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Doric, the utmost moderation and magnanimity ; and the de- 

 Dorking, creg O f the senate against the conspirators, was not 

 """"Y""' more severe than the support of the government ren- 

 dered necessary. Notwithstanding his advanced age, 

 he took the command of the fleet in several voyages, 

 which the measures of the emperor rendered necessary ; 

 and particularly escorted his eldest son Philip in 1548 

 from Spain to Italy by way of Genoa. About this time 

 he was created, by his imperial master, Prince of Mel- 

 phi ; and continued, to the last moment of his life, with 

 the greatest ability and success, to support, both by 

 sea and land, the prosperity of his native city. He 

 died in the year 1560, with the reputation of the most 

 experienced naval officer, and the most incorruptible 

 patriot of liis age. The Genoese continue to this day 

 to reverence his memory ; and both in their public mo- 

 numents and the writings of their historians, he holds 

 tilt- honourable title of" the father of his country, and 

 the restorer of its liberty." See Sigonii Vila Doria, 

 Modern L'nii: Hist. vol. xxviii. p. 4-62, 474; Robertson's 

 Hist, of Charles V. vol. iii. p. 19. 370. (g) 



DORIC ORDER. See CIVIL ARCHITECTURE, Vol. II. 

 p. 600. 



DORKING, a market town of England, in the coun- 

 ty of Surry, and hundred of Dorking, is situated near 

 the river Mole in a sandy vale, sheltered on the north 

 by the ridge of chalky down which runs across the 

 county. The town consists of three streets, the east, 

 the west, and the south, which are tolerably clean, and 

 are well watered with springs. Most of the houses 

 are built on the side of a hill, which consists of a soft 

 sandstone, excavated in many places into cellars. 

 The church, dedicated to St Martin, is 127 feet long, 

 and consists of a nave with north and south aisles, a 

 chancel, and a low embattled tower, containing eight 

 bells with a clock and chimes. The breadth of the 

 nave and aisles is 53 feet, and that of the chancel 19^. 

 The body of the church is built of the stone and flints 

 of the county, and the upper part of the tower of squa- 

 red stone or chalk. The Roman road from Arundel to 

 Dorking, is said to have been often discovered by those 

 who were employed in digging the graves. There is 

 at Dorking a work-house, and some alms houses, on a 

 pleasant little heath called Colman Dean. The town- 

 hall stands in the middle of the High-street. There 

 are several corn-mills in the neighbourhood of Dorking, 

 and linen is manufactured to a considerable extent. 

 There is a well-supplied weekly market every Thurs- 

 day, and an annual fair on the eve and day of the Feast 

 of the Ascension. This town has been long celebrated 

 for a kind of fowls with five claws, called Dorking 

 fowls, which are bred and fattened in great quantities, 

 and sent to the London market. One kind is perfectly 

 white, and another of a partridge colour. Numerous 

 mansions and villas are erected in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of the town, on account of the magnificent 

 views which it commands. 



The following is an abstract of the population re- 

 turn for 1811. 



Number of inhabited houses 589 



Number of families 641 



Do. employed in agriculture 219 



Do. employed in trade and manufacture ... 215 



Males 1594 



Females 1665 



Total population in 181 1 . . . 3259 

 See Manning's History and Antiquitiet of the County 



General 

 'aspect. 



of Surry, continued by William Bray, Esq. and Sho- Dornorft 



berl's Beauties of Erie/and and Wales, vol. xiv. p. 155. II 

 , m \ Dorsetshire. 



DORNOCK. See SUTHERLAND. * Y- 



DORONICUM, a genus of plants of the olass Syn- 

 genesia, and order Polygamia Superflua. See BOTANY, 

 p. 300. 



DORSETSHIRE is a maritime county, lying in the 

 south of England, between 50 30' and 51 6' north la- 

 titude, and 1 58' and 3 18' west longitude. Its form Form, 

 is irregular on all sides. On its long northern side, it 

 has a great angular projection in the middle ; and its 

 sea coast runs out into points and headlands. If mea- 

 sured across the centre of it from north to south, it 

 stretches about 36 miles ; and from east to west it is ra- 

 ther more than 50 miles. Towards the south-west cor- 

 ner, a small portion of it is cut off and surrounded by 

 Devonshire ; and, on the other hand, a small part of 

 Somersetshire is inclosed in Dorsetshire. This county Boundaries, 

 is bounded on the north and north-east by Wiltshire ; 

 on the north-west by Somersetshire, from which, for a 

 little way, it is divided by the river Yco; on the east 

 by Hampshire ; on the west by Devonshire ; and on 

 the south by the British Channel. The northern parts, 

 especially on the borders of Wiltshire, are in general" 

 level ; and on the north-east corner a considerable fo- 

 rest formerly existed, which still retains the name of 

 Cranborn Chace. A ridge of lofty chalk hills runs a- 

 cross the middle, nearly to where the county joins De- 

 vonshire. The part bordering on Somersetshire is beau- 

 tifully varied in surface, and presents many extensive 

 and rich vallies. That part of Dorsetshire which lies 

 next Hampshire, is a dreary barren heath, which like- 

 wise stretches along the coast for a considerable way. 



In point of size, Dorsetshire, when compared with Extent 

 the other counties of England, may be deemed rather 

 large. It is said from the best authority, to contain of 

 arable land 153,588 acres; pasture land 169,031 ; mea- 

 dow 78,628 ; commons 26,916; downs 31,272 ; heath 

 land 29,979 ; woods 12,755 ; copse 2779 ; plantations 

 2620 ; waste 1586 ; to which must be added for rivers, 

 water courses, roads, land occupied by towns, farm build- 

 ings, &c. 8000 acres: makingon the whole 5 12, 154 acres. 

 It is divided into divisions, hundreds, boroughs, liber- Divisions, 

 ties, and tithings. There are 9 divisions : Blandford 

 North, or Blandford ; Blandford South, or Wareham ; 

 Bridport, or Beaminster ; Cerne ; Dorchester ; Shas- 

 ton East, or Wimborne ; Shaston West, or Shaftsbury ; 

 Sturminster ; and Sherborne. The division of Bland- 

 ford North comprises three hundreds, one borough, 

 (Blandford Forum,) one liberty, and 32 tithings. The Blandford. 

 land rate at 4s. in the pound, amounts to L.2138, 6s. 

 6d. and when a single county rate is raised, the sum 

 paid out of the poor's rate amounts to L.32, 1 7s. 8d. The 

 division of Wareham contains five hundreds, two bo- Wareham, 

 roughs, (Corfe Castle, and Wareham,) three liberties, 

 and 64 tithings. The land rate amounts to L.3308, 

 1 3s. 7d. and the sum paid out of the poor's rate to L. 43, 

 16s. 6d. The division of Bridport contains five hun- 

 dreds, two boroughs, (Bridport, and Lyme Regis,) four Bridport. 

 liberties, and 68 tithings. The land rate amounts to 

 L.6I17, 3s. lid. and the sum paid out of the poor's rate 

 to L.99, 16s. l^_d. In the division of Cerne, or the 

 subdivision, as it is sometimes called, there are three 

 hundreds, three liberties, and 34 tithings. It contains 

 no borough town. The land rate amounts to L.2562, 

 Is. lOd. and the sum paid out of the poor's rate to L.42, 

 14s. The division of Dorchester comprises five hun- Dorchester, 

 dreds, two boroughs (Dorchester, and Weymouth and 



Cerne. 



