The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-16 00:00:00

SHOCKING STATE OF A WORKHOUSE
INFIRMUZY.
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THE BISHOP OF OXFORD'S FAREWELL
CRARGF.
The Bishop of Oxford on Thursday delivered his
farewell charge to the clergy ef his diocese. During
the 24 years of his episcopate he consecrated IS ne.
chute'..,', reeipened :11 restored ones, and c infirmed
20,258 candidates. During the same period P 2,093,5,5
had been voluntarily contributed io the diocese for
church corneae* and eharities. He insisted on the value
of the Clewer and Wantage sisterhoods, founded for
women to live in religious communion and devoted to
works of active Christian charity, but spoke strongly
against the conventual system with its complete
seclusion from the world and irrevocable vows. Touch-
ing ritualism and saeredotalism he—Dr. Wilberforoe—
the Bishop of Oxford. actually spoke as follows :-
thing. had grieved him more than the recent contro-
ver+y in the church re-meeting dream" and eitertiala. With
the weithly work they had to 110-- slUt the Knitting muse; on
every It we. heart breaking to %V the nal earnest apirita
diterted fnrm their true mi—ion, mei see the anxiety waded
On unmeaning el (I,ty a+ to the cut of a marine or the colon!.
• at.ile. In inch a 'mile hoth ativeanal to I l aa to Is
in the wrong, letanse lath excited things comparatively in-
different into an utterly undue linpartanit. It we. hard to
undendand religion us hitt nompted 1.11 Olie aide in refit-lug to
sear a surplice. and on the other in conatibing a parish by
introducing into Ito aerviee. Martling not city .4 •
gorge ie. estment fle hail ahvat • held in tilt,. nirre out-
ward matter., that pro, ided the lau was not itdringtal, nor a
weak hnillier Melded, it t ...Id la wrong to lona. on githi
hi+ .iwn illeinclination to chimpv. Therefore, ashen Iris tidily
town or pariah there hex been a nereaporiding progrem
ri
ritual, Inc hail atteste felt that rotund .4 rP,couraging
it wa. letter to unlade and nealenite rather than I pin
dopniOnt. fir must be allowial to my that there
might lie eh ihno, luso!, log great doctrinal que.tiorm. Viry
,mall alteration in cait, might indicate ter) great change
and with n.garit hi +rich chair", it ea, hi in t
aattlibil. The cleireli and the nation at the Heiomiaii...l
ficted at lines the tt runion. u+urpat ion .4 the itideip of Route
and the whole ay+teni ,4 mipuratitioni tort axe. %kWh under
the shadow of the I.a4.ty 1.1 otergrown the fair isalortiona
cf c ttlith. licit great change woe ohtainhl at lite
price I.( a eoliviii.l.lln S. lich hardly fail to injure, and
tint. to deitn.y, conic end:tin:er mon, thing.,
which though good and taluahle in thetimelte+. were more or
connected with the dhawriled error.. There a.. nbn
eIIaTOZC which he viewed with great appriiiitnion, and had we.
11,., tendency °undo/stud in certain nriartere to change the idea
of the II oly Deland frum a count 1111 l ion of the faithful into a
function .4 the celebrating iirleat+. In hi. need mature petit,
tent wim lawful progreaa in ineeraard erh.rthee for
the great ..tatnent :dam the lin,m.crni our own hot the
adoption .4 (lie slew., and therefore .4, the practi.ai .4 another
Church, to whow dostrinc as to the Ih.ly Emilarid it naturally
lalonged ; whores, it we. ale—hitt-1y aunt crit• .4 that which
had been 'revised annoopt onneliva. The pre-eo, .4 the
people and the arlital corninunion were I.mill nolia•ohililv
together. Ti,, lila,— .1 itome wa. aa ~b-olutcly
nut arr.nted a dev istion, that avert, not certain that it did
no. altogether overthrow the very nature of tie
II I,LA certani 'bat the practice was moat intintately conmati
both ml,. eaus, and t4omaluettee. with (lir greatiwt praethal
eirriggion..4 the l'apal eomtriunion. %%lutes er tended to it.
ourolve... appeared to Into to threaten
the CSI4CnOI. .4 cm own religiou...ysteiti a. it belonged to war
nebula...lll.n+. boob I. talcc,-... • , aei hi the att....1104
to ntake the celebration of the lily Elicheri.4 et .111. meirrn ipal
Sutalay morning oen ire. 11,11.M0-ire it not Deer Ai n
play, whil,t the congregation nutained aa (mien' sPectatora. and
did not partake of the Saeranient. Popery tam eliminating Indu
adherent• iii 1.. rrotto. and the noot enlightened of it.
childrch it. Frone. isit it+ hope. wire .01,1 al.ncelltr.44,l
Ehgl It hail alway+ been, and atilt remain., the .pecial
barge of (hr Emrgli.h Church t•. idiots. miank. ,
and cod helping her, die would not round In vain. The
t'ithrilic Chereh .4 Etieland, while she mt, true to heraell and
to Ns lb.!, could, and in Chriat'a atreigth would, ward off from
3 ternictidona ern a. anhite:atio it.. the
Paine). ongtit varneall) 1., toilmt All earl) musette:tits
toward.. thane MA %fie 1,. •1. : find. hemilae the aciaitn-
pli.liment .4 a mot men( wouH mi eertainly Involve
the of that 1.1e+.1 heritage of the truth of God. which of
Ilia great mere), through the fire. of hart and the
aligned, .4 generation+ of flair father+, had been give
ti n
them ; and next, lemma: any degree, aenifilalice of Ahem,t
inn th.e matter did mire than son thing bedda' t° "Il
I.
the diock which it, gate to hung e.tabli•ltial haliiu .4 lake/,
the progreas .4 the him..! it bowieo infidelity which revo.lation
dem ed thorn was to he the plague .4 the last day.

Dr. leankester held' .;;Tinin—e-si on Monday on the
body of Michael Murphey, ooatemionger. who had died
in St. Pancras vrorkhnuse infirmary, of cmsumption.
His wife teak him into the honer to avoid the noise
where they lined. He died the next day, November :t
Mr. Ellis resident medical officer, said the man's
death was accelerated by the foul state of this atmos-
phere in No. II ward. There were thirty-.even
patients in at that time, nine of whom were lying on
mattresses on the (leer. This frequently happened,
and during the last weiik 95 patients had slept on the
floor in different wards, Each patient had about 520
cubie feet of air, which was just half of the required
amount required by the Poor-law Board. The guardiane
were obliged to take In all the patients who came to
them sail reqnbei it.
Mr. Samuel Holly, vice president of the Royal
College of Surgeons, and senior eurgeon at St.
I Thomas's Hospital, said-1 paid visit to the St.
Patters. Infirmary on the 4tll of November. about
half past nine in the evening. I went into
No. 11 Ward, and aminstomed as I am to boapital
wards I never went into a room where the air was so
foul (sensation). It was meat offensive, And positively
stank. When I left the room I was obliged to stop
and fill my Innis with fresh sir as I wile quite overcome
by the atmosphere I had hid left. A patient Fettering
from consumption particularly requires fresh sir, and
there is no doubt but that the death of the deeemeey
was accelerated by the vitiated atmosphere of the ward.
The foulness of the ward was partly caused by the
watermlosets, which all opened into it.
Mr. Bremen Carter, F.R.C.S., who acoompanied Mr.
Molly on bin visit to the infirmary, corroborated his
evidence. Witnes noticed the thinnest of the mat-
tremea, wtieli mule • very inantlicient protection for
the bones of the people who occupied them against the
hard floor. He was used to workhouse infirmary wards
but he had hover been in so aflrnstvs a place le his life.
No wounds could heal in such an atinosiihere.
Mr. Barnes, F.R.C.S., a parochial medical officer,
said the atmosphere of the room where decAossed lived
was as had as that of the infirmary ward& There were
nine rooms in the lionae, and 27 inhabitants. In the
very room which the ilecessed hail inhabited one of hi,
clihtrin had only lstely died of the worst form of
scarlet fever, and there was now another child ill of the
same lever.
The dory returned the following verdict :—That
Michael Murphy died of oonaumption, his death being
accelerated by the unwholesome state of the ward in
which be was platted.

FI'NERAL 01, A RITUALISTIC PRIEST.
On Tuesday the remains of the Rev I, J. Lovekin,
formerly curate of Sundridge, Kent, and tome recently
of lembeth, London, but who for several months put
ha. been the Chaplain to the St. Augustine's Home
(Brother Cyprian's Anglican Benedictine Oratory),
Montpelier, Bri.tol. were interred in the Cemetery.
Arno s.vale. His funeral obsequies were conameneed
on Monday evening, when there were Vespers for the
dead, at the iron church attached to the St. Augustine's.
home. Tbe I ark of the char.erl had been draped with
black cloth, and the antepentlium was of violet silk, the
mourning colour employed by the Catholic Church.
The gases were kept et a low illuminating point; but
from the roof of the chancel hung 'even sacramental
lamps all alight, and on the floor in fruit of the altar
wen. placed six very tall candles in two rows. At •
quarter to eight the funeral procession entered the
church. First, three acolytes, wearing black calsocks
and surplices. One bore a processional cross of silver
cilt with crucifix. and the others each a lighted candle.
The deacon, with surplice, eaasook, and biretta followed.
after which came the eattiu, coveted with a crimson pall of
rich Genoa velvet. awl on it were plied a wreath of im.
mortelles, and one of choice hothouse flowers. Following
the corpse came • long line of acolyte.; and chorister.', all
wearing earpliccia an!l black cassocks, and some of them '
hearing lighted candles. Bringing up the rear was Prior
Cyprian, who wore over his surplice a tinpet of violet.
coloured silk tilted with swanodown. The Oran in..
Placed on • bier immediately in front of the altar, and
between the rows of candles. The service comprised a
portion of the ordinary vespers, Psalms, • portion of the
}humid Service for the dead in the Book of Common
Prayer, some vogues from the Old and New Teata•
'neut., and several hymns. At parts of the service Prior
Cyprian wore a very handsome cope of violet-coloured
satin, with a large cries in white silk embroidery ;
and twice he profusely Incensed the altar and
coffin. He aloe delivered • funeral nratioa. lii
the morning the corms, which had remained
in the church all night between the rows of
eandlestieks was removed for interment at the oeinetry.
On reaching the cemetery Prior Cyprian, wearing his
biretta, cassock, surplice. and purple tippet. bad an in.
terview with the chaplain, the Rev. .1. Ii Riddle. In
the meantime the ehoriaters, about 30 in number, and
wearing their surplices. had formed in procession within
the gates. First Cam, a ore's bearer, carrying a toll
crucifix. He was followed by two acolytes bearing
meetly° eanilleeticika with candles. Next came the
corose and Uarers, the coffin being covered with an ex-
ceedingly.rich pall of purple velvet, with large crimson
cross, of the same material in the centre. The mein.
bers of the choir, wrlking two and two, follow., the
corpse, and chief mournet 4, Captain Lovekin,
decesseire eon, Mrs. Lovekin (the widow) and two of
her children, and some friends. The Rev. Mr. Riddle
told the party that candles and cruses were not allowed.
The clerk ordered the boys with the crucifix and candles
to leave the cemetery; but Prior Cyprion (Mr.
I)nndas) said they should not. Mr. Riddle dia.
rebel, arid, putting on his hat, threatened to leave.
Prior Cyprian told him if he left be would proceed with i
the service himself. He was told he had no right to do
so. Captain Lovekin appealed to Mr. Riddle to proceed
with the service, and assured him it was at the earnest
deaire of the family of deeeased. The Cemetery
chaplain still refused, and Prior Cyprian ordered the
ProoNision to go forwent They were proceeding to the
Church side of the grounds. but the clerk directed
them to go to the Dissenting side, and what would have
been the result of the di.pute it Is difficeilt to say had
not Captain fop-kin at this juncture caused the
procession (which WWI partly on its way to the grave)
to be stopped and the candles and mots to be removed.
Mr. Riddle then resumed his undies and walked on in
front of the erases-ion. the members of which were
singing the Mistrere. The boys carrying the eruoi6x
and candles stood aside a little distance up the hill, and
and as the r an descended during the whole of the tinie
some hystanilen held umbrellas over the little fellows,
whose surplices were getting wet through. Arrived at
the grave, the Rev. Mr. Riddle proceeded with the
usual Church of England !service. Immediately he had
finished, the aoolytes again approached with the
crucifix and candles ; and Certain fevekin standing at
the head of the grave, and Prior Cyprian at the foot
the party, notwithstanding the continued rain, pro-
ceeded to sing for about half sin hour rind then they left.

am. GI. tixsTows ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
The inaugural banquet of the Lord Mayor of London,
on Tuesday evening, was atteeded by several members
of the Govenneent, amongat whom were Mr. Glad-
stone, the Marquis of liartington. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Brea% anti Mr Childers.
In ttsponding to the toast of the armv, Mr. Cardwell
pee an assurance that economy would be practised in
all militsry matters. but at the same time he promised
that the education of the army should not be neglected.
The health of her Bbil-sty's Ministers was re-ponded to
by Mr. Gladstone, who experienced a roost enthusiastic
reception In the course of his speech, the right bon.
gentleman said it is tamest unneeesattry to remind you
that we were milled to. ottioe in connection with an im•
pedant erieis in the affairs of Ireland-1a crisis to which
the mind of the country is nee/addressed more seriously
than at any former time towards making powerful en•
ileavours to see if it is not in our power to put an end
to this state of things, which has henna problem and a
speck upon the fair fame of the country for no many
generations. In Ireland we tee a state of society poli-
tically diseased, a people of noble capacity and of quick
susceptibility, who hetet does not beat with the warm
and het ly attachment either to the other united coun-
tries or to the inure of authority and law which we
gladly recognise on this side of the channel. Very
painful as it is to confess it in the face of Englishmen,
we are bound to confess that even this very year has
been marked in Ireland by a sad augmentation of those
watt= rear sges which, occurring as tl.ey do in a
sountre singularly free from the general tendencies of
crime, are acquiring a painful notoriety, and strike in
the hearts of Englishmen a deadly chill —(hear, hear.)
What may be the ClllOO of these outrages it might be
premature, and it would be difficult, to soy; but one
thing I know, and I would that I could convey it to the
minds of those who are eonnected with these ad out.
not therm who perpetrate them euppole that
that is the path by which they are to attain to suecen in
the Legislature with regard to the removal of grievances
in that oountry. Every man who lifts his band to harm
his neighbour in Ireland is not now, as he always
was, guilty to God and man of crime, but is above all
things the enemy of the intereetn of his oonntry—(lood
cheers.) We &radial and thankful to be cheered on by
you, mF irtonl Mayor, in what we feel to be • noble
task, while we do not disguise our inadequacy to its due
performsomt namely, to endeavour to give to that
country that strength and unity it does not now possess.
For that end we sled labour to the best of our power,
and our Labour will he cheered on by the knowledge we
possess of the generous enceuregmuont of our country.
men. With vrilmd to foteign policy, Mr. Gladstone
said importunate interference I trust we shall always
avoid. A meddebouie and ambitious desire for in-
fluence I trust we shall forswear. But • sentiment of
true brotherhood with thoee nintries with which we
are united by no many wetly ties every Ministry is
bound to cultivate, and hould not venture. in the face
of an ateemhlage f Englishmen, to renounce. Happily
we are discouraged from Keefe:sting our quarrels wi th
one world in gen. ral bateau, of that most blessed of
ell reasons—that we have none to prosecute. But the
friendly assistance of England, although it has not been
obtruded, has always been ready in every case when it
hen been required, and I believe that it has no small
influence in comptuing differences and allaying disturb-
ono., which might otherwim have arisen in different
mil. th. world- +hoer.). After • feeling tribute
to Mr. Peelewly, the right hon. gentleman said the delay
in the settlement of the tangled questions of law in
discussion between the United States and this country,
in prompted by considerate goodwill, and by a desire to
give the intervention of • limited time In order to
obviate diffieulties--(hear hear). I believe I speak with
confidence when I say that the world would view with
horror a parieldal strife between England and America;
and I believe that such • state of things is not all likely
to arise from our present relations.

Tus entries for the rlinitiii:ii-Cbriatinas Cattle Show
1110 largely In closes of those in any previous year. The
number of clause will he fa, and the aggregate amount
of the prise list le upwards of £2,500. The ethibition
lo to be opened en Monday, December Mb.

A man Griffith, a sailor, wan nu Friday committed ,
Liverpool for manslaughter for whipping his own child, ,
a little girl, to death with • leather strap.
OAROTTII ROBBERY.- On Friday at the Liverpool
polies 004111. two men and • woman were eommitthd I
for trial at the 'Pius on • charge of garrotting and rob
-
bin" • returned Californian gold-digitcr.
Tne °evelie ntigee the issue of rOX(10 de'l.,e for the
election of Ur. Wilberforce to the sea of Winchester.
and tho Venerable A. C. Harvey to the Bishopric of
Bath and Wells.
THZ Queen paid • visit of condolence on Friday after.
noolgto the Countess of Derby, at St. James's Square.
London and remained with the late distiogundual
statesman's widow nearly an hour. Iler Majesty
afterwards went to Iwo tier Priuunai of Waite, at
Marlborougl.

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FUNERAL OF MR. PEABoDY. I BUTTER r BILICATF,D TOWN TALLOW•
The mortal remains of the late Mr. George Peabody ' The revelations recently mode at Thames polowiemili.
were on Friday 11, Uligned to the tomb in Westminster ' touc`,le,t the manufseture in Loudon of " real Dorset"
Abbey, preparatory to their rensoviil to their final butter. have elicited details of the nasty process, and it
restiug-place at !lancers. Maiviacuusetts, where, in c4llleS di this, that much of the butter •Id is not
aocordauce with the wishes of the damaged, they will be hurter at all, but alicated town tallow. " May I
. trouble you for auother shoe of breed and siliested
deposited by the side of his mother.
The funeral cartive, which consisted of &hearse drawn ' tallow?" It does not sound nice ; nor, indeed, would
by four horses, and preceded by a lid of plumes, borne any one of the senses which could take cognisance of
In the usual manner, left the residence of Sir Curtis
• such a matter fuel a favourable verdict for the eillcated
00.. h..,
containing ..bout 20
etouteete,
eed in the rear , younger days. It does not taste nice;
Following the hearse were eight private mourning I obviously couain-german to the dips and moulds of oar
Lempoon. No. SO, Eaton-square, about one p.m. commodity. It does
riot look nice—lt ie too white—too
of these were the carrierss of her Majesty, hie Royal composition as much as you will, "the smack of the
Higluiees the Prince of Weise, the American Minister, for, silicate the
tellow will hang by it still." The name it bears,
the American Comet, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, siui " wheated town tallow," certainly does not drop on the
Under.Sheriffa. ear with a hwect fall. It does not *mull nice; for ashen
The 'recession entered the abbey by the cloister's you have once got into you the unfortunete idea of
w west door, an] every demonstration of reverence and tallow, the unsavoury lecollection of melting days was
respect hour the aurrouililing throng. The coffin was come uppermost, with these sickening whiffs which
received by the it.., Lord John Thyone, the sub-dean, occeeionalle attack • wayfarer's nose as he passes a
the Rev. Canon Neiman, and Archilesoon Jennings. candle factory, Four, then, out of the five senses are
A choral service was performed in the Abbey, where clearly against the afficated town tallow ; sad if the
many eminent gentlemen fxstitied by their prest nee the sense of touch tins not much to do with the matter, that
respect which they entertainel for the great philan- &leo would probably be able to trace the difference.
thropist.
Unpleas•nt as physical symptoms may be, they are
The Queen, we are informed, had expressed • great greatly aggravated by the intagination. At the idea of
brawl and tallow for breakfast the inner man
wish to see Mr. Peabody agein, and to have some con-
venation with that excellent man. In fact, just before la gins to heave in rank rebellion. So long as the facts
he left linglian I, on the last «maniere of his staying in heel not been made clear to us, we might have paltered
this 00110 try, liar Majesty wrote a lett. r to him request-
ing him to let her know of hie return to England. with truth, end swallowed the silicated morsel,
as though all were well. To be sure, there are
whenever that should be. Immceliately upon his arrival ir atolls of the year when the °owe are capriciou. in
here, Mr. Peabody ocenmunicated the fact to her their food. The butter is overiellow—thet dearly
Majesty. The Queen was aware that he was in delicate depends upon buttercups. Who cares for buttercupa?
health, and conveyed to him her wish that, on her There is something pleasing, and child-like. and
return from lielmoral, lie would visit her at Windaor, ineocent shout the idea of breakfasting upon buttercup..
when, without being obliged to dine with her, or to go The butter is over-white, and there is about it • sort of
ti rough anything wh ch miget be • fatigue to him, she far-off idea of—may one sey ?—greasse. The obvious
could see him "quietly." When her Majesty W. made course foe to explain to the pleasing partner of your
aware of the oedema accession of illness under which Mr. toils that thin arises from stallsfeeding. It is all right
pestsedy was labouring, the Queen prnposed to come and of eour.o. Oil-cake may have had something to do with
see him at Sir Curtis Larupeon'e house in Eaton-square, it ; but tho oil-cake has been treated correctly in
where Mr. Peabody was staying. '1 he rapid terroinetion, Nature's laboratory. The rank is butter—no doubt
however, of the Rowe, rendered this, to her Majesty's with a slight oleaginous flavour, hut still, "you know,
deep regret, impossible, my dear, in the present advanced state of agricultural
In order to merk the national sense of Mr. poidxeife science, it can't he helped. The butter wee better when
noble benefactions, and to pay • fitting tribute to he, I wan a boy: but one can't hare everything one's own
memory, his remains will be conveyed to America on war." These Neff-deceptions and connubial lectures
heard of one of her Majesty's ships of war. For that are no longer permitted to us. The stuff we are eating
purpose her Majesty's ship the elonereh. Captain is tallow, and no mistake about it. We can no louger
Commerell, It.N., is being prepared with all dispatch at take shelter under eny foot and-mouth theory, nor
Portsmouth. to sail on the '..ll;tli, and a fitting mausoleum bubble of corpu-cles, and such-like fond scientific
is being erected on board. myateries. Butter is tallow, and tellow is butter. We
Bells were tolled, religious services held, and other are landed upon grease. Butter is butcher's fat and
demonstrations of mourning made on Friday in Boeton, railway greue--that unctuous yellow stuff which the
Baltimore, Danvers, and other Americen cities, during railway porters place in the little chamber balonging
the time of Mr. Pembodr's funeral se•reioe in Londoa. to the wheels of our railway core, shutting down
the lids with • smart click. This compound,
properly melted down, is experted by the ton to
Holland, and there mixed up by deceitful soil
unkind Dutchmen with a slight modicum of their
own batter. This mixture is then exported beck to
England. and is cold to oar thoughtless fellow•subjeets
under •drlollll alluring, names. Are you for "real
Dormet'? Here you are—the element of railway grease
probably preiliouin•tes. Does your dainty And critical
palate decide in favour of" beat Epping" ?—with a little
allition of butcher's fat your wt.hea can be indulged.
Dutch bitter is a colutnotlity in which the proportions
are more stable. Would you have " beat Cambridge "?
One shudders to think of the manipulations used before
you can be sunpliod with butter such as is consumed at
that famous Cniversity, and sold by the butter-women
on market days in yards and inches. Bet, as though
this were not enough for our " butterman," that traitor
condescends to the lowest artifices, circle's of all but
unholy gain. lie will convert his meatiness into pats
upon which he impresses the three plumes that are the
a, vice of the Heir Apparent to the British throne. He
will tickle your vanity by , anteing upon these pats yonr
own especial lion, or arinef hand, or stag's head. Ile
will dress his filth up lute the form of flowers, or little
trees, pint as the Tartars are wont to do at the famous
Butter•Feetival, seen by MM. Hue and Cabot on their
outward journey to Thibet. There is no end ed the
butterman's conoing. Ile is a bad fellow. Ile tali s
hold of us by our bahits—by our sense of the beautiful,
and by our vanity—and lubr'eates us inwardly. Every
morning at breakfast it Wu though we were railway ears
greased for our ioat stage. 'rhis, however, is not all.
nor half all. For aught we know to the contrere,
railway grease m..y be • sp rift in hepatic complaints.
If it aia not make you sick, it might do you real good to
swallow a aro 'del or two of that yellow comfection
twico a day. In hatelier'e fat there is nothing the lutely
unwheleioire, lint in order that butcher's let, 'railway
gramme, avid Dutch butter should be welded and blended
into one hainionions whole, silica of sod, must he used,
and various other chemicals meet be used iu order to
effect • "successful fusion." Admit that this process
has been carried out, thin you most colour your butter,
and give it the true Epping. Dorad, or Cambridge tilt.
as the case may be. For this end more chtmicals are
employed. This in not to grease the w`.cols of Life— it
is to grease the wheels of Death. Surely that grim
phantom is snoring on swiftly enough to us all, wi!hout
any need that we should be at the pains to area-o the
wheels of he rapid ear. We have all heard of death in
the poi, but here is death in the pat. Let no client to
Mr. Ranting. forswear butter, and all glow thin and
lovely. All that the wretched butterman can soy for
himself is, that the British butter-eater win have
butter at a cheaper rate than that of proinction. If
we meat have tmeostly butter, hero attain the shape ef
Ho
grea.e. We can only say ist we are greatly of the
mind of the old comedian, Mr. List m. who was wont,
on big first arrival in London, to go down ant have a
simnel Interview with the milkman, a jug in each
hand- "In this jug." said Mr. Liston, "give me my
w star; in this second jug, my milk. I prefer sizing
or myself." _ _

BREACH OF PROMISE: CURIOUS CASE.
In the court of Common Pleas, on Tuesday, Dr.
Kenealey moved for • new trial in the ease of Irvine e.
Vickers, which was an notion to recover demegea for the
breach of an alleged promote of marriage: end at the
trial before Mr. Baron Pig in. at Reuling, th- verdict
was for the defendant. A new trial was naked for upon
the grounds that inatctial vritnemes were abwilt Iron
the trial, and that the verdict was againid the evidence.
The fact, of the cane were these. The defendan. met
tho plaintiff at Hampton Races. about the year DOS%
end aubseifeently she became his housekeeper. Un-
daubtedly tljl, we not a very favourable coonmnoement
to a cite like this, but the letter' ~f the defendant
showed that be was so fascinated by the woman that he
entirely lost control over himself. There were 'AI
letters, and the writer alludes to himself as "the limn
who is devoted to you ; who thinks that no other woman
in the world can compare with you, and who loved, you.
Good.bye, Golden Hair, my little blue eyes."
The Lord Chief Javiee.—Read the letter that is
strongest to prove a promise of marriage.
Dr. Menealey adruitte I that he bad none that would
prove such • promise.
The Lord Chief .Instice.—When you say " house-
keeper," do you mean that the plaintiff was the defend-
ant's mistress 7
Dr. Kenealey.—Yes. The defendant spoke of her as
"The most beautiful woman in the world. I shall be
miserable till I catch sight of your dear figure and
splendid face, that MO everything in the world to me."
A servant named Spriggs swore that she heard the
defendant promise to marry liar mistress on several
occmi ni. On one occasion at dinner the defendant
proposed the plain,ifTs health. Mr. Stan'oy Vickers,
M.N. for Wallingford, the defendant's brother. was
present, and both brothers said that they booed that
the plaintiff would soon be Mrs. Vickers. In cross-
examination the Witll.4 admitted that other gentlemen
called upon the plaintiff, but she said that this was
with the knowledge of the defendant.
The Lord Chief Justice.—Did those men sleep in the
home?
Or. Reneslev.- Yes two of them did.
The Lord Chief Justice.—With her'
Dr. Kenealy.—Yes ; but this was long before the
entertainment at which the brothers spoke to her as
Mrs. Vick.rs. There was nothing impossible in suppos-
ing that a man under strong lamination would marry •
woman, even if he hail seen her in bed with • handred
nice (laughter).
The Lord Chief Justima—But the jury would require
very strong evidence of such • promise.
Dr. li,nealcy.—The letters showed that the defen-
dant was mad aboot the woman.
The Lord Chief Justioo.—Perhaps be felt it necessary
by flattery to maintain his competition with the other
men. No letter said a word about marriage. There
was no ground for granting anew trial. Rule refused.

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO .KOSUR • Faiditt.v.—An
attempt to poism a whole family in Portland, State of
Maine, has just been frustrated. A box of oranges
cug: itp otynmyytnuebli ens was,e, %Pi :77nr"alt:i d 'tool the
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snore
impregnatedndung sas
spEire re.
suspicious,
potd. between K. Bigot. a journalist, and K. Gustave
Poruld, the son of the late illideter, whole also • monitor
of tha Chamber -M. Fould wee slightly wounded —and
between two gentlemen whose name. have not been as
yet before the public, M.M. de IA Motterie and de
Fertiviile. One of them sustained. wound as trailing
as the cause of the quarrel—a few hot words at play.
RETRIEVE or A MURDERER OT FOUR WIVES AND Two
culLoaas.—His Majesty the King of Prussia haat lately
reprieved the notorious murderer Wittmann, who was
...mten,n4 to death, and commuted his punishment to
imi,„.oninan with hard labour for life. The criminal
had been proved guilty of making away with his four
wives one after another and his two ohildien from purely
avaricious motives.
unnorc—The public was somewhat alarmed at the
revelations made a few days since in the Thames Police-
court. when it transpired that a Dutch batter Lisitore
exists in Glaumis-street, Bromley, whore •' Real Dorset.'"
is said to be made from suet. Messrs. Haas and Co.
have oontradicted the fact in • letter to the daily
papers stating. in effect, that theirs is • suet refinery,
and not a butter 'eatery. Whether the tinfortanste
!indoor upon which the odium has accidentally fallen
&metres it or not we do not care to say—we are content
to accept Messrs. Haas and Co's explanation. This,
however, doss uot dispel the wretched fact that iu
L ndon their are several manufacturers of what is
dignified with the name of butter by the public, but
which is known in the trade as " beech." We regret
that this Is the ease, but it is of no use blinking the
fact. It is perhaps the work of that inexorable master
--the law of 'nerdy and demand. There is a large
section of the public' who led, have butter at • less
pease than any dairyman or woman could produce it for,
so the manufacturer of bomb steps in and fills the gap.
—The Grocer.
MODERS CUSTOWS.—Presentatlous and testimonials
app
to extend to almost every household, for no auspicious
event is allowed to pass without its being marked by
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