The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-26 00:00:00

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DORORIRSTBR, FEBRUARY 26t14 UM.

WHO WILL LEAD MICH INTO BATTLE
The Conservatives are In rather a sorry plight just
now. They leave a bad 011318 amongst themselves.
When this is the cam as, • rule all spirit Is subdued,
and despondency sets in. The Tories are no mite's
for their opponents; it is not an even game. A/ they
say In football, it is three goals to nothing. The
Margate of Salisbury has • compact majority in Use
Lards; bet this does little t promote the strength of
the party, and it is questionable whether it does any.
thing at all towards rendering the way Nuke to power.
Where the strength should be greater it is lest. The
Boons of C 113111140/ lithe gran.' arena, and there we
ses a Titan, head and shoulders over all the rest,
swaying opinion and oommanding sympathy, respect,
and obe Ileum Sir Staff .rd North° stsi, capable and
hosiourable as be is, stake lot inaignificaricie when
pitted against the greatelt master of modern times.
The Conservatives are chagrined at their position ; yet
this is not the hrst time that perisosal popularity has
been a hindrance to the pro,,r as of party, and to
Parliamentary business. Lard Palmerston ruled with
almost despotic sway iron session to session. It was of '
him that Charles Dickens at an indignation owning
asked, " Upon what meat doth this our Lauer feed,
that be kith grown so great ?" And U afterwards Mr.
Disraeli ruled the Soule with less autscratio pow..,
be still esettel paramount. IA woos, mil was the
muse of simmiar dionour spinout san ingot his oppsnee Is
of the time. Toe truth is that Parliament ay Tame
are not to be bad for the asking. Moreover, they are
the results of circumstances; perhaps we 'Maid say
they are in ate, sot born. It would bs iateresting to
know whether Mama in his ~lf political days was
recaralad With lies or mire levity this Is his imitator,
Lard Randolph Churchill. Ose shag, how. vet, is
aerials ; the first-named grew bat slowly int s bum
and honour. De was not at once *elected to supersede
leaders of aspartame. Rather was he oontiorially
watching opportualtim and preparing himself for the
position to which he believed souse day be should
attain. The present rising bops of the Tories would
de well to bear this in mind. Doubtless his Jammu
Is Inormaing. As Mlle Is It to be denied Meet he
pousewas aerials qualities winch are sure in time to
give him • leading position in politics. But he has is
yet glean no proof of statesmanship. If In. words
butter ne parsnips so neither do sharp ones break any
bones. Vituperation stung Sir If dbert Peel to the
quick. There is no sign, however, that it hasp even
mos disturbed the equanimity of Mr. Gladstone ;
while as for shaking the foundations of the Ministry,
we suppose it his not caused so monis as •
vibration. Conservatives can do nothing better
than beer with patinae their bard fate.
There Isno reason for presuming the nominal leaders
of the party are doing anything else. Sir Stafford
Northoote knows what • Parliamentary majority
means: be is aware also of the fool that a mai irity
with an unpreoedentedly popular Minister at Its hued
I. a mountain which requires something a. re than
oars faith torso:lova When, therefore, Lor i .Candolph
and his friends almost rebel against their leaders, they
evince • simplicity—not to say txdishisses—which
speaks ill for their competency as possible political
leaders. Ministers have the ascendency Lu Paula-
mist: they poems it too, by all appearance, in the
country. While this is so, vituperative language is
even less efficacious than beating the air.

DOWN OSTIA

In. Ray, A. A. LBONAILD ban again been selected
by the Bishop ea one of the Lent preachers at lb.
OetbedraL

FORDINGTON PARI4EI BILLS. —Morry {mils were
rang oil Friday Greeley. Tbe lingua appear to
appreciate the old saying '' Better to wear thee rot
the ropes."
lirresrroseawr.—Another of those pleaaleg eater
garments will be given at lb. West Forcliertoe
Schoolroom 111. (Monday) evening, conalstlng of
readings arid vocal and instrumeatal meek.

Diaziosza.—David Wrdingley and John Fiskin
wore &itoW on Friday with being deserters from the
°head» Winent.—P.S. Carter proved opproboucl•
It. mita on the 22nd on the Weymouth-road.—
The moo won ordered to be sent book to bood-ptor-
toro.

CHILD BORST to Duni —An inquest was held on
Saturday, at Waxen, on the body of a child that was
burnt to death a few days prenoul. The child was
left by the mother lying in front of the fire, and on hoe
return she found Unclothing In fi .mes. Death quickly
put ea end t o the child's mitering&
FM:M[OTM, Wooing° Mix's 01.011.—A "social"
(strobe will take place this (Tondo') erasing in
the olunroom, when ha c 'maitre have made
arrangements for spending a pleasant evening. The
charge, however, to non-members will be one panty.
Messrs. Sargent, Spitler, Wins or, and others Sr.
expected to be presort The proceedings will coin
mean at hall-per seven punctually.
POST Orrice Sorrea.—Tlo• officials of the Dorches-
ter Post Office had their monad festive gathering on
Thursday night last The chair was taken by Mr.
Cheer Parsons (postmastal), and MT. J. DYnnrs Scalia
clerk) occupied the viorohalr. There were niter y 30
person pressat, and the proceedings were very enjoy.
able, • Bret-rate repast having been provided. After
a opper, the usual loyal and oomplimentary torts were
honoured, the health of Mr. Parson being warmly
✓eceived Sm. capital songs were also sung.
Coinrrr Comm—The following is a list of the
pines at which Mr. Sentwat Tindal Atkinson will
bold courts next month ;—Shaftesbury, Monday,
March 10th; Win:anion, Tuesday, March 11th;
Orewkerare, Wednesday, March 12th; 'lnn', Thurs-
day, March 13th; Salisbury, Friday, March 14th;
Dorris/ger, Tcreday, March 18 th ; Bridport, Werlass.
day, Marro 19th; Weymouth, Thursday, March 20th;
Bradford, Friday, March list; Poole, Monday,
Marsh 24th ' • Bournemouth, Wednesday, March 26th;
Wimborse, Thunder, March 77th.
Bandana our or Tin Uttog.—llt the Shirshall,
on Friday, before Z. Nene, Esq., John Wright and
=Stone, tramps, were okarged with breakiag
the Dorchester Union on the 20th inn., aid
not completing the task a/lotted them.—Mr. A. H.
Look, olerk to the Guardians. prospeornet—John
Dubbin, porter at the Cabo, proved receiving the
tramps at the Union. When he admitted them he
give them dearly to understand they would be
detained till the work was don. He saw the defied'
ante on lir following merged at half-pest eight.
Hs gave them a bregt, sad had • Sr. lighted for
Sham to dry Shalt clothes by. Ordinarily they would
have been eat to work at aloe o'clock, but as their
olothas were damp he did not set them to work till
eleven. At that time he asked them if their clothes
were dry, and they replied in the affirmative. He
left them to get their work, and on his return about
five minutes afterwards they were gone. They could
not hive gone out by the front gates. He than gars
Inforraation to the polies,—Mr. Look remarked this
was tin first ore the Guardians had taken under the
Ousel Poor Let, 11/92, and he did not wish to press
the case severely. Still be wished Snoops to know they
were determined to enforce the rare—Mr. Pence
sentgeoed the men to • month's imprisonment with
Lard labour.
YORDINOTOII PAMIR ESTISTAISItnrr.—A large
arembly of parishioners and others coagregated at the
Schoolroom on Thursday eveoing to listen to an
eteelleal geleotion of music, recitations, kn. His
Worship the Mayor (li. Darden, Seq.), and the
Mayoress peronieed the For 'Niko Meade, also Mr.
limos, Mrs. Andrews the Misses Williams, Miss
greyer], Bey. Pope (Bradford Nygren), Bev. IL
P. Bailees and family, and others. The performance
corameaosd with • planofort. overture b Mies Kate
Toop. A readingby the Rev. A. A. was
ineffir applauded. Mr. T. Wieser came in for wall.
merited apOanse in hie song, " Stared by Your
Country." The Rey. Orson Smith gave a reeding
mernesi, " The Russian Servant" Kr. Spitler smog
good style, " Why Rouse the British Lion 2" The
selection by Was Brown and Mies Rant
we. eery roily performed, The Rev. A. A. Leonard
gan • reeding, which was followed by Mir Kite
Williams' rag " o.ms Hack to Me, Love." Mr.
Sargent sang "Hurrah for the Life of • Farm.,."
ties chorus of which wee heartily taken up by the
There w reopened cans for Mr. Sargent,
cznals7:romeere
being long, he could not aCCOIn•
modine his r,r., which was • disappointment to
the.. Mir Plummer sang very sweetly a song
mated .. Lassie," and was loudly applauds I.
Mies Blanche Smith gang, " Home, Sweet
Hese in her wen-known style. " God Save
eh. (amen" brought • pleasant analog to •
ores. The following was the programme :
Pianoforte, Mies Kate Poop; song, " Music in the
Ai..." gbootdidren ; sou, Mies Ken Williams; read.
Ing, . A very Happy Couple." Rev. A. A. Leonard;
goes, "Canadian Boat Song." Mies V. Powell; song,
"Stand by your Country," Mr. T. Winner; recitation,
"Tommy Rook," Miss Sate l'oop ; gong, Mrs
liVyard sad Miss E. Williams;il Doug, "Lost
Chard,"
lira Nellie Adis= ; reeding, "The Hoseine
Seresnli A BST. Canon Smith; soog, Miss Brooks;
40•4 " ttia BIM, on Darling," the children; wog,
" Why Rouge the British Lion?" Mr. Spitler; piano.
forte seintion, Mir Brown aryl Mrs Hunt; nog,
"Leseie," Mir E. Plummer; reading, "A ICind
Arica," Rev. A. 4.. Leonard; song, "Coma Beck to
me, Love," Miss Kate William.; gong, "Hurrah for
the Life of a Fer," Mr. Sargent; dust, "Flows,
Cialberors. ," 11 Adiam ; eon, "Horn., Sweet
=Miss Blanche Smith; part nog, Mir
~' bodies; "Cod Savo th• Queen."
lillinal.llo Mown—At the Boroagh Police Court,a
Monday, bare the Mayor (y. r
Alamein %WM! r. Lock* Req., and Nerd Jillard,
!z ia,g/creph Jocelyn was charged on remand with 4e., the mosey of his brother-In-law, Jellies
Bust.—Prosecutor line in Mffl-streset, and the Prisoner
b leis brother-in-law. On Thursday rat he was es
bow haring hie dinner with hie -kw and

little brother-In-law. The father-la-law gees hint five
shillings to keep for him. end be put it in the teapot.
He them left the house to go to work. He retuned
at ball-pest five and found the money bad ben
rHH.V.& H. then gave informatioa to the Polies,
and obtained a warrant for prisoner's apprehension. The
prisoner lives at Weymouth, and wily cease out of
prism tin previous day.—Mrs. Sort, wife of the
fr7:t mid slater of the prisoner, said on the day
ation she returned front bac tr.rk. sad ou
to the teapot for the key found there le.—Pilsoser
brother, a little boy, was at dm house on the day in
question with his father aad the prieoaer. The former
was asleep. Prisoner went 10th. teapot, end took the
key out. He saw him put hie band into his pockrt.
li. went t) the cupboard and got some bread and
chines. He then left the hotme.—Prisoner wished the
case to be dealt with at Oa 011. —Prosecutor did sot
wish to press the WAIL —The Mayor sail the Bench
had decided to give the prisoner the beeefit of the
doubt In the urns; bid advised him to keep better com-
pany, sod be more careful for the tutor% —Prig nor
wee discharged.
SCHOOL MTIZDAICH Several School Board sum.
moose. were heard at the Police-wort on kfouday,
when Ur. T. A. Pearce prosecuted on behalf of toe
0003Caitiel). The following fines were inflicted :—J.
Warm), 5'.; W. J. Straw (two cases), is. each; W.
Bamford, 2s. 6d.; and Y. Whitty, ss. In the letter cans
the Bench were leformed by Mr. Pearos the committee
intended, if the present floe was of no avail, to apply
force order to send the child
,to eadadestrial school.

-Us if-K.7—.17Z 17selo7rir-; on
day. poor woman, named Spraoldin, was summoned
for not sending bee child to sohooL —She pleaded that
the boy had been kept at home to help support hi*
blind fattier. There are eight children in the family, the
father osionot do • stroke of work, owing to the lon
of his sight, and the woman is the sole bread-winner.
The boy was kept at home to earn • little money to
eke out the ode, fable pittance ohs earned by washing.
The Guardians had ref used relief for the reason that
the family lived la too large • house, whores, the
woman Is In the unfortunate position of hashes so
=ay children that she could not live in a soldier
hones for fear of over-orowding." The Bench at
first decided to inflict • fine of 2s. 61., but
Mrs. Spraoklin said it was impossible for her to pay
tauDey ; it was very bard for her to have the whole
burden of a blind husband and eight clilldrso on her
shoulders, with no one to earn • farthing but herself.
—lir. Pearce put in • good word for the poor womtn,
end testified to its being • diatreselog caw—Toe
Meyer, having eonsulted with his brother magistrates,
said the Bea* bad decided to suspend the fine, •
declaim which all will wee with.—The magistrates
adjudicating 011 these CMS WO plead la • very on-
ploistot position, for the excuses put forward by some
of the peer people are heartreading, but they are Doer
t6dla most aro to turn. deal ear to ell apposite.
• presage sass, hewer, was peculiarly hard, and the
Beach wisely, we think, departed from the hard and
fast line which the law lays down for them.
Tea lits-Arxisoogiarr or :az CIAMTIII or TM
JUDOMI.—The Lord Chancellor is at presoak engaged
upon • scheme whereby the existing circuit towns
are to be rearranged and grouped so am to obviate the
waste of time which is u Air so frequently 0001SiOila4 by
the lodge' Reding no basis's' to dispose of On their
arrival at souse of the smallest sense towns. Ws
understand that an Order in Council embodying ewe
new rules will very speedily be obtained, and that the
new arrangement will come into operation m the
summer arsine, which will be held In July next
The Lord Chancellor on Saturday received in the
House of Lords • representative deputation of members
of Parliament and persons from Piymouth with respect
to he arrangement of the melee warts of England
sad Wales, and applying to have Plymouth
included in any scheme for the re-arrangement of
towns for assizes ; the reasons for the application were
many, among them being that Plymouth was the chief
centre of population and trade In Devon and ConawelL
—The Lord iallhaaorellor, In reply, said that no doubt the
question brought before him by the deputation was •
very important one. Of course, In any change which
wee made as to the maize courts, any other towns
which might be affected would doubtless desire, and
ought to be beard. In oonolrplio, the Lord Chancellor
said that the matter wee one of great importance, and
be would morale with and would melee the anistrece
of the Judges, and the deputation might root assured
that their views would receive his full oonsideration.