The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-07-11 00:00:00

ITEMS OF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Tllll4 DAY.

MR. DISRAELI AND THE EASTERN
QUESTION.
Mr. Disraeli, LEI the House of Commons this (Mon-
(lay) stfternoon, said he believed papers on the Eastern
Question would be presented early next week, when a
day could be fixed for discussion. He had received
no reply respecting the atrocities in Bulgara, and
hoped they would be found exaggerated.

This (Monday) morning, asLord Lowther and crew
were landing at Whitehnven Harbour, the punt
capsized, and the party narrowly escaped drowning.
MOTO than one hundred men of the Armagh Militia
have deserted. They were under orders for England,
under the mobilisation scheme, and were to start this
(Monday) morning.
A fire-damp explosion has occurred in the coal mine
at L'Hopital, near Metz, on Sunday. Forty persons
perished, and 47 received serious injuries.
Mr. Lucas's hat manufactory, Bury, was partially
destroyed by fire on Saturday. Four hundred lianas
are thrown out of employment in consequence.
It is stated that before the prorogation of Parlia-
ment the Prime Minister will recommend Her Majesty
to raise several members of the HMSO of Commons to
nate in the horde. A number of other members will
receive the honour of • baronetcy.
The miners all over the Black Country are very
much agitated on the subject of the proposed increase
of hours. Meetings are being held daily, and at every
meeting it had been unanimously resolved to retire to
the uttermost every or any encroachment upon their
wogienittafritei;323f cruelty by Captain Morgan against
his wife, w it was expected would have been the
sequel to the Morgan divorce came, his been abandoned.
In the Dublin Divorce Court, on Saturday, counsel
for Captain Morgan prayed a dismissal, and con.
oersted to pay costa. The whole came, therefore, is at
an end.
On Saturday night, while Mr. Hugh Elder, mer-
chant, Dunfermline, who is a member of the Find
Fifeshire Rifle Volunteers was practising at the range,
near Hill of Beath, he accidentally shot the marker,
who fell dead on the spot.
The Prince of Wales is by no means in good health.
After the State Ball, on Tuesday, be was so fatigued
that he could not get up the next day until very late.
lie looks unwell, and, whit is much more wonderful
or him, looks worried, as if something was annoying
him.— W7iiretail. Rfolete.

m;:n.-;;;,-a itia:Unghlin, father of McDade, the
1340 murderer, has been lodged in Belfast Police
Office charged with the murder of a man named
McKenna. It appears McLaughlin and McKenna
quarrelled in the day-room of the Workhouse, and
alter arguing for some time, McLaughlin struck
McKeana a violent blow on the face which felled him
to the ground. The unfortunate man, falling on the
hard floor, had bin head cut open and shortly after-
wards died.

lali. C. S. READ ON AGRICULTURAL
PROSPECT&

At the annual dinner sTiissiiiuffolk Agricultural
Society Mr. Read said: wish wiah in my heart that our
prospects were brighter than they are at the present
utoment. After passing through three 1111111/01111, which
have been more or lees disastrous to Agriculture, we
last year had a crop of corn that produced a Ism
money return than any we have had for the last fifteen
years. Looking forward to the future, I may say that
although our prospects of a crop this year have con-
siderably im4,wved in Any didrict they &tenons of the
brigipost. We have lost our plant of mangold wurtzel,
which to us is the mainstay of our sprkg provender,
and we are cutting a swathe of hay, which is about as
light has it has been for the last four yeses. I may
also say that the prices of meat at this moment are
exeeptionally high; but I believe that they are not
enhanced by greater consumption, but that on the con-
trary, they are the result of • short root crop, • back-
ward *ring, and the diseases in cattle last autumn.
Therefore I am of opinion that with its reduced con-
sumption we sky expect for the next few months that
prices will not be good. And I also think further, that
although we shall not in all probability have a largely
Increased importation of live animals, still at the same
time scientihc discoveries will provide the means for
sending us fresh meat, not only from New York. but
Ewen the prairies of America, and from our distant
colonies. And then with regard to wool the price of
which is now exceptionally low, we see what efforts
our great colonies have made to improve the quality,
as well as increase the quantity of the wool that they
send us; and it is that cause and the reduced consump-
tion that make the prices so low as at the present
moment. Then perhaps you will an "Surely there lion.
very bright prospect in that your Ltbourers are quieter,
sore contented than they have been for the lad few
years." lam happy to say that all active opposition
and strikes have vanished for a time, and I believe
that with the diminution, I might say with thealmost
entire cessation of emigration, and with the derth of
employment in the north, we shall not be so padded
with these atrikes ea we have been in years past.
for one, am glad indeed that the labourers have an
Increased wage. bee I do wish that with that wage they
would give us stair dare work. lam sorry to say that
my experience is this ; that the more money you
pay the lees the work; and the fewer the hours the
worse the work. That is my experience ;I gm glad
Indeed if anyone has not experienced that like myself.
Now having put this gloomy picture before you—and
I believe it is • truthful one, and it is better to speak
the truth than to prophesy emooth things—l ythat
all this lost has fallen exclusively upon us tinant
farmers of Busload ; and I de say that we must look
to our landlords for co-operation, for assistance and
ter sympathy in this our present distress. And w
shell not look in vain. lam quite sure that the landed
gentry of England will meet ea fairly and frankly.

A TWENTY-MILE SWiM.
V. Oaviil sterted M twenty-one minutes to *es nun-
attemoos to swim from London-bridge to Grairemod.
ot 91 sulks Cyril swam as far as GreenAttlut
:rhiat I.ln utiles from Lopata_ -bridge, but 41 mike abort
d onisssuad. him intesded deettaatiom At Mil point.
though the swimmer vrr wsl wad strong. the ebb WU had
nu, out sag tie Aces& set M. so that he could make no
beedway. Hs thereto= gam lap this coat's& Tinbeill the
—wg, 6 hours 60 =nu=

FATAL lIESULT OF DOMMIC
IL ma tre=ocagred et Deveaport ThareAsy
At named =oat who hes lately been
• tflsr
ipdayhad • (intakes wife mad • wild daughter.
.011 Qat t the girl s,sd away from hoots on
mad Irharsfay morning •eU found his wife in •
which she refused to leave. Aka:4A having
•oldhlres at it quarrel laitted. sad. Olsen to
the lOU Wed his wits to tho woad. whew*
Zs
.wetstfra. takes up dead.

Lord Derby wanted to resign office the other
day, says the Whitehall Review, but has been
persuaded to remain on a short time longer. He
is not one with the Premier, nor indeed with ay
of his colleagues on the Eastern question. He
looks upon masterly inactivity 'as the true
line of policy for England to pursue in the pre-
sent crisis; and is rather more than nervous as
to what will be said in the House of Commons,
should the Government of which he forms part
ever be induced to " drift " into war. Men

don't easily forget what they learn in early life.
His lordship first entered upon official duties in
18152, when he was only twenty-one years of age,
and when, being Member for King's Lynn, he
was made Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
One of his first masters was Earl Russell - for
the Mr. Stanley of those days was a Whig, pure
and simple—and he has not yet unlearnt what
the noble lord taught him when he sat at his
feet.

Mr. Cole, Q.C., M.P., has become President
of the Western Circuit Cricket Club. The
election took place on Wednesday evening at
Winchester.

Colonel (or more properly Mr.) Baker's term
of imprisonment expires on the 6th August.
The ex-Hussar will at once proceed to join the
Berrien army, and will undertake the organiza-
tion of the Semi= Cavalry in the field.

The hot weather is plainly affecting the leader
writers on that heavy production the Standard.
This is some of the bosh its readers were treated
to anent the Volunteer review :—"Our citizen
soldiers marshal themselves before him in
splendid array to salute the Prince, who, after
• progress of unparalleled magnificence through
our Indian Empire, has come back to us." We
shudder when we read that "he went among
barbaric hordes with his life in his hand, a
mark for thousands of bullets and daggers."
"He went among them without a shield against
the knife of the assassin." The Prince going
through India with a shield in his hand would
certainly have been an edifying sight. The
writer proceeds to tell us that "glorious in the
acclamation, of Oriental millions," the Prince
is now amongst us once more. "To us who
have watched his dangerous travel, who have
shuddered at his prowess, while we have admired
and waited in fear to see what new peril he
would court with his light heart and the courage
which have faced death in a thousand shapes
with a cordial smile, he has come to bring us
once more the light and the brightness of his
noble and gladsome presence." We are at a
loss to understand to whom the writer refers,
but they have our deepest sympathy for the
tortures they have suffered. The grammar of
the passage is somewhat frail, but it is news to
us to hear that the Prince "faced death in a
thousand shapes with a cordial smile." The
Special Correspondents have not done their
duty to the British public; they never men-
tioned in their letters this startling fact. The
Prince, on his return, we are told, "has had
his welcome in the stately hall of our municipal
representatives." "His gracious presence has
gladdened the nobles and the great of our land
in temple of melodious song, and in the high
courtesies of the drawing-room, and the levee,
where thousands of scarred veterans, with breasts
ablaze with the trophies of antique valour, have
looked with loving awe on the bright face of our
Sun and Hope." Here we are indeed dealing
with a master of the high-down style. To speak
of the Prince of Wales as the "bright face of
our Sun and Hope," is flunkeyiam, which is
loathsome and beneath contempt. We wonder
whether such a piece of writing as this article is
duly prized by the great Conservative organ,
and whether it is thoroughly appreciated by the
readers of that journal.

A certain Mr. Wadsworth, of Ashton, is an
ill-used man. He unfortunately had but one
child on whom to carry out his ideas of dis-
cipline, so he adopted another from the work-
house, a little girl of four. After fifteen months
of Mr. Wadsworth, the child had to be con-
veyed to the hospital, and the doctor gave the
following report of her condition —"I: found
her in bed suffering from shock. She had marks
on her back and chest, the marks apparently of
a rod or strap. On her back she had sixteen
distinct stripes, from the nape of her back to
the buttocks. On her chest she had one mark
extending from an inch above to three inches
below the right nipple, and the skin was broken 1
in its entire length. There were two similar I
stripes acrces the abdomen. She had three
bruises on her right arm, and her right wrist
and finger scratched. Her right leg was bruised I
from hip to knee on its outer aide. She had
also a recent wound on the top of her head."
This was the result of the application of a
leather strap, an inch and a half broad, cut into
four laces. Mr. Wadsworth's apology was that
the child had tried to run away twenty times,
and that ho gave her a choice between taking a
flogging and going back to the workhouse. The
Guardians debated whether or not they should
bring him before the magistrates, but decided
by a majority to content themselves with a
severe reprimand) following the example of the
Lord Chancellor in the case of Mr. Wilberforce
of Graffhani. They expected some thanks for
this clemency; but Mr. Wadsworth, evidently
believing in the Divine obligation to flog, sur-
prised them by saying, "This is a very poor
return for my having kept the child fifteen
months."

The Duke of Connaught is said to have made
a formal request for the hand of the Princess
Predrica, of Hanover, and to be still awaiting
the decision. It is a pity that there should be
so much cousin-marrying in the Royal family.
There was a time when Princes of the blood
thought it no disgrace to intermarry with the
English nobility. We have enough of the
German element.

There is every prospect that before or by next
year the bridges across the Thames will be free.
The high contracting parties have substantially
agreed as to the terms, and these involve such a
slight addition to the taxation of the metro-
politans, that they apprehendno opposition from
the public. Out of thirteen bridges across the
river only four are free. The Bill will set free
liammerunith, Fulham, Chelsea, Battersea, the
Albert, the Chelsea Suspension, Vauxhall,
Lambeth, and Waterloo Bridges. The effect of
abolishing the toll-gates on Watortoo Bridge
will exercise an enormous influence on the traffic
in the most crowded part of the Strand, and
will doubtless increase onutibus accommodation
from the corner of Wellington-street, Surrey-
wards.

some years ago, many good wishes have this week
Rorset eanutti k'xiiress been sent across the Atlantic, on the celebration of
• the Centenary of American independence.
TUUDAY, JULY 11. IK6. Mr. Algernon Borthwick, son of the late well-
known Mr. Peter Borthwick, has become the
NOTES OF THE WEEK. proprietor of the Morning Post. Mr. Borthwick,
The Emperor of Germany has given £5OO from who has for a quarter of a century edited the
his privy purse for the relief of those who suffered paper, is a great friend of the Empress of the
by the recent inundations in Alsace. French, and was on intimate terms with the late
Signs are not wanting that the Lonc:on Season of Emperor Napoleon.
18761sc0ming to an end. In more than onedaily I That the wear and tear of legislative life affects
announcement of fashionable movements, we are some members at an age when a man is supposed to
informed that the Duchess of So-and-Bo has left beat his best is not to be'wondered at. The House
town for Carlsbad, or that the Earl and Countess of Commons meets on Monday afternoon at four
of the Other Place have left Hertford-street for o'clock, and sits until, say, two in the morning. It
Cortnay Castle, Loomshire. The West-end shop- assembles on Tuesday afternoon at two, goes on until
keepers are making up their accounts—more l suspentlidsorni for
anddinnmer
eetsuntilainnainten,oosnits into
Wednesdae
or
than profit, it is to be feared; the livery stable Muir is ihen sairfied on until agsix in the .
evening,
keepers are not pleasant to speak to ; and in when there is a break until Thursday afternoon at
many of the West-end hotels they would be glad four, with a morning and evening sitting on Friday.
to take in even a Manchester bagman if he would How the jaded representatives of the people must
pay them; and as for furnished houses, the best welcome Saturday as a time of recreation, and Sun-
In London could be had for next to nothing. day as a period of rest! In the last week or two of
Four weeks more, the painters and decorators the session, even Saturday is pressed into the work of
will be in the clubs, and a decently-made coat legislation. No one can be surprised at the cheers
will not be seen in St. James's-street. which always welcome the introduction of the
Appropriation Bill, for then it is known that the days
are numbered. By the way, the end of this session
will complete the half of the present Parliament ; for
although nominally a house may last seven years, it
never really does so. Ifs Parliament runs six years,
that is its outside limit ; it is then old and effete;
members have grown weary; and the place has long
lost the charm of its novelty. Ilesidcs, it would be
dangerous to allow a Parliament to run its extreme
course of seven years, when the Septennial Act
declares that it must of necessity be dissolved. The
demise of the Crown or the outbreak of a foreign war
during the interregnum would demonstrate the
inconvenience of leaving the country without its great
Council of the Nation at a critical time. The longest
, Parliament of modern times was chat which lasted
from May, 1859. to July, 1865; and during its last
session there was the greatest difficulty in keeping the
House together, so intent were the members upon the
prospects of their re-election.