The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-05 00:00:00

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ils. Bright it Birmingham, 11141 II ousl with him of
late years, fell into the fault of age, ao4 talked of •
past men (smelting to the getzeraelon whioh lived in
II than to the men of to-day, whams thoughte are
shambed with current topics. The Repeal of the
Own Laws, however. lean epic which the Tribune of
the people le never tired of mounting, and he only
Tarim the tale by the embellishment of new anecdotes,
nab one so opposite on I strikini that the marvel is
that its narrator kept it to himself so long. Bat when
11. r. Bright tarns from the past to the present, he is,

sod drums to N. listonod to. ELI 4 reply to Mr.
Wary Georg*, or rather his fun sarcastic otteok upon
Mn. Grary's peopoganda, will do imourner good.
WU° so salaam a laud-ref orator as John Bright
rsbakss Use macaws spirit of inad-nstionaliontioo, it is

hire for some too-entitureetis Endlore to rewarder
ask positioa r supporters of re author of " Poverty
end Progress," who, by the way, as perhaps destined to

buena better known as the entbor ol " Poverty with.
out Progress."

Lord Duarsyse's suggestion for • remodelled House
of Lords is highly ingenious. Whoa all possible
reforms hays been Ifisoied in the House of Commons,
that is, when we have univanal same without
dislinclios of sex, equal electoral distriets, and pey-
MSS Of members, Radicalism may sit itself to reform-
ing ths Upper House. few are for eatuely abolishing
• mood Chamber. But, es Lord Dlareven ism ths
hereditary chareeter of the maws le as anomaly
wild* probably, senora long mist. Aa • sompromies
he would leave the existing peers elect • aortas
number of repnwestanres, and the Crown should
ameba • certain number of life pears, and
the rest of the Howe *tumid moat of rept-manta-
OM elected by the Colonies. The obvious oritioiem
upon Ilse Letter part of the proposal is that Lescanee
we have given up governing the Colonies, it is hardly

thae yet forth. Oolooles to begin governing ue. And
although there is easeetbing captivating about the idea
al • Connell for the Kintilra it le remarkable thiag
that a you. sad ambitions nobleman /should have
epee forward with a scheme for supplanting members
of hie own order by a babel of Colonial agent..

Sir John Lubbock's motion for the appointment of
• banister of If location le not likely to meet with
mut vpialar support The real meaning of it is the
entension of state authority to all education. The
eyetera has mot answered well on the ContlnenL No
doubt there le much which Is unsatisfactory about
private schools. But the evil le being remedied by the
establiehatent of High floboole for Faris and boys by
private eaterpaina There Is no need for • change whisk
would be wetly to Me nation, sad which would intro.
&me as element of Aldan= widget le alien to the
leeileakeke of moat /Imelda people.

igr, WIWI" mesas to bring In • Bill doting the
korthooring soros foe the prarical deartrallsatioa
of tbe lilib Ooort of Juror. He proposes to have
poretanent triberk of 00-ordlarde outharity with the
00014 of Tint Instance shear In Loodoe, established
U Liverpool, Mutebastwe, Mraingham, sad Leak
Thor Conde, be thinks, should have jurisdiction in
Oruro Law, Equity, and Admiralty, and, to far
r kers of foots are concerned, in Probate and
Mare • air an Amnia" jurisdiction front the
District borers. Appeal' to Divisional Courts and
the Oeert Appeal would still be heard to London.
Mr. Whitley is a local solicitor, and, of course, the
proposed orrangement would be welcomed by all local
solicitor., dace It would triad it into their rads much
of the business wow treasared by thoir Londoe bents.
Last year tho Lord Oharellor aid the Lord Chief
Justice ox premed their strong dlainolinatlon W
"outdoor in a similar proposal. The feeling of the
Judges Is pretty well known W ba against It But
Mr. Whitley and his friends think they will roars
die
.n!..(4 • Haideal House of 000IMNIS in the teeth

of jearol-Z oacj--a-ad p—wiap-7—they —arTrlebt.
Wee the House of Lords oily sot Improbably sweet
so the proposed asaeare. Tb. eageweed reform le
else whist% mail% ha very lose delayed. The °wade
eyeees hes beak= down, sad the astablisheaset ol
gime Meal ban bas paved Pb. way fat permaaset
dais is la As real mks&

DOILOUBST En.
EMIR 21111111 ism —Au entartaliusent will bio riven
at the Wait F.rdington Schoolroom this ,liondey)
evening, oxidating of roma sod in.trumental mosio
and readings. All who requires inusiod treat will do
wall to attend. _

DariaL—At the Borough Police (Lurk oa Worley,
before the Mayor (d. Dude°, Esq.), sad Mr. Alder-
man Gregory, Geor,te Amoy, an elderly mat% was
rum:booed for beir4 drunk is the parish of All &lute
on jssupy 26:1.—Re pleaded guilty.—P.C. Doom
proved ti e wee. Ihrleudent wee very drunk, but wade
Do dleturbattocr:Futed I..&ad

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Tug Kay. Twines Evans. —W. bare Xrut
plea/lure in calliog tin attetitiou uf our readers to the
torthcoming visit of the Rev. Thomas Evans, of
Merthyr, on Moaday, Tuesday, aad Welneeday next,
who beard him on the occasion of the former
visits, will. we hare no doubt, be glad of this' oppor.
tiiniiy of again braising to his powwfaleloquenoe. At
Lb. request of • Quahog. of [(rode he Ithe kindly con-
sented to preach on the Monday evening at the
Coagregatiour Church. kir fuse as • pramibmr le
vasty greet, and be needs no recommendation to a
Dorchester audience as • learner, and with such good
subjects • treat may be orifidently expected
Pitiamrrefloit.—Os Sunday Let at St. Peter's
Bandey School at Alington Hell, Mr. G. B. Bartlett
was pressated wit. • handsome wrltloidesk from the
unders and teacher of the school, and also with •
book from the Bev. T. W. Kuhr. The Bev. T. W.
Knipe, in making the presentation, add be was sure
ad of them would be sorry to lugs lit. Bartlett. Not
only had lie been a valuable helpu in the school, bit
also in the ohorah in looking at.., the sob of childien.
He felt ear all of Weak would agree with him sa
erred him avary @UMW in WO pro. to which he wait
going. Mr. Bartlett saltehly ramrod Drake.
Friday truths last • meeting of tin
Band of Hope in ounneou.ii wan the All Unite' and
St. Peter'. branch of the Chu.ch ol u.ngtnn I Tali:Wel-
sum Society wee held et the Abaft.° Had, who.
there was • fairly good atwndaio., couldcriug toe
incruiricr of the tea Sher. Lb, Chasrmau (Ker. T. W.
haviog male a fee opeatug rents ha, tuts.,
clued Ho. Matson to the mertiug, who gave • wry
lulareitiug aildrer, quo:ing maul. 'ordinate to show
that men was happier without toe drink. Mr. Mat ion
oleo gave some persoaal reunidusenosie of a visit ;rid
by ban to an Eliaborgh shak.y dpuiltery, nod at
some seines he owl withered in the ownmso lodging-
boors of London. He was Innd, Vpiatki•si at the
sod of his speech. The ellainaao. having Disliked
Mr. Matson for hie inuirestlag quern, gave a short
address, and the meeting rowed. Several new pledges
were Wan st the rose - .

71A 000178ocaassnom."—A oorrespondsont writing
under the now de Amos of "A Lem of Masao,"
writes as follows to the Church 7Lgj of Friday last
84,—May I suggest to your werioal readers • very
mold and beautiful addition to • choral Evensong,
which is always observed here in stormy weather suoli
es we are having 04 pretreat f Al She church of the
Holy Trinity (not ronarksble for anything but its
bsitutifully teamed choir) the hymn for those at as
(370 " AMMO% and Moduli is wig hassling after
the biasing, and it seems to in. to be • must fitting
lota of Interosesury warm at such a time, awl a
great mama of educating the people to thiuk of, and
pray for others. I believe the custom is observed at
many seaport lonia. Here toe hymn only bk.. the
plaOS of a vesper hyena •uus kamilag on ordinary
comaelime alter the blessing. also a useful pia)* of
additicsal worship. —A Lorna or Munn. Daeltottor,
January 28.
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ON MI RAILWAT--" I bare often
ocooslon to travel by the Loudon and South-Western
Railway, and bays lately been moots armored by •
seemingly mauled band of card-sharpers, who make
this line the scope of their operation& They are, as far
a.! oan Judge. four in number, and, of °ours& travel
third-claw. They don't all get In at the same station,
end various are the dodges they bay* mounts to in
order to put the nesuspicting traveller off his guard;
and they rarely fail to find some excuse to leave the
carriage, If not the train, before leaving Waterloo.
Their particular lay Ls the three-card trick, for that is
the number they use. One of them le • thickset fellow
of medium height, with a short black beard, who gets
iota& corner, sod oa the plea of Whig short-sighted,
end being alne to see but • little distance, gets tha
victim to move near ths manipulator of tns card., sod
asks hie advice las to which MIAS he should back. The
man wbo does the trick, a sallow looking fellow, with
smallleondy whiskers, a quick way of speaking, and a
slight oockney aocint. Celle you he carries his table
with him, which coneiste of a plias of black velvet that
in. strays rAtaci his kocse. The third is • pals, slight
man, with a pointed yellow bard; the fourth I did
not particularly noticie, but they all gave oche the idea
of commercials. P,Thapt some of my readers may
rettagaise them. If they do I striae them to be on
their guard, or, better still, toll the guard. The 8 ',lib-
Western is such a comfortable line, and they bars
adopted the sensible plem of rousing thirds on all fiat
trains, that it is • pity their police should not stamp
oat this nuieshos."—" Argns " in Laid said Wal.cr.