The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-27 00:00:00

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

Madam Patti left on Tuesday for the solemn opening
of her c.,tle in South Ws's% (near Swansea). The chief
fir. work of the Crystal PAlace &remanent.. the di.. In
order to superintend the Sir, dim ,natrationa Madame
Albani left for Spa.

O 1 Mrs. Charles Mathes P. the mother of our toloved
Captain Patter, was very juvenile-huking till late in life.
A friend of the family meeting her son onsiday, and com-
menting on the fact, taid—" By the way, Charles, how
old is your mother?' " Well: answered the inimitable
CharlAa. considering, "I hardly know. She must be 40;
tut M."

At • certain smart little hell last week I was struck
with an excellent arraixzement of the aloe. The dancing-
cloth was of some tightly stretched shining material, and
It was a dark green. This is vaetly bett.,r than the usual
white drugget, for two reasons. It does not generate •
white powder that covers black costa, and it shows off
the dresses with a rare effect. I recommend it

The following is • true story one time ago one of
our ironclad' put into Vigo and duly saluted the fort. No
return salute was, however, tired, and all on board were
discussing this breach of etiquette when a boat was seen
approaching the ship bearing an officer in • gorgeous
uniform. On reaching the deck, he explained the object
of his mission, which was tl request the loan of • little
powder to return the salute, as they were, unfortunately,
out of it on shore."

It is the intention of the Eoi of Arlie, as soon u the
fate of the Compensation for Doiturbuices Bill in the
House of the Lords is settled, to go with some members of
his family on • visit of several months to America. There
I. not the slightest foundation for the report which has
been somewhat in dust:to Air Circulated, that he intends to
settle permanently In America. He will, on the contrary,
return to Eagland, after the trip to thatcountry upon which
bets about to start, in the company of !defiant/6 and her
family.

I understand that the illness which carried a Mr. Tom
Taylor was not paralysis, as was currently reported some
time ago; nor suppressed gout, as he himself believed : but
what is known in the proteewion as a " lrevelling clot"—a
comulation of blood which forms in a rein, and which,
when in the course of circ iLatton it reaches the heart, is
instantly fatal. During his long and active career Mr.
Taylor enjoyed excellent health, and "saw out" all his
contemporary colleagues.

" Dan" Lysol:a, as his contemporaries alone call him
nowadays, must be a kind-hearted man. The stay goes
that the other day • newly-Joined youngster had the
audacity to write direct tit a General, to the effect that
he bad hear I that Sir Daniel had one or two spare stalls
in his stable., and b geed, therefore, for accommodation
for his (the youngster's) bora.. Room for • dog-cart would
also be gratefully accepted, if it could be provided.
Generals, within the precincts of their own commands,
are awful beings, and Sr Daniel Lys ins was at first very
wroth with the liberty taken. The offensive letter was
returned to the youngster's colonel, and an explanation
peremptorily demanded. Tae youngster, awakened rather
tardily to the enormity of his offence, forthwith penned a
humble apology, pleading youth and inexperience. The
General, seeing at once that the excuse was genuine,
replied most courteously that he had a spare stall, and
would gladly put up Kr. --'s horse ;but he unfortunately
had not room for the dog-cart. So the subaltern scored;
but the General proved hiniseU to be a thorough gentle-
man.
Of the two brilliant charges by the two dragoon-guard
regiments at Windsor (by far the most Interesting pert of
the review), that of the 7th Dragoon Guards was the
better; indeed, all through the day the old "Black hone"
came out very strong. The beauty of these charges was
that they wen not made at the Royal carries., but
it In profile, so that they were close to the saluting-r:94
they dashd by, instead of pulling up in mid.charge at a
safe distance. A funny effect WU produced, when the
Life Guards trotted past, by the clouds of their significant
pipe-clay. The quantity of white they have about them
had occasioned a lavish use of it, audit rose from them In
masses. The Prince of Wales Voted ghastly pale with the
heat of his Life Guard's uniform, worn for the first time.
And, apropos, I must put in a word of protest against the
new helmet with which the British fanny ie being
bonneted. It was instructive to note the contrast, both
in appearance and comfort, betwe n this psetnio-Priumian
headpiece and the shako and busby, when • corps went
past which was so fortunate as not to have been yet
thatched with the helmet. The army hates it to • man.
The great event of last week, or I may say of the 'Raton,
was the earden-party given by the Prince and Priocese of
Walee—" to have the honour of meeting her Majesty the
Queen." The weather was fair, and it was therefore not
to be wondered at that so unusual an event should till St.
Janies'estreet and the corner of Pull Mall with a large
crowd, eagerly wailing to see the Queen and the gaily-
dressed company that were driving in • long string to
Marlborough Hones.

The costumes were, for the most part, praiseworthily
quiet in tone of colour; but there were some much the
reverse, which ginned against good taste in a most decided
manner. Some of the gowns were very elaborate ball.
dresses, one would say, filled in at the neck with showers
of laoes and ruffias, while others were of simple cotton,
short-kilted and straw-bonneted. The petticoats of the
Siamese Embassy were shorter still, and of a very peculiar
cot, which, when surmounted by the black chimney-pot
of the ordinary Briton, had a most b :erre effect.
Will anybody ever have courage to beg the Queen to
hold her reviews a little earlier in the day It was only
a hour or so before sundown when the march-past took
place last week at Windsor, and cone of the troops did
not get to their camp-grout:o4 till 9., nine at olaht. Cold
comfort they found there, drenched to the skin, and
exposed all night to the pitiless storm. I suppose we call
our boys feather-bed soldiets bennse they have some time
to deep on damp straw.