The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-22 00:00:00

THE DARK CLOUD OVER BRITISH AGRICUL-

TIME AND COMMIRCL
To do Nditer.

Sir.—! am loduced to put before your renders the
follosing miracle of speeches in tte H mei of Lordo on
the Nth of March, no sops .red In the Deilg Near of the
h of Kenn, in reference to the h.ase•• of ti.• times
The Maequis of Mackay said :—" He wished to put
forwszd the fact. he Met been able to collect to son-
nection with the preseot mate of agriculture en.l trade,
•nd to milt Her Mejerty'a 0 ...segment whether they to.
tended to lairtitnte an enquiry Into the matter. Doling
Bret with agriculture, be had heard of numerous eases
in sthish 10 par c iv., and of several instance. es much as
II par cant. of th.-Ir rents wen retortued t the tertant•
Is 4 year. El• woidd not my that this wee not to soro•
=tent in connives nee of the lour euccestly• bed harvests.
that ere berl experienced ; but they did not account for
the general depiession of agriculture end trade which nor
osiegel. Corn could be brouslat from America to this
country for 11.. • wearier, freight and all charges M-
aude& and emu+ ravel districts in this mantra could not
send their coo to market for le.s *Spam& Very many
fume were to /4 I.t; in lac,. the Midland Counties Harald.
o weekly newepeper, contaloed In one west no lase than
a «kat aqueous of farms to 14 let. Thum., for farms
e old nig he got, end he begird that neer fiiratford...se.
An.., there neve 8 000 sere. te be let Agana, In Cum-
ilo• rimed, the beet grime Idris were to be let at rent 15 pee
lees than it need to be. In other places mote were
w mot, less idea two years ago. On great muse of
to. depreasing was the bad berveets of the Set llama
years. In N stlmmpt math.* end fluniingdon.bire mane
form. were unbil Most ws• cheaper sow than It had
boon for h 'sr, long time pent, .01 11 coo d be ehlpped at
lees pricy from 0 made.. He mks! for • parlimosatary
snooks.
Tne Patna Minieter said :—" lly Lord., no one can
deny that toe depreselon of amocoltural interests at thin
momest ie excessive. Ido not think it ever bee
luisses: Lat coneider to. pr naiad causes of this di..
kOOO, L on • bid harviwt, ouch ea we had in 1875.
were £OOOBO 000. A. friculturel depression ts soguno4
front coatis .41,4 h•rtresta, mid tor the fl stun,.
anima. Th. Briti•h x torte in
1871 sull.pashst to Lfss 1111101110 in 1877 to £198.000,000 ;se
! Isms leen .11 atm years of depreesius producing the
' seam on•otity of goods, only we have obtained for them
lower aod still lump prices. I think that is a SerT
Important circinnitentm, and one which demands our
'green sttentiloo.'
kided to thee. anibentitl statement, we hays facts
before ow eye. of had times, as.l in many different trade.
my heart Ms must ti find many without work or food,
/monies for help aa.l counsel. Fancy melon in London
amestmelling b ache* of workmen hawing known
good tines, without • coesine on toeir feet, or • shirt on
their becks, shivering with .old and hunger, and others
crying—
" We've got no work to do."

But management amount* for much of all this sallerinr,
sad I am told that titan, Mon, gam*, high rents, and
41.111.mlues on the laimar question. all comhine to
«now-raw or po•pi Z oil r .nk. • Wars aro looking very
serious In tteir aopect. and 1 •I;ottld ba dad to b-dittes tb•
wont wsa 00.1116 but Matmbl7 it wall be wane bet on lit.
bettor and while titatesams an posited and nobody
memo to kaow bow to tin taw prohlrin or suggest an
approprinus remedy. let us molt Mks Um matter to been,
sod do our owa port to hanrove lilt we can. Fanning Is
hod, and unnin ls in nry many Matson' : and If
slump and lassos no loon% sad will be th• coasrguencea
Bunleorri mol sad, lot ea hope for better loom whim,
O.IY 000 l Wer..Bl eee, .11. t lila 1,4 ch• w.ll of Old
%last we or our e utstryelow • .oul.l suffer : but Amos. tbe
pr,phet, bows it is sill because of our .ins (chop,..). 1 ass
&gum.' of itip 041 airy Is fin*lOU at MUNI fraud and
hankrantay—equity. truth, and juatice an lost sight of,
nod the. we fence Gals lawny.

I plead for &Jostles to thew and then iii commerce
will Wawa" reinuavrative glee I plead far retrenchment
sal gator= in ivory pamib • way,
We must wait the oils.av of fa. „obi... by able
minds. yet while all a to any Clogrerunivnt !wow it
more a their own pnwer titan legislators bays to improve
lb* notion I trill Ironton, to suggest attenuon to Ike
followliug iteuss:-14. hoist the hawser of trnth ; lad,
rodeos the army and navy, which anti £5,000 .very
hoar day end night. or It every working man weekly;
34. DI Aug map* .p.nt nnnnn Ily in Orvot Britain to
drink. chip S h or C 0.006,000 of that; 4th, let finery
aad Waxy be oat atorwir ; 6.h, aborts, credits. and our
mosey to be wed in troie at home and not triveoted in
Amiga wale og igoculatioa, to get too big interest, and
If we gala to adjust into. of production, Ava to., we be
eMbed for Imago comostitina or losses. Oar 8 odour
id 411 hi. •vil in Katt xtiv., I—e, we..e h. tells
of "tare, rumours of wars. famines, and pratilences" as
the " b./donna of angivis." While many are laithig
1., hope alai einif.ot it is vain and inipasi his to natio.
It, ezevot by God's favour, who in Isaac. lb* P.ttrinr,h,
0g,.100 par ant gain dear yvar (0.-n. lasi., la) Lot
as my to heaven for kiln 00w, lii. do our duty in rrpre-
taboo of bettor days, sad the breaking of the dark clouds
he behold lb* silver SWIM of ootolott and light David
says :—** When troth Shan spring out of the varth.
Lord shall give that girth* is good; end oar land shall
yield her taxer/ay."
Wishing for this,
I us
17144 Raires.
swami. Alta

FRO THZ WHITEHALL RITIEW

AS • matter of fact the Greek Church I. much more
allied to Anglicanism than to Romanism. The bttle
church served by Fsther Smirnoil in Welbect Street may
be taken nun fair sample of Hellenic Christianity, and in
It. every detail it stands on parallel lines with—.halt it be
confessed I—Ritualism The body of the church to
styled the " a realistic rtm&ring of our " nave,"
and the screen which separates it from the maetwes
eestererviss, where stands the altar with Its mambos books
of the Goepels, its ribariam. and candlestickg. is called She
" loonostaa"—l give the Russian spelling This iconostes
contains three doors, the centre one, which screen*
the sitar, being usually doted ; Mit in consequerve
of its being Eastertide it is at premed open. Upon the
doors and the panels which separate them are painted
the ft ures of the Saviour and the Vireo. St. Nicholas,
and other saints. the style being naturalmque. It to
noteworthy that the Greek Church does not deny the cup
to the laity.

The rumour that • Marriage between the mime.
Beat: ice and the Duke of hints is on the cards is more
' likely to gain credence in Italy—where the wish is father
to the belief —than in England. The sons of Victor
Emmanuel, although they have been led at Unwell:lto acts
of political hostility towards the Vatican, are quite as
solidly Roman Catholic at heart as the daughters of the
Queen are fortunately solidly Protestant; and for this
reason alone the reported alliance would find no favour
with Iler Maiesty. Moreover, the ex-King of Spain is
the most devotedly Catholic male member of his foci ly
and since the death of his wife he has often entertained
the blea of joining • religious order. The hapoy man who
wins the heart and hand of our Princess will probably be
neither • Catholic Italian prince nor • Protedant German
princeling, but a young member of " our old nobility."
As I was travelling the other day by the Irish midland
to . meet with the meathsi I had for my felllow P
• priest from Maynooth. ' Well," said I, 'and w7astQl.7.l
the Emprees think of the college " "Is it Maynoth I"
said be. ' Reform, she liked it well. She'. • raal
and whens mighty mein, site hasn't the taste taste le a
furrin ambit !"

A veteran officer asks ins to make known • very excellent
•Is.. that. every officer in the army should
surrender half a day • pay towards the fund which is
being raised for the families of the !sandals victims.
The idea ía perfect, and I hope in thi• CLIO all will speak
at once.
Grim—eery. It Is announced that three widows' cape
hare been placed at the dlireal of the Lord Mayor.
M.Y are intended for those who lost their breadwinners
at Isandula.