The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-16 00:00:00

Slrt ant littrarg 3ottlngs.

STOitT is mutant in Nria that M. Gonnod is gone
to House in order to oon,foot the orohoetra st the
festival oeremonits of the Cuuncil•tide !

DL WiteTLAND MAlitauS Liu wade some progress
with an original drama in which Mr. Sothern will
appear at the tlaynnuket.
Mr. Mutt BOCCICAULT has produced in his time over
150 pieces, and he once stated bvtore commission that
he was ready to keep all the theatres in London going.
I He is said latterly to hay? earoltd £lO,OlO a year.

The Philharnionio Society of St. Veterabtire is about
to give three grand historical ooncerts, illustrative of
must., from the establishment of the Gregorian chant
down to the present period.—Musieol Standard.
WAGNER seems to delight in the uncommon ; he Is
divorced from his wife, and it is announced that he is
about to marry Ifchue. flans de Billow la daughter of
Lint), who is also Ell vorced from her busband.—Missieaf
folondard.

We learn from St. Petersburgh that Miss Minnie
Hauck was recalled twenty times daring the per.
formaace of " Lucia," and eight times in " Faust,"
after the church scene. If success be measured by
recalls, she is to be oonarstulated —Marled .titanderd.
A NIEW work on "Grave mounds and their Content.,
of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-
Saxon Periods," by Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt, will be
Issued immediately by Mows. Cioimbridge and Sons.
The work will be extensively illustrated, and will give
some new and interesting information on the subjects
upon which it treats.
A SPIRITED little literary attempt by the Amateur
Authors' Club in London deservel s good word. The
ladles and gentlemen of the club have started The Club
Magazine, the articles in which are furnished by the
members gratuitously. It is published for the benefit
of "certain struggling brothers and sisters." There is
: one pictorial illustration—simply • lady and gentleman
bowing to the public—but this use naturally depicted
so to make us hope that the lady who drew the design
will furnish many more from her pencil.

The Conn of Qeeen's Bench, on Thursday granted •
rule, on the application of Earl itadoor, calling upon
the Salisbury To to show cause why • criminal infor-
mation should not be grented for ea article reflecting
on his lordatip's conduct as • magistrate. The convic-
tion of some children for stealing • shilling's worth of
peens neer Salisbury was a subject of debate in the
Boole of Commons, and the editor, in the course of an
artiele upon it, observed that it was in the session coart
ot that city the " 400 band of the rich peer was seen
beeping wretchedness on the poor."
1-10 T AND COLI) BATHEL—If the eold douche bath is
taken at an fairly Lie, it should be persevered with
throughout life, and only relinquished temporarily in
febrile ailments. The best time for every one to bike
the cold bath is iminediately on getting out of bed,
before the body becomes chilled. The test whether the
bath does good or berm ie to be found in the osenrrenee
of shivering., cold feet, • sense of cohlnese over the
body, end an •bseooe of "glow," over the surface. In
snob oircumstanoes, the water lken must be tepid, and
friction with towels must be freely employed. Hot
baths should only be taken. as • rule, as • cleansing
operation • in fact, for the "Saturday night's wash,"
en
to speak. Those who are taking active exercise, on
the one hand, in their occupation, and those, on the
other, who lead • sedentary life, are benefited by a good
soaping all over and a rinsing in warm water every fort-
night. in addition to their cold douche each day.
CasselPs Howbeit' Gluck
NOVIRL APPLICATION or THE Row.—The members
of the English Amnesty Association have, it is stated,
resolved upon advising the mottle of Ireland, end the
lrish residents in the United Kingdom, to abstain from
the use of certain esciseable artmlee selecting tobacco
as the chief article of consumption by the Irish people.
It appears they include in their monition the English
sympathisers with the sniferings —not with the cause—
of the men la prison. The committee hope by this to
effect such a diminution in the revenue as will oonvincie
Mr. Lowe, whom they consider the stumbling-block in
the Cabinet to the release of the Fenian., that the case
is • serious one for his department. The amnesty Com-
mitt.). me about to issue the following order to the Irish
people of the United Kingdom :—" On and after the
--day of--'—, 1869 no tobseeo in any form is to
be consumed until such date as that on which all the
oolikimil prisoners shall be released from custody.
Issued an approved by the Amnesty Committee."
Lite on Tuesday night forms of this " order" were being
issued to the Irish residents in London, and were eagerly
illd0"1/„.
A tmtrentivertvg WORKING MAN'S POLITICIL—At
dinner the other night to celebrate the Conservative
mmories in Blackburn and Northeast Lancashire, a
working men named Barnes, prop:teed the toilet of
"The borough and County Members." In the 00111110
hie speech Berner discoursed after the following
manner :—Who charmed the serpent to beguile the
woman to pertake of the fruit that was forbidden her?
There were Whip anti Tories, as now, LW years ego,
mid advantage was silveyh taken when a woman was
reigning. It was so in geese Anne's days. Who took
.dysatige of that poor woman but the Whip' The
Radioel papers bad within the last twelvemonths
06"aag a grist victory, that they had got the Irish
chereki NB passed. and that the Queen signed it.
and told
But Her Majesty never signed it at au it waa a
forgery. It MY signed by 00111111iMi011. She would
not touch that bill; ehe kept her hands offit.
of
thstehechftoarurEdrivtuan frutlB:it". TdcrStarm:lrdweahnhetortosaitohadrge.an,t,
Mr. Orindlestone, do as well as you can, I am only' a
woman ." and he did so. When the Test and Corpor.
ation Hill was the house was filled with
" and trtr fluke of Wellington, that great
I visionless lasa, was nothing bat • Whig.