Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-07-31 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

TES.  THE Church Sunday School Children's Tea l'he, which was intended to be held next Thursday, is unavoidably postponed to Thursday, August 12th. •_•  -*From the last of Mr. Ashley's letters to The Times on his defeat, which we publish to-day, our readers are acquainted with the fact that the North Dorset Conservative Association was dissolved before the election; and as we have heard of no meeting to re-form the same; we conclude our Tory friends are at last convinced it is useless to contest North Dorset, and so equally unnecessary to form an Association. We compliment them on their wisdom. •_•  The winning section of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry who was successful at Wimbledon, last Friday, in securing the Lloyd-Lindsay prize of .£5O was Corpl. W. Bartlett and CmPL Gifiorkillaadford troop; Surgeon Randall and Carpi. 0_ Saunders, Mel bury troop.  -S" At the Rommel Horse Show luncheon on Thursday the Hoe. B. Ashley, acknowledging the toaat of the "Vice-Presidents," eel! among the rine-presidents he found the mime of Sir William tf arcoort, with whom he hair recently been in poli:ical _  :to. have  the oiporitt—reity a 'nudging Peace and returning thanks for him. •_•  Lord WolvertAm's The Bard walked over for the Goodwood cup on Thursday. -* •Ths The Directors of the London und South Western Railway Company propose to pay a dividend at the rate of al per cent, for the past half-year, carrying forward .C 14,000.  At a Council Me-itlng of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society on Tuesday at Bristol, the Earl of Ilchester, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, accepted the presidency of the society for the current year. *_*  On Tuesday morning the prison authorities at Dorchester received a communication from the Home Office intimating that a temporary respite of the sentence of death on John King, pilot, for the murder of Mr. Alderman Hamilton, at Poole, had been granted.  The Liberal leaders met at Lord Gran. vine's house on Wednesday, to discuss their position in view of the Tory tactics as revealed by the Carlton Club meeting on Tuesday. Mr. Gladstone was present; and we believe it was agreed, after nearly two hours' deliberation, to await the Queen's Speech before deciding finally upon the course to be pursued. It was understood, however, that in the probable event of the Irish question receiving no mention in the Queen's Speech an attempt will be made by the Opposition to elicit some accurate information as to the Government's intentions towards Ireland.  Mr. Chamberlain, it is stated, acquiesced in Lord Hartington's undertaking to Lord Salisbury to co-operate with him in the Government Irish policy. Mr. Chamberlain has also decided to so co-operate. Lord Hartington's objections to a Coalition Government were understood to be shared by his Liberal coadjutors. Mr. Goschen is in complete accord with Lord liartington's views. *_*  According to the arrangements which up to the present have been made, the outgoing and incoming Ministers will proceed to Osborne for the purpose, respectively, of delivering to her Majesty, and receiving, the seals of office on Monday next. *_*  The Lord Chancellor has added nine new justices to the list of Magistrates at:Sheffield. Seven of them are Liberals and the remaining two Conservatives. Ainongst the former is a trades union secretary.