The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-11-07 00:00:00

CHURCH HYMNOLOGY.

Tha Morning Post observ,e that the great muilcleni
of the worid hive, as 'rule, devoted far wore attention
to Church music Chao bas been devoted by the great
pouts A the world to the composition of hymns. And
ikons ought to be a sufficiency of good music, even of a
kiwi ad .pted to hymns, to co:table the compilers of any
Ifyinual t.. avoid all difficulty on this point. As Lord
itu rums tho Oltrialian R4membrauer,
pointud out, not only do the Wesleyan.; know their
hymns by hAtit, but by always using the sums tune to
tho ,awe hymn the SMOOMnions are multiplied, and the
ob..tiu auil familiarity of both tondo and words are in-
creased. This familiarity is decidedly important ;
whore thuro are many aeries of hymns none have as much
hold on the feelings as where there is only one series.

STARTLING STORY OF MORMON PLANS.
AWashingtou despatch to TA. Batiimort Sis* lays:
-Informstion has base received here indicating that
the Mormons have eonaidered a fearful plan of retalla.
Moe toward the Government for the course which has
been pursued in Utah against polygamy by the Foderal
judicial authorities. It is nothing lass than an effort
to foment as Indian war from Arizona to the northern
bounds of Dakota, to destroy the overland railroad;
and devastate the whole western frostier. Additional
troops have b..en ordered to Utah, and as the Govern.
mont is forewarned in time. any snob scheme of warfare
may be tipped In the inception There does not appear
to be sty information that any aggressive movements
have been entered upon, nor that the Mormons are
prepared to precipitate hostilities just now ; but that
they have this plan in contemplation there seems to be
no doubt.

St. i hnrna2a School Board, at Exeter, has retoleed
that the thble shall be read in the Board Schools.
A boldi.r of the Grenadier Guiirda, in Dublin, on Fri.
uight dellberatvly abut himself at Pigeon-Fort.
It anuonneed that the Ca 4) lonian and
Nort.l LiSCh Railway Companiea hare agreed to

'rho. good reason for believing the Aliciaters have
under o.n.ideration a scheme for the establishment of
a naval twaversity at Greenwioh Hospital.
Al DJ a-Atreek Polio i-office. Llndou, on Friday, • man
named Griffiths was fined ISO for keeping a betting-
bos.e.

Mr. Csarles Jeff..ty, of the Northern Circuit, has
be app doted district umgistrato lii Jamaica. The
appuintio..utto worth £BOO • year.
The Vic..ehaocellor of Oxford University has an.,
nnuoc3.: Chat Mr. John liaskio has &stowed the sum of
£5OOO aa, st. er.dowintut for the master of an art school
• ado.d.
We (G/the) regret to learn that Sir Edwin Landmaer
has let :moans attack of Illness. flobaeouently to his
fit, t at.sat lie so far rallied as to be able to resume
work; hot he is again laid uide.
?anus FABUIOlt& —The fashionable bonnet for ladies
in Paris this wiuttr is called "l'imis.Brule." It is of
velvet, utuatneutad with flowers or feathers, and baying
on it • cousidersab:e amount of scarlet, to imitate Ramie.
—Graiyeani.
sis seems likely to boar off the palm for bloated
armaments. Thu new military scheme gives her twice
as many soldiers as she bad before, and provides an army
which, on • war footing, amounts to the enormous and
uoprecedented strength of 50,951 offioers and 1,633,393
rank and tile. liven the " pesos" establishment will
inmost of 30,504 officers and 730,000 men.
On Weduee !ay the lion. S. Herbert, one of the beat
players in the game of football, received • most danger.
one kick on the right eye while in a match on the
Soil," at Eton College. There is some fear of Mr.
11. rbert toeing the sight of the eye;
SUICIDE or An Orrior.a.--Colonel C. Stirling, on the
retired list, committed suicide at Exeter on Thursday
afternoon. Ha placed the muzzle of • pistol-berrel m
his mouth, blowing away the left side of his head. Hs
was fifty years of age, and is supposed to have bees
slageno4 horn mental aberration.
A report of the Wakefield cattle market of Thursday
mentiens a curious fact, namely, that many of the
buyers ".limited their purchases, owing to the great
drafters in the demand for fresh meat caused by the
iutroduotton into nearly every town in the Neat Rid.
Lod of, tare" quantities MI Preeer red meat from Australian.
A I. er•L N.eton, OCSI Liverpool, the wife
of. tailor named Mettler, entreating one of her children,
a by II years of age, struck thin on the side of the heed
with a stick. The lad fell to the ground insensible, sod
died before medical aid amid be obtained. The oily
, ezternsi mark wee a mail braise behind the WI ear.