The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-15 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER. NOVEMBER 1542, 1881.

Mg DORCHESTER FARMERS CLUB AND
THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST.

If Lord Hartington's recent oration at Yeovil Joni
nothlog else, it artainly seems to have had the effoc
of stirring up the firming community of the neigh-
bourhood to rub their eyes and to begin to think of
some course of action. Following in the wake of their
Somerset friends, the Dorchester Farmers' Club at
their first meeting of the session on Saturday last,
resolved, on the motion of the Mayor of Weymouth, to
call • meeting to which the egiiculturists of the
oounty, both practical men and those who take any
interest in the welfare of agriculture should be invited
to present their views, opinions, and desires, in this all-
important subject. Of late, the interest taken in the
Dorchester Farmers' Club has drooped and drooped till
wears led to leer its course will soon be tau, but it
is sincerely to be hoped this wi'l not be the case, and
that the meeting which is about to be held will revive
the fl egging energies of the neighbouring farmers, and
that they will be led to give their rapport to • body,
the primary aim of which is their own interest. It
deserves to be supported, and we can only wonder that
It is not. The genial presence and kindly
waice of the late Mr. Genie were keenly
missed at the meeting on Saturday, and very
true and sincere were the sympathetic utterances of
the various speakers. lii. to this society that his loss
will be most felt. He wsa wont to be the life and soul
of a discussion, awl his sensible and practical remarks
lied valuable opinion are at this critical etase of the
ebb's history more and more neeled.
It is proposed to hold the county meeting on a day
convenient not caly for the general agriculturists, but
kw those members of the Legialature who represent
the fanners of Dorset. "The present condition of
egvkalturists" a the subject to be discussed, and •
stspentioss one it is, and one enough to puzzle the
broths of Dorset politiciame ; still if they cannot pro-
claim • remedy for the evils which they are heirs to,
they are fully capable of relieving their over-burdened
Waft by discussion, and bare a perfect right so to do,
thd to oomplain in that hearty manner for which they
are noted.
The claims of the parochial clergy is against those
of oaks* doss hive then recognised in the air Poin-
t alt the successor to Dean Close. The new Dean
of Carlisle has done good work in London, and it is •
pity that labours of each • land are not more frequently
rewarded. On the other hand, the appointment to
DOOOO2 of Wells bee been made upon ths approved
Mr. Gladstone's patronage. Dr. Plumptre
, elemetessPenk of St. Paul's and a professor of theology at
Elaes Oollaye,
The Mass of Lord Seaborne is a serious difficulty to
the tharernment. If the Lord Chancellor's illness is
protraotid, it is probable that the Great Seel will be
raisivnedoorn for a while. Lord Coleridge is
not to be desirous of the Woolsack. Sir
Henry James looks with longing ey rather to the
t=ri.spg:tinent of his former , Sir W.
to any judicial position, however high.
After the precedent set in the case of the
Ministry, by the way, the office of Home
will' no doubt become the prize
of liaßsmiraglicers of the Crown. There I. • difficulty In
knowing exactly what to do with Attorney-Gemmel/
and Solicitor-Generals now that two of the three
chiel=s, which used to be reserved for them, are
abol The Home-Office is best occupied by a
man who has been eminent at the Bar, and no doubt
It will become in the future more pronouncedly •
legal appointment.