The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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TI7ZSDAY, 88811111111614 24, 1867.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Lord Derby's goat attacking him again at this dull
season has probably something to do with the
rumour that the noble lord wanted to retire from
official life at the close of the serioo, but was
to remain that the Government migbt
persuaded
e prestige of hie name in carrying the Scotch
and Irish Reform Bills. Though better in health,
it is Will feared that his lordship will not be equal
to the labours of another session, and will make way
foe some other Prime Minister. Lord Stanley would
no doubt be his successor if the Conservative' were
polled on the subject. Bat each things are decided
by certain precedents. Should Lord Derby quit
*So* be would hardly recommend his own son to
the Queen, while Mr. Disraeli's traditional claims
stand in 'be way. A Disraeli Cabinet seems rather
portentous, but it may oome. He is not the Mall
to be sacrificed, as was Canning in ash:niter position
to aristocratic intrigue ; though some of the greet
Tory houses would reinotaotly accept him as
their leader, and the party would give him a
grudging support. So perhaps the Chancellor of the
Exchequer may deem it advisable to weave his claim
for the sake of the Tories having • more aoceptable
chief in Lord Stanley, who would in that ore be
oalled to the Boum of Lords.

Folly and wickedness were the thief oharacter.
'sties of the late attempted ineorrestion in Ireland,
but the social and economical ocedition of that
oountry, nurtured into a politioal jri.vaos. afforded
some pretext, though never so shallow • one, for
that outbreak. But no such exhumation can be
advanced to relieve the shinning OUZO committed
bet week at Manchester, from the t of insane
malignity and futile sampry. shooting of
=Brett (sabot be paffitated : it is simply and
Y.. a wanton murder. The utter hopelessness of
any inenneetiou to eelsblish an Irish republic must
now be recognised by the most vissonau and
ignorant of the " patriots," yet there seem' t
be no lack of them to participate in any rising, and
indeed they appear to bike • vicious delight
in seizing every opportunity for the passionate grati
lleation of their frenzied hatred; while the
clemency of the Government for the desperados wb..
plotted and lead the attacks in Ireland, failed t.
have any beneficial effect spots them, bat rather ha.
rendered their hostility th• mom desperate W.
violent. This last outrage has in it no elements to
mite Orn to tenderness salor men who are the victims
of • areas ; it is bet the Atte& of a hod,
of amid Milano upon men moped in ovnyiall
lntoegsctthellwo(tiisiand,aaajb. adore to it
murk be ingsks that the porn of English waft

irbe broken, he WWI tad* Malted, sad Its
e:rt murdered without • severe retribution over.
tlikifig than. it would be blae kindness to the
disaffected Irish everywhere to treat these men with
leniency, and each a ammo might well raise mur-
murings amongst our loyal citizens, whose peace sad
mum, is molested by them outbreaks. The law
must he executed upon all concerned is the Man.
abettor outrage with the utmost rigour, and the
more promptly it is done the more Watery will be
its Isom, and the more deterreat its effect.
The circular of Count Bismark on the Salzburg
Interview—which we now learn was only addressed
to four of the Pruesian lions, viz. those out I
Stutgart, Munich, Cirlaß9 and Da;metsidt—hes
sadly wounded the amour propre of Francs: it is
regarded there.. • defiance, and has excited in
an alarming degree the easily-provoked war
enthusiaam of that country. Doubtless the Prussian
Minister, =fides* is his strength and the nooses
of his for the unifkation of Germany, has
an the French alike by the oslin dignity of
th addreos and the slight tinge of irony
as oonoerning Prune which pervades ia Count
Bismark sdmitsthat the rumoured political 'cabins-
thine at Salzburg had • oertain air of probability in the
present condition of European politics, but says he
Ilse learnt from Paris and horn Vienna "that the
, internal affairs of Germany were not the topic of the
conversations at Salzburg," and he muds thee*
reasistring explanations es "more especially for-
tunate, moos the reception which those rumours end
suppositions met with in all Germany show mos
more how insupportable to the German
sentiment is the idea of seeing the developtea e6troi
the affairs of the Gorman nation put under the
tutelage of • foreign element, or governed by other
considerations than those which the national interests
lof Germany demand." In other words, Germany
won't stand foreign meddling and is glad that the
*reach Government disavows al schemes of inter-
ference. This is frank and straightforward, but
should not merely be regarded by the Fres&
se an insult. Snob peurdity, the outcome of
jealousy at Praxis's greatums, is unworthy of
France. Coupled with indications of this irritated
feeling, we have intelligence that the frontier
fortresses are being otrengthelled, esmPfiguiall
materiel it being mannred, large farces
are being concentrated on the eastern frostier, and
steps are being taken for the brigading of the troops
now scattered in comity quarters. AU this may be
bat • pesosfal demonstration, but it don't look so,
and it seems eminently calculated to make Germany
think a coup de main is meditated, and, once
convinced of that, the Gantlet is inevitable, and she
may deem it wise not to wait until all the prows.
tious of her enemy are complete, but, confident in
her own elate of mediums', resort to the bold measure
of striking the first blow.

The expedition which is preparing to prooesd to
Abyssinia, and which will cost the oniony six or
nem millions of money, brings forward the whole
question of Christian Missions, and their relation to
tin State. Not that this expedinoe is powering in
the first Metros to deliver the captive missionaries,
but the BAC& Consul, Mr. Cameron. But still it
must be remembered that if he is a captive in the
! bands of that insane savage Theodore, it Is only
because he placed himself in his power in the attempt
to effect the release of Mr. Stern and his friends.
11 He went there as England's representative, trusting
to his official position; the country therefore is bound
to interfere at any oust for his protection as other.
wise she must logs all respect in international
dealings. This interposition cannot be claimed or
expected in behalf of miationaries ; and the very ex-
pectition of it hal tended very much to lower the
principles and lessen the SUOM, of missions. A
missionary ',toper goes forth as • representative of
the Christian Church, trusting solely for protection
to the greet Head of the Church, in whose name he goes
forth. Convinced of the eternal importance of the
message be bears, be gong among men who have been
brought up in different religions and superstitions, at
the very root of which the missionary's message
cuts. He mast expect therefore to roar the most
, determined opposition, and the most violent hatred,
I especially from the priests of the false religions. A
common expression of • Mehoinetan, to one who tells
him of the falsehood of his creed. is "Cot my throat,
rather than say • word against Mahomet." If there-
fore the State is to defend and avenge all teachers
,
of Christianity of every Lied, it most have the
selection of those who go forth, and of the plains to
which they go, and there would be an end to all true
missionary spirit, and of the faith that has kept
Robert Moffatt for go many years in Central Africa,
which animated the first missionaries in New
11 Zealand and Tahiti, and which still supports the
1 true missionary in every part of the world. As the
I ore now stands every part of the Protestant Church
Las its representatives engaged in this work, a work
utterly neglected by the Christians of this land until
Newton, and Venn, and Soon, and Simeon, celled
men to • right sense of their duty in this respect at
the beginning of the present century. But were the
State to undertake their protection, the State and
not the Church, worldly policy and not Christian
charity, would really be the promoter. of the work.
One such work has been going on in Abyssinia, a
country nominally Christian from • very early
period, but very little above the saver tribes where.
with it is surrounded. It contains • large number of
persons supposed to be descended from the Jews,
and evidently connected with them. To them Mr.
Stern end others went as Christian missionaries, far
beyond the reach of European influence, except such
as was indirectly exercised. Having to deal with an
unreasonable and half mazy despot they ought to
have been doubly cautious, whir they failed
to be. It appears that one of the number,
homing returned to England, published an
amount of his travels, giving • faithful picture
of King Theodore, with his birth, parentage,
and antecedents; the account might be tree,
but it was not flattering. The adversaries of the
mission got hold of this book and translated
it to the King; he evidently did not forget it.
and took the first opportunity of avenging hinteelf
upon the unfortunate Europeans. And hems all
this difficulty err., and all this expense is likely to be
iDeurred. Now in the matter we must be unprejudiced.
If Mormon, or Mahometen, or Buddhist missionaries
were to come to this land and break oar laws, they
would be punished like any other person; we
should be indignant if the country for which they
came interfered in their behalf. If missionaries
plain themselves in the power of • savage despot,
they do so profoundly as messengers of the Greet
Head of the Church, and trust to Him alone for
their protection ; while therefore we feel the
deepest sympathy for the unfortunate men them-
selves, and most sincerely hope that they will be
released, we affirm that it is only for Consul
Cameron that the county can justly be called
upon to interfere by force • sod we most sincerely
trust that this will not be used as • precedent; that
the standard of miesionery principle will not be
lowered; that the gospel will not be preered by
men who expect to be supported by armed soldiers.
What is pined by earthly power is more than lost in
help sad protection from above. 111, quite true
that this expedition may be the means of great good
to Africa. Nothing will more clearly row to the
natives the marvellous power of a Christian nation,
than the appearance of an armed host of men in
Abyssinia, at the bidding of the Queen of England,
and we trust and believe that there has been Ovary
oars taken to make re expedition successful, and
free from dirtier. It is no easy task to march a
large body of men several hundred miles, bat
having learnt amnion by Previous disasters. 002
rulers have taken every precaution that can be taken
to ensure a rapid and safe sucosse, which we heartily
wish them, and thus the honour of England will be
supported, without her identifying herself with the
pnvate Christian efforta of individual *Wiese, or
I separate churches.

! In another part of our impression to-day there
appears the address which has been forwarded to Or
! Archbishop of Canterbury, from clergy sod
churobwarclens of this drone touching the doctrines
recently promulgated by the Bishop of Salisbury,
with their roles appended to it. Of the nature of
! that memorial to the Primate, we do not intend now
to speak, but we desire to call attention to the
manner in which the learns were obtained, com-
prising those of nearly a hundred clergymen, sod
more than two hundred of the churwardens in
Ibis direr Now, nothing is easier than to get
signatures to a petition by a mama wars, and
nothing is more valueless than signatures so
obtained, but in this cam the phut adopted was
such that all personal influence was avoided,
and some trouble was entailed on all whose names !
were added. A copy of the address to be sent to ,
the Archbishop was forwarded to those whose !
signature, might be appended to the document, and
each one was informed that if he wished his name
so to appear he must write to a person in Dorchester,
whose address was given, to that elfeot, within •
week. That was the simple mode adopted, and it is
one we venture to affirm not only perfectly legiti-
mate but altogether in keeping with the sorrowful
ohmmeters' under which the address was framed.
From this coarse followed two things—deliberationand resolatiou on the part of the signatories The
eaters of the subject in queeon, and the
orreeiss of the stop proposed to be taken
alike demanded deliberation, but this alone
! never resulted in one of true sainser:rttnll—
something more vrr required, via, resolution to
sot upon their oouviotioes ; and, when we ocerder
! the unwillingness of the laity to involve themselves
in theological controversies, and fled that upwards
of two hundred oburcebuire rimg"d to append
their Dames to the addrir sad in pursuance thereof
erre a regret to that. art, we get some faint
idea of the overwhelming importence stroked to
the subject of the memorial, and of the alarm which
ham been created by the " strong. doctrines"
enunciated in the late charge dc., Bishop.