The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-02-09 00:00:00

I've given my heart to Jesus,
And mean to keep it to!
If the Devil iranta to hare it all.
I'll tell hint—. Not for Joe."

And so through, other Bre verses, "Not for Jen" is tbe
ref rein. The Met perhaps is the most extraordisary

Lord, ere me strewth to tight,
And batik every toe;
It tempted to (make my Ood,
To err oot—" Not tor Jos."

RIITIIROVIIIATION OP =NA waDismor or CarrinfrogY,
—The enthronennut of the Most Rev. Arohdold
Campbell Tait, D.D., D.C.L., Primate of All England
and Metropolitan, 9204 Archbishop of Canterbury, took
piece on Thursday morning In ataterbory Cathedral
the presence of • vast number of perimai. The
subordinate and lay memben of the cathedral body
assembled in the aloistere at 11, at which hour the dam,
canons, and the six preachen axe in the audit-rests,
where the mandate for the enthronement was produced.
The Rev. Mr. Harrison, the Archdeacon of Maidstone,
acting as proxy for the Rev. James Croft, the Arch.
deacon of Canterbury, then formally decreed that the
sorensony should be proceeded with; and the dean and
the other dignitaries couducted Archbishop Tait and the
other bishops in attendance from the deanery to the
west door of the 'thumb, in regular order, and the same
of the choristers singing the 121s1 Psalm told those
within that the oermuony of arrival had begun. Some
bright boots and black cloth legs, beating time aide by
aide with souse buckled shoes and tightly fitting stockings,
were the first things visible down the long vista from
the organ loft. Their owners came in sight soon after-
wards, but the opening. in the ornate arch supporting
the roof limited the view to what wo describe for some
little time. The voices sounded both sweet And solemn
in the distance, and there was • flatter of coloured
' bonnets end handkerchiefs as the occupants of the
crowded nave ram to their feet and turned eagerly to
the west. But it is well to say at once that there Was
nothing gorgeous in the ceremony Irons first to last, am!
that it woe ins figurative sense all *old es the temps'i.
tore of the pit(' In which it took place. The ancient
city mace, the mayor's gold °halo (" presented by Mr.
Munificence, a well-known gentleman here. and costing
ZOO," was obligingly whispered as it came in sight),
the crimson robes and white wigs of some of the legal
functionaries of the diocese. the ermine tippet of ma
elderly gentleman who walked alone, dm garter collar
of the Bishop of Oxford, the gowns of some lay
dignitaries who looked like glorified beadles, ware
positively the only things in the proosesion which
could be pronounced exesptionally or pictorially
symbolic. All the rest was enrollee and hood, and
black and white. There was a mighty procession of
clergymen, all spotlessly clean, but the uniformity
wearied the eye, and a college sap or • chimney-pot hat
in the hand was at list anceptad as a rsiMl. A greater
contrast to the pomp and ceremonial with which the
Romish chards invests the least important of its soar
idastiod festivals it would be hapossible to conesive ;and
It was difficult to repress • mundane longing for bright-
ness and colour as the long file of ecclesiastics floated
In Those composing it did not marsh in patticalarly
good time. and the undulating line of white seemed
from above like a vast river, which, though trots's, was
rippling up against the dark and coloured banks formed
by the lay spectators standing in closely packed masses
at its sides. The extreme whiteness of the tamed
pointed architecture of this nave, with its exquisitely.
, groined arobes and cluttered piers, again stood oat, Se
all gated down the line for • sight of the Archbishop
sod the member, of the bench who bad assembled in
. .

his honour. They more in sight at hest. The Bishop
of Oxford, stately, dignified, and solemn, was resogniesdi
first; and many were the compliments paid to his
lordship's appearance and bearing. Despite the dm-
advantages of his surroundings —far them were gee mese
bishops about him, and he did not walk singly—it WOO
remarked that Dr. Wilberforce looked every ineh as
ecclesiastical ruler, and that his was the (struts to
attrut as much attention and curiosity aa the thief per-
sonage of the day. Ihe Bishops of Loisdon, Ely, Peter-
borough, liereiord, 84. David's, and Honolulu mortised
with their brother of Oxford two and two. Then 01103111
the archdeacon, then Dr. Tait, whose long gown wee
borne by two gentlemen in plain evening dress, who
acted as train-bearers. The first part of the pro-
cession had filed off on reaching the choir, sod was
seated by the time the Archbishop arrived there; and
the Archbishop said attendant bishops were now eon.
ducted to the space within the rails at the east sod of
the cathedral, the former taking his Mai at a chair to
the left of the altar at the summit of the steps.
The whole of the choir was full now, the few *clouted
robes dotting the surplices and hoods which &lied the
space about the altar; and the effect of any isomment
such as standing up or kneeling, among the WAS of
gowned figures being that of a lock of large white birds,
who had here and them got some sobered phases*
among them by seethest. After the Hallelujah sheens
had been sung, Dean Alford began time l(ornlng Berries
from a temporary desk conveniently sistiossibetween
nave and choir, and it wee observed that his warms
akirntly
his
f.A.:ba.nuslbudoreastwlthasiked,rocksihed thaemaidstme,°'ltltlineoadmeafflak.nre;ao7"tnial":::::mieofol":"Aratlrtheoted=dabibo,Ane4"...tbeibsity weallathid:l6:6B"roixt,":"...e.
briefest kind. At the end of the first lesion the
to
Oanterkury, who, on aosonnt of his great aro. wali
throne, the Dean and Oserma sissoling run& dind gm.
inttevers"threioninarchilaDiatialtiteroprimm4ne 64411:ah'ilieshliPhocrilaafib;urieltheberb°2":41t.
see of Canterbury, into am real, astrul, and eorrorinst
dignities, honours. Preglognewl"
thereof; and the Lord MO" 11=1"..."
sing in frees this time forth for sverscria Amen."
The Archbishop reambaleg = his threes, aid the Demo
ViewDesa, and Archdale= having retained to their
aas4.l6.l"ll4'wtreasitreliktra"tasdhebb.iagy ""k:
gammina.."llll°"ThwuPmisa R":647'.141::atc 113.4"sihich theild=el.9:*.kithaegilhe
seaduated to tise marble and thee to the Dees%
who. the a Digo • rung. The Veep Lew.
the Veen read the en: sod the prayer for the
new Archaism The op preseaseed Mee
from the De= d the preesedisp
theAllidrsl eased, the , ualiMes being gess
through is the Claspler4

A Mr*? wonderful preparation AA& been discovers: ,
by which scurf, no matter how bad, ran be entire'
removed in • few days, by the use of Mr. Herby, t!
(Want fiord) feurf Eradicator. It only requires to 4,2
applied tit the head onoo or twice • week, and af
few applicettions the tiltio of the head will be found sin" L
free from scurf, when the eradicator may be
tinued.—See Ad%crtine,ncot. &eon-
Hothetwar'S u.l4.—TrEtthful Experier
united testimony of thousands, extending Ae•—.ll,l
than :TO years, melt strongly recommend. tip Csms•
the beet iurdi re, the mildest aperients, an,' Rs rfils sa
reetot alleys. They never prove delusive, r *ll* 'fluent
temporary relief, but attack all ailment. of efssfell eye
he.rt. 0..1, and bowels in the the sta,ms&L,
legitimate way, by depurating the blood e°ll a*" ""
th se imperfection. which we the ' , and renovating
support of •Imost every disease. Thei nienedation and
is wonderful in renovating eared, rmsdicil "Mosel
Their sction embrace, all th.t Is de and winsti tu Cons.
hold medicine. They repel every Amble in L. house-
testier; and si
thus the strength nu"'
s
is nurtured and the
energies stimulated.

CIIARGIC OF MAXIM ACORTILI
MS? TWO POUORIMI.
—The Iricesterabire coroner
Thursday coneluil,ql au imps,. 4 e
about six miles Irani 1,0100 • I:. 'con "Zr7_.... 2
men
named Thomas, niets CroPt. mu. 31
yeenn•'""ne "' '
lign: who
Ices found 17441 '• • state, taco downwards, on
the e°•4 le•dintc f,n,",,,jw 7 sofrotone to Lit.letliorpe, on
the mornielt ,w_.."r_ww,, Jay, the 27th ult. and whoa.
1""‘ `liege" I. ace been canoed through hb
ill•treistinent of V',"c*oer.Thomas Willett and
W. 11'4:10. two °rfi'' n et the county constabulary.
The jury returned a • mit4in,
of
naiut
tho two l'°li°°'"". Illury wen committed for

TAXING Till PL,
j. 413.11.
obpssek.rmrt:::
on Sunday. the It flrnjbury, vies,
I.soo"ter;, ~mod„" Aft following proposal to his ciongrega•
Ii"" / of you men arc willing to sign the
pip Ige atter airlift. I am willing, if •on Irish it, to
do tho "T`' It la n simple pledge :' I Promise by
awe. to abe.in from all intoxicating
ilrinka •a I.verage 'nod if fifty of yon women agree
to to f wife and niy brother milliliter (the curate)
%am," Nearly fifty pergola took the riiplired
ple4fi° mt night.

Mg. Gtarerrosn's Wan Conseil POLICY. The
Is.* Times leen. from a '' well-informed quarter.'
th•s Ma. Glalstone's scheme for the direstabli.hment
einentlowineot of the Protestant Church in Ireland
mod. te in its outlines, and only require. to be
' ' r the chape or • bill or bills; According to
r V. "the eltinate appropriaton of the
,rty will not be determined now, but
on of a future Parlinmerd, when a
'lists, which cannot he for many
. not is to be immediate ; 'linen-
do Ismer, al benefinea lapse by the
drain. of .cumbenta The direstabliebed
, chore% is govern itself argi to determine
i.• °en Cfl , ecialy the same basis as any
other sect, . it win thert become, The
Ronan Catho the only reel okturch in Irelanh,
because it will 'v hierarchy."
• PAIMIAN 1.. In one of the Parisian minor
Vreatres this week a Iv littlo drama mattered in
addition ti the advertis-s pieces of the evening. Ons
niiht the leading 'tor of the place—a young, lady who .
played all the principal characters—after her lent suite, '
saw a modest two-sou bouquet of violet* fail at her feet. ,
She lia4 the gentle tact to take it up grarionsly, and for
eel, rnl susreerive evening.. similar tribute was offered
her. On inquiry she learned that this gallantry rams
from a li iy r f fourteen, an assiduous frequenter of the
upper gallery, who had squeezed the iglu of hi• offerings
out of hi, very small umbrae. The ocrene, • kind.
burled girl, we. unsofied by the affection of her modest
w!orer, nod got one of the *rune/a to hunt bim oat
nod bring him to her. The enarnonied youth was
standing behind the acrese when the lady of his dreams
mare off the stage. Wall a cry be threw himself upon
her, much to the astonishment of th• byrtanders. Was
he mad! :C,, :he had *eon a tongue of flame creeping
round the gain* rob".• of the actress., end was trying
with all his might to put out the fire. He succeeded no
well that the Irish esanard unhurt, bat the courageous
youth was conveyed to the nearest hospital fearfully
bunt.
TM 1-t7I.I7IITAILT PatactrLe.—As • specimen of what
a vitotk congregation can do on the voluntary priweiple
Rainier r xeeptionslly f•vourrble cireamrtances,tro doubt)
:attention is drum to the annual meeting of the Church
. of the Metropolitan Tabernaele,under the pastoral care
• of the Rev. C. 14. Spurgeon, which was bold on
• Monday evening, when reports on the various branehes
\
of work were read. These show that during the past
year the weekly offering, in the boxes at the doors, for
the support of the pastors' college for educating 'tune
men for the ministry, amounted to £2,000, or nearly £4O
per week, • large proportion of which has always been
In pence. For the same object donations have been
received to the extent of E 1,300 more. For the r iief of
poor members. £770 were contributed at the communion
table; and a sum of 03,600 expended for the erection
of almshouses for the aged. For Sunday and ragged
school., tract and other societies, the colleetiona made
produced nenly £l,OOO ; and a sum of £1,760 was lent
to other churches for the erection of chapels in which to
wor•hip. Contributions for Stockwell Orphanage, about
£7,000. All theee amounts are in addition to the rents
received for the seats, and are therefore purely the
yorislt of the voluntary principle, and make 112 isll the
noble sum of upwards of £20,000 for one year.

lterotrrito CRUILTT TO A CHILD.—At the Owild.hall,
Hereford, on Thursday, John Mott, a painter, and
Frances, his wife, were charged with haring cruelly
%eaten and neglected to provide with inalteierst food and
-ailment one William hott, a boy 12 years old, by •
former wile of the male prisoner. Pollee-countable
MuHard deposed to having received information which
induced him to go to prisoner's house on Sunday
morning, the 24th of January. He asked Mrs. Mott
where the boy was, and she replied that she had not
seen him that morning, but that she supposed he bad
gone with hhi father for • walk. Witness malted until
Nott returned, and then put a similar question to him.
lie replied that be thought the boy most be upstalrs,
and he called bier, upon which the boy descended the
staircase. He presented a sad spectaele, his head, reek,
and face beteg Dowered with running acres; his person
dirty and Ide face emaciated; and be was trembling with
coil and hunger. There was a wound upon his head,
which be ..hl was canoed by his mother striking him
with a dungfork, and another on his knee mused by her
making him scrub the stone dam of the kitchen floor.
Her own ahildren were well fed and clean. Witness'
asked the bey when be had food last, and his replied
-that he had soots bread and treacle on the previou• day.
Wilmas then asked her how she amounted for the
different appearances presented by this poor boy and
her ewe children, and she spoke spitefully of him. He
then asked her where the boy slept, and she said be
slept op ethics. He insisted upon seeing the place. In
a corner he saw an iron bedstead without feather or
thek bed, and without sheet, blanket, or counterpme.
There was only a bundle of old rags, but bow the ebild
could possibly "curl" himself under the'. he mold not
imegine, for hie legs end feet must have been uncovered.
The rags Isere filthy in the extreme, and covered with
matter from the boy's bead. On the following day he took
him to the relieving °Mose, aod from him telthe perish
surgeon. After bearing the evidences of several witnesses,
the Mayor said more systematic bentaltreatment than the
prisoners had been guilty of it was impossible to eon.
crier, and he felt emeedmily sorry that the law would
only allow him to glee them six months' hard labour.
He wished be maid give them nix years. He than
sentenced each primmer to be imprisoned, with bard
labour, for six months. The mobs received the pentanes
with cheers, and followed the prisoners to mol, bootleg
and groaning at them.

iiii4ClCll4o AOCIDIAT TO HOrrelfZle IC YORKSIIIII.
The bounds met on Thursday morning at Stanley,
woo between Harrogate and Ripon, and drew a blank ;
they found at Mookton Whip, and had • capital run of
an lover across the 'toiletry to the Ur., opposite Newby
Bell, where the ton and bounds took the river, which
Crag touch swollen through the late rains. A ferry.
Boat it this place crossed the river, worked by • wind.
less and chain. The first up were Sir Charles rilingsby,
.iir George Wombwell, Captain Vyner. Mr. C. Vyner,
•Captain Lloyd (York), Mr. Robinson (York, formerly of
Thorpe Green-ball, Goaebarn), the huntsman, William
°rots, Lord Down., Lord L.usoelles, Mr. William
Ingleby (Ripley Castle), 11r. Dashaborough,Mr. Bertram,
Mr. Roper, ko The ferry-boat. manned by two men
—fattier and eon—named James and Christopher
Warriner, was ready, end sir Charles Slingaby,
Captain and Mr. C. Vyner, Sir George Wombwell,
Lloyd. Mr. Robinson, and the hunternan, two ofilwrt
front York, and, it is supposed, tome others, entered
the boat with their horses, and coramenced to crow the
river. After going • few yards one of the horses of Sir
Charles Slinpby commenced plunging and kinked Sir
George Wombwell This'made the other horses restive,
and by that they swerved to one aide and capeimd the
boat, throwing its osenpants into the water. Several of
the gentlemen and horses were imprisoned under the
boat, whist, remained bottom upwards. Amongst those
onder the boat were Sir George Wombwell and an officer
'from York, WiS.SO 11•1118 is not known, but who WY
vary badly kicked by the boreal while under the boat.
Sir Chula Slingsby was seen by the spectators on
the bank to strike out for the opposite beak, bat when
nearing it he threw op his heeds, and the last seen
of hire was his body Sooting down the river, with
his bead and legs under the water. None of
the others drowned were seen it ell. Sir George
Wombwell, Captain \ryes,, and the two °films from
York lot upon the bottom of the boat, and were after-
wards got ashore. Three of the horses oleo swam to the
shore. The whoie of the other horses. Inhered to be It
ill number, were drowned. A bridle Las also been
found, bearing the initials of "J.W." Every effort
was made by these upon the bank to restate the un-
fortunate gentlemen. Mr. W. lefleby threw off his
coat and plunged into the river, an made • desperate
effort to reach Sir C. Sliegsb7, but in this be unhappily
kik& and with great ditteulty, and in • stale of
extreme exhaustion. reached the shore. Lord Dowse,
who was ope 01 the earnest ea, weing the boat so
crowded, drew bash, end declined to wp.g.
Vyner and Captain Preston al. pleautu Into the
In the hope of rendering assiesenee. 80, "74
Hurroogsts, who wee early ed. rendered vary attire
aid, and suceseded in seating to the shore one of thaw
who had been thrown Into the river, and hod obiog to
the chain of the ferry. The body is Sic
Sliapby was discovered 300 yards Wl"' the wens of
the seadent by Mr. Denison. of Rip" Lod it,. Vista,
of the same city about half-peet four o'clock. rty,
bodies of CapOin Lloyd and Mr. Robinson were diem
wards takes out of the river, and all were =Greyed to
Newby Hall. On Friday morning the bodiis of Ms.
Orvis, the kennel hastainam. and the elder Warriteir,
the ferrymea, were recovered. The inquot d
at Newby hall. Mr. B. 1. C. Vrier said that moon
*fur the fertrbeet mowed, the water ran into it. Be
called out "Keep still," but directly afterwards Sir C.
filingsby's horse jumped over the gide, dfly Sir
Charles often him then a rush took plea anih• other
end of the boat, 'Lad upset in The witness claw to
the boat, end with we:el others 111111 Wide The
came of the antidotal was overgrowding, sad the strong
fresh on the river. Mr. R. 8. Ctrteeptes, e looker-on,
arearsed Mr. Tyner', evidease. The Pnwedine at
the inquest were very hrief. A wordlist of " Amadeu-
ray drowned," we. retereeL Many of the. f
_deal, of
the &owed, sad gantry of the Mlibhonr#o94 118118
pressen

.ar

X.%)::tmbach's " Perichole" has found Ito we; to
Jaiterio.
The Bishop of London bee been appointed Dean
of Ile, Majesty'. Chapels Royal.

The operatic moon in Rome was opened by the
"Mello in Meacham" and "Don Carlos.'.
The funeral of Miss Melly Moore took place at
Brompton Cemetery on Monday morning.
--

Mr. Tinsley has in the press a new novel, by Mr.
William Black, entitled, " In Silk Attire."
Mr. William Michael Rossetti is engaged on a new
edition of Shelley'. Works and a life of the poet.
Lord Largan hes been appointed one of the Lords
in Waiting, in the room of Lord Raglan, resigned.
Glock's " Iphigenia in Anlis " has just been re-
vived at Munich, revised and re-orchestrated by Herr
Richard Wagner I

The colossal bust of Clytie turning to the Bun, by
Mr. Watts, will shortly be placed in the South Ken.
sington Museum, on loan.

It is generally understood, and the rumour has
been received with unqualisxl pleasure, that Her
Majesty will open Parliament in person.—Pod.

A new " Saltdaris" for chorus, with harp accent'
paniment by M. Auber, was recently performed at
the Tuileries Chapel, iii. maid, with great effect.
On the 14 of February a meeting of the Institut°
of Painters in Water Colours was held, in order to
ballot for the sdmission of • candidate to the body.

Mlle. de Norsk* hao appeared as " Lucia" at
She Italians, where she astonished the audience as
much, and satisfied the critics as little, as in Lon-
don.

The names of Mr. lames Sidebottom, M.P. and
Mr. Ralph Rates, of Stalybridge, have been placed
on the commission of the peace for the county of
Chester.

Mr. Woolner has received • commission to exe-
cute the large marble statue of the late Biz Bartle
Frere which is to be placed in the Town Hail at
Bombay.
It is not improbable that Biz Alexander Milne,
8.C.8., will be appointed to the command of the
Mediterranean Beet on the expiry of Lord Clarence
Pairet's term of service.

It is without regret that the (*Rita Service Gazette
hears a rumour to the effect that the Admiralty are
about to modify, if not entirely abolish, the system
of the Royal Naval Reserve.
Madame Barndorf, • German actress, has made •
successful drbut at the Union League Club Theatre,
Now York. Her latest appearance was as the widow
in By. Topfer's comedy "Der Baste Ton."

Five coastguardsmen were drowned on Friday,
while endeavouring to cross from Arthurrtown to
Dunmore, at the entrance to Waterford harbour.
The roughness of the sea caused the boat to cap.

THE NEW BcalLOP OP LonWM.—The confirmation
of Dr. Jackson, the new Bishop of London, took place
on Friday, at Bow Church, Cheapaide. This formal
proceeding fills the diocese of London, and vacates
the see of Lincoln.

Dr. Chailwick, of Southport, formerly of Dolton,
has presented • further mum of f 5,000 for the erec-
tion of model dwellings for the poor of the latter
town, and the building of an orphan amylum. The
total gift is £29,000.

Professor Rushton, of Queen's College, Cork, has
in the press • small volume of "Rules and Cautions
in English Grammar, founded on the Analysis of
Bentisees." It contains many references to Anglo-
Bases sad Early English.
Mr. Jules Benedict has composed • new Italian
Cavatina for Mr. Vernon Rigby. If it equals in its
excellence him last romance, " Nene date bell aagelo,
$ very welcome addition will be rendered to the
repertoire of tenor singers.
The Admiralt y Jurisdiction in County Courts came
into force on Monday, and at the opening of the
sitting of the Liverpool County Court Mr. Scrjeant
Wheeler, Q.C., LLD., at some length detailed the
powers conferred by the Act.

Sheward, the aelf-accuaed murderer, was again
brought before the magistrates as Norwich on Mon.
day, and was committed for trial, after some rather
important evidence had been adduced as to his early
connection with his second wife.

The call of es on the shares of Overend, Gurney,
and Co. Limited, recently stated to be necesary to
meet the promissory notes doe on the lbth of March,
was ordered on Friday by Vice Chancellor Malin..
lt is to be paid ou the Ist of March.

A meeting of distressed clerks was convened in
Liverpool on Monday, at which measures were taken
under the joint co-operation of the Central Relief
Society and the committee of the Provident Clarks'
Society, for the relief of the existing distress.

According to a telegraphic message which reached
Paris on Saturday their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princees of Wales have loft Trieste for Constan.
tinople, and it is stated they will visit Athens. If
talrompt solution of difficulties is evidently ex•

Two lads were brought before the presiding magi,.
trite at Clerkenwell, London, on 'Saturday morn.
lug, charged with cutting off hair from the manes
and tails of forty horses, the property of Yr. Clarke,
a cab proprietor. T.he prisoners were remanded for
Inquiries.

'The queen, their Royal If ighnesseePrincees Louise,
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Princess ol
Teck, attended Divine SCl.Viee ILL Whippingharn
Church on Sunday morning. The Rev. George Pro
there, assisted by the Rev. R. Duckworth, adminis
tered the Sacrament of the Holy Communion.
The Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association
have sent a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury,
protesting against a clause of the Customs Consoli
dation Act, which necoositates the appearance oi
the captain of a steamer or .hip at the Custom.
house before sailing, to make • declaration as to tho
cargo.

All Sorrento was out this morning, (says tho
Times' correspondent at Naples, writing on the 24tk
of January) to witness the edifying sight of tat
little girls, the one about sixteen, the other about
eleven, abjuring the Protestant faith. The bishop
who preached on the occasion alluded to it as •prool
of the truth of the Roman Catholic religion.
In consequence of delicacy of health, and COllBO.
quently inability to face an audience, Miss Glyn
finds herself compelled to discontinue her dramatic
representations and her public readings. Miss Glyn
will, in future, devote herself to the instruction and
preparation of pupils for the stage. For this hex
wide experience and her great talents) pre-eminently
fit her.

Mr. Childers has recommended Commodore Si,
Leopold Heath, LOB., to her Majesty the Queen for
the post of Naval Aide-de-Camp, rendered vacant by
the promotion of Captain Shadwell to the rank of
Rear-Admiral, and her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to confirm the recommendation. Sir Leopold
was the senior naval officer during the late Abp.
sinian expedition.
ARTILLERY YIELD SATTERIRS.—It is stated that
great reduction is contemplated in Artillery Field
Batteries, by which the numbers of the horses will
be reduced from 187 to 94 in each battery. This re-
duction will, sap the Broad Arrow, be effected by
suppressing the second line of waggons in each bat-
tery, and by having four horses only instead of six
to each gun-carriage.
A Massachusetts physiologist asserts that there
are no fine singers who use tobacco. It is proved in
the dissecting room, he claims, that tobacco injures
the voice. A correspondent of the Musical World
adds that Mario, Sims Beeves, Lablache, Tamburini,
Bonconi, Ac., all smoked, or snuffed, or did both—so
even now does J. L. Elatton. Brahma the elder did
neither. Incledou chewed.
Members of the House of Commons will learn with
regret that Mr. Henry Ley Ands himself unable to
resume his well-known seat at the table of the
House in the approaching session. He will be suc-
ceeded by Mr. Reginald Falvey., who has served
with credit in cl. t (Aces of the House and is
at present one of the Examiners for Standing Orders
In both Houses of Parliament.—Tones.
VOLUNTEERS YOB INDIA.—A general order has
been issued by Lieut.-General the Hoe. Sir James
Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B.' at Aldershot, directing that
volunteering should be opened in the infantry regi-
ments at the camp for several of the regiments DOW
in India. Only twenty men from each regiment
will be permitted to volunteer, but as many as
300 have offered themselves front some of the regi-
ments.

Messrs. George Mason snd Edward J. Poynter
were elected associates of the Royal Academy at •
general Meeting of the members and
held on Saturday evening. Mr. Meson is the pinta;
of "Th. Evening Hymn," the gem of the recent es.
hibition at the Manchester Royal institution; and
Mr. Poynter is the author of "The Inielities in
Egypt," the device of which was used with soauicb
fact by Tenniel in • PirecA cartoon.

THE PKEIMITATION OT HAIM AND RaTTITT.—
The Ponrith Farmers' Club have had under discus-
sion the subject of the preservation of ground game,
and have passed • resolution to the effect that the
oro.prooorariou of hang and rabbits should be
discontinued, r exercising • prejudicial influence
upon agriculture generally. In the arum of the
discussion some rather remarkable facts were brought
to light. Mr. Freer, of the Hay Close, who reed •
Paper on the subject, mentioned the case of • farmer
who had loot £lOO • year in consequenoe of the over-
preservation of ground game; and of two others
who had lost, half their crops by the ravages of hares
and rabbits. A gamekeeper in the neighbourhood
of Perith had been known to make £l,OOO in five
years from the sale of rabbits alone. The members
of the Club were all agreed about the evils arising
from the over-preservation of rabbit', but some did
not think hares did so math harm as they, did not
burrow, bat rosined over • lax eLant of imuntry.
yr. C. H. Saunders, of Nrui k Hall, et a grey-
hound courser, urged that harts should be preserved
in order that Cumberland might maintain its re-
putation of always having a good greyhound to run
at Waterloo. It I pia mentioned incidentally that in
one plantation on the Netherby estate as many as
11.500 hares bad been shot in COO year.

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