The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-01 00:00:00

al:ltes.

A Parliamestm7 return al municipal boroughs in
Ragland and Wales has lust been Milted, which shows
the number of persons on theburgem roll, distinguish.
ing women from men. This return bears out the
estimate that when women householders are entren.
chimed they will add an additional seventh to the elec.
issue. The women .m the burgess roll, taken as a
whole, present the AVerlige 0( about one woman to sir
men, although different localities vary greatly. The fol.
towing gives the figures for Dorset:—
.

Proportion of
one Woman

....... .............
Men. Women. to Men.
Blsmilnrd... ... 132 23 8
Briduorc
.. . . . 1,098 1(/) n
Dorchester . 944 128 7'5
Lyme Regis ..047 77 31
Poole 2,111 . 214 914
Weymouth 1,77 n 36n 4 14
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much us s' thus thy .sr' • sw,th. Tii•••.• frats•nusi
greetinp WoOlii• mil Filth. if any cause ssf
dispute should arras lietwssiii Itiossia sins! Austria, liaY
in the nriglibourlis•st of the awl they have
oust tbs. Knperssr .I.listriau nattsw s,f cloo,ooo—
I.:nits-nor, for it all meelitr to C. ,rne from
his own private pm... Tit.'y manve the.c things
pleassantly in Austria.

The Itisb,4, of Girlish: haa ltad a double unjuntuce
done him. Ili. honevt indignation waned the
cliugyinan w 'ruminended falsehood ait • xhield
nisi:v.4 intimidation ha, laid him open to the aliviird
charge ui neglecting to rebuke intimidation, and has
also led to hi. 1..111,r ,10, 71641 in .o.oly of the
a.a T. Hi. I. I.liip ha. v• y i•'' ,v -aid that
if lie Mel. a clergyman .leclari../ in favour of intiMidA•
',jun he will relmke kin' 44 he ha. releik.-1 the
advocate .if lying. He ear nothing iipon tli. harge
T.z>i.m, and yet it ought to be oiliciently well.
known that 1)r. Harvey Goodwin i. • Liberal. It
would be • melancholy thing, indeed, if the fact of •
Bishop rebuking • partizan clergyman for the me oil
intemperate languor., should conclusively pnive
the Etiehop to be opposed to the man rebuked in
politica.

The Duke of Edinburgh does not find farming so
profitable as his Royal mother and elder brother
hare found it, and the success which lianally await.
Royal senageurs has not attended his experiments
on land. On the contrary, he appears to hare shared
in the prevailing agricultural depriesion. His farm
at Eastwell, which was expected to ming him in mime
two thousands rem., ha* cost him instead about £4OO
per annum; so that it is not surprising the duke is
weary of the unprofitable venture, and intends to
give it up.

The statesmanlike speech dif Lord Hartington at
Waterfnot on Saturday is use of the many signs that
betoken time near approach of the gteatest political
conflict of modern timim. His lordship complained
that the late Government had been exposed from the
very commencement to moot persistent and bitter
opposition from the Conservative party Dimling with
the quixotic Land distribution scheme he said he did
not believe in the efficiency or advantage ..1 any
proposals for arbitrarily and forcibly n*listributing
the laud of this country, and proteeted against such
proposals as bring article* of Liberal faith. ID
approved of control over licensing and sale of drink
being given to local authorities. With reward to the
unholy Tory Irish alliance, he thought the conduct
of the present Government in regard to Ireland had
dealt • blow at political morality and the cause of
order ; but he del not D-lieve then. existed' in this
country any political leader or party who would con.
sent to sequin, office or retain it by conceding to the
ternu which Mr. Parnell llntended.

When the light coulee it will find this county, at
teed, fully prepareil. Etch division I. with
its candidates, awl leith partiee apparently are
sager fie the club of urn.. The Lilswals are, ilnuring
the harvest, quiescent, but here awl there signs id life
are wihihiteil in the enemy's carnp --opening of Con-
wiriatire club., the forntatiim of " haleuitions " of the
I,easpie, awl Ikther active symptoms. In
South IMenet leali the ianitelstes are resting, Awl we
anticipate any aggressive ement for a month
at least.