The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

Borortsbirr.

MAJORITY Or TR/ RTAIUT HON. THI hARL OF
ELDON. —On Thursday, November Stb, the Earl of
Eldon will, it may be iop.d, happily, come of age.
The mason of the year, sod the distant position of
Enoombe, the family seat, prevent any attempt to
mark the event by county hoepitalitiea But from
what we hear, his lordship's tenants and the
cottager. in the varlets pariahs. In which his estates
Is, situated, will have good reason to remember the
day with satisfaction. So faze. we can learn, the
projected arrangement' are somewhat as follows
At Kingston, Kingston, the village adjoining Entombs, the
labourers on the estate; end the men of the district
above l, numbering about 190, will dine together;
the school children having tea, ka, and the women'
receiving the subs`dtute of half • pound of tee each.
Blankets are also to be distributed to all the
cottager, of the district. In the evening fireworks
and bonfires are intended to light up the village
hill. Al Code Castle, a liberal suns has been plated
in the hands of • committee formed to direct the
holiday. We believe it is proposed to be spent in
a dinner to about O0;B tee, ka , to the some number '
of children; blankets to those above 60 years of
age; sports, fireworks, and bonfire in the evening.
The tenantry of the estate have received invitations
to dinner at &wombs, where, we anderstand, they
will be joined by Lord Eldon'. brothers-in-law, Mr.
Eldon Banks*, the Hon. G. Hamilton Russell, Mr.
Fremantle, Lord Easton Cecil, and Mr. N. Bond.
In the other parishes where Lord Eldon's property
in this county is situated, we believe that liberal
additions are to be made to the charities which have
during the young nobleman's minority been sup-
ported on his behidf. We believe that arrangements
of a somewhat similar character are made on hie
lordship's estates in Durham and ifloucestershire,
and at his villa residence in Surrey.
VRRY beautiful "star showers" are expected by
astronomer. on the nights of the 12th and 13th of
this month from midnight to 6 a.m. At this
period of the year there are generally many
shooting stars to be been ; but no pyrotechnic
exhibition on the part of nature, on • similar
wale to the present year, is expected till the
end of the century. So our friends and readers
had better keep their eyes open.

THR Pooa LAW.-112 the Act relating to th•
Poor Lacs, pared on the 10th of August leak there
we
wend important provisions. ty sec 7 the
auditor bee power to inspect, at any time, the books
and soooante of any Guardian., Overseers, or °Blow
liable to wooing to him. By sm. 10 it ia enacted
that no person shall be both Overseer and Amlatant-
Overseer. Sec. 11 provides that ope Ov.çi.sr only
may be appointed for eeveral Mail parishes. By
eso. 12 one person 1a authorised to hold jointly the
offices of Oborebwarden and °viewer.

CONIMMILD TO TI DOISZT COUNTY GAOL
Hord Labour: James Connor, vopuncy at Limo
Regis, 5 week.; Maria Lester, vagrantly at Fordiniton.
1 month; John King and Thomas foot, asaarlt at
Sturniinster Newton, 1 month ; Edwin Ifatakews, di.
stroyingdab at fitorierne, 1 month; Henry Haddon sod
Charles Haddon, obstructing the highway at Cbmil•
borne, 14 days; Baran Brook. • at Bherborne,l
14 days; Mary Beggs and Ann ow,, vagrancy at I
Weymouth, 1 month; John Pitman., pmehteg at Porti•
show, 2 100•154 George Randall. stealing awn at
Nether Ceram 1 month •,Willian, Wbeadon, 'Sealing
spade and plasma at Canford Magna, 21 days. Liepri-
sinsisteng : Thomas Hallett, drunk at Lyme Regis,
months; John Day Preoderpst, drunk at Shaftesbury,
7 days.

ART SCHOOLS Isceasset PAINTS ON Rs- I
tann —The Lords of the Committee of Council OD
Education have determined to increase the payments
no account of satisfactory elementary works executed
during the year by an artisan, which will be in
future 15s. instead of 10s. ; and on account of satis-
factory advanced works 20e. instead of Ifie. After
the annual examination for art oertilloatas in Feb-
ruary next there will be from four to six vasencies in
the list of masters in training, to whom an allowance
of El per week is made, for which students of Waal
schools who bold the first certificate may °asepsis.
(This is good news for Rridport, where there is •
flourishing and Nell-supporting School of Art I when
is Dorobenter—the county hove—to have the advan-
tage of molt an institution I
INIPICTION OT VOLUNTRIR AMR—The war offices
hie lamed • amulet to the oommaadanta of Voles-
tear wok selling upon them to periodically inspect
the government arms in the bands of Use members.
The practice which haa been in vogue with regard to
arms is one which requires supervision. In most
corps where men have made themselves efficient they
are allowed to keep the arms apportioned to them in
their own houses, and the result generally has been
found edvantageoue, aa the Volunteers hays the
opportunity thee afforded them of private drill, they
are laved 'the oenesity of going to their, haidinartere
when they desired to go shooting, and the tile is
kept in good order. The privilege has been abused
in two Dorm as several rifles were discovered out of
the county to which they bed been supplied, sod in
the hand. of persons who had no connection with the
Volunteers. Heave this ordered itospostles. and the
War 060, dootilado to be informed of 011 oumno
arise. All peewee, Volunteers or not, keeping the
arras after aa ceder hes been made to bang _than to
boaditartsco sot lid& to be severely pooisbod.