The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-05-12 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER. MAY 12th, 18&:,.

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A wimewhat original mode of political education has
been devised by Mr. Homer. of Athelbampton —viz.,
that of holding meetings open to both tartlee. a
which the labourers shall hear each side of the great
national questiona. The first meeting will take place
on Friday, and we ~hall wait with interest the result.
Mr. Homer deserves much credit for his good Mien.
tiona, but if we may judge by the feeling introduced
into party politioi of late. and the lively character of
the political gatherings in si ittir parts iif the county,
we should not be aurprised if Mr. Homer's meetings
did not resolve themselvea into a mixture a br Donny.
brook Fair.

The rural population would, we imagine, be a. far
off from the right at the d 0.., of such a meeting am at
the beginning. For instance, suppose Mr. Pike gave
the audience a little political education on Free
Trade, and Mr. Farquharson took up hi. parable on
the Name aubjeet, it ia tidie feared the medley would
be too much for the 11/11111X lif the unsophistimted
'Marra Still, if gentlemen of both yide. can be
found who will take the trouble to .upport .uch
movement, and who .hall he ready to, repress a natural
inclination to "diverge," and a sufficiently sthing.
minded chairman can be found, there in no reason
why the labourers should not derive instruction front
such meetings

The rumour of Lord Dulierin'n renigna wan 11,4
altogether unnatural. Mr. Gladstone'n phrase that
the Viceroy " tnunt be taken to acquiesce" in the
latest development of Ministerial policy iwyined to
imply at leant the absence of express concurrence. It
wan eamy to conjecture that Lord Dufferin might feel
his is siition somewhat 1'11111,4A1. I'll-1144, if the
Government have not acted upon his advice, or at
leant with bin distinct approval, PI, 4111' irritation, and
loon. than irritation, in hip part might I. anticipated.
Ilut we do not know, and we nhall not know junt yet.
exactly what ,iccarrisd at Kawid l'indi. The Anpier'n
conduct teat present an inscriitnlile enigma. If at
the Limber be disavowed property in the frontier
'lron which we had lamed our a/41114111X, it is pansing
strange that up to tlut moment we nhould have
remained in error an to hi,. pretension'.. Yet thin
seems, far an can he collected from blinisiterial '
statetnents, to have been the CAA.'. It would no doubt
be extremely dismission to the Government if
the Viceroy mhookl diment from their !invent
11Ctio11. To be iloserted at thin juncture by a titan of
his fame and etperience would he a crushing lilow.
ft would be even worse than a rupture with Lord
%Vigi.eiley. Them in no doubt that the lattcr
dissatisfied and angry. For the linit time in In. life
he ban been annocianni with a military limo'. Whether
the Government i. right or wrong in their jinioent
intention id abandoning the Singlets, at any rate they
have made him look very finiliA in the matter : their
instructions led him co make the hold and delimit
prnclamation frinn Koni that Khartoum must and
would lie taken. lewd Wolseley owes s cry much to
the Liberal I i.oertiment : but if he ipiietly counents
to eat his 11, in this matter, he will have bones-toy
his military spirit .sit of a iirlident regard fot the
future.

prospect• are a. yet vi•ry far fnim aseured.
Mr. Gladstone, " open took " is indeed practically
dosed. Over the famous husinee• of the slave-circulan,
Lord lkiiconafield made tow of a Royal Commission :is
au 'extinguisher.- Everyone remembers the
iiiiusitable: certain in Pt. itch which illustrated this
notorious feat of legerdemain. The Irilnes-4 arbitra,
turn is a. effectual an extinguisher aa a Royal Cone
mission. We may safely reckon the l'endeli incident
has concluded and become • mere matter .4 history.
But the boundary question may gilt e 'ouch in aible
yet. The exact hue might I.e defined without great
difficulty, but it seem. that Rumia—usiially hitherto
aufficiently prodigal of plediren--hewitatea to give any
undertaking to permanently reelect the propised
frontier. It is an odd acruply in the light of peat
events. Ninety-nine people out of a hundred would
not attach much value to the pledge if given, but the
refusal to give it would render a treaty of demarcation
tio obviously farcical that the Government could
scarcely venture to submit it to Parliament.

The death of the Earl of Dudley remotes one of the
most wealthy among our titled millionaires. The
House of Ward was founded by a rich London gold.
smith of the time 1 Charles the First, and ttttt
...ants to have pemistently run in the family ever
since. If/ was this Ward who, upon retiring from
trade, purchseed a country estate in Staffordshire.
the nucleus of that magnificent property so famous
for its abundance ..1 gold and iron. The late earl, ui
hi* youthful day*, knew how to apeail via.avy in
princely fashion. lie won applaioa• by fitting ...1 a
scaael at hie own expert.. to tarry a Largo of comforts
and luxuries for the soldiers engaged in the Crimea
War. Of late years he haa been "eccentric." In and
mar Binninghani it has been quite a jeet that the only
way to obtain payment of an account from the richest
man in the Black Country Vrldl t.O serve hini with a
writ. The fact was he would not he personally
troubled with business. He would take no notice of
acconnte—possibly, never read them. But writs were
immediately seas on to his solicitor, and debts and
ousts were at coos satisfied.