The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-09-03 00:00:00

THi AUTUMN MANG.UVRES.
121 AOLDIWA AND Tat ?CALAWAY.

If it were surely for ths good dons by tlis inter-
Mudge of °pilau and the perfmmaaoe of mucosa sets
of courtesy between the withers and tbe people, one
esonot help thinking that the Lumina IfsmotArres
woald be worth the money spout upon them. livery
officer and every soldier has Cho moms story to ted.
Per.oni, even of 'dreamed years, have been met wit'i
who had wirer sew • soldier in their lives, mid whose
prrooaosived opinions and theorise about the Army have
been scattered so she winds. Oa* old dame near Oraa-
borne sold—' I sloop hcard tall of soldiers as the
ertielleis people in the whole world, but slurs us 500 of
the otvillest spoken men I ever talked t3.'' And shim
statement reflects pretty scourstely the mind of the
rural population. To the fall extent of thetr means
and opportamitaie they have done their best to make
the toldiera weleorne. It is related of one of the earliest
regiments whitili arrived toss its mese-table was covered
Olin grapes, Ott., from the oMillerfatoriel of the neigh-
urtag gantry, until the other regua su Se arrived, when,
of ....kr», It Weems evidoot theta ma. country wools
be needed to famish Bunkum to all, sad tosi attempt
wits abandoned in despair. At every cross-road on toe
=armies to and from RAU, Baia Wen the Saito)
poplin:Ma poured out with their lards offerings of milk,
or nome-brewed, or nuts, delighted when • sso,ipage of
the boggege train gave the opzortnaity for a few
intantee soavereation with toe soldiers. Children 0110
hat peen Orottelt eorom con try In traps and emu seals
their school wino oat of the fsee. of Unit hearts,
sod, more oostrageoas than Cur Oldetil,—who gearmally
began by bowing or eursosytug respect:oily to the
erediers,—the little tlitrigs were taloa quieted and m•le
happy oy being darnel about for • few Inmates to the
arms of one of ths Woods/re of the °outcry. The
Br,idelt soldier, to do luta jostles, has Mao shows his
most amiable exterior, mid I have neither see* nor
henr4 In the whole army hers of one nose of do rodent
drankeaseee or miseaaduet each am might be found
&kneel at hazard in any puolie-boase In the coarse of an
equol nualbot of days. Hummi newel, of o ,aree, to
li.onita onions ; and if a oistoh be unusually feti,gutaig,
or cunno be naneaally delayed, an Naglisti soldier se
not theism au Sagliatiniaa, sal mast hove his grumble.
But tee general eeatiment of toe foroe was pointodly
aspreesed LO the mown of • non-oommiessoned °doer,
woo warn relating hie experlaooll—" Well, I have sees
New Zwiland, sod I have seem Anstralla, bat give me
Dorset.'

MOONS 07 TEA ETVIADEBn.
In the attempt made on Tnarsday by toe &mond Divt.
slice under General Browngg to take the Gimp of the
'Meowed guard of tbe heaths army on 114andford
course, oar own man not only failed in talon. object, but
fear regiments were takes urbanists, and Nadas the
ocher kissed and wounded, who were only too onomous,
the ilia of General drowarfgg wee sadly out up, and
Lb. galaut general himself ltsd • very narrow *soaps,
ii lua ardoar owned hen too forward, and node/ the
heavy ire of to. enamy's anilines and skirmishers.
Th• neguneoto letten prisoners were the 95th, in. 2ir4.
and 410 Beitelion 60sn Bed., In 4 the din Drak.wa
4arda.

I taa— Standard in its report of Sunday says : —Porto.
netey toe rata 414 liul 111 oi.au• to,lsy till Mier
thrum *ernes. The araniriy, at all time a pretty
..got whoa performed to the tiehl, Is rendered idol 111.... re
losoreedog 12e111 by the orowds of villager., who formed
• mroie round the woo" Indeed, the creamy parsed
.t have an idle tune of it. One whom I have just
met oeinplaiillia LO me ttla4 tall whole of his °Quires..
two het repaired to the Llama. "In rale," sali he,
" did I look for some one to dog the bells, and a• to my
Mom, he of °WM wen not to be found, so I put my
eirmoa in my porde* and mine up here too."
The TelearropA says —d.bout L 45 yesterday the
Volunteer roodogerat began LO cirrtv. lbs fila °Allen
being • loosi edinimaradve 1:1.4.am (use lat Dorset),
saier lb. ormamod of LMet.-Oolesel Naomi, and
numbetiog 702 of all ranks. Tee uniform Ls that of
the 00. h hada (green, sod red (airings), end Q. oleo
mated pea mats astly folded, theagerry undress
ape, large waterproof havreselia, mess des, end Coloe•I
Cochrane's amass water-homes, whisk are shaped to
fit the hip. For the regular woope these Autumn
Minis arms affords dim ad, only maim in temp life,
but to Volunteers they give valuable instruction whish
(mead be expired in any other way. The battalion
wee met alt the railway station by the major of Colonel
itrues'e brigade, sad maroted into map, where they
won met by the band of the 60th, and "played to,
being brigaded with the 95th foot and the Lot Welt
VOlll Mutat This 3rd anode of the 2nd Division is
ter oaly ale la Miner army corps wash repromas
whet may be Ulm as the fitters normal coustltution of
an infantry brigade for home service, viz., one Reader
holmium, on* Militia 'battalion, and ma bettelion of
Vulaateen. It wouhl be very satisfactory to be stile
sleep to sandwich Volunteer or Militia Battalions
between two regular regintene ; but their relative num-
bers forbid gush en arrangement. Toe working of dila
brigade will be wound with hitorost, as Indianian the
son of materiel on which weak/di hereafter have to rely.
Though tee Volueteers feted their memo dwelling
erected for there, they bad at oar to (101ailieliell their
Other swap dales, mid they west to work In away to
eli=eteat, though many were delleleat Is mottos,
oletainel a clear idea of what would be requred
cif man. Uwarn wore set, Weans prepared, redoes
drawn end melted. sad all Ohre fatigue day performed
—not, of mune, with die torsoueemal preestoo and
raped, of the highly-trained nomads, bet sodlatently
well to thew tad by Ma time theme:games dose they
will have Maimed • estrefactory degree of edideary
field dada% sad hen glad deebtswely to their veto,..
soidiers. Loos before lath peel sensided, the no-
nano teemed to have Wee late all the ways of Neap
we sad to ban non thotassivoi hi sosiartablo Si gala
an nun. having Mom and to son bone, they lad
thanosnas together la • rogalattos bell Ink
won then aad nother-santh but:Visor a="ritabosa. Seem trail the nab.,. at the
groom. km** kith Tory non Wane is than
0.04 .44 va few we onto ol the voodon to hi
from 10,. 0/4 empalegkeell elpedbelli a oohing
• anion is sas Feud to iota moan ad tee Me