The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-08-05 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1873.

Monet eon* friars.

TUESDAY. AUGUiT 6, 1873.

NOTES OF TFIE WEEK.

The Duke of Paitoburgh having returned as
the successful suitor, after a dutiful visit to the
Queen at oehorn44 joined the Prince and
P 1412001111 of Wales and the Csarewitch and
Czarevne at Goodwood. Meanwhile the mem-
bers of Parliament who had not been drawn away
by • brilliant Goodwood week, gave the finish-
ing touches to • number of meeentee, were
agitated and amused by Ministerial squabbles,
voted several millions in committee of supply,
and talked over in • paternal way this new
swame with the Imperial House of Rumia.
Mr. Gladstone, who his been somewhat out of
health, and absent from the Treasury bench,
wee in his place to more an annuity for the
Duke of Edinburgh of £25,000 instead of
£15,000; £6,000 • year to be secured to the
Grand Duchess Marie Aluandrovna in the
event of her surviving His Royal Highness.
The opportunity was made available for con-
gratulation " at the formation of this new tie of
amity between the two great ernpires." A score
of members were found--eighteen and the two
tellers—to record theh votes against the annuity.
They belong to an advanced party--" a very
advanced
.party,"—to quote Mr. Soured.—
" who are looking for • good time coming when
we shall have no crown, no prom, no Penton+,
no partridges, and even no (churcli—u the aapir-
'lions of • few, which he moderately desoribel
as not the feelings of the great bulk of English-
MOD.

The annual grants to members of the Royal
family—ln addition to the I:385,009 paid to the
Queen—will now be augmented to £142,000.
The Prince of Wales receive. £40,000 the
Prinoess of Wales, £10,000; the Duke of Edin-
burgh, £25,000 (including the addition just
yi
proposed); Prbsoe Arthur, £15,000 Prince..
£B,OOO ; Printer Alla*, £6,000 ; Prin-
awn Helens, £6,000; Princess Louise. £6000;
the Duchess of Cambridge, £6,000 the Duke
of Cambridge, £12,000; the PliClollllll Mary,
£5,000; and the Printom Augustus, £3,000.
An unexpected diversion has been provided
by the Government. To the several dliEoulties
that have beset the Ohasseelkw of the Exchequer
In clearing up financial irregularities at the Poet
Oaks, confronting the Orli servants with their
complaint., and answering the Zanzibar Mall
Contract Committee with He report, there haa
been added another, purely pommel. The Chief
Commissioner of Works has broken with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, without eon-
suiting him, altered an estimate for the em-
bankment of the river near the Parliament
houses, and there is much commotion and talk
of the retirement of Mr. Lowe or Mr. Ayrton,
or both. It certainly Is not usual for a mem-
ber of a Government to bring accusations
against his colleagues and remain in office. But
what could be expected where such kindred
spirits as Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Lowe are thrown
together I Not on speaking terms I Is it
possible to conceive of their working together
on any other terms than those of official dis-
courtesy. The worst of it Is that public business
kaa to suffer, and there is a moderate excuse for
the subordinate in office airing his grievance
before the House, and pleading (when overruled
without being referred to) that he knew nothing
about it, and ought not to be held responsible.
. . . . . .

• . •
The selection of a ettoseeeor to the late
Bishop of Winchester, it is thought, will pro-
bably be made from amongst the Bishops of
Liottfield, My, Rochester, and Peterborough. That
the new bishop will be a translated one is
certain.

Then.. cry of "Household Suffrage for the
Counties" is not very inspiring at the present
time. The working clause have placed them-
selves of late in a leas popular position than they
have occupied for many yews. There LI leas
disposition now than formerly to entrust them
with responsibility and power. What might
have been done with pretty good grace before
the era of strikes will now be dons, if done at
all, with much distrust. It may be perfectly
consistent with past steps in the way of electoral
reform, and the small householder may have •
legitimate claim for consideration; all we say Is,
that it will be • very surprising feat to get up
enthusiasm about making the concession.
Interest In Dr. Renealy's speech for the Tich-
borne Claimant has began to fin : its rambling
character and apparently undefined length being
against it, from the reader's point of view. But
the line of argument is curious. The learned
gentleman, in order to plane the defence on the
best footing, has to ahead= many of the defend-
ant's statements about himself. Hit argues that
the life Roger Tiohborne lad was ruinous to
mental vigour and character, and that when he
appears as the Claimant he makes such absurd
statements that it is impossible to accept them
as true, or, on the other hand, as coming from
an impostor. An impostor would not have said
such absurd things as the defendant did—for
Instance, that he never w.s an officer in the
army, that he never went to school at Stony-
hunt, that he was born in Devonshire, that his
mother's name was Hannah Frances instead of
Roulette nihilist, and so forth. He could
have easily known bettor, and if he had been an
Impostor would not have made such statemente.
This is the argument the defendant's counsel
pute for ward in defence of the charge of perjury.
He says that the Claimant has said boons of
things that ere quite wild and foolish, but not
amounting to wilful and corrupt perjury. The
jury are not slaked to acquit the defendant on
the ground of insanity, but to dismiss many of
his statements as foolery. Pressed by the Lord
Chief Justice about the defendant's sworn
declaration that Orton was with him when ha
made the will at Waggs-Wagga, Dr. Kenealy
declared it was all nonsense ; that he could not,
In the face of evidence, contend that Orton was
at that time at Waggs-Waggs. The judges and
the jury complain that it is difficult to know
how much of the defendant's statements are to
be regarded as "moonshine," and how much
fact. For instance, Dr. Kenealy called "absurd
and foolery" the statutory declaratlou "I do
hereby declare that I am Roger Charles Tim-
borne, eldest son and hair of Sir James Tiohborne,
and that I was born in Devonshire and left '
England in 1862, in the Jessie Miller "—the date
when Orton left, and the ship he voyaged in.
What part, inquired Mr. Justice Lush, do you
say la untrue? lilt the beginning, "lam
Roger Tiohborne." The defendant's counsel, of
course, answered, "No ;" that part was true;
the rest faille and foolish. There are no indica-
tions of the end of Dr. Kenealy's 'peach at
present, and it is noticeable that up to this time
the judges have not attempted to get from the
learned gentleman any estimate of Its probable
duration. The machinery employed In trying
this issue is amazingly large. It Is certainly
fortunate in the interests of justice that it is
not more that once in a lifetime that so remark-
able a trial stops the way.
The Bank rate has now been brought down to
aa per cent; and we may shortly see it at 9
per amt., for the reserve still stands at
A:12,000,000, gold is flowing in upon us from all
quarters, the demand for dismount is compar-
atively trifling, there Is very little speculation
in the market, only ooe loan—that of the'
/Lhedive of Egypt for £.32,000,000, and the
prospect, of the harvest are all that we could
wish.

The French House of Amenably succeeded in
getting away from work rather earlier than our
own Parliament. ?timbal MsoMsbon delivered
a speech at the
_prorogation that does credit to
his sagacity. He rejoices in the order that
prevail.; &inures the country that it may rely
upon the Government and the Committee of
Permanenoe appointed by the House of
Aasembly to maiutain that order until the
deputies meet again. He gave his predeeessor
credit for delivering France from the army of
occupation, but suggests that as little fuss aa
possible should be made at its departure. The
new administration, on the other hand, takes
pride in reversing the financial policy which
M. niers had initiated. Following the advice
of the Preekleat, at Belmont and Nancy, the
Germans marched through deserted streets and
peeled dosed houses.

'rmil mantel liosnolag timeting fee this borough is
lied for Monday. Blitetnober
Bout (kerma 01 Br7l4lnOwri it EMOL/IND.—Wis
obestre amoag the namesof tbs muntlemen who weed
the required oxalate Mims for the &pt.., sod
duly admitted members of the college, on the 25th
Lost., that of id mu H. Davis, Dorshester.
Bing BOLIDIT.—Tte shops are all aimed, and the
" drat Monday in August' mum to be increasingly
popular as • holiday. The employed M various
setablbhments have gone • trip together, while many
others have taken advantage of the railway lannreenall•
Tan Roy. Da. Salmi, who his been 0111 dating at All
Sainte' Marsh clarion the absence; of the Wm. B. Jones,
preached for tbe last thus no Sunday evening. and
Moves the town on Wednesday. We understand the
rev. gentleman expresses himself as being mOO% grit!.
lied with the recepdo• be has met with from the par.
Woos and inhabitants morally, also his admiration
I of our little town, and lb. pillalept tima he has spent
COMMITS= TO TOO COUNT 0001ITY PESOM
Herd Labour: WUHAN Adana% Stealing a regimental
i.ekes as Dprehrourr, 2 eideader month.; Maud
Bandy, and fiaith Thorne; shoaling • bar o%Wel-
mouth, 1 caloodar month ; Maass iih.ttle. Johann
and Georg, Wstoon, vagrantly at Winiborne,
14 days; William Langley, stealing four turkeys at
&intros, 14 days; Ziward Orawford' drunk Lad die.
orderly at Bridport, 14 lay.; Thomas Peirce, drunk,
koicil: Lyme Regis, 7 days.
Wieraza.—The following Is our moteerologirml
report—