The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-15 00:00:00

-HIGH HONOURS FOR WEYMOUTH.

If some of those good people of Weymouth, who have
looked upon the recent High Court Meeting of Foresters
simply as one of those rather extraordinary occurrences
liable to occur, could have witnessed the unbounded
delight and self -cougratulation of the ordinarily cool
and calculating men of the great cotton centre, as
over a glorious victory, and the deep mortification, well-
concealed though it was. Las at &bitter disippoinlment,
of tile'. brethren front the rival town of Leeds
they would then form a better conception of the
honour which the Order had conferred on them. And
the benefit/ which mast 111 X-1110 from the *sit are
incalculable—not to be measured by the mash standard
of increased profits on the neoemaries of life and the
various commoditice in demand during such a week se
the Mat has been, it is from another sous," that woe'
bubstautial good may be expected; and that is from the
almost universal advertising of uuequalled natural
beauties that Weymouth will receive in return for the
general kindness and courtesy they have wisely
bestowed ou their visitors. Most aueoepuble
are those north-cuuutrymeu of a kindues• done
them, and we shall uot be estimatieg their true
character t:ghtly if we do not expect an return that
Weymouth will receive a good word from thew. As
to the real busif.ess ef the great Order, it lice been, as
the Secretary truly remarked, of a progressive character.
It requires a vast amount of pressure and iuilueuce to
Induce Foresters to meddle with (her Ueneral
and it was must interesting to bear the •puited
cussions over what to outsides' would appear the most
trifling and insignificant word—to hear these shrewd
men of the world disputing inch by tch, as it were, the
ground of their old laws; and yet there Mee but '
obstruction on the part even of the oldest of the
delegate', for it required but the persuasive argument
of the groat men of the Order—and even Forester.'
have their Sir Oracles—to gain an unan'inous vote.
The High Court, too, was almost entirely devoid of
disagreeable incidents. As in every other public lardy
IA this universe there were one or two dunderheads,
Who apparently laboured to be totally opposed" to
eVerybody else, but there gentlemen were made *her t
work of, the Court sitting on them in Slat prompt cud
decisive manner which admits of no compromise.
The " int down's " and shut up'e," and other
an-Parliamentary soggemiens, which were showered
at the head of some wrung-headed and miler-
Waste individual were absolutely ruin's' • lg. Taken
all in all the week has been • very pleasant and
agreeable one, business and pleasure being 1'41124'44y
Intermingled, and as to the arrangements of the Execu-
tive Council they were simply faalless.

Lord Salisbury has, in the matter of the Arrears
Bill, given distinct pr... 1, if any were needed, of his
Unfitness for the leadership of a party. fie did not
sufficiently appreciate the situation. He forgot that
the Irish landlords were in *ore nerd of money, and
would sink their objection to the Bill, rather than losa
the portion of arrears payable to them under it. It
woo one thing to try to get better terms; it was
another thing to throw out a Bill which relieved them
even to a small extent. Th, Marquis Ordeal.' himself
to obstinacy without knowing wri.-th.r hie followers
would so pledge thetwielve.. And when he found
they would not do so, with i. u.ual hau.:hty bluntness
he explained to the world Oa: he h. 1,1 dissgreed with
his party. 1.. 1..1 Sslislinry will 12 it, it is eat I, give up
the lea lership ; hot, unless be is c ireful, his leadership
will becom. isupisoibk. Lor I C sirs s W hid fill his
place t admiratioa ; and the Peers may yet have
to sink their too ish asersida to being led by a JAW
Lord.

If we may aczoiit without qualitioatiol the saying
that no news is good news," then we may insider
our recent soanty intelligence from Egypt was quite
favourable. We have had the same crumbs if inform-
ation served up thy after day, however, until we are
rather tired of the repetition. Nobu ly who u.,der-
stands the question regrets the delay that has
occurred in regard to the Actb-French ti invention;
isr it would perhaps be much better if the Porte
weald prolong the negotiation on the subject until our
troop, have disposed of Arabi. But what peojdo are
all looking for during the present pause is the
commencement of offensive operations on our side.
Very rightly, however, it wise deci,l if to make no
movement its this direction until Sir Garnet Woleeley
had arrived, las which time also the expeiliti mazy
army would be broasist up ti somethins like its full
strength. After waitiag so long to strike the
contemplated blow, it was not worth while to be
precipitated in the end.

Postai. Introchartos.—We direct the attention .4
our readers to the fact that the letter b for the
Bristol mall closes now at ten minutes to five, instead
of at quarter-put five as heretofore.
Doncessma Came= Ctun.—Two matches will be
played on the Dorchester ground this week as follows:—
Tuesday, Auguat 15th, Dorchester v. West Lulworth
Visitors; Prides, August 18th, Dorchester Abboue
bury.
ADDITIOVAL CURATLS' SOCILTY.—On Sunday special
sermons were preached at Holy Trinity Church, is
the morning by the Rev. C. R. D. Carter, 8.A.,
Organising Secretary, and in the evening by the Rev.
H. Brevet: (Rector), in behalf of the society for the
sm_ploymeat of additional curates.
THORDIBAYORM.—On Saturday evening a thunder-
storm came up from the .a and broke over this neigh•
beerhood about seven o'clock. Rein fell in torrents,
the lightning was fearfully vivid, and the thunder very
heavy. We are glad, however, we have to record no
serious consequences.
Tits RABVIAT.— Botween Dorchester and Wu,
mouth the harvest is progressing rapidly, and much
of the golden grain has already been safely honied.
Should the farmers be favoured by such weather as we
have had during this past week, the harvest will be
nearly completed in a fortnight. The wheat is in
splendid condition as a rule.
hforraurr STATISTICS FOR Tll3 BOROCCULJCLY 1882.
—Births, 28 (Foriington, 14) ; death*, 9 (Fordingtoo,
nosed; old age and heart disease, each caused two
deaths, embolism, cancer, diabetes, debility, and whoop-
ing cough, with convulsions, each caused one death.
One of the above occurred in the County Hospital, and
amain the Prison. The birth-rate thus is 4tB, and the
death-rate 144 per 1,000, the former being higher than
Atonal, and the latter for unately lower.—E. J. DAY,
Medical Officer of iftaltli.