The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

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Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and
clothing to npwanls of 800 poor persons of the Windsor
and Clower parishes took plies on Thursday morning in
the Riding.house of the Castle. At about 10 o'olook the
Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince
of Weise, the Primus Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince
Arthur, Prinoe Leopold, Princess Alice, Princess
Helena, and Princess Louisa, the Dachau of C•mbridge,
and Prince's Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, and the
Prince of Leinlngen, attended by the Ladies and Gentle.
men in Waiting, proceeded to the Riding.hous• to wit-
ness the distribution, which was under ibe direction of
the Hon, and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the
clergy of Windsor and Clown, and the District Visitors
for the relief of the poor.
The members of time Clothing Club established under
Her Majesty's patronage, received at the aims time
artlclea of clothing 'counting to the amount of their
contributions (auk on former occasions), with the addi-
tions provided by Her Majesty.
The death of Sir Alexander Dixie, Bart., is announced.
He VOW in early life in the navy, and WM at Trafalgar.
He had "assisted at the capture end destruction of
twenty.thres sail of the line, besides* number of frigates,
alone of war, and ptirateers, and had been once ship.
wrecked, Swim imprisoned, and twice wounded ii
battle.''
Mr. Wyon is employed on a medal commemorative of
the marriage of Prince Frederick of Prussia and the
Princess Royal of England.
The title by which Mr. Charles Compton Cavendish '
will be ailed to the Upper House, is, we believe, Lord
Chesham, and not Lord latimer, is previously stated.
Haile. Blanche de Jeufoase, the heroine of the
late trial (says the "Court Journal"), is about to
.bestow herself upon the son of an old oomrade of her
father.
Rumour promises • Dukedom to M. de Morny. The
title proposed for the President of the Legislative Corps
ie Duke de Nude, the name of one of his chateaux in
the Allier.
DEATH Or EARL SPENCER.—The death of Earl
Spencer, B.G. Is announced. His lordship had but •
few weeks previous resigned the ofiloe of Steward of the
Household in consequence of his failing health, but so
early and fatal a termination of his illness was not anti-
cipated. By the death of Earl Spencer another garter
is rendered vacant, and a new election for North North-
amptonshire will take plaoe.
A SUITOR FOR THE PRINCESS ALlClL—Although no
official intimation of the views of the Dutch Court has
as, yet been conveyed to this country, we believe there
ilia° doubt as to the intention of the King of Holland to
demand the hand of the Princess Alice for the young
Prince of Orange. Neither of their Royal Highnesaes is
arrived at • marriageable age, it is true; but that cir-
cumstance is no bar to such a proposal as that to which
we allude; and if the idea should hereafter become •
reality the match is one which must be considered as in
every respect suitable. That the idea of an English
matrimonial alliance is seriously entertained at the
Hague we are mauled upon the authority of those who
are in a position to be well informed as to what is pass-
ing in the Dutch Court; and we have been told that if
the contemplated proposal, when made, shall be acceded
to by her Majesty, it is intended to send the Prinoe of
Orange to this country to complete his studies, as his
an sire did, at one of the English Universities—Cam-
bridge most probably—and to mature his intimacy' with
the Royal family.
On Wednesday morning, at half-past 10, a fire broke
out at the mansion of his Grace the Duke of Portland,
in Cavendish-square, which caused great consternation
among the household and members of the family. It
appears, from inquiries made on the spot, that his
Grace has for some time been suffering under a chronic
attack of rheumatism in his hip, and to allay the pain
was accustomed to inhale the vapour from • spirit of
wine lamp, and yesterday morning, at the time before
mientioned, his Grace was inhaling the vapour, attended
by Mr. Lewis, his house steward, when by some acci-
dent the lamp was overturned, and the inflammable
nature of the liquid which it contained set fire to the
curtains and bedding. Mr. Lewis, with great presence
of mind, at once obtained assistance, and removed the
dike from the room into the library, but not without
being severely burnt, his hair being all nearly ainged
from off his head. He then ordered the door to he
closed, and messengers were sent to the King-street and
other fire-brigade stations, when, by aid of buckets of
water, the fire was subdued, being confined to the room
in which the outbreak took place, but not before the
bedding and furniture in the room were destroyed. But
for the precaution of Mr. Lewis in closing the door, in
all probability the entire mansion would have been in
flames before assistance could have arrived. As it was,
the parochial, the King-street, the West of England,
and other fire-engines were soon on the spot, but their
services were not required. His Grace is understood to
be insured in the Imperial.