The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

Goma' Nets.
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Tag Ministerial whitebait dinner took platoon Wed.
needay at Greenwich.
A CABS of Asiatic cholera is reported from the Royal
Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, London.
Tan Archbishop of Canterbury has been suffering
somewhat severely from rheumatism, but his general
health is extremely good. The moat rev. prelate intends
to spend a short time at Salzburg.
IT is stated that the Queen during her sojourn in
Switzerland will assume the designation of the Countess
of Kent. It Is believed that her Majesty will stay for
• few hours in Faris on her way to Switzerland, in order
to have an interview with the Empress of the French.
Ten Rev. C. H. Kennard. RA., curate of Newland,
Oreat Malvern, has left the Church of England for the
communion of the Church of Rome. He was eduested
at University College, Olford, and bad not been ordained
more than two yearn.—Pall Ara Gazette.

Tux oeremony of presenting the freedom of the city
of London to Lord Napier of Magda's, with the appro-
priate accompaniment of • sword, took place on Tuesday
with much pomp and circumstance. Lord Napier
received quite an ovation on his arrival at Guildhall.
IT is a fact now known to all, that the Chinese hrgely
prepare and artificially colour the worthless brown
leaves of the tea plant, to enable them to be passed off
to the English consumer at high rates, hence the weak
low quality and dearness of tea ordinarily sold. To
avoid such worthless sorts being so tweed off, llorni-
man & Co.. London, disallow plumbago Prussian
blue, or any suc.h hurtful "facing' on the leaf; and as
their imports consi,t only of young leaves- choice and
strong—they are delicious in flavour and cheap; real
judges of tea have but to make trial to become constant
purchasers. The catenrive demand for Florniman's
pure tea, has induced some to imitate the packets,
hence the public are cautioned to observe that the
signature of Horniman & Co., London, 'original
importers of the pure tea,' is on all the packets sold by'
their 2,500 agents.
VOLORTZUL STATISTIC& —A Parliamentary pa per
issued on Monday gives the returns of the several
volunteer corps in Great Britain, stating in oath case
the maximum establishment; the number of enrolled
members; the number of efficient'; the number of
efficient. entitled to an extra certificate, distinguishing
the consolidated corps entitled to an adjutant from the
administrative regiment'; and under each adminis-
trative regiment, stating the several corps composing it,
with the head-quarters of each regiment and ,
corps-
stating also the total number of men under each head
in each county; the members are founded on the
annual return duo the first day of December, 1867.
The following are the totals as given in the ratans :
Members
No: of who
Corps Maximum earned
Establish. Efll- Non- P..-gusextra

c,:tinty-T—met--;t1 &Tit. cdet rt;ifed7 -5;7
Light Hone 11 935 607 192 669 458
Artillery 221 40666 30611 4607 sate
Enirin4er l9 6680 4715 796 6511 4301
94ouute0 91114 7 672 272 In 294 114
Klee 1636 1610641 119111 26641 146762 85715

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Graocavt. 11 21412 11016 824 t MOS WV