The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

701011 0 PrITION TO PIJLVAIILTT

To Me Honourable the Consume uf Gnat Britain arid

Ireland in Parlidunent asesaseted.
The humble potation or
She we Is.
That your petitioners have learnt with alarm and regret
that a '1 J will shortly be )
has introduced into your
been
Honourable House entitled the 0 antacious Themes
lakiiimaW Bill, whereby it is provided (1) that all fat
Cat tie imported from foreign c mu tries shall lie slaughkred
at the port of debarkation, whether they he di.eased or
not, and whether they COW. from a foreign c hantry or
not ; (I) that all borne-bred haggle that have been in
contact with a disesemal aoiueaJ, or that are suspected of
being desawaed, or that are in an affected Or au.pee•ad
locality, shall be slauahtered ; and (3) that compensation
for such alaughtere I animals shall be paid to the owners
ouLof the ',idle fund. or the local rates.

Your Peutionera respectfully urge that these provisions
are unnecessarily severe, and must tend to the public
Injury by grestly enhancing the price of meat through the
diminution. if not enure stoppage, of the conicsiitard
which at present exists, and I.y enormously lessening the
supply of meet to the public. Also that the evidence, of
skilled veterinary surgeone taken before the !edict Com.
tnittee last year proved couclueively that such measures
measures were needless and inoperative for toe results
sought by measure.
Your Peti vomit.. therefore bumble on, your Honourable
House to reject the Bill, and your Petitioners, as in duty
bound, will ever pr., A,.
YET MORE EVIDENCE!
A short time back an agricultural society offered a
premium for the best mode of irrigation By mistake
the word " irrigatioo " was printed "irritation ;" and
thus it came about that • number of farmers sent their
wives to claim the prise.
PROSECUTION BY THE REVENUE.
At the Birmingham Police Court, on Thursday
morning, Joseph Smith, a maltster. of Great Ruud-
street, was charged with defrauTing the revenue by
illegally compressing grain in the couch frame at his
with use on the 4th ult., ie heieby he hal rendered
himself liable to l'enalti. iif £2OO Ile ex mailer, on
voiding the nialthisise, foul the oefendant's moo
forcing grain tog-ther in the couch frame by treading
it. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined the
mitigated penal,y ,d 1.15.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.
At the meeting at the M111:14.11 Meow, on Wednes-
day, of the committee appointed to promote the hold-
ing of the Royal Agricultural Show in London next
year, it was dated that the Hyde Park site, which had
teen selected, would have to be abandoned. It was
also reported that the committee had inspect'sl cite.
at Kensal Green, Willesden, Alexandra l'alace, and
ther places. The meeting resolved to leave the
selection wbh the c iuncil of the vc-ietv, and also to
appeal to the pail: for sub-e-iptions to meet the
I:10 000 or I:15,000 which would have to 'Je incurred in
holding the ihow.
TIIE LABOURERS' UNION.
Mr. Jo-eph Arch presided on Friday over the
annual meeting of the South Es-ex dis,rict of the
Lat.,urers' I 'don. It was stated that the district had
improved both in numb-n, and finances during the
year, and now consists of 45 branches. A remlution
in favour of the assimilatim of the county with the
borough franchise, copied with a re i-tribotion
seats, was pamed.—Mr. Arch, in supporting this
re.olution, mull oued that the union now numbered
more than 50,000 i,en. He also said that if the soil
were properly cultivated the farmers could aft ,rd to
pay their labourers El iwr week. As to war, be
rieclareil that it was the aristocracy who cried out for
it, that their sons might be "pensioned on the blood
and sinew of the petiole."

parliamrntarn tecoccbings.
On Monday. in the Hon. to Lord.' It trl Derby tour,
&sued the mews of the ratification of the term. of peso..
The Eel ef Bonicliamp brought in a metieure for tise
inundation of bishoprics at I, verpod, Newcattle, Wake-
d-Id, and 8 tuthsirelL and the Bill WILA read a list
the C 'anemia the Chawrallor 01 the Eseehequer
gods,' the U mernment considered it win perfectly
oi.t.fied under existing circumstances in maintaining the
Britidi fleet nest' Coosian pie. It was not true that
Hied+ had refused to admit Greece to the expected
Er toren C 'agrees, but • qmetion hat been raised a, to
the foobng on *bleb any represontetives of Greene shall
he admitted. The House then sent into Committee of
SuSl:liuesday, in the House of Lords. Earl Derby aiiid ha
pap,ted to have the terms of toe prelinsinary Treaty oi
relic. on Sahorday next. On the motion of the Doke of
Itirhoiond and Gallon, leave was given to introduce a
Bill ti aroend the Medical Ada—The C01111110II• had •
inorning sitting, in order to advence the vote. io Supply.
nun-we, to Sir R..bert Peel, Mr. Bourke defen lel the
apisintment of Lid Lyons is British Plenipotentiary at
, the Conference, end stated that the Government had no
intention to depart from it. Mr O'Donnell called olden.
ti,o TO the esta,bsbnient of a censorship of the Pre. in
Beogal and Bombay. In the evening, Mr. Andlersae
culled attention to tbe monopoly at present rx•sting is
the American mail service, and advocated du carriage of
mails bring ablyu n open ,o all the lines running between
America and the II oted Kingdom. Lord John M•oners„
In opposing it, said the system recommended by Mr.
Anderson bad been tried, and growersl companies had
felled to perform the duties, satisfeztory. He considered,
therefore, that the commercial and general Interests of
the country would be best guarenteei by employing the
Wiest and fastest rteamers. On a division, the motion
wa negatived by 117 votes to 92.
On Wednesday In the House of Commons, Mr. Martin
moved th• second reading of the Ten meg Imorovemeote
(Irriand) BSI, which was thr men out, only 17 members
voting for it In • House of V& Mr. 111,1alrin'ir• then
moved the seormd reeling of this Money Law* (Ireland)
Bill, which Sir Joseph McKenna sueneedel in taking out.
Os Thursday. in the Hou. of Lords, the Earl col C do-
llen, in replying to • question, said th.t no definite
Information had been received from the Government of
Victoria with reference to the dead-lock in that oolooy.
Lord Stratbeden sad Cemphell celled AtenUon to the
precautions which epueared in his lordships opinion to
be desirable before Great Britain entered into the Confer-
ence, and moved for any recent diplomatic conesPonivee• with the Government as to the term, of Peace between
Russia and the Porte. A discussion followed, and the
Etrl Derby said that the object of the Congress wu tO
give European sanction and recognition to the change
which were being made, and they felt that they (melt to
have the whole cue before them for the purpose of
cii•CIIIIiIOIL This WY the sole questami at present it, ire&
He was not prepared to say what ans.*, the Hiusien
Government would give to their demand ; but he thought
their lordships wouki be of opinion that without such a
oondition as that ebleb they had made it would be of very
little use for the Comps% to meet at all.
In the Commons. the Chancellor of the Execbetsuer mid
Viet the bloodshed and destruction now going on in the
Greek provinces of Turkey were engaging the sittennee
of the Gavernment, and that they were doing all they to lessen it as Much &I gullible, and Lo prevent the operations
of the war being carried on is • way contrary to the
outages of civilised nations. Ha al, replied to other
question, with reference to Eastern affairs, and the rest
of the sitting wa, occupied with • discussion in committee
on roads and bridges in Scotland.
Prra

_....-131,11.10T1C Pres oa PALLING Sicansss. —A
certain method of cute has been discovered for this
tm"inE cm"PLals. by • Physician, who is desirous 'bag
all sufferers may benefit from this providential discover,
it is never known to fall, and gill cure the most hopeless
case after all other moans have been tried. Full particulars
still be gent bypost to any person ft.. of charge—Address :
Witussialh, Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park. London
A singular railway fatality occurred Friday at the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Station, Rekord. A
man named Hsmilton, foreman construct..r to the cote.
pany's teleentoh department, bad mounted • ladder log
the purpose of repainng the telegraph whilst Jut." Webb, • labourer, had been stationed at the foot of the
ladder in order to prevent it* falling. An exprees train.
whizb was passing through the station about fur o'clock.
struck Webb and killed him, at the same time cutting
the ladder from under Hamilton, who was left eusPesda
on the wires.

BIRTHS.
March 11, at East ChaMon, the wife of Mr. W. Pita" a • Soli
March 17, al7 Salisbury-terrace, Darcheeter, the wife
of Mr. C. T. Atkins, of a no.

MARRIAGES.
Yesterday the Rwi of Romberry was molted In marriege
to jn H.nnat de Rothschild, daughter oi the late Bares
Meyer de R ithecoild. Tbe doll cere y we, performed
before the aupennteadent regLtrar fur St Howee'v, Han. over Square, and the 'shalom' rite at Christ Church.
Mayfair. The bride was siren away by Lord Beacotwileid,
stM the Priem of Wales and the Prenuer Maned the mar-
riage reghter. The ***** wee the subject of considerable
interest in the fashionable world.

DKATIII6.
March 6, at Holywell, Hsvehot. gate, fourth daughter
of Jobe and Mary Christopher. aged 3 Fears and
mouths.
March 8, at the fishers Anna Ws, Henrille-lana. Mr.
leery Romell. seed 74 years.
March U. at S. kierand..
.4errea Dorchester. after •
bort wean. Kr. Joseph smear la the liast year 01
regretted.
."11•Mt 17*, at Ceatle-row. Northgattare. Horolinders
-olds Train Tresitt., the beloved wife of Mr. lidwla
Nide, warder of the Mesta County Prem, aged
rrars.
March lk at Loudon, Mr. Bristow. late botcher at
lortnn.o Well, Po...timid, aged et
L telegram from Halifax sfteoances U.. death of General
Sr William 0 Grady Hely, LOB.Commander in tAlse
of the British forces In North America. The cause of death
was an attack of goat in the stomach.
The Kul of Narensworth died suddenly Tisesdac afters
Doom at Reseneworth Castle, Gateebeed-on-Tyne. Ha bed
suffered from heart disease, sad only • few days ago emir
pyugt the age of 81. The deceased peer ts succeeded bY
his eldest roe, Lord &bast. whJ bag represented South
Northateherked In the Conaseva reinterest slate Julys
18811

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Hannah

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