The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-03-22 00:00:00

To Ow Editor.

a bbs anb dubs.

A London contemporary has some clever verses on
"Mister iiradlssugh's ' Intended attack on " Peers and
their Pensions." We extract the following specimen
which contains • good deal of what Lord Beaconsfield
once called the teetotal baronet's utterances, "gay
wisdom :
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Then what about Marlborough's duke shall be said,
The heir of that duke who our armies once led I
It would only be fair, since the pay he retains.
He should a so inhent his ancestor's brains,
In the senate or tie d, OA a nobleman should,
To render the State all the sere c., he could,
Or, if he's not willing to wofk for his screw,
To throw up his pension's the least he an du.
In reply to which his lordship will probably
affectionately caress the most prominent member of
his face with one of his aristocratic digits, and reply
" don't you wish you may get it !"

An American writer, who has recently paid a visit
to the old country, has been contributing some Random
Recollections to an U.S. periodical. He seems to have
been completely overcome by the sight ,of the Town
Crier, a clam of functionaries which, he thought, had
disappeared ages ago f-
" However. he says, there be was. In Oxford I saw
him -a some hat forlorn and solemn creator sa a
countenance mini ruinour in raiment. II: stood upon th,
kerlistons, an I. lit, ing up his voice, he proclaimed higu•
briously that certain articles would be sold by aucti n,
and that the sale would commence -the very towu crier
cannot say ' begin ' even i England-at six o'clocs.
Probably Lis was the last of his tribe.'
What on earth would our Yankee friend have said if
ho had happened to come across our own magnificent
official, with his gold-braided uniform, his glossy thy,
rivalled only by the shining splendour of his boot.,
and his bell polished to the last degree. lie would
probably have gone home and expressed his belicf
that the Poole Corporation WIN the "darndmt
aristocratic Institution of its kind in all creation.
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Ifs rather a tickleish matter to attempt to trekle Mr.
Bradlaugh upon anything involving a question of Inc.
The writer. who W.lt, present, will not forget the was
in which Mr. Itrallaughi at the d.b.a. of hi le.ture at
Poole, when a young Jew.lawyer's clerk attchipte.l
AMU., a legal point with I , wound lam round
his fingers. metaphorically tiisl him into a knot
and threw hint back amongst the audience, with
advice to spend A shilling in ti law book. lu the recent
dismission on the right of the hon. memlmr for North.
;nuptial to present a petition, Lord Itandolph'.lllterclatt
seems to have fared but little better. Mr. Ilmllaugh.,
colleague (Mr. Lebow:here) read a letter in also, 1,„
(Mr. 11.) mod •• I undertake to prosecute the apm..l"—.
against the adverse disision whit. has just beengiven
in dim forni and without delay.- My Lord
Churchill, who. of ...now, has not much love for
•• Iconoclast," said—" lif course, 1 di not distrust ,m
throw doubt on any statement made by tlie member for
Northampton or his representative, the seutor member
for that borough, but I submit that the House haa t,„
security whatever that an appeal will Is. 1.'4;44.1 It
therefore in the power of the gentleman against whom
judgment has been given not to appeal for 12 months,
during which he might be taking part in tie. prov...4in„
of this House and voting on most important queatious."
Mr. Itradlaugh's reply was as short and effective as the
way in which he dealt with youthful Mo at Pmile:—
"1. he noble lord the member for Woodstock is mi..
taken as to the law. By the rules of the court, on ;,,
interlocutory judgment, 1 8111 1.11111.1 1.1 pro.ecuto the
appeal within 21 days, as an ordinary law book would
have informed him. (Laughter.)

The prosecution undertaken It week by the 1;„,4
and Drugs Act Committee will probably be a ppr.,A...1
by everyone exeept the defendant. rersons eliould
more be allowed to sell a eustomer half the qumntity .4
spirits he pays fir than a baker to sell a 2.114 loaf for
4.11). one. At the NUM' tint.? it ii. to 1,11 holwoi that ii,
one in question will prove only the first of a seri., ,d
enquiries, whieli will be extended to other e 1..., .4
providers. Publieans are not the only sinners; and
these fugitive ex:au/plea are apt ti give rho• to a blot
that they originate e p tradoi-bittay.for whieh probably
there it not the bliglitest foundation.

"Cruiser," writing in the Field, makes the following
complaint :—" Permit me in • short portion of your
space to make known what I consider to be a gro-.4
imposition existing at Poole. Having last week
purchased a yacht lying there, and being desirous of
taking her round to Southampton, I engaged a tug to
take me out, the wind beiug adverse. I agreed tugi:e.
the captain of the tug 255. but on my telling him I wan
ready to start, to my surprise he refused to carry out
his engagement, stating as his reason for not doing s
that he dare not take me out unless I had • pilot ,ori
board. lining anxious to get away I sought a pilot,
who demanded El for his services, but ultimately
agreed to take 10s. and stay ashore!' The latter
part of our arrangement was not carried out, as tho
pi ot did accompany me to the Bar. It in well known
that pilotage is not compulsory at Poole to any class of
vessels. and I write this letter to warn all my brother
yachtsmen of what they may expect if they chance t.
ha laid up in Poole Harbour. I also hear that the Fame
unjust practice exists at Shoreham. I may add that
the captain of the tug told me they worked in with
the pilots, and that was the sole reason he gave for
refusing to take me out without one."