The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-19 00:00:00

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Tel Poll Book a the late Election for the Univer-
sity of Oxford has been published within the last few
days, and will be studied with loose than usual Wasik

Nom TRAM. —Mr. Dunlap, a Baltimore iserehasS.
has jut left for that city with a crate of Maltese kittens,
to supply the demand in Baltimore. where the Wise
species are very scarce.—New York Times. "

'rue Vicerroy of Egypt. who himself quitted Egypt
the first appearance of the cholera. has just dismissed
several high functionaries for haying abandoned Egypt
during the epidemic.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. —Saturday was devoted
to excursion.' to Urironium, Wenlock. and Bufldwaa,
to Ooalbrookdsle and the Wrekin, to Warwick and
Stratford-on-Avon.

CAPTAIN W. A. BAXIIR, of the Royal Bombay En-
gineers, has, after wavers! years' Andy of prophecy, fired
the period of the Lad Day at 3.40 p.m., September
20th, 1878, Greenwich time!

Ma. POWER, says the Flerapaa's Joesnial, is going to
resign the chairmanship of the Great Western Railway
because he finds the labour so great that he oannaot, in
justice to his own business oocupatioas continue, in that
position.

Tim Birmingham Gazette Days:—"There are now
some indications that the cattle plague is abating in
virulence. We repeat oar belief that the whole thing
has been exaggerated, and that many of the animal.
reported to have died from rinderpeat were afflicted with
oommon forms of disease."

A warm in Elarper's Monthly, describing the effects
of the shells which were thrown into Charleston, records
the following:—" Another shell tore open • Bible upon
the pulpit desk of a church, leaving • leaf upon which
were conspicuous the words, 'An enemy bath done
Min' "

FKNIA27IBII.—It is stated by a Cork newspaper that
a number of gunboats, with two men-of war, have bees
ordered to Bantry Bay and adjoining stations, in order
to warn the Fenian' that their lawless intentions will
be met by severe preventive measures. The seditious
movement is showing a bold front, and great uneasiness
is felt in certain districts of the oountry.
Ma. Guderroara Live AMVIIAKCII Scrums—About
six months ago a life assurance department was
established in connexion with the Post Offiee in a town
of a hundred thousand inhabitants, a large proportion
consisting of labourers and artifloers. U to the present
time only one "proposal" for assurance has been pre-
sented through the office in question, and that ens has
been declined. —standard.

THZ MURDER OF PRINCE ktraeree COON. —lf
report be trete, Prussia is likely to receive a lemma from
France upon her unequal administration of justice.
The French Government have, it is said addressed
note to the Prussian Cabinet with reference to the
murder of Ott, Prinoe Alfred's cook. The note dwells
num the fact that France extends her protection to all
her subjects. So there is a probability that Count
Eulenburg may yet be brought to justice.
Tai New ATLANTIC C.:MILL—The only alteration
that will be made in the new Atlantic cable will be tbe
substitution of strands in the place of solid iron wires
for the external covering. These strands will each con-
sist of three wires, and each strand will be covered with
manilla. It is thought that by this means all chance
of the gutta-percha being pierced by the external wire
will be prevented, as each wire !tingly would be too weak
to be thrust into the interior of the cable.—Mechassice
Araccalrine.

WHoLzkIALI Pont:mins. —Among the novelties of
the day is a firm for the wholesale rearing of poultry.
The firm we are told have taken five acres of land in
the neighbourhood of Bromley, in Kent, have already
erected an arcade, 350 feet long, and commenced with •
stud of three thousand roosters, and when the other
arcades forming the remaining sides of a quadrangle are
completed, it is expected that a feathered colony of
20,000 and upwards wig be maintained in comfort.

JURIES AND CIGAR'S.— At Liverpool, the foreman of
• jury reported that they eould not agree, after being
locked up but added, " Perhaps if we smoke another
cigar we shall agree." " Cigar?" said the judge;
"Well, that certainly is not meat, and It is i,ot drink,
but isn't Afire." Fire or not the jury got that other
cigar without hindrance, and managed to agree in the
end, thanks to the tobacco, which to composing enough
to compose a verdict it seems.

M. ADDISON AND THN BLARNEY STONE —Mr.
Additon, the actor, with his daughter and Mr. %them,
recently visited Blarney. and Mr. Addison was held by
his heels over a parapet tome hundred feet from the
ground so that he might kiss the stone. The stone was
triumphantly kissed, and Mr. Addison almost black In
the face, at once proved that be had "grown eloquent,"
for he screamed out it the top of his voice--

"A clever .pouter
He'll aura turn oat, or
An out-and-outar—"
Possibly be might have eoneladed the verse, but the
people at his heels tired with holding him began to pen
up when all at once one of Mr. Addisoo's hoots came off,
and for a minute or two he was susemoked by me m&
only. By • great effort, however, he at last sayseedal
in giving Mr. Sothern his other foot, sod he was hauled
op. During this scene his daughter was so terrified
that she beaame speechless and sank to the grass.

PORT-0711CZ SAVINGB-BANE.--Commeneing in Sep-
tember, 1861, with 300 banks, the Po.t-officie autho-
rities have extended the nnmber so rapidly that in July,
1865, no lees than 3,219 of these depositories for the
savings of the people were open for business. There
were at this latter date 546,262 amounts open, and the
amount standing to the credit of the depositors was
£5,864,563. These banks had received 3,331,812
deposits, amounting to £10,281,316, and the with.
drawals bad numbered 831,755, and amounted to
£4,589,953. No lees than 747,948 persons had opsuad
Recounts with the post-office banks, and as way as
201,686 persona had closed their accounts. The imeeip
amount to the credit of melt account open was bin
£6 9a. 9d. at the close of the year 1861; in July, WA
it was £lO 148. 61. Th• sums transferred free lie
older savings-banks to the post-office bask' hem
amounted to about 21,350.000 of the whole _
and more than a third of the entire amount
came from the Birmingham savings-bank. whigh limed
voluntarily. Considerable sums were also teseadeneill
in consequence of other old anvil:we-banks re
businesa. The recent closing of the as d la=l3.
Canterbury has resulted in the transfer of
£127,000 to the post-office banks. These basks, osoir
Tidd Pratt remarks in noticing the returne is
Friendly &mistime report just issued, have lets 10
a very limited extent with the business of the 4der
savings-banks still kept open. The business acquired
bas been almost entirely new business.
iIfTEOVRII VITO; AT WINDSOR CRSTUL —For several
months past a large number of workmen have been em-
ployed at Windsor Castle, under the superintendence of
Mr. Turnbull, Surveyor of Works. There arena rooms
in which alterations and improvements have been made,
viz., the billiard-room and the ante-room, the dining-
room, oak-mom, Vandyck-room, and cooks' dining.
room. The billiard-room, which contained the fine old
oak billiard table made from the wood of the Royal
George, has undergone very extensive alterations; Is
this apartment new doors have been laid down, the un-
sightly small eommon glass window, have been removed,
and new framework with plate-glass sashes of large
dimensions has been introduced. A large potent von-
has been formed in the thick wall, and taken to
Uffiffilihe purr -of conveying off
T the gam lit new doors, new
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THE HARVEST HOME.
f the author of "Precious Treasures, or Flowers 01
Aber land ;" "The Sabha' h ktest ;"
The ri.ing sun with beauty gilds the sky,
And shines upon the mountain high;
And o'er the sea in dazzling splendour bright,
Makes one long stream of shining light.
The sea birds rise to hail the new-born day,
And seek their food across the bay;
While from the village church cloak standing near,
The hour of morn strikes on your ear.
Then hastes the stout labourer to the field,
His inatrunmate of toil to wield,—
That working with a noble willing mind,
The fruits of labour sweet may find.
The time of Harvest once again is seen,
And fields all decked in glorious sheen;
Off on yon hills the gathering work's begun,
Under the brightness of the sun.
And now the Harvest of another year,
IA Home Ward b 9171 With jer and care;
While thousands in one song God's bounty owe,
And sing with joy "the Harvest Home."
"The Harvest Home I" let each some tribute give,
Of thankfulness while here he live.;
And for God's daily care bestowed on all,
Let rich and poor in revereneefall.
Weymouth, September lit, 1865. W.O.

THI poet laureate is making a tour in Bwltserlend.
Two deaths from sunstroke occurred in London on
Friday.

EARL Gliturvius is about to marry Miss Campbeii.
si.ter of Mr. Walter Campbell, of hay.
Tee Railway News believes that next session will he
an unusually busy one as regards new railway projects.
Tint Braemar gathering has been postponed till the
21st of September, that the Prince of Wales etey be
present.
GOVERNIIIINT are endeavouring to suppress tbe
private inquiry system. The principal inquiry oMoe that
remains is conducted by a foreigner.

IT Is annotinoed at last that Mr. Davis is to be
tried by a United States Circuit Court, probably at
N3rfolk, Virginia, Obief•Justioe Chase presiding.