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

Wit BORNE.

CerrAlN Carr alp, Rifle Brigade, has been appointed
Aide-de•Camp to Lieutenant. General Sir Charles Buller,
K.C.8., who is about to take the command at Ports-
mouth.

ON Wednesday the school children of the Union
Workhouse were kindly entertained at tea by Mrs.
Rawline, at Allendale-house. The children (30 in
number) were sent home laden with toys and with a
present of sixpenoe each, loudly cheering their bene-
factor.

Sinuous CHARGE OF NEGLECT AGAINEIT A MEDICAL
0111701 M—On Saturday last an inquiry into certain
alleged charges of gross neglect on ihe part of Dr.
Paokmao, the medical officer of the Wimborne Union.
was made by T. Hawley, Esq., at the Board Room, by
order of the Poor lesw Commissioners. Five distinct
charges were gone into, and the inquiry lasted from
10 cm. to 4 p.m. The result will not be known until
the report of the inspector has been laid before the
Commissioners, who will communicate with the
Guardians of the union.

A NEW ORATORIO—On Friday last, at Merly.
house, Mr. and Mrs. Willett L. Adye afforded
their musical friends an opportunity of listening
to an entirely new oratorio, "Paradise Lost," from
the pen of Mr. Ellerton, an amateur, well known
amongst professional musicians as the writer of many
exquisite instrumental quartette. About 80 of the elite
of the neighbourhood were assembled in the beautiful
and spacious saloon of Merly-house, which had been
converted into a concert room for the omission. The
executants were the members of the Wimborne Amateur
Musical Society, who, in this instance huve given fresh
evidence of their efficiency as a choral body, and have
added another to their list of triumphs. The chorus
consisted of about 30 voices; the solo parts were
also taken by members of the society, with the ex-
ception of the part of Adam, which was sung by Mr.
Westmoreland, of Salisbury Cathedral. The part of
Eve, the principal soprano, was taken by Mrs. Adye;
Mrs. Portman and Mrs. Clogstown sustaining the others.
The interest which might be expected to attach to a new
work of such pretensions was on this occasion enhanoed
by the fact that the composer himself had come down
to listen to its production, and it is by no means a small
matter for congratulation that the county of Dorset is
able to boast of a society of amateurs capable of intro-
ducing to the public a wholly untried work in such a
manner as to satisfy the critical ear of the author him-
self. The oratorio, the words of which are taken from
Milton's "Paradise lost," occupies about three
hours in performance; it is for the most part
drarnatio rather than narrative in its character
and construction, and is written in four parts.
The first is devoted to a representation of the
garden of Eden, and descriptive of the happiness of our
first parents before the fall. Part 2, written entirely
for male voices, is descriptive of Pandemonium, and is
the most dramatic part of the whole work. The 3rd
part commences witis the entrance of S4an into Para-
dise and the temptation of Eve. The 4th part contains
the lamentation of Eve (the singing of which by Mrs.
Willett Adye was most affecting), followed by the con-
solations of the angel :

"Lament not Eve, but patiently resign
What justly thou has bit, nor set thy heert,
Thus over fond, on that which ie not thine;
Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes
Thy husband."

The whole work eoncluding with a grand chorus of great
beauty, wherein is introduced the subject of the re-
demption of mankind. Considerable ability is displayed
throughout the entire work, which abows the composer
to possess an intimate knowledge of his art, and entitles
him to take a high position amongst the composers of
this country. If we may judge of the ultimate SUOMI
of this work by the enthusiasm with which it was re-
ceived by the small but select audience on Friday last,
it ia destined to retain a place amongst the few that
have outlived the excitement of a first representation. I
Mr. Boyton Smith, under whose fabliau:le this 'misty of
amateurs has achieved so much success, conducted the
oratorio throughout. We may mention that the work
wee prefaced by e Duo for Violin and Pianoforte far