The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02 00:00:00

CALLING OUT THE RESERVES.

(ay Telegraph-)

Mr. Hardy this afternoon brought up the Queen'.
Massage, which notifies that in the interests of peace
and for the maintenance of Her Bmpire, the great
emergency junifies tin calling out the &wenn. The
Meows will be discussed on Monday neat
Tin Budget will be introduced on Thunday.

It u nnw underetood Mr. Hardy will take the
Indian Office. C. lone! Stanley the Wu Offir Mr.
Saw% Ibbetson will be Under-Secretary to the
Treasury. awl arr Matthew Ridley Under-Secretary
to the Home Office.

BLACIMOOR VALE HUNT DINNER.
The annual dinner of the raetntrr. and friend, of the
B.V H. Dinh took awe at the Dirt), Hotel nThpeplae
eettains. Rir Richard 0. Glyn (the muter of the hoot)
Wax In the chair. There was a good .nrinkling of rod-
°pea and tenant farmers pre.ent, among the, twine
Mr. Morther Guest. St. Ga.. Clay. ern
Colonel Orah•m. Mah lf r eAdam. Roo..
Deptain narr Hlrn. Oanrain Dellnetno. Antlio 0. Idea,
Mr. T fl-ere,l. Mr. A Donne. Mr T R•trreea. J
Willi.. •11. )F. T. (I'ont.tt wr R. p
Moore. (15,45 i 13, R R D., iy, Me L.E. It-c.
Mr C k chiO,ft•••••• M El•tehholl, t.
me,,eee. It. Mel. Nolo, Soiree MD, Tonn,. Dart.
121. Rneer R'‘,l J Brett
E.li.k pnrria M.rk L•renn.
L en. fl• E Carrie. Driven.
On , 0511,5. ate An er-e11...nt ,llnner ....MA Ay
Mr Clarke. and afterwards the usual t nets limn,
propnoed.

TERRIBLE POLLTERY EN PT,OqION IN
NORTH .4T kFFORIHHIRE.
itY Titian Ides&
Welne.4.v afternoon • terrible accident
occurred at N 1. Ilerlevipit, of the tpedale Colliery,
bonnwing to Mews f4t.iner and Oo . at Chester.on.
About 100 men and bor. were at work in the pit at
the time. A terrific explosi wa. heard at the mtuth
of the pit. This was f illowed by the emission of smoke
and firs. Everyone above ground at once new that an
expinelon of gas had taken PiSee, and the winding was
immediately set to work to draw up the men, and the
donkey en zine was put on to pump water down the
eisoond shaft A number of men were soon brought up
the pit, some in an exhansted condition, andiothers
fainting from the effeci• 1 tit. fire. It was ascertained
that tiome forty me were still in the working.. When
Use iire had somewhat abated exploring we've w re
orrani•o4 and efforts made to rvcover thie• wh still
mn.inerl In 'be pit After a time. five men hon
bronaht to the top, and the exploriti in. we'. for
• time desi.ted in. in c nuennence of the excessive
heat in the mlne and want of -tit% -ome thousands
of ns from the sarreunding were on the
sown* of the illiuts!or. an I voluntary airaistarioe was in
abwida.....The ezp7!osioo eves from a shot in
=lnc

RSIOSIIIIO/11 TO QintirettAel) —The " Nsimhirk.
O•ptaln Niv.n.uildfrom •b• Me tg.•
Oa the tin I 'wasp.. and tote ••• hosni the
emigreati, hoon4 for BrisAto*, TIT . 80 ma.
11l Ana,. mon, Si sititi• tronvot, so rbildre,
CPwittais tote ars of U se 1 I sI U John 14 tasking •
beg of SO •coal• *Go t• 304 e sdaltot. Tb• airy
are soder the care ot Yrs Boon. Dt. Weddell settee is
I.llllllolllorillanditi

The Marquis of Salisbury will succeed the Earl of
Derby as Foreign iecretary. It is oon.idered pro-
bable that Sir ‘lichael filcks-Beach will be removed
from the Colonial to the Dolton Office.

Trail says it is remarkable, oonsblering the wealth
.of the b Lie, that the Earl and Countess of itosebers
were married in • worldsonee ; for the reester office in
11,mA-street, London. is situated in one.

The announoemerit made by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Friday as to the course which the
Government propose to adopt with regard to the
calling out of the reeerves will tend to allay emus of
that anxiety which Gas public have felt in regard to
that messewe. Aeon-ding to the Army Enlistment
Act of 1870. under which her Afajeste has acquired
the power of c alio; out the resseree forces, the reason
if that step, to be communicate 1 to Psrliamen , must
lie "some imminent national danger or great emer-
gence." Rut this communication the Chancellor of
the Exchequer does not expect t be able to call the
~itent,i, of the House of Connoting to before the
Thursday following. From this leisurely mode of
'woe-ending we too, fairly infer that the emergency
sabot be so great after all, aa.l may even hope that
It may pass away without a reoiorsis to the measure
which to a great man, people has appeared to be
tantAnount to a declaration of war.

The Timer remarks that Lord Derby's resignation
at this critical moment must be of profound signifi
canoe, and that this significance is in the direction of
a still firmer adherence by our Government to the
position which they have assumed is made abundantly
clear by the explanajons offered to Parliament.
Russia, it now s3ems clear, has adopted an attitude
which is purely indefensible, and, unites she with-
draws, it may be mammary for us to be fully prepared
to amen our right. The Morning Post obeerves that
Lord Derby having resigned. Mr. Gladstone hes DO
longer • seat in the Cabinet. Lord Derby has always
been an over-rated man. His mere name has always
been held up as a Bri Loh fetish, yet ha has invariably
proved himself nervously timorou , half-hearted, and
wanting In " The Daily News says that Lord
Dad), 's resignation is at the very least an indication
that the last official obstacle in the way of a won
policy has been removed from Lord Beaconsfield's
path. Nothing can now be more certain than that he
will plunge an into a war if he can. The Daily
rcinpvpa will not call the reason assigned by Lora
Derby an insufficient reason on personal grounds,
because he ha* a clear right to judge for himself therein,
and to receive, even respectful sonnisecenoe whim he
says that he "agrees with his colleagues, but moat
differ as to the means." On public grounds, however,
there must certainly appear a logicAl break in the
statemansaip which maintained the demutd sent to
Rtusis, and yet shrinks from the precautions which
her refusal has rendered absolutely necessary. The
...gouda,' holds that in the present critical state of
slides the resignation of the Minister who has had the
chief airman, if our foreign policy outwit but be
regarded as a serious misfortune for the Government,
and an even graver calamity for the country. What,
however, induced Lord Derby to r-sign hia poet in
this extremely critical state of affairs—a sette of
affairs produced by the course of policy for which he
I. reaponsible—ons is scarcely able to unders and from
his own explanati nor is the difficulty entirely
removed by the statement subsequently made by the
Prime Minister.

The annals of University boat races favour the
modern op Mon that there Is more than mere minimal
culture to be derive I froui these c retests A far
larger percentage of celebrated men aril of University
honours is to be found in the ranks of Univeraity oars
11,.., in any equivalent nurnber of men picked at
hazard from • Uuiversity calendar. The first race of
all-I&29—shosed two bishop.. two deans, and •
preb niLary in embryo. Two judges—)&r. Justice Den.
MU% and Lord Joel°, Brett—wore the broad light
blue. Mr. Chitty, Q C., was the mach Oxford oar of
Ilia day. The head masters ~f Rugby, lLon, liurete
pierpiint, and 131•tiourh rich <de led the way in thole
day at Putney; aol we might multiply first clam..
by the dozen from the ranks of " old blum" Mind
and matter often run together, although collage dons
took many years to realise the fact. The heads of
Bratenose and Psterhonse Coheirs* were among the
phonier, of those authorities who recognise merit in •
man that can exercise self restraint, and live an
orderly life. and who at the same time welcome him
still more warmly if he adds honours of schools to
those of the river or the cricket field. To row well,
and to train well, • man must pommies self-restraiut
and energy, as well as were brute physique. If. may
display these 'italicise only in athletics; but if he
' throws hi. heart into any oilier pursuit with the mune
decision th st he his .11.playeil in physcal emulation,
he will succeed in chit eh r, and it is something to
know that the characteristim exist in th subject.
Whatever is wor h doing is worth 'hint/ well; this
principle is always it...tilled iota traivoraty oarsmen
during their training "Try .1w qs to row each
stroke better t .as tips last," was a standard aduioni.
tiii • of a celebeetel "ouch" on the river; and those
wh , have acted, during their rowing caree-, upon thin
principle, will usually be found to have foredtadosred
for trar,,l in their pastimes the tutus earnest /mations
of their lives.

Tbe news ni Lord Derby's resignation has fallen lib&
4 th"4".11 IP= Um country. A few weeks ego ail
' • win prepared fur it, sad tie Ws/ Park,
partise
"red
sad
ai...-eint dlnnwsdid it BO the Illaidits