The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-29 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 29th, IRBIS.

MR. CHAMBERLAINII ULTIMATUM.

In his speech at the Victoria Hall, South London,
Mr. Chamberlain has distinctly thrown down his
challenge, not so much to his political opponents
(having sufficiently done that before) as to his own
political friends of the moderate Liberal school. The
right hon. gentleman has now distinctly declared
that he will not take office in any forthcoming
Liberal Ministry that will not embody in its pro.
gramme three points pretty clearly defined by him.
These are :-1, the readjustment of taxation with the
object of lessening the burdens now falling upon the
working chimes 2, Free Education in Elementary
Schools. 3, the conferring upon local representative
bodies of oimpulsory powers to acquire land for let•
ling in allotments among other purposes. These con- '
ditions form the minimum which Mr. Chamberlain is
resolved to insist upon in the programme of any
Government of which he may become • member; and
he adds, that having committed himself personally
to the expediency of these proposals, it would
be dishonourable in him, and lowering the
high tone which ought CO be preserved
in public life, if he were to Mike his place in any
Government which excluded them from its pre.
gramme. Now, in the first plane we do not uncle,.
stand by what process of reasoning Mr. Chamberlain
ham arrived at this conclusion in regard to three pointe
specified, but not with respect to two others, to which
we thought he had committed himself personally in an
equal degree We allude to reconstitution of the
Upper House of the Legislature and Diaostabliahment
of the Church. Of course, the right hon. gentleman
has an undoubted personal right to state the cond..
lions upon which he will he prepared to accept offioe
but he has no right to demand that people shall
recognise the obligations of honour and high tone
in his resolution. There is nothing dishonourable in
a statesman shelving his own predilections in

order to *lb ' the bulk of his party in
cart ying a commonly accepted policy. Such
a policy, we believe, was laid down in Mr. (Bad/tone's
address to his constituents. But Mr. Chamberlain
contends that if his three points were not contained
in the ex-Premier's programme, they were not
excluded by it from consideration. The same might to
doubt ba said for • good many things which one xi'
other of Mr. Gladstone's colleagues would prefer I.
the matters which ho himself puts in the front; and
if every Minister presumptive wore to insist upon
adding his own pet reform to the party programme, it
would soon be found impracticable to get • dozen
statesmen LO Wee upon • common basis. Mr.
Chamberlain, indeed, claims that his is at one with
Mr. Gladstone on the taxation question; but we fail
to see how this appear. from the latter'. address.
We understand the Liberal chief, in speaking of
local government, to fore-shadow a readjust-
ment of local taxation as between real and .
personal property • very different proposal
from Mr. Chamberlain's for the readjust-
ment of Imperial taxation am between classes
of society. But we will let that paw. If Mr. Glad'
stone allows such an interpretation to be put on his
utterances, it is not for us to intervene. With regard
to gratuitous education, the exTreinier said that he
could not adopt this principle except under the areas
of more cogent arguments than had yet reached him ;
yet he is now required to adopt this without further
consideration, if he would not lose Mr. Chamberlain's
official co-operation. But it is in regard to the land
question that the latter gentleman seems to carry
exaction to the greatest excess. Without being •
recognised authority on agricultural econ.imy, he
attempts to dictate to his party a special policy with
regard to the land question —and we will say a policy
impracticable to carry out at present. His prop-al
refers to representative local 11.11. which do hot
exist, Mr. Gladstone's scheme if Local Govern.
ment reform would be a pre-requisite to the enter-
tainment of Mr. Chamberlain's proposal. When we
have got the representative Is slie. in counties, it will
be time enough to talk about giving them compulsory
power" to purchase land.

DOELOITZSTIR.
Tue lion. and Itev. Canon Oordon, :wirdion of the
Spirituolities during the vacancy of the 5..) of Solis..
bury, on the 24th instant liceiewd the Rev. Oeorge
Streynshoun Jellicoe, clerk, 8.A., to the curacy .4
Alton Pancroa, !heart.
Tilt WILL Or 1,11:111..r/Ilfittl. DP:UV. rh,, will
Septeniber 11th, 1117)41 of ',Wm.-Colonel
Alinerisa lhgliy, formerly id the I ilmltMliti• lIUMI,I*
but late'J of Chalmtoington Ili 1 Circhoster, who dipa
uly 13th I, was prowf von the :nth ult. by
Walter dames MI :rigor. Ilittch Wynilom. and Isieut.-
Gilimel the 1101). Edward Ihgby, the executor), the
value of the personal witate expewling Ci 4,000. The
testator leaves £7OO awl an annuity of WM to him Lite
wife'.. sister, Miss I.:Wawa. Blanche Wilhelmina
Scott • his shares) in the Phornix Fire Office to his
wins, boors., Hugh. Lionel, and Henry Nl.intaguit; all
hia real estate to the use of hi.. eon Oporge Hugh ;
1:15.1221 insin trust for hie daughter Kotharit», Oilcan
Digliy, lint if only OM' IA Al attains 21, •111.. le to !Ave
£20.000 iwitead, and a few tither The
rpsiiliw of the personalty he giepa to all his wins.
feint, Si xergotritv. The La n,r( gin On. (A 1.....
ing portieulara if his lonlahip*a Mite.: --It 111,11.• ire
thmt f, .r motiv months his lordship had bepti
(nun ft ttttt • (OM AII.I WOO til
F.ilkestotie toward), the end 01 July, hoping t)ua•
should 111. in) gorated and enabled to throw off th ot
which hail troubled hint for 0) long a period. res•
fortunately about A month No, when the diarrltwo
appeared to be steadily diminishing, hp took a chill
when out in an unuanally cold east wind, and a .4,,ht
pleurwpneutrumia pet in th•• left side. Thum h..
oontinued to creep Myna tho upper port .4 the lung
ever since, aometimes getting • Imo, bolter, lint
never] thoroughly well. For the last week he has
shown evident signs of increasing weakness, which,
considering his lordship '.l great age, naturolly canoes
his medical attendant the greateat anxiety.
Ifot.r TRINITY CNVIICH AZIVICRIL PITH SUNIIAT
arrgn Taturrg.—Colobration ,d the Holy Con.
!minion at 11 o'clock.—Nlatins, 11 a.m. : Venite,
Stainer, 307; Psaluna, Stainer. 152, Croft, 318. Jack.
non, III; To Ileum, Anon in A flat; Bennlictits,
unitory, 117; for anthem, hymn, laft, St. l'ulbert ;
Hymn, 1911, St. Catherine; Kyrie, kearton in F ;
offertory mmtonces,
_" Let your light' (Monk) "I:iv°
alms " Eveneong, 3 311.
Ellocombe; Litany (Talli ,$)• Hymn, 175. Innocent..
—Evi•na.ing, 11.30 p.m.—Responses, Tallis ;
Anon in R (Ms.), Russell, 91; Canute Domino,
Randall, 242; Ileum kliaereatur, Lemon, '20,3 for
anthem, hymn 179, St. Agnes; Hymn, 262. Vigilat.;
Hymn. 274, St. Oswald —Chant used. The
Cathodral Psalter Chanta;" II ymn Book need "Hymn.
Ancient and Modern; H. Evgarrr, Rector T. NI.
Mintnafc, Organist and Choirmaster; T. WgirrLotta
Mottos"), Sub•Omanist.
HARVIIIT THANILOGITINCE—SpociaI thanksgiving iu.r •
vices for the late abundant harveet, were held at 11.4 y
Trinity Chunk on Sunday last. The sacred edifice
. .

quantity of mutton oft his stall exposed for sale. Mr.
Pay Made an examination of the mutton, and by him
direction be seized seven pieces, which he condemned.
on wfal in charge of the 'tall at the time. In
Witneei a opineep the meat was unfit ter f',, 4.—Mr.
E.. J. Day, Medical Officer of health for the Borough,
said he visited the market with Mr. Chicken the
He found several Hots of mutton hung up: Ile
examined the meat, and those he thought
"on6t ifoorrh)fieded,hehiglti"her tee° ulldtr.nFitiacaky. tThhersQimWa.'it
d anY
i 5550 colt. Subsequently themeat WAS condemned
by Nft. A. ('eorge, and destreyed. Defendant
told him the meat was not " bad " bitt admitted it had
beep kept. too long. He (Samp'son) asked him to b•
lenient sie!b him. Almost all the pieces he took had
maggots in them—Supt. Coward said on Thursday
evening, the 17th, he found four (pewter* of a sheet'
htang up on a stall the defendant had occupied on a
previous Saturday. The meat had a cloth in (rent of
it. There wee no market on that day. He examined
the mutton, and finding it was geing bad, he sent fir
the defendant and told him it ought to have been
removed. He asked him to he allowed to lease it that
night. OntheSaturdayfollowing(theday inquestine)the
same meat was cut up and exposed for eale.—Defen-
dant said the meat was quite sound. A little bit of
" hopper " in mutton made it all the better.
(Laughter.)—Eliza Wyatt, living in Pease-lane, said
on Saturday, the Pith, she bought a shoulder
of mutten of the defendant which was very good.—
Mr. George How much. pound did you give for it?
—Witnewe replied sel., and she did not know but that
was the market price. She could net toll if the meat
she leiffitht was pert of the L%lllO sheep as the pieces
seized.—ltefendent said the meat had hung seven
days. lie sold portions of the lame ti abut 20
people, mine if whom complained. IL was all killed
and cut up at the same time.—Mr. Coward said the
defendant had never hefere appeared for this offence.
—The *I nem said the Bench were quite convinced the
meal was diseased, or rather unfit for food. Some of
the magistrates saw the meat themselves*, and they
einhesitatingly said it was full of maggot., and totally
unfit for use. It wax a very hail thing to sell
.bad
meat to poor people, and the Bench were determined
' to put a stop to it.—ltefeendant would be finest 405.,
including costs; if brought up again the Bench would
inflict a much higher penalty, or he might he sent to
gaol without the option of a fine.
A NUISANCL—John Lyde, carpenter, of Fording-
. ton. hill, was summoned for neglecting to ounply with
an ender made to abate a nuisance tinder the Public
Health act, and Allowing his house to be in a filthy
cendition.—ltefendant admitted the iifence, and
asked for time. —The case was adjourned for a week to
give defendant an opperhinity to abate.
Betuie CONC[RT AND OPIERAM, I.llitrOßDlANca.
, A ballad oineert and operatic performance, under
the direction 'if Miss Berta Foresta, heik plate at the
Corn Exchange on Thursday and Friday evenings
, Inst. The periermance wen. ender the following di.'
tinguished patreinagi —lewd and Lady Alington, the
lion. Humphry and Lady Shirt, lion. Mrs. Ashley,
General Henning, Cit., and Mrs. Henning, Captain
and Mrs. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Itankes,
Colonel Ifambro, Mr. NV. E. Itrymer, ?if.P., the
Mayor of Dorchester (Aldermen Gregory) and Mrs.
Gregory, Major Inge and Officers Royal Horse
Artillery, Major Egerton and Officers 39th Regi-
mental Depet. On Thursday evening there was net
in large in attendance as at the operatic
perfermance, still there warn a very fair
audience. The following was the programme :
Quartette, "Swing Song" (Pinsuti), Miss Foresta,
Madame Evans Warwick, Messrs. Traverner and
Lynde ,• song, "Never to Pert "(Barn), Madame
Evans Warwick ; song, "Simon the Collarer," Mr.
Lynde ; dart fur piano and organ, " feeder ohne
worte" in G miner (Nfendeleaohn), Messrs. C. J.
Lacock and .1. Robinson, jun.; song, "Dear Itinll of
Winter " ((hoe), Mies It. Miriam; song, " Just an of
old " (Cummings), Mr. (L %V, Traverser; song, "The
old, Old Story" (Blumenthal), Madame E. War-
wick ; duet, " Rose Song" (Stippsli, Miss Forests and
Mr. G. W. Traverner ; song, "Father O'Flynn "
(Stenferd), Mr. .1. Lynde ; song, Madame E. War-
wick ; song, "Going to Market" Diehl),
Miss BPIIA Forests'; pianoforte solo, "Schiele].
riverbed " (Schumann), Mr. C. if. Lacock.
Miss Frost was encered for her artistic singing of
Gent's song, as was Madame E. Warwick, the latter
giving in reap else Berri's ce imposition "The Beauteous
Song" with splendid effect. Nlr J. Lynch:Nl admirable
vino. was heard to advantage in both his pings
NllondelasohnNi fiedre was exceedingly well played by
Messrs. lescock and Robinson, and was Misery :My
appleuffixf. The concert concluded with Dibelin s
operetta, "The Waterman," which was cast as
follows :—Wilhelmins, %files Alice Shield ; Mrs.
Nfias heal, I tin; Robin, Mr. If. W. Iheld :
Bundle, Mr. It S. Frost ; Tom Tug, Mr. G. Traverner.
%fr. Frost gave an amusing impersenation eif the
henpecked Bundle, end Mr. -Travenier was heartily
flpplalided for his vigorous rendering of the
4.41 gs that accompany the piece. Mr. If. W. Deihl,
who has undoubted powers as a oeniedian, provoked
roars id laughter by his representation of the ever-
green Robin. Miss Shield was a dainty little
MA Mrs. Bundle (meet an able repre•
eintative in Miss Den. On Friday evening Bellini's
charming opera, "La Sonnembula," was given to a
largo and fashionable audience. The ("Mewing was
the east :—Elvino, Mr. G. W. Traverner ; Count
Rodolphe, hr. .1. Lynile ; Alessin, Mr. H. W. Diehl ;
Lim, Ili. Alice Shield ; I)ame Teresa, Miss Leah
Don ; .tinine, Mies Berta Feresta, Miss Iterta
Forests gave a highly fin isheel an,l artistic joerforinesum
of the florid and difficult music allotted to the heroine,
end displayed powers that her friends in Dorchester
have often heard of, but never before had
opts irt unit ire 11 witnessing. In the varions
wriking scenes with which the opera abounds, Miss
Fereioa displayed her histrionic and vocal abilities to
great ad Vantage, and in none more than intim sleep.
walking scenes on which the "plot " of the opera, if it
may be so called, turns. She was repeatully applauded,
and at the clime of the opera received hearty manifew
tatione appnviation. Of the other charm:Aerie, we
inay say Mr. Trsverner gave a manly impersonation
of Elvino, and Nlr. Lynelie proved I elf to he, AS on
the previous evening, a.viscalist of great ability. Nlr.
Distil as Alessi" sepialled, if hie did not surpass, kis
ei 'ell performance as MAIM in the " Waterman."
rho epees, considering the restrietel elate.' soil the
very limited ItA.V., la Li. iii, ran seseeithly,, and Miss
Forest v, Wh 40 the greatest share of the work
devolves! may be cimrratulated on its Alleee•S. The
oror3 WAS followed by a repetition of "The Water.