The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

Mi. Blower, the Lite imperintendent of polioe for
Came division, has pot been presented with a handsome
testimonial on his leaving for Blandford, consisting of a
gold watch and marble timepiece, bearing the following
inscription :—"Testimonial of esteem and respect to
Mr. Supt. Brawn on his leaving Cunt Abbe. for Bland.
ford. Men, 1867." . .

BLANDIOMD halms' CLITI.—A lecture on "The
principles which should govern the application of
MAMMA to root crops." wee delivered on Saturday lad ,
before the members of the Slandford Farmers' Club,
by Mr. W. C. Spooner. The attendee°e was limited.
Mr. J. Ford presided, and at the close a unanimous
vote of thanks wu worded the lecturer, on the proposi-
tion of Kr. Fooks, seconded by Mr. C. Flower.
LOCAL %AID. —The meeting of this Board was held
on Wednesday. Four of the new members, Masers.
Darden, Johns, Park, and Abbott, attended and made
the declarations required by the Act. The reports of
the auditor and inspector of nuisanoes were read, and
the Clerk produced an estimate for • general district
rate, which was examined and approved of by the
Board, and an order was made for the Clerk to
proem the rile of Is. 31. in the pound. With refer.
mace to this we have been requested to state that the
additional 3d. in the C has been adopted so as to avoid
the necessity of applying to Government for • loan. At
the present time there is due to the treasurer about
£560, which has been untreated almost solely for per-
manent works. and to pay off this it is intended to
make the summer rate during the next three or four
yearn Is. 3d., the winter rate continuing as before Is, in

810 Douse Arnim—A goodly number of the
members of this corps met on the Down on Fnday Irk
to compete for the cops presented by the rantsin and
eipign, and also for the wooed competition to represent
the battalion at Wimbledon. The honour of hold,ng the
captain's cup for the next month fell to the lot of
Sergeant Groves, who scored 41, and of holding the
the ensign's to Corporal Ridontl; with • soon of 36,
The ranges were 200,500, and 600 yards, 5 shots mob.
Tbe following scores were made. Lieuteesnt Johns 30,
Sergeant Ileaden, 28; Bergsma Green. 4l • Corpor.l
Ridont, 36 ; Privates Groves, 32; Roe, 32; U,bt. 32;
Ridout, 26; Applin,'2l ; Gee% 24; Nesbitt, 22: Ware-
ham 19. ID the evening between 30 and 40 mustered
in the market-square for the colonel's inspection, and
mashed to Serpent-major Abbott, lleld, where they
had • espital drill for about an bear and • half._

LRCMS= ON TH11E1(110141 Or AMU/MIL —On Monday
evening a lecture was delivered in the Town-hall,
Blandford, by Mr. H. Powell. a convert from Romanian.,
and late of the Irbil Church Society, on. "The worship
of the Scapular by the Irish Roman Catholic* on Bt.
Patrick, mountain." The lecturer gave an ascount of
the peculiar superstitons of the Irish, with regard to I
St. Petrick's mountain. and exhibited • 'Scapular" which
he stated they regarded with feellop of reparation.
To it they attributed ths power of preserving them from
danger, and claimed that it was given by the Virgin
Mary to one of their pried, to memo's him in bin trials.
The lecturer, in no measured terms, condemned the prso-
tiee of ritualism in this country, mid stated that no so&
Idle eeremonies were to be seen in the Protestant
Church of Ireland. He then dessribed the treatment
I'. bad received from the Irish Roman Catholic* in
Bristol, when he exposed the errors of Romanian.. The
audience was but limited. On Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings the Town-hall was again occupied by
Mr. PowelL The subject on Tuesday was "The
Sacrifice of the Maas." Mr. B. Meaden pre-
sided. The room warn nearly filled, and the lecturer
was frequently cheered during the delivery of • 001110-
what animated lecture. The subject on Wednesday
was—" Priestly Absolution in the ConfessionaL" Mr.
Hobbs presided. The lecturer's arguments were olear
and very much to the point, and his whole address
was well calculated to arouse attention to this in.:
portent subject