The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1866.

pleased to release, under reserve of all his rated by one half), its five platforms, its I
rights, all the subjects of the Kingdom" three resolutions, and its physical force
from their oaths of service and allegiance to speeches delivered by the most powerful
him, " but with the reserve that such duties demagogue that has appealed to the passions
shall revive and become obligatory at any of the multitude since the days of 0,
Con-
time when King George V. or one of his nell.—That all this was done and was
lawful successors shall resume the exercise of arranged to be done in the absence of Mr.
the Government of the Kingdom." There is Gladstone, Earl Russell, and Mr. Milner
something retributive, if we might sa7 so, in Gibson, is curiously enough confirmed by
this piece of newly made history. hen the their one and all being at this moment con-
Hanoverian succession ascended the throne of centrated in one place—and, of nil places on
England, the Court of the Pretender at St. the film of the earth, in Rome! Would these
' Germaine issued precisely similar protests- leaders of party have felt it at all necessary
tions, and the future of Jacobite felicity was thus "to render themselves conspicuous by
constantly referred to the time when "the their absence," had they held no stake,. had
King should have his own again." Now that they possessed no interest in the
the Hanoverian turn to suffer a similar excitement which the physical force
reverse has arisen who can help being struck campaign of Mr. Bright was intended
with the parallel. to
.s altogether as f their arrangementsproduce ! It is only a suspicion, but it
ll.—Cowoaassas are the order of the day. look
The British Association at Nottingham no had been taken so as to leave the agitator
i
sooner cedes to the Swim: Science Congress °erre, and .te free
him
whilst hurling his anathemas. against the
at Manchester, than, Manchester quieted, of embarassinent
the Church Congress at York takes up the
tale. Thus Science does its best to popu- and it is proper to consider its conse-
men
.now in office. The game snide then;
larise enlightenment, and is in due sequence quences. As to these, all,
followed, say by Cleanliness (represented in agreed that the rabid violence
think, are
of the lead:,
Sanitary and Social Science), which being, as mug speaker, like the "vaunting ambition,
we all know, next to Godliness, the whole spoken of by Shakespeare, has "overleaped
vacation talk of the year 1866 is appro- itself and fallen o' the other side. Those
priately wound up in the discussion of Church who went far towards an enlargement of the
and religious services. Some people were
franchise before, have now become closely
rather inclined to think that the daring drawn together with men of moderate views,
speculations of the Nottingham philosophers alarmed at the outrageous proposals of
savoured
these "five platforms" and "three resolu-
somewhat of scepticism, and set t. „
one, backed by physical force demons-
revelation at defiance. We can only say h
that we went all through the proceedings tration.
and saw nothing of this; but, on the con-
trary, a due and becoming disposition, on all
fitting occasions, "to look from Nature up
to Nature's God." We have been in the
habit of attending preferably the Social
Science Congress, but any one of the great
trio we have named should suffice for a single
year. Besides, the whole three were all too
far north for Us. Still, we could not help
following from habit, the course of the
Social Science discussion, and although much
dismayed to find discouragement cast on the
cause of education in the rural districts, we
must accept as on the whole good and bene-
ficial, the recommendations arrived at more
especially for the reformation of the moral
tone of society. Whether Mr. Lankester's
calculations may be exaggerated or not, it is
certain that infanticide, for example, is on the
increase, and must be stringently checked.
The Coroner for Middlesex asserts that at
least a thousand child murders occur in
England every year, and not always at or
soon after birth. And although we can
hardly believe him, the case is undoubtedly
bad enough to call for the interference of the
Legislature. Most of the suggestions laid
before the Congress were, we must say, how-
ever, wild and impracticable in the extreme.
It is very well for virtuous men and women
to give public vent to their indignation at
such things; but it is a pity to find them
proposing many and conflicting remedies,
which, in some instances, would be as bad as
the disease. We turn with intense satisfac.
bon now to the Church Congress, whose
three sections have, one after another, been
successfully inaugurated at York. "You
will be glad to hear," writes an enthusiastic
Dorset clergyman on the opening-day, " that '
the morning's services in the Cathedral and
the Archbishop's Inaugural Address were
; each a perfect success." And we were glad
. to hear it, particularly as the Standard has
since done its best to disparage the former I
by complaints of the restriction of the ser-
vices to the choir of the Cathedral, and the
issue of many more admissions than the choir
would hold. We do not exactly understand
' why this should have been, as the Dean of
' York, in addressing the third section on
' Wednesday, and opening from the chair the
discussion on "Cathedrals : their proper
work and influence," rejoiced to state that
he himself was connected with one—not a
small one, but one of large size; and
although it was large, he thought it would
soon have to be enlarged, because of the
numerous attendance at it. lie pointedly
alluded to the nave services in the minket.,
and to the fact that all the seats therein were
unapp.ropriated, while three-fourths of the
seats in the choir were also unappropriated.
We ought to add that he mentioned that the
daily services in the choir were very well
attended, and the choral celebration of the
communion likewise received with much
favour; whilst a weekly offertory had also
been established with much success. What
we were about to observe, however, was that
in the Diocese of Sarum the nave of the
Cathedral has always latterly been opened
for great festival services, and never found
too large. "Lay agency in the Church's
work" was one of the most absorbing topics
of attention at York. Earl Nelson, with his
usual zeal and ability, pointed out that the
world and the Church were now so much
mixed up together that a Christian laity,
whether men or women, ought at once to be
called in by authority, to do the special lay
work of the Church. The want of lay
agency was, in his lordship's opinion, one of
the chief deficiencies of the Church and the
main cause of the permanent character of
Dissent around us, use Dissenters had
thus in some sort endeavoured to supply the
natural yearning of religious minds. Another
distinguished Churchman, the Earl of Devon,
dwelt upon the ministrations of devoted
women as nurses and teachers amongst the
poorer classes, particularly during the cholera
visitation in London, with a view of proving
that a female ministry was wanted and
might be found. " A very remarkable change
on this subject," he observed, "had lately
come over the public mind, and for good or
for evil, or both, slaterhoods were a great
fact, though they were mixed up just now,
and probabably would be for some time to
come, with topics which caused the greatest
uneasiness to the public mind, such as the
questions of ritual, extreme sacramental
notions, and the practice of private con-
fession and spiritual direction.° This we
are afraid points at the difficulty and com-
plication of the CAM. We do not in general
greatly relish the saying that a thing is "for
good or for evil, or both." If not altogether
for good, at least where religion is con-
cerned,—there, we humbly think, is, or
ought to be, an end of' the question. The
evening meetings of the Congress served to
bring out the Church in her most popular
phase. Simultaneously with a Converse-
stone of. the Clergy, attended by 2,000
persons, la the Yorkshire Exhibition build.
mg, there was held one evening a public
meetingi
n the Congrees-hall, at which
working men were invited to be present.
The Archbishop was in the chair, and
, toge-
ther with the Dean of Cork, the Earl of
Ilarrowby, the Dean of Chichester Sir
Bounden Palmer, Earl Nelson and the 'Dean
of Carlisle, delivered addressee on Ch
tianity throughout the world, prudence,
foresight, temperance, and other kindred
subjects affecting the welfare of the work-
ing classes. Earl Nelson felt inspired with
the hope that this, in short, might be the
beginning of Church Congresses of working
men. We hope so to. In whatever form
the popular element may be infused into the
Church she must prosper and progress
amongst the people.

GREAT AGITATION WO presume
is well nigh over; and as the looker-on can
sometimes judge the hand of the player
better than he who holds the mrds_go
perhaps we may venture our guess of what
it all means. We make no doubt of this,—
that there has been a regular campaign of
intimidation chalked out, with ita monster
meetings (not so large, however, but that
nwuhmenber
have
been a
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WEYMOUTH.

Tus CORSHILL Ros•say.—Cuely, the facetious
burglar of Cornbill notoriety, will, with tWo of his
companions, leave for Western Australia in the
convict ship now in the reads. Tbe wives of the
prisoners have come down from London eith a view
of getting • sight Cr. they depart. The polioe have
an eye to the movements of the ladies as they belong
to • class known as "suspected."
SAD ACCIDINT.—A fine little boy aged three
years, son of Mr. T. H. William', draper, St.
Mary-street, fell from the top window of his private
residence in St. Leonarde-terrace, yesterday (Mon-
day) morning. A nursery was met apart at the top of the
house, and the boy looking out of the window, which
had incautiously been left open, fell into the garden
with fearful violence. TN, house is a three storey
we, and the distance may be thus judged. At the
time of our writing, but little hope was given of the
juvenile sufferer.

H.ILH. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT
WEYMOUTH AND PORTL ND.
In the glorious days "when good King George
was king," • Royal visit here was not an unusual
event, but in these bitter days Ruch an occurrence is
• stroke of good fortune obtained only rarely ; yet
truly, Weymouth stems to jog on tolerably well
minus the f. yours of royalty, and the chief bone of
contention of late has been, not the abgeoce of kings,
but the presence of one, as represented by the ugly
effigy of his majesty the third George. uncovered and
left out in the cold, which the "grateful inhabitants"
erected to commemorate his ',lint among them. A
scion of royalty, in the person of his Grace the Duke
of Cambridge arrived'at ey mon th from Southampton
on Friday night by the 8.10 p.m. South•Weetern
' train, not, however, to enj.iy the calm delights of
the Otos, but to impost the troops stationed here
and at Portland. His Royal Highoese, attended by
several staff officers, was received at the terminus by
Colonel Lamy, and the officers of the 56tn Regiment,
Captain Smith, of the Royal Engineers, and COM •
minder East, of the Coast•guard. The Royal party
proceeded to the Gloucester Hotel, and through the
night soldiers paraded there as sentinels.
At half past nine on Saturday morning, His Royal
Highnees inspected the 26th company of Royal Engineers
at The /sloths. The Duke highly complimented Captain
Smith on his fine company, and expreosed his entire
satisfaction with their general appeeranoe, their accou-
trements, their efficiency, and, indeed, with everything
he saw. He found no fault, and suggested no improve-
ment, but acid he should be happy to render them any
servtee that lay in his power. Such • state of things
must be highly gratifying both to officers and men. His
Royal Highness also inspected the fortifications, and
expressed his approval of the character of the work and
the progress made in it.
Thence his Grace and 'tag proceeded to Portland, in
carriages with pairs and postillions, to review the men
of the 56th regiment, at The Verne. The tremendous
lecturing which the Duke gave the troops be reviewed
at Portsmouth on Thursday was not calculeted to render
either officers Or men over-confident on lesrning the
c ming of the Royal soldier apt to speak his mind with
all plainneie, esp. cially as they have but recently arrived
kit re, after lengthened duty abroad, and now are under
peculiar disadvantages for combined drilL Still, they
had this assuring fact in memory—the reporte of all
the generals who inspected them while in India, and
especially Sir William Mansfield, had been highly
favourable to them.
An unusually fine morning at this season of the year,
and the interest attaching to the Royal visit, brought
together • considerable number of spectators, and
doubUese many more would have been present but for
the well-known circumstance that admission to The
Verne is ordinarily by no means easily obtained, and
ustieesanly so, considering the character of many of the
persons kept there, and the general be! of that there
would be no relaxation of the rule of esclusiveness on
the. day. A walk through • portion id the works prior
to the review convinced us of the thoroughly impreg-
nable character of the fortress. The natural construc-
tion of the island present °Wades, well nigh insuperable
to the approach of an enemy, and all the resources of
military art and engineering skill seem to have been
employed to add to its advantages so a strong defensive
position. The construction of The Verne ditch, by
excavating the solid rock, is • marvellous work, which
only the resources of modern science could compass- and
the masonry of the works is of a sort which con only be
fittingly described by the adjective stupendous. Huge
masses of granite are piled up in a manner best
calculated to afford strength, and the addition shield of
earthworks is given them, while all the approaches are
covered by cannon and almost numberless loop-holes,
through which in case of attack, the defenders could

keep ;p • murderous fire, rendering the effecting— t 7.1.171
entrance • military imputability. A peep at the
soldiers' quarters show that every provision is made for
the accommodation of a vita force. A corridor of im-
mense length, said to be the largest in Europe, pre-
sented in elegant perspective a series of well-proportioned
arches, reminting one of the nave of some grand
cathedral. In every direction still and solidity is
plainly visible, and the works are an honour to the
000ntry.
T e review took place on the grand plateau at the
summit of The Verne, which forms the parade gtound
of the regiment. The detachment of the 56th, statioced
at Weymouth, consisting of about 911 men, who &mist
the Royal Engineers in the works at The Nothe, arrived
at Portland in the morning by an early train, and took
part in the proceedings. The field state on this occasion
ea. as follows 1-3 field offieers, 6 captains, 17 subalterns,
43 sergeuts, 30 drummers. and 396 rank and file.
He Royal Highs**, the Duke of Cambridg ad
suite, comisting of Sir Hope Grant, Colonel Janet...,
director of fortifications, Colonel Clifton, aide-de-camp,
Colonel Gauthier. &L., Colonel llo'Donald. and
Colonel Smith, a it, arrived at The Verne shortly
before 12 o'clock and proceeded to the review ground,
which, by the way, we mat note *as kept by men of the
artillery oust brigade. The regiment WWI drawn up in
line to receive the Doke, exeepting the recruits who
have joined since the last inspection, and are not
sufilciently advanced in drill to take part in • review,
who were assembled in the rear, and on the approach of
His Royal highness the line gave the royal a-lete.
The handsome colours of the regiment and their Union
Jack were coospiceousit displayed, and this, the open-
ing None, was an inspiriting spectacle, mid passed of
with precision and eclat, as indeed lid the whole of the
proceeding, upon which we heartily congratulate
Colonel Lamy and the officers of the regiment.
The regiment was then inspected, and the Duke of
Cambridge commended the cleanliness and soldierly
sputum:cis of the regiment. The review then corn.
menced, by the line breaking into column of companies,
when they marched past in slow time, and then by grand
divisions in quick tuft,. This marebMg pest is very
difficult of accomplishment in perfect success, and
though for our part, we do noise* that it is • movement
particularly valuable of itself in time of active aertioe,
as it seems to be regarded by military men as the touch-
stone of excellence, it is gratifying to record that seversl
military offioers who were spectators of the review, In-
cluding one from Hythe, prononneed the marching put,
perfection. Colonel Pate, then put the men through
the manual and platoon ezereises. The manner in
which the men acquitted themselves In this part of their
drill elicited from His Royal Highness frequent ejacula-
tions of "first-rate," "splendid," kr. The junior
major, Colonel Ball, then put the men through the
bayonet arena., and this was done thoroughly
well, and received the heartiest approval of his
Oracle the Duke. For the nonmilitary portion of
the spectators this was one of the prettieet sights
during the review. The object of the exercise is so to
familiarise the men with handling the ride with the
bayonet attached, that they can use it with the same
facility as one versed in the sword exercise can a stink.
and the different movements are very similar to the
sword exercise. Its chief use in warfare would be in
00110 of attack by cavalry, and would doubtless prove
very destructive. His Rotel Highness expelled unqua-
lified commendation of their performance of this exercise.
The men then loaded with blank cartridge previous to
monosevering under the command of Colonel Lacey.
The first movement was advancing in line for about 30
yards, when they wheeled into echelon of companies by
the rixhtt Formed company squares to prepare for
cavalry. This was one of the grand effective poem of
the review, and • friend of oars with • keen appreciation
of the pictorial oompared these company squares, bril.
Iliad with the red cuts alum men, mod bristling with
bayonets, as they were formed a /a pyramid upon the
greessward, to gay parterres on a gentleman's lawn.
Of course oath a comparison if ail delleerstell
tory, though it murt be confused the illustration was not
altogether faulty. File firing from the right of company
faces was the next movement. Lassa firing. Re-formed
company, and wheeled bask leto line. His Royal High.
sees, who had hitherto stood at the saluting point,
walked to the tank for more erideal obverted*" of the
ntaceituerea The regiment then fired one rued by
companies from right to lef", and et the same time the
left company was thrown in the rear in skirmishing
order, to cover the line when retiring in direct echelon
of company from the right. Front tom and wheeled by
outpuies to the right. The skirmishers were called In,
when the whole force formed line to the right. They
then oocuriebeed file firing from the right of sub-
divisions. Ceased firing. Retired by llompanies fermi
the right in rear of the left. Formed square on the
left of centre oompany to prepare for eavalry, and the
kneeling nuke fired a volley. Ceased firing.
Shouldered arms, and formed quarter-distanoe column.
Advanced In solemn. Took ground to the left by fours,
Advanced again. Halted and formed line on the left
oomPhu7-
..angied front up on No. 1 oompany, the left
thrown beick • quarter girds. Fired one round by Dom
panics from right to left. This *as most effectively
done S eutletel discharge of musketry was kept
op, and its effect upon an tomtit most be destructive
and bemusing in the extreme. They theft advanced
in open column of companies from the right, the
remaining companies on the move right wheel. When
the right mitre company arrived at the wheeling point,
the regiment osa halted. The right wing nest wheeled
Into line. The left wing formed fours and wheeled into
line. The line wheeled into open column ci economies
to the right and halted. Formed line on the leading
oompsay with the remaining companies on the more
left wheel, and moved into line. Retired in direct
echelon of companies from both flanks. Frost turned,
and formed line on the two mitre companies. The
three last-mentioned moverneets were done by the
direction of the Doke of Cambridge. They then fired a
volley by wing, from right to left and shudder. The
rear rank took open order, and the lime advanced in
review order, wee halted, and the Royal salute wits
given; the force presented arms, Gad the excellent band
of the regiment played the National Anthem.
H.R.H. the Duke ol Cambridge &drawled, and
addressing Colonel Lacey, said: On reviewing your
regiment, I cannot bat express my extreme utilisation
with every movement I have witnessed. The efficiency
of the regiment is perfect, and every officer and soldier
ender your command seema to understood his duty
thoroughly and well, and bas performed It as well se
any regiment I have inspected this season. Yore
especially is midis dee to you and to them eonsidering
that they have bat remedy returned from India.
Words of saeb unqualified commendation coming
(rose a soldier of the keening' and experience of the
Duke of Cambridge most be peculiarly gratifying to
the 58th, especially when it is remembered that here
they have few opportunities for drill, being so much
occupied in picket duty, and that a detachment is
stagimed at Weymouth under equally disadvantageous

aircunista.nces for maintaining their 'Maloney in that
regard. Bat there is evidently a great deal of @sprat de
corps in the 56th reiriment,and we at Portland now, the
head quarters are here, feel in some sort to share in the
honours which the Duke bestowed upon them. Long
live the 56th to deserve such high gneornintlis!
His Royal Nighties@ and staff were entertaintd at
lancheon by Colonel Lacey and the °Mgr@ of the re-
giment, and when Ow Royal party let at balf-past
three, a guatd of honour tionatsting of lUD rank and Ile
with the band of the regiment, attended them to the
outposts, of the work,.
The officers of tho regiment who took part in the re-
view wet. Cul ti.el Ideut.•Col. Paley, lireeet
Ideut..Col. Hull, Captains Conran, 11111, Ttirorr, Thornp-
'On, and Iluskieson, Lieutenant. Reg, Roll, Charley,
Nuttall, 01110C11, Barnett, Jones, Lemotte , Campbell,
•nd Stewart, Ensigns Watson, Walinsley, Levert.
Sower, Knox, Pricked, Fort, and Harrieon. Staff
officers—Surgeons Dodd* and Looshesed, and Quarter.
Master Wittaker. We notioed among the spectatorm
Geo-ge Clifton, Bub, one of the governors of the priaon,
and Colonel Calerafts
The proceeding. of the day will form a pleasant
episode in the sonars of R tyal visits to the 1.1. of
Portland.