The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

;ILANDFORD FAILMEILS' CLUB. —On Saturday,
October 15th, this society was addressed by Mr.
George 'Harding, of Durweston, on 'Diseases of
fanning Stock, their causal, and the best means for
protection and remedy. There was a crowded
meeting. The chair was taken by Mr. Joel Roper,
of Clenston. The lecture, which was a masterly ex-
position of the subject, was received with loud and
frequent applause. A vote of thanks was passed to
the lecturer. Arrangements have as usual, been
made for the delivery of a series Of lectures on the
many important subjects compiled with agriculture,
during the winter unison.

14VNICIPAL ELECTION.—The election of Council-
lors for the ensuing y...zr is so quietly conducted in
this tv..l-regelat,al borough that it is a didicult
matt*. to knot./ trliat is looming in the ;
still coming events in some measure cast their shadow
before dm.), and it is bupposed that three of the re-
tiring Councillors, Messrs. Groves, Curtis, and
George will he re-elected. Mr. W. H. Atkins (who
also retires) is not eligible for re-election, in conse-
quence of his removal from the limits of the borough,
and his seat will be the object of ambition to, we
believe, two candidates,—one of whom has just re-
signed the office of assessor; but of course as no
cards have yet been issued, nor are likely to be, this
is matter of conjecture. Everything will, no
doubt, be settled agreeably to all parties, and the
offices distributed to those individual* who are
best fitted to till them. We certainly hope the
right men will be found in the right places, and that
vaulting ambition will not o'erleap itself. These
offices should not be filled by men who are alone
actuated by a desire to be crowned with civic
honours.

On Wednesday evening, October 19, the inaugu-
ration of the lecture season for the Blandford Lite-
rary institute was marked by readings and songs of
the "Ploughman Poet," given by Alias Lizzy Stuart.
Large coloured placards had brought the fact of the
proposed meeting prominently before the public,
who rear with no little satisfaction the long list of
songs, &c., in the programme illustrative of what
Burns did for Serotland. There was a very respecta-
ble audience, amongst whom were many of the lead-
ing tradesmen and inhabitants of the town, who
filled the body of the large mom of the 'rownhall,
while the committee seated themselves en haul on
the raised bench which is generally—though it was
not in this instance—faced by the audience. On the
lady lecturer's entrance, which was not till the impa-
tience of the audience had somewhat manifested
itself, she immediately commenced the entertain-
ment by reading an introductory sketch of Burns'
parentage, birth, boyhood, writings, proceeding
with illustrative songs, and accompanying her sing-
ing on a fine-toned pianoforte provided for the occa-
sion. The audience seemed much pleased with the
performance and encored (Inc of the songs, which
were most of them loudly applauded. Still we
cannot but think that Miss Stuart's success was
owing in a great measure to the nature of her subject,
and more to the sentiments the songs contained and
the happy style in which the poet had clothed his
thoughts, than to either her delivery or her powers
of song.

Cousvy Poticr, Monday, October 24.—(Before
G. P. Mansell, EN.)— William West was charged
with vagrancy on Saturday. He was taken up
when begging, and on being searched 214. was found
on him. He stated to the magistrate that he was
collecting what he could for his child in London, to
which city he belonged. The worthy magistrate
said if such be the case, and he would allow the
superintendent to get a post-office order, and send on
to the child, he might be discharged. To this the
prisoner agreed, and the post-office order being
obtained, he was freed from custody, his only pun-
ishment being a lock-up sojourn from Saturday to
Monday.
BOROUGH POLlClL—Eli:abeth Anne Car, a pros-
titute of this town, was charged before the Mayor,
on Monday, October 24th, with prostitution in the
public streets, early on Sunday morning. The
wan who was in her company ran off as the police
came up. She was reprimanded and diseh.rged.