The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-01-14 00:00:00

Gtnital linns.

DEATH OF DR. MARK.— The death is announced of
Dr. link, no well known for his exertions in popularis-
ing music among the young. Dr. Mark died at Man-
ch *ter after an illness of five months.
DEATH OF LoRD BRIDPoRT.—Th• Right. lion.
Samuel Rood, scoond Viscount Bridport, died at
at Cricket SA. Thomas. Chard, on Monday morning, In
his 80th year. He is succeeded in the title by Major
General the Hon. A. N. Hood.

WEST SOMERSET STEIPLECHAST.S.—Ths 1107111110-
ments for the forthcoming West Somerset Steeple-
chases are orimpleted, and the sports will be diver.
silted with the admixture of ateeelechame., flat end
hurdle races. The new cow.. Is aituated near Crew.
borne, and the days fixed are Tuesday and Wedneeday,
Marsh 24. h and 25th. The prises are valuable, and
there is every prospect of sharp competition.

QUICK PARBSOB OP TUB NATION•L S 22222 RIP
COMPATIVIII New SC•6W ST AAAAA FRANCZ."—This
vesael. which kit Ntw York for Liverpool
on the 15th Deoember, arrived at Qmenst iwn on the
25th December, at eight o'cl ek p.m., making the
passages in ten dye and six boors. The "Bo_ rusais,"
belonging to the Hainbursh and American onipany,
.C,
which sailed from New York with the Prance,"
reached Southatnpton on the 29th December, or three
days and elghteen hours after the arrival of the
"Frames" at Queenstown.
PRITATI BILLS is PAILIAIIIINT.—Wa learn from
Messrs. Reed nor Woodward'. annual list of private
Bills for the Parliamentary Session, that nearly 230 are
entered for 1868, including the following in thin dis-
trict i—Bristol and Sister Railway, Briatol and North
Somerset Railway, Devon Valley Railway. Devon and
Cornwall Railway, Great Western Ftailway, Great
Western Railway (Dividends), Ilfranombe 11.11Wer. Isle
of {Twilit and Comm and Newport Junction Railway,
isle of Wight Central Railway, 14e of Wight (Newport
Junction) Railway, London aial South•Weaterc Rail. I
`MT. Lyenington Harbour and Does. North and South
Wiitehire Junction Railway, Portamooth (Borough)
Waterworks. Portsmouth Camber Quay., Reading Iroml
Board of Health, Reading Water, Somerset and Dorbet
Railway.
**•- ialcterilisn''l.l:ll:l44laelintniiill77."thteh"ipnWoirene do not get Tea relotively
e infusion In aaidhi.a.Bdwritiins,h.
Iri.,:dab_o_'-;:‘ 140." rrplied the Chinese merchant, "ma
° P •t• Pititty
merchant moon plaw,oj. well to look at, then foreigu
” Now two io lint, for the
rolZeintlige'Cfaaoh.ook6lTeinro English •ePtoPI-1i:.„.... don•thetoir
profits, for the 'ved•red mineral Other,and
colour misleads the
cole.n,...umwerisoolkaliMuk.stheit,;itas.iit...nutakes the faded wonblees
off
oat • full prise. Hong • .."'_!1•1•• tit Be passed
4.lmponorte,
imisproof,tshei...PuprearentnaTibeato.,l7l.:‘::::;',.lote:eilhin.dfouri.;ipiaolotit
' •nd cheap tea, and
long imported ••17 virong and chooo Too without
I powdered colour on the leaf, and supply it 'mewed in
packets. See advertizenient in this do
1 0 Paint'.

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Reeser M Mere Oritela wish Loft Oritalui Load„ ,
Wuhan Haat sad Co. Prise Bizyeass.

ENTDEONIZATION Or THE BISHOP OP LICHTTILD.—OD
Thttraltty the Richt Key. Oecrge Augusta. Selwyn was
•nGroned in the cathedral chutch at Lichfield, with the
usuai forma. There was • large congregation.
Toe GoVERNMENT AND EDUCATION—W, are again
scoured that the Government has decided on an educa-
tional measure which i. to be on the broadest basis; of
course the details are at present kept secret. It is said
that the important item of teohnical edumtion ham this
time not been completely ignored; and art sod lades-
trial training *alleges are to receive State aid, so it is
whispered.

Tux FENIAN FORCE TN LONTION.—We (Echoes frost
the Clubs) have l,enr,l it reported OD the very briat
authority that Sir 'diehard Wayne is in posers•ion of
informaiion which enables him to form an estimate of
the Fenian forcer in London. It is maid there me no
less than 10,000 armed traitors lurking In our EUIE6R.
AN FNORTIOUR OX.—Mr. T. Parker, wine and apirit
merohant, of Menton Mallet, has, we era informed, In
poeseavinn • or, si-bryd or, four Terra old. whloh
weighs 3,0241h5., thus beating Mr. 11PCombie's black
plied on. which won PO many prises at the Birming•
ham and Raiiihield shown. and which weighed alive
2,5881b5., by 43611”. Mr. Parker's animal has pined
nix cat, three quarters sines the third week in Jane.

VINCOONT RAMELAGH 1011 SMOKING.
Viscount Ranelagh seems deierm.ined to set at di fiance
the railway companies' regulationo. with regard to
smoking. On Wednesday • complaint was preferred
against hint at the Cletkenwll polieereourt for persists
04 in smoking in one of the Ill•tropelitan Company's
carriages after being cautioned not t• do so. The
Metropolitan Company have been asked to pro•ide
smoking carriages, but have refused to do so, and their
moose' on Wednesday said the diteetors bad considered
the subject, het on • line which carried inch •
multitude of passenters as the Metropolitan, it was
impoluible, 111, lordaltip, who had to pay a sower. ign
and the meta told the msgistiate th.t within • week
after he was fined 10s. for smoking between London
and Richmond, milking cairiages were provided on the
South• Western line.

FERCUTION OF • Don, AND STARTLINO DUICLOHORS.
—A laughable, and at the same time rernaekable cir-
cumstance happened on Thur-elsy, at Taunton. A
• letter was directed to Mr. Ftuat, foreman of the collar I
manufactory. enclosing three halves of Es note. (Mr
Frost having previously received the other halves). and
given to one of the workpeople, who put it In Mr.
Frost's room and left. On going there again shortly
elterwarda the letter could nos be found, and this was
the more astonishing 59 no one elie intil bean in the ,
room. The surprise was still greater when Mr. Frost
I,IIIIIC, for i.e believed the letter contains d the other
halves of the £5 notes. In the akeenee of evidence. • ;
dog in the room was suspected of baying been the '
thief, and it was resolved to execute him. Re was at
. once hang, notwithstanding his plaintive erica, sod •
post mortem examination of the body dierslospud the
sni-sing letter • the dog having ate it - and the notes
sive .vered aufficiently to identify thvm with the
other halv.s. The notes were Pent to pay the work
-
people their weekly wages.
A Rut? roe CM:WNW S.—The Be,. Chalks
Bullock, known as the ealitor of Our Own Fireside, has
had a controversy with the Worcester local papern for
having allowed persons attending • sermon by the Dean
of Dromore at the church of St. Nichol., Worcester (of
which he is the roctor), to take their inert within the ;
altar rails on Michaelniasseley Mr. 8011-k, in de-
fen ling the urscti•e, says- "This was done, decently
and In order, by the direction of the acting church- ,
warden and with the approval of the Dean of !troopers.
As rector of the wish I heartily approve of the step. I
I trust it will help to bring into merited condemnation
I that figment of • selfsonnitituted priesthood (in our
Church unhappily, but certainly not of it), which would
fain attach some presdiar aanetity to the spot in which
they enact their snnerstitious mummeries. That the
Bible gives no nutrition to such a vain figment we all
know. The arrangements of church buddinmt, the
veatmente, and other minor points of eecleensetical order
ere left as questions for Church determination. Thus
regarded, we can recognise the wisdom of general ono.
fortuity of structure, and the dessrability, for bearing
sake, of the caner...aline being tested in the body of
the building. But that the Church of England teaches
the degrading doctrine that the snare I-rosette. of the lay
Christians—although themselve ' temples of the Holy
Ghost' • contaminate. and desecrates the sacred enclo-
sure of an east end (!) —this is an absurdity which her
very existence se • Protestant Church @anciently re-
pudiate... Yet this absurd and unscriptural notion is
too surely encouraged by the se ni-idolatrona adornment
of east end., to which the foi y are allowed to oontri-
bete. It would almost seem worth while, in order that
the Pmtestaut eharnefer of our Church. its this matter
might be reablished bermd all daub,. to ref,/ now and
then on Communion Sits-days to the Prayer Wrd rutwie,
wit eh directs that ' the table at the Oomenturrion One
SHALL STAND IS THE BODY OF THE CHTSCH.'"
WONDERS Or THE SZASON.—WowIer why the
Emperor ut the French disappointed public eZpirdation
! by Paying nothing remarkable about New Year's Day.
Wunder whether he has any defined policy, or only
makes up his mind animor le jeer. Wonder whethsr ,
bole going te "crown the edifice" this yearr Wonder
when the French people will pull the "edifice' down.
Wonder whether Lord Lyons will be more popular
• among the Eaglish residents at Pars then his pre-
decessor was. Wonder why the Times persists in
*Mocking Mr. Thornton. Wonder why no one has ever
kidked Mr Loyard. Wonder why the Italian, went to
get Rome, when it is notoriously the most unhealthy
town in Italy Wonder why we have gone to war with
Abyssinia. Wonder whether I abet' bane to pay 2d.
snore Income Tee. Wonder whether I shall pay any
tax. Wonder what the people are like who send eon-
wiener mousy to the Cancellor of the Etchequer.
Wonder whether Mr. Mill is right in saying that the
. Torii.* are the "stupid Party." Wordar whether he is
not rasher • "stupid party" himself. Wonder whether
Jacob Bright is at all like hie brother John. Wonder
; why, as the Liberals have • majority of seventy in the
Rouse of CJITIMIInL they don't turn cut the Tories.
Wonder why Sir John Pakington is a Cabinet Minister. I
Wonder the mune think, about Walpole. Wonder how
!limn Bismarck will try the zund.uadet-yetoehr against
the Chasse-rot. Wonder at the good sense of Francis
Joseph in intr.:Oaring Constitutional Government into
Austria. Wontler how long the Ituarian Bear lei!l keen
It. claws oft Turkey. Wonder .hether the tunnel
through Mont Cent* will res rbe finished. Wonder the
some thing shout the Suss Canal. Wonder whether the
Alab•m• cl.iina will ever he sottlissd. Wonder whether
Congress will be so foolish as to vote money for the
' puschve of that onfnetunate island St. Thomas.
Wonder why the Americans don't lay hold of Canada,
; Wonder what • Canadian " muffin" is like. Wonder
why I was such& fool as to give the butcher's boy •
Christmas.box. Wonder whether I shall be able to pay
,my cnriatm. hill.. Wonder what is the meaning of
kissing under the misitletoe. Wonder whether any
young lady of my acquaintance will take advent 'ye of
Its being Leap year. Wonder who is the Editor of
; "B-hoes from the Clubs.—Fehoesfrom the Clubs.

FITR•NOZ TaIATMENT Or WORKHOVVE CHILDEIIII.
On Tuesday a discussion took place at the meeting of
the Preston Board of Guardians with reference to the
extronrdinary proasedings which hove taken 'doe.,
at Waltonsle•Dale workhouse. It appears that Dr.
Smith was not informed from what the boy Burke was
suffering until he was deal, and it then transpired that
mercurial ointo ent had been put upon his head. If
this had been known earlier, it is probable that the
doctor could have saved the boy's life. In the me•n•
time an anonymous letter, with reference to the oondi•
tion of the Welton workhouse boys, w•s sent to the
workhonee committee, who went to the place, and
found fourteen boys in bed, and nineteen who were
suff,ine from swollen throat*, uleoroted tongues, and
great weakneas. Four of the by. hail also been re-
moved to the Hoots of Reeoveiy, but neithi r this fact
nor their illness had been registered by the governor.
One of the boys sent to he Honse of Recovery bad, it
appeared, got his arm broken some weeks before; hut
it is mated by the boy that the irevernor refused to let
the doctor know of it. The bone wee wrongly met by
some person. At present the b y is in the House of
Recovery, where he has been suffering from the apple
coati., of mercurial ointment, liis arm will have to be
rebroken end set again. The governor rays that, with
reference to the ointment, be only applied • piece about
the sine of • bean to each boy's heed. All the boys are
now recovering. Relative to the boy Burke, a coroner's
Jury bad returned a verdict of " Aoidental death."
On Tuesday. Mr. Parks, one of the guardians, regretted
that the verdict heti been given so soon, as the jury
could now have bad a great deal writ information on
the subject. Mr. Patterson, who came to Walton
from Manchester, and who formerly Lved in
Edinburgh, sent in his resignation to the guardians on
Tuesday, and requested its immediate acceptanee rather
than suspension. The guardians decided to suspend
him, and to request the Poor-law Board to send down
an inspector for the purpose of :slaking • marching
inquiry into the management of the Welton workhouse.
M•111111D 1.4112.—The Morning Posf observes that
the number of women who are obliged to remain mingle
in England and Wales in consequence of the dispropor-
tion of the sexes ie between ,100.000 and 400,000 The
number of Indies who are actually single exceeds one
million and • half, and of these twelve booth, d and
thirty thousand are in the bloom and prime of life.
The true reason which oondemos so many girls exqui-
sitely qualified by nature to be friends and helptnatea of
men, worthy to bear the name of men, is simply •
coarse and selfish miscalculation as to the true facts
which bear upon this great problem of our lives. If,
therefore, it is conceded that • re•sonable Engiiihman
may always corn his Own livelihood it is mere ignoratose
of household economy to suppose that he cannot 1‘,..p
• wife. A small and well-ordered house is &Dom s
much cheaper than lodging.; and • young man who
will not marry because he cannot keep two people will
find that by remaining single he is foioed to contribute
to the maintenance of many. Every item of his expense
exceeds, that of • married man. Food, rent, clothe*,
we bun, wet him much more. As a question of
prudence, therefore, and still more as • question of
health end repute, • young man will do well to marry.
A fireside and &boil, with the companion•hip of a true.
hearted anJ good woman, are Infinitely more efi,,,ininfi
than • riot at Cremorne, and an interview with a
magistrate, or even than to sit in the malls of • little
theatre and bear "Captain Cmestree is my name' sang
for 300 nights together. The advantage does not stop
here ; quiet and • good conscience are ill* very parents
of great thoughts, sod satisfied effectmot lead by •
ph agent road t the great sitcoms of our lives. If we
count the number of English worthies we ~b 4 find
they were nearly all married, end that they owed the
hest part of their renown to her whose duty it.had been
to comfort and to °beer them in.sort?w and in doubt.
The holiest port of a wife's mission is to console, and
there are times when the most erv:-.RP•russ men need
consolation sorely. Most beautiful is the recorded love
of William 111. end Qiieen Mary. Ramb, Dueheee of
Mitirlborovgh, too, uniuniable as she seems to us, built
up the fortune of the great soldier who ems her hail:and
far more solidly than he could have done for himself,
and it must have been Dorothy Osborne who gave such
gentleness and diplomatic skill toga William Temple.
to much for the et ggggg h and summer of our lives.
But supposing a youngster doesn't get. niarried at eIL
Supposing be walks arm in arm with his evil (entail to
the end, what • wonderfully absurd fellow he becomes
at last. Your true old bachelor of the common type—
for the exceptions are too rare to mount—never knows
when he has ceased to please; and a selfish youth,
followed by • disreputable manhood, pssees into an
, old age unloved, unloaded, nahosourod, and too dim
modulo's.

PIOTTST AGAINST RITUALISN AND ROMISH DOMINIC
View Not Sydney, M.P., the lordilieetenant of Rent,
and several insgistratee •nd other gentlemen, hove for-
warded a memorisl to the Archbishop of Cauterbary,
desiring his attention to the ritualism and !lowish
teaching of the Rev. F. H. Murray, rector of Chisels
burnt, and to his circulating in the parish "The
F.uchariatie Manual," and they express • hope that some
means may be devi•ed to relieve the parish from the
grievous roils which at preeent prevail in it, and rest-re
to them the locatable blessings of our reformed church,
both u to worship and innteuction, of which they are
now dm rived. The Archbishop if Canterbury, in cc-
knowli dgiog the addms, says be baa received • memos
net from 24 other influential gentlemen in the parish,
Math g that Mr. Murray apes not bold do trine. tenon-
'latent with the teaching of the Church of England, and
speaking in grateful terms of the privileges they enjoy
through his ministry. He has, therefore, he says, no
reason to think that the bulk of the congregation are
dis rarefied with the existing order of the eervicerx His
I grace refers to the doctrinal pointa mentioned by the
mernorialiats, on which he thus remarks :—"That the
doctrine of the real presence one way or another is the
doctrine of the Chun h of England it would be inr-
poimible to deny, for her language clearly attests this.
Bet it is • spiritual psecenee—a presence to be realised
by faith, not a corporal presence of Chriat'• natural
body and blood, (inlet', body being eaten at the Holy
!Ropier only after a heavenly and spiritual manner. It
In, nevertheless, a real presence in the sense of its being
effectual for all those intents and purposes for which
Christ', body was broken and His blood shed ; just as
the sun, though it. bodily presence be In the heaven.,
is Present on earth effectually for all the pewees of
light and hest for which it was created. But, in order
to guard against env sopentitioes abuse of thi• truth,
our church wares us that 'iii adoration should be
offered either unto the eser•ernntni brew' and wine, or
to any corporal presence of Christ's natural body and
blood.' And 111 to any local precinct, except in the
heart of the believer, she pronounces netting, It
hel oven, therefore, every clergyman to avoid in his
teaching all „.pre,40,,, which go beyond the teaching
and usage of the Church of England, to the neglect of
that eaotioes wisdom which guided our refortnera in
the oo...traction of our formularies." With vagrant to
"The Eucharistic Manual" given by Mr. Murray to his
parishioner*, his grace censider• that it does not reflect
the doctrines of the Church of England, and very
strongly objects to its eiroulat on in big dioome.