The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-31 00:00:00

FHIAtItOItNE.

Tits Niw Tows CLocs.—Oa Wednealey IM. cloak
wag set in mono.' by Mrs. Wing& 1.1 Diteby in Abe
ptomaiou of a very larro oompany, arid now at-ikos every
quarter of an lour. TIRO Cunt WAS assist .C3OO. of which
Mr. Dishy suh.wriborl £l9O. TLe manufacturers are
ibleadin. Gillett Aui 111.,nd, of Croydon. the eontractor
being R Ado-it*, Cf his town. Them are three
dials—one facing tlo Alloy, anothor L-mrstreet, and
It. other the new rod loading to the stat.oo.

The American Woos. n's Whl.ky W.r is subsidli3g.
The nevi Latin:At,- that L. surplus wid amount to
three milhons and a hit.

wit the G,01,. potty sanders, on Thureday, the Bev.
3. Atkinson, Roman Catholic' priest, and a member of
the Goole School Board, wns ordered to pay £3 lls. 64.
for trespassiog In pursuit of game.
The Prince of Wale., In spo.kinz at the annual dines,
el the British Orphsn Asylom, referred to the meant
marriage In those tern..—
"ft has been often mid Menial/coot the Royal Family in then
days are not political ones, and I know this marriage I. one
immly of love and effection. The alliance which has now been
formal between our groat Itropire and the mighty °aloof Russia,
1 fuel convinced. nun) bring forth many irood fruit.; and !trust
lOW the alliance now fonrad, not through pAities, but by the
bonds of friendahip may tend in every tray to keep us the
Illtmeat and beet of allies.'

QUllit SLAM) 1110111.110,1.—The ship Agra, 635 tons
mister, Hews. nrior, tithell aid Rob de, 110,
7sumbureb-street, L,ndon, salted from Gravesend on
the 171 h inst., bound for Rockhampton, Queenalaad
CMptaln Johnson ; Burgeon. Superintendent, Dr. Robert
Brennan ; hlstrou, Miss Burgess. The Agra le the
132nd vowel that has sailed under the Land Order
Britons of emigration and ander the imutrailete
direction of the Qn.ensland Governmnnt Ofilee, 32,
Charing Cross, Lotplon. tithe carries 288 souls, divided
Into sedated, rernittanoe, and Ire* passengers, and
oonsisting of 159 members of families, 63 single m 0,
.c 66 tangle females: _
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aaJDZL FierrlV•l., 1674 —The year for the great
Triennial FesUval in memory of the compooer Handel
hes again arrived, and 'Wu preparations are being
made for its clebration. The locale Is as before, the
Crystal Pales.; the made& arrangements are under the
same management—that of the Sacred Rumania
Society—which has led them on previous ocrouions to
• triumphant Issue. The dates axed or—for Rehearsal,
June 19th. end for the three Performanoee, Jane 22nd,
24th, and 26th. The orchestra and chorus will number
4,000 performer", selected from provincial choirs and
choral societies throughout the United Kingdom ;and
• Militia, rendering of the solo portions is guaranteed
by the engagement of the moat eminent voealista. The
general/elm° ef the united forces will be again Sir
if Wheel Cuts, These Festival. may almost be looked
upon as landmarks In the Mater/ of the program' of
ramie &monist the people. serving, am they do, at ono*
to test the imitate° made in the past, and to set a new
point of departure for the future. The praetice of
choral music and the great triennial gathering" reset
upon 'mob other to the benefit of both. Each Festival
has shown a marked asivanoe upon its predecessor, and
looking to the constantly Inereaaing activity in musical
matters, both provincial cad metropolitan, which has
distinguished the past three years, it may be eonfidently
aatielpated that the forthcoming Fictival will fully
maintain the prestige of the four that have proceeded
it. An interesting survey of whet hu been done In the
opt, and full particulars of Uri arrangements for the
coming gathering, Is contained In the Handel
estival Pamphlet, which will be ready in a few days,
and may be bad on applioation to the Crystal Palace or
Rueter Roll.
11110trillirr RITraLlaW Evaneelical ele-cyman
of the Church of England has 'sat us • tract, • which
be has just published, upon the dangers of en Inoiplont
Ritualism which be detrain in maay tde practises
adopted by Hs brother clergy. We Pave read this
tract carefoll, and we heartily a- rnmend it to the
thoughtful persual of our render.. The writer points
ont the danger of mans thirgs apparrntly harecent acid
harmless. but which are apt in prepare the way for the
introJuction of lidmanlan. Ueda& rot treat of thou
roes and glaring error@ which all spiritually minded
clergy would shoe, but to thenr matters which, even
among sealoue Cirl,titn are regrarded as innocent and
unimportant. " Ti. Church of Rome," says the
writer, " bouts that eh. no lorrer needs to toll in thr
work of propagandism In Eoglind, hut may now et Joy
the easier teak of pat' eying in 'he abeam made reedy
to her hand by the !Wu:Vista. Will equal complauncy
does the Ritualiat e.tch the gradual approzimation to
his Principles and practisee that the onion 'Low Church'
to tradergoing. Tho pieetly attire that the clergy of
this party are &Yarning, tbo transformation of their
eberebes from their former 'simplicity, according to the
prescriptions of an nolespired Levitical', the ornate
services and oeremoniee,—all thee* tokens does he
observe with peculiar satisfaction, and in his turn
besets lbst he has but to reap where unwary Evan-
gelised hr three had sown. . . . Far ho it from
tie to charge the Evangelise] allergy with a conscious
effort to promote Ritualism, and by Ads own actions
and aeocessions to stultify their proc•ete, pubic/aloes,
aseaciatiens, end oomninations against It. They are
simply ~,,led with the tide. They are bat fa:lowing
thelfrashima. Like puppets worked by secret springs
sad unman hand', so are the Kvamrgelio.i o'er(' acting
nadir Indust:era of which tbll7 410 Unaware. Thus
they anwittlogly forwaid the tactic's of the er.smy, and
bear the *contents that constitute his atandard."—frue
Cflorot of I/1041W Maoism.

• " Ihti, Br",'kited You or, lodpiont Wtuallis : A
lovieg .xposulation with E,angeliml al OW 91 thou'
rolTO& 34,aut,....11, Loudon.