The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-03 00:00:00

V greet (Emit Expreso,

DORORICIITKR, JUNE Brd.

THZ WHITBUN HALT.

In the Parliamentary j mann milestone' noosed
nate other with wondarful rapidity. We have now
nmcdad • stage from which we can look beck on tla
ground travelled ova, and begio to eatartain thooghts
aHa and. If there a not much cense for eatielsw
Goa, thus is certninly no occasion for aslant. lii
the third &ninon of the Session there is general,
ample time for making good pest abortoomings, and
many of tho menuree which at present are in •
Crud. oondition may, dr-iug tha next two month,
beams sufficiently matured to receive the Boy '
Anent. Mr. Gladstone hes no Moon to find fault
with tits provers, so far, of the Funnies Bill, the
arneadments proposed, to well so those welch have
bon agreed to, bony of an uoiroportant taws oar.
The abesoco of anyttOng rta determioed opposition
bade od is • char proof that the insist poluti
of the Bill *animated germs! approval. The
tog, if tag there is to lie, will take place in the
Upper Mona, sad that not front any strong objection
to as intension of toe franchie• itself, nut from a
desire to &now lb. Gotoftlolo2lt. It le • viitue or
fault of one constitutional system that tb• fate of a
0111111116“ la often dawn:disci not by its own merits
so much as by oonaiWration which ban only an
Indirect connection. Tin Pranolua Bill may be
sealant in itself, and the section of tile comounity
waiting to be iocluded may deserve all the entionium•
so richly bestowed upon it by the promoters of
Reform; yet it must be known first of all whether
Egypt le being duly cared fur, and whither kir.
Gladstone le making too many concision. to Francs.
This is so facoondetenny, no doubt; but it • one
the country I. woustomed to, sad therefore wP' be
barna with pationos. Should the own not be
previouly upset, 111. intended to wreck the measure
la the Howe of Lads. Lads, however, MS not the
lavariablie oon•equance of threats and we would not
be surprised if Uss Pan, owns the tains of the
eatatry, and valuing their own abarater, refrained at
Ibis Let moment Iran Nutting like factions or
stubborn opposition to Ma Bill. Oarrents of dissatis-
faction spring up now and non even amongst the
supporters of the Government; but they die away.
and so probably will the rougher/ browse, before the
vowel is prepared to enter port. The Marohant
Shipping Bill of Mr. Obainbarlain is another proof of
this. Through prudent ooncessions and matured
judgment, the effort to save lin at sea and to restore
fairness to Um shipping ',stew seems likely to be
soooessfoL Should toe President of the Board of
Trade contrive to pas. his Bill, he will hen atsiziod
• high position for himself as • anneineo, and
bestowed an everlasting benefit on • brave and much-
enduring section of Ms fellow.oonntrymen. Whether
Ns William Harcourt has so good a chance of
obtaining fame by his London Municilpel Bill la at
printout rather doubtful. At all ~.nn, in his awe
there is greater probability of delay. It Is lj 00
means certain that the Bill will be got throu . both
Howes during the Sesaion. Opposition to metropolitan
reform, if not very intelligent, is extremely powerful.
Whatever can be done to obstruct or damage will be
attenipted. Indignation meetings are perhaps harm.
Ism enough, but there are certalo silent lel WIGAN of
work not so easily to be overcome, and thaw binder
progress and endanger immediate settlement of the
question. Th• &sting abuses, however, can only
enjoy • respito, °Tell mu,. that Iv mode and every
diet:union which takes place acting as another nail
driven into the coffin. If unpletion ie not Poly to
be arriv•d at this Session, the end is not far off.