The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1880-02-27 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SHEEP.—A Trowbridge correspondent states that the disease in sheep is spreading with dreadful rapidity in that district, and that hundreds of ewes and lambs are perishing daily in Wiltshire. The Russian's arrest at l'aris has b.tcome an embarrassing political event. It is alleged that he was the owner of the house near Moscow from which the mine was laid to blow up the Imperial train. Should there be reasonable proof of this, the French Government will not hesitate to give him up as a common murderer. The Presidents of the three groups of the Left have meanwhile waited upon the Minister of Justice to express the hope that the Russian will not be surrendered on a mere political accusation. A telegram from our Correspondent at Lahore states that Gholam Hyder Khan has given money and supplies to Abdul Rahman, and that men are being enlisted in the Wardak district for him. There are also recruiting emissaries in the same place from Mahomed Jan. It is reported that the alliance between Peru and Bolivia has been broken off, also that disturbances have occurred at Lima, and that another revolution has been attempted, the leaders of which were shot. The Peruvian Government has an army of 20,000 men, and is said to be preparing for continued resistance to the Chilimns An explosion has occurred in the military arsenal at Valparaiso by which twenty persona were killed, and half. the building was destroyed. General Mouravieff reports that on the 15th inst. he routeda force of4oo Tekkee who had intended to attack a transport train of 800 camels. Twenty-five of the TekkJs were killed, and the rest were pursued by the Cossacks for a distance of forty versts. The Russians suffered no loss. The Central News says that as the debate in the House of Commons on the privilege motion was closing on Friday night, an incident occurred which, unpleasant enough in itself, will, it is hoped, lead to no graver results. The usual preliminaries to a bo3tile meeting passed between two members on the floor of the House, an Irish member in his 89th year being the inviting party, and an English county member not yet 40 the recipient of the intimation referred to. The Army Estimates show a slight decrease of expenditure as compared with those of the previous year. The total sum required is £15,541,300, being £104,000 less than last year. There is a total of effectives of all ranks of 560,733. The total establishments of all ranks for 1880-81 is 632,649. ..  The donations received by the Dublin Mansion House Committee in aid of the distress in Ireland now amount to over £68,600. The Duchess of Marlborough's Committee has received about £58,000. An action for breach of promise, brought by a gentleman against a lad_y, was heard at Warwick Assize on Thursday. The plaintiff, Mr. Fowke, brother of a baronet, 56 years of age, sued Mrs. Hornby, a widow of large fortune, and claimed £5,000 damages. No proof was forthcoming, however, that the lady had ever made a promise, while it was shown that the plaintiff had obtained considerable gifts of money from her. The jury gave a verdict in the lady's favour without leaving the box. The obstinate turnpike toll collector who compelled bicycle riders to pay toll, has at last come to grief. In the Queen's Bench division, on Thursday, the judges decided that a bicycle is not a carriage within the Turnpike Act, and the conviction of the appellant by the justices was affirmed, with costs. The Great Western Railway dividend for the past half-year is announced at a rate of 41 per annum, the sum of £28,000 being carried forward. The dividend for the last half of 1878 was at the rata of 4 per cent. with £16,500 carried forward. As 54 per cent. had been confidently expected, there was a fall of from 4 to 41 per cent. ia the company's stock Friday. At Wincantou Petty Sessions on Monday (23rd), Captain Corr Giro, a magistrate for Dorset, was charged with using a gun for the purpose of taking game without having a license to do so, at Charlton Horethorne.—Mr. Davies appeared for Captain Glyn, and admitted the offence, pleading inadvertence.—The Bench fined the defendant £2O. Tea