's tower, as well as on the Town- hall, the flageSjthe people, and would maintain it so long as they did theirji| culty in awarding the prizes. In conclusion he made some|-[ attention, to the duties of the office. ( Applause.) He would half mast high." A concert by Misgjjduty, and England expected every man to do his duty.^ appropriate remarks as to all unsuccessful candidates looking.- not be fulsome, but, without any further delay, again give 1 were hoisted Li I 408 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZETTE. E SAIJKBEKKSAIBA DEC. 19, 1861. tliem the health of their excellent Chairman. ( Prolonged •;$ cheering, and with musical honours.) The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said he thought that too much: had been said in his praise. ( No, no.) He had always? endeavoured to make himself generally useful, and alwaysj; had done, and would continue to do, all in his power for ther benefit of the town to the best of his abilities. ( Applause.) As his name had been mentioned in connection with the' Board of Guardians, he might say he had been connected with the Chard Union since its establishment, first as a! member of the Board, then as the Vice- Chairman, and after-: wards as Chairman ( applause); and he trusted that, aslong^; as he should be connected with the Union, he should dis- charge the duties satisfactorily. ( Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Success to the Crew- kerne Agricultural Society," and observed that he could speak of the show that day with the utmost satisfaction. ( Applause.) It was indeed gratifying to witness it, and, as a practical agriculturist, he might say he had never seen a better show, or the competition more spirited, which of necessity had given the judges some little difficulty in awarding the prizes. All classes were well represented from the Devons to the Hampshire Downs. He was pleased to find that the exertions of the Committee had been crowned with success, and was convinced that good stock would never go begging. ( Hear, hear.) He agreed with the advice of an experienced grazier always to get the purest breed, as it took least time to put the flesh on the bones. ( Applause.) In conclusion, he hoped the society would still go on and flourish. ( Cheers.) Mr. W. SPARKS, as the president of the committee, responded. He begged to congratulate them on the success of the show that day, and upon the large attendance. All had been excellent in every respect, and he had never seen a better show. With reference to draining he recommended going across the fall at an angle of 45 in preference to the flat or upright drains, and believed that less draining would be required if the ditches on the other side of the hedge were always properly cleared out. ( Applause.) Mr. PERRY proposed the health of their vice- presidents, Messrs. Naish and Toby, the one an agriculturist the othei a manufacturer. ( Hearty cheering.) Mr. TOBY appropriately returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then called upon the honorary secretary, Mr. S. M. Cornelius, to read the list of prizes:— BBEEDINO STOCK. Bull, cow, and offspring, a piece of plate, value £ 5, given by the Right Hon. the Earl of Ilchester, Mr. Peren, Compton, South Petherton; second, £ 2, Mr. Newbery, Screwel, near Eoniton. Bull not exceeding five years old, a piece of plate, value £ 5, given by Mr. Marah, of the George Hotel, Crewkerne, Mr. Eames, Ashwell ; second, £ 1, Mr. Brooks, Brimsraore Tree. Three Devon dairy cows, a silver cup, value £ 5, given by J. B. Phelps, Esq., Monkton, Mr. John A. Smith, Bradford Peverell; second, £ 2, Mr. Smith, Bradford Peverell. Three dairy cows of any other pure breed, a silver cup, value £ 5, given by* W. C. Lambert, Esq., Mr. Coate, Sherborne. Dairy cow which shall have been regularly milked during the last season, a piece of plate, value £ 5, given by W. Sparks, Esq., Mr. J. A. Smith, Bradford Peverell; second, £ 1, Mr. Eames. Pair of stock heifers in calf, not exceeding three years old, £ 2, Mr. J. A. Smith, Bradford Peverell; second, £ 1, Mr. Eames. Pair of stock heifers, not exceeding two years old, £ 2, Mr. Eames; second, £ 1, Mr. Pitfleld, Eype. SHEEP. Fifteen horned ewes in lamb, a silver cup, value £ 5, Mr. J. A. Smith; second, £ 1, Mr. Naish, Combe Farm ( a second pen of Mr. Naish's was commended). Pen of Down ewes, a silver cup, value £ 5, Mr. Moore, Little- cott, Wilts j second, £ 1, Mr. Saunders, Watercombe. Highly commended, Mr. Bartlettt, Barwick; Mr. B. Brooks, and Mr. Hill, Came, near Dorchester. Pen of chilver horned lambs, not exceeding twelve months old, £ 2, Mr. Pitfield, Eype; second, £ 1, Mr. Blake, Bridge House, South Petherton. Pen of Down lambs, £ 2, Mr. Bartlett, Barwick. Horned ram, £ 2, Mr. Pope, Symondsbury; second, £ 1, Mr. Chapman, Dillington. Pair of horned ram lambs, £ 2, Mr. Chapman, Down ram, £ 2, Mr. E. Brooks, Key Farm ; second, £ 1, Mr. James Harding, Dorchester. Commended, Mr. Moore. Pair of Down ram lambs, £ 2, Mr. Bartlett. Commended, Mr. Moore. SWINE. Boar, £ 110s., Mr. Chick, Stratton, near Dorchester; second, 10s., Mr. J. A. Smith. Commended, Col. Graham. Breeding sow, £ 1 10s., Mr. Fowler, Ford Grange; second,! fj 10s., Mr. Coles. Commended, Mr. J. Davy and Mr. Griffin. HOBSES. Cart colt, not exceeding three years, a piece of plate, valuo £ 3, given by Messrs. Blake and Son, Crewkerne and Yeovil, Mr. Patten, Chiselborough; second, £ 1, Mr. Amos Shuttler,! Eastbams. CHEESE. Three cwt. of raw milk cheese, a piece of plate, value £ 3, given by the society, Mr. Davis, Stalbridge; seoond, £ 1, Mr. Parsons, Haselbury Plucknett. Cwt. of blue viunied Or skim cheese, a piece of plate, val ue £ 3, given by W. Sparks, Esq., Mr. Neale, Chantmarle; second, £ 1, Mr. Hugh Lowman, Clapton. BOOTS. A prize of £ 2 10s., given by Messrs. Chisholm and Co., for the] bcBt crop of swedes grown by their manure, was awarded to Mr. George Smith, of Stoke Abbott. The weight of the orop was 28 tons per acre. PABM LABOCBEBS. First prize, £ 2, to John England, servant of Mr. Stevens, 1 Seaborough, 70 years ; second, £ 1, John Dufall, servant to Mr. R. Hussey, Pilsdon, 54 years. A prize of £ 1 was awarded to B. Clark, servant to Mr. Parsons, Haselbury, 54 years, and 10s. to Joseph Slade, carter to Mr. Itoper, Clapton, 49 years. SHEPHEBBS. A prize of £ 1 to Edward Dennett, shepherd to Mr. Poole, Henley, 490 lambs from 420 horn ewes; second, 10s., Edward] bane, shepherd to Mr. Lambert, Misterton, 572 lambs from • i00 ewes. Judges of stock— Mr. John Strange, Haselbury Bryan; Mr. J. Spiller, Branscombe; Mr. Duke, Dumpole. ueai Ilminster; and Mr. J. Brooks, Brinsmore Tree, near Yeovil. Judges of cheese— Mr. Aplin, Yeovil, and Mr. J. Whitehead, Baltonsborough, near Glastonbury. In awarding the prizes to the labourers, the Chairman, addressing them, hoped that they would still follow on in • he good course, and that their children would do so after; | them. The CHAIRMAN proposed, in eulogistic terms, the health of the honorary secretary, Mr. Cornelius, to whom they were not only deeply indebted oil this occasion, hut also for his continued exertions for the benefit of the society. ( Cheers.) Mr. CORNELIUS returned thanks, and regretted that ill- health just previous to the show had prevented him from giving that atteiition to busiuess as he could have wished, but he had done his best, and always would be ready to give his services. ( Applause.) During the time he was unable to get about he had received valuable assistance from many friends, more especially the vice- presidents and Mr. Bullock. ( Hear, hear.) Next year they hoped to give a separate prize lor Sussex and Hampshire ewes, and not throw them toge- ther as they had been this year, as it was found impossible for the judges to do all the justice they could wish. ( Cheers.) Some hints had been thrown out as to offering prizes for other descriptions of horses, and for his part he should like] lo sec a prize set apart for hackneys. ( Applause.) Mr. TOBY gave the health of the umpires. Mr. APLIN ( one of the cheese judges) responded. He thought they should have at least 3 cvvt. of cheese instead of! 1 cwt. to judge better of the quality, as it was very easy to pick out two or three good cheeses, which would not repre- sent the quality of the whole dairy. ( Applause.) Another! suggestion he would make, and that was not to allow any of i he cheese offered for competition to be previously bored. 1 lie observed that some cf the Dorset had been bored, and it as unfair. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. CORNELIUS said it was the first time cheese prizes! bad been given, and they were much obliged to Mr. Aplin for his suggestions. Mr. J. STEVENS proposed the health of the Successful* Candidates, and thanked them for bringing their stock.| ( Cheers.) Mr. PERREN in acknowledging the toast agreed with the| honorary secretary, that it was better to give prizes separate! and distinct for Sussex and Hampshire sheep. He was fond p Isisted by Mr. C. Russ, their hon. secretary, the show was pqual to any that have been held in tho vicinity. The fol- lowing were the awards of the arbitrators :— BBEEDINO STOCK. Bull, not exceeding three years old, to be let for the use of toast the name of the Rev. Mr. Meade, the vicar of Castle | | Cary, he passed a high eulogium upon that rev. gentleman for his gentleness of demeanour and kindness of heart. | ( Hear, hear.) The Rev. R. J. MEADE acknowledged the compliment I of the Herefords, and Jiis friend Mr. Smith of the Devons,|| Weston; second, £ 1, Mr. James Gifford, North Cadbury^ subscribers at 10s. per cow, £ 3, Mr. Caleb Loader, Buckhorn pjbestowed upon him by the chairman. None would pray more and he thought that the prejudice against the Herefords had been overturned that day. ( Applause.) Mr. T. H. SAUNDERS also responded. He said when he] came there to compete he anticipated that his breeding ewes] would not have had to contend with fat sheep. He referred to those shown by Mr. Moore, which he understood had been kept in house and in body clothes. If he was to put1 all his sheep in body clothes he would have to make all the! boys on the farm tailors. ( Laughter.) Flesh they well knew would cover a multitude of faults, and ho considered Mr. Moore's sheep, which had been fatting two years, should have been shown as fat sheep. He looked upon him in the] light of a poacher, in coming there and entering them as breeding ewes. At Yeovil Mr. Moore took first prize with the same sheep, and himself second, Mr. Moore giving liisj word that they were in lamb and pledging to produce the ] sheep in the spring after lambing. Since then he had been told that the sheep had been sold into Wales, and how wasj it possible to find them there in the spring ? He made the remarks in the interest of the society, and was pleased to receive a second prize, though he must consider he had been hardly treated. That day Mr. Moore's sheep came in body : lothes, and if upon another occasion he found he had to com- pete with fat sheep, he should take his sheep at once off the] uround. The judges had no doubt done their duty, but in the state Mr. Moore's sheep were ill they were not able to] judge » f the points as good breeding ewes. ( Applause.) Mr. PERREN, one of the Yeovil committee, explained that the first prize was given upon Mr. Moore's assurance that [ liis sheep were in lamb, and they saw no reason to doubt his| word. He thought that Mr. Saunders had been rather hard upon him, seeing that he was not present. Mr. Moore had told him that the sheep had bred last year, and were in lambj the day of the Yeovil Show. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. SAUNDERS said a few of them had lambs last year,] ind those were obliged to be taken from the sheep. He had Itold Mr. Moore to his face what he had repeated that day. Mr. PERREN was of opinion that the matter had much better be allowed to rest with the committees of the two| societies. Mr. CORNELIUS said Mr. Moore had told him that the! [ sheep he had sent were not those he had sold to go into Wales, and that the ewes were in lamb, and shown in strict! conformity with the rules. Mr. POOLE gave the health of the Unsuccessful Com petitors. He agreed with Mr. Saunders as to showing breeding ewes in their proper condition. If Mr. Moore had sold them into Wales it was perhaps the best thing he could lo with them. ( Laughter.) While standing up he might be allowed to say a few words on another topic. He observed that Sir John Pakington and Lord Dudley's views were in favour of leases of farms. In Scotland leases prevailed, and yearly tenancies were the exceptions. A man when he had i farm for a number of years took a greater interest in it than when he depended on a yearly tenancy. If he was] isked what was the worst thing against which the farmer bad to contend, he should reply, the insecurity of tenures.| ( Applause.) Mr. TOBY proposed the Donors of the Prizes. ( Cheers.) Mr. W. SPARKS acknowledged the toast, and remarked] that next year he should be happy to offer the same as he] bad done that day. ( Applause.) Mr. BLAKE also responded, regretting that in the class for | horses there was not more competition. He believed it owing to the farmers being afraid of getting beaten. ( Hear,] bear.) Mr. PERREN gave the health of the Committee, without| whose assistance the association would have fallen to the ground. The show had indeed been a good one, and if the] numbers had not been excessively large the quality had been first- rate, and he believed it to have been one of the best [ exhibitions in the neighbourhood. ( Cheers.) Mr. STEYENS replied on behalf of the Committee. Ai long as he was able the society should receive his assistance and he hoped to see the same faces present at the next annua) meeting. ( Applause.) Mr. STEVENS gave, as the last toast, The Press, throwing out some useful hints as to keepiug the society constantly lefore the public by means of periodical advertising, instead if just prior to the show, and passing high encomiums on the local press, whose representatives, Mr. PULMAN and others rendered their thanks. The large room then thinned gradually. The pleasures of the evening had been enhanced by the exer tions of a glee party. CHARD. IN CONSEQUENCE of the mournful demise of His Royu Highness the Prince Consort, the whole of the shops inj this town have been partially closed. AN ENTERTAINMENT, entitled " Comic Sketches," given nt the Royal Assembly Rooms on Tuesday evening,! 17th, by Mr. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald accompanies] the songs, & c., on the pianoforte. ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS.— On Thursday evening lasi George Dawson, the celebrated lecturer, gave a magni ficent discourse at the above rooms, on " Samuel Pepyi ind his Diary." The oration, which was full of sarcasm,] wit, " hits," learning, & c., kept a crowded audience in n] state of mirthful excitement for upwards of two hours. Cow and offspring, £ 2, Mr. Caleb Loader; second, £ 1, Mr. [ James Gifford. Two dairy cows, in oalf, £ 2, Mr. T. Hanham, Horsington, near Wincanton; second, £ 1, Mr. John Card, Norton Ferris. Pair of heifers, in calf, not exceeding three years old, £ 2, Mr. | James Gifford; second, £ 1, ditto. Pair of stock heifers, in calf, not exceeding two years old, £ 2, Mr. James Gifford; second, £ 1, Mr. Thomas Gifford, sen., North Cadbury. Two barreners, in milk, £ 2, Mr. James Gifford; second, £ 1, Mr. D. Arthur, Yarlington. Pen often Down stock ewes, £ 2, Mr. John White, Zeals, near Mere; second, £ 1, ditto. Highly commended, Mr. C. Howell, Grove Farm, near Castle Cary. Pen of ten two- tooth Down stock wethers, £ 2, Mr. W. Young, Yarlington; second, £ 1, ditto. Boar pig, £ 1, Mr, John White ; second, 10s., Mr. J. Benjafteld, Silton, near Wincanton. Breeding sow, £ 1, Mr. G. Creed, Bonham Farm, Stourton ; second, 10s., Mr. J. Beujafleld. BAT STOCK. Fat cow, £ 2, Mr. J. Arthur, Yarlington; second, £ 1, Mr. I J. Bartlett, Galhampton, near Castle Cary. Fat heifer, £ 2, Mr. — ~ • • — [ John Bartlett. H. Galpin, Marnhull; second, £ 1, Mr CASTLE CARY. ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF STOCK. The remarks of an able Loudon contemporary of Saturday, as to the Baker- street Show, equally applies to the display of stock at the annual competition of the Castle Cary Agri- ultural Society on Tuesday. It says, " No one who visited the cattle show this week with an observant eye could fail to! tppreciate the immense usefulness of this and kindred insti-] tutions. Not very long ago the only object of the breeder was to put as much fat as possible upon his stock, and the] result was that his sheep and cattle were almost wholly until for human food. The flesh smelt rank aud tasted offensively of oil cake, and butchers bought the carcases merely tol bedeck them with gay ribbons, in order to attract a mob round their doors during the Christmas week. A very different system now prevails. There is really some science] in the breeding of cattle. The point to be studied is how to produce the finest and most symmetrical animal, and yet reuder it entirely suitable for consumption. The judges decide upon the merits of the stock by the simple stan-| dard." Considering that the present exhibition under notice comes nearly as the omega of the various agri' cultural displays in the neighbourhood, it is indeed gra- l ti lying to notice that the competition was great, es cially in that lazy and listless animal's class, the pig, well as for the dairy cows, and " barreners in milk." In sheep the competition was scarcely less spirited. In class A. a fine bull was exhibited by Mr. J. Old, of Queen Camel,] though he was not fortunate enough to secure a prize. The oue chat obtained first honours was placed in a like proud position] on two occasions last year, aud this season has been placedj A 1 at Sherborne, Gillingliam, Sturminster, and Wincanton shows. In the other classes, besides those prodigies which] carried off Lhe prizes, there were some animals not to be; despised. Upon the whole, and we heard it echoedon nearly every side, willi the limited amount of money at the] disposal of tho committee, who have worked nobly, ably as- Pen of ten fat wethers, £ 2, Mr. James Harding, Speckington. Farm, Yeovilton ; second, £ 1, Mr. John Messiter, Wincanton. Fat pig, £ 1, Mrs. Morrish, North Cadbury; second, 10s., Mr. IS. Reed, Wincanton. SEBVANTS' PBIZES, Given by James Bennett, Esq., of Cadbury Home. James Griffin, labourer to Mr. William Allen, West Bradley, 13$ years, £ 2; seoond, Simon Bond, labourer to Mr. F. Jennings, Shatwell Farm, Castle Cary, 39 years, £ 1. Bounty of £ 1 to Henry Bennett, labourer to James Bennett, Esq., of Cadbury House, 30 years, and being now only 38 years of age. Sarah Lanning, servant to Mr. F. Jennings, 23 years, £ 1; | second, Sarah Gawler, servant to Mr. W. Young, Yarlington, 13 years, 10s. Judges of stock— Mr. H. Brooke, Yeovilton; Mr. R. STorton, Ditcheat Hill, near Castle Cary; Mr. G. Richmond, Shepton Mallet; and Mr. R. Laver, Kingweston. The dinner was held at the Town Hall, in the Assembly Room, tastefully decorated for the occasion, aud the company, numbering about 80, comprised a large number of the leading igriculturists of the neighbourhood. Mr. Andrews, of the Britannia Commercial Inn, was selected as the purveyor, and well he discharged his duties as caterer. T. E. Rogers, Esq., occupied the chair, receiving support from H. Hob house, Esq., Rev. R. J. Meade ( vicar), Rev. P. H. Moore, |( of Loviugton), G. A. Woodford, Esq., and H. S. Watts,] Esq.; the vice- chairmen being C. Russ, Esq., and J. E. Hellyar, Esq. Full justice having been done to the viands,] ; race was pronounced, and the cloth removed. The CHAIRMAN said the toast he had first to propose was that of the Queen, and on the present occasion it was invested with a mournful and solemn interest. ( Hear, hear.) The > vords which were generally used in connection with the toast seemed then to jar upon the feelings and to be out of place now. He felt that sentiments generally used should be set aside, and that, laying down earthly fancies, he had] but little to say upon topics usually associated with the] toast. ( Hear, hear.) When they reflected that hut a few lays ago she was a happy wife, in the possession of the partner of her early days, the father of her youthful family, md her wise councillor in all her difficulties, they would be] brought to sympathise with her now that her right arm ou which she had leaned for support had been as it were suddenly • mapt asunder, and that she was then desolate aud a widow.] If ever there was a time when Her Majesty required the] lyrapathy of a grateful people, it was upon the present [ occasion, but it availed little in the loss of a husband who * ras beloved by her and the nation. ( Hear, hear.) His ( the Chairman's) earnest prayer was that every consolation might be given her in the hour of her anguish and mourn- ing. ( Hear, hear.) This toast was drunk in solemn silence; is were the two succeeding ones, and no cheering throughout the evening was accorded to any toast, owing to the calamity which had befallen the country. The CHAIRMAN iu offering the next toast, that of " The Memory of the Prince Consort," remarked how that at an early age he, whose loss they all deeply deplored, was united! to England, and that he was watched with those jealous| feelings which, as is too frequently the case, were entertained towards foreigners. It was not long, however, ere such feel- ings were bauished, when it was found that he possessed the < ame character, and that iu all his habits, manners, and ictions, lie was a true born Englishman. ( Hear, hear.) Blessed as he was with intellects of a high order, thus fitting1 him to be placed in close proximity with the throne, he vas, however, by the more jealous of the Government of the : ouutry, debarred from taking part in the management of] the constitution. While abstaining from politics, he chalked mt for himself a broad path ia the rich domains of arts and sciences, in which lie was not only a learned patron but an accomplished proficient. ( Hear, hear.) In all these perhaps! it was not that which endeared him, so much as being the lead of our royal family, and thus he obtained the hold upon - he affections of the people. For years to come England would owe a debt of gratitude to bira for the manner in which le educated the royal children. ( Hear, hear.) If England's . visiles were realised in their future career, it must feel that, though he ceased to exist, yet he lived with them in his sons. , Hear, hear.) He would call upon them to drink the toast with deep feelings of gratitude, as, the more they considered he virtues of the eminent prince, the more thoy would honour him, aot only for that he had done, but for that] which he had not done, in the delicate position in which he was placed. ( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Prince! > f Wales and the rest of the Royal Family, aud remarked, is to the Prince of Wales, that the hopes of the nation were more and more centred in him. He hoped the Prince of Wales . vould more than ever see the necessity of aiding the counsels of his royal mother, and be a comfort to hex in her widowhood and bereavement. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. H. HOBHOUSE, in rising to propose the next toast, 1 that of the Army aud Navy, alluded to the recent outrage on board the Trent, and stigmatized it as an insult which ought lot to have been countenanced by the Government of the| United States. ( Hear, hear.) England was now smarting under an insult, and, unless reparation were made, they must] take other measures to sustain her honour. ( Hear, hear.)] The conduct of the Captain of the San Jacinto was similar to any one of them entering a man's house and taking any- one out of it whom he pleased, without receiviug the assist atice of the magistrates. He was sorry to say that the last information did not hold out any hopes of a pacific settlement if the difficulty, but on the contrary, that they would not] make reparation. England could, with confidence, rely on her army and navy, as they were never in a better position to tlo their duty. ( Hear, hear.) Ensign WATTS, ( if the 16th ( Yeovil) Corps, responded^ regretting that no officer in the regular service was present to do so. He believed that the country would rise as one man if required, whether in punishing those who have in- sulted us, or iu defending those liberties which they enjoyod, and he had no doubt that, when called upon, the volunteers would do their duty to their Queen aud country. ( Hear,] hear.) The CHAIRMAN gave the health of the Bishop and Clergy ' of the Diocese. He stated that, whatever diverse opinions there might be within the pale of the church or dissensions] without, all must look upon it, with Mr. Disraeli, as the depository of the national faith. ( Hear, hear.) It was alike the church of the rich and poor. In connecting with the earnestly for the sorrowing Queen than the clergy, so as to give her strength to bear it. ( Hear, hear.) He observed that lie had no fear for the safety of England, and though he was a man of peace, and hoped that peaceful councils would prevail, yet he would not stand by and see the British flag wantonly insulted. ( Hear, hear.) The Americans, he fancied, thought that the old English lion had lost his teeth, but they, he was sure, would never allow the noisy American bird to tear off the crown on the lion's head. ( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in high terms, proposed the health of Mj-. Hobhouse. ( Hear, li. ar.) It was a delicate duty to praise a man before his face, but he was sure the toast would meet with a ready response. Where was there one more ready to give his advice, and how valuable that advice when obtained, or who better fulfilled the duties of a country gen- tleman than Mr. Hobhouse ? ( Hear, hear.) ' Mr. HOBHOUSE appropriately returned thanks, and pro- posed tho health of their worthy chairman. ( Hear, hear.) He was quite sure his residence amongst them would be advantageous to the neighbourhood, and they should con- sider themselves fortunate in having secured him as their chairman that day. ( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied to the toast. He observed that Lord Palmerston had described merit as being that which other people thought of you, not what one might think of himself. If the committee were satisfied, he had no cause to complain, and could afford to put his own opinion iu the back ground. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Umpires, whose task must have been a difficult one to decide on the merits of the stock. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. LAVE B acknowledged the toast, and he hinted that some of the cattle which had been shown would have been none the worse if they came out under their tru « colours. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. H. BROOKE, in a humorous speech, convulsing the jcompany throughout with laughter, also responded. Joking apart he could say it was a fine lot of stock upon which they had to pass an opinion, and he could add that the judges in their awards were unanimous. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. R. NORTON also was heard iu reply, mentioning that, on looking over the show that day, he could not but be struck with the great advance made in the production of cattle at the present time over those of 15 or 20 years ago. Manu- factures and arts had progressed, but still he thought agri- culture was then keeping pace with them. ( Hear, hear.) The prizes were then announced, and handed over to the labourers and servants, in addition to the cash each receiving a handsome embossed certificate, accompanied by some very appropriate observations from the chair, as to their not being as a remuneration for such services, but simply as a re- cognition. The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the successful competitors. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. J. GIPPORD replied, and said he had never been a competitor except as a successful one, and hoped he should ever be on that side. ( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought they were bound to give the un- successful competitors all the consolation they could, and therefore proposed their health. Mr. F. JENNINGS briefly returned thanks. Mr. H. HOBHOUSE proposed the health of the Honorary [ Secretary Mr. Russ, as one whom they might go far and wide to find an equal to. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. C. Russ appropriately responded and commended meetings like the present, as tending to banish any ill feeling or unpleasantness which might have arisen. The CHAIRMAN then gave success to the Castle Cary Cattle Show, and their next meeting. ( Hear, hear.) The Chairman here took his leave, accompanied by several of his supporters, and Mr. C. Russ, the lion, secretary, was voted to the chair, when several other toasts were duly pro- posed aud responded to, and the conviviality prolonged till a iate hour, varied by vocal and instrumental harmony. TAUNTON. SOMERSET QUARTER SESSIONS.— The Epiphany Ses- sions of the peace, for the county of Somerset, will be held at the Sllirehall, Taunton, on Tuesday, Dec. 31st. CONFIRMATION.— On Thursday last tho Bishop of Bath and Wells held a confirmation at St. Mary's Church, when there were about 150 candidates for ad- mission to the full rites of our church. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— Thursday and Friday fol- lowing Christmas Day will be observed as a general holiday in this town, the majority of the tradesmen having agreed to close their shops on those days. FIBE.— On Wednesday evening last a fire broke out in the shop window of Mr. Makcham, draper, North- street. It appeared that some articles of drapery were hung in the window, too near the gas light, and became ' gnited, setting the window in a blue. By tho speedy exertions of the neighbours, and the timely assistance of the Board of Health Fire Brigade, the flames were speedily got under, though not before considerable damage bad been done. 1 BRIDGWATER. FATAL ACCIDENT. — On Friday last a most melancholy and fatal accident occurred to Mr. John Greenslade, of this town, at the Durston junction of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It appeared that the deceased gentle- man got out of the train at Dnrston for the purpose of procuring refreshment, and on returning the train was in motion. Deceased ran some distance, stumbled and fell between the platform and the traiu, when he was crushed in a most frightful manner. On being removed, it was ascertained that he was quite dead. An inquest > vas held at Snow's Durston Inn on Saturday last, before W. W. Munckton, Esq., when a verdict of " accidental death" was returned. DEATH OP H. R. H. THE PRINCE CONSORT.— The an- nouncement of the death of the Prince Consort was received here during divine service on Sunday last by tho inhabitants with manifestations of much regret, l'lie bells of the various churches tolled forth a mournful knell, and flags were hoisted half- mast high by the ships in port. Ou Monday the whole of the shops were partially closed, and in the course of the day, A. W. Kinglake, Esq., M. P. for tho borough, who had previously announced his intent of addressing the electors on the present aspect of our political affairs, announced that, in [ consequence of the melancholy event, he would postpone bis address for the present. SHEPTON MALLET. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT happened last Friday to Mr. [ John Napper, yeoman, of East Hoirington, as he was returning from market. When about a quarter of a mile from the town, bis rein broke and he got out of his curt lo adjust it, upon which the horse reared, knocked Mr. Napper down under the wheels, and inflicted such injuries that ho died shortly after reaching tho Horse SUPPLEMENT.— DEO. 19, 1861. | D O R S E T COUNTY C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. 409 I Shoe Inn, to which he had only just power to walk! before he fell exhausted into the landlord's arras. An! inquest was held on the body, and a verdict returned of! I" Accidental death." WESTON- SUPER- MARE. A MIDDLE- CLASS SCHOOL FOR SOMERSET. A preliminary meeting was held at the Town- hallJ Weston- super- Mare, on Tuesday, the 10th, to take into consideration the advisability of forming a school, for the purpose of affording to the sons of the middle classes! of the county a sound and useful Church of England education, at the lowest possible terms, and on the most: approved principles. The scheme has, we understand, been for some time under consideration, and all that now asked is the means to carry on the school for a year or two until it shall become self- supporting. As regards the regulations for the discipline and comfort of the boys, we may mention that each boarder will have a j separate bed; the necessary books, & c., will be supplied by the founders of the school; and medical attendance will be provided free of charge. Among those present at the meeting we noticed the I Ven. Archdeacons Law and Denison, Lord Taunton, Gabriel Poole, Esq., T. C. Somerville, Esq., Revs. H. Millward, H. J. Stevenson ( Rural Dean), and T. B. Pitman ( Rural Dean), T. H. Dickinson, Esq., R. A, I Kinglake, Esq., & c., & c. The chair was taken by Lord Taunton, and the pro- I ceedings commenced by the offering up of prayer, after 1 which The CHAIRMAN said all who were present knew as I well as he did tho great and important object for which I they had met— to establish a school for the education of I the sons of the middle classes. They could not disguisel I from themselves that the education of the middle classes — that important and useful class of society— had been neglected, and that, throughout, the means of education | for their children had also been neglected. It was to meet that deficiency that they had assembled there that lay. He rejoiced to find the manner in which the I scheme had been laid before the public, and he divinedj I considerable expectations of success from it. The Ven. Archdeacon LAW, R. NEVILLE GRENVILLEJ I Esq., and the Ven. Archdeacon DBNISON, proposed,! seconded, and supported a resolution declaring that such! i scheme as that proposed was a great public want, and] I the resolution was put to the meeting in the customary uauner, and declared to be carried nem. con. A conversation ensued as to the locality in which such I a school might best bo established, Archdeacon DENISON J proposing Weston- super- Mare, and Mr. WOODCOCK and I others advocating a rural site.— On the motion of Mr. 1 G. POOLE a committee was appointed to consider the] I matter, and the rules having been read, and a general] I committee appointed, the proceedings terminated with a I vote of thanks to the chairman for his kindness in taking the chair. bayonets. He knew that his hearers would believe they | did when he laid his hand on his heart, and said it was true that they had done so. He had been accused of asconade. Certainly when the marines rushed on at the point of the bayonet, he had just time to put his body between their bayonets and Miss Slidell, and to order them back as cowardly poltroons; but he bullied no one. After giving other details of the scene on board ] the Trent, and subsequent events since his arrival in England, where he received the approbation of the Government, Commander Williams resumed his seat amid much applause. WILTSHIRE. SALISBURY. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MABKET was held Ion what is generally termed " Gilten Tuesday." The jsliow of beasts was very large, and in point of num- bers exceeded that at the corresponding market of last year. A fair amount of business was transacted, but prices ruled high, the best oxen ranging from 12s. to 13s. 6d., and heifers from lis. to 12s. per scoro. The supply of sheep was less than on many ordinary market [ days, tho number not exceeding 1800. Best downs| realised from 7Jd, to 8Jd. per pound. are piled, like warehouses, with boxes and packages of alls forms and varied dimensions. The officials, as if conscious* of the important part assigned to them in this unusual drama,] seem intent on bestowing a double amount of care and at- tention in the discharge of duties differing little from those they have been long in the habit of discharging with the most entire success, yet which they appear now to attach un- usual importance to. Rumour also is busy in all quarters, and on every hand the inquirer obtains hints of communica- tions between the Government and companies possessing first- class steam vessels. On Friday one of those rumours assigned a Government charter to the Pacific Steam Naviga- f tion Company's fine new steamer Peru, which is expected round from the Clyde in the beginning of next week— one portion of her rumoured allotment being 60 sailors and 40 marines, as reinforcements to our squadron in the Pacific. The Cunard mail steamer Niagara, which sailed on Saturday for Halifax and Boston, took out 20 officers, and 350 men and non- commissioned officers belonging to tho Military Train, under command of Colonel Kennedy, C. B. The Australasian steamship, belonging to the same company/ sailed with Friday night's tide, carrying 831 uon- commis- Isioned officers and men, and 251 non- commissioned officers and privates of the 4th Brigade of Artillery. HAMPSHIRE. SOUTHAMPTON. REINFORCEMENTS FOB CANADA.— Tho steamships Adriatic, Parana, and Magdalena are rapidly progress- ing in their equipment for sea, and will all sail the latter end of the week. According to present arrangements the Adriatic, which is a fine vessel of 3,760 registered tonnage and 1,200- horse power, and will be commanded by Captain G. C. Nicholson, an officer well known in the transport service, having commanded the despatch steamer Telegraph during the Crimean war, will embark her troops on Thursday morning. She takes out the Grenadier Guards, with General Lord F. Paulet and his Staff. This steamer will take 1,300 men and 72 officers, making a total of near 1,600 souls oil board. JThe Parana, Captain Sawyer, will carry out 1,000 men | ind 39 officers of the Scots Fusileer Guards, who are expected to embark on Thursday morning, and she will immediately go out of dock into the river. The Magdalena, Captain Woolward, will take 900 men aud 39 officers of, it . is believed, the 16th Foot, who will embark on Saturday. The Parana is of 3,200 tons and 800- horse power, and tho Magdalena, 2,980 tons and 800- horse power. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. The following regulations as to officers for the Royal] iNaval Reserve appeared in Friday night's Gazette:— I NOTICE TO MASTERS AND MATES IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE. The following regulations have been established ia pursuance of the Act 21 and 25 Vict., cap. 129, relating to the enrolment of officers in the Royal Naval Reserve:—• Any Master and Mate of tho Merchant Service who is desirous of becoming an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, should apply by letter to the Registrar- General of Seamen, No. 6, Adelaide ilace, London- bridge, E. G., for a form on which his application or a Commission in the Royal Naval Reserve is to be made, and ] should state distinctly in such letter, his name and the address to which the form is to be sent. A form of application will then . be sent to the address indicated, with full instructions as to the mode in which it is to be filled up. A pattern of the uniform may be seen at the office of the Registrar- General of Seamen. ROYAL NAVAL RESEEVE. By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, & c. Whereas by the Act 24 and 25 Vict., cap. 129, provision is made to enable Her Majesty to avail herself of the services of a certain number of officers of the merchant service of the United King- dom, and of the colonies and dependencies of Great Britain, as officers of reserve to the Royal Navy; and whereas Her Majesty has been pleased, by her Order in Council of the 20th instant, to direct that the following regulations be established for carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act; we hereby desire and direct that the regulations in question be promulgated for the ' ie merchant service, DEVONSHIRE. EXETER. THE REPRESENTATION OF EXETER.— We understand] I that a meeting of the Conservative party was convened Ion Friday evening last, to take into consideration a I communication from Major Porter, R. E., announcing] I his retirement as a candidate for the representation ofj I Exeter. The cause which has led the gallant officer to I take this step is, we have reason to believe, the increas- I ing extent of his official duties. Not only Conservatives, but many other persons holding opposito opinions, willl regret that, Major Porter is thus conscientiously induced! I to withdraw his candidature; but the gallant gentleman! feels that with the heavy claims upon his time required! for the efficient discharge of his military office, he would! be unable, satisfactorily to himself and his constituents,] to represent the interests of a large and importantl borough like Exeter. In withdrawing, he will take with liim the kind feeling and good wishes of the citizens With respect to a successor to Major Porter, it is yet too early to speak; but of this we are certain, that the I Conservatives will in due time be prepared with a candi- I date in every way entitled to the confidence and support I of the electors. ANDOVER. FIRE AT MORTIMOEE'S TANYABD.— A most calamitous! fire occurred at Mr. Mortimo,' e'a tanyard in Andover between five and six o'clock on Friday morning. The! fire was first discovered by a man residing in a cottage opposite the buildings. He gave an alarm; but, before any assistance could be obtained, the engine house, in which the fire commenced, was enveloped in flames. The three engines belonging to the parish and the fire offices were in attendance soon after the outbreak, and were extremely serviceable in warding off the flames] from the dwelling- house immediately adjoining the burning mass, occupied by Mr. Mortimore's foreman, Mr. ' full, as also in preventing the conflagration from extending to the storehouses in other parts of the yard, which are stored with hides, bark, & c. The destruction was wholly confined to the block of buildings in which the fire originated, which, with the valuable stock of steam machinery requisite for carrying on an extensive trade, were wholly consumed. In the centre of the ruins stands an immense brick- built chimney shaft, about 60 feet high, at the base of which the fire must have broken out. It happily was not affected by the flames, or its fall would probably have been most disastrous to numbers of the people who thronged the yard in every direction The effects of this unfortunate occurrence will be severely felt at this inclement season by the men in Mr. Morti rnore's employ, many of whom will necessarily be thrown out of work. The premises were insured in the Northern! Fire- office. PLYMOUTH. THE AMEBICAN OUTRAGE.— Commander Williams, ] R. N., of the Trent, was entertained at dinner on Thurs- day evening by the Royal Western Yacht Club, of which he is a member, in the club dining- room, at Millbay, Plymouth. The chairman, Mr. J. C. Thierens, in pro- I posing the toast of the evening, remarked that, however J much they might differ in opinion as to the course of I events, they were united in their approval of the prompt, ] dignified, and happily worded protest made by their] I guest under trying circumstances against the recent! I violation of the sanctity of asylum. They were proud I of him as a member of their body. Commander Wil-| I liams, in acknowledging the toast, referred to the dis [ torted accounts of the affair which had appeared in | America. One paper asserted that, " if the act itsell I was justifiable, the manner in which it had been per- [ formed was unexceptionable." The facts plainly told I would lead to a widely different conclusion. When he 1 was told that a suspicious vessel had come in sight, little 1 dreaming of what was to happen, he was on the main I deck smoking a pipe and reading tho Essays and 1 Reviews. A few minutes afterwards the Trent hoisted I her ensign, but this signal was not responded to. As I they approached the San Jacinto a shot was fired across I their bows. They then put the helm of the Trent lastarboard and approached the Federal ship. They were 1 not a cable's length from her when a shell was fired I across her bows; and that was the manner of exercising 1 the right of search which had been referred to by the I American press as unexceptionable. Again, it was said I by the American papers " that Captain Wilkes could not I have received his instructions from his Government at 1 Washington, for that he was op his return from the I western coast of Africa." That was not the case. On I the night of the 16th of October, or on the morning of I the 17th, he saw the San Jacinto off St. Thomas. On his return to Havanuah on the 6th of November he I found that the San Jacinto had been to Havannah, from I St. Thomas, that she had coaled there, and that two of [ her officers, passing themselves off as Southerners in their] I hearts, had lunched with Mr. Slidell and family and I extracted from them their intended movements. Miss I Slidell branded one of the officers to his face with his 1 infamy, having been her father's guest not 10 days I before. Mr. Fairfax had denied that the marines made I a rush towards Miss Slidell, at the charge, with fixed lflabal, IWtlitaro, lEUttta, antt Etfies. Major- Gen. Rnmley, Inspector- Gen. of Infantry, has taken his departure for Liverpool, there to embark foi Canada. Rear- Admiral Dacres, C. B., was appointed on Monday as second in command to Admiral Sir Alexandei Milne, K. C. B., the Commander- in- Chief on the North American Station. He is to lioist ® his flag on board the Edgar, at Portsmouth. The 18th Company Royal Engineers ( Captain Hewitt's), which has been recalled to Portsmouth from the Isle of Wight-, is ordered to embark during the present week on board the Parana steamship at Southampton, for con-] veyance to British North America. The mania which seems to have seized on soldiers,] lof shooting at their officers, has extended itself to Malta, as1 a soldier of the 4th infantry fired his carbine at his adjutant. Captain Keats, but fortunately missed him. The ruffian was] in the act of reloading to make a second attempt when he was arrested and secured. Various statements, all more or less inaccurate,! having been made respecting the reinforcements for the pro- tection of our interests in North America, it may be well to mention the steps actually taken for that purpose. The fol- lowing troops have been ordered to Canada in the Persia, the Australasian, and the Melbourne, of which the Melbourne has sailed :— 2 Battalions Infantry of the Line; 2 Batteries of Field Artillery ; 1 company of Royal Engineers. And we understand that arrangements are being made for forward- ing to British North America at once, 2 Battalions of Guards; 4 Battalions of Infantry of the Line; 3 Batteries of Field Artillery; 5 Batteries of Garrison Artillery; 2 Battalions o I Military Train; 2 Companies of Royal Engineers. The two battalions of the Guards under irders are the 1st Battalion ol the Grenadier Guards now at the Tower, and the 2nd Bat- talion Scots Fusilier Guards at Wellington Barracks, who will leave for Southampton this day ( Thursday). The Rifle Brigade and 1st battalion of the 16th are in course of em- barkation ; and the following battalions are held in readiness - viz., the 1st of the 15th, 96th, and 2nd of the 16th Regi- ments. Preliminaries for the prompt despatch of soldiers, [ sailors, and marines, together with military aud commis- sariat storus, as well as ammunition and ordnance, including rifle and smooth- bore guns, continue to be pushed forward in Liverpool with the utmost alacrity. The offices and counting- rooms of the Cuuard Company, and of Captain Leycester, R. N., present an appearance widely different from their [ usually quiet aspect. All is bustle and animation; the floors information and guidance of officers of the who, in conformity with Her Majesty's gracious intentions, are desirous of enrolling themselves as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, under the conditions specified. 1. NUMBER, CLASS, AND RANK.— The officers of the Royal Naval Reserve shall not exceed the total number of 400, and shall consist of two classes :— 1. Lieutenants of Naval Reserve, whose number shall not exceed 130; and who will rank with, but after, lieutenants of the Royal Navy. 2. Sub- Lieutenants of Naval Reserve, whose number shall not exceed 270; and will rank with, but after, sub- lieutenants of the Royal Navy. 2. APPOINTMENT.— Officers of both olasses will receive their| appointments from us; but applications for appointments should be made through the Board of Trade, London. 3. QUALIFICATION.—- Masters of merchant vessels who held certificates of competency under the Mercantile Marine Act oil ] 1850, or the Merchant Shipping Act, 1354, and who have com- manded vessels of not less than 500 tons burthen, for not less than two years, shall be eligible for appointment as lieutenants or sub- lieutenants of the Royal Naval Reserve. Chief mates of merchant vessels who hold masters' or chief mates' certificates of competency under the Mercantile Marine Act, 1850, or the jMerchant Shipping Act, 1854, and who have sailed as masters, or as chief mates, in vessels of not less than 500 tons burthen, for not less than two years, shall be eligible for the appointment of| dub- Lieutenant of the Royal Naval Reserve. Masters with extra certificates will, as a general rule, have the preference. Qualifi- cation for the first class will include qualification for the second class. No master or mate will be enrolled as lieutenant or sub- lieutenant whose age exceeds 45. This limit will subsequently be] altered to 35, at the discretion of the Lords Commissioners of] the Admiralty. Masters of merchant- vessels who are actually afloat and in command, though they may be above the age of 45 years, may be enrolled as honorary lieutenants of the Royal! Naval Reserve, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade. The number of honorary lieutenants is not to exceed 101) in addition to the numbers above specified. They will not be] required to undergo drill or be called out for service. 4. VKOMOTION.— Officers of the second class will, if qualified, be eligible for promotion to the first class, at our discretion. Officers who, when in actual service may, by the character or] length of their service, obtain our special approbation, will be eligible to receive commissions as officers in the Royal Navy, of the same grade as that with which they may rank at tho time. They will then be considered in all respects as officers on the permanent strength of the Navy. Officers who, whilst on actual service, shall have distinguished themselves in aotion with the enemy, or by the character and length of their services, will be eligible, at the conclusion of their service in the Navy, for pro- motion to the higher honorary ranks of Commander and Captain] of the Naval Reserve, at our discretion. 5. UNIFOBM.— Officers to wear the same uniform as officers of corresponding rank in the Royal Navy, with the following excep- tions, viz.:— Lieutenants : Instead of the stripe of half- inch lace' round the sleeves of the coats there is to be a stripe formed of two waved hues of quarter- inch gold braid, intersecting each] other, so as to form a band half an inch wide, the blue cloth to show between the curves. Sub- Lieutenants to have one such! waved line of the same braid. The buttons of both classes to bej of the Royal Naval pattern, with the letters " R. N. R." in old Knglish character, surmounted by a crown. Instead of the anchor on the epaulettes and shoulder straps respectively, there is to be a badge consisting of a silver anchor in the centre, sur- rounded with the words " Royal Naval Reserve," embroidered in gold. Instead of the bullion loop on the cocked hats, the loop I to be formed of two gold braids twisted the same as for coat sleeves. The badge for the caps to consist of a device similar to chat on the epaulettes embroideredou blue cloth and surmounted by a crown. The plate for the sword belt to be the same as for officers of the Royal Navy, substituting the letters " R. N. R." for the anchor iu the centre. ti. Da ILL.— Officers will be required to undergo in each year course of twenty- eight days' drill and gunnery instruction on] ooard the district or drill ships at the ports in their respective vicinity, viz.:— London, Shields, Sunderland, Hull, Southampton, Falmouth, Bristol, Liverpool, Leith, Greenock, Dublin, or! ! Queenstown. 7. MESSING.— Officers, whilst on drill, will live on shore, and receive the following subsistance allowance, viz.:— Lieutenants,| 10s. a day; sub- lieutenants, 7s. a day. When called out for service they will mess with their respective ranks. 8. DISCIPLINE.— Officers will be subjected to naval discipline1 when attending drill, aud when called out for actual service; and will be liable to lose their commissions for offences against the! rules, discipline, or character of Her Majesty's service, in the * ame manner as officers of the Uoyal Navy. y. SEBVICE AFLOAT.— Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve willj be called out for actual service by Royal Proclamation; and they Sporting Netos. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Mendip Foxhounds will meet on Friday at I ] Corscombe— at eleven. Walter Flower's Harriers will meet on Friday at I Salterton Down— at eleven. The South Wilts Hounds will meet on Friday at I | Toyd Farm— at quarter to eleven. Her Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet on Friday I at Horseshoes, Warfield— at eleven. The Isle of Wight Foxhounds will meet on Friday I [ at Parkhurst Forest— at half- past ton. The Conholt Harriers ( Masters Wellesley's) willl meet on Saturday at Fearmild— at eleven. The West Somerset Foxhounds will meet on| Friday at Raleigh's Cross— at half- past ten. Mr. Radclyffe's Hounds will meet on Thursday I ( this day) at Buckland Newton Village— at quarter to eleven. I The New Forest Hounds will meet on Thursday I |( this day) at Hale House; Saturday, Beaulieu Village— at I half- past ten. The Duke of Beaufort's Hounds will meet on| Friday at Pucklechurch; Saturday, George Inn, Sandy Lane - at. half- past ten. The Taunton Vale and Langport Harriers will I meet on Thursday ( this day) at Cart Gate; Friday, South I Hill, Staple— at eleven. • The East Dorset Hounds will meet on Thursday I ( this day) at the Plough Inn, Manston; Friday, the Down I House— at half- past ten. The Earl of Portsmouth's Hounds will meet on I Thursday ( this day) at Rackenford; Saturday, New Build- 1 ings, Saudford— at eleven. The Blackmoor Vale Foxhounds will meet onj Friday at Thornhill Obelisk; Saturday, Jack White's Gibbet; I Tuesday, Cross Keys, Lydford; Friday, 27th, Cross Roads. [ Pulliam; Saturday, 28th, Creech Hill— at eleven. Lord Poltimore's Hounds will meet on Thursday I ( this day) at Great Toller; Monday, Stoke Post; Tuesday,' Killerton Lodge; Thursday, 26th, Tynes; Saturday, 28th, Butterleigh Village— at eleven. Should the funeral of hit I late R. H. the Prince Consort take place on one of these I days the hounds will not meet. DEFEAT OP DEERFOOT BY MILLS. From 12,000 to 15,000 spectators assembled at the Hack- uey- wick grounds on Monday, and, although the ground is I much too confined, never since Deerfoot has shown in thu I country was a scene of such excitement witnessed. So much I importance did the Indian, or his friends for him, attach to I the race, and the heavy stake at issue, £ 200, that he on tliit f occasion appeared in the usual sober dress of an English I athlete. It took 53 rounds and 200 yards to make up the | eight miles, and for the first six rounds the Indian was in I front, the first mile, over very heavy ground, being accom- 1 plished in 4 minutes 57 seconds. Iu the 33rd round, when I | coming into the straight run- in, breast to breast, the Indian I made one of his well- known spurts, but this time he had I met his match, and not a foot would the Englishman let his [ opponent leave him. After the 38th round one of the slight Ishoes which Mills wore split in two, but he most gamely wen | | on without it, rushed in front, aud led round after round the Indian trying in vain to pass him. From the 40th to I the 53rd round Mills was still in front, and a deafening [ | shout announced that the 54th aud last round had bee ' [ entered upon. On going up the back stretch they were sidi | l> y side, and for about 50 yards a gathering up of the power.- I of both men was perceptible to all. They were side by aid. I as they came into the straight run- in, when within a few | yards of home, both bounded iu together, and the race wa> ovei\ Iu the opinion of the referee, who no doubt did hit | duty fairly aud honestly, it was a dead heat. ILontJon © alette. Friday. BANKRUPTCY ANNUIIED.— George Cooke, Islington,! [ Devonshire, upholsterer. BANKBUPTS.— William Butler, Poole, coach- builder, Dec. I | 23, at 10: solicitors, Messrs. Flux aud Argles, Mincing- 1 lane; Mr. Durrant, Poole; official assignee, Mr. Pennell, I [ Guildhall- chambers, Basiughall- strcet.— Frances Lerebourt | Gorbell, late of Whitchurch, Somersetshire, schoolmaster, Dec. 24, at 12, Bankrupts' Court, Bristol: solicitor, Mr. I Brittan, Bristifl; official assignee, Mr. Acraman, Bristol.— I iJonathan Carter, Exeter, licensed victualler, Dec. 26, at 12, | j Bankrupts' Court, Exeter: solicitor, Mr. Floud, Exeter, | official assignee, Mr. Hirtiel, Exeter.— Henry Thomas Ire- land, Torquay, livery- stablekeeper, Dec. 24, at 11, County I Court, Newtou Abbot: solicitor, Mr. Carter, Torquay; I official assignee, Mr. Pidsley.— Henry Clode, Torquay, I cabinet- maker, Dec. 24, at 11, County Court, Newtou I Abbot: solicitor, Mr. Carter, Torquay; official assignee, I Mr. Pidsley.— Samuel Clarke, Torquay, fruiterer, Dec. 24,1 at 11, County Court, Newton Abbot: solicitor, Mr. Carter, I Torquay; official assignee, Mr. Pidsley.— William Marsh- 1 man, Frome, brush manufacturer, Dec. 27, at 12, County I Court, Froine: solicitor, Mr. Cruttwell, Frome ; official | [ assignee, Mr. Messiter, Frome. NOTICE OF SITTINGS FOE LAST EXAMINATION.— Jan. I 1- 3, J. Light, Windsor, Eling, Southampton, farmer.— Jan. 20,1 C. Bartholomew, Bristol, proprietor of Turkish aud other I baths.— Jan. 21, J. Hurley, Exeter, joiner. DIVIDEND.— Jau. 16, J. B. Mercer, Bath, carpenter. will be liable to serve during the continuance of any national j emergency, or until they may be regularly discharged by oui direction. 10. TAX- AND ALLOWANCES, AND PENSIONS TO WIDOWS.- Oliicers will, whilst called out for actual service, receive the pay § of their corresponding ranks in the Royal IN avy. Officers who j may receive hurts or wounds whilst on service will receive the! same pensions and allowances to which officers in the Navy wouldH be entitled under similar circumstances. Widows of officersl who, whilst in actual servioe, may be killed iu action, or die from! accident resulting Irom the performance of their duty, will re- F ceive the same pensions as the widows of naval officers of corres- j ponding rank would be entitled to under similar circumstances. Uiveu under our hands this 29th day of November, 18bl. SOMEESET. FBEDERICK WILLIAM GREY. CHARLES KDEN. CHABLBS FREUERICK. JAMES ROBBBT DRUMMOND. SAMUEL WHITBRBAD, By command of their Lordships, CLARENCE PAQBT. BANKBUPTS.— Alfred Watts, Freemantle, Hampshire, Ibuilder and contractor, Jan. 3, at 2.— Benjamin Clarke, I I Hullavington, Wiltshire, cattle dealer, Dec. 30, at 11, at I I Bristol.— Thomas Gribble, West Teignmouth, Devonshire, | [ innkeeper and farmer, Jan. 2, at 12, at Exeter.— William I 1 Vaughan, Bristol, fish dealer, J an. 9, at 12.—. Robert Hicks, I 1 Bristol, egg dealer, Jan. 9, at 12.30.— Christopher Inch,] [ Torquay, Devonshire, cab proprietor, Dec. 28, at 11, at I [ Newton Abbot.— George Cozens, High Ham, near Lang- 1 [ port, Somersetshire, cattle dealer, Jan. 21, at 12.— Johu | [ Robins, Lytchett Matravers, Dorsetshire, dealer and chap- [ man, Jan. 14, alf 12.— Thomas Calvert, Exeter, professor ol | Imusic, Jau. 28, atll. — Thomas Short, Simonsbath, Somer- setshire, travelling tea dealer, Jan. 8, at 11. DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.— J. Stuart, Portsmouth, I [ draper— first div. of 5s. ou Wednesday, Dec. 18, and three | • following Wednesdays, at Mr. Edwards's, Basingliall street. I \ A Silver Medal and 4000 Francs awarded by the I Photographic Society of France, to Mr. John Pouncy. I Dorchester, the only successful candidate in the I United Kingdom after a competition of three years I open to all the World. PORTRAITS Carte de Visite, Ten for 10s. JOHN POUNCY, HOUSE PAINTER, PLUMBER, GLAZIER, jPaperhanger, Gilder, and Decorator. Picture Frames! lof every description made to order; Old Frames Ke- gilded f iPaper Hangings in great variety. Workmen sent any distance. Every description of work connected with Drainage. | Water Supply, & c. [ 3326 410 DORSET COTJNTY C H R O N I C L E AND S O M E R S E T S H I RE GAZETTE. BBWWUUm [ SUPPLEMENT.— DEC. 19, 1861. GENERAL DOMESTIC GOSSIP. Mr. and Mrs. St. Leger Glyn have arrived atj | Tarrance's Hotel from Bournemouth, Hants. A monument, erected by subscription, has been1 I placed in the cemetery at Maryport, Cumberland, to thej I memory of the late Captain Harrison, of the Great| I Eastern. He was a native of the town. The Illustrated, London News has issued one ot| I the most magnificent Christmas gifts going; it consists of I a splendid fruit piece by Lance, printed in colours, and we I feel safe in saying that in the whole range of the press no | greater Christmas attraction is presented. A bookseller, the other day, received an order for I" 2 sain bux." He puzzled his brain some time thereon, and I returned it for an explanation. The writer was very much I astonished that it conld not be understood. " Why," said he I" it is as plain as day— 2 s- a- m ( psalm) b- u- x ( books)." practised, and requested the attendance of the partners. They j Icame, bringing with them a cart- load of ledgers and bill books.| l" What are these ?" said the Commissioner. " Our accounts," was the answer. " Our profits cannot be ascertained without? ihe investigation of these books." " Impossible!" said thej jofficial: " It would take me a week." " More likely a month," said our friends. " Gentlemen," said the Com- missioner : " I cannot afford a day : will you give me yourl word of honour, as gentlemen, that you believe the return I you have made to be a fair one ?" " We will." " Then il [ will assess you at that sum. I wish you a good morning."] That which was done to a few has been done extensively- ilmost universally. Might not other solicitors who have] been treated in the same oppressive manner meet theiij tormeutors with the same device ? The herring fishery of Yarmouth is expected to I terminate this week. Some of the boats at sea have made I some good catches, one coming in with 10 lasts ( 133,200 I fish); but this success has been the exception, and not the I rule, and, taken as a whole, the fishery is still spoken of I despondingly. " A Sufferer" writes as follows :—" I venture to I ask you to insert an inquiry from a sufferer from Govern I ment delays as to what has become of the Crimean ' prize I money ? I remember a large raft tak » n at Kinburn Ports, I and valued at £ 50,000, bat I never heard more of it, save I that £ 20,000 worth had been handed to the French. Who | had the rest ?" On the medical treatment of the late Prince Con- I sort, a medical writer in Tuesday's Times asks,—" When st I valuable a life as the late Prince Consort' 3 is taken by thel I particular disease stated, would it not be as well to publish,! I for the satisfaction of the general body of the medical profession | I as well as the public, an account of the treatment adopted byl | the acting responsible physicians who prescribed for andl attended on his late Royal Highness from the commence-| 1 ment to the deplorable close of his illness ? I am sure," hel I says," my feeling is'shared, or would be responded to, when| I known, by multitudes. [ In proof of this wo had previously 1 given utterance to the same feeling in preparing the obser-| | vations which close our leading remarks.] There is a report that the prospect of the war] I with America will deprive the Exhibition commissioners of: I the able assistance and co- operation of their general manager,! | Colonel Shadwell. He has, we believe, received an intima- I tion to hold himself in readiness to start at a very short | notice to Canada. The gallant colonel served in the cam- I paign in the Crimea, and proved himself a thoroughly use-| | ful and efficient officer. Indeed, it was the very high cha- I racter of the testimonials which he received in the Crimea 1 that mainly influenced the commissioners in selecting him I for the important post of general manager. The duties of 1 this office are of a very responsible and difficult character,! I and it will not be easy to find a successor to Col. Shadwell. Mr. James Milton, R. N., Coastguard officer oil I Brixham, hoarded in the Channel a dismasted and abandoned! I brig, about 200 tons, called the Pizarro, apparently Spanish. I laden with sugar, brandy, wine, and lead. The cause of thel I abandonment appears to be unaccountable. Her hull is I sound. Most of the lanyards of the rigging were cut; only I one or two chain- plates wrenched off; and there was no I appearance of collision. The boat on her booms was stove I in, probably by the falling of the masts. The men's clothes I were in their bunks; no papers could be found; two live 1 pigs were on deck. The derelict on Sunday morning was I off the Start in tow of the brig Sir Charles Napier, bound to ] Dartmouth. A large full- rigged ship, in tow of a powerful I two- funnel steam tug, from London for Liverpool, passed I down Channel outside Plymouth, yesterday forenoon. The Americans in London belonging to the Con- I federate States manifested satisfaction at the intelligence to- l I day of the proceedings in Congress, on the assumption that| 1 all prospect of a surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, I except under compulsion, has thus been terminated. On thel 1 other hand, the Federalists assert that the action of the I House of Representatives,' unsupported by a corresponding I vote of the Senate, or by any declaration of the President or the Cabinet collectively, is but of secondary importance, and| I merely furnishes another illustration of the subserviency of | that body to the populace. Those who take this view con-| •> ider that the avoidance of the subject in the Presidential I Message is a far stronger symptom for good thifn the other; is for evil. They deem that the President and his advisers! I bad resolved to wait to hear of the manner in which the I affair had been met in England and throughout Europe, and I that, having thus paused, they will not be likely, when the I accounts reach them, to act with sudden recklessness, and to] I imitate when it is too late the style of those who had had1 ] the sagacity at the earliest moment to discount their triumph] | over Great Britain. The motto on the title- page of the exhibition! I catalogue of 1851 was selected by tho Prince Consort; it I was— " The earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is : The compass of the world and they that dwell therein.' I The back of the title- page also bore two mottoes chosen by] | his royal highness— " Ne nostra ista qua' invenimus dixeris— Insita sunt nobis omnium artium semina, Magisterque ex occulto Deua producit ingonia." |" Say not the discoveries we make are our own— The germs of every art are implanted within us, And God our instructor out ot that which is concealed develops the faculties of invention." | The second was— " Humani generis progressus, Ex communi omnium labore onus, Uaius cujusque industria' debet esse finis Hoc adjuvando Dei opt: max voluntatem exsequimar." " The progress of tho human race, | Resulting from the common labour of all men, I Ought to be the final object of tho exertion of each individual. In promoting this end, | We are carrying out the will of the great and blessed God." , The country at large cordially approved of the conduct of I his royal highness; the comicil of chairman of juries awarded 1 hiin the council medal, " for the original conception and sue cessful promotion of the idea of the Great Exhibition of 1851;" and a memorial of the great undertaking, after many delays, now stands iu the Horticultural Gardens, to record 1 the ability, the wisdom, aud the prudence with which the I Prince Consort aided in carrying the idea to its crowning) | success. The Law Times says the solicitors throughout the I kingdom are the victims, in common with the whole country I of " a systematic endeavour to repay the million and a half] 1 thrown away in the paper duty repeal, by squeezing that sum out of the payers of the income- tax in the form of in come- tax in tho form of increased assessments." It then goes on to narrate a successful strategy, which, it says, was! practised by a firm of solicitors on whom a surcharge had beenV made. It is optional with the appellants to appeal either ti i. the local commissioners ot the division, or to certain specia ; I commissioners appoiuted by the Government from Somerset;'' House. Our friends appealed to the special commissioners.'; One of these gentlemen proceeded to the town where the firm NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND ADVER TISERS. OUB CHBISTMAS NUMBEE.— In accordance with Jtime honoured custom, CHRISTMAS DAY will be observed as a strict holiday at this office— no work will bo done on that day— and consequently we are under the necessity of publishing upon TUESDAY our impression dated Thursday the 26th ; which in the ordinary course would be due in time for the early west posts and subsequent trains of Wednesday night, and indeed, it is now quite optional for towns'- clusters of sub' scribers whom it is practicable to reach by train from Dorchester before 10 p. m., to combine through ANY LOCAL NEWS AGENT, who will communicate with us for Weduesday evening parcel deliveries, whereby they will not only save the expense of stamped copies, but gain much earlier possession of the news of the week. Advertisements for the Christinas number must therefore reach us a day earlier, and, as we intend laying out any advantage from reduction of the cost of paper in accelerating and improving, rather than in cheapening and deteriorating, the intelligence which wo publish, we should feel obliged by advertisers for- warding us their future favours always at the earliest possible moment. By so doing they will insure accuracy, better classification, and a more prominent place in our preliminary advertisement list, which is regarded by many of our advertisers as almost equivir lent to a paragraph notico or double insertion. Agents will please state at once how many extra copies of our CHBISTMAS NUMBEB they are likely to require, and we will equally thank those applying direct to the office to send in their names and addresses ( with five stamps inclosed if to be sent by post) that we may decide upon the extent of the week's impression, for if we should, as has formerly happened, come short of the demand, it will be so late as Friday night or! Saturday, before we can reproduce our mass of Christ- mas matter in the Southern Times. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS I From the great inconvenience occasioned to the Editor] by inattention to the standing notice placed over our Correspondence column, many communications im- properly addressed are, and will be in future, rigidly excluded. OWEN'S WOBK OP GOD IN ITALY," " SLACK'S MAEVELS! OP POND LIFE," & c., concerning all of which we are in\ receipt of communications, have never reached us. On this subject we have been compelled to place a standing] netiee over our literary columns— which see. INFORMATION FOR ADVERTISERS [ OUR 10,000 INCREASE OF CIRCULATION. THE SUBJOINED TABLE of the stamped circulation of I newspapers in this district for the LAST FOUE YEABS ixtracted from the STAMP OFFICE RETUBNS just i ssued, shows the rapid advance made and held by the rset County Chronicle iu the highest class of Istamped circulation, alone valuable to advertisers Iraising it to the highest level of the Western Journals i Latest Returns. 1860. JD0RSET COUNTY CHRONICLE ... 65,000 Returns of 1857. 1858. 1859. iDorset County Chronicle 45,000 55,000 65,0001 BATH CHBONICLE HEBALD JOUBNAL EXPBESS & CHELTENHAM GAZ. BEIDGWATEB TIMES MEECUEY ... BBISTOL MEBCUBY MIBBOE TIMES DOBSET EXPEESS POOLE HEBALD SHEEBOBNE JOUBNAL SOMEESET GAZETTE HEBALD TAUNTON COUBIEB * SOUTHEEN TIMES ... WELLS JOUENAL WESTEEN FLYING POST WILTS COUNTY MIBBOE i" 37,500 11,000 15,500 12,000 3,500 10,500 50,500 52,000 47,000 12,000 16,000 31,000 29,000 40,020 17,100 12,000 6,500 39,000 48,000 51,500 8,000 23,000 17,500 23,000 11,500 4,000 60,000 54,500 55,000 15,500 16,000 24,000 29,000 47,020 16,620 14,000 6,500 46,500 40,000 41,450 2,750 23,500 20,000 19,000 3,000 6,500 89,000 43,000 57,000 10,000 15,000 32,000 30,000 41,280 19,750 15,000 4,000 27,600 44,000 * It will be observed also that our Saturday paper, the SOUTHEEN TIMES, is steadily advancing in its more limited sphere ; advertisements i are charged a shade lower. v the SOUTHEBN TIMES Dorset Counts ® {) romclf. DECEMBER 19, 1861. THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE. ON THE EVE, as it would seem, of a mighty war with a taunting and unscrupulous enemy, the British nation has been stricken to the core in the person of its Queen. Her Majesty, at once the pattern and the pride of English domestic life for more than one and twenty years, now sits in Osborne iu widowed solitude. Albert, the Prince Consort— the husband [ of her affection— is dead; aud, though not in oiv ; dinary acceptation suddenly, yet dead before the people had time to measure with calmness the great- j ness of his danger, and the serious bearings of the Queen's and the country's loss. If Albert of Saxej Coburg aud Gotha" has been so many years a King! iu England all but in name, and without our know-] ing it, the sceptre beneath whose sway we live has; surely been most gentlyjwielded to secure such happl aessjas we now enjoy as a people without com-! [ promising the dignity ot the crown. No hesitation is felt in any quarter in ascribing these results to] the wisdom and discretion of the Queen's best and most trusted counsellor, to the man who, as far as| constitutional forms admitted, 5 shared with her in the cares and anxieties of State, or relieved her of difficulties and responsibilities of judgment, who, acting as Her Majesty's private and confidential adviser, one and the same with herself in] heart and mind, unobtrusively smoothed her path of life by that judicious bearing which has established the relations betwixt the people and the! throne on a foundation of mutual respect and re- 1 ciprocal dependence such as we do believe was never before so perfectly reached in any age or nation ol the world. A queen thus beloved by her subjects could not fail to receive, in the midst of a calamity which in so great a measure is common to her and them, a full share of their sympathies. If we know what it i3 to witness a nation's grief— we see it! around us. The sickening sorrow that hardly can rouse itself from the first stupor of dismay to realise] the extent of the bereavement, struggles in the! roughest breast as in the most refined; gaiety is instinctively repressed; and heavy dejection or grave concern overcasts every countenance. The bewilderment, natural to an event so completely! unforeseen and unexpected, is more likely to increase rather than diminish on time being afforded for] reflection. The late Prince Consort was one " who did his spiriting so gently" that the many great and national objects in which he ministered, the public] institutions of which he stood at the head, were literally never massed together until he was] dead; and then the loss appeared not simply! overwhelming but irreparable. To glance but at a few, he will be most missed, perhaps, in the Univer sity of Cambridge, of which as Chancellor he was] the head— in the coming International Exhibition of| which he was the primiirn mobile— at the Royal] [ Agricultural Society, where he was the President- in the South Kensington Museum, with its schools] of art whereof he was the founder and promoter, and] wherein he strove to elevate the taste and tone of the nation above the sordid level of common gain] : by inculcating a love of elegance and refinement. 1 [ These are but a few things out of many almost as] momentous that might be enumerated. Nor can we venture on the retrospectof things accomplished, such as, amongst the latest public appearances of his life, the laying of the foundation stones of the new Edin- burgh Post- office and Museum of Technology in one day; those remaining undone absolutely stagger and appal us by their multitude, as they appear crowding unfulfilled around the bier on which re- poses that still inanimate form so lately instinct] with life and intellect, of great and good and amiable] schemes for the approaching year. Never was there to have been such a year seen in England. Thej industry of all nations, in close proximity to a scene; , in which all the skill of culture vies for admiration with all the pride an4 beauty of constructive art,] was to come in friendly competition with the inde- fatigable energies and inexhaustible resources of our own productive labour ; rulers and crowned heads of many countries were to visit our great metropolis; the coming of age of the heir apparent to the throne was to be celebrated with rejoicings; the young daughter, whose filial love aided the now widowed Sovereign in smoothing the dying pillow, was to be given in marriage to the object of her affections : the art of farming, in which this little island has earned its chief renown, was to be signalised by special display, led on by the Royal Consort as the Prince of British Farmers training up his son to follow in his footsteps. Man proposes but God disposes. It seems almost selfish to assert that the programme of 1862 is overthrown by the sacrifice of the Prince's life— we have used the word and can carcely recall it; although* it is in quarters and on matters more important and momentous than pageants and spectacles that the weightiest loss will F descend. With reference to the harsh term that has! just escaped us, it may be remarked that, more or! empirical as the uncertainty of human life: .. always renders medical practice, either the country had some right to have been better apprised of the Prince's danger, or the medical attendants on his gather from the Court Journal, Medical Times, and of course " the leading" Journal" itself, His I Royal Highness first caught a chill a fortnight since | during his visit to Cambridge, subsequently aggra- vated by his attendance at the inspection of the I Eton boys' corps, but all along treated with I jsuch perfect indifference that it was deemed un- necessary, up to the Saturday preceding the last I Saturday of his life, when the party of visitors whose presence had been commanded for that day was countermanded, to alter the routine of ithe Court. The dying Prince would seem to have been the only one who could be brought to admit the seriousness of his condition. He thought ; of his cousin, the late King of Portugal, perishing I of the same malaria in his pestiferous Lisbon palace, I and probably knew minutely the truth of what the I Medical Times and Gazette alleges, that Windsor is subject, from its shocking sanitary condition, to visitations of this terrible intestinal fever, as an epidemic, and was swept by the scourge only three [ years ago. On Wednesday the Times informs us the Prince maintained himself to be dying. Is there no eclecticism in medicine ? Will medical | iconclaves never consent to combine and modify their views, so as, were it even by some compro- mise, to avoid extreme theories and hazardous experiments ? The bold exhibition of stimulants we know has now succeeded the exhaustion and depletion of drastics and venesection; and, as we read the treatment of this case, so unusually [ responsible, the new fashion in medicine insisted [ on fulfilling its functions to the letter. The doctors | j" perfectly understood the case," let them but suc- ceed in " carrying the Prince over one other night," I and his life would be saved. Yain and empty [ reasoning; the Queen on Friday is urged to go out for a drive; she shortly returns and finds the Royal patient's extremities already growing cold. It is all I over; the stimulants could do their work no longer; I perhaps they had done it too long; that fatal bulletin I announcing for the first time to the startled millions I , that the symptoms were " unfavourable"— words which, proceeding from such authorities, we must say I we looked upon from the first as words of doom— | that announcement was put forth only to be tem- porarily chequered by a false hope based upon the I delusive improvement which precedes dissolution.— [ [ The great bell of St. Paul's soon told the rest; the | Queen was a widow. OUR NATIONAL RELIGION. In the reign of Charles I. was born James Shirley, I , a dramatist, whose works were few, and those known to very few readers. His manhood passed away I during the iron rule of Oliver Cromwell; but hel lived to witness the universal joy at the restoration I jof the blessings of church and king, when Charles I II. regained the Throne of England. On one of I those sudden and untimely bereavements, which frequently fell to the lot of the A » istocracy of this kingdom during the civil wars, which terminated in the murder of the Monarch on a scaffold before his [ own palace, at White Hall, Shirley, years after the event, published a funeral dirge, which began thus :- The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays bis icy hands on Kings; Scepter and Crown Must tumble down, Aud in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. In these few lines thore is a solemn pathos more stirring than in a long passionate chorus from Gre- cian tragedy. The simple mention of the common ] lot of mortals strikes a chord in the human heart | that vibrates poignantly indeed, " Waking to estacy the living lyre." Exactly under this sensation did the people in I London each enter his own parish church on Sunday morning. A3 they wended their way to I the sacred portal, placards met their eye at the I corners of the streets: " The Prince Consort ex- pired at ten minutes to eleven last night." So I that, with this startling intelligence fresh in his mind, did each worshipper fall down upon his knees before the King of Kings. The deep intensity with which each communed with his Maker in silent | prayer, God only knows, who sees the inmost re- cesses of the heart. Our correspondent who makes this remark, says he never witnessed more solemn prayer," as the worship in God's House was formerly always, and still is frequently, called by ; old- fashioned Christians. Indeed, the whole service was unusually affecting, especially the Litany in the : lauses where this people beseech the Lord God to ]" keep and strengthen thy servant Victoria, our Gracious Queen and Governor;" aud, again, when . the Prince Consort's name was omitted in the person to have evinced less overweening confidence, f petition for the preservation and welfare of all the and more solicitude, in his safety. As far as we can - Jrest of the Royal Family. Again, at the declara SUPPLEMENT.— DEO. 19, 1861. | DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. 411 t tiou of those important Articles of our Faith, ( the1 Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of Sins, the Resurrection of the Dead, and Everlasting Life afterj Death), with which the Creed euds, the Amen was most expressively uttered. The heavenly sympathy' and holy hope of these doctrines was visible iu the looks, as well as pronounced by the tongues, of the whole congregation, standing up in the presence of God. But the most solemn scene of all was after the preacher had finished an earnest sermon on the pointed question, in the Gospel for the day,' " What went ye out for to see ? A man clothed in spft raiment ? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. But what went ye out for to see P"— the Messenger of God in the howling wilderness, come, in sackcloth and ashes, to proclaim the advent of death, and judgment after death in another world. The solemn warning was given, and again all the people fell down on their knees in silent prayer; and, as they rose up, the deep- toned organ pealed forth " the Dead March in Saul," and the piercing notes thrilled through the hearts of the worshippers as they slowly passed from the sanctu try of God into a world of vanity and vexation of spirit. Although London congregations have the ippliances of choral music, and the eloquence of talented preachers, to rouse and animate deep re ligious feelings, still there is not less sincere devotion in our humble village churches when an awful calamity, like the present, suddenly falls upon the Bnation. The language of the Book of Common Prayer is plain Saxon English, clearly understood by the people—" by all orders and degrees of men;" and when they pray for the Queen, and all that are in authority under her, they pray with the mouth and with the understanding also. They feel that they are asking for national blessings, should God see fit to hear their petitions. And when they implore God to " have mercy on the whole Church, and so rule the heart of His chosen servant Victoria, our Queen and Governor, that she ( know ing whose minister she is) may above all things seek His honour and glory, and that her subjects ( duly considering whose authority she has) may humbly obey her"— the people feel and understand this to bo a divine commandment, and a part of their Christian duty. For they know the National Church is not, as some designing men would have them believe, a mere political establishment for worldly motives, hut the sacred institution of God himself, from the beginning of the world. One day out of seven has been set apart that mankind may rest from their labours— and render the Christian Covenant, that is called the Lord's Day, on which the public worship of God is observed in every parish of the land in an Appointed Form. In one word, then the Liturgy of the Anglican Church in the Book of Common Prayer is a simple code of practical Christianity, whereby the people collectively serve and worship the Almighty Bu'ier of the Universe, and honour and obey the Queen whom God has set over them in these realms. SLatest Intelligence, CHRONICLE OFFICE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FRANCE The Emperor of the French will assume mourning for twenty- one days, iu consequence of the death of Prince Albert. ITALY. We have news from Rome which looks significant, ind may prove to bo of importance. The Marquis Del Lavaletta, Ambassador of France, has had a long con t'erence with Francis II., and it is said that his objcct was to recommend, on the part of the French government, that tho ex- King should quit Rome. A further statement is that the cardinals who were] onsulted on the subject lxnd recommended Francis; II. to relinquish his apartments in the Quirinal and reside altogcthor at the Palace Farnese- order, we presume, to diminish the appearance of collu- ( ion between the expelled Sovereign and the Papal authorities. If the rumours which are in circulation nave any base of truth, and indicate that any change in tho present condition of things iu Rome is approach- ing, we must consider tho news at least worthy ofl ittention. The capture aud death of the unfortunate! Borges appears now to be made certain beyondl the possibility of doubt. Of this unhappy man it is at least to be said that his motives, in attempting] to stir up an insurrection in the Neapolitan provinces, > vere less ignoble and base tlmn those of the hired mis- •• reants by whom ho found himself surrounded. His career was brief. Not many weeks have passed since his proclamation, dated from the head- quarters of tho " Army of Independence," was heralded with so much Sourish by some Legitimist and clerical journals, and excited the laughter of every rational being. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.— Despatches from Washington state that President Lincoln hud declared that it was nis intention to preserve a prudent policy in regard to foreign relations, and that there need be no fear of war with Great Britain unless the latter should seek a pre^ text for hostilities. The despatches add that no anxiety is felt on this subject by tho Administration. Mr. Breckrenridge has been expelled from the Senate. A committee has been appointed to inquire into the xpediency of abolishing slavery iu the district of Columbia. The Federal Government has ordered the release of a fugitive slave confined at Washington. The Unionists of East Tennessee have routed a larga Confederate force at Morristown, killing large numbers. Advices from Port Royal state that the regi- ment which made a recounoissance towards Charleston] went within 20 miles of the city, and captured three batteries, the guns of which they spiked. They found quantities of cotton, but the Confederates wero destroy- ing much of that article. The party returned in safety. An attack on Fort Pulaski, Savannah, is hourly expected. The Federal troops have evacuated Tybee Island. The . Confederates in Missouri are retreating. General Wool] has asked the Government for troops to advance on Richmond from Fortress Monroe. It is stated that, in consequence of the Trent affair, the West India Mail Company has ordered its agents to furnish no more coal to United States' vessels. A Dutch fleet, consisting ofl 11 vessels, arrived off Laguyas on the 17th ult., in order to demand satisfaction from Venezuela for a violation of| the Dutch flag. THE QUEEN. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 17.— The Queen has passed a' quiet night, aud slept sevoral hours. Her Majesty con- tinues calm. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Aumale called at the Castle in the evening > f yesterday. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Louis if Hesse arrived last evening from the Continent, at- tended by Baron von Westerweller. WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.— Her Majesty con- tinues to manifest her greatness of mind on this trying ind nfflicting occasion, and finds much consolation in the bosom of her family, particularly from her amiable laughter the Princess Alice, who, in her endeavour to issuage the affliction of her Royal parent, has displayed so much heroic fortitude, devotion, and presence of mind throughout the whole of her father's illness j it was owing to her Royal Highnoss's forethought that the un expected but opportune arrival of the Prince of Wales took place at an early hour on Saturday morning— her Royal Highness having telegraphed for her. brother without consulting any one. It is now certain that the Queen will leave the Castle to- inorrow ( Wednesday) 1 morning, at ten o'clock, and proceed to Osborne, where her Majesty intends to remain iu seclusion for six weeks, I after which period it is uncertain whether she returns to Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. Yesterday evening the Lord Chamberlain issued his orders for the final details connected with the burial of the late Prince Consort. It will take place at 12 o'clock m Monday, the 23d, and, in accordance with the ex- pressed wishes of the lamented deceased, will be private] and strictly limited in all that relates to funeral pomp and ceremonial. In fact, the recent precedent set at the nterment of the late Duchess of Kent will be as closely followed as possible; and though, from the very large] number of attached personal friends whom the Prince has left to mourn his early loss, the funeral must neces sarily be on a scale of greater magnitude, it will not, as regards " state," bo less strictly private. In only one mportant particular will it differ from the Duchess of] Kent's, and that is in there being a carriage procession from the Castle to St. George'sChapel. From the Castle the remains will be conveyed in a hearse drawn by eightl horses, the hearse and the housings of the horses bearing heraldic escocheons of the arms of England and Saxe Cohourg and Gotha. No private carriages, of corn- will follow. All the invited mourners, the Ministers,! the foreign Ministers, the chief officers of the household, and the personal friends of the deceased Prince, will be conveyed to the chapel in IS mourning coaches. Up to last night it had not been decided whether or not the ladies of the officers of the household would bo invited to attend in the chapel, but it seems to be generally understood at present that none but gentlemen will take] part in the ceremony. Those who are not entitled bj rank to form part of the procession will await the arrival of the cortege at the Chapel itself. No visitors will be admitted to tho courtyard, or, indeed, at all witliii the walls of the Castle, during the time tho funeral] is taking place. Yesterday the inner shell aud outer lead case, containing the remains of tho late Prince, wore sealed down by the officers of the Board of Works.! On the leaden coffin is a massive silver plate, with the following inscription:— " Depositum Illustrissimi et Celsissimi Alberti, Principis Consortis, Ducis Saxoniie, de Saxe- Coburg et Gotha Principis, Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis Equitis, Augustissiinae et Potentissimie Victoria! Regime Conjugis percarissimi, Obiit die decimo quarto Decembris, MDCCCLXI, Anno ictatis suae XLIII." ft has been stated by several of our contemporaries that the late Prince contracted his illness in the first instance by catching cold while oil his recent visit to the Prince of Wales at Madingley Hall, Cambridge. There is no foundation whatever for this statement. The deceased Prince returned from Madingley Hall in excellent health, and, as will be seen by reference to the Court Circular, was afterwards constantly shooting in the preserves of Windsor. FUNERAL OF THE PRINCE CONSORT We are requested to state that the banks, shops, and of business generally, will bo shut in Dorchester during the funeral obsequies of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, from 10 to 2 on Monday next; and it is expected that services will take place iu one or more of the churches, at one of which we believe the Mayor and Corporation, escorted by the Rifle Corps, mean to attend divine worship. CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. By the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort the Chancellorship of tho University of Cam bridge becomes vacant. The election of a Chancellor must bo within 14 days after the vacancy, and is more burgensium. His Royal Highness was elected in 1847, on the death of tho Duke of Northumberland, on which occasion he was opposed by the late Earl of Powis. WINDHAM'S LUNACY. The proceedings in connection with the Commission lof Lunacy upon Mr. W. F. Windham were continued] yesterday. Various tutors and other gentlemen who had hail opportunities of observing the alleged lunatic's conduct at Eton and elsewhere, gave evidence on behalfj of the petitioners. The inquiry, which promises to be a very lengthy one, was again adjourned. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. The ceremony of again proroguing Parliament took iplace yesterday; but, as it was known to be a men formal proceeding, it attracted but few spectators, some half- dozen ladies and twice^ as many representatives of the male sex comprising the whole attendance. At three o'clock, the Lords Commissioners— the Lord Chancellor, i Lord Stanley, of Alderley, and Lord Monteagle, otl Brandon, took their seats upon a bench in front of the Throne. The Commons having been summoned by Colonel Clifford, Deputy'Usher of tho Black Rod, thel Lower House, represented by Mr. Ley, one of the clerks, I and several officers, made their appearance at the bar. The Royal Commission having been read, the Lord Chancellor, by virtue of Her Majesty's commands, ' declared the Parliament to be further prorogued until I'uesday, January 7, 1862; but the significant words " for the despatch of business" formed no part of the announcement. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. We have been informed that Parliament will meefcl for the despatch of business on Tuesday, the 14th, oil Thursday, the 16th January. THE HERBERT MEMORIAL. A meeting of the subscribers to the Herbert memorial! took place yesterday at the Council House, Salisbury, to! receive the report of a committee appointed at the general meeting held a few months ago. It stated that the sums received and promised up to the 3rd ult. were — for the Convalescent Hospital, £ 3,095, for the statue, 61.078 Is. 6d., and for disposal by the committee, £ 369 12s. The committee recommend that the statue should be of bronze. They estimated the cost at £ 2,000 and proposed to entrust its erection to Baron Marochetti, in artist in whom Lady Herbert was known to have con, fidence. With regard to the second object subscribed for, they recommended the adoption of the existing hospital at Charmouth, which was established by Lord Herbert. They thought that the funds collected should bo laid out in good securities, and that the interest should be employed in . augmenting the funds of this institution, which has been hitherto dependent on voluntary benevolence, they at the same time reserving a right, if they thought fit, to remove the home to another spot. They trusted that Miss Nightingale would yet be able to bestow her carei upon the institution, and so discharge a service of love to the memory of the chief whom she so highly prized Mr. T. H. Sotheron Estcourt, M. P., the chairman, after eferring in touching terms to tho death of Prince Albert, proposed the adoption of the report. The reso lution was seconded by Mr. C. Bleeck, of Warminster, and unanimously carried. A committee was then nominated to carry out the purposes of the recommen- jdation contained in the report, consisting of Mr. G. 1 Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne Castle; Mr. J. H. Jacob, of Salisbury; and Mr. Hinsman, of Dumford- house, Wilts. FINSBURY ELECTION. DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The declaration of the poll was made yesterday at noon, by Mr. VV. B. James, the returning officer, from the hustings on Clerkenwell- green. It was as follows William Cox, Esq 4,884 John Remington Mills, Esq. ... 4,842 Majority for William Cox, Esq.... 42 He therefore declared that the election had fallen on William Cox, Esq. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. Cox then came forward amid the loud and long- continued cheering ol his friends, which almost entirely drowned some slight [ demonstrations of a contrary character. SERVANT- GAL- ISM. At tho Middlesex Sessions, yesterday, Mary Newell, the domestic servant who, while living at Bessborough- Igardens, ran away with some of her master's property, and was found at Great Yarmouth disguised as a young gentleman, was tried for the felony. The defence set up was that the girl had an absurd craving for the romantic, ind committed the offence while labouring under a de- lusion. The jury, however, found her guilty, and Mr. Bodkin sentenced her to eighteen months' hard labour. This will probably cure her of similar vagaries in time ] to come. BANK OF DEPOSIT. The examination of the directors of the Bank of Deposit commenced in the Court of Chancery yesterday, before tho Master of the Rolls. Lord Keane, the chair- man of tho company, was under examination during the entire sitting. He stated that when he became con- nected with the company they advanced him £ 300, which he immediately invested in stock. He was examined by Mr. Selwyn with reference to the advances which were made to other directors, and the company's transactions with the Imperial Insurance, the State Fire, the Agricultural Cattle Insurance, and other com- panies. His lordship's examination will be continued to- day, aud will be followed by those of other directors. It was announced that tho assets were sufficient to pay 3s. in the pound. QENERAL FOREIGN GOSSIP. A letter from Hamburg of tho 7th inst. says that the report of war between England and the United States produced an increased demand for corn for England, which, iunited with the purchases for home consumption, has caused ] a rise of prices. Some fellow in Boston advertises that he will send " a finely- executed portrait of George Washington, and another of Benjamin Franklin, to any address, for one dollar." The purchaser receives, in due time, a three cent | and a one cent postage- stamp, ornamented with " finely- engraved" heads." The report of M. Troplong to the French Senate, upon the proposed alterations in the financial system, would not be delivered until Wednesday ( yesterday). It was in- tended that it should have been given in ou Monday, but the illness of the President caused a delay. The discussion will probably commence on Friday. The accounts from Bolivia are very deplorable. The commander- general of La Paz, Colonel Yanez, had ' ordered 220 persons, engaged in the late revolutionary move- ment, to be shot. There were shot in accordance with his orders, in the gaol, Generals Cordova, ex- President of Boli- via, aud Hermosa, the priests Zegada, Larriva, Borgas, & c., ^ olonels Espejo, Silva, Larriva, Mendizabel, and many other persons of distinction. In the street there were 200 Cholos | executed. The negotiations for a treaty of commerce between he French and Prussian Governments have been resumed. The French Government has consented, it is said, to the luty proposed to be levied on French wines entering Germany. The superior quality of the French wiues of the present year it is hoped will enable them to compete with the Gorman wines on their own soil. The preliminaries ol a treaty of commerce between France and Italy have like- wise been opened. A singular wager was decided at Paris a few nights since, and, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour ' was witnessed by a considerable number of persons. M L having betted 10, OOOf. with M. K that he would walk blindfold from the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile to th> Place de la Madeleine, the wager was decided at 11 o'clock, jattended by witnesses chosen. After considerable wandering | about, M. L reached the Place de la Maleleine about a quarter to 3 o'clock, and won tho bet. The journals of France and Belgium testify the deepest regret for the loss which the British nation has sus- tained by the death of Prince Albert. The Moniteur, the Constitutionel, the Debats, the Presse, the Brussels Inde- pendance, and many others, are full of expressions of sympathy. In Prussia the melancholy intelligence naturally created a peculiarly profound impression. Throughout [ Berlin a sensation of deep regret was produced among ali classes when the fact of Prince Albert's death became pub- licly known. A . letter from Algiers of the 6th iust., says that the rain so long and so impatiently expected had at length fallen. Farmers were beginning to rejoice after their long privation. They had almost despaired of having any corn ] crops next year, the ground was so completely burnt up. This year the season, which is usually called bad in Algeria, was hailed with a cry of general satisfaction. A new political newspaper has been founded in Algeria with the title of Courrier de I' Algerie, authorised by the Governor- General. M. Charles de Gu'erle is the chief editor of the new paper. The Ottoman Government has just published the following:—" Owing to false rumours and certain statements of a local journal, a panic has seized the public mind, and the value of specie lias experienced a sudden rise out of all pro- portion. The Government declares that no change whatevei has been made in its financial plan published in the Journal de Constantinople of April 16, 1861; and if the Sublime Porto should deem it advisable to introduce any modifications of that plan, it would be to offer the public additional uarautees, and to diminish the announced emission of paper- money." The usual yearly statistics of the passenger traffic between France and England have been published by the French Custom- house. It appears that the number of pas- sengers arrived at or leaving the French ports, taking arrival* and departures together, were as follows in 1860:— Boulogne, 102 829 passengers; Calais, 74,875; other ports, 55,833; total 233,537. In 1859 the numbers were :— At Boulogne, ', 579 passengers; Calais, 67,311; other ports, 51,566; total 205,456. There is thus an increase at Boulogne ot 16,250 passengers; at Calais, of 7,564 passengers; at the other ports, of 4,267 passengers. The total number of pas- sengers between British and Belgian ports amounted to 27,722 iu 1860. The news of the burning of the Harvey Birch had caused the New York underwriters to increase their pre- mium for war risks from 1 per cent, to 5 per cent.- a step which is alleged to have been regarded by the merchants as uncalled for and impolitic, and as giving an undue ad vantage to the vessels of other countries. These advices say little as to the Trent affair, aud the idea of its being followed by war, uearly all the commercial community having fallen into a habit of reserve with regard to political matters, whether domestic or foreign, almost as peculiar and significant as that which is observed at St. Petersburg. The next steamers to arrive are the City of Manchester, from New York, with dates to the 7tli, and the Bohemian, from Portland, with dates to the 7th, and probably two days later by telegram vid Cape Race. The recently- discovered manuscripts, which are affirmed to be from the hand of Voltaire, contain, it is stated, a comedy never performed in public, and a second part ot - - ' • i „ The newlv- dis- OUR ELECTRIC DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, 5 p. m. THE QUEEN. WINDSOR ( this day).— The Queen had several hours of undisturbed sleep last night, and is calm this morning. As to rumours of Lord Palmerston's health, he is quite well to- day. LONDON CORN MARKET. ( From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.) Tms DAY.— The arrivals of English grain are small; but of foreign corn and flour good. To- day's market was very thinly attended. English wheat was readily taken at Mon- lay's prices, for which foreign was firmly held; but, buyers being desirous to take advantage of the late large arrivals, the business transacted was not extensive, all descriptions was unaltered in value. the famous satirical romance, " Candide. The newly- dis- covered works are to be immediately published, and we should think there can be little difficulty ill deciding as to their genuineness. If anybody ever lived who could success- fully imitate the satirical style of Voltaire, he has certainly succeeded in keeping his existence so far a mystery. Literary readers will also be interested in an announcement that some volumes of essays are about to be published which were written by the late King of Portugal. They are described as treating chiefly of political subjects, aud are said to breathe a liberal and enlightened spirit. LATEST CORN MARKET REPORT. Charleston is not to be taken, but to be devoted to a dreadful fate- viz., to be destroyed by the " stone fleet. This fleet sailed on the 20tli inst. for Charleston. Ihe vessels are all old whale ships, and double decked, lheir copper has been stripped off, and they are loaded with stone as deeply as it was safe. Most of these vessels were pur- chased at eastern ports. Ill the bottom of each ship a hole was bored, into which a lead pipe is fitted live inches in diameter, with a valve so fixed that, though perfectly safe for a long voyage, it can quickly be removed, so that the ship will sink to the bottom in 20 minutes after the removal of this valve. The crew consists of six men for each vessel. Spring corn of tjWhen they reach Charleston they will be anchored m the place chosen for each ship, she will be then swung around Ibroadside to the channel, thus effecting as great a stoppag( s as possible. When this is done the valve will be withdrawn, f aud the men will leave and go on board the men- of- war of> Bini.— i— l— 1.— 1 When this " stone fleet is sunk in the LIVERPOOL, Dec. 17.— We had rather a strong market ; if Charleston harbour - — jto- day, and wheat and flour was the turu dearer. The same ! ji quicksands of the channel on the Charleston bar there wil | remark applies to all other articles, except Indian corn, '" never be a vessel in this century drawing over three feet ot j which realised an advance from 6d. to 9d. per qr. fe water that will enter the port. 412 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AJN I) SOMERSETSHIRE] ( TAZETTE. T S U P P L E M E N T . — D E C . 19. 1861. Jan THE PRINCE DEATH OF THE CONSORT. ( From the Times.) The Prince Consort was taken ill some twelve days [ since. Symptoms of fever^ accompanied by a genera' I indisposition, made their appearance. For some days I the complaint was not considered to be serious; but from I the early part of last week the medical men in attend I ance, and the persons about the Court, began to feel ! anxious. It became evident that, even if the disorder I did not take a dangerous turn, a debilitating sickness I would at least confine the Prince for some time to the | Palace. It need not be said that no statement was I made which could unnecessarily alarm Her Majesty or I the public. It was not till Wednesday, when the fever I had gained head, and the patient was much weakened. I that the first bulletin was issued, and even then it was I said that the symptoms were not unfavourable. In 1 short, it was considered to be an ordinary, though I severe, case of gastric fever, from which a person of the I Prince's age and strength, aided by the skill of the first I physicians in the country, might be reasonably expected I to recover. The usual routine of the Court was conse I quently not departed from, and though, as we have said, I much anxiety prevailed, it was not thought necessary to I communicate these apprehensions to the Queen. We J believe, however, that the Prince himself had for some I days a melancholy conviction that his end was at hand. I The recent death of his relative the King of Portugal,' I from a similar disorder, is understood to have had an I unfortunate influence upon him, and possibly assisted I the progress of the malady. It is said that, as early as! 1 Wednesday morning, the Prince expressed his belief I that he should not recover. On Thursday no material] 1 change took place in his condition, and on Friday morn I ing the Queen took a drive, having at that time no sus Ipicion of immediate danger. When, however, Her! ' returned to the Castle, the extremities of the! I patient were already cold, so sudden had been the fresli I access of the disorder. The alarming bulletin of Friday; was then published. From that time the state of the Prince was one of the greatest danger. On Fridayl I evening it was thought probable that he would not I survive the night, and the Prince of Wales, who had I been telegraphed for to Cambridge, arrived at the Castle! I by special train about three o'clock on Saturday morning. I All night the Prince continued very ill, but in the fore- I noon of Saturday a change for the better took place I Unhappily it was only the rally which so often precedes! I dissolution; but it gave great hopes to the eminent 1 physicians in attendance, and was communicated to the! public as soon as possible. The ray of hope was fated I soon to be quenched. About four o'clock in the after-! I noon a relapse took place, and the Prince, who, from the I time of bis severe seizure on Friday, bad been sustained 1 by stimulants, began gradually to sink. It was half- past I four when the last bulletin was issued, announcing that I the patient was in a critical state. From that time there) 1 was no hope. When the improvement took place on I Saturday it was agreed by the medical men that, if the; I patient could be carried over one more night, his life] I would in all probability be saved. But the sudden! 1 failure of vital power which occurred in the afternoon frustrated these hopes. Congestion of the lungs, thel result of complete exhaustion, set in, the Prince's! breathing became continually shorter and feebler, and I he expired without pain at a few minutes before eleven! I o'clock. He was sensible, and know the Queen to the 1 last. The Duke of Cambridge and the following gentle- men connected with the Court were present— General Bruce, Sir Charles Phipps, General Grey, General! Bentinck, Lord Alfred Paget, Major Du Plat, General! Seymour, Colonel Elphinstone, and the Dean of Windsor It must have cheered the last moments of the illustrious! patient to see his wife and nearly all his children round his I bed. The Princess Royal, who is at Berlin, was prevented I by recent severe indisposition from travelling, and, indeed,! I the death of the Prince followed too soon on the discovery of his dangerfor such a journey to haveavailedher. Prince1 I Alfred is serving on board his ship on the other side of] the Atlantic; but the Prince of Wales and the Princess I Alice were by his side, together with several of the| younger members of the family. Of the devotion and itrength of mind shown by the Princess Alice all through | these trying scenes it is impossible to speak too highly. 1 Her Royal Highness has, indeed, felt that it was herl place to be a comfort and support to her mother in this affliction, and to her dutiful care we may perhaps owe it! that the Queen has borne her loss with exemplary resig- nation and a composure which, under so sudden and sol terrible a bereavement, could not have been anticipated. This fact will, we are sure, give the greatest satisfaction I to the country, aud we may add that, after the death of] I the Prince, the Queen, when the first passionate burst I of grief was over, called her children around her, and 1 with a calmness which gives proof of great natural I energy, addressed them in solemu and affectionate term which may be considered as indicating the intentions of| I a Sovereign who feels that tho interests of a great nation I depend on her firmness. Her Majesty declared to her amily that, though she felt crushed by the loss of one! I who had been her companion through life, she knew how much was expected of her, and she accordingly called on iier children to give her their assistance, in order that! • he might do her duty to them and to the country, fhat Her Majesty may have health and strength to| ulfil these noble intentions, and that she may live many I years iu placid cheerfulness and peace of mind, alleviat- j ing the recollection of her loss by sharing the happiness of I her children, will be the earnest prayer of all her subjects. and, notwithstanding that his condition was in the lighest degree precarious, the change, though sudden, was marked, and almost justified the strong hopes which were then entertained that he would recover. This hange was but for a short time, and, in fact, but one of those expiring efforts of nature which give de- lusive hopes to the mourners round so many death- beds. Soon afterwards his Royal Highness again relapsed, and before the evening it became evident that it was only a question of an hour more or less. The Prince sank with alarming rapidity. At four the physicians issued a bulletin stating that their patient was then in " a most critical condition," which was indeed a sad truth, for at that time almost every hope of recovery had passed away. Her Majesty, and the Prince of Wales ( who had travelled through the previous night from Cambridge), the Princesses Alice and Helena, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, were with their illustrious relative during all this mournful and most try. ing period. The approach of death from exhaustion was so rapid that all stimulants failed to check the progressive increase of weakness, and the fatal termination was so clearly foreseen that, even before nine o'clock on Satur day evening, a telegram was forwarded from Windsor to the city, stating that the Prince Consort was then dying fast. Quietly, and without suffering, he continued slowlj to sink, so slowly that the wrists were pulseless long before the last moment had arrived, when at a few In Dorchester the telegraph is wretchedly managed : , he news did not transpire till 4 p. m., when the bell of St.| Peter's was tolled. [ From the London Gazette Extraordinary of Sunday, Dec. 15.) WHITEHALL, Dec. 15.— On Saturday night, the 14th inst., at 10 minutes before 11 o'clock, his Royal High- ness the Prince Consort departed this life, at Windsor Castle, to the inexpressible grief of Her Majesty and of all the Royal Family. The Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and the Princess Helena, and their Serene High nesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, were all present when his Royal Highness expired. The death of this illustrious Prince will be deeply mourned by all Her Majesty's faithful aud attached subjects as an irre parable loss to Her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the nation. ( From the Court Circular.) WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 14— His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at the Castle at 3 o'clock this morning, from Madingly- hall, attended by Major- General the Hon. R. Bruce and Major Teesdale. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen returned in the forenoon. Captain Grey has succeeded Major Tees dale as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. UU. U. O u..^ --- -- g, - v, w. minutes before 11 he ceased to breathe, and all was over. ® The Duke of Cambridge arrived from London early this The news of the serious illness of the late Prince! I Consort alarmed and amazed all England on Saturday. l'o the attentive readers of the Court Circular it was| I only known that his Royal Highness was slightly indis j posed, and the bulletin which on Saturday announced that his illness had taken an unfavourable turn, sp I dismay and astonishment throughout the country. Then, 1 | dl at once, the fearful affliction which threatened her Majesty was seen, and on every side information as tol he state of his Royal Highness's health was sought for I with the most intense eagerness. The announcement! which we published in our third edition of Saturday, that a change, slightly for the better, had taken place in1 I the illustrious patient's condition, was welcomed as| I almo.- t a relief from the state of feverish anxiety under I which all bad waited for news. Unhappily, this slight improvement, which raised such ardent hopes wherever it was known, proved to be but a precursor of the fatal; I issue. During Saturday morning— at least in the early iart— his Royal Highness undoubtedly seemed better,! An hour after and the solemn tones of tbe great bell of St. Paul's— a bell of evil omen— told all citizens how irreparable had been the loss of their beloved Queen, how great the loss to the country. During Sunday the intelligence was received every- where with a feeling so painful that it would really be difficult to exaggerate the amazement and grief mani- fested. The first fear— a wide, deep, and general fear that the great and keen affliction with which it has pleased Heaven in its wisdom to visit the Royal Family might prove too much for the strength of Her Majesty, [ and that she herself might sink under her irreparable bereavement. A bulletin, however, posted at Bucking ham Palace, stating that the Queen, though overwhelmed with grief, bore her loss with calmness, and had not then suffered in health, was soon known everywhere— such was the eagerness with which news of the Queen at such a heavy time was sought for. Intelligence of the national calamity was communi- Icated to the citizens of London, through the Lord Mayor, [ at the Mansion- house, in the subjoined official letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department: " WHITEHALL, Dec. 15.— My Lord,— It is with the reatest concern that I inform your Lordship of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, which took place at Windsor Castle last night at ten minutes to 11 o'clock, to the inexpressible grief of Her Majesty and the Royal family. I request your Lordship will give directions for tolling the igreat bell of St. Paul's Cathedral. I have the honour to be your Lordship's most obedient servant, " G. GREY, " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Again, in the afternoon his Lordship received by [ special messenger tbe following bulletin, copies of which he immediately caused to be posted on the most con- spicuous places in front of the Mansion- honse:— WINDSOR CASTLE, Sunday, Noon, Dec. 15.— The [ Queen, although overwhelmed with grief, bears her bereave- ment with calmness, and has not suffered iu health.— James Clark, M. D., Henry Holland, M. D., Thomas Watson, M. D., William Jenner, M. D." This document and the letter of Sir George Grey, a copy of which was likewise posted at the entrance to the Mansion- house, were read with melancholy interest by thousands of the citizens throughout the remainder of the day. On Sunday afternoon the Rev. Canon Champneys, the preacher at St. Paul's, made a touching allusion to the great national loss in the course of his sermon, and earnestly commended Her Majesty and the Royal family, [ in their state of grief and desolation, to the sympathies and prayers of the congregation. The bells of the City churches were tolled at intervals, and iu most of the sermons preached allusions were made to tbe solemn . event. Nor was this manifestation of public feeling confined to the clergymen of the Established Church only. At the Roman Catholic, the Jewish, and the Greek churches, similar heartfelt prayers and solemn con dolences were offered. At Cambridge, both by reason of the intimate rela. [ tiouship with the University as its Chancellor, and the residence of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in the town, the news produced a profound sensation. It did not reach Cambridge till 10.40 a. m. It then spread with proverbial rapidity, but nevertheless was not so widely known but that in some of the churches of the city the speedy recovery of his Royal Highness was earnestly prayed for. The bells of the University ( St. Mary's) commenced tolling, but still the mass of the people were unwilling to believe that the melancholy news was true. In the University Church profound emotion was evident when the officiating minister, the Rev. C. D. Marston, of Caius College, omitted the name of bis late Royal Highness from the prayer for the Royal Family, and ( as Chaucellor) from that for the blessing of the Almighty on " this our body" ( i. e., tho Univer sity), iu which prayer tbe various dignitaries of the University are enumerated. At Bristol the news of the death of the Prince, al- though not altogether unlooked- for, from the gloomy nature of the telegrams of the preceding day, was re- ceived with profound regret by all classes of the citizens. From the pulpits of the various churches and chapels touching reference was made to this national calamity, land sincere prayers were offered for the Royal widow aud her fatherless children. At Reading, about an hour before the church service, the funeral knell at St. Mary's and St. Giles's Churches announced to the inhabitants the death of the Prince Consort. At St. Mary's Church tbe Bishop of Oxford preached in the evenitrg, and a most touching allusion was made by his Lordship to the melancholy event. At Warwick the intelligence was first of all communi- cated to Mr. Justice Wills, who is holding the winter iassize there, and who, on receiving the mournful infor- mation, expressed his deep sorrow and great regret. The bells of the churches were tolled; and it was not until they heard the tolling of the bells that the inhabit- [ ants generally would believe in the truth of the reports. In the everting, at all the places of worship, prayers were [ offered on behalf of the Queen and Royal family. At Nottingham the intelligence arrived by Lelegrapb, [ and was immediately posted up at the Corn Exchange All classes, rich and poor, appeared to sympathize with[ Her Majesty in her sad bereavement. morning to make inquiries after his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. His Royal Highness tbe Duke de Nemours also called to make inquiries. The following bulletin of tbe health of the Prince Consort was issued this morning:— " His Royal Highness the Prince Consort has had a quieter night, and there is some mitigation of the severity of the symptoms. James Clark, M. D., Henry Holland, M. D,, Thomas Watson, M. D., William Jenner, M. D, " Windsor Castle, Saturday, 9 a. m., Dec. 14,1861.' A telegram was dispatched at 10b. 40m. a. m. of the state of his Royal Highness:— " WINDSOE CASTLE, Dec. 14.— There is a slight change for the better in the Prince this morning." In the afternoon the following bulletin was issued :— " WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 14, 4h. 30m. p. m.— His Royal Highness the Prince Consort is in a most critical state- James Clark, M. D., Henry Holland, M. D., Thomas Watson M. D., William Jenner, M. D." The bulletin announcing the decease of the Prince Consort was as follows :— WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday Night, Dec. 14.— His Royal Highness the Prince Consort became rapidly weaker during the evening, and expired without suffering at teu minutes before 11 o'clock. James Clark, M. D., Henry Holland, M. D., Thomas Watson, M. D., William Jenner. M. D." f'he members of the Diplomatic Corps and the nobility and gentry, in great numbers, called on Sunday at Buckingham Palace to make inquiries after the health of Her Majesty tho Queen, including the Russian Am- and Baroness Brunow, the Turkish Ambassador ind Madame Musurus, the Danish Minister, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, the Portuguese Minister, the French Ambassador and the Countess de Flahault, the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi, the United States' Minister and Mrs. Adams; Mr. Wilson, Secretary, and Mr. Moran, Second Secretary of the Legation; the Italian Minister, the Brazilian Minister and Madame Moreira, the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Ap ponyi, the Netherlands Minister, the Bavarian Minister aud Baroness Cetto. WINDSOR CASTLE, Sunday.— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived early this morning, and remains at the Castle. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge arrived from Kew to make inquiries, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S- OEEIOE, Dec. 16.— In conse- quence of the melancholy event of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the theatres will be closed this evening, and again on the evening of the funeral. The Royal Chamberlain proceeded to Windsor Castle on Sunday morning to receive the necessary commands regard to the funeral of liis late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, On Monday evening Lord Sydney ( the Lord Cham berlain) issued his instructions for the funeral. The custom, which remained in force up to the burial o; William IV., of interring members of the Royal Family by torchlight, has for many years been discontinued and will not bo resumed oil this melancholy occasion The funeral will take place on Monday next, the 23( inst., and at about the same hour of tbe day as when the Duchess of Kent was buried — between 11 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon. In accordance with the custom usually followed of late years, the funeral will not be a state one, nor will tho remains of his Royal Highness lie state. All these details, however, have been intrusted to Messrs. Banting, who have for so many years con ducted the Royal and public funerals in this country But, few and simple as are the rites which mark these solemn occasions, i\ great amount of preparation necessary" beforehand. St. George's Chapel, Windsor where the interment will take place, has to be draped and carpeted with black, the Royal vault to be opened, and time allowed for tbe arrival of the representatives of foreign Courts who will be deputed to attend on this occasion. All these arrangements have been care- fully considered, and the shortest possible time which they can be completed is by the date we have mentioned. At the funeral his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will act as chief mourner, supported by the Duke of Cambridge and by the Crown Prince of Prussia. The remains will be laid in the Royal vault. There are two vaults beneath St. George's Chapel,— the Glocester and the Royal vault. The former was finally built up after the interment of her Royal High ness tbe Duchess of yiocester, tbe last member of that branch of the House of Hanover. Tbe Royal vault is kept apart exclusively for the coffins of tbe immediate members of the reigning family. Three gates close tin entrance to this final resting- place of departed Royalty the keys of which are kept by the Sovereign, the Lord Chamberlain and the Dean of the Chapels Royal Except for the burial of the Queen Dowager, who was laid by the side of her Royal husband, this vault has not been opened since tbe death of William IV and the descriptions which were put forth by some ' of our contemporaries, as to the place in which the! [ coffin of tho Duchess of Kent was temporarily deposited ill this mausoleum, were purely imaginary. The Royal vault was never opened on that occasion at all, aud the coffin only remained at the entrance to the first gate till the mausoleum at Frogmore was completed. During yesterday the inner shell and leaden coffin which will inclose the remains of the Princo Consort were for- warded to Windsor. According to custom, the body will be interred in four coffins, the inner one or shell being of polished mahogany cased outside with lead, then an outer, plain, but very massive coffin of ma- hogany ; over all comes the State coffin or case, of crimson velvet and with massive silver gilt ornaments. On the leaden coffin is to be a silver plate, engraved with the style and titles of the deceased Prince. The outer mahogany coffin will simply bear a plate with his name and the date of his birth and death. On the State coffin will be the customary silver gilt plate bear- ing an inscription similar to that on the leaden coffin. ORDER TOR BENERAL MOURNING. The following Gazette Extraordinary was issued on. Monday:— " LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Dec. 16.— Orders for the Court to go into mourning for his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort:— The ladies attending Court to wear black woollen stuffs, trimmed with crape, plain linen, black shoes aud gloves, and crape fans. The gentlemen attending Court to wear black cloth, plain linen, crape hatbands, and black swords and buckles. The mourning to commence from the date of this order." " COLLEGE OE ARMS, Dec. 16.— Deputy Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort:— In pursuance of Her Majesty's com- mands, this is to give public notice that, upon the melan- choly occasion of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, it is expected that ALL PERSONS DO FORTHWITH PUT THEMSELVES INTO DECENT MOURNING. " EDWARD G. F. HOWARD, D. E. M." A notice was issued to the Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society that, iu consequence of the death of his Royal Highness the President of the Society, the gardens will remain closed till after the funeral. In consequence of this great national calamity, the " Winter Speeches" will not be delivered at St. Paul's School on the day fixed— viz., Thursday, December 19. According to present arrangements, Her Majesty, with the Prin- cesses Alice and Helena, was to leave Windsor yesterday ( Wednesday) morning. BERLIN, Dec. 16.— The news of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has awakened the greatest sympathy among all classes of the Prussian people, and has plunged the Royal family into the est mourning. On receipt of the sad intelligence the King and Queen paid a visit of condolence to tbe Crown Princess. The King also sent his aide- de- camp to Lord Loftus to express his sympathy for the Royal family of England. The Prussiau Court will go into mourning for four weeks. It is rumoured that the Crown Prince will proceed to Windsor on Wednesday next in order to attend the funeral of tbe Prince Consort. The Crown Princess, it is said, will be compelled to re- nounce her intention of accompanying the Crown Prince, on account of the state of her health. Court anU jfasljton. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have . rrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley- square, from Longleat, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family ire about leaving town for their seat, St. Giles House, Dorsetshire. We have to record the death of William Filder, Esq., Commissary- General, who died at St. John's, Exmouth, on the 10th inst. He was 72 years of age, and bad passed years in the public service. DEATH or LORD RIVERSDALE, LORD BISHOP OE KILLALOE. Wo have received, per electric telegraph from Ireland, the news of the death of the Right Hon. and Right Rev. Lud- low Tonson, D. D., third Barou Riversdale, Lord Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfeuora, Clonfert, and Kilmacduagh. DEATH OI GENERAL SIR EDWARD BOWATBB, K. C. B. I The colonelcy of the 49th Foot has become vacant by the demise of the above gallant general, intelligence of whose death was received at Buckingham Palace by telegraph. Sir Edward died at Cannes at six o'clock ou Saturday eren- ing. The gallant officer, as groom in waiting to the Queen, was selected by her Majesty to take charge of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold during the prince's sojourn in the south of France. He had been declining in health ever since I his arrival at Cannes. The late general was in his 74th year. THE QUEEN. WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday, 11 am.—" The Queen has had [ some quiet sleep during the night, and remains as calm , under her affliction can be expected." His Royal Highness I the Duke of Cambridge left the Castle iu the afternoon for London. Their Royal Highnesses tho Duchess of Cam- ' bridge and Princess Mary arrived from Kew iu the afternoon. Major- General Seymour, Equerry to the Queen, has left England for tbe Continent, to attend her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe, who is expected over immediately. ] The bulletin issued at Windsor Castle on Monday morning, announcing that " the Queen has had some quiet sleep during the night, and remains as calm as under her affliction can be expected," was exhibited to the nobility aud gentry at Buckingham Palace. Commercial Notes. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 11th of December, gives the following results when compared with the previous week :— Rest, £ 3,129,723 — increase, £ 3,861 ; public deposits, £ 5,920,166 — increase, £ 713,832 ; other deposits, £ 13,097,426- decrease, £ 175,766. On the other side if the account:— Government securities, £ 10,896,409 — increase, £ 3,550; other securities, £ 16,329,817 — increase, £ 105,389; notes unemployed, £ 9,378,825— increase, £ 451,100. The amount of notes iu circulation is £ 19,701,585, being a decrease of £ 308,880; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £ 15,267,686, showing an increase of £ 127,923, when compared with the preceding return. FUNDS FOR THE WEEK. ( CLOSING PRICES.) Wed. Thrs., Fri. l Sat. i Mon. l Tues. Consols for money ... 90i f 90i | 90j 90i i' 89J90 90 j „ foi account... 90| J90| i- 90H90| [ 89^ 90 ... Red. and New 3 per C. 89J f 9;) £ 89J90 89 § 5 89| J 89i jj Bank Stock Kxch. Hills, June India Five per Cents. Indra Bonds 1 Rupee Paper < 234 16s. p. 102 i los. p. 96i 102 234 I 234 j 234" j 234' | 234 16s. p. 16s. p. los. p.,! 5s. p. 15s. p. 103ii 1U2SJ 102^ 102| i 102j § 16s. p. 16s. p.' 16s. p. 16s. p.! 16s. u 96 ,96* 96 96 ( 96 102 [ 102 102 102 1102 1861. DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZEITE. 413 Literature. POET'S CORN'- R. ON THE DSATH or THE PRINCE CONSORT. England weeps! Tlie father of the land is gone! And slowly does the nation foel and learn its loss. Tears, bitter tears, are wrung from every eye; And every heart is steeped with sympathy For her, whose welfare is so intertwined With all her loving people ; who, to cause That noble sorrowing heart one throb the less, Would e'en their utmost strength set forth to shield. Meetly consorted were the noble pair, Whom Death has thus divided: now be lies Lifeless and pulseless, whilst our Queen, his wife, Sets forth alone to her well- loved l » le, To still her grief j anil, with regal fortitude, Forget the widow in the sovereign, For her people's sake. Great and loved Queen, Thy people's hearts do grieve to see thee stricken,— Thus doubly stricken, in this mournful year. To the Almighty Father, Lord of thee and all, Do we commend our Monarch aud our land,— Our land thus swept with this great desolation. Each joyous voice is hushed ; aud those who mourn • Feel their own grief merged into one calamity, And all our tears fall into one great river. A nation's grief, her tears are blessed aud sacred. Of him, the dead, we speak with reverend awe; Uncrowned his head with England's diadem, His greatest crown was an unsullied life; His not the meteor's dazzling treacherous course, Which here and there is bright, then lost ia gloom; But with the clearness of our Even star, He ever shone pure and steadfast to the end. Peace to the noble dead, peace to the living. F. E. C. fc'and delicate poetio imagery, and throws out with'; Ithe brightest glow the most surprising succession' jof poetic colouring ; and we could now with! ^ confidence cull passages as exquisite as the aboveg jfjat will all throughout the episode of family! maaammam very fair delineation of a heart- sick prince, for|| those ( a great bore) which we don't want. First, "" with respect to memoranda, we call it our " Davy Jones' Locker," from its author and printer Mr. ' princes we know are mortal, especially in ancient stiines and in all poetic works thence lineally descended. ( Cunningly this frantic passion is inflamed to madness!! William Bees, of Llandovery, being manifestly a by the disclosure of the fiend's pretended rivalry inl { scenes, through which the course of the poemjjthe distracted love of " the fair Rose of Goshen" Welshman in common with the aforesaid Davy, no less than from our adopting a practice we would re- 1 is now conducted, to justify encomiums on itsg( Rachel), coupled with the consciousness that ai| coinmend to all our friends, of jotting down in it day merits which might otherwise seem extravagant.^ Hebrew beauty never can be Egypt's Queen. Mean-|| by day where scraps and papers and odd numbers of LWONESOJIENESS. As I do zew, wi' nimble hand, In here avore the windor's light, How still do all the housegear stand Around my lwonesome ziglit. How still do all housegear stand, Since Willie now've a- left tho laud. The rwosetree's windor- sheadfen bow " Do hang in leaf, an' win'- blown tlow'rs, Avore ray lwonesome eyes do show Thease bright November hours. Avore ray lwonesome eyes do show, Wi' nwone but I to zee em blow. The sheiides o' leafy buds, avore The peanes do sheake upon the glass, An' stir in light upon the vloor, Where now vew veet do pass. An' stir in light upou the vloor, Where there's a- stirren uoth& n mwore. This wind mid dreve upou the main, My brother's ship a- plowfen foam, But not bring mother, cwold, nor raiu, At her now happj' liwome. But not bring mother, cwold, nor rain, Where she is out o' pain. Zoo now that I'm a- mwopeu dumb, A- keepeu father's house, do you Come often wi' your work vrom hwome, Vor company. Now do. Come often wi' your work vrom hwome, Up here a- while. Do come. LITERARY ARTICLES. *#* [ We have made arrangements for noticing forthwith every publication we receive, in some manner of way; but as intimations are constantly reaching us of volumes, & c., j having been forwarded, which never turn up, it is for pub- lishers to conclude, if not noticed within a week or two, that they have been intercepted.] ISRAEL IN EGYPT* [ SECOND NOTICE.] We have taken some time to think over this great1 sacred epic of the poet of Bath, having only touched as it were on its accidents— not its essentials. Like all works conceived in the modern style and taste or, for that matter, like all the masterpieces of antiquity also, it possesses an undercurrent of| domestic story, which, amidst the hurly- burly of the tremendous stage businesswhichabsorbs andoccupies its grander element, though the reader be nothing] loth to perceive, the critic is only too apt to forget. The real human interest of the piece— that " one touch of nature" that " makes the whole world kin,' commences here. Moses, like other men, had his1 private history— public enough it has been rendered on the inspired record— but so much the fitter to engraft with dignity on a stem so prominent in the world's history as the epoch of the Israel in Egypt jl and again we have to admire the native tact which Mr. Atherstone has manifested in humanizing, with the soft love and beautiful incidents of romance in the life of the Israelitish lawgiver, the dread trans-] actions of that terrible period, After the cessation of the miracle of turning the water into blood, Moses, directed by God, sets out for the land of GOSHEN. " As jewel bright, of Egypt's crown, Was held that happy land; nor taskmaster, Nor tyrant ruler ever there was seen, Darkening the spirit's heaven. Long time he stood, Forth looking as on second Paradise; Far distant voices hearing, blithe and free; Aud sounds melodious on the gentle breeze Like dreams of music floating ; light and faint To seuse, as gossamer swimming on the air In sunshine ; seen, and lost, and seen again, Like a faint hope mid grief! Yet sighs, at last, Breathed he, that bliss beholding ; for, like one Who, from the glory of the setting sun, Suddenly eastward turning, the cold shade Of gathering night beholds,— more deep and dread, Following the gold aud ruby of the west,— So from those happy when in thought he turned Toward those, their brethren, whom in slavery, Toil- bowed, aud spirit- broken, hopeless all, That morning bo had left ——." So true is it that genuine simplicity, when thej jTo these we merely appeal for the innate beauties of | jthe production ; the sublimities of course reside in a] uder and loftier region of thought, couched in greater force and less refinement of expression. But, to our under current of romance; Reuben and Rachel [ are its hero and heroine. From them Moses dis-[ [ cerns that the Messiah is destined to spring ; the' fiends also discover it from the conversation of] Moses and the Angels; and discover too that they are frail and sinful and destined to fall. Satan [ convokes instantly another council of the powers ofj darkness, and on them rather than on Moses urges the working of their spells so as to impair the scheme of redemption. If we say that, in com initting to two of his meekest and mildest fallen [ spirits, Aziel and Zuriel, the task of accomplishing] the fall of the youth and maiden, we have exactly the role of the ancient mimes repeated, ( Clown and Pan taloon, in fact, so familiar to us all at the Christmas] [ season, sent in pursuit of Harlequin and Columbine), 1 we mean no sarcasm; on the contrary this is high art; and the highest art is often shown, as in some [ of our ablest pre- Raphaelite pictures, by the trium- phant adaptation of the quaint artistic conven- tionalities and traditions, grown obsolete or even extinct in the exercise of skill and conception. The satanic plot is to plunge Sethos, heir and first born of tho King of Egypt, madly in love witli Rachel, the wife of Reuben, whilst the two seductive evil spirits to whom that gentle pair have been handed over, work and prepare tlieni for their fall. Perhaps we ought not to pass over, for its grace and beauty, the passage in which our poet relates THE MEETING OF MOSES AND RACHEL. " Still in her hand the pale- green silken veil, On which with golden needle she had wrought Ere Moses came,— with fingers delicate, And pearl- like chaste, in easy grasp she held ; Her eyes as eastern midnights' cloudless heaven Deep- hued, serene, and clear, on his she bont,— Patiently waiting. He astonished, stood, And speechless; for, mutely thus she gazed, Her aspect holy, mild, and beautiful, Beyond all earthly beauty ou him came, Like music of a sacred hymn at night; Afar- off heard, from temple, field, or grove, Or in mid air: and all around her head— Gilding tho golden tresses,— purest light, Yet faint, like spirit of the sunbeams glowed; Or like reflected radiance from the face Of angel bending o'er her." Had we ever a purer painting of a saint, with an effect on the mind like the echo of a Christmas carol— like the spell of the hymn of the Nativity itself— the song of angels " in mid air?" None of your mundane forms, fleshy Dutch devotees ol Rubens, or reading Magdalens of Guido Reni, but something betwixt the bright hued tints of Titian expressed in the flowing outlines and sainted forms of the Madonnas of Raphael. The poet who can stand comparison with the painter, and have his style of execution as rigidly defined as if he had depicted his ideas on canvas in place of upon paper, 1 nay expect to live while art and the love of art [ endure, as, in order to attain that excellence of which] done such comparison becomes the test, he must; have taken the labour and tho pains to excel. He| who cannot stand this test has writ on water. In following even the best models there is danger,] thus : " Rachel my name. No great one of the land my father is; But sheep and cattle feedeth." [ while, tempted in a dream, the Hebrew youth is ' baffling, even in dreams, temptations worse than St. Anthony's. The spells of the twin tempters on the| § all our " lost things I Hebrew maiden made, however, no more impression " jthan " dew on granite." The effect of her holiness jot' spirit ou the lost one is ineffably powerful. PRAYER HEARD BT A FALLEN SPIRIT. " As when an exile,— in some far- off land, Absent long years, and hopeless of return,— Wandering at evening, lonely, sad of heart, Musing of home and kindred ever lost,— Mid the deep silence catches suddenly, From hill- side, or hushed valley, faint, yet clear, His own loved country's music;— simple song, Perchance, with which his nursing mother lulled His childish sotrow ; or a plaintive air, Sung by the maiden he had loved and lost; Or proud chaunt of victorious fatherland, Now blotted from the nations— sick at heart He sighs, he groans, he trembles, weeps, falls down, Lifts quivering hands to heaven and prays for death To loose him from his misery,— even so Felt the fallen angel, hearing once again Heaven's music in that prayer ; in that pure face Heaven's radiance once more seeing. As a dream Of ages long gone by,— the infinite bliss Of holiness in presence of his God Came vividly on him. Like the first dim grey Of opening dawn, repentance on him stole : He sighed as spirits sigh; he groaned, he wept; He bowed the bead like one all desolate; All hopeless; through eternity all lost 1" newspapers and periodicals, containing information [ on given points, happen to be stowed away, and thus are clearly to be found in Davy Jones' Locker." It is in vain to tell us that [ any other memorandum book would answer equally well. It would not. Habit is everything ; we feel that we should keep no such records, and might go scrap hunting for sad lost hours, with publication time staring us in the face for evermore— only for Davy Jones and his Locker. Rees is moreover our great authority about the times and seasons of pre- paring municipal and county lists of voters, election regulations, and other such things. And! equestrian mounted on his Pegasus will condescend! to use it, brings into play the most beautiful! * A Poem, by Edward Atherstone, author of ' The Pall] [ of Nineveh," " The Handwriting on the Wall," & r„, & London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1801.] Imp. 8vo., pp. i70, 1 But possibly Mr. Atherstone may not have reflected, jvvhen putting these simple words of reply to her jfiendish suitor disguised as a Prince of Syria, in the Jmouth of the heroine of his under- plot, that one I Home in his Tragedy of Douglas— " Put tho same words in Tho mouth of some one in his play so doting, Which many people pass for wits by quoting." [ And that we may do as much, the words are " My name is Nerval ; On the Grampian hills ray father feeds his flocks— A frugal swain." This resemblance is a mere lapsus ; for the whole Jcomposition, of the scene in which these elfin guests jare entertained by the Israelitish pair, is splendid as ( burnished silver. Witness its close— THE DEPARTURE. " Loudly the horses snorted at the gato, And stamped the ground, impatient to be gone; Forth walked the guests, the hostess, and the youth: Lightly the phantoms to the chariot rose; Again the farewell spake and bowed the head, Smiling, though seeming sad: with gautle words The Hebrew maiden answered, aud the youth In silence bent: then, without word, or sign Apparent given them, the black steeds flung out Their mighty feet; and like a golden cloud, Wiud- swift the chariot flew." Moses gives them counsel how to act under their iteinptation, such as a faithful pastor might minister! jto members of his Christian fold, concluding almost! j ( model again) in the words of Burns' Cotter's Satur-| [ day night, " But now to God let us give worship.' As for the fiends, they counterfeit before the! [ Egyptian Prince Sethos the appearance of Rachel,! land inflame him with such passion for her that— " Speaking not, He lighted from his steed: as in a dream, Glided through court, and hall: with heavy foot,— Solitude craving,— his own chamber sought; Sank on a couch, sick, musing, wondering, lost; Food loathing; all realities around Bitterly hating ; all the pomp of court; All choicest beauty of Egyptian dames; All power, all rule, despising ; for one tiling Longing alone; as for the cold, clear stream, The thirst- fallen, perishing, desert traveller longs." MODERN METRE* Here is a novelty ! A magazine of verse ! why not p We could sometimes fill it to overflow- ing, in our own small way, with the rejected addresses of poetic contributors of our own. We are quite favoured by the muses. We know of nine at this moment in one line of street in Dorchester ( and it has, strictly speaking, only two), who would not see us in want of a lyric for tho D. C. C. The best of it is that they are all ladies, and all good' looking. Our Weymouth choral band again are almost all in the Volunteers. There is one lady or two, for with their tender sensibility the finer sex have by the gods been made like Audrey, the more poetical— only these " of ours " have not joined the rifle corps. What the contributors to this first] most pleasing and amusing number of the new periodical called " Modern Metre" may be, we can only conjecture. " E. Irwin," of Cork ( Fermoy— we beg pardon), we know. He is too frolicsome — not for an Irishman— but for a lady. But allow- ing them Irwin and " Frederick S. Mills," ( an undoubted biped)— Irwin being the most voluminous contributor, the balance appears to us to be dis- tinctly feminine. Irwin's pieces are sprightly, humorous, eccentric, and occasionally ( but inten- tionally) absurd. We also enumerate with pleasure the long Sir- Walter- Scott rhyme of " Evray" in process of continuation ; Ed's " First Blush" ( a male flirt we suspect, and hope he is not the Editor) and all the pretty " Woodland Voices," and other airy nothings of Louisa Crow, who is already well [ known in Onpe- a- Week. " The Passing Bell," " Shepherd's Weather Glass," " Castles in the Air,' Fairy Land," " Song of the Wood Nymph, Winter's Coming;" and with all its long drawn whimsicality, we like, for the outrageousness of its hymes, " Musings over the Mahogany." We do not see why, for those who like the jingle of metre, , a metrical magazine should not be provided. We hope this one will succeed. It is far from despicable, and has an admirable air of nonchalance about it, NEW MUSIC* In bringing before the public notice a new song of great merit, we most heartily recommend it. The music is admirably adapted to the words, and, from every point from which we view this pretty ballad, it is most charmingly suited to a lady's voice. The compass is not too high nor too low. The accom- paniment is intended either for harp or pianoforte. The former, however, being very fashionable this season, the song is sure to be hailed with plea- sure and delight. It is most certain to be received by every one with enthusiasm. The Reproof pos- sesses that inimitable combination of good taste and judicious arrangement of parts, which prove a high, lofty, and well regulated imagination. We are only sorry we do not see more of these beautiful pieces and ballads emanating from the pen of so favourite an author as Mr. Robinson fully proclaims himself in the enchanting little song now before us. The words are chaste and expressive, and the music does them ample justice. SHatfg aim Straus. THE PHILOSOPHY OF REVELATION. f We have always some pride in noticing local and district literature— more especially when its efforts are directed either to the discovery of truth, or thej detection of error. To combat the lax unorthodox notions that begin to prevail concerning the " origin of evil," and which are in the hands of a more than ordinarily dangerous propaganda, when taken up, as in one great work reviewed by us to- day, by the poets of the period— this is the task Mr. Du Boulay, of Donhead Hall, has assigned himself. The skill and address with which, as an accomplished logician, he ; attacks this stronghold of latitudinarianism, is manifest from the first page to the last. His views are always startling, often new ; and his positions, however striking, ever irrefragable. His grand postulate, deducted from a rapid survey— we might term it almost an eloquent declamation— of the chief points of history, is the establishment of the moral futility of mere human knowledge and civilisation without that other element which unassisted reason could never discover. The " philosophy of revela- tion," disclosed in this manner, forms, in Mr. Du Boulay's hands, an interesting and conclusive homily, which proceeds in so clear a strain of lan- guage that the humblest comprehension may grasp its grandest truths. Had learning and ability always been directed to such an end, the world had been happier in its writers. ALMANAC. Bees' Improved Diary.— We do not know what we should do without this compact little remem- brancer. We have used it for many years. With its ruled and columned pages, aud copious spaces for memoranda, it would be dog cheap at 6d. ( its price) as a blank paper book; but its value is immeasur- ably above that, as comprising exactly the things we want in an almanac, no less than in leaving out1 * For December, No. I. A Medium for the Poets of tliei | day. London : Tallant aud Co., Ave Maria Lane, f By John Du Boulay. Shaftesbury: J. Bennett. Our life resembles the seasons of tho year, eve changing and varying. Hopes nurtured, and just as their full bloom arrives, the cold and cutting northern wind of disappointment destroys them. We have our • iprings, when happy thoughts, conjuring up a bright uture, end like the leaves and flowers of earth ; these row and expand, summer days of pleasure and enjoy- nent come, only now and then o'er- shadowed by dark clouds, little annoyances which soon pass away, so we flatter ourselves that theso joyous summer- days will linger with us long; but, by and bye, like the leaves ind the gentle flowerets, our hopes one by one depart; we watch them as they go, anil fain would stay them, but we cannot; for a time our hearts arc desolate, but the good and holy influence sorrow has makes us better beings; so with the earth, which for awhile is barren aid desolate, then comes the pure snow and makes it potless. The cold wind that stole its bright blossoms away, hath given it a whiter, purer garment. We gaze on the canescent earth, and then we search our hearts and see the resemblance— the sorrow that killed all our earthly blossoms gave us purer ones, not of earth, but of heaven. But there is nothing harder to fear than partings. Their arrows stem to pierce to the very lepths of one's heart, and so dark is the shadow of their wings as even to dim the brightness of the sunshine. That simple word, farewell, so plaintive in its tone, and yet to full of agony aud woe. But, alas! how often have we to utter it. Friends in this, our earthly journey, we meet and learn to lovo them well. Then coraeth the dark sunderer, mockingly he bids us say farewell, and with his rough grasp he tears our beloved : ompanions from us, and we are left sadly and sorrow- fully alone to mourn their absence. Yet not alone, we lave the cheering goddess Mnemosyne, and back come chose summer- days of hope and love when they were with us. So fondly, but tearfully, we live them over igain in our imagination.— heila. Ecclesiastical Entclltgeiice. The Bishop of Salisbury has re- opened the parish church of Lacoolc, Wilts ; and the chancel of Pewsey Church, Hants. On each ocoasiou the services were very hearty. ECCLESIASTICAL, COI. LEGUATS, AND SCHOLASTIC PRE- FERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Birch, Rev. Charles, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge, to Foots- Cray B., Kent: val. £ 251 with residence. Chambers, Rev. John, M. A., St. John's College, Cam- bridge, to be Head Master of the Cathedral Grammar School^ Ely. Close, Very Rev. Francis, D. D., St. John's College, Cam- bridge ( Dean of Carlisle) to Christ Church P. C., Carlisle: val. £ 150 with residence. Dolling, Rev. James Ratcliffe, B. A., Worcester College, Oxford, to Sharringtou R-, Norfolk. Griffith, Rev. Joseph Palmer, M. A., late Fellow of Wad- jham College, Oxford, to Nortou- Bavant V., Wilts: val. £ 150 with residence. Gurney, Rev. William Hay, M. A., Trinity College, Cam- bridge, to North Runctou R., w. Hardwick R. aud Setchy B. : val. £ 718. Holmes, Rev. Thomas White, B. A., Corpus Christi Col- lege, Cambridge, to Congliam R., Norfolk : val. £ 453, with residence. Joddrell, Rev. Charles Philip Paul, M. A., Braseuose Col- lege, Oxford, to Wramplingham R., Norfolk: val. £ 282. Jones, Veil. John, M. A , St. John's College, Cambridge .( Archdeacon of Liverpool), to St. Audrew P. O., Liverpool: val. £ 295. Prest, Rev. Edward, M. A., St. John's College, Cambridge, to Gateshead R., w. Trinity C., St. Cuthbert C., and St. Edmund C., Durham: val. £ 1,005, with residence. Shum, Rev. Frauck, to St. M , ry C., Marlborough, Wilts. Sidebottora, Rev. Henry Francis, M. A., St. John's College, Cambridge, to Sevenoaks R. aud V., Kent: val. £ 935, with | residence. Stanton, Rev. Thomas, Vicar of Burbage, and Prebendary | of Salisbury, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Marlbo- Irougb, Wilts. LJ * The Reproof, ballad music by J. Robinson, professor T music, Saloon, D a cluster, where the above can be ob- it ained. Loudon : T. Purday, 50, St. Paul's Churchyard. " TTfrrrmBra • e Princes DORSET COUNTY C H R O N I C L E AND S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. mm DEC. 1 9 , 1 8 6 1. © ur ( fTorrespotxHeucf. if semblance ( sorrow exhibited through the length andippretended offers of mediation, and announce that• through the insurrection, the civil tribunals aru sup- ilbreadtli of the land, but the honest expression of ourgHGeneral Scott has gone to America to make an effort iufflpressed. He suggests tho restoration of the original I 1 Communications ou business as well as on all other!), ffliutio" in tl, e bereavement of a tru, y r0J"' x1' noble-|| favour of peace. That may probably bo correct, butljbonndaries of the district of Columbia, including that , ' . Shoarted man, tho influence of whose bright example willggthe name of France 1MS been mixed up in this matter, Slportion ou tho Virginia side of the Potomac and matters intended for tho Dorset County Chronicle, « houIdg|| 1I) t only ende. lr his mem01. y for eVL, ri but effect a lastingijembellished with details absolutely false." The PatrkMcontinues : — invariably be addressed to THE EDITOR ( Mr. Wallace EYFEPJ High West Street, Dorchester), and not to any other persong connected, or assuming to be connected, with this paper We request especial attention to this notice, and cannot guarantee the insertion of communications otherwis, addressed.] The Weekly Offertory anil the Charity Sermon. Allow me to offer, through the medium of your columns, a few remarks on the excellent letter of your correspondent W. F. T„ on the subject of " Tenths and Offerings," inserted in tho Dorset County Chronicle of the 6th inst. Nothing can bo juster than his condom-! nation of the principle, or, I should say, the want ofi principle, involved in the so- called Charity Sermon. Irregular collections, impulsively made, are certainly not according to the pattern of Scriptural almsgiving. What we require certainly is something more systematic, more definite, and more habitual— something, in fact, which will recognize charity, not so much as a human impulse, but rather as a regular part of our constant] duty to God. This is the view, ably and convincingly advocated in Mr. Ramsbotham's pamphlet on " Tenths and Offerings," to which your correspondent alludes. And this is the advantage of that custom of the Church, — the Weekly Offertory, which it is much to be wished were more generally revived. This advantage is two-! fold. First, it prevents the giving at random, irrespec tive of our means, which tho system of collection too much fosters; and next, it puts our charity before us, in the light of Scripture, as a branch o( our regular] Christian duty,— as a laying by in store of a certain fixed part of our substance, in proportion to our means, for God's service continually. There are, I know, ob- jections to the Weekly Offertory. These arise, however, chiefly from the fact that the subject is one not yet thoroughly understood. Sometimes it is supposed that, by such constant giving, our gifts would amount to more than is required of us; but no one is bound to offer more than either liismeans allow or his conscience enjoins, and that amount he surely ought to offer, whether it be by a weekly offertory or otherwise. Besides, were the] amount given really greater, were it raised, as it should be, into a proportion to our means, the very fact of the division of our gifts into small portions, regularly • offered, would in itself prevent their pressing on us as a burden at any particular time. Again, it may | be said there are times when persons, for example] the poor, are not in a condition to give anything at ij all- This, perhaps, is a contingency more rare than p; people often imagine. But still, granting it to be the ? case, there is no compulsion whatever in the weekly offertory, " Let every man do according as he is disposed] in his own mind." Tho very word offertory indicates not a tax, not a gift as of necessity, but something offered, and offered with a free and willing mind. In fact, no one ought to offer who does not do so with this mind. And, assuredly, our motive in charity should be not to do merely what others do, not tho mere desire to appear to give as much as others, but, each one from our hearts, as in the sight of God, to do what we can. If our motives be thus genuine, wo shall never be afraid to . give too much and never be ashamed to give too little. " I will notice, briefly, but one more objection. It is often thought that by a weekly offertory the clergyman would have too much money placed at his disposal. This danger may, and should, always be avoided by bis re- quiring the regular assistance and co- operation of both the churchwardens in tho distribution of it. A list should be drawn up, by the clergyman, of the various objects of charity to be supported in the parish, and tin money distributed among those objects in proportion to their character and importance. Special sermons would, of course, still be preached at times, drawing attention to the nature of those works of mercy and love in which Christians should he interested; but with this higher purpose, to explain the duty of such works, and engage j our hearts in the doing of them at all times, not to draw : money out of our purses by some particular excitement of the moment. 1 am sure that when the mind of the Church is fully alive, on the one hand, to the elevated rfview of Christian charity presented by a systematic J" offertory, and, on the other, to the danger of confound- ! ' ing that " Charity which never faileth" with the men- impulse of occasional feeling, we shall have littlo hesi- tation iu determining whic'. i' should bo preferred, the weekly offertory or the charity sermon. J. P. F. I). London Gossip. The wail of a great empire's lamentation has gone Iforth, and not only tho proud palace of the Queen- widow of England, but the humblest cottage hearth, is a darkened by the sorrow which has descended so sud- denly, so unexpectedly, upon us, that it is almost impos- sible to realise the truth of the inexpressibly mournful • event which has just transpired. To the annals of the Sjpast we may look in vain for so striking a proof of a K- nnlinn'i hunrtipll*. affpntinn , ia t. lio Imnrocfli nation's hcnrtfelt affection, as the impressive emotions, : the sudden shuddering, the wistful sorrow, which mani- fested itself on Sunday in many of our metropolitan ; churches when a name- so honoured, so revered, and so '• familiar as that of the Prince Consort, was, for the first f time, omitted from the solemn ritual, and the truth ^ confirmed that he who but ashort week ago was amongst | : us powerful, beloved, great, generous, brave, and wise, 1 '• bad passed into the world where prayers are exchanged 11 for praises— that the handsome form of the most im- ' portant man iu the country was laid low, struck down in the zenith of manhood, and was sleeping the solemn ' sleep of Death in the hoar old castle at Windsor, but a . few days ago the home of a happy royal family— whose < circle had been unbroken— now suddenly changed into Ifi the halls of death, and the affectionate royal wife I; ( whose virtues are a model for the wives and ( laughters of England), made a widow, and her children fatherless. J The desolation that death has spread is everywhere felt. | yin our streets the expression of heartfelt sorrow and T:. regret may be seen in every countenance, for the veil of black crape which has fallen over tho royal escutcheon if of England is u fitting emblem of the grief which has '• settled upon tho hearts of the people. To the em- blazoned King- at- Arms wo may leave the task of enumerating the titles of the illustrious dead. He was not endeared to our memory by this tinsel, so apparent FRANCE. THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. 1' AEIS, Dec. 14.— The Moniteur of this morning | when touched by the finger of death, but by the deeds?; reviews in its bulletin the conflicting appreciations on j influenced by the kindly heart and inind which linsj a made him a blessing to the State. It is no courtly E IPrance ami the other great Powers, having been con- sulted by England, have expressed their opinion that] the act of the captain of tho San Jacinto was ( violation of the rights of neutrals." The Patrie adds : j |—" Lord Lyons will remit to the Washington Cabinet a second note, based on tho instructions forwarded toj [ him on the 13th of December." Should the reply ofj the Federal Government not be satisfactory, it is said that Lord Lyons will quit Washington towards the 5th lor 10th of January. If the matter assume a pacific! aspect negotiations will be commenced, in which Lord! Lyons would endeavour to prove to the Federal Govern- ment the inefficiency of the blockade of the Southern! ports, and the necessity for the conclusion of a new con- vention clearly establishing tho rights of neutrals. PARIS, Dec. 15.— The Patrie of this evening says:— f I" The English Government, having received a report) from the Admiralty stating the necessity for preparing! for a maritime war, has decided on tho admission of] 500 captains of merchant vessels to the royal navy. They will be engaged for two years, during which time] they willreceive full pay, together with a ivar indemnity." ITALY. THE ERUPTION1 OF VESUVIUS — NAPIES, Dec. 11.— The village of Torre del Greco is in imminent danger of b; ing destroyed by the burning lava. Shocks of earth- quake continue to be felt, and chasms have opened in the earth, forming perfect gulfs. The houses are falling in Torre del Greco, and all communication between the places in the vicinity of the mountain is interrupted. In the Bay of Naples the sea has receded to a distance of 50 metres. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 11.— The Emperor Napoleon has charged M. Barrot, the French Ambassador, to express to tho Queen his profound regret on account of what passed between tho Duko of Magenta and the Captain General of Valencia at the town of that name, and at tho same ti: ne to assure her Majesty of his friendly sentiments. TURKEY PARIS, Dec. 12.— Tho Pays of this evening publishes a despatch, dated Constantinople, the 11th iust., stating that the panic on the Bourse of that city was caused by fraudulent speculation in the Metalliques market, but that, in consequence of the energetic measures taken by the authorities, order was not disturbed in any part of Constantinople. CHINA ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11.— News received here from Pekin to the 13th of Octobor states that the apprehen- sions, that the change in the Chinese Government would disturb the friendly relations between China and the European Powers, appeared to be unfounded. Prince Kung, chief of the party favourable to intercourse with Europe, had visited the Emperor at Zehol, notwith- standing that he had received orders not to leave Pekin. Prince Kung returned to Pekin highly gratified with the results obtained by his journey. The court would return to Pekin shortly. CANTON, Oct. 31.— The state of affairs in Japan con- tinues unsatisfactory. The European representatives are awaiting instructions from their respective Govern tnents. The head- quarters of the British Minister are still at Yokahama. The reports from the Foreign Legations at Pekin are satisfactory. The English and French troops assisted the Chinese to hold Chefoo igainst the rebels, who ultimately retreated. Shanghai is in a state of alarm on account of the proximity of the rebels. Mr. Henry Parkes has been ordered to proceed to Shanghai. Canton was evacuated ou the 21st inst. AMERICA. THE CIVIL WAR. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.— The Federal Navy Department lins expressed its emphatic approval of the capture ol Messrs. Mason and Slidell. It also states that Captain Wilkes displayed too much forbearance in not capturing the Trent, but that this must not form a precedent for uny future similar infraction of neutral obligations by foreign commercial vessels. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S MESSAGE TO THE FEDERAL CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— The following is a summarj of the Message delivered to- day by President Lincoln to tho Fedoral Congress:— Tho disloyal citizens who offered the ruin of their country in return for foreign aid have received less encouragement than they expectod. If no higher principles actuated foreign nations than the restoration of commerce, and especially tho acquisition of cotton, they could roach their aim more easily by- aiding to crush the rebellion than by encouraging it Foreign nations must perceive that one strong nation produces more durable peace and more extensive com inorce than the same nation broken into hostile factions. President Lincoln states that he will not review the discussion with the foreign States, because, whatever might be their wishes or disposition, the integrity of the country and the stability of the Government depend, notl upon then), but on the loyalty and patriotism of tliel American people. . . " The foreign correspondence submitted to Congress wil. l , meanwhile it is gratifying to observe that, H, how that the Government has practised prudence and libe r statesmen of mark, party and personal con- rality towards foreigniiations. averting the causes of irritation.] but maintaining with firmness the rights aud the honour o! the country. Since it is, however, apparent that foreign dangers necessarily attend domestic difficulties, Congress U| urged to adopt ample measures for the coast, lake, and river] defences, aud it would be important for the national preset- vation to erect fortifications and dep6ts of arms, and to] make harbour and navigation improvements at well- selected points." The message recommends an appropriation to satisfy the legal demands of tho owners of the British ship Perthshire, detained under a misapprehension by til United States' Bteamcr Massachusetts. It also recom- mends that authority be given to the commanders ol [ sailing vessels to recapture United States' vessels or cargoes taken by pirates, and that the Consular Courts in eastern countries should adjudicate the cases, but only with the permission of the local authorities. The Pre- sident cannot see any reason for further withholding the recognition of the independence of Hayti and Liberia. Ho urges upon Congress the reconstruction of the the Anglo- American question, and says :—" The London^- Supreme Courts aud the adoption of a system for tin yet unborn. At this season of universal sorrow the usual comments on passing events, which it is the duty of your corres- p pondent to collect, svill appear almost distasteful, and | should, therefore, not be perused without an intimation that they were written to you before the sad intelligence [ already detailed had been confirmed. Our senators have been disporting themselves on the platform, " giving an account of their stewardship," as the phrase is, but especially giving us the benefit of their views on the all- abounding topic of the day, the! American difficulty. Lord Robert Montagu, who rather as a liking for extravagant opinions on foreign polities, tells us the captain of the San Jacinto was perfectly right, or at least that ho had a legal right to do what lie did. But Lord Robert, in this respect, stands in a very small minority, and I would venture to say that,] Icould the Houses of Lords and Commons be polled, an overwhelming majority would declare itself in favour ofj the illegality of the act. The prompt and decisive attitude of the British Government meets with general approval; and it is cheering to see that the Couserva-] tive party in this respect abandon the grouud of party strife, and give to ministers their hearty support. The Ministry has been decidedly strengtliened by their! action on the Anglo- American difficulty, and they will probably meet on the opening of the session far stronger than they were on the close of the last parliamentary1 [ campaign. I merely mention the prevailing feeling, as far as it is indicated by external circumstances, without! [ expressing any opinion of the merits of this troublesomej matter. On the other hand there is undeniably considerable party who maintain that the Americans] have but exercised an undoubted right; while there is a' third party who, acknowledging that the Americans are] in the wrong, yet advocate forgiveness. But men of all parties are apparently earnest in their desire to avoid war. When the news of the outrage first came, there was undoubtedly a war- fever, but it did not last] long, and an earnest longing for peace is now every where apparent. In churches aud chapels prayer it fervently offered for this desirable result, and special prayer- meetings are occasionally held in various parts [ of this great city. The whole subject, in all its phases, continues to occupy the public mind, and in clubs and coffee- houses, iu the counting- house and the shop, by tho fireside and the wayside— everywhere this sad topic is eagerly discussed. Yet war seems to bo tho] [ conclusion to which we are shut up, aud whence there is] no escape, When the speech of Mr. W. Williams, the valuable] member for Lambeth, was presented to us a few even- ingB since, wo naturally thought that we were tasting ] the lees of political oratory, and that we should have to uvait the opening of the Parliamentary session ere our " greedy ears" would be able to " devour up" any more of the discourses of our representatives. Wo were, however, mistaken— there was something better in store I'or us. Although, like " Hope the Charmer," the speech if Mr. Horsman " lingered still behind," it was welcome when it did come, and perhaps doubly welcome because it camo immediately after the insufferable dullness and ineffable self- complacency of Mr. W. Williams. Tin member for Stroud has made two public addresses, one] to the electors and tho other to the non- electors, and,! curious to tell, by both sections of his constituents he! was well received. At the second meeting, a non- elector! ( who is as fond of distinguishing himself as Lord Pal merston's electioneering friend at Tiverton) made i grasp at immortality, but Mr. Horsman proved himself] far too cunning of fence for the ambitious Mr. Peter Wood. The sympathies of the whole body of his con-] stituents were with the member, which indeed seems; odd enough when we remember that, on his last appear-' jnce before them, about twelve months ago, such a vote was passed as would have sent a less energetic and] determined man to the duties of that mysterious stewardship— the Cbiltern Hundreds. Mr. Horsmati told them that they would " soon think differently," and it appears that Mr. Horsman's conjecture was quite cor-] rect. They have very wisely come to tho conclusion that that gentleman is a member whose place it would not be easy adequately to fill, and they are content to pardon, as they well may do, his short- coinings on the subject of reform, in consideration of his great talents, and the general soundness of his views on most questions, both of domestic and foreign policy. Perhaps no speech, of the hundreds that have been delivered during the present Parliamentary recess, is more worthy our attention, To my mind it presents the most statesmanlike and com- prehensive view both of the civil war in America, and aho! of the Anglo- American difficulty that has yet been pre- sented to us. It may be that Mr. Horsman is over san- guine in the conclusions he has drawn, both of the contest which is now raging and of the result of our own demand for reparation, but they are undoubtedly well- reasoned and full of eloquence. He was quite right in saying] that " the proceedings of the Government have been approved from one end of the kingdom to the other,' and undoubtedly right also in the declaration that there s not an Englishman who can contemplate a war with America without " great reluctance and great pain." It is useless to speculate— in about a week the result will be known among our siderations are wholly laid aside in the presence of so momentous a crisis. Mr. Horsman's speech was not, however, entirely confined to the American questions. He touched briefly on the affairs of Italy, and tendered a piece of advice to Austria. Mr. Horsman has, indeed nothing to say in praise of Lord Palmerston, although bis commendations of Lord Palmerston's Government] are unstinted. The chances would, however, seem to be] about equal whether a Conservative or a Liberal Govern ment shall first give this statesman the desire of his] heart— a seat in the Cabinet. B, " The efforts of the Government to suppress the slave trade have been recently unusually successful. Under the Confiscation Act tho legal claims of certain persons to slaves are forfeited, and numbers thus liberated are dependent upon . the Federal Government, and must be protected, for it is possible that, some States will pass similar enactments, by which persons of this class will' be thrown upon them for disposal. I woul- 1 recommend Congress to provide for ac- cepting slaves from such States according to some mode of valuation, so that tho slaves, on acceptance by the Federal Government, would be at once deemed free. Steps might then be taken for colonizing such slaves in a climate con- genial to them. The free coloured people in America might also be included in such colonization. The plan of coloniza- tion may involve an acquisition ot territory, and the appropri- ation of a sum of money beyond the sum expended tor the territorial acquisition." President Lincoln reviews the course of the Govern ment since its inauguration, and says : — " The progress of events is plainly in the right direction. Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, who refused to supply troops, now have 40,000 men in the field. No armed insur- rection is left north of the Potomac or east of the Chesa- peake. The Union is advancing steadily southwards. The present insurrection is a war upon the first principles of popular government anil the right of the people. The insurgents even hint at Monarchy." The President states that in the present position he would scarcely bo justified in omitting to raise a warning voice against the approach of returning despotism, but denounces the effort to place capital upon an equal foot- ing with labour in the structure of the Government. " The struggle of to- day, he says, is not altogether of to- day, but is also for a vast future." President Lincoln's Message makes no allusion what- ever to the Trent affair. Tho following is the text of that portion of President Lincoln's Message to Congress which refers to tho foreign policy of the Federal Govern- ment :— " You will not be surprised to hear that, iu tho peculiar exigencies of the times, our intercourse with foreign nations has been attended with profound solicitude, chiefly turning upon our own domestic affairs. A nation which endures factions and domestic divisions is exposed to disrespect abroad, and one parly, if not both, is sure, sooner or later, to invoke foreign intervention. The disloyal citizens of the United States, who have offered the ruin of our country in return for the aid and comfort which they have invoked abroad, have received less patronage and encouragement than they pro- bably expected. The insurgents have seemed to assume that foreign nations, in this case ( discarding all moral, social, and treaty obligations), would act solely and selfishly for the most speedy restoration of commerce, including especially the acquisition of cotton; hut those nations appeal as yet not to have seen their way to their object more directly or clearly through the destruction than through the preservation of the Union. I am quite sure a second argu- ment could be made to show them that- they can reach their liin much more readily and easily by aiding to crush this rebellion than by giving encouragement to it. Tho principal lever relied on by the insurgents, for exciting foreign nations to hostilities against us, is the embarrassment of commerce. Those nations, however, not improbably saw from the first that it was the Union which made as well our foreign as our domestic commerce. They can scarcely have failed to per- ceive that the efforts for disunion produce the existing diffi- culty, aud that oue strong nation promises more durable peace and a more extensive, more valuable, and more reliable commerce than can the same nation br.' keu into hostile fragments. It is not my purpose to review our discussion with foreign States, because, whatever might be their wishes or dispositions, the integrity of our country and the stability of our Government mainly depend, not upon thein, but on the loyalty, virtue, patriotism, and allegiance of the American people. Since, however, it. is apparent that foreign dangers necessarily attend domestic difficulties, I recommend that adequate and ample measures be adopted for maintaining the public defences ou every side, and also that provision be made for defending our coast liue." The New York Herald of the 4th iust. says that the President's Message forms a good chart of sailing direc- tions for Congress, and that by it both Houses can icarcely go astray. The Tribune praises President Lin coin for the moderation BIIOWII iu his Message. JFoieigit Intelligence. Colonial Netos. CANADA. THE MILITIA OF CANADA.— The militia of Canada, as at present organised, is under the cominand- iu- chief ol the Governor- General, and has a staff of adjutant- general for cacli province, wilh two provincial aide de- camps and a quartermaster- general. It consists of two divisions, known as the " Active" and tho " Sedentary." There are 16 batteries of artillery, 16 troops of cavalry designated as class A, 12 troops of class I), 62 companies of rifles, and several corps of light infantry. Iu Lower Canada there are 42 battalions and in Upper Canada 47 battalions of " Sedentary" militia. The Canadian rifles are regularly enrolled troops, and act with tho other Queen's regiments stationed at Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec. The militia has shown that it call be relied upon in times of emergency. In addition to these there is a considerable force of volunteers in both provinces, and, with the aid of tho reinforcements which have already arrived, and those which are ou their way under orders, wo have no fear for Canada. p ipers indulge in criticisms more or less hazardous onf ^ recovery of debts by Northern men in districts General & oiue fintclltgeiict. ENGLAND AND WALES. THE ALDERSHOTT MURDER. At the Hants Winter Assizes, Thomas Jackson, of the 78th Highlanders, was charged with the wilful murder of Sergeant Dickson, of tho same regiment, on tlio 23rd of November, under circumstances already recorded ill [ our columns. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death. SENTENCE UPON CAPTAIN WILSON. In the Northern Circuit at Liverpool, Dec. 14, Captain | William Wilson was brought up for sentence. Baron I Ohannell, in passing sentence, said— William Wilson, the jury have acquitted you of thecrimeof murder, and? after an anxious and careful investigation havo found t you guilty of manslaughter, and since the court separated I [ last night I have given the caso the most anxious con- 1 '" idsvr. ticn. Manslaughter is often complete in point of | w when there is little of moral guilt or enormity ; but 1 . here are oilier cases in which tiie law must visit tlies DEC. 19,1861. DOB- SET COUNTY C H R O M C L E AND S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. VMOC-* « -- XrXl!' ..,' TFI^ JI; 415 offence with great severity on account of the enormity with which it is accompanied. Yml are accuse 1 by the prosecution uot only with having caused the death of! the deceased by acts of unauthorised and unjustifiable violence, but with brutal violence; with having dashed the man down upon the deck, alter repeated previous icts of cruelty, and, when he was iu a state of prostration and debility from disease, with having jumped upon his! chest when you were wearing heavy boots. The jury have not only found jou guilty of violence which has caused his death, but they have solemnly assured mo, in answer to a question which I put, that they believed you were guilty of most wanton and brutal violence. This is a case of great enormity, one which within my own observation I hive scarcely ever seen paralleled. You wore placed in a situation which gave you some control anil authority over the men who were shipped, nd who attended you on your voyage, and ' you have ' not only abused that authority with which the law invested you, but under circumstances of the most atrocious enormity. The sentence of the court upon you is, that you be kept in penal servitudo for a term of twenty years. The prisoner was then removed. THE PRESTON TRAGEDY. At the Liverpool Winter Assizes on Thursday, Patrick M' Caffrey, a recruit in the 32d Regiment of Foot, was placed at the bar on an indictment for the murder of Captain Hanham, under circumstances which caused such melancholy interest among his friends in Dorset- shire. The prisoner is an Irishman, slightly built, looks younger than 20, the age assigned him in the calendar, and when brought into court was calm, self- possessed, and Bomewhat unconcerned. Ho pleaded " Not guilty" in a firm voice. It appeared by the evidence for the prosecution that the prisoner at the time of the murder was a recruit attached to the depdt of his regiment now in Falwood Barracks, near Preston. There were five depfits of other regiments in the samo barracks, forming together a battalion, of which Colonel Crofton was Acting Colonel, and Captain Ilanham Adjutant. On Friday, the 13th of last September, the prisoner was on duty as picket sentinel near the officers' quarters. In consequence of annoyance sus- tained by the officers from children in the neighbourhood Captain Hanham requested the prisoner to see the chil- dren removed, but this seemed to be done by the prisoner in a careless manner, and Capt. Hanham ordered him to confinement in the guard- room. In the usual course of things he was taken next morning between 10 aud 11 o'clock to the orderly- room before the colonel, and there Captain Hanham charged him with neglect of duty while on guard, and with disobedience to an order. The prisoner, in reply, said that ho did his utmost; but, as the children ran away ho could get no moro than one name. Captain Hanham said upon that lie would not have ordered him to the guard- room but for the dogged way in which he had behaved. The colonel then sen tenced the prisoner to 14 days' drill and confinement to barracks, and the prisoner was marched to the sergeant at the gate in order to bo identified by the guard. Private Levett, acting orderly in the barrack- room to which the prisoner belonged, at 8 o'clock ou the morning of the 14th, examined the contents of pri- soner's pouch, and found in it 20 rounds of ball cart- ridge, and 25 percussion caps. After sentence, the prisoner returned to his room and asked where li ammunition was. He was told it was on the bed; he then got a bit of white rag, and, having asked for an oil rag, but without getting it, he took his rifle and went out of the room. Shortly after this a cap explosion was heard in the passage leading to the prisoner's room, and, by moro than one soldier who looked out, the prisoner was seen standing in the passage within a yard of the opening into the barrack- square, with his rifle in his hands. Shortly after this the sound of a rifle was heard. Mrs. Bridgewater and Mrs. Norton, respectively wives of sergeants in Fulwood barracks, were each looking out from different windows upon the barrack- square, and saw a soldier just outside the passage referred to, with a rifle in his hands, kneel down on one knee and raise his rifle and fire. Colonel Crofton and Captain Hanhain were walking side by side near the middle of the square, and just opposite tbe passage from which the soldier fired, fhe colonel threw up his arms immediately, and cried out, " My God! I am shot!" Captain Hanham at the same time wheeled round, and left the square bleeding. In the case of Colonel Crofton the bullet had penetrated the centre of the breast- bone, gone through the right lung, and cotne out two inches behind and below the right nipple. Captain Hauliain had a bullet wound through the muscles of the left arm. The hall had then broken a rib and entered the breast, finally lodging in the spinal column, between the sixth aud seventh dorsal vcrtebr ® . Immediately on the sound of tho rifle being heard, Corporal M'Gcary ran out into tho passage i question, followed by Sergeant Smedley. M'Caffrey was standing in tho passage by the rail of the stair, with his riflo iu hand. To tho corporal, who asked why he did that, the prisoner said, " Never you mind, take that,' offering liim the rifle. The rifle was warm. Sergeant Smedley then came and asked " Who did this ? " and M'Caffrey answered, " I did." Afterwards, when some one said the colonel had been shot, the prisoner said, " I did not intend it for the colonel, but for the captain." When tho prisoner's ammunition was examined oue cart- ridge was gone, and four percussion caps, and two caps were found in his pocket, and one exploded cap was oil the rifle which he gave up. The number on that rifle Iras the number of the prisoner's rifle, and the same ' number appeared upon his pouch. To Privato Ellis, while he was putting the handcuffs upon the prisoner, he < aid, " I could not do it with one cap, anil I had there- fore to put on a second cap; but I did not intend it foi the colonel." The prisoner was found guilty of wilful murder,' and^ sentenced to death. SCOTLAND. THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE. The proceedings ill tho commission granted by Lord Ardmilian on Saturday last were commenced in Dublin on Thursday, before Mr. J. A. Crichton, advocate, when witnesses were examined as to the intermarriage between Protestants and Roman Catholics in Ireland. Cox POR FINSBURY. © straw off the farm, arose in the case of " The Duke <> fllast time at the Raker- street Bazaar, many of their specimens The polling in Finsbury took place on Monday amid| jSl, th(' 1 Und v- Fox" In . th,, t rase Honour" » the7thj| having carried off prizes at the root shows in this locality- onsidcrable excitement. Although Mr. Cox made hi- appearance so late in the field he appears to have headed, tho poll from the beginning. The reports of the two [ committees differ widely as to the number of Mr. Cox' najority, but he isjhoyond doubt the successful candidate.' Such a result could scarcely have been anticipated by the opposite party. NOTTINGHAM. In consequence of the continued indisposition of Lord Lincoln, Mr. Chandos Leigh addressed a numerous and influential meeting of the Liberal party last week in' the Exchange- room. Mr. Leigh said that Lord Lincoln : ame before them as a moderate^ Reformer and an ad- vocate of moderate progress. A motion was adopted pledging the meeting to support Lord Lincoln. As far as matters have gone, there is every probability of li Conservative candidate being brought forward. Sir Robert Clifton's supporters are pursuing an energetic Icanvass. REPRESENTATION OF EAST WORCESTERSHIRE. The writ for the election of a knight of the shire tor East Worcestershire was received on Saturday by the under- sheriff of the county, and thereupon procla- mation was made, Friday next being appointed for the lection. It was expected that Mr. Harry Foley Vernon would bo elected without opposition, but Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart., of Midelle Hill, has issued an address to the Protestant electors of tho county," in which he says:—" I am one of those who are not satisfied witl the artful measures adopted by our various Governments to re- establish the Roman Catholic religion in thi ountry. Tlmt there is a conspiracy against tho Protes- tant religion no one can doubt, and every one must see the absurdity of depressing the Roman Catholic powei in Italy but exalting it in our own. With thesi sentiments I beg to offer myself as a supporter of youi religion in Parliament, ' provided you are resolved ti check the encroachments which you must see are daily hemming you in. I have thought it right to advert to the condition of our country because I observe so few take notice of it who offer themselves to you as your epressutatives in Parliament." of November dissolved, with costs, an injunction obtained jby the plaintiff ex parte during the long vacation to lT- jp contributed © eueral HouDaii Nesas. THE BOY REEVES. A respite has been received for this criminal from the Home- office. He was to have been executed on Monday, the 23rd inst. AGGREGATE PRAYER MEETING. The daily papers report the proceedings of " ai aggregate prajer meeting of Christians of all denoini nations, convened by the Committee of tho Evangelical Alliance, held on Thursday at Exeter Hall, for the purpose of uniting in prayer to Almighty God to avert from us the calamity of war with the United States." l'lie hall was fairly filled, but tho attendance on the platform was of a very miscellaneous description, in eluding the Revs. Marshall Vine, S. Minton, E. G. Arnold, R. W. Dibdin ; a number of Dissenting min- isters, such as tho Hon. Baptist Noel, Mr. Ridley Herschell, Mr. T. Marzials, Mr. P. La Trobo; and a number of laymen, including Sir Culling Eardley, Dr Forbes Winslow, Captain Fishbourne, & c. The pro- ceedings consisted of an address from Sir Culling Eardley, extempore prayer, reading Scripture, and singing hymns. Previous to the meeting its promoters had received the following very sensible letter from Lord Shaftesbury :—" Since our interview this morning I have been informed that tho proposed meeting is to be one of very largo proportions; that many hundreds are to be summoned; and that it will assume a public and very imposing character. I had not gathered so much from our conversation. Great or small, I should not be able to attend it, though, as a small and private one, should heartily approve it; but as a great oue of the supposed dimensions, I must take tho liberty of saying that I should with zeal condemn it. Without preliminary explanation such a meeting would be quite misunderstood. It would be interpreted by tbe bulk of the press nnd by the Americans as a cloaked rebuke of tho Government; and favour tho opinion that tin country was not united on this serious question. Tin prayers, too, offered up on the occasion would, I fear, be speeches, and would hold out no little scope for cavil or ridicule. The purpose itself I highly commend; bui it should, I think, be carried into effect by a published appeal addressed to families nnd congregations, each ii their own particular sphere, to implore God that we may both do and receive what is just — Your ohedicnt servant, SHAFTESBURY." strain the s ile of hay and straw.— Mr. Rolt and Mr, Speed appeared for the plaintiff in support of the mo-! tionj; Mr. Amphlott and Mr. Martindale for the de- fendants.— Tho Vico- Chancellor, atter observing that it was to be regretted that this motion should have been brought [ on merely for costs, especially as it had in effect resulted in a drawn battle, said that tho plaintiff was entitled]; to Jan injunction to some extent as to the threatened sale of the green crops. Upon this part of! the'caso^ thejplaintiff was justified in filing his bill, and the case was different from that of " The Duke of Sutherland v. Fox," iu which an interim injunction re- training'the'iSale of hay and straw off another of the plaintiff's farms had been dissolved. His Honour, alter stating the'circumstances, aud observing that, as to the sale of green crops, at least, the plaintiff was justified iu tiling the bill, and had made out a strong case for relief, nadethe following order:— The Court, being of opinion that tho plaintiff is entitled to an injunction restraining the defendants, until the hearing of the cause, from re noving the swedes and turnips now being on the farm, in such manner as not to leave at least more than one alfin quantity on the farm, and the plaintiff being content to waive sucti injunction, the Court doth make to order upon this motion, except that there be no costs in either side of this motion. IN LUNACY. Re Windham. — In tho Chancery Courts, Dec. 11, bo fore the Lords Justices, Sir Hugh Cairns appeared iu sup port of a petition for leave to Mr. Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, to raise £ 2,000 by mortgage of his estates, to enable him to defend himself against the proceedings in lunacy which his uncle, General Windham, and other • elatives, have recently commenced against him. The earned counsel said the present application was ren dered necessary by tho form in which the order receutly , made by their lordships in this matter was drawn. That irder restrained every person from interfering in the iffairs of Mr. Windham, and from dealing with his liroperty until further order. Since the order was made VIr. Windham had changed his solicitors, aud it was accessary to pay their costs before they gave up certain papers belonging to Mr. Windham. In addition to that noney would be required for the purpose of the pending proceedings, which their lord- hips had directed to be , aken before a jury. Under these circumstances it had been thought proper to apply to their lordships to give leave to the petitioner to raise a sum of £ 2,000 on mortgage of his estates. After some discussion Lord Justice Turner said ho thought Mr. Windham should have the power of defending himself, and, therefore, tie thought Mr. Windham should be at liberty to raise £ 2,000 by mortgage; but the order ou the present ipplication ought to provide that, in the event of Mr. » Vindham being proved to be a lunatic, the proposed nortgage would be invalid. Lord Justice Knight Bruce issented, aud au order was made. On Thursday Mr. Bacon applied to the Lords Justices to direct that Dr. Vlayo and Dr. Winslow should bo permitted to have an nterview with Mr. Windham. Ultimately it was agreed that the interview between those gentlemen and Mr. Windham should take place, but in the presence of Dr. Bright. The commission of lunacy upon Mr. Windham lommenced to hold its sittings on Monday, before Mr. Samuel Warren and a jury of twenty- one persons. M Vlontagu Chambers appeared on behalf of the petitioner md stated the case at considerable length. One or two! witnesses were examined wi; h reference to the conduct if the alleged lunatic, and the court adjourned. As the witnesses are very numerous the inquiry promises to be a protracted one. 3Lato ^ Proceedings. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. REPRESENTATION OP SHREWSBURY. Mr. R. A. Slaney, one of the members for the borough, intends retiring from tho House of Commons at the close of the present Parliament; and Mr. Bras- ey, jun., the defeated candidate at Birkenhead last week, is announced as the Liberal candidate for the sent to bo thus vacated. NECESSARIES TO A VOLUNTEER. The decision iu our last, in North v. Rogers, appear* 0 be contrary to the law laid down in tho time of George III., and recently acted on in the West, minster Court, by which it is held that, at a time when young men all over the country are arming iu its defence, volunteer uniforms ARE necessaries. SALE OP GREEN CROPS OPE A FARM. The Duke of Sutherland v. Nelson and others.— Tins case came before the Court upon a motion to continue in interim order made during the long vacation, re- straining tho defendants from removing from a farm on 1 he Trentham estate, held by fhe. n under the Duke of Sutherland, any portion of the hay, straw, swedes, and1 turnips growing thereon, and from selling Hie same1 without tho consent of the plaintiff. The bill alleged that, by the rule and custom of husbandry in the country where the farm was situate, a tenant had not any right,] without the permission of his landlord, to sell straw off the farm ; but that it was usual for the landlord to give] permission to sell tho straw, on conditiou that Un- tenant should bring on the land, as ail equivalent for the straw roinoved, a sufficient quantity of manure for the proper cultivation of tho farm. It was also alleged] that, by the custom of the country, the greater portion ot the green and root crops grown ou the farm ought to be eaten off and consumed upou the land, and the bill was filed to restrain an alleged violation of these customs. The case was argued at great length, and a mass of evi- dence was adduced ou eilher side. Tn, e question as to the right of a tenant on the Treutham estate, lo sell hay and l\ atltoaus auti public ® 0mjjaittes. TRAFPIO RETURNS. The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kin; dom, published for tho week ending December 7th, I imouuted to £ 4J5,226, and for the corresponding' week of last year to £ 491,640, showing au increase! of £ 3,586. The gross receipts of the eight railways laving their termini ill the metropolis amounted to] 6220,932, and, for the corresponding week of 1860,| to £ 216,697, showing an increase of £ 4,235. Tin ncrease ou the Eastern Counties Railway amounted tol £ 1,479, on the Great Northern to £ 194, on tin Great Western to £ 1,425 ; on the London, Brighton, ind South Coast, to £ 1,883; aud on the London and South Western to £ 1,178— total, £ 6,159. But from[ this must be deducted £ 1,502, the decrease on the Lon- lon and North Western, £ 8 on the London and Black-| wall, and £ 414 on the South Eastern, together £ 1,924, leaving the increase, as above, £ 4,235. The receipts onl the other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to £ 274,294, and for the corresponding period of last yeai so £ 274,943, showing a decrease of £ 649, which, leducted from the increase oil tho metropolitan lines,! leaves the total increase £ 3,586, as compared with the jorrosponding week of 1860. Stgricultuial ^ Ijuoniclc. FACTS. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET. Notwithstanding that the value of live stock lias not ruled so high during the greater portion of the present year as in 1860, the exhibition of beasts on Monday, for Christmas consumption, was unquestionably, taken as a whole, the best on record. The great abundance of food in most of our grazing districts, and the improved health of the stock, com- pared with some previous years, has certainly been in favour of a large show, both as respects number and quality; but we believe that fewer second- rate and inferior animals w. ere brought forward this morning than at the corresponding period since 1857. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton, we received 3,000 Shorthorns, & c.; from Norfolk, & c., 1,600 Scots, & c.; from Scotland, 1,100 Scots [ and crosses; aud from Ireland 820 oxen and heifers. Tile total imports of foreign stock into Loudon last week . amounted to 5,192 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 4,525; in 1859, 4,36i; in 1858,5,734; [ in 1857,1,896; iu 1858, 1,895; aud in 1855, 4,326 head. THE ROYAL SOUTH HANTS EXHIBITION OP ROOTS,! SMITHPIELD CLUB, LONDON. Messrs. Page and Toogood, of Southampton, again ablyi represented Hampshire at this national show, held for the! viz., Botley, Basingstoke, and Chichester. Parkhurst Prison • ibuted a fine collection, consisting of Page's improved [ swedes, mangels, carrots, & c., which, considering the nature lof the soil, reflects great, credit upon Mr. Murray's skill as ' an agriculturist. By Mr. Downcs's no less than six prizes were gained at Chichester, and they were certainly the most perfectly grown specimens it is possible to imagine. Mr. jCundell, Weston, Mitcheldever, for Page's improved red jglobe turnip, received prizes both at Basingstoke and Botley, and were deservedly much admired. There were very fine Page's imperial orange globe mangel from S. Peters, Esq., New Close, Newport; mangels weighing nearly 30 lbs., and swedes 20 lbs. each, from Mr. Barrington, Thorley, Yar- mouth ; a nice sample of swedes from Mr. Paul, New Close, [ Yarmouth; some magnificent swedes from Mr. Buckell, Ford, I. W. J Mr. Wavell, Kew ; Mr. Hills, Asau; Messrs. Mew, Bngle Hotel, Newport; handsome turnips from A, Hughes, Esq., Tliorness; C. Crew, Esq., Osborne, mangel ( which lias carried the prize for shape two years following at Botley— in fact, it is the most symmetrical of all the mangel tribe, with a tap root like a turnip, and a very little leaf) and green rounds turnips, also prize at Botley for weight. Other prize roots from H. Drewitt, Esq., S. Macnaghten, Esq.; splendid specimens of Page's improved swedes from W. Wyndham, Esq., Dinton, Wilts; other roots from W. Littlehalcs, Esq., Jos. Blundell, Esq., W. C. Humphreys, Esq., and H. Dumbleton, Esq., altogether making a capital set, not to be excelled, clearly indicating that most productive crops have been yielded, which must be mutually satisfactory both to the growers and to Messrs. Page and Toogood, who, it is admitted, are among the most careful raisers of seeds in this country. THE ENGINES AT BAKER- STREET. The Morning Chronicle of Wednesday, 11th inst., says: —" There are upwards of thirty steam engines in this present, Exhibition, and many of them made upon tbe old principle, termed tho ' Portable Engine.' There is one of immense size and power, that we should have thought more suitable for a railway than the farm. If the price is in unison with its dimensions it must be enormous; but among the many exhibited we noticed one, a traction engine, much less in size and cost, but of great power, suitable for all general pur- poses that the farmer now requires— sueh as ploughing, thrashing, and drawing heavy weights behind it, np and down bill, and on uneven roads, without the aid of horses, that has been so long a great drawback to the progress ot steam cultivation. To this noble traction engine was awarded the first prize ( the silver medal) at the Derby Agricultural Meeting, to the manufacturers, Messrs. Taplin and Co., of Lincoln, who it appears are the patentees, and are large manufacturers of this class of engine. We hope, before it leaves Loudon, to see it travel up one of our hills with a good load behind it; we may then be able to report more fully upou its capabilities. The crowded state of the galleries prevents us, in a measure, from giving the particulars of all the new machines in the large loom. At back, fixed to one of tho pillars, is a plan of a new implement that com- bines a cultivator, drill, and harrow, invented by the father of steam cultivation, Mr. Smith, of Woolston. It has all the appearance of doing good work, and we hope it will prove a great benefit to the tillers ot the soil. As we pass on to- wards the entrance, we find a drawing and plans of the new steam plough, invented, and patented by Mr. William Steevens, also manufactured by Messrs. Taplin and Co., Lincoln. This steam plough is intended to work with the new traction engine that we have noticed above, anil it ap- pears is being made under practical experience regardless of expense, with a determination to bring the implements re- quired for steam ploughing and cultivation of the soil simple and effective, that they may be safely entrusted to the care and management of intelligent farm labourers. Mr. Steevens has had very great experience in field work. A few years since he- introduced the system of steam cultivation on the royal farms at Windsor, under the patronage of his Royal Highness tbe Prince Consort, who honoured him with the purchase of a complete set. To this implement great care and attention have been given to simplicity of arrangement, all the working parts being well proportioned, very strong, and easy of access, and we have no doubt, at the trials next year, and at the Great Exhibition of all Nations, it will take a prominent position with the leading implements of the day. PROCEEDINGS. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP ENGLAND. The annual meeting of the members of this society was held on Wednesday at the rooms in Hanover- square, the Earl of Powis presiding. There were also present Lord Feversham, Lord Berners, Lord Tredegar, Mr. Holland, M. P., Colonel Challoner, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. T. Crisp, Mr. Corbett, Mr. W. Shaw, & c.— The noble Chairman, in opening the proceedings, expressed his regret at the absence of his Royal Highness the Prince Con- sort, who had accepted the presidency of the society, from indisposition. The large number of gentlemen present to- Iday was a proof of the anxiety of practical farmers for the success of the undertaking. He might advert to the number of persons who were present at tho meeting at Leeds. All went off very satisfactorily, and the society were extremely indebted to the local committee and the local authorities of Leeds for the pains they had taken to secure an undoubted success.— Mr. H. Dare, the secretary, read the report.— According to tho report, the society consists of 84 life governors, 95 annual governors, 1,124 life members, 3,399 annual members, and 17 honorary members, making a total of 4,719, being an increase of 86. The half- yearly statement of accounts, to the 30th of June, 1861, shows that, the finauces were never in a more satisfactory condition than at present, the sum of £ 3,000 having been lately added to the funded capital of. the society, which now amounts to£ 17,488 17s. lOd. stuck in the New Three per Cents. The first Commissioner of Works has granted the free use of a portion of Battersea Park for the metropolitan meeting on the 23rd of June next. — Mr. Astbury moved, and Mr. Arckell seconded, the adop- tion of the report.— Mr. Sidney said there was a rumour afloat that the buildings iu Battersea Park were not being carried oil in a satisfactory manner. He had heard that no tenders had been asked for, but that a sub- committee had given over the works to Mr. Manning, a former contractor. He had heard that there was much dissatisfaction on the part of the council, and that the consequence had been that there were some minutes ou the books of the society unsigned. - Colonel Challoner said that Mr. Manning had appeared before the Council, and had undertaken to draw up an agreement by which he should perform the works at the amount per foot that he had before. The council, under tile ' authority of the by- laws, had authority to treat with Mr. Manning, and they did so. One of the council demurred to this— the votes were taken, and that gentleman stood alone. No specifications had yet been drawn, because the society had not yet obtained the assurance from the Woods and Forests which they ought to have.— Mr. Sidney had nodoubt that Colonel Challoner had been actuated by the most honourable motives. At the same time the proceedings had not been conducted in a bu » iuess- like manner, and it was not t lie way in which the society would expect their business jfco be conducted iu future.— The report was unanimously adopted.— On the motion of Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs, the auditors were re- elected— Mr. W. Astbury, Mr. II. Corbett, ui t Mr. W. Cohen.— Lord Berners proposed a vote of thanks [ to the Earl of Powis for his exertions on behalf of the society luring the year of his presidency.— Lord Tredegar seconded ithe motion, which was agreed to unauimously.— The noble Lord briefly acknowledged the compliment, aud the meeting iseparated. 7 23 11 13 8 13 6 5| 7 38 1123 8 23 ... 9 15 ; ... 9 30 7 0 8 35 1015 9 10 7 30 9 0 10 50 9 35 ... 8 25 2 30 ... ... i 8 55 3 0 ... ... i ... 2 10 ... 0: 60 ... .15 a. m., arriving at ... 2 30 5 40, 12 43 ... 5 151 12 55 2 10 5 25 1 15| 2 25 5 45 Newton at 6.25 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZETTE. DEC 19, 1861. HORTICULTURE. Shad to he submitted to. There was a fuller market fori ,, (^ barley, especially of grinding qualities, at about 6d. per qr.' CELERY. || less money than was paid this day se'nnight. A good show The destruction of celery this year in private gcnth'-|| of oats, for which there was a limited inquiry. Imens'places is all but complete". The maggots never ® READING-.— The inquiry forgoodsorts was tolerably liberal,; were known to be so numerous. Those gardeners who| ibut the high figures required led to a dull sale, and not much] had more time, and picked off the first infested leaves,! 1 ™ 8 reallyd. sposed of, the prices for these ruling about the same - - . ,, , , V; -: as on this day se nnight,; for all the other qualities, sellers ,, , Jl' 0 d. d not not. ce . nTffe^ re compelled to accept a decline of Is. - Barley was quite] ill too late, and perhaps had little time to spare, all but ® ;,, moaerato supply, but for the better class qualities there] lost this favourite vegetable. How to account for theBwas a tolerably active demand at recent currencies. Oats] large numbers of the insect, after so wet a summer asfcHexperienced a fair inquiry, and were fully as dear as before; last, I know not; and it appears that the insect this| ; aud there was 110 change in the value either of beans or peas. j year has bored into the foliage of cinerarias and otherjy MARK- LANE, Monday, December 10. Hop INTELLIGENCE, December 16. Mid and East. Kents, 180s., 193s., 220s.; Weald of Keuts 11479., 165s., 185s.; Sussex, 135s., U5s„ 155s. HAY MARKETS, December 14. At per load of 36 trusses.— Metropolitau : meadow hay | 40s. to lOOs.; clover hay, 70s. to 120s.— Cumberland ( meadow hay, 40- i. to 100s.; clover h- iy, 70i. to 120s. plants, and deposited its egg, for it appears that it hardly ever lays moro than one egg in the same hole in the leaf. The only two remedies known to me when I was a grower of celery were— first to scatter soot over the foliage, while the dew was still on the leaves. Should] it rain and be partly washed off, repeat it again, for if the soot is washed down to the roots, so much the better for the growth of the plants ; but bear in mind that1 soot will not kill the insect or grub when once deposited by the mother in between the two skins of the leaf. Soot prevents the butterfly from laying its egg, as they cannot bear the taste of the bitter soot. The second remedy, when once tho eggs are inserted, is to go, over the plants as early as the spots on the leavesj aro seen, and bruise the caterpillar between the finger] and the thumb, or, if spread too far, to nip off the infested leaves at onco and burn them. The trouble is not so very groat if taken in time. Market gardeners are not so uouch troubled on account of their continual trenching two1 spit deep once a year, and keeping their ground clear of| all breeding weeds and filth. Celery ought to be sown early inPebruary in pans or shallow boxes, and whensufficiently strong pricked out again into shallow boxes and gradually hardened off; then prepare a bed out of doors, the bottom to be trodden hard, then upon this lay a couple of inches of rotten manure, adding all over about two to three inches of rich mould. In planting out these beds the roots may be cut in a little, so as to make the plant very fibrous. Nothing more is required but plenty ofl water at the final planting out, if the plants have been attended to. Neither root nor top will require pruning. The reason why shallow pans or boxes are used is simply to make the plants more fibrous, and by treading the] ground hard before pricking out into beds is also to keep; the roots confined to the fresh made bed. If they are pricked out on a deep soil the roots gets more carrotty or tap rooted, the plants grow less rapidly, and are more likely to run to seed. It is also a great mistake to mould the plants before they get fifteen or eighteen inches] high, as too early earthing np deprives the roots] of raiu and artificial watering, and should the autumn be dry many of the plants run to seed. When I grew celery some thirty years ago, Cuthill's solid dwarf white, and since and when prizes were given and why not now, for a gentleman's table supplied with well- grown celery, is always much thought of, the above system I yearly followed out, and as I thought then and do now, it is the king of salads. As for sorts] I have nothing to do with them. Mr. Whiting, while in Yorkshire about 25 years ago, found a broad stalked solid sort, which is, 110 doubt, the same as lately turned np with a new name. Since writing the above I went] to the very centre of the Fulbam market gardens, where the finest celery is grown, in order to try aud discover if] any remedy had been found oht. With this grub l| found, as I before stated, that they wero not so much troubled with insects as with the very dry autumn I found one that had sown soot on several acres of seedling cabbages and coleworts, and finer, cleaner, or better rooted plants, he never planted out. Mr. George Bagley also showed the produce of nearly five acres of seakale roots all taken up, aud the men planting them thickly into beds for forcing. The number of roots was about 70,000; the exact way of this entirely new mode ol growing and propagating is given in my Market] Gardening round London. This is the greatest discovery ever made on the production of any vegetable. Dec. 10, 1861. JAMES CUTHILL, Camberivell STATE OF FARMING. REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK. WHEAT.— The farmers have latterly brought out very limited quantities, and the supply at Mark- lane, oil Monday, was extremely short, and few transactions were entered into; prices, however, were without any quotable variation. Busi- ness iu foreign samples was also suspended, and scarcely any transactions were entered into. The fresh arrivals of English on Wednesday were very limited, but there were liberal imports of foreign, and no quotable change took place in the value of any descriptions. There were moderate fresh arrivals on Friday from the near counties, but very liberai imports of foreign. The demand for English was confined to needy millers, and prices were unvaried. Foreign samples were taken off iu retail quantities at previous rates. BARLEY.— On Monday there was a smaller supply, and] the best malting qualities sold more freely, at very full prices, the demand for other sorts being also tolerably good, at quite] as much money. On Friday there was a fair steady demand for malting qualities, and Monday's rates were well sup-] ported. OATS,— On Monday the moderate supplies in the aggregate ised to cause any firmuess in tho trade, and the transactional were unimportant generally, being confined to the consumers, who took off as lew as possible, which they obtained at about] previous rates. On Friday consumers purchased limited] quantities for immediate use, and had to pay Monday's quo- tations for all sorts. BEANS.— There have been larger supplies of English] brought out, yet prices ' have been fairly supported, with a good steady trade. FORHIG- N GRAIN.— A suspense in the trade appears tol have extended this week to numerous foreign markets, all] being interested in the present enormous difficulty between England and the United States. Iu France prices of both wheat and flour have tended downwards. Irr the United States prices of cereals have receded. The arrivals at New York have been large from the far west, and much activity was going on in shipments, although stocks on hand were not as much as would be required for the winter consumption. CROPS & CORN MARKETS OF THE WEEK. The Corn Markets ( exclusive of local) are arranged] upon a plan peculiar to the Dorset County Chronicle- lesigned to exhibit the fluctuations of prices throughout the] country, day by day, since our last publication. SATURDAY, Dec. 14. WORCESTER.— The late rapid advance iu prices lias nowl received a check, aud we must quote wheat Is. to 2s. per qr. lower to- day. English wheat, 7s. 6d. to 8s.; and red, 7s. 2d. to 7s. 6.1. per 6 ilb.; malting barley, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 81.; andj distilling, 4s. to 4s. 4d. per 401b.; old oats, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d, and new, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per 391b. DONCASTER.— Our supply of wheat to- day was again a] moderate one, aud the demand was exceedingly slow, aud in some transactions a reduction of 6d. per load oi' three bushels] Wheat— The show of samples from Essex and Kent this morning was again short, and higher rates were first de- manded, in consequence of the warlike news from America,] hut nothing over last Monday's rates could be realized. In the foreign trade the depression of Friday was recovered,] and some holders withdrew their samples. Flour— Business! generally was calm. Tho depression of the previous week was, however, at an end, and Monday's rates were realized; for country and foreign flour; town prices were steady, Barley— There was moro firmness in malting descriptions,] tho quotations of medium and low sorts being unaltered. Malt— The tendency of prices was downwards, more especially in inferior aud old qualities. Oats— Good corn on board] . ship was scarce, and consequently firm to retail buyers; but { generally trade was dull, and prices unchanged. Beans—] New were Is. per qr. lower, aud foreign were rather in favour of buyers. Peas— Duns were Is. per qr. down, audi white boilers a very slow sale. HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, December 14. j Market Hides: s. d. s. d. 64 lbs.., 0 3 toO 3i 72 lbs... 0 3i 0 31 80 lbs... 0 3| " - 88 lbs... O 4 lbs... 0 98 to 104 lbs... 0 5 [ 104 to 112 lbs... 0 5. J 5a to 64 to 72 to 80 to I to 0 4 0 it 0 5 0 5. J 0 6 Horse hides, each 9 Calf Skins, light 2 Ditto full 6 Shearlings 0 Downs 5 Polled Sheep ... 9 Half- bred Sheep 6 Lambs 0 d. s. OtolO CALENDAR. DECEMBER, 31 Days. CORN AVERAGES.— General weekly average receive! in| the week ended Dec. 7 :— Wheat, 60s. 4d. ; barley, 37s. OJ.; oats, 22s. 8d.; rye, 37s. lOd.; beans, 42s. 7d. 13s. 8d. Aggregate average of six weeks:— Wheat, [ 60s. 0J.; barley, 37s. 3d.; oats, 22s. 9d.; rye, 37s. lid. beans, 42s. 6d.; peas, 45s. 3d. LOCAL MARKETS. BATH, Dec. 14.— We had to- day but a small supply of] I wheat, the sale for which was slow at a reduction of aboutf lis. per qr. on the rates of last market. Barley was in good fsupply, aud maintained firmly late prices. Wheat 46s. to] § (> 4s. per qr.; barley, 30s. to 38s.; oats, 24s. to 34s.; beans. § 40s. to 48s.; flour, 47s. to 51s. the sack for flue, aud 44s. to] 116s. for seconds. BLANDPORD, Dec. 14.— Wheat, per quarter, 57s. 0| d. I barley, 33s. 3d.; oats, — s. 0J.; beaus, 50s. Od.; peas. — s. BRIDGWATER, Dec. 16.— Wheat, per quarter, 62s. 9d.; | barley, 36s. 5jd.; oats, — s. Od.; beans, 4- 0s. Old.; peas, Os. Od. CHARD, Dec. 16.— Wheat, per bushel, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 61, " . , 4s. Oil. to 4s. 2d.; oats, 2s. 9,1. to 3s. Od.; beans,] | 5s. 9d. to 6s. Od.; peas, 6s. 6d. to 7s. Od.; boiling ditto, I Is. Od. Flour, per sack, 43s. 6d. to 44s. 6d. Corn 1 Inspector's return:— 40 qrs. wheat, 57s. 4d. ; 137 quarters ( barley, 32s. 2d.; — qrs. oats, — s. Od.; — qrs. peas, — s. Od.; • qrs. beans,— s. Od. Beef, per 81bs., 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od.; Jmutton, 4s. 41. to 4s. 8d.; lamb, Od. to Od. per lb.; veal, lis. 8d. to 5s. 4d.; pork, 4s. Od. to 4s. 8d. Bacon, green. | 6p. to 7d. per lb.; bread, 7d. to 7Jd. per 41b. loaf; butter] I ts. 2d. to Is. 2d. per lb.; eggs, 0s. Od. to — s. Od. per doz. DORCHESTER, Dec. 14.— Wheat, per quarter, 52s. to 62i.; ( barley, 29s. Od. to 35s. Od.; oats, 21s. 6d. to — s. Od.; beaus, Od. to — s. Od.; peas, — s. Od. Averages: Wheat, | o7s. lOd.; barley, 33s. 5£ d.; oats, 21s. 6d.; beans, — s. 01. EXETER, Dec. 13.— Wheat, per bushel, 7s. 6d. to ! 8s. l^ d.; barley, 3s. 9d. to 5s. Od.; oats, 3s. Od. to 3s. 31.; g.' lour, fine, per sack, 45s. Od. to 48s. Od.; seconds, 43s. to 44s. HONITON, Dec. 14.— Wheat, per bushel, 7s. Od. to | 3s. Od.: barley, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 9,1.; oats, 2s. 8.1. to 2s. 101. jbeans, 6s. 0d. to 6s. 6d.; peas, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 0d.; Hour, per l^ ack, — s. Od. to — s. Od. j bread, per 41b. loaf, 7. Jil- SALISBURY, Dec. 17.— Wheat, per quarter, 42s. to 68s. ( barley, 28s. to 40s.; oats, 24s. to 34s.; beaus, 45s. to 54s. 1 peas, 40s. to 49s.; rye, 30s. to 35s. WARMINSTER, Dec. 14.— Wheat, per qr., 40s. to 65s. Jliarley, 28s. to 41s.; oats, 25s. to 32s.; beans, 40s. to 58s. | bread, 7d. per 41b. loaf. YEOVIL, Dec. 13.— A moderate supply of wheat, which Isold at a decline of Is. per qr. on last week's prices. Dull sale with barley, beans, and oats. Short supply of pigs on goffer. Bacon, 7 ad. per lb.; best cheese, 56s. to 74s.; house- ghold ditto, 24s. to 32s. per cwt. Flax, £ 4 4s. to £ 5 10s. Jper pack. LONDON MARKETS. SEED MARKET, December 16. The trade for seeds has been great during the past week, and without change in value for foreign red. English seed lias been rather better supplied, and values are rather easier. In white seed there is no busiuess passing. Trefoil meets little attention, except for prime qualities, which are scarce. METROPOLITAN CATTLE- MARKET. DEC. 16.— Owing to the changeable state of the weather, | and the large supply of stock on offer, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, aud, compared with last week, very little] jchange took place iu prices. A few very superior Scots, & c., realized 5s. 2d. per 8lbs., but the general top figure for Beet was 5s. per Bibs. Some Downs and half- breeds were iu fair equest, at full quotations, viz., 5s. 6d. per 81bs; but other ' feeds moved off slowly, and prices had a drooping tendency. Calves were short supply, and steady request, at full prices.] Pigs, the show of which was large, were a slow sale, at late| rates. Price per 81bs. to sink the offal:— Coarse and inferior leasts, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d.; second quality, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4.1.; prime lavge oxen, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; prime Scots. & c.,[ lOd. to 5s. Od.; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 2d. to] 3s. 6d.; second quality ditto, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 4d.; prime | coarse woolled ditto, 4s. 61. to 5s. 2d.; prime South Down ditto, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 6d.; lambs, Os. Od. to 0s. Od.; large] calves, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od.; prime small ditto, 5s. 2d. to, 5s. 6d.; large hogs, 3s. 10J. to 4s. 4d.; neat small porkers, ts. 6d. to 4s. 10J.; suckling calves, 21s. to 30s.; aud quarter- old store pigs, 21s. to 29s. each. NEWGATE AND LEADKNHALL. Monday, December 16. The supplies of meat, especially from Scotland and the] Inorth of England, are extensive. Prime Beef and Mutton move off steadily at full prices; otherwise the trade is in a] [ sluggish state. Price per 81bs. by the carcase:— Inferior beef, 2s. 8d. to] 13s. 2d.; middling ditto, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d.; prime large ditto,] 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d.; ditto small ditto, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; I large pork, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 6d.; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to [ 33." 8d.; middling ditto, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d.; prime ditto, s. 4d. to 4s. 6J.; veal, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 8d.; small pork, 4s. 8d. jto 6s. Od.; lamb, Os. Od. to 0s. Od. Remarkable Days, & c. O Sapientia fdent, 1848 Louis Napoleon declared Presi- St. Thomas Shortest day. 4 th Sunday in Advent. York Horse Show. Christmas Eve. Christmas Day. Sun Sun Moon Moon rises sets. rises. sets. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 8 6 3 50 6 14 9 25 8 6 3 50 7 27 9 52 8 7 3 51 8 41 10 13 8 7 3 51 9 56 10 33 8 7 3 52 11 13 10 51 8 8 3 52 morn. 11 9 8 8 3 53 0 30ill 28 MOON'S CHANGES. 24. Last quarter 9.51 p. m. | 31. New moon 1.54 p. m. PROPER LESSONS POR FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Morning— lst Les., Isaiah xxx.; 2ud Les., Acts xxii. Evening— lst „ Isaiah xxxii.; 2ud „ 1 John ii. CHRISTMAS DAY. iiWovn— lst Les., Isaiah ix. to v. 8.; 2ud Les., Luke ii. to v. 15. | Even— lst „ Isaiah vii. 10 to 17 ; 2nd „ Tit. iii. v. 4 to 9. THE GARDEN. This is the season for bulbs, and we have just cause to I acknowledge the unexpected kindness of our friends Messrs. sPage and Toogood, of Southampton, who are so highly cele- brated for the sure growing quality of all their seeds and roots, for a most elegant and superb assortment of hyacinths, Jionquils, narcissus, ( botli paper- white, Solield, and double II. toman,) border tulips, and early Van Thol; violet striped, ( purple, white and yellow crocus, single and double anemones, j mow drops, and mixed as well as scarlet ranunculus, aselec- ion with which we feel ourselves quite set up both out doors J md in, after the vast destruction of perishable bulbs in ( the terrible frost of last Christmas day. RAILWAY TIME TABLES FOR DECEMBER. LONDON AND SOUTH- WESTERS. TO SOUTHAMPTON", LONDON, Etc. WEKK DAYS. UP XBAINS. Weymouth, dep. Dorchester, dep. Moreton Wool Wareham Poole Junction... Poole ( depart... ( arrive ... Blandford, dp.. Wimborne, ar. Wimborne Ringvfood Chris tchurch South- ( ar ™ e.. ainpton ( depart. Winchester Basingstoke.. London. 7 20, fr 7 2s)] 7 41 9 7 55| g 8 36 t 8 40111 30 12 301 3 0: 9 8| 12 0 1 15 3 30 0 45 12 50 2 20 4 10 11 0| 2 30, 4 45 5 50 P. M. P. M. 4 50 5 30 9 3b 5 10 6 0 10 16 ... 6 10 10 2t b 6 21 ... 5 34 6 31 10 47 5 43 „ 51 11 0 5 30 H 40 ... 6 O 6 g ... 6 15 7... ] ... 5 46 ... I ... 5 54 7 11 11 7 33 11 7 51 ... 9 15 12 67 7 10 7 47 8 29 10 5 a Third class passeugera trom Weymouth and Doreheste fill arrive in Lou ion at 2.30. b Stops « xt Wool on Saturdays. FROM LONDON, WCTTHAMPTON, ETC. DOWN. London, dp. Basingstke. Winchester South- . ar. iraptn. dp Ohristehrch Llingwood... Wimborne.. Wimbne, d Blandfd, Poole Junet Poole Wareham.. Wool.. \ loreton... Dorchester, . Veymth, ar WPEK DAYS. 1,2,31,2,3 1 & 2 Mail. Exp. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. 1 A. M. ... i 6 0 8 0 10 15 11 0 ... j 8 46,: 9 20 11 5ojl2 15 1 S 2 Kip. 1& 2 P. M. I P. M. I 1 ol 3 2 40 ] 4 15j 9 3tii 9 54 12 37jl2 50 3 25' 4 60 10 lOllO 20 1 10j 1 20 ' " 1 ' " 10 30 11 29 11 45 12 5 12 10 12 46 12 24 12 15 12 40 12 41 1 1 1 14 1 29 1 50 0 ' 5 20| 5 24 6 8 6 20 6 39 6 44 7 15 6 61 6 40 7 5 7 2 ( by signal) 7 37 8 0 7 7 7 817 8 30 1 19 8 48, 1 46 9 2 8 50 8 15 9 13 9 38 9 50 10 5 219 DP TEAINS. I Weymth, dp. ( Dorehester... 1 vVareham ( Poole Janet.. ( Wimborne.. ( Southmptn. ar 1 Condon 1,2,3 A. M. 6 0 6 25 1 & 2 P. M. 1 20 1 45 6 58l 2 36 7 10| 2 53 7 30 3 19 9 10] 5 30 12 501 9 0 SUNDAYS. DOWN. Mail Nght 9 30 10 15 10 47 11 0 11 20 12 57 4 3.) London, dep.. Southton, dp. Wimborne.... Poole Junet.. Wareham Dorchester.... Weymth, ar.. 1,1,2,3 A. M. 8 15 1 45 14 3 21 36 3 40 Mail | Nghi 8 3t. 12 6| 1 4! 2 51 LONDON WOOL MARKET, December 16. Since our last report there has been a fair demand for ( most kinds of home- grown Wool, especially for deep] [ qualities, at very full prices. The market, however, is some ( what heavily supplied, aud the transactions on continental] Jaccount have not increased, owing to the large quantities] ( purchased at the public sales of colonial just closed. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, December 14. There is less activity in this market for all kinds this week. { The unsettled state of political matters tends to derange andj ( unhinge mercantile operations. Stocks are light geuerally I tor the season of the year. A NEW YEAR'S GIFT !— For Beautifying, Nourishing] and Preserving the Hair.— Among tho many preparations offered to the public for the possession of luxury and comfort, OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands pre- eminent. No toilette is complete without it. The increasing demand for this justly famed Balm proves how valuable it must be in replenishing, invigorating, and preserving the hair, either from falling off or turning grey ; it having withstood all opposition and imitation for upwards of 30 years.— Sold by all Chymists anl Perfumers at 3s. 6d., 6s., and lis., only. Also, wholesale and retail by the Pro- prietors, C. and A. Oldridgc, 22, Wellington- st., Strand, London.— For the growth of Whiskers and Moustaches it is unrivalled. [ 3307 A HINT TO THE LADIES.— In making your purchase, always see that you get value for your money ; it is doubt- ful economy to purchase an inferior article at any time, even although it may be offered at an apparently low prices and positive thriftlessness to pay as much for an inferior article as you can obtain a superior article for. Dealers are now begining to find that it is more profitable in the end to sell superior articles at moderate prices, aud in illustration of this we have much pleasure in informing you that the Glonfield Patent Starch, which has been exclusively used in Her Majesty's Laundry for many years, can now be ob- tained from your grocer almost as cheap as tho most com- mon kinds made"; for although it costs lrim more, the large quantity of it which he sells yields him a larger profit in the aggregate, than the inferior kinds which are little in demand, and he has the satisfaction of giving his customers an article which he has every reason to believe will please them, seeing the Queen's Laundress uses it exclusively in getting up the Laces, Linens, & c., of Her Majesty and the Royal Family. [ 3294 To those who are " on generous thoughts intent," and find a little embarrassment as to what is the most appropriate present they can make to their friends, we beg to solicit the favour of an early visit to our Show- rooms, which now offer] a very large field of choice, combining elegance, utility, and [ economy. Our catalogue of drawings aud prices ( sent post free ou application) will enable intending purchasers to u » ke their selection without difficulty. Mappin Brothers' London Establishment is at London Bridge. ( Established in Sheffield A. D. 1810.) Ladies' Dressing Cases, iu leather, j24s., 52s., 80s., 120s., 170s.; Ladies' Dressing Cases, in wood, 56s., 70s., 90s., 110s., 155s., 210s.; Ladies' Dressing, Toilet, and Travelling Bags, 55s., 84s., 105s., 150s., 170s., 210s.; Ladies' Reticules, in roau and morocco leather, 12s. 6d., 16s. 6d., 25s., 32s., 40s., 50s. each.- ( Advertisement.)- [ 3325 HOLLOW AY'S PILLS are decidedly the best remedy for] all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the liver and kidneys. They act with so decided an effect and yet so] gently, that people of the most delicate constitutions may take them with the most perfect confidence.— They do not contain a single grain of mercury or other noxious Isubstance, being composed exclusively of rare balsams. They are, therefore, equally safe and efficacious, and as a] family medicine, nothing yet invented or discovered can be compared with them for a moment. With these inestimable pills at hand, together with the printed directions affixed to each box, no other medical advice] assistance can be needed ill any ordinary case of sickness. [ 3281 REPORT ON BORWIOK'S BAKING POWDER, BY DR. HASSAXL.—" I have subjected Borwick's well- known Baking Powder to very careful analysis, both Microscopical and Chemical. I find, first, that the ingredients of which it is com- posed are pure and of good quality; and second, that none [ of them are in the least degree injurious; it is moreover, entirely free from alum. " Altogether it is a highly useful preparation, indeed, it is indispensable in tho making of uufermented bread, [ pastry, puddings, & c., and in all cases where yeast cannot oe procured, as in country places and on board ship. ( Signed) " Arthur Hill Ilassall, M. D., London Analyst of the] Lancet Sanitary Commission, author of ' Food aud its Adulterations,' ' Adulterations Detected,' aud other Works." November 9, 1860. [ 3266 HEALTH OP SHEEP.— Mr. Baylis, Mr. Hemming, and many others, who have given Thorley's Condiment to' sheep, record a favourable experience of its use. All| declare their sheep to be healthier and freer from disease where tho condiment is properly given. Writers on thej natural history of tho sheep unanimously mention that this animal prefers Alpine and conrlimental food. [ 3283 _ On Sundays Trains leave Blandford at 6.50 p. m., arriving at Wimborne at 7.23 a. m. aud 3.8 p. m. ilso leave Wimborne at 9.20 a. m. and 3.26 p. m., a'rr Blandford at 9.53 a. m. and 4.0 p. m. LONDON, YEOVIL, AND WEEK DAYS 10 0, 3 521 218 11 0 4 35 3 6 11 25 5 0| ... a. m. and 2.35 Trains arriving at TJPTBAINS. Exeter Yeovil., Sherborne Salisbury. Condon... | 1,2,3 1,2,3,1 4 2 A. M. ; P. M. 7 30! 10 30 9 40112 25 9 52' 12 48 11 13[ 2 9 30 5 27 : EXETER. SUNDAYS. 1,2,3 il, 2,3( 1 & 2 P. M. 5 40 7 30j 8 10 10 50 8 30 6 55110 40, 7 10 ... 8 30 ... 12 60 ... A. M. , P. M. d\ 35 DOWN. London.... Salisbury. Sherborne Yeovil Exeter. WEEK DAYS. 1,2,3 1,2,3,1,2,3,1 & 2 ... i A. M. [ 6 o! 9 0 ... I 7 50 10 35 11 25 ... 110 35 12 1112 20 7 15 10 50 12 16 12 40 9 201 ... 1 2 45' 2 5 1 65 3 23 3 40 6 38 0 24; I 7 36 7 57 9 35 d Third class from Weymouth, Exeter & Yeovil. SUNDAYS. 1,2,3 1,2,3il & 2| 9 15) 5 (,[ 1 55| 9 101 ... i 3 15[ 10 30[ 8 20' 3 30110 451 | 10 301 6 0| . TO GREAT WESTERN. BATH, BRISTOL, LONDON, Eio. I SUNDAYS. * 1& 2 1 & 2 1,2,3,1,2,3 j P. M. 1 0 1 15 1255 1 25 1 30 / WEEK DAYS. Exp. 11,2,3 Exp A. M. I A. M. 6 10, c9 0 6 25I 9 17 ' 9 23 0 9 30 9 38 9 48 9 58 7 0 10 10 7 30 10 58 7 0 10 40 7 50 11 30 8 0 11 40 9 35 1 35 9 0 12 60 9 35 1 15 4 30 8 55 12 40 3 40 9 20 1 15 4 5 11 30 ... 0 35 11 15 3 45 6 0 Weymouth at 10.15 UP TBAIKS. Weymouth Dorchester brimstone Bridport, depart M. NevvLou, arrive... Maiden Newton Evershot Votmiiistcr Veovil 3ruton SheptonMallet depart. t^ rome W estbliry Salisbury Bath Bristol Ohippeuham Swindon Cheltenham ii 3U 6 3o ... | Condon ... 11 0 e Trains also leave Dorchester at 10.35 a. r f This Train stops at Evershot ou Fridays only. g A Train leaves Bridport at 8.45, arriving Newton at 9.15 p. m. 1 50 2 18' 2 0' ... 2 40[ 5 55 2 50 4 30 3 65 9 49 10 0 6 35 1010 8 10 50 0 45 I ... 28 5! 11 23 at Maiden- A train runs as follows on Sundays only:— Weymoutl | 10.~ 35 a. m., Dorchester 10.55, Grimstone 11.5, Maiden Newton j 11.15, arriving at Bridport 11.55 EttOAl LONDON, BHISTOL, BATH, ETC WEEK DAYS. DOWN TUAINS. Condon Cheltenham | Swindon Chippenham Bristol Bath Salisbury Westbury K'rome SbeptonMallet a Bruton Yeovil fetminster LCvorshot VXaiden Newton M. N., dep... I Bridport, ar brimstone Dorchester Weymouth 740 A. M. A. M. A. M. 6 O1 9 15 11 45 7 40 9 20 ... 9 15111152 5 10 0 11 45 2 35 I 8 60| 10 50- 7 20 8 20jll 15 10 30 1 40 2 15 1 40! 8 22 1045 12 25; 3 17 8 35: 11 0 12 37 3 30 8 25111 45 9 o! ll 25 9 35jl2 5 9 45jl2 15 10 0 12 25 1010 12 35 1015 ... 10 45 10 20 10 30 10 50 15 1 20 4 20 1 0 1 30 ... 4 40; 1 45 4 55 1 55 5 6 2 0 6 10 11 SUNDAYS. Exp. 1,2,3 1,2,3 P. M. A. M. A. M. 4 501 8 0 3 10 6 50 12"' 0 7 20 12 40 6 25 8 15 5 10 7 0 8 45 6 40 6 25' 8 20! ... 8 2 9 35 6 32 8 15 9 4o 6 45 9 0 8 37 io" io 7* 11 9 5 10 45 7 48 10 55; 7 6ii 11 10 8 1C 9' 30 11 20 8 20 9 35 11 25 6 45 10 0 11 55 7 15 11 30 8 30 9' 45 11 40 8 40 10 0 12 0 9 0 p. m., arriving al I Bridport at 6.55 p. m. n Third class from London to stations | [ between Yeovil and Weymouth inclusive. j A Train leaves Bridport for Weymouth as follows on! ( Sundays only:— Bridport 9.0, Maiden Newton 9,40, Grimstout | 11.50, Dorchester 10.0, arriving at Weymouth 10.20. YEOVILTTAUNTON, EXETEB, ETC. WKBK DAYS. DOWN TRAINS. I Yeovil ICangport I Durston 1B ridgwater Wells, arrive... ( Taunton ( Exeter ( Plymouth 1 & 2 A. M 7 10 7 37 8 0 1 & 2 A. M. 1015 10 42 11 0 8 50 11 23 10 7 12 30 Exp. A. M. 12 25 12 50 1 5 2 26 1& 211& 2 1,2,3 P. M. P. M. j P. M. 12 251 3 20 6 0 12 50: 3 48 6 24 1 51 4 5 8 42 1 62i 4 58 7 3 UP TBAIN3. ( Plymouth B Exeter j f aunt, m Wells, depart. ( Bridgwater.... ( Durstou 1Langport I Veovil 8 18 11 28 1 60 1 37 4 45: 7 12 8 35 12 45j 3 20 2 25' 6 151 8 10 1225| 3 55 | 6 60 4 40 8 25 12 10 1 « 2 1,2,3 l& 21& 2jl& 2il& 2 A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. ! N00n P. M. ... 6 50 9 25 10 40 12 40 3 15 7 40 10 0 12 20 12 53 3 30 5 30 8 26 10 55 ... 1 33 4 33 6 12 6 0 7 45 8 42 12 5| 3 5 6 35 7 65 11 0 12 55 1 20! 4 8: 6 50 8 45 11 25 2 15 2 15 : 4 60 | 7 30 9 5; ll 43 2 35 2 36 ! 5 i0, 7 60] 8 35,12 15 3 63 5 5 40: 8 20 SUNDAYS. 1,2,3 1 & 2) A. M.; P. M. [ 7 5! 3 401 7 35 4 101 7 55 4 2S| ... i 4 61T 10 30 9 1,' ( 8 19| 8 531 9 35 10 201 10 0112 251 SUNDAYS. I 1,2,3- 1 & 21 A. M. : P. M. R 6 40 12 40| 9 30l 3 301 10 45: 4 331 7' W 8" 2-[ 8 10 8 bill SUPPLEMENT.— DEO. 19, 1861. | MALT AND HOP BREWERY, WAREHAM. GEORGE SWORN ( late of Bear llotol), respectfully informs tile Inhabitants of WABE- nAM and ISLE OP PURBEOK, that he has COMMENCED the BUSINESS of a Brewer, Maltster, Hop, and Seed Merchant, and from a long experience as Brewer of Pure and Genuine Ales, will offer to the Public an excellent Beverage at moderate prices. Fine Table Ale ( bitter) ... Os. 8d. per Gallon. Good Family Ale 10 „ X X X Ale 1 6 The Trade Supplied. Wareham, 3rd December, 1861. [ 3348 ™ R. W. ROGERS, Pianoforte Tuner andj DORSET COUNTY C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E GAZETTE. 417 ITl M MB- most sincere thanks for the liberal support he hasreceivedj % J since his commencement in Business, and informs his kind Friends and Patrons that he has RETURNED from' LON DO N, and still continues to Rebuf, Tune, and Regulate PIANOS, thereby improving both tone and touch, and' removing allun pleasant noises that affect them, and hopes,! by punctuality, combined with moderate charges, to merit a continuance of their patronage and support. PIANOFORTES tuned by the year at One Guinea eacli,| every three months, to any part of the Country, no extra charge for strings. Harmoniums, Accordions, Concertinas, tuned and repaired. All letters to the above address will be promptly at- tended to. _ [ 3375 TO CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, & c. I >} reat REDUCTION in the PRICE of TIMBER, 1 DEALS, S( c. " R. DRIVERbegs to inviteinspection of his large and varied Stock of DEALS, TIMBER, ISLATES, STOCKHOLM TAR, LATHS, FLOORING | BOARD,& c. & c. Doors, Sashes and Frames, Mouldings, & c., made to Order. Price Lists sent on receipt of two postage stamps Southampton, 1861. | 3318 SILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked Glace, at 22s. 6d. per ~ """ nilE COLLEGE SCHOOL, TAUNTON.| Head Master- ltcv. 11. G. HEAVEN, M. A. The SCHOOL will RE- OPEN after the Christmas! lllolidays, on THURSDAY, JAN. 16th, 1862, at 9 o'clock A. M.| 3 For terms^ and particulars apply to the Rev. the Heads JMaster; or tojMr. SUTTON, Bookseller, & c., Taunton. S [ 3396 ISAMPFORD PEVERELL MIDDLE CLASS PRO-! PRIETARY SCHOOL. 1HE present Quarter ends December 13, the! _ next begins JANUABY 11, 1862. For further particulars, apply to Mr. T. ROBINSON, the! ISohool, Sampford Peverell; or the Rov. C. S. BERE,| tUploman, Tiverton. [ 3290 COLLEGE, Pour Miles from! r COAL STORES, | At the DORCHESTER and MAIDEN NEWlONl RAILWAY STATIONS. ) LOCK begs to inform his Friends and thel • Public that he is SELLING COALS, at thc| labove Stations, at the following Prices, for Cash, viz. :— At the South- Western Station. s. d. BeBt Walls End Coals 1 4 per Cwt. Small Do. for Smiths ._ ... 1 1 " Newcastle Steam Coal 12 " At the Great Western Station. Maiden Newton. Dorchester.| Ql Mi T' _ _ i of 12 yards, well worth the atten- I tion of families'; patterns sent free by post. Also patterns| and prices of their rich stock of Silks. JOHN HARVEY, SON, AND CO., 9, Ludgate- hill. l Established upwards of 50 years. Carriage paid upon | amounts above £ 5. [ 3331 WIMBORNE AND PIDDLETOWN TURNPIKE. THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the! TRUSTEES of the said Turnpike will be held a! I tho DRAX'S ARMS INN, BERE REGIS, on WEDNESDAY, I I the 15th day of JANUARY, 1862, at Twelve o'clock at 1 Noon, for the purpose of Auditing and Settling tho I Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1861, anil I for tho transaction of the General Business of the Trust. T1IOS. PHIPPARD, Clerk to the Trustees. I Dated Wareham, 16th December, 1861. [ 3393 STOBOROUGH HEATH INCLOSURE. GEORGE EVANS, of VVimborne Minster, in l the County of Dorset, the Valuer acting in the Matter of the INCLOSURE of STOBOROUGH HEATH, situate in the Out Parish of the Holy Trinity, in the Borough of Wareham, in the County of Dorset,— Hereby give Notice, that a Statement of all Claims received by me in the matter of the said Inclosure has been deposited | at the Black Bear Inn, in the said Parish, for the Inspec- tion of all Persons interested in the said Inclosure. And I further give Notice, that any objection to a I Claim must be delivered in writing to me, and a copy of such objection must be delivered at the place of abode of tho Claimant or his Agent, on or before Monday, the sixth day of January, 1862. Given under my hand this 12th day of December, 1861. I _ GEORGE EVANS. [ 3364 | " EAST ORCHARD INCLOSURE. IJOHN G. RAYMOND, of Cann, in the 5 County of Dorset, the Valuer acting in the matter of the INCLOSURE of the OPEN COMMON LANDS, situate in the parish of EAST ORCUARD, in tho county of Dorset,— Hereby give notice, that I shall hold a MEET- ING on the sixth day of JANUARY, 1862, at the TALBOT INS, in the Parish of IWERNE MINSTER, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of receiving claims in writing from all persons claiming any common or other right or interest in the said Open Common Lands, and such claims must state the several particulars in respect whereof they are made, distinguishing the claims in respect of Freehold, Copyhold, Customary, and Leasehold property from each other, and mentioning therein the places of abode of the respective claimants, or their agents,! at which notices in respect of such claims, may be de- livered. Given under my Hand this 17th day of December in the Year of our Lord, 1861. JOHN G. RAYMOND. [ 3392 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.! UEENWOOD Dunbridge Station, South Western Railway, Hump | shire. The Course of Instruction embraces Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Theoretic and Practical Chemistry, English, Classics, Foreign Languages, Practical Surveying, Levelling, & c., Mechanical and Free- hand Drawing, and Music. The Principal is assisted by Ten resident Masters. The position of the Establishment is healthful, and the advantages various and unusual. Attention is invited to the Prospectus, which may be had on application. [ 3271 ST. ANDREW'S COLLEGE, CHARDSTOCK, DORSET. IPrincipal.—' The Rev. C. WOODCOCK, B. A., Vicar ofl Chardstock, and late Student of Ch. Ch. 1 Head Master.— FRANCIS EDWIN ALLEN, Esq., B. A. Exeter College, Oxford. Assisted by a competent Staff of Masters. r| lHE Upper School of this College affords a I sound Christian Education to the Sons of the Clergy, Professional Men, and the Middle Classes, at a Imoderate fixed charge ( exclusive of books and stationery). No pecuniary profit being sought, the terms are only meant to make this College self- supporting. Entrance Fee 2 Guineas. Classical Department ... 7i „ per Quarter. English 6 „ „ Boys prepared for the University, Middle- class, and| | other Examinations. Owing to recent changes in the College, there is now accommodation for 100 Boys. Views of the Buildings and Prospectuses forwarded post free, on application; but personal inspection is] particularly invited. Chardstock is 3 miles from the Chard Road Station on ( he S. VV. Railway. [ 3259 d. 0 7 II s. d. 1 0 0 7 1 ]} 1 6 Best Radstock Small Ditto Best Bullo Best Tenby Stone Coal... Best Neath Culm, Is. per Cwt. Coals delivered in the Country at moderate charges, and [ in the Town Free of Carriage. Best Newcastle Grindstones always on hand. Orders received by Mr. F. LOCK, Post Office, or by iMr. IIILL, at the G. W. Station, will be punctually Intended to— Dorchester, 1861. f3317 NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. L fOHN VINCENT respectfully invites! V attention to his immense STOCK of FIRST- CLASS f LONDON JEWELLERY, consisting of Brooches,! Bracelets, Necklets, Lockets, Earrings, Studs, Pins, & c. E Ladies' and Gentlemen's Fancy and Signet Rings, 800 to | choose from; Massive Gold Neck and Albert Chains, 3001 to choose from, 1 Guinea to 20 each— quality guaranteed.! ENGLISH AND FOREIGN WATCHES. f Gold, 2i to 30 Guineas.— Silver, to 12 Guineas, Warranted. J. V. would especially call attention to his 90s. Elegant| Lace Engraved Gold Watches, 4 holes jewelled, andf warranted, which, with a Secret Link Gold Chain at 40s., I jinakes a handsome present. Ormolu and Marble Clocks, Dials, & c. A Large Stock of Silver Goods, adapted for presentation. I Sole Agent in Weymouth for Messrs. Elkington's Electro Plate. Table Forks and Spoons 26s., 36s., and 48s. per Dozen. Dessert Forks and Spoons 20s., 28s., and 36s. per Dozen. | Tea Spoons 14s„ 18s., 22s., and 26s. per Dozen. Diamonds, Jewellery, Plate, and Watches Exchanged. Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery Repaired, Engraving, & c. 74, ST. MARY STREET, WEYMOUTH. [ 3314 | \ LBION HOUSE BOARDING and DAY I ii. SCHOOL, New- street, St. Ilelier, JERSEY. Principal.— Mr. DYNE, Successor to Mr. DENZILOE. This establishment, founded by Mr. DENZILOE forty Iyears since, unites under its present method of management ill the advantages of the Continent, combined with a sound, moral, useful Education, and the comforts of an English Home. The Principal, having devoted himself during several years to an extensive study of the most approved principles' of education in England, France, Prussia, Switzerland, and Italy, under the most celebrated professors, and in the best conducted establishments, his pupils enjoy the advantages of a system of education, the result of practical experience, which, joined to a new and easy method of acquiring modern languages practically, has been acknowledged by gentlemen of high attainments and by distinguished scientific men, to be greatly advantageous both for the pupils present, as well as for their future welfare. The Principal will be happy to give to those desirous of placing their children under his care references to pupils' parents, and will submit such testimonials from gentlemen of rank and distinguished men of science as he thinks will be amply satisfactory to such as may feel disposed to favour him with their preference. For further particulars apply to the Reverend Mortimer Heath, M. A., Rector of Lytchett Matravers, Poole; Reverend Francis Leigh, Rector of Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; Elias Neele, Esq., Judge, Sion House, Jersey. Also, in Weymouth at Archer's Royal Library, Esplanade, and of Mr. Sherren, Bookseller, St. Mary- street; or to the Principal, Albion House, New- street, St.! Heliers, Jersey. [ 3442 PER! TA TO BUILDERS. IERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for AKING DOWN and RE- BUILDING tin PARISH CHURCH of BETTISCOMBE, Dorset, may see the Plans and Specification at my Office, on and after MONDAY, the 9th instant, between the hours of ten and four. Sealed Tenders, endorsed " Tender for Bettiscombe Church," to be delivered to me not later than TUESDAY the 24th. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily ac- cepted. JOHN HICKS, Architect. Dorchester, Dorset, 2nd December, 1861. [ 3285 DORCHESTER UNION. To Rakers, Butchers, Provision Merchants, and Others I1HE GUARDIANS of the above UNIOiS I inviie TENDERS from Prrsons willing to CON TRACT for the SUPPLY of PROVISIONS and other Necessaries for the U uion House, Bread for the out- door Poor, and Mutton for the Sick Poor residing in or near the Borough of Dorchester, for three Months, from the • 29tli day of December instant, to the 22nd day of March 1862. Forms of Tenders may be obtained on application at my Office, and are to be delivered at the Union Workhouse on or before Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Saturday, the 21 st dayof December instant. By Order of the Board. HENRY LOCK, Clerk. Dorchester, 9th December, 1861. DORCHESTER UNION. NURSE WANTED. rHE GUARDIANS of the above UNION will, at their MEETING, on SATURDAY, the 21st day oi DECEMBER instant, proceed to the APPOINTMENT of & NURSE to the Union Workhouse. The Person appointed must be a middle- aged, single woman, or widow without incumbrance, and must be fully competent to attend to the Sick Paupers under her charge. The Salary is £ 12 per annum, with Furnished Apart- ments, and the usual Rations, and the person appointed will be required to enter upon the duties of the office on the 4th of January, 1862. Applications, stating age and previous occupation, to- gether with Testimonials as to Character and Competency, to be forwarded to me not later than Ten o'clock in the forenoon of Saturday the 21st instant, at which time || the Candidates will be required to attend. By Order of the Board. HENRY LOCK, Clerk. Dorchester, 9th December, 1861. [ 3297 0 Shareholders of the Caledonian Railway Company, held] at Glasgow, 3rd Dec., 1861,— Lieut.- Col. SALKELD in the Chair, The Secretary having read the Advertisement calling the Meeting, it was resolved unanimously :— 1st.— That the sum of £ 25,000 be raised under tho powers of the " Carlisle Citadel Station Act, 1861 ;" that the sum of £ 80.000 be raised under the powers of " The Caledonian Railway ( Stonehouse Branch) Act, 1861 , that the sum of £ 160,000 be raised under the powers of| " The Caledonian Railway ( Cleland Extension and! Branches) Act, 1861;" that the sum of £ 180,000 be raised • nder the powers of " The Caledonian Railway ( Ruther- jlen and Coatbridge) Act, 1861;" and that the sum of '£ 39,550 be raised under the powers of " The Caledonian and Symington, Biggar, and Broughton Bailways Amal- gamation Act, 1861;" and that these several sums, amount- ing altogether to £ 484,550, be raised by the creation of! 19.382 Half Shares, of £ 25 each, to be cafled " Caledonian Railway Four and a Half per cent. Preference Hal! Shares C ," bearing a Dividend at the rate of Four and aj Half per Cent, per Annum in perpetuity, preferable out of the profits of each year, commencing on the First day, of February, in priority to the Ordinary Shares of the! Company. 2nd.— That the first Instalment shall be £ 2 10s. per Share upon the said Preference Half Shares, and the same shall be payable on the 27th day of December next, and the remaining Instalments shall be payable at such periods as may be fixed by the Directors, under the pro- visions of the " Caledonian Railway Act, 1845." 3rd.— That the Directors be, and they are hereby, empowered to allocate the said Shares to those holders of] Stock and Shares who may apply for the same, and agree to pay the first and remaining Instalments as the same respectively fall due— whom failing, to such other parties as may make application and come under a like obligation. [ Here follow Resolutions authorising the exercise of the Borrowing Powers conferred by the above Acts. J TllOS. SALKELD, Chairman. ARCH. GIBSON, Secretary. irman. i| itary. g [ 3390 H HU1SH SCHOLARSHIP AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. WHEREAS, RICHARD HUISH, Esq., heretofore of Blaclifriiirs, Loudon, Deceased, Ifounded by his Will, dated 30th January, 1615, FIVE I SCHOLARS III PS, of TWENTY POUNDS each per lAnnum, towards the maintenance of the same number of ISCIIOLARS, at the University of Oxford or Cambridge, ( being of his name and kindred, and in default of such • then being of his kindred, and in default also of such, [ then for others, born in the county of Somerset or Devon, 1 to be chosen by the Trustees of the said Will. Notice is hereby given, that the Trustees will meet at Btlie MARKET HOUSE, in TAUNTON, on WEDNESDAY, the 1st ( JANUARY, 186.', at 12 o'clock, and will then proceed to SULECT TWO SCHOLARS, according to the direction of ( the Founder. Each Candidate for the vacant Scholarship must be un- Imarried, and will be required to produce, on or before the Jday of Election, a Certificate of his Baptism and Place of 1 Birth. R. G. BADCOCK, Steward to the Trustees. Taunton, December 7th, 1861. [ 3355 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL is a delight- j fully fragrant and transparent preparation lor tlief I Hair, and, as an invigorator and beautiHor, beyond all [ precedent. In dressing the Hair nothing can equalits effect, rendering lit so admirably soft that it will lie in any direction, im- Iparting a transcendant lustre. Price 3s. 6d., 7s., 10s. 6d. uqual to four small, and 21s., per bottle. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, FOR THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION, Its unequal'ed for its rare and inestimable quaiiDies: the • radiant bloom it imparts to the check, the softness and llelicacy which it induces of tho hands aud arms, its capa- iliility of soothing irritation, aud removing cutaneous • defects, discolorations, and all unsightly appearances,! 1 render it INDISPENSABLE TO EVEBY TOILET. Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, Compounded of the choicest and most recherche ingredients jof the Oriental Herbal, and of inestimable value in pre- serving and beautifying the teeth, strengthening tho gums, and in giving a delicate fragrance to the breath. It radicates Tartar from the Teeth, removes spots of in- cipient decay, and polishes and preserves tlie enamel, to which it imparls a PEARL- LIKE WHITENESS. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Ilatton Garden, [ London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. W Ask for " ROWLANDS' " Articles. [ 3365 DORCHESTER FARMERS' CLUB. ^ HE next MEETING will be held at Half- _ past Six o'clock in the Evening of THURSDAY, tin 19th day of DECEMBER, 1861, at the KINO'S ARMS HOTEL, DORCHESTER, when the President, G. J. WOOD, Esquire, will deliver a LECTURE " On the Practice and Science of Agriculture, and their Relationship to each other." G. J. ANDREWS, Hon. Sec. Dorchester, December, 1861. Persons wishing to join the Club may obtain informa tion on application to the Honorary Secretary, or to Mr. CHAPMAN SAUNDERS, Watercombo Farm, the Treasurer. [ 3288 N' I to OTICE is hereby given,— That, on the Ninth day of Apitu, next, APPLICATION will be mad. Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, assembled at iQuarter Sessions, in and for the County of Dorset, at IDORCIIESTER, in the said Countv, for an ORDER . for gSTOPPING UP a certain part of" a oertain HIGHWAY asituato, lying, and being within the Parish of BLAND JFORD FORUM, in the County of Dorset, in that part ol Ithe Town of Blandford Forum called the New Town or JOakfield, and which sail part of such Highway is in jlength one hundred and sixty- five feet or thereabouts, land in breadth twenty- two feet or thereabouts, and com- Jm « nces at a point in the centre of the said Highway, lopposite the north- east corner of the boundary wall of the I house and premises, the property of and lately occupied jby Mr. George Spicer, and terminates in a etraight line [[ along the said Highway towards the south- west, at another Spoint in the centre of the said Highway, opposite the icorner of the garden wall, the property of aud lately in Ithe occupation of Mr. Joseph George Edwards Lawrence, 1 reserving, nevertheless, a Footway along the whole of the Ssaid Highway, including the said part so proposed to be Estopped up as aforesaid. And that the Certificate of two • Justices having viewed the same, & c., together with the • Plan of the old Highway, will be lodged with the Clerk | of the Peace for the said County, at his Offices, in Sher Iborne, in the said County, on the fourteenth day of • January next. Dated this seventh day of December, one thousand Jeight hundred and sixty- one. JAMES B. GREEN, Surveyor of the Highways of the Parish of Blandford Forum. [ 3309 uYT John Labouchere, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. & UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard Street, London, E. C. ESTABLISHED 1821. Subscribed Capital— Two Millions; Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. Henry Vigne, Esq., Chairman. Sir Miuto T. Farquhar, Bt., M. P., Deputy Chairman, Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Jlias. Wm. Curtis, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M. P. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M. P. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. | Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Payne, Jun., Esq. Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.— Under the Provisions of an Act of Parliament, this Company now offers to new Insurers Eighty per Cent, of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in Cash value £ 660,000, which represents equivalent Rever- sionary Bonuses of £ 1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £ 4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £ 207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the Capital, exceeded £ 1,618,000. Local Militia and Volunteer Corps.— No extra Pre- mium is required for Service therein. Invalid Lives assured at corresponding Extra Premiums. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value bo not less than £ 50. Assignments of Policies.— Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical Fees paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. Notice is hereby given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the King- dom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. AGENTS: DOBCHESTEB..... CHARLES B. HENNING. Beaminster tA. Bugler. Blandford William Cole Fincham. Bridport F. Good, Dorsetshire Banking Company. Sherborne Thos. Hallett. Wimborne Isaac Fryer. Weymouth F. C. Steggall. [ 3379 Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq., M. P. William James Lancaster, Esq. John Dorrien Magens, Esq. John Timothy Oxley, Esq. Benjamin Shaw, Esq. Wnr. James Thompson, Esq, Hy. Heyman Toulmin, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. ON EY.— MONEY TO LEND.— To I Farmers, Tradesmen, and Others.— LOANS fro f£ 50 to £ 1,000 upon personal and other security, at from ^ ' four to five per Cent, interest- Large or small sums can I. i'be obtained at a few days' notice. Also various amounts ' M 2 by way of Mortgage may be had at a very reasonable rate k'i 1 . of interest. Apply to Messrs. LiNQWOODand NAYLOR, Estate Agents, J | 13, Great James- street, Bedford Row, London. [ 3264 > H< ENIX FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Lombard Street and Charing Cross, London. ESTABLISHED IN 1782. TBUSTEES ANDDIRECTOBS. Decimus Burton, Esq. Travel's Buxton, Esq. Octavius Edward Coope, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. John Davis, Esq. George Arthur Fuller, Esq. Charles Emanuel Goodhart, Esq. James Alexander Gordon, Esq. Edward Hawkins, Jun., Esq. AUDITORS— John Hodgson, Esq., Peter Martinean, Esq., Joseph Samuel Lesclier, Esq. George William Lovell, Secretary. John J. Broomfield, Assistant Secretary. Solicitors.— Messrs. Dawes and Sons, Angel Court. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by the PAENIX COMPANY upon every description of Property, in every part of the World, on the most favourable Terms. Persons insuring with the PHCENIX COMPANY are not liable to make good the Losses of others, as is the case in some Offices.— Insurances with this Company expiring at Clvi tmas must be renewed within Fifteen days thereafter, or they will become Void. Receipts are now ready at the principal Offices, Lombard Street aud Charing Cross, and with the. respective Agents throughout the United Kingdom. AGENTS IN DORSETSHIRE : DORCHBSTER, Mr. JAS. FOSTER, Bookseller. Blandford, Mr. John James, Solicitor's Clerk. Bere Regis, John Shettle, Esq. Bridport, Mr. Joseph C. Baker, East Bridge. Frederick Good, Esq., Bank Manager. James Williams, Esq., Gentleman. Bournemouth, Messrs Creekeaud Parken, Architects. Corfe Castle, Mr. John Travels. Lyme Regis, Mr. William May, Grocer. Poole, Messrs. Aldridge, darker, and Aldridge, Solrs. Mr. James Wood, Coal and Wine Merchant. Shaftesbury, Mr. Geo. Kirsley. [ Land Surveyors. Sherborne, Messrs. W. Ilaggett and Pocklington, Swamige, Mr. John S. Sineduiore, Builder. Wareham, Mr. Charles II. Card, Cabinet Maker. Weymouth and Portland, Mr. Joseph Maunders, Accountant. Wimborne, Mr. John W. Warland, Draper. [ 3380 SOMERSETSHIRE GAZETTE. ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS,! and from any Cause, may be provided against byi an Annua] payment of £ 3 to the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANYj which secures £ 1,000 at death by Accident, or £ 6 weekly| for Injury. NO EXTRA PREMIUM FOR VOLUNTEERS. One Person in every TWELVE insured is injured! yearly by ACCIDENT. £ 75,000 has been already paid as Compensation. For further information apply to the Provincial Agents,! the Railway Stations, or at the Head Office, 61, Cornhill, f ( late 3, Old Broad- street). Annual Income, £ 40,000. Capital One Million. W. J. VIAN, Secretary. 64, Cornhill, E. C., January, 1861. Agent for Dorchester— Mr. C. GOOD, Old Bank.— Weymouth— Mr. S. SMITH, Railway Station. [ 3265 N~~ 6RTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY.! Head Office— 64, PRINCESS- STREET, EDINBURGH.] London Office— i, NEW BANK BUILDINGS, LOTHBURY. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Policies opened before 31st December will be entitled atj next distribution of profits in 1865 to rank for five years' bonus. PROGRESS op BUSINESS. Policies. Sums Assured. For Five Years, from 1853 to 1857 inclusive, the Annual Average was 397 £ 276,948 In 1858 the Policies issued . - 455 377,425 1859 „ „ 605 449,913 1860 „ „ • 741 475,649 This increaso in the Business of the Company will, it is expected, beneficially affect the Bonus to be declared at next division of Profits. New and liberal conditions of Assurance have recently been adopted, particulars of which, together with Pros- pectuses and all necessary information, maj be had as above, or will be forwarded. ROBERT STRAC1IAN, Secretary. 4, New Bank- buildings, October, 1861. A gents .-— Dorchester, Mr. W. R. Vatcher, Trinity- street; Bridport, Mr. J. Prince, Post- office; Weymouth, Vacant; Maiden Newton, Mr. John Brown, Schoolmaster; Longbredy, Mr. B. Auguin, Schoolmaster; Wareham, Mr. R. J, Marshallsay, Chemist; Wimborne, Mr. T. Laing, jun„ Wine Merchant; Blandford, Mr. O. J. Eyres, 1 Railway Office. [ 3258 A. D. 1720. | T> OYAL- EXCHANGE ASSURANCE] I IAJ CORPORATION, | ( Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First,) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. OFFICES, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq Sub- Governor. Sir Jons HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy- Governor. DIRECTORS: Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fred. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. RiversdaleWm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert. Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F. R. S. Wilmot Holland, Esq. The Earl of Leven and Mel ville. Charles John Manning, Esq. l Henry Nelson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M. P. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. I^ HE " LANCASHIRE" LIFE AND FIRE] INSURANCE CO., London, Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow. CAPITAL- TWO MILLIONS. The Directors have appointed Mr. HENRY BARNES,| [ Architect and Surveyor, Agent and Surveyor for Dorchester and District, [ Of whom Prospectuses, Kates of Premium, and Forms of] Proposal, for Fire or Life Assurance, may be obtained. AGENTS POR lYeovil— Mr. Samuel Ralls, accountant, Brunswick- street.| Weymouth— Mr. Snook, provision dealer, High- street. Bridport— Mr. Robert Reid, Messrs. Joseph Grundy and] Co.' s ( Life). Mr. James Gerrard, builder and surveyor, Barrack- street ( Fire). Beaminster— Mr. R. D. Hallett, stationer. BY ORDER. [ 3273 ' I1HE SCOTTISH WIDOWS' fUND,| X THE OLDEST LIFE OFFICE IN SCOTLAND, Is Nott, in Annual Revenue and Extent of Business, THE LARGEST MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE IN THE] WORLD. I.— BONUS SYSTEM. Bonuses are declared on the Original Sum assured, andl on Bonuses added at previous Divisions of Profits; and, j accordingly, the Policies of this Society increase in a ratio similar to a Sum of Money laid out at Compound Interest.! At the last Division of Profits for the Seven Years ending! 31st December, 1859, the additions varied from £ 112s. 6d. i per cent, on the Original Sum assured under the Youngest^ Policy, up to £ 3 6s. per cent, per annum on the Older Policies. These additions formed one of the largest Bonuses ever declared by any Insurance Company, being Equal to an Average Bonus, on the Seven Premiums Paid, up to1 31st December 1859, of from £ 50 per cent, on the most Recent Policies, to £ 107 per cent, on the Older Policies. Persons intending to Effect Assurance will bear in mind that these unusually large Bonuses have all been declared out of Profits actually realised at the respective Terms of] ^ Division, and that every element of Profit ever possessed, | with vastly increased resources, remains for the increase of] ( present and new members' Policies. III.— CASH VALUE OF POLICIES PAYABLE ON DEMAND. •• Many Offices decline giving any Surrender Value, unless jthe Policy shall have been of a certain number of years' Istanding, although the premiums paid greatly exceed the Irisk borne by the Office and the proper expenses of the] lassurance. The practice of the Scottish Widows' Fund is. iand always has been, to pay at any time from the day ol athe issue of a Policy its actual Office value, and even when jthe Policy lapses by Non- payment of the Premiums during Ithe 13 months within which they can be received, an fallow ance equal to the Full Surrender Value is paid. 3 These two important features, viz.—( 1) The largeness of [ the Bonuses declared out of Realized Profits; and ( 2) The [ eer'ainty from the first of a fixed Cash Value being paid to Ithe Member himself in the event of his desiring to dis- jjeontinue his Assurance— render Policies of the Scottish 1 Widows' Fund, whether held for Family or Business pur- | poses, instruments of the highest value. | A New Prospectus, containing detailed Tables, Expla- nations, and Examples of the practical results of the above, land other important features, will be sent free on applica- tion to the Head Office, or any of the Society's Agents. SAMUEL RALEIGH, Manager. J. J. P. A N DE RSON, Secretary. Edinburgh, November, 1861. SPECIAL NOTICE.— Proposals lodged at the Head Office, [ or with any of the Agents, before 31st DECEMRER next. Swill secure participation in the above advantages, and also I one Bonus more than proposals of later days. Agent for Dorchester:- AMARVEL in FINE ARTS, Chromatypes and Engravings ever published are1 gkept in Stock, and purchasers of any are given ( without; Iregard to size) a good gold frame and glass, free of cost, at | J. T. JERRARD'S Fine Art Gallery, 163, Fenchurch- 1 [ street, E. C.— Lists of subjects on receipt of stamp. [ 3334 FINE ART UNION.— Third Season 1861- 2] - TWELVE GUINEAS for ONE GUINEA.- i Unparalleled Fine Art Distributions.— Subscribers of this] [ year will receive Two Masterpieces by the immortal Turner, j land Two celebrated Works by Sir Edwin Landseer, en-| [ graved in Line by the most celebrated Engravers of the] Iday ( and which have been published at Twelve Guineas). IThe set of Four for One Guinea. 1 Prospectuses on application. Agents wanted in the] [ Country Towns. I Office of tho Fine Art Union; 163, Fenchurch- street,| J London. 13335 HHE BEST CHURCH HYMN and TUNES L BOOK.— CARLY LE'S " MANUAL OF| PSALMODY" contains 250 Hymns, 125 Tunes, 100 Chants] The Canticles, Sanctuses, Responses, & c. The Music] with the Words throughout. Price Is. cloth. The Can- I tides and Music, separately, cloth 6d. Two Editions ofl the Hymns alone, 6d. and Is. 6d.— Clergymen wishing to! introduce a new book can have a copy, post paid, fori half price, by addressing the Publisher, J. HADDON, 3, J Bouverie- street, Fleet- street, London. [ 3338 pHE MECHANIC'S MAGAZINE,, price 4d.| weekly, established 38 years, is devoted to tin | [ applied Sciences, the Mechanical Arts, Inventions, Eri- L ^ ineering, Agricultural Implements, Scientific Discoveries! land Societies, & c.— Mechanic's Magazine and Patent! JOffices, 166, Fleet- street, London. [ 3339 HANDSOME CHRISTMAS PRESENT, Extra Cloth Gilt, Price 3s. NTERTAINING THINGS, a Magazine ol] Thoughtful and Intellectual Amusement. Profusely Illustrated by W. J. Linton, & c., & c., from designs bj ] Hablot K. Browne, Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, F. J. Skill, Julian Portch, G. du Marnier, T. Morten, Edwin] Weedon, Wm. M'Connell, M. S. Morgan, P. W. JustyneJ Geo. W. Knox, & c., & c. 1 OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. We can safely recommend it as a welcome guest in| the family circle. To the young especially, although not] expressly written for lads and young ladies, JitJcannot fail] to be very attractive, for it deals largely with the wonders of nature aud with nautical experience and adventure." London : A. Hall, Virtue, and Co.; and all Booksellers.| THE MAID OF THE WOOLPACK, a Story by Andrew Halliday, Illustrated by A. Houghton, forms the I principal feature in the Christmas Number of Entertaining I Things. 48 pages, profusely illustrated, price 3d. London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.; and all Booksellers.] New Grand Historical Romance, MARY TUDOR; OR, THE QUEEN, THE PRIEST.] AND THE MAIDEN, in the What- Not; or, Ladies1 Handy- Book, an Illustrated Magazine of Fiction, Fashion, and Fancy W ork. Price 3d. Monthly. London: Win. Kent and Co., Paternoster- row; and allI Booksellers. | 3291 SHORTEST Sea Passage by several Hourstothe CHANNEL | WEYMOUTH AND CHANNEL ISLANDS STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED. WINTER SERVICE. lit ISLANDS. Day rassages every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 6 0 | A. M„ from WEYMOUTH HARBOUR. Through Booking from Paddington, and all the prin- cipal Stations on the Great Western Railway. PARES MODERATE. Weymouth, Nov., 1861. [ 3312 E! A' 1 JOHN RANDOLPH TOOZE, Attorney. TLAS FIRE [ 3270 NOTICE.— The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of I FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire' ] on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with | this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with parti-] Icipationin Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such parti- cipation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £ 15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal Participation iu Profits,— with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,— with the security of Ian Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a Half. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve Iin the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. A a E N T s— DORSETSHIRE : DORCHESTER— Mr. THOMAS COOMBS, Solicitor. Blandford Mr. William Shipp. Bridport Mr. J. Cornick aud Sons. Beaminster ----- Mr. Richard Hine, jun. Lyme Mr. John Jerrard. Poole Mr. George Jewell Curtis. Shaftesbury ----- Mr. Thomas Harvey. Sherborne Mr. L. H. Ruegg. Sturminster Newton - - Mr. Benjamin Cheesman. Weymouth ----- Mr. Richard Hare. Wiinborne Mr. John Huntley [ Lulworth Wareham Mr. Charles Tayler, of East SOMERSETSHIRE, and the Borders of adjacent . Counties. [ Cruttwell. Bath Messrs. Thomas and Robert Wells ------- Messrs. Beauchamp & Serel. Axbridge Mr. John Stoward. Bridgwater Mr. Edward Lilly. Chard Mr. Robert S. Bunston. Castle Cary Mr. Heniy Shorland Watts. AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, ( OTAGO), AND QUEENSLAND. THE BLACK BALL LINE OF ABEI ™ and AUSTRALIAN Ex- <& MV I > Royal- Mail PACKETS and " EAGLE" ijLlNE of PACKETS, sailing from LIVERPOOL for { MELBOURNE, on the 5th and 15th of every MONTH. 1 This Line of Packets is composed of the largest and [ most modern Steam and ClippGr Ships in the world, and lis the only one which has had the distinguished honour " of a visit from Her Majesty the Queen. FOR MELBOURNE. Ship Register Burthen Captain Date Oceanica 1673 4000 P. C. Corbett 5th Jan. City of Adelaide 940 2000 David Morris 5th Feb. Ocean Chief 1046 2000 W. Brown 5th Mar. FOR SYDNEY, DIRECT, FROM LONDON. [ Cairngorm 10th January. FOR QUEENSLAND. MORETON BAY, FROM LONDON, Free Grants of Land value 30 Pounds. " Montmorency" ... to sail 28th December. " City of Brisbane" To foflow. LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND. FOR THE OTAGO GOLD FIELDS, The celebrated Clipper Ship " James Booth" will have immediate despatch, LIVERPOOL FOR MELBOURNE. Packet for the 5th January, taking " Victoria Passage Warrants" and " Bounty Tickets," the fine first- class Clipper " Oceanica," Captain P. C. Corbett, 1673 tons register. This splendid vessel is already well known in the trade. | She was built by Messrs. Wrights of St. John's, and is sister Ship to tho " Morning Light," classed A 1 for seven years, and is fitted in the most efficient manner, and offers to intending Passengers and Shippers the most desirable conveyance. Apply to GIBBS. BRIGHT, & Co., North John- street, or JAMES BAINES & Co., Water- street, Liverpool; or to their Agents W. ROBERTS, Ship Broker, Quay. Wey- mouth: H. M. CUSTARD, Bookseller, Yeovil; THOMAS PATCH, Bookseller, Dorchester. [ 3343 w Crewkerne Christchurch Frome • - Mr. John Hussey. Mr. John King. Mr. James Gough, Stuckey': Banking Company. Ilminster Mr. Samuel Palmer. Mineliead Mr. John Moore. Milverton Mr. A. R. Payne. Shepton Mallet - - - - Mr. Francis llubbard. Taunton Messrs. Badcock. Wincanton Mr. John Davis. Yeovil and Ilchester - - Mr. H. M. Watts. Southmolton ----- Mr. John Cock. Barnstaple Mr. James Whitefield, Ilfracombe Mr. John Baufield. Tiverton ------ Mr. George Rossiter. Honiton Mr. J. Bridgman Smith. Ottery Mr. Samuel Norrington. Ringwood Mr. Harry Holloway. Fordiugbridge ... - Mr. R. M. Davy. Salisbury Mr. Edwd. Tlios. Stevens. Prospectuses and all information may be obtained on ap- 3 plication to any of the Company's Agents, or at the ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. [ 3351 AND LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1808, And Empowered by Act of Parliament of the 54th Geo. III. c. 79.— DIRECTORS :— Chairman.— J. Oliver Hanson, Esq. Deputy Chairman.— Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Sir William, Baynes, Bart. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. R. S. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Joseph Grote, Esq. John George Maclean, Esq. Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq. Capt. Alex. L. Montgomery, R. N. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Arthur Augustus ltasch, Esq. Auditors.— John Oliver Hanson, Jun., Esq., and Philip1 Ainslie Walker, Esq. Actuary.— Charles Ansell, Esq., F. R. S. Solicitor.— Thomas Browning, Esq. Bankers.— Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Cave. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The Accumulated Premiums are over £ 1,645,000. And the Annual Income exceeds £ 190,000. Bonuses have been declared on Policies to an amount| greater than the amount originally assured. Premiums have been extinguished, where the parties' assured have applied the bonus in reduction of the Annual Premium. At the last valuation up to Christmas, 1854, there existed a Surplus of £ 263,691, which had accrued during the five years ending at that period— the whole of which Surplus belonged to the policy holders. The next valuation will be made up to Christmas, 1859.] Policies on the Participating Scale, in England or Ireland1 respectively, which may be effected before that date, will,] if the parties be then alive, participate in the surplus in proportion to the time they may havo been in force. The sum of upwards of £ 3,200,000 has been paid] during the existence of the Office, for claims under Life! Policies, of which amount a very considerable part was] for Bonuses. Persons assuring in Great Britain have the option of Participating Rates of Premium, or of Non- ParlicipaMng\ Rates. The Directors beg to announce that the rates of Premium have been recently revised and re- adjusted in' accordance with a long experience, and that The New Scale will be found very advantageous to| persons desiring to commence assuring early in life. The Non- Participating Scale is particularly adapted to] parties wishing to assure a fixed sum only, at a fixed rate of premium, and on low terms. Premiums iray be paid Annually, Half- yearly, or by a] limited number of Annual Payments. The last- named, mode of Assurance originated with this Office in 1816. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Renewals should be paid within fifteen days after the] respective Quarter- days when they become due. The Company undertakes the assurance of Property in the Manufacturing, Agricultural and other districts, on favourable terms. Risks of extraordinary hazard on] special greement, upon survey. An Allowance for the Loss of Rent of Buildings] rendered untenantable by Fire is one of the advantages offered by the Company. Tables of Rates, forms of proposal, and any information| needful to effect Life or Fire Assurances, jaay be obtained! on application to the Office, No. 92, Clieapside, London, or fito any of the Company's Agents. London, lOtli Feb., 1859. J RICHARD RAY, Secretary. AGENTS :— Weymouth— Mr. G. AUDEN. Dorchester— Mr. C. Keats. Blandford- r- Mr. W. James. Wimborne— Mr. I. O. Chislett. [ 3286 every branch of the art in the best style, and at mostl reasonable charges. Labels, Show- cards, aud Trade! Catalogues Designed and Printed.— London : 21, Essex-| street, Strand, W. C. 13311 NEW FILTERS— IMPROVED FILTERS- LASTING FILTERS.— The Patent Mouldedl Carbon Filters purify as w ell as filter water. Price List and Drawings post free.— T. ATKINS and SON, 62, Fleet-| street, London, [ 3340 should apply to Messrs. ROBERTSON, BROOMAN and Co., who supply instructions gratis.— Mechanic': Magazine and Patent Offices, 166, Fleet- street, London. [ 3337 TO THE LADIES. " N making your Purchases for the Laundry do| . not forget the GLENFIELD PA TENT STARCH, important an Article in the getting up of Laces, Linens.] :. Her Majesty's Laundress states, that she has tried many other Starches, but has found none of them equal to the GLENPIELD, which is THE PINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, & c.— In Packets ol id., 2d., 4d., and 8d. each. When you ask for it, see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted. WOTHERSPOON and Co., Glasgow and London. [ 3295 ... 18s. Od. j. 17s. 6d. ... 16s. Od. ... 15s. 6d. ... 14s. 6d. ... 13s. 6d. ... 12s. 6d. ... 12s. 6d. ... 12s. Od. ... 10s. 6d. [ 3356 OOD ENGRAVING.— Mr. G1LKS respect- SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS CHEAP THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETSI will be issued between the undermentioned Stations] ( on SATURDAY, 21st DECEMBER, and subsequent days, lavailablo to Return up to FRIDAY, 27th DECEMBER in- 1 [ elusive. These Tickets will only be available by the| Trains to which Third Class Carriages are attached. THIRD CLASS RETURN FARES. BETWEEN London and Weymouth Ditto and Dorchester Ditto and Wool Ditto and Moreton Ditto and Wareham or Poole... Ditto; fand Blandford Ditto" and Wimborne Ditto and Ringwood Ditto and Christchurcli Road... Ditto and Lymington Ditto and Brockenhurst Ditto and Redbridge or Totton BY ORDER. Waterloo Bridge Station, London. AUSTRALIA NOTICE— The clipper ships of this line are amongst the llargest, fastest, and handsomest in the world, and are Ifamous for their unswerving punctuality, the superior way lin which they are officered and appointed, and the cele- lbrity of their passages, which rank amongst the fastest on 1 record. I i$ ar Passengers holding Victoria Passage Warrants will | be forwarded to Melbourne by these clippers. THE " WHITE STAR" LINE OF BRITISH | AND AUSTRALIAN EX- ROYAL- MAIL CLIPPERS AIL from LIVERPOOL for MELBOURNE, on the 1st and 20th of ' every month, Landing and forwarding Passen- — gersatthrough rates, and by steamers, to every Iportof Australia and Tasmania. I Parties holding Bounty Tickets for Launceston or | HobartTown willbecarriedout by the Shipsof thisLine | via Melbourne. The Line is composed of the following magnificent IVessels:— Ship. White Jacket Mermaid Electric Lord Raglan And many others well- known in the trade, FOR MELBOURNE. | Star of India Buchan 1697, 5000, Deo. 1 Merchant Prince M'Lay 1752, 5000, Jan. The magnificent packet ship " Star of India" is quite | new having only made one voyage from St. John's to 1 Liverpool, on which occasion she proved herself to be a Ivery fast and comfortable ship. She was built by Messrs | Wright, the well- known builders of the " White Star,' ]" Morning Light," and other famous clippers, the former lof which has made the passage to Melbourne in 69, 70 and 171 days, and she combines most of the improvements • required in first- class passenger ships. Her saloons are Iroomyand handsomely furnished, bedding, linen, and all ( necessaries being found in this class. Her accommodations [ for second cabin, intermediate and steerage passengers are Iverv superior. I For freight, passage, and all particulars, apply to the lOwners, II. T. WILSON and CHAMBERS, 21, Water- street, Liverpool; | OrtoSEYMOUR, PEACOCK, & Co., 116, Fenchurch- street, | London; HENRY T. CHAMBERLAIN, 22, Clare- street, IBristol; or ROBT. BESANT, Ship and General Agent, • Customs' Quay, Weymouth. 1 N. B.— Just published, and sent for 2 stamps,*' Willox's I Australian and New Zealand Hand Book." [ 3316 Ship. I Red Jacket 1 White Star | Blue Jacket I Prince of the Seas Ship. Shalimar Telegraph Chariot of Fame Merchant Prince WORMS! WORMS!! WORMS!!! TO PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND OTHERS. DANIEL SMITH, Wholesale Confectioner, 209, Scotland Road, LIVERPOOL, has much pleasure in ( announcing to the Public that he lias purchased from ISAQUI and Co., of Broadway, New York, a RECIPE for Imaking their CELEBRA TED WORM LOZENGES; they I never fail in removing every description of Worms from • either children or adults, without the use of Mercury or lany other injurious ingredients. As they are purely I vegetable, they may be given to infants or persons of ( delicate constitutions with safety. They not only destroy • the worms, but they remove the bed and harbour, and jprevent them from engendering again. r . I Sold in packets at 7£ d., Is. ljd., and 2s. 9d. each; sei © [ carriage free to all parts of the kingdom. AGENTS WANTED. L3284 GREAT' WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS EXCURSION TO LONDON. \ N MONDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, 1861, an| EXCURSION ' TRAIN will leave WEYMOUTH | at 8.0 A. M., calling as follows : A. M. | Weymouth ... aDorchester ... ] Bridport [ Maiden Newton • Evershot... FARES: First Class. Cov. Car.] IIWINBERROW'S DANDELION, CAMO- MILE, and RHUBARB PILLS, an effectual cure | of indigestion, all stomach complaints and liver affections. | In cases of constipation these pills never fail in producing | a healthy and permanent action of the bowels, so that in a isliort time aperients will not be required, and, being quite gas innocent as castor oil, they may be given to children. X TWINBERUOW'S PREPARATION OF MYRRH [ having been used extensively for more than twenty years | with most satisfactory results, he conceives it unnecessary Jtosay more than that it is an effectual remedy:— 1st. In [ disease of the gums, particularly scurvy, those which recede [ from the teeth and are tender. 2nd. For the preservation | of the teeth. 3rd. For preventing teeth which are decayed • from becoming worse. 4th. For the prevention of tooth- iache. ,5th. For purifying the breath, which may be af- Sfected by the state of the stomach, or any other cause. at 8.0 „ 8.15, „ 7- 45V 12a. 8s. „ 8.30 „ 8.40' And return from Paddington at 3.15 P. M., on Friday,] December 27 th, 1861. A single package of Luggage allowed each Passenger. Bristol, 9th December, 1861. [ 3357 { imparting at the same time a mo3t agreeable and refreshing ;.— Prepared by Twinberrow, operative and dispensing jchemist, 2, Edward's- street, Portman- square, London, and [ may be had of all patent medicine vendors in the United [ Kingdom. a The extensive Sale and universal approval of these Pills shave been such as to induee several individuals to imitate ( them, against which the Public is Cautioned. 3 SOLE PATENTEE ofthe IMPROVED DOMESTIC • SYRINGE, acknowledged to be the most perfect one ever lintroduced. 13267 DEC. 19, 1861. D O R S E T COUNTY C H R O N I C L E A N D S O M E R S E T S H I R E ' TAZETTE 4- 19 DEAFNESS.— A newly- invented Instrument j for extreme eases of Deafness, called the Sound j I Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conduc- i I tor. It fits into the ear so as not to be in the least percep- j Itible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the! j head is entirely removed. It affords instant relief to deaf g J persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church andg 3 at public assemblies. Every other kind of hearing instru- l 1 ment.— Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle- I street, Piccadilly, London W. [ 3329 D1 KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS. rpHERE is scarcely any form in which disease1 _ can assail the human constitution, but has been successfully met by these Pills. While they are perfectly free from mercurial and other poisonous substances, and may be safely taken by persons of the most tender age or delicate constitution, they are powerful to afford immediate and permanent relief. They purify the blood, and promote its free circulation throughout the system. They quicken the appetite, strengthen the digestion, cleanse the stomach and bowels from all vitiated humours, and produce that cheerfulness and buoyancy of spirit which are tho signs of a robust state of the general health. Hundreds of testi- monials are enclosed with each box, attesting their e fficacy on the afflicted of all ages and both sexes, in every part of | the Kingdom. Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq., of Prospect Hall. Woodford, Essex. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, at Is. ljd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread- street, London. [ 3256 K. MARSTON'S LECTURES.— FREE ISSUE. The following Lectures are ISSUED GRATUITOUSLY by the Professors of the ROYAL INSTITUTE OK ANATOMY AND SCIENCE, 369, Oxford- street, London— Firstly, as a mark of sincere esteem [ to their distinguished colleague, Dr. Marston, M. R. C. S., L. S. A., and Secondly, from a conscientious belief that the Lectures will do a vast amount of good, by enlightening the public upon subjects of the highest importance to their moral welfare and physical health, ignorance of which has! to the present day been a most fruitful cause of human [ suffering and misery. No. I.— Nervous Debility ( the result of youthful error), loss of memory, shortness of breath, dimness of sight, ex- haustion, and general incapacity. Addressed especially to jyoung men. JNo. II.— Marriage: its obligations and impediments; Addressed to those who contemplate marriage, and to the [ married who desire children. " These lectures contain Dr. Marston's experience during twenty- five years of Successful Practice, and point out, to those who need it. Simple yet Effectual means of complete restoration to vigorous health."— Medical Journal. State the No. of the Lecture required, and enclose 2 Stamps to pre- pay postage; or tire whole may be had, neatly bound, 164 pages octavo, post free, for 6 Stamps.— Address, Treasurer, Royal Institute, 369, Oxford Street, London. [ 3323 ' C; IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' CELEBRATED OINTMENT, called " THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND," is c fidently recommended to the public as an unfailing remedy for Wounds of every description, certain cure for Ulcerated Sore Legs ( if of twenty years' standing), Burns, Scalds, Bruises, Chilblains, Scorbutic Eruptions, and Pimples on the Face, Sore and Inflamed Eyes, Sore Heads, & c.— Sold in Pots, Is. lid-, and 2s. 9d. each. Also, his PILULiE ANTI- SCROPHUL7E, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the hest alterative medicines ever compounded for purifying the blood, and assisting nature in all its operations; hence they are useful in Scrofula, Scorbutic Complaints, Glandular Swellings ( particularly those in the neck), & c. They form a mild aud superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confinement or change of diet. CASE OF CURE. John London, of Norwich, for seven years had a bad leg from a hurt received in unloading a cart; it became so bad as to leave five large holes, which he had vainly tried to heal: afriend advised him to try tho " POOR MAN S FRIEND,'* which he bought of Mr. J. Watson. One Pot only put his leg quite right, by healing the places, and he has been better able to follow his employ the last twelvemonths than r a very long period before. July 12,1861. Observe— No medicine sold under the above names can tossibly be genuine unless " BEACH and BARNICO'l'T, ate Dr. ROBERTS, BHIDPORT," is engraved and printed on the stamp and affixed to each package. Sold wholesale by the Proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, at their Dispensary, anil by the London Houses; and re- tailed by all respectable Medicine Vendors iu the United Kingdom aud the Colonies. [ 3257 COUGH NO MORE. ALEXANDER'S BALSAM OF HONEY, fori tire immediate Relief and Cure of Influenza, I Coughs, Colds, Hooping Cough, Hoarseness, Shortness of j Breath, Asthma, Consumptive Coughs, & c., & c.— The Sale I has now exceeded 5,000 Bottles. The above spieedily ( removes these symptoms, and is peculiarly efficacious in [ allaying the disagreeable irritation and tickling in the I throat so often experienced, and will be found highly! I beneficial in more aggravated cases, by relieving the air | cells of the lungs, and promoting the expectoration oil I phlegm, whereby the patient will be able to obtain rest, by ja mitigation of the exhausting Cough, which invariably | accompanies these disorders. One or two doses of my 1 Family Pills, taken at intervals, greatly assist the Balsam, ! by cleansing the stomach of any impurities, such as Bile, I I & c., and soon restores it to its proper tone.— Sold in Bottles! I at 7£ d., Is. lid., and 2s. 9d. each. With full Directions! | for use. Tin following Testimonial has been received;— Wellington- street, Yeovil, Nov. 14th, 1861. DEAR SIR,— A few weeks ago I caught a violent cold, [ I which was soon followed by a distressing Cough, atrd being! I subject to shortness of breath and asthma made nry case 8 much worse, so much so that I was almost suffocated. 1 I was then induced to try your Balsam of Honey; the first dose gave rne immediate relief, and before I had taken the I whole of the first bottle, my cough had quite left ine.— II lam certain if the virtues of this medictne were morel I generally known no one suffering from cold, shortness ofj I breath, or asthma, would ever be without it, I am, dear Sir, yours ever truly. To Mr. Alexander. HARRIET NORMAN. RUPTURES. By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. WHITE'S MOC- MAIN LEVER TRUSS, jjj re DR. DE JONGH'S ( Knight of the Order of Leopold of Belgium ) LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL, Prescribed by the most eminent Medical Men as the safest, equiring no steel spring round the Body, issB speediest and most effectual remedy for recommended for the following peculiarities and advan- ffic0NSUMPT10N- CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, COUGHS, - - . M RHEUMATISM, GOUT, GENERAL DEBILITY, DISEASES OF THE SKIN, RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING, AND ALL SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS. The invariable purity, palatableness, speedy efficacy, and consequent economy, of this unrivalled preparation, have obtained for it the general approval and unqualified con- fidence of the Medical Profession, and, notwithstanding the active and in too many instances unscrupulous oppo- jsition of interested dealers, an unprecedented amount of public patronage. The immeasurable therapeutic superiority of Dr. de .,,„- i,'„ rwi t in. n; i „,.,_ „ » !,„. ;„... .- NIL DESPERANDUM. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. CHAFFIN'S CELEBRATED REMEDY FOR DEAF- NESS. — DECLARATION. WE, JOHN HENRY SMITH, TERESA HICKS, and ALFRED J. NEWMAN, of VEOVIL, in the County of Somerset, do severally, solemnly, and sincerely declare as follows, that is to say, that we, having been afflicted with Deafness, were recommended to try l\ lr. Chaffin's remedy, and we do now severally declare that, from having adopted his mode of treatment for cure thereof, we have had our hearing perfectly restored, aud we can conscientiously recommend it as an effectual remedy to all those who have tbe misfortune to be similarly [ afflicted, and we severally and respectively make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true. JOHN 11. SMITH. ALFRED J. NEWMAN. The mark X of TERESA HICKS. Made and subscribedat Yeovil, in theCountyof Somerset, 1 this 18th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- one, before me, WILLIAM BIDE, Mayor of the Borough of Yeovil. The above remedy has now been tested in various cases, | and proving decidedly successful, the Proprietor, strongly urged by those who havo witnessed its wonderful effects, feels himself called upon to publish the same, for the jbenefit of those who are unfortunately suffering under such [ a painful denial. The Proprietor, who was obliged to resign a Government appointment, in consequence of extreme deafness, under which he suffered for a long period, during which time he tried all the advertised remedies that came under his notice, all of which made him worse if possible than before. As a last resource be tried his present remedy, and was crowned with success. The recovery of liis hearing, from such an apparently hopeless case, is well known to many of the respectable inhabitants of Yeovil. The Pro- prietor is therefore empowered to offer his remedy with the conscientious assurance of success if the instructions forwarded with each packet are complied with. Sold iu Packets at lis. each, with full instructions for use enclosed. Each packet will bear the proprietor's signature oil the Government Stamp ( to imitate which is felony), to- gether with the number and date of issue, in order to facilitate reference, and for the prevention of error or fraud, [ as every applicant will be registered in a book. Should ihey require to communicate with the Proprietor while using his remedy, ho will feel obliged by their quoting the number of their packet; and to ensure a prompt reply a stamped envelope must be enclosed with their name and address distinctly written on it. Any person suffering from Deafness, on forwarding a stamped and directed envelope to the Proprietor, will receive a printed list of questions, which they will please fill up as correctly as possible and return to him, in order that the proper remedy may be sent for each particular lease. Prepared solely by JOHN ALEXANDER, CHEMIST IYEOVIL, for the Proprietor. GEORGE CHAFFIN, IHENDFORD, STEOVIL, SOMERSET, who will forward the Iremedy to any address, post- paid, on receipt of Post- office I Order or Postage Stamps for lis. Agents for YEOVIL— Mr. H. WIPPELL, Bookseller; Mr. T. C. MAGGS, Medical Hall.— Sidmouth. Mr. Mortimer.— l'iverton, Mr. Russiter— Lymington, Mr. Jas. Corbin. [ 3272 :— 1st, Facility of application ; 2ud, perfect freedom from liability to chafe or excoriate ; 3rd, it may be worn with equal comfort in any position of the body, by night or ay ; 4th, it admits of every kind of exercise, without the slightest inconvenience to the wearer, and is perfectly con-] cealed from observation. " We do not hesitate to give to this invention our un- qualified approbation, and we strenuously advise the use of it to all those who stand in need of that protection, which] they cannot so fully, nor with the same comfort, obtain from any other apparatus or truss as from that which we have the highest satisfaction iu thus recommending."— Church and State Gazette. Recommended by the following eminent Surgeons :— g W. Ferguson, Esq., F. lt. S., Professor of Surgery ini King's College, Surgeon to King's College Hospit. u. i & c.; C. G. Guthrie, Surgeon to the Royal West- g minster Ophthalmic Hospital; W Bowman, Espf F. R. S., Assistant Surgeon to King's College Hospital.! T. Callaway, Esq., Senior Assistant Surgeon to Guy si Hospital; W. Coulson, Esq., Surgeon to the Migdal liL Hospital; T. Blizard Curling, Esq., F. R. S., Surgeon to t:. ei London Hospital; YV. J. Fisher, Esq., Surgeou- iu- Ciiie: tof the Metropolitan Police Force; Aston Key, Esq., Surge ,11 to Prince Albert; Robert Listou, Esq., F. R. S.; James! Luke,. Esq., Surgeon to the London Truss Society; Erasmus Wilson, Esq., F. R. S., and many others. A descriptive cir cular may be had by post, and the Truss which cannot fail to fit can be forwarded by post, on sending the circumference of the body two inches below the hips to the manufacturer. MR. WHITE, 228, PICCADILLY, LONDON. Price of a Single Truss, 16s., 2 Is., 26s. 6d., aud 31s. 6d., post Is. „ Double „ 3ls. 6d., 42s., ando2s. Od., post Is. Sd, „ Umbilical 42s. and 52s. 6d., post Is. lOd. Post Office Orders to be made payable to John White Post Office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE CAPS, ETC. The material of which these are madft is recom- mended by tlio Faculty as being peculiarly ELASTIC and COMPRESSIBLE, and the best invention for giving efficient and permanent support, in all cases of WEAK- NESS and SWELLING of the LEGS, VAllICOSli VEINS, SPRAINS, he. It is porous, light in texture, ind inexpensive, and is drawn on like an ordinary stock ing. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d [ Jongh's Cod Liver Oil ov? r every other variety, is incon- testably established by the recorded opinions of the most distinguished Physicians and Surgeons in all parts of the world. In numberless instances, where other kinds of Cod Liver Oil had been long and copiously administered with little- or no benefit. Dr. de Jongh's Oil lias produced almost immediate relief, arrested disease, and restored health. SELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS;— Sir HENRY MARSH, Bart., M. D., T. C. D., Physician in Ordinary to the Queen, in Ireland ; President of the College of Physicians in Ireland; Visiting Physician to Steevens Hospital; Consulting Physician to the City of Dublin, St. Vincent, and Rotunda Hospitals, & c., 4- c. " I have frequently prescribed Dr. de Jongh's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil. I consider it to be a very pure Oil, therapeutic agent of not likely to create disgust, aud great value." A. B. GRANVILLE, Esq., M. D., L. R. C. P., F. R. S" Author of " The Spasof Germany," " The Spas of England," ** On Sudden Death " & c., fyc. " Dr. Granville basjused Dr. de Jongh's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil extensively in his practice, and lias found it not only efficacious but uniform iu its qualities. He believes it to be preferable in many respects to Oils sold without the guarantee of such an authority as De Jongh. Dr. Granville has found that this particular kind produces the desired effect in a shorter time than others, and that it does not cause the nausea and indigestion too often con- sequent on the administration of the Pale Oils. The Oil being, moreover, much more palatable. Dr. Granville's patients have themselves expressed a preference for Dr. de Jongli's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil." RICHARD MOORE LAWRANCE, Esq.. M. D., L. R. C. P., Physician to H. ll. H. the Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, Ophthalmic SuKgeon to the Great Northern Hospital, Author of'''' On Gout and Rheumatism," fyc., < § ' C. " 1 have frequently tested your Cod Liver Oil, and so im- pressed am I with its superiority that I invariably prescribe it in preference to any other, feeling assured that I am recommending a genuine article, and not a manufactured juompound, in which the efficacy of this invaluable medi- cine is destroyed." CHARLES COWAN, Esq., M. D., L. R. C. S. E., Every description of HIDING BELTS, ELASTK'SSe" ior ^ - gofai Berkshire Hospilal, Consulting ° ™ s/ piNAL —. SUPPORTERS, an J .. tffflftTe^ efsfAs some SPEND? tS. imoroved nrmciole. withffl.,.„„ I, i DUIUO STOCKIN ISUSPENDERS, on new and improved principle, with levery kind of Surgical Bandages. J jhN WHITE, MANUFACTURER, 228, PICCADILLY. I LONDON.— Specimens may be seen at the Crystal I Palace. [ 3254. PHB Vigour of Youth Restored in Four Weeks! reasonable guarantee for a genuine article. " Tbe material now sold varies in almost every establish- ment where it is purchased, and a tendency to prefer a colourless and tasteless Oil, if not counteracted, will ultimately jeopardise the reputation of an unquestionably valuable addition to the Materia Medica. Dr. Cowan wishes Dr. de Jongh every success iu his meritorious undertaking." Sold only in Imperial Half- pints, 2s. 6d.; Pints, 4s. 9d., IT 0 _ . by Dr. lUCORD'S ESSENCE of LIFE. ThisHQua « 8. 9s-: capsuled and labelled with Dr. de Jongh's - - - 1— ji-. i .- l. u— jHBstamp and signature, without which none can possibly be Vjenuine, by respectable Chemists. SOLE CONSIGNEES, ANSAR. HARFORD, & Co., 77, STRAND, LONDON, W. C. I Caution.-- Beware of Proposed Substitutions. [ 3250" wonderful agent willrestore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from excesses, the effects of climate, or natural causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks; and, if used according to the printed instructions ( which are very simple), failure is impossible. The life- restoring remedy should be taken by all, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by tbe medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full instructions for use, at lis., or four quantities in one for 33s., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post- office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Mediciue Warehouse, 229, Strand, near Temple- bar, London. ( Entered at Stationer's Hall) [ 3278 COUGHS, ASTHMA, CON; AND INCIFIEiNT CONSUMPTION, are effectually CURED by jKKATIiNG'S COUGH LOZENGKS. ' Statistics show Prepared only, and Sold Wholesale and Retail by JoHNB'l> at 50,000 Persons annually fall victims to Pulmonary ALEXANDER Chemist Yeovil. • Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Cnest, . , ' ,, T , T . , . . Hand the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all times AGENTS:— Sherborne, Mr. J. H. Dalwood, Chemist. ™ • Dorchester, Mr. James Froud, Chemist: Weymouth, Mr in. . auica r IUUU, oaciu^ a., M CJIIIUU. II, mi J W. Gregory. Chemist; London, Mr. John Sanger, 151), j Oxford- street; Bridport, Mr. E. Bowden, East- streei; 1 Bridgwater, Messrs. Heard and Son, Chemists; Taunton.) | Mr. R. Fouracre, Chemist. Agents Wanted. [ 3275 EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A COUGH. MTHE following Letter lias recently been addressed! L to Mr. POWELL, from WM. BOAKDS, Esq, Agriculturist and Land Agent, residing at Edmonton, I Middlesex. " Nightingale Ilall, Edmonton, Dec. 10th. " I) KAIL SIR,— I have recently suffered much from a most! violent cough, proceeding from a tickling in my chest, I which no remedy, out of many I resorted to, could allay. I My head was constantly aching, and my whole frainel entirely shaken. Having seen the good effects of your! Balsam of Aniseed in several members of my family, ll purchased a small bottle, and when going to bed at night. I took a teaspoonful in two tablespjonfulsof water, just warm. I ' Tile effect was immediate; it arrested the tickling in m> I chest, I slept well, and arose perfectly restored in thel morning, with the exception of debility, arising frouil fatigue by incessant coughing for some days previous. My| cough entirely left me, and has never returned. Having since beard of a lady in the neighbourhood who for a lon^ l time had laboured under a most distressing cough, and who! had resorted to every remedy within her knowledge, I sent! the remainder of the bottle to her; and that long- standing, I obstinate, and ( as she thought) incurable cough was! perfectly cured. You are at perfect liberty to make what! use you may please of this communication, as the coutents| are strictly true. I shall take every opportunity of recom- mending your inestimable medicine, teeling, as 1 do, fully| assured of its efficacy. " I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, " To Mr. Thos. Powell." " WM. BOARDS.' POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED. Extraordinary Cures are effected by this old- established! and elegant preparation. In asthma, chronic cough. l difficulty of breathing, and all pulmonary affections, it will! be found peculiarly adapted for causing free expectoration! the tightness of the chest will be speedily removed; amll after taking a few doses, the sufferer will be enabled to take! natural rest at night, aud its beneficial effects will soonf restore the enjoyment of perfect health. Prepared and sold by THOMAS POWELL, at 16, Black- friars' Road, London. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine! Vendors in the kingdom; also in Australia, New Zealand.| North and South America, ttc- Sold in bottles at is. lid. and 2s. 3d. each. CAUTION.— Observe the words Thomas Powell on thef Government Stamp, without which it cannot be Genuine. Ask for Powell's Balsam of Aniseed. 13260 L" AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, truly efficacious and pleasant, without confining the bowels or affecting the head. A few of the many tliou sand testimonials of cures of asthma, consumption, coughs, colds, shortness of breath, aud all disorders of the chest and lungs, by taking Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. Sufferers from asthma, of however long standing, or those who are prevented from even lying down from fear of suffo- cation, may rely on immediate relief, and a cure will certainly follow the use of it. Those who are subject to, or! suffering from, bronchitis, should immediately take a few doses of this wonderful medicine. Extraordinary Cure of Asthma.— To Mr. T. Taunton Clarke, Druggist. See., Bodmin, April 9th, 1S57. Sir,— 1 was dreadfully afflicted with Asthma for many years. For] the last five years the cough and expectoration were great as almost to occasion suffocation. I am a tin streamer,] but was utterly unable to work, and incapable of lyin^ L down in my bed during the whole period— being frequently! obliged to sit up all night in a chair by the fire. I tried many medical men in the neighbourhood, but it was of no avail. A short time since, being at your old established: shop, I was recommended to try " Lambert's Asthmatic] Balsam." I followed the advice given, and rejoice to say that, after taking two or three small and three or four large bottles, I am now able to work and to walk as well as 1 ever could in my life, although more than 56 years of age. The cough and spitting entirely ceased, both by night and dav. Your much obliged servant. To Mr. W. Lambert. EDWARD TRUSCOTT. Bodmin, May 1st, 1857. Dear Sir,— I have much pleasure in handing you tile enclosed testimonial to the extraordinary efficacy of your Asthmatic Balsam, my sale for which is steadily increasing, . wid I consider it one of those patent medicines worthy the confidence of the public. I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, TAUNTON CLARKE. Surprising Relief of Cough and Difficulty of Breathing of many years standing. To Mr. JENNINGS, Chemist, Halifax. September 4th, 1860. Sir,— I am sixty years old, and have suffered for a many 7 years from great difficulty in breathing, with troublesome Cough, and have been obliged to keep from my work, at stated times, for weeks together, not being able to follow my usual employment. I have been under medical treat- ment, aud have tried a many remedies without deriving! much benefit. I have taken " Lambert's Asthmatic! Balsam," procured from your establishment, for six weeks, E and have derived more benefit from it than from any other! medicine that I have taken, and am now ao much improved! that my friends and neighbours are astonished at my} altered appearance. I am very thankful, and feel it my I duty to make this valuable medicine known as widely as j possible, and shall be glad if you will publish my statement [ for the benefit of others. I am Sir, yours truly, WILLIAM CLAPIIAM, Range Bank, Halifax.! " To Mr. W. LAMBERT." " Dear Sir,— I can testify to the truth of the above state- g ment, which is sent to you verbatim." Yours truly, WILLIAM JENNINGS." Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 20, better than cure; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and wintry season, with asupply of KEATING'S CO UGH LOZIiNUES, which possess the virtue of averting as well as of curing a Cough or Cjld; they are good alike for the young or for the aged— they soothe bronchial irritation and tor improving the voice, the Preacher, Statesman Singer, aud Actor, having long patronized them. VALUABLE TESTIMONIALS : From Mr. Murley, late a Practitioner in Cheltenham. Huntley, Gloucestershire. DEAR KEATING,— It affords me much pleasure to learn that the sale of your Cough Lozenges is so extensive. Being acquainted witti their composition, 1 am fully persuaded o their efficacy for promoting gentle expectoration, and [ allaying pulmonary irritation. In cases of Catarrhal disorder. it is most desirable to combine a class of medicine! which may calm without the deleterious effects of Opium, and this desideratum is, I believe, effected by the ingre • dients in your Cougn Lozenges. I well remember the very high opinion which a late eminent surgeon of one of oui London Hospitals bad of this preparation; he frequently told me that it was the only medicine which afforded reliet to his wife, who had suffered for many years from Asthma. If you consider the testimony of a retired Practitionei [( after thirty- six years of extensive practice) of any advan- tage, you are quite wclcome to avail yourself of this [ recommendation. With best wishes. Believe me, dear Keating, faithfully yours, S. 11. MURLEY. | To Mr. Keating, St. Paul's Church Yard. Dorchester, 12th December, 1859. DEAR SIR,— The great demand I have on me for your Cough Lozenges is a strong proof of the high claim they have on public patronage. Very numerous, indeed, are the instances I have constantly brought before me of their [ superior efficacy. They appear to bu highly serviceable in throat affections generally. I am. Dear Sir, your obedient, To Mr. Keating. J. FROUD, Chemist. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. lid., and tins, 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, chemist,& c. No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold Retail by alt [ druggists and patent medicine vendors in the world. N. B.— To prevent spurious imitations, please to observe that the words " Keating's Cough Lozenges" are engraven [ on the Government Stamp of each Box, without which none are genuine. Sold by Messrs. Davis, Mr. Durden, and Mr. Froud, Druggists, Dorchester; Messrs. Groves and Son, Mr. Bar- ling and Mr. Larkworthy, Druggists, Weymouth; Hill d Dalwood, Sherborne; Rogers, lloniton; Strawson, Crewkerue; Hamilton and Sou, and Penney, Poole, Druggists; Mr. Shipp, Stationer, Blandford; Mr. J. W." jSLaiubert. 20, Jennyu- street, engraved on the government! ® GIR There is a considerable ^ lyde, ( successor to Mr. Reid,) Chemist and Druggist,* ™ stanip. Be particular to ask for " Lambert's Asthmatic;.;, sizes. EASE AND HEALTH TO THE SICK. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. DISEASES OF THE SKIN. Universal approbation has been awarded to this famous Ointment for its efficiency in removing diseases of the skin. For scrofula, scurvy, scald heads, and all eruptions of the skin, both in infancy and maturer years, no remedy can be applied which so quickly cures as Holloway's Ointment. In the nursery it should always be at hand to ease the many skin affections to which the majority of children are liable. In all heat and tooth rashes, the Ointment is wonderfully cooling and curative. To soldiers, sailors, miners, and travellers iu foreign fands, it is invaluable. SORES, WOUNDS, BAD BREASTS, BAD LEGS, In this class of maladies, an improvement in the appear- ance of the disease of the patient follows the first dressing with the Ointment. It must not only be smeared on the wound or sore, but be briskly rubbed for some inches round about tile diseased, swollen, or painful parts. It will penetrate to the blood vessels, nerves, and muscles, and even to tbe bone, and will exercise tile most wholesome healing and purifying power over every tissue, for thorough reparation. BLOOD TO THE HliAD, APOPLEXY. Nothing gives so much ease in these complaints from which so many suffer, as Holloway's cooling and healing Ointment. When rubbed upon the spine, it acts most energetically in drawing surplus blood from the brain; even to children in teething, this Ointment has a mira- culous effect in preventing tits and convulsions, so often attendant on tooth cutting. The Pills should be used according to the directions. RHEUMATISM, GOUT, STIFF JOINTS. Every one suffering from these painful affections should use this purifying Ointment, as it has rescued thousands from a life of torture, after every other means had been tried in vain. The Ointment should be well rubbed into the skin at least twice a day, after it has been properly fomented with warm salt and water, and dried. The inflammation soon yields, and the patient, no longer help- less, resumes his accustomed occupation. GLANDULAR SWELLINGS, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, MUMPS, AND DIPTHERIA. To combat these diseases with success, a remedy is re- quired which will have the whole absorbent system under its control. Such a remedy is Holloway's Ointment, when rubbed on the skin, it penetrates to the glands, and removes any obstruction or impurity which may he impeding their healthy action. This Ointment acts on the very mainspring oflife, tor through the glands pass all new matter required for the body's reparation; in all the above class of cases, the Ointment and Pills, used conjointly, will act so search tngly and certainly as to effect cures in the most de- plorable cases. FISTULAS AND PILES. All inflammations and ulcerations of sensitive parts may be presently relieved, and ultimately cured, by the diligent use of this cooling and healing Ointment, aided twice daily [ by bathing the parts in cold water. Immediate ease jsprings from this treatment; perseverance is necessary to letl'ect a permanent cure. ASTHMA, SHORTNESS OF BREATH. In these complaints the Ointment should be well rubbed jtwiee a day upon the chest and between the shoulders. It jwill penetrate to the lungs, stimulate them to renewed ( exertions, prevent stagnation of blood, mo'derate the ( pulsations ot the heart, regulate the current of air through [ the bronchial tubes, and thus effect a permanent cure. Both the Ointment and Pills should be used in tbe following cases:— Bad Legs Cancers Scalds Bad Breasts Contracted and Sore Nipples Burns Stiff Joints Sore Throats Bunions Elephantiasis Skin Diseases Bite of Moschetoes Fistulas Scurvy and Sand- flies Coco- bay Chiego- foot Chilblains Chapped Hands Corns ( Soft) Gout Sore Heads Glandular Swell- Tumours ings Ulcers Lumbago Wounds Piles Yaws . . . Rheumatism Sold at the Establishment of Professor IIOLLOWAY, 22- 1, Strand ( near Temple Bar), London; also by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the eivil- [ Jermyn- street, Haymai- ket, London. In bottles at Is. ljd., Hized world, at the following prices:— Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., iaud 3 times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d , with William ® ' Us., 22s., and 33s. each Pot. iBlandford; Messrs. Groves and Son, Druggists, Blandford. S [ 3270 jBalsam," and do not be persuaded to take any others [ medicine. [ 3274 l saving by taking the larger N. B.— Directions for the guidance of patients in every ( disorder are affixed to each Pot. "— 420 DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE AND SOMERSETSHIRE GAZETTE. mm \ r DORCHESTER MARKET. AGRICULTURAL REPOSITORY SALES ESSRS. B^ KER and ENS OR beg to announce that their NEXT SALE of FA'I STOCK, & c., will be held on SATURDAY, JANUARY 4,1862. In the Cattle Market, commencing at Twelve o'clock— PRESENT ENTRIES :— Ten Fat Heifera Cow Stock and Sheep must be brought to the Cattle- Market, and Horses, Carriages, & c., to the Repository, adjoining the " Plume of Feathers" Inn, by half- past Nine o'clock on the Morning of Sale. The Auctioneers would recommend Persons at a distance to send their Stock the day before the Sale. Stabling, and Keep for Stock sent the Day previous, or remaining!! over until the next Sale, provided at Moderate Charges. Mj The Sale of Cattle and Sheep will commence at Eleven, instead of Twelve. [ 3362 M1 WILTS AND DOR SET BANK. WANTED TO PURCHASE, a FEW SHARES in the above Bank. Address ( stating number and price of Shares,) W. D., Post- office, Yeovil. [ 3347 CAME, NEAR DORCHESTER. Annual Sale of Ash Poles, Firewood, and Faggots. MR. FREDERICK FOOT WILL SELL BY AUCTION, on THURSDAY, the 2nd of JANUARY, 1862,— 79 LOADS of Capital ASH POLES, 30 Ditto of Firewood, and about 9000 Faggots, lying in the Coal Hill and North Plantations, and near the Lodge. The Poles are clean, of good lengths, and are well suited for Agricultural and other purposes. The Sale will commence in the Coal Hill Plantation at 12 o'clock with the Ash Poles. To view apply to Mr. HAWKINS, Came. [ 3369 CERNE ABBAS MONTHLY MARKET, For the Sale of every desrciption of Live and Dead Stock, Household Furniture and Effects, Cheese, Com, Hay, Straw, Roots, Grass, c£* c. — R. G. SYMONDS begs to announce that, in compliance with the wi- h-' s of his Friends and the Public generally, he will HOLD a MONTHLY AUCTION, as above, at CERNE ABBAS. The Sale of Live and Dead Stock, & c., will take place; and the Sale of the other Articles above mentioned will be held at the Large Room of the Red Lion Inn. G. S. will feel obliged by Parties making early Entries, that the same may be Advertised and thus have the full benefit of a wide circulation. Entries will be received by Mr. HY. STONE, of Cerne Abbas, or the AUCTIONEER, Sydling, of whom all further information may be obtained. The First Sale will be held on WEDNESDAY, 29th JANUARY, 1862. Full particulars in future Advertisements. Dated Sydling, 12th Dec., 1861. W E Y M O U T H. To Contractors, Stone Merchants, Horse Dealers, Farmers, Carriers, and Others. HENRY LOWMAN DENNIS'S BANKRUPTCY. IMPORTANT and Unreserved SALE BY AUCTION, by Mr. POTHECARY, at the Fox INN YARD, at WEYMOUTH, on FRIDAY, the 20th day of DECEM BER 1861,— Of about 30 Strong and Useful Young and aged CART HORSES, 2 Capital Hack Horses, Pony, 30 Sets of Harness, 8 good Milch Cows, 3 Strong Waggons. 7 Carts and Puts, Spring Cart, nearly new, Chaff Cutter, and numerous other Effects. For particulars see Handbills. The Auctioneer invites the attention of the public to this Sale. The Horses having been recently employed on the Government Works at Portland and Weymouth, can be relied on as good workers; the Waggons and Carts are Strong and in good condition, and the Cows excellent Milchers. IfSlT Sale at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely. Dated Golden Lion Hotel, Weymouth, December 10th, 1861. [ 3306 rnBE NEXT WIMBORNE MONTHLY X MARKET SALE will be held on the 20th DEO. PRESENT ENTRIES.— 30 Fat Ewes and 1 Nag Horse. And at BLANDFORD, DEO. 21st, 1861. PRESENT ENTRIES.— 16 Strong Store Pigs. Dated Auction and Agency Offices, Sturminster Newton. CERNE ABBAS, DORSET. Unreserved Sale of Live and Dead Farming Stock. MR. G. SYMONDS respectfully announces that he has received instructions TO SELL BY AUCTION on the Premises, on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1st, 1862,— The whole of the LIVE and DEAD FARM STOCK, Hay, Corn, Implements, & c., the property of the late Joseph Bennett, decease^ comprising 3 strong useful cart horses with their harness, 1 capital in- calf heifer, 22! meaty sheep, 1 four- horse waggon, 1 capital two- horse; ditto, with iron axles, 2 carts, 2 dung puts, 2 ploughs by Wightman, and tackle, 4 pairs of plough liatnes and traces, 1 pair of iron drags, 2 thill harness, chaff cutler, turnip cutter, winnowing machine, sack trucks, chaff! basket, quantity of barn implements, reed press, grinding stone and spindle, 1 doz. gate hurdles, 4 sets of staddle stones with caps, 3 pigs' troughs, 1 long and 2 short ladders, quantity of fir poles, ditto spar gads, large iron furnace, pitch crock and markers, 2 doz. sacks, corn bin, pitching pick, 2 hog tubs, quantity of empty casks, large beams, scales and weights, winnowing sheet, quantity of] old iron, and sundry other tools. The Hay and Corn comprises 1 oat rick on Frankham] Hill, 1 dredge rick on ditto, 1 rick of clover hay on ditto,! about 7 tons, 1 rick of clover hay at Frankham Barn, 1 about 8 tons, part of a rick of clover hay at ditto, about 3! tons, 1 rick of meadow hay at Collar Maker's Mead, about 5 tons, and part of a rick of clover hay in Home Orchard, about 8 tons, the whole of which can be removed from off! the premises. The Auctioneer, in calling attention to this sale, begs to emark that the whole will be found of a truly useful description, the hayand corn, comparatively speaking, well taken, and well deserving the attention of purchasers. The Hay and Corn may bo viewed on application to Miss Bennett, who will a point a person 2 days previous to the sale to show the lots. On account of the number of lots the sale will commence at 1 o'clock precisely, and the whole will be sold without reserve. Dated Sydling, 17th Dec., 1861. f3386 LIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT of a| [ 3308 CAUNDLE BISHOP, Six Miles from Sherborne, Five from Sturminster, DorsetM PRIME NAVY AND OTHER TIMBER FOR SALE. 1* / r R. HARRIS, having been kindly favoured with instructions, will SELL by PUBLIC COMPETITION, on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20,1861, at the WHITE HART INN, CAUNDLE BISHOP, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, subject to such conditions as will be then and there produced,— The following Valuable TIMBER TREES; comprising 49 fine lofty Elms, 3 Oaks, 6 Ash and Walnut Timber Trees, now standing with their Tops, Lops, and Bark, and marked with white Paint, on Ryall Farm, Caundle Bishop, in the following Lots:— aof COWS, at DOWN HOUSE FARM, SYMONDSBURY, the 4th | § day of JANUARY, 1H62. F. T. DAUNCEY, Auctioneer. [ 338. BRIDPORT MARKET. AGRICULTURAL SALE OF LIVE AND DEAD\ STOCK. R. F. T. DAUNCEY begs to announce thai his next SALE will take place on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1862. at Twelve o'clock. Present Entries:— A Handsome Cob, 4- year- old, sound, and good in harness or saddle Twenty Fat Sheep Persons having Stock to dispose of are requested to give! the earliest Notice, that it may be duly advertised, and no] Stock will be Sold without one week's previous Notice. Dated Broadwinsor, Dec. 12th, 1861. 13381 IM? Description. Where Standing. 4 Maiden Elm 4 Ditto 4 Ditto 3 Ditto 2 Ditto, 1 Oak 4 Ditto Elm 4 Ash, 1 Witch Elm 3 Maiden Elm, 1) Pollard Oak ... f 3 Maiden Elm 1 Ditto 1 Ditto, 1 Oak ... 4 Ditto Elm 4 Ditto 6 Elm, 1 Ash 5 Elm, 1 Ash 1 Walnut ... In Great Meadow... In Ditto In Ditto In Ditto In Ditto In Ditto In Ditto & Holly ( Mead ) In Long Mead In Ditto In Ditto In Marl Pits and ) Whiteman ... ) In Winywick In Ditto In Mill Mead and 1 Old Ditto ... j In Pound Mead& 1 Croft J In Garden ... • Nos. Inclusive. T 1 to 4 5 to 8 9 to 12 13 to 15 16,17,19 20 to 23 24 to 27 & 18j 28 to 31 32 to 34 35 ,36, 37 38 to 41 42 to 45 46 to 52 53 to 58 5 M7 THE REPOSITORY, SALISBURY. R. JOHN WATERS' FORTN IGHTLY I SALE of Harness Horsis. Hicks, Hunters, Cart [ Horses, Carriages, & c., will be held on TUESDAY, the 24th| of DECEMBER. Entries to the preceding Friday will be in time forg the Catalogue. 13293 FOR SALE, a weight- carrying HUNTER, very! clever.— For particulars, apply to Mr. REDWOOD,! Veterinary Surgeon, Dorchester. r3377 DEC. 19, 1861. COUNTY BALL. JAMES YEARSLEY begs to state that the COUNTY BALL, announced ! o take place 011 [ Thursday, January 2nd, 1862, has been POSTPONED jUNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, in consequence of the lamented death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Antelope Hotel, Dorchester, Dec. 16, 1861. [ 3304 WEYMOUTH, DORSET. rO BE LET, from Christmas, Unfurnished,— A very Desirable RESIDENCE, called Powell Villa, half a mile from the Town; consisting of three sitting- rooms, eight bedrooms, and every suitable con- venience ; Btabling, coach- house, and large garden. Apply to Mr. DAMON, House Agent, Augusta Place, Weymouth. by rflHE PHILOSOPHY of REVELATION, JL JOHN DU BOULAY. Sold by J. Bennett, Shaftesbury; Wliittaker and Co., London. - Price Sixpence. T3394 "" TToITFHTLT'.**" IN consequence of the lamented death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, W. and II. VVARLAND beg to announce they have a well selected STOCK OF MOURNING GOODS, and respectfully solicit an inspection. Dorchester, Dec. 18,1861. [ 3391 BLANDFORD COUNTY BALL. REYERS begs to announce the POST- • PONEMENT of the COUNTY BALL, adver- tised to take place on the 9th of January, 1862, until further notice, in consequence of the lamented death of the Prince Consort. Dated Crown Hotel, Dec. 17,1861. [ 3287 JN consequence of the lamented death of H. R. H. the Prince Consort, tho Dinner of the Blandford Agricultural Society WILL NOT TAKE PLACE on Saturday, the 21st inst. JOHN BANISTER ROE, Secretary. Dec. 17, 1861. [ 3289 fGENERAL MOURNING AT E. STEELE'S, HIGH- SI'REET, DORCHESTER. E|\ STEELE, having just RETURNED from LONDON, has oo. v ready for Inspection an limmense Variety of NEW GOODS, adapted for General I Mourning, particularly in Black Glaces, Black Gros de Naples, Gro Royals and Brocaded Silks, Black Alpacas, Mohairs, Droguets, Lustres, & c., & c., all of which were { purchased previous to the sudden demand, and he is ( offering them at such prices as cannot fail to give ] satisfaction. All Coloured and Fancy Winter Dresses, Mantles, I Millinery, Bonnets, & c., & c., will be offered at greatly I reduced prices. I N. B.— A VACANCY shortly will occur for a respectable | YOUTH as an APPRENTICE. [ 3378 CHRISTMAS AND ITWELFTH- DAY NOVELTIES. 1 DORCHESTER AND AT WEYMOUTH. J. HOWE, COOK, CONFECTIONER, & c.,: in again returning his sincere thanks lo h I friends for the liberal patronage conferred on him. informs a diem that he has made his usual Purchases and Prepara- tions for the approaching Festive Season of CHRIS TMAS land TWELFTH TIME, to the Variety and excellence of 1 which he earnestly solicits an early inspection. Among jhis STOCK will be found a great variety of richly 1 Embossed and Enamelled Boxes, Decorated Baskets, & c., J Christmas Tree and Twelfth Cake Ornaments in great! • variety, suitable for presents; Bon Bons, Cosaques, Pre- served and Crystalized Fruits of every description; also, J many Articles for general use. A largo Assortment of J handsomely Ornamented Twelfth Cakes, Rich Bride lUakes, unsurpassed by any House in the Kingdom. Come- jstibles, Savoury and Foreign Condiments in great variety.! Reindeer and fine Pickled Ox Tongues, Mock Turtle, | Ox Tail, Hare, Gravy, Vermicelli, Mulligatawney,. and lother Soups. 1 Public and Wedding Breakfasts, Dinners, Routs, Ball. • Suppers, and Sales, completely furnished. I N. B.— A Public Soup, Ice, and Refreshment Room.— jTea, Coffee, Chops, Steaks, & c.— Private Room for I Families. Dealer in Foreign Wines. Orders carefully packed and forwarded to any part lof the Country. L3300 JUST Published, Book 4, " ORGANIST'S FRIEND," by J. ROBINSON, MUSIC SALOON, DORCHESTER. Musical Instruments and New Music, suitable for Christ- mas Presents and New Year's Gifts, iu great variety. A large Stock of well- selected Pianofortes for Sale or Hire. Harmoniums by Alexandre, 5 and 6 Guineas. Concert Flutes from 2s. 6d. Clarionet?, 8 keys, 18s. Concertinas, all the newest patterns, 10 keys, 2s. 6d.; 20 keys, 4s. 6d.; the new Patent Euglish, in case, 31s. 6d. Brass and Fife- and- Drum Bands supplied at a large discount with Instruments and Music. NEW MUSIC AT HALF- PRICE. [ 3395 NOTICE. lY/ TR. HENRY BARNES, Architect and Sur- 1y_ L veyor's Office, is REMOVED FROM No. 38. South- street, TO WEST WALK TERRACE. Dorchester, December 10,1861. [ 3303 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. MR. R. H. SHOUT, of YEOVIL, Fellow of the " Royal Institute of British Architects," begs to inform his Friends that he has relinquished his London Residence for one in SOUIH- STREET, DORCHESTER. A n Office in Yeovil, as hitherto. Dated Dorchester,' December 12,1861. [ 3376 a: NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. LL PERSONS having any CLAIM or DEMAND 011 the ESTATE of the late Mr. [ LUKE GROVES, of Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, J Grocer and Provision Dealer, deceased, are hereby re- j quired to send the particulars thereof to me, the under- j signed, in order that the same may be examined and j discharged, and all Persons indebted to the said LUKE GROVES are hereby required to pay their respective j Accounts to me, the undersigned, as early as possible, to tenable me to windup the Estate. ELIZABETH GROVES, Administratrix of the said Luke Groves. 25, High East- street, Dorchester, November 26,1861. [ 3311 Mr. HARRIS, in calling the attention of Navy Con- tractors and others to this Sale, begs to inform them that the Elm is principally of extraordinary long lengths and heavy meetings, well calculated for Navy and other purposes, and well deserving the notice of Persons wanting! heavy Timber, and to Gentlemen requiring such as the above described, Mr. HARRIS cannot let this opportunity pass without earnestly inviting their particular attention this to favourable opportunity of purchasing first- class! Timber. Mr. GARTELL, at Ryall's Farm, Caundle Bishop, will! appoint Persons to show the Timber, where Catalogues! may be obtained, and at the White Hart Inn; also at the Offices of Mr. B. HARRIS, Auctioneer, Timber Surveyor, and General Agent, Sherborne ; aud Paik Lodge Farm Staple, near Taunton. Admission to the Sale Room, 2s., to be returned to! Purchasers. FOR SALE, ABROUGHAM, second- hand, round fronted,] with all the newest improvements, and in excellent condition, very light, and easy, adapted for one horse, the, property of a Gentleman having no further use for it. i A BROUGHAM, second hand, very light, carries two] inside, in capital condition, adapted for one hoi'ae. A WAGGONETTE, second hand, in good repair, very light, fit for one horse. A PAIR HORSE HARNESS, nearly new, made in LEIGH, DORSET. O BE SOLD BY AUCTION,! By Mr. CROSS, At the KINO'S ARMS INN, in LEIQH, on TUESDAY, the 24th| day of DECEMBER, 1861, at 5 o'clock in the evening,! ( subject to such conditions as will then be produced,)— All that MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE now! used as a Beer- house, with the Cottage, Gardens, Stable,! Carthouse, Productive Orchard, and rich close of Pasture! Ground thereto adjoining and belonging, now in the ocT cupation of Mr. Thomas Caines, and Thomas Hunt, con-! taining together by admeasurement 2A. OR. 19P, and! numbered 267 and 268 on the Tithe Commutation Map,! situate in Leigh, and Parcel of the Manor of Yetminster. To view the Premises apply to the slid THOMAS CAINES, I and for further particulars to Mr. H. M. WATTS, Solicitor,! Yeovil. [ 3384 ESTATES AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES. ESSRS. GREEN, Estate Agents and Auc- tioneers, 28, OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, hav numerous applications daily from Gentlemen seeking to| Rent or Purchase the above description of Property Particulars of Estates for Sale, and of Mansions, illas. J Sportings, & c., to be Let, are received by Messrs. GREEN. G FREE OF CHARGE, and no charge is made without Sale or Letting is effected through their Agency. Sales by Auction of Estates, Furniture, Farming Stoclf. j j& c., conducted in any part of the Country GROCERY, PROVISION, AND SEED WARE- HOUSE, No. 25, High East- Street, Dorchester. ]\/ TRS. LUKE GROVES begs lespectfully to 1VI thank the Inhabitants of DOECHESTEB and its Neighbourhood, for the very kind patronage so long be- stowed 011 her late lamented Husband, and to inform them that she will STILL CARRY ON the BUSINESS for the Benefit of Herself and Children, with the assistance of her Brothers, and other competent Persons in the Grocery and Provision Trade, and hopes for a continuance of their favours. [ 3310 COUNTRY AND TOWN RESIDENCES, I Landed Estates, Investments, Hunting Seats, Fishing and Shooting Quarters, Manors, S; c. • ROOKS AND BEALS' REGISTER of the above published on the first of each Monti jforwarded per post, or may be had on application at their lOffioes, 209, Piccadilly, W. I Particulars for insertion should be forwarded not later Ithan tho 28th of each month. £ 80,000 to be LENT on IMORTGAGE in various SUMS. [ 3268 PAWLETT, NEAR BRIDGWATER, SOMERSETSHIRE. rj'HE SIXTH ANNUAL LETTING of the well- JL known and far- famed PAWLETT HAMS, in 32 Lots, will take place at the SHOULDER of MUTTON INN, in PAWLETT, on MONDAY, the 6th day of JANUARY, 1862, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, clear of all rates, taxes, and tithes, and subject to such conditions as will then and there be produced. The Grass will be Let to be Fed from the 25th day of March, 1862, to the 25th day of March, 1863. Ten per Cent. Deposit will be required to be paid at the close of the Sale. I For a view of the said Lands apply to Mr. H. SMITH Pawlett. 555 Admittance to the Sale Room, 2s. 6d., returned to IHAIL! OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS!! 16, CORN HILL, DORCHESTER. WWOOLSTON, iu again returning thanks « to his kind Friends for their liberal patronage, begs to announce that he has selected for his FOURTH ANNIVERSARY such GOOD THINGS for this Joyous Festive Season as cannot be surpassed. W. W., being determined not to be outvied: From his innumerable List the following few Articles are selected :— Christmas- tree Ornaments, Cosaques, Bon Bons, Carica- tures Twelfth Night Characters, Magic Flowers, & c.; Rich Bride, Twelfth, Dundee, Madeira, Pound, Savoy, Almond, Rout, and other Cakes; Wine and Dessert Biscuits of every description. Comestibles, Savoury, and Foreign Condiments; French Truffles, Olives, Tomatoes, Sardines, Capers, Mushrooms, Chilies, Gargona Anchovies, Bengal Chutney. Pickles— Samphire, Cliovv Chow, Mangoes, Gherkins, & c. Potted Meats, Strasbourg ditto, and Fish ditto; Preserved Fruits, Pine Apples, Apricots in air- tight tins, Greengages, Dried and Crystalized Cherries, Candied Rings, Chips, and! Peels; West India Ginger in original and fancy jars, & c.! Foreign Fruits— Turkey and Elme Figs, Tafilat Dates. Imperial French Plums in bottles and elegant cartoons, Muscatel Raisins, St. Michael Oranges, Messina Lemons, Almeria Grapes, Jordan and Soft- shell Almonds, Brazil and Barceloni Nuts, French Chesnuts. French and English Sweetmeats of every kind; Chocolates] and Cocoas; Nelson's Gelatine, Swinbourne's Isinglass, Russian ditto, Extract of Calves' Feet, Westphalia Essence for Hams, & c.; Essence Coffee, and all kinds of Essences] for Flavouring, -& c., suitable for kitchens ; Sauces, & c.; Ground Cloves, Pimento, Cassia, Coriander, Carraways. Ginger, Mace, Nutmegs, & c., all separate; Maccaroni, Vermicelli, and Italian Paste, various shapes ; Glaze and Essence of Meat; Du Barry's Revalenta Food, Brown1 and Poison's Corn Flour. Agent for Bass and Allsopp's Ales and Guinness's Dublin Stout, Ginger and Cherry Cordials, Bottled Wines. Public and Wedding Breakfasts, Dinners, Rout and Ball Suppers, completely furnished. S8T Soups, Savoury, and Second- Course Dishes sent out. Public Refreshment Rooms. Soups always ready. Furnished Apartments and Beds. Every care taken in Packing Country Orders, and no Charge for Package. N. B.- Observe address, WOOLSTON, 16, Cornhill. Dorchester. [ 3305 BIRTHS, DEATHS, and MARRIAGES, MONTHLY ALPHABETICAL RECORD of:- The recognised medium for announcing these events. Prices of Advertisements ( including the Is. Monthly Part), BIRTHS or DEATHS, 2s. 6d.; MARRIAGES, 3s. 6d. each. Published Monthly, price Is.— Chapman, 37, Essex- Btreet, Strand. [ 3262 London by one of the best harness makers. For particulars apply to R. and E. VEZEY, Coacli Builders to Her Majesty, Long Acre, and 19, Milsom- BPurchasers, street Bath. [ 3346 If Dated Pawlett, 9th December, 1861, [ 3350 J. aud D. NICOLL, Court Tailors, & c.. Regent- street, London, have APPOINTED CHARLES TASSELL to bo their SOLE AGENT at DORCHESTER, for the SALE of their Patented and] other GARMENTS, Ready- made or to Measure, at' London Prices.— 114 to 120, Regent- Street London. Nov. 20, 1861. 3367 BIRTHS. BARNES.— Dec. 15, at Corfe Mullen, the wife of Mr. Henry Barnes, of a daughter. BARTLETT.- Dec. 14, at Long- street, Sherborne, the wife of C. L. O. Bartlett, Esq., of a son. EASTMENT.— Dec. 13, at Asli House, near Martock, the wife of F. M. Eastment, Esq., of a daughter. FOAN.—- Dec. 11, at Yeovil, the wife of Mr. F. Foan, wine and spirit merchant, of a son. NICHOLSON.— Dec. 7, at Aller Rectory, Somerset, the wife f the Rev. J. Y. Nicholson, of a daughter. WARREN.— Dec. 13, at Charminster, the wife of Mr. Warren, of a daughter. MARRIAGE S. CROWTHER - RIDOUT.— Dec. 12, at Holy Trinity Church, llaverstock- hill, Mr. Win. Crowther, of Dalston, to Rebecca, ilaughter of J. Ridout, Esq., of Miltcn Abbey. FISHER— DADE.— Dec. 12, at Broadwey, Dorsetshire, by the Rev. Osmond Fisher, vicar of Elmstead, the Rev. Fred- erick Fisher, son of the late Archdeacon Fisher, to Jane, only child of the late Rev. Thomas Dade, rector of Broadwey and Bincombe, and grand- daughter of the late Lieut.- Col. Lloyd, f Bawdeswell Hall, in tho county of Norfolk. . LONOMOKE— STOCKWELL.— NOV. 12, at Wylye, Wilts, by ® the Rev. Richard Michell, B. A., Public Orator of Oxford, and Vice- Principal of Magdalen llall, Capt. Charles M. Long- more, of the Bengal Stuff Corps, son of Philip Louginore, Esq., of Hertford Castle, to Adale Louisa, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. S. Stockwell, M. A., rector of Wylye. DEATHS. BARNES.— Dec. 14, at Knowle Farm, Coife Mullen, Wim- borne, Plicebe, the beloved wife of Mr. George Barnes, aged 58, deeply lamented by a large family and friends. CRIBB.— Dec. 10, at Poole, Heury Cribb, upwatds of forty vears a faithful servant iu the family of M. 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