The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-15 00:00:00

WIYXOI7TH.
LOCAL Bow OP ILICALT:II,

Than was—a-O-IWQ -Of i-eTs ifoard—;;;-*«inalday bast,
when there wareprwent —the Harm (Hr. G. Eliot), and
Mews. Aylesbury, Charles, Dennis, Graham, Groves,
Hanna, Lovell, Lund'', litlledgs, Naugle. Robs..,
Robetteon, Tboniaa, Webb, and Wabdord.
Mr. Peng Hooper !scalp acted as Clark to the Board,
owing to the Illness of Mr. Bloggall
POUNDS.

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In reply to a gm:Wm; TZ.71;.-Fit—onas. asking if my
reply had been received from Kr. Howard or the persons
for whom he was acting. respecting the timber pounds.
Mr. Pally Hooper said a letter had been received from
Kr. Howard stating that he had written to the North
immediately after the previous meeting, but the owaer
of the property was now in France.
The MATO& remarked that he had heard repeated com-
plaints respecting the state of the timber pomade, and he
had been requested to urge the Board to expedite mitten,
with s view to something being done.
Mr. THOMAS also thought no time ought to be lost in the
matter, and inetructiona ought to be given forth. work to
be proceeded with.
Mr. Roams remarked they would not be worthy of
their position as memben of the Board if they allowed
themselves to be ytefpoled and trifled with.
_

Cu7in—ii7accfit notne—tilrg wer;;Ze zoos done the
Board must carry out the work thenurelase,
It woe therefore resolved " That the condition of the
timber pounds will not admit of any further delay, and
the Board must request an answer from Yews. Betts and
Co., whether they intend to accept the luI,sUoD made
at a farmer rowans or not, otherwise the Board feel it
their imperative duty to carry out the decision strived at.
and request an answer within fourteen dam"
rite "MEWS rkrzas."

There was BOON discussion upon this subject.
The ILATOR said him attention had been drawn to WIN
placards about the town with reference to a sale of the
"Sharron Papers." For himself he had always thought.
aa had also many others, that 11 .0114 be most advisable
the Corporstion should regain pawed= of these runnier
rip& documents. It was a legal quesUon as to how a
private individual became pommeled of Corpoe•tion
property in this way. He had had • private inter.
view with Mr. Sherren respecting them, and
had asked him if he would be willing to enter into
nagociationa with • sub-committee with • view to the Cor-
poration regaining possession of them. He
g
that • sob-committee be appointed to see llr.lirdentuin
with a view to arranging with him to regain them. The
present porammor of them had declined be stop the pre-
p...time for the sale, which IVY to take place on the Lit
of August.
The Karon's suggestion as to the appointment of •
sob-committee was agreed to.

,rlll-11SWAGE
.V 12171014-

The KAYOS IlSki—the bad called that meeting espedally
for tba pupae. of emaidering th• moat important vest:lon
of th• disponi of the sewage. He earnestly hoped mate
decision would be arrived atond that they would be able
to report progr. Ho had received two communication§
from tits Local Government Board respecting the matter,
In the letter of which lb. Board requested to be informed
of the steps that had been taken for the polices of
carrying out a proper scheme of sewage, and they doo
expressed a wish to be furnished with the particular, of
each • whew& . . . . .

Th; burreyor reported that he had made further
experiments on the ne fall, and currant of the tide in
referencia to the disposal of the sevaricildey proved
that crud* sewage should not be into be
harbour on the rising tide, bat should only be discharged
on the ebb tide, and that at a point south-east of the
harbour. . . . . . .

It wee suggested that some competent engineer should
give his opinion respecting the matter.
Yr. THOMAS contended that Si it had been shown,
sewage, alter it got out of the harbour, went in certain
directions where it caused • nonslip, it would be dent.
mental to the interests of Weymouth to cerry it out to
U. Ile believed it was better to concentrate it, and if
Sir John Cooda's plea had been adopted in It. integrity it
would hen been far better. If they had adopted his
plan they would ban been leaved from any. possible
objection the public might entertain as to its beung in the
water. This was • most important matter for them to
consider In • town like Weymouth. Aft., the experiments
of their Surrnor, he was not disposed to cony the sewage
out to sea. . . .

W Eld VOLD mid seaweed. altar decompositioo. wee
very offensive, and people now were very ready to ascribe
any officers smell to seaweed.
Mr. Rosue hoped, in cousequenos of the manure of
ded...t.necae from outside, someone would be brought to
give them advice on the subject, and he did not think
there waa anyone better qualified than Mr. Hawkeelay.
When he had heard complaints respecting the Oeensive
smells which had been attributed to the sewage he just
removed a little sand and showed the parties that it arose
from decomposed seaweed. end not from sigma
Mr. LOIIODII said the question at present at issue was
what scheme should be adopted. They were satisfied with
what Mr. Morgan had laid bean them that morningalt
yet he had had no scheme to lay before
He really did not think they mold ink him to
=re• scheme considering the amount of duties
ving upon him. With regard to the mamma
of the sewsge term, the Local Goverament Board itself
wee undecided as to the best course to adopt. The longer
the, deferred the matter the more experience they were
likely to gala of other unfortunate watering pieces The
question for them now was what answer they could make
to the Local Government Board. He quite approved of
the name of Kr. Hawked.% though mon engineers liked
to hays • scheme of their own sad not adoPt other
r= th.r.fitax ~ t whoever they had
..
ad he hope
wage d therm y. would
tins and would carry the sewage away to sea. He
believed every member of the Board desired to do some-
thing to meet the
_preature upon them.
The Maros did not oppose the suggestion which had
been made, though his ideas when he entered the room
were in • (Monet directkm. There were, be °
three ways in which the sewage might he donit3:B44Z
these were the only miss p •radieibie at the
moment There were first the course alluded to TiZt .
Thomas, vii.. filtration, but Iran recent reports there
seemed to be no certainty with regard to Ude wheeze of
Intermittent filtration. It bad also been plurals con-
cluded that It would be impounds to carry this plan out,
not only from the nature of the land, but in consequence
of the enormous expense attending it Another system
..e by clarifies:ice; but In order to do this they would
have to west a pumg engine, and tanks. The third
Eynon was sewage out to sea. Bat for the
difference of expressed that morning he should
have supporikltter meet decidedly. He instanced
Torquay, Souther", Bright," and Bournemouth, where
they were sending their sewage oat to ass in scrods state.
It " That the data pro-
wytoed b;is
with other reports sad piens
be nibmitted to Mru."Carrkeslay. an eminent engineer
sequinned with sewage matters. and that he2s„emested
to furnish the authority with • scheme for
theulUToinawntelsl3 resolved
the
sewage out of the harbour and that the ToinThiar`k be
requested to communicate the same to him. Information
wag also to be mat to the Local Government Board as to
the step taken by the Board.
Shortly afterwards the meeting broke op.

ROYAL DIVONSHI-ILL- "N—ii:RGE.. —ls the bask the cheapest,
the mom fashionable, and the most durable o any article
a°"°- Th. Q.0,,,A Olt it ha. no rival either in appear-
ance or utility. It is made of selected and elastic staple
wool. produced in new colours and mixture. for the
tPrinSo4 MU: .100 in Usht weighted Tarns for summer
wear and warm climate.. Prices for ladles' wear, l 64d
Is. 112 d. 2a 3d., and Sa ird. per yard. Extra milled and
strengthened for genUenien's sulta and boys' hard wear
plow patterns), from 2. lid. per yard inches in width
The factors cut any length. and pez;k. varriage en ll a Puree"
Into Landau, Dublin. Belfast., or Glasgow. In
writing for patterns, which are sent Pod hid, date
whether for ladles' or _ weer. Address, Spear-
man * Spearman. Ctmatusereamlre Serge Faders,
wortlircrtirmmmariaititadeSPecWvotedfor
ladi.eatlinxcliud,g:velsc=iltocalhatikegrednatiento
wea.srf.actoisattre
sold as sold by lilt **dal

THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL. 1
AIIIVAL OF THZ MIAMI IN THE THAHIDi.

--•“••• •-• • -- •
The Enchantress, to which the body of the late
Prince was transhipped from the Orontes at Spi
ran alongside the Arsenal pier on Friday. A guaM
of honour received the body. Passing through ranks
of Borutpartista, not ler than 90 in number, for whom
the central space of the T Pier was reserved, it was
carried by sailors to the mortuary, chapel, called the
small armoury, an octagonal building of yellow brick.
It was hung with black cloth, the upper drapery
escalloped, with the monog-rani "N" three tunes
repeated on each aide. The roof warn draped tent-wise
with Union Jacks, beneath which a large French flag
was suspended above the coffin horizontally. Fronting
the curtained doorway stood a very small altar, with
the cross worked on its drapery in twisted cord, black
and white. A crucifix hung on the wall above, and
R.I.P. tßequiescat la pax) was inscribed upon the
walls. Between the altar and the doorway the coffin
lay on lofty trestles, flanked by two tall candles in
silver candelabra on each side. Two similar lights
stood on the altar, and three :diver sconces,
with two small candles each, lined the wall.
The identification of the body was entrusted
to the officials of the late Emperor's household.
On opening the coffin the body was found to be very
m„ ach decolaPosed. The Prince's servant fainted at
We sight- The body was enclosed naked in a badly.
soldered leaden coffin, a piece of gauze being thrown
over it. The assegai wounds were distinctly visible.
Amongst those present were Prince Lucien Bonaparte,
Prince Joachim Murat, Prince Louis Murat, M.
Rouher, and a few other Bonapartist,. The features
were eared), recegniaahle, the body being so much
decomposed. Dr. Evans, the Imperial dentist, who
was present at the Prince's birth, and has been in
constant attendance as the family dentist ever since,
made a careful examination of the mouth and teeth,
and at last expressed himself thoroughly convinced as
to the identity of the body. The right eye WWI found
to have been destroyed by an assegai. There were 17
assegai wounds altogether, the fatal one being in the
groin. The valet Uhlmann and a horse artilleryman
were also called in, and ex pressed a thorough conviction
that it was the body of the Prince. At the conclusion
of the proceedings all present unanimously declared it
to be the corpse of Louis Napoleon. It was remarked
that all the assegai wounds were in front, so that, if
not actually fighting, the Prince had evidently died
with his face to the foe. The embalmin- preeese had
been very imperfectly performed in Natal. The body
was now attired in • white cashmere shroud, was
placed in a new wooden shell, with leaden coffin and
an outer handsome oak coffin, the latter was covered
with velvet of • dark violet hue, the handles and
enrichments gilt. Upon the shield the following
Inscription will be engraved :

" NueLoon. Kunexa Louts Jean Amami.
Pence bormu
No Paris, le 18 Mara 103.
Tud a Tonnonn, en Zululand (A•rique Austre'4,
le 1 Juin 1879.
Doponi dans rEglide Catboiique do Ken'. Mary do
Chiselhurit
Prince Imnerial—i
1412 Juillet. 1879.

Whilst the corpse remained in the al.noury a
religious service was performed by clergy deputed for
that [sinew by Dr. " Bishop of Southwark,"
who directs all the religious ceremonies. The Roman
Catholic priesthood of the town and garrison bs,k no
part in the pnueedings. Subwspiently, about seven
clock, the remains left the Areen./J, and were taken
under on cocurt of Royal Artillery direct to Chisel-
hur4t.

The procession, which consisted of a squadron of the
Royal Artillery, the un carriage, drawn by eight
horses, with the coffin, followed by more horse
artillery, and six mourning coaches containing the
chief mourners, took the road over Woolwich Common,
imidhi: by the Woolwich Academy, at which the
Ounce received his military education, through
, and thence to Chiselhurst. It had been
originally intended to enter by the principal if ateg, but
owing to the immense crowd assembled to witness the
arrival, this was found impossible. Consequently it
was decided to go in at the west entrance. In front of
the Mansion, the body was delivered up to Prince
Lucien, Prince Charles, and Prince Murat, and was
then conveyed to the private chapel.
The Queen was to be present at the funeral on
Saturday, also the Prince of Wales and other Princes.
Arrangements had been made for the presence of the
Prince,, of our own Royal MM.) as well as those of
the Bonaparte family, within St. Mary's Church.
This little building has been draped with black, golden
tablets bearing the letter "N." being affixed to the
sable coverings. The light from the east window is
shut out by solemn foils of black, against which a
huge golden crofts stands out conspicuously; the other
WindoWS are "bemired in a like way, awl light only
c.une through the Napoleon Chapel, in which is the
great marble sarcophagus of the late Emperor. On
the right id the catafalque (round which many candles
burn) are prie•Dieux reserved for the Prince
I,f Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of
Connaught, and the Duke of Cambride. Immediately
behind were the seats id Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar and Prince Christian. The first
wets beyond the gang-way were for the diplomatic
body. On the left of the catafalque were the seats
occupied by the Princes and Princesses of Cie Bona-
parte family. The Household occupied the Napoleon
Chapel; the rest id the church was devoted to a
necessarily very small number of those who desired to
show-their respect to the late Prince and his family.
The coffin remained in the chapel all day, and a large
number of visitors will be thus able to see it At night
it was removed to the little anteoiamisty in which the
body of the Emperor lay till the Napoleon Chapel was
built. The chapel will hereafter be extended or added
to, to lay the body in it or adjoining chapel. In the
funeral procession acnsis the common the bniwn
horse, "Stag," of the late Prince, which he left at
Chislehurst, was led immediately behind the coffin.
Princess Murat and about 900 inflential persons
at Chislehurst by the tidal train on Thursibsy
night from Paris. Large numbers of French
gentlemen and ladies, all in deep mourning, arrived in
the course of Thursday, having travelled from London
by the South-eastern trains. The gentlemen wore
Napoleonic emblems, and the dresses of m..ny of the
ladies were deeply flounced with crape. Chislehurst
was full to overflowing with visitors, attracted by the
desire to assist at the funeral ceremonies. Camden.
place was taxed to its utmost capacity for accommoda-
tion by the nearer friends id the House, and hardly
a single bed was available in the village. On
Thursday, Lomax* and Brown, valet and groom
I of the Prince, arrived, having disembarked from the ,
Orontes in the morning, and travelled to Chislehurst
by train, and even to find sleeping room for them the
difficulty was extreme. They are both Englishmen ; '
Lomasa, • brown soldierly fellow, who did his honest
turn of service in the Rifle Brigade, and raw fighting
In the Crimea, India, and Ashantee, is very outspoken
In his opinion as to the circumstances attending his I
master's death. "I would have sacrificed my life 1
fifty times to have saved him once," he says with a I
I quiet emphasis that: carries belief. Both the hones
' his Imperial Highness took with him from England
' had been lost, line by accident at sea, the other by
disease contracted in the colony, and the charger he
: rude on the day he met his death was a Cape mare,
a strong badly-broken annual, gray in colour, and
standing 16 hands. The Prince was armed with two
I revolvers and a sword, but one of the revolvers was
found in the holster when his horse was recovered.

The troops detailed to attend the funeral Saturday
were :—One Troop sth Royal Irish lancers ; Riding
Establishment R.A. ; two Batteries Royal Horse
Artillery; two 9-pounder Batteries, and one 16-
pounder Battery, with the remainder of the sth Royal
Irish Lancers. The guns of the 16-pounder battery were
supplied with HO rounds irer gun for the firing party
of gentlemen cadets, who, having marched from the
Royal Military Academy, halted at Chislehumt.
common, near the north entrance to Cainden-howw,
where they formed a guard of honour. The 14
Battalion of the 23rd Royal NVeloh Fusilers formed a
guard of honour, connoting of 100 officers non-
commissioned offieernand men, whilst a third guard of
honour was furnished by the 11th Brigade Royal
Artillery. The body was carried from Cainden.house
to its resting-place by the Woolwich officers, detailed
from the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery.
The funeral of the late Prince Imperial took place
at Chislehnrst, on Saturday. The Queen spent some
hours with the Ex-Empress. The Prince of Wales,
Duke of Edinburgh. Duke of Connaught, Prince
Leopold, Crown Prince of Sweden, and the Duke of
Cambridge acted am pall bearers- Col. Stanley, Sir M.
Hicks-Beach, and several members of the Imperial
family being among the mourners. The procession
from Camden-house to St. Mary's Church was headed
by a cadet company from Woolwich, and the large
throng of spectators were very orderly.

WHAT THff WORLD SAYS.
The building of new kitchens at Arundel Castle has
amiossily threatened lb. stability ot Me "Awls plan.;
drawingeoons bulged eri onsinanely Mat
workmen were summoned In had, on Sunday to p
scandal cr.puLt.
rit,britej.,:wZikgehdhotilrbt: bti'd ,haPpily eared the room.
The completion of the interior of the big ehunih at
Arundel, by the way, is delayed by the multiplicity of
counsels in the Norfolk family. Each of the ladies is an
enthusiastic devotee of some particular mint, and has her
own strong Views church °ray:lents ; ai thut the
Indication and decoration of the many altars am matter
of much diacussien.

Sir John Macdonald. the Canadian Prime Minister, who
has just arrived in town, is likely to create • good deal of
sensation in society, for reasons other than any connected
with his mission. The Canadian Premier supplies a
likeness to Lord Beaconsfield which is almost bewildering
In Its exactitude. If Si, John, having newly observed
our Premier's dress, were to pomade himself of a costume
of the same make, and were to walk into the Howse of
Lords, none of the doorkeepers would think of stopping
him, whilst the Marquis of Salixbury might be expected
gently to press the hand of his dear friend and inquire
after the gout. Consciously or unconsciously. Sir John
assists nature with • few touches of art. He weirs his
hair precisely as Lord Beacenstield wean his, or rather as
the Premier wore his when he was about eight yftrs
younger. His face is closely shaven, and its whole shape
,
colour, and ex • phenomenally like Lord
Beaconsfield. Nor is the irimihtude confined to physical
features. Sir John Macdonald has many of the social and
political qualities of Lord Beaconsfield. Ile Is witty and
graceful in conversation, epigrammatic in Parliament,
and audacious in politics.

Th• Prince of Wales never did a wiser, more popular,
or mere_politic thing than an Saturday when he received
the MO Irish tenant-farmers, who, led by Canon Begot,
having come over for the Agricultural hhow, have been
" doing " the sights of London under the . experienced
guidance of Lord Poweracourt sad Captain Kang-Harmax
Previous to their starting Canon Begot had telegraphed
that of all the sights in London the most grateful to the
farmers would be that of the Princess of Wars. and at
One o'clock on Saturday they entered the garden at
Marlborough House, where they were welcomed by their
Royal Host and Hostess_ with whom were their children
and the Duke and Duchew of Connaught The Prince
addressed souse kindly words to them; they were duly
" refreshed ;" but., on of them remarked, "It is not
the eating and drinking, but the wekotne that pleasm
They were, indeed, than-nighty delighted and in
addition to the rounds of cheering, one enthusiast called
out, " I hope we dull loop re you .11 in Ireland," a
sentiment which was mosived with shouts of apple...
The Paddies erre repled—with biscuits and ehuky.
They carried away the bilemita as heirlooms, and they
drank the whisky. As one burly Carlow" boy" llfted the
glass to kis liPa. ha eyed it visional., •
..roateek. mad
muttered, with • droll tremor of amide% 4.1 h,
_whisky, yde divel, oat lave a dkop oe 'au =Mil 'image
of me Wally.*

"I am sorry you had not better weather for the Show,"
said his Royal Highness. " Bogor, your Majesty,"
answered a native. showing off his education, " it was a
perfect sow of despond; but you did your best. Sure.
you moight as well thry to Mane the agyarisn stables as to
set it to rights r

M. Rouher, I am told, is quite In earnest when he
&means his intention of retinue from public life in
consequence of the Prince Imperial's demise. Apart from
the difficulties of his position towards the Prince
Napoleon, whom he MLA chiefly instrumental in excom-
municating four or five yean ago, from the councils at
rhislehurst, the ex- Viee- has been known for
some time to long sincerely for tea, and to look only for
• lit opportunity of gratifying his desire. He has just
obtained it, although iu a far more tragical shape than he
would probably have expected, and he clings to it eagerly.
The Parisians, I see, have already discovered • fresh
I name for the party headed by Prince Napoleon. Conader-
iug that hr professes to have given up Bonapartism, they
allege that he ia now simply the leader of Jsreesims.
Depression In the diamond trade is undoubtedly a bad
sign of the times. I know a fashionable diamond
merchant in the we For June lad his sale transactions
amounted to only 4.:401110. In lune IS7fl they were .C 14,000
and sa compared with an average of 4211,001.1 in the same
month of preceding yeas-c.

The good people, who in these summer days are painting
the outside.s of their town houses chocolate and brown,
have they considered what these colours will look in the
rich fog of an English November and the black rain of an
Engli& January f It is all very weU to be original, all
very well to wish to break the monotony of cream-colour
and gray ; but I would suggest as a wiser alternative
bright yellow, grass green, or turquoise blue. I do not
know that I should like it when it was done ; but I sin
sure I should be thankful to the house-painter who had
refused to follow the lead of one influential woman, and
to load with sombre hum, that which anyhow, do what he
will, must needs ho gloomy enough during the six months
of an English winter. These heavy colours, that absorb
the little light we have, are • mistake In London. Even
in interior decoration, where "tone" is now do ripsaw, the
upholsterers will one day be finding out that the best
problem for them to solve is that of combining quite
harmoniously light colours instead of dark. Even now the
hest of them are beginning to warm up their sage-greens
with orange and bright browns

Will somebody curtail the lashes of the whips of hansom
cabmen, and will somebody else prevent them from
flourishing their thongs all over the place? A friend of
mine had his spectacles broken and a black eye given him
by this means: and before he had time to recover his
surprise, the driver wee in the next perish. The servant
of another friend absolutely lost the sight of one eye
entirely in consequence of a similar mishap.

Dr. Cumming, seventy-two years old, compelled to give
up all, mental work, poor, and with the elders of the
church in Crown-court making a public appeal for means
to provide him with an annuity of .C.JW to CAM a year,
presents a pathetic picture to those who, like unnolL net
under the Doctor in his vigorous and pnaperous prime.
A quarter of a century ago there were few more popular
preachers in London, and cone who attracted more
constant, more crowded, or more remarkable congrega-
tions. Every Sunday morning all available standing and
siltgi.gesiece, including the pulpit-stain, in the church he
was crowded; and statesmen, well-known
women of fashion, and notabilities generally were
amongst the people attracted by sermons and colloquial
expoutions of Scripture which were singularly perawaive
and practical. For Dr. Cumming's pronounced theories
concerning the approaching end of the world, and the
personal applications of mystic passages in the Book of
Revelation to the Papacy of his day, were, so far as I
remember, confined to books published under his name
Ild to contributions to periodical literature. Polemics
had but small place in the famous Sunday morning
addresses, and the I iilSpei I heard him preach was always
one of love and peace. True wisdom and courage, comfort
in affliction, inward calm, moral strength, and unfailing
inotection in the weary struggles of life were offered
freely, and in accents of deep conviction, to all who
would accept them; and I cannot be wrong in ,ying that
many a troubled heart has been lightened, and many a
toil-worn anxious man and woman made happier. and
better, by an eloquence which was unfailingly convincing
and sweet These people cannot all have joined the
majority, or forgotten their old teacher now that he hail
fallen upon evil days; and in the belief that some of my
readers will recall the silver tongue, as I do, I beg leave
to announce that I shall be happy to receive subecriptione
for the Dr. Cumming Annuity Fund, which shall be duly
forwarded, and acknowledged regularly in the World.