The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-01 00:00:00

tiered (Dinah' Exprns,

DORCRISTER. JULY I. In 4.

Doug.

A question of considerable Importanoe to the
inhabitants of the three parishes of Dorchester, and
for the matter of that, to Forel/loon se well, has been
brought prominently to the front during the last week.
With many perilous the mode of their burial is ow
of the greatest 0011011 till of their line and in the
preset iastance the ocet of such Interment ham (and
to us it appears with ocmaiderabie reason) aroused the
Wings of many. It is eoexcely rheasstasry to discuss
the proposition of the Burial Board, which, whatever
good it might do as a moon of income, would hare
been highly ohoorioue to many and a reel injustice to
• mw;f the vestries have put their foot on it, and the
Burial Board ars now powerless to proceed in ate
matter. A question, however, which appears to
es to be of greater impute:toe than the
prioe which a non-parisltionsr shall pay for the
luxury of being Interred In the cemetery is the in-
evitable eolargemeot, which mart mom be faced. At
Us. vestry meetingr held on Thursday there war a
geseral opinion that this matter would soon hare to
be met, and the wooer it is grepplel with by the
Burial Board the brtts, for at Iv prztty generely
knows the aril .loPig land may maw be ob-
tained, but it is not at all probable it
will be ava'table a year or two heart.

Notwithstanding the positive assertion of • con-
temporary that the diteb.ip of the Diocese dkl not
soatemplate retirement. thsth cao 1,6 little doubt the
venerable prelate will relinquish his charge, and that
almost isamelistely. Already his lordships succuseor
bee been picked out from the host of great cid
ambitions tholimiastlce, and the rev. gentleman who Is
popularly supposed to be the dalsrmte one Is °thou
Liddon. larongisout the whole diocese there will
but one feeling—that the cause of his lor I isitsk
retirement shanj4 bays beeo this attendant those-
commas of oldies. A... soltoolnanster M Winchester,
Dr. !dubiety *maid the axe thettletbe of all, and she
• peeLoS• we oan oily say be hr. bees 6 w oally
sooosssos of Bishop Hamilton.

The Oomiervistives have beau exasperate,/ with Idr.
Gladstone for disuniting to die:does the terms of the
dasiselal propoaltione to be made ta the Oanferenoe.
In their view the Prem.' r bad committed himself I.
reveal this part of his policy before the Conference.
The result may be to deprive the present motion of
osmium of • large amount of support which it might
otherwise obtain; and the motion of censure which
wW probably follow the deliberations of the Confer•
mice as. hardly be more thaa " seaderakti '." As a
plea of strategy, Mr. Gladstone'a plan is excellent,
but It involves a sad waste of time. There [CUE I.
Iwo debates Instead of one, sad a serious Inroad must

be merle into tha comparatively short remaining pet iod
of the The Government are expiating to
improve oonsidars'Ay upon the m.)wit, of 28 by
which the vote of censure on the Gordon question was
averted. Even Mr. Forster end Mr. Gosohen are
undentood to be in harmony with their late o Masques
upon the Conference question.

The prospect* of the Lusdon Ittur‘cip ' Reform
Bill pow very shadowy. It Wal in vain that Mr.
Firth sod his friend*" strengthened the heads of the
Orovernmant " by popular demonstrations. short time
ago. AU they gainni wee Sir William liarcouit's
sposab, and the printed draft of the Bill. Tailt.
worse than nothing unless the Bill becomes law
this Session. So bags. Its Went remained un-
dlealosed, the Corporation took • resolutely op-
timistic view of the subject. and the Special
Committee, with great determination, abstained from
doing anything. But now • streauous agitation
Against the mewing, has been organised, and is tricked
by wealth, which would make any agitatioa formid-
able. Tints has been game 1 for the creation of
public opinion in (grout of divtinct municipalities.
Every week's delay is clear gain to the supporter' of
the ancient civic inatitutlone, and If the Bill goes over
this session, it will, in our opinion. reappear at some
future period, only with very mach diminished chances
of sooora