The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-06-13 00:00:00

'-STORES.
AT THE ItZlt. AND MAID
NEWTO IL AY STATIONS.
LOCK PM. -40 ileum his Friends and
. the Pub:As that he in SELLING COALS at the
shove Stntiolt),45JoUdwing PRICES, for CASE.
41 Me South-Western &Warn--
Best Walls End Coals ..„.. Is. 64. per owt.
Small Ditto, for Bmitl s .'. Is. 2d. "
At as Great Western Station—
Maiden Newton. Dorohestso
per owt. per owl,.
Boat Radatook Coal lid. lid.
Small ditto 74. 74.
Beet Bulb o
Newport Smith's
110.
Best Tenby Stone Coal Is. 6d.
Coals delivered in the Country at moderate charges,
and in the Town free.
Best NewcastIeGEINDSTONES always on hand.

DORCHESTER.
Silt IfINIIT DeemmoM6 WOLF? bac left this town
on a tisit to the Marques .id Marchioness of Salisbury
at HattieLi lioa,e, thrte.
Cub se's AtenEOureel—At • meeting of the trustees
of Coubb's charity, held at the Toenhell, June 7,
widow Lsiigrish was elected to the vecobcy In Coe
above charity, occs+ioned by the death of Miss Lockett.
PITCHED CoNN MASLCI, SatUnigy.—The supply
,of
wheat WAS much smaller than for many L.
and farm Ors resisted any further decline for
whets. Batley in small demand for grindf
rete4;\ Oats rigid at forms prjoes k dohlild '
OV.UCKSTER 0111ILE ‘MIZTINOI. 'Xi I
pr.wirineti at thig meeting last
r .
Ranee of irate. rarerls 13rd ).-
obtsined 96 inarke at the 500 an 6 yarde
and taken a prize of £3.
COUNTY COURT.—E. Everett, Eng held his usual
monthly court here on Tuesday last. ihe list contained
56 new plaints, 45 of which had been settled out of
. . ..

moot summonses. None of the eases heard possessed
the slightest public inter. et.

COUNTT oourrre roa JOLT. —FordiUtbridro. Monday,
July 3; Dorchester, Tuesday, 4; Brid port, Wednesday,
,5; Weyinouth,Paarelay,6; Blandfood, Mioriday, 10;
Poole, Towidastiit ;c .Obristaurch. • IVechiesilt. v, 12;
I Shaitesbury, Monday, 17; Wine mton, Toroiday, 18;
'Salisbury, Wednesday, 19; Andover, Tiluisiay, 20.
Sao D.R.V.—Tbe rangee for tie sweepi,tikee shoot-
ing List week were 400, 500, 550, and 600 y.rds, live
rounds at e.ish distance. Toe winners were as f llows
lit pria-, Sergi ant Cross. 46 tuatka, lea handicap 2;
2nd, fieigesot Homer, 43; 3rd, Private .1. Rogers, 42;
4th, Private Mutford, 42, leas handioap 1 ; Sth, Private
Care, 42 les, handicap 2; 6th, Private Jeffery, 42, lege
haud.cap 2.
Cunious A OCTDITST. —On Thtirwiwy afternoon,
Mr. Wadsworth, of Radipole, driving a horse
drawing a piteton, stopped at Burton to water the
animal. For that purpose the blind halter was taken
off, and the horse ran away, and entered Itorehester,
turning down High West-street. It again turned
fur Trinity-street, but dashed through the window
of Mrs. Godwin's china-shop, smashing two large
sheets of plats glum, breaking • quantity of artiolea
in the shop. Two children narrowly escaped serious
injury. They were looking in at the window at the
time of the armiderit, and were thrown into the
shop, and deposited amongst the shins and
earthenwere. One of the children's fingers
was lacerated, and the other received aome
alight injuries, and, as might be expected, both were
much frightened. The photon was very much
broken, but the horse escaped uninjured.
COUNTY POLIOS., Friday.—An old offender, named
Sarah Miller, was brought up before E. Pearce, Esq.,
charged with illegally disposing of • petticoat and a
piece of • shawl, belonging to the guardians of
Dorchester Union. As she promised to return to
the Union, and not offend again, she was cautioned
and discharged.

SATIIIIDAT.—BPfore E. Pearce, Bog. Witlitirn
Show, a tramp, was brought upoharged with stealing
a pair of corduroy trousers, and several domiaoeo, the
property of bisnry Bambino, ostler, at the Lion
Hotel, Holy well, on the 2nd instant. —Thomao
Westoott, tailor, proved that the prisoner canoe to
his house on Thursday last, and brought the trousers
produced to be made lo,rger. Superiutendeat Under
wood deposed that tlis trousers, had .heeu identitind
by Hutshins ati his property, and asked for • re.
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niand tillAstasday.-Whesi ha-exptioted to.haahltn-to
Pr<0••• et*, -011•111,a Wm.—Remanded, laf.
cerdlaglyS - •
TB& /int LEW.liehe giorsTßATunc ot4chrinai •
—The new Ale dirarliament to amend the regi• irii-
tion of voters has been printed, and has lame, hate
operation. It will effect several important alteis•
ticius in the law of registration, and as to the duties
of revising barristers in the next revision of titi-
llate of counties, cities, and boroughs. On or before
the 10th of June in every year the clerk of the
peace is to deliver to the overseer of every perish in
the county his precept, according to the fora), and
provided with the forms of notices, lists, and copies
of the register in the principalities mentioned. The
clerk of the pestle is to transmit to the overseers of
every parish copies of the part of the register relating
bo each parish, and the overseers, on or before the
20th of June, are to publish the register, as pro-
viand, on the chart* doors, and the same is to be
removed not later tims.lit 20th of July. In future
the 20th Anaust,-" ' a the • . joie
last day for

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M• tropolia Lying without the knot/ledge a the truth ; Tho fact won 1 - eyi,:f • had ed •to th - fowl;
nor would there he thotruin," open thOttaan aof the m tis thio, £6OO. rat be from hint itd-'-hriah
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working dames who never attended a place of °relies>. irterm to y beeMit 'flub. rejoiced in their
To the inquiry as ti how this istatenf thing. timid be cocci-ea, be at the smite t'i . meat be appari-nt
met he showed that though succem depea r on the ; teitil that, i,lti *Mawr clubs were fast Ming way.
outponting of the Holy Sprt, yet that 'a humble I Even in that village they lad pt•of rthis. Mmy mini
b,lieving tontlience in God, a cornpanied by earnest I depended in old age upon theit club had been (heap
prayer on the pert of his people, veal a'ao no- ' p .inted, and obliged to go to the paridi for relief. lie
portent. There wan also great need for an extension believed that the more people became enlightened and
of the Episcopate by theformation of new dioceses, and intelligent the greater imcceas vould the County club
more especially a sub-division of the diocese of Win- be favoured with because aa tie rate of contlibutious
cheater, so that a regular ordained head might have lull Wa4 fixed according to it fortvided on a firm
charge of the Surrey portion of the Metropolis and the basis. With regarai to fun 11 their own branch
ai
Okannel !elands. A large increme in the number of he was blimp" to aMitliat twi - ding they had paid
the clergy was also ectential to morons. But all VA. fOr Pick molier, 1:92 1.1, 6ct. yolilbey holt a largebsianee
wool t fall far short of the requirements of the imf,' in liand,-the reoelpfs inionntfig to g 240 161. lljd.
palms it was supplemented by the active co-operation and the disbursement' to £l5B Is. 10d. Mr. Harvey
of the laity, who in their several order,' were a part of then referred to the opposition male againat holding an
Christ's inystical body, the Cheri li, and who, by being anniversary festival, but g ye it as hit opinion that it
used as instruments, contribute not nnly to form part did good. inasmuch as many young rop`e were induced
of the spiritual building, but means of bringing other,. to Aoio who other' - "remain in ignorance of such
, form a • ' tliireo7. -, to the original societies existinr -, thanking the meelbers

to. . pari-
of R eyelid parts of Scripture where the word minister
occurs, the Arobdeacon proved that that word was not
to bo understood as co,fioed to the rr'sular ordained
mini.try, bat hr th. Christian laity. The benefit to
he derived from • judicious einoloyment of such was
then dwelt upon, and the Archdeacon a ncluded by
commending his rem rrk. hr the prayerful ornsiderstion
of the clergy and larty piesent. The Holy Communion
was then celebrated.

SHROTON.
DOESIT COUNTY FSISNDLY SOCIETY.

The anniversary festival of the lwerne Cotirteney and
Iwerne Minster branch of the County Friendly Society
was held on Thursday last, under the presidency of Sir
E. Baker, Bart. We congratulate the officers and
inemb,n of this branch on the crest sateen with which
they hove been governed. Notw thatending that a
pottion of its original ini•mborm have separated from it
and formed the nuckes of flourishing branches at ehiM
Okeford and Spettisbury. the nuitiber o' members by
for emeteis that of moat of the other branches of the
.miety. This prosperity may be traced to three causes—
lot, the intere-t Wien in its rmocess by the rcsident .
gentry, and eapeeially by the generous owner of Itaristoti
Home, Sir ft B. Baiter, Hart. who takes great pleasur
in contributing to toe wellbeing and haunt .mul of
others ,• see indly, to the indefatigable exertions of the
sieward of the b.anoh, Mr. T. Harvey; cod thirdly, ;
t the po-ltion of the two village* being name distance
from any to*n where other soc witui —as the
Oddfellows and Foresters have gained a tom
tout ng. By refereoce to the printed state-
ment lately issued, we find that this branch now
numhers 209 lenat members, earl thot it has added
more thou £lOO duri, g the year to the general fund.
Th a fact, taken in connection with the goodly sum of
£29 suhecribed by honorary members, places it first on
the list, for though Per land can boast of &larger number
of benefit members, only 30a. is added to the furb.s by
tontorory members' sub.criptions, and nothinz ha* been
added by that branch to the funds. We trust that by
ceding attention to this thatgentlemen residing in other
port* of the country will be i,etueu, d to emulate the
Ilherali y of those who live in the neighbourhood of
lw rne

again ...miring b. memb...
for the cordial way they had drunk his health, Mr.
Harvey expressed his deep obligations to the honorary
members present, not only far iheir 'ensnare support
on all occasions, but also for the kind and haniimme
way they had contributed to the extra expenses of the
day. (Loud cheers.)
James, hteward of the Pimperne branch, and
Mr. J. CLINCH, steward of the Child Okeford branch,
suitably retiree I thanks.
The Roe. W. F. Mau vent& proresad " Success to the
Dorset County Frirmelly Society." (Loud cheers.)
Though he always liked aed generally did agree with
Mr Harvey,yet he must make a slight exo-ption to time
of his remark.. He had placed their branch second on
the list, giving the first place to Portland on wcount of
the number of its member,. But he (Mr. Maunsell)
contended that the retina branch stood first.
They had contributed ell° to the general fund, but
Portland had not contributed anything. They rais,el
£23 by bon nary subscriptions, and Portland only 30s.
Now he believed that there were three Parties to hlnmo
whenever inch a state of things existed —trot, those
who were able, and yet not willug to impport soot' a
society. By a calculation he had made he came to the
conclusion that the sum paid for sickness during the
year was *boat oneallth of the wlo le devot.d to that
object, and yet one would almost sup, cre, from the
miserably email amount collected as honorary oubscrip.
Cons, that the Porilanders were oompo-ed of only two
.I.2es—convicts and poor people. It was certainly
very little credit to them that such at. excellent society
should have ea tittle *import. His opinion
regards these societies were gene-ally well known.
He contended that as the ratepayers gained a great
part of the benefit by their establishment, in having
leas rater to pay, they were bolted to rive them the
helping band, and should do all they could for their
b-nefit. If the farmers and the landholder,' came down
with the "dust" as they ought, iipaead of the society
adding £6CO to their funds during the year, they would
have added £3,000 or £4,000. Then as regarded the
stewards he should ray they were in fault. He fared
that instead of looking out for ;rapport, and bringing
the claims of the society before the people, and going
among the young men and g, tting thorn to join, they
put on their night ti,ps and went to sleep. There was
another chum be blamed, the gentlemen who
wore black coats. (Laughter.) If they in their
vkitations were to make it a rule, as he always did, to
ask the young men if they beMnged to a benefit sowety.
they would not onlr greatly assist the society by inftisioe
young blood into it, but also greatly contribute 4 to the
welfare of their pronto. He said, try and get Young
men to j in, for it was very little use I I' u, to try and
perm .d • man to become ame ober when he had three
or fonr eh 1,-en alsint him. They would see that the
sum of t I 562 had been paid out for sieknets during the
year, and he said that that sum had been saved out of
the pockets of the ratepayers, and therefore they ought
to assist such societies an the County Association. The
rev, gentleman concluded by callicg for • hearty ex-
pression of good will in the motels of the society, which
we need hardly say was most cheerfully complied with.
The CHAIRHAI then gave "The Pleas," which was
acknowledged.
The Rev. W. F. MAUNSELL propored the "Health
of the Chairman." (Loud cheers ) He could not but
remark that there wad a cordiality and a generosity in
stir Edward's character which endeared him to
Wherever he went he diffused Vie same happy influence.
lie, therefore, hoped they would give a round of nearly
cheers to show him they wele.uned him home limo, g
them again. (Loud applause.)
Sir E. B. BARRE said he mo-t heartily thanked them
for the kind manner they had drunk his health. He
was very ple,eed to see them all vain, and he supposed
time only fault they would find with him was fo^ 'a-
enabling away so long. He hoped to remain with them
for some time, and trusted they would heartily enjoy
themselves. He would now prop Ise a very agreeable
toast, and one which he was sure they wculd all unite
In drinking, namely, "The health of Mrs. Harvey and
the ladies," (loud cheers, ) and as Mr. Crouch bed seen fit
to take unto himself a wife during his absenee,and with-
out asking his leave,he would call upon him to respond.
(Lo id cheers and laughter.)
Mr. If ARNIM and Mr. CROUCH reaponded to the tout,
the latter gentleman proposing "The health of the
visitor s."

A portion of the members met at the Schoolroom
about alf-paat k, and, preceded by the Sitroton
band, piid • visit to Hazleton linear, azwl the raid. nee.,
of tie honorary members. They then went to chtwoh.
Eayers were red by the ifretor, the Rev. W. Y.
Metumell who sfterssarde presobed an admirable ex-
tempore sermon, taklng as his test St. Luke zit%
le to 2 t.

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At the conclusion of the service the membera returned
to the aohnol.roorn, where he annual meeting was held.
Sir E. S. Baker took the chair. Aftr expressing the
veiy emit pleomre he felt in meeting them once more
at their annual f.stival, Sir Edward proposed that the
ol gong committee tie re-eheted. This was carried
nem, di,. Their names aie:—Messre. James Trim,
J 'inch Coornbg, Wm. Doilioney, and Wifl.aui Rabbits,
for Iweri.e Courtney ; and kl.-nry Terry short, &lave'
Terry Short, and John Appini, f..r Iwerne Mm-tar.
Mr. Honor( (steward) said that Mr. E. 0. Spooner,
having expre red his wink to resign the dutirs of surgeon
to th.ir b,an.h, he had spoken to Dr. Wile, the other
uiedical officer, who was willing to undertake the duties
for the wh tie district.

The CFILIKAIA, then put it to the meeting that Dr.
Wills be actlept.d aa the mir4lc.l officer for the whole
d This was received with mai ked i•stisfact.on.
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On the proposition of the Rev. W. F. ldaunsell, the
Rev. J. Acton and lir. T. Harvey were unsuinioualy
remlreted as etas girds for the enming year.
The CHAlkilleN said the, as every intmber had a eorry
of the report in his hand, it wild be unnecessary for
him to naeupy their time in going into d. tails. He was
exceedingly gratified to find that on the whole the
society was prosperous, and that notwithatanding the
large sum paid out for sick relief, they h..d added more
than eboo to their stook. He a'so congratulated
the members of the Ileerne Courtney and lwerne
hl Dater branch on th..ir prosperous state, and
concluded by reading • letter from Sir John
D'Oyle expressing his 'egret that he was
not able to remain to join them at the festive board, in
oonsequence of a prwr engagement, though he was
gratified in being with them at churen. Also from the
Rev. J. Acton, who was presented froru at tend ing,in con-
sequence of the Archdemon's visitation at Shaftedniry,
and also from Captdin Paley, who stated that he was
most happy to cootribdte hoi mite, but as he was not
permually known to them h- begged to be ramie d for
not attending. In reiereno •to thel.st letter the Chair.
in mi said he should tell his frimd, Captain Paley, that
te bunt .ay to have kuoivu them was to h,ye come
amongst tern on that OOMAiOn, sod lie WM sere be.
wield- have hem n gratified. (Cheer..)
ttr. S. flatteicY returned thanks for re.eleclion as
steward of ihe branch. He had had the honour of
filling that office 14 years,and it With with great pleaaure
he continued the office. Alluding to the report, Mr.
Harvey expressed his regret that the senistaiitamretary,
Mr. G. I) vi.,. was not able to be present, as there were
several matters rewarding the society whi.:l2 be °mild
have given inforinathin about butter than any other
per*. n. There w.is a proj.ct on foot for a nnhin between
the two Societies, the Wilts and Dorset. This he eon.
Si ered very desirable, PO that some of thou. advantages
whivh the OddleLows and Foresters enjoyed might be
shared by the members of the County Friendly Society.
The most impork t advantage gamed by such union
would be that a member leaving Hornet, and residing in
Wllts, could have the attendanoe of a rni,dical man the
same as if he remained at home. H'a (Mr. Harley)
bi-lievell that that WWI one of the 'l,d vantage. Kr.
fhitheron Fatenurt was an 'Jour to confer OD the
rd of the society, by the formation of the
"Friendly Society Union." Again thanking them f.r
their kindoess. and expressing his earnest hope that the
society would continue to prosper, Mr. Harvey sat down
amidst loud cheers. _

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Mr. BAVIMSTOCIE, Jun., and Mr. MOLDWAT, jun., re-
turned thanks.
The lfralth of the worthy caterer wiut then proposed
by Mr. HAsvIT, and afterwards To our neat merry
meeting," and the company adjourned tc a fl Id balm •
jag ,o the worthy baronet, when dancing, cricket, and
other amusementa were heartily enjoyed.

The CHAIRMAN and members then left the room for
dinner t be served up. On their return th.y found a
most excellent reie4, The dinner Rave universal otitis.
deation. The chair was taken by Sir K. B. Baker, Bart,
supported by the Rev. W. F. kfaunsoll, Colonel Fendsll,
Dr. Wills, Mr. Crocker' Mr, Crouch, Mr Baverstock,
Mr. Holding, jour., and other friends. The vier-chair
was-taken by Mr. Harvey, supported by Mr. J. Clench,
end Mr. James. The school-room was partially
decorated with flowers, and figs and the splendid
' ohiplets of flowers borne in front of the procesion, were
• platted against t. 43 principal table.
On the removal of the cloth the CHAIRMAN amid that,
before he proceeded with the nolol toasts, he wished to
call attention to a idight mistake which hod been
ohroovered in the accounts, The total aubscriptiooS
retsived by treasurer amounted, to £2B 12a. not
£26 10s., as marked ufider • the head of :mints. and
, there w.. 8 sl.m a slight mistake of Sc. in the Oorcheiter
. branch. Fortunat ly theme mistakee were en the right
side, but as thee had been found out it was best for
Wenn robe /totted. He was sorry he could not be at
_the annu..l me tine of the society, but lie rejoiced to
end on his retorn home that all had gone on well, and
that the aociety was flourishing. He trusted that they
irodld grow rich by not having much sickness '
the ensuing year.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the urns! loyal toasts,
width were most enthusiastically received, and an elka
obeer siren for the royal baby.
"'Die health of the Army, Navy end Volunteer
forces, was then proposed by the Czar/Men, who said '
he was most happy to be supported on that occasion,
net only by a gentleman bolonßing to the artuy,but who ,
war a warm friend of the County Society, •Coloetil!
Vandal!. (Loud cheers.)
Colooel FenDaLL, in returning thanks, expresPed his
great sate action with the prosperous state of to ,
County Friendly Society, in the success of which he had
always taken the greaten, interest. With regard to the
service to which he formerly belonged, though, happily,
for some time past it had not had mooh call upon it,
yet whenever their moldiers had b en tried they we
r..ady to do tiler duty. (Load cheers).
Mr. Casts% reepouritd uti.b.helf of the Yeottanry.
Mr. listentrt returned thanks on behalf of thee
Volnnteera la;
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Bishop and Clangor,
the Diocese." He was quite sure the clergy alert:
took great interest in the welfare of benefit moieties if
they were conducted in at& a way as they could approve,
of. He would couple with the teat the names of the'
Rev. W. F. Matuusell, and the Bev. J. Acton. ',Loud
cheers.)
Toe Rev. Mi.. Mennen% in returning thanks. said he
did not believe they mull ditch to the health of a letter
bight), than the Bishop of Selistruiy. As regarded he
clergy, belonging as he did to that body, he ahoidd net
cay much snout them, and'u they so ofteti heard k"
voice,and Ito 'doubt sometimes thought they heond It
long—(ories of "No, Nol—be stioßld tot treap,s.
,fprther on their trim than to propose the health of one
wheee ,ervices they were •ery glad or io.time Of, o4—
Dr. Wills, whose kindnes of beart endeared him to all
those who came in °outset with him. (Loud cheers.)
DP. IftLus acknowledged the compliment.
The CHAIRMAN It pr"pos•-d ",Stewards of the
Society," coupled. th the name g Mr. Tr
No non had worked harder than Mt: Harvey In '
Young men to j.in the 'Gaiety, and in ----
4terests in every way; andttheifeey
°mints were kept —(for of course Mt.'
•nerrerable for the mistake made
that be liad%ttedigreak.Phins to have
(The health rif Ole stepuribyradikwa
entbkielest e.H:q 1. •
/131tVory,. In reepiotedlint Wdd Whet the
wodblieonsmanoscl, 12 yeari ago, there were mi
or two toarsabera, but its 'sworem bad beessioh,
thesigivtwo o,i,r branebealuidlieen estahlislied frost it
'he Iserne.Courney and ',erne. Minster briareh uoir
numbered over-200 sue they hsci added to the
general fund on an average 200,o.yesrforsonsiii•yeaste!
p at. .There eausbilia Maw Istehonti have been pl. seed
,have known. and if Mr. Davis bed been prima S.

raverval

bony;; lieffsirther .1i1(111 WIW pr,ended
0,01,110.Chpl airkllosll. Tinny troops were seen in alio.
cession ; end bequeetly tie isip, or ksvt but one, of •.
troop would Emit his posi,ion, Ohm 'o the front, and then oloserve the SPIIV` pace wtb the others. The some
change* were visible to all the spectator,. and the view
of to, phenom na ivies not coehneo to 13'akehill, only,
bus ivas e.ren by every permil at vrry cottage within the
distance of a mile. The number of permins who witnessed
the march of the aerial travellers was twenty six."
We can only say that had the unlucky Stricke,
happened to behold any such thing as hi'
spectral huntsman and dog, driving those spectral
horses over Soutra Fell, but half, or perhaps •
quarter of a century sooner, and then chanced
to have been the means of calling people to
witness a confirmation of his vision so extra-
ordinary as that of endless troops of spectral
horsemen issuing out of the bottomless pit, into,
which the hunted horses In the first instance,
had been driven, he would inevitably have,
suffered for the supposed incantation. But how
easily in these inquiring days can we dispose or
all these from the analogy of the few known
Instances in which the origin of such appear-
ances, as already shown, is recognisable. Evan
without that, the school-boy who creates on a
wall screen the shadow dance of a sheep or
rabbit for the amusement of his companions, by
merely shaping his fingers so as to tbsew their
shadows off from the light of a candle, or the
ordinary effects produced by the magic lasiesms,
would go so far to resolve In our times all thou
spectral projections, enlargements, minute dal,-
nition of figure and motion, which, no doubt„
gave rise to many a wild legend of ancient days„
such as the Wild Huntsman of the Hartz anti
Schwartzengebirge. That sights which woultft
now be simply regarded with general interest as,
curious natural phenomena, have been th,.
supreme sources of popular consternation,
throughout almost all preceding ages, the,
'universal mind" of Shakespere, seeking to
embody all that had been hitherto oonsidered,
terrible in prieternatural portents, leaves no
room to doubt, a• he thus slims up the prodigies
that heralded the death of Cresar
There is one within
Besides the things that we have seen and heard,
Reoimors most horrid sights seen by the witch:
A 'him'. bath whelped in the street,
Aid graves have yeernedandytelded up their dead;
Fierce fiery legions fight neon the cloud,,
In ranks and squadrons and right form 01 war,
Which drizzled blood noon the capitol;
The noise of battle hurtled in ths at%
Horses did neigh and dying men did groan
And ghosts did shriek and .rpieal about the street*.
This recital loses nothing from poetical
embellishments ; yet there is every reason to,
believe historically, that at the time alluded to.
the appearance, of armies contending in the air,,
were certainly applied to the contemporaneous,
catastrophe of the death of Julius Ciessr. It is,
not a little singular that Flavin& Josephus in his
"History" describes the same aerial appearance.
of armies in the clouds as having preceded the.
destruction of Jerusalem. Indeed there is no.
end to the record of
"Calling shapes and beckoning shadows dun
And airy tongues that syllsble n‘miss,
On lands and giber*, and des.rt wildernsses.."

Not to dwell however on the more notable.
historical instances which will readily offer
themselves to the mind rtf the student for•
solution on catoptrical principles, we may simply-
refer to a very remarkable account appendedi
by John Howie of Lochgoin, to his oelebrated'.
Covenanter's book, "The Scots Worthies," in
which he relates the Movements of armed men
in the air as witnessed about the Ayrshire moors-
and mosses, where there is never any look of
misty exhalations to produce such effects. These
appearances, which are related at great length
after Howie's peculiar manner, and supported
minutely by the testimony of eye witnesses,
have been traced to tbe movements of the con-
tending armies in the Rebellion of 1745; as in-
deed the vision of armed men seen in the pre-
ceding year on Soutra Fell may alto be safely
attributed to the military movement' caused by
the excitement of the Chevalier's antiepessii
descent. But from whatever &stance those
images of the last century may have been pro-
jeoted, (and
.in the case of the Barracouta we

'awn seen that a distance of 200 miles may be
interpoeed,) in the present century Lord John
Campbell, afterwards Doke of Argyle, andl
Mr. Smith, of Jordanhill, have published papers
describing appearances in the air exactly similar
to those of Howie ; in searching the world fort
the possible origin of which they found them
traceable in all probability to the Great Russian,
military review at Kraliteh ; at all events, not.
only the time but the appearance: correspondenl
It will be rem4r!: ed from the subjoined contem-
porary newspaper paragraph, which we believe,
to relate to the same appearances that the hoofs.
and tower extremities of the horses or animals,
and then the upper parts of the mounted hors*.

men appeared ic; come alternately into view, so-
cording as the effeot of the transmitting rays,
were shifted or varied. Thus
"On Sunday evening, the 28th ult., as Anthony Jack-
son, farmer, aged 45, end Mathew Turner, the gen of
~Kr. William Turner, farmer, aged 15, were engaged ia
inspecting the cattle grating in Havanah Park, nem
Ripley, part of the estate of Sir John Ingleby. Bart,
they were suddenly surprised by a most extraorduimy
appearance in the park. Turner, whose attention was
fin.t drawn to the up-ctocle, paid—
" Look, Anthony 1 what a qoantitv of beasts!"
" Beasts," cried Anthony; L—d blots ; they are
not beasts, they are men !"
By this time the body was in motion, and the
:spectators discovered that it was an army of
; soldiers dressed in a white military uniform, and
I that in the centre stood a personage of ooin-
I mending aspect clothed in scarlet. After per
forming a number of evolution. the corps began
to march in perfect order to the summit of tho
bill, passing the spectator. only at the distance
of 100 yards. No sooner had the first detach-
ment, which seemed to consist of several hun-
dreds, and extended four deep over an inolosura
of thirty acres, attained the bill than another
assemblage of men, far more numerous than the.
former, arose and marched without any apparent
hostility after the military spectre.. These were.
'dressed in a dark uniform, and at the top of the
hill both parties joined, and formed what the
spectators called an L, and, passing down the
opposite side-of the bill,.disappeired.
"At this moment s volume of smoke like that vomited
bye park of artillesy apre.d over the plain, and be-
MAIO so fmeerri..,us as fbr two minuted to bide their own
,ssl9e trout the sight of Jiaeltsou and Tamar.
*h men of charao'r

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