The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-25 00:00:00

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Tee POwril Or TIII Itirti.—Nfajer General New,H-
ole, who bad been the guest of the Berl of Dart-
mouth, last week distributed the priz-e to Lord
Dartmouth'eomtpany of Volunteers a' ratsbullhall,
near Bridgnoith. Staffordahire. He cold he had been
mere than ever convinced lately of the power of the
rifle with which our Army we. now arened when it
wee in the bands of thee who knew how to nem It. It
was often said that in the came of invadon the Volun-
teers would form • second line in an engagement; but
If he were commanding a force under such circun.
stances, and had under him a certain number of
Volunt-er battalions on wiviin he could depend, he
warn quite sure he should not keep them in a sec.nd
line, but he should give them their chance of itie'
=ng themselves just as he should their m,rstilren
lulu Army. He need the term "battalion.
on whom he ooulii depend," becalms° he could not too
strongly impress upon them the importance of fire
discipline. lie particularly disliked independent
firing in action. After • few rounds had been fired the
smoke was 50 great that the men could not see what
they Wef t firing at. The enemy's bullets were drop-
ping in, knocking over one man and another, and the
effect was to make them fire harder and harder with-
out taking aim, and such fire wen of no we. Men cot
demoralieel and it was impossible to stop them until
their ammunition wed exhausted. He recommended
Volunteer', therefore, to practise vollev-firing, if “sly
In half-dozen.. for no firing was so effective as that
under word of command. At the battle of Ulunli
5,000 men formed a square, with the cavalry, ammuni•
Una Wagoal. &C., in the centre, the outside men being
two deep on their knees, and behind them other ranks
of two deep standing. The standing ranks were firing
volleys, and all the ammunition expended wWI not
seven rounds per man during the whole engsgenteid,
which lasted over half an hour. They hal 63 men
killed and wounded, but they [spelled the whole of
the Zulu army.

TILE GREAT NATIONAL POULTRY AND PIGEON
BROW.

CaSi ifloll or SWINI Fren.-11% Supt. Batty on
Battu lay r ported that cntein premises at Ably ge. '
bury which ha I he-n &el wed infected had been free
fr 23 d tys, and the in agiatrates, me sn'.-c.arnittee of
Q tarter umelone, declared the aame non.infecte I.
OUR LAJW LSD OUR FoOD SCPPLILR —lf our menu•
factoring supremacy Is being nnudiod—ln'l it t,
evident that whilst other nations are developing their
Internal resources we cannot hope to manufacture for
them—if that supremacy is being entailed, and im•
pediments are placed in the way of the entry of our
goods Into other nations, our policy is t lemon our
dependence upon these nations by increasing our food
productions. II on land were fully moulded this need
be lees urged ; but it is notorious that there are
hundreds of thous ands of acres untitled and unnti-
bead ; and that a not Inoonsider.bls portion of the
land under ruttiest on le far foga rstorning that
aurnutt of the "kindly fruits of the earth " that it
wont' do if the proper amount of capital and labour
I were "put into the land." More than hall a century
ago Cobbett punted out in nervous sent ones how the
land might he made to yiclJ mire; and much nearer
our own time Mios Mertineett has told bow her
"miniature farming "- by "fork and spade hus-
hendry "—psi bar, and " created a sobabtence for
, a labourer and his wife." Not only in this tfiinisture
method, hut as Mr. Mechi bag Pholre on a larger
scale, may farming with modern applianore be made
profitable. We need not diem', the land quesdon
proper, nor the need of readier and cheaper method.s
of transfer; but it may be added that even where the
condition of the tenant as a ch I. satisfactory, the
land is often not MOO to yield what it should, and
Incidental aids to profitable farming are not brought
into use.- Builder. _ _ _ . _

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COMITT PITTI 82N810116, Saturday : —Before 11.
Pearce, Esq, G. Warty, Earl., A. Hansel, Esq., G.
W. Flom, Esq., aud H. Williams, jun., Esq.
RATS PURLISHICD Too EAILT. Mr. Boma, of
Roger's Hill, was summoned by Mr. T. A. Homer, of
Tolpuddle, waywarden, for highway rate made July,
1879. —Mr. Homer could not tell when the rate was
published on the church door. his son and Mr. Crane
mans phi that, bur it was before the 41 July.—Mr.
Symonds said if that were so. tho rate wee not good;
at present was proved no authority of the magistrates
to make a rate at all. Mr. Homer was quite sure the
publication w a before the 4th ; but Mr. Symonds said
then he mint be out of Court—Mr. Homer returned
then there mu.t be another rate made. Could the case
be adjourned ?-sdr. Weston urged Mr. Homer bad
put himself completely out of Court ; time rate was bad.
—Mr. itymonde suggested that Mr. Homer was
wham not seneible of the .I*a of what he had said;
U the notion had been proved, and all formalities
complied with, the work of th . magistrates would only
be minieteriaL--Case dismined. _

FIAZWOILES 41? DEWLISH. - Newbury Parsons, a
respectable-looking young man, watt summoned for
letting off fireworks at Dewliah, on November sth.
Defendent admitted letting off the fi -eworks, but did
not know he was breaking the law; be was on a weals
piece of lewd, net two yards from a footpath.—The
constable said three roads met near there, defendant
set off the fireworks not far from some faggots and
house-thatch.—Jantes Legg watt similarly summoned,
also Williams D02N4(41, and they admitted the acts, but
said they were d ,ne near a fo dpath.—The cqnstable
said these CAIN were rather different from the first;
there was no waste land where thews young men et
off the fireworks —The Chairman fitted them 6.1. ea
and costs, total 74. 61 each, warning them that any
more cases from Dewlish would be severely dealt
with.

Tazirksa.—Ro'vre Scow, called &tail In the
summons, was summoned for tropassing on lands of
General Read, at Dewll4la, on Noveni'ier 9.—The bey
admitted putting down the wire, but said he had leave.
—Mr. Weston prosecuted, and 'Lewd General Read
had the shooting at Dewlish, including Milborne Wood.
The keepers were looking out, and saw defendant take
a rabbit out of a wire, and kill it—Georee Prake,
keeper, last Sunday week was in MlThorne Wood. and
saw a wire set in • hedge which divides the land of
Mr. Pleydel from General Read's, Mr. Pleydere land
Is in the occupation of Mr. Mar, and the second field
from it is occupied by defendant's father, the hedge all
through belonging to General Read. About half past
seven a.m., defendant came along the hedge, under the
wood, pulled a rabbit out of a wire in the hedge, and
killed It, when vitamin jumped over on him, exclaim-
ing—" Just the mal we've been waiting for." He
replied—' Is this your hedge? I thought it was Mr.
BBee's," but witness replied- -" You knew better than
that." In the hedge were 10 more wires, and the day
before a trap was there—Defendant sild he had leave
from Mr. Biles to catch the rabhite along there, as
they at* the turnips, and he did not know but this was
Mr. Biles's hedge—lt was stated that defendant had
been In Milborne all his life, and his excuse—that he
did not know—was not correct.—Fined 10‘. and costs,
£1 05. 61. total._

Retaliates Llcliice.—Sallor's Return beerhowe,
Por-land. -The licensee. Rohert Pearce, his lately died
and his widow applied tn. • temporary transfer to sell,
until the next transfer day. Dr. A.kham. Dr. Parsons,
Rev. J. A. &az ir, and Rev. W. Appl-ford, gave
testimonials in her favour, and the temporary transfer
was granted.

BARONS OF OLD AND BARONS TO-DAY.
Two harms big of beef grace the Lord Mayor's Guildhall
foes.,
OD! installed high in** west, one installed high in the

Other bairons bold we've banished, and banished they
remain;
With Coes* Guildhall barons only 'tie "cut and come
again."—PuncA.