St. Andrew's Church, West-street.-Rector, Rev. C. E. Shirley Woolmer, M.A., S. Andrew's Rectory, Lower-street. Service, Sunday morning, 11.0; afternoon, 3; evening, 6.30. Week Days, Wednesday, Friday, and Saints' Days at 11 am and 7 pm; other days, 8.30 am and 3 p m. Holy Communion, on the first Sunday in the month. Festivals, and Saints' Days after late Matins, and on all Sundays, Thursdays, and Festivals, at 8.0 am.

Congregational Chapel, Lower-streeet. Service, Sunday morning, 10.30; evening, 6.30; Thursday, 7 p m. Prayer meeting. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, first Sunday in the month, 3.80 Pastor, the Rev. J. T. Bartram.

Wesleyan Chapel, Union-row.—Service, Sunday morning, 10.30; evening, 6.30. Prayer meeting, Monday at 7 pm. Lecture. Wednesday at 7 pm.

Baptist Chapel, Nelson-street.Service, Sunday morning, 10.30; evening, 6.30. Prayer meeting, Monday at 7 pm. Lecture, Wednesday at 7 p.m. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Park-street-Service, Sunday morning, 10.45: evening, 6.30. Lecture, Thursday, at 7 p.m.; Prayer meeting, Friday, at 7 p.m.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Duke-street.-Rev. J. Scratton, M.A. Sunday, Mass (with sermon). at 10.30 a.m.; evening service at 6.30 (with sermon). Week-days, Mass at 8 a.m.

Old Assembly Rooms, Lower-street.-The Gospel is preached on] Sunday evening, at 6.30

Sholden Church.-Vicar, the Rev. W. Cobb. Service, Sunday morning, at 10.30; afternoon, 3

Malmer.

The district is now under the Local Board, the members of which are as follows:

Chairman: George Hurst Waters, Esq.

Edward St. Leger Cannon, Esq., William Dicey, Esq., Sidney Smith, Esq., H. Page, Esq., Arthur Smith, Esq., Messrs. James Ansell, Wm. Denne, E. Coleman, James Roche, R. W. Burnap, W. Cook, John Ferris, W. M. Ansell, T. Rose, Joshua Tinley, and F. Leith

Clerk: G. Mercer, Esq.

Medical Officer: Dr. R. S. Davey

Surveyor: Mr. G. Myhill

Inspector of Nuisances: Mr. J. B. Strong

Collector; Mr. J. J. Tinley

Churches.

St. Mary's Parish Church, Upper Walmer.-Vicar, the Rev. Alexander Ewing. Service, Sunday morning at 11; afternoon, 6.30. Prayers on Saints' days as 11. Holy Communion, first Sunday in the month, and on the greater festivals, at morning service; on Christmas Day, Easter Day, and WhitSunday, at 8.30 a m., in addition

St. Saviour's Church, Lower Walmer.-Service, Sunday morning_11; evening, 6.30. Prayers (and baptisms). Wednesdays, at 5 pm, Holy Communion, first Sunday in the month at 11 am; 3rd Sunday at 8.30 a.m., and on greater Festivals

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS

FOR 1874.

JANUARY,

Thursday, 1st: New light ship stationed on the Goodwin Sands. Tuesday, 6th: Waldershare Park Hunt meeting. Death of Lord de Ros.Wednesday 7th: Annual meeting of the congregation of the Pentside Baptist Chapel.-Thursday, 8th Annual supper to the Post Office employés.Friday, 9th: Unveiling of the statue of the Prince Consort at the Holborn Viaduct. Margate Quarter Sessions.-Saturday, 10th: The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Arthur left London, passing through Dover to attend the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh at St. Petersburg-Wednesday, 14th: Assault on the Duke of Cambridge by Capt. Maunsell in Pall Mall. -Thursday, 15th: The Duke of Edinburgh's wedding cake passed through Dover on its way to Russia. Resignation of the Rocordership of Dover by Sir W. H. Bodkin.-Friday, 16th: Death of the Siamese Twins.-Sunday, 18th: Wreck of the schooner William Jones at St. Margaret's Bay.-Monday, 19th Mr. Disraeli, the leader of the opposition, announced the meeting of Parliament for the 5th of February.-Tuesday, 20th: Before the Court of Exchequer sitting in banco the case of Dickeson v. Hilliard and Hare, and Robinson v. the same came before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Pigott and Pollock, on the motion of defendants for a new trial. Mr. Giffard, QC. for Hilliard, and Mr. Edward Clarke for Hare moved for a rule on three grounds: firstly, that the communication containing the alleged libel was privileged; secondly, rejection of evidence; and thirdly, that the damages were excessive. The Lord Chief Baron, with the other judges concurring, refused the rule, and also refused to allow an appeal.— Wednesday, 21st: The case of Austin v. Bucknell was heard at the County Court. The claim was for goods supplied to defendant's son, a minor. The Judge gave a verdict for defendant. Annual meeting of the Lords Day Observance Society at the Wellington Hall, Mr. C. J. Plumptre in the chair.-Thursday, 22nd: Suicide of Henry Patterson from the steam packet Breeze on the voyage from Calais to Dover. On the same day Ann Gillett, a woman of unsound mind, committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Oxenden-street. Resignation by Sir William Bodkin of the assistant judgeship of the Middlesex sessions. Entertainment to the aged inmates of the Dover Union in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh's marriage.-Friday, 23rd: Prosecution of George Toms, a publican, for having in his possession 2

ounces of smuggled tobacco snd also tobacco con taining ingredients forbidden by the revenue acts. Defendant was ordered to pay a fine of £25 in the first case and £5 in the second. Similar penalties were imposed in the cases of Mary Gooderson, Jane Poole, and John Tomlin. Marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, Sudden dissolution of Parliament and publication of Mr. Gladstone's address to the electors of Greenwich; Candidates for East Kent: Mr. E. L. Pemberton and Hon. G. W. Milles (Conservatives), and Sir Henry Tufton, (Liberal); for Dover Major Dickson and Mr. E. W. Barnett (Conservatives), and Messrs. Weguelin and Inderwick (Liberals).-Monday, 26th: Per formance at the Town Hall by the Dover Harmonic Union of Handel's Oratorio the Messiah, under the direction of Mr. W. H. Longhurst. Halfyearly rent audit of the Earl of Guildford.-Tuesday, 27th: Meeting at the Apollonian Hall, Major Crookes in the chair, when Major Dickson addressed his supporters, the utmost enthusiasm prevailing.-Friday, 30th: At the meeting of the Conservative electors at the Apollonian Hall the unexpected retirement of Mr. Barnett occasioned general surprise. Mr. C. K. Freshfield was adopted in his stead. The death of Livingstone made known in England.

FEBRUARY.

Thursday, 5th: Dover Election-Conservative victory; the voting was as follows:-Freshfield, 1595; Dickson, 1316; Weguelen, 1118; Inderwick 1062. Grand battle near Coomassie and capture of that city,-Friday, 6th: Meeting of the Conservative electors for the county at the Royal Oak Hotel, Major Dickson in the Chair, when addresses were delivered by Messrs. Pemberton and Milles. Death of Baron Meyer de Rothschild, M.P. for Hythe and Folkestone.-Monday, 9th: Fatal accident to Mr. J. Johnson, of New Bridge, who died at half-past eleven next morning, from the injuries he received in being thrown from a phæton belonging to Mr. J. G. Churchward; Mr. Newman, Mr. Churchward's bailiff, who was driving was also severely hurt. Death of Mr. Charles Mead, from an accident, whilst riding with Lord Guilford's hounds.-Tuesday, 10th: Marriage of Captain R. A. Livesay, R.E., to Rose, only daughter of J. G. Churchward, Esq., at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.-Wednesday, 11th: East Kent Election; the voting was as follows:-Milles (C), 5424; Pemberton (C), 5405; Tuften (L), 4308. Royal Artillery Ball at the Dover Castle. Thursday, 12th : Annual entertainment of the Dover National Schools, at the Wellington Hall. Annual meeting at Canterbury of the Diocesan Education Society. Death of Sir Francis Petitt Smith, formerly a farmer of Romney Marsh, the inventor of the screw propeller.-Saturday, 14th: Conservative banquet at the Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Mr. Gathorne Hardy in the chair. Monday, 16th: Fatal accident to George Stanley, goods guard, in the employ of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, at Teynham.Tuesday, 17th: Resignation by Mr. J. Hanvey, of the Captaincy of the 8th C.P.R.V.-Wednesday, 18th: Dover County Court; in the case of Nazer and Knocker v. Beer, judgment was given in favour of the plaintiffs.Friday, 20th: Resignation of the Premiership by Mr. Gladstone, and summoning of Mr. Disraeli to Windsor to assume that office.-Tuesday, 24th: Banquet at the Lord Warden Hotel, under the presidency of Earl Granville, to the Earl of Guilford, as Master of the East Kent Foxhounds.-Wednes day, 25th: Lecture at the Wellington Hall, by Dr. Cumming on the Con fessional. Billiard match at the Royal Oak Hotel, between W. Cook and Roberts jun., resulting in the triumph of Cook.-Saturday, 28th: End of the Tichborne Trial; defendant was found guilty on each count, and sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude.

Tuesday 3rd: Meeting of clergy at Canterbury Cathedral, Canon Riddell and Canon Puckle were elected proctors.-Wednesday, 4th: In the Court of Chancery, before the Lords Justices, a petition was presented by Mr. J. G. Churchward, formerly the contractor for the conveyance of mails between Dover and Calais, seeking the delivery and taxation of a bill of costs charged against him by Messrs. E. and W. Knocker, solicitors at Dover. The bill was dismissed with costs. Arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales in Dover. Thursday, 5th: Opening of the new Parliament by Commission, and re-election of Mr. Brand as Speaker of the House of Commons. Inquest at the Dover Castle on the body of John Williams, a private in the 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery, who committed suicide by shooting himself at the Shoulder of Mutton Battery. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity-Friday, 6th: Fatal fire at the premises of Mr. Holdstock, eating house keeper, of Biggin-street, a young man named Allen being suffocated. -Monday, 9th: Arrival in Dover of the Prince and Princess Teck and family. At the Maidstone Assize the case of Pope v. Beer, a claim for £100, was decided in favour of plaintiff. Pope was the landlord of the Princess Alice, of Dover, and defendant, a brewer at Canterbury-Tuesday, 10th: Ball at Apollonian Hall, given by Mr. J. R. S. Rambottom.-Thursday, 12th: At the meeting of the Managing Committee the report of the Superintendent on fatal fire in Biggin-street was received.-Monday, 16th: Annual meeting of the 8th C.P.R.V., at the Volunteer Institute, and supper at the Royal Oak Hotel, Captain Crundall in the chair. -Thursday, 19th: At the meeting of the Managing Committee a memorial was sent to the Treasury urging the injustice of Government property being exempt from rates. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the President's motion for alteration of the rules was thrown out by a large majority. Annual meeting of the Dover Hospital, the Mayor presiding. Conference at Dover between the Town Council and School Managers, upon the subject of increased school accommodation. Thursday, 26th: At the Managing Committee Mr. Hawksley's report on the water supply was discussed; Eventually it was ordered to stand over and the Surveyor was instructed to make a further report.-Death of Sir W. H. Bodkin-Monday, 30th: Dover Quarter Sessions; Mr. Poland was sworn in as Recorder.

APRIL.

Thursday, 2nd: Arrival in Dover of Sir Garnet Wolseley and Colonel Wood, V.C. (90th Regiment), from the Ashantee War.-Monday, 6th: Easter Monday Review at Dover.Wednesday, 8th: Opening of the Cinque Ports Poultry Show, which was held for two days in the Market Building.--Friday, 11th Serious fire in Dover, by which the workshops rented by Mr. Matthews from Mr. Crandall were entirely destroyed. Tuesday, 14th: Inquest at the Union Tavern on the body of William Robertson, a private in the 7th Fusiliers, who met his death by falling into the Pent. Inquest at the Union Tavern on the body of a child found concealed under a bed at the Lord Warden Hotel; a chambermaid named Harriet Hicknott was committed for trial on a charge of concealment of birth.-Wednesday, 15th: Annual meeting of Good Templars in the Temperance Hall. Amateur concert at the Wellington Hall, in aid of the Charlton Schools. Thursday, 16th-At the meeting of the Managing Committee the report of the Medical Officer of Health was read, showing the deathrate of the previous year to be 23.4 per 1,000. Death of Harriet, Countess of Guilford. Friday, 17th: First meeting of the new Board of Guardians; Mr. Steriker Finnis was re-elected Chairman.-Saturday, 18th: Publication in the

Dover Chronicle of Mr. Churchward's statement with regard to the suit Churchward v. Knocker.-Monday, 20th: At the Police-court the master of the vessel Mizpah was summoned for refusing to pay wages lawfully due to James Iverson, who had been engaged as mate on board.-Tuesday, 21st: Dinner at the Queen's Head to the Foresters and Oddfellows' Societies.-Wednesday, 22nd: Dover County Court; Mr. G. Russell took his seat as judge, in succession to the late Mr. W. C. Scott. Thursday, 23rd: Annual meeting of the 1st C.P.A.V., Lieut.-Colonel Court presiding. Inspection of the 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery by Sir Collingwood Dickson, K.C.B. Amalgamation of the Kent Administrative Battalion of Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers as the 5th East Kent Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Knocker, Sale at the Wellington Hall by Messrs. Worsfold and Hayward of the Wootton Court gallery of pictures.-Friday, 24th: Postponement of the Dover Harbour Bill. Saturday, 25th: Funeral of the Countess of Guilford.

MAY.

Monday, 4th: Marriage of the Earl of Guilford to Georgina, second daughter of the late Sir George Chetwynd, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly.Tuesday, 5th: Quarterly meeting of the Dover Town Council, and publication of the estimate for the ensuing year. The Borough Rate was fixed at 94d. Concert of the Harmonic Union at the Wellington Hall. Thursday, 7th: Entertainment at Waldershare by Major Dickson, M.P., to the members of his committee at the last Election.-Tuesday, 12th: Inquest at the Castle on the body of Benjamin Hinchcliffe, who died from falling from the cliff near Colton Tower.-Wednesday, 13th: Arrival of the Czar of Russia and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in Dover. They were received by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and an address was presented by the Mayor and Corporation.-Friday, 15th. Inquest on the body of a child, aged 15 months, who was burned to death through playing with lucifer matches.-Saturday, 16th: Home coming of the Earl and Countess of Guilford, after their honeymoon.-Tuesday, 19th: Supper to the Buckland parish choir at the Vicarage, as a farewell to Miss Catherine Fielding, the late organist.—Wednesday, 20th: Dover County Court. The case of Lukey v. Talby excited great interest. This was a claim for a sum of £6 for wines supplied by Messrs. Lukey, and consigned to defendant, a farmer and rate-collector, residing at Rushden, in Northamptonshire. Defendant produced a receipt in the handwriting of Mr. Druitt, clerk to plaintiffs, but it was shown that he had fabricated it with a former receipt and additions in his own handwriting. The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs, Monday, 25th: A preliminary meeting was held at Mr. Harvey's Clubroom with reference to the scheme for a bathing establishment, prepared by Messrs. Pain and Clark, architects.-Tuesday, 26th: Inquest on the body of Frederick Boldmann, a German gentleman, who killed himself at the Lord Warden Hotel. The Jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity."-Saturday, 30th: Celebration of the Queen's birthday in Dover. Review of the troops under the command of Major-General Sir Alfred Horsford, K. C.B.

JUNE.

Monday, 1st: Adjourned meeting at Mr. Harvey's club-room on the proposed Bathing Establishment. The scheme of Messrs. Pain and Clark was not adopted, it being considered far too extensive. Annual meeting of the "Peace and Harmony" Masonic Lodge. Tuesday, 2nd: Launching of the twin-ship Castalia from the slip of the Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding Company. Special meeting of the Town Council, when the order for the purchase of land for Pier improvement was confirmed.Thursday, 4th: Inquest at the Bull Inn, Buckland, on the body of William Mills. The Jury found that deceased