The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-11 00:00:00

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DORCRSIMR, TUIRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1881.

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of Parliament is not =frequently as I
oscomoThi fs et"rhailifer or suggerated hopes Of •X•gg•••ted
kora. Udall • 8116•11 of years, no doubt the former
bs.jo.odondanted, the ooesequenoe being that at the
close of almost every Susi= our ropreasatativee have
bmi, upbraided for doing little, and it has been some-
times Jcult to disoover whether any woeful measures
m all have been added to the Statute Book. The
°pods( of the Boni= this year is regarded with fear
Tether than hope; but if surgeries often fellows in the
00, emu may we not trust that
firr disacintalent of the
eeable kind may be the result of present year's
? There is no bill, however, foreeMahle
G---appmranoe, which dose not seem to diminish in Met
Too epproach it. The obstacles at present are
;mainly great. No politician can maks light of them' •
me statesman sea view them without apprehension.
There is the prospect of • orsavolsion among parties, of
• collision between the two branches of the Legislator,,
ef as invasion of vested rights, aid of the disturbance
Cl interests which only • few =art months ago seemed
it ladisputable as one's very existence. Above all. In,
hee to be re-established in Ireland, and the first
principle' of Government to be re-aseseted. Notwith-
standing all Ws, however, there is ground for bops
hod we cling to the idea), that when the storms have
tom (for there will be more than one) there will not
be the wreck that some anticipate; and, our trust is
bead on the broad facie of the strength and ability of
she poly now governiag, and of the good sense of the
gndlieh people. There has never been a peat crisis
Tet during which party feeling has not been sacrificed
to the nation's interests. The upholding of the law
and the prevention of civil =ifs are dutim whion
Ten the Totirth Party will be induced to
Len When it is discovered that Mr. Gladstone.
eche= for the pacification of the Sister Isle is calculated
to softie rather than to exasperate; te heal ratbt r than
to vu' the most exalted politician will ezarisuce
seem of retuning wisdom, and that cardinal point of
greglishman's creed--Oomprombes, will be practised
nttid effect. The Sodom must of amenity bean
one. There could not be more disturbing
titan thus which exist, end which have been
gathering for explosion &Mat the past three months.
Will there be any time for ordinary lenielature work
The better plan is not to expect it, though we observe
that men and Wen are already coming to the front.
Perlisment eamerit estop, • *sucking investigation
Into the Ballot Act and the electoral gielitiammizaci
However th.los ay be disturbed, the
ewe anothergeneral eludes with positive gum,
calms ea= remedy has been found for the disgrace-
ful prudes, mug= by the Oomndsalsetersolroatakose
Labours are not eves yet concluded. Theo
end Foreign affairs will necessarily =fags eansidsr-
alie attention. The subject of the Basuto War will
be brought up, and Sir Wilfred Lawson is determined
then shall be an early opportuniC=Leouni4.
Time is the vuedgira of the
Mae will come n to the surface; and, the
tiou scheme ha failed, OT•4011 and Turkey are
Inca, to give sqe diplomatists muck midst/ and
trouble. With so heavy • task Wore it, the House
if Commons will have little time for the consideration
of domestic goatees. Them most go to the wall; but
the public will excuse the postponement, and will
endure without • murmur the sacrifices which aircust•
=nese have rendered unavoidable.