The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-17 00:00:00

imperial farliantra

In the House of Gomroona on Pride, niglik Sir R.
Northeote gave notice al I e.s ustention to ask the House on
Tnesday for a grant of public money in aid of the Tarkiat
inhabitants of the Rhodope district Mr. Anderson
announced that he should oppose the preppie' as icier.
pedient in the face of the widespread distress prevailing at
home. Mr. N asked what grouni Lord Litton had to
threaten Shore Ali by tularemia" him that England and
Russia would come to an understanding at Iris explore.
Sir S. Northeote refused to answer the question. Kr.
Bourke confessed that his recent denial that no career
pondence had taken place with foreign Powers on
the subject of jurisdiction In Cyprus was now inexact.
The adjourned debate on Mr. Whitbread's vote of censure
was resumed by Lord Perot, who approved of the Govern-
ment policy. Sir W. Harcourt, on th• other Wald, acted
why, if the new Afghan policy wee Joel, the Government
had not put it in action four or five years ago. He strongly
condemned Lord Lvtton's proceedings in irritating the
Amass and then punishing him for his irritation. The
Ministerial policy would shake the couldenos of every
Independent State in the East and undermine our Indian
Empire, while its secrecy struck at the honour of England
and the principles of constitutional Government. If they
seised their scientific frontier they would mak* • Inassist
of Afghanistan to Russia, and convert it into an Asiatic
Bulgaria. He strongly condemned Lord Beaconsfield'.
' derision. tart Tuesday, of toose who loved peace. The old
I red flag of Toryism had been raised, under which floated
the grisly shapes of war, taxation, poverty, and &strew
The Sag of Liberalism was still peace, retrenchment, and
reform, and under thane flys' the next election would be
fought. The A,t 3roary•Geo•ral cooWnded that the altered
policy at the Government was dee to the action of previous
Indian Viceroys, who had alarmed Sher. Ali into friend-
ship with Russia He denied that the Vioeroy had deprive
Sher* All of an opportunity of coming to terms, and
contended that the war was a just punishment of the
Ammer for his breach of treaty engagements. The dehata
was omit tuned by Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Cochrane. Mr. Burt
said he had recently met thousands of working men who
were unanimously opposed to our, especially at a time
when they could not get bread toast. Only ate thing was
needed to complete the infamy of the war, and that war
the Government propose' to lay the coat of it on the
famine-etricken natives of India.—Mr. Garet having
woken, Sir A. Gordon (Conservative) rose from the Oppo-
sition benches, and strongly disapproved of the Govern.
ment's policy.—Mr. Plunkett, Mr. Courtney, and Mr.
Newc eget* having followed, the Marquis of Hartiugtoo
"summed er on behalf of the Opposition in a powerful
address, contending that no attempt should be made to
occupy any part of Afghanistan permanently without the
consent of the people. But, whatever was done, the
present Viceroy should be re-called—(prolanged cheers)—
as he was the embodiment of all that a Viceroy should
not he. (Renewed chesty.) But to do this they must get
rid of the Guverauseut, whose spirit,' foreign policy had
become one of abject terror. Hia lordehip' continued his
condemnation of the Government at great length, and sat
down amidst loud cheers.
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The House then divided :

For tbe amendment ...

Majority for Government . . . 101
CLOSX OF THE Cams &tow. —At non o'clock last
evening Stale year's Cattle Snow, being the 81st of the
Smithfield Club and the 17th held at the Agricultural
Ball, clotted. The gross number of visitors to this ytar
show Is about 113.000, or more than 8.000 fewer than last
year. The principal features of this year's show have
been the general evennees of the live stock in paint of
excellence, and the fair prima which have been realised
by th. Na., although at the cloth there are a good many
still on hand and reserved for the Christmas market nest
M mday. The sale. in the pig and Mason claw., which
had. previously been unusualiy slow, were more brith
during the day, an 4 even lata in the evening, and most of
the principal pr ze Anita tls have found purchasers two of
the pens exhibited by the Q then going respectively to
D•dlSy and Birmingham.