The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

L—Tns Arlie TarAis are almost over,
and quite enough is supposed to have been
made of them. Kickham was the last man
of note put to the bar, and failing in obtain-
ing a habeas carpet to bring up, as witnesses
in his favour. Luby, and certain other con-
victs, who are al, eady in Pentonville, and
beyond the Irish jurisdiction, be refused the
aid of counsel with characteristic choler.
The grand incidental ilisertisseessra, how-
ever, in this Fenian episode, occurs in whet
has been called by the New York Papers,
the quarrel of the two Kilkenny Cats, in
America. O'Mabonej, out of the dollar
notes of his issue, has purchased himself a
palace, and shut himself up in it; whilst
the "Senate," who differ from him entirely
in this appropriation of the hinds, are under-
stood to be gaining over the outside Fenians
to the opposite camp.
II.—" WISTIII lingering in lap of May"
prove* himself rather an unpleasant customer
and we know what to think of him; but
when by a eon of ill-assorted marriage, May
consorts with January as she hsa been doing
for the last few days, we entertain a natural-
born suspicion that the weather is much too
pleasant for the season. Besides, Mr. Plant,
of Birmingham, kindly sends a copy of the
Morning or Evening Star—Hesper or Lucifer,
we don't know which,—wherein he says
curtly, that he is not satisfied on the subject.
Since Admiral Fitzroy's &will, Mr. Plant
has been chief prophet, for Lord Portarling-
ton, with all our regard for him as a Dorset
nobleman, has this time been very far wrong
in his predictions. Whereas Mr. Plant has
never exactly failed as yet, and that is much.
Now Mr. Plant avers on the present occa-
sion, that he haa searched into all the prece-
dents of our hard winters, of which he could
by any mane reach the record, and has
arrived at the conclusion that the worst of
them have about this time been invariably
preceded by the Name insidious trait of mild,
smiling, treacherous weather as we are pass-
ing through now. And 61 whilst he is
writing, the ball seems about to begin ; we
read at loud in Saturday's Timer that snow
is many inches deep in the streets of Belfast,
and from four to five feet deep in the country
parte of Down and Antrim. We must
remember, however, that it does sot follow
that Devon, Somerset, or Dorset will
experience the true severity of a
late winter. The warmth of the gulf
stream, which impinges on the South-Western
angle of Cornwall, and thence dedeets in two
directions into the two British Channels, pro-
tects these counties to such a degree from
extreme gelidity, that whilst last year, even in
Wilts, the Duke of Beaufort's carriage was
stuck up for the night in the 'now not ten
miles from Badminton, where his Grace's
father's had been similarly stopped ten or
tisk* passe belan, the noes 'What% 1

counties were comparatively exempt from
severe snow storms. But we don't fear snow,
and as an agricultural subscriber observed in
our office on Saturday, we have had so much
rain that we need hardly expect any great
snow fall. If, however, a protracted hard 604
should pet in late in February, March or
April, it would play incalculable mischief.
In all our cultivation now, whether farming
or gardening, it is the growers' cue to push
everything forward and to secure earliness at
all hazards. Recent mild ameliorated seasons
have fostered this endeavour too, to such a
degree that a hard late winter would be a
serious calamity.

11.1.—WELEN Tall CATTLE PLAGUE first
broke out, we shared in the general dismay
unable to foresee the consequences of the
calamity any farther than they were foreseen
by our neighbours. fltilwe must take credit
for having thence and all through the discus-
sion of the eubject advocated the utmost ex-
tension of area in dealing with it, whether on
the score of insurance, indemnity, prevention
'or cure (although we had never much hope
of the last, and views which we felt inclined
to urge regarding isolation of the infected
were never actually brought forward). Many
may say that all this is of no importance
because the influence of one Journal even
though of agricultural reputation, could be
but of small weight, more especially in a
district which his happily, of all England,
been the least affected by the dMorcler. And
it is only too true that practical men in
general prefer listening to anything rather
than the preachments of the Press. Never-
theless the recent Order in Council shifting
the aren from Petty Sessional Divisio^s to
whole counties in Quarter Sessions assembled,
as well as the general approval with which it
has met as promising a wider chance of meet-
ing and coping with the Plague, has not only
confirmed our original apprehensions—but
the Awe which, in an article tainted we
think with blasphemy, in making use of the
expression, "The stone which the builders re-
jected has become the head stone of the corner,"
to signify its exultation at the tardy adoption of
the sweeping recoineassidatious of the Cattle ,
Plague Commissio' ems, has pronounced the late
Order in Council a peat improvement on its
predecessors, yet not adequate to the purpose
designed, and ends by empkatisally smarting
that there ought to be but one diarist and that
district the whole country. The reasons amigoed
for this opinion are primarily that the Quarter
Simkins are only Court. of Justice and cannot
devolve their executive powers on committees.
This is said on the authority of " T.D. A.," and
we know very well that the hoooorable member
is a sort of authority well versed both in the law
and the practice of Quarter Semitone. Well,
assuming that the Courts of Quarter Sessions
which COM appoint committees to carry out other
details, must simply administer this Order in
Council as if it were (what it is not) a bit of
statute law; in what better, or rather in bow
much worse a position should we find the ad-
ministration of the same details if committed to
the administrative power which extends over
the whole kiagdom f Surely the Privy Council
is that power; and what is it now and has it
been all along doing but delegating such powers
silt may passim (not without doubts end difii-
cultism respecting the possession of them) to
Petty fissional and Quarter Seksional divisions
throughout the (pantry for the purpose of their
being carried out as they best can be. No doubt
many things demanding e Bill of Indemnity
being paired through Parliament will be dis-
covered in them proceedings. Bat for the life of
us WelaneOt see what the Tient seeks to advocate
which is not now actually and practically done.
The whole sountry is already combined in one dis-
trict and included in the Orders in Council, and the
toed ezeortive are engaged in simply carrying
these general Orders out as may be required. Bet
then it seems the Order was to owes into effect
from the 11rd of January; and the Times seems
to think that therefore the adoption of that
Order at the Epiphany Quarter Sessions held
generally on the three first days of the peat
week must be null and void. It is rather a
carious legal exception. But we cannot see bow
so far as the Cburte of Quarter Sessions were
concerned in making this order, or rather in
directing its =foramina* they were further
wrong than the Privy Oeuncilibmilf with chose
order of 16th December it originated. What
we apprehend waa, to Ike effect from and after
3rd January, was nothing preliminary to the
order, but the order itself and its regulations re-
garding the removal of animals. That is the
real point. We do not know:that the Orders in
Council are themselves strictly legal; we do not
know that the publication of these restricted to
we paper in a illicit*, and divided with eon-
siderable impartiality betwixt ourselves and our
contemporaries, is at all sufficient ; and although
we should by no means advise any one to attempt
to disobey them, we believe that convictions must
altogether depend on proof of the promulgation
of the Cicalas notices being- brought home to
offenders. The Quarter Sessional Orders are
nsesesarily in no better position; nay worse.
The publication of County Advartivemsats in
Dorset for simple, is restricted to two papers of
peculiar circulation; end whilst the Government
has takes care to claim the benefit of our "long
numbers" for a fair share of the Orders in
Council, and the Petty Sessional Division; have
in most oases also seen the propriety of making
use of our columns in Dolma, it is only in
Somerset and neighbouring counties that we
have to expect to be able to give publicity to
the nodose of ths Court of Quarter amnions.

AT Yr. lasar's ropsoltory salt on Saturday, tbaro
um a brisk domaad fat prism mottos, mod of sae 400
toed °Cored for oompolitios, Dearly all fogad
at tie I oil. wiag qualatioes :—Doirrwoabors, arttri d.,
mid ewes 9d. pee lb.
Doss= Oootrry HOMPTTAL. mush =thing Jos. t
—laistioato adasitio4 2 ; 4100.disobargot 3;
out-pationts admitted, 3 ; alto dittharged, 2; is.
patios% rosoolaing is Hoopitid, 56; oat-potioatt
rommiaias ma boat 73 ; socidisto. 2; osartgleoy,
1 ; Saadi, L
001111 Xaagas. Batoriay.—Tho supply at shoat at
this day's market was mall, sad maditieas mesa
stapled by Sim lace tease Imam; tie dimmed was
small at la mobsoths. Daisy ass oared loso
bat NA mating quaitiso sold at MI, kb mime.
Oals la mail awl, obi cooNasd N. to Is. per or. la
drams

°mamma TO ma Dowser 00ITSTV GAOL
Hord Laker: Jolla BoaimisLa., saarsaoy a 1
Lyss. Boils, 1 wadi ; Thome Goddard, ripsaw
▪ BMAreary, 3 001108 ; Thomas Bird, ragraaoy
at Hosariastor, 14 days; Hear, Bpa.sr,arosslr as
Wayrooses, I roontis ; Thomas
as Booarana' tor I raoarlis.—/syrriasoarsi4 7.4=
Etiolates sad Jars Hibbs, drank iks rordiagtoa, 7
days.
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Lan 1 Low 1-0 e Beady dam* • AM, In yam
of a" the eta of • 111b0111W MINA Oraidia, el
reedlaibia, we•deted evsy from bong sad wee so
Ewe aela tbst night by bie aotwitbelasdiag
Mat every dolt wee made to kla. It MOM
that the dad beiviai walked ems &Ames from Moe,
kw, aot who. it bad readied, sad, seekiai to retara
gmLa NM derkasse waned oft ead ea sitar es
ma. Al tted yinap is.. reed amarttea loth
is of the dal ter the akbh sad o.lioade,y nom
Ws, be wee reebered to b eazioas pinata by P.C.
Amoy. of thel parish.

floweaa Yarn Seaufota, Yea4ll7.—Dafone J. T.
flaisea„ larse., sad R. Davie, IR. —A mere look*
14 moat Jolla fleasamead. wo beamed up ea
obereged ebb dean CI la, bekaikeg to Yr.
ireDasar, We &Oaten llussL if. eus ortrueeell
tbe wssuito pay u hSM far brood be Mr. Job llb
Jowery bet ward af Web be eoera
al* tie warey. EU IMO oppreboaded as Worsened'
se Irollaosekty, vbs. tl Ti. Sf 4. warn lowa Is bis
pealseeloa, sad be Aga UNA We °Wel peados al Ws
mew be bell speak hying • Not Ms lA.. s par et

keletworboatin for 4a., a marl for le. 61., a hat for
M. id.. gmmee fee hit hair. 4g., a pocket-book, 2t., sod
Ito illumws, la dd. Priam's, pleaded godly. It
appeared that minors to rine tato Kr. Nat% ser-
um be had beim employed by Mr. Leopeaa, &ad also
at the Barracks, at both el obtob places be bold a
good oh/wader. Mr. Deat geld primmer bad Imes a
eery good boy till this 00011111VIHM, aud reeommaoded
him to the mondial ameitleratioo of the Mort. The
lad wag matemed to two moot& Imprisommoot.

lowa four
foreigraArargilivarbitosi.bmwSociim:yblend, setalthshodthesadmf A.";
varserilidytlhish.a
that event, on Tburedey butt, by a tea meeting in
the British 001-room which was &red with
overgrew. sod Wooers (Or the oreion. After lies.
a =swag or boil, swim ea. Eesidancy at lb.
Rev. WWl.= Barra, of Cason The rev. aribrea
made a few prefatory rearm Mr. Matadi, the
moretaq, then put a raistentory bran of the
working of the wary. Doter' the 4/ years it had
hem established, 378 members hod bra woad ;
some bad withdrswe daring the time, but a greeter
ember had Jared the socier. The reosipte at
die stores for the flist five quarters amoantod to
zte2;32orbosoz.llB64,llaos.4e.p.id::sayi4o.s4i.isseforot:tbemaacaisastth.nos.ofeteoeidibimi.naoooad::hr;.isnsbapsaad:io:im3.7ourof6iorllbot:iwahwm-Beg.sa.fO
man. Mr. V. Peony, addressed the reties at some
leagtb, giving an 110001111 of the program and haw
roadie of op-operation in tbei North of gaper
It,. Smith, of Bristol, aid others spoke of Me
adulators of ea-operation. The Rev. W. Barnes ,
or& as.. remarks, aad intimated that he still had I
die good oraion of the society whir he formed at 1
its oomessecier ot. Voles of thinks were to '
the Rev. W. Barer, far presiding. sad to Irild
Penny for his Weber. Tha meeting was eancludad
by arias the doadogy.
011111110111% 00001 A. —Mr. Waller Fee &Livered
his popular leder. on " Christman it. odds and
wistome," on behalf of the Holy Trinity Lobed
&role, iset Friday evening. The aprons and in
eveq roped adable aohoollinocia was completely
filled on the sioaser. It is adore. that in Dr-
oner leodiree sad 'sierra...sets, be they never
no pod, are, as a rile, vary indifferently adored ;
thinfors, ere think, the premiers of so lug* to
amisely as that as Friday err& may be taken
as Wiens. that We people of Dorchester fed peat
Wrest ia dam roods, sad also as highly oomph-
▪ to the learned Wearer. The Rev. J. Faber,
oar escolleit reciter, presided. The choral Weeds
-
doss, whir formed a very interesting part of the
ware tastefully giro by an amateur
=lmitaderia44the direction of Mr. Boytao Smith. Greet
dee to this gentleman for the ability
ridl is
isplayed ía leading sad accompanying the
oboir, sad drake for die readier which be, '
as • prolemicoal musician, gratuitory under-
tusk that ardor. dry. Mr. Fisher. io Opining
the praiserioge, erpremed his great gratifies-
don at mown so narrow an widow and I
abated the order of the proar. By way of '
01111111110, a plaintiff% 10%, as a does, was
played by the talented brothers, Meass. Boor sad
Iltasy Smith. The high mown which then gee.
Stems. have attained both in London and the pro-
vinces, sod out in the (sr west, raised great ez•
peciations in the audience, and they were amply
verified. They played with that rare enormity of
feeling, which by a species of instead, seems to i
animate true mosidana when they are playing or
pinging togetbiar. The Enterer applause which
followed the performer was well earned. 11,.
Fyfe this 0001n11004 his haters. After a brief
reference to that woodrous sod joyous event, which
was tin redo° of We first earal by the ampls 1861'
years ago, he vividly sad humorously denoted Ws
osomols.r.ssdlog on Christmas morn, which is
se mach ia vogue to the north cd England, and in
maseetiou therewith referred to the great popularitE
in that dieter of um carol "Christians awake,
whir the choir than spiritedly erg. Tbe leotard
=tawith an ititrophe on the Christer
b mixture of faith, hope, and charity, with
sport, Nairn, and jollity ; after which ho described
mute of the carious dainties with which our fore-
know wen rat to ma* merry at that arson, sod
dissoareed right plierntly as the adorer of
Olinnuartide--the darratioss, the Christian,
wadi" sad the yule log, and their symbolical
He Wen noted die introduatiou agars
:6.44144 as aa broodier result of indulgers in
sad spoke of the Druidical oripo of the
mbehre "kissing bush," sod the superstitions cow
wooed with it. A very brief and bold outline of th•
warld's history up to. its grand terabit point--in
berth of Christ. was Wan given, and hi prooseded 10
Mats the nadir of No controversies which have
she. plass as to the pear date of our &doer's
birth, We origin of Christmas festivities, sod of the
nem. "card." Respooting the err of going about
en Christer. sr ragtag oared, he ascribed it to the
andest masks or days osfl.d "Hysteric." and
" Moralitre," and remarked that though the old
carols were sometimes simple to stupidity, and
sowerss familiar to offeneivener they were oar-
theism the natural tributes of err joy—map of
the grand revolution of bora destiny. He
narrated the !smogs loped of Joseph and Or Lair
as a ohantoteristio example of oar poetry in all its
uneespectiag simplicity of faith. He observed that
the snorer to be presented that evening resisted
of Nur kiode--the enoreastiosi, We popular, and
Ws &Wu% the two finit okra bsiag ssd.rstood to
be religious, and the letter secular. Sidra speci-
mens were given, each one of which We radar
prefer br as.. pertinent end intorearg renters
as its origin, sad the arcutostanoes under which it
was compard and rd. The wheie of the cards
as unlike in their melodist as the various per& ia
which they were reposed, mid presentiag p eerier
arra* to moire mesa --evidently &Win great
gratification to the arbor The most prang
or, to our mind was. "Tb. fizet Noel," &earthed in
the programme as "so oldest compoeure"—a reek
▪ inalody, with • quart little chorus. The solo
was sung by Mae Waldo. Fyie with correct dieria-
don, artistic and exquisite taste, sad was greeted
with a period storm of &poising ; the chorus we.
well sr arr. The ether sore, vis., that in "Th.
B.Aell head card." an ancient Osford procemiesale,
and "Th. Boar is dead" in Prinos Henry's Cbriet-
mas pre, wore vigorously given by Mr. Curds.
At the mmenaton, the Rey. J. Fisher required Mr.
Sidney Smith to favour Nis Andros with
• solo, as he was going to leave the town on the
lollogring dr. and his friers and admirer, in Dor-
chester wood probably mot hare the opportunity of
bearing him spin fee • long time. Mr. Birth at
bre paciefidly arated, sad was greeted with as
arbor of applinee. He erated a pros of his owe
composition, astitled " Golden Belle," and its par-
triage so altannei the audience that a peded
1' 01111 Cl ender arose at the cooclesion, end Mr.
Smith was constraused to give another performence.
A Stood of melody then swelled through Ow room,
and an beautiful sad tender drains of Mr. Smith's
well-known "Jd d'ean" followed, which is a charm-
ing piece, and was equally well appreciated with the
previous one. The Chairmas then tarred his own
thanks, and those of We managers of We schools,
sad 300 little arrest to Mr. Fyffe,
_for the very
berembal sod intending looters he bad delivered,
and asked tir artier to joie him in that well.
ruin oraphrot —as invitation whir was ro-
with the greatest wrath. Mr. Fiber
rikatot to
owidged the diaintereeted services of the
amateur choir sod Molars. Suites sad Sidney Smith
on the warm" Mr. Pyle expired the Orem
it bad afforded hireg the choir, and Mows.
Smith t• usinier, is bower small a degree,
le the planar. door an mounblage, end to aid
se ad& an lorries as the Holy Trinity War
Schools. In amelenion, he propped a vide of
thanks to In Alarms. The Maroc (Dr. Aldridge)
emended the motion, sad mid what peat pleasure
lee had cappreord in listring to Mr. Fyfit's
Ivetere, sad the choral illustrator whir had been
give., bad that he hoped this was bat the fireli of maay
sionihr primal windings Is the tows. The Bev.
J. Fisher said a her worth In eckaowledgment,
dasr whir the bimonthly dierreed. After de et dog
enadry exposer. £7 I& 6.1. will be headed over for
the brat of the latest fiehools.—.l.