The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-18 00:00:00

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DORCHESTBR, SKPTEMBER 18th, 1883.

The late Lord Cnisf Jostles Cockburn set the
fsehion to br doworkers of seeking reel isurl restoration
on the sea. tie was not • yacht-owner for mere foe,
es is frequently the cue with Englishmen. He kept
bla yacht In order that it might keep him strong and
hmlthy, an lit did so. Now half the Ministry are at
em—es,indeord, their to dinners might soy they within
ODD sense all the ssessioo. Elderly Mat man, who fear
the siossaivu maim of yacht, cm nowadays go t..)
sea in orie of Sir Donald's "Castles," and practically
have • a,ating island to themselves " and party."
They ce% magnificent fresh sir and scenery in the
most c) onfortsble fashion, end ju.t touch the shots
DOW ant then to visit a ruin, Co receive the freedom of
an ancient burgh, 4 to telearaph instructions to
Downieg-etroet. It is • noble discovery for weary
politicims thst very much pleamnt cruising can be
done within the four sea., without (Wog away to the
Mediterranean.

The Colonial Office has, of o tree, • large amount
of legal patronage at ita di •yre.l. the Crown Colonies
get their Judges and Attoroey.Generale and often
their Magistrates sent out froin Dome. Accordingly
the Secretary for the C... 1 tales has elw tys • list of
barristeis ti select for euc.3 petitions. There are some
app An•me.rts which are m tds wi h mournful
tesqnsuay. A geoial barrister, er,ll.ltn two In the
Temple, has just been appointed palate ju Ige of the
Gold Coast. It. would do well to ascertain h tw many
predecessors he has hod within, siy, tire let throe
years. Its strange that men ca. be gut to take such
*pp ;Miswrite. dome the within a few weeks after
landing; oilers retire wi:h shattered health attar
• few mouths' duty. Toe • lm,nistrati a of our
Weat:Africau possessions must be •costly alien. We
bad better give them up or else ~fficer them wb .11y
•itti DIVO4III.

Germany is said to have undertaken the mediatory
task of getting Russia out of the difficulty in which
the latter has been involved by the ermisive seal of
her agents in Bulgaria, and simmitaasionaly England
Ii reported to have sompted the position of mediator
between Fromm end Ohina. Of the two aggressive
Powers, perhaps France has tits greater need of
restraint by a ja licious friend. dim has evidently
undertaken a tough job in Tonquin, without the
prmpect of any adequate benefit. The peculiarity of
her position is shown by the double resolution arrived
at by • late Cabinet Council in Paris, to pursue •
immelliMary policy. and to mod reinforcements
rougnelyt4o Ton T
q true hil'orationhis s'spitfirt.""it! c for elthill
Toormin vrill need refuforownente or conciliatory
sagotiatioos if they go on advancing and retiring with
serious lows on each oonasion, but apparently without
cubing any actual ground. By the way, it 1160011
Mini whether the latest news received refers to •
third advanoe towards Sootily, or I. merely a new
version of gm mooed demise at the beginning of the
month. No date Is mentions I in the recent intelli-
gence., and the nami-i of places, as well as the numbers
of killed and wounded, are suspiciously alike in b.ith
omen.

'rtie London Boards of Gtuir—dians have all of them
bad discussions over the question of fiat-dinners for
paupers. So much daa been said of the benefit of fish
food foe the poor that the guardians have thought it
must be also good for the pauper. And in msny
workhouses • fisli-dinner once a week Is being tried by
way of experiment. One guardian—it was a lady-
guardian, by the way—objeote Ito the proj.ct of intro-
ducing fish se an article of diet into workhouse.. Fish,
she said, was useful n supplying brain.power ; but
paupers, sa far a. she knew than, had n brain, and
this particular fool WIN therefore inappropdate.

Whether paupers have any brain or not, tilers his
bop recently appoints,' In some workhouse.' •
"Mental lostroctor," who duty it is to endeavour
to impart some measure of awful information to
the adult Inmates, who *wept hie ministrations very
mach sa they do those of the chaplitio, with apathy
and indifference. Like the captured rustic.' in
" Primes. Tuto" when offered a warm bath, "they
don't seem to care about it."

We have often bad the case of a murderer asserted
to have been insane at the time of committing his
offence, thon4h restored to reason by the time he came
to be tried; and we have now, in the pen s ,n of William
Gouldstone, • in-trainer represmated by his pros,cu•
tore to have been sane when he c ,mmitt.d his crim
but mad ever since. ge don't hang a man sane f r
what he did when insane, if we know It; bat can we
hang a man lassos for what he did when sane! The
law seems to have answered this questioo in the
alrmative ; but common sense and public feeling
reply ill the negative. Besides, the unirchnical mind
accept. the simple theory that Geuldatone's crime w
ths result of hi. madness, rather than his meioses the
consequence of his crime. No man could exhibit a
evidence of insanity than elanglatering his
e innocent and formerly b.loved children for n
appreciable motive of revenge or personal sdrantare.