The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-05 00:00:00

EX 213RSION TO artrliZAD.
[From a Correrpoadeal.

On Wedrierkbig.lant, a great number Of excursionists,
!some say about 30M' went to Spftherid by'the creek
Stestfter Cystitis. We Were delighted with oar excellent
rifle band, Itk.d provisions and splendid sky. The
Wallet and lianti shores, IsPeeially the Isle of Wight,
never looked so beautiful and so green, owing to the
last showers; and the sights at Spithwad were truly
fairy-like. But, jest before coining back, the majority
of our passengers looked rather brown blue, and reeki,
after being transferred and nifiy-
willy into a smaller steamer, deprived of music, milk,
bread and butter, but that only bad tea, homosopathie
Means of &mese and biscuits all at famine prices.
About a gore of eleutaioniat; remained on the Cygnus
to see the illuminatichis and fireworks, and, of course,
these few must have supper and refreshments. But
why not the majority? liuoh an id:lore/Mont manage-
ment was decidely an infraction to The printed
programme, and may, very likely, injure the success
of future excursions. However, let us describe the
Spectacle.
ffrae passed the British ironelands, 16 in number,
besides four larg€ fhen-of•war ; altogether 20 monster;
of tile deep. Our bend played God save the Queen
before every one of them, and we unchanged hip, hip,
hurrah, with them all. Afterwards we pasted the
French plated ships, among which the Hagente ad the
Bolferino looked the ugliest customers, with *WU'
tpormotts beak in the shape of a gigantic plowelinke.
Nori, fore every French vessel our band played
portant pore in ; while to return our oomph-
meet, most French betide played God sere the Queen,
and one of them to please the South of England
particularly played The Devonshire Polkas
Returning past them all, we saw all lerenolt and
English vessels manned on all their yards, mnsterizi
about 8,000 sabre!
Besides our Cygnus there Were Other exottraion
steppers, especially one from Ryde' trith a living cargo
of WO souls and bodies together, looking like an ant-
bill on the surface of the water. As to yachts and
Other Neuter* bouts, their name ye legion.
What a magnifieen ia t sighttilii,and.whitTollowed ?
Both fleets being illartnneled with red„ blue, white,
and Bengal lightg, looking like an immense rainbow
that 41101U64 to re-assure the Whole earth; or else making
the dark sea wear a double croft of rgbies, sapphireC
and diamonds; and the fireworks, what a bompet I I
leave the reader to imagine the blending of the antihero
With the northern lights! I leave it to those who Paw •
it !
To eurd ep, irsna made the invitatiptl Ind began the
EntertainMent: England kindly aosepted It, and did it
on a gradder Stele. As tonal, Frame invited, England ,
iuiprotedi irlth larger armee, mere gees* and more ,
sunshine? if othlng could be more suspicious for the
rsof the world than the friendly and shivalrous
elroge exchanged there. Henceforth it will be im-
possible to fight against each other, after such cordial '
pledges no warmly given and responded I.
A few foreign men-of-wer were present at spithess4,
like witneasm of the enveliant, via, • Danish, three-
decker, an :Ottoman', at Austrian, end .• Rastian oar,.
the two [Miner displaying all the maritime flags of the
World, even those of Chins •end Jamie, as if to say,
"Ye natiOns f beholi the ninon of England and
France!" end the sky leaked most propitious, for there
was not • drop of rain to damp the wedding.
A NOLO-FRENCH.

OSMINGTON.
IT has been sifted, stated Oat the Bishop of Saha.
bury had offered the yie.arage of Calais, Wiltshire, which
recently became vacant by she &silt of the Rey. Canon
Cathrie, to the Rey. John Erasmus Philipps, M.A.,
tlesr of Warminster, Mr. Philipps has, bow et-er,
declined the oppeintiment.