The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-08-20 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The Morning Pod has mem to believe that • Anal
decision haa been arrived at on the question of dimwit'.
don, and that there is now no prospect of th• natural
We of the peewit Parliament being shortened.

A new throne for the Bishop has been erected fa the
choir of Salisbury C . It is, of come, an
earthly one.

The Muth Times eve thst the straeat of the
R. J. J. & Perowne, D.D., to the nery of Peter.
borough is • mere political reward for consistent
adhesion to the Government
Another peerage is =flounced, but we should like to
mak what ha. Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart,
Bart, of Ardgowan, ever done, besides claiming
descent from Robert 111, to deserve one

Grace comes rather dear when, as hammed In this
match [the M.C.C. at Canterbury], he remains at the
wicket for less than • quarter of an hour, and 110Ortd
an aggregate of use in a couple of innings. The exact
sum that Gram receive* for a day's performance at the
wicket is five guineaa. To Indulge under the most
favourable circumstances in a favourite pastime, to
have all one's expenses paid, and a fee of five guineas
delicately premed into one's hand on leaving, makes,
on the whole, a pleasant way of earning one's living.
The session which expired on Friday has been pro-
ductive of a greater number of legislative failures than
many of its predecessor's The number of bills " with-
drawn " during the session was 44, and the number
"dropped" 42. Of the withdrawals no fewer than 23
were originated by the Liberals, and of those
"dropped," 32 were brought forward by the same
party. The "put off" bills were all put on the paper
by Liberals sitting below the gangwaw, go that when
the failures of the session are cast up it is found that
of the 103 which form the total, the Opposition are
responsible for no fewer than 70, leaving 33 for the
conservative party, including her Siajesty's Ministers.
The only bill of the session which the Lords" blocked"
waa that brought in by Mr. Mellor and Mr. Taming
to amend the Poor Law Amendment Act of 187&

There is current a good story (which has the rare
additional ad% &utast, of being true) about the chef and
the manager of .cne of our great 'Uhl. The
is of • annewhat irascible temper, and the *In:Iota:41:r
y
happening to bring under his notice the fart that the
larder was nearly ampry at • time when the servants'
dinner was due, aaked wh..t he should give them for
their dinner? "G vs them ?' said the ma ages';
" ice them sawdu4 if you have got nothing rise; but
don't b ,ther me scout such thing." The chef add
n. thing. Two clays later the manager had a friend to
lunch with him and desired to do honour to his friend
and justice to the club. Accordingly, he sent down
instructions for • charming luncheon. On sitting
down and lifting the cover from the fint dish, he found
It full of sawdust. Concealing his rage as much as
possible, be sent the dials away, and • fresh course
was brought up. On lifting the cover, sawdust was
again discovered underneath. Of course there was a
row, and the chef lost his situation. But he had had
his revenge.

The latest invention is the telegastograph, which is
certain to become popular amongst epicures. ft is an
electric machine by which the palate can be tickled
and pleased by any Sas our, and for any length of
time, without fear of indigestion or of inebriety. By
puving soup or fish or wine into a receptacle connected
with a powerful battery, the taiga of the daintiest
viands can be conveyed along a telegraph wire for
miles, and to an unlimited number of boas vivant.
They have only to put the wire in their mouths, and
they atom to he eating and drinking. They may get
drunk or overfed; but the moment the contact is
broken the evil effects pass off, and nothing remains
but "a delightful exhilaration." The inventor, bow-
e'er, it is mid, keeps the ono( fus operandi a perfect
secret, and wishes to perfect his discovery before he
discloses it to the world.

Mr. Roebuck has at last received his reward—sod
• sorry one it is—for whet must surely have been •
life of great bitterness. He has been made • Privy
Councillor, the duties of which olio, we have the
authority f Lord Thurlow for saying are " God
know., what." The Privy Council, however, consists,
sac y ling to tradition, of the Royal Private Council.
I is. amembled to deliberat with the Monarch and
advise him or her upon affairs of State, and each
member. besides claiming honorary precedence may
bear the IqrfiX of "Right Honourable" to Mx name.
We suspect the world will not pulse thia privilege to
the "Incorruptible" veteran of Sheffield, wh i. though
he has in his Hine voted many ways, we are boned to
believe, since he himself is always sayings., has voted
honestly. It is singular bow the whirligig of time
brings about not only its revenges, but its mom:ilia.
tionr. It WU war with Russia which made Mr.
Roebuck an enemy of the Court, and it has been hie
advocacy of another war with Russia which has led
to Court favour and the Queen's forgivenem of his
violent and unjustifiable attacks upon the loyalty and
honour of the Prince Coosort which made the member
for Sheffield notorious in 1856. We do not expect
him, however, to be a frequent attendant at the Privy
Cuuacil.