The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-03-02 00:00:00

Court Neb3o.

The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter has accepted the offer
of • baronetcy, which Lord Palmerston expressed his
desire to recommend Her Majesty to bestow on him. A
similar offer had been before made to the right hon.
gentleman, and declined. It is but • slight token from
the late Ministerial party of their appreciation of the
invaluable services rendered to them by Mr. Hayber. It
is not given as a reward, but as the only kind of mark of
gratitude that can be at present bestowed which does
not deprive the Liberal party of ,the assistance of the
retiring Secretary of the Treasury. The Duke of
Devonshire, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of
Harrowby will have the vacant Garters.
Mr. Adam Bittlestone, of the Midland Circuit, who
for several years reported its proceeding' for the Time.,
has been appointed by the late Ministry to the vacant
Indian Judgeship.
The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Aboe, honoured
the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with their
presence on Thursday evening. The royal suite con-
sisted of the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Emily
Cathcart, the Earl of Caithness, and Colonel F. H.
Seymour.
The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cath-
cart have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Stop-
ford as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen.
Hsu hiAJTATT'S LIVEZB.—We have authority to
state that Her Majesty's levee announced to be held at
St James's Palace on Wednesday, the 10th of March
next, will not take place. Her Majesty will hold • levee
(as already announced) on Wednesday, the 17th of
March, and • further levee on Wednesday, the 24th of
March next._

The Rev. Geo. E. L. Colton, master of Marlborough
College, has been appointed to the Bishopric of Calcutta
vacant by the death of the late Dr. Wilson.
A rustic rhymester, named Win. Drewery, who
resides in Fleet Fen, was inspired by the marriage of the
Princeu Royal to irclite • string of congratulatory verses
to Her Majerty, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and
her lord and master. He etraightway forwarded them
by poet to her Msjesty, and • few days afterwards re-
ceived them again with the following note :--" Colonel
Phipps has received the Queen's commands to thank
Mr. Drewery for sending his verses, but which her
Majesty regrets oannot be received, as the very great
number of these offerings has rendered necessary the
establishment of the rule that the royal family should
not swept manuscript or complimentary poetry.—Buok-
inghain Palace, Feb. 6, 1858."
The Post states that the title of Woodstock already
existing in the person of the Duke of Portland, Sir F.
Thesipr has elected to be created Lord Chelmsford.
The nine-pounder brass Aell.piece, Nith limber and
ammunition waggons, intended as a present from from
her Majesty to the Emperor Napoleon, having been
completed, was on Thursday inspected by numerous
visitor'. The gun itself is the most perfect specimen
yet turned out from the Royal Gun Factories, and the
ironwork of the carriages is so highly polished as to have
the appearance of diver. The timber is oak-grained and
varnished, and the vehicles are in every respect beauti-
ful opecimans of workmanship.