The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-05 00:00:00

Forget Conntti Expregg.

DOKOHRSTER, AtiGII3T stb, 18$4.

DOtto.

By the oollision between the Defence and the
Valiant proof seems to have been again afforded that
there is something very wrong either in the waitron-
tion or the menagement of our vaunted ironelads. It
may be very " pretty' from • orator's point of view to
manainvre Ironclad. in close proximity with 'soh
other, but from • taxpeyer's point of view It would be
preferable to give them plenty of sta-room until those
wbo are responsible for their movements at least know
the &If wenoe between the starboard and port side.
Would it not be well, asks Truth, if all oar inespof•war
were compelled to carry • ample of fishermen on
board to instruA their crews in these Ulf! ickg details?

The meeting promoted by the Antl.Slavery Society
at the Guildhall, oe Fraley, to celebrate the jubilee
of West-Indian Ernancipatioo, presented, perhaps, the
mwt brilliant sesemblage of public men of sny
occasion daring the 111111000. Omitting the Premier
the foremo:t men of btb pestles appeared on tam plat-
form, and showed bow oompletely all Englishmen of
this day rej ,iOO and glory in whet is undoubt
edly the grandest recommendation of the British IMMO
to the esteem of mankind at larre—the mat anti-
slavery crusade, in which so much bl. 4 ad treasure
have been cheerfully expeodel.

It is very probable that %sheathe Egyptian Conference
really shall have c ,mpleted its deliberations and have
nom* to some sort of imp,staut cmclusion which can
be placed before Parliament, the latter body will have
become, by the dem4ralising elf tot of the approaching
prorogalloo, quite inoquipetent t di,cese the matter.
Thus, alter all. circumstances, rather than delibirate
design, may prevent that discussion of the Anglo-
Freisoh Agreement which was deferred on the cordon
of the last abortive attempt to pees • vote of oensure•
If the stare in their muse fought &vilest Sisers
diplomacy in its tortuous progress seems to act as •
defence to Mr. Gladstone.

No circuit of the judges In as put can be compared
with the present one. us new system Is highly
objectionable to the Bar. ais of doubtful benefit to
the public, and it is highly distasteful to the judges. It
I. an op..n secret that the latter, with three exceptions,
disapproved of the change, which was priocipedly
urged by the Attorney.(knerd. The singular ciec-
thole has been withered of Judger in distaat towns
replying. In charges to grant j idea, to speeches of the
Attorneptieneral in the H Mae of C,motons. And
the judges have certainly had the beet of the argu-
ment. The lamentable event at Nottingham, the
Incidents of which we had 'inanity hoped might have
been hushed up, since no possible good cola arise
from their disclosure, but which have been published
forth in the grommet and most objectionable manner in
this public streets, whilst it has seriously damaged the
public estimation of the Bench, has added considerable
force to the argumcnta of those who desire that the
judges should read the " proclamation against rice
and immorality" in public, or, failing thst, at least
In private, for their own benefit. In L on the
Cauee-list has bawl thrown into confudon worse con-
founded. For several weeks hardly any ntsi pr,us
comet have been heard, a ,ci on Fri ley the only
Divisional Court which tend be brought together was
constituted, as no Divielooal Court ever was before,
consisting of s Lord Justice of Appeal and the judge
of the Admiralty.