Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1877-01-05 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS."  The All;p,,,hor Zrrtrrrry, usually very well informed, says that the following are the hopes cherished in Roumania in regard to a recent proposals : On Belgium declining the perilous honour of an occupation of Bulgaria, the Powers will cast their eyes about them for another small State to de the work, and Russia, in the most innocent way in the world, will point to Roumania. Rumania will be asked ; will rely with a episropari : will at last suffer herself to be persuaded; and then it will be discovered that she cannot undertake the duty will she is dependent upon Turkey, and that for the good of Europe she mnst be declared free. This ought to turn out well ; only, \ %lien the chain of cause and effect in intended action is ' so long, there is almost sure to be something the matter with one of the links.  I hear that the Prince of Wales finds Marlborough House to small, and is about to migrate to South Kensington, were it is understood his Royal Highness has property of considerable value and extent, originally secured through the foresight of the late Prince Consort at the tuna her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 made their excellent land investment in that pleasant suburb.  Prince Arthur's suit, which we were .the first to mention in June last, does not progress. His Hanoverian cousin has not yet said either "yes " or "n 0.  Teetotalism has found a laureate at last. His name is Cassey, tucl he hails from Leicester. Here is his latest great offusion, which sees the light in that humouruus paper, the Al!knee Noes : "Brave Sir Wilfrid Still keep at it; s Weary not, Though fierce storms of persecution Be thy lot ; 'Twill but hasten Prohibition— Doubt it not; Soon the lowering clouds will break; Soon the slumbering masses wake, And, resistless in their might, Sweep the traffic from our sight— Wipe from England's proud escutcheo. Drink's foul blot : Therefore brave Sir Wilfrid Lawson,  Falter not ! The hypercritical may object that " escutcheon " is hardly the rhyme for "Lawson." Poet Close might have done better, but we should be thankful for what we receive. Poet Cassey might have made "caution" answer his purpose, or—say " lotion." By the bye, "brave Sir Wilfrid " will be rejoiced to learn that the municipality 4)f Bantus in Finland has decided to to interdict the sale of brandy in that village for the term of five years.  Ejaculation overt-14mq in a railway-carriage in answer to the greeting of "Happy New tear ; " " Noo year, yeh ! Wish I'd died last year; I'd 'a been a much richer man."  Some weeks ago the body of 'a woman, cut into pieces and tied up in an ohl petticoat, was found in the Seine near Paris. After a long investigation by the police it has just been discovered that she committed suicide.  The new mansion which the Earl of Ellesmere is building on his Northamptonshire estates is nearly completed, and, with the extensive stabling attached, will have cost, by the time it is in occupation, some £150,000. Being close to Brackley, Lord Ellesmere's additional seat is in the centre of a fine hunting district, and it erection has given a iernarkable impetus to the picturesquely situated and old-fashioned town.  Victoria Melita is the pretty name that has been chosen for the infant danOtter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh ; and her Majesty must have given a sigh of relief at the intelligence that there were only two additional denominatives to remember in the enlarging circle of royal grand-children, whese names alone previously number over a hundred.  The Prince ,-)f Wales, it seems, was to have paid a visit to Colonel Owen Williams, at Craigydon, in the Isle of Anglesey, on the 15th of January. His Royal Highness, however, has now written to the gallant colonel postponing his visit nntil next summer.  A correspondent remarks, with reference to a recent note in this column concerning the reviral in the West of the custom of members of a hunt dining in pink, that, "as far as the principal hunts in 'the Shires' are concerned, it is the custom. He can speak personally with respect to the members of the following hunts dining in ' pink ' (of course in the country and during the hunting season) :—Pytchley. Quorn, Belvoir, Cottesmore, Duke of Grafton's ; and he thinks he may add, Mr. Tailby's and the Warwickshire. As to the trying nature of the colour on various complexion; it may be noticed that officers of nearly all Her Majesty's regiments wear a scarlet uniform at mess; and he is sure that any relief to the black evening dress of the period is something of a gain : it revives an aristocratic appearance to distinguish between the diner and the ordinary waiter, not always in favour f the former."  So here is General Adye come to assure us that all is for the best in the best of possible arsenals, and that we are bound to show all our little secrets to any foreign officer who cares to pry into them, whilst the Governments they represent obstinately decline to give us the slightest information of value. Let me ask Sir John Adye a question : Have the authorities at Woolwich succeeded yet in obtaining one of the new German field-pieces, in order to try it against our own guns? There are, or were, two old-fashioned Krupps at Sh,elatrynes ; but, I suspect, no specimen of the new and vastly improved weapon has been obtained. Have we so much as a single stand of Manger rifles to test against that beautiful and expensive ana, the Martini-Henry? ,If we have either Krupp or Manser their existence has been kept remarkably quiet ; and ?re are not at all given to hide our lights under bushels.  MO LET, near BOURNEMOUTH, a Few ACRES of LAND, in a good state of cultivation (and partly enclosed and cropped as a Market Garden) • together with