The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-10-15 00:00:00

NOM OF THE WEEK.

The Queen is still at &dowel, with the Mar-
gala of Lorne and his wife, the Primes' Louise,
for her visitors, and the Prince of Wales and
Prince Arthur have been thoroughly enjoying
themselves with dear-stalking, in the forests of
Invermuld and Balkohquie. The Roysl Family
of this kingdom never show to better advantage
than in connection with art and literature, be-
cause they can exhibit, as they feel in them
matters, an interest which the constitution pre-
ucies them from feeling in politica As the .on
of iglited connoicesur and a tasteful authoress,
the Prince of Wake will appropriately inaugu-
rate the City of London Library building, ash.
or his brothers have opined many similar
institutions. the reception will aesuredly be as
hearty as when be opened the Bethnal Green
Museum, though being a branch of the South
Kensington Museum,it may, like the latter insti-
tution, the Crystal Palma, Royal Albert Hall,
our international Exhibition, and various
similar !nictitation', be said to have owed their
Initiative to his Royal father. In fack it would
be difficult to ssy how mach art and literature
owe to our present Royal Family, most of
the members of white are themselves gifted
amateur& . . .

Meet of Her Majesty's Milliners are beak in
London again, and the season of Cabinet Coun-
cils has int in earlier this ruts than usual,
There were meetings on Thursday and Friday
at both of which all the Cabinet attended, with
the exception of the Marquis of Ripon, and •
third on Saturday, when there were three rib-
seutese—the Lord Chancellor. the Home Secre-
tary, who has been called to Cardiff on account
of the illness of his fathes,aed Mr. Fortescue, who
is in attendance on the Queen at Balmoral. Mink
ten have therefore commenced in earnest their
autumn work in preparation for the next mission
of Parliament., and have filled up the vacancies
on the Judicial Bench caused by the retirement
of Lord Hatherley and the lamentable death of
Mr. Justice Willis. The recommendation of
Sir Bounden Palmer to Her Majesty for the
woolsack was a well-understood arrangement;
but it was not known until after the Cabinet
met who would be the new judge in the Court of
Common Plebe. The appointment of Mr. George
Denman is an unexceptionable one, although
there were both in and out of Parliament, other
learned gentlemen equally qualified for the posi-
tion. Mr. Denman is the fourth son of the late
Lord Denman, formerly Lord Ulna( Justice of
England. He was called to the Bar in 1846, and
was made • Queen's Counsel in 1861. The
elevation of this gentleman to the Bench will
give us at Tiverton (for which borough he has
sat in Parliament awn 1859), another example
of the working of the ballot, and as Mr. Walrond
has come forward in the Conservative interest to
contest the seat with Mr. W. N. Manley, the
Liberal candidate Minsitors may possibly loos •
vote in Parliament by their last exercise of legal
patronage.
Princess Louis of Hesse—Alice of England—
has been chosen first President of an Interna-
tional A reciention for the protection of the rights
of women; and the Congress of Darmstadt,
which made this election, has choose several
Englishwomen as corresponding members.
The Church Cowen, which terminated its
sittings on Friday, has served to show the great
divergences of religious opinion among the
Anglican clergy, If it has not .effected any other
purpose. It is well that the COMM' limited
Wed to discialon, and did not put any question
to the vote. If the latter course had been taken,
the division of opinion would have been more
marked. The Congress did not appoint a place
of meeting for next year, so that weedy there
is some doubt about another meeting taking
place.
Military and scientific men have been deeply
engaged in further experiments and controversy
about guns and gunpowder. At Southport the
metal of Whitworth's manufacture has been
tested with satisfactory results, and at Plum.
stead Marshes gunpowder has been put to the
proof.
The directors of the Bank of England, at their
sitting on Thursday, advanced the rate of
discount from five per cent., to which it was
raised last week, to 6 per cant. This step, it
seem, warn not quite expected, but • rise to se
per cent, was ooniertid neseseary. The rats
has been up to six per cent. but onee—neinely,
on the 4th of Anglin, 1870—since *saki& of
1866, until the present time.
From Paris we learn that the negotiations km
• new commercial convention with England
continue satisfactory, and it is believed that the
Treaty will be signed before the AinernWy meets
after the ream Itis slated that M. Fournier,
the Enna Minnow to; Italy, has sasured U.
Thins that the Italian Government is not
Inclined to stand on the strict letter of It. rights ,•
but "shows itself disposed to follow the lead of
England in any monomial changes which may
be negotiated between her and France."
Wizen the three Emperors met at Berlin it
was underteood that they joined hands upon •
recognised neosseity to keep guard against the
spread of Republicanism in Europe, and now we
learn that Mr. Timbale, the Russian Minister
at Paris, haa seen U. Thieve, withdrawn his
congratulations on the tranquility of Frame,
and threatened a change on the part of those
Powers which sympathised with Prawn if that
country waste become again • centre of European
agitation. N. doubt the shrewd old gentleman
at the head of ears in France is rather gled of
the opportunity of pointing to the exploits of M.
Gambetta as endangering the security of France;
at the same time the significance of the inter-
ference on the part of an Imperial Power, sup-
ported, as iii. said, by two oilier Powers, Is not
to be lost sight of. However much the moderate
President of the French Republic may feel the
difficulty of stopping a political opponent when
he is entertained at private banquets, he has to
submit to • reminder of his duty from watchful
Imperialism. The evils of the spread of extreme
:L
ibre= theories 111111 not disputed, even by
alike day in Frame ; ths dissatisfaction
of the three Emperors at seeing the thing they
are arrayed against flaunted before them is not,
therefore, surprising ; but the apparent sasamp-
MOD by the three Imperial Monarchs of the office
a diatom, of gorope, ruffles the temper of
the Continent, and is possibly likely to do more
than anything else to promote the very element
of political disorder they desire to check.
After all the promise Mr. Greeley's friends
have profaned to see in the least friendly States,
It is now clear to Aaberiela politicana that
President Grant will be re-elected, and that
Mr. G hro no chance. The Republican
'Wades ba no* and ladiaas settle the