The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-25 00:00:00

Monet enttutq Exintoo.

DORCHESTER, APRIL 25th, 1582.

It may be remembered the selection of music by the
Biomass Choral Association, sung at the choral festi-
vals bet year, was somewhat severely mitiolsed by some
of the leading musicians of the diocese. This year the
selection is, if any worm adapted for parish choirs,
sad has led Mr. T. E. Spinney, the choirmaster of the
Choral Ainociation, to publicly suggest that the tom
mittee be changed or re-elected, making room for a new
element, if not every year, at least once in every three
years, taking care that the second and third elase
should be largely represented by members of practical
experience. It is for the good of pariah choirs that
Bielsop Hamilton inaugurated the emaciation, and the
committee must surely have failed to bear this
in mind la their selection for the bet year or two.
Believing be is expressing the opinion of hundreds of
members in the diocese, Kr. Spinney says
It is pretty clear that there are three distinct clamors
of church choirs to legislate for, viz., the cathedral,
the abbey, and the mitister, se belonging to ens; the
superior class of perish church choir to the second ; and
to the no leas praiseworthy body of smaller choirs
from rural districts forming the third—the latter
forming (if we consider the original aim of the society)
the chief share of attention. In the service-books for
Mil and 'B2 how few belonging to the second or third
dam would ever dream of dipping into them for any-
thing metal in the- own churches ; fewer still would
thiek of taking for an anthem " P the Hart Pants,'
or some of the choruses given us in our book for 1882.
The somewhat humanising remark that " when found
too difficult the easier anthem may be substitute 1," is
sot a happy way of putting it to the members of pariah
choirs generally. They should be unbounded by
simpler mania, the beat of its kind. as well sung salt
is possible to be—by directing attention to the quality
of toad, accent, and enunciation—rsther than be &s-
-enesced by hopelem and useless attempts at impossible
mirrices wields at. not desirable at aay time.

Mr. Mks is not likely to succeed Bully with him
unmemnre retarding the official expenses of elections,
notwithotaaing he has the support of two Cabinet
Ministers. The official expenses are, imfortunstely,
in meet inettutose. only • very small part of the satire
egpsooss of an election. So that there is no probe-
bty of • memure of the character of that which ham
passed • mooed reeding, facilitating the admission of
waking men into the Home. The reel scope and
objest of the meamure is to strengtheci the hands of the
Moine by affording the strongest mown for party
organisation sad oontrol, slam candkiedure itself
would Naomi • burden to the rates.

The rights of private members are becoming more
and more obscured. Since the announoement of the
Government that it is no part of Its duty to keep •
BOOM kr private members, there have been more
ecaritsout than ever. The farce cannot cnitinue
indefinitely. The constant recurrence of counts-out,
widiet •udt (marmots arrears of legislation remain
=dogs with, is a scandal which cannot long endure.
Either the Government must appropriate • very
man& greeter proportion of the working see.
=ushaere private rights must be prontleally
, or else the priests members must
oneabine together in the minim of American
Clongremmen. In the United States the understand-
arrived at amongst • group of independent
members is technically known as "rolling ths log,"
an image drawn frm the back•woods, where co.
2=is required for the purpose of removing the
hich is hewn down on • clearing. A quorum
of mrsbers agree to mutually assist one another in
=each other's bills, and a wonderful amount of
is named Is this fashion.

The death of Dr. Darwin, which was announced on
Thareday eventing, ceases sincere regret. The time
itspeocc. by when the author of the "Origin of the
" regarded with madgnity. Upoe the
truth of his theories there is, of course, and probably
Ileng wiU be, much heated dispute. But the value of
Isis patient research can be called to question.
Whet is more, hie earnest love of truth, his modest,
osnmenzaing, and religious character, have of late
yeses obtained wide recognition and acknowledgment.
It is high satisfaction that Dr. Darwin leaves behind
him • son capable of givia; to the world the results
d resent experimenta by his father, which might
etheswhe have been lost, and who is probably
destined to maintain the scientilfc fame of the
Darwin's in the fourth geuerati