The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

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Tug PRINCI or WALD:S.—There were illumination'
on Wednesday night on the occasion of the birthday of
the Prince of Wales. The theatres and the Revd
tradesuien at the west end of the town displayed some
brilliant devices in honour of the day.
The Prince of Wales has been elected honorary mem•
her of the Oxford Union Society. The Hon. Colonel
Bruce and Major Teesdale were at the same time elected
honorary members. His Royal Highness has several
times visited the Union Society's rooms, and has atten-
ded the debates.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale have left their residence at Twickenham for a
few day's sojourn at Claremont.
The Duke of Newcastle will leave town in a few days
fur Brighton. Lard Robert and Lady Susan Pelham
Clinton have already arrived at that watering-place.
The Duke of Devonshire continues to reside at Hard-
wick Hall with several members of his family, and
during the week the noble Duke has been entertaining
seven.' distinguished visitors, including Lord and Lady
George Cavendish, M.P., the Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Lord and Lady Waterpark, Mr. and Lady Fanny
Howard and family, Marquis of Hartiorton, and Lords
Frederick and Edward Cavendish.
The Earl of Shelburne arrived in town on Thursday
from Bowood. Her ladyship is expected in • few days.
Frances Counties Waldegrave left Strawberry Hill on
Thursday, 011 a visit 10 Queen Marie Ansel* 01 Clare-
mont.
Count Nicholas Paskowiteb and party hays arrived at
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the coati-
Dent.
Lady Graham and Miss Graham have arrived in Park-
street, from the Continent.
On Thursday was celebrated, at All haint's Church,
Knightsbridge, the marriage ol Ludas Benda* V.

count Falkland to Elizabeth Catherine Duchess of St.
Albans-
The Lady Frederick Fits-Rey gave birth to • daughter
on Thursday, at 21, Grosvenor-street.
Prince Frederick William, before leaving the Prussian
capital, kid( part in the proceedings of an association
which was formed in Berlin, in 1852, for the erection
of buildings suited for the occupation of workmen said
their families. The Prince Regent is president, and
Prince Frederick William vice-president, in which
offices both have shown that they take a deep interest in
the welfare of that class for whose benefit the society
was established.
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde paid a
visit on Tuesday to the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia,
and on Wednesday her imperial highness, accompanied
by two of her children, went to the Palais Royal to re-
turn the visit.
The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, Duchess of
leuchtenberg, is the sister of the present Empress of
Russia. She married Prince Maximilian of Leuchten-
berg, son of Prince Eugene, Viceroy of Italy. Pzince
Eugene. Viceroy of Italy, Duke de Leuchtenberg, and
adopted son of Napoleon 1., was uncle, by his sister
Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, of the Em-
peror Napoleon 111. Prince Eugene married, at the
beginning of 1906, the Princess Augusta, daughter of
the King of Bavaria, one of the most beautiful princesses
in Europe. Seven children were the issue of that mar-
riage, of whom two were sons, the younger, Prince
Maximilian, having assumed the hereditary title on the
decease of his elder brother, Prince Augustus Napoleon,
who expired suddenly, six weeks after his marriage
with Donna Maria of Portugal, daughter of Don
Pedro I.

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THE PRISM OF WALLS AT OXFORD—His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales may now be considered to
have fairly entered upon his career as an Oxonian. His
resolution 'MOM to be to conform to all the rules of his
college, and to conduct himself in nearly all respects like
its ordinary members. Unlike many of his less
illustrious colleagues, he has "saved his fines" by being
at chapel punctually at eight o'clock every morning.
Regularly at a quarter to eight he leaves Frewen's Hall
on his way to prayers; and these early hours of the
Prince seem to have worked miracles with the late
risers of Oxford. This is to be seen more especially in
the case of the fair sex, who form themselves into
attractive groups along the line of route pursued by his
Royal Highness. Happy indeed is the young lady who
by a profound curtsey can secure an acknowledgement
for herself by the Prince raising his hat. In chapel
the Prince enjoys some distinction from his fellow.
students—he occupies a stall next to the Dean, having
on his right Colonel Bruce. Beyond this, no particular
attention is shown to him, and he waits his torn to go
out, filing off before the De= like any other under-
gradt ate. Any day he may be seen walking along the
streets in his cap and gown, almost unattended, or
strolling in the quadrangle of Christ Church with his
brother students, among whom he is very popular; and
he seems equally disposed to submit to college discipline,
and to bear his share in college sports. The Prince will
will remain at Oxford for nine months, and before his
departure the beautiful new museum in the park will
be opened by the Queen in person. In the seine week
the commemoration will be held, when his Royal
Flightless will probably be admitted to the honorary
degree of D.C.L.
Tui LATE EARL OP WISTMORLAND.— An honour
seldom paid to a foreigner having no connexion with
PTIISSiIi -has just been bestowed at Berlin in memory
of the late Earl of Westmorland, so many years the
British Ambassador in that •mpital. All the principal
military bands were assembled in presence of the Prince
Regent andthe most distinguished persons in Berlin, and
performed Beethoven's Funeral March, a favourite
work of the late General and diploniast, whose compo-
sitions were well known and appreciated in the Prussian
capital.