The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-01 00:00:00

The story in Treat about tbe Carlton Club an I the
el jeet eon of a Dorset/bite landowner is a iidiculous
fabriestion.

Whatever may be said elsewhere to the contrary,
the reign of terror in Dublin is fai from over. It inay
be tbst the Government has ercore I the rio.,lea ler,. of
the assassination gociety, bit all honest men who have
been brought by force of circumstances into ai.y kind
of connection with the trial, of the past three months
lead lives of abs .into terror. This Is more especially
the case with juror.; anal there are case. of into in the
prime of life who have btc tine prematurely aged oafl
months. Trade terrorism is also in fu'l &nog, and the
discharge of a workman, however w rtbleee he may he,
Is not undertiken without moigivinge. In Boycotted
districts trainmen apply iu vaiu (when they apply at
all) for their &count..

It is stated on pretty good authority that when the
Duke of C .onaught was laat in Germany the Prussian
Minister of Marine remarked, quite Mei 'Ol3 fly f
cur.., up,in the greater efforts in shipbuilding which
France was making c impale I with this country ; and
It is certainly a fact that written rep, sent sti us upon
the gams subj-ct from duff-rent iuflieustiat qu inters
have been somewhat contemptuously pixe ni•hol.d in
the Government odium. But the 9ussliin cannot be
much longer bunked. Our maritime suprem .ny iv
seriously threatened ; and If we are not wilti, g to
degenerate am • naval Power, or c instrilitire p
grammes must become M..r4 imp sing than they are
at present, or we may some day experience the costly
iioadvantages of shipbuilding under the exiling
influenc sofa panic.

I r.loice to see that the Council el the Bath nod
West of England Society intim I holding a hor.e-•lrre.
lug connombion at their annual Ph .w at Widrwa'er
next month. The number .d h 1,04 sunnily r lined
by farriers is al., 04 Mere They have 1... n .hod
In the •seiri rough ant reualy way for year., al, hou.dt
veterinary surgeons an I gentlemen who take pride in
their atahles have pointed mit ovaa and over aiain that
or modern roads demand an improvement on the
existing system. But blacksmiths are, as a rule,
ignorant botcher; and frequently brute. into the bar-
gain.

It is • mislake to suppose that John Br ism died
rich. The principal pert of his property c of
the valuable presenis wbicli he had received during the
last fifteen years, and which included mai.y h•autifid
and c •tly pieces of pate an I articl.s id jewelry.
Every distinguielvol visitor to th• Court was toil that
It would be well t remember Brown, an.l be eon•
'tautly received gifts from the members of Oa It iyal
Family. It is thst the Crown PlitlCO. of
Germany and the Duke of Edinbargh were the only
ibiyal personage who did nut contributo to his
collection.

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA.

The I.: urliehmeti were et-rt inej by the Mol•
bourne thicket Club at & farewell banquet on the
11th of hlareh. Mr. II:Lb, on riving to reaped for
hiv team, was etithmtin.tically receive I. Toe I vur
nrofersionale have bean pre.otit-il with g.l
In co o.urooorAtion of their ri.it to thl cultiniee. and
the amateur, have been vain h sty member. of
the_Nle.bourne C icket Club
.for life.

. -
For the accompanying at otieti no of the tone we are
largely indebted to the ilethourne Argus. P. will he
seen that Vie Engliehmen eril in all eevent en
matches in the c lonlec, winning lee, loroing three awl
drawing five. Of the seven eleven • ado manhole they
won for and lo t three. The trip wee • doetinotly
succesefill one. G cod as the tam wa.• it woe far
Wee I from representing the full -trength of Eng'and,
and the results ere se entiefactury a. c hove
been expected. The Englishmen, it no important to
remember, won two mstches out of thin, against
Murdoch's famous teem, mod were only beaten by
four wickets when they met the combined eleven
of Anstrslia. Their great wcakneas was in fielding,
and if they had held only a fair prep ortion of the
catches toot were dropped, th.re is no douht their
record would have been • vastly better one. Ina-
bility to take the catches hoe been a @tumbling
block of ell the English teams In the col,oniee, and
probably the glaring light is answerable for many
of the blunders. In estimating the value of the tour
It must not be forgotten that Mr. Bligh's team was
heavily handicapped. (MIT 12 men went out instead of
13. and the accident on board ship rendered Morley
almost neeless. Mr. A. G. Steel was the barna the trip.
Practically he is at the bead of all the arerage tables, tf r.
La-lie's superiority in the eleven aside bowling booing
merely an accident. Mr. Ste le's batting triumphs
were @sore I in the beet matches, and consequently
areinot the best of Anstralim bowlers. Sec .nol
honourn among the batsmen b long to Mr. Bead. who
did excellent service throughout, and had a not hie
share in the two victories ever Moor Icch'• team.
Speaking senerellv, the Englbbinen di I not make ,no
. many rnn. as hod been anticip der!, boat the wickets
were against them time after time, the Australian
rummer being an extremely wet nne. For all matchet,
however, Morley alone hal a singlerigure batting
aversce. Bates and Barlow were c onsistently useful,
nod the former's bowling in the Pee ond match against
Mnrdoch's team was one of the great features of the
tour. Mr. C. T. Struld did not approach his perform.
awes at home, but was several tim-s seen to mivoiono
I toile. F.T the firat few matches Mr. 'Arlie WWI the
most dangerous batsmen o' the side, but he di I nnt
keep op his form. Considering Me recent illohealth
. eery Ittle was expected of Mr. BHA, and the popular
captain 1•411 further prejudiced by an accident to hie
hand. Mr. G. B. Stub] and Barnes failed con-
' epicumosly in batting, but the former's fielding was
magnificent. Mr. Tylecote n. t only batted remarkably
well, but kept wicket finely.