The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-24 00:00:00

THE LANOEV OF OM:MATH.

Two brother* owned Hearn were dirownol in the [Nark
near Dartmouth. on Tuesday afternoon. They were on a
galling excursion up the river, and had Proceeded a little
farther than Kiln Gate, when the boat, from some un-
known cause, upset, sad before nig puha push them they
were both Yen from 11.11. ii. [trite:Loa were
inurageil for some time in dragging the flier at the scene
of the accident, and succeeded in recovering the bodies
The decessein were about 21 and 15 year, Our corre.-
dent says, " This harbour is one of the most
STOCeOIIi coast. on account of the.. sudden aquatic
Hon the cadets MOW& is to MO • Inystary."—illialpskiZi
ragro4,

MELPLASII AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The annual exhibition and dinner of this society
took place at 13eainin l ster. 'he show vras held in a
field, kindly lent for the purpose by Mr. J. H. PaulL
In an adjoining field, also lent by Mr Paull, some
hurdles jumping for horses took place. The water
jun*. kr.. came off iii a field adjacent, lent by Mr.
W. C. Davy, and the plote,thing and lie4ing in a field
a abort distenee off, lent by Mr. H. J. Smith, Stoke
Abbott, The first class character of the animals
ithown was the subject of general comment 'lle
roots were of a superior qtrality, taken as a whole, and
there was very good competitor. The chief winners
of prices were :—for horses, Mr. Chick of Compton
anti Mr. W. Vickery, Britlport ; beasts, Mr. J. A.
Smith Mr. W. Pope; 'beep, Mr. E. G. Legg ;
f'olonel Hwreey, Bredy ; roots, Mr. R. Fooks and Mr.
A. J. Pitfield.

The lamb rearing competition showed greet care,
attention, and success on the part of the shepherds.
When the prizes were prmented the chairman offered
Hr. Chick 050 for the horse with which he took Mr.
Banister's subscription prize, but he refused the offer;
and in connection with the presentation of his lord-
ship's prize for the beat cart mare tutd foal, which was
also taken by Mr. (Thick, the noble chairman inquired
if it was a Suffolk, saying " I could de a bit of
business with you if it was • Suffolk." Mr. Brooks,
of Preston, near Yeovil, in taking the first prize for
the best pair of dairy cows, said it was the fifth time
he had won it in Dorset.
Mr. N. 1,1. Logirin, the bon, secretary of the society,
it need hardly be Pahl was throughout the day very
indefatigable superintending the arrangements.
The Judges were :—Stock. Henry Foolos,
IVhitchurch, Blandford ; Mr. W. B. Peren Compton,
South Petherton ; and Mr. Charier Foolus, Thorn-
cornbe.—Roots. -Mr. C. Wakely, Horsetail, and Mr.
J. H. licaminster—Ploughing. —Mr. 11.
Gillingham, Pipsford. and Mr. H. Boatswain, South
Perrott.—Hriging.—Mr, T. E. Gerrard, Brimley.—
Jumping.—Mr. J. Codlrington, Evershot, and Mr. E.
Chilcott, Maiden Newton.
The dinner took place in the large room of the
White Hart Hotel, Beaminster, about four in
the afternoon. A repast of a thoroughly satisfactory
I letteription was provided, under the sultrier+ rf the
host, Mr. Squire, and the arrangements were every-
thing which cull be desired. About 140 gentlemen
dine,L The tables were decorated with Matefully
arranged bouquets of flowers.

The chair was taken by Lord Allington, who was
supported Capt. the Hon. E. IL T. Digby, M.P.,
Sir M. H. Nepean, Bart., Rev. E. L. Penny, Captain
Goocl, Ist D.R.V. Mr. W. If. Manley, tile. J.
Russell Cox, Mr. W. Colic's, Mr. E. loggin, and
others. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were
poqosed and heartily received and resbonded to.
Sir M. H. Nertax then le "The Howse of
Lords," cou:•.' • ' • ith the name of Gerard Sturt-Lord
Alington. (Loud cheers, and musical honours.)
The noble CHAIRMAN, in his response, said he was
sure they would believe him when he said it was not
without feelings of diffidence and, he might add,
without feelings of emotion that he rose to respond to
the toast which hal just been so kindly and, so far as
regarded himself, to flatteringly proposed by his hon.
friend who had just resumed his seat. As they could
readily imagine, that was the first time in his life that
lie bad ever had occasion to respond for the House 44
Lords. ((heers.) In having been raised to the House
of lords-to have hat such an honour conferred upon
him by his queen was an ho ~,,,, r. Ho often said to
himself "Who is it that I have to thank for this
admitted honour?" Was it himself, had he himself to
thank for any wonderful exploits, or was it by himself,
by his position or by his money, or anything else they
chromed to name? lie had to thank not only those
gentlemen present. but the whole county of Dorset for
having been raised to the peerage-(hear, hear)-and
he oaiii he should be the most ungrateful of mankind
were he to miss this his first public opportunity of
offering, not only to the gentlemen present-gentlemen
in the west end (if this county-but the whole length
and breadth of his native county, his deep and heart-
felt thanks for the honour they did him in allowing
him forgo many years to hold their confidence in the
House of COMDM.4. His hon, friend on his left had
hoped he should make a good member of the House of
Lords. Well, if be did, whom again had he to thank?
The electors of the county of Dorset ; because, he
maintained, there WM no education so good fin- a
member of the House of Lords as a long apprentice-
ship in the HOIII4O of Comm ins. (Applause.) Nothing
was so g.mal for a man-he ilid not care what position
he was to he a member of the House of Com-
mons. It forced him, whether he liked it or whether
he did not, to mis with all dames of his fellow-country-
men. He maintained that the more a man-he cared
not what his position might be, or if he was, as people
said, a very great swell-mixed with all classes of his
fellow-countrymen the better for him. (Cheers.) That
was one of the great safeguards of our constitution.
They mixed together, and they saw each other's good
pointo and bad points; and they all f them, whether
they were Conservatives or Whigs or Radicals, or
anything dee they liked, they one and all had a heart,
and hail the good of their common country in it.
(Applause.) He sail, therefore,
_that there was no
education for a member of the House of Lords like
being a member ,if the !louse of Commons. Supposing
he himself, for instance, had stepped into the House
of Lords as hoe I Alington without having been
member for Dorchester and the county of Dorset and
mixed with his fellow-countrymen, as he hail done, and
as he liked to do, what would he Fusee been likely to have
been. He might have been apt to think that there was
no man in the world like Lord Alington. no place like
Critchel, and no assembly in the world like the House
' of Lords. (Hear, hear). Now he knew better.
Although the House of Lords must always hold a high
position, he knew perfectly well that in the main the
House .4 Commons governed the country, and al-
though he hail been raised to the 'Upper House he
would never desert his party. They would never find
him in the House if Lords giving a vote which he
knew was diametrically opposed to the wishes of the
vast majority of his fellow countrymen. (Applause).
It was the sante in private life as it was in public.
What was so bad for ayoung man with great expectations
as not to go to school? It warn wontiedul how a young
man In' a high pisition and with great expectations
when he went to a public school got knocked about..
and how he found hie level. Therefore he said, and
! he said it to all parents present who might have only,
1 or eldest, sons, for goodness sake let them send their
' eldest sons to school, and let them find their level
there! It was the custom at most of these big schools
to ask a new boy his name. When he was at Eton he
recollected Inice being asked his IMMO, and he said at
once that his name was Start, and there was an end
of it; but lie noticed the same boy who questioned
him went up to another boy and asked him what his
name was, lie replied, the Earl of So and So, where-
upin the questioner kicked him, saying, "There's one
kick for the Earl, one for the of, and one for your real
name." (Laughter). Now, that circumstance did the
young Earl an immense amount of gisel-it licked him
into shape-41aughter) -and he was at this moment an
excellent member cif the House of Lords, and of society
in general. (Hear, hear). Therefore if he did make a
go.sl member of the Home of Lords it Was owing to
demi, whom he was addressing, in the education which
he had received at their hands. With regard to the
Howie of lords itself, lie would say this-it welcomed
a number of men, who for talent, honesty, and
integrity, were not to be exceeded by those .if any
other &monthly in Europe. They would not allow
prejudice or self-interest over to prevail in their
deliberitiona, and he felt sure that not only in the
present areembly, but in all other assemblies of a
similar kind in England, the toast of the House of
Lords would always be a popular one. (I-leat, hear).
He imploded they would not like Ileaminster to be
nub pie, and has it nothing whatever said to thein about
the impending war, or in regard to it. (Applause).
If *seething wait not sail this would be about the only
gathering in England of Engliednuen of all etasses at
which something haul not been said. It had been die.
cloyed in every meeting of which he had real, and he
might gay it bail been discussed in most of the pulpits,
not only belonging to the church, but out of it. He
did say that it was a natural feeling of horror and
indignation which had been shown by this country
throughout the length and breadth of the land, of
these homirs and atrocities of which they had heard,
and such a feeling did honour to his country. It
ehowed to the world that Englishmen would never
allow any race to lie tnsblen on, without to the
hest of their abilities helping them in even; way which
laid in their power. Applause). But he pluksited, and
meet solemnly protected, against the impirtant
question being turned into a party question (hear,
hear). Ile was free to rishmt -he must admit-
that whenever he haul taken up the newspapers for
the last two months he ha'! never suet, meetings,
whether they were hell at Greenwich (laughter.)- -or
in a county town close to him, at which there had not
i been a ilig n the riles given to, a something rude said
against. Lord Beaconsfield or Lord Derby (hear,
hear). Of Mr. Gladstone it would be out of all grace,
and bad taste for a 1.4.1311 of his (the speaker's) ordinary
abilities Cu say anything applobrious, for, after all,
although they Might not agree with him-and he
for olle did mutt--he was a man who had devoted time
awl the vast talent which God had given him, to the
service of his country (hear, hear) ; and he was a man
so far to be respected and not to be abused. But he
(the speaker) did say that in this matter Mr.
(iladstsine'a behaviour had been most injudicious (loud
clieend. Ile would nit for a moment impute party
luotivea to Mr. I a:o4one ; he would not even say that
in what he bad clime he hail been actuated by a feeling
I if spite, envy-a jealously of Lord Beaconsfield, but
he had heard it whispery] (hear hear). N., tie .re
injudicious statesman ever entered into the arena of
political life than Mr. Gladstone. Ho must reeollect
that lie was not DA ordinary man. He haul powers of
rhetoric and eloquence second to none in the country
(hear, hear). lie had been Prime Minister in this
land, and the ;ower he peewees] for good or for ciii
was not to be exaggerated (applause). But lie should
have thought before he wrote that pamphlet -which
was full of abuse of the Government-before he
hounded on the people of Greenwich, and through the
people I .f Greenwich thee other men of various
, towns who were not 80 well educated as they were.
lie must bear in mind that every mingle word he said
, on that .iccasion was telegraphed all over the country,
and published to every government throughout
Europe, more especially that of Servia. lie said,
therefore, that the conduct of Mr. Gladstone had gone
for, be would not say to stop, hut to put a spike in
the wheel of a pacific peace, which otherwise he
believed might have been enjoyed (applatuw), Nor
there war, an olil saying, but it was a vest one --that it
Was 44 ure crying over spilt milk, and it was for ILI
.'l.,ll...,ii:e:ei;itakrwwroueblui.;yllhwt,ohlea,eruistrivhung now mm. nm'u,mterltscuil tiuoe, t
ti,s, was %hat ought England
tent any gentlenianauunlpbtrhrees:arunthtwgit,w,a.4llieytteemluaLieiray In
throughoutthe liinai4lchlkigtir
if
its 1 Is Vied to do AS ;ova
Now the
many other gentlemen did at tlesse dinners
. sh„ he forth the policy of any party, or say what he
N • nild do, and what he would 111 It do. That
was hod his pedtion. It was imposible to judge of
what wait gOillg 111.1 only penion behind the scenes
%VOA lord Derby, and no env knew what A haul time and
what a hard time of it he had. (Hear, hear.) Every
word that wall said by Lord Derby was telegraphed to
every single (Kart in Europe, and& cabinet ootincil was
held over it. Therefore he was • little reticent in

tlde matter, ae he might here been, he ought to be 'z-
oomed. (Hear, heir.) It was Impossible to get a per-
fect statesman in every particular -a cross between
Lordy Derby and Mr. G iston.-disPnt they think
that would be a gala Minister? (Laught r.) But it
was a great comfort to them all, and he wee Kure
gentlemen preeent-whetever their politic opiniens -
knew and elievel at this moment the honour and
interest, of England were in safe and rem teten t hands.
(Hear, hear.) Ile knew exactly what the whole of
Wee, present would Ins;re in connection with the
Eastern question. All of them woul.l agree with him
when he said that those iniquities whh-li were perpe-
trated in I Nigeria should net be ;allowed to occuragain,
and thaw people who objected to Lor I Derby -he
would refer them to the fact that he and the Govern-
ment were determined to have ample security for the
future. What more could they want of Lord Derby,
or what more coulolthey require of the Foreign Minister
of England ? (Hear, hear.) They would ilea er come
to terms with the Porte unless they saw ample security
for the Christians drawn up, and no mistake about it.
There was also no mistake about the fact that the
Porte had not shown itself worthy of the Government
of its Christian subjects With regard to Russia he
did not think Russia seemed to be any better than
Turkey, so far as he could see. (Hear, hear.) She
was a very wily.power ; they could not catch her. They
had heard it stud that she out-witted Lord (ranville.
He would say this for Lord Granville-when a Komi.
nent Rued.= officer gave him his won) of honour that
a thing should not take place, could they blame Lord
Granville for believing him? He di.) not think they
c mid. The word was given that they would not annex
Khiva, but it was otherwise, and he held that under
these circumstances Russia was a country which was
not to be trusted. (Cheers.) Then there was Mr.
Bright. (Laughter.) He was nit going to Awe Mr.
Bnght. lie was a very eminent and clever loan, and
made as good a speech as ever he (the speaker) heard
in the House of Commons. But he was not perfect,
Mr. Bright warent. (Laughter.) lie had plenty of
faults had Mr. Bright. (Hear, hear.) The fact was,
Mr. Bright thought there WWI nobody in the world lout
himself. (Laughter.) lie was egotistical te a degree.
He pooh-pad:pad every man who might happen to olio.-
agree with him, and in his speech the other deg -when
he went down to Manchester-there was.. centinual
puff of himself. He there insisted that himself and
Sir. Cobden were right, and the whole of the English
nation was wrong on the question of the Crimean war.
(Laughter, and hear, hear.) They then went to war
for the ostensible purpose of preventing the lithetians
taking the potation of Constantinople, which was
acknowlediest to be the key of the Miiliterranean.
(Hear, hear.) He asked them mow whether it was
their wish or their desire, after the thousand., and
thousands and millions .of pounds which we spent, and
the thousands and thousands of lives which we sacri-
ficed during the Crimean war to keep Russia o nit of
Constantinople-whether it was now their wish that
the English should withdraw altogether and allow her
Li. walk into it. (No ne.) Ile knew the feeling,. of his
countrymen better than that. It was full time that
the Turk should be kept in orders. far as the christian
subjects were concerned. If they asked him what he
thought England ought to do for the present, he would
remind them that Buena hadnot taken Constantinople
yet. (Hear, hear.) It was all very fine for Mr. Glad-
stone to say "Turn the Turks out of Europe." It
should be remember,',) that there were two 'pillions of
Turks in Erin me, and hew were they going ti turn two
millions of Turks out oof Euroqo ; the thing was an in2'
poasibilty. (Hear, hear.) The duty of this c.inutry
and of Lords Derby an.) Beaconsfield woe simply, for
the present, to look on and maintain British interests
and safety, and to say to Russia "You shall not have
Constantinople " (cheers) ; because we know as
well as they that it is the key to the bli.liter-
ranean and to India, and he (the speaker) believed
the ulterior design if Russia was the capture of
India. (Hear, hear, and applause.) But he might
oo on talking for an hour. (" GO on,"and cheers.) ire
aid, however, appeal to all clansman present, gentlemen
of all political shades of opinion, and not only at that
meeting, but in Doometshiru and throughout the length
and breadth of thie country, in these critical and
momentous time', to give an honest support to the
present Government. (Hear, hear.) He believed the
honour of Enrland wee sale in the hanole of Lords
Derby and Beaconsfield (Applaue.) The country
returned at the last election a large majority in fay. our
of the Co onaervatives and their policy, and with
regard to 'swam Beaconelield and 1 )erby he li.l net
believe in the hour of trial the e. ountry weuld desert
either of them. (Hear, hear). The made Ion) then
concluded by proposing "The County Members."
He had often had to return thanks for the magistracy,
and as the chairman at dinners, hut he never before
had to propene the health id the aunty members.
(Hear, hear.) Sin.* he had the honour of repre-
senting this county several thing,i hail occurred.
They had had a evilest -(laughter, and hear, hear) -
and althoough he confeseed-in fact it was no. Use
denying it--that he took all the trouble he,,,,)) to
keep out Mr. Fowler-,-(langhter and cheend and to
return his hon. friend Captain Dighy,- (cheers.)
he did not and net Cr had blamed sir, Fowler for
amine forward. (Hear, hear.) They live! in a free
country, and if Mr. Fowler thought be heel the
confidence of the c. salty of Dorset he hail a perfect
right to offer himself, an.) he (the speaker) admired
his pluck and enterprise in so doing ; lie was not
there on that oometion to cast a stone at him hor
having olone what their great and glorious constitution
allowed him to do. (Hear, hear) A contest, more-
over, di.) good. It woke the people rip, and showed
them all that the metubens for the county, if they
whohal to continue to represent their constituents,
must attend to their inter emits and to hominess
(Hear, hear). The late contest bail made a man of
hie hon. friend. (Laughter). It had done the Insul-
lord. of the county good, and it had done his hoon.
friend good, inasmuch as it had shown him that the
electors of the county of Dorset meant to be repre-
sented properly, mid would be looked after. Hear,
hear.) Since his hon. friend had been their member
be brul endeavoured to .lo his duty by attending thaw
dinners, and every meeting of every toort-(Leughter
and cheers) -and he had a chance which no other
man had gut. he had a usxlel county member to
follow. (Loud and continual laughter.) They never
heard him out. lie did not -honour bright -intend
himself. (Renewed laughter.) He intenolel Go tell
hie friend to (elbow the example of .iohn Floyer.
(Amolause and laughter.) He said now, and he
always said, that if all the membere that the
county .4 Ihorset hail hail ever since he (the meeker)
had been member for it, John lloyer was the best.
(Applause.) What was it that constitute,) a good
county member? What man was there in the
county that attended more public business than .John
Floyer ! (" Ni one.") Who, when he watt aekeil Lim
preside at these meetings or any others, was always
there to do it ! John Floyer. Who hail a kinder
word to say, to another when he met him than John
Floyer ? (Hear, hear.) He assured them he never
meant himself. (Laughter.) John Flyer was a
patteru to follow, and their new member could not do
better than follow him. (Apez.) lie wondered
if he knew his nickname ( lie needn't
be ashamed of it, and he wouhi etsay again Go his
hon. friend "Follow the example .of Honed .Lohn."
(Laughter and cheers.) Then there was Mr. Foot-
men. He said, without joking, if the Liberal party
ill Dorset had a member of Parliament-and the
Liberal party in this county, by their numbers and
their standing, were entitled to a Liberal member -
then he said they could not ilio better than have Mr.
Portman, (Cheers.) He re) eat..,,) that they could
not, and he thought all sides of the county wenlol
agree that they were now ably and well repreeented.
(Cheers.) With thew few remarks he would ask
them to till their glasses and drink thi. health .of all
the county members-Mr. Portman, Mr. Moyer, an.)
Captain Dighy, or, an Captain I)ii,rhy wax )'resent he
win,),) say Captain Digby, Mr. Floyer, and Mr.
Portman. Cheers)
Cart. DIGO; M.P.. said he rose with meat diffidence on
that occasion to answer for the county members, and to
thank them for the very enthusiastic manner in which the
company hail drunk their health, and also for the very
eulogistic speech of their noble chairman. This was the
very first agricultural dinner let lead ever attenoled, co he
hoped they would excuse him from making quite such a
long speech as the chairman ham.) done. His lordship had
touched upon almost every subject. He had infortnod them
what the education was which the county members had
to go through, and he (the speaker) had Just began, lie
certainly began first of all by going to school, as the chair-
man hail said. but he didn't know that he was ever treated
in the way in which the chairman's friend was, or, as the
magistrates woubl say, assaulted in the same manner. He
had, however, to undergo the general routine which boys
had in public schools. Then he went into the army. That,
as they were will aware, was a very good training for most
men, especially for working. Now that he had the honour
to represent this county he hoped what he had leerned
both at wheel and in the army he might practice. (Hear,
Mew). They ha.) often heard, no doubt, that gentlemen
sometimes made a remark about its being the pnowlest
moment of their lives. Ile could truly say that when he
took his wet in the House of Commons it was the proudest
moment of his life. But when he looked around be saw a
very odd lot of moorhens, he thought There were some
oof all shape.. sizes colours and descriptions. a,aierhter).
lie thought what an .41 pack of hound.' they would make
and what a loot of trouble their worthy master of hound.,
Mr. Codrington, would have if he hr.d such a lot as that.
Some of them ran route and never spoke. (Laughter).
Some occasionally spoke, and when they did they had •
line before them, and knew what they were after. There
were othena who spoke on every subject, am.) thjew thor
tongue wild in every direction-(Laughter)-whether they
knew what they were after or not. Then them were a few
who were recognised se the leading hounds. They were
occasionally chosen and sent into another pack ; and it
their noble chairman oliol not object to be likened to a good
hound-(laughter)--he would remark that he waa selected
as one of the leading hounds and send into another peek.
11. booed his lordship would show them the way on the
hack In the same way as he did in the House of Comarems.
One of the few complaints, in fact almost the only one,
against Lord Beacoratield, was the way in which he robbal
the House of Commons of Lord Alingtoti, or properly
speaking of Mn. Gerard Stunt ("That,, it" It was •
robbery, and the House of Commons missed bite. (Hear. I hear.) lie was one .of the most amusing speakers as the
corupany had noticed on that occasion-in fact botla it. the
'Lame of commons and in meetings of this description.
(Hear, hear). Now when • bill had to go through; the
House of Commons it had to maths gauntlet of all those ,
hounds that he had spoken of. They were all allowed to I
speak almost as much as they liked on the raided, sad
they required • ileat of keeping in order. The speaker had o
to do his hest, and very hard work he had t0i1... There
were also "wnips," who had to keep the hounds together.
and prevent the young ones from running monied. They
bad kept him to the wheel pretty well this roar: they
were always at him telling him whet to do. When a bill
had to run the gauntlet of all these members one thing
&Drip, surprised him, end that was how it was ever got
through at all. A few hills, however, had been passed
during the late session, and either had already. or would
soon become law. SUIUSI of the prineieal were toile
Commons Bill, and the Education Act Only the latter
would affect those whom he was addressine Go any
ruaterial extent. Of coulee they were all very important
to the country at large, but it was only the Education Act
that would, he thouget, affect then, in any material
degree. That came into force in January next, and they
oiild perceive that the Board of Guaz.hianrn was the
athority who had to carry ,t out, where there was no
him cldpL,yo,l which, Lao not reached the 5510 of ton yenro.
iso.! after that up to the ace of 14 a m,erson Aght uot.
theref,,re the ,mblect of tooth the patents so.) th,. faru,,sr,,
as puesitle. In ~rdor that they might get a certificate a.,
soon as
and
ThrstiLbbirl:fai7ga.2-ilin'estit:inhae:4:hthnfziabuura liveliahoudetb..su"-:.(luisortrYto.
Agricultural Society. PrXra alause.) Hews
2:heerll2red delielted at meths math • splendid show of
.thuas. They wsre=me=osnt. he thought. He
booed mom of tlism but year it Smith-
Said; he fat Mrs they Would run some of the oast.

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• that I
counties very class, but he hoped that Dorset would hni,
its own at that show in the coming winter. (ArleneWr
Mr. N. IL Looms. the hon. secretary, whose heaith-;.
enthusiastically drunk in connection with th '-
responded. e taut.
Mr. W H. MANLEY then nmposed in sniteble term:
health of Lord Alinet et as nreoddentof taw 13.1'i112
was received with I I ebeere. • welt
Hie Lintosior, Heinz to reepond, was
warmly greeted. He eaiti he could not help thiar,_
that they must be very tired of seeine hi.
no) there meet be a monotony about it yet-
pleaeant to them. (N... no.) 1110 he felt hound titrise immetlietely anti respond to the tout which ha,'
/*ell MO propowed by his friend on his left, lir
Manley. What Mr. trog:in had 551,1 W, inite
s torrect ; he did urge hint (the speaker) to out,. t„
m 'ihat
meeting. He considered it, anti he thought that he
ought to come now that he was made Lord Alingtee_ for he ahould be the newt ungrateful of men ii
las
turned his back upon them anti mid • Now
hate got all I want out of you I don t want you am,
Itonger." He hoped they would never look niot, Lb;
in that light. Ho was certainly Lord Alingt et, let
he was also Henry Gerard Stint, of the coulee of Dorset, who represented the county of ihorset foe
number of years; and they might rely upon it that he
demist never never forget them. (Applause.) He
held it to be the duty of landed proprietors anti eoenUe.
men owning certain estates to come to thew, dinner,
anti meet the tenant fanner,, and their friends of,
teeewitons of this sort, because it opened their minds
very
althanotwoft:
yiss,
hHeweewlkl:ale,,lo.nt:hies
and did them 3 great deal of good. The hunnoel.
'ninth, at
it. tie
thos,, hurt
this country were none of them perfect. (Hear, hear)
lie wan
tenant
f ftarelmierermc%ni.hn't.iterweireradPrth:lnat' bad time ,of
well every single thought which was parsing in their
people who liked to epeak every 4
well what was the canoe of that contested electien. ft; knew it. It was natural. The farmers of th'
IN Dainty
during the last four yean. (Hear, hear.) He k
he saw, and he always got et ette
Int; out of th
(Laughter.) He thanked goodness he n lie liked to shake hands with everybodwaly )0,1'..,.% -
was nothing he liked wo much am to b., - -
county of Donee he.„) 1:,"1"1'3, in the
recently on the Great Northern Itailweava'e tr:diing
a Man who began to talk ideal. the ee met
tereste and tenant ferment in gritend. -,;t1r1,14
hail had a very bad time of it for t 4 e „--;;.""-7
He (the speaker) asked hie' 11.. w he
a Lincolnshire DWI, lie melted thu •-'r was
anti he knew the (secrets of the ten ot el'''. 'Thk`To
than be (Lord Alington) It: "nfrr, hetny
mnt On too that for the last two years the
there was good land there an)
been drawing on their capital te ley their rents to
their landlords. (Hear, heard That • %as aL. Ile
(Lord Alington) was not come thereto
them; but that was the truth, ant) the here truth.
With regard to the fannens of this county, wahine
added no much to their good himeour ae having a .4..4
balance in the bank. (Hear, hear.) Speakinr. of the
farmers' grievances in this and other hiscountie
lordship said there was the cottage questieit. He
rather into disgrace over that. Then they,, was
the union. Now, whenever he heard grumbling
and conaplainta in any elms, he always ereleavonrA
,to put himself in the is wition of that man, if he
I wit, a tenant farmer, and working hard day end
night, and had to dritw on his capital CT a rear .or
two to pay his landlord his rent, anti then the
labourer Mine and said he could not work for hint any
longer unless he gave him 4e. or se. a week more
wages, that was enough to break a luau's heart.
That was enough to make any fanner angry anti
disgusted. Referring to the game his leordship said
ho did not think the fanners about here were very
much in love with the game. Now there were lenti-
1, tele who were in favour (of game. Ind the tenant
farmers ilbl not like to see their crops eaten up by
g:une. It was not encouraging to a man, and he
e.eild understand that wort of feeling amongst the
a:ler:knew perf„.ti,
tenant ferment in the county, that if the Landlords
lid not look after them they would look after them.
selves. That WAX very natural, and he did not Maine
them in the least. The landlords had a leievon to
learn, and he begged leave to say that when he wan
member for the county of Derset, and required the
assistance of the landlerie, he never mise_d the
opportunity tof giving them what he thought a _nod
beAure. He het) that the leteinees of in landlord was
this-when Ile hat) a goel tenant to euottintge hitn.
(Hear, hear.) When a lantlloni had a tenant on hl.
estate who wished to improve ids Lend, and cane to
him and said Ile wanted buildings, it wan the bounden
duty of the landlord to erect those buildings for the
tenant. (Hear, hear.) Hie tenants were exceelinely
kind and liberal; they came and said they wanted
this arel that done, and if 1,0 would only do it they
would give him a fair percentage. The landlord., he
hell, ought to meet the tenants more than half-way
, in these critical times ; they ought to hold out the
' right hand f fellowehip awl may " Whatever you
think is fair, and I think is fair, I'll help pm tn."
alway carry them tut; and he del red believe
Theee were his Mese, and he hoped he should
there was any tenant of his who would be able
properly to say a bad wont against hint. (Ne)
Those eon t,f things to which he hat) referred
to might fairly be said slid the landlords geol. It
brushed them up, and they wanted brushing up. (Ilea,
hear.) He wooultl may to those buullorde who had
good tenants, whose crops were eaten up by game-
..Do away with your game and encourage _your tenanthestead of turning a deaf ear to him. (Mew, hear.)
Again he w4sild eay landlonls "have a good a.geut ;
don't have a man from leontion -(hear, hear) -who
comer down twine a year and collects the rent) and
goes his way." Every landlord ought to hex an agent
who understood farming, anti who undenstool the
laud (Hear, hear.) That was what they ought to do
and if they did not do it, all he ombi say wait they did
not know their owe intere.ts. (Hear. hear.) Now
that he had salt) thus much he bad tso thank them tery
cordially for the recepti.ai they had given him on that
toccaeien. There was one thing he cvml.l not quite rimier-
stand. As he drove to day from Brithort he noticed all
that rich valley en his right and left, and his mouth
watered for sortie of those acres. They gild 11• It •N`e
rich laud in hie neighbourhnod but chalk and stows.
But that beautiful rich land, worth he knew net how
much an acre, was delightful to book at. He could
not undentand why in such a neighlsonriessi as that
they did not breed some horses. Now why? 110
took a great interest in that question, anti he world do
anything in reason to preinote the breed tof h tree.
He was sure it would pay them. There n-a., a war,
coming on, and if they had bred hones three years
ago they could now get any money for those. He
thought they might manaze to keel, in this neighbour.
hoed two or three blood mares. lie Ice' .443 hor.e -
a beantiful horse--upon his honour, a splenold hone.
Lord Harlington, the header of the Opposition,
recently offered him 600 guineas for lair.,,
and a short time after that he tem.) Oho
to be a little lame. Ile was really a locoed
horse, 16.2, deep brown, beautiful heei, awl
he wanted to give him to them thoent if
any gentleman would take his hone he' would ;eve
him it. hint, and what war NUNN he would pav for hi•
keep. (Cheer..) Wee thereany gent/neap who week!
take Wallsend ? If MI he was their ; hat they must
cover cheaply, and he should like --although.ofe.urees
he would not be strict upon tlutt-to (online him to the
his hon, friend that he was an amusing veaker, lot he
county of Dorset. (liner, hear.) It had leen 'aid by
hoped he tallied now and then a little oeuruon oeuse.
1 The fact war be liked to put oommou sow iu ajocular
and pleasing way. (Hear, hear.) lie relented that it
NMI tilt, duty of fbeoide iii hit. p.wition to attend thee
tlinners and sleek not their mina*, hat ie.: leen Ironed.
up in the country, in a etraightforward anti
nor. (Hear, hear.) As he tail before, lie was lent
.tlingtou, but be was still Itesry Gerard Sturt, and
whenever his services were rapure.lthey might tlevelbi
upon them. (Loud cheers.)
His LOIIIP4HIP next ltr.tine,i the health ttif the
pelges, and Air. FOWLS and Mr. PERIN nspontletl• and
the Committee, for which Mr. E. G. lAA. returned
thanks. - •
_ _

PER (Littlelort4lV) "I" ..84".`"ful
ronipetitorn," and Mr.- .1. Cum:, Mr. Cn.trn.t.%
SAUNDIRS, and Mr. E. G. EEG.; re*putule.l.
The other t.xewts were" The Pres," "The Vi..itor.,"
" The Viw-Chainuari,- " The 11.1 et- ke., awl after
the Chairman left the c..miriality Wag prolonged net,'
the genial presidency of Mr. A. M. Loggin.

ADULTERATION OF MILK.
At the Gnanty Si Blackburn, Ralph Richard-
son Wad munitioned foradult.r3tln4 the milk whi,h he
old. The milk had been Animated to Dr. Brows, .4
Liverpool., who .aid the sample was an extremely had
one. For every hundred parts of milk there %CM
twenty-seveu parte f water. The defetaLvd wa
tined 11:10 and mete.