The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1881-09-13 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

TYRONE ELECTION.  The Tyrone election has proved • marked defeat to Kr. Parnell and the Loud League. They themselves wisely geuged UN situation throughout when they apprehended boat they would regime to fight a tough battle even to achieve the half victory which the return of Colonel Ktiox by the eplittuig of the Liberal votes would have been. but although they have tokeu 901) votes from the Liberal tide jet the Liberai ciuididate succeeded in polling 84 votes mire than the repiseentative of the Tories. rhos show to • remarkable manner the growth of Liberal feel tog in I. haw., for at the general election last year Mr. Litton only got in by the narrow majority 0(45. having all the Liberal votes on bL own aide. The belief is that while Mr. Rylett took away 910 Literals from Mr. Dick• .on the latt.r WY more then compensated by the number of defecUons from the rank• of thee* tenant farmers who have heretifore been the supporters of the Tory candidates. The effect upon the Laud League party I. that they now feel that they will hare • hard light in Managban. They profuse to believe that had the Liberal candidate been beaten in Tyrone, no Liberal would have cionteehd Monsghen. Ilue was, doubtless, a mucalculetion en their part, but at all events the result of the Tyrone mot st Las dissipated this idea.  A musical festival of an uncommon character ham been inaugurated at Brighton. being • competition among the mew oers of musical societies from France. Belgium, and !Switzerland. The outrumentaliste and vocalists. number. leg between 1,506 and 1,603, have boon most hospitably received. _  Serrano. —A curious experiment, it le stated, is being tried in several corps of the Rumen army. This consist/ in the introduction of dogs in lieu of men as sentries. Far this duty tee wolf dog of the Ural Mountains is found most suitable, al this animal will growl at the presence of an intruder, Instead of barking outright, and thus inciting all the dogs in the camp to do likewise. A Batrra.—Cuarle• George was on Wednesday, at the Surrey Session, convicted of assaulting • woman with whom ho bad cohabited. It was proved that he knocked her down, fell on her, and savagely bit her face, so as to disligure uer for lite. He had previously threatened "1 menu to spoil your face." Mr. Hardman, in sentencing him to five years' penal servitude, the maximum allowed by law, said thet if he and his colleague. had the power in such oases they would biomes the punishment three. fold.  --K-new lighthouse, in which the electric Lot is to be used. bee Joel been completed at Marseilles. Toe cost of the light will be about Z. 3.1. per hour, against 35. ld. the 1 cost of the ordinary light; but taking into account the intensity of the flame, tee oost of the electric light is seven WIWI lees than the cost of that which it will replace Tne new lighthouse will be one of the fined on the French ooaof. The light, which will be equel to 3,500 assists. will be visible at • distance of 27 miles. THE LAT& OUTRAGZ AT LILL& Wowters, the presumptive author of the attempt to blow up half-a-dozen Lille families by sending them boxers containing infernal machines, hes committed suicide. He met near Douai a woman against whom also he had a grudge, told her he had failed at Lille, but would not fail tins time, and Bred a revolver at her. She fell, and he ran away, but two workmen pursuing him he blew out his brains. NONCONFOHMLIT Ondirvidsces.—ln opening a Cong. (wonted beteg at Blackburn on Wednesday, Mr. Briggs, member for the borough, expressed his regret that he was unable to introduce hie Bill for abolition of necessity of attendance of civil registrars at Nonconformists' mar, ages until lens in the session, ani hoped that it would soon become law, and thus remove oeie of tbe few remaining (meanest of Nonconformists Until the present uggisfactory system many Nonconformists were married at church rather than risk danger of such urifortunet• oogrefempe as occasionally occurred atchapele. He deeired English inn to be made similar to that of Ireland and Scotland in this respect. 'fun TIIMPLE Bah lllMlCORlAL.—Notwithstanding the irigilmoce of ths four police-constables constantly on duty at the Temple Bar Kmarial, further damage has been done, one of the figures having been taking away whole. The result of this further mid upon the Memorial has bees to reduce the four goals to about half their original dimegions. The north panel shows a lOas of eighteen heels and bodies, the southern panel the absence of 1.3 Piece, of Pimiterillif, and the eastern end western plaster work is also much dammed. The northern panel hes been so knocked about, and the bordering so extensively mutilated, that hounds in danger of falling out of it. recess altogether. The new bring panels have been modelled by Mr. C. H. Mabry. of Storey's-gate, and cast by the ironfoundes, and in the course of a month or so will he fix,cl in the memorial, in place of the disfigured plaster cm e.