The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMON:3.

MONDAY. The preliminary business was very
impatiently got through. and at a quarter to five o'clock
the Chancellor of the Exchequer got up to explain the
Government propoeitioas as to Reform. Mr. Disraeli
began by declaring that the object of the Government
wee to remove this question Dom among those on which
the fate of Ministers hung. It was no longer to be a
party qn•stion, which it had heootr• in IMO when the
Bill was thrown out. The Government, there-
fore, prop/seed to proceed by resolutions. These resole.
Mons would alma what should be the character of the
bill to follow. The reduction of the franchise must be
In accordanee with the English Constitution, and must
avoid the preponderanoe of any clam. It would be
proposed that rating should be the basis of the franchise
and a measure would be introduced to remedy inequali-
ties in rating. No borough would be disfranchised. A
boundary commission I. to be issued to revise existing
houndarim, with a view of eliminating the urban element
from the counties. Them are the chief features of the
proposition made by the right bon. gentleman. He
aineluded by moving that on the 25th of February the
Douse should go into committee to consider the Reform
Bill of 1832. Mr. Gladstone britly commented ni on
the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He said
he should not oppose proceeding by resolutions, but he
would oppose anything tending to delay the settlement
of the question, and tbe rating proposal seemed to point
to delay. There was no more debate. The Flame
agreed to the motion, and the aloud of meabers quickly
dispersed.

Tusaoky. —Mr. J. S. Mill presented • similar petition
from Mr. Wason to that intriuded to Earl Russell for
presentation in the Lords. Wooed Taylor presented a
counter petition contradicting the allegations made
against the Lord Chief Baron.
WZDIMAIDAY.—Tbe second reading of the Finsbury
Estate Bill was moved by Mr. &prim. The Finsbury
estate la • very valuable one, producing. indeed, an
Income of £48,000 a year ; and the object of the Bill was
to set apart • portion of the funds for the relief of the
!apiritual destitution whioh existed in the metropolis.
' & long debate took place on the Bill, and eventually it
was rejected by 87 to 53 votes.
THORSDAT.—Lord R. Montagu pressed his question
as to whether the Government intended to bring in •
Bill as early as possible to carry out the resolutions on
Reform.—Mr. B. Osborne also asked Government to
acquaint the Hostas with the exact amount of the
reduction the, contemplated in the borough and
county franchise.—Mr. Disraeli said the question of the
hon, member for Nottingham was founded on a mis-
conception of the intentions of the Government. Their
object in asking the House to proceed by way of resolu-
tion was to obtain its sanction to the principle/on which
the Bill was to be founded, and to secant sufficient
support to pass the Bill into law without being met be
resolutions of censure or condemnation. The right
hon. gentleman said he was not then prepared to enter
Into the details of the resolutions, but if they were
armed by the House in their present or an altered
shape, the Government would feel itself bound to at
once bring in • Bill to carry them out. Certain resolu-
Nous affecting the
convention between France and Belgium were agreed
to. Leave was given to bring in Bills to amend the law
relating to murder and for carrying into effect capital
punishment within prisons.

FRIDAY.—Mr. H. Bairns, the Coneerrative member
for Inverneembire, gave notice of motion rejecting the
resolution proposing plurality of votes. SubstAnently,
the Chancellor of the Eschequer, in to questions
which were put, said that on the 25th lost he would
state the views of the Government as to bribery and
corruption and other matters.—A sum of £25,000 Is to
be asked for as compensation for cattle suffering from
plague slaughtered by order of the Government
Inspectors between the 26th Aligns!, 1865, and the 23rd
INovember following, and Mr. Gladstone significantly
ingoired whether fall nosiest would be given before that
estimate was proposed. Mr. Corby said it would.—A
long debate took place in reference to the Cretan insur-
rection. It was originated by Mr. Oregory, who
moved for papers on the subject. Be attributed all the
' troubles in the East to the iniquities of the Turks, end
entered at some length into details of the atrocities
they had committed. He urged in effect that there
should be an Interposition between the Turks and their
Christian subjects. In the course of the disasissoe, Mr.
Lsyard passed • glowing salogium on Turkey, and
refused to credit any of the stories told against her. So
for an the Cretans were concerned, he contended that
they and not the Turks were blameable. Mr. Gladatooe
took part in the discussion, but was by no means so
complimentary to Turkey as Mr. Layard bad been.
everybody praised the despatches of Lord Stanley, who
wound up the debate by an exposition of his policy in
the matter.

THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND
SOCIETY'S MEETING.
As the year advances the general interest begins
to Musses with respect to the next meeting is
Salisbury of the Bath and West of England Society,
which will open on the 10th of June next. The
prise sheets for the various departments of the
socrty's exhibition have already been ianied,and they
doubtless give promise of • most sacoerful meeting.
The arena of cattle last year was, as everybody
knows, • very serious disadvantage, and one which
would be particularly felt in a district like
this; but happily there is now good ground
for hoping that the meeting of 1867 may
produce • large row of cattle. The prises are
both numerous and liberal, so that it is hoped they
will call forth mar oompetitioci in every depart-
ment. For Demos, Shorthorns, and Herefords
there are no fewer than thirty-six prises offered—
twelve in each class—varying in amount (ruin £5 to
£2O. In each of these classes there are two prises of
£2O, two of £l5. and one of £l2, and five of £lO,
only two being as low as £5. The prises for sheep,
too, are also numerous, including no fewer than
nineteen of £lO each, four prises being given in this
department by the Salisbury Local Committee for
specomeas of Hampshire Down sheep, bred in Wiltshire,
or within twenty miles from Salisbury. The highest
prises are those awarded to hors= and the aril posi-
tion is very properly given to horses intender' for
agricultural purposes, a prise of £3O being offered in
this ram for the best Kara, forded before 1865.
in this same rase there are also three other prises of
£2O each, two of £l5, and three of £lO, there being
only one an low as £5. For hunters there are two
prises of £25, and of £l5, two of £lO, and one of £5.
For hacks there are two £lO and two £5 prices.
Those who saw the very excellent ponies which
were exhibited here at the last ineetiug of the society.
will be glad to learn that there is again a prise of £lO
for the beet pony not exceediog 13 bands high.
For pigs the society give 16 prises —eight of £5 and
• like number of Iva each. The Salisbury Com-
mittee also gives five prim for pip _three of £5
and two of £2 10s. ear. It is distinctly in-
• treated that in case the legal authority forbids the
'lexhibition of any description of stook, or require that
in ease it is exhibited it shall be slaughtered, tbe prizes
aired for Noah stook will in that event be with-
drawn. There is also another announoement of
which breading exhibitors will do well to take
spiral notice, namely, that the entries of all stock,
steep Poultry, will close on the 18th of April, and
rose of Poultry on the 10th of May cent Tbe
Poultry and Pigeon prize sheet is also a very liberal
one, the prises for this department amounhng alto-
gether to £l5O 10s. The distribution of the prise
=too, seems on the whole very satidiatory,
many poultry fanciers will regret to find that
Ors is an almost special exchnion of the very use-
rs" Crave Gout and La Mahe birds, whir last
year attracted very =orderable attention here, and
Whir many fanciers hoped would this year be sees
in far greater numbers. There is, however, no
weir prise offered for them, and they oan
eempele but for three prises, antountisg in the
Zronly to £4 10s., for of "any other
e t'et
variety." Whilst th will be repotted by
many, others will doubtless hail with miliaria=
the change in the prise sheet, whir, instead of
requiring a pen to contain three birda, will now only
require that it should have two. In addition to the
P'' l prizes which we have the. eadeavoured
merely to indicate, as rowing the exteellear of the
society's" programme" for 1867, we may add that
than will of ooares be special prises in mires
departments. Mr. Mike, of Diefieid, Exeter, for
instaitos,offere three for competition by shoeing smiths,
and the Salisbury Load Committee three for sheep-
shearing by shepherds If the cattle pique should
unfortunately prevent the exhibition of orate, there
will spin toad show, of whir, of course, due
noire will be given; hat if erre are exhibited
there will not thia year be on, prim offered for
sperm= at the anise me.

Court anb fasbionabls intallignus.

Tan Earl of Pembroke is mach better, and piniag
strength.
intim& to take a plaiting Orlin,
during the coming minima. season.
A sou of Lord Shaftesbury has bees articled to a
celebrated miginer of Georpotrati, Westminster.
Ir is believed to be Her IlLejesty's intention to visit
the lakes of Killarney during the present year.
Tu. gusts sod the Revd Family are expected to
return bow Osborne, to Windsor Castle OD orabout the
2ist Inst.

A 011 COLAS has been issued by Mn Brand, sumrnon•
Mg the Litstral party to meet at Mr. Glaistorm's on
Thursday nest.
Ts Now Liscay. "Winy."—lt is rumoured that
Kr. Brand will be succeeded by the Ron. E. F. Lemon.
Gower, brother to Earl Granville,
Is Canada it is reported that Priam Alfred is to be
Governor of the United British Colonies in North
America, when Lb. Confederation is accomplished.

A DIM'S Ell is about to.pititaint to Mr. Bread, at
shish Mr. Gladstone will by the subscribers to
the testimonial announoa e.t the close of last masion,
the sabooriptioas to which amount to upwards of MOO.
It is understood that the hon. gentleman will not resign
Ilia duties till Bader.

THII Primer of Wales will, by command of the Queen,
bold levees at St. Janses'epalaos„ on behalf of bet
Majesty, on Monday, the 4th of March, and on Wed-
nesday, the 20th of March nett. It is the QIIIISeII
pleasure that presestations to his Royal Highness at
there lentos shall be eonsidered U equivelart to pre- 1
sentations to her Majesty.
TER Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Denmark
in May next, in order to be present at the 25th anniver-
sary tithe marriage of the King and Quoin, ow the 25th
of that mouth, and the 000idon is to be one of great
rejoining; besides their Royal Highnesses the King of
Greece and the hereditary Grand Duke of Russia and
the grand Dachau are to be seissat
Nsw Puts.—Ws (times) onderstond that it is the
Intention of her Majesty—of coarse, on the resom-
mendation of her Miniden—to *oder the dignity of
the home on two eminent lawyers—the Lord-Justice-
General M'Neill and Sir Hugh Cairns. The necemity
of providing for the appellate juriedistion of the House
of Lords, which the Increasing legal business of the
country makes every year more important and more
onerous, is the object of these promotions.