The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

COURT AND HIGH LIFE.

MITURN OF Hmt MAJESTY TO WINDBOI.—Her
Majesty and the junior members of the royal family are
expected to leave Balmoral on Monday, the 24th inst.,
and arrive at Windsor Castle early on Tuesday morning,
the 25th inst.
QUINN'S UNIVIRSITT IN IHILLAND. —Letters patent
have passed the Great Seal of Ireland panting a new
charter to the Queen's University in Ireland, and
appointing the Earl of Clarendon, KG., to be the first
Chancellor of the Univarsity.
IIIPRIMMITATION OF CANIRIDOI.—Mr. W. D.
Christie, our lit, minister in Brasil, has announced his
determination of contesting the representation of the
borough at the neat general election in the Whig
interest. Mr. Chrietie was M.P. for Weymouth from
1842 to 1847. Cambridge is at present represented by
two Conservatives.

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The Marchioness of Westotinster is shortly expected
at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from a tour in Scotland. The
marquis is gassing the reason at Buxton.
The Earl and Countess Russell and the Ladies Russell
leave Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, at the end of the
month, on a visit to Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley,
at Alderley Park, Cheshire.
Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bart. M.P. for Wakefield,
formerly chairman of the Iron Plate Committee, bas
accepted the chairmaaship of the Milteall Ironworks
Company.
THI ADIIHIALTT DIMINO THI RICER& —The ;QOM
of the Admiralty is at present conducted by Sir
Frederick Grey, Rest... Mental C. Frederick, and Mr.
Romaine. Lord Clarence Paget hes again retired to
the conntry, and ic not expected in town again until
"intimate titer," which commences in November.

Thu Rotr•L BAWL—Her Majesty • ship Salamis,
with tho infant Prinee Albert Vi.aor, arrived in the
Humber on Sunday. the 16th inst., after • somewhat
atoriny pasaKe of over 28 hours front Cuxhaven.
Whether horn respect to the Sabbath, or • desire to
allow • respite of travel to the Counter@ de Grey and
other attendants on the Prince, it wan determined to
pail& the night on board. A specicl train conveyed Use
roLal party to Balmoral.
TRR NM LORD LIRUTCSANT Or IRILAND. —The
folloaing letter, rigned " Hersldicus," appears in the
iriaA flame :—" Your oorreepondents labour under •
delusion as to Lord Wodehouse. tin far from being
inferior to his predecessor+ in the high office to which
he has been pr (erred, Lis lordship ranks, in ancestral
p sition, hereditary distinction, and family alliances,
with the best of the English nobility. The Wodehomes
are, to use the expression el an old writer, of 'stupen-
dous' antiquity. One of their ancestors was a Knight
in the tiroe of Henry Beauelerk ; another, a gallant
soldier under Henry V., was given the motto of
' Agincourt' (a motto still borne by Lord Workhouse)
for his prowess on that memorable field; a third was
created a Knight of the Bath at the royal nuptials of
Henry VI I L'a son, Prince Arthur; and • fourth, Sir
Philip Wodshouse, of Kiniberley, knighted by the Earl
of &sex, for his valour at the capture of Valls, was
included in the flrat creation of baronets on the insti-
tution of the Order. Be-ides being the male reproien•
tativo of this grand cld Enclish race, Lord Wodehouse
Is heir-general id the Lorda Berkeley of Stratton, 00-heir
of the Bacons of Norfolk, and the Artnines of Lincoln-
shire, and a descendant of • Belted Will Howard' a
Naworth; the founder of poor Lord Carlisle's immediate
family. 'Stag fortuna doraus, et avi numerantur
avorum.' "

WINDSOR CASTIA —Her Ifsleaty's private sitting-
room, which is .ituated on the south side of the
Queen's Tower, has been beautifully redecorated. The
ceiling, which is of a very chaste and elegant design,
has ben repeinted and gilded, and the walls have been
hung in the panels with • very handsome brocaded
satin of • rich crimson ground, with foliage of gold
colour and white, having • very good effect, alit is is
keeping with the other decorations of the room. The
silk has been accurately copied by • English inanufao•
t'irer from the originoil silk, which was made by •
furtign firm for George IV. The panels are surrounded
by richly carved and gilt. mouldings, and below them is
a dada of white and gold, corresponding • ith the ceiling.
The window draperies have been arranged in a very
tasteful and somewhat novel manner, which is very
suitable to the style of the room, and is • pleasing
change from the former heavy draperies. The whole
ridects groat credit on the Lord Chamberlain's grit
officer at Windsor. Mr. Seabrook, under wham Mal and
superintendence the redecorations have been carried
out.— Oneri Journal.
The Hon. Colonel Berkeley, 11. P., and Mrs. Berkeley,
have returned to Wicks Elm, Gloucestershire, from •
visit to the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, at
Apthorpe Park, Northamptonalibe.
Frances, Countess of Waldegraveo and the Right Hon.
Chichester Portescue, M.P., are still on a tour in
Ireland, and will not return to London till the latter
end of the month.
The marriage has been definitively arranged between
Miss Eden, daughter of the Sight Rev. Lord Auckland,
Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Mr. Fawcett, who on-
aucomdully contested Brighton at the last election.
Since the betrothal of the heir to the Bosnian throne,
there are four young kings or heir. to kingdoms no'
provided with wives—to wit, the King of Bavaria, the
King of Greece, Prince Humbert, and the Prince of
Orange.. .

The late Earl Cadogan on commencing life had seven
lives between him sod the Earldom. The present Earl
Poulett bad six.
The Duke of Athol° has lot Blair existle for the sum
of BCYell thousand pounds for two yeus. His Grace
purposes remaining in the Guards for the present.
It is not ifesoer.lly known that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer is a descendant of two Royal houses. Sir
Bernard Burke's recently published "Royal Descents"
gives the pedigree of the (Sadstone family, and shows&
descent from Henry 111., King of England, and Robert
Bruce, King of Scotland. Lady Joan Beaufort, a des-
cendant of Henry I IL, married James!. of Scotland, •
descendant t.f Braes; and from this alliance 4 clearly
traced the descent of Andrew Robertson, sheriff sub-
stitute of Ross, whose daughter Anne married Sir John
Gladstone, Bart., of Pasqua and Balfour, and bore
'overall sons, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
—Liverpool Mercury.