The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-12 00:00:00

" Wbr talk so dreadful big, John,
Of honour when it intaut—
You didn't rare a ti 4 John,
But just for ten per cent. r

Tim per conk and Ell are in danger when a nation of
35,000.00 G sets Itself to restrain, and to thwart a nation of
56,000 Pik and only becks its professed disgust and strives
to quiet int alarm, by money and abuse. The dilemma
is that Russia has either done a good work and must bays
her wages, or she has tricked us, sad is a dangerous foe.
Let the population be anned nod dnlled. and we shall hi
ready, either to defend our own, or to help in putting
down tyranny whenever it crosses our path.

A newspaper which delights in long-witided flood. of
talk, and has Clooserystisui on "Tbe place where to.
brain ought to be. libelo that very useful and non-
p Itical effort for the Dorset Industrial Exhibition. It
makes lir. G. Eliot my at the Winthorne meeting—" be
had great pleasure In accepting for as ther year the
office of president of the association. Le was greatly
moved thereto b 7 the exceedingly kind reception they
had given him. lie was glad to have been obliged to walk
from the C ineervative hall to VIAL room bemuse the ball
wee not lair,e ocioigh to bold all hie Conservative friends."
Well I we kno • that %Pim • *roe was somewhat under the
power of Tory ()milord, and a few signs of hoisted to the
boat powers were not out of Mace ; but whist ttui Dorset
Industrial Exhibition has to do with the "the return of •
Conservative member, of the lien Council—" I should
very much like to know. We all remember the
"industry" exhibited at the last election for Weymouth ;
but the ousting of Efr. (owe Baron) Ramie° and the sub.
'citation of Sir Fredenc Johnstone, hart was hardly
entitled to a prise for "excellence." Yet, now, the
main object being patrimisiu a Is Beaconsfield, prises ore
to excite the workers. Rea I what follows :—" the chief
business wee to promote the ohiect he had put before
theta—namely, to return a Conservatism member of
Parliament, who should help in returning at the bead of
the nation • Conservative Government aTheref ore Lord
Shaftesbury was president, and they had a goodly list of
well known Doreetetere names as patrons. Rules had
been drawn up, as eel aa a list of cisme. for prima, and
they hoped before long to be able to settle definitely what
those prism should be." Some wicked cynic says to be a
thorough-going Torn y•ut must "suit blind," and by fair
means or foal eve7thag mud be made to support the
0,,,,,,,maea So, i .t he • quarrel !otereen Russia and
Turkey.—'ldiate fishes Beliadwie"—"hand over six millions
to Earl Be ic insfield ." or if you hold • meeting for an
Industrial Exhibition —" Return Conservative members
to Parlialiant and Conservative members to the Town
CounciL" But I don't believe that the worthy president of
our Club ever propounded such an object as—' returning
at the head of the cation a Conservative Government,'
much less that he would have dragged in the Good Earl
Shy( trohure In ; ran only fancy, either that the news-
leper mole an oriaiesi and desperate bid to get • chance
reader for its Conservative talkeetalkee. or Gist souse
medley has resulted from an effusion of Conservatism in
the head.

Whatever amount of abuse may be Riven in Wales to
our Mr. Son., of the Gas Works, the able manager, will
not affect his standitg with his director. or in the town_
Mr. Stone is too well known for thst But the Welshmen
who are troubling 'het the diminution of the fund.
rained to support the Welsh miners must rainecther that
such diminution must have come sooner or later, for it
wa. siinpl impossible to maintain a large population when
their staple trade bac failed in their own place. Hard as
It is for every borne-loving man to he obliged to move,
work must 1.8 takee where it can be obtained. The
present effort to stead the six millions may he • red
thing for the Weigh iron-men, if they are not fixed to
blown-out furnaces, and districta whence trade has hope-
lessly gone. There is iron workable me:nowhere, and the
Government wants iron, for shine, armour, and arms, and
if the golden millions Ire not jobbed away in shams, a
Cool Part of them 'night if spent at all, to go to iron-
workers- But the workers must go to the places where
the iron is work-I, or if they cannot do that, the Govern-
ni.nt may brine the wire to them, for of course we want
to get the iron for drfeasive preparations as cheaply as
we can. Government Departments are not above taking
the stone worlred by restricts, and letting its use comp.-to
with that worked by fres o.n of Portland, and %would
be quite as falr to relieve a suff.rine population by taking
their iron and helping k) restore their trade, as it is to
let ocericia rompete with tree men in wonting elan'. Of
course I don't mean to say that the Government should
buy Cyfartha at Hr. lirseakey's price without enquiry as
to whether it is suited for the preeent necessity of the
iron triad... They would have an inspection and valuation
with special reference to modern improvement*, and
probably 'tumid be beet to negotiate first for • abort
lease, that they might try the working. But, as Britain
wsnts iron and no stint of it, for forts and ships, cannons
and smell arms, I ebditild like to see another great arsenal.
and probably that desired by the Defence Commission of
Lord hammertoe nal‘ht be attained by a fortified iron
district in Wales,

It was almost • pity that at our Council meeting any
one should have suggested letting the volunteers have the
piece of Backwater land for next to nothing. I under.
stand the managers of the corps intend to try anal earn an
huisest penny for the volunteer funds out of the drill.
room. and they are quits willing to pay • moderate ground
rent. But moderate it mast be, or the speculation will be
too risky for the heavily-burdened corps. Perhaps £5 a
year would be the happy mean. But lithe Council are
afraid to part with their water frontage. soother room or
spice must be found, and that soon.- I incline to think
the great vacant space at the Market House ought to be
turned to account. The bondholder', money hes pertly
gone in the cellars below; but prosperity misfit be
restored by admitting our volunteers into a fair partner.
ship. Niquibble ought to stand in the way of our
Defeat* Pores.

DISOZIFS.

HOPE CHAPEL ANNUAL MEETING.
Twenty years have Flee been completed by the Pastor of
Hope chapel, Rev. W. Lewis ; but although the centre of
Independeney on the other side of the water has been a
centre of life and work, it seems to be in danger of being
sorely preseed by the hal Vines." The &anus' meeting
was fixed for Wednesday float night), and the annual
report of the dearone shows that the general income has
been £155 ea, of which the minister only received
£l3l 10, 104., sad an aposal is made for regular giving.
and OnCilli.,oll adding thereto, as the Lord shall prosper.
Tim church and poor fund amounted to EU lbs. fel, of
which EIO ins contributed by Mr. W. Deveoish and Mr.
H. Edwards, and the balance hai been &ported by gift
at coals to the poor. In the church improvement and
organ fund, the balance doe to the treasurer has increased
from CU Da 101. to Cll3 fic 101 The report respecting the
choir is very favourable, the choi Nein( nionericelly
and the younger members drips evidence of
mrsful training by Mr. C. Crocker. Mr. Bartlett hoe
returned to his former poet.. orgauist, and IWO thanks
are given to Hiss Willis for her kind meditates, until the
found the tax on time and strength toe vest, the
Banday school • slight increase in the number of teachers
brings them to 93, erclusive of Akers, two scholars have
become teachers, and seven young women have joined the
church. The expenditure is, however, greater than the
income, and likely to remain so, for • reserve fund has
been now shsorbed. The Melo, and deacons, therefore,
apnea to the friends to remove the deficiency by don..
Pone, and to become annual subscribers, so as to raise an
adequate annual income for carrying on the school.