The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1880-11-19 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SRI. The Queen hss contributed £5OO towards the restoration of the ancient abbey church of Monster-ha-Sheppey. Serious floods are reported from Lancashire. At Preston the Rbble has overflowed its bauko, and laid miles of country under water. The wife of Mr. William Cleverley, of Quemerford, near Caine, blacksmith, has given birth to three children; mother and infants are doing well. The Home Secretary declines to interfere in the case of Witham Bro we less, who will be executed to-day (Monday), for the murder of his sweetheart. Eber Long has left the South and West Wilts Hounds in order to hunt Lord Coverdale'o. Mark Gerrish has been promoted from first whip to take the second place. The fiends (d the Rev. C. Voieey have subscribed a sum of £l2 000 for the purpose of promoting a new Theistic church on the principle expouieled by the rev. gentleman. Before the Boston Election Commissioners, on Wednesday, Mr. William Butt, of Fosdyke, stated that he was a Conservative in county elections and a Liberal in the borough elections. A Cabinet Council was held on Friday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasure. in Downingstreet. All the members were present. The Council eat from three o'clock till ten minutes past six. The negro sailor named Branari, charged with the murder of a messmate in the Duchess of Lancaster, on her voyage from Antigua, was committed for trial on the capital charge, at Falmouth, nn Friday. The Bishop of Bath and Wells has appointed the Rev. F. C. Kinglake. of West Monkton, inspector of parochial and National day and Sunday schools in the deanery of Taunton in conjunction with the Rev. William Michell. A few mornings ago it was discovered that a cow belonging to Mr. Robert Bags, placed in a field at Yarley. near Wookery, had been hainrtrung during the night. The animal was so badly injured that it had to be at once slaughtered. At the National Bank, Antwerp, a day or two ago, a clerk was paying in about £5OO, in notes, when an Englishman eutered and apparently accidentally dropped a couple of Napoleons. The clerk politely stooped to pick them up, but on rising he found that his money and the Englishmen had disappeared. At Drrby, on Friday, Fanny Savage, the woman who burnt her little daughter with a red hot poker under circumst snces already reported, was sett to gaol for six months, with hard labour, the Bench stating it was one of the most atrocious cases that had ever come before them. A few days ago six men left Roquaine, Jersey to go in search of orners—shell-fish that adhere to rocks,—at the Hamoie, and due:ag the passage one of them lost his cap overboard, and to rescue it three of the men rushed to the side of the boat and capsized it, throwing the whole of them into the water. Two of the men were saved by clinging to the boat until they received assistance, but four were drowned. An officer attached to the Indian Staff Corps narrates the following incident as having taken place at the battle of Malomund :—" A gunner in the horse artillery was riding on one of the guns during the retreat, when he was ordered to make way for a wounded man. On arriving at Candahar it was found that one of the gunner's heels had been hurt, and on being questioned why he did not say he was wounded, he renlied that the other poor fellow was worse than he was,"  An affray took place at Trowbridge on Saturday night between a few soldiers belonging to the It vat Artillery and some townspeople. The affair had its origin in illfeeling on the part of an artilleryman who had been imprisoned for stealing an article of servant's wearing apparel from the Sun I un, and which he averred he took in a "lark." Sticks, belts, and other weapons were freely used; and our correspondent states that but for the opportune arrival of a picket of artillerymen the riot might have anumed serious proportions. No arreats seem to have been made. A