The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-05 00:00:00

RUSSIA ENTERS CONSTANTINOPLE.

Lewin Tclegraphi to Ike "Doraet County Aromas.'
A special telegram from Cosersernsorts of Sunday
ear :—" The Ministerial Council have accepted the
Essential Points of the Treaty of Peace, and it was
signed yesterday.

-The -Itutetans are expectol to enter the City
iammaii,frk. hut they will probably remain only a kw
boom The Ratification of the Peace will take place
at Odessa

CONVTAITTNOPLIL, SUNDAY.

Before signing pesos General Ignatieff demanded
thst Turkey should defend the Treaty before the Con-
ference, but Safest Pasha refused. General Ignatleff
telegraphed to St. Petersburgh for instructions. The
point remains unaettled.

RUSSIA'S DESIANDS.

The Indemnity ham been reduced from 40 to 12
minims.

farlianuntarg ro ten ings.
On erfe,tnesday, in the House of Commons, Mr.
Knatchbnu. gegen= moved the second reading of the
Karrlages Bill, the object of which is to
teritini.tise here the issue of marriages with a deceased
deter, mule in the colonies, where such
magages legal. AU Gregory moved the rejection
of the Bill yared n grounds of expediency; but
chiefly bsican:ell he brained the measure to he port of
• much larger uestion-to wit, the legalisation of
marriage with • wife's sister an Eulibuid. In
the cours, of the debate the Chancellor f the Excheq-
uer opposed the Bill on the ground that it did not deal
with • practical hard.hip, and that if there MY the
sentiment ths few to be considered there was also
the sentiment f the many that was Is be outragi4
On the House dividing the second needing was &need
to by 182 votes against 141, a result hailed with cheers
and counter cheers. Last year the voting was: For
the Bill, 192: against. 141.
Ou Thursday in the House of Lords, Lord Dorchester
asked if the Government were in poem...ion of Inter.
=salon of the whereabouts of the Turkish ironclad.,
end Lord Derby pointed out that it would not be for
the f tberance of three interests for which Lard
Dorchester was concerned that he should, under
existing circumstances, make public the desired
Information.
In the COMIDOCs. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
In reply to the Marquis of Martineau It was not
correct to state that 'ph:pantheons had made of
Cononandor.in-chief and C lei of the Staff in cam of a
expeditiocary form. Lord Napier had been "selected"
to take command of such force in case it were
newmary, and he had been recalled to be in readiness.
Committee was then resumed on the Factories and
Workmate Bill, which carried Mr.
Lowthw obtained have to Introducetabccatt amend
the law relating to grand juries and presentment '
meences in Ireland. Still no dew of • definite character from the East.
In the Home of Lords 011 Friday, Lord Derby stated conjecture is yet rue, and an enquiringworld Is
that he has reason to believe the troth 01 Peen will marked by a note of interrogation. " W%at next r
be signed to-morrow. A ru:uour hes, lernehe2i that the is the universal question, and the wildest theories are
from =bey quarters which we bcin _ ,•••teethe ! based upon Inconsequential statements. It will be a
mica of the fleet to Russia has been r;•••°°"°•71•, • great relief when matters meanie • tangible form, and
entailed Scotland Bill wadi read a second 1:-.4•0 t°l the country can lay boll of ascertained fact. in
Home adjourned. connection with the moition of affairs in the Rut
In the House of Commons on Friday, the Chanoello7 The Ruagians, like a cuttle-fiab, have surrounded their
cf the Exechequer, replying to Sir H. D. Wolff, said'cements with impenetrable gloom. They have
that on the 14th January. Lord lAtint has been - dust into the eyes of their enemies, and have
sitr.t.d to inform Prince Gortschakoff that n friends. Rumours have been more
treaty between Rorie and Turkey would be recognised en ~.‘lackberries in autumn, and candid
without the assent of other Powers. That same du, de " al"a • seat forth, evidently intended
landaus have bee.. • 'sting public (.A6g then
meat had been made in II circular eldreesed to Her n, re fir the purpose of
Kidesty's representative at Paris, Vienna, Berlin, emi ',sr diplomatic skill,
and Rome, and on the 30th January, Lord Loftus anytT,;; ht-ipsne4l, S„; ""r• 00unele
Informed the Government that Prince Gortecbahoff
well,----eh-d-eitie---ngh
we are -on-eproe-
probably upon
had reeolinieed the necessity of etthmittth2 the tAnas,___, of revelations more or less startling in character, it is
of peace to the European Powere not Impossible that they will be of
moved for • Select Committee to enquire whether any ocr • - • nature wholly
change pas required the mode of electing guardiana Petersburg we 0.:1,.-zrtheartitlted liintart. From
and Ireland. He thought the inent disposed to to an amicable of the poor in Govern-
Nam had arrived when • change wee needed•-Mt. with England regarding Straits," d arrangement
Pell seconded Mr. Hibberd's resolution. and Mr. neve comes to the affect e
the
i, a• non henna
Forster supporting it, hoped the enquiry would be full slowly.
_t ertiatitons for pesos
and complete, and that.,erything should be considered. !red.rtn
.v=7oll.kept,
it t rt. that
much of real and how much of fic Is rtio7acyfeetcl ingscytherbc:
more especially plurailty_of voting and the application
of cumulative voting. tie suggested the propriety cd may be in all these negotietion. which one day
cmsidering whether It was not possible to group almost finished, end the t as far sees
small parishes for the purposes of elect"- - conclusion as ever." In the of from
Vera
Mr. Meter-Booth add he would commit to the,. Foreign Seminar,. in reply to Earl Granville said
preceded igiquinirevied the (inseam 01 th.• h•l_r j "that be had received • statement to the effect Ins °mined, an =anted the withdrawal 01 the ' the terms of peace between Rosie and that
Vadat. which, when amended, could be again brought probably he wow to-day. He had
ehei
receiveddciuld
Inward and agreed to without debate -The motion statement, which had reached him f • a
WM withdrawn--Mr Ca.twright called attention to rem femme
souross and, proceeding from various aources, he
she preens syst-te of leivying customs duties on wines, hoped there WY no doubt of its racy-that the
mei moved for • ",elect 'committee to enquire to in the demand for the torsion of the Turkic:: fleet had been
lesbian. which Mr. Baxter esemdel -On a division withdrawn." Should this turn out to be trim, at
there appeared'r the C'eamittee. 63; mfel'et• 86 - least o' the many objections raised to the 'oßali:laa
The House then went into committee on the Factories proposals will have been removed In the House of
end Workshops Bill. l Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer distinctly
- reiterved the riews of 'Widgeon ramming the right
The Speaker and about • hundred merebses of 01 the eignat°°l•• of the Treatj P•rie to a voice
Parliament visited Portsmouth on Saturday, an the the settlement d the terms peace. Prince
tation of Lord C. Bernford. to lemon his ship the chakoff has offered no objection to this proposal, but
Munchen, and the other vessels of war that are In the on the e"e4rari. "has stated that nations bearing
harbour at present. The Whitehead torpedo and the I upon European interests would be by Euro-
proWN of countermining were also exhibited andpean powers, and that the negotiations pending be
explained to an Tana& %wen Turkey and Rosen were to be looked upon as
Scraarrivrit roe Max -The Editor et the Medical "essentially preliminary in their nature." In the
Mirror has called the Dodos of the medical profession course A . oo„ple of art, uhlees the information
oedbury's COCOA Essence, which he calls, Oadborr's received by Lord Derby turns out to be incorrect., the
ckuteeauuted Vegetable Mill. 108 remarks: "The Country will he in possession of the terms of peace- It
fall", matter has been carnally eilhninated ne7 be honed that, In the interests of humanity, Wisp
°Wm c potted rasuJae which convey, in a wlli be Of a charade.
...um war aaaeoreary, Lod
and Ulm a "nraLtb,ani amounted astrineaa We ito miaow gra Para wean Atha seam whim*,
odukaas bulk •immersed.
soreser repoonalsad it sea did for oldidra."

Mr. Ralph Neville Grenville, who is about to pt a
peerage, to rarely takes pert in the debates (all ail
M.P.'s for bucolic Somerset seem stricken with dumb-
ness) that one is apt to forget that he entered Parlia-
ment 37 years ago as Mr. Neville, and for • few
months wail a Lord of the Treasury. From 1847 to
18136 he was out of Parliament. Then he went in for
East Someraet, and since 1888 has sat for Mid.
Somerset. He has aristocratic connections. His
father (a former Doan of Windsor) was an honourable,
and his mother was Lady Charlotte, daughter of the
Earl of Dartmouth. Mr. Grenville is not an old
man ; he is only 81.
The Mouse of Linda is about to rewire • new member
Lord Rodney came of age this week. He succeeded to the
when be was only years old, his father haring
rria:44. leering dine children. Lord Windsor ournes
of mo in Locust, his cousin, the Marquis of Devonshire,
Dot %mull 1866, and was under two years old when he cease
Into all his father'. tithe. including that of Hereditary
Constable of Hillsborough Fort. The Marquis of Camden
Is a yaw younger, and became a peer at II Lord
Teebeeougb COMOI Of IWO In IMO : Lord Bodoni the Earl
of Bo wman, and the Hari of Shrewsbury in HIL Lord
Ermonth in 1282. Viscount Clifden in 1884, Gird Kenyon
In 1885. Lord Lthiumney in ISM, and Lord Southampton
In 18fe What will all these children do with their
peerages t turn pianist' am the Marquis of Hastings did,
or politicises as the two Liberal Earls Morley and Rceshery
have done 1

Mr. Brymen, It P., has, with a liberal generality.
oontributled £lO towards the fund for the mrchue of
a residenos for the Congregational Minister of this
town. Those who "sit under" the Rev. T. Nears
will, we are sure, willingly add their donations to a
well deserved tribute towards one of the ablest of OW
minist.ra

--Wl-7-111; MCI'S CHLIRTIAII Aseoctiyiog. —On
Thursday evening the mem bete and friends wet b,gether
at the asaocisuon room in Durogateetrest, and
through the liberality of the beloved pr.sideut (Mr.
G. Carmel who, by the way, takes the moat untiring
interest in all that I. connected with the association—
partook of a substantial tea. The room was delta+,
packed, and every available seat was occupied. W.
would fain see all other meetings held at this place
equally well attended. After full justice had been
done to good things provided, • abort meeting was
held whoa twig., addresses were delivered, these being
lamed with singing. About ten o'clock another
a was laid before the guests, and this was
to the same fate as its predecessor, being
cleared away immensely quick. A few more words of
counsel were given, and after hearty thanks had been
accorded by acclamation to Dr. Carom, for his
hospitality the company dispensed shortly before
eleven.

--TZinancit.—An entertainment conaisting of
disolving views was given on Tuesday evening at the
=nee Hall, and was well attended. The slides
of comic sketches chromotroses scenery, and
lastly but not the leest—" The Trial of Sir Jasper."
This was most admirably of represented, and was
well worth the small coin expended to witness it. The
readinp were given by Mr. Richards Mr. Greening
afforded much gratification by his musical b
the Temperance Handbell Ringers also being • very
pleasing two heirs entertained was aff.rded.
'Tux GOOGRATIT 011 Cauta."—This was the title
of • lecture delivered in the East Fordington School-
room, on Thursday evening, by the Rev. H. C. G.
Moule. Previous to the lecture a number of interest-
ing inscriptions in the Chinese language were ex-
hibited, causing much wonder froni the beholders.
The address was interesting in the extreme, and
codaisted of a summary of the extent, population, and
Government of China, from which about 9,000,000
of people are in a starring condition. It was stated
that 70,000,000 had been said to be the number, but
this is • great exaggeration. Before concluding this
abort notice we are requested to inform the charitably
disposed of our readers that any donations will be
gratefully received by the Rev. George Mauls. of
Fordington Ylcarage, Dorchester, towards the fund
now being raised In England for the relief of the
sufferers, and it is estimated that for every guinea
subscribed • human life is saved. The amount con-
tributed at and after the lecture was about FS Bs.