The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-03 00:00:00

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Corresponatnce.

LABOURERS AND MB LAND.

To As lati‘or.

Sir,—)Lay I trespass oa your apace In order to call
the attention of the new electsre of D west to the lat•
porticos of giving their votes, when the time 0411308.
to men who are earnestly resolved to make a reform
of our land laws the quay lon of questions lath. next
parhansent ? It must not be forgctten that nearly
three hundred members of the present parliament
are landowners, or the sons of landown ire, who are
personally interested in shutting out the labouring
man from the soil of his native land. TOMO ere not
the sort of medidates to vote for. They will, / bars
no doubt, make themselves as pleasant as possible
to the newly-rnfranohised agricultural labourers
du lag the next twelve months. They will probably
say, when questioned, that wousething must be done
for the labourer in the new parliament, but they will
be careful not ta my vary clearly what Mile 'something
is to be. For, what it le needful to do foe the good of
the whole nation, Ls directly oppose I to what these
landowning members of parliament think Is good
for themselves. Are they likely then to be earnest,
thoroughgoing reformers of the land law.? As well
expect a fox to be • thoroughgoing ref unser of the
poultry yard! I aek tb• labourers of D meet, If they
wish their children to have a better start in life than
they themselves have, to choose candidate/ for them. ,
selves ; not to have can lidates from among ttio land-
owners thrust upon than. Lot them p snder this well.
The passe of making Eigliend a happy him, for
every honest and Industrious man and woman Iles in
th.ir It tods rile to ao foolleb dream, but • solid
fact.

The Law! Nationalisation Society has • scheme
which. if curled not, wood give to every labouring
man who wanted it, • bit of land of hie own, for which
he w ul I pay • fair rest to the State, and fr mo which
Do one and.' tarn him on.. Tim present landowner.
would have annuitiee„ or pensions given to them lapis&
of their rent., and thee* sounittes would be cootlasel
t their Urine's'''. Eli they would not be made poor
mos by Vote change, But the power they now have
of compelling hundreds of thoossech of their fellow
crest wee to work at it krvaVon wages all their lives,
would be entirely taken frost them. Now this blessing
for the labourini dames, whose WU hoe made Slighted
groat, eon only be obtoined by the new electors
getting their facies ag dust every attempt to get their
votes for the land kernels. I shall be happy to send
some of the pamphlet. of the Lied Nikallastiock
&misty to any of your fedora who may apply for
them.—l mmals, sir, yours obediently,
WILLIAM Jameson.
Ron. Amistant Secretary, Land Natinoalleation
&misty, 57 and 50, Ludgate-hUI, London, EX%

OLTTISTOOX.
Sunnis DOA= es • OIIILD.-3dr. Hoary Sim's&
bold MI loquast at tbe Fx Inn, on Saturday, on lb*
body of a °Mid named Taylor, who died suddenly on
Tuesday. Time was ambles auspicious about tits
oiscommassoes, mid a verdict in amordaeos with lb.
otedical testimony WM rsturaed.

WITIIIOI7TH.
Dauegatount.—tat the Boroegh Pollos-court ost
Prids.y. before Moore. bundle, R .wo, Roboos, and
R ilia, Jame' Brown, an old °Roadie, was charg,cl
with drunkounem•—P.O. Bart found him in New-
strut hiseasibly drunk, sal took bins to the polioe-
station for saf sty.—Detendsot, who promised to giro
no Om drink, was flood sh tt the same wart
William Dinton was charged with being drunk whilst
I. charge of • man cart, ant also with furious
driviar.—Two witneme proved thst they were to
West Plain, and saw the defeadant furiously driving.
Hio bat blow off. and what be got out to pick it up
be foil down. He got up &rain into the cart, sad
then 101 l down la Ito. itle side. When he got up be
Nona to lash the horde, and drove at a furious rats%
Ho would have driven over • poems sal two cdolldrat
bad sot one of the witeesses--John Jaoket—oollared
the hores.—Dotondaot, too. promised to give up the
drlok, and be was lett off with • line of 100., which
Lb. officials at the Putt- dB le ;mid,