The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Louis Kossuth'a sodden arriv'sd in Trieste caused great
alarm the other day among the inhAitants, and no •
know* td what extent it might have reached had it not
been explained that it WAS not the dreaded exile ic
Jrpia perionae, hut • harmless Auirrican veawl bear-
ing Ilia natne tilt had reaelo,l their shores.

I,l.•nch 31olistvr ot illsrine has just te4opte.l
severe nies.ures to put nil env on hhard vessels of the
o,sy to the mania for tattooing so common 111i11114
sailors. A !lumber (.f ti. n, as 14 well known, low!
Audic psh,ion for it, that pot only their arms, hut $
gnat Hut f their holies eovered with figures.
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The collection of the " Peter', pence" took place on
Sunday in the churches of Paris, at each and
vespers. The contribution, aceined to be rather liberal.
and among the was. of copper in the bag might be seen
bank note,, email rouleaus of Napoleons,•ml silver frum
the sf. to the ID aous piece. I.,st year one parish in
Pails sent 40,000 f., a aecontl :30,01/0f„ said a third
23.000 f •

The usual yearly statistics of the passenger traffic
between France and England hare been published by
the French Cwitoin.lionse. It appear. that the number
of pswierigeri arrived at or keying the French porte,
tskin,i arrivals siol departures together. were at follow.
in 1860 : -Boulogne. 1112,822 patowniers ;
74.875 ; other ports, 55,8:4; ; total 233,537. In 1670
the numbers were : At 11,ittlogne, ;
69,311 ; other ports, 51.5611; tutul, 216.456. There ia
thus an mere .o at Ibitiliigne of 16.258) luweibger.; at
('I, k, of 7,561 passengers ; at the other port*, of 1.2417
pas•engera. The total nuinher of paseengers between
British and Belgian ports amounted to 27,722 in 1860.

it ia gratifying to know that the Queea hoe borne up
*o well under the great trial. and that, althea:A AO
naturally feel* crushed by the weight of the calamity.
she looks to the future and its work, fler loss cannot
be compensated, Ira the love Of her 1. ly and the
warier.' devotion of a 'elide ha) 11,11111qUIVI an 01,04, over
whom sic wield* the sceptre, may affionl her some con-
solstien and happittess in the diacharge of her greet,

sae!

1 Fiance hie been prompt io the exprmion of her
sympathy with us on tile ..CColth/11, isn.l the mole of
cspreasion id characteristically greerful. The Mom inar
of Monday says that the Emperor, tin Imperial family.
and the whole of France will ' gin their regret and
grief with the Royal Family 11111 ti the Eliglith nation.
The E.nperor sent an aide-de-camp with at authogrepli
liter to Her ilajcaty ; and without waiting fur an
racial intimation of the sad event. the Court has gone
into mourning. The Patric the Temps, tke Puy., Anil
other journals also espress the greatest sympathy, as.
during us that France cannot fail to take part in the
sorrow of au allied nation.

In Prusaia the melancholy intelligence naturally'
created a peculiarly profound and sotrowful impression.
The Pruaidal Court is to go into mourning for four
weeks. Immediately on receiving the news the King
and Queen of Prmaia paid a vi.dt of condolence to the
to the Crown Princess. and the King dianatched
side-de-camp to kiddy to Lord Loftus Ida bynimithy for
lie Royal Family of England. Throughout Berlin a
sensation of deep regret was produced among all
.clawma when the fact of Prince Albert's death became
publicly known. It was said that the Crown Prim,.
would proceed to Windsor on Wednesday in order to,
lattend the funeral.

.igaid,

The Queen left Windsor Castle on Thum lay for
Oabiorne. Every necessiri arrangement had hum made
up teal it. hour the previons evciaint for her Majesty's
, departure. The directors of the tiouth•Wcatern It
way had received instructions to have the royal cir-
riages in readincim to leave Windsor for Goat ort
precisely at ten o'clock. and the rust ary careful
•rrangentents at the various stations throughout the
whole line had been untie by the c.•nutany for the safe
.irrivid of Iler Majesty at the Royal Clarence•yaril.
.G.wport, precisely at 6ve minute,' psst one o'elock. Mr.
Illanily. the statien master at Windsor, had Adel very
properly taken the precaution to direct the police to be
posted at various mar:owes to the station to prevent
mlyone being on the platform at the time tier Majesty,
a ith the isiciolocri of the It ,yal Family, entered the
railway carriage, in order that the Queen indzilit takei
her departure im privately as poosib!e, although we arel
urn the good sense and proper feeling of the Windsor
people would not require this precautionary arrange.
illy nt. The trains wire also ordered to he in readiness,
at the Great Western Railway station at seven o'cluek,l
to convey the iminediate attendants on the Queen and a
portion of Ger Msjesty'a wardrobe to Gosport, and many
of the serventa left for Osborne on Thursday.

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Nevertheless, Although all these arrangement.t hal
'been ittade, it wan be nu means certain. even up to tuu
lad moinent. that liar kl,jeaty would be induced to
!remove herself to A distance front the body of her hr
loved Consort. Indeed, so late as Wednesd iy ni4ht it
was currently reported in Windsor that she would not
!leave the Castle until After the Arrival of the King of tha
Belgians, who was expected on Thursday ; and, Again.
..nother rumour wan OircUlated that NIA! would 'lot ICive
until the funeral had taken place. However, there wit
no truth in these htatement., becauxe, its we have said.
Ifer Majeaty yielded to the wishes 14 her friends and
medical adviaera, and with that fottitmle of which she!
to possessed, now that the firAt paroxymm llf her grid,
are over, tore herself away front a scene, evt ry footstep
of 'which would hut bring constantly to her remem-
brance the deathbed sufferings of the Prince.
We are happy to state that after Wednesday it was
!no longer thought necesotry to continue the issue of
bulletins respecting Her Majeaty's health.
As no very authentic particulars relative to the origin
I the Prince's illness have yet been plib!idied,
!street the following from a contemporary, whi •li,
,aeenia to hare obtained its information from • reliable,'
/source :

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" We understand that the illness of the lamented
'Prince originated in lus having idept in a damp room
on his recent to the Prince of Wales at Cinitoidge.
It was afterwards increased by •tternling • reviow of
the Eton Volunteers, when lie said that, Although he
had put on two fur costa, be felt as if cold water hail
been poured down his back. Unhappily, his Royal
Highness was averse to medicine, and, even after the
character of the fever had declared itself, he objected to
all active remedies, avid etipeei•lly to his being confined
in a recumbent posture. HO SAWS each day occasionally
wheeled about the apartisienta which he occupied, until
Friday, when Iris state, which even on Non lay sir I
Tuesday was critical. hail become nearly hop:doss. Ills
Royal Highness himself had a preilentitneut that the
illness would he fatal from Cie time he lii aril of that
nature of the fever, wlocli was the same Its that which
carried If the King iif Portugal; but it was lint till after
Her Majesty's return from her drive I.n Friday that she
realised the dangor, Anil for twelve successive hours AAA
w•tehed over the Prince with affectionate shlicitiple, rind
without intertnisaion. Last year an incipient attack of
the same kihd had been warded off by the prompt
measures resorted to by the lamented be. Daily, Who'
was able to overcome the Prince's repugnance to active
medicine. Oa the present occasion. we hear, that this
repugnance was not to be overcome, &nil therefore that
'the Court physicians cannot, at all events, be blamed,
fur active treatment. His Royal Highness was eon-
scions almost to the last, lat occationally wandered.
And in his delirium his thought* maimed to be ocaupied
',about the Prince of Wales. We have reason to think I
that there is us ground for the statement that his Royal
Highness took leave of the Qoeen and Royal Family in
three languages." I

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DEATII OF TIIE PIIINCE CONSUIa. Lcgal.
If ,iyinitatby coulsl eat-o:t the e'ing of P great ;iti..f.
”1. tots C.olli.tit iolicts hum •is le .I'. out t A Jot KEY AND WA !hares. •A ease between •
uidons,Que, n wtsuhl nut Uri I ic. 1,, w mess, jockey all I Lii moats a.as ts let at the Salford I %mute.
.eith ebb Is she has Istvit viaitell. N. vs r a- as 11. ".• a ':•••• eels t .11 Tiset•ia:,.... Th. j, key elains...l !•27. mad.,
'port xposoancou• mot sobvt thtl.o. o.s in op in the stave !'.1.•11:0. 4" at L 3 if lie Jett. or In if
„ashy of ties 'heists!, eberaeter ma.ts. in Ena1..11.1 ii u. Ise non. Ti... maater pl, 4,1.11 a' slett•eff. It ail etrt
00,1 Wiliett t listen disi.layed on tia• ..1 :tat the o, ..ter it ell 1t.•:.•1.14pri,r, tool the Jo. key
%nth of the l's.sice Colleort. And thi • ytapattly it to. I.r •wnu.,.... el his r set a, Le Was ihrite.l
•mere even. .1,1 acmitotat, rapid in it, ;most!! tre-tee's 1.,,,'' to tit:se a en, to bath, though be
•• oally raj.. I ist it. de-ay. The natia,. the is,v.tr'isin to • ja..ti, r.a1.1 seekf.
.lux to atat,ro-Iste o it:a al•pr..Ailstation to c 0.• el- The liotel•keeper pleaded tl.e •••isie' slOl sobs. clothe..
th.:11174....1 tile ter i Maj. y'N bee its the .1 ss, is of with a hail' tsai hia use'? as see.t-otr. Ise the
aor tyeisisabie oshaibl, viol in plopoition t..r IsII not allolll die pie.. gni the ground, that
olvesitre of tiii• boa. is ap, teci ste.l doe, the 2: a a :he jockey Wll4 a arra-ant. amt he therefore Sun Ina cane,
:Tow and ayastiottLy Kesoue •st ..... and alootbiogi though the claim was a little onelisit,l.
rise gr....trot intereat wass tuanifeat. el on M..t.'ln lv ti n,., iisaastigation in'ti the affairs of th,..1
• littlish public in the retest of which Winsleor Cit.'l.• ' National
.tasojassea apb In ve4n.. ~,, inert
',ten tbe PP Saluda)* ll:Xlst• The Poi.lllar at .t generally Liman Isy the name of the lbsiik of Depossit,
or intaligebee la-erecting the ds•ath of the Fr 0..., at. I has commence.l at the Rolla Coml., by the examination
lie state of the Queen's health con:,l not La, 5..0.111.-10-11, If the dire..-tors. The resuit will 110 doubt be a general
tel to alasioita sera the butilic fur into: 11111d1011 ill .1 of every person, hot one. perhaps,
the daily ravels ssers re saily sobl at three amt .:vs.'. six crone etiol will, the coneern, as Mr. Set els, who rep-
iiii• hi.. ir nomised pii e. Nothing else amine,' to be restnital the tstlicisl manager, declared 011 We•lnanlay
hot ii .g cite talkei of. The 'wattage of Mr. Presi• that they could not find Ilse only person who could
dent Lincom, which r,,r Point dove previously bad lea% have given the best inforissatiosi, the inanaginj din dor.
so anaiously anticipated. occupied but an insignitbssi They has; tried, and .10010 every effort to tied Mr
place in the publielinterest on %ostler The question Morrison, but without effect.
ace or war between England and America Mao felt to
be •Itogetlier secoollary and aulsorslissice to the great
ctlamity as Lich hats fallen an swiftly upon our belove,l
W 1,11,111111 I,cr family. mid her people.
No official rec ..... niendation so, issued ues the 'subject.
ut, nevertheless. throughout the city the plasma 1.1
usineas were half cheatid, and in the bankreptcy .1.01
linty courts appropriate menti WWI made by %Ise
rpeetive lodges of the death of the Prince.
The eulogiunit of the London papem on the deceaeil,
nd their expressions of regret at Isis early death. arc
not Inure emphatic and sincere than those of the pro-
vincial journal*. Everywhere the nation is expretaing
it. woe under it. calamity, and everywhere there is an
ioviteatiou of blueing and comfort mom that revered
bead whirls in the solitude of • Royal chamber ia now
MI sadly bowed down with grief. We knew not how
dearly we loved our Queen, nor how deeply we it
specie.' her husband. until this great bereavement Calll
in unlock the fountain's of our emotions. Elaewhere si
have given details of the treatment of the event by the
London pulpit ua Sunday—church and chapel, Proles.
,tant and Catholic, were for once in exquisite harmony
of utterance,

THE WINDHAM LUNACY CASE.

COMMISSION IN LUNACY. MONDAY.

(Before Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., Master in Lunacy.)
Thiel morning. at II o'c!ock, Mr. Warren opene 1 YU
inquiry in the Court of Exchequer, Westminater Hall.
under. writ directing iii,m to inquire I, to the state of
111141.1 of Mr. William Frederick Windham, of Fellbrig
Hall, Notfolk.
A jury of 2.1 gentlemen wu sworn, Sir George
Armitage, Bart., being the foreman.
Mr. Montagu Chemhers,Q.C., Mr. Field, and Mr. Hugh
Williams, instructed by Ifeesrs. Fidd and Roscoe. of
Litiroln's Inn Yields, appeared fir the petitioners,
Major• General Wyerlhain aud othen. Mir Hugh
Cairns, Q.C. M.P., Mr Kerslake, QC., and Mr Mill-
wall appeareil for the alleged Wattle. Mr 1.!o1er11ge,
Q.C., watehed the proceeditiga ou behalf of Itlrs Wind.
ham. with • view to proceedinp pending in the divorce
Court.

1-M-1.--Clietlee &mall, instructed by Mt Chappel, rl
Golden &mare. watched the proceedings on beim!' of
L,gly So his Elisabeth Gulbilei, the mother of the
allegediunatie.

The Master in Lunacy whlressed the jury on the
portencc of the inquiry in which they were ab4ut to
1111pgr, _ _

Mr M. Chambers, Q C.. requested that ladies might
retire, he elsou:d be ob'iged to enter upon matters
whi:h it would Hot be proper to fall on female cos. He
lie was about to commence the diacharge of a very
siainful and onerimacluty. Ile should place before the
'my a history of the acts of Mr Winilham's early lift, in
order to show that de was totally unlit to manage his
own affairs. That history was a very melancholy one.
Mr Windham attained los majority on August 9th, 11461
e object of the inquiry was to ascertain whether
upon the slid of August he was fit and thotoughly
mantadent to manage himself and his affairs. He was
tlie only son of the late Mr. %V. %% indham. the grandson
of Mr. Witalimiu, whom wane was intimately connected
4itl, politic d end historical matter'. From his earliest
Alr. W. F. Windham was not like other
children, he had lIIJt the same intellectual powers. indeed,
he laboured on lee a deficiency et mental power
although lie did not suffer from delusions of any kind.
His father wee an appreheastive about Isim that he took
~ • to Dr. Nicholls. of Norwich, who medicated that
his infirmity would increase. Afterwards lie was toad
of low company and low pursuits. Ile liked to go
amongst the servants, and wished to wait at table, wash
the dishes, and du other such acts, and his !stint, to
;ratify him, os one occasion bought him a suit of foot-
aien's livery. While at echo.' at Blackheath awl Eton,
soil under private tuition• In. was extremely childish,
lid not know the diffarence between truth awl falsehood,
mil was eztremely dirty in his presional habits. These
were characterktice which lied ("Mornl him up to the
present day. At Etotillie was a well-known buffoon, and
the boys christened him " Mail Wineham," and mails
him the ohject, not of ridicule, but of amusement. Ile
was also known for great cruelty and barbarity to
animal,. At one time be pretended to he very fowl of
Ms pony, sod then immediately afterwards he would
drive it iii an infuriated way, and wl.ip it in a most
•reel manner. Ewing tsken to Terimay, he seised •
gentleman, who was a stranger, by the whiskers, drove
him against the wall. and all tie reply lie made to the
remonstrances addressed to I ' was by an outneaning
rin. Ile was not addicted to drinkiog, and his many
st nogg acts could wit be attributable to drunkenness.
His conduct in society was in every respect ands as to
unfit him for society. Ile bad no notion of the value
of money, which he threw about at gambling tables
shred and is other ways. The learned counsel pro-
ceeded to say that Mr. Windham had declared himself
a Roman Catholic, a captain, and other things.. for which
there was wit the ali,tittest foundation. An9thrr mania
ue had was to go with rail. ay trains, to work the
break as a guard, and on one occasion, at the Cambridge
ration, be soddenly *batched the belt (non the guard
and Mew the whistle, thus starting the train, to the
great danger of the pamengers. lie had • gnarl dregs
.de for him, and ran about the platform and conducted
himself just us railway gnarl. Ile was in the habit
.1 having 1 l9 to 17 eggs cooked for his breakfast,
and eating theist sll—of ordering large dinner parties.
whody ever coining to them, and shienting bitumen.
Ile onlered • liege number of pairs of limits from •
boutinaker in the Opera Colonnade, and insisted that
with every pair of boots two pair of boot-trees should be
nt. If the bouttnaker hail obeyed this order lie would
have sent bun forty pair of bout-trees. When the boot-
maker took his account lie flew into a violeet passion
aithout any cause, and iimdueeil pistols. 140011 after-
wards lie became tranitudlised, and, addressing
the boutmaker as "Old Bob Ridley." said, "Let's
have a bottle of chain" (meaning ehainpagne).
The learned counsel proceed. d to state the
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eircumataimes of Mr. Winslhans's marriage.
It appeared that Agnes Willssuglthy, or Rogers, was
on terms ssf itstinmey with a person tinseled Roberts,
who kept a splendid sistahlishment in Pieadilly. She
used te drive about, kept • groom, and was well
known about the town: At this time i.e connulti el
Mr. Buck, a surgeon of Norwich wllo found that he
lalmuting under a dumerous slisease, and • fort.
nicht afterwards Mr. Busk bee rd to his horror that
Mr. Windham was married. lie wai married Middy
yid hurriedly under them circumstances, on the Intls
f August last. A marriage settlement wu drawn up
;Ming her krt9o blear and /1.1•00 ixiear in per.
petussy after 1869, when he was to c.sme into his
settled estates. This was done on the 29th of Aug.,
and on the 30tIn the inaniage took place in the elms el
at Mt. John's Wood. But those who had got hold ss(
him were not content with the settlement, nod he
was induced to go to Etionausiers and bur jes ellery
for hii wit' to the asnosint I b,tween 1A2,1•10 and
1:14,000. Many other eatmorslinsry Guiell were cited.
Ile remarked that Lady Sophia, Mr. Win•lhasn's
sssother, was not a party Ps tlsese proceedings on account
s'f -011.2 pecouisty matters.
At the closie of the learned counsel'. speech, which
occupied upwards of tem hours, the court adjourned
for a few tummy prior to taking t•OICIICe.
Mr. Nhisolls s'f Norwich, who Is'r 25 years lied bad
lou and NO Galles Of insanity under Isis care,
and whom Mr. Windhassen hither had eoniultesl ; the
Iles. 11..1. Cheat's., private tutor of Eton: who had had
him under Isis tot in ; the Rev. E. Ilale, Mathematical
tutor at Eton ; tar. Dalrymple, who had known hiss
from elsilslhood ;Mr. iILIII.II Johnson, a physieMn at
Norwich ; the Rev. T Goodwin, •nd Bathurst, who
by order of Viee-Chancellor Wood travelled with Lim
broad, were then examined in support of the allegation
the petitioners.

abroad

CONIIRVATIVIC LAND SOCIETY. The adjourned
ALIIIIUIII meeting of the ithareholders in this society was
held on Wedneoday afternoon, in the lower room of
Eseterdiall. Vioconnt Ratielagli, the chairman of the
-ociety, presided. lie hoped order would be kept, as
they were there for facts and truths, and not for
speechut. lie then ttroereetled to read a report of the
cottanittee, in which a denial was given to the ativerul
statements made by the Rev. Dr. Worthington at •
former meeting. Dr. Worthington then esoa)ed t•
address the meeting amid a lan feet storm of ltione. lie
denied having ever snot that money blunglit into the
oilier was not taken to the bank. 'rule statements he
licd made were irrefutable ("Oh ! oh ! nnd laughter) ;
rent tn COlepel the alteration of certain practices in the
society be It ol filed a bill in Clioneery rag tintt the
directors (mere ow.' laughter, and cries of "Shut up
shop," which luted for stone ininutes.) He did not
tore for titer loughter, and there vs. not one that
could put him down, as be had a righteous doty to pert
form. He then read • statement in sup,tort of his former
Allegationt, at the concluoion of which the rev. gentle-
man Lit dowo amitbit great uproar, mingled with
hisses. The Chairman then narrated the rutfionion of
those ineinberm who bad qualified themselves but • few
houre before the lsot meeting, and be thought that it
etouhl have been better for Or, Worthington to bays
411Kell pre Ilk/114i for information, than hove taken upon
himself the responsibility of jeopardising thou.-intl..
lie asked, " Did Dr. Worthington ever ask for in-
r..nn.tion," Dr. Worthington : Repeatedly. The
Chairman: That in a downright falsetto" I. (Applaute).
titer much further sharp sparring between the belli-
gerents, the re,yort, was ulopted, and the proceedings
.crininoted.

(11.. A RAO BRION:IL—A curious experiment is shortly
to be tried to turn the scarcity of rags to good account.
A rag milli cting brigade is to be fornied. They are to
ho very different to the chtfoisierp whom you see with
.tich surprise and contempt in Paris—ileerrpid old men
ani weasel' old women, who go 'bug gathering gaga,
mil who find all to be fish that conies to their nets.
dor London Rag brigade is to consist of boys—of course
~therwhie niglected and unwired for—who •re to tie
•irganiami under a committee, and who ars to go from
door to door, asking our wives and servants whether
'hey have any rags to sell. The boys are to hare
'rocks, and will be furnished with weights and Peale.,
•.nd will bur our rag. at • *eV'. irl in 0 gi, Mg a primed
,111e11141/111011111 It the weight and price. The 1).1, *ill
• en take their taxa to • .tore-neotes, where they will
ported marl prepared for rlie erh..h.,,ie Idler.. Th,,
rig brig .d.., iike the -liiie.bla-k twined°, sill be dremed
,„ nnif,,ren...e.l will be tinder proper control nn I care.
~,,, rally and pecuniarily.