The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-02-06 00:00:00

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, Wit

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The Thanksgiving &retie in St Paul's for
the restoration of the Prince of Wales is axed
for Tuesday, the 27th of February. Her Majesty
will be attended, it is supposed, by the Prince
of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family, by
the great officers of State, by the Homes of
Parliament, and by representatives of moat of
the municipal corporations of the realm, as well,
we presume, as by the representatives of those
great national amoriaticas which have eta!)-
fished for themselves a prescriptive right to take
part in gatherings of this description. St. Paul's
Is now in the hands of the Lord Chamberlain
and of the carpenters. The service it is said
will comprise a To Daum, • special prayer of
thanksgiving, an anthem, • aermon, and a
I hymn.
This will be her Mejeety's first appearanos this
I year, the Houses of Parliament being re-opened
by Royal Commiadon, and the Speech read by
the Lord Chancellor. Without the presence of
the Queen, the opening of Parliament becomes
a mere colourless ceremony, and the reading of
the Speech lied the voting of the address are
, mire humdrum proceedings which excite very
little interest. The Speech itself IN no longer
the Queen's speech when it does not come from
Her Majesty's lips ; It Is merely the Ministerial
of the session, deemed up in a
programme
onrad unmeaning guise. The only thing
which will giv, any animation to the commence-
ment of this session will be the election of a
new Speaker—always marking an era in the
"Inner life of the House of Commons." On
this subject, as well as on the address, however,
the Opposition decline to accept battle; but on
the Collier scandal, if not on the klegers, we
shall probably have • crucial division ; and there
are • number of corestions coming before the
House which may have the effect of dislocating
lii=both t parties, and it is impomible to foresee
like what the votes may be on various
tn. As a whole, the sent= will doubtless
be an arduous and =harming one for
hi/Indere

11M—spring-like temperature is bringing the
Prince of Wales round rapidly, and If we have
no sudden and violent change in the come of
the next fortnight, there mons no reason why
his Royal Highness should not WIG his plane by
the side of his mother in the State carriage to
St. Paul's. He has been out walking and
driving with the Princess almost every iay of
the past weak, and was primal with the Princess
at covur-ahooting at Waterton on Thursday.
He has been suffering from neuralgikand aWI
Looks polo Ira Ude and wanes 4•4144 • 4 :2;
but he is apparently in • fair way to
all that he was In form and health previous to
his Aster. .

Perhaps the most striking proof we can have
of the commercial activity of the past haltyear
lie to be found in the railway returns which are
just now making their appearance. The traffic
returns all round are higher than they have
ever been known, the Great Western,for instance,
making a return for the current week of £134,000,
against £125,000 in '7l; the Midland, £82,000,
:gulelareddou7s,ooo In7l ; and so in proportion all
• and the dividends, so far as they have
' been are the highest ever known. The
London and th Zest= made £920,000 more
In the half-year than it did In '7l. The Brigh-
ton, all but bankrupt a year or two ago, pays
• per amt. The Bristol sad Faster pays
per cent.; the laincashire and Yorkshire 8 per
sent., the Greet Northam ES 16e or £4 7s ad
for the half year, and the Manchester,
Sheeld, and Linoolmhire 4 per cant, and this,
too, upon a property which ten yeses ago was
looked upon as be in a state of the
most hopeless entharramorent. BeseUecting
how much higher the wages of railway imarvaats
are now than 4hey were in the previous half-
ar, averagine a 60,000 on the London and
North Western alone, and how much dearer all
the materials used upon railways are, from steel
and coal to tallow and tickets, them returns
ipeak for themselves, and Sir Edward Watkin
and Hr. Laing are talking in whispers o=l
the fares a trifle, partly to cover this
coat of working their liner, sad partly to make
up for the fall in the value of the sovereign. At
present, however, the point is only being talked
of in undertones. We may ham no more about
; but even if we do not it is only right that
we should recognise the fact that the recent fell
In the purahming power of money le equivalent
to a reduction in the price of our railway fares, and
that railway directors are about the only people
who have not sought to indemnify themselves
againstthe loss Involved in the increased pries
of labour by falling back upon the public.
Anything more unfortunate than the collapse
of the first great experiment at international
arbitration can hardly be imagined, yet with
that we are threatened, and emir other public
worry is sunk in alarm at the look which
the lichanio claims wear. The (reign Moe
has limed a statement of the British case as it
will be placed before the Geneva tribune/ The
United States Government had made known
some time previously theme. it lad prepared
t:PrIIMN••• C•••••• It •- Al • - a . _
int he be observed. While the United States
Government has put forward an enormous claim
for indirect lows arlidng from the escape of the
Alabama and other numb from our shores, the
British Government, in lbs view of the cam, does
net recognise that any such claim can be seriously
advanced under the Treaty. It Is not for our
Government to acknowledge that such claims can
be for one moment entertained ; and when they
are actually premed, if they are, it will be time
to protest against them, and, as we should
hope, to refuse, absolutely and distinctly, to
enter upon their consideration. Our national
disposition always to know the wont and hope
the best, possibly leads us to meet troubles half
weTr—e-tzionin7 venture to hope, in this case, to
be over an imaginary trouble—bet there
Is some very ominous in the ponderous
bilk there has been this week about the American
olaims for "consequential" d • Tice un-
meioses at the lereign Oihoaertre fall in the
funds, the very feet that the Government has
set this disoullgou rolling, Is all disquieting, and
that there is • possibility of a rupture in our
relations with the UMW( States cannot be shut
out. Of course the Government is anxious.
Failure ham would be failure indeed.
The French Aseselbl7 on Friday adopted the
• of the committee recomjlthe
Government to " denounce* the Anlo.lrsnc
treaty of commerce. The object of tide &mind.
ado° in the view of the ocesunitise is simply to
twain for Tame thg.liberty to modify her tariffs
tales COWD pleasure, and whammy her interest
may seem to render such modification necemary.
If notice should be given to terminate the treaty
It will be impossible to revert to a Protectionist
"riff for twAve mow, and no one can tall what
twelve months may bring forth in France. in
hispirpWity to and & substitute foe duty oft
raw materials, 21. niers has Mimed in lam
mil fax aim room
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ta-liaed lodes WI Oddielleek ler the yew 11171, has jot
lowa bleed Ws Is the mead el lie ledw La sea-
aralisa war the Nambestra Ualty al °Wakes
seemblashist Desseesisk4 as mews eassaalsay
awl iswadelly the lddi, ellette el Ibis
shames' ham tartar le the el the work-
* nee. The Head-la•Iisall Sedge hes laeriesed by 17
alwabses la the pale. as mesa* lelsl betas LA sad
has Wed 1136 5s te lis NOW, the balsas* now
snewalls. Is SUS is de& la Lbstwelvemonth the
le4. has paid BO lle tram Lbdok awl humid hat
The esselawy Is lb. O. T. OK whose swarms oa
behalf el the Order have besa reesgebed by Ws
bolsi elested Prerlatiel awed Illeabsg, and we believe
he IN also seadeated far sees trial ease la sew
reties Ida the Manahfalse
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tablet kw his. pissed la 10h shank West lord-
lager. It is oval la the make pleas Wag el
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bens lee fellewled lasedease ;

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t4Zg se. os the pistol S. Misers asd is. of the
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lake la aB this esseesaa Aar essuadm. The weak
haa his. moil arlblleay smarted by Mr. B. Grareby,
realptor, is this town.
flutenzan brenervioef.— Witless Mond Lenart •
sass who left Doraboolor • few weeks dame seder
rather diseredhable abosinetaseas, sad who rismis,d
that ha wee worth mane fabaker am, wee week
brosiM belies the Wlsobeeter bomb is megletraloo
sailer the bliwto ekeemelassee 3—The prielassehiwbe
Iby Wade • phi ha end bee hoes 11. of
Him IL Osier. al Whalisolor, bar •
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s beet Mr. bertre, a talky, is the MO.
Amok nabs trandaleat pretenses It mem that he
went with Hi. Owlet, is Mess he aloe °Wised £lO,
M Mr. Barka% where he was eneemared for 1101110
sloth.. white 1141 ordered to be most to 61. Lower
tpekvereela whin they weeld he paid for as delivery.
wee set performed. He elated, la ardor
to oh= uluibdeg, thee h• severest le melee •
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died and list Maw 4000
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man by hie trestle ma Mr. • dew.
mos at Dembeeter. The aside 'bed Ids rel
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gine betimes/is We old gmerma. whisk
had sew bees takes bona Mr. Mr. Beata ma ordered
So make a tame wabbpabed to um Mb sambas
✓idge. He arse stated Met he bad 'Mended Me
ands'a burg lasi belsd swim to as Me bee, bad
had the bed seas she,.., at fiswiFe of shoal
LII; that deemod wee MOM gegi • du amp
el ble Saga worth ever MO, he set
maws Mame it wield make the main sway is
the lager; sad Sher lie &GPM had aeon him (Leiser)
wit=lieg Lereserse. .4 bad ommtslaildidet
lets as week msg. Priseser meld be, ea
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