The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-12-05 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

IANG-20n the secretary also thanked the meeting for thel .kind manner in which they had shown their appre- • 'dation of his services. r "The trades and professions" were responded to ,by Mr. T. FFOORS and Mr. Lrrnx. "The Press" ' and "The Ladies" followed, and the meeting dispersed at about eight o'clock. We must not omit to mention that some glees mid , part-songs beautifully sung by some members of the Abbey choir, under the direction of Mr. Hodges, and a number of songs given by Messrs. Stokes (who ably filled the post of toastmaster), Card, Spong, dm, materially enlivened the proceedinga.  convicted a poi. leide in prison. MINI HUNDERD POUNDIS in bank notes were found sewed ar_in the waistcoat 9f TOUR Sven after his death. •Taz MARQUIS AND MARCRIONIZI OP LANSDOWNE I have arrived at Lassclowne House, Inom Bowood, TILE Prince and Prineess of Wales will visit the Farl and Countess of Leicester, at Holkbam hall, early ia January. Tat Victoria Crow Is to be conferred upon Capadi Hugh She. for his gallant siondnot at the skirmish near Nukumsru.  LTNDBACH the Swedish  clergyman, mmtiteid  THE banquet given by Sir Morton Pete, Bart, M.P., at New York, on the eve of his starting for &ghoul, edit 8,000 denary. PIIINOIB6 Helena of %gland, who is in her 80th year, is to be betrothed to Priam Christian, of Augur tenbiag, aged a.  Tat perfumery manufactory and warehouses of Pries and Gosnell, near Lombard-street, London, were raw by fire on Monday morning. 'Fry's MEN are in custody charged with the murder of Humphrey Taylor, the gamekeeper, in Surrey. Oseof them named Flint said it was • man named Skeet who 'shot the deceased, without any provocation. A VEIGHTTITL R&ILWAY AOOMINT happened at Wigan on Saturday evening. A Lancashire and Yorkshire train from Manchester was entering Wigan when it came in collision with • waggon which was being shunted. The carriages of the passenger train were thrown off the line and smashed. One gentleman was killed, and several others were seriously hurt.  EABL Boum ON Itaimmr.—On Tuesday a deputation from Bradford waited upon the Premier to asp the claims and cause of Reform. His lordship expremsed his belief that the time had come for • further admission' of the working classes to a share in the representation. He added, however, that, considering the great opposi. tion any bill might meet with, the Government would not think it wise to introduce one unless it was fully matured and grounded upon well ascertained facts.  Piutoroeves. The report of the Sr. at 56, ' Charlotte-street, Fitsropsquare, which appeared in the , Times and other morning papers of the 20th November, has led to the imprmlon that my manufacturing business is seriously Affected; will you allow me to say that such is not the case, Wo. 6 being but a branch establishment to No. 31, Charlotte-street, and that every workman burnt out is now in full work again in other parts of my premises.—C. Eleerprox, invertor of the compressed pianoforte, 31, Clutrlotte•street Ifitsreysquare, London, W.  ACOORDING to the Court Journal, the Queen will shortly resume, at load partially, the splendours of the English. Oourt, which have been in abeyance now for so long a period. On the 20th December, acoompanied by the young Prince and Prince/see, her Majesty leave• Windsor for Osborne, where she will again speed a quiet Christmas. But in January she is. to take up het abOde with the Royal family at Buckingham Palace, where extensive prepart&ons have been made for hey reception. Then the brilliant festivities of an English Court win, it is said, be resumed.