The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-21 00:00:00

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DORCHIMITER, ILLBAH 21^ MIL

;THE DORBET COUNTY SCHOOL.

Under th• diredion oil its excellent and hard work-
ing Rug Muter, our County School at Charming*,
would appear, from its annual report presented at the
reeding of the company on Thureday, to have tided
over all its dculties, which at ooe time were not by
siey mane slight, and is now on the high road of
moms. This is no small neuter in there days of the
keenest competition in obooiwork as in everything
ehe sad when the prosperity of our salmis has to be
emAdered both from a mounercial point of view an
well an from an educational, Our large endowed
wheals of blorborne, Wiarhsater, Meriborough, and
the like, which play so important a part In
the history of the times, may of course be
considered to have the securest foundation
and an may life, although them muit naturally be
anxious times for one and all, and therefore it is with
great pleasure we bear our own county school is
so flourishing, and imitating 8o far gilt can the snorer
A our great centres of education. from the enamel
Antonini, which is the criterion A • school's com-
mercial health, it will be seen the recipes of the year
had !accessed by £469 Is. 4d. over those of the yeas
MlM—a no mean advance—and the balance in '
favour of the school amounts to CUB 38, 7d. Important
alterations, however, hays during the year been
effected for the purposes of the Preparatory School—
• branch which the Rev. itussell-Wright tends with
special awe on the principle, we suppose, of the old
eaying—" As the twig is bent the tree Is Inclined," and
them altetations have consumed • large amount of the
below, but from the Preparatory tiohool may be
needed the most satisfactory results. and which shall
atill further strengthen the already strong bold which
the Comity School greedy retsina among its fellows in
the Willi of England. The School has recently lost
ma of its best friends and supporters. the Bev. Canon
Biagiton—a gettlemait who looked forward With con-
fides= to the ultimate swam of the School, and
amusedly may we why that before he died his sanguine
anticipations were being fairly realised. Another true
frisnd has she been removed from his active and
usehd life, the late lir. Andrews, who always had the
well-being of the school at heart. New Weeds are,
however, springing up to fill their place, lead the
County School will, we hope, continue to receive that
sympathy and support which is so essential, and,
piloted by its present lised-biaater, make rapid
propels towards that high and important position
which In all probability await* it.

The atotion in the Upper House with regard to the
North Borneo Company was only intended to enable
the mover to Made in. few obviuus sneers at the
°overcommit for adopting an Imperial Policy. In the
Lower Roam Mr. Gant had the further object of
mains Rome el Lb. Independent Radicals to rotted on
thek allied'. As • matter of fact, the Charter is far
mare favourably regarded on the Conservative side of
ths House than OD the Liberal, and much exoeption
has bsso taken to L3rd Granville's statement, that the
occupation of the country by any other Power must
have been detrimental to British interests. The
Radical Press is against this practical annuation. The
reetoration of the Transvaal seemed • distinct and
delinits rebuke to the light.heartednme with which we
widened the area of our responsibilities.

The Opposition is making great capital out of the
adjournment of the &theta on Mr. Findiater's Act to
eatead the Irish Land Act. It is taloa as • with.
drawal on the part of the Government from the strong
position they were at such palms to arum* with
regard to the Lords' Committee. It may seem odd to
deny so etrennoartly the propriety of enquiring into
the working of an Act, which it is now admitted, may
require amendment two months hence.

A dstermined effort is Wing made to save Lumen
from execution. It is now disoovered that he has
suffered M mind from morphia injections, and that he
performed heroic things In the East during the
811117i&D War and the Rosso-Tarklah War. The latter
circumstance might have been dealt with with tremend-
out effect in a speech to the jury, but it will scarcely save
Dr. Luny= from ths executioner now.

Mr. Bradlaugh has again received the " mandate "
—as he calls it—of hie onatitnenay. He ham declared
that the last resolution of the House of Uominons is in
his opinion illegal, end that he feels himself at libeity
to disregard It. The manner In which he will ulti,
manly proceed is still • matter of conjecture. There
are certain peaceful preliminary steps which he deems
It advisable to take. He id going to organize • Wife
of public meetings throughout the country. Not yet
wearied with onenoceesiul litigation, he has arranged
ter soother " friendly cult" to be brought against him
by Northampton bargemen for not sitting in Parlia-
ment The idea is ingenious. There is an apparent
mime, sad the law ought therefore to supply • remedy,
but die can will be cos of "first impression." No
each action was ever brought before, and It will afford
ea laminating legal argument, lilt has no further
ant.