The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-05-20 00:00:00

ebbs ants MON.

Rata, it is said, forsake a sinking ship, and
"Monte)," Guest, I see from the Sterborne Joirivd,
ham announced his intention of bidding farewell to
Wareham and conteating the county at the next
genera ekotion. He is wias in his generation. It is
VrePOltering to IWPO that nada the re-didrilmtion

scheme, small boroughs Like Wareham, Poole, or
Christchurch will es er or allowed again to stululy Uie
Wishes ul CoO Ituolluto, DULubratug 241 UrLos ba motif/
elector+ sia all the three consumed. 1 wuda.gr. Alum
Logue Guest aii succeas. Like Mr. .11ornott, the
member for lint/Mom he has .how u that he ha. the
C‘Puraigu of lus CODS and the eleCturs ul Lonett
must have scarcely riecli ICoUi Charles Liu:item dee-
cription of "11,slire II they arc coutent to be brimful
down from sire to eon, an Po many serfs, awl rrluw
to suppsirt • inemuer who, wlutu Um occasion calls for
It, 10 uot afnud to gite aD indepeUdent tote. .11r.
Montague Guest s vokle aipuuat UM present Goveru•
meut upon t.gyptiaii motters were well deserved.
/Stamm a poury ul miserable leguilanuu has been
relegabal to .ar. Glodstoue mid his van.), by We pre-
ilecrsuini, that is no rtliol,lll why it should have Limn
Ilk,, a pruuy Laood-and-thuuder novel "coutfiaued.-
The present Government have continued in a usilk-
and-watery style the loamy of Lord Salisbury upon
the Egyptian ktUostluLi, &MI Sir. Montague Guest has
nused ins vol.s. against It. Must who have studied
the debates will acknowledge that he is right.

The gnat questiou in Toole is now—not. "Hare
you emu the teaser,- but what are they doing to nu
way of the petition. Slureriug sod dialuuif 1 hear is
the order of the day ~Wong a good litany. The Con•
aervative party eutloavour to put a Urave taw upuu it,
but 1 Uuuk their bo,to%ud" 04111.1 uu kuid of Uusiueaa
partakes too unich of Dutch ouurage.
The petition, it it is pnxiented, will undoubtedly
amt the prinuutera I.7JUU. The loser, uniat utak° up
their tuthils to pay in owls at leaat 4,UUU, loss tog out
the clunio. of Use niquuru at bunatester gaol. Auil,
perhaps, it way as well be nnueinuered that there to
aueli tiuuis now as hasius our Will/CPI brought at
trout a uelgUutiurtue hotel auto a private room, or,
UclUg allowed to wear your owu elotises—a to sutuay
prwou tare .uut postal Willul.11; sod in the CAe ut
ttauguty solicaon (1 Jou t rout to irtguteu auyuotty)
twiug strtivia utt taa rolia, or elloptUalUU thappay tor
thew uot sus p-r )

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I don't think I am untr.tytitg confidence when I tell
my reader, that on Thursday Alderuimi .Nortou and
GutmanUm Balaton weut up ao Loudon to have another
interview with the Attorney•lieueral upon the atibiecL
So that the matter to tertmuly not dropped, am it ha•
Weil industriously spread about in the aierough that It
was. They atm two "aucklere it will i, hard to get
over, and L understand a couple ut heavy chNum are
ready for aiguature, which, I dodt douhi, other mew.
bars of the Liberal party will to a certain " Lock it it
to decided to "go on'

Mr. Muntogue Guest., who has announced hut
inteution of contestutg tho county, voted wtth the
Uppoettun un Tuesday upon the Vote of Celts ure
Agatust the Guveruuteut. It my resdery welt to
learn what the duet lettere' paper of the couutry thinks
ut tho preseut conduct of the -duustry, I wutudAllll.
thew to road the brut leading &nicht in the Doe;
trews of Wednesday.

The preliminaries of "Tiling the petition,- winch has
been the great talk in the town ever since the eludiun,
base now been successfully carried through so far.
it remains to be seen whether the Liberal party have
suite:mut patriotism in them to nod the sinews of war
in order to not it out to what air. Chatfield Clarice
at one tune hound himself —" the bitter end." 1
trunk upon that point a cuuinderatile amount of doubt
shay Lai safely isultuged in, and them /11.1:01 be laths
further indulgence in the adlictiou of Ituffe•alsakisie,
India which so many have lately emu sutfermg.

An eminent member of Laueral party, 1 Miow,
strongly urtpa, Uo auanikanneut of Ulu alua. A con-
oulcrauge auauuut of WilAt c QUllzlliCrWat righteoua
indignation has WWI exountled up.ts lx. LLtkc.
refuaal to"fo, inure than KIJU towarilA the expen
of the petition. Tho.o Who thus diectai.37w:hrdoidt
mmembur that if 31r. Waring had 01.1111,
the limit moment, 31r. Clarke Would hare h-
-.en thrown
up with as little compunction as an old hat.

In spite of &fl the rumours flying about, I can .tatc
it as a fact, that Mr. Waring has made no promises.
It is true a requisition with a large number ,d signa-
tures hiss been sent to him; but those who know best
have but the smallest hope of a favourable reply.
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The Tories, who were to be seen walking about with
such very long faces a few days ago, now that the
difficulties in the way of carrying out the petition
have leaked out, are giving each other congratulatory
shakes of the hand, and remarking—" What glorious
weather we're having."

The amount required t:o render the trial of the
petition a matter of 'gaiety, should it end adversely to
the promoters, is r 2,000. The highest contribution at
present towards that stun is Mr. Alderman Norton's
cheque for a hundred.

Mr. Clarke ham ahaken-U-ff the duet of Poele (non
his feet; like Mr. Waring, although, perlialai he does
Dot expmia it quite so forcibly hell iiec Poole
Lief ore he has anything more to do with it.
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The first attempt to convert Poole into a model
borough has not provoil an tuninalitiod success. Ni
one imagine:l it would, but those who did their best
in the matter have not lost heart.

I am glad ta hear tha—t —sir. H. Mitchelson, well
known here a, a very clever amateur actor in conm•c-
tion with the Gamck, in now filling a very nnecrsnful
engagement at the London Criterion. That his name
in " billed," is a matter upon which he may be eon.
gratulated. I can only tenet it will prove but the
fleet rung on the ladder of fame.

The proposal to connect the houses of the Volunteer
Fire Brigade electrically is a novel, but I am afraid •
somewhat itnprac icable suggestion. A good clanging
tire bell affixed in • turrett on the roof .4 the Town
Hall would be a far more effective and simple method
of informing the brigade their services were required.
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Mr. Harris, has rapidly shown his indepen-
dence. He voted against the resolution which con-
demned the law as it at proient relates to marriage
with a deceased wife's sister. Some of his supporters,
I hear, are very wroth over this; but I rather fancy
that, hsiking at the constitution of his constituencY,
the hon. gentleman has shown, in this particular
instance, that he keeps his weather eye open.

The Fri...wisdom( of Pool—. wish it to be known that
the V.M.(Mr. C. T. Marston) has received a reply
from the Secretary of State, stating that "the loyal
and dutiful address of the members of the Society of
Freemasons resident in Poole, on the death of the
Duke of Albany, has been laid before Her slajesty,
who has received the same very graciously." "How
very kind." _ _ _