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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

LONDON CORN (OPENING).

•
Wheat le lower on the week; fl,, dull;
weak ; oats, beans, pow, firmer and hardening la [Ask
Arrivals :—Englith whew, 2,562 qrs.; flau.
packs; foreign alma, 3458; barley, 2,562;
1111,404 qrs. ; flour, 400 barrels ; sad 7,175 &sae
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

POOLE

Tms New WICSLETAZ CaAPIL —This magnificent
edifice, which has been in °ours* of oonstruction for
some time, and was announoed to be opened this week,
has been postponed, the building being not yet oom-
plated.
SWINIII4IIRILST Quin. The Sunday School
tearbers, in a quiet and unostentatious way, presented
last week a handsome pulpit Bible to the new pastor'
and on Sunday morning the Bev. E. Evans thanked
them for their beautiful present. Mr. Evans
announoed that he would preach four sermons during
the Sundays of this month, on the four faithful sayings
of St, Paul.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

" A LOOKER-ON."

Under the title of • " Looker-on" is written in a Wey-
mouth Tory paper, one of the most scurrilous and abusive
epistles that it has been our misfortune to read for many
• long day. The following is an admirable spedmen .
" The low mob who lately paraded our streets, breaking
windows in their zeal for Mr. Wylie, are the very men
who, in their drunken fits, go home and half kill their
wives." Now this Sir Oracle should have stopped to
consider who these "very men" who broke the windows
were. Most of those who were brought before the Bench
on the charge of wilful damage, were liWe else than boys,
and yet these are the "very Mee who go home, and in
their drunken fits half kill their wives! "Looker-on"
also upholds the rev, gentleman whom name was so
prominently bciore the electors for his arbitrary conduct
with regard to a.placard in his butcher's window, and by
the side of this ' model of virtue" is placed the political
Dissenters who brought Mr. Wylie to Weymouth and
spread political dissent and rancorous infidelity. Surely
the clergymen of the Nonconformist body had as much
right to uphold their opinions as the clergyman of the
Established Church who figured so prominently on the
Conservative platform. Nothing was said about him.
Now, there has been • good deal of quoting from Shake-
speare of We, and we would ask "Looker-on" if he ever
read anything in the works of the poet to this effect :

_
"Go to thy bosom :
Knock there and ask your heart what it cloth know
That's like thy brother's fault. If it confess
A natural guiltiness, suet, as his is,
Let it not sound • thought upon your tongue
Against thy brother." _ _ _

Tie political Dissenters, according to "Looker-on" are to
take the credit of introducing rioting and driuskennem
The said political Dissenters certainly decline to do any-
thing of the kind, and for what raison Diment is coupled
with infidelity they are at a Ices to find out. The
of the letter throughout surpaes ss anything that
vtiltaiveleseen of late, and it is devoutly to be wished that
" Looker-on' will in all future letters of this sort afar
his name Were be to do so, and were he to be a" Lvokiu,
on" at any future gathering of those cowardly brutes, as
be has been pleased to call them, he will, if we know any-
thing of the character and temper of Weymouth Liberals,
as Shakespeare has put it, be put out " with wondrous
potency."
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

CHARLTON HAIISHALL.

Fru. —Between 12 and one o'clock on Sunday ( yester-
day), afire took place in this village which in about
three hours totally destroyed two cottages,
property of Mr. S. Hamel, of Sturolinster
It appears the cottages Were in the eciionottioa of •
labourer by the name of Jesse Baton, Charlotte
Brown, a widow with a family. Attached to the
is • fuel-house where a quantity of furze was
st,?&X. Two little children, one aged five years and
the other eight, are supposed by some means to have got
on of some matches, and in their innocency
possession
the furze. The property was insured for
00. Mr. Charles Brown, son of General Brown,
and a young man named Brown, • native of the
village, rendered great assistance to P.C. Legg and
others in preventing the fire from going further.
Supt. Underwood was quickly on the spot • but great
feeling is expressed In the neighbourhood' in conse-
quence of the Blandford Fire Brigade refusing to
proceed to the spot (after the report was made by a
special messenger), unless a guarantee was made for
payment. This many hops will be thoroughly
investigated. Most of the property belonging to the
occupiers was saved.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

Littraturt.

The &We Own Pep.?." Leiltro HMI" Office, 66,
Paternoster Row, London.
The paper contains this month excellent articles on
bicycling. describe. a number of tours, one from London
to the Land's Rod, the total distance being 298 ruilea A
beautiful coloured frontispiece " Birds' ," by the Rev.
J. G. Wood, KA., is given ; also an arthclsou the eau&
"Some of our fellows" concludes in this number, but those
are three good short Wee "A life on the ocean ware "ia
also concluded, and there are good articles on dogs, bee-
keeping, and rustic work.

VISIT OF THE NEW MINISTRY TO WINDSOR.
Mr. Gladstone and IC Ili Granville lei t Harkyotreet
shortly before one o'clock for Paddington oa %Vaasa*,
al tarmac, where they won Joined by all those alreedy
oficially inUmeted as appointed to his Cebinm, and also
by Lord Sidney and the Dale et Connaught.
Kr. Gladstone was eathuslasikaUy &owed by an
enormous crowd as be weed laths wale. Several beaches
gam way under the mews. but no serious porecael
injuries are reported.
n. outrgolag Ministers arrived at Windsor at 115 E sad
Frto the royal carriage amid detnonstratioss. both
onnble and tudaveanible. Having delivered their seals
of office tbsp returned to town.
The new arrived at Windsor Oases baton the
late Goveramest had 1.1 1. Greet exciteeseat was meal-
tested when Um train came In, and the tamabers of the
new Cabinet were heartily ohowed. Ramrod of the new
Ministers walked to the Castle.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

BBIDPOZT.

A Haw M•aurntatif.—lt is stated on good authority
that Doctor Le Gros Demilos is to be appointed a
Justice of the Peace for the borough of Bridport.
EXTENSION or Tufa.—An extra hour was granted to
Mr. J. Balsom, landlord of the King's Anne,
Allington, for the 17th May next, being the
anniversary of the Alling.on Friendly Society.
Pa•Narsas or Lies:gen.—Mrs. Helah Samson,
applied that the license for groceries and spirits by
transferred from her husband, Simon Warren Samson,
to herself. Granted. The license of the Volunteer Inn,
South-street, was transfernal from Darius Hounsell, to
Joseph Brake ; that of the Red Lion refreshment rooms
East-street, from David Reid to Daniel Wyatt, until
the 29th June.
THIPOLIOX AND vas E•acrrioN.—The business at the
Tuesday, Borough Petty Sessions was very limited;
the Mayor (J. T. Stephens, Esq.), and T. H. E--
munds, were present, and previous to proceed-
ing with the usual business, his Worship made • most
gratifying statement with regard to the conduct of the
constables sworn in for the borough during the recent
election. The Mayor considered, that being the
first time he had sat on the bench since the election, he
should testify to the conduct of the sergeant and his
men throughout. He felt that they had done their
duty and that their conduct was worthy of all praise,
as there had been a deal of drunkenness prevalent.
Sergeant Gale, who was In court, thanked the Mayor
for the compliment.

WIRING FOR THE TELEGRAM.
A good joke oomea from the banks of the " Asker"
which would have caused • side-shaking of the defunct
author of "The Complete Angler—lsaac Walton. One
day last week, a landlord of the town, in company
with • friend, arranged to have an hour's fly-fishing
from the banks of the above stream. Now the land
lord was not himself too au fait with the rod and line,
and his friend still less so, but the former, after allow-
ing his fly to skim the surface of the stream for a
considerable time with the most praiseworthy patience,
called to his friend, now some distance down the
stream, who was bobbing his rod about in the most
exasperated style, "How do you get on, old man, got
any luck, " Luck, no, havn't had a bite ; darned If!
can get the fly under water !" The amateur fisher has
made • resolve, that ere he makes another venture, to
give a "Treatise on flies" his most careful study and
attention.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

OIRNI ABBAS.

HARLOW WITHOUT • Ltastatan.—On Wedneadey,
before Mr. J. Batten and Captain Glyn, //rusk
&with, of Rampishant, was charged with acting as a
pedlar at Caetistock on the 23rd of March isat with-
out having • licen-e.—This case was adjourned from
the last petty missions, defendant having alleged that
she had applied for • certificate at the sergeant's at
Maiden Newton, and bad been given an old one by
mistake—Sergeant Hitch and his wife now attended
and contradicted the iefendant's statement.—Yined
&i. and fie Bd. costs.
ASSAULT. —Hobert aiuisgtmai, of Revels, Buckland
Newton, was charged by Jane Pitcher Longman of
the same plane, with an assault at Buckland Newton
on the 10th of April last. —The complainant made a
long rambling statement the efferst that on the day
In question defendant took her by the throat, and that
in self-defense she took up a knife. It seemed,
according to defendant's statement, that some time
since complainant was confined in an asylum, and
that she was at present • terror to the inhabitants in
the neighbourhood, and that en the above date, with-
out say provocation, she owns towards him with a
knife in her hand.—& woman named Spicer was
called and supported defendant's statement. —The
case was dismissed.
Dauarkkinass. Boorzsai'opp, of Sturminster
Newton, hatcher, was eel with being drunk
whilst in charge of • horse an cart on the highway at
Chesilborne on the 17th instent.—Defendant plea led
guilty.—P.C. Burden stated on the night in question
be was on duty at Chesilborne and found the defen-
dant very drunk in charge of • horse and cart.
Witness told defendant he should not allow him to
go on in the state he was in. Defendant said "I
have not driven over anyone—time enough for you to
interfere after that." Some men came on and the
policeman allowed defendant to go op.—Defendant,
who had been previously convicted of • similar offence,
was fined 81. and 17s. &L costs.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

ABBOTBBURY,

MAcetati..—On Tuesday last, 27th, there was no
small stir here, as the sound of " Maci.erel "was heard,
most of the boats had a few, and some who have had a
melancholy appearance were much brightened when
they heard the news that the valuable fish had made
their appearance again.

Amines.—On Sunday last an accident happened
to Robert Broadby, carter in the employ of the Earl
of Ilchester. Broadby VIM riding • horse through the
village, and by some means it took fright, throwing
him off and falling on him ;he was taken home Dr.
Hawkins was sent for, who found that the small bone
of the leg was fractured close to the ankle, and his
knee much bruised.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

THE MINISTRY.

The Cabinet, as far r it is at present formally
constituted, Is as follows :
Fin! Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor if the Kroh&
quer, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Lord Chancellor, Lord Se'borne.
Lord President of the Council, Earl Spencer.
Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Argyll.
Home Secretary, Sir William Haroourt
Foreign Secretary, Earl Granville.
Colonial Secretary, Earl of Kimberley.
War Secretary. the Right Hon. It C. E. Childers.
Indian Secretary. Marquis of Hartingtm.
First Lord of the Admirilty, Earl of Northbrook
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Right Hon, John
Bright
Chief Secretary for Ireland, Right Hon. W. X Forster.
Governor-General of India, Marquis of Ripon.
Postmaster. General, Lord NValverton.
President of the Local Government Board, Mr. Dodson,
President of the Beard of Trade, Mr. Chamberlain.
(The above form the Cabinet.)
Lord Chamberlain. Earl of Kenmare.
Lord High Steward, Earl Sydney.
Master of the Buckhounds, Earl of Cork
Master of the Hone, The Duke of Westminster.
Postmaster-General, Mr. Fawcett.
Vice President of the Council, LP. Mundell'.
Chief Commissioner of Works, Mr. Adam.
Under Secretary for Home Department, Mr. Arthur
Peel.
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Sir Charles Dilke.
Under Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Grant-Duff.
Under Secretary for India, The Marquis of Lansdowne.
Under Secretary for War, Karl of Morley.
Financial Secretary to the War Office, Kr. Campbell
Bannerman.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Lord Frederick
Cavendish.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Richard
Grosvenor.
Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. G. Shaw-lafevre.
Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. T. Bruner
Attorney-General, Sir Henry James.
Solicitor-General, Mr. Farrar Herschel'.
Lord Advocate, Mr. John Laren.
Governor-General of India, Marquis of Ripon.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

COUNTY CABINET WORKS.

SUN FIRE OFFICE, LONDON,I
ESTABLISHED 1710.
HAIM F. Slum LICIZVII, EMI, Chair Man bnd
Treasurer.
Faascm B. Rsuros, Esq., Secretary.
Total Sum insured in 1879, 13262,492 AL
Matins peid during
_the last ten years, upwards of
Two m r 0315 131112L150.
All information respecting Fire Insurances may be
obtained from any of the undermentioned Agents
of the Society.
AGENTS.

Dorchester Ida7o—io-z—J. G. Garaosr,
. Mr. J. M. Lusa, High-street.
Beasdastor and
Brldport Mr. Nicaocas M. Looour.
Abboesbury Mr. Jaw. Bow WHITS.
Blandford . Mr. PHILIP A. Balms.
Bournemouth . Mr. JAMES DZIIITT, Jun.
Abbas . Mr. WILLIAM H. Mass.
:".,•harnsouth .. Mr. Gomm' Mormon.
Poutausli Magna Mr. AasoLoa G. SPIIIIIZY.
14WMI ••• ••• Mr. ROBERT W. HILLMAN.
Poole Messrs. Wrrr and Kastr-WELoa.
Portland . . Mr. Fasscus Ftariocns, Old Bank.
Bharborne ... Mann. Msimora and Barna?.
Wareham ... Mr. Jamas Tuca.
Weymouth ... Mr. EDWAIII/ W. Owes.
Mobilise ...Mr. Gams Qum

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

"IXT THERE BE LIGHT.'
To lA. Editor.

Sr,—Tour local contemporary (whose inarrilons tar-
vase respecting the supporters of Kum 'wards and
pile received • well-merited rebuke • short time linos)
hu became unwarrantably Jubilant over the forination of
the " Conservative Amodation." Trim the appointment
of two local brewers as president and secretary may have
• peculiar significance for the few "thirsty souls " whose
tastes incline towards the XXIX. ; but happily these form
but • small portion of the elector OA the majority of which
are acquainted with the history of their pmts, sad love
the principles of Liberalism. and it is with this gonnung
" highly dangerous " class the above-named ageocraldon
have to contend. We ask—Will this pretentious assoche
Ben, in suicide' Milldam. ignore the advantages • cheep
and free pram affords to the mum I The working men
TOWS, by the aid of Julio McCarthy'. " History of our
I own Timm." lackey's "History of tU Nineteenth Oen-
I tory," and other kindred publications, are enabled to raise
themselves to the standard of well-informed judges of the
Tory policy. Them Sr. facts too reel to he talked away,
and too tangible to be overlooked, sad the maser they are
recognised the better for the interest' of that party whose
forte haa hitherto been "the ignorance of the Meese
This delusion being removed, what refuge remains to
them I Surely the formation of • "highly and
influential committee" is • fool's in view of the
increasing intelligence of the working men Teter, whose
private interest is perfectly secure the protection of
the Ballot del.—Yours,
A LABOUR'S.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY'S CATTLE MARKET,

At Maws. Duke's sale, beef made from 14x to Ai
per score ; but trade was not quite so brisk. rst stale
Nut gig to ggg, cows from 20 guineas to gz;
barmier., CIO 104 to £l4 os, cows and calves. Mt;
to CA calves from £36. to £4 10a. Tbe mutton trade
warn good, fetching lid, mud lambs la per lb.; fit
withers 76s each ; ewes, from 59s to 72. Mr. hymosdi
had a good sale, including about 109 head of cow its*
and everything was sold at about prerious price,
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

THE IRISH EVICTIONS.

The tenants recently evicted at Salutary
emigrated, a Klett took the land, and to-day 01
cAued upon the people to till the grouttd, Bog IV.
Ike landlord they would no longer bubmit ttyres..
Three hundred men attended and commenced rowli:
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.

With beautifully fine weather, there was a mg
attendance. English wheat was scarce, sample is
good condition especially so, but the demand waggle&
at last week's prices Of foreign there was ami
supply, but • very dull trade, and prices declined hal
the week, being quoted at 50s to 56e. English ewe
40s to 48s. Of malting barley a few go-,d sample
were offering, but they were difficult to sell, the sews
being nearly over, and they were worth 401 pe
quarter. Seed barley • quiet trade, and ve7 ewe;
the demand was next to nothing. Foreign grinding barley
made 270 to 27. 6d, but little business was done. Oak
also in slew demand, at barely last week'. prices, lle
to 265. Beene very scarce, and worth 50a to 52a, pa
42e. Cotton cakes £6 Me and linseed ditto £lO PN
tan.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

01112111 ABBAS.

Rwoortor or Rzirr.—A correspondent writes :
One of the large farms here, formerly let at £1,200
a year, has just been taken at £BOO, and the owner was
glad to meet with • tenant at that price.
Srt•LISO • WHIP—On Wednesday, before J.
Batten, li.q, and Captain Glyn, Moors! Jones, or
rattistock, a lad aged 15 years. was charged with
stealing • whip at Cattistock. on 29th March last, the
ll'oPert. of Mr. Thomas Marsh, of Maiden Newton
—P.C. Masterman, stationed at Sydling, proved that
on the 7th of April he received information of the logs
of • whip from a gig, and afterward. received part of
• whip from Mr. Thomas •mith. Witness then went
to the prisoner's father's house, and prig Hier ran
away. The same aftern,en prisoner met the p dice-
man, and said his father had sent him. The policeman
charged him with steal* the whip. Prisoner said he
bad picked it up, and added that he had cut up the
whip, and that he and his brothers smoked part of the
cane handle, and be intended to make a cart whip of
the remainder. —The prosecutor, Thomas Marsh,
identified the parts ..f the whip as his, and stated the
lass occurred on the 29.6 March, and that when he
last saw it it was in his gig.—Thomas Smith, of Gatti,-
tonic, farmer, proved finding the prisoner in an out-
house at Catti tock, on the 31st March, and behind the
door was bidden the 14 .ck of a whip. ‘Vitnesa asked
prisoner if the whip-stock was his, and he said "No."
Witness afterwards handed the whip-sb ck to the
police-constable.—The pri-oner was discharged with •
I caution.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

THE FARMERS' REVOLT.

We very heartily ampathias with the North Hants
farmers who at Winchester on Saturday attended the
meeting convened by the Farmers' Alliance with the
object of awakening in this county some aspirations akin
to those which have gained such decisive victories for the
agricultural cause and for those who follow agriculture
as a profession in ether parts of the country at the recent
election So far as we understand it, the Alliance was not
originally started in the interests of any political party,
invitations to loin an association which seems to have
sprung up out of the sheer necessities of the farmers'
condition, having been sent to agriculturist. generally.
Its object is to wipe tenant right, and Toryism
to believe in no right outside Re own "right divrro
govern wrong."
That the farmers have, at all events, nothing to hope
from the Tories has been demonstrated beyond dispute ;
for. Liter all, what is the real nature of the Agricultural
Holdings Act for which Messrs. Sclater-Booth and Stratton
would have the agriculturists so grateful? When intro'
ducing that measure to the House of Leda, the Duke of
Richmond said that so far from being • DOW project, it
had been the theme of discussion at almost every agricul-
tural meeting. In these circumetseoes. Government
thought that " • bill should be brought in to secure to the
tenant the capital he has invested in the soil." When
the Earl of Beaconslield (then Mr. Disraeli) first brought
the measure under the consideration of the House of
Commons, he characterised it as ' protecting the tenant's
investments by placing him in • jolter position and indue
Mg him to apply capital to the soil," an application
which, he added, "it is in the interest of all classes to
encourage." Why, then, is it still necessary to agitate
for this security I As everybody knows, the measure was
made permissive. though Mr. Chaplin. the member for
Mid Lincolnshire, took credit for the "enormous but just
sued righteous concesaions" which the landlords were
making in accepting this toll; and the result was soon
seen in every landlord of importance contracting himself
out of it, the farmers being utterly Powerless to itThus • greed opportunity for real, sound on
was lost, and Parliament having since been ved
without • remedy being so much as hinted at, can we
wonder if the farmers have made up their minds to
secure • remedy for themselves The " farmers' friends "
have appointed • Royal Commission: Now this will cost
an enormous sum, and probably result in the eventual
Issue of a gigantic bluebook containing • multitude of
opiniona nese will ultimate', End their way to the
butterman's, and the farmer win be blessed with a diver-
sity of advice for which he will have to pay dearly.
Weighing these matters calmly, it is for the farmers to
choose whether they will join such associations as the
Alliance, or be content to remain as mere individual items
of humanity at the mercy of • Parliament in which land-
lords continue to wield no inconsiderable amount of
eventual power—Rants Indepeadellg•
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04

SHERBORNB.

Prrrr Semitone, Thunday.--Before B. Littlehales,
(in the chair), J. R. P. Gooddsn, Be., Captain Carr
Glyn, and Cancan Biddle
An ejectment order was issued against Silas Penny, who
occupies a house in Westbury. belonging to Messrs.
Wiled. and Co., the house to be given u o in 31 day..
Kr. W. Harsh. of 'Yeovil applied for a temporary
license for the Greyhound Inn, Stietborne, formerly
occupied by Zoos Elmnis.—Tbe application was granted
Bseueden was charged on remand with commit-
tine a nuisance on • window of the house of Henry Trask
on the night of Sunday, the 7th of Marsh.—This case
was adjourned from the last meeting for further evidence,
end a warrant for the apprehension of • young fellow
named Cando, who had been summoned but had gone to
Scotland MIS issued, but he did not appear to-day.—
George Chafiln, who had ben subpsneed, was called and
said he wee ia Cheep-street when this aeons, wee sup-
posed to have been committed, in company with a young
man named Henry Greening. He did not ewe any one
commit the nuisance as it vase very dark night, and he
vuld not see the window. It was raining at the time.
Cross-examined by prosecutor: He did not remember
whether the lamp at prosecutor's house was lighted.
Hr. ',Mishit's said he (the witness) seemed to be very
unwilling to give evidence. and reminded him that he had
sworn to tell them all he knew about the matter. —As no
further evidence was forthcoming. the Beach dis-
missed the case.
lava Waiters. labourer, was summoned for keeping •
dog without a lioenee.—Thifendant was represented by his
wife, who said she bad taken out the licence after the
constable called on her. Her husband was very ill, and
did not know but what she had taken out the license
before, and it was through her negligence that it wee cot,
—P.C. Hutchings said that on the Ist of April he called at
defendant's house and eked him for his Hoene, and, alter
searching in the house, said his wife had taken it out two
or three weeks before—Fined ii. IL, and code Be. 6d.
Prederie/ Hated, labourer, was charged with stealing
• quantity of turnip alone, value 6d., the property of Yr.
Symee, of (bombe Farm.—Dofendant's wife appeered and
said he (defendant) did not know but that they had •
right to pith them.—Fined Be. 61., value It, costsße.;
In default 14 days' imprisonment.
suiiea Wilis and Panne Palter were summoned for •
similar offerge, and pleaded not guilty.—P.O. Chaplin
said, on Friday the lard iut, he was watching some
swede greens belonging to Mr. Smile, and saw the defen-
dants picking the greens He went after them, and when
they maw him they threw the greats on the pound.
Fined kid., value Id., end is. d. oaths each,
we.
Barry Pops (14) w also e with steeling turnip
greens, value fli—Fined 105. tiding oath