The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-06 00:00:00

LEGACY OV SIX 3111.1 lONS STERLING.
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Mr. Gladstone first considered the expenditure, its
epantity and quality; then the fallacious mode adopted
of striking the balances; and. lastly, the doctrine upon
which these practices are supported, and which, to his
mind, was even more objectionable than the practices
themselves. Ile took tte expenditure on the Forces, and
showed that whilst the average expen aim under this
head during the live years of the Liberal administration
had been IM,II/9.0110. it had been augmented, in the year
ending 178-9, by .01,030.000, an augmentation due to the
free action iif the present Government, an I especially to
the policy which they had thought fit deliberately to
adopt with respect•to foreign affairs. Ile showed how
this expenditure had increased from year to year up to
the current year, when • sudden reduction was
established, and the estimates appeared at the modest,
unassuming—nay, bewitching figure's of .C 21,34000.
"We have had a reduction in the estimates this year,"
he said. "But. Sir, • reduction of the estimates in the
sixth year of Parliament bean an unwholesome
resemblance to what is known as a

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Passing in rapid review the growth of the spirituel
foreign beginning with " silly business of the
of the Sues Canal," he in Mow and solemn voice
counted up the gains. " You have." he said, addressing
the Ministers, who sat silent—" you have increased the
territory of Use country, it Li true. We own the Fiji
Islands which were not ours previous to 1874; you have
got what you call an occupation of Cyprus; you have
completed some annesstions in Afghan; you have
made •

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DISASTROUS ACCFMION OF TRRRITORT.
You eve truly enlarged the Empire ; but it may besaid
in the simple words of Scripture, "You have multiplied
the nation, but not increased its joy. Mr. Smith had
claimed that the result of the increased expenditure is
bearing fruit, inasmuch as the policy of the Government
has made our relations with foreign powers more gads-
factory. "What." Mr. Gladstone asked, amid loudcheers,
" is the nation or the race on earth with which you have
improved In relations! Is it with the natives of South
Airiest or with the hill tribes of Afghanistan for with tha
oppressed races of the Turkish Empire t or with the
mighty millions who people !Wester Proposing to quote
an extract from • apical delivered by Lord Derby on the
19th March, UAL the mention of the ex• Foreign Secreter7k
name was received with • contemptuous cry from below
the gangway on the Ministerial Bide. " The present Lord
Derby,. Kr. Gladstone repeated, ".was a man who, when
he was your Foreign Secretary, it was your daily custom
to extol." What Lord Derby said on this occadon was :
"At the present moment the position of the country with
regard to our foreign relations is most satisfactory. There
is no State whatever with which our relations are not
mmt cordial.
Turning next to the question of account., Mr. Gladstone
took up the figured in the last Budzet and read out the
allegation at to the aurplua of .C 1,904,0110. "In the arst
place; he said. " there is