The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-23 00:00:00

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WHAT TES ii 'ORLD SAYS.

It is said that the °coup** ion of Cyprus is the pt su
of Sir A. H. Layard. A s ciggestion of the step wma
thrown out by Sir Char', is Dill's in his Gnat er
Brains.

An immense interest in Cyprus hes been suddenly
developed among members of the House of Common,
and applications to the libr mien hare been continuo,
for Blue-booka and official papers. Probably the bes
informed man in the Ho tee of Commons on tb is
subject is Mr. J. Dodson, Chairman of
particular
tees in the last Pa filament, who did Oypr as
thoroughly years ago, and who wrote the account of
the island contained in Mt iney's Handbook.
Every one agrees that • the garden-parties at Mai 1.
borough Hollbe are an I mprovement on Chlawie k,
which could only be reach rid by a long dusty drive.
The garden itself is chant dog at Marlborough House,
but the Hungarian string -band whirl played was is3t
powerful enough to be heard exoept by those who were
sitting quite near the phr Mee. The number of ieei4 go
was increased this year ti trough the suggestion of her
Majesty, who thought tile party too small on the la it
occasion. The Queen ca cried, as she did last year, a
bouquet of unrivalled Ma Imaison carnations, preset:dr of
to her by Mrs Mark Woo id, whose collection of those
rare flowers is reckoned the finest in England.
They are talking aria wily at the Reform of make ig
a strong effort in Ire land, whenever the chance
occurs, of winning back the majority of the best coo.
stituancies to Liberalism& • with money of
their own are being es isrly sought for, and several
are ready to carry the ' banner in the &Imola forlorn
hope of victory. I dare lay two or three mate may 'tee
taken from the Home Rulers if local men of money
will keep their promisee and stand; but any genet al
Hibernian conversion is hoping—for the elm; 1e
reason that the Irish party of action, of which Mr.
Parnell is the prophet, is making elaborate preps a-
tions for the oompagn ; ; that in ocesideration of NS.
Butt's complacency in aiding the Government
measure in Intermedislaeducatiou Cardinal Cohen
has abandoned all fur their hostilities to the Hos ne
Ruler.; and that Mr. Gladstone's antagonism to the
Papacy has alienated his eminemos from the re al
Liberal leader. Never theirs a reform " whi ," hi a
monetary sense, for • the conversion of Ireland is
Imminent.
H.R. H. the Prince of Wales has christened him new
steam-launch Natlica, after an American young lady.
I wonder whether It is true that a ofiebrated beauty,
In order either to test the devotion of an admirer who
happened to be canine upon her, or to rid lammed of
I his h.:mermaids', req nested him to go down stain,
and W•W her back • bunch of onions from • green-
grocer's cart which see standing ppm the opposite
side of the street I can hardly believe It, nor that
the pram diesalior ii I question became etrisightway
offended with her, ant I parted, never to return.
No more rides to K him, no more Cockle's pills for
sick savages, no mor I carrying kicking ponies under
his arm, or flying t ip in balloons on the shortest
poesible notice. Cap Min Fred Burnaby is engaged to
• lovely young lady i of eighteen, • ward of the Irish
Court of Chancery, a nd hdrees, it is said, of £lO,OOO a
year; but the =rase e will not take place immediately,
as there are some lag al matters to arrange.
I trust that Rh Gs net Wolaeley has been careful to
take with him to his new seat of government none but
gentlemen of approved morals and manners ; for it
would be • pit 7 to te ire an opportunity to Mr. Baring.
who now holds the ; mina of power ad interim, to may,
looking round at Bir • Garnet's staff, what Othello said
to Isdovioo,
"You me welcome, s ir, to Cyprus.—Goats and Monkeys r
Many, many year. ago • gentleman called on Mr.
Hoby, then the mo it fashionable, most extravagant
most flourishing of sootmakers. "I bought • of
straps here lad week," said he, " and they
Mined out shamefu 'I will never buy another
of streps in this the l" "Put up the shutters, John,"
said Mr. Hoby, C ening to one of his man; " It'e no
good our going on .with the basin..; this gentleman
will never buy another pair of sixpenny straps hers."
A little aneote submitted with clue deference to the
Committee of the Dublin University Club, which, I
understand, has struck the World of the list of journals
supplied to ite members.
freeing serranti at hotels is not the only form of
perpetual tipping which is the bane of our present
existence. At lukirdressers' you may find a number of
young men rho invariably give a tip to the men
who shave them s ml out their hair. This abominable
system, which c wee Ito existence entirely to the
uneducated, vulgar, nosseren neat, ought to be put
down at once with a determined and a strung hme
The Liberal Widens are really delighted at the turn
iliar, have taken, and are to have a party °awoke-
tion this week en the sub=citatheir coonequent
action in Periled tent Mr. • Yiri
decided comes ; Ad my lord histritde hndtates, em the
ground that the _Libeemis had better wait a year or two
For a diesoluthei inasmuch as their organiestionshave
not had time to do the work of propagandism. It any-
ocamiderable number of discontented Tories thould
desert their leader in the pronind perliamositary •
battles, Lord limoondield will dissolve, they say,
nne. honesty is not the beg policy for the present
lino wain wins, say both Lord Hartingtan end Count
Andrassy. ;
I am requested by Miss Florence Farquharson to
state that there is no foundation for the announce-
ment of her engagement to Lord Trafalgar, which was
published through misinformatke last %reek.
The marriage of H.ll. H. the Duke of Connaught
will take place in February.
Sir Garnet Wolaeley's house in Portman-equate was
literally besieged last week. People' came in o rinds
—the curious, the ambitious, the avaricious, and the
needy. The first lot were animist° r/ out to Cyprus
jug to see the plan, and hoped he would not mind
deb, them &Vitae Information; If he had nothing
bectii to do when jolt Merdv on an Important .
*Wel Milo. The ambitlooo nanded adveshirog

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from afar were also amons the eater applicants for the
tract.. new Governoopen r'dosfre.avo.ortheu.hy webre.rekszlyotor
turnmakethaoot
hands to any commercial speculation. So great was
the influx that Sir Garnet secured the services of a
special Cerberns or ball-porter, who laded as filter or
buffer, rigidly scrutinising all corners, and, unless
fully satisfied, stoutly denying admission. No doub,
there is a fine field for enterprise in our new
sion. No towns, no porta, no hotels. Sir 67mi%
means to live in a tent for the present ; but it has been
Orstthat he should take up his residence in the
evaernor's palace at Famaguno, where whole
streets of hover have been standing empty for years.
The Board of Guardians, Ballymena, Ireland,
pear gill to retain all that large-hearted liberality
'Which find in the heroes of Lever's novels. At the
last meeting of Guardians Men Ann Holly, who has
chugs of the female idiots' ward, applied to have the
kfatti?.hunshrCtintuhidtows7ungardinoth;tbsenbtaahpa77l.l.--Plarelidd.teliChilnleal:trann2.dbed. did
troeskteseddei
be nearly 6d. per week. Mr. Canon said that" if any
one in the house requires their sympathy and care it
was then poor creotares, who had never seen the light
of reason, or where reason had reeled and staggered
from its throne." Under this new and somewhat
strong light the Guardians. in • moment of thoughtless
geenerosi..ty,o these thing.edrbeter
Ann
iperreunweek.d. Verily
they
Mr. Newoomen Wailer, lan M.F.H. of Meath,
recovered £2OO damages from his county line for
broach of contract in not having an adequate supply
of horse-boxes ready to convey lois banters to • stud-
sale at Sewell's in Dublin.
An Englishman who WIN trivolling to the Paris
Exhibition bill asleep in the train. Be woke up with a
thinking be had reached his destination, whenhe
beard the railway officials crying out " Poisey !
Poissy 1" He got out, turned into the nearest hotel,
and next morning was surprised to find Paris so small
a place. Thu +is rather like the countryman who left
Victoria by the Underground for Wifindan Junction.
The journey was long, and he fell asleep. "Guard
at
he cried length, whim he awoke, "shall we soon be
there?' " Where's • there'?" "Willesden Junction."
" Willeedon Junction Why, man, you are in Edin-
burgh !"
A great deal has been said, both in prose and verse,
about Lord Beaconsfield's prospective strawberry
leaves, and indeed his recent coup de deaden seems to
call out for some such recomFe. But why not at
once make him King of rest The title is
etilfoions, and it would be n every way appro-
priate.Sinoe I have got this idea into my head, I
e:ethat nothing less will satisfy me; slid I can only
picture our Premier, in the future, as crowned and
sceptered, receiving his tribute of wines and oil,
whilst Mr. Montagu Corry, reposing at his feet, and
magnificently attired, directs his opera-glasses, from
time to time, in the direction of the Suez Canal. But
though those two would rule nominally, I should feel
happier if the reel hard work could be conducted by
Sir G'arnet Woleeley ; and could be induced to accept
the position, I have no doubt that the scheme would
work satisfactorily. I fear, however, that the dread
of petty jealousies will prevent it from being ever con-
templated- for there may be some people who would
consider that Lord Salisbury and Mr. Philip Currie
had also consaledtionaly earned an island, and it might
be found difficult to provide two at the same time.
If, however, the Treaty means more than this, there
1., I am convinced, no half measure, and we most take
the government of the country into our own hands.
Do you suppose, 0 British public, whether your mood
' be that of isladatone or of Jingo, that giving advice at
Constantinople or bending intelligent consuls into the
wovinoes will do the business. The Turks, you say,
fight well, and so they do—but when they are fighting
for themselves, for their caste, their religion, their
domination. If what they have to defend is not their
own supremacy, but that of an English Resident, they
will not care to defend it at all. Small matter to them
the superiority of British over Russian rule. There is
so tempting as a change of foreign masters.
ii; changeoio teget that at Constantinople you will have all
the Emhamies working against on, and gradually
condemning you at the Porte by daily drops of
disobliging insinuation; to say nothing of the formid-
able vested interesta which are inseparable from the
rottenness of the Government, and which will not at
all relish being disestablished for the public good. If
you wish to hold Asia Minor, you must get into your
hands all Its resources, both military and financial.
You man not limit your action to advising the Sultan a
you must gradnany but surely substitute your
authority for his.
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The Alter evening a fresh, pretty, country girl
appeared at a ball, and created no small sensation. A
noted beauty was asked what she thought of the
' Not bed," she replied, "for an amateur!"
I understand that the "profession" of beauty is so
lucrative that mammas are already turning their
serious attention to training up their chicks to embraoe
this attractive branch of the fine arts.
Whether horses should carry their metal on their
heels or in their hearts is the much-vexed question
propounded for solution by Mr. Ransom. Nature,
however, and common sense seem to have answered it
long ago. Unshod horses will last for any time on
sandy paths or on well-carpeted fields. On stones and
pavement they will not. The negro horses in the
West Indies or the Indian mustangs on the pampas
are very often, if not generally, unshod. Hunters of
oonree require shoes, to give them catch and grip, and
so do hareem-horses. "Nature is • holy thing," said
Mr. Squeers ; "0, what • blessed thing to be in a
state of nature rUnfortunately our artificial life
and locomotion have departed widely from nature's
primitive paths.
Fortunately Ireland dote not now live on potatoes
alone; for the blight, now almost perennial, has already
Invaded this source of national wealth and, according
to some doctors, of population.
With the sanction and approval of the Duke of
Cambridge, the Army and Navy Cooperative Society
has established a Regimental Exchange Department,
so that members of the society will be afforded
(saltier for effecting exchanges without the heavy fees
hitherto charged in such cases by exchange agents.
More than one member of the society has suggested
the propriety of having a matrimonial agency on the
also; but alter mature consideration the
res
director, vetoed the proposal, on the ground that its
adoption might lead to complications.
Sunstroke is a rare complaint in Ireland; but in
the last few weeks the sultry heat caused more than
one case among the sufferers being Captain Hunt of
the 7th Hturara
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.a7n-ifraid —that, notwithstanding the rumours to
the contrary, we are going to lose the Major in the
House. The gallant 0 , whose portliness does
not decrease, cannot stand the late hours and the
etceteras of legislative life. Since his severe Motes
last year he has never been quite well in health; and
besides, he is disgusted with the inaction of his party,
and its want of coherence. Re has consented, at all
event., to retain him seat for Waterford until the end
of the present Session, till the Sunday-closers are
disposed of. But unless the"party" mends its ways
and the doctor mends his health, Westminster will
know the Major no more.
If • Frenchman attends his wife's funeral, he always
walks. A certain newly-made widower, who had
seemed inconsolable, went through the usual form.
Afterwards some friends r. 1.16,41, expecting to find him
plunged still in the deepest grief. To their surprise
he was quite lively. " Vraiment," he said, "nett*
petit* manmade ma fait du bias."
MIAS.