The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-04-22 00:00:00

Pratt e (mutt! exprego.
TUESDAY, APRIL EL 1873.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
A correspondent of the Deity Nstos.at Kidf
narrates the following picas of gossip which hail
reached him from Moscow respecting the
marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh and the
only daughter of the Cur :—" They are to live
half the year, at least, in Russia, and have one
of the new houses on the quay, in front of the
Admiralty. at Elt. Petersburg. My informant
wee very prudes about this part of the plan.
The bride'. fortune Is to be a million of roubles.
One of the chief causes of delay in the arrange-
ment of the match has been the wish on each
side to stipulate for living the greater part of
the year in England or Ruins respectively.
Hence the compromise of dividing the time
equally between the two. A question of pre-
oedenoe in England is said to have contributed
to this delay."
Mr. Alderman Lawrence has • notice of motion
In the House of Commons that the present limit
of exemption from income tax on incomes under
£lOO • year should be extended to incomes
under £lBO, and that all incomes under MO a
year, subject to the tax, should be exempted
from income tax on £lOO of such Income,

The chief features of the Government Local
Taxation Bill, it is said, will be a proposal for
one uniform useasment throughout the country,
with inclusion of some property, each as metal
mines, which now escape rating. County
boards composed, Oa boards of guardians are,
part of magistrates acting es officio,otedisal
sleeted guardian', will make • c
rate for all local purposes, out of which demands
for poor, highway, police, ice., will be paid
separately. The ratepayers will then be called
on only for one rate, and expense, trouble, and
annoyance will be saved. Away, of course, will
go the overseers and the arieesnent committee
if this plan is matured.
Meter week this year gave us • foretaste of
July weather, and the brief interruption of
business was largely enjoyed. In the political
world the Ministry, save Lord Kimberley,
preserved golden silence during the recess, and
the address of the President of the Council
reads like an epitaph—it is • review of part
achievements, but contains no word of what is
to be done in the future. Meantime the Con-
servatives are stirring. Mr. Disraeli and the
chiefs of the party are reserving themselves for
the Education and Local Taxation Bills, but the
underlings are busy, though their utterances are
not particularly wise. In Yorkshire, Mr.
Stanhope enunciated the proposition that what
was wanted in political life was • bit of blood,
that the House of Commons was at present sadly
deficient in this respect, and that the reel thing
to do warn to fill the Lower House with bite of
' blood, and so make it in harmony with the
Peers. Mr. Rani thought it • neat joke to
echo the suggestion that what the Ministry
would like would be to send the Marquis of
Ripon to Spain to apologies for the Northfleet
being in the way of the Murillo, and make the
Marquis • Duke for his pains; and he ventured
on a statement which, even coming from • minor
Conservative member to a local Conservative
audience, was astounding—that as to the new
Budget, although there was • •demand for the
reduction of the Income-tax, yet the only pro-
posal which the Chancellor of the Exchequer
made was one to Improve the profits of the
grocer. At a Conservative demonstration in
Lancashire the speakers appear to have been
chiefly clergymen. One reverend gentleman
Informed his audience, that if Mr. William Glad-
stone had to try for a £5O situation in' competi-
tion with a Lancashire operative he would fall,
and that if his father ventured to stand for the
division of the county in which the meeting was
held the Conservatives would not make mince-
meat of him, " for no one wished to taste of such
an unsavoury pie," but they would teach him •
serious lesson. Another clergyman thanked
God he was not a Dimenting minister, at which
ex_pression of opinion there were loud cheers.
All this is a eery pitable, and must be a SOTO
trial to the leaders of the party. How long
will this continue before • general election brings
the question of parties to the test of the ballot.
box 1

Everyw here Conservatives and Liberals alike
are anticipating an election, and the preparations
being made will almost of necessity force
on the event. A Conservative journal has
recently published an elaborate electioneering
prospectus stating what constituencies are sure
to furnish Conservative victories, what seats are
Just worth contesting, and what seats should
for the greater glory of Conservadam be con-
tested without any real prospect of 'somas The
great maxim of the party managers seems to be
that everywhere there should be a contest, and
that it is much better to bring forward two
candidates than one. The Conservatives can
contest seats vary easily, for they have men and
money, and as their political programme is
purely negative, they avoid internal divisions
But, although the Conservative party has this
advantage, and although in a timelof political
quiet like the present the advantage is a great
one, yet it Is not easy to say whether this facility
and ardour with respect to the preparations for
contest are significant of anything like a pro-
portionate nooses. The liberals hold the seats
and are quiet; but it does not follow that they
will be beaten; and even in the Conservative
estimate there seems to lurk a hesitation as to
the issue of a general election. That the Con-
servatives will win seats is undoubted, and that,
although they may lose soots, they will Win
largely on the whole, is probable; but they
must win something like a clear balance of forty'
English seats to enable them to take Aloe with
credit, and is such a result at all likely I

mole than pomeible, though in the present owe
sot believed.

"Th. Natiostal Union of Elementary School
Towhees" have kept Baster in Bristol and passed
a host of resolotions. One is against the present
system of spelling, became, as Ospl. °whirs'
says "It is so oonfoosalum," and takes up too
much time to teach. They propose to alter the
spelling of every word, so as to make it a reflec-
tion of the sound. bib o for billow, for ex toiple,
pare for pear, seam for psalm, parodist for
pamphlet filcoophy for philosophy, and so on.
Another whim is that the scholastic shall be made
a does profoedon, and no schoolmaster shall be
oompsllsd to twat music if he does not wish to
do it, and that every schoolmaster at fifty shall
be allowed to retire upon a pension without pay-
ing for it as the police do. The principal plea set
up for these pensions is that the schoolmaster is
a civil 'arrant and ought, like the rest of the
civil servants, to have a retiring allowance. But
the 014 Service has its re.trioolons as well as its
privileges, and one of these restrictions is that
no civil servant shall belong to a trade union.

THII MlunA RIADLIG Roon.—Tha men ars quite
"at horn** in their reeresUou room. On Monday
*resin Mr. Cerales Gremlin, inhibited s number el
wade aubjects with hi. capital Cll/6{ k. 'satin), alfordioli
rare eatortaisament. Oa Tuesday the (silent Oolonel
kindly entertained all the marmite at 1..; and last
(Wednesday) sight the Rev. W. Loek gars a reading
to the olse—"illothar's Last Words,' ' an intereiting
story In verse Amongst the rialto's present ••ere the
Ron. H. B. Williams (Cherininttarl, Mrs. T. Coombs,
Miss °wombs, Idles 11110011, mural tatreibers a the
Look family, sad °there There is to be another
stark lantern enterteinmeot by Mr. Greening nest
Teasley.

Contirrrip TO TON Dorn Coiner Fuson.
Sarre : Isom Coward, inoorrigib'e rogue at Win-
borne. —Herd Labour: loath Barnes. stooling Poetry
at Bberborna 4 m'atimm • John Arnold and Illaaketh
Gibbon. assaulting pJlie at LC andfoni, 3 month.; Sit
Williams, not 000 tributing to the support of tile Info
at Wlathorne, 2 months; Really Butt, araultiag probe,
at Blandford„ 1 month ; George %sures, drunk tad
riotous at Woymouth, 28 days ; Jame: Hill, vatrons7
at Weymouth, and Orr se Beery Baker, absenting
himself from his ship at Weymouth, 21 days ; George
Lowe, toishing at llormate, and Barr Tato, steal-
th potatoes at Pontine I Magma, 14 days.—/eprisoo.
minl: Joseph Hart, breath of the pease at Woymoutb,
6 'tenths; Waltait Charles Wareham, steallse postage
stamp. at Cranboroo, 2 months, and 2 years to a
Reformatory Settee!.
Ali &ids vestry was hold on Tarry morning.
Present—Ttem Barr (Bev. H. F. Jones), Mr. H. Look,
Mr. W. Blade, Mr. J. Drake, Kr. G. C 0.., Kr. W.
Ossueed, Kr. Bradley, Mr. F. Holland. Mr. Wood, ko.
TM amebae said he was happy Se say Kr. Look allowed
him to sorlaate Ma agar as Barton'. oherohwardea.
Mr. Drake rid be thought they *rid not do borer
than hove Mr. W. Made' agar is his 00-eartaer on
behalf asst.%
.te ;lab and proposed hiss. Mr. F. W.
Seward simml it was 'larded arateraely. Mr.
Loa appAnted r. Arthur Look his sldemare, and Mr.
Made rase Mr. Drake. The par k& warden nmatiord
that sorra' parishisaare bad applied to have err
to trio, sad a »vides of Um lint took
C:siarbd e realo petal* that those who
tbo olmareh-rates aad regularly ellanded the
druid In Bret eamosaodefeed.

?whom and dwell* in pane and love. Tb• Bay. T.
Leadl then gave a report of the present teeitin of bbs
*burgh and ocagregation, sod of the work of doe pest
year. He stated tket they had deeply int the Inns
is whist the %ahem had referred, especially in the
Beady sehool, bat that gradually the plane of those
who bed gen wen being tiled up. They Lad not folly
ended out the programme notched by him two years
ego, sad there was mesh neon for humble cionessiou
Were God of deletts sad shortemalasa. Still they bed
prat ironed for gratitude on amen of what had
nes assomplined After an anthem by the noir, the
Rev. W. Lewis, of Weymouth, was ealled 10011
to give an address on the importance of the
religious training of tb• yousg. • The speaker
ponied out that the parties reepoerkible are
irst—tbe parents and then the Churn, end showed
that this ninon/Wily had not been so generally felt
salt might to bon been hi either of the girths
named. And UNA even when It had.been felt suel.
stoat &Menne tad not boon paid to the mesas
deployed. Parente bare been too apt to net tatialled
with the WWII reeling of the Bible in the family, and
Inking nee larailles to the bone of God ; and the
Clench has rented content at having provided •
Sunday retool without numbing a. to the nes made
of It. TM results here been, that many Andrea of
Aploordarente are not found In the way whin they
to and lams numbers who have paned through
out Banally snook are lost to the Marsh; These
thige ought not so to be. God my; "Train up •
child in the way in witch he should go, and whoa he
Ii old be will not deport from It." Ohristion parents
and the Churn ought to so-operate. and by united
synematie teen* of God's truth, and sentient pled-
lag His promise, seek to rain up a seed to serve
Rim • geserative to sell bleand.—The Rev. .1.
Barjell. ed Ben Roan spoke In illustration of the
good results of early religions training, as wtimeend
by Magill —Th. nay. P. Beeklin. of Sit•rborrAtleibta
addressed the mean cm the subjoin el fang?
and tin Rey. I). Thane, of Osrata..oll personal Olen.These Th ese eddrenes eastalsed mash enamel and many
earnest appech to them pretest, and were linnet to
with melees attention. me meeting aimed stout nine
e'eleck, and all appeared to tient and feel that Good
lood hen well spent at the Ongreptiond
al Paddlelown.

Ti kiTILLIZT. —The 0 ta&gery D Weeds al B.& A.
sow oampylag oar tarreoks, ere so exvolleatly
behaved body of mat, ad we understand they ore sot
likely to leave for maay months to 00.1111. The tallest
Maier of the ha (sow ea hism) has idol;, with
his seal reasildea. adopted the mama of ilea'
the moo • haltholiday ea Wedasodays, soortmaeatly
on th-ee osossioaa maketisi sod oteer games have
host anal eajoyed. List Wahmteday, however, Odd
by the barman, we wore earprioed to is. it. men, sot
orieketiog, bat all at drill; sod. *airing the tarok
lariat that ori a previous alight three of them had war
madostod themselves, for which, of soars. they wore
pardelial ; bat, rather oddly, It was that=
ths allow In oommead to make the
Baer, by stopping their holiday I The sareasessile•
oo.of this peaselty hes naturally made the sma feel
mu sore ; but, probably the rostritaloa le ail; tea-
porarr.
. _

There can be few Englishman who really
believe in the possibility of any good resulting
from the Oaths% movement. What doss the
cause represent? Can it be urged that It is the
embodiment of political Intelligence, or that it
contains the germs of Spanish regeneration I Is
the Prince who leads it conspicuous for any
personal virtues—can he lay claim to an in-
eof kingly worth I Is there anything
In the history of the country daring the past
thirty years which would give the aolour of
j • to the pretensions of the old party 1
It appears to us that none of these questions can
be answered in any way favourable to the
exertions which some inconsiderate Englishmen
are making in behalf of ,Cerlisin. If the light
of experience is to be any guide, we ought
not to hesitate • moment in condemning
the very name of Oarlisco, meaning as it
doe', all that Is impolitia, irrational, and
effete in Government. We grant that the cause
has the shadow of stability, and that it eon
point to • past, whereas other systems of Govern-
ment in Spain, and notably the one at present
being fried, are mere experiments. But even
stability tnay cover a large amount of corruption,
and Spaniards quicker than any people in the
world can be made to submit to a strong
Government, however corrupt it may be. Let
those Englishmen, then, who are supporting the
Carlisle, on the wore of helping to restore order,
not be deceived by any such oousideratioos.
They may depend on it, that, whatever fate is
reserved for Span, there is no chance for the old
relpiow. If you out away the past of the Carlota,
they lave no other pretensions. kl °thing will
justify violent opposition to the present Re-
publican Government, weak though It be. There
is no fear of the question of belligerent rights
arising as it did in the cam of the Southern
States a( the American Union. We are not
likely ho be embroiled with the Spanish Govern-
moot in any ooroilication of that, nature. But
there exist moral reasons as dednite and dear
as though they were formulated in internittional
law for strict non-interference with the present
condition of things in Spain. And there can be
no doubt that our Government ought to use all
the means in its power to prevent that intriguing
which is said to be going on in soviet, ss as
In commercial circles sgathlit lippublicanian. in
PUDDLITOWN.
Spain. It is in our power to oultiyate a kind
of relationship with Spain, whatever her Govern-
eiteLurvthega,altomingaT TZ:64,1111.1130,4949 ls thistri.adavia.g."...."dhsid
meat may be, and it is our policy to recognise ow: goiivermry ea Good hey. Prised' f Bowe
without moan delay the de facto authority at aegis, Clinek ic.'d Wave:meth arrived early in the
Madrid. Don Garin, has no more &awn in thermos and Musr °Mika on the good csiebtor Mr.
Spain than had the last 802get.Pcgmodey in Weal whose boom misins the shape! ad oragrsla
, and the Bug,e of the eee toting his sad Kn. Email on the meet,
the shoes' and the plescestams=
no more represent national eel*/ than did the thy to maisonette to get • stilt of that
; Highland 'amorists of the other. old illaalistkas !lambs old& atirsels so
The rumour that &meal Beim, /my wear Adams to the imithbowrimed. Ths sharaellorkide
old Weimer hes boa removed to give more light sad
' Baker, and the remnant of the expedition sent wee memo to tee ewe.. bet the ass moue
Out over three_ pars ar to supposes the slave jeeteeeee Hal man reuLtios In all ite lam sad by the LYN' SIMS.
trade on the While Nu:, have boss murdered by hinders of Mrs. Wood.tho bon. 7•• Amore opss for Wswoare VISITOL —The mad martin (threads ripe-
thle tribes among whom they have been living inopeetiaa Bolero* to the shipm was I 1:* vie) was seen Love oo the 10th instant, somewhat lame
.ftebo w now duenwfited, lewd imiit4ee dessrated ice abal.ollosaMe. Ur was «mod to sooledj tug owing, Probably, a,. the Prevailing
4,0
aisainzuhuon
of
the
soof
=pork :anew at IT cicelf by lin. Lamell. Mn. W wind.
ethic t baliAvam St a paths
afforcune misting
•"thia rent out it numbered over heia Rama 0a by Itz. G. Home4"—ss.etwi, • -
When the expe..... the eiud of last yens c,aargual:sed Mkt and people 00 *air lb. Ward J• 1111001, M.P. for liartiopsol„ sill app.'.
1,000 amused men, but ailfwertian, =,l Peeeeeeneg meilleen- dim at the twat 5h4 Mx. Mamas tealpsaary Bill, sad the legal Chamber
ray*. had lett them sad goes is ether of AgrieMbavo will petition Foamiest Mame it
this force had been reduced. dia., -"gill d die allr. tee, had allied she The Kash of PwW • left Tobeesa we ilagneliel oahis
disease, and death, to only 900, and the,, """"fTree with rzigiMa owl ad- visit to . yes &Wended
it was that with this falling off and the farther loncia.kt Oat Irma the fliselvel) Pe* wee mistlb* exPllaltica Pronothod tit* boll of the seleyedean" is It wit pi@ .
native population Wormed, so that ding's
41101111 we ramie a.

ZOOOATIOII. —The lemparpeabod final
notice le regard to time school acciamodatiso to be
provideid in Dortheetor boa now Wen rossived. Of
azisting sshools the derartment tamales tam National
rebook as affording tosominodatioa for 197 boys and
173 girls, Holy Trinity Infant wheel 180 Wants, sod
West Tordington school 123 girls ; a total of 673 : and
they require provision to be made for PO mon children,
e.s., TIM-nigh OW* the meseut sommatedatioa.
They Wiest* how the relalromeut• of tho dopertraord
may be mat; sod this is Ose plan they propose for us
to wry out—Provide last Pordlngton seltoal with
proper desks, furniture, and apparatus, wilargiag it to
sold not lam than 262 infanta, and medullar it is •
public elementary "abaci: al/Ing • department for 130
infants to West rardlurtos esboei : biding • dam.
room far 37 boys to Out Hatkeal boys gobool ; and
maintaining a pubis elomentary aohool In Um mondess
of the Dorchester British SolsooL It all this be Dot
done within Ni mouths, the.. different madams will he
nailed into one district, and • Behool Board bo foraged.
The esagnitudo of them reqeirentersts is rather alarm-
ing, for head.. the aniargeon.nt of their @shook, this.
Ii their mantoorooe, sad that of a now school In Hsu
of the one till lowly sondueted on too British syMem
in Durogsts•etreet Musk greeter liberality to giving
than has hitherto been show. will have te be
or a Behool Board sad a• Wartime rots must result.
Bosoms Perrr 8211113011, Mooday.—Boforo
Mayor (Yr. G. J. G. Gregory). and Mr. Hodges.
Walk.r ihrtil. a sailor of KILL Ashilieo, was
obarged with 'swilling P.O. Coombs.
Dotgaidant bad taken • ticket at Portland for Whs•
horse, but got out at Dorobestsr, and took an curly
opportunity of "liquoring sp.it wb.o mbid by tto
miustaighe for hi. " pais " he showed llght, sad Crook
the policies's' several times. He bad El 1.. 91 Defend.
ant said he Ina four days' leave rotas tbo ship. and had
tbe Oommander's porrakeioo to asap his " emboli "
that be might go to No his Meads.
Defendast woe load 10.. for snesoltjeg the oonstablo,
and ordered to be Cabo bask to the Veinal.