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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

SCHOOL isOARDS AND PRAYER.

The Perth lithool Bvard hal • lively docassion on
Wv.lnestav as • the m ietinge A:lmila be stoned
ith prtyrr. 03. m :mho* snit.oseted that the belt plan
oould be to pro In to 72.. Amodio, characterised the
Town Council Prayers as mere pieces of forrovlioo. and
said there arm tie prayer at parochial Inez& Ultimately
It ume resolved that prayer he adopted. teat that the
prayers do not exceed ftc. initiator in length.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

THE CONSERVATIVE CRY.

The Maturely has become so strong es to Tomah
unshaken in the period of revolution. beams. In tilos
century—owing to the long ilinsm of George IIL, the
retirement of George IV., the moderate capacity et
Willians IV., and Use good sense of Victoria to submitting
to the sound a oidanc• of Melbuorne. Pea, Russell,
Palmerston, Wellington, and other constitutional states-
men—there has been to crown partisanship. If the con-
tinuastos of tie Conservative. in atm la needful for the
security o( the Throne, the Monarchy is In a bad plight.
What balderdash the wirepuller+ of to. Carlton spout
It was under Liberal Administrations that the Monarchy
became most powder in the hest ..as. We regret that
the name of the Sovereign is used for party payposets, and
that Her Majesty is made to +peter a thick-and-thin
supporter of the Ministry. The Church will not survive
ea a State Etrtablisitment if It becomes the ally, or rather
the tool, of party wirepuller. As for Empire, we graut
that if the public covet. more territory—if the public ta
trilline to risk the substance In pursuit of the shadow—
the Liberals should not be supported. If the electors
inun their .ye • before they go to the poll, the cry of
" Beer and the Monarchy, the State Church and Imp irial
Olney," will excite derision, but will not win vote..
Piper*.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

KIL3OINII T. ANDREW.

"HI Blain' z.zasox."
"A lad had wooed a lassie dear
Through all the dead time of the year;
Yet ever, as he blushed and sighed,
' I love you sweet I' in silence died.
But when she rat, tirlth fading cheek,
And mused, ' He will not—will not speak t'
Her mother whispered,' Never fear ;
Hell tell you when the spring is here
Ah, May, she wanes the buds apart
On every shimmering spray,
And where's the led but opa• his heart
And wins his Yr in 14y
" Rosy and soft and debonair
Came May, with hawthorn in her hair;
And wind-swept corn and twinkling boughs
Where all a-thrill with true love vows,
Young bashful caught those warbled words.
And learnt • lesson from the birds ;
And ere the swallow spreads his wing
The lassie wore a wedding-ring.
" Ms, May, she woos, the buds apart
On every shimmering spray,
And where's the lad but opus his heart
And wins his laai in May I"
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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

REPORT OF TUC DIRECTORS.

'Your directors having received numeroua tenders for
the construction of the railway, have accepted that of
Messrs. Monk and Edward. It has been deemed
expedient to construct the junction pointing towards
Weymouth to give a direct through connection between
IVeymouth and Abbotsbury, the through run being
especially of importance for the summer traffic. Delays
have necessarily occurred in completing the preliminary
arrangemente for the purchase of lands, but the directorw
refer with satisfaction to the engineer's report annexed,
witting forth the progress which has already been made.
It is intended to Km forward the works with every
rapidity this summer, ea as to avoid all unnecessary lees in
interest OD expended capital. The future progress, how•
ever, will necessarily depend upon the amount of support
which the shareholdero and the public give to the under-
taking, and the directors would therefore earnestly
impress upon them the great desirability of completing
forthwith a line which they believe will at once be profit-
able to the shareholders and of great public advantage to
the neighbouring towns of Dorchester and Weymouth."
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

THS TERRIBLE CRIME IN THE UNITED
ETATS&

The rnma.Philadelphda ever...pendent write. i—Fivemen
was arrested on Friday afternoon, with his wife, awl
taken to Barnstable Gaol, Cape Cod, where the excitement
continuee He killed ligs child at daybreak on Thursday,
his wife assenting. and 'both praying before the murder.
Then he summoned an Advent meeting, which amembled
in the afternoon. He told them of the sacrifice he had
made and exhibited the body to the meetinf lie
endeavoured to keep the sacrifice • secret, but It was
disclosed. Then he drove every one from the house. On
Friday he conducted an incantation over the body
to Suny's resurrection After his arrest,
ririnrittri aets da
taken on the railway to gaol, he sang hymns
and declared be was a second Abraham obeying a divine
mandate His wife seconded him, and neither explored
anxiety aa to the future Freeman is • fanner in
moderate circtimstancee The body of his daughter has
been taken by the neighbours, who conducted the funeral.
Several Adventist!' at Ponied who attended the meeting
will be arrested aa accessorise Thus crime attract' great
attention throughout the country.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

A BRITISH IRONCLAD ASHORE.

A telegram received from Lloyd's agent at Shanghai,
dated llt am. Friday, states that the British ironclad
Iron Duke has gone mhore at Shanghai, and remains.
The Iron Ihike is • double vreir Iron ship, armour.
plated of &Log thsig and 4,21i4 borse-power. She carries 14
guns, and has a crew of 47 men. She is the flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral route, the commander on the China station,
and. commanded by Captain H. J. Cleveland. The Iron
th Duke is e vessel which ran into the vanguard and caused
the her davit inmclad on September 1, 'VI

TIIE CIICRCII AND TIIE WESLEYAN&
A curious correspondence has teased between Mr.
Laeshorn Burton, a Lincolnshire squire, and the Rev. S.
Macaulay, superintendent of the Wesleyan " circuit,"
which includes • village known as liaixEnderby. In this
happy villaze it appears that for many ream the
Vl'ealeyans have conducted divine service in • cottage
which belongs to Mr. Burton. Lately permiaaion to
continue the PCI-ViCe was refused, and the members of the
Wesleyan Society in the village are deprived of the
ministrations of the pastors who regularly visited them.
In reply to remonstrance from Mr. Macaulay, the
autocrat of liag.Enderby states that he prefers to have
none but Churchmen on hi. property. He informs Mr.
Macaulay that his Wesleyan tenants are "of little use to
him." and he loftily declines to enter into any further
explanation with Mr. Macaulay on the subject.
Incidentally he states that he hal placed the core,.-
in the hands of "my rector." The deacription
Is exact, inasmuch as it appears from the clergy list that
Mr. Burton is patron of the living of Hag-Enderby. The
village has a population of 56 souls, and the living is
valued at .012 per annum. The renuirkablo view which
Bishop Wordsworth takes of the Wesleyans hos., sops the
NencA,o4., Guardian, in publishing the correspondence,
Apparently some supporter.. in his diocese, and of these
Mr. Burton is one of the chief.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

THZ ZULU WAR.

ESCAPE FROM TEE ZULUS.

A late menage from Hamlin!' states that on the 16th •
scouting party found • man named Brinier. who had been
supposed to have besot killed at Z whistle. Ha reported
that hs was made prisores at that fight, and was seat to
Vtir. If Wig leg At. Fadhti, until 717 g ". "4
Ufl 410410.
attack on Colonel Wood'. ramp. Cotywayo thou sent him.
wider the guard of two tibut. to Umbalint • kraal. to be
mad Iced. On the road Creel sr killed one of his guards
and the other lad. On the morning of the lith • large
force of Zolul 'mated lb. place whole hew.. biding. They
were driving large numhere of r,ttle bolos* them, and
appeared to be going from nabbing to Undind Our
smite reported that Zbablane avows almost daterteds
and track@ of. very large numbs, of natives were men by
the party that twourht in (imolai% He estimates their
force at 10,000, and they are no doubt the laird who
attacked our amp.
Cserrftwa. April Id —Hanish brother of Citesravoi
with a few folbwers, has surrendered to the British
astkoritisa
Islam Satordar.—The statement is denied that 4000
riles for the Zulus bad been shipped at New York for
Wagon S.W.
The organiaation of the troops is been actively carried
es at Durban under Lord Chelmsford.
The 11111/4 from the Transvaal Is reeissuring. the attitude
of the Bosse having given no further cause for gum.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

NOTORIOUS SWINDLERS.

Vernon Montgomery and Ethel Vivian have been
sentenced, the one to five years penal servitude, the other
to twelve month,' hard labour. It ia to be hoped that the
recital of the manner in which these adroit avrlndlers have
for years lived upon the money extracted from the public,
by mesas of pathetic advertisements in the papers, will
open the eyes of thee. whose actions are governed rather
by their hearts than by their bead& By suffering them-
selves to he moved by stories whom accuracy they take no
means whatever to investigate, those well-meaning people
have enabled two swindlers to live in luxury for • time,
with the final result of a long term of punishment. Not
only has the money been worse than thrown away, but it
has absolutely encouraged these persons in continued
mime. Striking as the speed has been, however, we have
but little hope that the public will profit by it, and doubt
not that to-morrow others will be p6rin; successfully the
game which has been brought to & close In the caae of the
two pampas tried at the Central Criminal Court The
English public is singularly slow to learn. The instances
In which accounts have been ioubliahed of successful
swindles by what is known as the confidence trick are
Innumerable, and yet people appear as ready as ever to be
taken In by it hence we have no greet confidence that the
disclosures of the results of sending money to unknown
one who edvertise in the paper will check the flow of
benevolence into the pockets of swindler&
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

DORCHESTER SATURDAY'S CORN
MARKET.

At the Corn Exchange there was I large attendance,
and • @light itorreeemsnt In business, the condition of
the um*. on offer being better. Trade firm .1 Inll7
tai. pekes for wheat awl barley, earePtimg
buiey, of which there wu none co offer. The ofi
avenge for wheat last week was 4b. lOd. per qr. on
305 qrs., and 101 gra at Imola aviessed 34a LOU

DORCHESTER CATTLE MARKET—
SATURDAY.
There was • tarp attesdasce at kfr. Roads ground,
where a special feature was the sale of some superior
Dorset born raw. The first offered were 26 lin=
from Mr Hasty Mayo, of Ocher. Procne, the o
breeder cf hors sheep, and the following were amass
Um prime obtained 6, bought for Mr. Haney,
for 12; ge. :no. 8. by Major Orono, 13 ; 00. tby
Major Irons, 10 gr. ; no. 13, Mr. Haney, 13; ge,
M. Combat and Basel purchased at 8 go.; Mr.
Seamy, several at Si ; Mr. Dyke. at 6 ge. ; Mr.
Tooker, lot 34, 7 p. ; the not fetched from 5 go. to 6
is. each. Next were sold Mr. Paul's born ram lambs,
U from 3; rm. to 4 so.; Mr. fitiby's yearlines, at 5 go.
80 54 Ifs. Mr. Paul's hors ewes fetched 57e. to 615.,
and down wetber h sts, 42• to 46.. Hellen and calves
were in shorter supply, and .4 rather inferior quality,
Um beet were aa high am £22 Vit. medium from £l7 Is
£2310.., Oben from £l2 to £l6, and all were gold.
Of hemmers this. was a large supply, and the bed
fetched from £l4 to Ell 10a. esch, others from Ell to
Ell or £l4. Short supply of beef, at 13a, per soar.;
• good *apply of lamb and • quicker trade, best lambs
making from 40e. to 428 ed. ; °therefrom 33.. to 388. 641.;
short supply of fat mutton, at 9d. to Necl. In °ober
woos, of the cold dry weather trade was sot brisk;
bed eventually all wm sold.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

foto anti glints.

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I Captains of steamers should study the Ude-Uhl=
sod consult the Harbourmaster before they attempt
to navigate in a port with which they are not perfectly
acquainted. Wm haste may result in lass speed, and
they may be held ignominiously primers at the bar.
Sorry should I be to see Weymouth traffic driven to
the westward; but competition may teach some of
our companies that if they go too far a-field, while
they are trying to court the public of distant towns,
ihrY mar get turned out of tbsir home trade.

Betas the mouth at May is out, Weymouth'•
beloved member, hir. Hoary Edwards', is to give his
coomitueute some nomad instruotion. The host
ikesess,„L ha been to the lateet aoquisition
"I° Government, Cyprus, is foing
to lettere thence' at the Workbag Men's Club.
I expect to End that Mr. Edwards, like many
soother Liberal who was stirred to by
the at the Russian gmebelibbby
We time vend a still greater danger for new.
labour—th""boYfo. um, e 4 poop'. nearer home to spend their
whiatiefistla not.

When will Weymouth get rid of that etramil. ell I
ought to say. reeleeingt Ml* about Slag George
aver dam waver. Maim have Weymouthime heard
how the good KW west to me the hard-working
woman, and now the Lamm Hour Welt /pis One
cab • trill• 11•••7 OMNI el seed Mae Gems. comider.
leg how esidem Amege- ibis sows.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

flariceto.

BRISTOL, —Tiber- ease firmer tate in the
Merket lasglish wheat a small supply, and last week's
WON were fully maintained. Foreign was bold for rather
more money, and there was a freer inquiry. Barley
unaltered. oats were firmer at 3d. dearer—ln the cattle
market there was a largo supply of beef with a flagging
trade, at Ma to 70. per cwt for hod descris;:ms, and Oa
for Inferior. Only a moderate supply of , and fair
sale at St par lb. for choice wethm's (shorn) and rg
for own. Leah plentiful, and sold at Is. and Is, gd.
per. lb.
LIVERPOOL CORN, Fattier. —Although the attendance
was not large, a good amount of business was done in
wine* at prices favouring sellers. Flour steady gni In
moderste request. Beans and peas unchanged. Iniian
corn In moderate demand at firm rates.
SHEPTON MALLET, Faun,. —Wheat, Mis. to Its.
Berkey. Ma to 3fla ; Oats, gta to Ma ; Beana. Ma to tfie. ;
Pees, Ma to 46a ; Flour, 30a to 31&; Bread, 01. per Ilk
loaf. Beg, tis. 6d. to 1k par wore; Mutton. Id, to W-
pm ;Veal, M. to fit; Lamb, 121. Fat Pigs, lk to
1M 9d. pm some; Milk Butter. 12. to Its, per dos; Whey
ditto, l Eggs, ICI. per dos ; Pantries, Is, to Is. 4d. per
pack.
SALISBURY CORN, FRIDAY. The trade was firm for
both loutish and foreign wheat at full late values., but
Dot mach business wee done. Flour met a slow sale at
rates. The demand for oats ruled very dull
previous
other articles the tarried wee quiet, and prices were
unaltered.
HAW SATURDAT.—At our market to-day there was
mare vlty in the trade, and wheat advanced Pd, to It
mat c... Other grain dull. Flour firm, and in some
I. dearer.
OLOUCIESTER, SATITIDAT. —At to-day's market the
reapply at Reeds wheat was limited, and values wens
to la dearer. Foreign in fair request at a similar
advance. Melee and grinding barley the twit Windt
berm 70ata held firmly at full prima
TAUNTON, SATUan kr —There was a small attendance,
and trade generally wax firm at last week's pr.,. In
the best qualities of English wheat there was a slight
advance.
WARIIIINSTF.R. SAT, mut. —Wheat, Ms. to 47.;
Barley, Ina to its. ; oats. IS. to tia. Peas, 15. to file.;
Beans, 19. toil. ; Rye, Ma. tOM. ; ec to RI.
Barley and oats in short supply. and Is. dearer. Wheat
It to la advance on the prices of last weak.

CORK BITITER MARKET.
Ordinary: Firsts, ; SecoudA, k;M Thirds, 74a.;
Fourths, Ede ; Fifths, Ma.; Mild Cured: Firsts, 11.te ;
Seconds, 7i; Thirds, 81s. Number of firkins in the
market, 1,E7
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

RUSTY PEIRASZ&

" But when he Manta me with his goatstles of mme
InurtY Phrases of mine thirty or forty years ago, I mui
remind him that we had *temente then," en, en—Lord
! Baaconsrizu)en Ituiprocity.
Whoa Venus yields to ot her "pie* of anns'"
John Bull must ORD be Ow =al! faith °mu her;
Though from Berlin. instead of war s alarm.,
Somebody (who weal i) brought us " Poem with
Honour."
And mill we seek, by help of re.-aldr.
Of *high we are doomed to beer the cast and brunt
here,—
From dark Afghans, and not less dark Zulus,
That blamed boon, "A Scientific Frontier."
What Joy, when to the winds reporters seattee
Sneeehee en4ings at more show than quality,
That we may to scorn the "Idle chatter
Or--wes It I—' Irresponsible frivolity"!
So let us own, as fact*, hard ground •
Below the glare ofrhetoric's flrsworkblanee,•
We used not travel beck for thirty Years
To find what will me day be" musty phrases"

MR. BULL ON FREE TRADE.
The more I'm to two for my imports, the won.;
The Iva. why the better. of course, for my puma
Best of all 'twere to get them for nothing, no doubt—
And I couldn't lose money by doing without.
If I am do without them, perhaps lerould he well
Not to buy goods at all where in turn !can't sell.
Prohibition's mere thrift; I save all I don't spend,
Though I mayn't form my neighbour hie teetH to mend.
But suppose I can't do without this thing or that,
If I don t get it cheap 111 I can, I'm • at
Did I not let it into my porta duty free,
E'en Lord Bateman must own that • donkey I'd he.
He who sells me thingo cheap in so far does me good;
Though not doing so much sob. might if he would.
Because I can't get all I want of the man,
Fool, would have me mime to get all that I can
Trade free upon both sides beat. Trade free on one;
But by half if 'Us better, halfs better than norm
And who bat • simpleton e'er can ouppowe,
That for spiting my face I would bite off my nom t
MAY AND HER MINSTRELS.—A DIALOGUZ.
May to Pam& They tang the " merry mouth et HAY.'
Those utterer, of false notes I
Poona to Nay. And what did per dot
ley usPwweA. Up at coos.
And caught Mem by the threats I
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

THE WREATH.

It is new stated that Lord Bescoodield wifl Nines to
pitbicly receive Mr. Tracy Turnerdli'a golden wreath. in
which case it would have to be left ignominiously at the
Premier's front door, done up in a parcel, or perhaps aspit
through the book post "with care"—either way bring.
tame conclusion to *a deadest' and imposing a proj ct.
011 the other hand, it is quite easy tome that the Prenrer
must have merlons miagtviuge as to what would happen
were he to accord the man with the remarkable native a
public audience for the purpoae of receiving the country's
penny tribute. How can he be sure that Tracy will not.
In a moment of enthusiasm, dath forward and place
the wreath around his brows; or that, having done no, it
will not Pr.., aeveral sties too big, and fall ludirrouvly
about his neck I Even if this litter cordnoltiotpia did not
happen, the odds are that Turnerelli, in Lis nervous saita-
ti..n. woul.l not pint on the "national tribute quite
er.aight ; and we need scarcely say that a wreath wro
, askew gives to its wearer the recklesaly inebriated
appearance always sugseated by the bow of • white to.
when twisted round under • man's ear. A photograph
the Premier with the wreath tithe put on would, we verily
believe, go far towards reducing hie msjority at the next
election. At the best, than, the wreath is bound to he a
horrible nuisance, and we think pressure should even yet
be brought to bear on its eccentric promoter to melt it
down into • snug-box, or • candleetick, or • winning-pan,
or something of tho eort.—From Nowa.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

TIIE CHARD MURDER.

The Daily New says—" Murder does not. seem to le
regarded as of much consequence in the neighbourhood
of Chard. It seems that at • place called Knowle St..
Cites, in that locality, was • cottage containing up to tho
4th of March lest three inmates. The master of the house
was Samuel Churchill aged eighty-two. With him
his wife Catherine, and fifty, and her mother, who was
about ninety," deaf, and blind." A woman
named Elba Whatley had °Manion to pass this cottage on
the morning of the 4th of March in order to take her
husband his breakfast As she passed she heard • voice '
scresming " Murder!" and anoth, voice shouting "You
brute" Undisturbed by thee., slight interruptions, Mrs.
Whatley, like • well.minducted person, went on carrying
broad and butter to Mr. Whatley, and the inhabitant., of
Use cottage were left to continue their harmonious
intercourse. A quarter of an hour afterwards she ,
returned the mine way, and "heard the key turned in the ,
lock of the front door, but, for reasons which will readily ,
suggest themselves, no more cries of inurler. People
have of course • right to lock their own front doors,
and Mrs. Whatley would certainly be the not person
to interfere with them. So she proceeded on her
way, and the next event in this pleasing chain of
circumstances is that a (ow minutes afterwards
Mrs. Churchill started on a wale to Chard.
About half-past nine a little girl passed the
cottage and noticed • strong wnell of something burning.
Then at ten Mni. Churchill returned, and at dilf.past ten
she cause out of the cottage and "called to
Whatley to come in, became Samuel had fallen ?orrg
tire." Whatley went in, but it is unnecessary to
describe what he saw. That poor old Churchill was
horribly burnt was immediately obvious. Ilow he came to
le burnt, and whether burning was the sole cause of his
death, were the main questons for the jury which on
Tuesday at Taunton convicted Mrs. Churchill of wilful
murder. A billhook was found in the house, and marks
of blood on the prisoner's dress, and probably the Jury
came to the right conclusion The motive for the crime
seems to have been pecuniary, for the old man had some
property, which he had left to his wife's son, who was
also his, though horn before their marring. Mrs.
Churchill is supposed to have been afraid that he would
alter he will, and leave what he had to his slaughter by
his first wife, and to have taken time by the forelock- As
she does not personally benefit by the will, the interesting
question whether you gan better your testamentary
position in point of law by committing murder, which has
been raised in De Tourvilie's case, does not arise out of
this crime. What does arise is • mild astonishment at
the calm indifference, of which there have been
numberleis examples lately. characteristic of some of the
English people to the affairs of their neighbours. A man
may wallop his own nigger, and • wife may murder her
own husband, without much risk of OthCiOUlintrusion.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

ECHOES.

Echo waa seated on • wall at Fortnne'vwell the
other night when he overheard • very respectable
=say that a rnan's bare word cannot in th,:ss
at regarded as the asked truth.
Friend --v. generally goes into the bar shout 11
a.m. to liquor up. Of coulee it is always on the
Crof tensing the poor barmaid. That young lady
her way about, for when Mr. Snob is spending
his sixpence the kitchenumid is sent into the bar to
officiate. Snob does not like it a bit.

A certain party was going from Rodwell to Port-
land the other night by an evening train. He was the
only occupant of the mooed clams compartment U.
opened a l.ttir , thee gave his hat a thundering jerk
over bin taco, then be gave vent to moms very unholy
language, then he gnashed his teeth. and just an the
train sit= at the platform, and Jao,b's staff warn
to an official, he was heard to exclaim:
11°11 will he a good and devoted husband—l will keep
good hours, aad I will—yes, I will--eever, do it
again iii dki the other night, and almost break my
poor when heart l"

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Portland is both a mystery' and • nun•l• to °Hilly"'
individuals Ita Loner stand ehoulder to shoulder in
a kind of broken lhohasee—walting for the doctor
architect to come in. Bow of these fine days there
will be a general consumption and then, pity "the
powers that be " who have long ago been told of the
weakness of the chikl, which is now a very old one.

The (mare's'', r, Yee, that's the strain which
i• again riveting grangers to Portland. Strangers in
moving about the mystic Isle, are often strnelc with
the beanq yet dumb exterior of some of the public
=For inetawas, with the exception of the
tal Chun:eft Prlmkive Methtelist Chapel, eed
alea Oalwa 011oke. there it no outward or

visible sign as to what the other please of public)
worship are. If the various sections of Christie= at
Portlend are to be.. "WI.. =Serpents" they would
well to indicate outside their places of worthiP to
which rink in the immortal soldiery they beieel ; if
not stranger. might reasonably conclude that ell the
public buildings in Ni. Royal Manor baking to the
e+tshlishment. which, already has too many visitors
within its walls.

Great disappointment was felt on reading in the
Stu.lard of the Prin.!, 1 Wales bringing forward in
the House of Lords petitions in favour of "Marriage
with a deceased'. wife @sister." A private meeting was
hold on Monday near a cdal cellar I. Weymouth, to
depute a leading star to proceed to Loudon in orJer to
represent the views of Wernouthiaus on the subject,
but the venerable gentleman overslept himself, added
to which his epotlessly-white shirt had not boon
returned from the laundress, and so Weymouth bad
not the honour of doing the polite—yet it has its
King G .orge ever (Heisting in silence on the question
which is as old ma the hills he kooks upon.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL

During the week ending May Bth there have
been admitted :—lnpatients, 4 ; dincharged, 5; ma-
tt"admitted, 8; discharged, 16 ; emergencies, 2;
0 ; in-patients in the Hospital. 41 ; out-patients
on the book., 200; casualties, 18; accidents, 0.
Physician for the week, Dr. Lath; surgeon for the
week, Mr. A. Emma ; House,surgeon, Mr. J. A.
liessum.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

THR IRON AND STEEL TRADES.

Since the application of the discoveries of &wormer and
Siemens, the iron trade haa been literally paling the
ineffectual fires of its puddling furnace., end there has
been a continual growth of the steel trade. which et
present agents receiving a very great impube. Hitherto
the steel trade has been carried on under diffleultim.—
difficulties chiefly ariaing from the limited area in which
°rustic for use in the steel manufacture have been found
In England. but theee difficulties are now vanishing. and
the ago of steel seems drawing near very feet now. There
bare been for years attempta to utilise Iron nada from
pbosphorrus ores in the steel manufacture; these were
ktriern to be scientifically successful, and it is now stated
on authority that one of the ',teat is also commercially
sunward ul ; so !bat the metallurgical problem of the age
is fairly solved. The meat striking feature in the recent
history of the iron and .teel trades I. the great cheapening
of the coot of production. Not only be, this been the calm
in one. but in nearly every branch. Henceforward, if all
It true that I. claimed for recent proaeses, we may look
to on enlargement of the area from which orm are drawn
in Krurland for the purposes of the steel manufacturn, sad
to • felling off in the demand for foreign orea —Builder.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

DORSET VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION.

The annual genera meeting wee held on fkaturdap after-
noon leak at the head-quarters of the Ird Dorset Itile
Volunteers, in order to receive mad pus the SCO3IIIIOII for
the year ; to All up vamocies in the Council ; to a .„:la
secretary, èø. Among those present were—Golowel
°seta. and Adjutant Harmer. Captain Hodge.Q
D.R.V.), Lieu_ ta J. Williams Andr•lVi. haw see., pre
tau, 80.5-Sergeant Osmond, etc.
Culoriel Mutsu remark then Is not the same Interest
taken in the shooting as there used to be. In Scotland
we a birger number o/ Mooting or.. ; but here very few
civilians shoot with the volantsera The volunteer move-
ment had been successful In this county as in most of
those around, and the swore is greatly traceable to the
shooting.
The accounta were presented, and Captain HODOII
remarked the balance against the aasociation Is £7 8.. 7d.
The camp fund account has been handed to the
Adjutant.
The account. were passed.
It was agreed that the list of the Council be romodelled,
and the secretary to requested to write to this. gentlemen
who would be willing to MI up the vacancim
Mr. R. Williams., Inn., was elected hoc. treasurer, end
Lent. Williams Andrews, who haa been acting pro tent,
was elected bon. secretary • the latter gentlemsn it being
understood. Is to have aestetance in doing the work, and
for the aselatence £lO Is to be allows& the amount to be
increased if the funds and the work Mcrae&
TILONCWILT.
. . .

83coe dlseatlid entice is felt amongst the volunteers at
the Y being allowed to shoot in competition B.
Lest year the emaciation only got Lord Calmest's £lO, sad
It was argued—" Why should the Yeomanry shoot for our
La time... ruiner...l We, 000 &mays treated the
Yeomanry ae Volunteer,; but
Adjutant HARNLIL pointed out that there are mounted
Volunteers, but the Yeomanry do not belong toast clam.
It appeared that the Yeomanry 'hoot at these competi-
tion. with the gime w as the Volunteers, and ft
was asked how It would be to let the Yeomanry shoot
with their regimental weapon. t (A laugh.)
0010041 i id 4.141. : Considering that the Yeomanry have
a.swate prim in Competition It the committee think it
advf.sbl, to strike them out of Citupetillon B.
This was agreed to, Captain Homes remarking that if
a yeoman happened to be first in tlocupetttion It, ha could
not take the bronze medal of the Nationel Rifle Associa-
tion, and castesepontly could not shoot for the Prince of
Walee's prim, at Wimbledon.

TIM CA

Adjutant WILIUMIL rek.l that the War Office had
written to mak bow snarly they would titre if the battalion
went to Aldwahot and he had replied—MA all told. If
they went tri AUlovhot, the date. given were rather
awkward—the ZBEIx June and the Sth July—rather too
early fee aueicultural place. where. this your, they might
b. sewn. In hay about that time. The men would much
peeler view to Aldershot; but If they did not, they would
go to Burton Brailstock on the hit August.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13

PATH TO RADIPOLZ.
To tho Editor.

Str,—.93 much has been mid and written about the fight
of way to It dipole that I desire to know which lithe real
right of way, and sepecisdly MOM the G. W.A. has blocked
the higher end. I think the duty of the avi.s. when
they fleet laid down the line was to ham built • bridge
over, which would have kept the way Even. I am in-
formed long before the line wag made the people need Loamy
their dead this way, and this, if it can be proved, will
most certainly establish a right of way which no one can
stop. (lea any elderly inhabitant of &dipole inform me
the road on which the dead were waned I think if you
can re-open it, it will no doubt have to pies through some
drawing-room. So look out. Railipole, the right of way
shall be 'paned once more, never to be blocked.
Yours truly,
BILIGHTLIDZ.