The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-20 00:00:00

Court ant) 'MO Lift.

The Prince of Wales has been pursued into his Nor-
folk sporting by a species of gossip-mongering as objec-
tionable as it is idle, On Thursday last, just as his
Royal Highness was about to break off the sport of
obeisant shooting for the day, some men were observed
matting rabbits; and it is possible that the royal gun
was laid aside a minute or two sooner to avoid injury
to them. The incident NY magnified into a serious
event. Mr. Sherningham, the tenant of the land, was
described as being present, and impertinently obstruc-
tive. The account was given in such terms as to imply
that the Prince was greatly offended, and a *all at the
royal residence from the Mayor of Lynn was made to
pass for an act of solemn mediation. Paragraphs of
mock Court intelligence to this effect found their way
into the Morning Herald, the Morning &ar, and even
the Daily New ; and in journals not so reputable the
occurrence was turned till a still more scandalous use,
Of course Mr. Sherniugham, who seems to be a
thoroughly respectable person, was much annoyed by
the " unenviable notoriety" thrust upon him On
appealing to the proper quarter for • testimony to the
injustice of the aspersions, he received an off4al reply
from General Knollys. We need scarcely my that the
story set afloat was wholly without foundation.
At a meeting of the members of the Plymouth town
council, his Royal Higbee.. the Primo of Wales was
appointed Lord High Steward of the borough. The
office is one of very ancient date, and wee jelled by the
Prince Frederiok, the nephew of King George It
was last bald by the late lamented Prince
Srounimmit ASP Sammtoay.—His Royal Highness
Prince Frederic William Louis of Hams and suite
arrived at the Salisbury station of the London and
South-Western Railway by the train due at eleven
o'clock on Wednesday morning, and proceeded in a
carriage and pair of post-horses, provided by Mr. Jones,
of the White Hart Hotel, to Stonehenge. After view-
ing the stones his Royal Highness returned and eudeed
the Salisbury Cathedral, with its beautiful chapter-
house, which he inspected apparently with much
interest, and then proceeded direct to the railway-
400e, sad Intl by tb• 3lb p.p., teals hi Mara to
iton.••

netal ittos.
Seccriernt Wog NO or run Pn engine Dgerarcll.
—On Tuesday the working of the new sTetern for tie
rapid conveyance of goods and parcels by the Pneuniatic
Dexpstch was successfelly tested by the engineers,
Messrs Rammell and Clark. Durieg the day • number
of interesting emwrinsents were made, and the cars,
loaded with different weights, were conveyed with the
greatest rapidity backward" and forwards through the
tube, which has just been laid from the Easton Station,
beneath the roadway of Upper Seymour-street, to the
office of the North Western postal district in Eversholte
street. There are two curves in the line (which rises
gradually about eight feet, the gradient being about 1
in 1(4)), the one In Eversholt-street being equal to
about 40 ft. radii's, and the other, near the clearing
house, is equal to about 100 ft. radius, the total length
of the tube being one-third of a mile. The trains are
signalled by telegraph: Wheetstone's apparatus being
used for thin perocise. The fcilloteine are the results of
one of the experiments which were made yesterday:—
Two cars, gross weight 14 toes, were blown from the
Easton Station to Eversholt-strest, by pressure, in 1
min. 12 sec., with • munee at the dim of 4.6 ounces
per square inch, the same being brought back by vacuum
in 1 min. 5 sec., with the same pressure on the disc.
The system is to be applied to the conveyance of
pemenger traffic, and a number of persons have already
been passed thrcugh the tube without inconvenience or
discomfort. The writer of this report was conveyed on
Tuesday, from Easton to Eversholt-street, through the
tube in 1 win. 12 sec., returning by variants in 1. min.
5 see. No draught was experienced, as the cars moved
uniformly with the atmosphere. The Boston team is
simply • branch of what will soon become a greatly
"mined system, end it is the intention of the company
to conetruct lines from the Camden goods deptit of the
London and North Western Railway to Easton Square,
Holborn, Smithfield, and the General Post Office and
Gresham-street; also branches from Holborn to Covent
Garden and Charing Cross Railway Station, Which will
tend greatly to relieve the crowded stakes of me strata.
The Rev. Henry Dawson, rector of Great Menden,
Herta, committed suicide on Sunday morning. He was
found in his bedroom dead, having opened the main
artery of his arm with a razor.
A vessel has just arrived in the Thames having on
board two hundred barrels of oatmeal and • quantity of
dour, consigned to the Mansion-house Committee by
the inhabitants of Charlotte-town. Prince Edward
Island. In an explanatory letter from the mayor of
that town, a cheque of £2OO is enclosed.
The agent of Mrs. Yelverton writes to the ScoMeuse
Intimating that she will take proceedings against Mrs.
Forbes Yelverlon for her Matsumoto in the letter pub-
lished on Saturday in the Rzast riser.
, As was generally expected at the time, legal proceed-
ings have bettn instituted against Dr, Fenwiek in eon'
nectioh irith the North Shields poisoning ease, whith
, created si much excitement in the north • few months
General Salton, the military Governor at Pert Royal,
South Paruline,has hashed a proclamation to the Degrees
in his department, irtatiog that it is their duty to dirty
the news of Limit freedom to their brethren still In
slavery.
Diane OF BOATSWAIN 8111TH .—The Rev. G. C.
Smith died at Penitence on &Wedgy morning, in his
sleep, 81 years old. For the past fortnight he had been
ill with the dropsy, but thought he would get over it.
He was • prince of good men, warm-hearted, and a hard
worker, and had effected an Immense amount of , gpod
In hI. d*Fl Thar/ fete no sidelight to tesutien lefore
be took the niatter tip, and founded seamen's chapels,
sailors' hound, city missions, kc. The numerous
orphans of sailors and soldiers that he reared up inust
blest his memory for • good start in life.
A New POTATO. —A member of the Belgian Central
Society of Agriculture has recommended to the atten-
tion of the society • new variety of the potato, which is
remarkable in the triule point of view of flavour, abun-
dance, and facility of preservation. It appears to be a
variety of what 12 called otaerfor in Belgium. Its stalk
grows to the height of tredve inches, end throw out
many branches, The blossom is of • pale violet coloar,
and prodlicei no fruit' A field Of one sere, of thitd-
clam quality, lightly menuted, pr 22 odiiced ,000 kilo-
grammes of sound potatoes. The neighbouring farmers
were astonished, not only at the enormous produce, but
at the absence of any unsound potato. The crop was
dug out on the 12th October.
Tug O'Doroontit AND His Ilianor.—The O'Donor
hoe will probably regret his conduct in defeating the
object of the promoters of the Lancashire Relief Meet-
ing at 'Trate.. It will he remembered that Dr. Ma-
riiirty, the Catholie Bishop of Rbnii was one of the
promoters Of rhe meeting, and received rather coarse
treatment at the tongues of Lite roughs in the meeting.
the friends of O'Denogliue. An address has since then
been presented to him by the more orderly of his
diocese, and in reply to it he gives • severe castigation
to the 0.111 rnoghue and his supporters. The bishop
speaks of them as " fomenters of mischief," whose
" only ol,let is to keep up hatred, and to prevent the
growth o friendly feeling between &shred and Ire-
land." esti ere some of the milder elpressions in
the letter, but they will tell in Ireland.
A MCD.NTAL LNG FND. —When the Abbey of Lim-
burg was being built, the Devil appeared in the dis-
guise of i travelling Mechanic, ind asked What Wm
the deetthatiOn of the work. He was told, peolsably
from the fact of his disguise being insufficient to con-
ceal the tail, that Die building was to be a tavern.
Thinking thus that it was intended to forward his own
views, he worked at it with • will, and owing to his
agency it was soon completed. Then, and not till then,
he took a general vise of the whole, and to his great
disgust. saw the stately abbey before him. He went
off in dudgeon, and bent on vengeance took up an coot.
moos rock on • neighbouring heigbt frith the intention
of hurling it against the abbey. But the stone in his
hand peewee miraculously as tat d.. buttei, and Slipped
out of his fingers. Then he mat doan on the rock and
gave a hugh howl of despair. The guides still show
the depression on the top to testify to the fact of his
having sat there, and marks on the aides which were
made by his fingers. At all events, the Devil appears
on this occasion to have become, in cricketing phrase,
butterfingered, and to have let drop the stone. Perhaps
the rudiments of • grand moral lie under the nii.Terons
legends which renjesent the Author of Pyil often
pntwitted. The knave it, alter all, but • roundabout
fool.

Ti. HOUR RACE BETWERN Dimaroor AND HILL& I
—A goodly muster of spectators assembled at Mr.
Baum'. enclosed pedestrian ground, Haeknerwick. on 1
Monday afternoon, to witness the race, for £lO guide, 1
between these two clippers, which was for an boor's I
running. At a quarter past three o'clock thq men
appeared on the grpund, Mill& being waite4 on by 8. 1
Barker, while J. White, if flatheitd; officiat for
Deeded,. 1311 the gen being fired they stetted o at •
good pace, and each alternately led, there never being
more than ten yards between 'them. At ten miles
Mills led by about a yard, and in this lap there was a 1
ten ifio struggle for the first place, the competitors I
passing and repaaaing each other amidst the shouts of
the three or four thousand spectators I but Deerfoot's I
running was the strongeit of the two. Maven trißen
were aceolttplisheal In Ilftyrseviin millrace thirty-live I
eeconda, at which point Geerfoot was loading by about
eight yards, which he Maintained to the finish, winning
by .bent ten or dozen yards. Mills was much distressed
at the finish, while Deerfoot, who steins to able to
rex any distance, was comparatively fresh. The
distance completed in the hour was 11 miles 670 yards, '
falling short of the Brompton performance by fifty
yard.; but the pound was rather • dinky." The men
are matched to ran six miles early in March for £lOO
aside, in !Flack Deto: ieceiTes Ityards
A RzitAata,l4, uting.—Tbe neinnati inquirer
says ,—"Dr. W. W y was In at Odium oh 8 tidy
aged 89 years, on Thursday night last, who gave birth
to a fine boy. The father of the child is 74 years old.
Mother and child are doing well. This is a remarkable
phenomenon, and has created much discussion among
the physicians of the City. Old people who are without
children have good pounds to take fresh courage aid be
hopeful."
A YORKSHIRE VISA-R.—Lieutenant William Lang-
dale, seamed sou of the Hon. Charles Langdale, of
Houghton, near Market Weightou, and a very non'
siderable owner of property, wits m•trirl on the Bth in
Louden. Mr. William Ungar& Is nephew of fiord
aernr, taltiopralea lieutenantl. P:dridrionettoniann di'negpoffiseehr.
of the 9th East York Rifles, whose headquarters are at
Market Weighton. The family are highly respected in
the town and neighbourhood, and the ringers in the
church, in honour of the weddang, MI the church bells
th up to e reeeipt loy them of the fo owing eatraottli•
nary notice from the vicar :—" The icarage, January
6. 1863.—T0 the leader of the ringers In Market
Weighton Church.—lf I aro rightly informed, you have
been ringing the bells of God's house this morning in
honour of a wedding which I presume has taken place
in a Popish mass-house. Now, every such wedding in
England is an open eat of sin against Almighty God;
and I hereby forbid you, and all other persons, to ring
the church bells to-day, or any other day, for any such
purpose. Ton must stop instantly, or i will have you
severely punished. And in future you must obtain per-
mission, both from me and the churchwardens, before
ringing for any purpose whatever.—l am your faithful
pastor, JOSEPH Fettle, Vicar."
Pore's WILLOW.—This celebrated willow came ori-
ginally from Spain, enclosing • present to Lady Suffolk,
who came over with George IL and Queen Caroline,
was a favourite of both, particularly so of the Ring.
Mr. Pope was in company when the covering was taken
off the present ; he observed the pieces of stick appeared
as if there were some vegetation, and added, " Perhaps
they may produce aomething we have not in England."
Under this ides be planted it in his garden and it pro.
dotted the willow-tree which has given birth to no many
other'. When Lord Mendip purchased Pope's Villa at
Twickenham he made various alterations in the grounds,
and ordered the willow to be eat down.
Noes Cow or covens. COLD.. AND Hothereass, sr D.
Looomth Pcusosee WArlN•—rrota Mr. James Proud,
aerate, Dorchester, Dupe...be, 1/161.—.' I know one family
Is wheeler, and I doubt not there are many others, who
look upon them sa • 'domeetic neermits,' who in eery slight
sold, huskiness in the throat, cough. Ire., turn to thm as
naturally and as succesduily as • thirsty man turns to water.-
et tither, who delight in vocal harmony seldom mix In puttee
or join public pealmody without taking with than 'Dr.
Loma,' as the Wafers are egulikantly called."
Da. Looscals l'etuosie Warm glee Instant relief and •
rapid curs of asthma, consumption, coughs, and all disorder.
of the breath and lung. All throat elections are Immo-
&they relieved by allowing ore ommionelly to despise In the
mouth. To singers and public speaker. they are Invaluable
for clewing and strengthening the voice. They have • pleasant
taste. Price IA 44.. Ea ed., and lit per boa Bold by all
medicine vender. CAE"IIOII.—MAIN, box of the OBSOIN•
medicine has the words "Os. Looooth Wanes" In satin
km,. on • red proud in the Government Stamp, without
which words ALL MIN COVNTIMITII/11 AND AD tisrosrros.
MOLLOWAT'II OINTNINT AND Pciut —Healthy skin.—At
certain melons of the year, thin diseases ere more trouble-
some than at other period.; and on theh occasions are these
two femme remedies most remarkable for their meshy,
powers. The Ointment curet externally the disfigurements
mien( from enrolee, worm ringworm.
ititiolet.
and similar disorders. The Pith purify all solids and Stele
compedner the body. The Ointment not only soothe. and
heals the theme. but poem to the glands beneath, cleansei
them, expao all Impolitees and removes all etotructico.
Holloway'. mowed ointment sad Pills perms the very de-
sirable poser of ejecting from the human frame the seeds of
th, slight-Mt or most virulent skin eruptions and ulcerous
distemper.
We foil it oá duty to bring under the silica et our
readers the new Safety Match (which lights only an the
box in which it is contained) that has been patented and
Introduced by itseare Bryant and May, London. It was
the only one allowed to be used in the Intentational
Exhibition Building, becalms it lights only on the box,
and all the danger arielng from the nes of ordinary
limiters is eedgrely avoided.

.1.1111 ARCRIII63OP ar DUBLIN Olt Till AVIRICAN
WAL—Dr. Whately has addressed a lettet to Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, in whieh he lays before her
what he conceives to be the ptevailing sentiments in
Dublin on American affairs. ruere is, be says, a gnat
variety of opinion—some few sympathise with the
Northern., and some with the Southerns ; but far the
greater portion sympathies with neither completely,
but lainent that each party should be making so much
greater an expenditure of life and property than can
be compensated for by soy advantage they can dream
of obtaining. Those who are the least favourable to
the Northern. are not so from any approbation of
slavery. but from not understanding that the war is
waged In the cause of abolition. Many also have. great
dislike to slavery, yet hold that the eloutbrrns had at
least se much right to secede aa the Am i ricans bad
originally to revolt from Great Britain. Then, again,
there are some who are provoked at the incessant
railing at England, and thresh, of an invasion of
Canada; which are poured forth in some of the
American papers. There are many, also, who copsider
that the present state of things sainnot last 'noel longer
if the C.e.nfederates continue to hold their own as they
have done hitherto, at.d that • people who shill have
maintained their independence for two or three years
will be recognised by the principal European Powers.
Moreover there are many who say that the negrues
and people of colour are far from being kindly or justly
treated by the Northern States. Such are the views
which his grace conceives to be most prevalent amongst
Irish society. For the safe and effectual emancipation
of slaves, he himself considers there to no plan so Food
as the gradual one, which was long ago suggested by
Bishop Hinds. What he recommended was an ad
ertforrist tax apon alaves, the value to be fixed by the
owner, with an option to Government to purchase at
that pries. Dr. Whately fears, hdtn that the
time is gone by for trying this experiment in America.
Tam. GeLr srazam, OR A PARALUIL AND CoI:TRAWL
—ln the year 1854 the last three weeks of November
were cold, snow fell on the 264 h, she thermometer on
the nth 10! deg. below the freezing point; December
was very mild—a butterfly was taught on Christmas
morning in the Exeter Cathedtal. In the twit week of
December, 1862, a butterfly was caught on Snow Hill,
Birmingham. On the 9th of January, 1855, severe frost
and great snows began, and continued till February
24th, the coldest February on record ; icicles remained
on the vessels in Torquay Harbour—a novel sight for
that place—the thermometer out the 18th 304 deg. below
the herein point. Now, during December, 1854, ars,
we to suppose that the Gulf Stream wee turned on full
tap, and the supply suddenly shut off on the 9th of
January, 1855?
PRIRTOII LABOUR TIST.—A deputation waited on
the Preston Guardians some time since respecting the
Labour Test, and the other night • large meeting of
Workmen *as Sonvened in that borough to hear the
report of the deputation. A chairman having been
elected • Mr. Robert Richardson detailed the particu-
lars of the interview which the men working at the
Cattle Market lied had with the ctuardians. It
areareol tnat the "Offer" ordered that all the men
°old be on the ground froni morning until night.
There
were really only 300 spade., whilst there were
1,500 men to work with them. After alluding to some
other alleged grievances the speaker said if the meeting
agreed that an agitation should be carried on for the
abolition of the Labour Test be would go with them.
To compel factory workers, who had been used to
labour in • heated stmosphere, to work at the Cattle
If•rket was one of the most cold-blooded and cruel acts
Opt, any IWO of Guardians could be guilty of. Mr.
Highain, allother Meteler of the deputation, followed
with sintilat rediarks, and 'severely I:insured the cofidect
of the Guardians. Ultimately a resolution was come
to that at each pav-day • subsoription be made by every
person working on the Moor and the Cattle Market, in
order to carry out a vigorous agitation for the abolition
of the Labour Test, and a committee of nine labourers
was appointed to carry out the object of the meeting.
Ry tier Ilajeos command the Inland Revenue Report for
061, 1 was kill before both Rouses of Parliament, anti pub
-
liaised for geneminformation by the queen's minter. Tide
State Doeilment condomit, the private° of allowing the
Chinese to colour Tea for English consumption, and the
!' Thinee”./tugust 12th, In reviewing the official Report states
that the nee a mineral color on Tea should be discontinued
lit order to prevent edultcration. Cann= Tea at a eery
reasonable prim is obtained by mirehasing the Purr brie im-
ported by llorniman .k Co., London, who to secure reiiable
palfrey, Lore for It yearn had their mpply nal covered with
colour. The preference given to these favourite Teas arises
from the unrisalled strength tI the Pure Black, and the deli-
cate Savour of the Pure Green. which Is of • neural dark
not the usual bluish Its.. These delic ous and invigorat.
leg Teas are wild by Aullioririd Agents only, and advertised
In our coition's.