The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-28 00:00:00

They are Badly iVin to marrying in the county of
Limerick. One parish priext up to Feb. 15, had received
£2OO for marriage fees this Shrovetide.

The Married Women's Property lill has given Mrs.
Fawcett an opportunity of showing how necessary it is
wo aboul 'e lady law.tnakers: t.i,03 says • married
was • sempstress might, under the Act
wing machine out of her savings, and her
an.l I not touch it ; but if any of her friends
preach... I with such a machine her husband could
t•tle lilt, and spend the procecds upon him-
,l. en she gives the moral—if women hid
robes.. suffrage, such an imperfect law would not
Lao btu: "...sod.

Mee • have heard the story, declare that Lord
'Arm Lid. one ol him floated jokes when be said,
'Vett ii.,• 01 ti,e Deceased Wife's Sister's Msrriago Bill.
t'ov: it aa. nortainly a humane mea.ure in one respect
-it sro s. 10 many men from haring two mothers-
in-law. Ti.• ilea has been atsrtiel that if the Bill
becomes law, tiiters-In-liw may tett juitified In putting
forward a sort a preicrilitive right on ler the Act to
occupy a departed biger's place ?

-
What is " abusive language" to a mineable? Take
the super from 11 decision of the Kingaton magistrates.
They have fined a gentleman named Ward, of Kingston
Vale, Gd. and lils. 61. costs for having used abusive
lesgreage to a park constable in Richmond Park.
atabusive language" consisted in Mr. Ward's
told the constable that ho was a "useless
of society walking about for the public to
keep." The language was used because a dead dog had
been lying in the park for three months, soil the con-
stable had declined to remove it, not considering it
"his place " to do no.

Great hopes are entertained that the joint British
and American High Commiuion may satisfactorily
settle the dispute between the two conntries. It Is
very well to know that the United states Govern-
ment is friendly to us. thouirh Prmident Grant has a
strange way of showing it under the impulse which
makes him hid for the I ri,h vote and give audience to
released Fenian prisoners, NA ho did on Tuesday.

A envious conicbletico ralative to 'dales has been
discovered :—Starting with the bands of the clock at
eh. ow. us., the minute-hand dutitm ono hour passe"
over the several numbers one, two, throe, up to
twelve; these being multiplied by twenty-fuer, the
number of hours in tin sidereal day. make the number
1/472, or the date ot next roar. Of cuunie this Inui
never happened b,fere in the Christian era, and Davin
igan happen again.

Thu Bitllot Bill will provoke it grt•st l'arlianinntary
fight, and be grestly untended or kiek,tl oat. Its
nutchinery is intperfixt. If • voter has been personated,
lie lases his right to sit • slt,ezether ; Futile injunction.
' I'oll early." will still b • in force, thou.tb no return of
votes rcoorib-d will be till the close of the poll.
01 course, the puiii.liment for personation will be
',vele' but the opportunities of deteeti.m will be few.
What the elector who liss been rrsonatel is to do,
and how votes which are dishonestly given ace to be
equitably "struck off," itro points in the measure which
are obscure.

" Let Charity bin at borne." ii a myelin the
wisdom of which has been :nu& diaremded in presence
of the horrors crest.-1 by the Franco-11,•rman war. For
instance, King', Colleze Iv-init.', London, whose income
In 1800 was £12,824. in 1870 only received £8,855 !
When we 13111.11,i. r the grest ammnt of sickness that
prevails in the metropolis, this falling-of is greatly t 3
be deplored.

The impending triumphal march of the Germans
through l'ardi has provokA the Parisians to caricature,
and "Ls Marche du llosuf•Graii" is one of the sketches
with which they amuse themselves. The order of the
procession is not bad. Au Italian boy with a burly-
gurdy precedes General Viney with the key. The
Emperor-King and Vomit Bismarck follow in fantastic
dress ; then, representing France, the ex well guarded,
bearing on his back M. Thiers as a cherub, sad closely
followed by Jules Fevre; the Grown Prince heads the
German troops bestride a donkey.

£3l/,000,000. they say, is the War Indemnity France
most pay her conquerors. This is monstrous. Just
think fora moment what it means. Frazee, without
Alsace and Lorraine, and alter the depopulation caused
by the war, would have little over 32,000,000 of in-
habitants; so that that the stun mentioned would be
£lO for every man, woman, and child in the country.
If we suppose that, deducting married women, children,
inferior persons, Sze., one person in five is • respon-
sible tazpayer, we should have I:50 for every such
individual to pay, which would mean U. £4, or perhaps
even £5 per annum par head in perpatnity, if France
were able to borrow the money upon any terms.

The fallen Emperor at Willielnishoho is greatly (ill.
heartened they say, as the improbability of his restora-
tion strengthens ; ho has received a reminder from
Versailles that he must not again overst, p the privileges
of a prisoner of war, but mast abstain from all inter-
ference in politics, through protests, proclamations, or
any other form of demon.tration, and orders have
been sent to watch him rather more claiely.

Paris prices are still very high, but ridiculously low
compared with the last week of the siege. It may
interest the family reader to give • few general figures,
as near as they can bo averaged, for there cannot yet
be said to exist • market price. Esgs are from 21 to
44 each ; a mouth ago they were worth ls toms 3d.
Herrings are about the prim of eggs. Hawn, Is 61 to
2s Lid the pound, compared with 10s to 15s a month
steed: hem, 2s to 2s 61 .the pound. worth any money
at the end of the siege; potatoes, 334 to 6d the pound,
compared with 15s to 204 ; rabbits. trio 70 each, com-
pared with 154 to 20J; fowls, Si to Bs, compared with
17s to 2.1. ; turkeys, 154 to El compared with £4 to £B.
F6l 6 selling dear ; there were none to be had a month
ago. Butcher's meat t+ at about twice its normal price.