The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-23 00:00:00

!Outlet Conntq Exprems,

DOR° El ESTE R, OCTOBER 234 18811.

NIA many yews ago, upon the wind'og up of •
company iu one of the Vicre•Chsocallor's Claudio, it
came out in evidence thet early la the hietory of the
o onpaoy a certairs axountriat had been consulted in
Morenos to its affair' sod had been offered a highly
remunerative position if he made • favourable report.
Re found that all was not straightforward. deellsed
Is any way to conceal the o nditioa of affairs, and
peremptorily refused the proffered dna& Aaothar
end more scroommoriating accountant got the bugloss..
In his judgmeot the Vice-Chancellor warmly praised
the honour and integrity of the fint.mentiotied
acoauntadd, and made the remark that In any case
which hereafter came before him the some of that
gentleman would he a sufficient guarantee of bon!
fides. It we. s splendid teetina inlet t 0 young
prectiti moo. It maie his fortune—sod ruined him.
The Judge'. words w re n d forgotten. Thence-
forward the yeung man was eagerly fought otter.
Whenever • crated "1., ,d creditors" or •
douloqui " wind', g too oiler" we. likely to cues
before the lad te in questi..tt, she•wl solicitors knew
where t • go for an aocou..taut who wee, as It warn
said, in (,your with the Vourt. This lucky
practitioner was soon widely known in the Bank.
tat t-ty Coutt. Ifs minis a large brininess, in which
his brother's name wee assocated with lila own—and
bin name woo Wad tell ! I

Sir Henry Brand, who is by no means broken in
bath, Is to take his peerage and retire from the
lipeeker.hip. It is ell arranged that Idr. Dodson,
who has been much pitchforks,' about by Me.
Gladstone, and even yet has not found hie place in the
Los& Gove-nment Board with Cabinet rank, le to
monied Sir Beni 11-and. As a large landed
proprietor, Mr Dodson wi'l yeti so;tsbly paei up
let, the peerage at the and of his term of ofßoe as
Speaker. The question whether be v."l have nerve
and temper for the trying pat of Spsaker under Irish
Irreconoilables rem bins to be tied. We can only hope
for the beat and r Joke if he comes out of the ordeal
with credit.

Brews no volume of statistics has ever been
received with more lotereet than the Official Year
Book of the Church of England. It is an extra-
ordinary thing that this year for the first time each a
work should have been published. It is lees strings
that the first edition was sold out in a tow days.
Churchmen bare beets accustomed to speak in va., a.
praise of the Church's activity. Dissenters have with
equal VigUINNISII. but IllOr• veliecorma, chiarred it with
sloth and with niggardliness Until now so one,
either churchman or &minter, oould speak from wider
or more emulate information than such a+ happened
I, fall within his particular experience of particalat
churches. At last, so accurst', though still nor
quits exhaustive, oollection of statistics la before t ii
public. The result is eutioently aat'sfactory to the
friends of the Ketablishment, and it Is • surprise- we
should not like t say a disappolutmeat--to N moon
-
fortuity. There seem to be so immense amount of
" voluntaryism Is the Church, not eithstan ling its
endowment& The amount of money which le sub-
scribed, and the extint of machinery employed in
sooloriaatical work, mu-t astound those es:interim who
have been t ‘light to regard the E t sbliehment SI still
preeentlog the spectacle of sloth ao4 in Minting which
it exhibit.d lu,irat the greater pert of th last cent iry.
No ()bur .1, Defence Aasociation a ,01,1 ao efitoaaamy
defend ta Cl,wch as the publication of this Official
Year Wok.

The Moral Refo-in Union are cooking a great effort
to immure • wile diffwiion of their views before the
coming Municipal Elections. They hold that mania-
pel hoc rare should be c 'Warred 'Rog. ther irrespec-
tive of political views, and that men oho, 'd br made
Town Councillor. and Aldermen on the wore of high
character and approved blsiness talents. Tole
()Wiwi Is sound in the mein, and the few boroughs
in which election, d not proceed oa party Hues are
at least IN well served by their corporations as tie..
In which prlitis are the test of popular favour. But
If, as Mr. Bright wishes. the power of licensing 4
put into the hands of Corporations, the political
character of municipal elections will inea:tably
decline, and the struggle will tr-a chl.fly, if not
wholly, upon the drink question.

If the pro;eosed Gas Clomps's sm.igamatlons now
on the carpet are carried through, the whole fres
supply of the metropolis will be In the hands of two
°ampoule.. This looks at first sights more dangerous
monopoly than that of the Wet tr Companies. But
there Is • great distinction between the 'taint lry
status of Gat C =peplos and Water Companies.
The former are prohibited from making more than •
orirt•in per.centage of profit. The latter are allowed
to make 14 much as they can. Tbe former supply a
commodity by measure, and no one is compelled to pay
for more than he uses. The latter make " rate."
capriciously calculated upon rental or " annual"
value, and which in intny instances bear no proportion
to the quantity consumed. There is • growing ant.
moody serin.t Water Companies. But the Gte
Companies upon the whole do their work well, and
glue satisfaction.