The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOTNTNENTS.
Ur. Reddyffe's Hounds—Thursday, Stag Lodp, Char-
' borough Park—st 11.
Tbe Red Dorset BMA& Thursday, fitourpaine
Bushes; Saturday, St. Gilse—at 11.
Lard Poitinswe's Hounds—Teesda_y (this day), East
Comptes ; Friday, Backland Ripen ; Saturday,
Corsooculas—at IL
The Marmots Vale Foxbounde—Tuseday (this day),
West BM Gate ; Thursday, Hobart Found; Friday,
Creech Hill—at U.
The South Wilts Hounds—Thursday, the Beeches,
Gravely ; Friday, Briley Station—at 11.—Travers
the huntsman, had the midortune to break his arm
on Wednesday last.
w
At as eallyTEZhostrZNlkilen ?Maw °VillAGfiLesr additional 10 'god Canutti eximeoo
smolt§ ere made. The priestess6wiere sonveyed he
Bowrreet, when theTnimare as shames TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1887--
brought up before Sir with
trsasoufelony. Thor raw arlecgrachimEititt
Pettish Malrety (otherwise Mulkey), '
grad, sad Jobs O'Keefe, Mr. Pried, berried by
the Treemo7, secluded the starvation. Polies-
liergarla sod Beam lead• the am"; mitiPort" I the festivals and holidays of the year
tillhores of sonstablea Sergeant Cole rid he
and Mulkey at Kavanagh's radio-bora, none that so commends itself to the
14 or 15 others were asershied. English was a.. h mind as Christmas. The English-
Somebody got bold ot flergasat Baum as a rule, is a domestic Creature; he
said, Now, my hem to the revolvers." A rush was
rade by the /dish of ebe two weeepe, bee the se. does not live in public like the Frenchman,
tempt al reams failed. The otben were takes at their nor herd together in huge boarding houses
maws Jamas
Vauban, a number of the Fesisa his American cousin, and therefore the
Brotherhood sire 1855, Identified the four prisoner. as
Friar Dessood WM the person who admlslatoy.d 1 Peron and the holiday, that is most domestic
Me Feria oath to Ms. It weal. the ors air. There is most to his taste. Easter and Whitsun-
rth"T"w eekee.w. tbaapelow° Pins"w„usoit°4°2:: lb
hold :, tide are seasons for excursions, and paying
h'e public-hoses, end the plate was prod rosad visits—Chnstmaa is a home festival. We
for " • "mob" or • widow with six remember the gatherings in our home in years
eadr..L' „o,ot oorsalluyporthophewiawas„wegwhalebp....sre ofirsatb..6" te. by ; we. carry out the same system of
members who are avoialng the police. Wired dotard re-unions, and as the circle grows
• •••••r•61•• with Dimond on Fridaj, ths 184 h. smaller and smaller, as more places have to
freemoweb".l" ba*ltfiramillatLandpiiiihallortopm";ilegfoorinlig:weogbi&
.be filled up by hopeful imagination, or calm
tip the House of Deteetion that afternoon, and 011 but sad memory, we cliniemore tenltionsly
limwinff " Good-h7O, Januar, May for me wheal Ito the fragments that are ft, and year by
SU blasted into eternity." Further, be related how
Ifeeseb reow with the „ %hoe 0.0„„ ciao.. year find comfort in bringing them together.
hang up," and bow he Implored mosey to "Need soar Some, perhaps, that used to be there, are
odv Ant. Just". 00 Ilat sa apron from th• now seeking their fortune, doing their duty
wet'. "ids".' "um ba" b•ea wisd only to and ' the tlattle of life— India, Australis,
ost where and when the riders were exereird. On - Sreli in
the (Wowing Sudsy 115th inst.), the wittiest Warr or perhaps in Abyssinia; the name of
gad he met William Dmmund, ENO" ned "441 others must be looked for on the marble slab
at Kavanagh's. English said the next they had better .
do wee to settle Lord Derby, Lord Stanley,..d Mr. or headstone that marks their resting place.
Gotham' Hardy._ There would sot be so mash thosght But still, ILO we gather round the fire, we feel
by the public ot doing the trick for them ad over the we hay, much to he thaw,' for, and so
last affair. All the primers were remanded.
Th. lb.bodies of e„, moons haw by Christmas is ever welcome.
the ex on at Ciereeowsu was resumed at Friday The time of year also has much to do with
at St. w's Hospital, when the Jury rstarsed this truly English feeling. We have heard
• verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Timothy
Burnout, Jeremiah Allis, and Ann Jeers. ludicrous accounts of the efforta of our
The prisoners Burke sad Casty underwent mother countrymen to keep up this season in English
suesination at Bow-attest on Saturday. Evidence wee style at the Antipodes.
With the thermo-
giving cannoning the prisoners with mast of
some for the Fenian Brotherhood, aft:6sZah they meter below freezing point, a sirloin of roast
were again remanded, beef is not an unpleasant eight, but it ceases
In °our luresu of information received by Mr. to give univalified satisfaction under a Eandetee superintendent of police, Bridal is 00111
burn-
In eireoif of „operation for Fenian „maim We ing sun, with the thermometer at 95 in the
are not in a podtioa to state that It has bra 'orally shade. Never does a comfortable Christmas
apprehended that the "brotherhood" have serious „„.„,_
appear to such advantage, as when
designs upon the public establishments in oar miad, Pm".l
but privations beve been taken that ram beyond contras with an outside world white and
parbility the roomplishment of any plan that would frown,
lead to material damage.
It cannot however be denied, that as we
A protudon of " warninp" have been sent to Govern-
ment officials in verions puts of the country, grow older, our ideas about Christmas alter
Mrs- Martha proms, rad 67, "Pima on W 0404015, considerably. We begin to doubt the pro-
mises. at St. Bartholomew's hospital, from injuries •
received through the explode.). pnety of either eating or drinking more then
The prisoner Allen has made a streenent to the is good for us, simply because it is Christmas.
prison authovities. We have a suspicion, which we never had
Larp numbers of special constables have been sworn
la in Loudon. formerly, that mince pies are unwholesome;
smrsimmt Brett's wilow has been ordered to receive nor do we see any fun in hanging up a piece
£2ll from the treasury—resondoended by ionfel Derby. of mistletoe over the door, although we are
Five of her Majesty's steam ship. are off the coast.
DaintyGy puma d oomf „awe~
be a Fenian privateer. were not always of that opinion; but above
all, • do ablm

LONDON matlars.

JIT EIPRIES a ELDOTRIc TELEGRAPH

FROM OUR Oint REPowrza.

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the quo6itioas sompued with lost, Monday. No
shape is either sheep, wank Or pip.

THREATENED ATTACK ON THE ROYAL

°RONAL

•
,we .J abhor the barbarous custom oi
waking quiet people out of their sleep in the
middle of the night by those prowling bands,
called Waits. If they Waihnii until we asked
then to come and serenade us, they would
be smith' indeed. Cannot the same municipal
authority, which has delivered us from the
inflictions of street mueiciaos, go a step
further, and save the nerves of quiet citizens
from Christmas waita, and midnight bell-
ringers ? Every year brings with it sufficient
trouble, without the introduction of a sleep-
less night. As for Christmas boxes! perhaps
lif we were the recipienta instead of the
donors, our feelings would be different; so
we will not say what we think about them.
But let us decorate our houses with what
holly and evergreens we please; let our fire
burn as brightly, and our table be as well
stored as our hearts would wish, let us shut
out the cold of the outer world; but let us
not forget its wants. We shall keep this year's
Christmas in the midst of no ordinary destitu-
tion. Christian efforts, however noble, seem
never able to overtake these intermittent
visitations of poverty, and want, and starva-
tion. Want surrounded by wealth, starvation
within sight of luxury. Nor need we go to the
Metropolis for objects of our charity. There,
it is true, amidst those masses of the popula-
tion we find the most overwhelming amount
of undisguised distress, but in every parish
there are hearts to which Christmas brings
little more than sorrowful recollections of
better days • homes, whose barely supplied
tables only ;lake more painful the thought
of surrounding enjoyment. In our work-
houses and unions Ceristmas brings a
little relaxation of the ordinary rules, and
roast beef and plum pudding appear on tables
that must be somewhat alarmed at the un-
wonted weight they have to bear. This is
well, and as it should be ; but the keenest
want is felt, by those who, while precluded
from public help, are merely able to help
themselves. These are especially the objects
of Christian charity and liberality at this
season. The mechanic with a large family,
whose means have been crippled by sickneet
the widow, who has seen better days ; they
may keep up • respectable appearance,
and will do so as long as they can; but
Christmas reminds them that they must now
do without, what formerly was a matter of
course. The children look and ask in vain
for the expected indulgence. We shall not
enjoy our own comforts the less, nor will the
sight of our own children's happiness be less
full of comfort to us, if we can' think of
some one or two humble dwellings, or rooms,
or garreta, to which we have been permitted
to impart humbler, meaner, but not less
hearty enjoyment, by a little self-denial, a
little Christian liberality.
We shall keep Christmas this year in the
midst of circumstance' that fill the stoutest
heart with anxiety. Abroad, we have
our countrymen toiling through hitherto
unknown passages into the heart of
Africa—an expedition fraught with danger;
although, as se firmly believe, fraught
with immense influence upon the future
of that long secluded continent. At
home we have an organized conspiracy
against law, order, property—everything '
that makes life bearable. a large body of
men, animated by no definite principle,
, goaded on by no oppression or wrong;
reckless of life, their own, or others: their
only apparent design., at present, being to
scatter confusion and dismay in every
direction. Billy and reckless, as well as
atrocious, as their past performances have
been, yet are they manifestly directed by
abler and more dangerous couneels. How-
ever despicable the agenta already discovered,
there are more behind, and until the real
movers and abettors are discovered, Govern-
ment may crush, and must crush, every overt
act of this fearful conspiracy, but it will not
be stamped out.
While therefore we contemplate the
mercies we enjoy, let us be reminded of the
slender thread on which they hang; let us
remember that a disaster in Abyssinia would
fill many happy homes in England with sorrow
and mourning, as the outrage in Clerkenwell
has brought a sad Christmas in many a hard-
working family there. It will not make an
enjoyment the less of all our blessings, if we
are reminded more forcibly than on former
occasions of Him who is the Giver of all
prosperity; nor will it make our happiness
less secure, if we acknowledge His hand in
every mercy and recall his pretence in our
ratan.

Dustin, Dee. 22.—Sentriiie have been posted on the
Rest Pier, Kingstown, In OCKlitlllllllol4 it is said. of
piatards having bees found In the neighbourhood
threatening an attest on the Royal George.

And now wx wins ALL ousas•nass • VERY
Cnatercua We hope they will be
able to forget for awhile all their troubles
and anxieties, and think only of their mercies