The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-14 00:00:00

HONESTE AUD AX.

TER Chancellor of the Exchequer made his finan-
cial statement on Friday evening, in a crowded
House, after Lord John Russell had laid upon
the table the Commercial Treaty with France.
He stated that, although the revenue presented
a satisfactory proof of the increasing prosperity
of the country, the account for the current year,
in consequence of the Russian war, the Chinese
expedition, and the new treaty with France,
would show a deficiency of L'9,400,000.
The estimated charges were as follows.

Funded and unfunded debt . £26.0.000
Charges on the Consolidated Fund ... 2,000,000
Army and Militia (including the
China expedition) . . . 15,500,000
Navy and Packet Service ... 13,900,((X)
Miscellaneous Civil Service 7,500,000
Revenue Departments

Total . . £70,100,000
The estimated income of the coining year, u the law
stood, would be as follows :
Customs
Tales 3 250 000
Income tax 2,400,000
Post-office
Crown Lands 280,000
Total

£60,700,000
The total charge being £7OlOOOOO, there would
be an apparent deficit of £9,400,000. He then
called upon the Committee to consider the best
means of filling up the deficit of 0,400,000, and
the principles and policy which ought to be
adopted. Then, upon what principle ought re-
mission of taxes to be based I He thought the
bulk of the burden should fall upon the rich, but
that other classes ought to bear their proper
share. It was a mistake to suppose that the best
way to give to the labouring classes the maximum
of benefit was to reduce the duties on such articles
as tea and sugar; the most effectual relief was
by remissions that operated upon the trades which
gave them employmehit. He should therefore ask
the House to renew the duties on those articles
as they stood, for another year. Mr. Gladstone
then addressed himself to the Commercial Treaty
with France, the stipulations of which, thc prin-
ciples upon which it was based, and its results as
they affected the trade and commerce of Eng-
land, he expounded at great length. The reduc-
tion of duties under the treaty would afford a
total relief to the consumer in this country of 1
£1,737,000, and a loss to the revenue of
£1,190,000. Mr. Gladstone then proceeded to
to develope a supplementary measure of Cus-
toms' reform, which would effect a relief to the
consumer to the amount of £1,040,000. ands loss
to the revenue of 910,000, and he proposed to
to meet this loss by certain impositions on trade.
He proposed to levy a duty of 6e. per cwt. upon
chicory or other vegetable matter mixed with
coffe, which would entail an Excise charge upon
home-grown chicory. These charges would bring
£510,000. Other minor charges upon dock war-
rants, licenses to eating houses to sell wine and
beer, an alteration of the duty on game certifi-
cates, the removal of the exemption from stamp
duty on certain checks, and other small items,
would yield £386,000, making, together with
£510,000, a revenue of £893,000. There would
be a saving in the Customs' establisment of
£50,000, and in the Inland Department of
£36,000, making an aggregate amount of
£982,000, which would more than replace the
revenue withdrawn by the reforms. Still
about £1,000.000 of remission was due to
the trade of the country ; and as the Govern-
ment did not think a return to the minimum
duties upon tea and sugar was the direction which
relief ought to take, he proposed to abolish the
Ex.zise duty upon paper, one reason for which was
thot this duty had been condemned by the House
of Commons with the full concurrence of the Exe-
cutive of the day. The repeal of this duty wouli
simplify the labours of the revenue officers, and
it would be accompanied by the abolition of the
impressed stamp on newspapers, and the intro-
duction of an intermediate three-halfpenny post-
age stamp. He proposed to alter the system of
hop credits, and to reduce the duty on hops and
malt. Mr. Gladstone then brought into one
view the results of these changes, supplementary
and under the treaty, which left a total loos of
£2,108,000 with a total relief to the consumer of
£1,931,000. The total charge for 1860-61 being
£70,100,000, and the revenue £60,692,000, there
was still a deficiency of £9,408,000. To meet
this he proposed to continue the income-tax Ms
higher rate by Id. than if there was no remission
—namely. 10d, in the pound on incomes above
£l5O, and 7d. on incomes below that sum; the
tax to continue, with the tea and sugar duties,
for one year. This would supply £8,472,000,
making, with the malt and hop credits,
£9,872,000, increasing the aggregate revenue to
£70,664,000, leaving an estimated apparent sur-
plus revenne of £464,000. Mr. Gladstone con-
cluded an eloquent peroration by placing a reso-
lution in the hands of the Chairman, and propos-
ing that the consideration of the subject should
be resumed on Thursday next, but Monday next
was afterwards substituted for Thursday.

IN the House of Lords on Monday, the Earl De
Grey and Ripon stated that the volunteer corps
now numbered between 60,000 and 70,000 men
under drill, and that the number was daily in-
creasing. The Government had supplied them
with a sufficient quantity of arms; but it was
not their intention to provide them with uni-
forms or to bear any portion of the expense
which could tend to deprive the corps of their

voluntary principle. On Tuesday the Lai of
Derby called attention to the riots in the parish
church of St. George's-in-the-East, and expressed
a hope that the Government would take some ,
steps to put an end to them. Lord Brougham
said the conduct of the rector, whether right or
wrong, was no excuse whatever for the disgrace-
ful scenes that were enacted at that church.
Earl Granville said that the police had done all
they legally could do to suppress the disturbances,
and they would continue to do all in their power
to prevent a renewal of them in future. The
Marquis of Nornumby moved an address to the
Queen, praying her Majesty to direct her
Government to use their best endeavours to
avert the annexation of Savoy to France. Earl
Granville said that her Majesty's Government
would view with alarm any such contingency as
I the annexation of Savoy to France; inasmuch
' as it would seriously disquiet Europe, and dis-
turb the balance of power. He was, however,
assured that France had no actual or present,
but only a conditional intention of making such
a demand; while Count Cavour, on the part of
Sardinia, had expressly declared that his Govern-
ment would not sell, bargain, or cede Savoy
upon any terms. Under these circumstances,
he trusted that the motion would be withdrawn.
Earl Grey admitted that we could not resort to
arms, but implored the Govenment to do all in
their power to prevent a result so injurious to
the interests of Europe. If there were any
truth in the report that a secret treaty had been
concluded between France and Sardinia before
the late war, in which it was stipulated that the
latter should receive an extension of territory in
Central Italy, and that the former should receive
Savoy in return, he could conceive noting more
immoral or iniquitous than such a compact.
The Earl of Shaftesbury said that the indepen-
dence both of Italy and Switzerland would be
directly endangered by such a measure, and
Lard Brougham asked if the frontier of the
Rhine would not be the next question after the
annexation of Savoy. The Duke of Newcastle
assured their lordships that her Majesty's
Government would leave nothing undone to
promote that object which they all had in view.
The Earl of Derby said that, whatever might be
the result of the motion, it would at least show
that not a single peer would acquiesce in the
annexation of Savoy to France. That annexa-
tion could only be accomplished by unscrupulous
violence on the part of France, or by base conni- !
Vance on that of Savoy. Lord Stratford de
Radcliffe expressed his entire concurrence with
the remarks of Lord Derby, aud the Marquis of
Normanby withdrew his motion. On Thursday
Lord Crauworth moved the second reading of
the Endowed Schools Bill. Lord Chelmsford
opposed the Bill, as a violation of the prescrip-
tive and secular rights of the schools, so far as it
gave an unrestricted admission of Dissenters to
their management. The Earl of Derby said he
could not consent to permit Church schools to
fall into Dissenting hands, and hoped that the
Bill would be seriously modified in committee.
Earl Granville suggested that the Bill should be
referred to a select connnittee. The Bishop of
Oxford and the Lord Chancellor supported this
suggestion, and the Bill was read a mecoial time
on the understanding that it will be referred to
a committee.

In the House of Commons on Monday Lord
Palmerston announced that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer had been confined to his bed by
an attack of influenza since the meeting of the
Cabinet on Friday, and that the financial state-
ment intended to have been made that evening
had consequently being deferred until Friday.
On Tuesday, in answer to Lord C. Hamilton,
Lord J. Russell stated that Her Majesty's
Government had made propositions to France
and Austria with the view to a solution of the
Italian question ; and that the only official reply
which had been yet received from Austria de-
clared that she could not recognise the present
state of Central Italy, but had no intention
whatever ,to interfere, except in the defence of
her own 'possessions. Lord J. Manners moved
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable this Court
for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes to hold its
1 sittings with closed doors. Mr. E. James moved
as an amendment the previous question. Lord
R. Cecil and Mr. K. Macaulay supported the
Bill; Mr. Roebuck, Sir G. Lewis, and Mr.
Malins opposed it. On a division the amend-
ment was carried by 268 to 83. On IVednesday
Sir J. Trelawny moved the second reading of
the Church-rates Abolition Bill. Sir C. Douglas
seconded the motion. Lord It. Montagu moved,
as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second
time that day six months. The Bill was sup-
ported by Sir G. Lewis, Mr. Bristow, Lord
Ferruoy, and Mr. Thomson, and opposed by Mr.
K. Seymer, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Packe, and Mr.
Hubbard.. On a division the second reading was
carried by 263 to 234. This result was received
with loud cheers from the Opposition, the
majority, which was 72 in the last session, having
fallen to 29 on this occasion. On Thursday Sir
F. Kelly obtained leave to bring in a Bill for
the prevention of bribery and the Amendment
of the Corrupt Practices Act ; and Mr. Collier
obtained leave to bring in a Bill to prohibit the
payment of expenses in carrying voters to the
poll, and to facilitate pulling at elections. Mr.
T. Duncombe moved for leave to bring in a Bill
providing that at the future elections of members
of Parliament for Gloucester and Wakefield, the
electors should give their votes by ballot. The
motion was opposed by Sir G. Lewis and Lord
, Palmerston, and was negatived on a division by
140 to 118.

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday.
In anticipation of our fair ou Tuesday, the atten-
dance in the Corn Exchange was small, and lint few
samples of any description of grain on offer. We can
make no alteration in the poitatioua of last week.
GREAT POULTRY Snow.—The Crystal Palace
Poultry Show was opened to the public on Saturday
last, and, although there was much snow falling, we
have seldom seen so large a number of visitors as
were present at the commencement and continued to
arrive throughout the day. The interiait felt in these
shows has of late greatly increased, and it was really
laughable to see the rush to procure catalogues which
from the printer's slow movement+ did not arrive at
the Palace till late in the day ; and then came the
scramble for priority at the sale lace. An immense
number of the best birds were sold at enormous
prices, £5 each in many instances was thought
, very cheap. We scarcely know which class to praise
most, so great was the competition, and almost
every pen was in our humble opinion worthy of
merit. The Cochins are improving again, and more .
in favour. The lover of a vial game cock could not
wish for a better than the Ist prize one in the single
cock elan ; and the epicure could find weight com-
bined with quality in the almost endless number of
Dorkings ; there were also many very interesting
pens of poultry and water fowl sent by exhibitors
from Prussia, among which were many birds of very
brilliant colours. The ducks, geese, and turkeys
were heavy in the extreme, Mtn. being the weight
of a turkey cock which attracted our attention. We
were pleased to see our own locality well represented
and rewarded by many prizes and commendations.
Mrs. Henry Fookes, of Vs hitchurch, took the amend
P"° for buff Cochin China chickens, and was com-
mended for &Cochin China cock. James Crane, Esq.,
of Tolpuddle, was commeuded for his beautiful pen
of gold-laced bantams. William Nlandeld, jun.,
carried off the first prize for his improved
Dorset geese, and was highly commended fur Ayles-
bury ducks. The judges were Mr. John Baily, of
London ; and Mr. Hewit, of Birmingham.

WORKING MILS'S MUTIJ•L IMPHOVEMINT &MITI%
—The Report of this institution for the past year
states that the society stands in • better position
than it has done for some years past, Omit% a
balance in band of £2 2s. 4d., while the number of
members amounta to sixty. Twenty-eight student,
have availed themselves of the educational bmiich of
the institution, in which the sum:of £lO 14s. 44.
remains in the bands of the treasurer. H. C. Sturt,
Eau, has presented to the society three volumes of
books, and Mr. Sherren two volumes of standard
works. The lecture given at the Townhall on .lon-
day evening, in connection with this society, by J.
Cootie, Esq , engineer of the Portland Breakwater,
on Pneumatics, was well attended, and listened to
with great interest.
The Rev. J. G. Davis, son of Mr. John Davis, of
this town, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury to the Chaplaincy of the Dorset County
Hospital...ad militant Curate of Holy Trinity Church
Dorchester.

DIEETING OF THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND
80CINTY AT DOItCHEATEIL LL Will be seen from our
advertising columns that the subscriptions towards
the expenses attAnding the exhibition are fortheom•
lug to a con ddemble extent; yet a somewhat large
addition to the present amount is needed, and we
have no doubt that the necessary pecuniary aid to
the fullest extent it ill be realized, aa will be shown
in the growi4 lint of subscribers which will appear
from time to time in our clowns.

SUDDEN -On Friday morning last an old
man, mimed Bartlett, formerly one of the old tall.
staldes of this town, was taken suddenly ill and
expired ahnost immediately. The use of death is
suppied to have been apoplexy, and it is believed
that some injuries he rixeiveil while in the force bad
the effect of shortening his life.

Mr. Klitis morning and evening concerts, at the
Townhall, on Thursday, exhibited great musical
talent amongst the artistes engaged ; but the
encouragement given to these really excellent per.
formances greatly disappointed theexpectatinselltar-
tallied, tbeattcutlasice on both oomsions, particularly
in the morning, being extremely meagre.
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G HEAT W E.WrICIEN. —The directors I.f this company
have decided to recommend the payment of a divi-
dend at the rate of 34 percent for the hall-year end-
ing the :11t of I)reember, 1859, leaving a balance
of ah.tit J;25,000 to be carried forward to the next
half-year.

By the new Highway Bill, it is proposed to be en-
acted that the Justices in Quarter Sessions may
make a provisional order for the division of their
county into highway districts, by the union of such
parishes as they may deem it convenient to unite,
for the management of highways, and for determin-
ing the whole number of waywardens to be elected
in each district, and the nuntlxir of way wardens to
be elected for the respected parishes in such district,
and that after the publication of the provisional
order, the said, Justices shall at some subsequent see
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511111. make a final order thereupon, and name every
district and parish composing the same, and place
where the first meeting of the Highway Board for
such district shall he holden, snch Highway Board to
consist, of the waywarden I for the several parishes in
in such district, and the Justices of the Peace residing
such district, and acting for the comity in which ti e
same may be situate, the waywardoo. to Iwo elected
by the inhaloitatits of every parish at the same time
to they would have eluded stirveyors under the old
Act. The Bill contains several clauses with respect
to boroughs, parishes situate in noire than one
, county, divided for highway purposes, &e., which
I will be set out on a future occasion, and as sonic
! measure on the subject seems likely to pan this
Parliamentary session, our readers will doubtless
feel an interest therein.

Henry Miller was brought up before the borough
magistrates on M lay last, having been remanded
from Friday, charged with stealing WllllO lead piping
and a piece of oak timber, the property of Mr.
Tassel', and committed to prison for one mouth
bard labour.

IMITTED TO TM: 'Mewls:ant GAOL.—Asakes :
William Haskell, stealing wheat ke. at Cranborise ;
Elizabeth Uuowy. feloniously receiving candles at Stoke
A hbott ; Sarah Cherry. Ataining goods by false pre-
tences at Dorchester. Hard its/war.— Edward Patten,
I.:oiling at Corscombe, 2 calendar ths ; William
Wri;;lit, desert ing I I. M.S. Trafalgar, 6 cslenilar months ;
Job Long, vagruney at (*Tway, 3 calendar ttttt tabs ;
Edward Coomhes. drinikenneini on hoard 11.M.S Blen-
heim, 2.8 ; Levi Capper and Barnard Cay damaging
trees at Whitchurch l'asionicorum. 2 calendar ths ;
Jalliet{ Iludspetli„ TI ~,,,, as Weatherington, and Alfred
Turner deserting H.M.S. lien,. cilendar the ;
William .1 •s, il ,rting 11. M.S. Hero. 4 calendar
mouths ; ilii.un It: deserting 11. M.S. 'loyal A Pant
121 days ; Wdli,i. Watson, 'qualm:lily; liquor on board
11.34.3 Royal Albert, 20 tia,a; Villisun GrAy. ,lis
obedience of ord.-rs on hoard Royal Albert, 2$
'lays ; John Bros n, ..f "Men on bligrti
14.11.5. 'loyal Albert. 25 days; James Cull, neglect of
duty on South Webfrrek 11,ilwa,, 2 calendar notstlis ;
Robert Miller. poaching at Abbotsbury, 2 calendar
months; W.:ilia:it Le-ter. vs •rancy at Portland.
calendar months ; Samuel Williams, vagrancy at Port-
aud, 1 calendar month.