The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

Central Nan.

A STRANGE DINNER PAIITT.—A traveller who has
just returned from Spain across the Pyrennees gives an
account of a curious sight which he witnessed during •
short halt at a village high op in the mountains.
Having an hour to spare he walked out to admire the
scenery, and his attention was attracted by a number of
eagles fluttering at some distance. On looking more
closely he observed that shoat 20 of those birds were
engaged in a fight over the body of a dead cow with as
many wolves, which were, however, at last obliged to
yield up possession of the prize. At • short distance
he also noticed a brown bear watching the combatants,
hut not daring to advance till the eagles bad satisfied
their hunger and taken to night.
Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin announce
the issue, on the 12th Of May. of an "Exhibitor," to be
published weekly, during the Exhibition, at a Penny;
but, if purchased with Caseell's Family Paper, the
Paper and Exhibitor together will be three-half-pence.
Referring to the great success which attended "Cassell's
Illustrated Exhibitor" of 1851, they promise that their
"Exhibitor," now issuing, will form a beautiful and
permanent Illustrated Record of the Great Exhibition
of 1862.

A Parliamentary return just issued shows that the
total number of persons in England and Wales com-
mitted to the county goals daring the last seven years
on a charge of felony is 190,388. Of this number 2,088
had been previously committed for offences against the
game laws..

The Great Eastern is onoe more on a voyage across
the Atlantic. The vessel sailed on Wednesday with
138 passengers and some cargo. The Great Lantern
ought to have sailed on Tuesday night, but was prevented
owing to a foul hawser.
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A 'Media-3;8-f key has been dug up on the site of the
once famous priory of St. Denys, close to Portswood
station of the South Western Railway. It Is • bronze
key, about two inches long, the stein is solid, and tapers
towards the end, the wards forming a letter H. The
inner periphery of the handle ring projects near the
stem, which is characteristic of ancient keys. This key
no doubt belonged to a small box or seeretaire. It is
covered with a thin coat of verdigris which has pre-
vented corrosion. The door keys found among the ruins
of St. Denys, being of iron, are much corroded with
rust. Mr. Skelton, the architect, who has purchased
the ruins, carefully jreserves the relics. A few rusty
keys, some fragments of mosaic pavements, and a few
mutilated stone coffins, are almost all that is left of the
Splendid priory. The coffins seine years ago were
cleared of the bones and skulls of priors and monks,
and used as hogs' troughs by a neighbouring farmer.
A BANQUET IN A SISIVIIR.—On Bondayafternoon, at
the invitation of Mr. W. Webster, the contractor for
carrying out that portion of the metropolitan main
drainage from Deptford to the °titian at Erith, the
members of the Greenwich District Board of Works,
and about 500 inhabitants of the locality proceeded to
inspect the line of sewer previous to its being handed
over to the Metropolitan Board. About 12 o'clock the
company assembled in front of St. Alphsge Church,
Greenwich, the band of the Volunteer Rifles being in
attendance; and, the descent, which occupied some
time, having been accomplished by means of a long
ladder, a novel scene Wu presented. The immense
archway of brickwork, the radius of which is struck
from a centre of 5 feet 9 inches, giving 11 feet 6 inches
in the clear, or diameter, mid of circular form, had been
provided with a temporary floor for a distance of about
one mile, and was lighted on both sides with lamps.
The refreshment tables were abundantly supplied. The
most interesting portion of the proceedings was the
presentation of a testimonial from the inhabitants of
Greenwich to Mr. Webster. The chair was occupied by
Mr. Bristow, Id.P., who presented the address to Mr.
Webster, and observed that the sewer in which the
large number before him were then assembled was, in
his opinion, one of the greatest engineering works of
modern times. A similar testimonial was presented to
Mr. Jennings, agent to the oontracter, who acknow-
ledged the same in suitable terms. Several toasts were
duly honoured and addresses delivered, and after re-
maining under ground about two hours, the company
ascended. —Express.

When first introduced into England. pure wholesome
Tea was alone imported, Dr. Samuel Johnson liked
such, and the frequenters of " Galway?' in the time of
Charles the Second obtained such, and recent events
have fully proved, that a large portion of the public
will hare suck now, in preference to the usual
'artificially faced' sorts; to meet this demand, Messrs.
Horrnman were the first to import pure uncoloured
green tea direct from China, per ships 'Cherokee' and
'Combo/re; a large sale has ever since been experienced;
the stock in the London Docks last month, *as by the
printed returns upwards of one million pounds; since
then two ships have arrived with entire cargoes of
pure uneloured. Horniman's teas possess extraordinary
strength, the Bl ark is not intensely dark, the Green is of
a nstitral dull olive bue,—not tinted bluish, like that
usually sold. Agents as advertised.

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