The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DnRCHESTER, TUESDAY. APRIL 23. 1887.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Brenta are always greater than those who assist is
then, and the twenty.one Liberals who voted
against Mr. Gladstone', amendment of the Reform
Bill have, by their action on that occasion, induced
the hon. gentleman to withdraw from the °cassaba
of so turbulent • party. A vote of conedebes in the
leadership of Mr. Gladstone passed by the Reform
Association of Guildford--• little borates in
Barmy, noted move for its bib of November riots
thsci anything else—was the means of eliciting
a little missive from the bon. gentleman, which
attracted extraordinary attention from the peculiar
terms in which it was winched. Mr. Gladstone Um
expressed himself :

"11, Cariton.housseterrees, April 14, 1867.
"84,-1 beg to acknowledge eith gratitude the
letter anil resolution you have berm good enough to
add-ess to me. You will hams observed the divistoo
last night, and it will probably lead you to an altered
estimate of .117 toseer pnesessed by roe to improve the
Rafe nt Rill of the I(lnvernment. I beg, however, to
aware you that toy attachment to the great sad in
view is unaltered.

-7i-1;n the bower to be, ha
"K. W. Brooks, KN." "W. K. OLALDSTONII."
The vein of deepondeney and aliagrin in which
theme few words are written, indicate plainly .11r.
Glarietone's distrust of bit own influence as leader of
th•Opposition,amil of dimatisfection with the discipline
ef his party. Tb. momentous division on the
personal rating queetioo, resulting in the utter rout
of the Opposition, disoonragel him, and made
him doubt his own genius and political fora* Never.
theism*, his conviction of the *cowl no. of hie can..
meanie undiminished, and bi.deeire to pr [note its
realisation is the same. Under these oircumstanose,
it wan fain hoped that when the very natural
nesmentery feeling of distrust bad posed away, Mr.
Gladstone's efforts would not be siackened toimprove
the Government Bill, at its farther stages in com-
mittee. Bat the subjoined oorreepondenoe indicates
his conviction that his efforts would he melee' in
the present 000dition of the Opposition, and, there-
fore, be declines to take the initiative in any
attempt to mann toodifloatiete of the Bill, and
virtually 'withdraws from the leadership of the
Liberal party.

20, Hatosionuare. B. W., April 17, IM?.
"Dear Kr. Gladatonci---I end that many members of
UN House, oho supporta I you on li'riday searing, are
&allots, Ilk* =poll, to lutow what course you propose
to take wale regard to the remaining amendments of the
Reform Hill standing is year wawa
"It would he very elefel, Is. one, if you could let
roe bore • line front you on the subjoin before you loar•
lowa for the reams.
Beli.rre zee, yams, very to:Wildly,
R. W. CRAWFORD.
The Met Hon. W. E. filaistoae, Mr."

" Rewards% Mester, April 18, 1867.
"My Dear Mr. Crawferd-1 thank you or giving eat
eb +Web enables me to make known to yea
nod others the mane I propose to take with rwr
to the amendments ors the Reform Bill at yet
tik my name on the notice paper et the Homo el
Commons.

" I seed ant Mate what mast be In the minds of all,
the nature of the amendment whisk the House rejected
St Friday, the 12th, by twenty-one voices, or lb. com-
position of the body of Noes by which it was le
rejected.
" The 'mangey van hardly fall now to be aware that
those gentlemen of Liberal opinions whom convictions
allow there to act unitedly upon this question are not
• amajority, but a minority of the existing Hoar of
Commons, and that they hare not the rower they were
wapposed lops. of limiting Of direeling the action of
Use A.leeiiiieirotion. or of shaping the provisions of
the Brfonn Bill. Still, hoeing regard to the support
whims my proposal with newel of remand rather
received Iran enlarge • number of Liberal members, I
am not lees willing than heretofore to remain at the,
genies of the persy to wbiehthey belong and when any
Imitable esserios shall &ries. if it shall be their wish, I
shell be prepared again to attempt meemied action open
this or easy miter gabfest for the public good.
" Bet Gael them. desirous to avoid misleading Use
coantry and our friends, 1 feel that prudence McMinn
me Is withdraw from my attempts to memos Use
Wheelers in aniending • measure which caanot perhaps
he sSeeteally assented *scope by • remirml. either
formal or virtual of the woe* of Friday the 12th; far
eta attempt., if made by me, would, 1 believe, at the
Premlit whirl moment, not be the most likely mane
ef edvansiag their own purpose.
"Aasordiagly I shall not praised with the amen&
meets sow no the papor in my wen am le",
&Mies of other asssudrnss,ts web as 1 had eon-
tseeplated but I shall *AY mellara,
etbdts la "Deng against any attempt, from
mbar/emir quarter, to limit yet further the meaty
esediettu if estfrasehlmersent proposed by the Govern
provisions
ism* Or% immoviag, where it may be peastimble, tio
of 116 BBL
"I remain, my dem Mr. Crawford,
"Moat Wilfully yours
W. L OtaipsTosi.

"R. V. Crawford, &q., r."

Notwithstaadiag the ZliSidir Holidays, Naomi
▪ ll oixsupiss a loading position in public topics of
dissension, and aztreeParliaisentary utterattose are
&waked to dissertations oa " permed 'sting."
"lodger Irawslites," '*b. tas-room episode," and all
lite gewgaw incident to Mai =hie* while wackier.
men (or et hest seine of these). in many of our lame
towels. who, Radar ordisery Oireanll4looo.l4 *wild
fake their wives and children oat for rend esoarsioas,
spend their holiday in Helena "demonstrations"
and Moo lika Tbssmendiewst of the Reprewalstine
of the People is Ow great qessii.e of tb• day and
NW (Wass of the °enrolment Bill is the partials,
=tatoiabwoldoh gumsl alawiliaa is drooled. The
we-be twasets4 as Thursday, the Ind
di WY, and 2. Wit SINT. sowl/1111411 isII"

Household Bnfts in Boroughs, coupled, however,
with two swum —disqualifications not applicable to
the existing voters, vls., I, two years residence,
, indeed of one ; and, 2, personal payment (of thefulf,
not the composuided amount) or rates; and. • 1115
ratios in oonsties. Bet there are no lets than 58
notices of amendments to be proposed at present
standing on the order book or the Houses of Corn.
moos Of waren Many or these will never be moved,
but there as 110VOrki which raise issues as importaot
as Mat of the question of personal rating. It is in-
timated Mat Mr. Gladstone bas abandoned his pro-
posal for drawing the lb. at .£5 rating, as the other
Pt of hie scheme has been rejected; but the bon
gentleman's amendment to restrict the time of rein.
demos to one year, as against the two years' pro.
Milieus of the Government, may, unless the boo.
gentleman's relinquishment of the leadership of the
Liberia party be persisted in, micesioe • strong
fight, for Mr. Disraeli Ilea declined to give way on
the point, and It is just possible that it may re-maite
lb* br&esi ranks of tii• Opponsion, in which case
the Bill and the Government will Come to grief
together. On the other band. the prospect of •
general election, which the IliniMry bold not to bon. '
petlamen if they insist in defeating the Government '
on any point which they have come In regard as
vital to the Bill, will no doubt prevent not a few
from voting against the Government, who under
other circumstances would assuredly do en. Mr.
Gladstone has also another amendment, putting those
above and below LIP on the mine footing as to the
kind of tenement which gives • borough qnslifitetion.
There is also Mr. Hibbert's souestion, which, it is
still thought, the Government will swept, if the
Lamy an dew. When the host of amendments
I. disposed of, there is still the re-distribution
qleiltiell to be grappled with ; and in the end, if Mr.
Disraeli gets tartly through the &Nobles Previsions.
It is expected that be will propose that the re-
arrangement of seats shall be left till next session,
and thus secure the Conservatives another year of
power, and the House of Commons—and this is a
greater point—a longer respite.

Tbe question of the ownership of the petty
province of Luxemberg increasingly threatens to
involve &none ia WK. 'rbis French Government
with mourn:nate gravity, bag gone through the
formal ity of obaUenging tbe opin ion oftbr.eof the gnu
Powers respecting the treaties of 1839. Amanda'
that the Powers bare replied, and have gives
their advice ansoboited, as the French seeni-official
papers think it proper to do, the question has
animmed snob • shape that it remains ne far from a
settlement u ever. It is evidently •mu for Prussia
and Pramse of fighting or yielding; and all the
dispatches in the world will not modify that inn. ,
now it hat been raised. Both Franoe and Prussia,
however, are proceeding warily in the matter ;
the two C.binets are carrying on • diplomatic
oontroverey through the medium of oral messages
imparted by Sfinisters and Envoys. France, it ia
mid neither insists upon the surrender of the dis-
puted territory nor does it waive the claim originally
preferred; but while leaving this, the most impor-
tant side of the question, in the twilight of an
embigoons reserve, it aims at demonstrating that
, Prussia is wrong in keeping the fortress occupied
'after the dissolution of the old Bond. In reply to
tbia charge Prussia is endeavouring to prove to the
leading courts that her right to garrison the place
under the Treaties of 1818 and 18.19 is iddepeodent
of the disciontiousooe of the former confederacy,
and even of the amearion in Luxemburg of any new
dyne/dry erhateover. Out of this maxi of conflicting
proleptic:ice, the way to • peaceful lieu is not readily
discernible, and it ia evident that war will ensue unless
001081111i0011 be made. Pressia, it is affirmed, will not
on any terms whatever amount to withdraw bar ,
garrison, or permit the alienation of Luxemburg
front the Confederation; and, aa to France, La
Presat observes
'There is °De point, and one only, nn which Praises
411540 k aceept of an compromise, snd that is the pre.
mince of Proviso soldiers in Luxemburg. Will It.
Bismark maintain the richt of Prussia after the argu•
mints whiah be pretends to draw from the Treaty of
1839. and which have been declared unfounded by the
parties to that treaty? The habitual organ 01
Biareark, the Gazette der 411rwarle tleNor,t, now puts
Inrward anew argument,—tt invoke' the neutrality of
Belgium, which !night he imperilled by the preeenes of
the French in belteciburg. It ia impoasible not to
remark that this argument on which the Gazette dwells
at rem* length, proves nothing in favour of the pre-
pense of the Prussians in the fortress. We may then
infer that U. Bismark, foreseeing the deeieinn of the
Powers, is now more occupied with preventing Prance
from acquiring Luxemburg than keeping Prussia
them"

Of the attitude aseutoed by the Powers towards the
litigants, England 1.,.. ahe ought to be, neutral,
and only tendering advice in the interests of peace;
Ramie seems to be favouribly diapered towards the
Berlin Government; and Austria affects an impartial,
sad what is oonsidered in Primula • some•hat
waspieions, neutrality—and, if a correspondent of
the /lan Mall Casette be oorrect, not without
reason; for, be alleges, that Fran°, has sounded
Austria as to the mores she would take should war
break out between France and Preis, and Baron
Von Benet replied that Medd* would remain
neutral until she saw which Power offered her the
beet terms, and then she would take side;! Mean-
while the Government of the Netherlands has
ordered its diplomatic agents to refrain beooeforth
ftoni taking any pert in the affairs of the Greed
Godly, and from all interference in anything relat-
ing to the interests of the inhabitants of that country.
In Lozemburg, it is said, Freoeh emissaries travel
about and amours the people that the °notary has
been sold, and will shortly be delivered over to the
new owner, notwithstanding all official statements
to the oontzary. The agents pretend to be so fully
initiated into the intentions of the French Govern-
meat as to mention the towns which are to receive
: genie:ma, and the regimmits to be qoartored aims
them. Not (mutest with this, anti-Prussian pro-
clamations are posted up et night, eautinehi insulted,
and patrols pelted with stoats, while the Grand
Demi Gooertiment behaves in a manner calculated
to bear out the suspicion entertained in Prussia that
while publicly disowning the idea of a sale it is play-
ing into the bands of France all the sung. A few
days ago a petition to the Grand Doke preying for
annexation to France, and purporting to have been
slimed by a number of Luxsuiburgers, appeared in
the Pant Potrse. Though this petition (the Laxem•
burg Coiner relates) was utterly unknown in
Luxemburg, yet, es to have left it unanswered
might have been ounetrued into assent, • committee
was formed to eiroodeSe • imuote:-petitioei and des-
patch it to the King.Grand-Deke. While this latter
document was still being lined an official toilworn
was aidreseed to the Luxemburg Govertitnent from
the Hague, which ran as follows
"Represent to the people of Luxemburg that there
is no ospomon to ;insect petitions. Things are going ea
favourably."
Again, though the King•Grani-Dake repudiates
all mercantile intentions now, the Luxemburg semi-
official Milo'', in its issue of the Rh or 10th inst.,
observes that

"There would be no dculty about obteining a
favourable verdict% by mesas of universal suffrage, as
demanded by France. M the event of a session."
As the direction of the wind may be known by •
straw, ma we blame the Prussians for supposing
these little incidents to show the reel heat of the
Paris and Amsterdam minds? A new obstacle,
however, to the disposal of Luxemburg to Frame by
the King of Holland haa bees discovered by the
Ten& in the Corroposdance de Beriis

"We are told," mays the Tempe, " that tits dynasty
which now occupies the throne of Holland to
de Nassau branch. a junior branch, hut that the treaties
have expressly reserved the right. of the metier brunet',
the Walram, over the Greed Duchy of Luxemburg, in
ease of the extinction of the °them breech; and that.,
following the events of llbell. the richta of the Walram
Ilse have been mode over to the King of Pramia, who
time bode himself, in what concerns Luxemburg, the
legitimate agnate of the King of Holland."

It is believed, however, in Berlin, that In King is
strongly opposed town, if it is possible to settle the
question by diplomacy. Various rumours Ourrent
as to Prunus armaments ban *fiend an official
declaration that there haa been no special arming of
the Rhine fertresse for • very simple Irlolloo the
fortress's were 'heady enffineotly armed, and the
genply of needlis•gues in the Prussian armoury quite
nffittient for all want& la elegine the nein of the
North German Parliament, the King made speech
Is which he plainly intimated that while desiring
pesos the country wag amply prepared asd resolved
to bold its own.
"The time." said the King, "baa arrived whoa ear
German Fatherland Is able to uphold ha gene, its
rights, and It. dignity by ite own entleetive strength.
oniceal gelf-roeselousent, which has fond
elevated expression in tie Parliament, hes
• powerful echo from all netting of Germany. Non
the Lou. however, are all the Governments and movie
of Germany unanimous that the reigned power of the
nation has, above 1.11, to bold up It. Ognillenee by
rendering enure the blaming. of pens."
• private letter from Berlin uteatimis that, on.
very recent occasion, U. Ellomark declared to a
loratipt diplociatiet that it waerepsomible for him to
make by ommisiou with to Luxemburg ;
that be could not ormamt to ta noutralasatiou, or
withdraw the Prussian troops from the fortress, or
even admit that the question wee on open to nego-
tiations • and that, eves were Presets willing to do
so, Ger4any would not hear of it. This fan seems
to be corroborated bv a eornmunicatios from Berko
published is the Ilignortal Dipionsigirs, which
says

" The Prussian Government, whatever may be Its
conciliatory disposition in other respects, and its sincere
&vire for the mointonaoec of penes, emote misinterpret
lb. national will to lb* Point of making, in nriis or it.
• moseesion so •norgetierally soodesaned. Nevertheless.
the Berlin Csbinist be. been unwilling to aseusair the
personal initiative of • refusal Is respect to francs; it
remain. in o peaches of esperitaney, sad only claims to
take • Joint part in Um Obi; rebirths, itself in the ird
Onion« to the decision of the other five Powers wink&
Maned together with France sad Prussia the treatise of
100. After this. Powers thall bon given their
opinion. the Preplan Government still noserree to
tow the poeoy of eassalting its national organs—
muggy, the Federal Parliament of the North sad the
Prosaism Oheralsorir of Dispettisa, lama& se it renuot
Id now meows, without the temeest et the Wiest, 1
j. bood4 of the private tteettee tryst, wmik, soa.

*hided with Holland in 1816 and 1819. Bach is,
diplomatically, Um stale of tho question in respect to
the Cabinet of Saila."
According to the New Baden Proeineial New no
imenpronuas on Luxemburg is payable ; and all
Germany moat SIMI 600 her lost man and her lost
penny to maintain the integrity of the Orman
of which that Duchy forms a part. "Fur the
Gorman nation," it says,

"Luxemburg is not a mere question—ll is Gorman
berrim-y whoever would sell it, or bay it, or
Ls bargain, would be an enemy at Germany and of bet
peopi•; an whoever would oppose tint enemy ought
to led all Germany, all the German people, marching
at his side like one man."

As ta Frain" account@ from all parts of Use
country tell of warlike preparations, and it is 'seeded
that Napoleon is only kept from soiling the tweeted
territory at all bollards by the rear&oos of his
marshals that "'ranee Cannot bold her own a fort-
eight aping{ Prowls until the troops have been re-
armed. This unsettled 'tat, of the question cannot
long continue, and should war result the whole
continent will be involved in it. Al this juncture on
article in the Revue des Deux Monde., by General
Changarnier. in which he enters into an elaborate
criticism of the Prose= military Nystrom and at the
Goveroment plea for the reorganisation of the
French fumy, has attracted mach attention. We
refer to it for the sake of quoting the pietas of whole-
some advice with which the article closes :

" In spite of the critical state of &rope, we (the
French nation) must keep onol. Let us promote the
• 'fawning of the edifies,' cud try to tusks our neigh.
boors envy our bappineee and admire the filmdom of our
institutions, whilst marling ageinat the notion that our
libetties are ably to pacify the world. Let us beware of
exhausting of resources by extravagant armament..
Let us refrain from attacking or challenging any one,
and remain oriavinaid that, supported on no efficient
mobilieed national uuard, an army, numeriesily weak,
but strongly orgeniated, well trained, well commanded,
would sense those to repent of their rashness who,
confident in mere numbers, dare venture to assail or
ioault us."

Ram iura are circulating in Paris that overtures
have been made for a quadruple alliance, between
Holland, Belgoini, Franco, and England. The idea
is said to have been started not long since by the
King of Holland, who was jastly alarmed at the
menacing attitude of Promises, and to be received
filivoerahly by France. COMMialli011•11 from Holland
sod Belguim have been in Perla, and aro now said
to be in London, for the purpose of sounding the
English Cabinet on the proposed alliance.
The proud Spaniard is humbled. The close pro**
tinily to Cadiz of the Mediterranean squadron hes
led the Spanish Government, with all iln Castilian
pride, to the eageoious dissovery that disoretion is
the better part of valour. The Prize Court of Cadiz,
proverbially most dilatory in its proosedings, has
managed in the course of ten days, with the little
incentive of Lord Stanley's ultimatum, to revise a
case which bad been before it for months, and, not-
withstanding this unexampled bathe, to arrive at •
decision directly opposite to one which was the result
of long and mature deliberation. The Court de-
clares that the seizure of the Qneen Victoria was
illegal, and the Council of State has confirmed
the decision. Spain is thus extricated from a mast
perplexing position, and we may be heartily glad of
our own release from an unpleasant difficulty. It is
true that this does not settle the question pending
between England and Spain, but inasmuch as neither
the people nor the GovernMent of this country haws
any bomile feeling towards Spain, but merely wish
to bake their undoubted rights respected, the Spanish
Government will now find no difficulty in making
complete reparation for the injustice we have sus-
tained. Tbe question of the Tornado has assumed a
very different aspect from that of the Queen Victoria,
and it seems very probable that the vessel was in-
tended for terrine against Spain in the Cbilian navy.
Under these cironmetanose, it is stated that Lord
Stanley has declined for the present to press upon
the Spanish Government the queetioh of indstoniti•
claim in the use. of the imprisoned crew of that
VIIIIIIOI.

One of the most interesting social questions of our
time is now the subject of inquiry by • Parliamen-
tary Commission, viz., the objects and influent's of
Trades' Unions. As affecting the masters, the
Secretary of one of the principal Unions, mays
"We do not take masters at all into amount in the
arrageinent of the matter; we merely look upon
them as men who step in with their capital, and
want to get the greatest profit they can out of their
capital, and we want to get the greatest profit we out
out of our labour." That Is freak and definite.
Their operation on the position of the men reveols
regulations which, bad they been attempted to he
imp wed by the authority of any Governmsall
whatsoever, in any country calling itself civilized,
would have roused the iedlgnation of every thinking
roan, as &vanillin sot of intolerable despotism, The two
great objects the societies have in view,,.,.— I, tomes'.
and keep tip the greatest possible amount of work,
and, 2, to prevent any individual workman from
getting more than a certain proportion of this work.
To this end, the most stringent replatinns ars mad.,
all based on the irrational principle of allowing no
one man to do more than another—of forcing into
an unnatural equality of earnings the young and the
old, the strong and the weak, the industrious and
the idle. A "fair day's work" is Reed, and no man
ii allowcd to exceed it, while overtime is dis-
eouraged, and piece-work made penal. The young
man desirous of employing his strengthand industry
to accumulate a little money before marrying;
young man newly.married, and anxious to lay up a
little store against the pinching time when he is
bringing up his children; the young industrious
active father of a growing family, wishing to clothe
and educate them properly—each of these is allowed
to earn no more, though he could get through his
quantity in six hours, than the old and less capable
man, who takes ten hours to do the some work.
The absurdity and injustice of each regulations is
apparent. The inflames they exert on the com-
munity at large is most tniechievotts, They are
intended to prevent kit employer of labour in any
trade from getting ea much wnrk and &II good work
for his money as he would get but for their
intervention, and they seem to think this
is done at the expense of the capitalist.
But, not too. The man who invests his
money in manufactures or other labour only looks
to 'limbo's general profit for his outlay, whatever it
may be expended on; and whether his thousand
pounds should go to laboorms who work four days
in the Week, or labourers who work ex, his profits
will be mach the same. Of mores, if one employer
gets the six days' work at the some rate at which
the other gets four, the latter will not conduct •
profitable laminae ; but capital will soon fiee, as
Unionists of ea find, from such coequal exaction's
The consumers are the chief sufferers by the workers
getting more than the market value for their labour,
in having to pay a higher prios for their oons-
moditiesi ; and, next to them, these who are, by the
forced monopoly, driven out of the field of labour.
That the classes excluded from their Just place sie
produoare by the operation of Trades' Unl ,ne, should
bays endured the infliction Do loos, and should not
have broken out in violence against this illegal
tyranny, is one of the greeted mysteries of Moon.
sweat and frail human nature.