The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

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THE Lam ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBORY.-00 San-
day Canterbury Cathedral was crowded by persons
from all parts of the neighbourhood, anxious to hear the
very Rev. the Dean's (Dr. Alford'e) discourse on the
1 character of the late archbishop. The dean took for
I his text the 73rd Psalm, 23rd and, following verses
"Nevertheless lam continually with thee. Thou bast
holden me by my right hand. Thou shall guide me with
' Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." After
dealing fervidly with the general subjebt, the dean pro-
ceeded as follows: "Bet I have another reason for
' choosing these words as this subject for our meditation
to-day. Holy Scripture commands : 'Remember
them which have the rule over you, who have spoken
unto you the Word of God; whose faith follow, con-
sidering the end of their conversation.' And
never, surely, was there an matinee in
which the command might be more profitably
followed than in that of the rife and
example of our late venerated archbishop. He was pre-
eminently, and above all things, a good Christian man;
one of whose personal faith and holiness there never
was, nor could be, any question. AU honoured him as
such; all looked up to him as such; even those who
differed from him, even those who in important matters
found it their duty to oppose him. And this is a matter
of inestimable importance in the high office which he
filled, and in the days on which eur lob is oast. It is
not 10, not nearly all, but without it the ether qualities
of the archiepiscopal rule would lose their wide
influence and their practical value. I said from
this place, in the dark opening of this year of bereave-
ment, bow great • debt of gratitude to God this nation
owed for the
.pure example of our Royal household,
then so mysteriously desolated. Let me say, now that I
the fountain of our grief is opened afresh, now that I
our cathedral is again clothed in mourning, that this
Church of England owes no less a debt of thankful.
nem to her great Head, for the purity and unquestioned
simplioty of Christian faith in the character of the
primate who has ruled her during these last eventful
years. Years they have been of decided change, cif dark
rumour, of timid surmise, and of angry ml bitter
strife, of vicious and insolent unbelief; years in which
the steadiest hand might have trembled as it touched
the helm, the stoutest heart might have failed as it
felt the gathering storm, Admist all this, it seemed
as if not we, but One who knew better than us, had
chosen the pilot who was to guide us. Not the
strongest arm, but one ever clinging to divine support;
not the keenest eye, but one always fixed -on Heaven;
not the boldest judgment, but one ever- calm, ever
temperate, ever unruffled. We did not look for any
startling sayings, or for any new lines of action; we
did not expect that his name would be a watchword
in any owning struggle, or that his mind would point
to an und scevered track in the tangled thicket of
conflicting opinions ; but we knew that his work was
safe, for it was founded on • rock ;and that his rule would
be just, because he ruled in the fear of God. And let
me not be mistaken, as if I were speaking of one
whose natural abilities were below his exalted office;
for, indeed, it was very far from being so. His career
in early life was one of high distinction, and lie had
with his pen not unworthily convicted the gainsayers,
exhorted the faithful, and expounded the Word of
Truth. Still I may be forgiven for saying it, the
position in which God placed him seems to dwarf all
human abilities to the same level, and to leave its
holder dependent simple for the good which he is to do
on the degree in which he has sought and found the
wisdom which is from above; and, thus thinking, I
can have no doubt that God eminently guided him
with his counsel, any more than I an doubt that the
une God has now re oeived him into glory. His flesh
and his heart failed him, not unexpectedly, not prema-
turely, but in the natural decay of • life unusually
protracted: and our Christian faith is assured that
God who can rule the strength of his heart is now his
portion for ever. Let us all pray that God, the
fountain of wisdom, may direct our rulers to (Moose
one as his successor who shall, together with those
qualities and powers which may be suited to the
unknown future of the Church, lioness that deep
and undoubted piety which, in the long list of our
arehbisuops, has eieually marked the character of his
life and example."
A Berlin letter says :—" We have not seen the last
of the Japanese ambassadors. They are to return to
Western Europe by way of Berlin, leaving St. Peters-
burg to-day. Their arrival on Prussian territory will
be awaited at Eydtahnen fry Count Eulenbarg, the late
special ambassador to Japan. It is not probable that
the visitors will stay longer than one night in Berlin,
their "resent intention heirg to leave for Aix-la-
Chapelle the following morning.
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A YANKICS JOStPII ADY.—An American oorrespon•
dent writes A smart person named Fitch adver-
tised very extensively in all of the New York papers
that any person who would enclose to him a dollar
should receive, in reply, the most positive information
as to how he could avoid the draught. He received
over 600 letters in a week, enclosing the dollar, and
anxiously demanding the `guarsoteed information.' To
all he replied as follows Enlist without delay in
the nearest Volunteer regiment.—A. Fitch.' It was
a sluere transaction all round, and the police had to let
Mr. Fitch slide."

Tax BEST Boriewrit of the International Exhibition
is one of the Benson's Watches, which unite use with
beauty, and which are so highly spoken of by the whole
of the public press. J. W. Benson's principal show is at
hie great clock, in the middle avenue at the Exhibition,
and in class XV, north gallery. Benson's "Illustrated
Pamphlet" contains an interesting amount of the rise
of the various escapements in use at the present time.
It also includes a number of specimens of engraving,
and a copious prise list, from which persons in distant
parts can select the watch suited to their wear, with-
out the necessity of a visit to London. Fall instructions
are given for the care of a watch, and the pamphlet will
be sent post free for two stamps, or gratis on application
at the manufactory, 33 and 34, Ludgate Hill, E. C.
, Established 1749.
HOW TO GET A GOOD BIENEFTL—A Berlin letter
tells the following story :—" A. member of the company
at Callenbach's Theatre was to have a benefit night,
and the question was how to get together a good
audience. Accordingly, some days before there appeared
in the papers an advertisement to the following effect:
—" A gentleman, who has a niece and ward possessing
a disposable property of 15,000 thalers, together with •
mercantile establishment, desires to find a young man
who would be able to manage the business and become
the husband of the young lady. Apply to—.'
Hundreds of letters poured in, in reply to the advertise-
ment. On the morning of the benefit day, each person
who had sent a reply received the following note :
'The meet important point is, of course, that you should
like one another. I and my niece are going to
Callenbach's Theatre this evening, and you can just
drop in upon us in Box No. I.' Of course the theatre
was crammed. All the bat paying places in the house
were filled in the evening by • motley male public, got
up in • style which is seldom seen at the Royal Opera
itself. Glasses were levelled on all sides in the
direction of Box No. 1, and eyes were strained to catch
the first glimpse of the niece when she should appear in
company with the uncle. But uncles are proverbially
'wicked old men,' and in the present case neither uncle
nor Mull was to be found, and the dieounsolete lovers
—of a fortune—were left to clear up the mystery as
is •st they could. The theatre has not hed such an
audience for years."
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Some find it difficult to account for the peculiar
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istic oi the Pure Tea sold by Horniman's Agent.; this
superiority arises from the Chinese having long covered
many of the teas in general use with powdered facing;
colouring both the brown perished leaves and the choice

spring growths alike, so as to pus off the bad with the
good. The public therefore with good reason object to
the colouring Of an article used as daily food. llorni-
man'a greens are Of the natural olive hue,—not bluish,
—the blacks not artificially darkened ;—teas so genuine
and excellent secure a perference. They are sold by
2,282 Agents, in packets.

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