The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-11-03 00:00:00

THIE LICISNSINU QUISI lON.

A SouthNirt correspondent wrot to Lord
Salisbury :-•" My Lord, —I olsierve from their le-
vet...l speeches that Lord Ifortington anildir William
llarceirt place a different ceintritetion insist the
portion of your Loniship's address at Newport which
relates to the subject 11 pultlic•house licensee than I
think it hews. May I ask, therefore, if the following
iv a correct representation of your Lordship's views ?
I.—That the closing or wit of public-newt...ion Sunday
may he decided by luctl authorities. 2.—That the
abotolute power of granting awl nifissing homiest now
vested in the magistrates, may be transferred to local
authorities. 3.—That you are oppasiell to the ques-
tion of ' license' or ' nil being decided by the
direct vote of the ratep.ayent ; and 4.—That although
the magjaaratm may moW M(11140 a been*, without
compennitien, you wotdd itepose upon
.locai authori-
ties the obligate's' to mike compensation in such a
cur.." Ph.. Prime Minister's reply is as :
" Hatfield, October 28, Itels.—Sir,—l am ilinered
Lord Salisbury to acknowl.shre the receipt of your
letter of the 24th inst. on the subject of the views
este-nosed by him at Newport with regard fio the
liOi`nCell Of PUbliCihinnien, and I AM to state to you
that his Lordship coutiiiler4 that you have correctly
gathered his ',Niteroi meaning, though he is not sure
of the exact WOPII4.—I am, Sir, your olexliont servant
"Aroma H. Iloatnnure"
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.
Lady Randolph ffluirchill on Friday oftern.win at.
tended a meeting in Ihr ~, i ~ gluten, cent ...psi by the
liurnal,y If ahitatein Prituree• League, to establish a
Ihtmes' Habitation of the longue. There ww, a 'erg,.
attendance of ladies. Lord Randolph Churchill hail
been announcsl to be pnweit, hut was unable to leave
tewn in time fir the fixity Randolph Chiar.
chill thanked the ladiee awl gentlemen present for ~,,
kindly atten ling to ittauguratt a Dames' Halkatien
of the Primrose feentne in Birmingham. There we,,
not the slightest doubt that belies could have great
influence in 'militias if they only chose till exert it, and
ehe trusted that the ladies of lliratinghom would not
other ladies itf linglanil, Who had done all
thy cou!di tO help on the g'sel MUM.. (AliPinin...)
Ntri OecxckSinith delivensf an explanatory address,
anti at the termination of the prinwedings is largo
numlwr of ladies were ennilled aa triotnlyurd of the
Lague.

MESSRS. CASSIILL, ANL Ou.'S PUBLIOATIONS.

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The November number of this magnificent art
publication commences a now volum,.. It is a g!.(.1
kPecimen of this unique production, and gavial
promise of a good volume. The frontispiece is an
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the Brunswick gallery, "Cascade with the Watch
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painting. There is an interestirig paper boi the works
of Mr. J. W. Waterhouse, with enverna illustrations
of this famous Acadinnocian's work*. "Art in Egypt,"
" American lhlvitrwork," "Thu Lower Ifixlway,"
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advance art literature has made of late years, which
the Are Alago:ine, as the popular and repreaeutative
publication of this class, exhibits.

Professor Eber's work proceeds Mlle,. Part
VII. shows no (anima in that 4andarii .1 excellence
which we noticed in Part T. and sulwequent portions.
Nlemphis and the Pyramid, form the subject of the
whole of the prestug part, the ruins"( Chufreet funning
the ettlkinet ohi the frontispiece. We minuet fail again
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This should he a 'similar work. Thu content, are
Judiciously *elected, the extracts being id the inieit
diversified character. In this part we have an extract
from Charlie' Remle's " Ifard Cash," Ityron's The
Prisoner of Chinon," "Check to be a Burglar," from
Itlanville Penn's priilifiz pun, Tout llowfd " Dream el
Eugene APARI," and oilier!.

THU QUI VRIII,
This popular and over welcome myraxins com-
mences this month a new part. N.or tales are coin-
IherluNd--"Ttitt Heir of Sandford Towers." and
"(Slyer tem.rt.et's 11farl," an I there Are first instal.
meets of 11'11114 to sl pur.rs hy well-known writers.
Dr. Anne* Murhant) onntrilintea • now settintr of
th., woi.know.l hymn 'Praise illy soul," and there
ar,l other avially Attractive features.

At Ilalifax on Friday a traction engine attached to
a Ileavy boiler WM being taken up llid..y.hill, when it
lngan to run lnckwar.lm down hill. The engine,
it did niuuhrlatikage, and the man who accompaniisl it
was greatly injured—it is feared fatally. A gontln-
man lad flea leg badly crushed, and it will have to
be amputated. The boiler fell from jim waggon, and
knocked down the boundary wall of a sch.s;l,
A letter carrier having written to Yr. Chamberlain,
a miplaining if the of a circular by the
muter-General, imdlibiting Post•ogice servants trim
taking all active 'art in tile vluctiont, ham received a
replied that "Although there are g.srd many and good
reamms for requiring persona holding nsiponeitile
timia undm the State to abstain (nen active interven-
tion in politic% Yr. Chamberlain thinks it is
altogether unnecesei.ary to pry's the application
of such a rule so far as to prevent letter carriers
and other. front taking Part In political °manias-
tiona."