The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

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Tax Poe says that the Re.. B. Sprite hu quite re-
covered, and is allowed by his medical adviser to return
to his vicarage and undert.ke the duties.

Tee LATE HURRICANE AT ST. Timm A& -On Wedaeadqr
afternoon a meeting of captains and other officers in the
steruice of the Royal Mail Steam Picket Company, sad
several person•l friend. ef the late Captain F. Woolley,
mu held at South•mpton, for the purpoen of eonsider-
Ing the desirability of erecting a memorial to him in
his parish church at Hammersmith. It was, however,
ultimately decided that It would be better to erect •
monument of • more extensive character,,. the cemetery
at Soittbsmpton, oommemornting n t 014 the loss of
Captain Woolley and the ofßeers and engineers of the
mail steamer. the Rhone and the Wye, but also such
members of the crews aa were drowmd it. the Wes
hurricane at St. Thomas, on the 29th of October

Two 80101Dla AT SOOTHAVIrTOII.—Two include
have been held at Southampton on the bodies of two
respectable inhabitenta of the town who committed
suicide. Thomas Glover, chief engineer on board no.
et the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers was
found hanging in an attic of Ms house early on
Monday morning. He had returned from his lest
voyage greatly depressed in .pirita, owing (it was
supposed) to a breakdown in the machinery. George
Martin, a slender bricklayer, jumped into the lichen on
Monday morning and was drowned. The deceased had
been in an &biannual state of mind for soule time owing
it was believed to physical causes. In each case •
weriliet of temporu7 insanity was returned.
CAPTORS OF • Moneta' ROYAL STuFtGION.-011
W.dpaeSey while a Rochester fieherman, named Honey
Mellish, wee engaged fi.hing in the Medway, near Liolo.
bows Reach, he eaumeedril in capturing a riiyal sturgeon
of an unusual in., the fi.h being found to weigh no 141116
Oben 130Ibe. its length from the nose to the tail being
seven feet six Inches. On being landed the sturgeon
wu presented to the mayor (Mr. Vincent Hills), to
whom, under the ancient charters of Rochester, all
" royal" fish aught in the Medway belong, when it was
at ones dispatched, in Om charge of the principal water
bailiff, to Wiacisor Castle, as a present to her Majesty.
The sturgeon is understood to be the largest over
eaptated in this country.

FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION AT TORPOAT.-00 Wed.
siesday afternoon in empty emersion train, on • siding
at the Torquay stollen. wsa run into by • good.
train, owing to the •witchman having neglected
'Moines the points of the aiding. Walsh, the driver of
the laggsg,e train, in leaping off his engine, was caught
by the stops and thrown on to the rails. Seven or
eight trucks, heavily laden, pared over him, nutting
his body in two. Kerawiell, the stoker, also received
some severe contusions about the bead, besides having
bin oollar•bons dislocated. The guard, Stonelake, snooped
with some slight injuries. The wreck of property was
very considerable. The switchman absconded im-
mediately after the maiden&

lc i repent interesting lecture to the Social &demos
dissociation, Dr. Letheby, analyaist tolbe corporation of
the (=ley of London, mentioned that water is put into
milk, lard or dripping into butter, chicory into coffee,
and Moak teals " faced with black lead ;" the green is
elee "tot up" with minerals, powdered gypsum and
Premien blow Hance the public bare a great desire to
patellaee articles that are guaranteed to be pure by
well-known firms. In no commodity is there more
general diwatialaction than in tea as ordinarily supplied,
and in no individual instance han there been more
satisfaction, than by purehaaiug the strictly pure tea,
bearing the signature of" llorniman k Co., London,
origioel importers of the pare tea." It in supplied in
.e.lerl packet., to the public at a chair+ rate, by 2,500 '

Salmon Mamma Danm.—An Ingamt arm held on
Wedneday evening, at the Coal Bash.,g.
kiary•st-Hill, London, reffootina the death of John
Whitley, aged 30 years. Tbe evidence showed that the
deemed was formerly • airman on board a nian.or-whr
In the Bahia campaign against the iilli•11.411.
received several scalp wounds there. About th
week, ago he waa engaged ea wood foreman at • tan-
yard In Bermondsey, and wad ao Owed with hi.
sworn that he "bid • drink oa the strength of
The "drink" last*d from the Saturday until the follow-
ing Tuesday, On the afternoon of which day he borrowed
twopence, which he wanted for a "Brener," as he galled
• drop of gin. lie left the house, and the same evening
he committed suicide by leaping (ruin a parapet of
London Bridge. A verdict was returned to the effect
that the suicide wee >sausitied wbilst Is wee tem-
poisrily imam. _ .

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Ma. GLADIIITONVII Rnsourrinna. —On Thursday
sight • crowded meeting was held in fit. James's-ball,
London, for the puipose of considering Mr. Gladstone's
reeolulioas for the dismtablishment of the Irish
March. Eml Russell presided, and opened the pro-
in a long and interesting smooth The
*obi. earl observes that be was quite indifferent
whether religious equality was effected in Ire-
laud by the endowment or the dissadowment
of all seats in that csousa, bat be could not
Ai/guise that he bad • preferenee en the mobjeet.
yet, if the Protestants of linghand sod Ileotland
were oppomd to the former projest, and the
Ontbolins of Isalsod would nod aosept it, he was pie•
wed to give up his preference. A resolution Pled_diAlf
lb. ',testis( to support Mr. Gladstone in hi. effort.
to prawn nit flimnientielkattst of the Lig Ohara
ins adopMd.

court aua fashionable Entelligenct.

ROYAL BIRTPIDATIL —Wednesday being the birthday
of Princess Mainers, • party od children were, by her
Ibl"tY's command. invited to a dance at the Castle.
Being a'so the birthday of Prince Christian Victor, the
'Quein and the Princes and Princesses visited Prince and
Priners* Christian at Progmore in the morning.

THE tjUltell AT A LDI9IIIIIOT. —The Queen, &atom pealed
by Prinorss Louise, Pnnoe Arthur, and Prince Leopold,
went to Aldershot camp on Wednesday morning. Her
Majesty travelled in an oi en carriage-and-four, escorted
by detachments ‘.f the Lit Life Guards and the let and
4th ltrrgoun Gintrds, un arriving st the camp her
Majesty wile received by Lient•General the Honourable
Sir James Yorke Scarlett, KCAL, conimanding the
troops, Lieut.-General Lord Willitun Paulet,
atjutant-genersl, and their respective staffs, after which
i‘cr llsjesty WWI oondacted to Hungry-hill, where she
a portion ol the troops on outpost duty. From
these her Majesty drove to the tall near Cesar'. Camp,
where the troops marched past. The Queen then pro.
c,ederl to the Pavilion to luncheon, end at four o'clock
her Majesty lett the camp for Windsor Castk, having
previously driven through the lines of the south and
north camps

MAIIIIAOI OF CAPTAIN SEYMOUR MID TB, ROW.
MAZY HOOD—The marriage of Captain Hugh De Grey
Seymour, of the Grenadier Guilds, eldest son of Major-
General F. H. and Lady Emily Seymour, with the Hon.
Mary Hood, second daughter of Major. General Lord
and Lady Bridport, was celebrated on Thursday morn-
ing in the Chapel Royal, Windsor Great Park. A large
number of visitors from Windsor and the surrounding
districts flocked to "timberland Lodge and to the Chapel
Royal to witness the wedding festivities. At twenty
minutes to twelve o'clock her Majesty the Queen, with
her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice arrived at Cum-
berland Lodge from Windsor Castle, in order to pay •
visit of congratulation to the bride, and to inspect the
iiresenta and preparations for the marriage. Major-
General Lord and Lady Bridport had the honour of
receiving the Queen and eonducting her Majesty through
the various apartments specially arranged for the festivi-
ties of the day. The Queen was shown the beautiful
collection of wedding gift., upwards of 200 in num-
ber, and which occupied the tables and sideboards of
the large dining•room. Among the presents was •
mageilioant Cashmere shawl, and • pretty ckiefieer
• of pink and gold china, sent by Her Majesty the
Queen Their Royal Highnemess the Prince and
Prince , of Walt:agave diamond and torquoise bracelets.
The Prince, as a special gift of bill Own, presented the
bridegroom with a couple of silver mounted claret jugs.
The gift of Prince and Princess Christian consisted of •
beautiful gold and enamelled writing-desk. Printed,
Louise gave an elegant pair of ormolu atedelabra, and
Prince Arthur • card cam and purse. After an inspec-
tion of the bridal trousseau, her Majesty was shown the
wedding *Miser. which was set out, the State
apartments once used by King George 111. Two
large roorns were prepared for the 118 gamete expected.
The tables were beautifully decorated with exotic
plants and flower/ and navies plate. The Queen,
after her visit of congratulation to the bride and her
noble parents, returned to Windsor Castle, passing
by the Royal Chapel, at the entrance of which
crowds of spectators had gathered. From
the gateway of the churchyard to the porch the
path had been covered with • magquee, specially
arranged by Mr. Seabrook, her Majedy's Inspector of
the Lord Chantber:ain's Department at Windsor Castle.
Front the *artery festoons of lovely spring end hot-
house flowers depended, and cloth was Laid along the
way itself. The children from the Queen's schools at
Cumberland Lodge, the boys on one aide and the girls
on the other, were ranged beneath the awning, Kid
stood ready to strew with dowers the path of the newly-
wedded pair as they left the cherub. The bridegroom,
with his brother, Mr. Albert Seymour. es best man,
remitted the church first. Shortly afterwards name her
Royal Highness Princess Louise and Prince and Princess
Christian, who, alighting at the chapel, were met by
Major-General Seymour and oonducted to the Royal
pew near the altar. The nest carriage contained
the bride, who was accompanied by Major-General
Lord Bridport, her father. The brides costume
consisted of a white satin dress, trimmed with Brussels
lace, • Bromide lees veil, and wreath of orange
bloseoma. The bridesmaids were the Hon. Adelaide
and Hon. Ross Hood, Hon. Florence Seymour, and the
Misses Georgina, Constance, and Mary Seymour. They
were dressed in whit* tarlatan. trimmed with lietWnileh
green, end wore wreaths of oak leaves. The nuptial
ceremony was performed, in the presence of • large and
brilliant company, by the Rev. J. St. John Blunt,
Chaplain to her Majesty and Vicar of Old Windsor;
Can. ral Lord Brid port gave away the bride. After the
inerria,e the newly-wedded pair left the church, the
way icing strewn with Sowers, and returned to Cumber-
land Lodge, where the marriaee register was signed. At
one o'clock the wedding dejedetr was served. The band
of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance. After the
jobter the happy Fair left Cumberland lodge, to
spend the first portion of the honey-moon in the tale of
Wight.