The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-12-19 00:00:00

Intention having marred le pure invention. There
have been none of these grave lesions, end happily the
speeially *Merle lesion has been Pardonlaxly light, agd lee eanefeponees sully oontrolled.
5 5 P.M.—The day ham peeled very qulettl, and,
happily. the progreis of the Prince hawing
during the night, no noonday belletin was issued buntt
gossoad
Stile was In itself an excellent alai, It.signifiaatift-ii
fully borne out by the event,
go of e
vsenieteotthemik.
day.
DL OOMMINO ON Tilt raison OF WA,
ered In • lecture on the
Dr. Catoctin, at Bath, he prtf aced ,bis remarks by - crones to) Prince of Wales's Ulnae. and oloscrr,4l.
—" Will YOU pard in mi If I state that I have hail the
honour to know totinet.ting of the Prime end Pete of IV...au. It has bre.l iii,,e•t G.t.o of • faintly in my
congregationin than Scotch t.l.turch to ask mo in the autumn to spends few week. In the Ilighlanis, sod it was my duty as well as nay honour and privilega to
preach in the parish church Vireo or four tiraei to con.
gragations amongst whose inembra were the Prince and
Princess of Wales. I also dinel with them reputedly,
end I shall never forget the kindness, liberality, tE;
bnaliontreit the generosity, end the goodoese, mintfme
by that Invalid whom sufferings we deeply deplore, mg
with whose rendition we deeply sympathise. Win
g arrived at the castle he would come down and
the mark of a gentleman who is always oeurteons, eve&
0 the humbiest--shake hands with troN tell me how
glad he was to see me, cid at porting wioh rile a Pleel-
me journey. I remember, on one oecasion, that it
my duty to say grace, and the servant sum and mid it
was his Boyal Highness's remand that I shoald sit Dec him. I did so, and what was the obj :ct of his Muir,
It Ilia what charities there were in London contested
with Scotland—whet they were doing, what wee their
eseenea, their financial eondition, and so on. I into.
tioned to him one in particular, the Caledonian Asyluo.
be which we take the children of Scotch soldiers on
sailors who have fallen in battle or in the service, Ile
cook the greatest interest in thin charity, and promised
that he would preside U its next acentric', meeting
last summer. He presided with that energy, sympathy,
OM hasiesm, and, let me add, that eloquence, Mat I'
bootie v• was u heartfelt as it was eff-ctive, for tht
gnat infect of the charity. From all I have cee
him I think be is • noble obareeter. Ile is olio whose
heart is as open ea lathe day to every claim that is
benevolent. and good ; and I am cure' should it be
the will ef God that we should loss him, like he
Muskier= &Sher, when it twines to the lest 'Ceuta,
he will die reputing what his father said with he last
breath :
"Rock of Agee cleft for me,
Lot me hick aped in Thee."
Ten will pardon me, too, if I say that the Primmer has
• heart as noble and as open to ill that is good and
great art heart con be. D reply as we companionate
her, how must we admire the Princes. Alioe's sisterly
attaahment, and the heroic conduct of our noble glue.
Why I should think all the Itepublicans most be ex.
tiugniehed by the very recollection of the condom °tom
beloved Sovereign, who does not falter or flub in the
least, bat who I. by the bedside of the sick, syrepothi.
sing with all • mother's tendernesa. May Had the
Holy Spirit dwell in her heart and give lair that deep
•OrieeiOn. which I belle, to be as true as that the
Bible ii inspired, that every man is immortal until he
has finished the work that GA has asaigned him."
THOLSDArt—Her Majesty has marked the day,
I. to her • mournful anniversary, by an act of canoes
kindness. In taking the air by the advice u' ter
physicians, the Queen, accompanied by the Prices'
A 11.., walked down to the stable and visited tic groom
Blogg. I need warmly add that this oonsiderate est on
the part of her Majesty ban created a very favourable
impression. Tim room in which the boy Bleu hel ill
with typhoid fever is on one of the eMees standing to
the Sandiiegbam grounds at the stable-yard. In that
room stood the Queen of England and her daughter,
watching the unconscious steno of ono of the hovel...a
of her subj.:tits, and spiting that example of chanty sod
is. most attention to the wants of the tick, out tha
sentimental of the lowly, which us much erode' in all
times, but especially, perhar, in this country, when
the siok and the lowly are as many, and where so wids
a gulf often separates the highly-born and the wealthy
from their dependants. This gracious not was porformai
oowinailhdkeiraadtilionfowrehlichhousegbtticanprteciwoiut•l'llrl thamesoftsmachark, poua
of
thussd ttipibeeargtagy and loving-kindness,tithed,drovsehedoPwrinatoftiim WhileAeseltithane th4Prite (2nheee 11):3n wasouehteitd
dolifej",tbhbeemple'riheftnceebeembrovvuleuusepreaeinrtisttedwa.rehietaThbttorhheeelarbe:vlievniesnogtlonb.reetheiteu:
serviee in the church, which is the parish church, sad
cotbaerrseefo,resbepdaabylialbuy
noupetabeeton
forgotten.
wyobwonn.hiopers ; bet, of
DOG BOWLING.

The‘kelmels at Sandriogham ate at no great distance
from the bouse—so aloes, Indeed, that the barking of
the dogs is esaily audible. It was (on Sunday cued
that I first notified the dismal and persistent hulas
of a boned. His long-drawn moans boor &ha hoar
were very gruesome. Ridiculous u it war, It la-
possible to resist thinking of the superstition that makes
the howling of • dog an omen of the parting ()Littman
file. The dog howled on the nights of Sudsy, Mae-
da', and Tuesday. He was silent on Weineciay Mitt,
and he hen been silent again to-night (Thursday).
800OLSTED TFLANB7I:II9ION.

The physisiLis—on Wednesday telegraphed to Si,
James Paget, whose presence, we understood, was
reqaested to eonsult es to the advantage of attempting
In the cue of the Royal patient the operatron d
translation. There could be no graver ovidenee of the
Prince's ounditi3o than that afforded by till thx,ght
et resorting to such an extreme and oritlc .1, 11 'IA dire
prong. remedy. The operation I. the transfusion of
blood from the arteries of a healthy person ant.) the
veins of the exhausted patient. We were informed
the Duke of Edinburgh was willing to be bled if ,tr
James Paget recommended the operation. But Burs
Is very much reason now to hope that the improrsi
condition of the patient will remove the ionnedlatt
fears which suggested resort to the &deb:* of the groat
surgeon.—Scite. [This has since been denied.]
ISINGULLit 0011101DISOZ.

A. curious ooinoidenoe (says the Edo) °warred hi
connection with the Prinoe's state. A rough old Noe.
folk farmer, in oonversation, utterly repudiate' the
possibility of • fatal terminegion to tho fever. '' Die r
he exclaimed in his breed Etat Anglian dialect. " We?
Not he. He'll wake up one of thoso day. and ask for
• quart o' Lie l'' The Prlooo's revival on fuesiay,asd
the beverage he asked for certainly did to axe., extent
fulfil the prophesy.