The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-03-21 00:00:00

DV'S.

The Princess Louitc and lie Martini. of Lorne aro to
be ina,rie4 tl-dly. May they be happy ! Everybody
T IC at the cinsiiiiiiiistiest of 1.111.1" love match,"
Unlll a it be the semi.) hot of niorime Ritualists, ist o,
it is raid, will üb-etire the day by a ?pedal extra fast
and aservice of huroiliaidon for this fresh example,
vet in the highest ire-OA:co, for the nontobtervanee of
tic La tan itABOD. Tao happy pair mu.t have been
cossiderably bored of late by the friquout deputattnne
with presents and addresses, Theso maTirs of sympithy
are pk,gaaut enough it not overdone. The hble from
'the ID .idcns of Great Britain • nil Irelan i" was a
gligrgciatilelaftly national gift, lint it was rather o,tel
for the self-elected Committee of fflaidens to itifei.o
her Royal Highness, in respect to the Bible, that "it.
value ii priashoni ; it oonta'la the pearl of great p
and tea mine of wealth to those who scarab within."
Our Royal family re not heathen, rod sut pied,
patronage is in bad taste.

'lnn thitty-fi'•h enn;ver -try of tile Dora t Association
of We society wee held et ,I,e Teen -bell Dorchester on
Mooday. Tte fiat meeting was 1.01,1 iie Ilte afternoon,
when the attendance Is•S Larger than it hu ever been
before, the room being quite full. The chair was
°coupled by John Floyor, Esq., ILL'. The clergy pre-
sent were :-The Veva. ttegineld Smith, 0. P.
Phinn, item y Mule, J. Cree, .1. Bird-ley, of Steps
ney, arid W. Wynne, of Mitcham (the ileentation),
C. W. Bieshatii, .1. G. Kelly. Ilaneley libel,. C. „le
Bird, 11. 1,..1.ine5, J. Evans, E. leellow, E. Headland,
J. Stephenson. If. 11. Miles, J. Elambromiki, J. Suit,
W. Urquhart, .1. Pope, T. Bennett, A. Bowen. F.
Jr.csrin, dm The Rev, H. Everett wies prevented
attending by an ergagement from home of long
standing. Amongst the laity present were -el I.
Colonel Bingham, Mrs. Knipe, Mrs. Kindersley, Mrs.
, a al alt Brown, Mrs. C. NV. Bingham, Mrs. E'iot, Mrs.
' Beadle:lJ, Mrs. E. Headland, Mrs. Ludlow, etre. Suet,
Parcheesi In tlefi army is doomed. After t 'the ex- l Mrs. Bayne, Mrs. Urqabart, Mn. Tudor, Mee Barn_erts.t,
sited talk of the gest fortnight ()Memel Jeloyd lei dsay's l Mr.:. Aoldrows. Mrs. te. Ilayne, Mrs. G. Wood; Mton
amendnient wasmegatived without &division I Altheueli I it cleed Eliot, Mrs. Bird, Mrs. J. Geed, Mrs..' en__,..,
this is an usetniested result, it la sathilaetery. Ine ' Mrs. V,ie. 7, etre. Cooper, Mrs. W• Gelpine, U
purchase cif edgminimions, it was universi "ty felt. Pl"' : Steele, ?du. ileeitial.l Smith (treasurer of talln . . 0 r
Vented the setae' red reforms *si the army, ci ition), ice., Mass: Churchill, E Chuschilh_ii_
.. dtot:
and public i
opinion Wade of Porli, meet was too strong sgsii.st K ~,Lniey C. eeeele Wickham, iltaihrne Lock
H. G ilpin, Loll.
the system to gives chance to its defenders. But tiers ourine, ifojewn. A „NI.. .
lil SaN. 11.. ff. Eliot,
is • good deal I A the Goveretneut B 1 worth oiseassile Unseal, Spinhs, Arden.
""
b ''ll• Cookeraw. E.
besides the rusheso system, although it ha. saarre 1 K, L. Eindersley, R. Aldwort,(
__ B. puarce.
been touched in the recent debate. In oueletattee, t'" lini.iett, J F. nudges. It; .!.1.!3::°, -
doubt, the other provisions of the mes-urne 'I he fully .1. Hodges, G. Maye, I)
itter mt ti,
discussed. and possibly some imperteut .rueroveuients Dr. Cowdell, La Brown, ravey, H.
C 1... Cum..
. P"in Aliriehardson ko ,&a
may be made, for Mr. Gladstone has plainly [t,cA lb .t ft ecembe, J. Lock, C. Geo , •
the Government is open to some ,up,tion. ,i , ~.
provements in tire details of the BT. Tame e e 11,•") losser.
T, RA. REEINato Soffit op.vie I the meeting with
peactiosl &lite./ won in the House of Lo had met together to pro-
trorehester recember foremost amongst them- na ar, : mote the objects of w..a. they
°le believed he might truly
And h
• • institution in this country. An e
. g"""--,°a` Th. Cilliggag taidk
:Led expose SOW their witiciam and Beige Xions ii 001 , avec E
oughts, of fey vaster interest thus the debate , thought lit woes fair question f tro ask, both for
whieh has last ended. and which for all practical pun- who bad '"ltried tic
ut
society
be-and y there' hoped were
Peelle Wild 011 Meill have been oat:fined to on., night ,as fir any who udito_
__
_.. i
I a,,,pg-soing to be p it now for the first time, is t
deem* good work? Ile thought he trieht safely say,
it is doing a good work. It was bringing home is meny
teouanda, who othei wise would never hear of ii, the
good tidings of the blessed Gospel of our Lord and
Master Jews Christ. It was providing for large noun.
U... 51.0..4.1.4.wa1dwac5 what be firmly belieerel to he
the most trulv Christian aporeolioel eloirch that has
ever existed. It we. largely promoting in work Blather'
not till recent years been so much recognised as it ought
to have been-a work which justly (more during the
last Se_sion of Parliament the attention of the Eng-
lish legislature, viz., the treat canna of national whoa-
tion, and that in a sense in which he believed it
was most aceeptable, and he ti listed ever would be
most acceptable to the country-ou the firm
ground and baele of religious truth--(apolau,e). It
win offering ;Weisner, and elm- el titre-melt its
ministers to Vireo) viler wers in eonht eed enmity -
it was providing oonife's.. for tee sttet -I, ale Min.:Mg
support to those who me. t need, (I it, and at to time
when they most needed it-et the final hour of this
life. Now, he thought lie might at once sit down,land
' ssy lie had an,verni the question be proposed ; but he
would ad: them for a minute or two to look at the
, work of the society from a different p eet of view. 1 e,y
iced that is day. gone by-and they mieht thankfully
siy gone by and hope they might moor return -the
seSnowleiged bend of the church in these aukes more
than once passed on this eonntry the dreedful sentence
of exceinmunioation. We are :repelled at the drea4-
ful a ickedness which tiorl4 thus recklessly int eeliat to
a "theta conatiy the offiess of religion. Wu stand
aghast at the awl& iejus•ioe which FO indiseriminst-
ingly pissed sentence on the innecent and the guilty.
The dreadful state of this country, and the awful shock
to public feeling and the best feelings of our nature wben
thet sentence was pas-Li-I,lra deseribo I by pewerful p,•ns
-none perhaps more so than that of the Wonted his-
torian lately pesssd away from amonget us--he
described how the children were nnimptie id, the
marriage ceremony was unaanctioned by religion, and
the deed had not those blessed orlinanees performed
which area c +ref eit to the ineurnere wile eten4 round
the grave. Ito Wee net g •ing for a mement to say
that if the operations of tliis society were immediately
suspeniled, the same stete of things would tale place.
There were men who would be fount at the greatest
(lest of exertion, labour, and self-dent-I to perform
those offices which were so justly sedatel by the people.
But highly as they valued that sanction to one of the i -- -
most home. ant steps that man and wornm could take I
in life, comforting as those last ceremonies were eon-
del 1
eted by the ministers of religion at the grave, there SUPERSTITION AC BATCOMBE.
was still sonioihing more valuable, coil tiro loss of A respectable young farmer, Mr. John Bird, of Bat-
which would be more deplorable-that is, religious ' Goethe, aged 23. was brought up before Lord Digby, J.
teaching, which is the only sure pride for the soul of , K. Bridge, Esq., and Colonel Digby, on Wednesday
man, and the only mans of fitting it for the life here I last, charged with • violent assault upen Charlotte
and the life which is hereafter. An 4 lie further Griffin, an old woman about 86.
Lelievsd he was giving expression to no exaegerated , 'The young fellow, who seems to have but just " the
. opinion-he was taking no extreme view, when he said. , first blush of m&ohood" upon him, fascist himself
thiit if the work of this eu I kinilreil secieties were 'lnig.ridden"-a Dorsetshire phrase forbeingbewitched.
suddenly suloended, that religious teaching must Lsbouring under this delusion, he best the poor old
absolutely and immelietely reeie for thousand{ and woman until she Wits-t 0 use a common, but in this
i hundreds of thousands of our fellow men-(heal, hear). cam an expressive saying-" v 'thin an inch of her
From the reports of the society he learned that by i life." After that the prisoner absconded, but was
ministate of religion ant its other agents, tee sodety I ultimately captured at Liverpool by that active officer
providee for the religions teaching of sweet:ring like I of tee Dereet police, Superintendent Batty, of Ceene.
4 '., !einem: of people. Ile di not weau to iiiy they ~ The woman Griffin had since been seriously ill, so much
w..e the telly teace. re ae.engst thew: lir e. Lunde r,-. so that leer We lass been despaired of• So is how.
bit that a largo par: of the number he had mentioned i over now getting better, and Bird Was, as we have
would be deprived of the offices of religion, and of the I said, arranged before the magistrates at Cerne on Wed'
teaching of the ministers of religion, if by any untoward i nesdap for tha offences Mr. Howard appeared for the
end most unfortunate event, the work of this society , prisoner, and the following evidence was a 'led :-
should be suddenly withlrewn. If that wore true-if , Mary Is an aged woman, who took the oath,made
the statement he hid made was out exaggeratoi-he
;
a curtsey, and signed has, emne wish s ''X," said ehe
asked had he net given • full answer to the imitation
had kuown the prisoner all hie lifetime-ever sines
he put, and justified his statement that this society is
he'd been born, as she did the old woman Charlotte
doing a great and gnol work. And it was doing
its work on a sound, Scriptural, awl large fuet-
Griffia-in fact ever since she had been • child She
log - doing its work on the piinciples
used to "car" her " glovia" for her " more nor 40
, of
1
years ago." Charlotte was never a-muried. They lived
the national church of England, not in any narrow
under the same " rufi '(root). Last Saturday week,
or contracted basis. It admitted-it iovitel-to act
on its committee the whole to sly of the cl vgy of the the 4th of March, in the afternoon, she couldn't say
establisliel church : there wad no limit, there was no
1
exclusive', re-it invited them all to rrk mm its cis. what time, booanse her cloak didn't "goo," she saw the
prisoner (Jul. Bird) going through the village towards
ris father'e house. She heard him talkin gto '' Dilly"
niittee ; and, teerefore, I.e asi 1, toe •r .ieiup et winch row-
shouter,
y always r lied her that, because it as
f
1 the soeiety ...qui' was the aaine an 11. L clam Which the
I
very rstableited oeureli resteel. it wee then, he
thought he might fairly say, the duty of all who loved but her real name was Aielaide. lie said
4—her old" eyes ; If I catch her up our way I'll kill
:
and valued that church, to do what Col coul Ito pro. th old —. Those were the words be said. " She
mote the °Nees of ti 0 Postural Aid S rciety. It Wile has-ereled me three times last night, for I saw hor come
in the winder." She accordingly went and told the
by union mug themselves that they tui fat look moat
confidently for sue "eon Divided, the Cherub of E.g. oh! woman• (who was going out to gather some us "f "
in Rocky-lane) what she had hoard, and advised her
land wont! be, as far as human power went, in mine.
peril. United, carryine out and realm; up to the spirit not to go, as he might give her an unlucky blow. How-
of her great Lord inch Me,ter, wha, in His la.st Jays, ever, she shortly after saw her going in that direetion.
prayed that Hid church might be bleseed-might be When she cautioned her not to o into Bosky-lene,
the old woman said the road Was gee free for her as it
. unite! amongst its werulerre-acting in the spirit and
i working on those principles, he believed the Church of ,was for Jno. Bi-d, am she had never done him any
England would remain, to he &blessing to this country, harm.
A laide ,
as long as ours shoal Ihe • happy, Prosperous, great " . Foot, the wife of what she " s'posed was •
w .
'
and free n itior ; and it Was in the son r epirit th labourer
it he ' said she lived under the same rout as the old
•
would invite all those who wished well to teeir native wouraii. She also heard the prtacirer mike
.u,71 ).of the
country to do what they could to etrengthee the work same threat to the old woman, and said,
id ohs
of this society-(applause), have a good • taughty ?' " (a word we believe, need by
children when playing see-saw). She knew nothing
The Rev. 11.SEINALD Snag expressed the pleastiee fibre until she saw her afterwards, when she helped
It afforded him to see so large • needier present of the with another young woman (the witness was about 00)
friends and supporters of this great evangelical home r , get her home and put her to bed. They undressed
indainnary society of our reformed church. Ile her betweeu them. She only observed • blow upon
I referred to the loss by death of reverehunperters of one of her legs which the top of her thumb would
' the society, mentioning the Roy. J. Fisher, Mrs. cover. She could just see it and that was all. She
Michel, and Mrs. Falkuer. The county of Dorset last also saw the flesh " tuning dark" upon one of her
year contributed i 138,6 17s. 61. to the Peetoral Aid
al:nes:be:Lg.:as fetched by •
shoulders
Society, and only receive I back in aid V2:P • year. Jane Baker, at present of Yeovil, but who formerly
The Sherborno and North Dorset Branch contributed
t3:37 7s. 4d. • handsome sum, wbich was .ery much thatiivetl sot. the Sherborne, said
owing to the indefatigable zed of that a xceliout women to go and see Charlotte Griffin, who was her
Christian lobs. Mrs. Wingfield Dighy, working on the mother. On getting there In the afternoon, she thought
lidscreinsleigesues'
foundation laid by Mr. Kelly, whose diligence in the e seeing her that she was dying. The clergymen
work they all knew. The least gratifying item in the our the parish came in and sent for • doctor. Upon
account was that which showed the large town of looting at her, her flesh appeared to her itro one in ~s
Bridport sent up only El. Gonaidering that P,ridport if "purified" flesh. ietie was black all over, and the
received a good many years • grant of £lOO, he must blood appeared to be coming through. She had re
say it did not indicate a very large anoint of grati- ti the present time Sho
;rosined with her mother uu •
tude amongst the members of the church it Bridport. seemed to be a little bettor, but she wan unable to
Might God enlarge their hearts, and stir all up to do move in bed without assistance.
more than they bed done in the pest. Ile read the Cr, Ewes's deposed to h
the injuries which had been
at Bat-
report which has already been prints I and circulated. inflicted urn the old women. Upon. arm-icing •
tad her In bed and groaning. She was in
The Roy. C. W. BINGHAM moved the adoption of the combo he
report, which lie was sure they had all heard read with
an intense state of terror-in [act Sin was afraid to let
her. Ile a:emitted her, and found on
a great deal of pleasure. There was one little vies- him *erre near
tion in it which he confessed rather found •n echo in her shoulders ancl. back-she was very bump-backed,
bent with age-marks of severe braises, and filtera-
ble heart, and which he could not help repeating: it and
ti• u of blood extending down the arms.
was this -what 'herald we do without the Church sive eztravase o
leistoral All Seisiety ? What wouhl the Chervil of By Lord Digby : Ile considered her in • dangerous
to
lenelasid have done? The church had had seine little condition-as much from shook to the aye ni as from
difficulty in maintaining her puitionof Into-hail many the . Injuries she had received.
enemies to contend against- many who would gladly He Vial
tad her yesterday, and she was "improving"
aim her in the position in which the sister church of Unless anything unforeseen or untoward ornarred he
. _
Iroise(' was now placed, and he verily believed, that if was under the imprewnon she would reeover, but he
they were to have a reprieve- if the Church Was not to would be very sorry to say she would ever be as well
0 witness created some
TO •
be speedily elisestablished, it was mainly owing to the as before. laughter by con.
Church Peritoral Aid Society. What should they have eluding his evidence with the remark that it was
done without the Church Pastoral Aid Society? It had astonishing the tenacity of life which some old people
already been sail that 44 millions of people-that was, exhibited.
about one-fifth uf the population of England and Mr. Howard: They live its long as they like; cape-
Wale-was ministered to by the accredited agents of daily if they are minnitants.
this society. lie rejoiced that so large a number had Dr. Ewens : The only annuity she gets, I think, la-
the advantage of an evangelical ministry through the parish pal.
operations of this society. They hound somotheca that John W
sits, a labourer, and a carter to Mr. Esau
the Church of Ragland was getting into • minority- hind, the father of the defendant, said Charlotte
that they were outnumbered by the seats, molly of Gifford, on the day in question, clue up to hlm. There
which he said deserved the utmost admiration for the was no one but ' .' he and himself present-and asked
sound principles in many respects on which they were him n . .
what he had been saying about her. Ile told her
based ; but if that were likely to be the case, how much "authin. She said "well, young farmer Bird had,"
h id she had better so and khi H
worse would be the position of the church without the upon whiche me
work of this bleseol institution? Ile went on to show also heard the prisoner tell"Dilly"Foot that the old
that the opera stay at home and not
tions of the society are its sufficient woman had better , come and
he employment justificotion. and observed that t ,
tof lay trouble him at night. Whilst he was speaking to
agency. first begun by this society, in the face of eon- Charlotte Gifford the prisoner came into the h d
owe, an
4 krabl- oppositiou was new tho aloptol practice. .
ordered her out of door, and asked what business she
Ile bad no more doubt about the u e fulmos, and value, lied thi re. his told her to take herself off, or he would
and importance of the Pastoral Aid Society than he had put the stick about her back. She turned round and
of his own exideuc,:-(hear, bear)-althouth some o looked • • , •
f t him when he took her b the arm.
its advocates on the platform might make Injudicious The Magistrates' •
Clerk:
When she turned round was
speechee, although to weak to him?
its committee might sometimes be she going ,
did
guilty of some little error of judgmeut, and not grant Witness: Depend on 't, what she turn roan for
• Curate to some place particularly anxious to obtain else?-(laughter).
one, and although some of its agents, ordained or lay. TAs the got to the door he let go her arm, and she
might not come up the standard the committee desired boat in his face. He then struck her, with a little
to adhere to. But all these things-what were thee? Mice! stick, '' thewrt" the back-twice-that was all in
They did not destroy the value of the institution. It hie " pooession" (presence). She bollard "Oh !" He
did not pretend to ho perfect. Their friend the Rev. •41 the prisoner he should have no lighting there, and
Reginald Smith, although he Was a capital secretary, went out of the house, leaving them te "have it out
might make a little mistake : but the society was none themselves." He heard no blows after that, as he went
i the less a valnoble and important institution-(hear, "right away" out to the stable about his work.
1 "AO. They must expect little imperfections here and Susan Watts, the wile of the last witness, gave
' there, though he declared he did not know evidence corroborating her husband in some respects.
where to go for them, and even if he dill Jane Major, a very little girl. but who gave her
find them Le should nevertheless believe that this evidence remarkably well. saw Charlotte Griffin come
institution under God's blesing Wad doing • great out of the house lof Watts followed by the prisoner,
and most important work for our country at this time who "bet" net across the shoulders. She then came
-(epplaoss). lie mentioned the spiritual destitution down to "oar gate" and lied down and hollered mur-
that prevailed in • district at Sheffield, with • der. The little girl, it appeared, had made some state.
population of 7,000, to which • curate was sent, and mut in her "Information" relative to what the
the chenge after seven years-a church, schools, he., p. aouer had said; although now crow-questioned by
were erected, and at the throe services on Sundays lar. BridgE and Lord Digby-in spite of the protests-
were oongregations of 1,000 at each. No doubt the Bow of Mr. Howard-until she cried, she could not
deputation could teU af many similar oases; and, doing recollect whet it was,
nosh work as that, the Church Pastoral Aid Society P.C. Woodall had • sonversation with the misoner,
was worthy of their warmest support-(applause). in which he said," they do say I boat her with a hurdle
Kr. B. ff. ELIOT, in seconding the motion, referred stake, but it MS • Willie stick about the site of a gig
he the eirenosstanoe that with the population of this whip." And in the will of the loak.up be said, "that
country the tendency is to gather together in large Watts said she was obliged to go out of the
teems, ha consequence of which the need for spiritual house, and I didn't hit her but ten or eleven times
help is 'reseal*
_t the suleils•S, and he commended in all. She switched my nose, and there's the blood
I
IS. Im°1•0, kw lll=l grants out of • total of 727 on iskylesadkereldild now." There was blood emit.
to large towns. lie also pok of the lay agency of fttliSta *My • wanes* for the prisoner's
the society, which, he believed, would one enable aPPtial 4a/ri"odalW• the 861" liar". 16
Qua to moot the wants ot the Rome 4a7. meat to ithoetabba obi bead be had takes a VOA

lfr. 3Lona'll boo Nano rated b's term of office as
Poinamostor•Goenr. by iltiating vs.ions ooneessions.
r .lettars snip •ools of .01 paw elosea or opal.
4no asklawsion between them, the following o
) the rates as soon as e short 11. ' c it be ',ivied to
them :
NM esc'edlng 1 oz. ........... ..• • •
lii
Above 1 oz., but out exceeding toe. .....
Above 2 oz. „ „ 4 .........
Able* 40'. „ „ oz. ............ 2'ol.
Above 601. „ „ 6.1.
O?S ...... .
8 „ „ 10 or ..... 80:
1° (44 „ 12 oz. ......... 43.
Twelve ounces to be the toot of vetht.
toney-Ordar charges are slso to be re' sed as
praetistable r merging to the following se 0:—
asunder 10s. ...... ja awi ter 73.
. ••143 under Yd. I „ 1.7
Ll „ , 1:7 „
„ £3 ...... 4.1 t „ £9
„ £4 ..... „ £l9 ll4.
114 „ As

Europe in settling down once more to the occupatii. as
of peace. The nations are actively engaged upon
Ordinary amicable persoita, reviewing finance, adjust- ,
tog diplomatic questinua, rind pro.eeding to the
snjnyment of • season of international quiet. Turkey,
the meet seriously ham bigned with the other
Powers the new treaty, re turniug to 1: use: t
some of the pria:lege of which she wa. priced
efter the Cetnean war; but Turkey finds no
rawassion for uneasiuesa in thii ; on the cookery,
she appears to approve the removil of a cause of
Irritation, and is making an endeavour, though It
cannot be called a very strong one, to keep the
national credit afloat. Russia, timing attained through
the Conference the Black Sea concessions, wide,' were
almost lost by the diplomatic blunder of l'rioce
Gortachakoff, proceeds to borrow the vast railway
capital which she is expending in the development of
the hidden resenting of her vast territory. In Ger-
many eonsolidation lithe work of the day. The unity of
Germany is to be crowned by the organisation of Alsace
end Lorra'ne Into • separate territory, with Seri's.
berg as the capital, governed by a branch administra•
Hon appointed by the Emperor. Totning to France
we are amazed at the rapidity with which she is already
coping with the Herculean task of adjusting the
flnanose, reconstructing eos&I institutions in the '-
traded territory, and even so soon exporting as well as
importing at Paris and the sea-ports. Italy, with lloine
tor the Italian", is feeling once more national entirety;
while the Pepe is looking here and them, and soliciting
H. Thiers, it is said, among others, for • quiet resting.
plisse—say, at Corsica, or in some spot where, haring
no temporal power to speak of, he will create no
jeelottsiem. Spain has just returned, with only one
trivial disturbance, • strong body of deputies to the
Coeds to support the new administration. Anita*,
Holland, Sweden, and other nations have taken
diet* advantage of the close of the war to enter upon
financial arrangement' for the execution of public
works; and the whole aspect of the Cont. lent ii
peaceful.

A country correspondent Of the S,hool Boaniehrowich
writes a curious acconnt of educational prcsres 1.,
that nest of electoral purity, the borough of 11.idg.
water. A man collecting information for the School
Board there was hooted and reviled in all the lower
parts of the town, and the c.iildren fled from hint as
from • "bogey." A member of the Board was thus
addressed : " Well, inastrr, and is this Bible truth
what I do hear—thAt you gerildolks Is ag,.i.ig to
widycate my children whetlp r 1 Ike it or no ?" Too
member of the ULM explaine I. Well, master, you
say as how they mur eddycatel ; I says as how they
ambit, and they shan't. Ft/ drown 'cot first !.' It is
remarkable that an opponent of education should so
sionc'sely state his view of the position of his children.
If. looks on them se kittens or puppies, to be drowned
rather than improved. Bridgwater moot be a Mee place
for children, but the above sueolote partly ace.)r its
for IL electoral condition.

Some one, who lilH hineielf ident," w... rLapen•
gable the other day for the fo"owing i pi, sinusatie
version of the gotten wonde: at a let, Me .sterlal
appointment
The question why, is asked in many mind.,
The Admiralty is beetowed Goshen.
Is It that he beet reason. a Ith the a :ad.?
Or only that his name Jed rh3 ..as with ()Nal?
IAIO 00110•11111.. ire party has not been going in much for
this kimi of thing latxly. Let us hope that it:, muse
wri grow stronger by ezorcke. Oppertu. tics as,
doubtiem, not be wi

Ears and tall.! is the expletive• osiilibly sorv‘ted
by Mr. Dan .o's new book. The author gravely state',
of the early progenitors cf man, that "tho' ears we
pointed, and capable of movement, their Ir lea
ware provided iMt a tall." Well might old M- Dog-
! )rry say, on re: :ing this pastaie, that Mr. D Irwin
might write bimse f down an ass. And as Co the cars
being capable of movement, Mr. Peter lk aptly quoted
Wordsworth about the dorkey, who,

Upon the pivot of hi..
Tunid round his blow h.:L ear.
Lord Monholdo is far outdone by Mr. Dir win. His
nosentric lordship restricted his belief t t. which,
he Imagined, msnit'nd bad lost by fr:ction, and by c,in•
Audi, sittsui upon them. The pointed ear b.l no!
eater his lordship's theo.y ; nor did tizo prehenail.•
toot;' although this rnay have tolonged to the Scotch.
luau who walked southward, and then stuck to th" soil
of their tioption.

"Jeans's" has been writing for soma of the Londr.n
papers • notice of Lady Bgerton's last evening party.
This is what we read:—" On Thursday evening, Lady
Egerton gave an elegant toirek dramatique, at her
mansion ill St. J111121:111-INIULTV, at which the Lie )(far
Of the aristoeratic society now In ',Anion araistrd, to
the number of aboutteo hundred ladies and gentlemen.
Among the personages of note who were pre,ent at
this charming fete, were their Royal tfiglinessee the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Ptinee,t Mary of Tech,
Prime" Tech, and the Princess of Sise-Weimar, the
Duchess of Cleveland. Count Apponyi, Auatrian
sabasador ; Baroness Brunow, Russian ambasaviregs ;
the Spanish ambassador; Lady I: lw.ird Tuynne,
INdme. E. de Girardin, Mime. oho! beim, he.
Before • parieny bla,ing with diann•nde end
foreign dectorations, three distini,di.hA French
artistu had the honour of appearing, in thre, admir.
ably 'sleeted rowdies dL Lefont, and the
Sisters Hortense and Elise Damain, iii "U, CaPtion,"
of Alfred& Miseset ; Mem Dassain, ii "lee Soldiers
de BA" of °tarlatan ; and M. Lifont end Mall,. H.
Domain, to "Li Posteeriptem," of M. Emile Angier,
of the Asademie Francais°. It is needh is to say that
all these charming end amazing plays wet, performed
with perfect raserablc, and the whole of the di.tin-
e &abed company remained until the Gloss of the repre-
sentation,
.weeth only terminated after midni4ld. I.
Nilo "soldiers de Hal," Mdlle, Ease Damara MIA oGliged
go display a foci of the 11160 Si eim4erol-I,k, di hvasiwas,
sad said elicacd !may compluecat• Tbo
wipea of the evening were dispensed w,th etquieite
gram by Lady Egerton, who he, tin: credit of inau-
gurating, in London, e refined and el,gent mode, which
saanot fail to be iFutwied by ui..oy ether leaders of
hahlosable moiety."

We have already commented on the cu.. of ..11,,py
Mar—thei newer Mn. TorPur, wb. e eaped
went through the stupidity of the joey wsio tried hcr.
Probably It was not so much the crovo,ese of their
Intellects, sea st,uptd feeling of gallantry at h,hoiglisig
at the (vintners bar an interesting lady•like young
wenn, with a baby in her arnis. If so, we 'unit
anon the "twelve good men" of turpitude ; though
we an bound to charge them with whet may be (wiled
TerPranidr.

Kam is crying experhnent, up ni the
isow Yorkers, by means a some lectures. fie wants
to try how far the average Americas will go in his
ermWity as to Rogllsh exassees. Tbii is one of the
great Fealea's happiest efforts :—" While in Chatham
pgpsist prism, sad on the morning of the 18th of
Jam, I resolved to does act that would make the day
notsacoeble la my prlson life. I dent pray much; but
cm this mastsion I knelt down on thu floor of my cell,
and I offered to God for my sins the euffrog that was
to owns of whet I we. about to do. The hour of
twelve came on. The laside d., ,r of my cell was
The officer cried out " Att. ntion salute
r The governor approached the bars
Is U he
would get my mlaani. and I laid
load tho that lay at wy hAt, and three
Ws ficialiests of it 1540 his thee, saying, • That., the
oaths I owe yoa.' I then slammed the door la Ida
bee, and I heard the winder outride exelaimbig. ' Ohl
Wo than mate.' For this I was pat in trims,'
with my hands the Mktg my beak, and I remathed
Is that posilion thirty-Ave dr" teem halt•paat Ave In
se mieraieg 05th hall-peet toO Le the evening. At
limier saditlntaismilm• any shanaml my hamia for •
Isv ntia ink; ran teak to boat. I (mated ea isir
skit blood wounds, from the bike of
t. ; I Wiens, these Wee were eve. la.
66.1111 %Tow of the °Moors who had sham of
111: keys e have not heard how this varasions
arbrellsto was received ; let so hope that the laughter
Tea wertiq d the tubs.