The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-28 00:00:00

THE GREAT COTTON STRIKE.

MONDAY.

The Burnley deputation are waiting on the masters
to see if terms can be agreed upon. At Blackburn
numerous arrests continue to be made in connection
with the burning of Colonel Jackson's house. The
names of large numbers of delinquents have been dis-
closed by admitted informen.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.

On Wednesday night • guard mimed William Brown,
of Chippeabare, was engaged in the shunting of •
goods train, when, owing to some lamentable mis-
understanding as to the points, the train wee shunted
across on to the line in which he wee standing. lie
was • very stout man and the and of the carriage
caught him and crushed him very severely. Dr.
Aldridge, the medical officer of the company, was at
once called in and superintended his removal to the
hospital, where the unfortunate man died in the
course of the next night from the injuries he had
received iaterually. He leaves a wife and two
children

CHANCES OF PEACE.
[LATIIST.]
VIA. Monday.
The Moigingoblate says it must not too readily be
assumed that !vacs is assured. and eren should
Ruosk .nd r,o.darrl Imre come to understar-ding.
Austris must obtAin the sixty millions vote to insure
her interests.

Artinnx, Sunday.
Thirtv thottasool tr.voa of all artns are concentratad
stt the Theaealian Frontier. Great oneaeinese prevails
here.
PESTH, Sunday.
The negatiati.oul respertin.z 13"'",i&n, and
Herzegoviaa fu o ,itivee have c ue I. • h‘arntu ient&

.uctil-pux epidemic is Dul.lin is cppp;di!mt.
Count Sehoueslof reached L 'p&p. Wednesp`v.
The Prince 01 Wales is suffering from a 'were

The first rail tic Newcadle-ou.Tyne-street trams was
laid lus %Wednesday.
The German Minister of Police and several Berlin
officials visited Newpate Prison on Tuesday.
A Japanessrbuilt ironclad will shortly visit England.
Her name hie amid she carries live guns.
The Brighton mackerel fishing commenced last week,
and there is every prospect f • prosperou• ernaksol2.
The Queen's birthday was celebrated Friday in Berlin
by • grand dinner.
Efforts are I.ing made to rains& memorial to Balls, the
composer, in Dublin.
Mr. Whatley, M.P., has been seriously 111, and has been
on • •isit. tosgypt to re-establish his health.
Lord Belper and Mr. Itsw, If P. have each given
L 5,000 to a fund for purchasing • public park tor Derby.
The Rev. G. R. Burrow., heal master of Coleford
Grammar School, in Dean Forest, has joined the Runtish
Church.
T ryse.will offerings of the Free Church of Scotland
during the past thirty•five years amounted to over twelve
millions
A Sheffield bicycle club has decided that all members
shall, for the safety of the public, be provided with bells
when riding.
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In the mateh between the Australian cricketers and the

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representatives of Nottinglianiabire, the former were
beaten easily.
The Duchess of Argyll died very suddenly on
Saturday afternoon from apoplexy, her third attack.
be was seized at a dinner party.
The latest information respec ing Earl Russell's
condition is to the effect that it is subject to ,reat
variations. He has slightly improved, but gloat
prostration continues.
Mr. Crosa, in answer to a deputation, said it would not
be wise to introduce a Sunday.closiu Dill into Parliament.
believing that it could not be minded out in the present
state of public opinion.
Queen Victoria 11•11 invited Prince Frederick Charles
and his daughter, the Princess Ismis• Margaret, to
Balmoral. The Queen wishes the marriage of the latter
lett.h the Duke of Connaught to take place in Englend.
.

Much amusement was caused In a Justice of Pesos
Court at Ouper.Tife on Tueeday by • MIA named Gillespie
objeetltie to pay • licence on the [round that his dog had
only three leo. The plea waa rejected.
Gray, the cashier oi the Isle of Man Bank that was
robbed of ore? 0.000 a few weeks since, wee brought
before a special jury Thursday, unfit was then Mated that
there was a dedciency In his accounts of Pl,ooo. He was
committed for trial.
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wir;Kne;l7.l colli.rs employed by the Oldham,
Bieldlethm and Rochdale Coal Company. and the Cham-
ber Colliery Company at Ctisdderton, have struck asainst
• redection of 17 per rent in their wages. The pits
stopped are fourteen in number.
The Pirtle. in the unhappy strife in North.Eaet
Lancashire have thrown amide even the Nimble/ice of
conciliation. and settled down to a bitter contest
Alderman Pickop has publicly announce I the failure
of his endeavours to bring about • settlement ; and the
cmployene meeting, which cam to have been held last
Friday, has been adjourned aim die. In the district
prolonged contest is looked upon as inevitable.
A.• important point arose in the Court of Bankruptcy
as Friday relative to the letting out of furniture on hire
with an agreement that In case • certain number of pay-
ment. were made the property should belong to the hirer.
In this cam the bankrupt, who was the hirer, had net
completed his allotted number of instalments, and tI
furniture wee claimed both by the maker and the trustee
is bankruptcy. His Honour decided in favour of the
trustee, on the ground that the agreement might to have
been registered on ler the Bills of Bak Act.
distreiningiruicide formed the subject of a coroner's
Inquiry at Reading on Saturday. On the previous
evening. ',ming gentleman named Wilson, son of the
rector of Narberth, Pembrokeehire. and • Cambridge
undergraduate. deliberately laid him self down on the
runwcy in front often advancing impress train, and
wield/led instantaneously. A verdict of suicide was
returned, but the jury declined to say what was the
elsoreesd's mental state when he committed the rash
act.
A shocking diecovery haa been made near Hereford,
the corpse of a woman having been found in an
edrueeed stage of decomposition in • wed some
distance from the town. A double crime I. suspected,
se etrueek, evidently took place on the spot where
ties body lay. Identification is impossible owing to the
rendition a the Napalm The skall is fractured in
two places, and the blows wete dearly indicted during
life. The locality is • favourite place for picnic
parties.
A &WRIT WORTH KNOWING IN DIALING WITH
Came, AND SHUT DIORAMA —lnfinitesimally small
mould be the loss of young Cattle and Sheep by
Digress at the trying Season of Cold, Sleet, andßain, if the7.were put under shelter and "Day Son.
and Hewitt • " Red Drench' and " Osseous raid,"
ideggisterod, as the kind of ailment may a. The
serious loss to the Fanner, during bad lam 4E12
kirevsmted by dosing with the "Rid
highly fed Ewes mop week before they lamb. And is
cogs of Debility, Dianbaa„ o Exhaustion in young
meek, Shenk Lambs, and Caine, a dose or two of the
Gaseous rink!" le of all remedies, the most safe and
the most 51eetive.—I2, Dorset-sheet. Bakeretreet,
London. W.
»Thome seer sad die mi the spet."—HlLl;s MAGIC
VERMIN KILLER is °oriole death to Bats. ULNA Assn
swedes, Dockroselies. and all kinds of Vernon. Rimia the
/Waiving extracts from the teethnonnas Na oda..
I have a large atom roma which was Intoned with
moo,, j tried your Itagic Vermin Killer, the mesh al
alike proved astounding: the nest morning Lee• i 2
desd mica, and the number of dead aim
the sod of a fortnisht amnestied to • total of 1163.'
so. 2 writer" Tbe Vermin Killer you seat me! need for
goes, and .it lug cemeletsir cleared the bse i awe
aged it far sugar ante with mot! elzask It mar. .11
other poisons for these toe— I have
ridden my own premises from rate and miss,
andv bear testimony to the wonderful *Sena, of
n‘lr
ir in Mar." Sold 'IT all chemists and motile*.
" °Wale agents. Ruda, sad Bonk learripada..
window- Wh Orford-street. Loa-4Si
=l:4, and Sengrw and Saw' tit • poet free for
snelp4Aser Inta
etor id. 4
Hill. Wellingt.p
F&t= Agate: Boca sad oo..kPSt A.
ow Medalist

What do our soldiers cost us per man, how much
can they save? flees gtusstions are answered in an
exceedingly interesting parliamentary paper which
has just been published by the War Office on the
motion of Mr. Peel. It appears that a private in the
Royal Engineers dismounted costa more than any
other, viz., £5BB. 34.1 a year. Next to him comes •
private in the Mounted Cavalry' who is down tor
1:56 13 lid followed by the Royal Engineer, mounted
I:48 14 lld ,• the Royal Horse Artillery, £44 us;
Royal Artillery, field, £44 4. ; Royal Artillery
Garrison. £44 ls ; Cavalry of the Lane, £43 12s;
Foot Guards, En 9. 2.1, and Infantry of the Line,
E3ll lls 8.1. In addition to the emoluments already
named, a soldier liaa the opportunity to earn rewards
of skill in ride, sword, and lance practice, and the
Artillery are also to be granted rewards for practice in
gunnery. These extras do not Wands the jams which
a private can earn for clerking, instruction, and such
like duties. In addition to the average rate of genii
conduct pay the private receives, on his discharge
from the army or on hie pawing into the reserve, out
of the Drunkenness Fines Fund • sum of 10s. for each
geed conduct stripe earned, and in six years be may
then receive 3s. U • soldier peseta into the reserve
on the expiration of his first six years service, he
receives 2.1 a day delerrel KJ, commutated from
April bit, 1876. and if he continues with the colours
12 years he receives 2d a day from that day or •
period not exceeding 12 years, plus interest accruing
during the second six years. The neoweary outgoings
vamp from 4.1 to 44ii a der, and it is calculated that
• prudent soldier can deposit 34 a week at least In the
Ravings' Rank, and become master of • capital sum of
£5O on terminating six years service, and being
transferred to taw ~warve. Four per cent, of the rank
filo are snowed lo Ue married, and these men
✓eceive !additional acoommodstion and furniture for
their wj,....ind families, and additional allowances of
fuel, costing 1.: • day. The Army and Militia
Reserve canal up 1.4! Meath being inenrPornifrd
the Army, receive the first mentioned rates of pay,
and when married an allowance is made to their wives
of 34 tkl a week, and of la 2.1 a week to each child
under 14 yearn of age

There has been an intense strain now for many
months put on the nerves of the nation ; but we have
surely reached the climax, and the curtain most surely
now be about to rise upon the lut act in this great
European drama fichouvaloff bee returned, and
Continental Court• profess to understand the tenour
of his mission, whilst here in England the suspense is
still sustained. Telegrams from foreign capitals have
varied in their impart during the last -few weeks In a
style which is hardly exaggsreted in PencA's satire;
but now they are almomt unanimous in intimating
that the diplomatic dove dispatched from the British
ark has returned with an olisebranch in his mouth.
European questions are to be Jealt with in an
European Congress, whilst Asiatic proidenis are to be
Left to be worked out between Russia and Turkey.
We must soon know the truth, den declarabi. Such
• solution of the problem as that which is hinted at
could scarcely be deemed unsatisfactory save by
the most irritionally bellicose section of our country-
men. A keen line of demarcation bias always been
drawn between European and non. EUZONCIPAI acquisi-
tions. It is an axiom of International law that '' the
Balance of Power" is not affected by conquests or
colonizations of territory beyond the limits of the
favoured continent of Europe. The councils of Europe
are unconcerned by our annexation of the Transvaal
.r the island of Figi. It can scarcely, Aerators, ffs in
our mouth to insist on ROllllll2 conquests in Armenia
being submitted to &congress if the Great Powers, Imbue,
indeed. Asia Minor should be conventionally regarded
as an integral portion of Europe, a proposition which
it would not be difficult to support by argument, but
which in the intereste of peace it would be neither
politic nor generous to urge. At this supreme junc
ture it would be indeed duastrous if a collision should
occur at Constantinople, whilst all bids fair to be
amicably settled between St. Petersburg and London;
and yet the dames of war have been so nearly
rekindled that for a moment a battle between Todlehen
and Baker Pasha seemed inevitable, and the latter
actually sent no side-ds-conp to the Russian head-
quarters to say that if their army continued to advance.
he should be compelled to order his men to fire. We
believe it to be a matter of general regret—not by
Ha gra Londoners only—that the y's visite to the
Metropolis are so few and far weep ; and at so
critical a time as the present, inoonnection with our
negotiations with foreign powers, the public would
certainly like that the Queen should reside at Buck.
Ingham Palace, to facilitate communication between
the Sovereign and Her Ministers and Town. It must
be remembered, however, that between Windsor Castle
and Whitehall is but an hour ; we reckon by
time nowadays—sad that constant communication
with the Queen in her ancestral Ceetle,,isiratorctincaelly as
if th easy as e British Standard were 6 over the
roof of Buckingham Palace. Of course, and
now still more Balmoral, is quite anothrr affair
bearing in mind the strict royal and Alma'
etiquette which demands communication with
the Crown, not by Queen's messengers. At Windsor
as regards official communication Her Majesty was
practically in Town ; but now that the Court is again
to the Highlands delay and inconvenience must be
entailed upon the servants of the Crown at this crisis.
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During last year 1376 persons were killed and 3,706
Injured on railways in the United Kingdom.

At Whitsuntide the Peen will be relieved from
legislative cern during ten, and the Commoners during
six &ye,

Dorset Cowie' &hoot v. Mr. Dardea's Lam —This
omtch woe played on the School Ground on Wednes-
day, and resulted in an easy victory foe the School by
an innings and lOU runs. Kr. Davy's 112 woe the
most noticeable fantasy, but not without chanced.
The following was the soot.—

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R. B. b Durdai .
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T. Woolmititon. e Cobook b Cox
LBart,bG. Rut. b Osinos . . 1

LONDON CiTT 11 INSIONN. —The annual sermons on
behalf of the above society were preached on Sunday
lad, at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. R. W. Pears,
Rater, when, at the close of the three services, the
large sum of 219 Is. 9.1. was collected There will be
a public meetin.: in connection with the above in Si.
Peter's parldt schoolroom this (Tuesday) evening, at
eight o'clock, when Mr. Vera. missionary to the
! publichouses in Mary-labone will give an account of
his work; and all interested in mission work are
respectfully invited to attend.
COMMIE) TO Ha Itiaarrt's Pamir, DO KIM-
ITIL —Sessions: Charles Henry Welstead, embezzle-
ment at Shilling Okefoni.—Hard Loaner William
Clapcott, poaching at Rinson and CAnford Mae*,
3 calendar months; William Tullett, damaging
windows at Weymouth, Henry Woodhams, leavoig
family chargeable at Code Mullen, 1 month; Thomas
Emery, vagrancy and drunkenness at Lyme Regis, 28
days; John Thomas, vagrancy at Sherborne. George
Mayne, stealing cider at Lyme Rorie, 14 days; Henry
Adams, stealing cider at Portland,? days.
ST Tlt BALL. —By command of the Queen, a State
Ball woe given on Wednesday evening, at Booking
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ham Palace, which was attended by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess
of Prussia, the Duke of Connaught, Prince and
Princess Christian, Princes Louise, Duke of Cam-
bridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Tech. Her
' Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a dress of
pale blue satin, veiled in tulle, showered in geraniums
of every hue Head-clrewl—a tiara of diamonds.
Ornamenta--pearle and diamonds. Her Imperial
and Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Germany
. (Prince., Royal) wore • dress 4 lime blossom coloured
satin, trimmed with • magnificent ft since of antique
Valenciennes lace and looped up with bouquets of
• deep-coloured roses and mignonette; the corsage
trimmed with • diamond fringe. Head-dress—a
diadem of emeralds and diamonds. Among thous
. who received invitations were the Earl and Countess
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of ilebeeter—, co;41 HT-Thin-4
sod Lady U. Thyme,
Lord Dighy, Lord and Lady Rivers. Lady G.
G. Pleydell-Bouveris, Hon. C. Ashley, lion, E. H. T.
Digby, mr., Hon. P. and Mrs. Glyn, Hon. Theresa
Digby, *ir Ivor and Lady 0. Guest, Sir H. D. and
Lady Wolf, Mr. H. Calmat, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Moyer. Mr. M. Guest, Mr. W. L Beveser,* Mr.
and Mr n Bryant., Mi.. R. Glyn, Miss Wolf. Ml..
Hasnbro, General Sir IL Greathed, Major 0. Phippa