The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-27 00:00:00

&rat Couniq Expre

TIIKSDAY, MAY 27, 1879:

Over £1700• is the estate of Mr. E. S. Chilcott,
late of Dowerfield Ltrm, reduced by the action on
Thursday last, in the County Court. The creditors of
Mr. Chilcott will note the action of the l'rince of
Wales's advisers, and perhaps lecl they are thankful
for small mercies, should any gratitude be felt towards
the Duchy authorities for not claiming at the rate of
,4298 a year instead of „Cl9B. One would have been
glad to have seen and heard Mr. Norris Roper and
Mr. I ;des Symonds endeavouring to make tlnrir esti-
mates of d ilapi, la tions and tillages agree. Itut the J lg.:
seemed very early to be satisfied, and although Mr.
Burnett persevered well with his case, the decision
seemed foregone almost from the first. Those to
whom Mr. Chilcott is "to memory dear" won't value
highly the privilege of being co-creditors with the
Heir to the Throne.
8.A.2.7 more hundred pounds to give away, Local
of Weymouth 7 Whatever you spend your
spare hundreds on, don't for the rate *yet.' sake, woke
i ducks or drakes of it n the Backwater, much less
bring upon some of yourselves the hearing al what
they don't want to hear. How happy might we all
have been if, when Mr. Howard objected ti 11,111.9 of
the Borough Bauch hearing and determining a cert in
case, that atilt. alderman and solicitor had kindly
objected to all the Bench at the same time, and the
Bench had complied. Now we have mosdawas,
certiorari, and who knows what else; some are ordered
not to hear, and others to hear; but one thing is sure
—the poor ratepayers will have to pay. Never did a
subecnption to a Bible Buoiety, or connection with
high authorities, cost a poor unlucky town so much;
don't, for our pocket.' sake, dabhle any more in engi-
neering or hygiene; but do your duty, Local Board, as
men who are not afraid of the biggest ratepayers, or
the visitors who make the mat fuss.

If a temperance missionary gets £BO • year. and is
allowed 00 a year fcr the "awful example" who adds
weight to his touching appeals, would it not be a
fine stroke of good management for the missionary to
combine the "awful example" and the lecturer in his
own parson, pocket the £1213 a yeaz, and so be always
sure of his man!

How waa it we beard no salute on Saturday last, in
honour of the fortunate day which saw the appearance
of the Princess Baby, since then for so many happy
years our good Queen. Surely it could not have been
that our military authorities presume to disapprove
any of the acts, Royal or Imperial, of the u
P One can only conclude that so manctru.7l
the powder had been sent to Afghanistan and Zululand
that poor Dorchester had none to spare for peaceful
joy.

Her most loyal subjects, the inhabitants' of Dorset-
shire In general, and of the county town in particular,
most heartily and humbly would congratulate Her
Majesty. Taken for all In all. there
a good queen as Victoria the First though we do not
slavishly lick the dirt from all that has been done in
her name.

"Vain was the man, and fobs a% vain,
Who sald—were he ordained to run
His loos career of life &gala,
He would do all that he had done.—

And perhaps Her hisjesty's yielding to the flatteries
of courtiers and aooeptance of the un-English title of
imperatrix, is an act that she would willingly real,
but leasing this "new creation" out of consideration,
we all are unhesitating when we heartily exclaim--
May Her Majesty have many more birthdays; and
for many more years may
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.