The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

THC MOW CHARatABPUTT HIM

During the last Besaion.of Far Lamest Users had been
OW measure passed whitgi mere particularly affected the
agrieultural di,tricts than any other, via. the Union
Chergetbility BilL A great deal was sail:respecting
it br People who perhaps did mit blow so much shoot
use they ought, to the eff ct th d it would sense a east
inore um in the number of .he oottagers. Though be
was in femur of the measure he did not think it would
cause • great increase of cottagerr. Ile considered that
the building of cottages was entirely a matter between
the ownersof property and their own pockets. Owners,
he thought, were becoming much more alive to their
Mattes as landlords in the matter of supplying suitable
and good dwellings for the poor, but it must always be
reeoliected that • Malt With &small property and • large
I family might be unable to inred his money so un-
profitably as in Wilding *Magee ; and, therefore,
though be thought this measure might have the effect
of preventing the destraletion of eottages In what were
desired to be " elms paristies„" he did not think that it
would cease any great increase in the aggregate number
of oottaprit

0001111SY MUNI:JUL BOARDS.
There was another question that Mr. Gandry had
I dwelt *pea at great length which he had thought
possibly sonic of his friends would introduce
namely, the county eSpenditare, and for the
statement Mr. Gundiy had mach, he thought they all,
and particularly the magistrates, opght to feel very
ninth obliged to him. (Hear, hear.) Re bad been,
-asked on one or two occasions what he thought about
' °minty financial boards, i.e., admitting farmers of the
outlet, to share in the man.gement of the rake. fie
saw no harm in admitting them if it could be well
managed, but he doubted very much whether the ex-
penditure of the country would thereby be diminished
by • single penny. He b heved that the finances of the
county were managed with as much regard for economy
as possible. It should he recollected that most of
the gentlemen composing the Finance Committee,whose
duty it was be arrange the balance sheet for Quarter
Sessions, were themselves very large ratepayers; and,
supposing they et ceeded.tbeir duty, or did not Bet up to
it, they would be checked by the magistrates at Quarter
Sessions, aud also by public opinion, through the
farmers' clubs and meetings like the present one. There-
fore; be thought they had as much cheek on the 'expen-
diture As they riould possibly bare.

THI AL& TeL
There was another question which Mr. ()unary had ,
not touched upon, though it was rather enlarging upon 1
politics, but he hoped they would forgive him, he meant
the malt tax. hear.) During the lad winter he
had the pleasure of reading several addresses by Mr.
Httiwood, who he believed wen preamit--(bear, beer),
referenos to the malt tax and the county
members. Mr. &mood Might have seen that he (sr.
Portman) had followed hio Mt& leader's excellent ex•
ample in knowing when to bow to publM opinion, having
given his vote in favour of the repeal of the malt tax.
But, they must remember that It was' question open
I which the agricultural community of lingltad wee by
no means unanimous. In the northern part of the
country men ridiculed the idea of taking off the malt
tali and said that they did net believe it would be of
that advantage some did. And even the farmers in
Dorset were at no means unanimous on the matter.
He had a little confer. atoll the other day at Poole
Motion with one of his conatitnents, who lived in the
hotbed of agitation respecting the malt tas-a-be did not
use the term offensively—the district between Dorrn
cheater and Wareham.. He mid to him, "You, of
oourse, are for the repeal r He answered, "I don't
know corncob about that; I declined to sign a petition
against the tat; you see, the feet is I grow a pretty
good sort of barley, and I think that if the malt duty
wad taken off I should Dot get Do good a price for it an
Ido noW. aistlgliter.)

lite gaits Lore.
Mr. Elwood had invited him to speak en the pine
laws. Some of them no doubt had seen slitter from
Mr. Bright to the Secretary of the Midland Verniers'
Club. Notwithstanding the extraordinary violence of
-durrietter, the oltib-tame to what he considered the
only reasonable omeirion, vie, " that a:revive pre-
egression of game led to many evils, and was much to be
disenerttenettoed." Me thoughtit was gait. unjustifiable
to attempt to keep first of all rabbits, and then many
hares on their property, (Hear, hear.) Oonsidering
the piton to wh oh tensity bad Nome, it would be as
cruel to expect always to see • tittautity if rabbits in a
tenant's ftelda, r in their own flower gardens.
(Applause). But, he could not agree that the rime-
laweebmeld be, dose away with. He believed that if
they did away with the mime laws it woald he necessary
to bring in • mneb more stringent law for trespass. In
these dAYI Teeny landlords--his own father amongst
the ntiniber—let his tenants away from his own Menem
dist* neighbourhood hate the shooting a pre-
ference to anybody else. (Hear, bear). That he
believed to be the right principle. He was quite
certain that agriculturists, who had the privilege of
shooting over their farms, were as desirous of having
*Andros and other innocuous game as any of their
landlords Ortild be. There was another plea for the
rabbit+, which he thertight would be held to be •
tolerably valid one, for many of them were probably
food of a little hinting, and would recollect that foxes
were very fond of a bit of rabbit-4A 'Moe The best
friend• we've got)—and if they provided for them a very
I,w rabbits, they might not be an fond of viiiting their
poultry yards. (Laughter, and Hear.)
me rant!: IlaitincArma M 191005 sambas.
Societies like this give the runty members aa op.
porton* of meeting their constituents; they also
botiootagefi the ler= Oruro to barer skilled
Workmen. With regard to the prises for roots, fro.,
at these meetingd, seeing the ono gentlemen time after
time becoming the twitter' Of them tfil their side-
boards must be groaning ander the weight of
plate they had wen, he felt disposed rather to
handicap them—to put • little extra weight on them
the next time they started for the prizes. (Laughter.)
In reclusion he propoeed "Sneers to the Society,*
coupled with the name of the heal,h of the President
in that 00111111i011. B. P. Gan try, Esq.
The Clutfallin, in responding, said the society was
in • eery satiefactdry State. In 1863 the number of
members WM 24, and the terl of soloseriplions £l5 5..;
in 1864 there were 66 member!, and the seheeriptions
Mlionated to ; mid this year there were 76 olembers,
and the tobil of itticriptions was L 75.
The Hon. and Rev . Ai MILD! ei 1401 proposed the
"Committee of management,'l Cud Mn/ N d M. Loom,
Poe Hen. &watery, and Meant Permitter and
Davey responded.
The Rev. A. CODD proposed The jedges."
bies..ra. WANZIIN and Horsy responded.
The Successful Copipetitors." " The Givers of Prises,"
and ether eomplimenory toots followed, and the meeting
at pleunatly prolonged for • emerlderable time.
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