The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-09-17 00:00:00

BLAND FORD.

LADY RIVIDIS, wife of Lord Rivers, died on Tuesday,
M Broxbourne, Harts, where go had Hoof in gelation
for some time.

Tex Masters and Fellows of University College have
presented the Rev. J. Lee-Warner, Fellow and Tutor of
the College, to the rectory of Tarrant ()neville, near
Blandford.

()RUT FIN() OF Ooyce,xgxT STORM—On TtleSday
James A rmg,tru,t9 was brovaght up at our police wart,
for harm, • lot of Witt department stores, including
scores of water bottles, axse, shovels, leather bsits,
tarpaulins, &a. Stmt.. Underwood gave evidenoe, frost
which it appeared the articles were oortd4ned ea empties
to Armstrong, at Bristol, and he found them at the
railway station. The goods appear not to have been
lamed. Capt. Amyatt Brown wishes to oommueicate
with the Secretary of State for War, and prisoner we,
remanded; but admitted to bail, himself in MO, and
two swedes of £lOO each.

Mr. J. S. HAILIK photographer, of this town, sent to
Criohel House, for presentation to His Royal Highness
the Prince of Walet, 22 views of the douthern Army at
Blendford. The views were enclosed in • handsome
morecoo cast, lined with blue silk, with the Prinoe of
Wake' feathers, and marked on the outside. 'View. of
the Southern Army." They eonsietei of water-tanks
on the racecourse, hospital, bakeries and bakers, 23rd
Fusiliers, C. Company and band ; °filar/Ars of ditto and
ladies 7th Fusiliers' Camp, 3rdßattalion Grenadier
Guards, central view of the Rue Down Camp,
Engineers' Heaiptutors, Headqoarters at Primo/
Farm, Royal Hr.se Artillery, G. Battery • Royal
Engineer Train, Pontoon; Royal Engineer Train, Tel.-
graph; Stourpabte Bashers, Royal Horse Artillery, B.
Battery; engine and pump at Tarrant ilouckton,
Fusilier Guard*, parade of ard Battalion Grenedier
Guards, 23rd Finale's, undress, ditto full dram.

Colllire Lingerie C 0111117141-44 edjounied
meeting of the county magistrates was held on fetch-
day, at Blandford, for the purposes of appointing a
county Weaving committee milder the new Licensing
Act, and making such regulatioas with respect to the
meetings of such committee, and the traosaction of
btudness thereat, as should be deemed fit ; and also for
making rates is to the proceedings to he adopted for
sonfirmalion, of new braises and the oasts to be
Incurred in any such proceedings, and the person by
whom snob cosh are to be paid. There were present
the Lord Portman (chairman), Hon. W. U, B. Portmao,
M.P., .1. C. liensel•Pleydell, Seq., J. J. Farquharson,
Hussey, Seq., and Rev. Cur J. Giyn. Ti.
object of the meeting was, as Me Chairman explained,
simply to carry the regulations of the Aot through the
year. The Court of Quarter Sessions would in reality
control the whole; the committee would my "yes" or
"no," and then It would be for the court to say,
whether they were right or wrong.—The Chief Constable
prepaid to forward to *very publican • printed list of
the penalties to which they were liable, but Lord
Portman objected, is, if up should be accidentally
omitted, there would be complaints. Committees were
appointed.
Tax Le110081:147. 171(101.—Oar correspondent at
Eitiotland, near Blandford, writes as follow, :—Thla
plus Is (at least for the present) the headquarters for
this county and le the district, whieh has • double
oentre-heed at Milborne and Stickland. 132 branches
have already affiliated, and isolate tie following :
Unborn", Sticklend, Doreheeter, Bridport, Sturmineter
Newton, Ibberton, Shillingetons, fitonrpinixe. Sunton,
lwerne, Footmen, Compton Abbas. Ashmore, Melbury
Abbas, Blandford, Southbury, Whiteohurch, Kingston,
Bus Regis, Wool, Wintrith, Briantepuddle, AR inldle,
Pnidletown, Puddletrentbide, Cheeilborne, liartloot-
lane, Abbey Milton, and Monakton. The second district
meeting was bold at Stkaland on the 20th, as miser-
Used In this piper; the next Is annoutioed for.l7th
September, at Fordington, near Dorchester, when Mr.
Arch is again to be present. Funds continue to flow
In, vigorous efforts are being put forth, and the
aspect of the future to a fair one. Glorious summer
attend the movement in most perishes, and • regular
agent is engaged. Mum. Mayor, of Blandford, J.
Smith, of Whiten:tuck, and the district secretaries are
active in rung-beg the banner of the next month.
Some branches were bedly managed previous to the
cooeolidatiox of the district, mainly batten's of the
Ignorance of the rules. Wages have advanced in more
pluses than the union has visited, and to this soden the
masters were advised by Mr. Floysr, M.P. for the
comity, at • firmer,' meeting in Dorcheater lad month;
at the same time the old Tory shin (who, by the way,
is an exeellent speaker) stated that "he hated the
union." Why he had not advised • rise of wages before,
or justified existing rates of wages, is a question we
must leave hint et his leisure to answer. We have
found it dedralee to get Christian men and teetotallers
as odium The eaddost occurrences is the sudden and
illegal ejectment of labourers (rem their cottages at
Affoaddle and Moreton, and the goods placed by the
roadside. me 'taps through the 14w are in action
for their being redressed. Some are migrating and
others ars emigrating.—Labonrers' Umien Chronicle-