The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-08 00:00:00

THE IRISH ORLIBOR BILL.

Between 130 and 140 noble lords assembled at the
Duke of Ill•rlborough's on Saturday afternoon, to con.
Oder what shall be done with the Irish Cherish Bill
when it wines before the peers for mooed reading ntzt
Mooday. By a majority of over a hundred, says the
Tiots, it was resolved to ',jest the Bill, and the
Stando,d contemplates that the seeond resAling will be
defeated bye majority of seventy, and proceeds " Notonly
the church, but every institution dear to Englishmen
In now at stake. The Lords have resolved to risk all
upon • contest with an imperious Minister and an over.
bearing majority of the Commons. If they are
crushed, out only the Church but the Constitution
falls w•tb then."

ART UNION OF GIIRAT BNITAIN.—In our advertiai-
columns will be found the announmasent of the nine
teenth drawing of this now popular Art Union, which
will take place in Manchester, on the 30th instant. The
committee have selected, as their first prise, s painting
of great artistic merit, by Wm. Henry }llk, Esq.,
entitled The Noble Wife," rains £l5O. The story of
the picture is taken from The ihmaaftee of the Peerage,
and relates to tho vicissitudes of the Douglas family.
Vary wish against the wishes of her friends, Lady Jane
Douglas married • Mr. Stewart, a gentleman who,
though posassing considerable attaioznanta, did not
bear an altogether irreproachable character. Mr. Stewart
and his lady wife resided on the continent until after
the birth f two children, when, returning to England,
Mr. Stewart was arrested for debt, and thrown into the
King's Beech Prison. Deism ted by all her friend., and
Being in en age when there were few opportunities for
female self-support, Lady Jane rented a garret in •
house at Chelsea, where ahe was ecimpelled to dispose of
her jiwellery, wedding garmente, and, in feet, all her
personal property, in order to malotein herself and
children in their seclusion, and her husband during his
Imprisonment. It is id this =fortunate period oilier
history, that Mr. Fisk has very vividly depicted Lady
Jane on his canvas as the "Noble Wife." Seated in •
earner of the garret, agaiu•t • chest metalling the few
belongings of her better days, and with her two children
et
her feet, Lady Jane ham just been visited by • dealer
In second-hand clothes and his dishonest satistant.
With mud-spattered boots and ragged coat—and profit•
log by the experiences of previous visite—the old dealer
earelesely lolls on a chair In the centre of tbe group,
feeling himeelf thoroughly master of the situation,
whilst his assistant holds up at arm's length the
costly bride' dress of the unfortunate lady, as much to
semen his act of theft, as to exhibit the commodity to
to his employer. The mournful expression of the lady's
faee as she holds out her band to receive the paltry
offer of the dealer—the evident inward chuckle which
the old man is enjoying La he gloats over his
anticipated profits—the leer of his rascally helper, as he
crams the cembrio handkerehief into his already filled
pocket—the position of the children, sod the arrange-
ment of the whole group, have been effected by Mx.
Yak In a most masterly manila. The committee of
the Art Union have had this minting photographed by
Yr. }lapsed, of Finohley. It is an excellent replica in
inlniaturo. A copy of It will be presented to each
purchaser of twenty tickets, and form a ptomains
souvenir to those who may not be fonunate enough to
win the orignal painting. The lengthy notise which we
have given of this beautiful picture, and the demised or.
our specie, prevents us referring to the other prime,
partisan= of which will, however, be fount in the list
of prises, whirs!), together with Tickets, One Shilling
each, may be obtained from the grants whose names will
be found appended to the edvertisament.

WATERLOO WINK STORES, WATERLOO
TERNINITS, LONDON, B.
WH. CLARK and Co. bag to admit, and
olAilsiMilYarreraTirs!d, the following Waded lid

Per dorm.
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Ikandy(bottlod inFranos) 48 54 60
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Mowry lB 36 49 48
Port 24 30 36 40 46 54 60
Marsala (Florio's or log
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